CURRENT EVENTS JULYJULY----20182018 01.07.2018 TO 15.07.2018

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01.07.01.07.2020202018181818 1. ’s Second Tallest Statue:

 Bhakti saint Ramanujacharya’s 216 feet statue become the world’s second tallest statue of a seated figure.  This statue located near Shamshabad Airport, Hyderabad.Hyderabad.  The Great Buddha of (302 feet) is the tallest statue in the world.

2. Nipan Free Districts:

 The Kerala Government officially declared Kozhikode and MMMalappuramMalappuram districts as Nipah free districts.

3. Mother tongues in :

 More than 19,500 languages or dialects are spoken in India as mother tongues.  There are 121 languagelanguagessss which are spoken by 10000 or more people in India.

4. Golden Globe Race:

 Commander Abbilash Tomy of the Indian Navy is only invitee from Asia to prestigious Golden Globe Race.  He is the only Indian to complete salo, non-stop circumnavigation of Globe in 2012 – 13.

555.5. ‘‘‘Agri Vikas --- 2018”

 Agri vikas ––– 2018 conclave on agriculture and allied sector was held in Bhubaneswar, OdishaOdisha.

666.6. Institute of Hospitality Management:

 The Union Government has inaugurated the Institute of Hospitality MMManagementManagement in JodhpuJodhpurrrr,, Rajasthan.

777.7. World’s Punctual Airports:

 Ist Place – Nagoya Komaki, .  IInd Place – Hilo, Hawaii, USA.  IIIrd Place – Sapporo Okadama, Japan.  146th Place – Hyderabad  Least -

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888.8. ’s First Sikh News Caster:

 Harmeet singh has become the first sikh man to be a news caster in Pakistan.  Recently, MMManmeetManmeet KKKaurKaur had become the first female sikh reporreporttttoror of Pakistan.

999.9. NISSAC:

 58th National Inter ––– State senior Athletics championships (NISSAC) was held at Guwahati in AAssam.ssam.

101010.10. Marijuana Medicine:

 Epidiolex, the world’s first medicine made by using marijuana in USA

111111.. Khadi Mall:

 India’s first khadi mall has started at Jharkhand

02.07.2018 1. Vertical Garden:

 The Chennai Metro RaiRaillll has been set up the vertical garden at kayambedu with a PPPillar.Pillar.

2. 2021 Census data to be stored electronically:

 2021 Indian population census data to be stored electronically.

3. Mexico’s New President:

 Andres Manuel Lopez OOObradorObrador has won Mexico’s presidency election.  His party is National Regeneration Movement (MORENA).

4. Rahul Dravid Inducted Into ICC’S Hall of Fame:

 Former India caption Rahul Dravid and Australian legend Ricky pointing have been inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of fame.  Dravid became the fifteen player from India to be named in the list.  The others are Bishan Singh Bedi, Sunil Gavaskar, KabilKabil Dev and AnAnilil Kumble.

5. Indian Player Create World Record:

 India’s pare athlete YYYogeshYogesh KKKathuniyaKathuniya create a world record in the men’s discus. 3

 He threw 45.18M, which is 2 metres more than the earlier record of 42.96M set by ’s Cuiqing Li last year.  Para ––– athletics GrGraaaandnd Prix held at Berlin, Germany.

6. The First Meeting of CWMA:

 The Cauvery Water MManagementanagement Authority (CWMA)(CWMA)’S’S’S’S first meeting was held in New Delhi on 2 July, 2018.  It is directed was held to Karnataka to ensure release of 31.24 TMC of water to Tamil Nadu in July.

7. Ravindra Dholakia Committee:

 The Union Government has setup a 13 member committee for SubSub----NationalNational Accounts that will be headed by Ravindra Dholakia.Dholakia.  Objective: To upgrade the norms for computation of economic data at states and districts level to revise the base year for National Accounts or GDP calculation.

8. National Award for PMSMA:

 Himachal Pradesh has gets national award for best performance under Pradhan MMMantrMantrantriiii Surakshit Matritav Abhiyan (AMSMA).  PMSMS program has aims to provide assured, comprehensive and quality antenatal care, free of cost, universally to all pregnant women on the 9th of every month.

9. Kalidas Award:

 Arist Anjolie Ela MMMenonMenon recived the National Kalidas Samman award for visual arts from Madhyapradesh Government.

10. 2018 Malaysia Open badminton:

 Men’s Singles – Lee CCChongChong wei ((MMMMalaysia)alaysia)  Women’s singles – Tai TzTzoooo ––– Ying (China).

11. Austrian Grand PrixPrix::::

 Max Verstappen (Netherland) won the Austrian Grand PPrix.rix.

12. India Wins In Kababdi:

 India won the six-nationals kabaddi MMMastersMasters Dubai TTTitleTitleitleitle in Dubai  Runner – .  Indian Captain – Ajay Thakur.

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13. SBI’s New MD:

 Arijit BasBasuu has been appointed as MManaginganaging Director of State of India

00030333.07.2018.07.2018 1. States Power Ministers Conference:

 States Power Ministers Conference was held at ShimlaShimla in Himachal Pradesh.

2. Happiness Curriculum:

 The Delhi State Government has launched the ‘‘‘Happiness Curriculum” for students of nursery to class 8 in Government schools.

3. Tribal Museum:

 The Chhattisgarh Government set up a Tribal MMuseumuseum in the state’s upcoming new capital Naya RaipurRaipur.

4. First EE----wastewaste Recycling Unit:

 India’s first eee-e---wastewaste recycling unit to come up in Bengaluru.

5. Mexico’s New President:

 Australia won the champions Trophy Hockey – 2018 Vs India. (15th time)  This event was held at Breda, Netherland.

6. Human Immunity System:

 Scientists of Commonwealth scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRIO), Australia have identified the gene that strengtnens the human immunity system named C6 or F106.

7. Tejas : Started Operations:

 India’s indigenous fighter aircraft ‘Tejas’ has started operations from the Air Force Station at Sulur near Coimbatore.

8. World Congress:

 The 19th world congress of Food SSciencecience and Technology will be held in Mumbai.

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9. Ironman TriathlTriathlon:on:

 The First Indian to complete world’s toughest Ironman Triathlon is ––– VVVikramVikram Dogra

10. New Head:

 Vishwas patel has been appointed as the new chairman of the National payment council of IIIndia.India.

11. Global Mobility Summut:

 India’s first Global mobility summit will be host in New Delhi.  This summit has organized by NITT AayogAayog.

12. Annapurna Doodh Yojana:

 The Rajasthan Government has launched Annapurna DoodhDoodh Yojana.  This scheme will provide a glass of milk to students who enrolled in primary and upper primary schools in the state.

13. Highest Individual Score In T ––– 20:

 Aaron FinchFinch, Australian Cricketer has get Highest Individual score of 172 in T ––– 20 matches against at Harare.

04.07.2018 111.1. Voting Rights to Bru:

 The Bru communitycommunity, who fled from Mizoram to Tripura in 1997 in the wake of Inter – Community violence and are soon to be repatriated, will be given voting rights.

2. Under Water Museum:

 Bolivia is to build an underwater museum in its sacred Lake TitiTiticaca.caca.  It will be both a tourist complex and a centre for Archeological, Geological and biological research which will make it is first in the world.

3. Drug Test Mandatory:

 Punjab Government has announced that the Government employees in Punjab will now have to take periodic dope tests.tests.  The screening will be done during recruitment, promotion, and at the annual medical examination some employees need to face.

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444.4. Testosterone ––– Push To Luxury:

 Scientists has invented as Testosterone pushes men towards luxury brands of cars, watches, pens or clothes which, like stag anglers and peacock tails, signal ‘Status’ to the female gender.

5. Renamed:

 The Union cabinet gave its approval to rename the AgartalaAgartala Airport in Tripura as Maharaja Bir Bikram manikya KKKishoreKishore Airport.

666.6. Reservation for Gujjars:

 The Rajasthan Government has approved one percent reservation for the GujGujjjjjararararssss community against their demand of 5%

777.7. Behdienkhlam festival:

 Meghalaya’s Annual cultural Festival Behdienkhlam was held at Jawai city in MeghalayaMeghalaya.

888.8. Power Subsized Scheme:

 The Madhya Pradesh Government has announced MukhyamantriMukhyamantri Jan kalykalyanan (Sambal) Yojana 2018.  It is an outstanding power bill waiver scheme for labourers and poor families.

999.9. POSHAN ABHIYAN:

 The Gujarat Government has launched ‘Poshan Abhiyan’ – a statewide mission to eradicate malautrition among children by providing them nutritious food through Anganwadi centres.

101010.10. Imter ––– Caste Marriage Incentives High:

 Odisha Government has decided to increase the inter ––– caste marriage incentive from Rs 1 lakh to Rs.2.5 lakhlakh.

111111.. MSP Increased by Centred Government:

 The Union Government has increased the minimum support prize for paddy by a record of Rs.200 per quintal to Rs.1750 per quintal.

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Other Items:

Name Old MSP New MSP Cotton (Medium Staple) 4020 5150 Cotton (long staple) 4320 5450 Pulses 5450 5675 Moong 5575 6975 Urad 5400 5600 Soyabean 3050 3399 Groundnut 4450 4890 Sunflower seed 4100 5388 Sesamam 5300 6249 Nigerseed 4050 5877

11121222.. New Head of UNMOGIP:

 Uruguay Army general Jos Eladio Alcain has appointed as the chief military observer of the UN military observer Group in India and Pakistan,

11131333.. National Maritime Search and Rescue Award:

 Milan Shankar Tare () has been selected for 2018 National Maritime SSSearchSearch and Rescue Award.

