Current Affairs Monthly Capsule and Quiz June 2018

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World Oceans Day is held every year on 8th June to raise awareness of the vital importance of our oceans and the role they play in sustaining a healthy planet. IN Ships arrive Guam to participate in Ex-  The conservation action theme for World Malabar 2018 Oceans Day 2018 is “Preventing Plastic Indian Naval Ships Sahyadri, Shakti and Kamorta of Pollution and Encouraging Solutions for a the Eastern Fleet arrived at Guam on 07 June to Healthy Ocean”. participate in the 22nd edition of Exercise Malabar, off Guam, USA from 07 to 16 June 2018. QS World University Rankings 2019: IIT  Exercise Malabar, which started as a bilateral exercise between the US Navy and the Indian Bombay, IISc move up Three Indian universities feature in the top 200 Navy in 1992, has evolved over the years universities of the QS World University with the participation of the Japanese rankings 2019. Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) from  These includes-Indian Insitiute of 2007. Technology (IIT), Bombay, Indian Institute  Malabar 17 was held in July last year on the of Science (IISc), Bangalore and IIT . Eastern Sea Board of , off and  IIT-Bombay is now the top institute in the Visakhapatnam. country at 162 rising 17 positions from 2018,  It is for the first time that the exercise is IIT-Delhi retained its 2018 position with a being conducted off Guam, a major US rank of 172 while the Indian Institute of Naval Base in the Western Pacific. Science has overtaken IIT-Delhi and is  It would be of interest to note that the US has ranked 170. recently named their Hawaii-based Pacific  The list has been topped by Massachusetts Command as the U.S. Indo-Pacific Institute of Technology for the seventh year Command. in a row.

India ranks 137th on Global Peace Index 2018 According to a report by an Australian think tank, G7 summit 2018 held in Canada The 44th G7 summit was held on June 8–9, 2018, in India has moved up four places to the 137th rank La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada.This was the sixth time among 163 countries on the 2018 Global Peace since 1981 that Canada has hosted the meetings. Index. The summit received significant attention due to a  Iceland remains the most peaceful country in significant decline of relations of members with the the world, a position it has held since 2008. United States. New Zealand, Austria, Portugal and Due to this, the summit was dubbed the "G6+1" by Denmark also sit in the top five most France and some members of the media. peaceful rankings. Points to Remember  Syria remains the least peaceful country in  Earlier it was known as G8, but in March the world, a position it has held for the past 2014, the G7 declared that a meaningful five years. discussion was currently not possible with

Russia in the context of the G8. Since then, World Oceans Day: 8 June

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meetings have continued within the G7 Indians form 2nd largest group of international process. students in US  The G7 is a group consisting of Canada, With 1,86,000 Indian students currently studying in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United the United States, India is the second highest sender Kingdom, and the United States. of foreign students to the US, next only to China.  US consul general in , Craig Hall, 58 Indian companies in 2018 Forbes 'Global said that the United States is the top 2000' list destination for foreign students worldwide Fifty-eight Indian companies featured on the 2018 and the number of Indian students in the US Forbes ‘Global 2000’ list of the world’s largest has more than doubled in the last 10 years. public sector companies, the same number as last year. International ICT conference to be held in Nepal  The Mukesh Ambani-led oil-to-telecom The Computer Association Nepal (CAN) is conglomerate, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), organizing an international-level 'Information and rank at 83, retaining its top spot as the most Communication Technology (ICT) Conference- valued Indian company on the list. 2018' in Kathmandu on June 17-18.  HDFC Bank, the country’s largest financier,  The objective of the conference is to took the second spot among Indian exchange information on the improved companies, ranking at 202. practices of information technology.  Overall, Industrial & Commercial Bank of  Various international experts will attend and China is ranked 1 for the sixth consecutive present their working papers on the occasion. year.  Experts from China, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea 11th World Conference to be Held and UNDP are participating in the two-day in Mauritius conference. The 11th World Hindi Conference World Day Against Child Labour: 12 June (WHC) is being The World Day Against Child Labour, which is held organized from every year on June 12, is intended to foster the 18-20 August worldwide movement against child labour in any of 2018 in Mauritius its forms. by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of  The International Labour Organization India in association with the Government of (ILO), the United Nations body that Mauritius. regulates the world of work, launched the  The main theme of the Conference is “Hindi World Day Against Child Labour in 2002 in Vishwa Aur Bharatiy Sanskriti”. order to bring attention and join efforts to  The first World Hindi Conference was held fight against child labour. in 1975 in Nagpur, India. Since then, ten such Conferences have been held in different World Blood Donor Day parts of the world. Every year on 14 June, countries around the world celebrate World Blood Donor Day (WBDD).

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 The event, established in 2004, serves to The 15th of June every year marks the United raise awareness of the need for safe blood Nations internationally recognised day – World and blood products, and to thank blood Elder Abuse Awareness Day. donors for their voluntary, life-saving gifts  The day came about as a result of UN of blood. resolution 66/127.  The theme for Blood Donation Day in 2018  The day aims to focus global attention on the is 'Be there for someone else. Give blood. problem of physical, emotional, and Share life.’ financial abuse of elders.  The theme for 2018 World Elder Abuse Mukesh Ambani tops Forbes' 2017 list of India's Awareness Day is “Moving from Awareness 100 richest tycoons to Action through a Human Rights based Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) chairman Mukesh approach”. Ambani has topped Forbes annual list of 100 richest tycoons of 2017, With a net worth of $38 World Day to Combat Desertification and billion, which is equal to the entire GDP of the Drought: June 17 former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan. The World Day to Combat Desertification (WDCD)  The richest newcomer in the list is Wadia is being celebrated worldwide on 17th June. Group of companies Chairman Nusli Wadia  World Day to Combat Desertification and (No. 25, $5.6 billion). Drought is observed every year to promote  At $19 billion, the net worth of Wipro's public awareness of international efforts to Azim Premji - who jumped two places up combat desertification. over last year to become the second richest  Theme of WDCD 2018 is “Land has true Indian on the list - is almost equal to value – invest in “. Afghanistan's GDP. NSG plenary meeting held in Jurmala, Latvia Record-Breaking Astronaut Peggy Whitson The 28th Plenary Meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Retires from NASA Group (NSG) was held in Jurmala, Latvia On Astronaut Peggy Whitson, who 14th and 15th June 2018. has spent more time in space  The NSG plenary meeting than any other American, was chaired by Ambassador Jānis Zlamets retired from NASA on June 15. of Latvia.  Iowa native Whitson,  The NSG reviewed the developments since 58, earned a doctorate the last meeting in in 2017. in biochemistry from Rice University in 1985. International Decade for Action: Water for  She went to work at NASA's Johnson Space Sustainable Development 2018-2028 Center in Houston a year later, as a National Union Minister for Water Resources, River Research Council Resident Research Development & Ganga Rejuvenation and Road Associate. Transport & Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari is scheduled to visit Republic of Tajikistan World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: 15 June to represent India in the high-level Conference on

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“International Decade for Action: Water for outside in their neighborhoods or in public Sustainable Development, 2018-2028” on 20-21 spaces and parks. June 2018.  The first all-day musical celebration was  United Nations and Government of Republic originated by the France. of Tajikistan are jointly organizing the International Day of Yoga: 21 June Conference to discuss key water related International Day of issues of sustainable development goals Yoga, or commonly adopted by UN member countries. and unofficially  Tajikistan is a strategic partner country in our referred to as Yoga extended neighbourhood. Day, is celebrated  The country has a leading role in pioneering annually on 21 June global water related issues. since its inception in 2015.  An international day for yoga was declared India-Greece business forum meeting unanimously by the United Nations General On the occasion of the official visit of the President Assembly (UNGA). of the Republic of India to , from June 18 –  Yoga is a physical, mental and spiritual 19, 2018, a Business Forum the “Greece-India practice originated in India. Business Forum” was organized on Tuesday the  The theme for Yoga Day 2018 is "Yoga for 19th of June, in Athens. Peace."  This Forum was organized by The Embassy of India in Athens in collaboration with US leaves the UN Human Rights Council Enterprise Greece. US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have 7th OPEC international Seminar announced the US was withdrawing from the UN The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Human Rights Council. Countries (OPEC) will host the 7th OPEC  In doing so, they claimed the council was a International Seminar at the Imperial Hofburg roadblock to genuine global human rights Palace in , Austria, on 20−21 June 2018. protection.  The theme of the Seminar is ‘Petroleum – cooperation for a sustainable future’. World Refugee Day: 20 June  Seminar participants customarily include World Refugee Day is observed every year by the Ministers from OPEC Member Countries people on 20th June in order to raise the public and other oil-producing and oil-consuming awareness about refugee’s situations throughout the nations, as well as heads of world. intergovernmental organizations.  World Refugee Day was declared on 20th of June by the United Nations General World Music Day: 21 June Assembly in the Resolution 55/76 on 4th of World Music Day is an annual music celebration December in 2000. that takes place on 21 June.  The Theme of World Refugee Day 2018  On Music Day the citizens of a city or is: “Now more than ever, we need to country are allowed and urged to play music stand #WithRefugees”

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Saudi Arabia issues first driving licences to India to construct war memorial in France women India will construct a war memorial at Villers Saudi Arabia has issued driving licences to women Guislain, a town around 200 km from , to for the first time in decades just before a ban on honour the valour and sacrifice of the thousands of female drivers is lifted. its soldiers, sailors and airmen who fought for  Ten women swapped their foreign licences peace in the World War I. for Saudi ones in cities across the country.  This was announced by external affairs  A flood of applications is now expected in minister Sushma Swaraj. the -up to 24 June when the ban will end.  This will be the second such memorial in Europe, she said. UN MSME Day to be celebrated on 27th June 2018 Gadkari Inaugurates Swami Vivekananda The Ministry of Micro Small & Medium Enterprises Cultural Centre at Dushanbe (MSME), will organizea National Conclave (Udyam Shri Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister for Water Sangam) on 27th June 2018 on the occasion of UN Resources, River Development & Ganga MSME Day. Rejuvenation, Road Transport & Highways and  The purpose of the Conclave is to encourage Shipping said in Dushanbe, that India is trying to dialogue and among various make Chabahar Port in Iran operational by 2019. stakeholders of the MSME ecosystem and  Shri Gadkari was addressing the Indian for promoting innovation and knowledge Community at the inauguration of the sharing on MSME related issues. Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre at the Indian Embassy in Dushanbe. India Most Dangerous Country For Women:  He said the opening up of the Chabahar Port Survey would make the CIS countries more India is the world's most dangerous country for accessible. women due to the high risk of sexual violence and  Shri Nitin Gadkari was on a two day official being forced into slave labour. visit to Tajikistan to represent India at the  War-torn Afghanistan and Syria ranked high level global conference on second and third in the Thomson “International Decade for Action: Water for Foundation survey of about 550 experts on Sustainable Development”. women's issues.  Respondents also ranked India the most International Widows Day: 23 June dangerous country for women in terms of International Widows Day is a United Nations human trafficking. ratified day of action to address the "poverty and injustice faced by millions of widows and their UAE to hold first-ever 'World Tolerance dependents in many countries". Summit'  The day takes place annually on 23 June. The United Arab of Emirates (UAE) will host a  International Widow two-day "World Tolerance Summit" in November.

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 The theme of the summit is"Prospering From  According to the annual '2018 Trafficking in Pluralism: Embracing Diversity through Persons Report', North Korea has been Innovation and Collaboration". included in the Tier 3 category, which is the lowest ranking, along with China, Russia and India Ranked Fourth as Cyber Attacks on The Iran. Rise Globally: Report India ranked fourth in the list of top 10 target countries for Web Application Attacks as bot-driven abuse and distributed denial of service (DDoS) Three Indian cities among top 10 for GDP risk attacks continued to rise from November 2017 till from terrorism April this year, Cloud delivery network provider Three Indian cities, including Delhi, Mumbai and Akamai Technologies said. Bengaluru are ranked among the top 10 cities  Registering over 2.8 crore attacks, India also globally for GDP risk from terrorism threats, a ranked eighth globally in the list of Web recent study found out. Application Attack source countries.  Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore stood at fifth,  Russia, China and Indonesia occupied top sixth and seventh in this aspect, in the latest three spots. edition of Lloyd's India's City Risk Index

(CRI). Pakistan placed on FATF's grey list

Pakistan has been placed on the Grey list of President Declares ‘Queen Pineapple’ as State countries that financially aid terrorism, in Paris by Fruit of Tripura the Financial Action Task Force(FATF). he President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind  The placement on to grey list could hurt formally declared the “Queen Pineapple” as the state Pakistan's economy as well as its fruit of Tripura. international standing.  The President inaugurated the National  The FATF is an inter-governmental body Highway from Matabari to Sabroom in established in 1989 to combat money Udaipur, Tripura. laundering, terrorist financing and other  The President also visited the Matabari related threats to the integrity of the Temple complex in Udaipur. international financial system.

Andhra Pradesh now is Open Defecation Free N Korea named 'worst human trafficking (ODF) State country' Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu The US State Naidu has announced that the state was now Open Department has Defecation Free (ODF) as it had achieved its goal of categorised North constructing 2.77 lakh individual toilets. Korea as as one of the  With this achievement, Andhra Pradesh "worst human becomes the first large state in the country to trafficking nation" for be declared as Open Defecation Free. the 16th straight year, citing the use of forced labour.

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Indian PM leaves for China to attend SCO Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and RAASI Summit Solar Power Pvt Ltd have signed a Memorandum of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for China Agreement for transfer of technology for India’s first to attend the two-day Shanghai Cooperation Lithium Ion (Li-ion) Battery project. Organization (SCO) summit that begins Qingdao.  A group at CSIR-CECRI headed by Dr Gopu  This will be India's first SCO Summit as a Kumar has developed an indigenous full member. technology of Lithium-ion cells in  Modi will be interacting with leaders of SCO partnership with CSIR-National Physical nations and discussing a wide range of Laboratory (CSIR-NPL) , CSIR- subjects with them. Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (CSIR-CGCRI) Kolkata and Indian Sikkim gets its longest tunnel Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR- Minister of State for Defence Subhash Ramrao IICT) Hyderabad. Bhamre has inaugurated 578-metre-long Theng  CSIR-CECRI has set up a demo facility in Tunnel, the longest in Sikkim. Chennai to manufacture prototype Lithium-  Constructed on Gangtok-Chungthang State Ion cells. Highway by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), the double-lane tunnel bypasses a Dhanush, India's first indigenous artillery gun treacherous stretch of road between Sikkim's India's first indigenous, capital Gangtok and Chungthang, which long-range artillery gun frequently remains closed due to land slides "Dhanush" has passed and shooting stones. its final test at Pokhran,  The tunnel would provide all-weather paving the way for its connectivity, said a Defence Ministry induction into the Army. spokesperson.  Dhanush is a 155mm x 45mm calibre artillery gun and is also called the "desi Kalinga Literary Festival begins in Odisha Bofors". The 5th edition of the Kalinga Literary Festival kick-  It has a strike range of 38 kilometres and started in Bhubaneswar in the presence of eminent 81% of its components are indigenously personalities from Indian literature, politics, media, sourced. and public services.  Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Delhi most vulnerable UT in India’s first disaster Pradhan inaugurated the three-day festival. risk index, Maharashtra leads states  He said the event could be a perfect A national disaster risk index mapping hazards and opportunity to showcase the rich heritage of vulnerabilities across 640 districts puts Maharashtra Odia literature and litterateurs. at the top of the chart followed by , Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. CSIR lab to give technology for India’s first  Delhi is most at risk among Union territories indigenous Lithium Ion Battery project (UTs). Central Electro Chemical Research Institute  The index is currently in the form of a draft (CECRI), Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu under Council of report prepared by the Union home ministry

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with support from the United Nations  He said that the Smart India Hackathon 2018 Development Programme (UNDP). is in line with the ‘Make in India’ initiative of the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi India to have its 1st police museum in Delhi and is proving to be an important vehicle for India will soon have its first national police museum scouting new ideas and help them convert as the central government has decided to establish them into products and businesses. the unique facility in Lutyens' Delhi.  The museum will come up as an Shri Piyush Goyal launches “Rail Madad” underground facility in the premises of the Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways & Coal national police memorial in Chanakyapuri launched a new App “Rail Madad” – An App to area of the national capital. expedite & streamline passenger grievance  The museum is expected to be inaugurated redressal. on October 21 (Police Commemoration Day)  RPGRAMS (Railway Passenger Grievance at the hands of either Prime Minister Redressal and Management System),which Narendra Modi or Home Minister Rajnath has been developed by Northern Railway Singh. (Delhi Division) and comprises many novel features including ‘Rail Madad’ – a mobile India's first lithium ion cell factory to come up in App to register complaints by passengers Andhra Pradesh through mobile phone/web. Munoth Industries Limited will set up India’s first  It relays real time feedback to passengers on lithium ion cell production project by investing Rs the status of redressal of their complaints. 799 crore in three phases in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. Union Steel Minister dedicates to nation rebuilt  It will provide a trigger for enabling mobile Blast Furnace-1 of Rourkela Steel Plant component manufacturing in India that will The Union Minister of Steel, Chaudhary Birender also lead to value addition in overall mobile Singh dedicated the rebuilt Blast Furnace-1 ‘Parvati’ phone manufacturing. of SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) to the Nation.  In the first phase, Rs 165 crore will be  Parvati is the first Blast Furnace of SAIL that invested to produce li ion cells having total was dedicated to the nation on 3rd February storage capacity of 200,000 Ah (Ampere 1959 by the first President of India, Dr. hour) per day. Rajendra Prasad.  The Blast Furnace was put down on 6th Grand Finale of the First Hardware edition of August 2013 for total rebuilding. Although Smart India Hackathon 2018 erected on the old foundation, the rebuilt The Ministry of HRD along with AICTE, Persistent furnace equipped with superior technology Systems, i4C and IIT Kharagpur is all set to host the has a higher production capacity. Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon 2018 –  With the rebuilding, the annual production Hardware edition from Jun 18-22, 2018. capacity, of the furnace has increased from  This was disclosed by the Union Minister for 0.438 Million tonnes (MT) to 1.015 MT. Human Resource Development, Shri Prakash Javadekar. India-Nepal Joint Ex SURYA KIRAN-XIII

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Exercise SURYA KIRAN-XIII, a joint military establishment of Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs), training exercise between India & Nepal culminated bringing the total number of ATL schools to 5,441. at Pithoragarh, wherein the troops of both Armies  The selected schools shall receive a grant of participated in 14-day long joint training based on Rs 20 lakh spread over the next five years to counter terrorist operations. establish Atal Tinkering Labs for nurturing  The training culminated with a 72-hour innovation and entrepreneurial spirit among outdoor exercise in which troops of both secondary school children across India. contingents carried out a Cordon and Search  ATLs will soon be established in every Operation in a mock counter-insurgency district of India, seeking to enable an village. innovation ecosystem, which will facilitate transformational change in technological Ten new Swachh Iconic Places launched under innovation and pedagogy. Swachh Bharat Mission Ten new iconic sites, namely, RaghavendraSwamy India to host first BIMSTEC Military Exercise in Temple (Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh); Hazardwari September Palace (Murshidabad, West Bengal); Brahma India will host the first military exercise of the Sarovar Temple (Kurukshetra, Haryana); VidurKuti BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi- (Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh); Mana village (Chamoli, Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Uttarakhand); Pangong Lake (Leh-Ladakh, J&K); group focussing on counter-terrorism in September. Nagvasuki Temple (Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh);  As part of this, a conclave of the Army chiefs ImaKeithal/market (Imphal, Manipur); Sabarimala of all seven member-states is being planned. Temple (Kerala); and Kanvashram (Uttarakhand)  The exercise is scheduled to be held in Pune have been taken up under Phase III of the flagship in the second week of September. project Swachh Iconic Places (SIP) of the Swachh  BIMSTEC was set up in 1997 and includes Bharat Mission. India, Bangladesh, Bhutan Myanmar, Nepal,  The project envisioned by the Prime Minister Sri Lanka and Thailand. is being coordinated by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation with the support of Cabinet approves Repositioning of North State governments and local administration. Eastern Council  The consultation is in process for finalising The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister the PSUs/corporates for extending support to Shri Narendra Modi has approved the proposal of new sites as CSR partners. Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region  These new sites have joined the 20 iconic (DoNER) for the nomination of the Union Home places under Phase I & II where special Minister as ex-officio Chairman of North Eastern Sanitation work is already underway. Council (NEC) - a statutory body with Governors and Chief Ministers of all the eight North Eastern 3,000 Additional Atal Tinkering Labs States as its Member. Announced  The Cabinet also approved that Minister of NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) has State (Independent Charge), Ministry of selected 3,000 additional schools for the DoNER would serve as Vice Chairman of the Council.

