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1) SKOCH Silver award bagged by Tamilnadu

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2) Chennai-Salem greenfield express way

project

Under the Central governmentrsquos lsquoBharatmala

Pariyojanarsquoa eight-lane access- Controlled

greenfield corridor to be laid between Chennai

and Salem at a cost of 10000 Crore

Chennai-Salem 277 km-long project is to pass

through Kancheepuram Tiruvannamalai

Krishnagiri Dharmapuri and Salem districts

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3) PM pays homage to Kabir das on his 500th

death anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to

the 15th century poet Kabir das at his Final

resting place in Maghar on his 500th death

anniversary in 28062018 Maghar is located in

Uttar Pradesh state

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4) Chandrayan-2 is expected to be launched in

October

Chandrayan-2 is expected to be launched in

October Indiarsquos Space program wants to go

where no nation has gone before to the south

side of the Moon Chandrayan-2 will land on the

lunar surface to search for deposits of helium-3

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5) Indian rupee fell to a record intra-day low of

6910 rupees per US dollar

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6) President inaugurates lsquoUdyamSakhirsquo portal of

the MSME

The President of India Ram Nath Kovind

inaugurated the lsquoUdyamSakhirsquo portal of the

MSME Ministry an International MSME Day 2018

The President also launched the lsquoSolar Charka

Missionrsquo

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6) Chief Minister Edappadi KPalaniSwami

announced establishing a chair in the name of

MGR at the International institute of Tamil

Studies

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7) TN to celebrate Sivaji Ganesanrsquos birthday as

government event

Actor Sivaji Ganesan the CM announced that his

birth anniversary on October1 would be

celebrated by the government

Ramasami Padayatchiyar as a leader who fought

for Freedom the CM announced that his birth

anniversary on September 16 would also be

celebrated by the government

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8) First Indian woman to get driving license in

Saudi Arabia

Saramma Thomas alias Somi Jiji has become the

First Indian woman to get a Saudi Arabian

driving permit after the Gulf Kingdom Scrapped

its ban on Women driving vehicles She hails

from Kerala

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9) Indian-Amercian Judge in Trumprsquos shortlist of

US SC Nominees

Amul Thapar a federal judge of Indian-origin is

on the shortlist of US president Trumprsquos for the

US Supreme court following Justice Anthony

Kennedyrsquos retirement

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10) Pakistan placed on FATFrsquos grey list

Pakistan has been placed on the grey list by the

Financial Action Task Force (FATE) For failing to

curb anti-terror Financing despite its diplomatic

efforts to advert the decision

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11) Adani Ports acquires Kattupalli Port

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd of

the Adani Group has acquired 97 State of LampT

(Larsen and Toubro) Company For a

consideration of 1950 Crore in Cash to

takeover Kattupalli port

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12) Sathya Sri Sharmila becomes Indiarsquos First

transgender Lawyer

A resident of Tamil Nadursquos Paramakudi in

Ramanathapuram district Sathyasri Sharmila

became Indiarsquos First transgender lawyer She

registered with Bar council of Tamil Nadu and

Puducherry

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13) Mobile app to trace missing kids

Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu

launched a mobile application lsquoReunitersquo to trace

missing Children in India

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14) ICICI Bank appoints Girish Chandra

Chaturvedi as non-executive part-time Chairman

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15) Lok Sabha MPs can ask maximum 5

questions per day from next session

The bulletin signed by Lok Sabha Secretary

General Snehiata Srivastava said as per the new

amendment the maximum number of question

notices to be given by each MP per day has been

brought down to 5 from 10

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16) The introduction of the Goods and Services

Tax (GST) completes one year in July 1 The

GST was launched on July 1 last year The Union

Finance Ministry announced to observe July

12018 as the lsquoGST Dayrsquo

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17) National Doctorrsquos Day on July 1

National Doctorrsquos Day is celebrated on July 1 all

across India to honour the Legendary Physician

and the Second Chief Minister of West Bengal

DrBiradhan Chandra Roy

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18) Indian-American appointed CEO of

Democratic Partyrsquos National Committee

The Democratic National Committee the

decision-Making body of the Democratic party in

the US has tapped Indian American Seema

Nanda to serve as its new CEO making her the

First from the community to be named am

operational head of a key American political

party

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19) The first meeting of the Cauvery water

Management Authority (CWMA) was held in New

Delhi

The First meeting of the Cauvery water

Management Authority (CWMA) meeting held in

New Delhi on July2 in the chairmanship of

Masood Hussain

The CWMA ordered Karnataka to release 3124

tmc of water to TamilNadu for the month of July

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20) Delhi government introduced lsquohappiness

curriculumrsquo in its school

Delhi government introduced lsquohappiness

Curriculumrsquo in its school

The lsquohappiness Curriculumrsquo is meant for

students from nursery to class 8 and does not

required textbooks will involve 45 minutes of

activity daily with emphasis on mediation value-

based education story-telling with Focus on

values and reflective questions

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21) lsquoMukhyamantri Kanya Utthan Yojanarsquo

Bihar government will now provide Rs 10000 to

the unmarried girls who have cleared the class

12 exams

The money prize will be given as a part of Bihar

governmentrsquos Scheme lsquoMukhyamantri Kanya

Utthan Yojanarsquo

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22) More than 19500 mother tongues in India

More than 19500 languages are spoken in India

as mother tongues according to the latest

analysis of a census data There are 121

languages which are spoken by 10000 or more

people in India which has a population of 121

crore

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23) Leftist populist Andres Manuel elected as a

president of Mexico in the election

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instead Aadhar ID number

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25) Dravid Ponting Taylor inducted in ICC Hall

of Fame

Former India cricket team Captain Rahul Dravid

and Australian legend Ricky ponting have been

inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame for

their Stupendous Achievements in international

Cricket

Retired England woman wicket keeper- batter

Claire Taylor was also named in the lsquoHall of

Famersquo

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26) More than 1500 Indians who have been

Stranded in Nepalrsquos mountainous region due to

heavy rain while returning from the Kailash

Mansarovar pilgrimage of Tibet

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27) Malaysiarsquos Former Prime Minister Najib

Razak is charged in Corruption Inquiry

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28) A boys soccer team trapped in a flooded

Thai cave has been found alive

Twelve members of a boys soccer team in

Thailand and their Coach have been found alive

10 days after being trapped in a Thailand Cave

Tham Luang Cave is situated at Mae Sai town in

Chiang Rai province of Thailand The 12 boys

aged 11 to 16 and their Coach entered Than

Luang Cave when heavy rains flooded key

passages of the cave and blocked the way out

Rescue of boys trapped in Thai cave could take

months military warns

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29) Vedanta Resources to delist from London

Stock Exchange Vedanta was the first Indian

Company to be listed in the London Stock

Exchange

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30) Australian Captain Aaron Finch powered his

way to 172 a new world record high score in

Twenty 20 internationals

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31) Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and

Manoj Sinha released the commemorative stamp

on legendary Carnatic vocalist ML

Vsanthakumari

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32) Cabinet hikes minimum support price for

paddy by Rs200 per quintal

The Union Cabinet cleared a hike of Rs200 in

the Minimum Support price of Paddy The centre

raised the minimum support price of the

common variety of paddy from the current

Rs1550 per quintal to Rs 1750 per quintal

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33) Supreme Court Says Delhi lieutenant

governor canrsquot act independently

The Supreme Court ruled that the Delhirsquos

lieutenant governor cannot act independently

canrsquot obstruct the governmentrsquos policy decisions

and is band by the State governmentrsquos aid and

advice

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34) Tyre Production plant in Sriperumbudur

Ceat a tyre producing Company signed a

memorandum of agreement with the Tamilnadu

government to invest 4000 crore in a green

field plant at Madhuramangalam in

Sriperumbudur of Kancheepuram district The

Mou was signed in the presence of Chief Minister

Edappadi KPalaniSwami

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35) Karnataka budget announces 34000 crore

farm loan waiver

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36) Delhi Metro Train Smart Card can also be

used in buses Delhi government announced

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37) DrAmbedkar government law college in

Chennai has been shifted

Dr Ambedkar government law college in

Chennai has been shifted to two premises-

Pudupakkam in Kancheepuram district and

Pattaraiperumpudur in Tiruvallur district Tamil

Nadu chief Minister E Palanisamy inaugurated

the new buildings of the shifted colleges

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38) ISRO conducted lsquoPad abortrsquo test

lsquoPad abortrsquo test critical for a future human Space

mission was conducted successfully by the

Indian Space Research Organisation at the

Sathish Dhawan Space centre Sriharikota

The Pad Abort Test demonstrated the safe

recovery of the crew module in case of any

exigency at the launch pad

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39) The Cauvery water Regulation Committee

which held its first meeting on 5718

The Cauvery water Regulation Committee

(CWRC) which is chaired by Central water

commission Chief Engineer Navin Kumar was

held its first meeting on 5718 in Delhi

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40) Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay

visited India as the nations celebrate 50 years of

diplomatic relations

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41) June 30- International Day of

Parliamentarism

The International Day of Parliamentarism is

observed every year on June 30

The International Day of Parliamentarism was

proclaimed by United Nations General Assembly

by adopting resolution in May 2018 to recognise

role of Parliaments in national plans and

Strategies

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42) Anjolie Ela Menon awarded Kalidas Samman

Madhya Pradesh Government has conferred

prestigious National Kalidas Sammanrsquo on noted

artist lsquoAnjolie Ela Menonrsquo for her contribution to

visual arts

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43) Mumbairsquos Victorian Gothic and Art Deco

Buildings declared World Heritage Site by

UNESCO

Two building Cluster of Victorian Gothic and Art

Deco architectural Styles in Mumbai

Maharashtra were jointly inscribed in UNESCO

World Heritage list The decision was taken

during Session of UNESCO in Manama Bahrain

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44) Kerala Government declares Kozhikode and

Malappuram districts free from Nipah virus

Kerala government has declared Kozhikode and

Malappuram districts free from Nipah virus

infection It was first identified in 1998 in

Malaysia It gets its name from Sungai Nipah a

Malaysian village where pig farmers became ill

with encephalitis Fruit bats of pteropus family

are natural host of the virus

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45) Government Forms panel to upgrade norms

for state district level economic data collection

The Union Government has constituted 13-

member committee headed by Ravindra H

Dholakia for sub-National Accounts to upgrade

the norms for computation of economic data at

States and districts level in backdrop of plans to

revise the base year for National Accounts or

Gross Domestic Production (GDP) calculation

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mikjJssJ

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46) Antonio Vitorino elected as new

International Organization for Migration Director

General

Portugalrsquos Antonio Vitorino elected as the

International Organization for Migration (IOM) rsquos

next Director General IOMrsquos Current Director

General William Lacy Swing

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Uffpwhh

47) Odisha signs MOU with RIMES

Odisha government signed an MOU with the a

UN Registered International and Inter-

governmental institution lsquoRegional Integrated

Multi-Hazard Early warning System (RIMES) for

enhancing early warning system for effective

management of disasters in the state

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mikgGld (RIMES) xbrh khepy muR

izejJ

48) S Ramesh appointed Chairman of CBIC

S Ramesh has been appointed as Chairman of

the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

(CBIC) the apex policy-making body of indirect

taxes He succeeded Vanaja N Sarna

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49) India clinched kabaddi Masters Title by

defeating Iran

Indian Clinched kabaddi Masters Title by

defeating Iran in Dubai under the captaincy of

Ajay Thakur

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50) A conference of Ministers for power New amp

Renewable Energy of States amp Union Territories

held at Shimla Himachal Pradesh

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51) Crime writer Hussain Zaidi pays tribute to

the men in uniform in his new noval lsquoEleventh

Hourrsquo

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FwwgGidT vOjjhsh `Pird irjp

vOjpAsshh

IPS officer Sundari Nanda becomes the first

woman DGP of the Union Territory Puducherry

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52) NITI Aayog has partnered with GNFC Ltd to

implement fertiliser subsidy disbursement

NITI Aayog and Gujarat Narmada Valley

Fertilizers and Chemical Limited (GNFC) have

signed a statement of Intent (SOI) to implement

subsidy disbursement through Blockchain

Technology Both will work on implementing an

application for using the technology in subsidy

disbursements

With the implementation of Blockchain

Technology it is expected that the distribution

will be become effective and efficient

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உஙகளுககோன மோனி ஙகள வழஙகுவது குறிதது

ஒரு ஒபபநேததே தமறககோணடுளளது

இநே மோனி கேோதக ோனது அடுககுசஙகிலி

(Block chain) எனற கேோழிலநுடபம

மூலமவழஙகபடபடும எனறு இரணடிறகும

இதடத ஒபபநேம தமறககோளளபபடடது 53) Tejas Indigenous Fighter aircraft

commences operations from Sulur Air Force

Station

Indigenous Fighter aircraft Tejas has formally

commenced operation from Sulur Air Force

station at Coimbatore (Kovai) in TamilNadu

Southern Air Command based at

Thiruvananthapuram Kerala

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54) Jharkhand to set up Countryrsquos first Khadi

mall

Indiarsquos First lsquoKhadi Mallrsquo will soon be set up by

the Jharkhand government to [hhffzby

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boost market for Khadi and khadi made products

55) Record number ofrdquo estuarine crocodilerdquo

nesting sites found in Bhitarkanika

The Bhitarkanika national park in Odisha has

become the largest habitat of the endangered

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estuarine crocodiles in the country with a record

number of their nesting site spotted in it

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56) The united Nations Educational Scientific

and Cultural organization (UNESCO) has

inscribed colombiarsquos Chiribiovuete National park

on its list of world heritage sites

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(UNESCO) 57) Australia defeat India to win Menrsquos

Rabobank Hockey Champions Trophy 2018

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58) Election Commission launches lsquoCVigilrsquo app to

report model code violations

The Election Commission of India has launched

lsquoCVigilrsquo mobile application for citizens to

reportany violation of the Model Code of conduct

(MCC) during elections lsquocVigilrsquo or lsquoCitizen vigilrsquo

app will allow anyone in election-bound state to

report violations of MCC

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59) Major General Jose Elaclio Alcain of Uruguay

will be Head UN Military Observer Group in

India Pakistan

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60) Bengaluru to get Indiarsquos first e-waste plant

Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers

Ananth Kumar announced that the countryrsquos first

e-waste recycling unit will come up in Bengaluru

The Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and

Technology (CIPET) a research institute that

comes under the ministry will set up the e-

waste recycling unit

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ej kpddDf fopT (e-waste) kWRowrp

ikajij mikfFk

61) e-marketing system launched by KVIC

A single-umbrella e-marketing system named

Khadi Institution Management and information

technology launched by the Khadi and village

Industries Commission (KVIC) in New Delhi The

system can be accessed from anywhere in the

country for sale and purchase of Khadi and

village industries products

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yk ejpahtpd vej gFjpapy UeJk

fhjp kwWk fpuhkpa ifjnjhopy

Mizajjpd KVIC nghUis thqfNth

tpwfNth KbAk

62) The proposal of renaming Agartala Airport in

Tripura as lsquoMaharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Kishore

Airportrsquo was approved by the union Cabinet

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xgGjy

63) lsquoBehdienkhalamrsquo one of the famous festival

was celebrated in the Jaintia Hills Meghalaya It

is celebrated among the Pnars Tribals

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jjpUtpoh nfhzlhlggLfpwJ

64) Madhya Pradesh government approved the

lsquoBijli Bill Mafi Yojanarsquo and lsquoMukhyamantri Jan

Kalyanrsquo or lsquoSambalrsquo Yojana

The Madhya Pradesh government approved the

Bijli Bill Mafi Yojana (Power Bill waiver Scheme)

Under the power bill waiver scheme pending

does of registered labourers of the unorganised

sector and poor families would be waived

completely

The government also approved Mukhyamantri

Jan Kalyan or Sambal Yojana According to this

scheme labourers falling under the unorganised

sector in the state will get power at Rs200 per

month

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toqfggLk

65) VD Dogra becomes first serving Indian Army

Officer to complete Ironman competition

Major General VD Dogra (Vikram Dogra) became

the First serving Indian Army officer and the

only General across the world to have completed

a gruelling lsquoIromanrsquo competition held in Austria

The lsquoIronmanrsquo is an international triathlon The

competitors have to complete the events in

sequence within 17 hours to earn the title of

lsquoIronmanrsquo

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(tpbNlhfuh) Mthu

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mspffggLk

66) The Sunil Mehta Committee which was

formed with a view to tackle Non-performing

Assets (NPAs) and creating credit capacity

submitted its report with recommendations to

Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal

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thuhffldfis (Non-Performing Assets)

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67) Nagpur the second Capital of Maharashtra

has hosted the Monsoon Session of the State

legislature after a gap of 47 years

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68) India to host IUFoST 2018

India will host the 19th edition of IUFoST world

Food Science and Technology Congress 2018 in

Navi Mumbai from October 23-27-2018 The

IUFoST stands for lsquoInternational Union of Food

Science and Technologyrsquo

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69) 4 Species added to recovery programme by

wildlife Board

The Standing Committee of National Board for

Wildlife (NBWL) has recently added four species

into Centrersquos Recovery Programme for critically

Endangered Species

They are Northern River Terrapin Clouded

Leopard Arabian Sea Humpback Whale and Red

Panda

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Njrpa td capufSffhd kdwk (NBWL)

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Terrapin) gilr rpWjij (Clouded Leopard)

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Sea Humpback Whale) kwWk rptgGg gdpfub

(Red Panda) itNa mej 4 dqfs

70) World Food Prize 2018

The World Food Prize 2018 was awarder to

Lawrence Haddad and DrDavid Nabarro for their

individual but complementary global leadership

in elevating maternal and child undernutrition

with food security

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71) AIIBrsquos Third annual meeting held in Mumbai

The third annual Meeting of the Asian

Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was held

in Mumbai

The first AIIB Board of Governors meeting was

held in Beijing in 2016 followed by Jeju South

Korea in 2017

Fourth Annual Meeting will be held in Luxemberg

in July 2019

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72) Madhya Pradesh awarded for reducing

maternal mortality

Madhya Pradesh was awarded by Union Ministry

of Healthy and Family welfare for reducing

maternal mortality under Prime Ministerrsquos safe

Motherhood Campaign (Pradhan Mantri

Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan-PMSMA)

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73) lsquoPaani Bachao Paise Kamaorsquo scheme by

Punjab

The Punjab government has launched a new

scheme lsquoPaani Bacho-o Paise Kamaorsquo to check

depletion of underground water Under this

scheme farmers will get the monetary benefit

for less use of tube well

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vdw Gjpa jplljij mwpKfggLjjpAssJ

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74) First Delta Ranking of Aspirational District

Under lsquo Transformation of Aspirational Districtsrsquo

Programme NITI Aayog has released first Delta

ranking for 108 aspirational districts to measure

their incremental progress across five

developmental areas during 2-month period of

April and May 2018

Dahod district in Gujarath ranked 1st west

Sikkim district in Sikkim ranked 2nd

Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu ranked

3rd Vijanagaram in Andhra Pradesh ranked 4th

and YSR Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh

ranked 5th

lsquoTransformation of Aspirational District

Programme was launched by the Prime Minister

in January 2018 This programme aims to

quickly and effective transform some of the most

underdeveloped districts of the country

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75) 9th Heads of Mission Conference

The 9th Heads of Mission Conference was held in

New Delhi It was inaugurated by External

Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj

The theme of annual Conference was

lsquoUnprecedented Outreach Unparalleled

Outcomes

It Saw Participation of all Indian Ambassadors

and high Commissioners

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ejpa Jjhfs kwWk cah Mizahfs

gyh fyeJf nfhzldu

76) Four zones become unmanned Level

crossings Free

Indian Railways has eliminated all unmanned

level crossings (UMLC) from its four Zones They

are West Central Railway Central Railway

Eastern Railway and South East Central Railway

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Mspyyh nyty fpuh]pqif KwwpYk

ePffpAssJ

77) The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) for the first

time has rolled out three phase energy efficient

eight Car Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU)

train set built with Stainless Steel bodies in

Chennai TamilNadu

MEMU is suburban train system that caters to

needs of medium distance inter-city passengers

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78) The French government has introduced a

plan national service for all 16-year olds

Voluntary teaching and working with Charities

are among the options being looked at

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NtzLk vd cjjutplLssJ Mrphpah

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Nrit nraypy ltLglyhk

79) Abhilash Tomy in Golden Globe Race

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Naval Officer Commander Abhilash Tomy of

Indian Navy has participated in historic Golden

Globe Race (GRR) which commenced from Les

Sables d lsquoOlonne harbour in western France

He will be representing India in indigenously

built sailing vessel Thuriya a replica of 1950s

sailing vessel Suhaili

Tomy one of Indiarsquos prominent Sailors and a

recipient of the Kirti Chakra is the only

participant from Asia

The uniqueness of the race is that boat designs

and technology newer than 1968 are not

permitted

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Mthu

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80) The union government has constituted a

ministerial panel headed by the Central Finance

Minister to decide about Fund allocation for

infrastructure projects from the Central Road

and Infra structure fund (CRIF) announced in

the budget

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81) India to provide tariff concessions to APTA

members

India has agreed to provide tariff concessions on

3142 products to Asia Pacific Trade Agreement

(APTA) members

APTA is an initiative under united Nations

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and

Pacific (UN ESCAP) for trade expansion through

exchange of tariff concessions among developing

country members of Asia pacific region

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ESCAP) KawrpNa (APTA) MFk

82) Vishwas Patel has appointed as a Chairman

of Payments Council of India

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83) The worldrsquos First digital art museum has

opened at the MORI building Digital Art Museum

in Tokyo Japan

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84) The worldrsquos First digital art museum has

opened at the MORI Building Digital Art Museum

in Tokyo Japan

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85) Indiarsquos first Global Mobility Summit

Niti Aayog to hold Indiarsquos First Global Mobility

Summitrsquo on September 7-8 in Delhi It will be

inaugurated by Prime Minister

The summit will help drive governmentrsquos goal for

vehicle electrification renewable energy

integration and job growth and also speed Up

Indiarsquos transition to a clean energy economy

lsquoMOVE Global Mobility Summitrsquo will be organised

in Collaboration with Various ministries and

industry partners

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86) Sports Authority of India will now be Sports

India

More than 34 years after coming into existence

the sports Authority of India (SAI) is set to be

renamed as Sports India Union Sports Minister

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore announced after

the Sports bodyrsquos governing body meeting

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87) Home Ministerrsquos Special Operation Medal

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has

approved institution of Home Ministerrsquos special

Operation Medal

It also has instituted three more Medalrsquos -Antarik

Suraksha Medal Asadharan Aaschuchan Padak

and Utkrisht amp Ati- Utkrisht Seva Medal

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88) First Transgender woman to Compete in

Miss Universe

Spanish Model Angela Ponce will be the First

transgender woman to compete in Miss

Universe She won Spainrsquos Miss Universe

Competition she will representing her country at

67th Miss Universe 2018 pagent in Philippines

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gqNfwghh

89) lsquoPandharichi Warirsquo is the most important

pilgrimage of Maharashtra

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Kffpakhd Gdpj ahjjpiuahFk

90) An Official Song for the Kerala State

The Kerala government has constituted an

expert panel comprising eminent writerrsquos and

language experts to choose an official song for

the State Rani George the Cultural Department

Secretary would be the Convenor of the panel

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Nfus khepy muR khepyjjpwnfd

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tyYehfis csslffpa tyYeh

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Jiw nrayh uhzp [hh[gt ejf FOtpd

MNyhrfuhf Ugghh

91) Mandatory Dope Test in Punjab

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has

ordered a mandatory dope test of all

government employees including police

personnel

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Also he has ordered drug screening to be

mandatorily done in all cases of recruitment and

promotions

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Kjytu cjjutplLsshu

92) Uttam Dhillon an Indian- American top

white house lawyer has been appointed as the

new acting administrator of the Drug

Enforcement Agency of USA

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Nrhej lsquocjjk jpyyhdrsquo mthfs NjhT

nraagglLsshh

93) Icebergs to be towed from Antarctica to

United Arab Emirates for drinking water

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[ffpa mNugpa vkpufk

94) Brazil become highest scoring team in FIFA

World cup History

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rhjid

95) Rajasthan government launched lsquoAnnapurna

Doodh Yojnarsquo Scheme The scheme will provide a

glass of milk to School students

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Jj Nah[dhrdquo jplljij njhlqfpaJ

