Monthly GK Digest July 2018 Bankexamstoday.com RAMANDEEP SINGH TABLE OF CONTENTS June 29: International Day of the Tropics ............................................................................................................................. 6 PM Lays Foundation Stone of National Centre for Ageing ................................................................................................... 6 Odisha Government Signs MoU With RIMES ........................................................................................................................ 7 ReUnite Mobile App Launched to Trace Missing Children ................................................................................................... 8 Antonio Vitorino Elected DG of UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) ......................................................... 9 9th Heads of Mission Conference Held in New Delhi ......................................................................................................... 10 Anjolie Ela Menon Awarded National Kalidas Samman ..................................................................................................... 10 BBB Recommends Elevation of 15 Executive Directors ...................................................................................................... 11 9th Meeting of EPG on Indo-Nepal Relations Concludes in Kathmandu ........................................................................... 12 Manufacturing PMI: India’s Manufacturing Growth Jumps ............................................................................................... 13 National Doctors’ Day: July 1 ............................................................................................................................................... 13 Kerala Government Declares Two Districts Free From Nipah Virus ................................................................................... 14 Government Constitues Committee For State & District Level Economic Data Collection ............................................... 16 Delhi Government Launched Happiness Curriculum for School Students ......................................................................... 16 Low Growth of 3.6% Registered in the Index of Eight Core Industries .............................................................................. 17 NRL in Assam Becomes First Oil PSU ................................................................................................................................... 17 5th RCEP Intersessional Ministerial Meeting Held in Tokyo ............................................................................................... 18 Tejas: Indigenous Fighter Aircraft Commences Operations ............................................................................................... 19 Defence Ministry Approves Construction of 17 New Baffle Firing Ranges ........................................................................ 20 cVIGIL: Election Commission Launches App to Report Model Code Violations ................................................................. 20 NITI Aayog to Organise India’s First Global Mobility Summit ............................................................................................ 21 KIMIS: KVIC Launches E-Marketing System ......................................................................................................................... 22 Uruguay’s Major General Jos Eladio Alcain Appointed Head of UNMOGIP ....................................................................... 23 Cabinet Approves DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2018 ............................................................. 24 NBWL Adds 4 Species in Recovery Programme................................................................................................................... 25 NCSK: Cabinet Approves Creation of Posts of Vice-Chairperson and Member ................................................................. 26 Cabinet Approves Extension of Scheme of Recapitalization of RRB .................................................................................. 27 Cabinet approves accession to WIPO Copyright Treaty,Performance & Phonograms Treaty .......................................... 28 CBIC Develops GST Verify Mobile App ................................................................................................................................ 30 Government Launches CMSMS and Mobile App 'Khan Prahari' ........................................................................................ 30 BankExamsToday.com Page 1 PM to Visit Rajasthan on July 7, 2018 .................................................................................................................................. 31 Allow Gambling, Betting on Sports as Regulated: Law Commission .................................................................................. 32 International Day of Cooperatives: July 7, 2018 ................................................................................................................. 33 ISRO Conducts First Test of Crew Escape Module ............................................................................................................... 33 Supreme Court Once Again Upholds Chief Justice of India as Master of Roster ............................................................... 34 Uttarakhand HC Declares Entire Animal Kingdom as Legal Entities ................................................................................... 35 Six Bids to Supply 110 Fighters for IAF ................................................................................................................................ 36 JEE (Main), NEET to be Held Twice a Year, Over MultipleDays: HRD Ministry .................................................................. 37 MHA to Upgrade National Information Security Policy and Guidelines ............................................................................ 38 67th Plenary Meeting of North Eastern Council Held in Shillong ....................................................................................... 38 Government to Launch Global Housing Construction Technology Challenge Under PMAY-U ......................................... 39 China Launches Two Remote Sensing Satellites for Pakistan ............................................................................................. 40 IFFCO Inks Pacts with Two South Korean Firms .................................................................................................................. 41 Gujarat Government Grants Religious Minority Status to Jews ......................................................................................... 42 Samsung Inaugurates World’s Largest Mobile Phone Factory in Noida ............................................................................ 43 ADB Approves Lining Project of Son Canal in Bihar ............................................................................................................ 43 FSSAI Launches Eat Right Movement to Promote Safe and Healthy Food ........................................................................ 44 Global Innovation Index (GII): India Ranks 57th ................................................................................................................. 45 India, Rwanda Sign MoU for Promoting Inter-Parliamentary Dialogue ............................................................................. 46 India-South Korea Technology Exchange Centre Inaugurated in New Delhi ..................................................................... 47 UN Security Council Adopts Resolution 2427 ...................................................................................................................... 47 Wings: BSNL Launches India’s first Internet Telephony Service ......................................................................................... 48 EBRD: India Formally Announced as 69th Shareholder ...................................................................................................... 49 Government Launches Technology Challenge to Eliminate Human Entry into Septic Tanks ............................................ 50 Entire Men’s Hockey Team Included in TOPS ...................................................................................................................... 51 India Becomes World’s 6th Largest Economy in 2017: World Bank ................................................................................... 51 Dharohar Bhawan: PM Inaugurates New HQ Building of Archaeological Survey of India ................................................ 52 TCA Raghavan appointed as Director General of ICWA ...................................................................................................... 53 Indian Railways Launches Consolidated Bridge Management System .............................................................................. 53 IIP: Industry Growth Slips to 7-Month Low of 3.2% in May 2018....................................................................................... 54 Government Raises Threshold Monetary Limit .................................................................................................................. 55 Indian Army Inks MoU with SBI on Defence Salary Package .............................................................................................. 56 Century’s Longest Total