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 NEC implements various projects through The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri the State and Central agencies. Under the Narendra Modi has approved the continuation of the new arrangement with Home Minister as Three Year Action Plan (2017-2020) of the scheme Chairman and Minister of DoNER as Vice for Agricultural Education Division and ICAR Chairman, NEC and all the Governors and Institutes with an outlay of Rs.2225.46 crore[Rs. Chief Ministers of North Eastern States as 2197.51 crore + Rs. 27.95 crore (State share) as Member would provide a forum for salary component for AICRP-HS]for strengthening discussing inter-state matters more and developing higher agricultural education in comprehensively and also consider common India. approaches to be taken in future. It comprises of:  "Strengthening and Development of Higher Cabinet approves proposal for withdrawal of Agricultural Education in India - Rs. Nalanda University (Amendment) Bill, 2013 Rs.2050.00 crore; The Union Cabinet  ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural chaired by the Prime Research Management (NAARM) - Rs. Minister Shri Narendra 24.25 crore and Modi has approved the  ICAR - Central Institute of Women in proposal for withdrawal Agriculture (CIWA) including All India of Nalanda University (Amendment) Bill, 2013 Coordinated Research Project on Home pending in the Rajya Sabha. Science (AICRP-HS) - Rs.151.21 crore.  The Nalanda University was established on the basis of a Joint Press Statement at the 4th Raksha Mantri Inaugurates BEL representative East Asia Summit held in Thailand in office in Vietnam October, 2009, which supported its Raksha Mantri, Smt Nirmala Sitharaman establishment as a non-state, non-profit, inaugurated the first Representative Office of secular and self-governing international Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited institution. Subsequently, the Nalanda (BEL) in , Vietnam. University Act, 2010 was passed by the  BEL, India’s leading defence electronics Parliament and came into effect from company, is fast expanding its global 25thNovember 2010. presence, putting its best foot forward to give  The present proposal is for moving a motion a thrust to exports worldwide, especially in Rajya Sabha withdrawing the Nalanda South East Asian countries such as the University (Amendment) Bill, 2013 Republic of Union of Myanmar, Indonesia, introduced in Rajya Sabha on August 26, Malaysia, Thailand and Philippines. 2013 to amend certain existing provisions of  The Representative Office will aim to the Nalanda University Act, 2010 and add promote BEL’s exports in areas such as some new provisions. Weapon Systems, Radar Systems, Naval Systems, Military Communication Systems, Cabinet approves 'Three Year Action Plan of Electronic Warfare Systems, Combat Agricultural Education Division & ICAR Management System and Coastal Institutes Surveillance System.

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10th Meeting of Global Alliance to Eliminate Thawarchand Gehlot chairs ‘3rd Meeting of Lymphatic Filariasis National Council of Senior Citizens’ Shri J P Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister for Family Welfare inaugurated the 10th meeting of Social Justice and Empowerment chaired the “3rd Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis Meeting of National Council of Senior (GAELF). Citizens(NCSrC)” convened by the Ministry of  During his inaugural address, Shri Nadda Social Justice and Empowerment. said that India as a Global leader is  Addressing on the occasion, Shri committed to eliminating Lymphatic Thaawarchand Gehlot said that the Filariasis (LF) transmission and disease government is committed to the welfare of burden so that our future generations are free senior citizens and several new initiatives from Lymphatic Filariasis. have been taken during past four years.  He further stated that India will always  The NCSrC advises Central and State welcome newer initiatives and research to Governments on the entire gamut of issues translate into the Filariasis elimination related to welfare of senior citizens and programme. enhancement of their quality of life.  At the event, Shri Nadda also gave away the  The NCSrC meets at least twice a year. Its GAELF awards to 11 countries- Cambodia, first meeting was held on 30th August, 2016 Cook Islands, Egypt, Maldives, Marshall and the second meeting was held on 19th June Islands, Niue, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Togo, 2017. Tonga and Vanuatu, for successfully interrupting the transmission. NITI Aayog to launch Composite Water  The Union Health Minister also released the Management Index Accelerated Plan for Elimination of The objective of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas can be Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) 2018 for India. fully achieved once the benefits of the interventions reach the last mile. Cashless Ticketing through 'Utsonmobile' app  As a step beyond measurement of outcomes, developed by CRIS NITI Aayog has come out with various Continuing towards digitalization and moving indices that not only fulfills its mandate of towards becoming a cashless economy, the initiative cooperative and competitive federalism but of faster and more techno-advanced transactions in also challenges States and Union Territories Indian Railways is being taken up, the Centre for (UTs) them to meet the aspirations of the Railway Information System (CRIS) has developed new India. a mobile based application ‘utsonmobile'.  Furthering this mandate, NITI Aayog has  The ‘utsonmobile’ application enables come up with the Composite Water booking and cancellation of unreserved Management Index as a useful tool to assess tickets, issue and renewal of season and and improve the performance in efficient platform tickets, check and load R-wallet management of water resources. balance and helps maintain user profile  This index is an attempt to inspire States and management and booking history. UTs towards efficient and optimal utilization

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of water, and recycling thereof with a sense ongoing Centrally-sponsored drinking water of urgency. schemes being implemented in the respective states. Piyush Goyal dedicates NLCIL's Three 100 MW Solar Power Projects to the Nation 20 States sign MoU for implementing Ayushman The Union Minister for Railways, Coal, Finance & Bharat –AB-NHPM Company Affairs, Shri Piyush Goyal has Shri J P Nadda, Union Minister of Health and inaugurated Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Family Welfare exchanged the Memorandum of Limited (NLCIL)’s three 100 MW Solar Power Understanding with the State Health Ministers of 20 Projects for commercial operation and dedicated States marking their commitment towards the launch these projects to the Nation . of the Ayushman Bharat – National Health  The Solar Power projects situated at Protection Mission (AB-NHPM) at a Health Thoppalaakkarai and Sethupuram in Ministers conclave. Virudhunagar District and Sellaiya  Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey and Smt. Sezhiyanallur in Tirunelveli District, with an Anupriya Patel, Ministers of State for Health installed capacity of 100 MW each, were and Family Welfare, Shri Amitabh Kant, erected at a cost of Rs.1300 Crores, which CEO NITI Aayog, Dr. Vinod Paul, Member includes Operation & Maintenance cost for Health, NITI Aayog, Smt Preeti Sudan, 15 Years. Secretary (Health) and Shri Indu Bhushan,  The power produced from these units will be CEO, AB-NHPM, were also were also given to Tamilnadu Power Generation and present at the function. Distribution Company (TANGEDCO) at a  Shri J P Nadda further stated that AB-NHPM cost of Rs.4.41/- per unit. will protect around 50 crore people (from about 10 crore families). Swajal Launched in 115 Aspirational Districts of India Integrated Command and Control Centre of A National Consultation on the National Rural Naya Raipur Smart City inaugurated by PM Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) and Swajal The Integrated Command and Control Centre of the was held in the Capital to discuss the reforms needed Naya Raipur Smart City was inaugurated by Prime in NRDWP and to outline a road map for the Swajal Minster Narendra Modi. scheme.  Sh. Hardeep Puri, MoS(I/C), Housing and  The consultation was chaired by the Union Urban Affairs and Chief Minister of Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Chhattisgarh, Dr. Raman Singh were also Sushri Uma Bharti. present on the occasion.  Ministers-in-charge of Drinking Water from  Integrated Command & Control Centre of 13 States, including Assam, Bihar, Goa, Naya Raipur becomes the 10th Smart City Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Centre to be operational in the country. Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, Manipur,  Under the ambitious Smart City Mission, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh and Integrated Command & Control Centres in 9 Uttarakhand, attended the consultation and cities had already become operational in the gave their views on the reforms needed in the cities of are Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat,

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Pune, Nagpur, Rajkot, Visakhapatnam, number one position in general States and Bhopal and Kakinada. Tripura ranks at first position amongst North Eastern and Himalayan States. National Tribal Museum proposed to be set up at  NITI Aayog proposes to publish these ranks Delhi on an annual basis in future. A National Tribal Museum along with a National Level Tribal Research Institute is proposed to be set Prime Minister to Chair the 4th meeting of the up at Delhi by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. Governing Council of NITI Aayog  Briefing media persons on four years of Prime Minister initiatives and achievements of the Tribal Shri Narendra Affairs Ministry, the Minister of Tribal Modi will chair Affairs Shri Jual Oram said that the Museum the fourth will showcase the rich tribal culture and meeting of the heritage using state-of-the-art technologies. Governing  The proposal to set up the Museum and TRI Council of NITI has already been sent to the Niti Ayog. Aayog at Rashtrapati Bhawan on 17th June.  As per the announcement made by the Prime  The day-long meeting will be attended by Minister, Shri Narendra Modi in his Union Ministers, Chief Ministers from the Independence Day Speech on 15th August, States, Lieutenant Governors of Union 2016, MoTA is setting up six Tribal Freedom Territories and senior officials from the Fighters Memorials including two of Government of India. national importance ie. Narmada (Gujarat)  The Governing Council of NITI Aayog is the and Birsa Munda Central Jail (Ranchi), the premier body tasked with evolving a shared Minister disclosed. vision of national development priorities, sectors and strategies with the active Release of the Report on the Composite Water involvement of States in shaping the Management Index development narrative. As a step further in direction and keeping in view the  The Governing Council reviews the work criticality of water for life, NITI Aayog has prepared done during the previous year and a report on Composite Water Management Index deliberates upon the future developmental (CWMI). priorities.  The report released today ranks Gujarat as number one in the reference year (2016-17), India to host European Union Film Festival followed by Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Putting a spotlight on the latest European cinema, Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra. the European Union Film Festival (EUFF) will  In North Eastern and Himalayan States, premiere in New Delhi on 18th June, 2018 at the Siri Tripura has been adjudged number 1 in Fort Auditorium. 2016-17 followed by Himachal Pradesh,  With a selection of 24 latest European films Sikkim and Assam. from 23 EU Member States, this years' film  In terms of incremental change in index festival brings some unusual stories for the (over 2015-16 level), Rajasthan holds world cinema enthusiasts.

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 The European Union Film Festival is  The USA is one among the top three source organized by Directorate of Film Festivals, countries in the percentage share of Foreign Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India. Government of India partnering with the  During April 2018, the USA was the second Delegation of the European Union and highest source country with 11.21% share of embassies of EU Member States in various total FTAs. city film clubs.  In addition, the Minister will also be  The festival will traverse through 11 cities in attending the Federation of Malayalee India including New Delhi, Chennai, Port Associations of Americas (FOMAA) Blair, Pune, Puducherry, Kolkata, Jaipur, Convention 2018 in Chicago on 22nd June Visakhapatnam, Thrissur, Hyderabad and 2018. Goa from 18th June till 31st August.  Celebrating diversity, the EUFF will screen Naval Women Mountaineers Summit Mount movies from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Deotibba Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, An all women Naval Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, mountaineering team led Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, by Lt Cdr Kokila Sajwan Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, summited Mount Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. Deotibba an 10 Jun 2018.  The exp edition was flagged off by Vice Tourism Minister to attend Incredible India road Admiral AK Chawla, AVSM, NM, VSM, shows in the United States Chief Of Personnel on 28 May 18 from New The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Delhi laying foundation for a team, which Tourism, Shri K. J. Alphons will attend a series of would attempt to scale many more ‘Incredible India road shows’ in the United States of challenging peaks in the near future. America, from 18th to 22nd June 2018.  Mount Deotibba provided excellent  The road shows will be held in several major opportunity to the team in honing their cities of US including New York, Chicago & mountaineering skills. Houston.  Mt Deotibba is the second highest peak  The Incredible India road shows will hold (6001M) in the Pir-Panjal range in Himachal B2B interactions, presentations & press Pradesh. briefings by the Indian delegation.  The key note addresses will be delivered by Dr Jitendra Singh chairs the Meeting of the Tourism Minister and Incredible India Consultative Committee for DoNER Ministry presentation will be made by Joint Secretary The Union Minister of State for Development of Ministry of Tourism Shri. Suman Billa, with North Eastern Region (I/C), Prime Minister’s an aim to project India as a ‘must visit’ Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, tourist destination. Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh  The road shows will include Cultural reiterated the Government’s commitment to ensure performances also. fast-track development in the North east region.

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 Dr. Jitendra Singh said that the Government Findings of 160 cost-benefit analyses in Andhra has taken major strides in the development of Pradesh and Rajasthan presented to NITI Aayog the North Eastern Region in last four years. NITI Aayog has been engaging with Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh discontinues State Governments ceremonial guard of honour to evolve a shared Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh has discontinued vision of national the ceremonial guard of honour accorded to his development and office, Raj Bhawan officials said. strategies from time to time to share the best  While a letter in this regard was sent by his practices. office to the state government, the practice  In this context, India Consensus - a was discontinued during his recent visit to partnership between Tata Trusts and Jodhpur between June 9 and 11 when he did Copenhagen Consensus which not take the guard of honour. has undertaken more than 160 cost-benefit  Singh had expressed his desire to discontinue analyses across all main policy areas in the ceremony for the Governor’s office in a Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan presented letter to the Home Department on January 1. their findings on 14th June 2018 in NITI Aayog. Foundation Stone of ‘Auxiliary Production Unit  The presentation on evidence-based policy & Artificial Limbs Fitting Centre’ Laid prioritisation model was chaired by Dr Rajiv The Foundation of stone of “Auxiliary Production Kumar, Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog. Unit and State-of-the-Art Artificial Limbs Fitting  It was attended by Chief Secretaries, Centre” of Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Additional Chief Secretaries/Principal Corporation of India (ALIMCO) under Department Secretaries/Secretaries dealing with the of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Planning Department of 32 States and Union (DEPwD), Ministry of Social Justice & Territories, Joint Secretaries from 14 Empowerment was laid by Shri Manohar Lal, Chief Ministries, senior officers from NITI Aayog, Minister of Haryana and Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar, eminent economists and researchers. Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment  Copenhagen Consensus President, Dr Bjorn at a function at village Nawada, Tigaon Lomborg presented the policies and (Ballabhgarh), Faridabad, Haryana. interventions which generate the most social,  There has been an ever increasing demand economic and environmental good for the from the Divyangjan about the difficulty States. being faced by them in visiting Kanpur to  The focus of the presentation was on how avail facilities of evaluation, measurements this approach and method could be replicated and fitment of assistive devices. across other States.  Diversification of rehabilitation and fitment of assistive devices services to other areas School Chale Hum Abhiyan 2018 launched in will facilitate Divyangjans to cover less a Bhopal distance for acquiring these devices.

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Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan 11thCommon Review Mission (CRM) report of the inaugurated the ‘School Chale Hum Abhiyan 2018’ National Health Mission. in Bhopal.  Speaking at the function, Shri Choubey  The motive of this scheme is that no child stated that India has registered a record 22% should be deprived of schooling. reduction in MMR since 2013, which is the  Inaugurating the month long campaign on highest percentage decline so far when June 15, the minister encouraged students, compared to all the previous reductions in teachers and parents to make it a success. MMR as per the earlier rounds of SRS.  “Maternal Mortality Ratio of India has Telangana govt to set up Child Protection Units declined from 167 in 2011-2013 to 130 in in all 31 districts 2014-2016. It is because of the joint efforts In an effort to implement child rights, the Telangana of the Ministry and the States. government will soon establish ‘District Child Protection Units (DCPU)’ in all 31 districts. Grand Finale of the First Hardware edition of  Right now the 10 erstwhile districts have the Smart India Hackathon 2018 District Child Protection Units (DCPU). The Union Minister for Human Resource  Proposals were already sent to the Development, Shri Prakash Javadekar inaugurated government for constitution of child the 5 day Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon protection units and already they were 2018 – Hardware edition through Video sanctioned and now staff recruitment was conferencing in New Delhi. underway.  Hardware edition is the first of its kind innovative initiative by Ministry of HRD to Fourth Governing Council Meeting of NITI provide national platform to young technical Aayog Concludes minds of India to showcase their disruptive The fourth meeting of the Governing Council of innovations and creative products which can NITI Aayog was held under the chairmanship of the bring out revolutionary changes in crucial Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi at sectors like agriculture, health, clean water, Rashtrapati Bhavan. waste management, automotive, smart  It was attended by 23 Chief Ministers and the communication, and education. Lieutenant Governor of Andaman & Nicobar  The Hardware edition is the sub-edition of Islands, apart from Union Ministers, who are SIH2018. ex-officio members and special invitees.  The Grand Finale of the Hardware  At the end of the day-long deliberations, the Hackathon will be a 5 days event and will Prime Minister highlighted the importance take place simultaneously at 10 prestigious of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog as institutions (Nodal centers) across India. a platform to inspire cooperative federalism. The 3-day NATIONAL YOGA OLYMPIAD- Ashwini Kumar Choubey releases 11th Common 2018 Review Mission (CRM) report A 3-day National Yoga Olympiad was inaugurated Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for at the National Council of Educational Research and Health and Family Welfare released the Training in CIET in New Delhi by Mr. Eric Falt,

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Director and UNESCO Representative of the New A workshop on Cyber Security Framework for Delhi Cluster Office for India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Department of Defence was organised by DDP, Nepal, the Maldives and Sri Lanka. Ministry of Defence.  This is the third consecutive year of National  The workshop was inaugurated by Yoga Olympiad of NCERT and this year RakshaMantri Smt Nirmala Sitharaman. about 500 students from 26 States and 4 RIEs  During her address, Smt Sitharaman stressed are participating in the Olympiad as upon the fact that Defence sector is more compared to the participation of students prone to the cyber threats and hence it from 25 States/UTs last year. becomes important to safeguard our  In his welcome address, Professor cyberspace with anticipation of possible Hrushikesh Senapaty, Director, NCERT attacks. brought to the attention that the Olympiad creates awareness about a scientific and Mehbooba Mufti resigns as J&K CM holistic way of living and the purpose is to Jammu and Kashmir create positive attitude among all human Chief Minister beings and promote peaceful living in the Mehbooba Mufti has society. sent her resignation to Governor NN Col Rajyavardhan Rathore inaugurated Vohra, after the BJP announced it was leaving the European Union Film Festival alliance with her Peoples Democratic Party. Minister of State (I/C) for Information &  The BJP's decision to end the coalition Broadcasting and Sports & Youth Affairs, Col leaves Mufti with just 28 out of Jammu and Rajyavardhan Rathore inaugurated the European Kashmir's 87 elected seats. Union Film Festival.  The opening ceremony was followed by the Governor's rule in Jammu and Kashmir screening of Slovakian movie “Little A day after BJP pulled out of its alliance with PDP, Harbour”. the state of Jammu and kashmir has come under  With a selection of 24 latest European films Governor's rule with immediate effect. from 23 EU Member States, this years' film  The 81-year-old governor, NN Vohra will festival brings some unusual stories for the now be running the state for a fourth time world cinema enthusiasts. since his appointment in 2008.  The European Union Film Festival is organized by Directorate of Film Festivals, Union HRD Minister dedicates the National Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Digital Library of India to the Nation Government of India partnering with the The Union Human Resource Development Minister, Delegation of the European Union and Shri Prakash Javadekar launched the new digital embassies of EU Member States in various initiative of HRD Ministry ‘National Digital Library city film clubs. of India’ on the occasion of National Reading Day in New Delhi. Workshop on Cyber Security Framework – 2018  This National Digital Library of India (NDLI) is a project of the Ministry of Human