96) Genome valley 20 in Telangana

Telangana Government has signed

memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with

Singapore based engineering amp consulting firm

Surbana Jurong for preparing roadmap for

Genume valley 20

Genome valley is Indiarsquos first organized pharma-

biotech cluster for life science RampD activities and

largest life science destination in Asia

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ifnaOjjplLssJ

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Kjy xOqfikffggll ghukh capuZj

jpus MFk NkYk J Mrpahtpy

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97) The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and

Customs (CBIC) has launched a mobile app lsquoGST

verifyrsquo to protect interest of consumers It is an

android app to verify if the person collecting GST

from the consumer is eligible to collect it or not

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thhpakhdJ (CBIC) lsquoGST verifyrsquo nraypia

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yiyah vdW rupghufFk

98) Design University for gaming in

Visakhapatnam

The Andhra Pradesh government and the

delegates of United Nations Educational

Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

have recently signed a pact for the

establishment of a Gaming Digital Learning Hub

in the state

As per agreement UNESCO will soon set up the

Design University for gaming in Visakhapatnam

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Mejpu khepy muRkgt [eh fytpgt mwptpay

kwWk gzghlL mikggpd (UNESCO)

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99) Maharashtra Government has signed MOU

with Multi Commodity Exchange of India limited

to Launched Cotton Mission to empower Cotton

Farmers in the state

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kfhuhbuh murpd GhpeJzuT

ifnaOjjhdjpd yk njhlqfggllJ

100) The National Security Guard (NSG) will be

the first central paramilitary force to opt for e-

ticketing instead of the railway warrant A

railway warrant is a voucher issued for train

travel at subsidized rates

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gazrrPlLfF (e-ticket) khWk Kjy kjjpa

Jiz uhZtg gil Njrpa ghJfhgGg

gil MFk uapyNt gaz MizrPlL

vdgJ uapy gazjjpwfhf toqfggLk

khdpa tpiy gazrrPllhFk

101) The Ministry of Coal has launched the Goal

Mine Surveillance and Management System

(CMSMS) and lsquoKhan Praharirsquo mobile application

in New Delhi

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Nkyhzik mikgG (CMSMS) kwWk Khan

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102) India will operate the Mattala Rajapaksa

International Airport as a Srilanka-India joint

Venture at Hambantota in Srilanka

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Kawrpahf affTssd

103) lsquoPoshan Abhiyanrsquo and lsquoPurnarsquo project to

eradicate malnutrition

The Gujarat government launched a statewide

mission lsquoPoshan Abhiyanrsquo to eradicate

malnutrition among children by providing them

nutritious food through Anganwadi centers

The State government has also launched lsquoPurnarsquo

project to eliminate malnutrition among

Adolescent girls

The Nation wide National Nutrition mission

(Poshan Abiyan) was launched by

Prime Minister in Rajasthan

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yk mthfspd CllrrjJ Fiwghlil

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Cllrrjjpdikia xopggjwfhf lsquog+hzhrsquo

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gpujkuhy njhlqfggllJ

104) The Uttarakhand High Court has recently

declared the ldquoentire animal kingdom including

avian and aquaticrdquo as legal entities with a

distinct personal and corresponding rights

duties and liabilities of a living person

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cahePjpkdwk jPhgG toqfpAssJ

105) Milan Shankar Tare a Fisherman from

Maharashtrarsquos Palghar district has been selected

for this yearrsquos National Maritime Search and

Rescue Award

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Nrhej kPdtu rqfu jhNu tthzLffhd

Njrpaf flytop NjLjy kwWk kPlGffhd

tpUJfFj NjuenjLffgglLsshu

106) Rajasthan government clarifies on

reservation

The Rajasthan government has clarified that five

castes Gujjars Baldia Rebari Gadalia and

Gadaria Under the most backward Classes

(MBC) are also entitled into the 21 Quota

under the OBC category for admission to

educational institution and recruitment in

government jobs in the state

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tFggpd (MBC) fPo css F[[ugt ghybahgt

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njspTgLjjpaJ

107) The Uttar Pradesh government launched

lsquoCommercial Tax at your door stepsrsquo on the

occasion of GST day celebration

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nfhzlhlljjpd NghJ mwpKfggLjjpaJ

108) The department of Empowerment of

Persons with disabilities under the ministry of

social Justice and Empowerment organized a

ldquoNational Workshop on Skill Development for

persons with Disabilitiesrdquo in New Delhi

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cly CdKwNwhh gphptpd rhhgpy ldquojpwd

Nkkghlbwfhd Njrpa gapwrpgglliwrsquo GJ

jpyypapy eljjggllJ

109) Mahi Talat Siddiqui a Muslim woman from

Kanpur has translated the text of Ramayana into

Urdu

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rpjjpf uhkhazjij cUJ nkhopapy

nkhopkhwwk nraJsshh

110) The Chhattisgarh government will set up a

tribal museum in the Statersquos upcoming new

capital Naya Raipur

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mikffggl cssJ

111) CIMON the 1st Robot with Artificial

Intelligence to fly in Space

CIMON or Crew Interactive Mobile Companion

become the first artificial intelligence robot

companion in Space It is an English Speaking

robot

It was launched by Space x Falcon 9 rocked to

International Space station

It was launched from Florida The CIMON robot

from the German space Agency is meant to

Assist German Astronaut Alexander Gerst in

international Space station

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EzzwpT nfhzl NuhNghlCIMON

CIMON (Crew Interactive Mobile Companion)

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EzzwpT nfhzl NuhNghl MFk ]Ngh]

vf] ghyfhd vdw uhfnfl yk

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GNshhplhtpypUeJ mDgggllJ

112) The 17th World Tamil Internet Conference

held in Coimbatore under the theme

lsquoIntellectual Tamil Search Enginesrdquo

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vdDk fUnghUSld eilgngwwJ

113) With 226 Lakh Crore Rupees Collection of

GST Tax Tamilnadu in 4th place

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4-tJ ljjpy jkpofk UffpwJ

114) NTA to hold NEET JEE twice a year from

2019

Human Resource Development Minister Prakash

Javadekar announced that JEEE Mains and NEET

the two national level engineering and medical

entrance examinations will be held twice a year

from 2019 by a newly formed National Testing

Agency (NTA)

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kwWk ePl (NEET) Njhit eljJk

nghwpapay fyYhapy Nrhtjwfhd [P

NjhTkgt kUjJtf fytp gapytjwfhd ePl

NjhTk dp MzbwF UKiw eilngWk

vd kjjpa kdpjts NkkghlLjJiw

mikrrh gpufh [tNlfh njhptpjJsshh

2019 Kjy tKiw gpdgwwggLk Njrpa

Nrhjid NjhT Kfik ej NjhTfis

eljJk

115) Sri Lanka Movie lsquoThe Frozen firersquo

For the first time in the history of Srilankan film

industry a movie from the Srilanka ldquoThe Frozen

firerdquo directed by Anuruddha Jaya Sing he will

enter in mainstream lsquobest picturersquo category of

Oscars 2019

The film Outlines the Wijeweerarsquos life the

founding leader of the JVP (or) Peoplersquos

Liberation Front

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lsquojp GNuh]d gahrsquo vdw rpqfsj jpiugglk

rpwej jpiuggljJffhd gpuptpy 2019

M]fh tpUJfF gupeJiuffgglLssJ

rpwej jpiuggljJffhf yqif jpiugglk

xdW M]fUfF gupeJiu nraaggLtJ

JNt KjyKiw afFeh mDUjj

n[arpqf ggljij affpAsshh

kffs tpLjiy Kddzpia (N[tpgp)

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ikakhf itjJ gglk affgglLssJ

116) International Day of Cooperatives-July 7

International Day of Co-operative was observed

on 7thJuly The theme for 2018 is ldquoSubtainable

Societies through Cooperationrdquo

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117) Koala bear genome decoded

Koala bear genome decoded successfully Koala

native to Australia is classified as Vulnerable by

the International union for Conservation of

Nature (IUCN)

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118) ldquoOne person one Carrdquo policy by west

Bengal

West Bengal set a ldquoOne person One carrdquo policy

for ministers and bureaucrats and mandated

economy class for all domestiv air travel in a bid

to cut Costs incurred by the State government

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119) The Cheetah 3 robot developed by

engineers at the America MIT Which is blind

robot

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120) Indiarsquos First Taxi ambulance

Indiarsquos First Taxi ambulance service was flagged

off by Union Minister for Road Transport and

Highways Nithin Gadkari in NewDelhi

A Start-up named Wagon Cab has launched this

service with drivers who are trained medically

keeping in mind the increasing number of

accidents

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121) Hindu Women to contest the Provincial

Assembly election in Pakistan

Sunita Parmar a Hindu woman in Sindh

province has created history by becoming the

first from the minority community to contest the

provincial assembly election in Pakistan

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122) Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the 3rd

Indian Cricketer to reach the coveted milestone

of playing 500 international matches

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123) Justice Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair

Radhakrishnan has been Sworn in as new Chief

Justice of the Hyderbad High court For the state

of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in Hyderbad

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124) 17th World Sanskrit Conference held in

Vancouver Canada

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125) Dipa Karmakar won gold medal

Dipa Karmakar Clinched the gold medal in the

vault event of FIG Artistic Gymnastic World

Challenge Cup at Mersin Turkey

She is First Indian to win gold in Gymnastic

World Challenge Cup

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126) Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel has been

appointed the new Chairperson of the National

Green Tribunal (NGT)

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127) Researches have created the worldrsquos first

Rhino Embryos in a test tube

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128) The Union Ministry of Environment Forests

and Climate Change declared the 438sqkm of

area around Mudumalai Tiger Reserve as an Eco-

Sensitive Zone

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129) The Civil Aviation Research Organisation

(CARO) will be set up by AAI

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will set up

a state-of- the -art Civil Aviation Research

organisation (CARO) at Begumpet Airport

Hyderabad

It is to find indigenous solutions to meet the

challenges posed by the growing air traffic and

for enhancing safety Capacity and efficiency of

aircraft operations in the country

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130) International Round Table Conference on

ldquoData for New Indiardquo

The International Round Table Conference on

ldquoData for New Indiardquo has organised by the

ministry of Statistics and programme

Implementation was held in New Delhi in 9-10th

July 2018 The conference was inaugurated by

DVSadananda Gowda

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131) Sambalpur in East Coast Railway division

becomes first to eliminate All unmanned level

crossings in India

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132) Golden Man Booker International Prize

2018

SriLanka -born Canadian literacy icon Michael

ondaatjersquos lsquoThe English Patientrsquo has won the

special one-off Golden Man booker prize at the

Southbank centre in London

The Prize was instituted as part of Celebrations

to mark the Bookerrsquos having completed 50 years

and the one-off award was voted by the public

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133) Justice L Narasimha Reddy has been

appointed the Chairman of the Central

Administrative Tribunal (CAT)

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134) Railways to introduce Sri Ramayana

Express

Indian Railways is planning to introduce a

unique pilgrim train Sri Ramayana Express on

the Ramayana Circuit to cover the major

destinations related to the Hindu epic

The train may start its operations beginning

November 142018 from New Delhi It will make

its first halt in Ayodhya and the final halt in

Rameshwaram

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135) Indiarsquos 2nd Transgender Lawyer SViji

SViji becomes Indiarsquos 2nd transgender lawyer

She is from Thoothukudi She enrolled herself in

Bar Council of Tamilnadu and Puducherry

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136) TamilNadu government is going to set up a

route to transport wind mill power from

Kayathar in Thoothukudi district to other State

with the estimate of 2600 crore

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137) Tamil Nadu assembly passes Lokayukta Bill

The Tamil Nadu assembly in 972018 passed

the Lokayukta Bill to inquire into charges of

corruption against Chief minister ministerrsquos

MLAs and government officials

Personnel and administrative reforms minister

DJayakumar introduced the Bill in the assembly

Maharashtra was the first state to introduce the

institution of Lokayukta

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138) lsquoCompulsory Retirementrsquo to up Employees

Uttar Pradesh government is planning to give a

ldquoCompulsory retirementrdquo to employees aged 50

years and above if they are found neglecting

their duties

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139) Provide Free treatment to poor in Delhi

Private hospital Supreme court

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Supreme Court said that all private hospitals in

the Delhi which were given land on

Concessional rate must provide free treatment

to certain percentage of poor patient

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140) Kasturirangan Committee tasked with

drafting a new education policy has got third

extension from the HRD Ministry

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141) Special Lifetime Achievement Award to

THVinayakram

The music academy announced a special lifetime

Achievement award to be conferred on ghatam

maestro TH Vinayakram foundly known as

lsquoVikkursquo Vinayakram

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142) The book ldquoWinning like Souravrdquo Think amp

Succeed like Gangulyrdquo has been authored by

Abhirup Bhattacharya

ldquoWinning like Souravrdquo Think amp Succeed like

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vOjpAsshh

143) Indiarsquos First biofortified Sorghum (Jowar)

namedrsquoParbhani Shaktirsquo containing higher iron

and zinc than regular Surghum was formally

launched

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144) 6th World Cities Summit 2018

The Sixth World Cities Summit was held in

Singapore Its theme was ldquoLiveable amp

Substaniable Cities Embracing the future

through Innovation and Collaborationrdquo

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ldquoLiveable amp Substaniable Cities Embracing the

future through Innovation and Collaborationrdquo

145) 67th Meeting of North Eastern Council

The 67th meeting of North Eastern Council was

held in Shillong Meghalaya It was Chaired by

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh

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146) BSNL Unveils internet telephony service

wings

State-Owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar

Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced the soft

launch of its first telephony service wings in

India to be rolled out from August 2018

Through wings the customer can make or

receive calls by using internet service of any

operator

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147) Oldest Indian Woman to complete an

Ironman Triathlon

Anju Khosla (52) has become the oldest Indian

woman to complete an Ironman Triathlon which

is one of the toughest one-day sporting events

It comprises swimming bicycle ride and

Marathon run6

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148) Second Indian to Climb worldrsquos highest

Volcano

Satyarup Siddhanta has become Second Indian

mountaineer after Malli Mastan Babu to Climb Mt

Ojos del Salado (6893m) the highest volcano in

the world on Argentina- Chile border

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gFjpapy cssJ 149) Government announced the names of six

ldquoinstitute of eminencerdquo

Central government announced the names of six

ldquoinstitute of eminencerdquo three each from the

public and private sectors

The six institutes are

i) IISc ii) IIT Delhi

iii) IIt Bombay iv) JIO Institute

v) BITS Pilani

(vi) Manipal Academy of Higher Education

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

released its ranking of National institutes for

2018 The top three ranks are

i) Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru

ii) IIT Madras

iii) IIT Bombay

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150) After two-year Turkey to end state of

emergency The president of Turkey is Recep

Tayyip Erdugan

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151) All twelve members of a boyrsquos football

team and their coach have been rescued in

1072018 after being trapped in a cave in

Thailand for 18 days

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152) Worldrsquos largest Cellphone Factory in Noida

Samsung opens worldrsquos largest phone factory in

Noida The worldrsquos largest mobile Factory was

launched at Noida in Uttarpradesh by Narendra

Modia and South Korean president moon Jae-in

The Unit will have a Capacity of Fabricationg 12

Crore phones a year

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153) The first-ever lsquoIndia Taurism Mart (ITM) rsquo

will be hosted by Ministry of Tourism in New

Delhi from 16th to 18th September 2018

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154) Mobile help centre ldquoSaathirdquo For Amarnath

Yatra Pilgrims

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has

launched a mobile help centre lsquoSaathirsquo to reach

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out to people undertaking the annual pilgrimage

holy cave shrine of Amarnath

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155) ADB approves project of Sun Canal in Bihar

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has

approved project of Sun Canal in Shahabad-

Bhojpur region of Bihar

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156) Gujarart Government grants religious

minority Status of Jews

Gujarat Governement granted religious minority

status to Jews living in the state with this

Gujarat became the third state in India to grant

religious minority Status to Jews after

westBengal and Maharashtra

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157) Dipika Pallikal will represent Asia

Indiarsquos Squash player Dipika Pallikal has been

appointed as Asiarsquos representative in the

prestigious Athlete Advisory commission of the

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGf) The

appointment was mady by the CGF

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158) The Odisha government has partnered with

tata Trust for development of Cancer care

facilities in the State

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159) Scientists discover worldrsquos oldest biological

colour

Scientists have discovered the worldrsquos oldest

colour that is bright pink

The pigments were discovered after researchers

crushed 11 billon year old rock found in a

marine shale deposit beneath the Sahara desert

in Mauritania west Africa

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160) Australian researchers have uncovered the

worldrsquos oldest biological colour

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161) First time in history Rajya Sabha Signs

MOU with a foreign Counterpart

Rajya Sabha has for the first time in 76 years

since it came into being entered into

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a

foreign Counterpart for promoting inter-

Parliamentar dialogue

Venkaiah Naidu has become the first chairman

of Rajya Sabha to sign such an lsquoagreement when

he inked an MOU with the visiting president of

the Senate of Rwanda

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162) Turkey will sell four Corvette warships to

Pakistan which will be the countryrsquos largest

single export deal Turkey signed a

memorandum of understanding to build four

Corvettes for Pakistan Under the MILGEM Project

last year

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163) Team India Opener Rohit Sharma has

become the first Indian Cricketer to Smash three

Centuries in T20 International Cricket

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164) Train 18 Made in India 160 kmph train

Indiarsquos indigenously manufactured Semi-high

speed train code-named Train 18 (Train 2018)

is expected to be rolled out in September

The train built by Integral Coach Factory (ICF)

of Chennai to promote Make in India is capable

of running at a speed of 160km per hour

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165) Andhra Pradesh tops in ldquoEase of Doing

Businessrdquo

Andhra Pradesh has topped the third edition of

the governmentrsquos lsquoEase of Doing Businessrsquo index

for states This is the second time in a row that

Andhra achieved the first rank

Telangana and Haryana in second and third

spots Tamilnadu in 15th position

i) Andhra Pradesh ii) Telangana iii) Haryana iv)

Jharkand v) Gujarath

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166) 22nd International Conference on

Nonferrous Minerals and Metals 2018 held at

Ranchi Jharkhand

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167) Meghalaya government introduces Draft

policy known as ldquoJackfruit Missionrdquo during the

first ever Jackfruit festival

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168) China Launches two remote sensing

Satellites for Pakistan

China Successfully launched two remote sensing

Satellites PRSS-1 and PAKTES-1A for Pakistan

on board of Long March-2C rocket from Jicquan

Satellite Launch Centre

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169) China said it has clinched a deal with India

on the reduction of Import duties on Indian

medicines including anti-cancer drugs

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170) Rajya Sabha members can use all 22

Scheduled Languages

From the forth coming Monsoon Session of

parliament Rajya Sabha Mps will be able to

speak in the house in any of the 22 Indian

languages listed in the 8th Schedule of the

Constitution

Of the 22 scheduled languages Rajya Sabha has

earlier established simultaneous interpretation

service for 12 language

The Rajya Sabha Secretariat has arranged for

simultaneous interpretation facility for ten more

languages- Dugri Kashmiri Kunkani Santhali

Sindhi Bodu Maithili Manipuri Marathi and

Nepali

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171) South Korean President in India

South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived

India for his four-day visit India and South

Korea singed 11 agreements including in the

areas of trade cultural and Scientific and

technological Cooperation

Capital-Seoul

Prime Minister ndash Lee Nak-yeon

Continent -Asia

Currecny -Won

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172) India becomes worldrsquos sixth largest

economy

World Bank Figuresrsquos for 2017 says that Indian

economy has now become worldrsquos sixth biggest

pushing France to Seventh place The US leads

the table as the biggest economy followed by

China Japan Germany and Britain

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173) World Population Day-11 July

The world Population day is observed across the

world on July 11 The world population day was

established by the then Governing Council of the

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

in 1989

The theme for the World Population Day 2018 is

ldquoFamily Planning is a Human Rightrdquo

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174) The 30th International Mango Festival was

held in New Delhi

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175) Ram Nath Kovind announces four

nominations to Rajya Sabha

President Ram Nath Kovind has nominated 4

Rajya Sabha members viz former MPRam

Shakal Sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra classical

dancer Sunal Mansingh Rakesh Sinha

Raghunath Mohapatra is an internationality

renowned sculptor famous for his stone

carvings

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176) Global Innovation Index 2018

The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2018 has

ranked India as the 57th most innovative nation

in the world The country has improved its

ranking up to 3 places from its 60th position in

2017

Top 5 Countries are (1) Switzerland (2)

Netherland (3) Sweden (4) UK (5) Singapore

The G11 global ranking is published by World

Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) -a

specialized agency of United nations

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177) lsquoI am not afraid of Englishrsquo

Haryana has launched lsquoI am not afraid of

Englishrsquo initiative to make primary school

students fluent in English

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178) IWF Junior World Weightlifting

Championships 2018

Indian woman lifter Jhilli Dalabehera has bagged

the bronze medal in the 2018 IWF Junior World

Weightlifting Championships at Tashkent

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179) Kutchi New year

Kutchi Community celebrates its new year on

Aashadhi Beej which falls in month of Ashada

(JuneJuly)

As for people of Kutch this day is associated

with beginning of rains in Kutch Gujarat

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180) DrSandeep Sancheti Vice Chancellor of

SRM Institute of Science and Technology has

assumed charge as the president of the

Association of Inidan Universities (AIU) New

Delhi

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181) INS Sumitra enters Indonesiarsquos Sabang

Part

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Indian Warship INS Sumitra which was on

mission in Malacca straits entered port of

Sabang in Indonesia

This is the first time that an Indian Naval ship

has visited the port of Sabang

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fggyhfpAssJ 182) FSSAI has launched ldquoThe Eat Right

Movementrdquo

The food safety and standards Authority of India

(FSSAI) has launched ldquoThe Eat Right Movementrdquo

to empower the citizens by improving their

health and well-being It is a platform to provide

credible information to help make informed and

healthful eating choices The main purpose of

the project is to reduce salt sugar and saturated

fat in packaged food products

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183) Broadcasting content complaints council

(BCCC)

Udhay Kumar Varma has been appointed as

new member of Broadcasting content complains

council (BCCC)

The BCCC is an independent self-regulatory body

set up by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation

(IBF) in June 2011to look into complaints

pertaining to all non-news general entertainment

channel in India

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Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) [Pd-2011y

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184) Lonely planetrsquos best Asia destinations list

One of the Hottest Biodiversity Hotspots and

UNESCO world Heritage site the western Ghats

has come fourth in the list of Lonely planetrsquos

ldquo2018 Best in Asiardquo list

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185) India-South Korea Technology Exchange

Centre inaugurated in New Delhi by Central

Minister of MSME Giriraj Singh

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186) UN Security Council adopts Resolution

2427 to protect children in armed conflict

The United Nations Security Council has adopted

Resolution 2427 aimed at providing legal

framework for mainstream protection rights

well-being and empowerment of children

throughout the conflict cycle

The resolution Strongly condemns recruitment

and use of children in armed conflicts killing and

rape abductions

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187) Himachal Pradesh government announced

a project to setup a cow sanctuary act Kotla

Barug

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188) Vice president M Venkaiah Naidu

inaugurated the Indian Intraculare Implant and

Refractive Surgery Convention 2018 held in

Chennai

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189) UK Launched New Visas

The UK has launched new visas that will be open

to overseas Scientists and researchers including

Indians to encourage growth of the countryrsquos

research sector

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190) Indiarsquos latest Frontline warship INS Trikand

has reached Srilanka in a goodwill visit

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191) RBI cancels license of Alwar Urban Co-

operative Bank

The Reserve bank of India has cancelled the

license of Alwar Urban Co-operative Bank LTD

Alwar Rajastan to carry on banking business

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192) For the first time in Tamil nadu Centre for

excellence in traditional flowers to come up in

Madurai

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193) Formalin- laced Fish create Scare across

India after the ban of fishes Assam Manipur etc

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194) lsquoAnna Canteensrsquo in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh Government launched lsquoAnna

Canteenrsquo where breakfast lunch and dinner

would be offered at Rs5 each

The lsquoAnna Canteenrsquo named after the NT Rama

Rao

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195) lsquoOne Farmer one transformerrsquo Scheme

In order to reduce electricity losses the

Maharashtra government will next month launch

a new scheme lsquoOne farmer one Transformerrsquo

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196) Goa University discovered a Pigment that

may help fight against Cancer

Goa University announced the discovery of a

new pigment from Local wild Mushrooms that

may help fight against Cancer

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The chemical nature of the brown or black

