WEEKLY ONE LINER (21-27 JULY 2018)

National

 Institution has been given the task to formulate national action plan to combat drug menace by Supreme Court of - All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)  The Maulana Azad Schooling Basis (MAEF), a subordinate organisation of - The Ministry of Minority Affairs  The Indra Sawhney v Union of India verdict of Supreme Court is related to - Reservation in promotions to SC & ST  Indian State has recently included Acid Attack victims in Disability list- Madhya Pradesh

 state government has recently set up separate directorate for Divyangs - Assam

 State government has launched e-Pragati Core initiative to provide integrated services to citizens – Andra Pradesh

 State government has released its first-ever tribal atlas to highlight the tribal demography of the state –Odisha

 Maharashtra Government will pump amount to develop areas around tiger reserves – ₹ 124 crore  The State Assembly passed the West Bengal Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill, 2018  According to Trafficking of Persons Bill, 2018 rehabilitation fund with an initial corpus of amount will be created for the first time - 10 crore rupees  The 6th India-UK Science & Innovation Council (SIC) meeting was held at which of the following place -New Delhi  Country is the largest milk producer of the world – India  The per capita consumption of the global average - 330 grams  Indian Prime Minister had attended the concluding session of the two-day ‘Transforming Urban Landscape’ convention at – Uttar Pradesh  Under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) Government of India set a target of building 20 million affordable houses by - 31 March 2022

International   Chinese has offered a fresh grant of - two billion yuan ($295 million)  India’s rank for FDI Confidence Index in terms of its attractiveness, according to an AT Kearney report – 11

 The BRICS Forum-2018 ended with which of the following Declaration - Johannesburg Declaration  Ramon Magsaysay Award 2018 winner Sonam Wangchuk is associated with programme - Operation New Hope  Global Tiger Day, often called International Tiger Day is celebrated on - 29 July

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 Imran Khan to be sworn-in as Prime Minister of Pakistan.  Imran Khan is a leader of Political Party - Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI)

Sports

 Country topped the team championship -2018 of the Jr Asian Wrestling Championship held in New Delhi – Iran  Retained the men's doubles title at the Lagos International badminton tournament in - and Sumeeth Reddy  The third Indian shuttler to secure a gold medal at the Badminton Asia junior championships - Lakshya Sen  The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic mascot name – Someity  Won the Singapore Open men's singles title-2018 - Chou Tien-chen

 Fakhar Zaman, who has become the fastest player to score 1000 ODI runs, is belong to – Pakistan

 The 15th National youth athletics championships-2018 held – Vadodara,Gujarat

 The Indian women’s compound archery team created history by scaling to the top of the world rankings  Bajrang Punia won international gold at the Yasar Dogu International.

General Knowledge

 The Nelson Mandela International Day (NMID) is observed every year on - 18th July  Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) is a subsidiary of Reserve Bank of India  Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) was established on - 15 July 1978 under Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act, 1961.  India's fourth largest private sector lender- YES Bank  Yes Bank received final regulatory approval from the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to start mutual fund business, named - YES Asset Management India Limited (YAMIL).  YES Bank Director & chief executive officer:- Rana Kapoor  the high-powered committee set up last year to review the current process of Coal Bidding -Pratyush Committee

 Asian Development bank is headquartered at - Ortigas Centre in Manila, Philippines

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 The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) is a flagship initiative set up by the NITI Aayog to promote innovation and entrepreneurship.  Bharat Vaswani and Sonam Wangchuk are among six individuals who were declared winners of the award, regarded as the Asian version of the Nobel Prize.  The current president of New Development Bank(NDB) - KV Kamath  National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) is a statutory Corporation under Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare  National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) was formed in 1963 with Headquarter in New Delhi  Global Tiger Day, often called International Tiger Day is celebrated on - 29 July  Mudumalai Tiger reserve is in – Tamil Nadu

Person in News

 The current record holder of India's national 400 meters Sprint Event - Muhammed Anas  Appointed as ‘Chef De Mission’ by Indian Olympic Association for the Asian Games-bound Indian contingent - Brij Bhushan Saran Singh  The current president of Uganda- Yokohama Museveni

 The Mission Director of Atal Innovation Mission - R Ramanan  The 6th India-UK Science & Innovation Council (SIC) meeting was represented from Indian Side by which of the following Minster - Harsh Vardhan  Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh  The current Governor of Meghalaya - Ganga Prasad

Economy

 Ajay Kanwal is the MD and CEO of Jana Small Finance Bank.  Registered office of Jana Small Finance Bank is in - Bengaluru, Karnataka.  A subsidiary of HDFC Bank, HDFC securities launched Mutual Funds (MF) transactional capabilities on Facebook Messenger through their virtual assistant - Arya  Banks and Financial Institutions (FIs) have signed Inter-Creditor Agreement (ICA) aimed at faster resolution of stressed assets of Rs. 50 crore or more.  Inter-Creditor Agreement Framework is part of project ‘Sashak’  India’s banks had 12.5% of their total loans categorised as non-performing or restructured at the end of March 2018  According to Asian Development Bank (ADB), India will continue to be fastest growing major economy, ahead of China, with growth rate of 7.3% in 2018-19 and 7.6 % in 2019-20.  The Mission Director of Atal Innovation Mission - R Ramanan  The 6th India-UK Science & Innovation Council (SIC) meeting was represented from Indian Side by which of the following Minster - Harsh Vardhan  Reserve Bank Governor Urjit Patel-headed Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)

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 The government has mandated the Reserve Bank to keep inflation at 4 per cent (+/- 2 per cent)  India's third-largest software service provider in terms of dollar revenue- T.C.S.(Tata consultancy Services)