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Resource Development under the aegis of  In the conference issues related to National Mission on Education through administration, standard operating Information and Communication procedures for uniform functioning of Technology (NMEICT). bureaus would also be deliberated.  The objective of NDL is to make digital educational resources available to all citizens Shillong gets selected as the 100th Smart City of the country to empower, inspire and Shillong, the capital city of Meghalaya has been encourage learning. National Digital Library selected as 100th Smart City after evaluating the of India is developed by IIT Kharagpur. proposal submitted by it.  NDL is the Single Window Platform that  Till now, 99 smart cities had been selected collects and collates metadata from premier in four rounds of competition and with learning institutions in India and abroad, as today’s announcement, selection of 100 well as other relevant sources. cities has been completed under the Smart  It is a digital repository containing Cities Mission. textbooks, articles, videos, audio books,  Previously, 20 cities were selected in lectures, simulations, fiction and all other January 2016, 13 cities in May 2016, 27 kinds of learning media. cities in September 2016, 30 cities in June 2017 and 9 cities in January 2018. CEA Arvind Subramanian resigned  With the selection of Shillong, the total Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Arvind proposed investment in the finally selected Subramanian has submitted his resignation and 100 cities under the Smart Cities Mission expressed his desire to return to the United States would be Rs.2,05,018 crores. due to family commitments, Union Minister Arun Jaitley announced. KVIC adopts Jagatpur village in Delhi for  Mr. Subramanian started his term as CEA Swachhata Abhiyaan on October 16, 2014 for a term of three The Khadi and Village Industries Commission years. (KVIC) has adopted Jagatpur village in Delhi for  On the completion of three years, he was its Swachhata Abhiyaan. asked to continue for a year more, which  The sanitation drive by KVIC began with a would have taken his term to October 2018. plantation drive and ended with cleanliness drive along the bank of the Yamuna river. 19th all India Conference of Directors of Finger Prints Bureaux RK Singh inaugurates solar plant at Gurdwara Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Rakab Ganj Sahib Hansraj Gangaram Ahir will inaugurate the 19th all India is making rapid strides in the field of India Conference of Directors of Finger Prints renewable energy and we will overshoot the target Bureaux in Hyderabad. of 175 GW renewable energy by 2022.” said Shri  During the two-day conference, participants R.K Singh, Minister of State(IC) for Power and will deliberate on latest Automatic New & Renewable Energy. Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS).  He was speaking as the Chief Guest at the inauguration of 1500 kWP capacity solar

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plant developed by Delhi Sikh Gurdwara On the occasion of 4th International Day of Yoga, Management Committee (DSGMC) at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib. nature center.  Lauding this noble initiative by DSGMC,  PM Modi inaugurated the 'YO1 Nature Shri Singh said that this would inspire other Cure Center' in the Catskills area of New institutions to go green and become York through a video link. environment conscious.  He said that 20 cities in India are ranked Gujarat gets world's1st centre for humanitarian among the most polluted in the world and forensics there is an urgent need to reduce fossil fuel Gujarat is set to come up with the world's first use so that we leave a better world for our international centre for humanitarian forensics. children.  The International Centre for Humanitarian  The Minister reiterated the Government’s Forensics (ICHF) will facilitate better commitment to bring electricity to every management of bodies during emergencies household by 31st December, 2018. such as disasters.  It was inaugurated at the Gujarat Forensic 7th India Minerals and Metals forum Sciences University (GFSU). inaugurated in New Delhi  The ICHF is a joint venture of the th India Minerals and Metals forum was International Committee of the Red Cross inaugurated in New Delhi . The forum seeks to (ICRC) Regional Delegation for India, come up with solutions to leverage in the sector Bhutan, Nepal and the Maldives, and with the changing global scenario. GFSU.  The deliberations took cognizance on the need to consolidate small players for Prime Minister lays foundation stone of Vanijya strengthening of overall health of the Bhawan industry. Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, laid the foundation stone for Vanijya Bhawan, a new office complex of Punjab Government Launched Mobile App- ‘i- the Department of Commerce in New Delhi. Hariyali’  Speaking on this occasion, the Prime To increase the state’s green cover, Minister emphasized the need for an increase the Punjab government has launched ‘i-Hariyali’ in exports and said that the states must be app that lets users order free plant saplings. made active partners in this effort.  The ‘i-Hariyali’ app under ‘Mission  He said that the Department of Commerce Tandarust’ can be downloaded from the app must resolve to raise India’s share in total store for free. global exports to at least 3.4 percent, from  The users can book a sapling of their the current 1.6 percent. choice, a maximum of 25 per person, from a  He further stated that efforts must be made to nearby government nursery. raise domestic manufacturing output in order to reduce imports. PM Modi inaugurates nature center in New York via video link

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Swachh Bharat Rankings 2018: Indore Tops Photo Exhibition on ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Again campaign inaugurated ndore won the cleanest city tag for the second time The Union Minister of State for Social Justice and in a row, while 19 of the 25 dirtiest cities in the Empowerment, Shri Vijay Sampla stressed the need country are in West Bengal, a nationwide cleanliness to inspire more girls to take up the field of Photo survey by the Union housing and urban affairs Journalism as the Photo Journalists play a significant ministry has found. role in depicting the reality in a natural way.  Indore was followed by Bhopal and  He was addressing the Photo Journalists after Chandigarh. inaugurating a three day Photo  Among states, Jharkhand topped the list, Exhibition on ‘Beti Bachao, Beti followed by Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh. Padhao campaign, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan  Greater Mumbai is the cleanest state capital. and Khelo India Khelo’ in Chandigarh  Vijayawada is the Cleanest city in >10 lakh organised by The Photo Journalists Welfare population category. Association.  Mysuru is the Cleanest city in 3-10 lakh  He congratulated the organisers of Photo population category. Exhibition for highlighting these issues  New Delhi Municipal Corporation is the along with there press photography duties Cleanest city in 1-3 lakh population which are too demanding. category. PM inaugurates Bahadurgarh-Mundka Metro Line via video conference PM inaugurates urban development projects The Prime The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, remotely Minister, Shri inaugurated urban development projects at various Narendra Modi, locations across the State of Madhya Pradesh. inaugurated the  These include houses under Pradhan Mantri Bahadurgarh-Mundka Metro Line via video Awaas Yojana, urban drinking water supply conference. schemes, urban solid waste management,  Congratulating the people of Haryana and urban sanitation, urban transportation and Delhi on the commencement of this new urban landscape projects. section of the Delhi Metro, he said he was happy to see Bahadurgarh connected with PM dedicates Mohanpura Irrigation Project to the Delhi Metro. the Nation  This is the third place in Haryana, after The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has Gurugram and Faridabad to be connected dedicated the Mohanpura Project in Madhya like this. Pradesh to the Nation.  This project will facilitate irrigation of Piyush Goyal inaugurates India Infrastructure agricultural land in Rajgarh district. It will Expo 2018 also provide drinking water to villages in the The Union Minister of Railways,Coal, Finance & area. Corporate Affairs, Shri Piyush Goyal inagurated the  The Prime Minister also laid the foundation India Infrastructure Expo 2018 in Mumbai. stone of various drinking water schemes.

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 Two day expo is being organised by the  India also announced a USD 100-million Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry credit to Seychelles for augmenting its of Finance, in partnership with the defence capabilities. Federation of Indian Chambers of  With this credit Seychelles will be able to Commerce & Industry (FICCI). buy defence equipments from India to build its maritime capacity. PM Narendra Modi launched urban transport service Group of Eminent Personalities to study the SEZ Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated Policy holds its first meeting urban public transport bus service 'Sutra Seva'at The group of eminent personalities constituted by function held at Nehru Stadium, Indore on June 23. the Government of India to study the Special  In the first phase of 'Sutra Seva', 127 buses Economic Zones (SEZ) Policy of India held its first will start plying in four municipal meeting on 22nd June under the aegis of Minister of corporation cities Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh and Chhindwara and in two municipal Prabhu. council towns Guna and Bhind.  Baba Kalyani, Chairman Bharat Forge, who is Chairman of this group, pointed out that Government to set up regulator for skills training biggest challenge today was creation of jobs The government is to set up an independent and the focus of the group would be to regulator for skills training in the country, as skill address this issue. development and entrepreneurship ministry failed in  The group will make suggestion for shift its efforts to improve the quality of skills imparted from fiscal incentives to employment based by various bodies and institutions. incentives, reframe the boundaries and  The skill development and entrepreneurship introduce grandfathering clause for existing ministry will act as the administrative provisions. ministry for the regulator.  Skills training in India is governed by Suresh Prabhu chairs India-Australia Joint different bodies and regulations such as the Ministerial Commission National Council for Vocational Training Minister for Commerce & Industry and Civil (NCVT) and the National Skills Aviation of India, Suresh Prabhu co-chaired the 15th Development Authority (NSDA). Session of the India-Australia Joint Ministerial Commission with the Australian Minister for Trade, India and Seychelles agree on naval base at Tourism and Investment, Steven Ciobo, in Canberra. Assumption Island  Both Ministers emphasized the need India and Seychelles has agreed to work together on forgrowth in two-way trade and investment. a project to develop a naval base at the Assumption  They discussed about how mutual strengths Island keeping each other's concerns in mind after could contribute to economic modernization. talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Danny Faure. 51 Lakh Houses Sanctioned under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) in Three Years

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Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)  The report proposes that bail should be conducted its 35th Central Sanctioning and granted to those under-trial women who have Monitoring Committee (CSMC) meeting of Pradhan spent one-third of their maximum possible Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) – Urban on sentence in detention, by making necessary 25.06.2018 where a total of 3,18,900 houses from 6 changes in Section 436A of the CrPC which States/UTs were approved. provides for release after half of the  With this, the PMAY (U) has approved more maximum sentence has been served. than 51 Lakhs dwelling units against the  Considering the needs of women in their estimated demand of 1 crore. post-natal stages, the report recommends a  As the scheme is completing its 3rd year of separate accommodation for mothers in post- implementation today, a significant natal stage to maintain hygiene and protect milestone of more than 51 lakh houses the infant from contagion, for at least a year approved has been achieved. after childbirth.  This is a huge jump in comparison to old  To make legal aid more effective, the report housing scheme where 12.4 Lakh houses suggests that legal consultations must be were approved in around 9 years of its conducted in confidentiality and without implementation. censorship  Such unprecedented performance is due to  Re-integration of women in society is a grave innovative architecture of the scheme where problem, due to the stigma attached to flexibility has been given to the States/UTs incarceration. In the study conducted by to approve the projects. MWCD, it was found that in many cases,  Further, rather than a rigid approach, women were abandoned by their families beneficiaries are free to choose from 4 and were left to fend for themselves after verticals of the Mission as per their their release. preference.  The State of Maharashtra has taken a big Government proposes to set up 3000 Van Dhan stride in achieving its target of providing Kendras houses to slum dwellers by getting 2.48 lakh The Government proposes to set up 3000 Van Dhan houses approved in 35th CSMC. Kendras involving 30,000 SHGs across the country under the Van Dhan Scheme of the Ministry of Report on ‘Women in Prisons’ launched Tribal Affairs. The Ministry of Women and Child Development  In a new game changing initiative, the Prime (MWCD) has come up with its report titled Minister launched the Van Dhan Scheme of ‘Women in Prisons’ which aims to build an Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TRIFED on understanding of the various entitlements of 14th April, 2018 during the celebrations of women in prisons, the various issues faced by them Ambedkar Jayanti at Bijapur Chattisgarh. and possible methods for resolution of the same.  Emphasizing the important role of value The report contains a comprehensive list of 134 addition in increasing tribal incomes, the recommendations for improving the lives of Prime Minister stated that Van Dhan, women under incarceration. Jandhan and Goverdhan Schemes had the Main Features of the report are:

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potential to change the tribal-rural economic The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, system. inaugurated the Udyam Sangam-2018, being organised by the Ministry of Micro, Small & National Seminar on Conservation of Medium Enterprises (MSME) on June 27, 2018 to Particularly Vulnerable Tribes of Andaman & celebrate the 2nd United Nations Micro, Small and Nicobar Islands Medium-sized Enterprises Day. National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST)  On this occasion, he also launched the Solar is organizing a National Seminar on “Conservation Charkha and MSME Sampark Portal. of Particularly Vulnerable Tribes of Andaman and  The President said that the Udyam Sangam- Nicobar Islands: The Way Forward” on 27th and 2018 is an important effort in developing 28th June, 2018 at Kamaladevi Multipurpose Hall, effective eco-systems for MSME sector. India International Centre, Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi. J P Nadda inaugurates the NIMHANS Digital  About 44 Ministries/Departments have been Academy invited by the National Commission for Shri J P Nadda, Union Scheduled Tribes to present their strategies Minister of Health and and approach towards PVTGs in Andaman Family Welfare and Nicobar Islands. inaugurated the  This Seminar is being organized in NIMHANS Digital collaboration with Anthropological Survey Academy and addressed the first batch of of India (AnSI) and Directors of 18 Tribal professionals enrolled for undergoing courses in the Research Institutes in different States have fields of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Social Work. also been invited to deliberate on critical  Shri Nadda also released the training issues of tribal groups who are at the verge modules and curricula for various training of extinction. programmes to be undertaken at the  Vice Chancellors of six Universities NIMHANS Digital Academy. including Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak will provide WCD Ministry to organise TECH-THON academic inputs on PVTGs. Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India will organize a day-long Sushma Swaraj Introduces Passport Seva App Seminar on Technology Partnerships for Steering External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj launched POSHAN Abhiyaan called ‘TECH-THON’ for a Passport Seva app for seamless application and POSHAN Abhiyaan - PM’s Overarching Scheme issue of passports. for Holistic Nourishment on 28th June, 2018 at  Ms Swaraj said that in total, there are 260 PravasiBharatiya Kendra in New Delhi. working passport centres, which will be  Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog will inaugurate expanded to all Lok Sabha constituencies in the Seminar and launch the Jan Andolan the near future. Guidelines of POSHAN Abhiyaan.  The Seminar is being organised to showcase President of India Inaugurates the Udyam and orient the environment towards the Sangam-2018 initiative, exchange ideas and to explore

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avenues of cooperation and partnerships for  It has also banned the import of Oxytocin technology support, as well as, reaching-out and its formulations. to the beneficiaries for effective behavioural  From 1st July 2018, no private manufacturer change to initiate a ‘Peoples Movement’ or will be allowed to manufacture the drug for Jan Andolan towards Nutrition. domestic use.  Only Karnataka Antibiotics & 4th National Review & Consultation on Swachh Pharmaceuticals Ltd (KAPL), a public sector Iconic Places company, would be manufacturing this drug The 4th National Review and Consultation on for domestic use from that date. Swachh Iconic Places has begun in Hyderabad to review the progress relating to maintenance and “Statistics Day” will be celebrated on 29th June, cleanliness of Iconic Places. 2018  Inaugurating the two-day consultation and In recognition of the notable contributions made by review, Director General Special projects Late Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in the under the Ministry of Drinking Water fields of statistics, statistical system and economic Supply, Akshay Rout underlined the need for planning, Government of India in 2007, has better coordination between local and state designated 29thJune as the “Statistics Day” in the Governments in implementing SIP category of Special Days to be celebrated every year Strategies. at the National level.  29th June, 2017 marked the beginning of the Centre to Replace UGC With HECI 125th year of birth of Prof. P.C. The Centre is set to replace the apex higher Mahalanobis. education regulator body University Grants  ISI has held year-round celebrations which Commission (UGC) with Higher Education will be culminated on 29th June, 2018. Commission of India (HECI) by repealing the UGC  The objective of celebration of this Day is to Act, 1951. create public awareness about the  The proposed Higher Education importance of statistics in socio-economic Commission of India would focus solely on planning and policy formulation, to academic matters and monetary grants acknowledge the contribution of Prof. would be under the purview of the ministry. Mahalanobis, and to pay homage to him.  Presently, the University Grants Commission (UGC), which came into Institution of "Home Minister's Special existence in 1953, provides financial Operation Medal" assistance to eligible colleges. he Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh has approved the institution of "Home Minister's Special Oxytocin formulations ban to come into effect Operation Medal". from 1st July 2018  Police Officers of States & Union The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has Territories, Central Police Organisations restricted the manufacture of Oxytocin formulations (CPOs), Central Armed Police Forces for domestic use to public sector only from 1st July (CAPFs) and Security Organisation involved 2018. in Special Operations will be eligible.

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 The Union Home Minister has also instituted  Speaking on this occasion the Minister three more Medals, - the Antarik Suraksha appreciated the work being done by the Medal, Asadharan Aashuchan Padak, and NGO,Bachpan Bachao Andolan & Utkrisht & Ati-Utkrisht Seva Medal. Capgemini for developing this app.  The app is multiuser where parents and Fourth National Consultation to be held in New citizens can upload pictures of children, and Delhi provide detailed description like name, birth The fourth National Consultation Meeting of mark, address, report to the police station, Ministers of States & UTs, in-charge of Food, Civil search and identify missing kids. Supplies and Consumer Affairs is being held on 29th June 2018 in New Delhi. NITI Aayog partners with GNFC Ltd to  The meeting will be chaired by Shri Ram implement Fertilizer Subsidy Disbursement Vilas Paswan, Union Minister of Consumer NITI Aayog and Affairs, and Food & Public Distribution. Gujarat Narmada  The consultation will be on measures needed Valley Fertilizers & for further improving various facets of Chemicals Limited consumer protection and welfare including (GNFC) have signed availability of essential food items at stable a Statement of Intent prices, Public Distribution System etc., and (SOI) to work together towards implementing a chart a future course of action. Proof-of-Concept (“PoC”) application using Blockchain Technology for fertiliser subsidy Mumbai airport's terminal 1 becomes first to management. offer automated check-in facility  Fertilizer units manufacture approximately Airlines operating out of the Terminal 1 (T1) of the 31 Million MT of fertilizers across country, city airport now provide self-bag drop (SBD) facility where total approximately Rs. 70,000 Cr. of to passengers, making it the only terminal with such subsidy is disbursed to the manufacturing a fully-automated check-in system. units.  Besides, the airport operator has also extended the check-in facility to a host of NITI Aayog releases First Delta Ranking of five-star hotels in the city, enabling the Aspirational Districts passengers to collect their boarding passes The NITI Aayog has launched the first Delta ranking from the hotel itself. (incremental progress) for the Aspirational Districts,  This is the only terminal in the country to based on self-reported data of districts between have a fully-automated check-in system. March 31, 2018 to May 31, 2018, across five developmental areas of Health and Nutrition, Suresh Prabhu launches Mobile App 'ReUnite' Education, Agriculture and Water Resources, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Financial Inclusion and Skill Development, and Aviation, Suresh Prabhu has launched a mobile Basic Infrastructure. application called ReUnite which helps to  The Districts started entering data from 1st trackandtrace missing and abandoned children in April, 2018 in the Champions of India.

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Change Dashboard and 108 districts out of The government of India has set up a committee total 112, participated in this ranking. under Punjab National Bank non-executive  Dahod district of Gujarat improved 19.8 chairman Sunil Mehta to consider the establishment points to rank first in the Delta ranking (was of an asset reconstruction company to help resolve Ranked 17 in Baseline ranking). the bad loan burden.  West Sikkim district in Sikkim stood second  Others on the committee include State Bank with 18.9 points, a huge improvement from of India chairman Rajnish Kumar and Bank being in the 30th position in Baseline of Baroda managing director PS Jayakumar. ranking. India gives Rs 99 million to Nepal for installing shallow tube wells India has extended a financial aid of Rs 99 million

Andhra Pradesh, Singapore sign pacts for to Nepal for the construction of 2,700 shallow tube Amaravati development well irrigation systems in 12 districts of the country's The state government southern Terai region to boost agricultural of Andhra Pradesh and productivity. Singapore has signed  The assistance has been extended as part of several pacts for the the final payment for the Nepal-Bharat development of a start-up area (1,691 acres) in the Maitri Irrigation Project, which was new capital, Amaravati, to transform it into a world- launched in January last year to boost growth class city. to the Himalayan nation's agricultural sector  Under the agreement, the land would be through enhanced facilities. handed over in three phases – 660 acres in  India's Ambassador to Nepal, Manjeev Singh the first phase – to the Singapore companies Puri, handed over a cheque of 99.21 million for infrastructure development and other Nepalese Rs to the country's Energy promotional activities. Secretary, Sanjay Sharma.