Colour Pigment in wild edible mushrooms lsquoRoen

alamis or Termitomycesrsquo Species has a new

Sulphur-rich melanin pigment

The Goa University has declared it as Worldrsquos

first Sulphur-rich edible melanin

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197) Seema Darshanrsquo Project

Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani has given in principal

approval for the 39 Crore rupees lsquoSeema

Darshanrsquo or lsquoBorder tourismrsquo project

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198) The ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

(MOHUA) has launched a technology challenge

on identifying Solutions and promoting suitable

techniques for cleaning of Sewage Systems The

Objective is eliminating human entry into septic

tanks and manholes

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199) Indiarsquos First Private UAV amp LBPV factory to

come up in Kota

Indiarsquos First private Sector unit for

manufacturing unmanned air vehicles (UAV) and

light bullet proof vehicles (LBPV) will be set up

under lsquoMake in Indiarsquo initiative of the Union

government by DCM Shriram Industries Group in

Kota

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200) Rajasthan Government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft

The Rajasthan government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft to provide free digital training to

9500 students of 50 government colleges in a

year It will also train 500 faculty members

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201) In a first Indian Naval aircraft deployed fro

RIMPAC exercise

For the first time Indian Navyrsquos Long Range

Maritime Patrol Aircraft Boeing P-8I (Poseidon

Eight India) from Indian Naval Ship (INS) Rajali

has inducted for participating in the 26th edition

of RIMPAC-18 the Rim of the Pacific

multinational Naval exercise During the

exercise In P8I will be operating from Joint

Airbase Hickam Honolulu in Hawaii

This is the first time ever that an Indian Naval

aircraft has traversed so far east into the pacific

It is the First IN aircraft to cross the

International Date line

RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific Exercise) is the

wolrdrsquos largest international maritime warfare

exercise It is hosted and administered by the

United States Navyrsquos pacific feet headquartered

at Pearl Harbor

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202) India becomes 69th Shareholder of

European Bank for reconstruction amp

development (EBRD) paving the way for more

joint investment with Indian companies across

the bankrsquos regions of operation

EBRD headquartered in London Suma

Chakrabarti is the president of EBRD

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203) Indiarsquos genetically modified crop area fifth

largest in world

India becomes worldrsquos fifth largest area

cultivated under genetically modified (GM) crops

in 2017 according to the International service for

the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications

(ISAAA) report

From the report (i) America (ii) Brazil (iii)

Argentina (iv) Canada (v) India

Indiarsquos entire GM crop area is under single crop

BT cotton

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for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications

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204) 2+2 ministeria dialogue

India is going to host inaugural 2+2 dialogue

with united States in September in New Delhi

lsquo2+2 dialoguersquo is an interaction between the

foreign and defence minister of the

twocountries

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205) Mukesh Ambani overtook Alibaba Group

Founder Jackma to become Asiarsquos richest

person according to a report by Blumberg

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206) First Indian women to win gold in world U-

20 Athletics Championships

Hima Das became the First Indian Women to

clinch a gold medal at a global event the world

under-20 Championships

Das clinched the top spot in the womenrsquos 400m

final race at the IAAF wordl under-20 Athletics

Championships in Tampere Finland

Hima Das Clocked 5146 seconds to win gold

She belongs to State of Assam

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207) Coimbatore doctor to head worldrsquos top

body of Spine Surgeons

Coimbatore-based orthopaedic and Spine

Surgeon SRajasekaran who is Chairman of the

Department of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery

at Ganga Hospital has been selected Chairman

of the international board of Aospine the worldrsquos

largest body of Spine Surgeons

DrRajasekaran is the first person to elected

from Asia region to this prestigious position

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208) 25000 plus two students to be trained to

take CA exams

Minister for School Education KA Sengottaiyan

Said that 25000 plus two students in

government schools will be trained over to take

up entry level examination for Chartered

Accountancy course Classes will be conducted

by 500 CAS once a week

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209) Two Indian-origin women of Forbes list of

Americarsquos richest self-made women

Two Indian-origin technology executives

JayShree Ullal and Neerja Sethi have made it to

the Forbes list of Americarsquos 60 richest self-made

women

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210) DrTCA Rahgavan has been appointed as

Director General of Indian Council of World

Affairs (ICWA)

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211) Entire Indian Menrsquos hockey team included

in Tops

The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of Union

Ministry of Sports and youth Affairs has included

entire menrsquos Hockey team of India under the

Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS)

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212) India Army signed a MOU with SBI

Indian Army signed a memorandum of

understanding (MOU) with the State Bank of

India (SBI) on the Defence Salary Package that

will include free personal accident death free

permanent total disability cover and other

accidental benefits to the deceased soldier and

family

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213) Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has

become the First Indian personality to get a

lsquotalking Statuersquo at Madame Tussauds Singapore

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214) Spiritual leader Dada JP Vaswani passed

away

Dada JP Vaswani (99) the spiritual leader and

head of Sadhu Vaswani mission in Pune has

passed away in Pune Maharashtra on July 12

2018

He was born in Hyderabad Sindh (Pakistan) on

2nd August 1918 Vaswani was a world renowned

Spiritual leader known for promoting

vegetarianism and animal rights

JP Vaswani was the recipient of the 1998

UThant peace award Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram

Vaswani (TL Vaswani) who founded Sadhu

Vaswani Mission was his Guru

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215) 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

The 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention is

being organized by Ministry of External Affairs in

association with the State Government of Uttar

Pradesh in January 2019

Theme of 2019 event is ldquoRole of Indian Diaspora

in building a New Indiardquo

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216) ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo authored by

Tapan

The book ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo has

been authored by Tapan Kumar Chand the

Chairman cum Managing Director of NALCO

The book is recently released by Narendra Singh

Tamar the Union Minister of Mines Rural

Development and panchayat Raj

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217) Government set up task force on ways to

reduce import

The central government has set up a high level

task force under the Chairmanship of cabinet

Secretary PK Sinha to identify various items and

policy interventions to reduce dependence of

import

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218) Worldrsquos first 3D colour X-ray on Human

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Scientists from New Zealand have performed

worldrsquos first ever 3-D colour X-ray on human It

has potential to improve the field of medical

diagnostics

It incorporates particle-tracking technology

called Medipix developed by European

organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

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219) National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

The 4th National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

was held at Indore in Madhya Pradesh

Chhattisgarh won awards in all categories for

excellence in implementing minerals auction

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220) Photography ban at protected monuments

lifted

Photography will be allowed in all of the

monuments and archaeological sites

administered by the Archaeological Survey of

India except the mausoleum at Taj Mahal the

Ajanta Caves and the Leh palace

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221) India and China hold second maritime

security dialogue in Beijing China

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222) Prize for beautification of Railway Station

Balharshah and Chandrapur Railway Stations of

the Central Railway have been awarded the first

prize in Station beautification competition by

government

Madhubani Station of East Central Railway and

Madurai Station of Southern Railway were the

Co-winners of the Second prize

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223) Odisha constitutes Heritage Cabinet

Odisha government constituted a lsquoHeritage

Cabinetrsquo headed by Chief Minister Naveen

Patnaik

lsquoHeritage Cabinetrsquo would aim at protection of

ancient monuments temples and archaeological

sites and take steps to preserve the states

culture language amp literature

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224) First Double Stack Dwarf container Service

Indian Railways Introduces first Double Stack

Dwarf Container Service from Rajkot Division

Western Railway with the use of these double-

Stack dwarf containers the cost of the unit will

be significantly reduced

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225) The Central government think tank NITI

Aayog has unveiled the blueprint of lsquoNational

Health Stackrsquo (NHS) a shared digital healthcare

infrastructure

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226) Former Pakistan Prime minister Nawaz

Sharif and his daughter Maryam who are

convicted for corruption were arrested

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227) Centuryrsquos longest total lunar eclipse

Union Ministry of Earth Science has announced

the Centuryrsquos (2001 to 2100) longest total

eclipse of 1 hour 43 minutes will occur on July

27-282018

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228) The Government of India has invited us

President Donal Trump to be chief guest at the

2019 Republic Day Parade

The US is yet to officially accept Indiarsquos invite

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229) Threatening Climate Change to the Nilgiri

tahr

According to recent Study published

international journal Ecological Engineering

Climate Change is threatening the Nilgiri tahr

International Union for conservation of Nature

(IUCN) in its red book has classified Nilgiri Tahr

it as Endangered

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230) 2018 Wimbledon Winners

Women singles - Angelique Kerber

(Germany)

Men singles - Novak Djokovic (Serbian)

Menrsquos Doubles - Mike Bryan (US) and Jack

Sock (US)

Womenrsquos Doubles - Barbora Krejcikova and

Katerina Siniakova from Czhech Republic

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231) Bansagar canal project Inaugurated

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the 171

km long Bansagar canal project to the nation in

Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh on July 15

2018

The project which is a joint venture of Uttar

Pradesh Madhya Pradesh and Bihar It built on

Son River

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232) Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018

Union Ministry of Drinking water and Sanitation

has launched Swachh Survekshan Grameen

2018 in New Delhi

The Programme will rank all states and districts

on the basis of a survey of Public places

Citizenrsquos perspective of cleanliness and their

recommendations

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233) 4th BIMSTEC Summit to be held in

Kathmandu

The fourth edition of Bay of Bengal Initiatives for

Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Co-

operation (BIMSTEC) will be held at Kathmandu

in Nepal from 30 t0 31 August 2018

Nepal is the current chair of BIMSTEC It is

headquartered in Dhaka

Member countries- India Nepal Bhutan

Bangladesh Srilanka Myanmar and Thailand

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234) Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventories

in Asia

In New Delhi Union Minister DrHarsh Vardhan

inaugurates 16th Workshop on Greenhouse Gas

Inventories in Asia

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Gas Inventories in Asia) epforrpgt GJ

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235) First-ever metal craft exhibition in India

With an aim to promote and preserve the metal

craft tradition of Ladakh the first-ever metal

craft exhibition was held at Chilling village in Leh

district of Jammu amp Kashmir

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236) Kochi Metro Rail Limited opened Indiarsquos

first exquisite air-conditioned bed space

dormitor

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237) World Youth skills Day 15 July In 2014 UN

General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring

15th July as World Youth Skills day

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238) India became Vice-Chair on regional head

of Asia pacific Region of the World Customs

Organisation (WCO)

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239) Resolution 2428 by UN security Council

The UN Security council has adopted a resolution

2428 to impose an arms embargo on South

Sudan The measure will stop the flow of

weapons to armed groups in the country

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240) Hindi Mother tongue of 4363 in India

According to the 2011 census Hindi continue to

be the most spoken language in India with

4363 of the country declaring it their mother-

tongue

Sanskrit was the least spoken of the countryrsquos

22 scheduled languages with just 24821

persons listing it as their mother tongue

The top 5 most spoken language by 2011 census

is (i) Hindi (4363) (ii) Bengali (803) (iii)

Marathi (686) (iv) Telugu (670) (v) Tamil

(570)

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(570) 241) Oldest Narrow- Gauge Rail Line in India

The 33 km Dabhoi-Miyagam line in Gujarat

State Indiarsquos first narrow gauge railway stretch

which started operations in 1862 will be closed

forever The line will be soon converted into

broad gauge

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1862 Mk MzL Kjy nrayghlLfF tej

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242) Approval for Chinese Bank in India

Bank of China one of four biggest State-run

Chinese lenders has received in Principal

approval from the Reserve Bank of India to open

branches in India

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243) Private Universities in Tamil Nadu

Two bills adopting the establishment of Shiv

Nadar University and Sai University were passed

in the Tamil Nadu assembly

As per the provisions of two bills adopted in the

assembly the two universities will be self-

financing institutions and would be allowed to

establish constituent colleges Currently there

were no private Universities in Tamil nadu

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244) Committee to review companies Act 2013

The ministry of Corporate Affairs has constituted

a 10 member Committee headed by the Injeti

Srinivas (Secretary of Ministry of Corporate

Affairs) for review of the panel provisions in the

companies Act 2013

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245) 2nd National Tourism conclave organised at

Jaipur in Rajasthan

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eilngwwJ

246) Madras Music Academy has selected

Carnatic Vocalist Aruna Sairam for this yearrsquos

Sangita Kalanithi award

Mridangam artist Thanjavur R Ramadas and

Vocalist K Omanakutty will receive the Kala

Acharya award

Veena and Nagaswaram players and teachers

Kalyani Ganesan and S R G Rajanna have been

chosen for the TTK awards

Prameela Gurumurthy has been selected for

musicologist award Veteran Danseuse Shanta

Dhananjayan will get Nrithya Kalanithi Award

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nkluh] kpa+rpf mflhkpapd rqfPj fyhepjp

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247) Kamaraj birthday July 15 is celebrated as

Educational Development Dayrsquo by Tamil Nadu

government

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248) India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror drill

Anti terror drill organised by the Shanghai

Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is scheduled

From August 20-29 at Chelyabinsk City in Russia

India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror SCO drill

along with other member countries Russia

China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Tajikistan and

Uzbekistan

It will be for the first time since Independence

that India and Pakistan will both be a part of

military exercise

Around 200 Army and Air force personal from

India will be participating in the drill called

ldquoPeace Mission 2018rdquo

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$lLg gapwrrpfF NjuenjLffgglLssdh

249) France wins 21st FIFA world cup Football

title

France has won 21st FIFA world cup football by

defeating Croatia by 4-2 goals in the final match

held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow Russia

on 1572018

It was Francersquos Second world cup crown after it

had own it in 1998 It was Croatiarsquos first world

Cup final appearance Croatia became the lowest

ranked team ever to reach a World Cup Final

France and Croatia belong European Continent

Top 4 teams in 21st FIFA world cup are (i) France

(ii) Croatia (iii) Belgium (iv) England

FIFA Awards for the 2018 world cup

(i) Best player ndash Golden Ball Luka Modric

(Croatia)

(ii) Top Goal scorer ndash Golden Boot Harry Kane

(England)

(iii) Best Goal keeper ndash golden Glove Thibaut

Courtois (Belgium)

(iv) Best Young Player Kylian Mbappe (France)

(v) Fairest Team Spain

(vi) man of the Match (final) Antoine

Griezmann (France)

Captain of France Football team is Hugo Lloris

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mzpfs (i) gpuhd] (ii) FNuhpah (iii)

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Yfh Nkhlupr (FNuhpah)

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(gpuhd])

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250) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar

inaugurated Goa IT Day celebrations in Panaji

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251) Assam government has decided to make

Himadas statersquos brand ambassador for sports

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252) Iceland in UN Human Rights Council

Iceland has taken the seat vacated by United

States at the 47 member UN Human Rights

Council

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253) 64-dish Meer KAT radio telescope

South Africa unveiled new 64-dish Meer KAT

radio telescope that could help unlock the

mysteries of the Universe

Meer KAT will be incorporated into complex

square kilometre Array (SKA) instrument SKA

will be fully operational in the late 2020s to be

most powerful radio telescope in the world

The Meer KAT will be the worldrsquos largest radio

telescope of its kind until the Square kilometre

Array (SKA) has been completed

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(Meer KAT) cyfpd kpfgngupa thndhyp

njhiyNehffpahf UfFk

254) ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas

Engine

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ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas Engine

from Mahendragiri of Tirunelveli district Vikas

(Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai)

The Vikas Engine is the work shore liquid rocket

engine used to power the second stage of the

ISROrsquos trusted Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

(PSLV)

It is also used in the second stage and also at

the four strap on stages of Geosynchronous

Launch vehicle (GSLV) and in the twin-engine

core liquid stage (L110) of GSLV Mk-111

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ntwwpfukhf Nrhjpjjdh

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(Vikas) tpfh] d[Pdpd cah ceJk

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rhuhgha)

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MFk

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epiy kwWk GSLV Mk-111- ulil

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255) Global Sugar output Record high

In its latest report the UN body has forecast

world Sugar output to hit a record high at 1876

million tonnes in 2017-18 and Surpass

consumption The anticipated surplus is likely to

the largest in history

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256) Fossil Museum in Ariyalur

The Fossil Museum at Varanavasi near Ariyalur

town is set to open The museum will provide

evidence of the existence of dinosaurs and other

associated reptilians in the Ariyalur region

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257) The madras High court has ruled that there

is no legal obligation on the part of a mother to

disclose the name of the father at the time of

registering her childrsquos birth

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258) Indian farmers fertiliser cooperative limited

(IFFCO) launched a social e-commerce app

called ldquoIFFCO iMandirdquo

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tzpf nrayp xdiw ntspaplgglLssJ

259) 100 public services to be delivered at

doorstep in Delhi

Delhi people will get around 100 public services

including driving licence and caste certificate at

their door step under a proposed scheme of the

Delhi government The scheme was named as

lsquoMobilersquo Sahayaksrsquo

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jplljjpwF lsquonkhigy r`hafrsquo vdg

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260) Trump-Putin Summit

Russiarsquos president Vladimir Putin and Americanrsquos

President Donald Trump met at Helsinki capital

of Finland

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261) New Headquarters building of

Archaeological Survey of India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated

lsquoDharohar Bhawanrsquo ndash the new headquarters

building of the Archaeological Survey of India

(ASI) in New Delhi

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262) Per Capita Revenue Collection

Haryana has topped other States in per capita

Revenue Collection in the first Financial year of

the GST regime per Capita revenue collection of

Haryana is Rs 187697month

2nd Position is Uttarakhand 3rd position is

Maharashtra

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263) Digital Health Campaign for Think For

Health

The Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of

India ( (OPPI) launched its digital campaign

Think for Health at its annual summit in New

Delhi

The initiative Think For Health was launched in

Partnership with the Government of Telangana

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(OPPI) Think for Health vdw b[plly

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toqfgglLssJ

264) Government reappoints Anil D

Sahasrabudhe

Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)

has approved renewal of appointment of Prof

Anil D Sahabsrabudhe as the Chairman of the All

India council for Technical Education (AICTE)

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265) 12 new moons discovered around Jupiter

Scientists had discovered 12 new moons around

Jupiter The discoveries bring the number of

Jupiterrsquos known moon to 79 the most around a

single planet in our Solar system

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cssJ

266) Nelson Mandela International Day July 18

2018 marks the Centenary of the birth of Nelson

Mandela

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267) Rajpurrsquos Swami Vivekananda Airport has

been ranked first in Customer Satisfaction

among 49 airports in the country

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268) LIGO-India Laboratory in Maharashtra

The Government of India (GOI) has given lsquoIn-

Principlersquo approval for construction and operation

of LIGO-India (Laser Interferometer

Gravitational wave observatory in India)

Laboratory in hingoli District of Maharashtra

The LIGO-India Observatory is Scheduled to be

operational in 2024 in Collaboration with the

LIGO Laboratory in United States

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khtlljjpygt LIGO- ejpah (Laser

Interferometer Gravitational wave observatory)

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269) Cheapest drinking water in the world

Bihar will soon provide the cheapest drinking

water in the world The first of such a water

project named lsquoSulabh Jalrsquo was launched in

Biharrsquos Darbhanga district

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270) Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)

has organised ldquo Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyanrdquo

campaign in five main stem Ganga basin

States-Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh Bihar

Jharkhand and west Bengal It has been

observed as lsquoShubharambh Saptahrsquo

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271) ldquoPitch Blackrdquo war exercise

The Indian Air force (IAF) is participating in the

Multinational ldquoPitch Blackrdquo warfare exercise

hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force in

Australia

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272) BSE building gets trademark

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has secured a

ldquotrademarkrdquo for its iconic building Phizoze

Jeejeebhoy Towers located in Mumbai

Subsequently the usage of the BSE buildingrsquos

picture will required consent from BSE

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273) Central Government announces amnesty

for prisoners to mark Mahatma Gandhirsquos 150th

birth anniversary

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274) New 100 Rs Note

New lavender-coloured Rs100 currency notes

will soon be issued by the Reserve Bank of India

The new note will feature the motif of the lsquoRani

Ki Vavrsquo Stepwell in Gujarat as well as the

Swachh Bharat logo and Slogan

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275) The book ldquoThe House of Islam A global

Historyrdquo has been authored by Islamic radical Ed

Hussain

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276) Athletics World Cup

The USA won the first Athletics World Cup held

in London England Poland and Great Britain

took 2nd and 3rd spot respectively

The Athletics world cup is a team-based

international athletics competition inaugurated in

2018 The inaugural edition had eight national

teams based on world rankings

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277) lsquoAabhaar Aapki Sewa karsquo

The Chhattisgarh government has launched an

online portal and mobile app lsquoAabhaar-Aapki

Seva Karsquo (Gratitude-for your service) to provide

transparency in the pension facility

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278) President has given assent to Assam witch

Hunting (Prohibition Prevention and Protection)

Bill 2015 passed by state Assembly

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279) 2018 NABARD Award

Repco Micro Finance Ltd a non-banking Finance

Company promoted by Repco bank has won the

2018 NABARD award for its service to self-Help

Group (SHG) linkage in Tamil Nadu for the fiscal

year 2017-18

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280) ASI to upgrade Seven monuments in

TamilNadu

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has

planned to upgrade infrastructural and tourist

friendly facilities at seven sites which are

approved under Adarsh Smarak Scheme for

conservation of Monuments in Tamil Nadu

The Monuments are Shore temple

Mamallapuram Gingee Fort kailasanathar

temple Kancheepuram Brihadeswarar temple

Thanjavur Sithananavasal Caves vellore fort

Moovar koil Kodumbalur

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(Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)

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281) Myanmar in International Solar Alliance

Myanmar has joined the India-initiated

International Solar Alliance (ISA) and became

the 68th signatory to the framework Agreement

of the ISA It is headquarters at Gwal Pahari

village in Gurugram Haryana

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282) Scottish site selected for Spaceport

UK space agency has selected site at Sutherland

on ArsquoMhoine peninsula on north Coast of

Scotland for its first Spaceport to launch rockets

vertically and put satellites in orbit

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283) Lakshya sen won gold at Asia Badminton

Junior

Lakshya sen from India has clinched historic

menrsquos singles gold at the Asia Badminton Junior

Championship 2018 in Jakarata

With this he became the 3rd Indian shuttler to

win singles gold at the competition after

Gautham Thakkar and PV Sindhu

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284) Afghan player nominated for the IOC

membership

A young Afghan basketball player Samira

Asghari has been nominated for the

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

membership She is among 9 candidates for

membership of the body in a move to boost

womenrsquos rights

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285) Arman Ali was appointed as Executive

Director of National Centre for promotion of

employment for Disable People (NCPEDP)

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286) Worldrsquos Best Cities Report

According to Travel+ Leisurersquos worldrsquos best cities

report the city of Udaipur has ranked 3rd The

top 2 cities are both in Mexico- San Miguel de

Allende and Oaxaca

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p287) Delhi Dialogue (DDX)

The 10th edition of Delhi Dialogue (DDX) was

held in New Delhi and was hosted by Union

External affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj The

theme for this edition was ldquoStrengthening India-

ASEAN maritime Cooperationrdquo

Delhi Dialogue is premier annual event to

discuss Politico- security economic and Socio-

Cultural engagement between India and the

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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288) Central Oil PSUs has signed joint Venture

Pact

In a major initiative to connect all the North-

East States to the National Gas grid the 5

Central oil PSUs -IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL and

NRL have signed a joint venture agreement for

executing the North-East Natural Gas Pipeline

Grid (N-ENGPG) in Guwahati

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289) PATA Gold Award 2018

Sahapediarsquos India Heritage ldquowalk Feterdquo wins

PATA award has been awarded the PATA Gold

Award 2018 for its recently concluded Pon-India

event

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290) Medini Puraskar Yojana

The Environment Ministry re-introduced the

lsquoMedini Puraskar Yojanarsquo a scheme that awards

Indian authors for their original work in Hindi on

environment pollution and climate change

subjects

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291) Student Police Cadet Programme

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has

launched the student police Cadet Programme to

build a bridge between the police and the larger

community though School students by

inculcating values and ethics in them

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292) lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched the

lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo in a bid to make London

the worldrsquos most walkable city

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293) Fugitive Economic offenders Bill 2018

The Parliament passed the Fugitive Economic

Offenders Bill 2018 which will empower

authorities to attach and Confiscate properties

and assets of economic offenders like loan

defaulters and Fraudsters who flee the country

The Cases where the total value involved in such

Scheduled offences is Rs 100 crore or more will

come under its purview

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Fwwthspfis jzbfFk kNrhjhrsquo (Fugitive

Economic offenders Bill 2018)

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294) India-assisted emergency ambulance