11141444.. ‘‘‘CVIGIL”:

 The Election CCommissionommission of India has been launched a mobile app, called ‘‘‘CVIGIL”  Its aim the citizens to report any violation of the model code of conduct during elections.

00050555.07.2018.07.2018 1. New Private Universities In Tamil Nadu:

 The Tamil Nadu Government has introduced bills in the State Assembly for the establishment of Shiva Nader University and Sai University.

2. ISRO’S Crew Escape System:

 ISRO inched a small step closer to its ambition of sending Indians to space by conducting the first ‘‘‘P‘PPPadad AAAbort’Abort’ test at SSSriharikota.Sriharikota.

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3. Repatriation Agreement:

 The centre and the State Government of Tripura and Mizoram signed an agreement for repatriation of 32,876 of people belonging to the Bru community from Tripura to Mizoram.

4. Ironman Competition:

 Major General V.D.Dogra become the first serving Indian Army officer and the only General in the world to have complet ‘Ironman’ competition held in Austria.  It is international triathlon comprising 3 consecutive events: 3.8km of swimming, 180km cycling and 42.2km of running.

5. Four Year Suspension:

 The Anti ––– DDDopingDoping disciplinary panel of National Dope Testing Laboratory gave a four year suspension to shot putter Interject Singh forforfor testing positive for Anabolic Steroids in a Dope test before the 2016 Rio .

6. Driverless Minibus:

 China has running the country’s first autonomous minibus.  China’s internet giant Baidu has produced this buses

7. Coral bleaching:

 Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest coral reef system, could suffer a bleaching event every two years by 2034 under the current level of GGGreenGreen HHHouseHouse GGGasGas PPPollution.Pollution.

8.8.8. Bank of China Will Enter Into India:

 The RBI has issued license to Bank of CCChinaChina to launch operations in India.  This is Second Chinese lender to secure a license to open a branch in India.  In 2011, RBI gave approval to Industrial and CommercialCommercial Bank ofofof China to open a branch in India. It has a branch in Mumbai.

10. 34000 Crore Farm Loan Waiver:

 The Karnataka Government has announced that the farm loan waiver worth of Rs.34000 Crore.

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11. Gaming University:

 UNESCO and Andhra Pradesh Government has enter an agreement for setup a ‘‘‘Design‘Design University for ‘‘‘GamingGaming”””” in Visakhapatnam. 12. Miss Univers Spain:

 Angela PoPoPonce,Ponce, the transgender women has crowned Miss UniverseUniverse of Spain.

13. Road Emergency Cab:

 New Delhi get India’s first Road emergency cab service ‘‘‘Wagon Cap” 14. New App:

 The Union Government has launched the new App named ‘Khan Prahari’ for Coal Mine SSurveillanceurveillance and MMManagementManagement SSSystemSystem (MSMS).  It is help to carb illegal mining in the country.

06.07.2018 1. Nawaz Sentenced:

 An anti corruption court in Islamabad has sentenced former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to ten years in prison, and also sentenced his daughter Maryan Nawaz was seven years, his son – in – law caption Safdar was one year in jail.

2. Trade War:

 USA and china has levied 25% of import duty on each other’s import.

3. Mudumalai to be EcoEco----SenstiveSenstive Zone:

 The Union Government has issued a draft notification declaring 438 sq.km, of area around the MMMudumalaiMudumalai Tiger Reserve in the Nilgiris as an EEEcoEcococo----SensitiveSensitive ZZone.one.

4. First Hindu Women To Contest Assembley Elections In Pakistan:

 Sunita Parmar, Hindu women in Pakistan’s sindh province, has created history by becoming the first from the minority community to contest the assembly election in Pakistan.

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5. Civil Aviation Research Organization:

 The Airport Authority of India has decided to establishment of Civil Aviation Research OOrganizationrganization at Begumpet Airport, in Hyderabad.

6. Ferri Tag:

 Scientist have procured a tagging device called ‘Ferri‘Ferri Tag’Tag’. It is utilizes a protein shell used to contain iron cells in human bodies.  This device uses electron microscopy proteins to be viewed at a precise scale.

7. Indian Women’s Hockey Team Caption:

 Rani Rampal will lead the Indian women’s hockey team at the that will be held in Indonesia from 18th August to 2nd September 2018.

8. New Chairman of NGT:

 Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel has been appointed as the chairperson of the National Green Tribunal.  It was established on 2010.  Zonal Branches are located in Bhopal, PPuneuneune,, Kolkata and Chennai.

9. Electricity in first Time:

 Narla Banbal a village in Jammu and Kashmir get electricityelectricity and metalled Road for the first time since independence.

10. Animals Get Legal Porsong Status.:

 The Uttarakhand High Court declared animals to be legal personspersons.  The above Highcourt also has given a similar right to River Ganga.

11. GST Verify APP:

 The Central Board of Indirect taxes and Customs has developed a mobile app ‘GSTGST Verify’ for interest of consumers  It was developed by Raghu Kiran.

12. Iynthinai Park:

 Tamil Nadu Government would be set up the Iynthinai Park in Thanjavur.

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07.07.2018 1. No More Disposable Plastic:

 The Directorate of PPPublicePublice HHHealthHealth and PPPreventivePreventive medicine will ban the use of disposable plastic in all its office, primary health centres and health sub centres in Tamil Nadu from July 16, 2018.  Tamil Nadu Government also announced that manufacture, sale, storage and useage of disposable plastic would be banned from January 1, 20192019.

2. Health ResearResearchch Institute:

 The Kerala Government plans to setup a Health RResearchesearch IIInstituteInstitute at MMMananthavadyMananthavady in WWWayanadWayanad in collaboration with the Sydnay Carmel Cancer Centre under the Thomas Jefferson UniversityUniversity.

3. No ––– Trust Motion:

 A NNNoNooo---- TTTrustTrust MMMotionMotion moved by the congress against the Ramansigh – led BJP Government was defeated by a voice vote in chhatisgarh Assembly.

4. Pay CCCutCut for neglecting ParentsParents::::

 The Assam Government has decided to implement the policy of deleting the pay of employees who do not take care of their parents and physically challenged siblings.

5. English Town To Honour Memory Of Sikth Warrior:

 A small town in the East Anglia region of England will become the twin city of Amritsar as it celebrates the 125th death anniversary of Maharaja DuleepDuleepss ss singhsingh the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire.

8. ‘One Person, One Car’:

 The west Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee set a ‘OOnene Person, one car’ Policy for ministers and bureaucrats.

9. 500 International Matches:

 Indian Cricketer MMMahendranMahendran SSSinghSingh Dhoni reached the milestone of playing 500 IInternationalnternational matches during the second T-20 International against England.

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10. 22nd International Conference:

 22nd International CCConferenConferenonferencece on NonNon----FerrousFerrous Minerals and MMMetalsMetals 2018 held at Ranchi, JharkhanJharkhand.d.d.d.

11. Saurashtra Patel Cultural Samaj:

 The 8th International convention of Saurashtra PatelPatel cuculturalltural Samaj was held at California, USA.  Indian Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi was addressed in this conference through video conferencing.

12. World Emptiest Airport:

 The Sri Lankan loss making Airport MMMattalaMattala Rajapaksa also called world’s emptiest Airport.  India would operate this Airport with collaboration of Sri Lanka Government.

13. Plastic Ban:

 The Uttar Pradesh Government has bbbannedbanned plastic from July 15, 2018.

14. Ironman Triathlon:

 The 52 year old Indian Women Anuj khosla has become the oldest women to Complet Ironman Traithlon held in Austria.

08.07.2018 1. Government Employees Dismissed:

 The Turkish Government has ordered the dismissal of more than 18,500 Government employees due to their activities against national security.

2. World Champion In Car Race:

 Sebastian VVVettelVettel (Germany) has won the world championship in Formula 1 car race at Britain.

3. World Sanskrit Conference:

 17th World Sanskrit Conference has inaugurated by HRD Minister Shri Prakash Javadeker at Vancouver, canda from 1th July to 13th July, 2018.

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4. New Prize For Literature:

 Over 100 Swedish intellectuals have joined together and formed the New Academy that acts as a new prize giving body to award New Literature Prize as this year’s Nobel Literature Prize has been postpone.

5. Gymnastics World Cup:

 Indian Gymnast Dipa Karmakar bagged gold medal in FIG Artistic Gymnastics world challenge cup at Mersin, Turkey.

6. Asia’s RRepresentativeepresentative For CGF:

 Indian squash player Dipika Pallikal has been appointed as Asia’s representative in the Athletes Advisory Commission of the Common Wealth Games Federation.

7. Jackfruit Mission:

 The Meghalaya Government has released a draft policy on Jackfruit mission at Jackfruit Festival 2018 and mission will be launched before Independence Day 2018.

8. Tbilisi Grand Prix (Wrestling):

 India’s Bajrang Punia won Gold medal  Deepak Punia won bronze medal.  Venue : Georgia.

9. Logo Winner:

 Bansi LLalal KKKetkiKetki from Mumbai won the first prize in National HumanHuman rights commission’s Silver Jubilee logo contest.

10. Semi High Speed Train:

 The Semi High speed train above 160km named ‘Train 18’ has manufactured at ICF in Chennai.

11. Largest Tax Payer:

 The Reliance Industries is India’s largest tax payer in GST.