World Bank forecasts 7.3 per cent growth for Maharashtra Inks MoU with Canada’s Quebec India Province for Greater Economic Cooperation The World Bank has forecast a growth rate of 7.3 per The Maharashtra government and Canada’s Quebec cent for India this year and 7.5 per cent for the next province have signed a pact to increase the economic two years, making it the fastest growing country cooperation, specially in areas of information among major emerging economies. technology, biotechnology, artificial intelligence  A top World Bank official said India's and welfare of the tribal community. economy is robust, resilient and has potential  The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deliver sustained growth. to this effect with was signed by Chief  It said that growth in South Asia is projected Minister Devendra Fadnavis and to strengthen to 6.9 per cent in 2018. Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard during his week-long tour to the US and Canada. anks to set up dedicated mechanism to address stress assets Karnataka Bank launches ‘Deposit Only Card’

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Karnataka Bank Ltd has launched ‘KBL-Deposit  With the Only Card’ that enables hassle-free cash deposit partnership, Muthoot Fincorp claims to have transactions at the bank’s 24X7 e-lobby services. become the first major private sector player  This card is specially meant for the bank’s to partner with National Skill Development current/overdraft customers. Corporation (NSDC) to launch the Pradhan  These customers can perform cash deposit Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY-2) transactions even with higher deposit limit at programme. the bank’s bunch note acceptor (BNA) or  Under the scheme, Muthoot Fincorp targets cash recycler kiosks by using this card. to train over 10,000 people over the next  The limit for the cash deposit a day is Rs 10 three years and make them job ready. lakh.  NSDC has approved a target of 3,000 candidates in the first year and 3,500 each in 'SoftBank to invest up to $100 billion in Indian the subsequent two years. solar' SoftBank Group has decided to invest $60-100 NABARD to lend Rs 21,000 crore to MP in billion in solar power generation in India. current fiscal  SoftBank and the government are expected National Bank For to reach a formal agreement soon after final Agriculture And Rural arrangements are made. Development  The company is expected to make the (NABARD) said that it investment through a fund backed by Saudi would give Rs 21,000 Arabia's government. crore to the Madhya Pradesh government in the current financial year. U.S. pips India as top greenfield FDI destination  In the last three years, NABARD has given The U.S. has surpassed India to become the top Rs 2,000 crore every year to the Madhya destination for greenfield FDI investment in 2017, Pradesh government for works related to says a report. roads, bridges and irrigation among other  The number of greenfield FDI projects in things, An official Bansal said. India during the year fell sharply by 21% to 637, said the fDi Report 2018 compiled by Government to team up with Google for flood FDI Intelligence. forecasting  India had maintained the numero uno slot in Union Minister for Water Resources, River greenfield FDI investment in 2015 and 2016. Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Shri Nitin Gadkari has expressed hope that collaboration with Muthoot Fincorp Limited announced its Google will help in effective flood management in partnership with NSDC India. Muthoot Fincorp Limited has announced its  Central Water Commission (CWC), India’s partnership with National Skill Development apex technical organization in the field of Corporation to train over 10,000 youth over the next Water Resources, has entered into a three years and make them job ready. Collaboration Agreement with Google.

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 CWC would use state-of-the-art advances avail facilities of evaluation, measurements made by Google in the in the field of and fitment of assistive devices. Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning  Diversification of rehabilitation and fitment and geo spatial mapping for effective of assistive devices services to other areas management of water resources particularly will facilitate Divyangjans to cover less a in the field of flood forecasting and distance for acquiring these devices. dissemination of flood related information to the masses widely using the dissemination Findings of 160 cost-benefit analyses in Andhra platforms developed by Google. Pradesh and Rajasthan presented to NITI Aayog  This initiative is likely to help crisis NITI Aayog has been engaging with State management agencies to deal extreme Governments to evolve a shared vision of national hydrological events in a better manner. development and strategies from time to time to share the best practices. BoB partners Accenture, IBM to drive growth  In this context, India Consensus - a through technology partnership between Tata Trusts and Public sector lender Bank of Baroda has mandated Copenhagen Consensus which IT majors IBM and Accenture to create an IT has undertaken more than 160 cost-benefit Centre of Excellence (ITCoE) and Analytics Centre analyses across all main policy areas in of Excellence (ACoE) as part of the bank’s strategy Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan presented to use technology to drive growth. their findings on 14th June 2018 in NITI  The bank said in a statement that the twin Aayog. centres are part of a comprehensive digital  The presentation on evidence-based policy roadmap drawn up to enhance the quality. prioritisation model was chaired by Dr Rajiv Kumar, Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog.  It was attended by Chief Secretaries, Foundation Stone of ‘Auxiliary Production Unit Additional Chief Secretaries/Principal & Artificial Limbs Fitting Centre’ Laid Secretaries/Secretaries dealing with the The Foundation of stone of “Auxiliary Production Planning Department of 32 States and Union Unit and State-of-the-Art Artificial Limbs Fitting Territories, Joint Secretaries from 14 Centre” of Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Ministries, senior officers from NITI Aayog, Corporation of India (ALIMCO) under Department eminent economists and researchers. of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities  Copenhagen Consensus President, Dr Bjorn (DEPwD), Ministry of Social Justice & Lomborg presented the policies and Empowerment was laid by Shri Manohar Lal, Chief interventions which generate the most social, Minister of Haryana and Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar, economic and environmental good for the Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment States. at a function at village Nawada, Tigaon  The focus of the presentation was on how (Ballabhgarh), Faridabad, Haryana. this approach and method could be replicated  There has been an ever increasing demand across other States. from the Divyangjan about the difficulty being faced by them in visiting Kanpur to

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School Chale Hum Abhiyan 2018 launched in Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for Bhopal Health and Family Welfare released the Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan 11thCommon Review Mission (CRM) report of the inaugurated the ‘School Chale Hum Abhiyan 2018’ National Health Mission. in Bhopal.  Speaking at the function, Shri Choubey  The motive of this scheme is that no child stated that India has registered a record 22% should be deprived of schooling. reduction in MMR since 2013, which is the  Inaugurating the month long campaign on highest percentage decline so far when June 15, the minister encouraged students, compared to all the previous reductions in teachers and parents to make it a success. MMR as per the earlier rounds of SRS.  “Maternal Mortality Ratio of India has Telangana govt to set up Child Protection Units declined from 167 in 2011-2013 to 130 in in all 31 districts 2014-2016. It is because of the joint efforts In an effort to implement child rights, the Telangana of the Ministry and the States. government will soon establish ‘District Child Protection Units (DCPU)’ in all 31 districts. Grand Finale of the First Hardware edition of  Right now the 10 erstwhile districts have the Smart India Hackathon 2018 District Child Protection Units (DCPU). The Union Minister for Human Resource  Proposals were already sent to the Development, Shri Prakash Javadekar inaugurated government for constitution of child the 5 day Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon protection units and already they were 2018 – Hardware edition through Video sanctioned and now staff recruitment was conferencing in New Delhi. underway.  Hardware edition is the first of its kind innovative initiative by Ministry of HRD to Fourth Governing Council Meeting of NITI provide national platform to young technical Aayog Concludes minds of India to showcase their disruptive The fourth meeting of the Governing Council of innovations and creative products which can NITI Aayog was held under the chairmanship of the bring out revolutionary changes in crucial Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi at sectors like agriculture, health, clean water, Rashtrapati Bhavan. waste management, automotive, smart  It was attended by 23 Chief Ministers and the communication, and education. Lieutenant Governor of Andaman & Nicobar  The Hardware edition is the sub-edition of Islands, apart from Union Ministers, who are SIH2018. ex-officio members and special invitees.  The Grand Finale of the Hardware  At the end of the day-long deliberations, the Hackathon will be a 5 days event and will Prime Minister highlighted the importance take place simultaneously at 10 prestigious of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog as institutions (Nodal centers) across India. a platform to inspire cooperative federalism. The 3-day NATIONAL YOGA OLYMPIAD- Ashwini Kumar Choubey releases 11th Common 2018 Review Mission (CRM) report

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A 3-day National Yoga Olympiad was inaugurated Government of India partnering with the at the National Council of Educational Research and Delegation of the European Union and Training in CIET in New Delhi by Mr. Eric Falt, embassies of EU Member States in various Director and UNESCO Representative of the New city film clubs. Delhi Cluster Office for India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, the Maldives and Sri Lanka. Workshop on Cyber Security Framework – 2018  This is the third consecutive year of National A workshop on Cyber Security Framework for Yoga Olympiad of NCERT and this year Department of Defence was organised by DDP, about 500 students from 26 States and 4 RIEs Ministry of Defence. are participating in the Olympiad as  The workshop was inaugurated by compared to the participation of students RakshaMantri Smt Nirmala Sitharaman. from 25 States/UTs last year.  During her address, Smt Sitharaman stressed  In his welcome address, Professor upon the fact that Defence sector is more Hrushikesh Senapaty, Director, NCERT prone to the cyber threats and hence it brought to the attention that the Olympiad becomes important to safeguard our creates awareness about a scientific and cyberspace with anticipation of possible holistic way of living and the purpose is to attacks. create positive attitude among all human beings and promote peaceful living in the Mehbooba Mufti resigns as J&K CM society.

Col Rajyavardhan Rathore inaugurated European Union Film Festival Minister of State (I/C) for Information & Broadcasting and Sports & Youth Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Affairs, Col Mufti has sent her resignation to Governor NN Rajyavardhan Vohra, after the BJP announced it was leaving the Rathore inaugurated alliance with her Peoples Democratic Party. the European Union Film Festival.  The BJP's decision to end the coalition  The opening ceremony was followed by the leaves Mufti with just 28 out of Jammu and screening of Slovakian movie “Little Kashmir's 87 elected seats. Harbour”.  With a selection of 24 latest European films Governor's rule in Jammu and Kashmir from 23 EU Member States, this years' film A day after BJP pulled out of its alliance with PDP, festival brings some unusual stories for the the state of Jammu and kashmir has come under world cinema enthusiasts. Governor's rule with immediate effect.  The European Union Film Festival is  The 81-year-old governor, NN Vohra will organized by Directorate of Film Festivals, now be running the state for a fourth time Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, since his appointment in 2008.

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Union HRD Minister dedicates the National 19th all India Conference of Directors of Finger Digital Library of India to the Nation Prints Bureaux The Union Human Resource Development Minister, nion Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Shri Prakash Javadekar launched the new digital Hansraj Gangaram Ahir will inaugurate the 19th all initiative of HRD Ministry ‘National Digital Library India Conference of Directors of Finger Prints of India’ on the occasion of National Reading Day Bureaux in Hyderabad. in New Delhi.  During the two-day conference, participants  This National Digital Library of India will deliberate on latest Automatic (NDLI) is a project of the Ministry of Human Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS). Resource Development under the aegis of  In the conference issues related to National Mission on Education through administration, standard operating Information and Communication procedures for uniform functioning of Technology (NMEICT). bureaus would also be deliberated.  The objective of NDL is to make digital educational resources available to all citizens Shillong gets selected as the 100th Smart City of the country to empower, inspire and Shillong, the capital city of Meghalaya has been encourage learning. National Digital Library selected as 100th Smart City after evaluating the of India is developed by IIT Kharagpur. proposal submitted by it.  NDL is the Single Window Platform that  Till now, 99 smart cities had been selected collects and collates metadata from premier in four rounds of competition and with learning institutions in India and abroad, as today’s announcement, selection of 100 well as other relevant sources. cities has been completed under the Smart  It is a digital repository containing Cities Mission. textbooks, articles, videos, audio books,  Previously, 20 cities were selected in lectures, simulations, fiction and all other January 2016, 13 cities in May 2016, 27 kinds of learning media. cities in September 2016, 30 cities in June 2017 and 9 cities in January 2018. CEA Arvind Subramanian resigned  With the selection of Shillong, the total Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Arvind proposed investment in the finally selected Subramanian has submitted his resignation and 100 cities under the Smart Cities Mission expressed his desire to return to the United States would be Rs.2,05,018 crores. due to family commitments, Union Minister Arun Jaitley announced. VIC adopts Jagatpur village in Delhi for  Mr. Subramanian started his term as CEA Swachhata Abhiyaan on October 16, 2014 for a term of three The Khadi and Village Industries Commission years. (KVIC) has adopted Jagatpur village in Delhi for  On the completion of three years, he was its Swachhata Abhiyaan. asked to continue for a year more, which  The sanitation drive by KVIC began with a would have taken his term to October 2018. plantation drive and ended with cleanliness drive along the bank of the Yamuna river.

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RK Singh inaugurates solar plant at Gurdwara  The ‘i-Hariyali’ app under ‘Mission Rakab Ganj Sahib Tandarust’ can be downloaded from the app India is making rapid strides in the field of store for free. renewable energy and we will overshoot the target  The users can book a sapling of their of 175 GW renewable energy by 2022.” said Shri choice, a maximum of 25 per person, from a R.K Singh, Minister of State(IC) for Power and nearby government nursery. New & Renewable Energy.  He was speaking as the Chief Guest at the PM Modi inaugurates nature center in New inauguration of 1500 kWP capacity solar York via video link plant developed by Delhi Sikh Gurdwara On the occasion Management Committee (DSGMC) at the of 4th International Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib. Day of Yoga, Prime  Lauding this noble initiative by DSGMC, Minister Narendra Shri Singh said that this would inspire other Modi inaugurated a nature center. institutions to go green and become  PM Modi inaugurated the 'YO1 Nature environment conscious. Cure Center' in the Catskills area of New  He said that 20 cities in India are ranked York through a video link. among the most polluted in the world and there is an urgent need to reduce fossil fuel PM to inaugurate the Third AIIB Annual use so that we leave a better world for our Meeting 2018 children. The Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of  The Minister reiterated the Government’s Finance, Government of India and the Asian commitment to bring electricity to every Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will jointly household by 31st December, 2018. host the third Annual Meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on June 25- 7th India Minerals and Metals forum 26, 2018 at Hotel Trident/Oberoi and NCPA, inaugurated in New Delhi Mumbai, India. 7th India Minerals and Metals forum was  The theme for this year’s meeting is inaugurated in New Delhi . The forum seeks to *“Mobilizing Finance for Infrastructure: come up with solutions to leverage in the sector Innovation and Collaboration”* that will see with the changing global scenario. leaders from varied organizations and levels  The deliberations took cognizance on the of government to share ideas and need to consolidate small players for experiences for creating a sustainable future strengthening of overall health of the through sound infrastructure investment. industry.  This year will also see the launch of the inaugural Asian Infrastructure Forum, which unjab Government Launched Mobile App- ‘i- will gather infrastructure practitioners in a Hariyali’ practical and project-driven discourse, To increase the state’s green cover, focused on matching innovative finance to the Punjab government has launched ‘i-Hariyali’ critical infrastructure needs. app that lets users order free plant saplings.

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CEMS Sets Up Labs in Mumbai and Vizag petrochemicals complex at Ratnagiri in The Centre of Excellence in Maritime & Maharashtra. The project will be implemented by Shipbuilding (CEMS), a well-funded start-up in skill Ratnagiri Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd. development for maritime and shipbuilding sector, (RRPCL). has announced setting up of 24 labs -6 in Mumbai  Earlier, Saudi Aramco had joined the project and 18 in Vizag campus. by signing an MoU with the Indian  It also shared the list of courses being consortium on 11th April 2018 on the offered. sidelines of the16 International Energy  The labs being set up include Product Design Forum Ministerial. & Validation, Advance Manufacturing, Hull  RRPCL which is promoted by a consortium Design, Automation, Welding Technology, of India PSUs consisting of IOCL, BPCL Robotics, Virtual Reality, Advance Machine and HPCLwill now have Saudi Aramco & & Robotics, Electrical and several others. ADNOC as overseas strategic partners.  Promoted by Indian Register of Shipping  The project will be set up as a 50:50 joint (IRClass) in partnership with Siemens and partnership (50:50) between the consortium support from Sagarmala, Ministry of from India and Saudi Aramco and ADNOC. Shipping, CEMS aims to build competency This will be single largest overseas in the field of maritime & shipbuilding sector investment in the Indian refining sector. through skill development in the latest manufacturing technologies for AIIB to invest $100 mn for India's development shipbuilding/ repair and ancillary sectors. projects The -based Asian Infrastructure Investment India is the largest borrower from Asian Bank (AIIB) has announced an equity investment of Infrastructure Investment Bank $100 million in India`s National Investment & With the total project portfolios of US$4.4 Billion, Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) to help various India has been the largest borrower of Asian development projects in this country. Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) lending since  The NIIF is a collaborative investment the time the Bank started its operations. platform for international and domestic  Unlike most other multilateral development investors keen on investing in commercially banks set up by advanced economies, AIIB viable Indian infrastructure projects. is the first major multilateral development bank where principal contributors are the AIIB's 4th Annual Meeting 2019 in Luxembourg borrowing members themselves. Moving out of Asia first time, the Asian  The third Annual Meeting of the bank Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)'s Fourth focuses on infrastructure, with the theme of Annual Meeting will be held in Luxembourg in July innovation and collaboration. 2019.  Luxembourg is a founding member of AIIB Saudi ARAMCO and ADNOC sign MoU for as well as a leading international financial participating in the Ratnagiri Refinery project centre and facilitator of investments between Saudi Aramco and ADNOC signed an MoU today to Europe and Asia. jointly develop and build an integrated refinery and

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 The first AIIB Board of Governors meeting approved contribution of Grant-in-Aid (Corpus) of was held in Beijing in 2016, followed by Rs.1,040 crore to National Export Insurance Jeju, South Korea in 2017 and the third in Account Trust (NEIA). Mumbai.  The Corpus is to be utilised during three years from 2017-18 to 2019-20. An amount NITI Aayog’s WEP Signs SoI with Financial of Rs.440 crore has already been received for Institutions & Social Organisations the year 2017-18. Rs.300 crore each will be NITI Aayog’s Women Entrepreneurs Platform given to NEIA for the years 2018-19 and (WEP) has signed five separate Statement of Intent 2019-20. (SoIs) with Shri Mahila Sewa Sahakari Bank  The Corpus would strengthen NEIA to Limited, Indiabulls Housing Finance Limited, SREI support project exports from the country that Infrastructure Finance Limited, Sreemanta Sankar are of strategic and national importance. Mission and the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA). Israel to gift 100 units of digital farming to  The WEP was established on the occasion of Gujarat International Womens’ Day in March 2018 Israel will gift 100 units of digital farming on an to substantially increase the number of experimental basis in Gujarat. Gujarat Chief women entrepreneurs who will create and Minister Vijay Rupani is on a six-day-long visit to empower a dynamic New India. Israel with a high-level delegation.  Vijay Rupani met Netafim CEO Ran Maidan Cabinet approves capital infusion in Export and discussed with him the potential of Credit Guarantee Corporation Ltd digital farming in Gujarat. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs  Netafim is an Israeli irrigation solutions chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has providing firm. approved the capital infusion of Rs.2000 crore for strengthening of Export Credit Guarantee IRDAI allows LIC to invest up to 51% in IDBI Corporation (ECGC). Bank  The amount would be infused in the three The Insurance financial years i.e. Rs.50 crore in 2017-18, Regulatory Rs.1450 crore in the year 2018-19 and Development Rs.500 crore for 2019-20. Authority of India  The infusion would enhance insurance (IRDAI) has coverage to MSME exports and strengthen allowed Life India’s exports to emerging and challenging Insurance markets like Africa, CIS and Latin American Corporation of India (LIC) to invest up to 51 percent countries. in IDBI Bank.  This is a special case dispensation that has Cabinet approves a Corpus to National Export been given to LIC and the 15 percent equity Insurance Account Trust investment cap still remains. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs  According to the regulator's norms on chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has investment, insurance companies cannot

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hold more than 15 percent stake in any Arvind Saxena appointed acting UPSC chief company. UPSC member Arvind Saxena has been appointed as the acting chairman of the commission from June 20, a government order said.  Saxena, a 1978-batch Indian Postal Service officer, will take over the charge from West Bengal Governor KN Tripathi to Hold incumbent Vinay Mittal who completes his Additional Charge of Tripura term at the Union Public Service West Bengal Governor Commission (UPSC) on June 19. Keshari Nath Tripathi was given the additional Appointment of Vigilance Commissioner charge of Tripura, Shri Sharad Kumar (Indian Police Service, Retd., according to a statement HY:1979) has been appointed as the Vigilance issued by the Commissioner in the Central Vigilance Rashtrapati Bhavan. Commission, New Delhi.  The President of India has appointed Keshari  His appointment will be for a term of four Nath Tripathi to discharge the functions of years from the date on which he enters upon the Governor of Tripura, in addition to his his office, or till he attains the age of sixty own duties, during the absence on leave of five years, whichever is earlier. Tathagata Roy. Deepak Raj Joshee recommended as new CJ of Bandhan Bank appoints H R Khan as chairman Nepal Bandhan Bank said its board has appointed H R The Constitutional Council (CC) has recommended Khan, a former RBI deputy governor, as non- Acting Chief Justice Deeepak Raj Joshee as new executive chairman. Chief Justice (CJ) of the Nepalese Supreme Court  The board of directors of the bank at its (SC). meeting appointed Harun Rasid Khan as the  Joshee has been working as the Acting CJ non-executive, part time chairman of the after then CJ Gopal Parajuli resigned from bank. his post on March 15, 2018.  Khan's appointment will be for a period of three years with effect from June 5, 2018. S Ramesh appointed CBIC chairman Senior bureaucrat S Ramesh was appointed as U.N. Security Council elects five members for chairman of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and two-year term Customs (CBIC). The United Nations General Assembly voted to elect  Ramesh, a 1981 batch officer of Indian Germany, Belgium, South Africa, the Dominican Revenue Service (customs and central Republic and Indonesia for a two-year term in the excise), is at present member in the CBIC, an Security Council starting on Jan. 1, 2019. apex policy making body for indirect taxes.  The five members giving up their seat at the  He will take over charge from incumbent end of this year are the Netherlands, Sweden, Vanaja N Sarna who completes her term this Ethiopia, Bolivia and Kazakhstan. month-end.