Service

Indian prime Minister launched the India-

assisted emergency ambulance Service in

Srilanka through video conferencing from New

Delhi

The inaugural function was scheduled in Jaffna

Srilanka this is the largest Indian project in

Srilanka after Indian housing project

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295) 24-hour helpline for Protection for inter-

caste couples

The Tamil Nadu government has setup a 24-

hour helpline to investigate issues faced by

inter-caste couples and offer them necessary

assistance

A special cell has been formed in all districts and

cities in the State comprising district-level

officers to receive complaints of harassment

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296) India tops skilled visa immigrants list

According to the data released by Australian

Bureau of Statistics for those coming to

Australia on the skilled visa India with 19

people bagged the top rank

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297) Padhe Bharat-Badhe Bharat

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

has announced lsquoPadhe Bharat-Badhe Bharatrsquo an

initiative to promote the reading culture among

students The initiative has launched under

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo

Under this initiative the government will give an

annual library grant to schools

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo is an overarching programme

for school educating extending from primary to

class 12 which was introduced in the Union

Budget 2018-19

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298) Miss Asia (Deaf) 2018

Deshna Jain who is from Madhya Pradesh has

been crowned the 2018 Miss Asia (Deaf) title

and also she was the 3rd in the 2018 Miss

international (Deaf)

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299) South East Asiarsquos first Centre for Climate

Change

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (NABARD) has launched the South

East Asiarsquos First-ever centre for Climate change

in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

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300) System of Air Quality and weather

Forecasting

Dr Harsh Vardhan the Union Environment

Minister has launched a advanced State-of-the-

art Air Quality and weather forecast System

called SAFAR (System of Air Quality and

Weather Forecasting) in Delhi

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301) Odisha police has launched a drive to bust

an international syndicate that peddles

lsquoendangeredrsquo pangolin

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302) According to Public Affairs Index (PAI) for

2018 Kerala stands as the best-governed State

in the country followed by Tamil Nadu

Telangana

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303) Typhoon Ampil has recently hit Chinese

Financial hub Shunghai and disrupted transport

and shipping

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304) lsquoe -Pragati Core initiativersquo

The Andhra Pradesh government has launched

lsquoe-Pragati core initiativersquo to provide integrated

Service to citizens It will act as a platform to

connect all departments and Stand alone to

resolve the issue

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305) Tribal Atlas of Odisha

Odisha government has unveiled First-ever

Tribal Atlas of Odisharsquo a compilation of

demographic and Cultural information of the

tribal population in the State It is first of its kind

Compilation in the country

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306) Justice Tahira Safdar has been named as

the new Chief justice of the Balochistan High

court with this She will become the first-ever

female high court chief Justice in Pakistan

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307) The NASA has launched lsquoRemote sensing

Toolkitrsquo to promote commercial use of satellite

data

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308) Rajiv Gauba Committee

The Union Government has constituted a high

level committee to suggest laws against mob

lynching and Violence The committee is headed

by the Rajiv Gauba

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309) MicroDot Technology

The Indian government has announced the

launch of a new MicroDot Technology that would

help check on vehicle theft

Under this thousands of small dots laser etched

will be sprayed with a vehicle identification

number on all over the vehiclersquos body including

its engine

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310) The book ldquoThe Dhoni Touch Unravelling

the Enigma That is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquo has

been authored by Bharat Sundaresan

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311) Chennia is going to host the world Junior

Squash Championship 2018

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312) First person to Ski down the K2

Polandrsquos Andrzej Bargiel became the First person

to Ski down the worldrsquos 2nd highest mountain K2

peak

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313) Alize cornet of France won the Swiss open

Tennis title

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314) State Bank of India organized a nation

wide Kisan Mela as an outreach programme for

farmers and to impart Financial literacy

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315) ldquoWarlightrdquo in the Man Booker Prize list

Srilankan born Canadian author Michael

Ondaatje has again made the Man Booker Prize

list with his latest novel lsquoWarlightrdquo Recently his

work was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize

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316) Sitamarhi became the first open defecation

free district in Bihar

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57) Shale in Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules

1959

Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has

amended Petroleum and natural Gas Rules 1959

to include Shale in the definition of Petroleum

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1959

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318) Prime Ministers tour of three-nations in

Africa

PM Narendra Modi is on a three nation tour to

the African countries including Rwanda Uganda

amp South Africa

Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime

minister to visit Rwanda he gifted 200 cows as

part of Rwanda governmentrsquos Girinka

programme India decided to gift a cancer

therapy machine to the Uganda

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319) The Ministry of women and child

Development has launched a contest ldquoChildline

1098rdquo to spread awareness on human trafficking

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320) 10th edition of BRICS Summit in

Johannesburg

South Africa is hosting the 10th edition of BRICS

summit 2018 in Johannesburg with theme

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution

The member nations are Brazil Russia India

China amp South Africa

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321) The 3rd edition of Kabira festival 2018 will

be held in Varanasi to celebrate the spirit of 15th

century mystic poet Kabir

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322) World Bankrsquos internal award to ICZM

Indiarsquos Integrated Coastal Zone Management

(ICZM) project has won the World Bankrsquos

internal award for exceptional performance in

achieving many development goals

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13) Mobile app to trace missing kids

Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu

launched a mobile application lsquoReunitersquo to trace

missing Children in India

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14) ICICI Bank appoints Girish Chandra

Chaturvedi as non-executive part-time Chairman

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15) Lok Sabha MPs can ask maximum 5

questions per day from next session

The bulletin signed by Lok Sabha Secretary

General Snehiata Srivastava said as per the new

amendment the maximum number of question

notices to be given by each MP per day has been

brought down to 5 from 10

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16) The introduction of the Goods and Services

Tax (GST) completes one year in July 1 The

GST was launched on July 1 last year The Union

Finance Ministry announced to observe July

12018 as the lsquoGST Dayrsquo

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17) National Doctorrsquos Day on July 1

National Doctorrsquos Day is celebrated on July 1 all

across India to honour the Legendary Physician

and the Second Chief Minister of West Bengal

DrBiradhan Chandra Roy

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18) Indian-American appointed CEO of

Democratic Partyrsquos National Committee

The Democratic National Committee the

decision-Making body of the Democratic party in

the US has tapped Indian American Seema

Nanda to serve as its new CEO making her the

First from the community to be named am

operational head of a key American political

party

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19) The first meeting of the Cauvery water

Management Authority (CWMA) was held in New

Delhi

The First meeting of the Cauvery water

Management Authority (CWMA) meeting held in

New Delhi on July2 in the chairmanship of

Masood Hussain

The CWMA ordered Karnataka to release 3124

tmc of water to TamilNadu for the month of July

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20) Delhi government introduced lsquohappiness

curriculumrsquo in its school

Delhi government introduced lsquohappiness

Curriculumrsquo in its school

The lsquohappiness Curriculumrsquo is meant for

students from nursery to class 8 and does not

required textbooks will involve 45 minutes of

activity daily with emphasis on mediation value-

based education story-telling with Focus on

values and reflective questions

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21) lsquoMukhyamantri Kanya Utthan Yojanarsquo

Bihar government will now provide Rs 10000 to

the unmarried girls who have cleared the class

12 exams

The money prize will be given as a part of Bihar

governmentrsquos Scheme lsquoMukhyamantri Kanya

Utthan Yojanarsquo

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22) More than 19500 mother tongues in India

More than 19500 languages are spoken in India

as mother tongues according to the latest

analysis of a census data There are 121

languages which are spoken by 10000 or more

people in India which has a population of 121

crore

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23) Leftist populist Andres Manuel elected as a

president of Mexico in the election

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25) Dravid Ponting Taylor inducted in ICC Hall

of Fame

Former India cricket team Captain Rahul Dravid

and Australian legend Ricky ponting have been

inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame for

their Stupendous Achievements in international

Cricket

Retired England woman wicket keeper- batter

Claire Taylor was also named in the lsquoHall of

Famersquo

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26) More than 1500 Indians who have been

Stranded in Nepalrsquos mountainous region due to

heavy rain while returning from the Kailash

Mansarovar pilgrimage of Tibet

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27) Malaysiarsquos Former Prime Minister Najib

Razak is charged in Corruption Inquiry

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28) A boys soccer team trapped in a flooded

Thai cave has been found alive

Twelve members of a boys soccer team in

Thailand and their Coach have been found alive

10 days after being trapped in a Thailand Cave

Tham Luang Cave is situated at Mae Sai town in

Chiang Rai province of Thailand The 12 boys

aged 11 to 16 and their Coach entered Than

Luang Cave when heavy rains flooded key

passages of the cave and blocked the way out

Rescue of boys trapped in Thai cave could take

months military warns

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29) Vedanta Resources to delist from London

Stock Exchange Vedanta was the first Indian

Company to be listed in the London Stock

Exchange

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30) Australian Captain Aaron Finch powered his

way to 172 a new world record high score in

Twenty 20 internationals

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31) Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and

Manoj Sinha released the commemorative stamp

on legendary Carnatic vocalist ML

Vsanthakumari

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32) Cabinet hikes minimum support price for

paddy by Rs200 per quintal

The Union Cabinet cleared a hike of Rs200 in

the Minimum Support price of Paddy The centre

raised the minimum support price of the

common variety of paddy from the current

Rs1550 per quintal to Rs 1750 per quintal

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33) Supreme Court Says Delhi lieutenant

governor canrsquot act independently

The Supreme Court ruled that the Delhirsquos

lieutenant governor cannot act independently

canrsquot obstruct the governmentrsquos policy decisions

and is band by the State governmentrsquos aid and

advice

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34) Tyre Production plant in Sriperumbudur

Ceat a tyre producing Company signed a

memorandum of agreement with the Tamilnadu

government to invest 4000 crore in a green

field plant at Madhuramangalam in

Sriperumbudur of Kancheepuram district The

Mou was signed in the presence of Chief Minister

Edappadi KPalaniSwami

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35) Karnataka budget announces 34000 crore

farm loan waiver

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36) Delhi Metro Train Smart Card can also be

used in buses Delhi government announced

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37) DrAmbedkar government law college in

Chennai has been shifted

Dr Ambedkar government law college in

Chennai has been shifted to two premises-

Pudupakkam in Kancheepuram district and

Pattaraiperumpudur in Tiruvallur district Tamil

Nadu chief Minister E Palanisamy inaugurated

the new buildings of the shifted colleges

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38) ISRO conducted lsquoPad abortrsquo test

lsquoPad abortrsquo test critical for a future human Space

mission was conducted successfully by the

Indian Space Research Organisation at the

Sathish Dhawan Space centre Sriharikota

The Pad Abort Test demonstrated the safe

recovery of the crew module in case of any

exigency at the launch pad

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39) The Cauvery water Regulation Committee

which held its first meeting on 5718

The Cauvery water Regulation Committee

(CWRC) which is chaired by Central water

commission Chief Engineer Navin Kumar was

held its first meeting on 5718 in Delhi

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40) Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay

visited India as the nations celebrate 50 years of

diplomatic relations

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41) June 30- International Day of

Parliamentarism

The International Day of Parliamentarism is

observed every year on June 30

The International Day of Parliamentarism was

proclaimed by United Nations General Assembly

by adopting resolution in May 2018 to recognise

role of Parliaments in national plans and

Strategies

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42) Anjolie Ela Menon awarded Kalidas Samman

Madhya Pradesh Government has conferred

prestigious National Kalidas Sammanrsquo on noted

artist lsquoAnjolie Ela Menonrsquo for her contribution to

visual arts

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43) Mumbairsquos Victorian Gothic and Art Deco

Buildings declared World Heritage Site by

UNESCO

Two building Cluster of Victorian Gothic and Art

Deco architectural Styles in Mumbai

Maharashtra were jointly inscribed in UNESCO

World Heritage list The decision was taken

during Session of UNESCO in Manama Bahrain

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44) Kerala Government declares Kozhikode and

Malappuram districts free from Nipah virus

Kerala government has declared Kozhikode and

Malappuram districts free from Nipah virus

infection It was first identified in 1998 in

Malaysia It gets its name from Sungai Nipah a

Malaysian village where pig farmers became ill

with encephalitis Fruit bats of pteropus family

are natural host of the virus

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45) Government Forms panel to upgrade norms

for state district level economic data collection

The Union Government has constituted 13-

member committee headed by Ravindra H

Dholakia for sub-National Accounts to upgrade

the norms for computation of economic data at

States and districts level in backdrop of plans to

revise the base year for National Accounts or

Gross Domestic Production (GDP) calculation

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mikjJssJ

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46) Antonio Vitorino elected as new

International Organization for Migration Director

General

Portugalrsquos Antonio Vitorino elected as the

International Organization for Migration (IOM) rsquos

next Director General IOMrsquos Current Director

General William Lacy Swing

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47) Odisha signs MOU with RIMES

Odisha government signed an MOU with the a

UN Registered International and Inter-

governmental institution lsquoRegional Integrated

Multi-Hazard Early warning System (RIMES) for

enhancing early warning system for effective

management of disasters in the state

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48) S Ramesh appointed Chairman of CBIC

S Ramesh has been appointed as Chairman of

the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

(CBIC) the apex policy-making body of indirect

taxes He succeeded Vanaja N Sarna

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49) India clinched kabaddi Masters Title by

defeating Iran

Indian Clinched kabaddi Masters Title by

defeating Iran in Dubai under the captaincy of

Ajay Thakur

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50) A conference of Ministers for power New amp

Renewable Energy of States amp Union Territories

held at Shimla Himachal Pradesh

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51) Crime writer Hussain Zaidi pays tribute to

the men in uniform in his new noval lsquoEleventh

Hourrsquo

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IPS officer Sundari Nanda becomes the first

woman DGP of the Union Territory Puducherry

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52) NITI Aayog has partnered with GNFC Ltd to

implement fertiliser subsidy disbursement

NITI Aayog and Gujarat Narmada Valley

Fertilizers and Chemical Limited (GNFC) have

signed a statement of Intent (SOI) to implement

subsidy disbursement through Blockchain

Technology Both will work on implementing an

application for using the technology in subsidy

disbursements

With the implementation of Blockchain

Technology it is expected that the distribution

will be become effective and efficient

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உஙகளுககோன மோனி ஙகள வழஙகுவது குறிதது

ஒரு ஒபபநேததே தமறககோணடுளளது

இநே மோனி கேோதக ோனது அடுககுசஙகிலி

(Block chain) எனற கேோழிலநுடபம

மூலமவழஙகபடபடும எனறு இரணடிறகும

இதடத ஒபபநேம தமறககோளளபபடடது 53) Tejas Indigenous Fighter aircraft

commences operations from Sulur Air Force

Station

Indigenous Fighter aircraft Tejas has formally

commenced operation from Sulur Air Force

station at Coimbatore (Kovai) in TamilNadu

Southern Air Command based at

Thiruvananthapuram Kerala

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54) Jharkhand to set up Countryrsquos first Khadi

mall

Indiarsquos First lsquoKhadi Mallrsquo will soon be set up by

the Jharkhand government to [hhffzby

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boost market for Khadi and khadi made products

55) Record number ofrdquo estuarine crocodilerdquo

nesting sites found in Bhitarkanika

The Bhitarkanika national park in Odisha has

become the largest habitat of the endangered

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estuarine crocodiles in the country with a record

number of their nesting site spotted in it

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56) The united Nations Educational Scientific

and Cultural organization (UNESCO) has

inscribed colombiarsquos Chiribiovuete National park

on its list of world heritage sites

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(UNESCO) 57) Australia defeat India to win Menrsquos

Rabobank Hockey Champions Trophy 2018

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58) Election Commission launches lsquoCVigilrsquo app to

report model code violations

The Election Commission of India has launched

lsquoCVigilrsquo mobile application for citizens to

reportany violation of the Model Code of conduct

(MCC) during elections lsquocVigilrsquo or lsquoCitizen vigilrsquo

app will allow anyone in election-bound state to

report violations of MCC

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59) Major General Jose Elaclio Alcain of Uruguay

will be Head UN Military Observer Group in

India Pakistan

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60) Bengaluru to get Indiarsquos first e-waste plant

Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers

Ananth Kumar announced that the countryrsquos first

e-waste recycling unit will come up in Bengaluru

The Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and

Technology (CIPET) a research institute that

comes under the ministry will set up the e-

waste recycling unit

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61) e-marketing system launched by KVIC

A single-umbrella e-marketing system named

Khadi Institution Management and information

technology launched by the Khadi and village

Industries Commission (KVIC) in New Delhi The

system can be accessed from anywhere in the

country for sale and purchase of Khadi and

village industries products

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62) The proposal of renaming Agartala Airport in

Tripura as lsquoMaharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Kishore

Airportrsquo was approved by the union Cabinet

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63) lsquoBehdienkhalamrsquo one of the famous festival

was celebrated in the Jaintia Hills Meghalaya It

is celebrated among the Pnars Tribals

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64) Madhya Pradesh government approved the

lsquoBijli Bill Mafi Yojanarsquo and lsquoMukhyamantri Jan

Kalyanrsquo or lsquoSambalrsquo Yojana

The Madhya Pradesh government approved the

Bijli Bill Mafi Yojana (Power Bill waiver Scheme)

Under the power bill waiver scheme pending

does of registered labourers of the unorganised

sector and poor families would be waived

completely

The government also approved Mukhyamantri

Jan Kalyan or Sambal Yojana According to this

scheme labourers falling under the unorganised

sector in the state will get power at Rs200 per

month

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65) VD Dogra becomes first serving Indian Army

Officer to complete Ironman competition

Major General VD Dogra (Vikram Dogra) became

the First serving Indian Army officer and the

only General across the world to have completed

a gruelling lsquoIromanrsquo competition held in Austria

The lsquoIronmanrsquo is an international triathlon The

competitors have to complete the events in

sequence within 17 hours to earn the title of

lsquoIronmanrsquo

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(tpbNlhfuh) Mthu

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66) The Sunil Mehta Committee which was

formed with a view to tackle Non-performing

Assets (NPAs) and creating credit capacity

submitted its report with recommendations to

Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal

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thuhffldfis (Non-Performing Assets)

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67) Nagpur the second Capital of Maharashtra

has hosted the Monsoon Session of the State

legislature after a gap of 47 years

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68) India to host IUFoST 2018

India will host the 19th edition of IUFoST world

Food Science and Technology Congress 2018 in

Navi Mumbai from October 23-27-2018 The

IUFoST stands for lsquoInternational Union of Food

Science and Technologyrsquo

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69) 4 Species added to recovery programme by

wildlife Board

The Standing Committee of National Board for

Wildlife (NBWL) has recently added four species

into Centrersquos Recovery Programme for critically

Endangered Species

They are Northern River Terrapin Clouded

Leopard Arabian Sea Humpback Whale and Red

Panda

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Njrpa td capufSffhd kdwk (NBWL)

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Terrapin) gilr rpWjij (Clouded Leopard)

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(Red Panda) itNa mej 4 dqfs

70) World Food Prize 2018

The World Food Prize 2018 was awarder to

Lawrence Haddad and DrDavid Nabarro for their

individual but complementary global leadership

in elevating maternal and child undernutrition

with food security

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71) AIIBrsquos Third annual meeting held in Mumbai

The third annual Meeting of the Asian

Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was held

in Mumbai

The first AIIB Board of Governors meeting was

held in Beijing in 2016 followed by Jeju South

Korea in 2017

Fourth Annual Meeting will be held in Luxemberg

in July 2019

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72) Madhya Pradesh awarded for reducing

maternal mortality

Madhya Pradesh was awarded by Union Ministry

of Healthy and Family welfare for reducing

maternal mortality under Prime Ministerrsquos safe

Motherhood Campaign (Pradhan Mantri

Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan-PMSMA)

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73) lsquoPaani Bachao Paise Kamaorsquo scheme by

Punjab

The Punjab government has launched a new

scheme lsquoPaani Bacho-o Paise Kamaorsquo to check

depletion of underground water Under this

scheme farmers will get the monetary benefit

for less use of tube well

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74) First Delta Ranking of Aspirational District

Under lsquo Transformation of Aspirational Districtsrsquo

Programme NITI Aayog has released first Delta

ranking for 108 aspirational districts to measure

their incremental progress across five

developmental areas during 2-month period of

April and May 2018

Dahod district in Gujarath ranked 1st west

Sikkim district in Sikkim ranked 2nd

Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu ranked

3rd Vijanagaram in Andhra Pradesh ranked 4th

and YSR Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh

ranked 5th

lsquoTransformation of Aspirational District

Programme was launched by the Prime Minister

in January 2018 This programme aims to

quickly and effective transform some of the most

underdeveloped districts of the country

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75) 9th Heads of Mission Conference

The 9th Heads of Mission Conference was held in

New Delhi It was inaugurated by External

Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj

The theme of annual Conference was

lsquoUnprecedented Outreach Unparalleled

Outcomes

It Saw Participation of all Indian Ambassadors

and high Commissioners

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76) Four zones become unmanned Level

crossings Free

Indian Railways has eliminated all unmanned

level crossings (UMLC) from its four Zones They

are West Central Railway Central Railway

Eastern Railway and South East Central Railway

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77) The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) for the first

time has rolled out three phase energy efficient

eight Car Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU)

train set built with Stainless Steel bodies in

Chennai TamilNadu

MEMU is suburban train system that caters to

needs of medium distance inter-city passengers

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78) The French government has introduced a

plan national service for all 16-year olds

Voluntary teaching and working with Charities

are among the options being looked at

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Nrit nraypy ltLglyhk

79) Abhilash Tomy in Golden Globe Race

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Naval Officer Commander Abhilash Tomy of

Indian Navy has participated in historic Golden

Globe Race (GRR) which commenced from Les

Sables d lsquoOlonne harbour in western France

He will be representing India in indigenously

built sailing vessel Thuriya a replica of 1950s

sailing vessel Suhaili

Tomy one of Indiarsquos prominent Sailors and a

recipient of the Kirti Chakra is the only

participant from Asia

The uniqueness of the race is that boat designs

and technology newer than 1968 are not

permitted

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80) The union government has constituted a

ministerial panel headed by the Central Finance

Minister to decide about Fund allocation for

infrastructure projects from the Central Road

and Infra structure fund (CRIF) announced in

the budget

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81) India to provide tariff concessions to APTA

members

India has agreed to provide tariff concessions on

3142 products to Asia Pacific Trade Agreement

(APTA) members

APTA is an initiative under united Nations

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and

Pacific (UN ESCAP) for trade expansion through

exchange of tariff concessions among developing

country members of Asia pacific region

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ESCAP) KawrpNa (APTA) MFk

82) Vishwas Patel has appointed as a Chairman

of Payments Council of India

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83) The worldrsquos First digital art museum has

opened at the MORI building Digital Art Museum

in Tokyo Japan

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84) The worldrsquos First digital art museum has

opened at the MORI Building Digital Art Museum

in Tokyo Japan

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85) Indiarsquos first Global Mobility Summit

Niti Aayog to hold Indiarsquos First Global Mobility

Summitrsquo on September 7-8 in Delhi It will be

inaugurated by Prime Minister

The summit will help drive governmentrsquos goal for

vehicle electrification renewable energy

integration and job growth and also speed Up

Indiarsquos transition to a clean energy economy

lsquoMOVE Global Mobility Summitrsquo will be organised

in Collaboration with Various ministries and

industry partners

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86) Sports Authority of India will now be Sports

India

More than 34 years after coming into existence

the sports Authority of India (SAI) is set to be

renamed as Sports India Union Sports Minister

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore announced after

the Sports bodyrsquos governing body meeting

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87) Home Ministerrsquos Special Operation Medal

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has

approved institution of Home Ministerrsquos special

Operation Medal

It also has instituted three more Medalrsquos -Antarik

Suraksha Medal Asadharan Aaschuchan Padak

and Utkrisht amp Ati- Utkrisht Seva Medal

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88) First Transgender woman to Compete in

Miss Universe

Spanish Model Angela Ponce will be the First

transgender woman to compete in Miss

Universe She won Spainrsquos Miss Universe

Competition she will representing her country at

67th Miss Universe 2018 pagent in Philippines

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89) lsquoPandharichi Warirsquo is the most important

pilgrimage of Maharashtra

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90) An Official Song for the Kerala State

The Kerala government has constituted an

expert panel comprising eminent writerrsquos and

language experts to choose an official song for

the State Rani George the Cultural Department

Secretary would be the Convenor of the panel

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MNyhrfuhf Ugghh

91) Mandatory Dope Test in Punjab

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has

ordered a mandatory dope test of all

government employees including police

personnel

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Also he has ordered drug screening to be

mandatorily done in all cases of recruitment and

promotions

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Kjytu cjjutplLsshu

92) Uttam Dhillon an Indian- American top

white house lawyer has been appointed as the

new acting administrator of the Drug

Enforcement Agency of USA

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nraagglLsshh

93) Icebergs to be towed from Antarctica to

United Arab Emirates for drinking water

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94) Brazil become highest scoring team in FIFA