12. Information Technology Park:

 The Tamil Nadu Government has announced that the information Technology park would be setup at Aavadi, in Chennai. 14

09.07.2018 1. Institution Eminence:  Six higher education institutions have been named as Institution of Eminence (IOE) by Union Government. 1. Indian Institute of Science (Bengaluru). 2. Indian Institutes of Technology (Delhi) 3. Indian Institutes of Technology (Mumbai) 4. Jio Institute of Reliance foundation for a Green field project (Maharashtra) 5. Manipal Academy of Higher Education, at Udupi, in Karnataka 6. Birla Institute of Technology and science, at Pilani, Rajasthan 2. World’s Largest Mobile Factory:  The Indian Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi and SouthSouth Korean president Moon Jae In has jointly inaugurated Samsung’s mobile manufacturing factory in Noida which is world’s largest mobile factory.  Now India has second largest mobile ManufactuManufacturrrreeee.... 3. Lokayukta in Tamil Nadu:  The Tamil Nadu Assembly has been passed Lokayakta Bill on 9th July, 2018.  The proposed Lokayukta comprising a chairperson and four Members would be empowered complaints of corruption by public servants and of recommend departmental action against them.  The first state to pass Kokayukta was Maharastra. 4. Man ––– Made Disaster:  The comptroller and Auditor General of India has been reported the 2015 Chennai floods as MMManMananan MMMadeMade disaster. 5. Japan Floods:  Japan is encountering its worst flood disaster since 1983. 666.6. Round Table Conference:  International Round Table CConferenceonference on ‘Data for New India’ was held at New Delhi  The objective of this conference is to identify innovative ideas to enhance the statistical system in India.

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7. Global Travel Mart India:  First Global Travel Mart India to be organized in NewNew Delhi from 16th – 18th of September 2018. 8. Ban On Plastic Polytence and thermocal:  The Himachal Pradesh Government has reannounced that it is banning the use of plastic and thermocol cutlery in the state.  The Himachal Pradesh was the first state in the country to ban plastic and polythene carry bags in 2009. 9. Golden Booker Prize:  Michael Ondaatje has won the special one of Golden Man BookeBookerrrr Prize to mark the 50th anniversary of the literary award at the MMManMan Booker 50 Festival in London.  He is a Sri Lanka born Canadian.  His book titled as ‘The English Patient” 10. Pakistan’s New Satellites:  The Pakistan has launched indigenously built satellites named, pak TES 1A and China made satellite named PRSS ––– 1A1A1A to the orbit from chine’s Long March 2C rocketrocket.... 11. Second Production Line For Brahmos:  The Larsen & Toubro has announced the inauguration of a new second production line for BRAHMOS transport launch canister at Ranoli near Vadodara in Gujarat. 12. Climb World’s Highest Volcano:  The Indian mountaineer SSSatyarupSatyarup SSSiddhantaSiddhanta has become the second person to climb world’s highest volcano Ojas Salado in Chile Argentina border.  The first Person was Mastan Babu (AP) 13. World Cities Summitt:  6th world cities summit was held in Singapore. 14. The First Time Mou:

 Shri Venkaiah Naidu become the first chairman of RajayaRajaya Sabha to sigh MOU with a foreign country, Rwanda.  This is first time that Rajya Sabha entered into an MOU in its 76 years of history.

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10.07.2018 1. Thai Cave Rescue:  All members of Thai team rescued from flooded cave on 10th July, 2018.  Twelve boys and their foodball coach has entered into the Tham Laung Nang Non cave of Thailand’s province of chiang Raion 23 June, 2018  The British rescue team has discovered the group found alive on July 2, 2018.  Saman KunanKunan, former Thai Navy man, who died on 6th July while returning to a staging base in the cave after delivering supplies of air.  India’s experts from kirlosker Brothers Limited (KBL) offered technical know – how and advice of dewatering and pumps. 2. Dancing Bear Return:  RangilaRangila,, the dancing bear, which was smuggled to Nepal in December 2017. It is being sent back to India by the Nepal Government. 3. Clinical Ultra Sonography Conference:  An International Conference on clinical Ultra SonographySonography in practive – XVI CUSP 2018 - will be held in Chennai from September 27 to 30 4. Leprosy Detected:  A total number of 241 new cases of leprosy were detected during a survey being carried out in 87 high endemic bloks spread across 24 districts of Tamil Nadu.  Highest number of (9) new leprosy cases has detected in salem districts. 5. Ease of Doing Business Index:  Ist place – Andhra Pradesh.  IInd Place – Telangana.  IIIrd Place – Haryana.  15th Place – Tamil Nadu. World Level:

 Ist Place – New Zealand  IInd Place – Singapore  IIIrd Place – Denmark  100th Place – India. 17

6. Plastic Free Odisha:

 The Odisha Government has ordered the ban on the use of plastic bags, polythence and single – use plastic in the state from October 2, 2018.

7. Eat Right Movement:

 The Food Safety and SStandardstandards Authority of India (FSSAI)(FSSAI) has started. The Eat Right Movement’, built on two broad pillars of ‘EEEEatat Healthy’ and “Eat Safe”.

8. Ramayana Express

 The Indian Railway will start a spcial train, “shri Ramayana Express”, Which will cover important destinations related to the epic in a 16 day journey  The train will be flagged off from Delhi  The tour will be spread across India as well as Sri Lanka.

9. World’s Oldest Biological Colour Found:

 Australian researchers have discovered the world’s oldest biological colour in sahara desert.  The pink pigments were produced by simple microscopic organisms called cyan bbacteriaacteria more than 1.1 billion years ago.

101010.10. Best Tourist Destinatinations:

 The Western GGhatshats has get the fourth place of ‘’2018 Best in Asia”Asia” tourist destinatinations list due to NNNeelakurinji,Neelakurinji, which is started blooming on this year after 12 years in MMMunnar.Munnar.

11. Bronze Medal In Weightlifting:

 India’s Jhilli DalabehDalabeheeeerararara has bagged the bronze medal in the 2018 IWF Junior world weightlifting championships at Tashkent,Tashkent, .

12. Vodafone ––– Idea Merge:

 The Department of Telecommunication has approved the merger of Vodafone India with Idea CCCellular,Cellular, which will displace Bharti Airtel from the No.1 spot after over 15 years.

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13. Microsoft and Rajasthan Sign Mou:

 The Rajasthan, which is India’s first state has signed with Microsoft to provide free digital training to 9500 college students for one year.

14. Jewishs Get Minority Status:

 The Gujarat Government has given religious minority status to its Jewishs community after West Bengal Maharashtra.

15. ‘‘ One Farmer One Transformer”

 The Maharashtra Government has announced that the ‘One farmer one transformer’ scheme will be launched on 15th August, 2018 for reduce the electricity losses.

11.07.2018 111.1. New International Terminal:

 Chennai Airport to get a new International TTerminalerminal with cost of Rs.2500 crore.

2. India’s First Internet Telephony Service:

 BSNL has unveiled India’s first internet telephony service that lets users dial any phone number in India without simcard through an app named WWWingsWings from July 25, 2018.

3. First Metal Croft From Expiation:

 The first ever metal craft exhibition was held in ChillingChilling VVillageillage at Leh in Jammu Kashmir.

444.4. UN Resolution 2427:

 The 15 member UUUNUNNN Security Council adopted Resolution 2427 aimed at formulating a framework for protection, rights, well-being and empowerment of children.

5. Indian Naval aircraft in RIMPAC Exercise:

 Indian Navi’s IN P81 aircraft from Indian Navalship INS Rajali has inducted at Hawaii (USA) to take part in the Rim of Pacific Multinational Naval exercise (RIMPAC - 18) for the first time.

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6. INS Sumitra Enter In Indonesia:

 Indian Naval Ship INS Sumitra became the first-ever warship to enter port of SSSabongSabong in Indonesia.  India – Indonesia jiont armies exercises named as ‘Garuda‘Garuda Shakti’

7. India Have World’s Sixth Largest Economic:

 India has become the world’s Sixth LLargestargest EEEconomyEconomy with overtaking FranceFrance, according to world Bank data on GDP of countries for 2017.  Ist Place – USA (GDP: US& 19.390 trillion)  IInd Place – China (GDP: US& 12.237 trillion)  IIIrd Place – Japan (GDP: US& 4.872 trillion)  6th Place – India (GDP: US& 2.582 trillion)

8. Tripura’s Brand Ambossador:

 Olympian Dipa KKarmakararmakar to be named as Tripura’s new Brand AAAmbassador.Ambassador.

9. New Indian Ambossador to Cango:

 MS.Nina Tshering LaLaLa has been appointed as the next ambassador to republic of Congo.

10. Global Innovation Index:

 Ist Place – Switzerland  IInd Place –  IIIrd Place – Sweden.  57th Place – India

11. India South Korea Centre:

 Indian South Korea Technology Exchange Centre has been inaugurated in New Delhi.

12. New Ambossador To Fiji:

 Ms. Yokesh Punja has been appointed as ambassador of India to Fiji.

13. World Population Day (July --- 11)

 Theme: Family planning is a Human Right  This day was first celebrated in 1989  Current Indian Population – 135 crore.

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14. NATO Summit:

 NATNATOOOO Summit 2018 was held in Burssels (Belgium)

12.07.2018 1. First Year GST Compensation:

 The compensation payable to the states for revenue loss arising from the GST is just 5000 crore for first year, far lower than was estimated.

2. Father’s Name in birth Certificate is Optional:

 The Madras High Court has ruled that there is no legal obligation on the part of a mother to disclose the name of the father at the time of registering her child’s birth.