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Rana Kapoor re-appointed MD & CEO for  Mr Duque will be sworn in as the country’s Yes Bank new leader on August 7. Yes Bank shareholders have approved the re- appointment of Rana Kapoor as the bank’s chief ICICI Bank Board appoints Mr. Sandeep executive officer and managing director for a period Bakhshi as Wholetime Director of three years. The Board of Directors of  The AGM also approved the appointment of ICICI Bank Limited has Subhash Chander Kalia and Ajai Kumar as decided to appoint Mr. non-executive non-independent directors. Sandeep Bakhshi, as Wholetime Director & Dr. Inder Jit Singh assumes charge as Secretary, Chief Operating Officer Ministry of Coal designate, ICICI Bank. Dr. Inder Jit Singh, (KL:1985) assumed charge  His appointment as COO will be for a period as Secretary, Ministry of Coal at Shastri Bhawan of five years, subject to regulatory approvals. office, New Delhi.  He will take over as the COO from June 19,  Dr. Inder Jit Singh took over the charge 2018, or on the date of regulatory and other of Secretary which fell vacant after approvals, whichever is later. superannuation of Shri Susheel Kumar (IAS:1982:UP) on April 30 this year. IRDAI Sets Up Panel To Review Norms For  In the interim, Secretary Mines, Shri Anil G Marketing Firms Mukhim (IAS:1985:GJ) had been holding The Insurance Regulatory and Development additional charge as Secretary, Coal. Authority of India (IRDAI) has formed a 10 member panel to review norms related Indian-American Dhivya Suryadevara to become to insurance marketing firm (IMF) with an aim to CFO of General Motors increase insurance penetration in the country. An Indian-American woman, Dhivya Suryadevara  The committee is headed by Suresh Mathur, has been named the Chief Finance Officer of the US’ Executive Director (insurance marketing largest automaker, General Motors. firms), IRDAI, with nine more members.  Ms. Suryadevara, currently the vice president of corporate finance, will succeed Chief Ministers Subgroup Constituted for Chuck Stevens, the General Motor’s present Agriculture and MGNREGS CFO, on September 1. Government has set up a Chief Ministers Subgroup to Coordinate Policy Approaches for Agriculture Ivan Duque Wins Election to Become Colombia's and MGNREGS. President  Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh as the Youthful rightwinger Ivan Duque won Colombia’s Convener and CMs of Andhra Pradesh, presidential election, promising “a new generation” Bihar, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal of leadership for Columbia. and Sikkim along with the Member NITI  With 98 per cent of the ballot counted, Mr Aayog, Shri Ramesh Chand are its members. Duque had 54 per cent of the vote.  The move comes in the backdrop of the vision of the Prime Minister towards

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Doubling Farmers’ Income by 2022 which SoftBank Group has decided to invest $60-100 requires a multi-dimensional and inclusive billion in solar power generation in India. approach.  SoftBank and the government are expected to reach a formal agreement soon after final Sunil Mittal becomes honorary chairman of ICC arrangements are made. Sunil Bharti Mittal, the Founder and Chairman of  The company is expected to make the Bharti Enterprises, will step down as the Chairman investment through a fund backed by Saudi of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) on Arabia's government. June 21.  He will be succeeded by Paul Polman, CEO U.S. pips India as top greenfield FDI destination of Unilever, as ICC Chairman. The U.S. has surpassed India to become the top  He will now function as the Honorary destination for greenfield FDI investment in 2017, Chairman of the ICC commencing July 1. says a report.  Ajay Banga, the President and CEO of  The number of greenfield FDI projects in MasterCard will be appointed as the ICC India during the year fell sharply by 21% to First Vice-Chair. 637, said the fDi Report 2018 compiled by FDI Intelligence. B V R Subramanyam appointed as Jammu and  India had maintained the numero uno slot in Kashmir Chief Secretary greenfield FDI investment in 2015 and 2016. B V R Subrahmanyam, a senior IAS officer of the Chhattisgarh cadre, was appointed as the chief Muthoot Fincorp Limited announced its secretary of Jammu and Kashmir. partnership with NSDC  The 55-year-old bureaucrat, who hails from Muthoot Fincorp Limited has announced its Andhra Pradesh, has been appointed in partnership with National Skill Development place of incumbent B B Vyas. Corporation to train over 10,000 youth over the next three years and make them job ready. Karnataka Bank launches ‘Deposit Only Card’  With the Karnataka Bank Ltd has launched ‘KBL-Deposit partnership, Muthoot Fincorp claims to have Only Card’ that enables hassle-free cash deposit become the first major private sector player transactions at the bank’s 24X7 e-lobby services. to partner with National Skill Development  This card is specially meant for the bank’s Corporation (NSDC) to launch the Pradhan current/overdraft customers. Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY-2)  These customers can perform cash deposit programme. transactions even with higher deposit limit at  Under the scheme, Muthoot Fincorp targets the bank’s bunch note acceptor (BNA) or to train over 10,000 people over the next cash recycler kiosks by using this card. three years and make them job ready.  The limit for the cash deposit a day is Rs 10  NSDC has approved a target of 3,000 lakh. candidates in the first year and 3,500 each in the subsequent two years. 'SoftBank to invest up to $100 billion in Indian solar'

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NABARD to lend Rs 21,000 crore to MP in Public sector lender Bank of Baroda has mandated current fiscal IT majors IBM and Accenture to create an IT National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Centre of Excellence (ITCoE) and Analytics Centre Development (NABARD) said that it would give Rs of Excellence (ACoE) as part of the bank’s strategy 21,000 crore to the Madhya Pradesh government in to use technology to drive growth. the current financial year.  The bank said in a statement that the twin  In the last three years, NABARD has given centres are part of a comprehensive digital Rs 2,000 crore every year to the Madhya roadmap drawn up to enhance the quality. Pradesh government for works related to roads, bridges and irrigation among other SBI's B Sriram appointed CMD of IDBI Bank things, An official Bansal said. State Bank of India's Managing Director B Sriram was appointed as the MD and CEO of IDBI Bank Government to team up with Google for flood for a temporary period of three months. forecasting  He has been appointed in place of Union Minister for Water incumbent Mahesh Kumar Jain who was Resources, River recently named Deputy Governor of the Development and Ganga Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Rejuvenation Shri Nitin  Sriram has been working as the MD Gadkari has expressed (Corporate and Global Banking) in SBI hope that collaboration since July 2014. with Google will help in effective flood management in India. Arijit Basu to be State Bank of India's new  Central Water Commission (CWC), India’s Managing Director apex technical organization in the field of The government has appointed Arjit Basu as Water Resources, has entered into a managing director of the country's largest lender Collaboration Agreement with Google. State Bank of India.  CWC would use state-of-the-art advances  He will fill the position that fell vacant made by Google in the in the field of following the elevation of Rajnish Kumar as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning the chairman. and geo spatial mapping for effective  Now, after this the SBI will have four management of water resources particularly managing directors. in the field of flood forecasting and  As per the SBI Act, the bank can have four dissemination of flood related information to managing directors. the masses widely using the dissemination platforms developed by Google. Erdogan wins re-election as Turkish president  This initiative is likely to help crisis Turkey's long-standing leader Recep Tayyip management agencies to deal extreme Erdogan has won a new five-year term after securing hydrological events in a better manner. outright victory in the first round of a presidential poll. BoB partners Accenture, IBM to drive growth through technology

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 Mr Erdogan got nearly 53% with almost all Janardan Singh Gehlot was elected the president of votes counted. His closest rival Muharrem the International Kabaddi Federation for the next Ince was on 31%. four years.  Among other developments, the England Committee for Standardization and Kabaddi Association, headed by Ashok Das, Indigenization in Metro Rail Systems was disaffiliated because of anti-federation A committee has been constituted under the activities. chairmanship of Sh. E. Sreedharan for Standardization and Indigenization in Metro Rail.  The committee is expected to submit its

report in 3 months. to get cricketer of the year award at  After 3 months, based on specific task of BCCI annual awards standardization, Dr. Sreedharan could co-opt The Board of control in India (BCCI) has the relevant expert members for the task for announced its annual awards for the previous two a specified period of time. seasons.

The award winners for 2016-17 season: Sonakshi joins UNESCO to promote safe  COL. C.K. NAYUDU LIFETIME cyberspace for kids ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Late Mr. Sonakshi Sinha joins UNESCO to promote safe and Pankaj Roy (posthumously) secure online environment for children and help  BCCI LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT empower our future digital citizens. AWARD FOR WOMEN:  Stressing on the importance of education on (DECLINED) the safe use of online spaces, the actress said  BCCI SPECIAL AWARD: Abbas Ali Baig it will equip boys and girls to be prepared to and Late Naren Tamhane report any type of abuse or exploitation.  AWARD: Virat Kohli

 BEST INTERNATIONAL CRICKETER ICICI Bank appoints Girish Chandra (WOMEN): Harmanpreet Kaur Chaturvedi as non-exec part-time chairman  AWARD FOR THE Private lender ICICI Bank has appointed Girish BEST ALL-ROUNDER IN THE RANJI Chandra Chaturvedi as an additional (independent) TROPHY: Parvez Rasool of Jammu and director effective July 1, 2018 for a period of 3 years. Kashmir  The bank, in a notification to the exchanges,  LALA AMARNATH AWARD FOR THE also said that it has named Chaturvedi as BEST ALL-ROUNDER IN DOMESTIC non-executive part-time chairman subject to LIMITED-OVERS COMPETITIONS, the approval of shareholders. 2016-17: Krunal Pandya  Current chairman MK Sharma will retire on  MADHAVRAO SCINDIA AWARD June 30. (HIGHEST SCORER IN THE RANJI

TROPHY IN 2016-17): Priyank K Panchal Gehlot elected IKF chief for next four years of Gujarat.  MADHAVRAO SCINDIA AWARD (HIGHEST -TAKER IN THE

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RANJI TROPHY IN 2016-17): Shahbaz  LALA AMARNATH AWARD FOR THE Nadeem of Jharkhand BEST ALL-ROUNDER IN THE RANJI  M.A. CHIDAMBARAM TROPHY TROPHY, 2017-18: Jalaj Saxena of Kerala (HIGHEST SCORER IN (U23) COL. C K  LALA AMARNATH AWARD FOR THE NAYUDU TROPHY IN 2016-17): Ekant C BEST ALL-ROUNDER IN DOMESTIC Sen of Himachal LIMITED-OVERS COMPETITIONS,  M.A. CHIDAMBARAM TROPHY 2017-18: Diwesh Pathani of SSCB (HIGHEST WICKET-TAKER IN (U23)  MADHAVRAO SCINDIA AWARD COL. C K NAYUDU TROPHY IN 2016- (HIGHEST SCORER IN THE RANJI 17): Karan Kaila of Punjab TROPHY IN 2017-18): Mayank Agarwal of  M.A. CHIDAMBARAM TROPHY Karnataka (HIGHEST SCORER IN (U19) COOCH  MADHAVRAO SCINDIA AWARD BEHAR TROPHY IN 2016-17): Jonty (HIGHEST WICKET-TAKER IN THE Sidhu of Delhi RANJI TROPHY IN 2017-18): Jalaj Saxena  M.A. CHIDAMBARAM TROPHY of Kerala (HIGHEST WICKET-TAKER IN (U19)  M.A. CHIDAMBARAM TROPHY COOCH BEHAR TROPHY IN 2016-17): (HIGHEST SCORER IN (U23) COL. C K Rahul Singh of Assam NAYUDU TROPHY IN 2017-18): Aryaman  JAGMOHAN DALMIYA TROPHY Birla of Madhya Pradesh (HIGHEST SCORER IN (U16) VIJAY  M.A. CHIDAMBARAM TROPHY MERCHANT TROPHY IN 2016-17): N (HIGHEST WICKET-TAKER IN (U23) Thakur Tilak Varma of Hyderabad COL. C K NAYUDU TROPHY IN 2017-  JAGMOHAN DALMIYA TROPHY 18): Tejas Baroka of Delhi (HIGHEST WICKET-TAKER IN (U16)  M.A. CHIDAMBARAM TROPHY VIJAY MERCHANT TROPHY IN 2016- (HIGHEST SCORER IN (U19) COOCH 17): Rohit Dattatraya of Vidarbha C A BEHAR TROPHY IN 2017-18): Y V  JAGMOHAN DALMIYA TROPHY (BEST Rathod of Vidarbha WOMAN CRICKETER OF 2016-17):  M.A. CHIDAMBARAM TROPHY Punam Raut (HIGHEST WICKET-TAKER IN (U19) AWARD WINNERS OF 2017-18: COOCH BEHAR TROPHY IN 2017-18):  COL. C.K. NAYUDU LIFETIME Ayush S Jamwal of Himachal Pradesh ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Anshuman  JAGMOHAN DALMIYA TROPHY Gaekwad (HIGHEST SCORER IN (U16) VIJAY  BCCI LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT MERCHANT TROPHY IN 2017-18): K AWARD FOR WOMEN: Sudha Shah Nithish Kumar Reddy of Andhra  BCCI SPECIAL AWARD: Late Mr. Budhi  JAGMOHAN DALMIYA TROPHY Kunderan (HIGHEST WICKET-TAKER IN (U16)  POLLY UMRIGAR AWARD: Virat Kohli VIJAY MERCHANT TROPHY IN 2017-  BEST INTERNATIONAL CRICKETER 18): Reshu Raj of Bihar (WOMEN): Smriti Mandhana

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 JAGMOHAN DALMIYA TROPHY (BEST  Former PM Manmohan Singh and Infosys WOMAN CRICKETER OF 2017-18): Chairman Narayan Murti are among the few Deepti Sharma. Indians who have won the prize in the past.

Anupam Kher to be given Lifetime Achievement Oriental Bank of Commerce awarded for Atal honour at upcoming IIFA awards Pension Yojana Veteran film actor Anupam Kher will be given the Oriental Bank of Commerce has been awarded as prestigious Lifetime Achievement honour at the the best public sector bank for Atal Pension Yojana upcoming International Indian Film Academy for the year 2017-18. awards ceremony in .  MoS for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla  He will be presented with the honour on June presented the awarded to Mukesh Kumar 24 at the 19th edition of IIFA. Jain, MD and CEO of the bank.  The 63-year-old actor, has worked in over 500 films spanning across languages along PM’s Award for Outstanding Contribution for with projects both in India and abroad for Promotion and Development of Yoga over three decades. Shri Vishwas Mandalik, Nasik and The Yoga Institute, Mumbai are the recipients of the Prime Kamila Shamsie's "Home Fire" wins 2018 Minister's Award for outstanding contribution for Women's Prize for Fiction promotion and development of Yoga for the year Renowned British 2018. Pakistani author  The selection was done from among 186 Kamila Shamsie's nominations received under different book "Home Fire" categories. has won the  On the occasion of the 2nd International Women's Prize for Day of Yoga celebrations at Chandigarh on Fiction, 2018. 21st June, 2016, the Hon’ble Prime Minister  The book, was also in the race for last year's had announced the institution of awards for Man Booker Prize, is a contemporary the promotion and development of Yoga. reimagination of Sophocles' "Antigone".  The award for 2017 was won by Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, Pune. Sulabh founder bags Nikkei Asia Prize Noted social reformer and founder of Sulabh India Smart Cities Awards International Bindeshwar Pathak was honoured with Nine awards in three categories, i.e., Project Japan’s prestigious ‘Nikkei Asia Prize for Culture Award, Innovative Idea Award and City Award and Community’. have been announced under the India Smart Cities  The award honours people in Asia who have Awards, which was launched on June 25, 2017 by made significant contributions in one of the Hon’ble Housing and Urban Affairs Minister. three areas: regional growth; science,  The city award is being given to Surat for technology and innovation; and culture and showing great momentum in community. implementation of projects especially in the categories of urban environment, transport

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and mobility and sustainable integrated Anukreethy Vas From Tamil Nadu Crowned development. Femina Miss India 2018  The Innovative Idea award is being given nukreethy Vas, a 19-year-old Tamil Nadu college to a project/idea particularly remarkable for student, has been crowned Femina Miss India 2018 its innovative, bottom-up and in a grand ceremony in Mumbai. transformative approach towards  Anukreethy Vas, who was previously achievement of sustainable integrated crowned fbb Colours Femina Miss Tamil development. Joint winners in this category Nadu, beat 30 contestants to bag the top are Bhopal for their Integrated Command honour. and Control Centre (ICCC) and Ahmedabad  Meenakshi Chaudhary from Haryana was for Safe and Secure Ahmedabad (SASA) the first runner-up while Shreya Rao Project. Kamavarapu from Andhra Pradesh secured  The Project awards are being given to the second runner-up position. most innovative and successful projects in seven categories that have been completed Ministry of WCD receives the ‘Best Performing by April 1, 2018. Social Sector Ministry’ SKOCH Award The Projects selected are Lauding the achievements of the Ministry of  PMC Care from Pune under ‘Governance’ Women and Child Development in delivering the category, promises made and for its significant achievements  Smart Place Making from Pune under ‘Built and initiatives from the last 4 years, SKOCH has Environment’, conferred the ‘Best performing Social Sector  Smart Class rooms from NDMC and Ministry’ award on the Ministry of Women and Jabalpur, Smart Campus from Child Development. Visakhapatnam, Lighthouse from Pune  Minister for Women and Child under ‘Social Aspects’ category, Development Smt.Maneka Sanjay Gandhi  B Nest Incubation Centre from Bhopal and has received the award on behalf of the Conservation of Rajasthan School of Arts Ministry in an event held in New Delhi. from Jaipur under ‘Culture and Economy’  Outlining the achievements and initiatives category, of the Ministry, Smt.Maneka Sanjay Gandhi  Public Bike Sharing from Bhopal, Pune, has said that under the leadership of the Coimbatore and Waste to Energy Plant in Prime Minister, flagship schemes like Beti Jabalpur under ‘Urban environment’ Bachao Beti Padhao has achieved huge category, success within a very short period of time.  Integrated Transit Management System  Under this scheme, efforts were made at (TMS) from Ahmedabad and Surat under National, regional and local level which led ‘Transport and Mobility’ category and to behaviour change which is reflecting in  Smart Water Management through SCADA the improved sex ration at birth. from Ahmedabad under ‘Water and Sanitation’ category. Srikanth wins Sports person of the Year award 2018