World cup History

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rhjid

95) Rajasthan government launched lsquoAnnapurna

Doodh Yojnarsquo Scheme The scheme will provide a

glass of milk to School students

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Jj Nah[dhrdquo jplljij njhlqfpaJ

96) Genome valley 20 in Telangana

Telangana Government has signed

memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with

Singapore based engineering amp consulting firm

Surbana Jurong for preparing roadmap for

Genume valley 20

Genome valley is Indiarsquos first organized pharma-

biotech cluster for life science RampD activities and

largest life science destination in Asia

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ifnaOjjplLssJ

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97) The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and

Customs (CBIC) has launched a mobile app lsquoGST

verifyrsquo to protect interest of consumers It is an

android app to verify if the person collecting GST

from the consumer is eligible to collect it or not

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98) Design University for gaming in

Visakhapatnam

The Andhra Pradesh government and the

delegates of United Nations Educational

Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

have recently signed a pact for the

establishment of a Gaming Digital Learning Hub

in the state

As per agreement UNESCO will soon set up the

Design University for gaming in Visakhapatnam

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Mejpu khepy muRkgt [eh fytpgt mwptpay

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99) Maharashtra Government has signed MOU

with Multi Commodity Exchange of India limited

to Launched Cotton Mission to empower Cotton

Farmers in the state

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ifnaOjjhdjpd yk njhlqfggllJ

100) The National Security Guard (NSG) will be

the first central paramilitary force to opt for e-

ticketing instead of the railway warrant A

railway warrant is a voucher issued for train

travel at subsidized rates

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gazrrPlLfF (e-ticket) khWk Kjy kjjpa

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khdpa tpiy gazrrPllhFk

101) The Ministry of Coal has launched the Goal

Mine Surveillance and Management System

(CMSMS) and lsquoKhan Praharirsquo mobile application

in New Delhi

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Nkyhzik mikgG (CMSMS) kwWk Khan

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102) India will operate the Mattala Rajapaksa

International Airport as a Srilanka-India joint

Venture at Hambantota in Srilanka

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Kawrpahf affTssd

103) lsquoPoshan Abhiyanrsquo and lsquoPurnarsquo project to

eradicate malnutrition

The Gujarat government launched a statewide

mission lsquoPoshan Abhiyanrsquo to eradicate

malnutrition among children by providing them

nutritious food through Anganwadi centers

The State government has also launched lsquoPurnarsquo

project to eliminate malnutrition among

Adolescent girls

The Nation wide National Nutrition mission

(Poshan Abiyan) was launched by

Prime Minister in Rajasthan

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gpujkuhy njhlqfggllJ

104) The Uttarakhand High Court has recently

declared the ldquoentire animal kingdom including

avian and aquaticrdquo as legal entities with a

distinct personal and corresponding rights

duties and liabilities of a living person

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105) Milan Shankar Tare a Fisherman from

Maharashtrarsquos Palghar district has been selected

for this yearrsquos National Maritime Search and

Rescue Award

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Nrhej kPdtu rqfu jhNu tthzLffhd

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106) Rajasthan government clarifies on

reservation

The Rajasthan government has clarified that five

castes Gujjars Baldia Rebari Gadalia and

Gadaria Under the most backward Classes

(MBC) are also entitled into the 21 Quota

under the OBC category for admission to

educational institution and recruitment in

government jobs in the state

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107) The Uttar Pradesh government launched

lsquoCommercial Tax at your door stepsrsquo on the

occasion of GST day celebration

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108) The department of Empowerment of

Persons with disabilities under the ministry of

social Justice and Empowerment organized a

ldquoNational Workshop on Skill Development for

persons with Disabilitiesrdquo in New Delhi

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Nkkghlbwfhd Njrpa gapwrpgglliwrsquo GJ

jpyypapy eljjggllJ

109) Mahi Talat Siddiqui a Muslim woman from

Kanpur has translated the text of Ramayana into

Urdu

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rpjjpf uhkhazjij cUJ nkhopapy

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110) The Chhattisgarh government will set up a

tribal museum in the Statersquos upcoming new

capital Naya Raipur

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mikffggl cssJ

111) CIMON the 1st Robot with Artificial

Intelligence to fly in Space

CIMON or Crew Interactive Mobile Companion

become the first artificial intelligence robot

companion in Space It is an English Speaking

robot

It was launched by Space x Falcon 9 rocked to

International Space station

It was launched from Florida The CIMON robot

from the German space Agency is meant to

Assist German Astronaut Alexander Gerst in

international Space station

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EzzwpT nfhzl NuhNghlCIMON

CIMON (Crew Interactive Mobile Companion)

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EzzwpT nfhzl NuhNghl MFk ]Ngh]

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GNshhplhtpypUeJ mDgggllJ

112) The 17th World Tamil Internet Conference

held in Coimbatore under the theme

lsquoIntellectual Tamil Search Enginesrdquo

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113) With 226 Lakh Crore Rupees Collection of

GST Tax Tamilnadu in 4th place

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4-tJ ljjpy jkpofk UffpwJ

114) NTA to hold NEET JEE twice a year from

2019

Human Resource Development Minister Prakash

Javadekar announced that JEEE Mains and NEET

the two national level engineering and medical

entrance examinations will be held twice a year

from 2019 by a newly formed National Testing

Agency (NTA)

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kwWk ePl (NEET) Njhit eljJk

nghwpapay fyYhapy Nrhtjwfhd [P

NjhTkgt kUjJtf fytp gapytjwfhd ePl

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2019 Kjy tKiw gpdgwwggLk Njrpa

Nrhjid NjhT Kfik ej NjhTfis

eljJk

115) Sri Lanka Movie lsquoThe Frozen firersquo

For the first time in the history of Srilankan film

industry a movie from the Srilanka ldquoThe Frozen

firerdquo directed by Anuruddha Jaya Sing he will

enter in mainstream lsquobest picturersquo category of

Oscars 2019

The film Outlines the Wijeweerarsquos life the

founding leader of the JVP (or) Peoplersquos

Liberation Front

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lsquojp GNuh]d gahrsquo vdw rpqfsj jpiugglk

rpwej jpiuggljJffhd gpuptpy 2019

M]fh tpUJfF gupeJiuffgglLssJ

rpwej jpiuggljJffhf yqif jpiugglk

xdW M]fUfF gupeJiu nraaggLtJ

JNt KjyKiw afFeh mDUjj

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kffs tpLjiy Kddzpia (N[tpgp)

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ikakhf itjJ gglk affgglLssJ

116) International Day of Cooperatives-July 7

International Day of Co-operative was observed

on 7thJuly The theme for 2018 is ldquoSubtainable

Societies through Cooperationrdquo

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rutNjr $lLwT mikgGfs jpdk [Piy 7

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rfjjpidg ngWjy

117) Koala bear genome decoded

Koala bear genome decoded successfully Koala

native to Australia is classified as Vulnerable by

the International union for Conservation of

Nature (IUCN)

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fzLgpbgG

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capudqfsrsquo glbaypy tifggLjjpAssJ

118) ldquoOne person one Carrdquo policy by west

Bengal

West Bengal set a ldquoOne person One carrdquo policy

for ministers and bureaucrats and mandated

economy class for all domestiv air travel in a bid

to cut Costs incurred by the State government

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mikrrhfsgt muR cah mjpfhhpfspd

NghfFtujJ nryit Fiwff VJthf

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119) The Cheetah 3 robot developed by

engineers at the America MIT Which is blind

robot

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120) Indiarsquos First Taxi ambulance

Indiarsquos First Taxi ambulance service was flagged

off by Union Minister for Road Transport and

Highways Nithin Gadkari in NewDelhi

A Start-up named Wagon Cab has launched this

service with drivers who are trained medically

keeping in mind the increasing number of

accidents

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121) Hindu Women to contest the Provincial

Assembly election in Pakistan

Sunita Parmar a Hindu woman in Sindh

province has created history by becoming the

first from the minority community to contest the

provincial assembly election in Pakistan

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122) Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the 3rd

Indian Cricketer to reach the coveted milestone

of playing 500 international matches

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123) Justice Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair

Radhakrishnan has been Sworn in as new Chief

Justice of the Hyderbad High court For the state

of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in Hyderbad

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124) 17th World Sanskrit Conference held in

Vancouver Canada

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125) Dipa Karmakar won gold medal

Dipa Karmakar Clinched the gold medal in the

vault event of FIG Artistic Gymnastic World

Challenge Cup at Mersin Turkey

She is First Indian to win gold in Gymnastic

World Challenge Cup

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126) Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel has been

appointed the new Chairperson of the National

Green Tribunal (NGT)

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127) Researches have created the worldrsquos first

Rhino Embryos in a test tube

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128) The Union Ministry of Environment Forests

and Climate Change declared the 438sqkm of

area around Mudumalai Tiger Reserve as an Eco-

Sensitive Zone

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129) The Civil Aviation Research Organisation

(CARO) will be set up by AAI

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will set up

a state-of- the -art Civil Aviation Research

organisation (CARO) at Begumpet Airport

Hyderabad

It is to find indigenous solutions to meet the

challenges posed by the growing air traffic and

for enhancing safety Capacity and efficiency of

aircraft operations in the country

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130) International Round Table Conference on

ldquoData for New Indiardquo

The International Round Table Conference on

ldquoData for New Indiardquo has organised by the

ministry of Statistics and programme

Implementation was held in New Delhi in 9-10th

July 2018 The conference was inaugurated by

DVSadananda Gowda

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131) Sambalpur in East Coast Railway division

becomes first to eliminate All unmanned level

crossings in India

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132) Golden Man Booker International Prize

2018

SriLanka -born Canadian literacy icon Michael

ondaatjersquos lsquoThe English Patientrsquo has won the

special one-off Golden Man booker prize at the

Southbank centre in London

The Prize was instituted as part of Celebrations

to mark the Bookerrsquos having completed 50 years

and the one-off award was voted by the public

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133) Justice L Narasimha Reddy has been

appointed the Chairman of the Central

Administrative Tribunal (CAT)

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134) Railways to introduce Sri Ramayana

Express

Indian Railways is planning to introduce a

unique pilgrim train Sri Ramayana Express on

the Ramayana Circuit to cover the major

destinations related to the Hindu epic

The train may start its operations beginning

November 142018 from New Delhi It will make

its first halt in Ayodhya and the final halt in

Rameshwaram

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135) Indiarsquos 2nd Transgender Lawyer SViji

SViji becomes Indiarsquos 2nd transgender lawyer

She is from Thoothukudi She enrolled herself in

Bar Council of Tamilnadu and Puducherry

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136) TamilNadu government is going to set up a

route to transport wind mill power from

Kayathar in Thoothukudi district to other State

with the estimate of 2600 crore

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137) Tamil Nadu assembly passes Lokayukta Bill

The Tamil Nadu assembly in 972018 passed

the Lokayukta Bill to inquire into charges of

corruption against Chief minister ministerrsquos

MLAs and government officials

Personnel and administrative reforms minister

DJayakumar introduced the Bill in the assembly

Maharashtra was the first state to introduce the

institution of Lokayukta

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138) lsquoCompulsory Retirementrsquo to up Employees

Uttar Pradesh government is planning to give a

ldquoCompulsory retirementrdquo to employees aged 50

years and above if they are found neglecting

their duties

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139) Provide Free treatment to poor in Delhi

Private hospital Supreme court

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Supreme Court said that all private hospitals in

the Delhi which were given land on

Concessional rate must provide free treatment

to certain percentage of poor patient

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140) Kasturirangan Committee tasked with

drafting a new education policy has got third

extension from the HRD Ministry

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141) Special Lifetime Achievement Award to

THVinayakram

The music academy announced a special lifetime

Achievement award to be conferred on ghatam

maestro TH Vinayakram foundly known as

lsquoVikkursquo Vinayakram

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142) The book ldquoWinning like Souravrdquo Think amp

Succeed like Gangulyrdquo has been authored by

Abhirup Bhattacharya

ldquoWinning like Souravrdquo Think amp Succeed like

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vOjpAsshh

143) Indiarsquos First biofortified Sorghum (Jowar)

namedrsquoParbhani Shaktirsquo containing higher iron

and zinc than regular Surghum was formally

launched

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144) 6th World Cities Summit 2018

The Sixth World Cities Summit was held in

Singapore Its theme was ldquoLiveable amp

Substaniable Cities Embracing the future

through Innovation and Collaborationrdquo

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ldquoLiveable amp Substaniable Cities Embracing the

future through Innovation and Collaborationrdquo

145) 67th Meeting of North Eastern Council

The 67th meeting of North Eastern Council was

held in Shillong Meghalaya It was Chaired by

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh

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146) BSNL Unveils internet telephony service

wings

State-Owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar

Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced the soft

launch of its first telephony service wings in

India to be rolled out from August 2018

Through wings the customer can make or

receive calls by using internet service of any

operator

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147) Oldest Indian Woman to complete an

Ironman Triathlon

Anju Khosla (52) has become the oldest Indian

woman to complete an Ironman Triathlon which

is one of the toughest one-day sporting events

It comprises swimming bicycle ride and

Marathon run6

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148) Second Indian to Climb worldrsquos highest

Volcano

Satyarup Siddhanta has become Second Indian

mountaineer after Malli Mastan Babu to Climb Mt

Ojos del Salado (6893m) the highest volcano in

the world on Argentina- Chile border

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ngwWsshu

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gFjpapy cssJ 149) Government announced the names of six

ldquoinstitute of eminencerdquo

Central government announced the names of six

ldquoinstitute of eminencerdquo three each from the

public and private sectors

The six institutes are

i) IISc ii) IIT Delhi

iii) IIt Bombay iv) JIO Institute

v) BITS Pilani

(vi) Manipal Academy of Higher Education

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

released its ranking of National institutes for

2018 The top three ranks are

i) Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru

ii) IIT Madras

iii) IIT Bombay

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(iii) IIb Kkig

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150) After two-year Turkey to end state of

emergency The president of Turkey is Recep

Tayyip Erdugan

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151) All twelve members of a boyrsquos football

team and their coach have been rescued in

1072018 after being trapped in a cave in

Thailand for 18 days

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152) Worldrsquos largest Cellphone Factory in Noida

Samsung opens worldrsquos largest phone factory in

Noida The worldrsquos largest mobile Factory was

launched at Noida in Uttarpradesh by Narendra

Modia and South Korean president moon Jae-in

The Unit will have a Capacity of Fabricationg 12

Crore phones a year

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153) The first-ever lsquoIndia Taurism Mart (ITM) rsquo

will be hosted by Ministry of Tourism in New

Delhi from 16th to 18th September 2018

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154) Mobile help centre ldquoSaathirdquo For Amarnath

Yatra Pilgrims

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has

launched a mobile help centre lsquoSaathirsquo to reach

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out to people undertaking the annual pilgrimage

holy cave shrine of Amarnath

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155) ADB approves project of Sun Canal in Bihar

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has

approved project of Sun Canal in Shahabad-

Bhojpur region of Bihar

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156) Gujarart Government grants religious

minority Status of Jews

Gujarat Governement granted religious minority

status to Jews living in the state with this

Gujarat became the third state in India to grant

religious minority Status to Jews after

westBengal and Maharashtra

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157) Dipika Pallikal will represent Asia

Indiarsquos Squash player Dipika Pallikal has been

appointed as Asiarsquos representative in the

prestigious Athlete Advisory commission of the

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGf) The

appointment was mady by the CGF

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158) The Odisha government has partnered with

tata Trust for development of Cancer care

facilities in the State

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159) Scientists discover worldrsquos oldest biological

colour

Scientists have discovered the worldrsquos oldest

colour that is bright pink

The pigments were discovered after researchers

crushed 11 billon year old rock found in a

marine shale deposit beneath the Sahara desert

in Mauritania west Africa

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160) Australian researchers have uncovered the

worldrsquos oldest biological colour

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161) First time in history Rajya Sabha Signs

MOU with a foreign Counterpart

Rajya Sabha has for the first time in 76 years

since it came into being entered into

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a

foreign Counterpart for promoting inter-

Parliamentar dialogue

Venkaiah Naidu has become the first chairman

of Rajya Sabha to sign such an lsquoagreement when

he inked an MOU with the visiting president of

the Senate of Rwanda

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162) Turkey will sell four Corvette warships to

Pakistan which will be the countryrsquos largest

single export deal Turkey signed a

memorandum of understanding to build four

Corvettes for Pakistan Under the MILGEM Project

last year

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163) Team India Opener Rohit Sharma has

become the first Indian Cricketer to Smash three

Centuries in T20 International Cricket

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164) Train 18 Made in India 160 kmph train

Indiarsquos indigenously manufactured Semi-high

speed train code-named Train 18 (Train 2018)

is expected to be rolled out in September

The train built by Integral Coach Factory (ICF)

of Chennai to promote Make in India is capable

of running at a speed of 160km per hour

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165) Andhra Pradesh tops in ldquoEase of Doing

Businessrdquo

Andhra Pradesh has topped the third edition of

the governmentrsquos lsquoEase of Doing Businessrsquo index

for states This is the second time in a row that

Andhra achieved the first rank

Telangana and Haryana in second and third

spots Tamilnadu in 15th position

i) Andhra Pradesh ii) Telangana iii) Haryana iv)

Jharkand v) Gujarath

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166) 22nd International Conference on

Nonferrous Minerals and Metals 2018 held at

Ranchi Jharkhand

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167) Meghalaya government introduces Draft

policy known as ldquoJackfruit Missionrdquo during the

first ever Jackfruit festival

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168) China Launches two remote sensing

Satellites for Pakistan

China Successfully launched two remote sensing

Satellites PRSS-1 and PAKTES-1A for Pakistan

on board of Long March-2C rocket from Jicquan

Satellite Launch Centre

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169) China said it has clinched a deal with India

on the reduction of Import duties on Indian

medicines including anti-cancer drugs

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170) Rajya Sabha members can use all 22

Scheduled Languages

From the forth coming Monsoon Session of

parliament Rajya Sabha Mps will be able to

speak in the house in any of the 22 Indian

languages listed in the 8th Schedule of the

Constitution

Of the 22 scheduled languages Rajya Sabha has

earlier established simultaneous interpretation

service for 12 language

The Rajya Sabha Secretariat has arranged for

simultaneous interpretation facility for ten more

languages- Dugri Kashmiri Kunkani Santhali

Sindhi Bodu Maithili Manipuri Marathi and

Nepali

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171) South Korean President in India

South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived

India for his four-day visit India and South

Korea singed 11 agreements including in the

areas of trade cultural and Scientific and

technological Cooperation

Capital-Seoul

Prime Minister ndash Lee Nak-yeon

Continent -Asia

Currecny -Won

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172) India becomes worldrsquos sixth largest

economy

World Bank Figuresrsquos for 2017 says that Indian

economy has now become worldrsquos sixth biggest

pushing France to Seventh place The US leads

the table as the biggest economy followed by

China Japan Germany and Britain

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173) World Population Day-11 July

The world Population day is observed across the

world on July 11 The world population day was

established by the then Governing Council of the

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

in 1989

The theme for the World Population Day 2018 is

ldquoFamily Planning is a Human Rightrdquo

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174) The 30th International Mango Festival was

held in New Delhi

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175) Ram Nath Kovind announces four

nominations to Rajya Sabha

President Ram Nath Kovind has nominated 4

Rajya Sabha members viz former MPRam

Shakal Sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra classical

dancer Sunal Mansingh Rakesh Sinha

Raghunath Mohapatra is an internationality

renowned sculptor famous for his stone

carvings

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176) Global Innovation Index 2018

The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2018 has

ranked India as the 57th most innovative nation

in the world The country has improved its

ranking up to 3 places from its 60th position in

2017

Top 5 Countries are (1) Switzerland (2)

Netherland (3) Sweden (4) UK (5) Singapore

The G11 global ranking is published by World

Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) -a

specialized agency of United nations

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177) lsquoI am not afraid of Englishrsquo

Haryana has launched lsquoI am not afraid of

Englishrsquo initiative to make primary school

students fluent in English

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178) IWF Junior World Weightlifting

Championships 2018

Indian woman lifter Jhilli Dalabehera has bagged

the bronze medal in the 2018 IWF Junior World

Weightlifting Championships at Tashkent

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179) Kutchi New year

Kutchi Community celebrates its new year on

Aashadhi Beej which falls in month of Ashada

(JuneJuly)

As for people of Kutch this day is associated

with beginning of rains in Kutch Gujarat

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180) DrSandeep Sancheti Vice Chancellor of

SRM Institute of Science and Technology has

assumed charge as the president of the

Association of Inidan Universities (AIU) New

Delhi

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181) INS Sumitra enters Indonesiarsquos Sabang

Part

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Indian Warship INS Sumitra which was on

mission in Malacca straits entered port of

Sabang in Indonesia

This is the first time that an Indian Naval ship

has visited the port of Sabang

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fggyhfpAssJ 182) FSSAI has launched ldquoThe Eat Right

Movementrdquo

The food safety and standards Authority of India

(FSSAI) has launched ldquoThe Eat Right Movementrdquo

to empower the citizens by improving their

health and well-being It is a platform to provide

credible information to help make informed and

healthful eating choices The main purpose of

the project is to reduce salt sugar and saturated

fat in packaged food products

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183) Broadcasting content complaints council

(BCCC)

Udhay Kumar Varma has been appointed as

new member of Broadcasting content complains

council (BCCC)

The BCCC is an independent self-regulatory body

set up by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation

(IBF) in June 2011to look into complaints

pertaining to all non-news general entertainment

channel in India

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184) Lonely planetrsquos best Asia destinations list

One of the Hottest Biodiversity Hotspots and

UNESCO world Heritage site the western Ghats

has come fourth in the list of Lonely planetrsquos

ldquo2018 Best in Asiardquo list

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185) India-South Korea Technology Exchange

Centre inaugurated in New Delhi by Central

Minister of MSME Giriraj Singh

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186) UN Security Council adopts Resolution

2427 to protect children in armed conflict

The United Nations Security Council has adopted

Resolution 2427 aimed at providing legal

framework for mainstream protection rights

well-being and empowerment of children

throughout the conflict cycle

The resolution Strongly condemns recruitment

and use of children in armed conflicts killing and

rape abductions

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187) Himachal Pradesh government announced

a project to setup a cow sanctuary act Kotla

Barug

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188) Vice president M Venkaiah Naidu

inaugurated the Indian Intraculare Implant and

Refractive Surgery Convention 2018 held in

Chennai

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189) UK Launched New Visas

The UK has launched new visas that will be open

to overseas Scientists and researchers including

Indians to encourage growth of the countryrsquos

research sector

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190) Indiarsquos latest Frontline warship INS Trikand

has reached Srilanka in a goodwill visit

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191) RBI cancels license of Alwar Urban Co-

operative Bank

The Reserve bank of India has cancelled the

license of Alwar Urban Co-operative Bank LTD

Alwar Rajastan to carry on banking business

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192) For the first time in Tamil nadu Centre for

excellence in traditional flowers to come up in

Madurai

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193) Formalin- laced Fish create Scare across

India after the ban of fishes Assam Manipur etc

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194) lsquoAnna Canteensrsquo in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh Government launched lsquoAnna

Canteenrsquo where breakfast lunch and dinner

would be offered at Rs5 each

The lsquoAnna Canteenrsquo named after the NT Rama

Rao

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195) lsquoOne Farmer one transformerrsquo Scheme

In order to reduce electricity losses the

Maharashtra government will next month launch

a new scheme lsquoOne farmer one Transformerrsquo

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196) Goa University discovered a Pigment that

may help fight against Cancer

Goa University announced the discovery of a

new pigment from Local wild Mushrooms that

may help fight against Cancer

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The chemical nature of the brown or black

Colour Pigment in wild edible mushrooms lsquoRoen

alamis or Termitomycesrsquo Species has a new

Sulphur-rich melanin pigment

The Goa University has declared it as Worldrsquos

first Sulphur-rich edible melanin

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197) Seema Darshanrsquo Project

Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani has given in principal

approval for the 39 Crore rupees lsquoSeema

Darshanrsquo or lsquoBorder tourismrsquo project

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198) The ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