3. Sri Ranga Narayana Jeer Was Past Away:

 The Jeer of Srirangam Ranganathaswamy Temple and 50th pontiff of Sri Ramanuja mutt Sri Ranga Narayana Jeer was passed away.

4. Fossil Museum In Ariyalur:

 The FFFossilFossil MMMuseumMuseum at Varanavasi near AAriyalurriyalur has set up by Tamil Nadu Government

5. India Become The Shareholder of EBRD:

 India become the 69th Shareholder of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

6. India’s First Private UAV, LBPV Factroy:

 India’s first private sector unit for manufacturing of UUUnmannedUnmanned Air Vehicles and Ligth BulleBullett Proof VVVehiclesVehicles will be set up at Kota in Rajashthan.

7. Spinnaker: Computer:

 The German Scientists have developed a computer named ‘‘SP‘‘SPiiiiNNNNNNNNaker”aker” that mimics human brain’s neural networks.

8. Anna Canteens:

 The Andhra Pradesh Government has been inaugurated ‘AnnaAnna Canteens’ for poor peoples

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 In that canteens the breakfast, lunch and dinner would be offered at Rs.5 each.

9. Dharohar Bhawan:

 Indian Prime Minister has inaugurated ‘Dharohar Bhawan”Bhawan”,Bhawan” the new Headquarters building of ArchaeoloArchaeologgggiiiiccccalal survey of India in New Delhi.

10. historical peak of sensex

 Bombay Stock Exchances Index, sensex has reached a historical high of 36548 points in first time while NIFTY has reached up to 11032 points

11. digitalization :

 The Telangan government has decided to digitalize the rare and histortichistorticalalalal documents

12. capital punishment

 The Sri Lanka Government has decided to bring back capital punishment for drug related crime.

13. LIC’s New Aequisition :

 The Life Insurance CCorporationorporation of IIIndiaIndia has decided to acquisition of 51 % shares of IDBI Bank.

14. Un’s New panel

 UN General SecreSecretarytary Antonia GuterGuterrrrreseseses has constituted a high level Panel for digital cooperation headed by Jack MMMa.Ma.a.a.

13.07.2018 1. World’s first sulphar ––– rich edible melanin :

 The MMMycologicalMycological Laboratory of Goa University announced the discovery of a new pigment from local Wild MMushroomsushrooms that may help fight against Cancer.  The pigment has been declared a world’s first sulphur – rich editable melanin.  This matter discovered by Rosy de SSouzaouza

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2. Refired From CriCricket:cket:

 Indian Cricketer Mohammed Kaif officially retired from all forms of cricket.

3. World Bank’s Internal Award:

 India’s Integrated Coastal ZZoneone Management (ICZM) project has bagged world Bank’s Internal AAwardward for exceptional performance in achieving many development goals.

4. Gender Change Law:

 The Portuguese PPParliamentParliament approved a law that will allow citizens to change their gender and name from the age of 16 without a medical report showing identity disruption.

5. ‘Heritage Cabinet’

 The Odisha Government has announced the constitution of a ‘Heritage Cabinet’ headed by Chief Minister Naveen patnaik.  It’s aims to protection of ancient monuments, temples and archaeological sites and preservation of culture in Odisha.

666.6. Conclave On Mines and Minerals:

 The 4th National conclave on MinMineseseses and MMMineralsMinerals was held at Indore in Madhya Pradesh.

7. First Indian Won A Medal In World Junior athletics:

 Hima Das from AssamAssam, the first Indian player won a gold Medal (400m400m runningrunning) in WWWorldWorld Junior Athletics ChampionshipChampionship.  This tournament was held in Finland.

8. Double Asteroid Discovered:

 Near – Earth asteroid 2017 YE5 was discovered in 2017  21st June 2018, the asteroid 2017 YE5 made it closet approach to Earth for at least the next 170 years.  It is actually two object, each around 900 meters in size and orbiting each other once in every 20 to 24 hours.

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9. Bridge Management System:

 Indian Railway has been launched its first consolidated Bridge Management SSystemystem (IR-BMS) for relented to various activities of the Bridges.

10. New Director General of ICWA:  Dr.T.C.A Ragavan has been appointed as Director General of Indian Council of world Affairs. 11. Railway Stations Beautification Awards:  Ist Prize: Balharshan and Chandrapur Railway stations in Maharashtra.  IInd Prize: Madubani (BH) and Madurai Railway station  IIIrd Prize: Gandhiham (Gu), Kota (RJ), Secundrabad (Tel), Stations. 12. Haryana Tops State:  Haryana has topped other states in per capita revenue collection under GST. 13. World’s First Colour XX----Ray:Ray:  New Zealand Scientist have performed the first-ever 3D colour XX----RayRay on a human by using particle tracking technology. 14. High Level Task Force:  Union Government has Constituted a high level task force committee headed by P.K.Sinha for reduce dependence on imports. 14.07.2018 1. Four Members Nominated to Rajya Sabha:

President Ram Nath Kovind has nominated following four new members to Rajya Sabha. 1. Ram Shakal (UP) 2. Sonal Mansingh 3. Rakesh Shinha (Delhi) 4. Ragunath Mohapatra (Sculpture artists)

2. New Volcano:

The NASA Scientists has discovered a new volcano in Jupiter’sJupiter’s moon IO

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3. 69th Van Mahotsava:

 69th Van MMMahotsavaMahotsava celebrations at Ganevag near SSShimla,Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

4. New radio Teles Cope:

 has Unveiled a powerful radio telescope, part of an international project that scientists says that will provide new details on the Milky Way and other GGalaxies.alaxies.

5. India’s First AC dormitory:

 The kochi MMetroetro RaiRaillll Ltd has launched India’s First exquisite airairair conditioned bed space dormitory named as prefers Inn.Inn.

6. Asia’s Richest Person:

 Muhesh Ambani has Overtaken Alibab Group’s Jack Ma to become Asias, richest person.

7. Nilgiri Tahr Threatened:

 International Journal Ecological Engineering has published that climate change is threatening the Nilgiri TTahr.ahr.

8. America’s Richest SelfSelf----MadeMade Indian Origin Womens:

 Jayashree Ullal and Neerja Sethil have made it to the Forbes list of America’s 60 richest selfself----mademade women.

9. Multimedia Exhibition:

 The Union Government has inaugurated a Multimedia EExhibitionxhibition in PPPuri,Puri, OOOdisha.Odisha.

10. Swachh Survekshnan Grameen ––– 2018:

 The Union Government launched ‘SwachhSwachh Survekshan GrameenGrameen-Grameen--- 2018’, a survey of rural cleanliness ProgrammeProgramme, to rank all qualitative and quantitative evaluation.

11. 2019 Republic Day Chief Gust:

 The Union Government has invite US President Donald Trump as 2019 Republic day chief Gust.

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12. New Canal:

 The Prime Minister Sri Narender Modi has dedicated to the nation a 171 km long Bansagar cancanaaaall in MMirzapurirzapurirzapur,, UttarpradeshUttarpradesh....  It is a Joint venture project of Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh and Bihar.

13. India China Agreement:

 India and Chiana has agreed to reduce the tariffs on Indian medicines for AAAntiAnti CCCancerCancer DDDrugs.Drugs.

15.07.2018 1.1.1. 21th FooFootttt Ball World Cub Final:

 Winner ––– France 4:24:24:2 (Second time , first time 1998)  Runner --- Croatia  Third place ---Belgium-Belgium

Roll Of Honour:

 Golden ball ––– Luka Modric (Croatia)  Golden boot ––– Harry Kane (England)  Golden Glove ––– Thibaut courtois (Belgium)  Young Playor ––– Kylian Mbappe (France(France)  Fair Play ––– Spain.

2. Sangita Kalanidhi Award:

 The CCCaCaaarnaticrnatic Vocalist Aruna Sairam has bagged this year’s SSSangitaSangita KKKalanidhiKalanidhi Award

3. German Grand Prix:

 Spain’s Marc Marquez has won to his ninth consecutive German Grand Prix

4. Words Cheapest Drinking Water Project:

 The First of world’s Cheapest DDDrinkingDrinking WaWaWaterWaterterter project launched at DDDarbhangaDarbhanga in BiharBihar.

5. ‘‘ II’’’’mama Not Afraid of English”

 The Haryana Government launched ‘I am not afraid of English’ campaign initiative from class 1 in the state primary schools.

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6. British Indian of the Year:

 Ishwar Sharma has been named the ‘‘British Indian ofof the Year” for his achievements in YYYoga.Yoga.

7. 10,000 Runs In ODL:

 M.S.Dhoni became the foruth Indian to achieve the mark of 10,000 runs in ODIS .  Three other Indian batsmen achieve 10000 runs are SachinSachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid.

8. India And Pakistan Will Be Part Of Anti Terror Drill:

 Militaries of India and Pakistan will be part of a mega anti terror drill in in August 2018, which is being organized by the SSShanghaiShanghai Cooperation OOrganization.rganization.  It will be for the first time since Independence that India and Pakistan will both be part of a military exercise.  The name of the drill: ‘‘Peace Mission”

9. National Tourism Conclave:

 The 2nd National Tourism conclave was organized in Jaipur.

10. India as the Vice Chair:

 World Customs Organization selected India as the wice chair to head its Asia pacific Region for two years.