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Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth has been Ramdev to get wax statue at 's Madame adjudged as the Sportsperson of the Year for 2018 Tussauds by the Sports Illustrated India magazine. Baba Ramdev will soon have a wax replica at the Here is the list of the winners Madame Tussauds museum of London.  Team of the Year: Women’s Cricket Team  After Swami Vivekanand, Ramdev will be  Coach of the Year: Stephen Constantine the second swami to be depicted at the  Editor’s Choice for Excellence notable wax museum. (Team): Aizawl FC  In a press release, the yoga guru shared the  Editor’s Choice for Excellence (Male): Jitu news with the world. Rai  Young Sportsperson of the Year: Manav Kalki Koechlin conferred with French honour Vikas Thakkar Kalki Koechlin was conferred with the French  Community Development in Sport: Sailen distinction of Knight of the Order of Arts and Tudu Letters, for her contribution in enhancing Indo-  Comeback of the Year: French ties in cinema.  Gamechanger of the Year: Shubhankar  Kalki, who has French roots, has done films Sharma such as ‘Dev D’, ‘Zindagi Na Milegi  Outstanding Contribution to Sport: Leander Dobara’, ‘Shanghai’ and ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Paes Deewani’ to name a few.  Lifetime Achievement Award: Pallavi Darua crowned as India's first 'Tribal  Special Award Living Legend: Balbir Singh Queen' Sr. Pallavi Durua, who belongs to Odisha's Koraput  Sportsperson Of The Year: Kidambi district, was crowned as the first Tribal Queen at the Srikanth Adi Rani Kalinga Tribal Queen competition held at Utkal Mandap. Vasundhara Raje conferred with ‘Chief Minister  Panchami Majhi of Titlagarh and of the Year’ award Rashmirekha Hansdah of Mayurbhanj were Rajasthan Chief declared as the first and second runners-up of Minister the beauty pageant respectively. Vasundhara Raje  The prime objective of the event was to was conferred the promote tribal art and culture. ‘Chief Minister of the Year’ award for International Indian Film Academy Awards her remarkable work in e-governance. (IIFA) 2018  The award was given at the 52nd Skoch At the International Indian Film Academy Awards Summit held in New Delhi. (IIFA) were held in Bangkok.  Union Steel Minister Chaudhary Birender Here's the list of winners: Singh was the chief guest at the function.  Best Film:Tumhari Sulu  Best Actor in a leading role (Female): Sridevi

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 Best Actor in a leading role (Male): Irrfan  Lawrence Haddad, who is a British Khan economist and food policy researcher, and  Best Actor In Supporting Role (Female): Dr. David Nabarro, who has worked with the Meher Vij World Health Organization and United  Best Actor In Supporting Role (Male): Nations on health and hunger issues, were Nawazzuddin Siddiqui named the 2018 prize recipients.  Best Director: Saket Chaudhary (Hindi  The World Food Prize was created by Nobel Medium) Peace Prize laureate Norman Borlaug in  Outstanding Achievement by an Actor in 1986. Indian Cinema: Anupam Kher  Best Story: Amit V Masurkar (Newton)  Best Playback Singer Female: Meghna Mishra becomes first Indian to score 2,000  Best Playback singer Male: Arijit Singh T20I runs  Best Style Icon of the Year: Kriti Sanon Star batswoman Mithali Raj has became the first

Indian cricketer to amass 2,000 runs in Twenty20 ‘Sagarmala’ receives Gold Award at the 52nd Internationals (T20I). Skoch Summit 2018  Mithali achieved the landmark after scoring The Ministry of Shipping’s flagship programme for a knock of 23 during India's seven-wicket port-led-prosperity ‘Sagarmala’ received the ‘Gold win over Sri Lanka in the Women's Asia Cup Award’ in infrastructure sector in the recently T20. concluded 52nd Skoch Summit 2018 in New Delhi,  She now has 2,015 runs in 75 matches. recognizing the programmes’s contribution to Mithali is the seventh woman to reach 2,000 India’s socio-economic transformation and it's role runs. in propelling fast-track growth and infrastructure development. Halep beats Stephens to win maiden Grand Slam  The Sagarmala Programme also received the title ‘Order of Merit’ at the Summit. Romanian Simona Halep beat Sloane Stephens of  The Secretary (Shipping) Sh. Gopal Krishna US 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 win the , which is her shared the award with Minister for Shipping, first Grand Slam title. Road Transport & Highways, Water  Halep became the second Romanian woman Resources, River Develooment and Ganga to win a Grand Slam singles trophy after Rejuvenation Shri. Nitin Gadkari. Virginia Ruzici.

 This was Halep's fourth major final and has Economist Lawrence Haddad, Dr. David lost all three in the past, including two at Nabarro awarded World Food Prize Roland Garros. The World Food Prize will be awarded this year to two men who have dedicated their careers to French Open 2018: Rafael Nadal beats Dominic improving the availability of nutritious food for Thiem to win 11th title pregnant women and children in an effort to reduce the effects of malnutrition in developing countries.

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World number one Rafael Nadal won an 11th French Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel dominated the Canadian Open title by beating Austrian Dominic Thiem in Grand Prix to retake the championship lead as Lewis straight sets. Hamilton could finish only fifth for Mercedes.  Nadal, 32, won 6-4 6-3 6-2 to earn his 17th  Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas finished second. Grand Slam, three adrift of Roger Federer's  Red Bull's Max Verstappen took third after a all-time men's record. valiant but unsuccessful attempt to pass  Nadal is the only second player in history to Bottas. win the same Grand Slam on 11 occasions after Margaret Court, who won 11 Australian USA, Canada and Mexico to host 2026 FIFA Open titles between 1960 and 1973. World Cup The World Cup is to return to North America for Bangladesh beat India to lift maiden Women's a fourth time after FIFA members voted to award the Asia Cup T20 title right to host the 2026 tournament to a joint bid from Bangladesh stunned India by three in a last- the United States, Canada and Mexico. ball finish to win their maiden Women's Asia Cup  The North American bid beat competition T20 title at the Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala from Morocco, which was hoping to become Lumpur. just the second African country to host  Chasing 113, Bangladesh reached the target soccer's biggest international tournament. off the final delivery to record a historic title  The "United" bid received 134 of the 203 win over the defending champions India. votes cast at the FIFA Congress in ,  Thus, India's run of six straight Asia Cup while Morocco polled 65. titles came to an end with Bangladesh claiming their first ever. Roger Federer wins Mercedes Cup Roger Federer beat Milos Raonic to win the India beat Kenya to win Intercontinental Cup Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, his first event for two and Indian captain scored a brace to put a half months. himself on par with Lionel Messi and lead the home  The Swiss had not played since the Miami side to Intercontinental Cup title triumph with a 2-0 Open in March, but the win in Germany win over Kenya in the summit clash. gives him a 98th Tour title.  Playing in his 102nd international match,  Federer, 36, beat Canadian Raonic 6-4 7-6 Chhetri struck in the eighth and 29th minutes (7-3) in the final. to hand a dominant India the trophy.  The 20-time Grand Slam champion had  Chhetri is now on par with Argentine already secured his return to number one in superstar Messi with 64 strikes for the the world rankings with victory over Nick country to be the joint second highest Kyrgios in the semi-final. international goal scorer among active players. England post record ODI total of 481/6 Alex Hales and Jonny Bairstow both hit hundreds as Vettel wins Canadian GP England broke the record for the highest score in a men's one-day international at Trent Bridge by scoring 481 for six against Australia.

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 England surpassed their own previous all- Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister time record men's ODI total of 444 for three, L.P. Shahi died at the All India Institute of Medical also set at Trent Bridge, against Pakistan in Sciences (AIIMS). He was 98. 2016.  He became MP from Muzaffarpur in 1984  In reply, Australia could only manage to get and later served as the Education and Culture 239/10. Minister.

India’s R Praggnanandhaa Becomes World’s Legendary Brazilian player, Maria Bueno, 2nd Youngest Chess Grand Master dies In a historic event, Chennai based R Maria Bueno, the Brazilian “queen” of tennis, who Praggnanandhaa has become India’s youngest and won three Wimbledon and four US championship the second youngest Grandmaster in the world at 12 singles titles, died in Sao Paulo at age 78, the years, 10 months and 13 days. hospital where she was being treated said.  Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine had become the  Known for her stylishness and her exciting youngest Grandmaster at 12 years, seven way of playing, she was the first South months in 1990. American woman to win the Wimbledon  Praggnanandhaa became India’s youngest singles title. Grandmaster after making it to the final round at the Gredine Open in Italy to clinch Former South Korean Prime Minister Kim Jong- his third GM. pil passes away Kim Jong-pil, the founder Veteran journalist Adiraju passes away of South Korea's spy Veteran journalist and author Adiraju Venkateswara agency whose political Rao passed away after a brief illness. skills helped him also  Popularly known as Adiraju, Mr. serve twice as prime Venkateswara Rao was born in 1938 at minister, has died. He was 92. Panditapuram village in Khammam district.  A retired lieutenant colonel, Kim was a key  In a career spanning over five-and-a-half member of a 1961 coup that put army Maj. decades, he worked for several Telugu and Gen. Park Chung-hee in power. English dailies and news agencies including Andhra Jyothi, Udayam, Deccan Chronicle, Indian Express, Himachal Times and Hindustan at Hyderabad and Delhi. Gadkari Releases Nabard Publication on Water Productivity mapping of major Indian crops Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Shipping, Road Transport & Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari Former Union Minister and Congress leader released a book ‘Water productivity mapping of LP Shahi dead at 98 major Indian crops’ published by NABARD in a function at New Delhi.

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 Addressing the gathering Shri Gadkari said that there is no scarcity of water in the Current Affairs Quiz country but we have to improve upon the

planning and management of water Q:1 What is the rank of India in the list of 175 countries resources. in “End of Childhood Index 2018” indexed by global  Our Ministry and Government is thinking child rights group, Save the Children? about innovative ways for better 108th management of water resources. 145th  Proposal for three projects at Tuticorin, Paradip and Kandla are under consideration 113th where sea water can be desalinised and used 94th for irrigation and other works. 68th Q:2 What is the name of the state bird of the Andhra Vice President receives the Book ‘Vedvigyan Pradesh? Alok’ Indian Roller The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Great Hornbill Naidu has received the book "Vedvigyan Alok" (Maharishi Aitareya Mahidas Praneet - Aitareya Hill Myna Brahmina ki Vaigyanik Vyakhya) authored by Rama Chiluka Acharya Agnivarat Naishthik. Great Indian Bustard  The book is divided into four broad Q:3 With which the Government of India has signed a volumes. $500 million loan agreement to provide additional  The Book Vedvigyan Alok is the scriptural financing for the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) Rural Roads Project, implemented by verse in Vedas' prose. Ministry of Rural Development?

Vice President launches the book “Human IMF Rights, Values and Cultural Ethos” World Bank Hon’ble Vice President ADB of India Shri M. New Development Bank Venkaiah Naidu has launched the book Asian Infrastructure Development Bank Q:4 What is the growth rate of Indian economy in “Human Rights, January-March 2018? Values and Cultural Ethos” on 26 June. 6.7 %  It is a collection of essays and lectures 7.7 % written by Dr. R.P. Dhokalia. 7.2 %  The thrust of the book is on the connection 8.2 % between human rights and the intrinsic and core human values which in turn manifest in 6.2 % Q:5 Who has become the face of Central Railways` anti- the cultural ethos of a society. trespassing campaign?

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Aamir Khan Anant Geete Shahrukh Khan Hardeep Singh Puri Kailash Satyarthi Inderjit Singh Rao Q:11 Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy who was toppled by a corruption scandal, became the first leader in which Q:6 Who has been honoured with 'Santokba country’s modern democracy to lose a vote of no Humanitarian Award' by President Ram Nath Kovind for confidence in Parliament? his services aimed at the betterment of society? Sweden Jadav Payeng Spain Beena Rao Jorden Kailash Satyarthi Israel Sudhanshu Biswas Germany Dr. Mapuskar Q:12 On which date Prime Minister Narendra Modi Q:7 Who has been appointed as Secretary in the became the first Indian PM to deliver the keynote speech Ministry of Information & Broadcasting? at the Shangri-La Dialogue? P K Mishra 1 June 2018 Aman Trivedi 1 may 2018 Rajeev Kumar 1 April 2018 Amit Khare 11 June 2018 Vishal Rai 20 may 2018 Q:8 Two Days Thematic Seminar on ‘Water and Q:13 The United States has renamed its oldest and Sanitation’ is being held in which of the following city? largest military command - the Pacific Command – to Jodhpur The Pacific Ocean command Kanpur The international command of Pacific Pune The US international command Chennai Indo Pacific command Bhopal Indo US joined Pacific command Q:9 What is the name of the state flower of the Andhra Q:14 The Ministry of Culture, Government of India has Pradesh? introduced which new scheme with a total outlay of Rs. Kachnar 325.00 Crores for Financial Years 2018-19 and 2019-20? Lotus Seva Bhoj Yojna Nag Kesar Pavitra bhoj yojna Brahma Kamal Muft bhoj yojna Jasmine Satvik bhoj yojna Q:10 Who is the Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs? Seva khadya yojna D.V. Sadananda Gowda Q:15 Hon’ble Minister for Women and Child Development, Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi laid Ravi Shankar Prasad

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foundation of Sakhi Suraksha Advanced DNA Forensic Laboratory in which state? President of India Haryana Human resource and development minister Q:20 Who is the present prime minister of Singapore? Chandigarh Thomas Church Delhi Lee Hsien Loong Maharashtra Halimah Yacob Punjab Q:16 With which country has India signed its first MRA Lee Kuan Yew (Mutual Recognition Agreement) in Nursing with any of Goh Chok Tong our FTA partners? Q:21 What is the rank of IISc Bangalore in world top Thailand university list? Shri Lanka 18th Afghanistan 78th Singapore 56th Malaysia 91th Q:17 The Government of India has decided to 54th commemorate 150th Birth Anniversary of which Indian Q:22 Which of the following Iconic Place has been leader? adopted by the NTPC Ltd under the Swachh Iconic Lala Lajpat rai Places Projects of India? Subhash Chandra Bose Charminar Mahatma Gandhi Red Fort Vivekanand Tajmahal Bal Gangadhara tilak Hawamahal Q:18 To which former Singaporean diplomat, Prime Sun Temple Minister Narendra Modi handed over the Padma Shri Q:23 Who is the Prime Minister of Italy? award one of India's highest civilian awards? Matteo Renzi Berry decker Silvio Berlusconi Tommy koh Giuseppe Conte Ong keng Yonge Sergio Mattarella Simon tensing Paolo Gentiloni Michael Tay Q:24 Which of the following bank has been recognized Q:19 Who is the chairperson of the Committee with the Champion Security Award at the 14th Visa Asia constituted under to celebrate 150th birth anniversary of Pacific Security Summit? Mahatma Gandhi? Yes Bank Prime minister of India ICICI Bank Home minister of India HDFC Bank Culture and Art minister SBI

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Axis Bank Bern Q:25 Who has won an international award in the best Q:30 Who will preside over a two-day Conference of caricature cartoonist category? Governors and Lt. Governors on June 4 and 5, 2018, at Rashtrapati Bhavan? Gary Larson President of india Scott Adams Prime Minister of india Sergio Aragonés Chief Justice of india Ralph Steadman Vice president of india Thomas Antony Q:26 In the run up to the World Environment Day 2018, Home Minister of india National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) in Q:31 Which of the following country has renamed an association with which of the following bank has orchid after Prime Minister Narendra Modi to organised a cleanliness drive at Kalindi Kunj ghat on commemorate his visit to the National Orchid Garden? river Yamuna in New Delhi? Malaysia HDFC Bank Germany ICICI Bank Singapore SBI Indonesia Axis Bank Italy Yes Bank Q:32 World Bicycle Day is observed on which of the Q:27 Which of the following university has topped the following date? world top university list? 4 June University of Oxford 3 July University of Cambridge 13 May Stanford University 23 July Harvard University 3 June University of California Q:33 Who will inaugurate the 3rd National Health Q:28 Where is the headquarters of the Energy and Editors’ Conference on Yoga at Morarji Desai National Resources Institute (TERI)? Institute of Yoga (MDNIY) in New Delhi on June 05, 2018? Mumbai Narendra Modi New Delhi Shripad Yesso Naik Pune Rajnath Singh Kanpur Sushma Swaraj Chennai Q:29 Where is the capital of Italy? Nitin Gadkari Q:34 Recently which of the following long range Berlin ballistic missile is successfully flight tested from Dr APJ Shanghai Abdul Kalam Island (Wheeler Island)? Agni 6 Geneva Agni 5

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Agni 7 Acharya Dev Vrat Agni 2 Ganga Prasad Q:40 Who is the Defence Minister of india? Agni 4 Q:35 In an endeavour to facilitate the unemployed youth Arun Jaitley of the state, Which of the state government has announced to give a monthly allowance of Rs 1,000 each Nirmala Sitharaman to Unemployed graduate youth? Manohar Parrikar Rajasthan Suresh Prabhu Maharashtra Narendra Singh Tomar Odisha Q:41 Which of the following country's passport ranked 'most powerful' in world? Andhra Pradesh USA Kerala Q:36 Who is the President of Egypt? England Ashraf Ghani Singapore Abdul Hamid Japan Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Germany Q:42 World Environment Day is observed on which of Joseph Kabila the following date? George Konrote 3 June Q:37 What is the name of Indian navy's operation for Evacuation of Stranded Indians from Socotra, Yemen? 5 July Operation Nistar 5 June Operation Vistar 18 May Operation All Out 18 July Q:43 According to the latest data from the Indian Forest Operation Save Survey, What percent of the country's total land area is forest covered in 2015? Operation Socota Q:38 PM Modi unveiled Plaque At Singapore's Clifford 20.05 Pier Paying Tribute to which of the following Indian? 21.34 Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel 26.58 Jawahar lal Nehru 18.36 Mahatma Gandhi 24.35 Lal Bahadur Shastri Q:44 Asia’s 1st ‘Blue Flag’ Beaches will Be Developed in which of the following country? Rajendra Prasad Q:39 Who is the governor of Andhra Pradesh? India E. S. L. Narasimhan Japan B. D. Mishra Sri Lanka Om Prakash Kohli China

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Singapore Q:45 Which city will host UN Global Compact Network India convention 2018? New Delhi Q:50 Which of the following is the most forested state Pune in the country? Chennai Lakshadweep Mumbai Arunachal Pradesh Surat Assam Bengaluru Mizoram Q:46 Recently who has been appointed as a deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a period Manipur of three years? Q:51 Which of the following countries is among the top five countries generating e-waste? Rajnish Kumar Canada Mahesh Kumar Jain India Amitabh Kant Nepal Rajeev Kumar Singapore P K Mishra Q:47 A team of scientists from which of the following Iceland Institute have built a psychopathic AI using image pulled Q:52 The Eleventh edition of Geo Intelligence Asia from Reddit? 2018 has been organised in which of the following city? Massachusetts Institute of Technology Pune University of Cambridge New Delhi Harvard University Mumbai Stanford University Chennai University of Oxford Kanpur Q:48 According to Murmansk Marine Biology Institute, Q:53 Who has been appointed as new attorney general which of the following seas is the cleanest seas on the of Malaysia? planet? Tommy Thomas Atlantic Ocean Mohamad Apandi Ali Pacific Ocean Najib Razak Arctic Ocean Tony Fernandes Indian Ocean Vincent Tan Red Sea Q:54 Who is the new Prime Minister of Jordan? Q:49 Which city is the host city of World Environment Abdullah II Day 2018? Hani Al-Mulki Paris Abdullah Ensour Omar Razzaz Berlin