(MOHUA) has launched a technology challenge

on identifying Solutions and promoting suitable

techniques for cleaning of Sewage Systems The

Objective is eliminating human entry into septic

tanks and manholes

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199) Indiarsquos First Private UAV amp LBPV factory to

come up in Kota

Indiarsquos First private Sector unit for

manufacturing unmanned air vehicles (UAV) and

light bullet proof vehicles (LBPV) will be set up

under lsquoMake in Indiarsquo initiative of the Union

government by DCM Shriram Industries Group in

Kota

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200) Rajasthan Government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft

The Rajasthan government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft to provide free digital training to

9500 students of 50 government colleges in a

year It will also train 500 faculty members

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201) In a first Indian Naval aircraft deployed fro

RIMPAC exercise

For the first time Indian Navyrsquos Long Range

Maritime Patrol Aircraft Boeing P-8I (Poseidon

Eight India) from Indian Naval Ship (INS) Rajali

has inducted for participating in the 26th edition

of RIMPAC-18 the Rim of the Pacific

multinational Naval exercise During the

exercise In P8I will be operating from Joint

Airbase Hickam Honolulu in Hawaii

This is the first time ever that an Indian Naval

aircraft has traversed so far east into the pacific

It is the First IN aircraft to cross the

International Date line

RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific Exercise) is the

wolrdrsquos largest international maritime warfare

exercise It is hosted and administered by the

United States Navyrsquos pacific feet headquartered

at Pearl Harbor

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202) India becomes 69th Shareholder of

European Bank for reconstruction amp

development (EBRD) paving the way for more

joint investment with Indian companies across

the bankrsquos regions of operation

EBRD headquartered in London Suma

Chakrabarti is the president of EBRD

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203) Indiarsquos genetically modified crop area fifth

largest in world

India becomes worldrsquos fifth largest area

cultivated under genetically modified (GM) crops

in 2017 according to the International service for

the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications

(ISAAA) report

From the report (i) America (ii) Brazil (iii)

Argentina (iv) Canada (v) India

Indiarsquos entire GM crop area is under single crop

BT cotton

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for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications

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204) 2+2 ministeria dialogue

India is going to host inaugural 2+2 dialogue

with united States in September in New Delhi

lsquo2+2 dialoguersquo is an interaction between the

foreign and defence minister of the

twocountries

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205) Mukesh Ambani overtook Alibaba Group

Founder Jackma to become Asiarsquos richest

person according to a report by Blumberg

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206) First Indian women to win gold in world U-

20 Athletics Championships

Hima Das became the First Indian Women to

clinch a gold medal at a global event the world

under-20 Championships

Das clinched the top spot in the womenrsquos 400m

final race at the IAAF wordl under-20 Athletics

Championships in Tampere Finland

Hima Das Clocked 5146 seconds to win gold

She belongs to State of Assam

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207) Coimbatore doctor to head worldrsquos top

body of Spine Surgeons

Coimbatore-based orthopaedic and Spine

Surgeon SRajasekaran who is Chairman of the

Department of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery

at Ganga Hospital has been selected Chairman

of the international board of Aospine the worldrsquos

largest body of Spine Surgeons

DrRajasekaran is the first person to elected

from Asia region to this prestigious position

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208) 25000 plus two students to be trained to

take CA exams

Minister for School Education KA Sengottaiyan

Said that 25000 plus two students in

government schools will be trained over to take

up entry level examination for Chartered

Accountancy course Classes will be conducted

by 500 CAS once a week

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209) Two Indian-origin women of Forbes list of

Americarsquos richest self-made women

Two Indian-origin technology executives

JayShree Ullal and Neerja Sethi have made it to

the Forbes list of Americarsquos 60 richest self-made

women

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210) DrTCA Rahgavan has been appointed as

Director General of Indian Council of World

Affairs (ICWA)

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211) Entire Indian Menrsquos hockey team included

in Tops

The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of Union

Ministry of Sports and youth Affairs has included

entire menrsquos Hockey team of India under the

Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS)

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212) India Army signed a MOU with SBI

Indian Army signed a memorandum of

understanding (MOU) with the State Bank of

India (SBI) on the Defence Salary Package that

will include free personal accident death free

permanent total disability cover and other

accidental benefits to the deceased soldier and

family

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213) Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has

become the First Indian personality to get a

lsquotalking Statuersquo at Madame Tussauds Singapore

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214) Spiritual leader Dada JP Vaswani passed

away

Dada JP Vaswani (99) the spiritual leader and

head of Sadhu Vaswani mission in Pune has

passed away in Pune Maharashtra on July 12

2018

He was born in Hyderabad Sindh (Pakistan) on

2nd August 1918 Vaswani was a world renowned

Spiritual leader known for promoting

vegetarianism and animal rights

JP Vaswani was the recipient of the 1998

UThant peace award Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram

Vaswani (TL Vaswani) who founded Sadhu

Vaswani Mission was his Guru

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215) 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

The 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention is

being organized by Ministry of External Affairs in

association with the State Government of Uttar

Pradesh in January 2019

Theme of 2019 event is ldquoRole of Indian Diaspora

in building a New Indiardquo

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216) ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo authored by

Tapan

The book ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo has

been authored by Tapan Kumar Chand the

Chairman cum Managing Director of NALCO

The book is recently released by Narendra Singh

Tamar the Union Minister of Mines Rural

Development and panchayat Raj

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217) Government set up task force on ways to

reduce import

The central government has set up a high level

task force under the Chairmanship of cabinet

Secretary PK Sinha to identify various items and

policy interventions to reduce dependence of

import

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218) Worldrsquos first 3D colour X-ray on Human

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Scientists from New Zealand have performed

worldrsquos first ever 3-D colour X-ray on human It

has potential to improve the field of medical

diagnostics

It incorporates particle-tracking technology

called Medipix developed by European

organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

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219) National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

The 4th National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

was held at Indore in Madhya Pradesh

Chhattisgarh won awards in all categories for

excellence in implementing minerals auction

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220) Photography ban at protected monuments

lifted

Photography will be allowed in all of the

monuments and archaeological sites

administered by the Archaeological Survey of

India except the mausoleum at Taj Mahal the

Ajanta Caves and the Leh palace

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221) India and China hold second maritime

security dialogue in Beijing China

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222) Prize for beautification of Railway Station

Balharshah and Chandrapur Railway Stations of

the Central Railway have been awarded the first

prize in Station beautification competition by

government

Madhubani Station of East Central Railway and

Madurai Station of Southern Railway were the

Co-winners of the Second prize

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223) Odisha constitutes Heritage Cabinet

Odisha government constituted a lsquoHeritage

Cabinetrsquo headed by Chief Minister Naveen

Patnaik

lsquoHeritage Cabinetrsquo would aim at protection of

ancient monuments temples and archaeological

sites and take steps to preserve the states

culture language amp literature

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224) First Double Stack Dwarf container Service

Indian Railways Introduces first Double Stack

Dwarf Container Service from Rajkot Division

Western Railway with the use of these double-

Stack dwarf containers the cost of the unit will

be significantly reduced

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225) The Central government think tank NITI

Aayog has unveiled the blueprint of lsquoNational

Health Stackrsquo (NHS) a shared digital healthcare

infrastructure

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226) Former Pakistan Prime minister Nawaz

Sharif and his daughter Maryam who are

convicted for corruption were arrested

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227) Centuryrsquos longest total lunar eclipse

Union Ministry of Earth Science has announced

the Centuryrsquos (2001 to 2100) longest total

eclipse of 1 hour 43 minutes will occur on July

27-282018

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228) The Government of India has invited us

President Donal Trump to be chief guest at the

2019 Republic Day Parade

The US is yet to officially accept Indiarsquos invite

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229) Threatening Climate Change to the Nilgiri

tahr

According to recent Study published

international journal Ecological Engineering

Climate Change is threatening the Nilgiri tahr

International Union for conservation of Nature

(IUCN) in its red book has classified Nilgiri Tahr

it as Endangered

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230) 2018 Wimbledon Winners

Women singles - Angelique Kerber

(Germany)

Men singles - Novak Djokovic (Serbian)

Menrsquos Doubles - Mike Bryan (US) and Jack

Sock (US)

Womenrsquos Doubles - Barbora Krejcikova and

Katerina Siniakova from Czhech Republic

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231) Bansagar canal project Inaugurated

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the 171

km long Bansagar canal project to the nation in

Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh on July 15

2018

The project which is a joint venture of Uttar

Pradesh Madhya Pradesh and Bihar It built on

Son River

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232) Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018

Union Ministry of Drinking water and Sanitation

has launched Swachh Survekshan Grameen

2018 in New Delhi

The Programme will rank all states and districts

on the basis of a survey of Public places

Citizenrsquos perspective of cleanliness and their

recommendations

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233) 4th BIMSTEC Summit to be held in

Kathmandu

The fourth edition of Bay of Bengal Initiatives for

Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Co-

operation (BIMSTEC) will be held at Kathmandu

in Nepal from 30 t0 31 August 2018

Nepal is the current chair of BIMSTEC It is

headquartered in Dhaka

Member countries- India Nepal Bhutan

Bangladesh Srilanka Myanmar and Thailand

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234) Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventories

in Asia

In New Delhi Union Minister DrHarsh Vardhan

inaugurates 16th Workshop on Greenhouse Gas

Inventories in Asia

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235) First-ever metal craft exhibition in India

With an aim to promote and preserve the metal

craft tradition of Ladakh the first-ever metal

craft exhibition was held at Chilling village in Leh

district of Jammu amp Kashmir

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236) Kochi Metro Rail Limited opened Indiarsquos

first exquisite air-conditioned bed space

dormitor

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237) World Youth skills Day 15 July In 2014 UN

General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring

15th July as World Youth Skills day

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mDrupffj jPhkhdk epiwNtwwggllJ

238) India became Vice-Chair on regional head

of Asia pacific Region of the World Customs

Organisation (WCO)

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gpuhejpajJffhd Jizjjiytuhf myyJ

gpuhejpa jiyikahf ejpah

njhpTnraagglLssJ

239) Resolution 2428 by UN security Council

The UN Security council has adopted a resolution

2428 to impose an arms embargo on South

Sudan The measure will stop the flow of

weapons to armed groups in the country

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njwF lhdpy ஆயுத thzpgjjil tpjpffgt

Ieh ghJfhgG mitahdJ jPhkhdk 2428

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meehlbd MAjNkejpa FOffSfF

Majqfs tpepNahfk nratij jLfFk

240) Hindi Mother tongue of 4363 in India

According to the 2011 census Hindi continue to

be the most spoken language in India with

4363 of the country declaring it their mother-

tongue

Sanskrit was the least spoken of the countryrsquos

22 scheduled languages with just 24821

persons listing it as their mother tongue

The top 5 most spoken language by 2011 census

is (i) Hindi (4363) (ii) Bengali (803) (iii)

Marathi (686) (iv) Telugu (670) (v) Tamil

(570)

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jhankhopahf nfhzLssdu

2011 kffs njhif fzfnfLggpdgb

ejpahtpy mjpfk NgrggLk nkhopahf

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jqfs jhankhopahf ejpia VwWf

nfhzbUffpwhhfs

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jhankhopahf nfhzLssdh

2011 kffs njhif fzfnfLggpdgb

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gpdtUkhW

(i) ejp (4363) (ii) ngqfhyp (803) (iii)

kuhjjp (686) (iv) njYqF (670) (v) jkpo

(570) 241) Oldest Narrow- Gauge Rail Line in India

The 33 km Dabhoi-Miyagam line in Gujarat

State Indiarsquos first narrow gauge railway stretch

which started operations in 1862 will be closed

forever The line will be soon converted into

broad gauge

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1862 Mk MzL Kjy nrayghlLfF tej

33 fpNyh kPllu njhiyT nfhzl

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F[uhjjpy css jNgha-kpahfk uapy

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uapy ghij tpiutpy mfy uapy

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242) Approval for Chinese Bank in India

Bank of China one of four biggest State-run

Chinese lenders has received in Principal

approval from the Reserve Bank of India to open

branches in India

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rPd murhqfjjpDila fld mspfFk

kpfgngupa ehdF tqfpfspy xdwhd Ngqf

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fpisfisj jpwff kjjpa uprut

tqfpaplkpUeJ nfhsifastpy xgGjy

ngwWssJ

243) Private Universities in Tamil Nadu

Two bills adopting the establishment of Shiv

Nadar University and Sai University were passed

in the Tamil Nadu assembly

As per the provisions of two bills adopted in the

assembly the two universities will be self-

financing institutions and would be allowed to

establish constituent colleges Currently there

were no private Universities in Tamil nadu

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rpt ehlhu gyfiyffofk kwWk rha

gyfiyffofk Mfpa uzL

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jkpoehL rllrig VwWf nfhzbUffpwJ

ej uzL kNrhjhffspd tpjpKiwfspd

gb uzL gyfiyffofqfSk Raepjp

epWtdqfshFk NkYk

ggyfiyffofqfSfF fyYhpfis

mikffTk mDkjp toqfgglLssJ

jwnghOJ jkpofjjpy jdpahu

gyfiyffofqfs vJTk yiy

244) Committee to review companies Act 2013

The ministry of Corporate Affairs has constituted

a 10 member Committee headed by the Injeti

Srinivas (Secretary of Ministry of Corporate

Affairs) for review of the panel provisions in the

companies Act 2013

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FO

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2013) jzlid tpjpKiwfis kPshaT

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(ngUepWtd tptfhuqfs mikrrf

nrayhsh) jiyikapy gjJ cWggpdhfs

nfhzl xU FOit ngUepWtd

tptfhuqfs mikrrk mikjJssJ

245) 2nd National Tourism conclave organised at

Jaipur in Rajasthan

2-tJ Njrpa RwWyh $Lif epforrpgt

uh[]jhd khepyjjpd n[ag+u efupy

eilngwwJ

246) Madras Music Academy has selected

Carnatic Vocalist Aruna Sairam for this yearrsquos

Sangita Kalanithi award

Mridangam artist Thanjavur R Ramadas and

Vocalist K Omanakutty will receive the Kala

Acharya award

Veena and Nagaswaram players and teachers

Kalyani Ganesan and S R G Rajanna have been

chosen for the TTK awards

Prameela Gurumurthy has been selected for

musicologist award Veteran Danseuse Shanta

Dhananjayan will get Nrithya Kalanithi Award

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nkluh] kpa+rpf mflhkpapd rqfPj fyhepjp

tpUJgt gpugy fudhlf thaghlLf fiyQh

mUzh rhauhKfF toqfggLfpwJ

rqfPj fyhrhuah tpUJfsgt kpUjqf

fiyQh jQrht+u Muuhkjh]fFkgt

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FlbfFk toqfggLk

tPizf fiyQh fyahzp fNzrDfFk

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toqfggLk

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FUhjjpfF toqfggLk epUja fyhepjp

tpUij gujehlbaf fiyQh rhejh

jdQ[ad ngWfpwhh

247) Kamaraj birthday July 15 is celebrated as

Educational Development Dayrsquo by Tamil Nadu

government

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Njjpia fytp tsurrp ehshf

nfhzlhLfpwJ jkpof muR

248) India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror drill

Anti terror drill organised by the Shanghai

Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is scheduled

From August 20-29 at Chelyabinsk City in Russia

India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror SCO drill

along with other member countries Russia

China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Tajikistan and

Uzbekistan

It will be for the first time since Independence

that India and Pakistan will both be a part of

military exercise

Around 200 Army and Air force personal from

India will be participating in the drill called

ldquoPeace Mission 2018rdquo

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ejpahTk ghfp]jhDk kww cWgG

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izeJ $lLg gapwrpapy gqNfwgJ

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giliar Nrhej 200 tPuhfsgt lsquomikjpj

jpllk 2018rsquo vdW mioffggLk ej

$lLg gapwrrpfF NjuenjLffgglLssdh

249) France wins 21st FIFA world cup Football

title

France has won 21st FIFA world cup football by

defeating Croatia by 4-2 goals in the final match

held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow Russia

on 1572018

It was Francersquos Second world cup crown after it

had own it in 1998 It was Croatiarsquos first world

Cup final appearance Croatia became the lowest

ranked team ever to reach a World Cup Final

France and Croatia belong European Continent

Top 4 teams in 21st FIFA world cup are (i) France

(ii) Croatia (iii) Belgium (iv) England

FIFA Awards for the 2018 world cup

(i) Best player ndash Golden Ball Luka Modric

(Croatia)

(ii) Top Goal scorer ndash Golden Boot Harry Kane

(England)

(iii) Best Goal keeper ndash golden Glove Thibaut

Courtois (Belgium)

(iv) Best Young Player Kylian Mbappe (France)

(v) Fairest Team Spain

(vi) man of the Match (final) Antoine

Griezmann (France)

Captain of France Football team is Hugo Lloris

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kwWk FNuhpah INuhggh fzljij

NrhejJ

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mzpfs (i) gpuhd] (ii) FNuhpah (iii)

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2018-k MzL cyff Nfhgigffhd gpgh

tpUjfs

rpwej tPuh - jqf fhygeJ

Yfh Nkhlupr (FNuhpah)

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`hupNfd (qfpyheJ)

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NfhulLth (ngy[pak)

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(gpuhd])

Ngu gpNs ]ngapd

Mllehafd tpUJ (Wjp Nghlb)

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gpuhd] mzpapd Nfgld `pa+Nfh nyhup]

250) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar

inaugurated Goa IT Day celebrations in Panaji

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jfty njhopyElgk jpdrdquo

nfhzlhlljjpid gdh[papy njhlqfp

itjjhh

251) Assam government has decided to make

Himadas statersquos brand ambassador for sports

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tpisahlbwfhd khepyjjpd tpskguj

Jjuhf NjuenjLjJssJ

252) Iceland in UN Human Rights Council

Iceland has taken the seat vacated by United

States at the 47 member UN Human Rights

Council

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I]yheJ

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Uej mttpljij epugGtjwfhf I]yheJ

njhpT nraagglLssJ

253) 64-dish Meer KAT radio telescope

South Africa unveiled new 64-dish Meer KAT

radio telescope that could help unlock the

mysteries of the Universe

Meer KAT will be incorporated into complex

square kilometre Array (SKA) instrument SKA

will be fully operational in the late 2020s to be

most powerful radio telescope in the world

The Meer KAT will be the worldrsquos largest radio

telescope of its kind until the Square kilometre

Array (SKA) has been completed

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njhiyNehffp

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cjTk Gjpa 64-b kPufhl (64-dish Meer

KAT) vDk thndhyp njhiyNehffpapid

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tupir fUtpAld izffggLk SKA 2020-

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(SKA) nrayghlbwF tUk tiu kPufhl

(Meer KAT) cyfpd kpfgngupa thndhyp

njhiyNehffpahf UfFk

254) ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas

Engine

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ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas Engine

from Mahendragiri of Tirunelveli district Vikas

(Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai)

The Vikas Engine is the work shore liquid rocket

engine used to power the second stage of the

ISROrsquos trusted Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

(PSLV)

It is also used in the second stage and also at

the four strap on stages of Geosynchronous

Launch vehicle (GSLV) and in the twin-engine

core liquid stage (L110) of GSLV Mk-111

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ntwwpfukhf Nrhjpjjdh

jpUneyNtyp khtlljjpd kNfejpufphpapy

(Vikas) tpfh] d[Pdpd cah ceJk

gjpgig tpQQhdpfs ntwwpfukhf

ghpNrhjpjjdh Vikas (tpfuk mkgyhy

rhuhgha)

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MFk

NkYk J GSLV-apd 2-k epiy kwWk 4-k

epiy kwWk GSLV Mk-111- ulil

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MwwyspfFk jput VTfiz d[Pd MFk

255) Global Sugar output Record high

In its latest report the UN body has forecast

world Sugar output to hit a record high at 1876

million tonnes in 2017-18 and Surpass

consumption The anticipated surplus is likely to

the largest in history

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gy mikggpd rkPgjjpa mwpfifapy 2017-

18y cyf ruffiu cwgjjp mjpfsthf

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kpfTk mjpfkhdjhf UfFk

256) Fossil Museum in Ariyalur

The Fossil Museum at Varanavasi near Ariyalur

town is set to open The museum will provide

evidence of the existence of dinosaurs and other

associated reptilians in the Ariyalur region

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mupaYupy

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thuzthrpapy Gij capuggbt

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fhlrpg nglbahf UfFk

257) The madras High court has ruled that there

is no legal obligation on the part of a mother to

disclose the name of the father at the time of

registering her childrsquos birth

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nraAkNghJ jeijapd ngaiu

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flikayy vdW kjuh] cauePjpkdwk

jPuggspjJssJ

258) Indian farmers fertiliser cooperative limited

(IFFCO) launched a social e-commerce app

called ldquoIFFCO iMandirdquo

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rhugpy (IFFCO) ldquoIFFCO iMandirdquo vdfpw kpd

tzpf nrayp xdiw ntspaplgglLssJ

259) 100 public services to be delivered at

doorstep in Delhi

Delhi people will get around 100 public services

including driving licence and caste certificate at

their door step under a proposed scheme of the

Delhi government The scheme was named as

lsquoMobilersquo Sahayaksrsquo

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XlLeu cupkkgt rhjp rhdwpjofs clgl 100

tifahd muR NritfSffhf nlyyp

thrpfspd tPlLfNf nrdW toqFk

jplljij nlyyp muR jpllkplLssJ ej

jplljjpwF lsquonkhigy r`hafrsquo vdg

ngauplgglLssJ

260) Trump-Putin Summit

Russiarsquos president Vladimir Putin and Americanrsquos

President Donald Trump met at Helsinki capital

of Finland

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261) New Headquarters building of

Archaeological Survey of India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated

lsquoDharohar Bhawanrsquo ndash the new headquarters

building of the Archaeological Survey of India

(ASI) in New Delhi

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jiyikf flblk

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Gjpa jiyikafk flblk GJ nlyypapy

gpujku Nkhb jpweJ itjjhh

262) Per Capita Revenue Collection

Haryana has topped other States in per capita

Revenue Collection in the first Financial year of

the GST regime per Capita revenue collection of

Haryana is Rs 187697month

2nd Position is Uttarakhand 3rd position is

Maharashtra

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GST MlrpKiwapd Kjy epjp Mzby

mjpf jdpegu tUtha typy KjyhtJ

ljjpid `upahdh mileJssJgt

`upahdhtpd jdpegh tUtha ty

khjjjpwF 1gt87697 MFk

263) Digital Health Campaign for Think For

Health

The Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of

India ( (OPPI) launched its digital campaign

Think for Health at its annual summit in New

Delhi

The initiative Think For Health was launched in

Partnership with the Government of Telangana

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gugGiu

ejpa kUeJ cwgjjpahsufs rqfk

(OPPI) Think for Health vdw b[plly

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MukgpjJssJ

Think for Health vdw Kawrp njYqfhdh

khepy murpd xjJiogGld

toqfgglLssJ

264) Government reappoints Anil D

Sahasrabudhe

Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)

has approved renewal of appointment of Prof

Anil D Sahabsrabudhe as the Chairman of the All

India council for Technical Education (AICTE)

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toqfpaJ muR

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ejpa njhopyElg gyfiyffofjjpdrdquo

jiytuhf mdpyr`h]uGNj mthfSfF

gzp ePlbgG toqfp Miz toqfpAssJ

265) 12 new moons discovered around Jupiter

Scientists had discovered 12 new moons around

Jupiter The discoveries bring the number of

Jupiterrsquos known moon to 79 the most around a

single planet in our Solar system

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tpahod Nfhspid RwWk Gjpa 12

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jd yk tpahod Nfhspd nkhjj

epyTfspd vzzpfif 79 Mf

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cssJ

266) Nelson Mandela International Day July 18

2018 marks the Centenary of the birth of Nelson

Mandela

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267) Rajpurrsquos Swami Vivekananda Airport has

been ranked first in Customer Satisfaction

among 49 airports in the country

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epiyak thbfifahsu kdepiwtpy

Kjypljjpidg ngwWssJ

268) LIGO-India Laboratory in Maharashtra

The Government of India (GOI) has given lsquoIn-

Principlersquo approval for construction and operation

of LIGO-India (Laser Interferometer

Gravitational wave observatory in India)

Laboratory in hingoli District of Maharashtra

The LIGO-India Observatory is Scheduled to be

operational in 2024 in Collaboration with the

LIGO Laboratory in United States

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kfhuhbuh khepyjjpd `pqNfhyp

khtlljjpygt LIGO- ejpah (Laser

Interferometer Gravitational wave observatory)