11. 2018 Wimbledon ChampionshipsChampionships::::

 Men’s Single – Novak Djokovic () Vs Kevin Anderson (SA)  Women’s Single – Angelique Kerber (SA)Vs serena Williams (USA)

12. Highest Speaking Language in India:

 Ist Place - Hindi  IInd Place – Bengali  IIIrd Place – Marathi  IVth Place – Telugu  Vth Place - Tamil

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CURRENT EVENTS JULYJULY----20182018 16.07.2018 TO 31.07.2018

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161616.07.16.07..07.2020202018181818 1. Missile Tsted Extreme Weather Conditions:

 The Supersonic Cruise Missile Brahmos was successfully test fired under extreme weather condition.  This missile was fired from Balasore in Odisha.  It is the world’s fastest anti-ship cruise missile in operation.  It’s Range is 290km.  It is jointly developed by India and Russia.

222.2. Faster Visas:

 The union Government has further liberalized the process for granting long – term visas to minorities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and .

333.3. Army To Resume MM777777 Trials:

 The Indian Army will resume trials of the USA made M777 artillery guns Pokhran in Rajasthan.

 The trials were suspended last September after the barrel of a gun burst during firing.

444.4. ‘Paudhagiri’ Campaign:

 The Haryana Government has launched a campaign named ‘Paudhagiri’  The aim is to increase the green cover of the state.  Under this scheme, 22 lakh students would plant sapings for the monsoon season.  They will have to post a selfi with growing sapling to receive Rs.50 for every month.

5. Vojvodina Golden Glove Boxing Tournament:

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 India won a total 17 medals with 7 gold, 6 silver and 4 bronze medals and obtained the first position.  This tournament was hold in Vajvodina, Serbia.

6. New Mini Organs For Hair Growth:

 The Scientists from IIT Delhi have silk based Hudrogal that immediate hair growth.  It is would help in production of drugs for hair less treatment.

7. ISRO’S Vikas Rocket Engine Test:

 ISRO has successfully performed a ground test of its high thrust version of the Vikas Engine at Mahendragiri in Tirunelveli District.  It will enhance the payload capability of ISRO’S launch vehicles.

8. Low Orbit Satellites:

 The China announced that, it has planned to launch 300 low orbit satellites named Hongyan Constellation.  It is to offer worldwide communication services, even in a remote desert or at sea.

9. Pakistan ––– China OFC Project:

 The Pakistan Prime Minister has inaugurated the Pakistan – China Optical Fiber Cable (OFC) project.  It is the first land based communication link between Pakistan and china.

10. New Member In UNHRC:

 The UN General Assembly has elected Iceland for the UN Human Rights Council of filling the seat vacated by the USA.

11. India’s Highest Telemedicine Centre:

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 ISRO jointed hands with Jammu Kashmir to setup a telemedicine centre at an altitude of 12700 feet to help of Amaranth Pilgrims.

12. India’s First Hyper Car Shul:

 The Mumbai based Vazirani Automotive has unveiled India’s first turbine electric hyber car called Vazirani Shul.

13. Thailand Open Badminton Winners:

 Men’s Single – Kanta Tsuneyama (Jappan) Vs Tommy Sugiarto (Indonesia)  Women’s Single – Nozomi okahara (Jappan) Vs P.V. Sindhu (India)

171717.07.201817.07.2018 Public Libraries Locater APP:

 This app will cover all 4603 libraries across the state of Tamil Nadu.  It will provide the information about the books available in the libraries.  The M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation and the Public Library Movement are jointly working with public libraries across the state for the app.

2. Major Trade Deal:

 The Japan and Eropion Union has signed a sweeping free trade deal

3. Joint Meeting:

 The US President Donald Trump and the Russian President Vladimir Putin have participated a joint meeting at Helsinki in Finland.

4. Import Duty Doubled For Textile Products:

 The Union Government has doubled import duty on more than 50 textile products.  It is aimed at promoting domestic manufacturing

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5. Net Neutrality In India:

 The Indian Government has approved TRAI’s recommendations on Net neutrality.  Net neutrality is principle that internet service providers discriminate or charge differently by user.

6. Load Carrying Capacity will Increased:

 The central Government raised safe limits for axle weight for transport vehicle by 20 -25%  The revised axle limits will be applicable to only new vehicles.

7. 12 New Moons Discovered:

 A dozen of New Moons have seen discovered around the Jupiter.  It is bringing a total numbers of moons to 79, the most for any planet in solar system.

 One of the moon has been call as ‘real oddball” due to its tiny size.

8. World’s Oldest Bread:

 14,500 years Oldest Bread was discovered in Jordan.

9. National Skill Training Institute (NSTI):

 The Union Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Mr.Dharmendra Pradhan has laid the foundation stone for National Skill Training Institute (NSTI) in Barang at Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

10. India’s Economical Growth Down:

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 The IMF has cut India’s economical growth rate by 0.1% from 7.4% to 7.3% for the year of 2018 – 2019  It was done due to the high oil price rise.  India grew by 6.7% in 2017 – 2018  India still remains the fastest growing economy among the largest nations.

11. IAAF World U20 Championships:

 2018 IAAF world U20 Championships was held at Tampere in Finland.  Kenya won first place with 6 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze medals (totally 11medals)  Second place Jamaica, Third place USA.  Hima Das won a single gold medal in 400m Running

12. Word’s First Remotely Operable Microscope:

 The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras has launched a world’s first remotely operable LEAP Microscope with worth of 40 crore.  It will allow precise view of atoms of a material.

13. India’s First Defence Incubator:

 India’s first Defence Incubator will come up in Hyderabad.  It will give boost to Indian Defence and Aerospace research industry.

14. UNEP and Google Partnership:

 UN Environment Programme has partnered with Google to moniter global ecosystem.

181818.07.201818.07.2018 1. CUTN’CUTN’SS New Chancellor:

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 Mr.G. Padmanaban has been appointed as chancellor of Central University of Tamil Nadu in Tiruvarur by president of India.

2. Turkey Of End Of Emergency:

 Turkey’s State of Emergency which is imposed on 2016 ended on 18th July 2018.

3. World First Melanoma Blood Test:

 Australian Researchers have developed a blood test for Melanoma (Skin Cancer) in its early stages.  It is world’s first blood test for skin cancer.

4. India’s Rank In 4G Speed:

 India get 109th Rank in 4G Speed category with 9.12 mbps speed.  First Place : Qatar (63.22 mbps)

5. India Wonga Gold Medal:

 Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won gold medal at the Sotteville Athletics Meet in France.

6. All Women Bank Branch:

 The first all women branch of Jammu & Kashmir Bank was inaugurated in Srinagar.

7. First Commercial Flight:

 First Commercial flight from Ethiopia to Eritrea was inaugurated after 20 years.  Eritrea was once a province of Ethiopia. In 1993 Eritrea has separated from Ethiopia after an Independence straggle.

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8. Tamil Development Centre:

 Tamil Nadu Government will setup 26 Tamil Develop center as globally.

9. Conference:

 The conference of heads of AYUSH National Institute was held in New Delhi.

 This conference was arranged by All India Institute of Ayurveda.

10. New Committee:

 The Union Government has Constituted a committee headed by Anil Swarup to merge National Cadet corps and National Service Scheme.

11. Renamed:

 The western Railway has rename Elphinstonel Suburban railway station in Mumbai as Prabhadevi railway station.

12. New Chairman:

 Anil D Sahasrabudhe has been appointed as new chairman of All India Council for Technical Education.

13. Spanish Grand Prix:

 India’s wrestler Vinesh Phogat won gold medals at Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid.

14. Seven Monuments Upgrade in Tamil Nadu:

1. Mamallapuram 2. Vellor Fort 3. Brahadeshwarar Temple 4. Kailasanathar Temple 5. Sittannavasal

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6. Gingee Fort  7. Moovar Kovil in Kodumbalur.  It was announced by Adarsh Smaruk Scheme by Archeological Survey of India.

15. Delhi Dialogue:

 10th Delhi Dialogue between India and Asian nations was held in New Delhi.  Theme: Strengthening India Asean maritime cooperation.

191919.07.201819.07.2018 1. A Panel Constituted Motor Accident Claims:

 The Madras High Court has Constitute an export panel with headed by former Judge Justice K. Chandra, to carp an unholy nexus between police and lawyers in filing motor accident claim petitions before the tribunals concerned.

2. India Expand Polar Research To Arctic:

 India has been started its research in Artic pole.  National centre for Antarctic and ocean research has been renamed as National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research by Indian Government.

3. BRICS Media Academy:

 A decision to establish a BRICS media academy and BRICS news portal were among those taken at the 2018 BRICS media forum at Cape Town in South Africa

4. ’s ‘‘‘Nation State Law”:

 The ‘National State Law” was approved by the Israeli parliament on 19th July 2018. 9

 It is declares that Israel is the historic homeland of the Jews and that they have a ‘Unique” right to self determination there.

5. World’s First Artificial Meteor Shower:

 Japan has been construct the world’s first artificial meteor shower in a spectacular show over Hiroshima in early 2020.

6. Online Pension System:

 The Chhattisgarh Government has launched an Online pension management system.

 It’s name is ‘‘‘Aabhaar – Aapki’s Seva Ka”

7. Travel + Leisure’s World Best Cities Report:

 Ist Place – San Miguel de Allende (Mexico)  IInd Place – Oaxaca (Mexico)  IIIrd Place – Udaipur (India)  Udaipur was ranked in Ist place in 2009.

8. UK’s First Space Port:

 UK had selected Sutherland as the site for its first space port.  This place is a Peninsula on Scotland’s North Coast.

9. New 100 Rupees Notes:

 The Reserve Bank of India would be issue new Rs.100 Rupees notes with a

picture of ‘‘‘Rani Ki Vav”  Rani Ki Vav is a stepwell situated at Patan in Gujarat.  It was added to the list of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites on 2014.