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Samir Rifai Pune Q:55 Who has been elected as president of the 73rd Q:60 Who is the Chairman of the Parliamentary United Nations General Assembly? Standing Committee on Finance? Peter Thomson Arun Kumar Jaitley Miroslav Lajčák Ananth Kumar Khadge Maria Fernanda Espinosa M. Veerappa Moily Mogens Lykketoft Yashvant Sinha Sam Kahamba Kutesa Rajnath Singh Q:56 Which of the following bank has been chosen for Q:61 Which of the following state has recently banned ‘Investor Relations Awards 2018’ under the category on the use of thermocol plates? ‘Best Expectation Management (Mid Cap)’ for 2017-18? Kerala Corporation Bank Arunachal Pradesh Allahabad Bank Himachal Pradesh Bank of Maharashtra Rajasthan Oriental Bank of Commerce Punjab UCO Bank Q:62 Recently Cabinet has approved the joint issue of Q:57 Which of the following committee will be awarded postage stamp between India and which of the following the Sansad Ratna Award 2018 for its outstanding country? performance? Russia Committee on Public Undertakings England Business Advisory Committee Germany Committee of Privileges Nepal Estimate Committee Bhutan Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance Q:63 According to the just released SRS bulletin (2016), Q:58 Which of the following Indian state is the largest India has shown impressive gains in reduction of contributor in e-waste? Maternal Mortality with ...... reduction in since 2013. Bihar 12% Maharashtra 28% Tamil Nadu 18% Kerala 22% Punjab 16% Q:59 Where is the headquarters of Corporation Bank? Q:64 Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABHY), a Rs.6000 crore Central Sector Scheme of the Ministry of Water Bangalore Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Chennai is assisted by which of the following institution? Mangalore NABARD Mumbai New Development Bank

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World Bank Kalden Panjur Asian Development Bank Surinder Singh Asian Infrastructure and Development Bank Balwant Singh Negi Q:65 What is the new Repo Rate? Q:70 Who is the chief minister of himachal Pradesh? 6.50 % Veerbhadr Singh 5.50 % Anurag Thakur 6.00 % Jai Ram Thakur 6.75 % Sarbananda Sonowal 6.25 % Jairam Ramesh Q:66 Government of India has constituted a group of Q:71 At which of the following place 22nd edition of eminent persons to study the Special Economic Zones Exercise Malabar is being conducted? (SEZ) Policy of India. Who is the chairman of this group? Chennai C. Rangarajan Visakhapatnam Kaushik Basu Guam Arvind Subramanian San Diego Baba Kalyani Coronado Prannoy Roy Q:72 What is the rank of India in global peace index Q:67 India – Indonesia Coordinated Patrol closing 2018? ceremony will be held in which of the following city? 124th Belawan 144th Port Blair 147th Chennai 154th Bali 137th Kochi Q:73 According to the latest edition of Lloyd's India's Q:68 What is the New Marginal standing facility (MSF) City Risk Index how many Indian cities are ranked rate? among the top 10 cities globally for GDP risk from terrorism threats? 7.50% 5 6.25% 2 6.50% 3 6.00% 1 7.25% Q:69 Who is the leader of the National Institute for 6 Mountaineering & Allied Sports (NIMAS), Dirang, Q:74 With which of the following country the state Arunachal Pradesh expedition team to Mt Everest? government of Andhra Pradesh has signed several pacts for the development of a start-up area (1,691 acres) in the Dorjee Khandu new capital, Amaravati, to transform it into a world-class Col Sarfraz Singh city?

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Singapore Rohit Sharma Germany M S Dhoni Japan R Ashwini USA Bhuvneshwar Kumar Iceland Virat Kohli Q:75 According to the World Bank forecast what will be Q:80 Who is the winner of BEST INTERNATIONAL the growth rate of India for this year? CRICKETER (WOMEN) award 2017-2018? 7.7% Mithali Raj 7.5% Harmanpreet Kaur 7.1% 7.3% Poonam Yadav 6.9% Smriti Mandhana Q:76 Who has become the first Indian cricketer to amass Q:81 World Oceans Day is observed on which of the 2,000 runs in Twenty20 Internationals? following date? Virat Kohli 11 June Mithali Raj 8 May Rohit Sharma 18 July Suresh Raina 4 June 8 June Q:77 Which of the following fruit has been declared Q:82 Which of the following institute has topped the QS state fruit of Tripura? World University Rankings 2019? Orange Massachusetts Institute of Technology Litchi Stanford University Guava Harvard University Pomegranate University of Cambridge Queen Pineapple University of Oxford Q:78 According to 2018 global peace index which of the Q:83 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) following country is the most peaceful country in the summit 2018 has been held in which of the following world? city? New Zealand Shanghai Iceland Beijing Austria Guangzhou Portugal Qingdao Denmark Wuhan Q:79 Who is the winner of POLLY UMRIGAR Q:84 578-metre-long Theng Tunnel is located in which AWARD 2016-2017? of the following Indian state?

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Sikkim 14 Assam 8 Kerala 12 Arunachal Pradesh 3 Mizoram 6 Q:85 Kalinga Literary Festival 2018 has been held in Q:90 Who is the Union Petroleum Minister? which of the following city? Piyush Goyal Pune Dharmendra Pradhan Bhubaneswar Subhash Ramrao Bhamre New Delhi Ananth Kumar Chandigarh Jitendra Singh Surat Q:91 Where was The 44th G7 summit held on June 8–9, Q:86 Which of the following state's additional charge 2018? has been given to West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi? Germany Kerala Holland Tripura New York Mizoram Canada Manipur France Q:92 How many Indian companies featured on the 2018 Andhra Pradesh Forbes ‘Global 2000’ list of the world’s largest public Q:87 Whom will be given the prestigious Lifetime sector companies? Achievement honour at the upcoming 19th International Indian Film Academy awards ceremony in Bangkok? 64 Anupam Kher 47 Sridevi 58 Amitabh Bachchan 35 Akshay Kumar 72 Q:93 Who has been appointed president of committee to Naseeruddin Shah consider the establishment of an asset reconstruction Q:88 Who is the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh? company to help resolve the bad loan burden? Biplab Kumar Deb Sunil mehta K Chandrasekhar Rao Ravi Venkatesan N Chandrababu Naidu M.K. Sharma Raghubar Das Vijay Tyagi Pema Khandu S.Sitaraman Q:89 How many Indian universities has been feature in Q:94 Who has been appointed as non-executive part the top 200 universities of the QS World University time chairman of the Bandhan bank? rankings 2019?

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Imran syed Roger Federer S.K. sinha Andy Murray Harun Rasid Khan Novak Djokovic Aakash sachdev Rafael Nadal Q:100 Which of the following country has won the Anurag mukharjee Women's Asia Cup T20 title 2018? Q:95 Which of the following institute will give technology for India’s first indigenous Lithium Ion India Battery project? Pakistan ISRO SriLanka DRDO Bangladesh CSIR Nepal BARC Q:101 Which of the following country has beat Kenya to win Intercontinental football Cup 2018? None of these Q:96 What is the name of India's first indigenous India artillery gun? New Zealand Trishul China Dhanush Japan Disha Russia Karma Q:102 Which of the following state is the most vulnerable in India’s first disaster risk index? None of these Q:97 Who has been appointed as acting UPSC chief? West Bengal Vinay Mittal Uttar Pradesh Arvind Saxena Madhya Pradesh Sujata Mehta Maharashtra R. K. Singh Gujarat Q:103 Tennis player Dominic Thiem is belongs to which Sanjiv Chaturvedi of the following country? been appointed as the Vigilance Commissioner in the Central Vigilance Commission, New Delhi? Canada P K Mishra Spain Vishal Rai Russia Sharad Kumar Japan Ram Kumar Australia Q:104 How many total Grand Slams Nadal has won till N K Singh June 2018? Q:99 Who is the winner of French Open 2018 title? 15 Dominic Thiem 17

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21 Sachia Vickery 14 12 Maria Kirilenkko Q:105 Which country is not elected to be voted for Q:110 Who is current Prime minister of Canada? Security Council starting from Jan. 1, 2019 by the United Nations General Assembly? Jean Chretien Germany Donald Trump India Paul Martin South Africa Stephen Harper The Dominican Republic Justin Trudeau Q:111 11th World Hindi Conference will be Held in Indonesia which of the following country? Q:106 Which book has won the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018? The Mars room Mauritius The Art of gathering Nepal War light Fiji Home fire Singapore Q:112 Which is the highest sender of foreign students to The Pisces the US? Q:107 Who has won her first grand slam in French open beating Sloane Stephens of US? China Simona Halep India Wozniacki Japan Muguruza Germany Svitolina England Q:113 1st police museum of India will be established in Ostapenko which of the following city? Q:108 Recently, Which Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister died at the All India Institute of Mumbai Medical Sciences (AIIMS)? Pune Debarata saikia Chennai Sadanand Singh Delhi T.S. Singh Gandhinagar Shri Chandrkant Q:114 India's first lithium ion cell factory will be established in which of the following state? L.P. Shahi Q:109 Who was the first South American woman to win Gujarat the Wimbledon singles title? Telangana Althea Gibson Andhra Pradesh Maria Bueno

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Maharashtra Chennai Punjab Nagpur Q:115 Which of the following App has been launched by railway ministery to expedite & streamline passenger Allahabad grievance redressal? Q:120 Sebastian Vettel belongs to which of the following team? Rail Help Mercedes Rail Sahayta Red Bull Rail Karma Ferrari Rail Madad McLaren Rail-Tail Q:116 Parvati is the first Blast Furnace of SAIL that was Team Lotus dedicated to the nation on 3rd February 1959 by the first Q:121 An international-level 'Information and President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad. It is located in Communication Technology (ICT) Conference- which of the following state? 2018'will be held in which of the following city on June 17-18? Andhra Pradesh Paris Odisha Berlin Gujarat Maharashtra Mumbai Madhya Pradesh Q:117 Recently India has extended a financial aid of Rs Kathmandu 99 million to which country for the constrution of 2,700 Q:122 World Day against Child Labour observed on shallow tube well to boost agricultural productivity? which of the following date? Nepal 12 June Pakistan 12 July Bhutan 2 June Afghanistan 10 May Bangladesh 13 June Q:118 Who won the Canadian Grand Prix 2018? Q:123 Exercise SURYA KIRAN-XIII, a joint military training exercise between India & Nepal culminated at Lewis Hamilton which of the following place? Valtteri Bottas Vairangte Max Verstappen Pithoragarh Sebastian Vettel Belgaum Daniel Ricciardo Ranikhet Q:119 The first World Hindi Conference was held in 1975 in which of the following city? Katmandu Q:124 First military exercise of the BIMSTEC (Bay of Pune Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) group will be held in which of New Delhi the following country?

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Nepal एम के शमाि Q:127 How many countries are there in BIMSTEC Bhutan Group? India 8 SriLanka 10 Indonesia 12 Q:124 बिम्सटेक (िंगाल की खाड़ी िहु-क्षेत्ऱीय तकऩीकी और आबथिक सहयोग उपक्रम) समहू का पहला सैन्य अभ्यास बनम्नबलबखत मᴂ से बकस देश मᴂ आयोबित बकया 5 िाएगा? 7 Q:128 How many Iconic Places has been taken up under नेपाल Phase III of the flagship project Swachh Iconic Places भटू ान (SIP) of the Swachh Bharat Mission?

इबं िया 25 15 श्ऱीलंका 10 इिं ोनेबशया Q:125 Who has been recommended as new Chief Justice 18 (CJ) of the Nepalese Supreme Court (SC) by the 8 Constitutional Council? Q:129 NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) Gopal Parajuli has selected how many additional schools for the establishment of Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs)? Sushila Karki 2000 Kalyan Shrestha 3000 Ram Kumar Prasad Shah 2600 Deeepak Raj Joshee Q:126 Who has been appointed as chairman of Central 3800 Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs? 2850 S Ramesh Q:130 Raghavendra Swamy Temple is located in which of the following state? Sahil Singh West Bengal Vishal Rai Kerala P L Sharma Manipur M K Sharma Q:126 कᴂद्ऱीय अप्र配यक्ष कर और स़ीमा श쥍ु क िोिि के अध्यक्ष के 셂प मᴂ बकसे बनयक्तु Andhra Pradesh बकया गया है? Gujarat Q:131 Who is the chairman of the North Eastern एस रमेश Council? साबहल बसंह Prime Minister बिशाल राय Home Minister

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Minister of Development of North Eastern Region ISRO Governor of Manipur DRDO Q:132 In which of the following country Raksha Mantri, Smt Nirmala Sitharaman has inaugurated the first CSIR Representative Office of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat NITI Aayog Electronics Limited (BEL)? Q:137 Which of the following state has inked an MoU Vietnam with Canada’s Quebec Province for Greater Economic Cooperation? Malaysia Andhra Pradesh Indonesia Maharashtra Thailand Gujarat Myanmar Q:133 10th Meeting of Global Alliance to Eliminate Rajasthan Lymphatic Filariasis is held in which of the following Punjab city? Q:138 Who has been appointed MD & CEO of Yes Pune Bank? Shimla Aditya Puri New Delhi Sunil Kakar Mumbai Govind Singh Chandigarh Rana Kapoor Q:133 嵍लोिल एलायंस की 10 िĂ िैठक बलम्फेबटक फाइलेररया को ख配म करने के Mukesh Sharma बलए बनम्नबलबखत मᴂ से बकस शहर मᴂ Q:139 Who has been honoured with Japan’s prestigious Q:134 'Utsonmobile' App is related to which of the ‘Nikkei Asia Prize for Culture and Community’? following ministry? Arvind Kejriwal Home Ministry Kailash Satyarthi Fianance Ministry Bindeshwar Pathak Foreign Ministry K. Radhakrishnan Railway Ministry Nandan Nilekani Health Ministry Q:140 Nalanda University is located in which of the Q:135 Who is the Union Minister for Social Justice and following state? Empowerment? Gujarat J P Nadda Bihar Thaawarchand Gehlot Maharastra Rajnath Singh Meghalaya Ananthkumar Kerala Narendra Singh Tomar Q:141 World Blood Donor Day (WBDD) is celebrated Q:136 Composite Water Management Index will be on launched by which of the following institution? 14 May Planning Commission

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15 June Chennai 11 Feb Bangalore 14 June Mumbai 10 July Delhi Q:142 Recently, The Union Minister for Coal Shri Q:147 Which state has been ranked number 1 in ‘Water Piyush Goyal has inaugurated which corporation’s three Management Index’ (WMI) for reference year (2016- 100 MW Solar Power Project in Tamilnadu? 17)? IOCL Madhya Pradesh COAL India Himachal Pradesh ONGC Kerala NLCIL Gujrat BHEL Assam Q:143 In how many districts of India ‘Swajal scheme’ is Q:148 Recently, who assumed charge as Secretary of launched? Ministry of Coal? 110 Dr. Inder Jit Singh 115 Mr. Mukesh Tiwari 56 S.K. Sinha 79 Narendra Joshi 80 Pooja Kanwar Q:144 How many States has signed on an MoU for Q:149 What is the theme of ‘Blood Donation Day’ in implementing ‘Ayushman Bharat –AB-NHPM’ 2018 ? 15 “For saving my life, thank you”. 20 “Secure Blood for saving the life of the Mother”. 25 'Be there for someone else. Give blood. Share life.’ 23 “Donate Blood: Give the life’s Gift” 18 “More life due to More Blood”. Q:145 Recently, Integrated Command and Control Q:150 The solar power plant recently inaugurated in Centre at which place was inaugurated by PM? Tamilnadu, costs how much including operation and Maintenance? Naya Raipur Smart City 1250 crore Kota smart city 1300 crore Pune smart city 780 crore Noida smart city 1050 crore Ernakulam smart city Q:146 Where is the National Tribal Museum proposed 800 crore to be set up? Q:151 In which of the following country India will construct a war memorial to honour the valour and Pune

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sacrifice of the thousands of its soldiers, sailors and airmen who fought for peace in the World War I? Durban Q:156 Recently the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Japan Centre at the Indian Embassy inaugurated in which of the following city? USA Moscow Russia Kathmandu France New York Germany Q:152 A high level global conference on “International Tokyo Decade for Action: Water for Sustainable Development” held in which of the following country? Dushanbe Q:157 Which of the following Ministry has received the Tajikistan ‘Best Performing Social Sector Ministry’ SKOCH Award? Norway Ministry of External Affairs Germany Ministry of Civil Aviation Israel Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Japan Distribution Q:153 World's first international centre for humanitarian forensics will be established in which of the following Ministry of Women and Child Development Indian state? Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Kerala Q:158 Who has been adjudged as the Sportsperson of the Year for 2018 by the Sports Illustrated India Andhra Pradesh magazine? Gujarat Virat Kohli Maharashtra Kidambi Srikanth Goa Sushil Kumar Q:154 Who has been appointed as the MD and CEO of IDBI Bank for a temporary period of three months? P V Sindhu Mahesh Kumar Jain Rohit Sharma Q:159 Who has been adjudged as the coach of the Year B Sriram for 2018 by the Sports Illustrated India magazine? Alok Kumar Jain Stephen Constantine Rajnish Kumar M K Sharma Q:155 The third Annual Meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on June 25-26, Tushar Arothe 2018 will be held in which of the following city? Harendra Singh Pune Q:160 Gamechanger of the Year award winner Shubhankar Sharma belongs to which of the following Beijing sports? Mumbai Basketball Moscow Cricket

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Golf Rajasthan Shooting Chhattisgarh Badminton Maharashtra Q:161 When is ‘International Widows Day’ celebrated? Q:166 Which chief minister conferred with ‘Chief Minister of the Year’ award at the ‘52nd Skoch Summit’ 23 may held in New Delhi? 21 June Mamta Banerjee 23 June Mahbooba mufti 20 June Vasundhara raje 22 April N. Chandrababu Naidu Q:162 Which city won the cleanest city tag for the second time in a nationwide cleanliness survey by the Manohar Parikar Union housing and urban affairs ministry? Q:167 After Swami Vivekanand, who will be the second Indian swami to be depicted at the Madame Tussauds Bhopal museum of London? Indore Subrahmanyam swami Gujrat Praveen swami Delhi Ramdev swami Jaipur L.R. swami Q:163 Recently, in which state did PM inaugurate urban development projects? Geetanjali swami Q:168 Recently which Former South Korean Prime Uttar Pradesh Minister passed away? Jharkhand Kim Jong-pil Chhattisgarh Goh kun Madhya Pradesh Han duck soo Himachal Pradesh Chung Hong won Q:164 Recently, which project in Madhya Pradesh has been dedicated to the nation by the prime minister, Han Seung soo Narendra Modi? Q:169 Chief minister Vasundhara raje belongs to which state of India? Mehroi medium irrigation project Madhya Pradesh Modasagar medium irrigation project West Bengal Mohanpura project Kerala Nagda Nalla project Rajasthan Kolar major irrigation project Q:165 Recently, where was Photo Exhibition on ‘Beti Gujrat Bachao, Beti Padhao’ campaign inaugurated? Q:170 What is the capital of south Korea? Kerala Chandigarh

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Q:175 Which country is the largest borrower from Asian Hanoi Infrastructure Investment Bank since the time the Bank Baghdad started its operations? Zuba India Q:171 Recently which country has issued driving China licences to women for the first time in decades just before a ban on female drivers is lifted? Japan Saudi Arabia Pakistan Iran Russia Q:176 Where is the headquarters of the Asian Oman Infrastructure Investment Bank? Yemen Shanghai Iraq Beijing Q:172 Recently Union Minister of Railways, Coal, Finance & Corporate Affairs, Shri Piyush Goyal New Delhi inaugurated the India Infrastructure Expo 2018 in which city? Moscow Mumbai Karachi Q:177 Recently the Union Government has appointed New Delhi Arjit Basu as Managing Director of which Bank? Chennai SBI Gandhinagar HDFC Shilong ICICI Q:173 The Ministry of Finance is organising the India Infrastructure Expo 2018 in partnership with which of the PNB following? OBC National Highway Authority of India Q:178 Recently which Bollywood celebrity was conferred with the French distinction of Knight of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Order of Arts and Letters, for her contribution in Industry enhancing Indo-French ties in cinema? Defence Research and Development Organisation Freida Pinto Airports Authority of India Irrfan Khan Energy Efficiency Services Limited Nasserudin Shah Q:174 Recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated urban public transport bus service 'Sutra Kalki Koechlin Seva' in which city? Anupam Kher Nagpur Q:179 Recently R Praggnanandhaa has Become World’s 2nd Youngest Chess Grand Master. He hails from which Bhopal state? Indore Tamilnadu Surat Orissa New Delhi Kerala