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nrayghlbwfhf ejpa muR nfhsif

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269) Cheapest drinking water in the world

Bihar will soon provide the cheapest drinking

water in the world The first of such a water

project named lsquoSulabh Jalrsquo was launched in

Biharrsquos Darbhanga district

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njhlqfgglLssJ

270) Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)

has organised ldquo Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyanrdquo

campaign in five main stem Ganga basin

States-Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh Bihar

Jharkhand and west Bengal It has been

observed as lsquoShubharambh Saptahrsquo

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cjjufhzlgt cjjuggpuNjrkgt gPfhhgt

[hhffzl kwWk NkwF tqfk

Mfpatwwpy ldquofqfh tphpNuhgdrdquo vdw

gugGiuia fqif Jaikffhd Njrpa

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271) ldquoPitch Blackrdquo war exercise

The Indian Air force (IAF) is participating in the

Multinational ldquoPitch Blackrdquo warfare exercise

hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force in

Australia

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M]jpNuypahtpd uhay tpkhdg gil

eljJkgt gyNtW ehLfs gqNfwFk

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gpshfrdquo epforrpapy ejpa tpkhdggilAk

fyeJ nfhsfpwJ eepforrp

M]jpNuypahtpy eilgngWfpwJ

272) BSE building gets trademark

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has secured a

ldquotrademarkrdquo for its iconic building Phizoze

Jeejeebhoy Towers located in Mumbai

Subsequently the usage of the BSE buildingrsquos

picture will required consent from BSE

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273) Central Government announces amnesty

for prisoners to mark Mahatma Gandhirsquos 150th

birth anniversary

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274) New 100 Rs Note

New lavender-coloured Rs100 currency notes

will soon be issued by the Reserve Bank of India

The new note will feature the motif of the lsquoRani

Ki Vavrsquo Stepwell in Gujarat as well as the

Swachh Bharat logo and Slogan

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275) The book ldquoThe House of Islam A global

Historyrdquo has been authored by Islamic radical Ed

Hussain

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276) Athletics World Cup

The USA won the first Athletics World Cup held

in London England Poland and Great Britain

took 2nd and 3rd spot respectively

The Athletics world cup is a team-based

international athletics competition inaugurated in

2018 The inaugural edition had eight national

teams based on world rankings

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277) lsquoAabhaar Aapki Sewa karsquo

The Chhattisgarh government has launched an

online portal and mobile app lsquoAabhaar-Aapki

Seva Karsquo (Gratitude-for your service) to provide

transparency in the pension facility

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278) President has given assent to Assam witch

Hunting (Prohibition Prevention and Protection)

Bill 2015 passed by state Assembly

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279) 2018 NABARD Award

Repco Micro Finance Ltd a non-banking Finance

Company promoted by Repco bank has won the

2018 NABARD award for its service to self-Help

Group (SHG) linkage in Tamil Nadu for the fiscal

year 2017-18

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280) ASI to upgrade Seven monuments in

TamilNadu

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has

planned to upgrade infrastructural and tourist

friendly facilities at seven sites which are

approved under Adarsh Smarak Scheme for

conservation of Monuments in Tamil Nadu

The Monuments are Shore temple

Mamallapuram Gingee Fort kailasanathar

temple Kancheepuram Brihadeswarar temple

Thanjavur Sithananavasal Caves vellore fort

Moovar koil Kodumbalur

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(Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)

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281) Myanmar in International Solar Alliance

Myanmar has joined the India-initiated

International Solar Alliance (ISA) and became

the 68th signatory to the framework Agreement

of the ISA It is headquarters at Gwal Pahari

village in Gurugram Haryana

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282) Scottish site selected for Spaceport

UK space agency has selected site at Sutherland

on ArsquoMhoine peninsula on north Coast of

Scotland for its first Spaceport to launch rockets

vertically and put satellites in orbit

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283) Lakshya sen won gold at Asia Badminton

Junior

Lakshya sen from India has clinched historic

menrsquos singles gold at the Asia Badminton Junior

Championship 2018 in Jakarata

With this he became the 3rd Indian shuttler to

win singles gold at the competition after

Gautham Thakkar and PV Sindhu

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284) Afghan player nominated for the IOC

membership

A young Afghan basketball player Samira

Asghari has been nominated for the

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

membership She is among 9 candidates for

membership of the body in a move to boost

womenrsquos rights

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285) Arman Ali was appointed as Executive

Director of National Centre for promotion of

employment for Disable People (NCPEDP)

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286) Worldrsquos Best Cities Report

According to Travel+ Leisurersquos worldrsquos best cities

report the city of Udaipur has ranked 3rd The

top 2 cities are both in Mexico- San Miguel de

Allende and Oaxaca

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p287) Delhi Dialogue (DDX)

The 10th edition of Delhi Dialogue (DDX) was

held in New Delhi and was hosted by Union

External affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj The

theme for this edition was ldquoStrengthening India-

ASEAN maritime Cooperationrdquo

Delhi Dialogue is premier annual event to

discuss Politico- security economic and Socio-

Cultural engagement between India and the

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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288) Central Oil PSUs has signed joint Venture

Pact

In a major initiative to connect all the North-

East States to the National Gas grid the 5

Central oil PSUs -IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL and

NRL have signed a joint venture agreement for

executing the North-East Natural Gas Pipeline

Grid (N-ENGPG) in Guwahati

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289) PATA Gold Award 2018

Sahapediarsquos India Heritage ldquowalk Feterdquo wins

PATA award has been awarded the PATA Gold

Award 2018 for its recently concluded Pon-India

event

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290) Medini Puraskar Yojana

The Environment Ministry re-introduced the

lsquoMedini Puraskar Yojanarsquo a scheme that awards

Indian authors for their original work in Hindi on

environment pollution and climate change

subjects

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291) Student Police Cadet Programme

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has

launched the student police Cadet Programme to

build a bridge between the police and the larger

community though School students by

inculcating values and ethics in them

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292) lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched the

lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo in a bid to make London

the worldrsquos most walkable city

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293) Fugitive Economic offenders Bill 2018

The Parliament passed the Fugitive Economic

Offenders Bill 2018 which will empower

authorities to attach and Confiscate properties

and assets of economic offenders like loan

defaulters and Fraudsters who flee the country

The Cases where the total value involved in such

Scheduled offences is Rs 100 crore or more will

come under its purview

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Economic offenders Bill 2018)

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294) India-assisted emergency ambulance

Service

Indian prime Minister launched the India-

assisted emergency ambulance Service in

Srilanka through video conferencing from New

Delhi

The inaugural function was scheduled in Jaffna

Srilanka this is the largest Indian project in

Srilanka after Indian housing project

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295) 24-hour helpline for Protection for inter-

caste couples

The Tamil Nadu government has setup a 24-

hour helpline to investigate issues faced by

inter-caste couples and offer them necessary

assistance

A special cell has been formed in all districts and

cities in the State comprising district-level

officers to receive complaints of harassment

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296) India tops skilled visa immigrants list

According to the data released by Australian

Bureau of Statistics for those coming to

Australia on the skilled visa India with 19

people bagged the top rank

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297) Padhe Bharat-Badhe Bharat

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

has announced lsquoPadhe Bharat-Badhe Bharatrsquo an

initiative to promote the reading culture among

students The initiative has launched under

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo

Under this initiative the government will give an

annual library grant to schools

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo is an overarching programme

for school educating extending from primary to

class 12 which was introduced in the Union

Budget 2018-19

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298) Miss Asia (Deaf) 2018

Deshna Jain who is from Madhya Pradesh has

been crowned the 2018 Miss Asia (Deaf) title

and also she was the 3rd in the 2018 Miss

international (Deaf)

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299) South East Asiarsquos first Centre for Climate

Change

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (NABARD) has launched the South

East Asiarsquos First-ever centre for Climate change

in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

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300) System of Air Quality and weather

Forecasting

Dr Harsh Vardhan the Union Environment

Minister has launched a advanced State-of-the-

art Air Quality and weather forecast System

called SAFAR (System of Air Quality and

Weather Forecasting) in Delhi

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301) Odisha police has launched a drive to bust

an international syndicate that peddles

lsquoendangeredrsquo pangolin

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302) According to Public Affairs Index (PAI) for

2018 Kerala stands as the best-governed State

in the country followed by Tamil Nadu

Telangana

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303) Typhoon Ampil has recently hit Chinese

Financial hub Shunghai and disrupted transport

and shipping

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304) lsquoe -Pragati Core initiativersquo

The Andhra Pradesh government has launched

lsquoe-Pragati core initiativersquo to provide integrated

Service to citizens It will act as a platform to

connect all departments and Stand alone to

resolve the issue

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305) Tribal Atlas of Odisha

Odisha government has unveiled First-ever

Tribal Atlas of Odisharsquo a compilation of

demographic and Cultural information of the

tribal population in the State It is first of its kind

Compilation in the country

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306) Justice Tahira Safdar has been named as

the new Chief justice of the Balochistan High

court with this She will become the first-ever

female high court chief Justice in Pakistan

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307) The NASA has launched lsquoRemote sensing

Toolkitrsquo to promote commercial use of satellite

data

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308) Rajiv Gauba Committee

The Union Government has constituted a high

level committee to suggest laws against mob

lynching and Violence The committee is headed

by the Rajiv Gauba

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309) MicroDot Technology

The Indian government has announced the

launch of a new MicroDot Technology that would

help check on vehicle theft

Under this thousands of small dots laser etched

will be sprayed with a vehicle identification

number on all over the vehiclersquos body including

its engine

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310) The book ldquoThe Dhoni Touch Unravelling

the Enigma That is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquo has

been authored by Bharat Sundaresan

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311) Chennia is going to host the world Junior

Squash Championship 2018

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312) First person to Ski down the K2

Polandrsquos Andrzej Bargiel became the First person

to Ski down the worldrsquos 2nd highest mountain K2

peak

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313) Alize cornet of France won the Swiss open

Tennis title

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314) State Bank of India organized a nation

wide Kisan Mela as an outreach programme for

farmers and to impart Financial literacy

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315) ldquoWarlightrdquo in the Man Booker Prize list

Srilankan born Canadian author Michael

Ondaatje has again made the Man Booker Prize

list with his latest novel lsquoWarlightrdquo Recently his

work was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize

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316) Sitamarhi became the first open defecation

free district in Bihar

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57) Shale in Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules

1959

Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has

amended Petroleum and natural Gas Rules 1959

to include Shale in the definition of Petroleum

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318) Prime Ministers tour of three-nations in

Africa

PM Narendra Modi is on a three nation tour to

the African countries including Rwanda Uganda

amp South Africa

Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime

minister to visit Rwanda he gifted 200 cows as

part of Rwanda governmentrsquos Girinka

programme India decided to gift a cancer

therapy machine to the Uganda

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319) The Ministry of women and child

Development has launched a contest ldquoChildline

1098rdquo to spread awareness on human trafficking

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320) 10th edition of BRICS Summit in

Johannesburg

South Africa is hosting the 10th edition of BRICS

summit 2018 in Johannesburg with theme

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution

The member nations are Brazil Russia India

China amp South Africa

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321) The 3rd edition of Kabira festival 2018 will

be held in Varanasi to celebrate the spirit of 15th

century mystic poet Kabir

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322) World Bankrsquos internal award to ICZM

Indiarsquos Integrated Coastal Zone Management

(ICZM) project has won the World Bankrsquos

internal award for exceptional performance in

achieving many development goals

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27) Malaysiarsquos Former Prime Minister Najib

Razak is charged in Corruption Inquiry

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28) A boys soccer team trapped in a flooded

Thai cave has been found alive

Twelve members of a boys soccer team in

Thailand and their Coach have been found alive

10 days after being trapped in a Thailand Cave

Tham Luang Cave is situated at Mae Sai town in

Chiang Rai province of Thailand The 12 boys

aged 11 to 16 and their Coach entered Than

Luang Cave when heavy rains flooded key

passages of the cave and blocked the way out

Rescue of boys trapped in Thai cave could take

months military warns

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29) Vedanta Resources to delist from London

Stock Exchange Vedanta was the first Indian

Company to be listed in the London Stock

Exchange

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30) Australian Captain Aaron Finch powered his

way to 172 a new world record high score in

Twenty 20 internationals

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31) Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and

Manoj Sinha released the commemorative stamp

on legendary Carnatic vocalist ML

Vsanthakumari

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32) Cabinet hikes minimum support price for

paddy by Rs200 per quintal

The Union Cabinet cleared a hike of Rs200 in

the Minimum Support price of Paddy The centre

raised the minimum support price of the

common variety of paddy from the current

Rs1550 per quintal to Rs 1750 per quintal

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33) Supreme Court Says Delhi lieutenant

governor canrsquot act independently

The Supreme Court ruled that the Delhirsquos

lieutenant governor cannot act independently

canrsquot obstruct the governmentrsquos policy decisions

and is band by the State governmentrsquos aid and

advice

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34) Tyre Production plant in Sriperumbudur

Ceat a tyre producing Company signed a

memorandum of agreement with the Tamilnadu

government to invest 4000 crore in a green

field plant at Madhuramangalam in

Sriperumbudur of Kancheepuram district The

Mou was signed in the presence of Chief Minister

Edappadi KPalaniSwami

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35) Karnataka budget announces 34000 crore

farm loan waiver

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36) Delhi Metro Train Smart Card can also be

used in buses Delhi government announced

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37) DrAmbedkar government law college in

Chennai has been shifted

Dr Ambedkar government law college in

Chennai has been shifted to two premises-

Pudupakkam in Kancheepuram district and

Pattaraiperumpudur in Tiruvallur district Tamil

Nadu chief Minister E Palanisamy inaugurated

the new buildings of the shifted colleges

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38) ISRO conducted lsquoPad abortrsquo test

lsquoPad abortrsquo test critical for a future human Space

mission was conducted successfully by the

Indian Space Research Organisation at the

Sathish Dhawan Space centre Sriharikota

The Pad Abort Test demonstrated the safe

recovery of the crew module in case of any

exigency at the launch pad

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39) The Cauvery water Regulation Committee

which held its first meeting on 5718

The Cauvery water Regulation Committee

(CWRC) which is chaired by Central water

commission Chief Engineer Navin Kumar was

held its first meeting on 5718 in Delhi

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40) Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay

visited India as the nations celebrate 50 years of

diplomatic relations

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41) June 30- International Day of

Parliamentarism

The International Day of Parliamentarism is

observed every year on June 30

The International Day of Parliamentarism was

proclaimed by United Nations General Assembly

by adopting resolution in May 2018 to recognise

role of Parliaments in national plans and

Strategies

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42) Anjolie Ela Menon awarded Kalidas Samman

Madhya Pradesh Government has conferred

prestigious National Kalidas Sammanrsquo on noted

artist lsquoAnjolie Ela Menonrsquo for her contribution to

visual arts

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43) Mumbairsquos Victorian Gothic and Art Deco

Buildings declared World Heritage Site by

UNESCO

Two building Cluster of Victorian Gothic and Art

Deco architectural Styles in Mumbai

Maharashtra were jointly inscribed in UNESCO

World Heritage list The decision was taken

during Session of UNESCO in Manama Bahrain

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44) Kerala Government declares Kozhikode and

Malappuram districts free from Nipah virus

Kerala government has declared Kozhikode and

Malappuram districts free from Nipah virus

infection It was first identified in 1998 in

Malaysia It gets its name from Sungai Nipah a

Malaysian village where pig farmers became ill

with encephalitis Fruit bats of pteropus family

are natural host of the virus

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45) Government Forms panel to upgrade norms

for state district level economic data collection

The Union Government has constituted 13-

member committee headed by Ravindra H

Dholakia for sub-National Accounts to upgrade

the norms for computation of economic data at

States and districts level in backdrop of plans to

revise the base year for National Accounts or

Gross Domestic Production (GDP) calculation

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46) Antonio Vitorino elected as new

International Organization for Migration Director

General

Portugalrsquos Antonio Vitorino elected as the

International Organization for Migration (IOM) rsquos

next Director General IOMrsquos Current Director

General William Lacy Swing

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47) Odisha signs MOU with RIMES

Odisha government signed an MOU with the a

UN Registered International and Inter-

governmental institution lsquoRegional Integrated

Multi-Hazard Early warning System (RIMES) for

enhancing early warning system for effective

management of disasters in the state

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48) S Ramesh appointed Chairman of CBIC

S Ramesh has been appointed as Chairman of

the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

(CBIC) the apex policy-making body of indirect

taxes He succeeded Vanaja N Sarna

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49) India clinched kabaddi Masters Title by

defeating Iran

Indian Clinched kabaddi Masters Title by

defeating Iran in Dubai under the captaincy of

Ajay Thakur

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50) A conference of Ministers for power New amp

Renewable Energy of States amp Union Territories

held at Shimla Himachal Pradesh

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51) Crime writer Hussain Zaidi pays tribute to

the men in uniform in his new noval lsquoEleventh

Hourrsquo

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IPS officer Sundari Nanda becomes the first

woman DGP of the Union Territory Puducherry

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52) NITI Aayog has partnered with GNFC Ltd to

implement fertiliser subsidy disbursement

NITI Aayog and Gujarat Narmada Valley

Fertilizers and Chemical Limited (GNFC) have

signed a statement of Intent (SOI) to implement

subsidy disbursement through Blockchain

Technology Both will work on implementing an

application for using the technology in subsidy

disbursements

With the implementation of Blockchain

Technology it is expected that the distribution

will be become effective and efficient

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ஒரு ஒபபநேததே தமறககோணடுளளது

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(Block chain) எனற கேோழிலநுடபம

மூலமவழஙகபடபடும எனறு இரணடிறகும

இதடத ஒபபநேம தமறககோளளபபடடது 53) Tejas Indigenous Fighter aircraft

commences operations from Sulur Air Force

Station

Indigenous Fighter aircraft Tejas has formally

commenced operation from Sulur Air Force

station at Coimbatore (Kovai) in TamilNadu

Southern Air Command based at

Thiruvananthapuram Kerala

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54) Jharkhand to set up Countryrsquos first Khadi

mall

Indiarsquos First lsquoKhadi Mallrsquo will soon be set up by

the Jharkhand government to [hhffzby

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boost market for Khadi and khadi made products

55) Record number ofrdquo estuarine crocodilerdquo

nesting sites found in Bhitarkanika

The Bhitarkanika national park in Odisha has

become the largest habitat of the endangered

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estuarine crocodiles in the country with a record

number of their nesting site spotted in it

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56) The united Nations Educational Scientific

and Cultural organization (UNESCO) has

inscribed colombiarsquos Chiribiovuete National park

on its list of world heritage sites

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(UNESCO) 57) Australia defeat India to win Menrsquos

Rabobank Hockey Champions Trophy 2018

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58) Election Commission launches lsquoCVigilrsquo app to

report model code violations

The Election Commission of India has launched

lsquoCVigilrsquo mobile application for citizens to

reportany violation of the Model Code of conduct

(MCC) during elections lsquocVigilrsquo or lsquoCitizen vigilrsquo

app will allow anyone in election-bound state to

report violations of MCC

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59) Major General Jose Elaclio Alcain of Uruguay

will be Head UN Military Observer Group in

India Pakistan

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60) Bengaluru to get Indiarsquos first e-waste plant

Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers

Ananth Kumar announced that the countryrsquos first

e-waste recycling unit will come up in Bengaluru

The Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and

Technology (CIPET) a research institute that

comes under the ministry will set up the e-

waste recycling unit

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ikajij mikfFk

61) e-marketing system launched by KVIC

A single-umbrella e-marketing system named

Khadi Institution Management and information

technology launched by the Khadi and village

Industries Commission (KVIC) in New Delhi The

system can be accessed from anywhere in the

country for sale and purchase of Khadi and

village industries products

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62) The proposal of renaming Agartala Airport in

Tripura as lsquoMaharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Kishore

Airportrsquo was approved by the union Cabinet

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63) lsquoBehdienkhalamrsquo one of the famous festival

was celebrated in the Jaintia Hills Meghalaya It

is celebrated among the Pnars Tribals

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64) Madhya Pradesh government approved the

lsquoBijli Bill Mafi Yojanarsquo and lsquoMukhyamantri Jan

Kalyanrsquo or lsquoSambalrsquo Yojana

The Madhya Pradesh government approved the

Bijli Bill Mafi Yojana (Power Bill waiver Scheme)

Under the power bill waiver scheme pending

does of registered labourers of the unorganised

sector and poor families would be waived

completely

The government also approved Mukhyamantri

Jan Kalyan or Sambal Yojana According to this

scheme labourers falling under the unorganised

sector in the state will get power at Rs200 per

month

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65) VD Dogra becomes first serving Indian Army

Officer to complete Ironman competition

Major General VD Dogra (Vikram Dogra) became

the First serving Indian Army officer and the

only General across the world to have completed

a gruelling lsquoIromanrsquo competition held in Austria

The lsquoIronmanrsquo is an international triathlon The

competitors have to complete the events in

sequence within 17 hours to earn the title of

lsquoIronmanrsquo

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(tpbNlhfuh) Mthu

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66) The Sunil Mehta Committee which was

formed with a view to tackle Non-performing

Assets (NPAs) and creating credit capacity

submitted its report with recommendations to

Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal

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thuhffldfis (Non-Performing Assets)

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67) Nagpur the second Capital of Maharashtra

has hosted the Monsoon Session of the State

legislature after a gap of 47 years

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68) India to host IUFoST 2018

India will host the 19th edition of IUFoST world

Food Science and Technology Congress 2018 in

Navi Mumbai from October 23-27-2018 The

IUFoST stands for lsquoInternational Union of Food

Science and Technologyrsquo

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69) 4 Species added to recovery programme by

wildlife Board

The Standing Committee of National Board for

Wildlife (NBWL) has recently added four species

into Centrersquos Recovery Programme for critically

Endangered Species

They are Northern River Terrapin Clouded

Leopard Arabian Sea Humpback Whale and Red

Panda

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Terrapin) gilr rpWjij (Clouded Leopard)

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70) World Food Prize 2018

The World Food Prize 2018 was awarder to

Lawrence Haddad and DrDavid Nabarro for their

individual but complementary global leadership

in elevating maternal and child undernutrition

with food security

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71) AIIBrsquos Third annual meeting held in Mumbai

The third annual Meeting of the Asian

Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was held

in Mumbai

The first AIIB Board of Governors meeting was

held in Beijing in 2016 followed by Jeju South

Korea in 2017

Fourth Annual Meeting will be held in Luxemberg

in July 2019

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72) Madhya Pradesh awarded for reducing

maternal mortality

Madhya Pradesh was awarded by Union Ministry

of Healthy and Family welfare for reducing

maternal mortality under Prime Ministerrsquos safe

Motherhood Campaign (Pradhan Mantri

Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan-PMSMA)

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73) lsquoPaani Bachao Paise Kamaorsquo scheme by

Punjab

The Punjab government has launched a new

scheme lsquoPaani Bacho-o Paise Kamaorsquo to check

depletion of underground water Under this

scheme farmers will get the monetary benefit

for less use of tube well

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74) First Delta Ranking of Aspirational District

Under lsquo Transformation of Aspirational Districtsrsquo

Programme NITI Aayog has released first Delta

ranking for 108 aspirational districts to measure

their incremental progress across five

developmental areas during 2-month period of

April and May 2018

Dahod district in Gujarath ranked 1st west

Sikkim district in Sikkim ranked 2nd

Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu ranked

3rd Vijanagaram in Andhra Pradesh ranked 4th

and YSR Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh

ranked 5th

lsquoTransformation of Aspirational District

Programme was launched by the Prime Minister

in January 2018 This programme aims to

quickly and effective transform some of the most

underdeveloped districts of the country

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75) 9th Heads of Mission Conference

The 9th Heads of Mission Conference was held in

New Delhi It was inaugurated by External

Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj

The theme of annual Conference was

lsquoUnprecedented Outreach Unparalleled

Outcomes

It Saw Participation of all Indian Ambassadors

and high Commissioners

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76) Four zones become unmanned Level

crossings Free

Indian Railways has eliminated all unmanned

level crossings (UMLC) from its four Zones They

are West Central Railway Central Railway

Eastern Railway and South East Central Railway

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ePffpAssJ

77) The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) for the first

time has rolled out three phase energy efficient

eight Car Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU)

train set built with Stainless Steel bodies in

Chennai TamilNadu

MEMU is suburban train system that caters to

needs of medium distance inter-city passengers

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78) The French government has introduced a

plan national service for all 16-year olds

Voluntary teaching and working with Charities

are among the options being looked at

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Nrit nraypy ltLglyhk

79) Abhilash Tomy in Golden Globe Race

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Naval Officer Commander Abhilash Tomy of