10. Assam’s First Sports Ambassador:

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 The Assam Government has named Hima Das as its first Sports Ambassador.

 Hima Das became the first Indian women to win gold medal in IAAF world U-20 Athletics championships held in Finland.

11. ICC ODI Rankings:

Batting:

 Ist Place – Virat Kohli  IInd Place – Joe Root  IIIrd Place – Babar Azam

Bowling:

 Ist Place – Jasprit Bumrah  IInd Place – Rashid Khan  IIIrd Place – Hasan Ali

All Rounder:

 Ist Place – Shakib Al Hasan  IInd Place – Mohammal Hafeez

 IIIrd Place – Mohammad Nabi.

12. NABARNABARDDDD 2018 Award:

 Repco Micro Finance Ltd was awarded the NABARD 2018 award for its service to self – helf group linkage in Tamil Nadu.

13. Fastest Growing Economy In Asia:

 As per Asian Development Bank’s report India Continues to be the fastest growing economy in Asia with projected GDP growth of 7.3%

14. Transgender Poet Meet: 11

 India’s first Government sponsored Transgender Poets meet was held in Kolkata.  It was chaird by First Transgender Principal Manabi Bandopadhyay and organished by Sahitya Academy.

202020.07.201820.07.2018 1. No ––– Confidence Motion Defeated:

 The BJP – led NDA Government has defeat the no-Confidence motion moved against it.  The No confidence motion has indicated by Telugu Desam Party’s MP Jayadev Galla in Lok Sabh.

 The Government get 325 votes which is against the motion and 126 votes was go to the opposition parties which is support the motion.

2. New Chief Justice For Madras High Court:

 Justice V.K. Tahilra Mani has been appointed as the third women chief justice of Madras High Court.  Ist Place – Kanta kumariBhatnagar (1992 - 93)  IInd Place – Justice Indira Banerjee

3. Special High Court Bench For Idol Theft Cases:

 The chief Justice of Madras High court has constituted a special bench for idol theft cases.  It is consist Two Justices, Justice R.Mhadevan and P.D.Aadikesavalu.  It will start with case of Sri Ranganathaswamy temple in Srirangam.

4. BRICS Health Ministers Meeting:

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 8th Brics Health Ministers meeting was held at Durban in South Africa.  Union Health Minister meeting held at Durban is South Africa.  Union Health Minister J.P.Nadda in his address said that, India is commited to eliminate TB by 2025.

5. Pitch Block ––– 2018

 The mega aircraft exercise named as ‘Exercise pitch Black’ is to be held in Australia.  Indian Air Force to be participate for the first time in the event.

6. India Tops List Of Immigrants In Australie:

 India has tops list of skilled visa immigrants in Australia from 2000 to 2016.  As 2,91,916 Indians has migrated to Australia in that period.

7. A world Class Exhibition:

 A world Class exhibition on 4 eminent personalities of Bengal, Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, Netaji Subhas Chandr Bose, Risihi Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay and Dr. Syam Prasad Mukherjee to be held in Kolkata.

 This exhiibition will be organized at National Library in Kolkata on a permanent basis.

8. InInternationalternational Conference :

 International conference on ‘Empowering Women’ Fostering Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainability was held in New Delhi.  This Conference was organized by NITI Aayog.

9. New Central University:

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 The Union Cabinet approved to setup Central University in Ananthapur districe, Andrapradesh.

10. Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan:

 The National Mission for Clean Ganga has organized by ‘‘‘Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan.”  It is aim to plantation activities on the bank Ganga in Uttarakhand, Uttarpradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and west Bengal.

11. 200 Runs In Odi:

 Fakhar Zaman becomes the first Pakistan cricket player to score double century in .

12. International Army Games:

 The international Army Games held in Russia.  Seven Countries are participate in this event including India.

13. EE----PragatiPragati Core Platform:

 The Andhra Pradesh Government has launched e-pragati core platform for connecting of citizen to 34 departments, 336 autonomous organizations and 745 plus services.

14. Padhe Bharat ––– Padhe Bharat:

 The Union Government has announced the Padhe Bharat – Padhe Bharat scheme to promote reading culture among the students.  The initiative has been launched under ‘Samagra Shiksha’  The government will give an annual library grant to schools.

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212121.07.201821.07.2018 111.1... NATIONAL YOUTH ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

 The 15th National Youth Athletics Championships was held at Vadodara, Gujarat.

222.2... NEW MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ALIANCE

 has join the International Solar Alliance as 68th member.  This alliance was launched at the Paris Climate Summit in 2015.  ISA’s headquarter has situated at Gurugram in Hariyana.

3. World’s Most Walkable City:

 London has launched ‘Walking Action Plan” to become the world’s most walk able city.

4. Kharchi Puja:

 Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Dep has inaugurated traditional ‘Kharchi Puja’ at Paran Habeli in Tripura.

5. 24 Hour Helpline:

 Tamil Nadu Government has set a 24 hours helpline to assist and protect inter caste marriage couples.

6. Meghalayan Age:

 The Scientists from International Union of Geological Science have

Classified as a new chapter in Earth’s history the ‘Meghalayan Age”  This contains 4200 years of history and climate events suggesting a drought of 200 years that ruined civilizations from to china.

7. India’s Emergency ambulance Service In Srilanka:

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 India has launched the emergency ambulance service for Sri Lanka at Jaffna in Sri Lanka.  In the first phase 88 ambulances have been started in Jaffna.

8. Remote Sensing Toolkit:

 NASA has launched the Remote sensing Toolkit to promote commercial use of satellite data.

9. India and Japan Dialogue:

 India and Japan hold the fourth round of maritime affairs dialogue in New Delhi.

10. NNewew EVM Manufacturing Unit:

 The election commissioner Sunil Arora inaugurated new Electronic Voting Machines production unit at BEL in Bengaluru.  Braille Voter Id card are distributed for first time in Karnataka.

11. Digital Armies:

 UP Police have planned to setup Digital Armies to keep a vigil on wrong post and rumor.

12. World’s Heaviest Satellite :

 US Space Agency, x Space has launched world’s heaviest communication satellite Telstar 19 Vantage Satellite.  It was launched through Falcon 9 rocket.

13. Indian Prime Minister Visit To Rwanda:

 Mr.Modi contributed 200 cows to Rwanda Government for ‘One Cow for One Poor Family’ Programme.

 That programme was named Girinka.

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 India provide 10 million dollar for Kigali Economic Zone and Industrial Park and also 10 crore dollar for irrigation programme.

14. Student Police Cadet Programme:

 The student police cadet programme was launched by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.  The main aim of the programme is fight against corruption, disaste management and child production.

15. Open Championship:

 Shubankar Sharma become the youngest golfer to achieve the feet at the 147th Open Championship in Scotland.

222222.07.201822.07.2018 1. Rainfall Record:

 The Odisha’s Burda town has recived 622 mm of rainfall over 24 hours.  It is shattering a 36 year old rainfall record of the state.

2. Indian army To Be Inducted Artillery Guns:

 The Indian Army will be inducted two types of artillery guns into its arsenal.  1. K9 vajra – Tracked self propelled artillery guns are recived from South Korea.  2. M77 Ultra light howitzers Received from USA.

3. Gold Medal in Asian Juinor Badminton:

 Lakshya Sen became third Indian Badminton player to won the gold medal in Asian Junior Badminton Championships against Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Tailand.  This Tournament was held at Jakarta, in Indonesia. 17

4. German Grand Prix:

 Lewis Hamilton (UK) has won the German Grand Prix Formula – 1 car race.

5. World’s First Transgender Super Hero:

 Nicole Maines, World’s first television serial super Hero has acting in ‘Super girl” serial which is telecast in USA.

6. ‘‘‘Mizo Hnahthlak Festival”

 The first international festival of Mizoram ‘Mizo Hnahthlak” was held at Aizawl in Mizoram

7. Federal Bank Entered Into Three Countries:

 Federal Bank has get approval from RBI to open the Branches in Bahrain, and Singapore.

8. Quickest Cricketer to Reach 1000 Runs:

 The Pakistan batsman Fakhar Zaman became the quickest player to reach the 1000 runs in one day international cricket.  Faker Zaman has broken the record of West Indies Cricketer Vivian Richards.  Vivian Richards had achieved this mark in 21 matches but Faker Zaman took only 18 matches to reach the 1000 runs mark.

9. World’s Most Expensive Goalkeeper:

 Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson Beckar became the world’s most expensive goalkeeper.

10. Athena Satellite:

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 The Face book announced that is aiming to launch ‘Athena’, its Own internet Satellite for provide broadband access to unserved and Underserved areas.

11. System Of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting:

 SAFR (System of Air quality and weather Forecasting) was inaugurated by the Union forest and climate change minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan in New Delhi.  It will be out real time air quality index on 24 x 7 basis with a colour coding along with 72 hour advance forecast.

12. Medini Puraskar Yojana:

 The Environment Ministry reintroduced the Medini Puraskar Yojana to Indian authors for their original work in Hindi on Environment, pollution and climate change subjects.

13. German Footballer’s Quit:

 The German footballer Mesut Ozil who has Turkish roots was announced his decision to quit German national football team citing racism.

232323.07.201823.07.2018 1. Total Plastic Ban:

 A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court has ordered a complete ban on the use of plastic in and around Sabarimala.

2. Public Affairs Index --- 2018

 Ist Place – Kerala  IInd Place – Tamilnadu  IIIrd Place – Telangana

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 Last Place – Bihar.

3 Reginal Rail Training Institute:

 The Minister of state for Railway Manoj Sinha inaugurated Regional Rail Training institute at Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh.