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Karnataka Sushma Swaraj Telangana Arun Jaitely Q:180 The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is a multilateral development bank that aims to support the Rajnath singh building of infrastructure in which of the following Q:185 Who led an ‘all women Naval mountaineering region? team’ that summited Mount Deotibba on 10 Jun 2018? Asian region only Monika tyagi Pacific region only Rasmi Mishra Atlantic region only Kokila Sajwan Both Pacific and Atlantic region Saroj chanwla Both Asian and Pacific region Meena aiyer Q:181 Who tops Forbes' 2017 list of India's 100 richest Q:186 Who chaired the Meeting of Consultative tycoons? Committee for Donor Ministry? Ajij premji Kamlesh Mishra Anil Ambani Manoj Singh Aditya Birla Kamla prjapat Mukesh Ambani Devyani gupta Bharti Mittal Jitendra singh Q:182 Who will Chair the 4th meeting of the Governing Q:187 Governor of which state discontinues ceremonial Council of ‘NITI Aayog’? ‘Guard of honor’? Rajiv Kumar Manipur Narendra Modi Jammu and Kashmir Bibek debroy Bihar V.K. Saraswat Uttar Pradesh Ramesh Chand Rajasthan Q:183 Where will ‘European Union Film Festival Q:188 Which Indian-American became CFO of General (EUFF)’ premiere held on 18th June, 2018? Motors? Pune Dhivya Suryadevara Mumbai Kanchan Maharshi New Delhi Divya Sankhla Chennai Payal gupta Bengaluru Pooja Gautam Q:184 Who from India, will attend a series of ‘Incredible Q:189 Who will host 2026 FIFA World Cup? India road shows’ in the United States of America, from US, Canada and Mexico 18th to 22nd June 2018? Brazil, Mexico Shri K. J. Alphons Iran Narendra Modi

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France SBI Australia PNB Q:190 Where is FIFA headquarters situated? Q:195 Which of the following institution has recently decided to invest $60-100 billion in solar power Geneva generation in India? Manila Amazon Moscow SoftBank New York Goldman Sachs Zurich Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Q:191 In which of the following city of Haryana Foundation Stone of ‘Auxiliary Production Unit & None of these Artificial Limbs Fitting Centre’ has been laid? Q:196 Recently Adiraju Venkateswara Rao passed away. He was belonged to which of the following field? Faridabad Literature Hisar Journalism Karnal Acting Panipat Direction Rohtak Q:192 Who is the Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog? Science Q:197 Who ha released a book ‘Water productivity Amitabh Kant mapping of major Indian crops’ published by NABARD Rajnath Singh in a function at New Delhi? Rajiv Mahrshi Narendra Modi Rajiv Kumar Ramnath Kovind Vivek Debroy M Venkaiah Naidu Q:193 In which of the following city of Madhya Pradesh Nitin Gadkari School Chale Hum Abhiyan 2018 has been launched? Rajnath Singh Indore Q:198 Who is Peggy Whitson? Jabalpur An Astronaut Bhopal A Football Player Ujjain A Scientist Gwalior A Journalist Q:194 Recently which of the following bank has launched ‘Deposit Only Card’ that enables hassle-free A Politician cash deposit transactions at the bank’s 24X7 e-lobby Q:199 Who is the Chief Minister of Haryana? services? Shivraj Singh Chouhan Karnataka Bank Manohar Lal Khattar HDFC Bank Vijay Rupani ICICI Bank Om Prakash Chautala

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Raghubar Das Infosys Q:200 Who is the governor of Andhra Pradesh? Q:205 How much amount will NABARD lend to Madhya Pradesh in current fiscal year? Anil Baijal Rs 18,000 crore Ganga Prasad Rs 45,000 crore E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan Rs 12,000 crore Jagdish Mukhi Rs 10,000 crore V.P. Singh Badnore Q:201 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is observed Rs 21,000 crore on which of the following date? Q:206 Who won Mercedes Cup 2018? 15 June Roger Federer 18 July Rafel Nadal 8 July Andy Murray 15 March Novak Djokovic 14 June Milos Raonic Q:202 World Day to Combat Desertification and Q:207 Milos Raonic is belonged to which of the Drought is observed on which of the following date? following country? 18 June USA 8 July Canada 12 May Mexico 22 March Germany 17 June Switzerland Q:203 According to a report which country has Q:208 Where is the headquarters of NABARD? surpassed India to become the top destination for greenfield FDI investment in 2017? New Delhi Canada Chennai USA Chandigarh Mexico Mumbai England Ahmedabad Q:209 Under whose chairmanship the fourth meeting of Germany the Governing Council of NITI Aayog was held at Q:204 Which company has announced its partnership Rashtrapati Bhavan? with National Skill Development Corporation to train over 10,000 youth over the next three years and make Ramnath Kovind them job ready? Amitabh Kant Google Rajiv Kumar Muthoot Fincorp Limited Narendra Modi HDFC Bank Sumitra Mahajan TCS

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Q:210 Which of the following state government will soon establish ‘District Child Protection Units (DCPU)’ Álvaro Uribe in all 31 districts in an effort to implement child rights? Ivan Duque Gujarat Q:215 Who has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer of ICICI Bank? Andhra Pradesh Chanda Kochhar Telangana Shyam Srinivasan Assam Sandeep Bakhshi Madhya Pradesh Q:211 The 28th Plenary Meeting of the Nuclear Rana Kapoor Suppliers Group (NSG) was held in which of the Rakesh Sethi following city? Q:216 Which of the following bank has been awarded Paris as the best public sector bank for Atal Pension Yojana for the year 2017-18? Jurmala State Bank of India London Punjab National Bank Berlin Bank of Baroda New Delhi Q:212 The 3-day NATIONAL YOGA OLYMPIAD- Allahabad Bank 2018 has been held in which of the following city? Oriental Bank of Commerce Mumbai Q:217 Where is the capital of Colombia? Ahmedabad Bogotá Kanpur Manama Pune Minsk New Delhi Gaborone Q:213 Central Water Commission (CWC), India’s apex Ottawa technical organization in the field of Water Resources, Q:218 “Little Harbour”, opening ceremony movie at has entered into a Collaboration Agreement with which European Union Film Festival is belongs to which of the of the following organization/ company for flood following country? forecasting? Canada ISRO Slovakia Google USA CSIR Japan NASA Russia Amazon Q:219 What was the Maternal Mortality Ratio of India Q:214 Who has Won the Election to Become Colombia's during 2014-2016? President? 147 Juan Manuel Santos 167 Gustavo Petro 130 Nicolás Maduro

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185 Tajikistan Q:225 Mehbooba Mufti belongs to which of the 195 following political party? Q:220 Who is the Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare? Bharatiya Janata Party Ashwini Kumar Choubey Indian National Congress Jayant Sinha Nationalist Congress Party Shripad Yesso Naik Peoples Democratic Party Manoj Sinha None of these Q:226 The Insurance Regulatory and Development Ramdas Athawale Authority of India (IRDAI) has formed a 10 member Q:221 Recently India-Greece business forum meeting panel to review norms related to insurance marketing held in which of the following city? firm (IMF) with an aim to increase insurance penetration New Delhi in the country. Who is the head of this panel? Pune Subhash Chandra Khuntia Mumbai Suresh Mathur Athens T S Vijayan Paris Rajeev Sharma Q:222 7th OPEC international Seminar is being held in Vishal Garg which of the following country? Q:227 Government has set up a Chief Ministers Austria Subgroup to Coordinate Policy Approaches for Agriculture and MGNREGS. Who is the convener of this Iran group? Saudi Arabia Devendra Fadnavis Ecuador Lal Thanhawla United Arab Emirates Pawan Kumar Chamling Q:223 Who is the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir? Shivraj Singh Chouhan Mehbooba Mufti Vijay Rupani N N Vohra Q:228 Which of the following team has broken the record for the highest score in a men's one-day B. D. Mishra international cricket match? Acharya Dev Vrat Australia Padmanabha Acharya India Q:224 In which of the following country a Conference on “International Decade for Action: Water for England Sustainable Development, 2018-2028” is being held? South Africa Bahrain New Zealand Algeria Q:229 Where is the headquarters of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)? Djibouti Vienna Jordan

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Paris Ajmer Bern Kanpur Tokyo Indore Q:235 Which of the following village has been adopted Dubai by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission in Delhi Q:230 Who launched ‘National Digital Library of India’ for its Swachhata Abhiyaan? on the occasion of National Reading Day in New Delhi? Rampura Rajnath Singh Ramsar Ramnath Kovind Jagatpur Narendra Modi Siwar Sushma Swaraj Jeetawala Prakash Javadekar Q:236 Who among the following is the recipients of the Q:231 World Music Day is observed on which of the Prime Minister's Award for outstanding contribution for following date? promotion and development of Yoga for the year 2018? 11 July Swami Kuvalayananda 8 May Niranjanananda Saraswati 18 July Swami Satyananda Saraswati 21 June Vishwas Mandalik 12 June Jaggi Vasudev Q:232 What is the theme for Yoga Day 2018? Q:237 The City Award under the India Smart Cities Yoga for Fitness Awards has been given to which of the following city? Yoga for Peace Pune Yoga for Life Surat Yoga for Prosperity Ajmer Yoga for Nature Ahmedabad Q:233 19th all India Conference of Directors of Finger Patna Prints Bureaux will be held in which of the following Q:238 Who is the author of “Vedvigyan Alok” book? city? Swami Nikhilananda Mumbai S. Radhakrishnan Pune Acharya Agnivarat Naishthik Hyderabad Swami Paramananda Kanpur Raj Bahadur Pandey Shimla Q:239 Which of the following institute has won the Q:234 Which of the following city has been selected as Prime Minister's Award for outstanding contribution for the 100th Smart City? promotion and development of Yoga for the year 2017? Shillong The Yoga Institute, Mumbai Kota Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, Pune

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Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, Chennai Rajasthan Ashtanga Institute, Mysore Telangana Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center Kerala Kerala Q:240 Who is the Minister of State (IC) for Power and Q:245 On the occasion of 4th International Day of Yoga, New & Renewable Energy? Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a nature center in which city via video link? Hansraj Gangaram Ahir New York Arvind Subramanian Montreal Piyush Goyal Paris R.K Singh Berlin Suresh Prabhu Q:241 World Refugee Day is observed on which of the Moscow following date? Q:246 Sunil Mittal will function as the Honorary Chairman of which Institution from July 1? 20 June International Chamber of Commerce 18 July Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & 20 May Industry 22 June Industrial Finance Corporation of India 12 July Unit Trust of India Q:242 Which of the following country has recently announced that it was withdrawing from the UN Human Small Industries Development Bank of India Rights Council? Q:247 B V R Subramanyam has been appointed as Chief Secretary of which state? Iran Jharkhand China Jammu and Kashmir India Himachal Pradesh USA Uttarakhand Russia Q:243 Recently the 7th India Minerals and Metals forum Punjab was inaugurated in which city? Q:248 Recently Anukreethy Vas has Crowned Femina Miss India 2018. She hails from which stae? New Delhi Telangana Hyderabad Kerala Mumbai Tamilnadu Raipur Andhra Pradesh Kollam Q:244 Recently which state Government has Launched Goa Mobile App- ‘i-Hariyali’ to increase the state’s green Q:249 What is the theme of World Refugee Day, 2018? cover? Now more than ever, we need to stand Uttar Pradesh #WithRefugees Punjab Refugees are people like you and me

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Refugees and their problems Omar al-Bashir Refugees to be taken care of Erna Solberg Q:255 How many Van Dhan Kendras will be set up by None of these the Government across the country under the Van Dhan Q:250 First International Day of Yoga was celebrated in Scheme of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs? which year? 5000 2015 2500 2016 3000 2014 8500 2017 7500 2013 Q:256 Who co-chaired the 15th Session of the India- Q:251 UN MSME Day is observed on which of the Australia Joint Ministerial Commission with the following date? Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, 25 June Steven Ciobo, in Canberra? 10 July Nitin Gadkari 17 May Ananth Kumar 10 April Ravi Shankar Prasad 27 June Anant Geete Q:252 Who is the chairman of the Group of Eminent Suresh Prabhu Personalities to study the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Q:257 Recently which of the following country has Policy of India? agreed to work together with India on a project to develop Baba Kalyani a naval base at the Assumption Island keeping each other's concerns in mind? Amitabh Kant Norway Suresh Prabhu Sudan Nitin Gadkari Seychelles Hasmukh Adhia Q:253 Ratnagiri Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd is Japan located in which of the following state? Germany Kerala Q:258 How many Houses has Sanctioned under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) in Three Years across the Gujarat country? Tamil Nadu 51 Lakh Maharashtra 78 Lakh Rajasthan 28 Lakh Q:254 Who won the re-election of Turkish president? 36 Lakh Muharrem Ince 64 Lakh Recep Tayyip Erdogan Q:259 Which of the following company has signed an MoU with Saudi Aramco to jointly develop and build an Juan Manuel Santos

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integrated refinery and petrochemicals complex at Q:264 Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)'s Ratnagiri? Fourth Annual Meeting will be held in which of the following country in July 2019? BASF Luxembourg Dow chemical company Germany ADNOC Canada Panama Petrochem Ltd. Singapore None of these Q:260 Where is the capital of Turkey? Britain Q:265 Who is the chairman of the committee constituted Jakarta for Standardization and Indigenization in Metro Rail? Rangoon Ashwani Bhagat E. Sreedharan Antalya Dr. MANGU SINGH Istanbul Durga Shanker Mishra Q:261 Which is the world's most dangerous country for women due to the high risk of sexual violence and being Sahib Singh Verma forced into slave labour? Q:266 Who has been crowned as India's first 'Tribal Queen'? Syria Panchami Majhi Afghanistan Rashmirekha Hansdah India Meghna Mishra Pakistan Pallavi Darua Iraq Q:262 Which of the following country will host a two- Kriti Mishra day “World Tolerance Summit” in November? Q:267 The book “Human Rights, Values and Cultural Ethos” is a collection of essays and lectures written by Iran ...... Japan Meher Vij India Salman Rushdie Singapore Khushwant Singh The United Arab of Emirates Dr. R.P. Dhokalia Q:263 Which institute has announced an equity investment of $100 million in India`s National Amrita Pritam Investment & Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) to help various Q:268 Who has been awarded Best Actor in a leading development projects in the country? role in International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) 2018? World Bank Nawazzuddin Siddiqui IMF Rajkumar Rao Asian Development Bank Irfan Khan Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Ranbir Kapoor None of these

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Q:274 Which ministry will organize a day-long Seminar Salman Khan on Technology Partnerships for Steering POSHAN Q:269 Where is the headquarters of the Asian Abhiyaan called ‘TECH-THON’? Infrastructure Investment Bank? Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Moscow Ministry of External Affairs Beijing Ministry of Women and Child Development Shanghai Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Bern Ministry of Culture Manila Q:275 4th National Review & Consultation on Swachh Q:270 International Indian Film Academy Awards Iconic Places conference held in which of the following (IIFA) 2018 held in which of the following city? city? Manila New Delhi Pattaya Mumbai Bangkok Pune Dubai Chennai London Hyderabad Q:271 According to a Report what is the rank of India in Q:276 Which programme has received Gold Award at Cyber Attacks Globally? the 52nd Skoch Summit 2018? 10th Sagarmala 4th Digital India Programme 6th Bharat Nirman 8th Beti Bachao Beti Padhao 12th Make in India Q:272 Udyam Sangam-2018 is being organised by Q:277 Who among the following is the winner of world which of the following ministry? food prize 2018? Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Dr. David Nabarro Ministry of External Affairs Dr. Akinwumi Adesina Ministry of Women and Child Development Dr. Jan Low Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Dr. Maria Andrade Ministry of Culture Dr Sanjaya Rajaram Q:273 Who inaugurated the NIMHANS Digital Q:278 Who established the World Food Prize in 1986? Academy? Alfred Nobel Dr. Mahesh Sharma M. S. Swaminathan Prakash Javadekar Norman Borlaug Radha Mohan Singh J P Nadda Dr Modadugu Vijay Gupta Ravi Shankar Prasad

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Q:279 Sagarmala project is related to which of the following ministry? 1st March 2019 Q:284 In which of the following city the fourth National Ministry of Rural Development Consultation Meeting of Ministers of States & UTs, in- charge of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Ministry of Road Transport and Highways held? Ministry of Shipping Mumbai Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Chennai Change Pune Ministry of Railways Q:280 Who is the Union Minister of Health and Family New Delhi Welfare? Bhopal Thaawar Chand Gehlot Q:285 How much capital infusion has been approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs for Narendra Singh Tomar strengthening of Export Credit Guarantee Corporation? Ravi Shankar Prasad Rs.1000 crore Rs.1500 crore Ananthkumar Rs.2000 crore Rs.2500 crore J P Nadda Rs.2800 crore Q:281 Recently which of the following country has been Q:286 Recently who joined UNESCO to promote safe placed on the Grey list of countries that financially aid and secure online environment for children and help terrorism? empower our future digital citizens? Afghanistan Sachin Tendulkar Syria MS Dhoni Pakistan Priyanka Chopra Iran Sonakshi Sinha North Korea Aishwarya Rai Q:282 “Statistics Day” is observed on which of the Q:287 The Centre is set to replace the apex higher following date? education regulator body University Grants Commission 29th June (UGC) with which of the following commission? 13th July Higher Education Commission of India 9th July University Commission of India 24th June Higher University Commission of India 2th July Technical Education Commission of India Q:283 The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has None of these restricted the manufacture of Oxytocin formulations for Q:288 Who is the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, domestic use to public sector from ……. and Food & Public Distribution? 1st July 2018 Nitin Jairam Gadkari 1st August 2018 Ram Vilas Paswan 1st September 2018 D.V. Sadananda Gowda 1st October 2018 Jual Oram

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Radha Mohan Singh Usha Ananthasubramanian Q:289 Where is the headquarters of UNESCO? Girish Chandra Chaturvedi Berlin Geneva Rajeev Rishi Paris Bern Jatinder Bir Singh New York Q:290 Which of the following ministry has recently Pawan Kumar Bajaj approved the institution of "Special Operation Medal"? Q:296 Who has been elected the president of the International Kabaddi Federation? Ministry of External Affairs Mukesh Kumar Jain Ministry of Civil Aviation Janardan Singh Gehlot Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwani Kumar Ministry of Home Affairs Jai Kumar Garg Ministry of Human Resource Development Q:291 Which of the following country has named 'worst Ravi Krishan Takkar human trafficking country'? Q:297 Which district has ranked first in First Delta Ranking of Aspirational Districts released by NITI Afghanistan Syria Aayog? North Korea Pakistan West Sikkim Raipur Sudan Dahod Surat Q:292 Which of the following mobile application has been launched which helps to track and trace missing and Indore abandoned children in India? Q:298 Which airport's terminal 1 becomes first to offer automated check-in facility to passengers? ReUnite ReTrack Delhi Mumbai ReTrace ReHub Chennai Pune ReHome Q:293 Israel will gift 100 units of digital farming on an Hyderabad experimental basis to which of the following Indian Q:299 Who is the Union Minister of Commerce & state? Industry and Civil Aviation? Kerala Tamil Nadu Suresh Prabhu Andhra Pradesh Gujarat D.V. Sadananda Gowda Maharashtra Maneka Sanjay Gandhi Q:294 The Insurance Regulatory Development Chaudhary Birender Singh Authority of India (IRDAI) has allowed Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) to invest up to 51 percent in Jagat Prakash Nadda which of the following bank? Q:300 Who is the prime minister of Israel? IDFC Bank HDFC Bank Gaston Browne Yes Bank UCO Bank Abdul Hamid IDBI Bank Benjamin Netanyahu Q:295 Who has been appointed as an additional Tshering Tobgay (independent) director of ICICI Bank? Leo Varadkar

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