4. National Trader’s Conclave:

 The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the three day National Trader’s conclave at New Delhi.

5. Triable Atlas:

 Odisha Chief Minister Naveen patnaik released the first tribal atlas of Odisha.  It is consisting of a set of maps and statistics highlighting the tribal demography of Odisha.

6. 2017 AIFF Awards:

 Indian football team caption Sunil Chhetri was named the 2017 All India Football Federation player of the year award.  Women Footballer of the year award – Kamala Devi

7. Tread Will:

 The IIT Kanpur has created an online tool named ‘Tread Will”, to help people overcome issues related to mental health.

8. ATP Tennis World Rankings:

 Ist Place – Rafael Nadal  IInd Place – Roger Federer.

9. India And UK Sings A Mou:

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 Indian Government has Signed a Memorandum of Understanding with UK to obtain help in enhancing overall public transport system in India.

10. BIMSTEC Summit --- 2018

 The 4th BIMSTEC Summit – 2018 will be held in Kathmandu from August 30 to 31.

11. Sukanya Samriddhi Yojan:

 The Union Government has reduced the minimum yearly deposit required

for popular girl child saving scheme Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana to Rs.250 from 1000 earlier.

 It was launched a small savings scheme ‘Under Beti Bacho Beti Badho” in 2015.

12. Junior Asian Wrestling Championship:

 Ist Place – Iran  IInd Place – India (8 Medals)  Sachin Rathi (74 kg) and Deepak Punia (86 kg) won gold medals for India.  This tournament was held in New Delhi.

242424.07.201824.07.2018 1. Rajiv Gauba Committee:

 The Union Government has set up a four member committee headed by home secretary Shri Rajiv Gauba.  It is suggest measures and legal framework to effectively deal with incidents of mob violence.

2. S.B.Behera Committee:

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 The Odisha Chief Minister has set up a ministerial committee headed by Odisha finance Minister Sashi Bhusen Behera.  It draft policies for development of Odisa film industry (Ollywood)

3. First Women Chief Justice Of Pakistan:

 Justice Tahira Safdar was female the chief Justice of Balochistan high court in Pakistan.  This makes her the first women Chief Justice of any court in Pakistan.

4. Logos International Badminton:

 India’s Mannu Altri and sumeeth Reddy won the men’s doubles title at Logos International Badminton at Logos in Nigeria.

5. ICC Test Ranking:

 Ist Place – James Anderson (England)  IInd place – Virat Kohli (India)  IIIrd Place – Joe Root (England)

All Rounders:

 Ist Place – Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)  IInd Place – Ravindra Jadeja (India)  IIIrd Place – Vernon Philander (South Africa)

7. Asian Cup For Cadets And Junior Judo:

 Asian cup for Cadets and Junior Judo championship 2018 was held at Macau in China.  Indian Cadet and junior teams have won 15 medals including 4 gold.

8. World’s Largest Dinosaur Foot:

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 The Scientist have discovered the world’s largest brachiosaurs (one of the dinosaur family) foot print at Wyoming State in USA.

9. New Scheme Of Cultural Ministry:

 A scheme named safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage and Diverse Cultural Traditions of India’s is implemented by the Ministry of Culture.

10. Miss Asia Deaf 2018:

 Deshna Jain who is from Madhya Pradesh has been crowned the 2018 Miss Asia deaf.  She was also 3rd runner in the 2018 Miss International Deaf contest held on Taipei.

11. Centre For Climate Change:

 NABARD has launched the South East Asia’s first ever center for climate change at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh.

12. 2020 Olympic Mascot:

 Summer Olympic mascot name – Miraitowa which means future.  Para Olympic mascot – Someity

13. Typhoon Ampil:

 Typhoon Ampil hit Chinese financial hub Shanghai.

14. India Bangaladesh Joint Committee Meetiong:

 The first meeting of India and Bangladesh joint committee was held in Agartala, Tripura.

15. Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0:

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 Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0 is programme of Ministry of Human Resource Development.  Currently 748 institutions are participating under the scheme.  Under this scheme higher education institutions will participate in development activities particularly in rural areas.

252525.07.201825.07.2018 1. State Forest Policy:

 The Tamil Nadu Government has released the draft for state forest

policy.  This policy have aims to conserve forests and wildlife, ecosystems, and climate change mitigation.

2. Global Disability Summit --- 2018

 Global Disability Summit 2018 was held at London in UK  The Union Minister for Social Justice and empowerment Mr. Thaawarchand Gehlot has attended the summit.

3. National Youth Athletics Championships:

 The 15th National Youth Athletics Championships were held at Vadodara in Gujarat.  Dhanvir and Aparna Ray were declared as ‘best athletes of the meet’.

 Haryana won the team championships title and Kerala came second.

4. New Book Of Ramachandra Guha:

 A book titled ‘Gandhi: The years that changed the world (1914 - 1848)” has been written by Ramachandra Guha.

5. Green Mahanadi Mission:

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 The Odisha Government has launched a plantation drive named as ‘Green Mahanadi Mission”

 This Scheme have aims to 2 crore saplings world be planted along the Mahanadi, Ib and Tel rivers.

6. Bijli Mitra:

 The Rajasthan Government has launched a mobile app named as ‘Bijli Mitra”  It is help to farmers forget their default transformers replaced with in 6 hours.

7. Mukhyanmantri Kisan Aaye Badhotri Solar Yojan:

 The Delhi Government has launched Mukhyanmantri Kisan Aaye Badhotri Solar Yojan scheme for formers.

8. ODE District Of Bihar:

 Sitamarthi District of Bihar has became the first district in Bihar to declare as open defecation free.

9. Closet Approch To Earth:

 The red planet Mars will make the closest approach to Earth in 15 years on July 31, 2018.

10. Childline 1098 Contest:

 Union Ministry of Women and Child Development has launched # childline 1098 contest, inviting people to share image of the childline 1098 logo.

11. World Tamil Research Conference:

 World Tamil Research Conference will be hosted in Kanyakumari.

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1.1.1. International, Film Festival:  The 18th International film, children’s festival has inaugurated at Kolkata in West Bengal by K.N.Tripathi governor of West Bengal.  It will 36 films from 17 countries.

2. International Sports Complex:

 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu laid the in Vijayawada foundation stone for Amaravati International Sports Complex Vijayawada.

3. Gajyatra:

 From 1st August 2018, the ‘Gajyatra” exhibition will be conducted to raise awareness about conservation of elephants at Delhi.

4. P.J. Joseph Committee:

 The IRDAI has constituted 16 member committee with headed by P.J. Joseph for examine the motor third party insurance pricing and make recommendations on the premium rates for 2019 – 2020.

5. 2018 ––– Ramon Magsaysay Award:

 Two Indians are awarded this year.  Bharat Vatwani (Mumbai) is awarded for rescue of mentally ill destitute people and reuniting them with their families.  Sonam Wangchuk (Jammu and Kashmir) is awarded for his contribution in the field of education, culture and progress of communities in remote northern India.  Other Winners of the Award Are:

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 Youk Chhang (Cambodia)  Maria de Lourdes Martins Cruz (East Timer)  Howard Dee ()  Vo Thi Hoang Yen ()

6. Liquid Water On Mars:

 A massive underground liquid water lake has been detected for first time on Mars.  This Study was led by Italian researchers.

7. International Conference of India ––– Viet Name:

 An International conference of India – Vietnam for economic ties was held in New Delhi.

8. Innovate India Platform:

 ‘‘‘# Innovation India plate form”, a collaboration between the Atal Innovation Mission and MyGov was launched by NITI Aayog.  It’s aim to create and encourage a structured ecosystem for innovation in India.

9. A.K. Goel Committee:

 National Green Tribunal formed a monitoring committee with headed by A.K.Goel for Yamuna Rejuvenation Project.

10. Renewable Energy Production 2018

 Ist Place – Karnataka  IInd Place – Tamil Nadu

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11. International Conference Of Female Parliamentarians:

 The International congress of women’s parliamentarian will be held in Dublin Ireland.

12. 2018 BRICS Summit:

 Tenth BRICS Summit 2018 began at Johanesburg in South Africa.

 Theme: ‘‘‘BRICS in Africa” collaboration for inclusive growth and shared prosperity in the 4th Industrial Revolution.

13. Tamil Sangamam Conference:

 Tamil Sangamam Conference inaugurated in Tanjavur Tamil University.

14. Sensex Record:

 Sensex Crossed 37000 Points first time in history while Nifty – 11185 Points.

15. Sanchar Kranti Yojana:

 The Indian President Shri Ram Nath Govind has launched Chhattisgarh Governments Sanchar Kranti Yojana.  Under this scheme 50 lakh smart phone would be provided to naxal affected Bastar region.

22272777.07.2018.07.2018 1. Bilateral Exercise:

 The Indian coast Guard and Bangladesh coast Guard conducted a two day bilateral table – top exercise on maritime pollution in Kolkata.

2. West Bengal Rename Bill:

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 The West Bengal Assembly has passed a resolution to rename the state as ‘Bangla’ in three languages, Bengali, English and Hindi.

3. International Player of the Year:

 Virat Kohli was awarded the International Cricketer of the year for 2017 and 2018.  This award was presented by Barmy Army which is a popular group of English cricket fans.

4. Pakistan’s New Prime Minister:

 The former Pakistani Cricketer Imran Khan has elected as Pakistan’s next Prime Minister.  His party name is Tehreek –E-Insaf party (PTS)  He contested against Shahbaz Sharif, who heads the Pakistan Muslim League (NAWAZ).

5.5.5. Earth Prize --- 2018

 The Cochin International Airport Limited has been selected for the ‘Champion of Earth Prize - 2018”  It is the highest environmental honor, instituted by United Nations.  Cochin Airport is first in the world to be fully powered by solar energy.

6.6.6. Atibadi Jaganath Das Samman Award:

 Poet Ramakanta Rath was conferred with Odisha’s highest literary award Atibadi Jagannath Das Samman for 2018.

7. Air Defence India Exhibition:

 Air Defence India Exhibition was held in New Delhi.

8. ‘Unconstitutional’

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 The Gauhati High Court has declared the Arunachal Pradesh Parliamentary Secretaries (Appointment, Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 as ‘Unconstitutional.”

9.9.9. India’s First State Run All Women Hotel:

 India’s first all women run hotel which is named as ‘Hostess’ was launched by Kerala Tourism Development Corporation in Thiruvananthapuram.

12. New Urban Sanitation Policy:

 The Gujarat Government has issued Urban Sanitation and cleanliness policy for better management of solid and liquid waste in cities.

13. New Health Insurance Scheme:

 The Arunachala Pradesh Government has plan to launch Insurance Scheme ‘Arogya Arunachal Yojana” to enable citizens to avail cashless health services in network hospitals.

282828.07.201828.07.2018 1. PRanam Act:

 The Assam Government has announced the first of its kind legislation the Assam Employees PRANAM Act would be implemented in the state from

October 2, 2018.  The Act will be deduct 10% of an employee’s pay and transfer it to the

account of the parent, who is neglected by the Government servants.

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 Another 5% would be deductable if the employee has a differently abled

sibling.

222.2. New Strain Of Ebola Virus:

 The New strain of Ebola virus named Bombali Virus (Bomv) has been

discovered in Sierra Leone.

333.3. World’s Oldest Person Dies:

 Chiyo Miyako, the world’s Oldest person (Age 117 years) was passed

away in Tokyo.

444.4. India Has Number 1 Position In Archery.

 The Indian women’s compound Archery team has secured number one

position in the world ranking as per World Archery Association report.

555.5. Assamese Film Wins Awards:

 Assamese Film ‘‘‘Xhoihobate Dhemalite ” has won three awards at the 3rd Love International Film Festival in United States.

6. Urban Sanitation and Cleanliness Policy:

 The Gujarat government launched the Urban Sanitation and cleanliness

policy for better management of solid and liquid waste in cities.

777.7. ‘‘‘Mahila Shakti Kendra”:

 The Union Government has approved a new scheme to empower rural

women through community participation.  It is called ‘Mahila Shakti Kendra’ for 2017 – up to 2019 – 2020.  The cost sharing ratio of the scheme is 60:40 between centre and states

(Ratio of North Eastern States is 90:10)

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8. Indian Prime Ministers Museum:

 Nehru Memorial Museum and Library announced that a museum for all

former Prime Ministers of the country will be built in New Delhi.

9. Mission SSSatyanishthaSatyanishthaatyanishtha::::

 Indian Railway launched mission Satyanishtha.  Its aim to adhere good ethics and to maintain high standard of integrity at

work.

10. Best Parliamentarian Award:

 2013 Najma Heptulla (BJP)  2014 – Narayan Yadav (BJP)  2015 – Kulam Nabi Azad (Congress)  2016 – Dinesh Trivedi (TMC)  2017 – Bhartrahari Mahatab (Biju Janata Dal)

292929.07.201829.07.2018 111.1. Food Security Act:

 The Odisha Government has plan to implement its own Food Security Act from October 2, 2018.

222.2. Riverine Port:

 Odisha Government approved a proposal for setting up a river line port

on river Mahanadi in Odisha.

333.3. Pineapple Festival:

 The Manipur Government has celebrated the 11th Pineapple Festival at

Thoubal district of Manipur.

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444.4. B.N. Srikrishna Panel:

 The high-level panel on data protection framework headed by Justice

B.N.Srikrishna submitted its report to the Union Government.

5. Indian’s First National Skill Training Institute For Women:

 The Union Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradnan has laid the foundation stone for National Skill Training Institute for Women at Mohali in

Punjab.

6. Weather Live Mobile Application:

 The Union Ministry of Earth Sciences launched a mobile application named ‘Mumbai Weather Live’ that will provide information on extreme

weather events in Mumbai.

7. A World Record In Backstroke Swimming:

 Kathleen Baker set a world record of 58.00 sec to win 100m backstroke at

the US Swimming Championships.

8. Russian Open Badminton:

 India’s Badminton player Sourabh Varma won the Russian open

Badminton.  This event was held in Vladivosk, Russia.

9. Cricket Curry Festival:

 International Cricket Council organized Sane Cricket Curry Festival in the

Japanese city sano to promote Cricket in Japan.

10. Metro Station Maintain By Woman:

 All woman staffers will operate Koyambedu and Shenoy Nagar Metro

Railway stations.

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11. Repo Rate Increased:

 RBI has been increased Repo rate from 6.25% to 6.50%  Reverse repo rate – 6.75%

303030.07.201830.07.2018 111.1. Pradeep Kumar Sinha Committee:

 The Union Government set up a High Level Empowered Committee headed by cabinet secretary Pradeep Kumar Singh to address the issues

of stressed thermal power projects.

222.2. BRICKS Film Festival:

 The 3rd BRICS Film festival was held in Durban, South Africa. Best Film

award won by ‘Newton’

333.3. 1st Asian Teen To Swim UK.France Channel:

 Prabhat koli became the first Asian to swim the choppy water from

Jersey Island in UK to France in cold – Weather.

444.4. Conference Of Young Superintendent Of Police:

 Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has inaugurated the second

conference of young superintendent of police held in New Delhi.

5. Mobile Open Exchange Zone:

 The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for India’s first Mobile open Exchange Zone (Mox) at World Trade Centre in

Noida, Utter Pradesh.

6. HDFC Awarded:

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 HDFC has been awarded the best performing lending institution award for credit linked subsidy scheme for economically weaker section and low

income group.

7. 1000th Test Match:

 England celebrating its 1000th test in Birmingham against India.  England was play its first test in 1877 against Australia.

8. Field Medal For Mathematics:

 The Indian born American Venkatesh was honoured with Field Medal for

Mathematics equivalent of a Nobel Prize for mathematics.

9. National Viral Hepatitis Control Programe:

 To eradicate viral Hepatitis by the year of 2030. The Union Health Minister

J.P Nadda Launched National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme.

10. New Missile Purchase:

 India has planning to buy National Advance Surface – to – Air Missile System II (NASAM - II) from USA with the estimated cast value of one

billion.

11. Digi Yatra:

 The Government is planning to introduce Digiyatra facility to enhance the

experience of Air Passengers.

12. WSF World Junior Squash Team Championship:

 The Egypt has won the boy’s world Junior squash team Championship.

13. TeeTeejjjj Festival:

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 Teej festival is known as Teeyan was celebrated to welcome the onset of

mansoon in Punjab. 313131.07.201831.07.2018 111.1. UN’s EE----GovernmentGovernment Index ––– 2018

 First Place – Denmark  Second Place – Australia  Third Place – South Korea  96th Place – India

222.2. Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award:

 Shri Gopalakrishn Gandhi has been chosen for the 24th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award for his Contribution in promoting communal

harmony, peace and goodwill.

333.3. Shivangi Pathak Scales Highest Peak:

 Haryana’s Shivangi Pathak has successfully scaled mount Kilimanjaro, the

highest peak of Africa.  Recently, she became the youngest Indian women to reach the peak of

Mount Everest.  She was given title ‘‘‘The Eagle of Mountain”

444.4. first ‘PP’ Blood Group Detected in India:

 India’s first ‘PP’ or ‘‘‘P null” phenotype blood group has been identified by doctors from Kasturba Medical College at Mangalore in Karnataka.

5. Earth Observation Satellite:

 China successfully launched Gaofen 2 satellite an optical remote, sensing

satellite for high resolution Earth observation.

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 This satellite was launched on Long March 4B rocket.

6. Most Valued Firm By Market Capitalisation In India:

 Reliance Industries Limited replaces TCS to be the most valued firm by

market capitalization in India with more than Rs.7 lakh crore.

7. EE----Aksharayan:Aksharayan:

 E-Aksharayan desktop software enabled to editing of text printed on

scanned documents was launched by IT Ministry.

8. US Cutting Edge Technology:

 India become first South Asian Country to get SAT-1 (Strategic Trade

Authorization 1).  These status edge sensitive technologies from America.

9. Canadian Open --- 2018

 American professional golfer Dustin Johnson won the Canadian open –

2018 Championship.

10. India Nepal Think Tank Summit:

 The first India and Nepal Think Tank summit began in Kathmandu.

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IMPORTANT DAYS July 2018 Date Day Theme July 1 National Doctors Day Zero tolerance to violence against GST Day doctors and Clinical establishment International Joke day July 2 World sports Journalists Day - July 4 US Independence Day July 7 International Day of Cooperatives Day Sustainable consumption and production fo goods and Service. July 11 World Population Day Family Planning is a Human Right

July 15 World Youth Skils Day

July 17 World Day for International Justice Workers on the move the quest for Social Justice July 18 Nelson Mandela International day

July 22 National flay adoption day -

July 26 Kargil Vijay Diwas 19th Anniversary July 28 World Hepatities Day Test. Treat.Hepatitis World Nature Conservation day July 29 International Tiger Day

July 30 World day against Trafficking in Responding to the Trafficking of person children am young people International Day of Friendship

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