Indian Navy has participated in historic Golden

Globe Race (GRR) which commenced from Les

Sables d lsquoOlonne harbour in western France

He will be representing India in indigenously

built sailing vessel Thuriya a replica of 1950s

sailing vessel Suhaili

Tomy one of Indiarsquos prominent Sailors and a

recipient of the Kirti Chakra is the only

participant from Asia

The uniqueness of the race is that boat designs

and technology newer than 1968 are not

permitted

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Mthu

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80) The union government has constituted a

ministerial panel headed by the Central Finance

Minister to decide about Fund allocation for

infrastructure projects from the Central Road

and Infra structure fund (CRIF) announced in

the budget

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81) India to provide tariff concessions to APTA

members

India has agreed to provide tariff concessions on

3142 products to Asia Pacific Trade Agreement

(APTA) members

APTA is an initiative under united Nations

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and

Pacific (UN ESCAP) for trade expansion through

exchange of tariff concessions among developing

country members of Asia pacific region

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ESCAP) KawrpNa (APTA) MFk

82) Vishwas Patel has appointed as a Chairman

of Payments Council of India

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83) The worldrsquos First digital art museum has

opened at the MORI building Digital Art Museum

in Tokyo Japan

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84) The worldrsquos First digital art museum has

opened at the MORI Building Digital Art Museum

in Tokyo Japan

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85) Indiarsquos first Global Mobility Summit

Niti Aayog to hold Indiarsquos First Global Mobility

Summitrsquo on September 7-8 in Delhi It will be

inaugurated by Prime Minister

The summit will help drive governmentrsquos goal for

vehicle electrification renewable energy

integration and job growth and also speed Up

Indiarsquos transition to a clean energy economy

lsquoMOVE Global Mobility Summitrsquo will be organised

in Collaboration with Various ministries and

industry partners

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khwwjjpid JupjggLjj KbAk

86) Sports Authority of India will now be Sports

India

More than 34 years after coming into existence

the sports Authority of India (SAI) is set to be

renamed as Sports India Union Sports Minister

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore announced after

the Sports bodyrsquos governing body meeting

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87) Home Ministerrsquos Special Operation Medal

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has

approved institution of Home Ministerrsquos special

Operation Medal

It also has instituted three more Medalrsquos -Antarik

Suraksha Medal Asadharan Aaschuchan Padak

and Utkrisht amp Ati- Utkrisht Seva Medal

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88) First Transgender woman to Compete in

Miss Universe

Spanish Model Angela Ponce will be the First

transgender woman to compete in Miss

Universe She won Spainrsquos Miss Universe

Competition she will representing her country at

67th Miss Universe 2018 pagent in Philippines

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89) lsquoPandharichi Warirsquo is the most important

pilgrimage of Maharashtra

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90) An Official Song for the Kerala State

The Kerala government has constituted an

expert panel comprising eminent writerrsquos and

language experts to choose an official song for

the State Rani George the Cultural Department

Secretary would be the Convenor of the panel

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MNyhrfuhf Ugghh

91) Mandatory Dope Test in Punjab

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has

ordered a mandatory dope test of all

government employees including police

personnel

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Also he has ordered drug screening to be

mandatorily done in all cases of recruitment and

promotions

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92) Uttam Dhillon an Indian- American top

white house lawyer has been appointed as the

new acting administrator of the Drug

Enforcement Agency of USA

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93) Icebergs to be towed from Antarctica to

United Arab Emirates for drinking water

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94) Brazil become highest scoring team in FIFA

World cup History

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95) Rajasthan government launched lsquoAnnapurna

Doodh Yojnarsquo Scheme The scheme will provide a

glass of milk to School students

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96) Genome valley 20 in Telangana

Telangana Government has signed

memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with

Singapore based engineering amp consulting firm

Surbana Jurong for preparing roadmap for

Genume valley 20

Genome valley is Indiarsquos first organized pharma-

biotech cluster for life science RampD activities and

largest life science destination in Asia

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97) The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and

Customs (CBIC) has launched a mobile app lsquoGST

verifyrsquo to protect interest of consumers It is an

android app to verify if the person collecting GST

from the consumer is eligible to collect it or not

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98) Design University for gaming in

Visakhapatnam

The Andhra Pradesh government and the

delegates of United Nations Educational

Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

have recently signed a pact for the

establishment of a Gaming Digital Learning Hub

in the state

As per agreement UNESCO will soon set up the

Design University for gaming in Visakhapatnam

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99) Maharashtra Government has signed MOU

with Multi Commodity Exchange of India limited

to Launched Cotton Mission to empower Cotton

Farmers in the state

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100) The National Security Guard (NSG) will be

the first central paramilitary force to opt for e-

ticketing instead of the railway warrant A

railway warrant is a voucher issued for train

travel at subsidized rates

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101) The Ministry of Coal has launched the Goal

Mine Surveillance and Management System

(CMSMS) and lsquoKhan Praharirsquo mobile application

in New Delhi

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102) India will operate the Mattala Rajapaksa

International Airport as a Srilanka-India joint

Venture at Hambantota in Srilanka

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103) lsquoPoshan Abhiyanrsquo and lsquoPurnarsquo project to

eradicate malnutrition

The Gujarat government launched a statewide

mission lsquoPoshan Abhiyanrsquo to eradicate

malnutrition among children by providing them

nutritious food through Anganwadi centers

The State government has also launched lsquoPurnarsquo

project to eliminate malnutrition among

Adolescent girls

The Nation wide National Nutrition mission

(Poshan Abiyan) was launched by

Prime Minister in Rajasthan

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104) The Uttarakhand High Court has recently

declared the ldquoentire animal kingdom including

avian and aquaticrdquo as legal entities with a

distinct personal and corresponding rights

duties and liabilities of a living person

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105) Milan Shankar Tare a Fisherman from

Maharashtrarsquos Palghar district has been selected

for this yearrsquos National Maritime Search and

Rescue Award

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106) Rajasthan government clarifies on

reservation

The Rajasthan government has clarified that five

castes Gujjars Baldia Rebari Gadalia and

Gadaria Under the most backward Classes

(MBC) are also entitled into the 21 Quota

under the OBC category for admission to

educational institution and recruitment in

government jobs in the state

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107) The Uttar Pradesh government launched

lsquoCommercial Tax at your door stepsrsquo on the

occasion of GST day celebration

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108) The department of Empowerment of

Persons with disabilities under the ministry of

social Justice and Empowerment organized a

ldquoNational Workshop on Skill Development for

persons with Disabilitiesrdquo in New Delhi

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109) Mahi Talat Siddiqui a Muslim woman from

Kanpur has translated the text of Ramayana into

Urdu

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110) The Chhattisgarh government will set up a

tribal museum in the Statersquos upcoming new

capital Naya Raipur

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111) CIMON the 1st Robot with Artificial

Intelligence to fly in Space

CIMON or Crew Interactive Mobile Companion

become the first artificial intelligence robot

companion in Space It is an English Speaking

robot

It was launched by Space x Falcon 9 rocked to

International Space station

It was launched from Florida The CIMON robot

from the German space Agency is meant to

Assist German Astronaut Alexander Gerst in

international Space station

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CIMON (Crew Interactive Mobile Companion)

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112) The 17th World Tamil Internet Conference

held in Coimbatore under the theme

lsquoIntellectual Tamil Search Enginesrdquo

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113) With 226 Lakh Crore Rupees Collection of

GST Tax Tamilnadu in 4th place

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114) NTA to hold NEET JEE twice a year from

2019

Human Resource Development Minister Prakash

Javadekar announced that JEEE Mains and NEET

the two national level engineering and medical

entrance examinations will be held twice a year

from 2019 by a newly formed National Testing

Agency (NTA)

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115) Sri Lanka Movie lsquoThe Frozen firersquo

For the first time in the history of Srilankan film

industry a movie from the Srilanka ldquoThe Frozen

firerdquo directed by Anuruddha Jaya Sing he will

enter in mainstream lsquobest picturersquo category of

Oscars 2019

The film Outlines the Wijeweerarsquos life the

founding leader of the JVP (or) Peoplersquos

Liberation Front

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116) International Day of Cooperatives-July 7

International Day of Co-operative was observed

on 7thJuly The theme for 2018 is ldquoSubtainable

Societies through Cooperationrdquo

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117) Koala bear genome decoded

Koala bear genome decoded successfully Koala

native to Australia is classified as Vulnerable by

the International union for Conservation of

Nature (IUCN)

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118) ldquoOne person one Carrdquo policy by west

Bengal

West Bengal set a ldquoOne person One carrdquo policy

for ministers and bureaucrats and mandated

economy class for all domestiv air travel in a bid

to cut Costs incurred by the State government

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119) The Cheetah 3 robot developed by

engineers at the America MIT Which is blind

robot

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120) Indiarsquos First Taxi ambulance

Indiarsquos First Taxi ambulance service was flagged

off by Union Minister for Road Transport and

Highways Nithin Gadkari in NewDelhi

A Start-up named Wagon Cab has launched this

service with drivers who are trained medically

keeping in mind the increasing number of

accidents

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121) Hindu Women to contest the Provincial

Assembly election in Pakistan

Sunita Parmar a Hindu woman in Sindh

province has created history by becoming the

first from the minority community to contest the

provincial assembly election in Pakistan

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122) Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the 3rd

Indian Cricketer to reach the coveted milestone

of playing 500 international matches

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123) Justice Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair

Radhakrishnan has been Sworn in as new Chief

Justice of the Hyderbad High court For the state

of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in Hyderbad

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124) 17th World Sanskrit Conference held in

Vancouver Canada

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125) Dipa Karmakar won gold medal

Dipa Karmakar Clinched the gold medal in the

vault event of FIG Artistic Gymnastic World

Challenge Cup at Mersin Turkey

She is First Indian to win gold in Gymnastic

World Challenge Cup

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126) Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel has been

appointed the new Chairperson of the National

Green Tribunal (NGT)

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127) Researches have created the worldrsquos first

Rhino Embryos in a test tube

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128) The Union Ministry of Environment Forests

and Climate Change declared the 438sqkm of

area around Mudumalai Tiger Reserve as an Eco-

Sensitive Zone

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129) The Civil Aviation Research Organisation

(CARO) will be set up by AAI

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will set up

a state-of- the -art Civil Aviation Research

organisation (CARO) at Begumpet Airport

Hyderabad

It is to find indigenous solutions to meet the

challenges posed by the growing air traffic and

for enhancing safety Capacity and efficiency of

aircraft operations in the country

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NghfFtujJ Muharrp mikgig

mikffTssJ

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ej mikgig mikffTssJ

130) International Round Table Conference on

ldquoData for New Indiardquo

The International Round Table Conference on

ldquoData for New Indiardquo has organised by the

ministry of Statistics and programme

Implementation was held in New Delhi in 9-10th

July 2018 The conference was inaugurated by

DVSadananda Gowda

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jftyrdquo (Data for New Indiardquo) vDk

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131) Sambalpur in East Coast Railway division

becomes first to eliminate All unmanned level

crossings in India

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132) Golden Man Booker International Prize

2018

SriLanka -born Canadian literacy icon Michael

ondaatjersquos lsquoThe English Patientrsquo has won the

special one-off Golden Man booker prize at the

Southbank centre in London

The Prize was instituted as part of Celebrations

to mark the Bookerrsquos having completed 50 years

and the one-off award was voted by the public

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133) Justice L Narasimha Reddy has been

appointed the Chairman of the Central

Administrative Tribunal (CAT)

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134) Railways to introduce Sri Ramayana

Express

Indian Railways is planning to introduce a

unique pilgrim train Sri Ramayana Express on

the Ramayana Circuit to cover the major

destinations related to the Hindu epic

The train may start its operations beginning

November 142018 from New Delhi It will make

its first halt in Ayodhya and the final halt in

Rameshwaram

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135) Indiarsquos 2nd Transgender Lawyer SViji

SViji becomes Indiarsquos 2nd transgender lawyer

She is from Thoothukudi She enrolled herself in

Bar Council of Tamilnadu and Puducherry

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136) TamilNadu government is going to set up a

route to transport wind mill power from

Kayathar in Thoothukudi district to other State

with the estimate of 2600 crore

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137) Tamil Nadu assembly passes Lokayukta Bill

The Tamil Nadu assembly in 972018 passed

the Lokayukta Bill to inquire into charges of

corruption against Chief minister ministerrsquos

MLAs and government officials

Personnel and administrative reforms minister

DJayakumar introduced the Bill in the assembly

Maharashtra was the first state to introduce the

institution of Lokayukta

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nrajhh

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138) lsquoCompulsory Retirementrsquo to up Employees

Uttar Pradesh government is planning to give a

ldquoCompulsory retirementrdquo to employees aged 50

years and above if they are found neglecting

their duties

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139) Provide Free treatment to poor in Delhi

Private hospital Supreme court

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Supreme Court said that all private hospitals in

the Delhi which were given land on

Concessional rate must provide free treatment

to certain percentage of poor patient

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140) Kasturirangan Committee tasked with

drafting a new education policy has got third

extension from the HRD Ministry

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141) Special Lifetime Achievement Award to

THVinayakram

The music academy announced a special lifetime

Achievement award to be conferred on ghatam

maestro TH Vinayakram foundly known as

lsquoVikkursquo Vinayakram

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142) The book ldquoWinning like Souravrdquo Think amp

Succeed like Gangulyrdquo has been authored by

Abhirup Bhattacharya

ldquoWinning like Souravrdquo Think amp Succeed like

Gangulyrdquovdw Eiy mgpampg gllhrrhhah

vOjpAsshh

143) Indiarsquos First biofortified Sorghum (Jowar)

namedrsquoParbhani Shaktirsquo containing higher iron

and zinc than regular Surghum was formally

launched

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144) 6th World Cities Summit 2018

The Sixth World Cities Summit was held in

Singapore Its theme was ldquoLiveable amp

Substaniable Cities Embracing the future

through Innovation and Collaborationrdquo

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ldquoLiveable amp Substaniable Cities Embracing the

future through Innovation and Collaborationrdquo

145) 67th Meeting of North Eastern Council

The 67th meeting of North Eastern Council was

held in Shillong Meghalaya It was Chaired by

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh

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146) BSNL Unveils internet telephony service

wings

State-Owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar

Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced the soft

launch of its first telephony service wings in

India to be rolled out from August 2018

Through wings the customer can make or

receive calls by using internet service of any

operator

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147) Oldest Indian Woman to complete an

Ironman Triathlon

Anju Khosla (52) has become the oldest Indian

woman to complete an Ironman Triathlon which

is one of the toughest one-day sporting events

It comprises swimming bicycle ride and

Marathon run6

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148) Second Indian to Climb worldrsquos highest

Volcano

Satyarup Siddhanta has become Second Indian

mountaineer after Malli Mastan Babu to Climb Mt

Ojos del Salado (6893m) the highest volcano in

the world on Argentina- Chile border

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ngwWsshu

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gFjpapy cssJ 149) Government announced the names of six

ldquoinstitute of eminencerdquo

Central government announced the names of six

ldquoinstitute of eminencerdquo three each from the

public and private sectors

The six institutes are

i) IISc ii) IIT Delhi

iii) IIt Bombay iv) JIO Institute

v) BITS Pilani

(vi) Manipal Academy of Higher Education

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

released its ranking of National institutes for

2018 The top three ranks are

i) Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru

ii) IIT Madras

iii) IIT Bombay

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150) After two-year Turkey to end state of

emergency The president of Turkey is Recep

Tayyip Erdugan

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151) All twelve members of a boyrsquos football

team and their coach have been rescued in

1072018 after being trapped in a cave in

Thailand for 18 days

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152) Worldrsquos largest Cellphone Factory in Noida

Samsung opens worldrsquos largest phone factory in

Noida The worldrsquos largest mobile Factory was

launched at Noida in Uttarpradesh by Narendra

Modia and South Korean president moon Jae-in

The Unit will have a Capacity of Fabricationg 12

Crore phones a year

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153) The first-ever lsquoIndia Taurism Mart (ITM) rsquo

will be hosted by Ministry of Tourism in New

Delhi from 16th to 18th September 2018

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154) Mobile help centre ldquoSaathirdquo For Amarnath

Yatra Pilgrims

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has

launched a mobile help centre lsquoSaathirsquo to reach

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out to people undertaking the annual pilgrimage

holy cave shrine of Amarnath

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155) ADB approves project of Sun Canal in Bihar

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has

approved project of Sun Canal in Shahabad-

Bhojpur region of Bihar

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156) Gujarart Government grants religious

minority Status of Jews

Gujarat Governement granted religious minority

status to Jews living in the state with this

Gujarat became the third state in India to grant

religious minority Status to Jews after

westBengal and Maharashtra

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157) Dipika Pallikal will represent Asia

Indiarsquos Squash player Dipika Pallikal has been

appointed as Asiarsquos representative in the

prestigious Athlete Advisory commission of the

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGf) The

appointment was mady by the CGF

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158) The Odisha government has partnered with

tata Trust for development of Cancer care

facilities in the State

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159) Scientists discover worldrsquos oldest biological

colour

Scientists have discovered the worldrsquos oldest

colour that is bright pink

The pigments were discovered after researchers

crushed 11 billon year old rock found in a

marine shale deposit beneath the Sahara desert

in Mauritania west Africa

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160) Australian researchers have uncovered the

worldrsquos oldest biological colour

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161) First time in history Rajya Sabha Signs

MOU with a foreign Counterpart

Rajya Sabha has for the first time in 76 years

since it came into being entered into

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a

foreign Counterpart for promoting inter-

Parliamentar dialogue

Venkaiah Naidu has become the first chairman

of Rajya Sabha to sign such an lsquoagreement when

he inked an MOU with the visiting president of

the Senate of Rwanda

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162) Turkey will sell four Corvette warships to

Pakistan which will be the countryrsquos largest

single export deal Turkey signed a

memorandum of understanding to build four

Corvettes for Pakistan Under the MILGEM Project

last year

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163) Team India Opener Rohit Sharma has

become the first Indian Cricketer to Smash three

Centuries in T20 International Cricket

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164) Train 18 Made in India 160 kmph train

Indiarsquos indigenously manufactured Semi-high

speed train code-named Train 18 (Train 2018)

is expected to be rolled out in September

The train built by Integral Coach Factory (ICF)

of Chennai to promote Make in India is capable

of running at a speed of 160km per hour

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165) Andhra Pradesh tops in ldquoEase of Doing

Businessrdquo

Andhra Pradesh has topped the third edition of

the governmentrsquos lsquoEase of Doing Businessrsquo index

for states This is the second time in a row that

Andhra achieved the first rank

Telangana and Haryana in second and third

spots Tamilnadu in 15th position

i) Andhra Pradesh ii) Telangana iii) Haryana iv)

Jharkand v) Gujarath

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166) 22nd International Conference on

Nonferrous Minerals and Metals 2018 held at

Ranchi Jharkhand

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167) Meghalaya government introduces Draft

policy known as ldquoJackfruit Missionrdquo during the

first ever Jackfruit festival

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168) China Launches two remote sensing

Satellites for Pakistan

China Successfully launched two remote sensing

Satellites PRSS-1 and PAKTES-1A for Pakistan

on board of Long March-2C rocket from Jicquan

Satellite Launch Centre

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169) China said it has clinched a deal with India

on the reduction of Import duties on Indian

medicines including anti-cancer drugs

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170) Rajya Sabha members can use all 22

Scheduled Languages

From the forth coming Monsoon Session of

parliament Rajya Sabha Mps will be able to

speak in the house in any of the 22 Indian

languages listed in the 8th Schedule of the

Constitution

Of the 22 scheduled languages Rajya Sabha has

earlier established simultaneous interpretation

service for 12 language

The Rajya Sabha Secretariat has arranged for

simultaneous interpretation facility for ten more

languages- Dugri Kashmiri Kunkani Santhali

Sindhi Bodu Maithili Manipuri Marathi and

Nepali

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171) South Korean President in India

South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived

India for his four-day visit India and South

Korea singed 11 agreements including in the

areas of trade cultural and Scientific and

technological Cooperation

Capital-Seoul

Prime Minister ndash Lee Nak-yeon

Continent -Asia

Currecny -Won

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172) India becomes worldrsquos sixth largest

economy

World Bank Figuresrsquos for 2017 says that Indian

economy has now become worldrsquos sixth biggest

pushing France to Seventh place The US leads

the table as the biggest economy followed by

China Japan Germany and Britain

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173) World Population Day-11 July

The world Population day is observed across the

world on July 11 The world population day was

established by the then Governing Council of the

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

in 1989

The theme for the World Population Day 2018 is

ldquoFamily Planning is a Human Rightrdquo

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2018 Mk Mzbwfhd cyf kffs njhif

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174) The 30th International Mango Festival was

held in New Delhi

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175) Ram Nath Kovind announces four

nominations to Rajya Sabha

President Ram Nath Kovind has nominated 4

Rajya Sabha members viz former MPRam

Shakal Sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra classical

dancer Sunal Mansingh Rakesh Sinha

Raghunath Mohapatra is an internationality

renowned sculptor famous for his stone

carvings

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176) Global Innovation Index 2018

The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2018 has

ranked India as the 57th most innovative nation

in the world The country has improved its

ranking up to 3 places from its 60th position in

2017

Top 5 Countries are (1) Switzerland (2)

Netherland (3) Sweden (4) UK (5) Singapore

The G11 global ranking is published by World

Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) -a

specialized agency of United nations

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Innovation Index (GII) cyfpNyNa kpfTk

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177) lsquoI am not afraid of Englishrsquo

Haryana has launched lsquoI am not afraid of

Englishrsquo initiative to make primary school

students fluent in English

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178) IWF Junior World Weightlifting

Championships 2018

Indian woman lifter Jhilli Dalabehera has bagged

the bronze medal in the 2018 IWF Junior World

Weightlifting Championships at Tashkent

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179) Kutchi New year

Kutchi Community celebrates its new year on

Aashadhi Beej which falls in month of Ashada

(JuneJuly)

As for people of Kutch this day is associated

with beginning of rains in Kutch Gujarat

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180) DrSandeep Sancheti Vice Chancellor of

SRM Institute of Science and Technology has

assumed charge as the president of the

Association of Inidan Universities (AIU) New

Delhi

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181) INS Sumitra enters Indonesiarsquos Sabang

Part

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Indian Warship INS Sumitra which was on

mission in Malacca straits entered port of

Sabang in Indonesia

This is the first time that an Indian Naval ship

has visited the port of Sabang

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Movementrdquo

The food safety and standards Authority of India

(FSSAI) has launched ldquoThe Eat Right Movementrdquo

to empower the citizens by improving their

health and well-being It is a platform to provide

credible information to help make informed and

healthful eating choices The main purpose of

the project is to reduce salt sugar and saturated

fat in packaged food products

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183) Broadcasting content complaints council

(BCCC)

Udhay Kumar Varma has been appointed as

new member of Broadcasting content complains

council (BCCC)

The BCCC is an independent self-regulatory body

set up by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation

(IBF) in June 2011to look into complaints

pertaining to all non-news general entertainment

channel in India

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184) Lonely planetrsquos best Asia destinations list

One of the Hottest Biodiversity Hotspots and

UNESCO world Heritage site the western Ghats

has come fourth in the list of Lonely planetrsquos

ldquo2018 Best in Asiardquo list

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185) India-South Korea Technology Exchange

Centre inaugurated in New Delhi by Central

Minister of MSME Giriraj Singh

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186) UN Security Council adopts Resolution

2427 to protect children in armed conflict

The United Nations Security Council has adopted

Resolution 2427 aimed at providing legal

framework for mainstream protection rights

well-being and empowerment of children

throughout the conflict cycle

The resolution Strongly condemns recruitment

and use of children in armed conflicts killing and

rape abductions

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187) Himachal Pradesh government announced

a project to setup a cow sanctuary act Kotla

Barug

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188) Vice president M Venkaiah Naidu

inaugurated the Indian Intraculare Implant and

Refractive Surgery Convention 2018 held in

Chennai

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189) UK Launched New Visas

The UK has launched new visas that will be open

to overseas Scientists and researchers including

Indians to encourage growth of the countryrsquos

research sector

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190) Indiarsquos latest Frontline warship INS Trikand

has reached Srilanka in a goodwill visit

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191) RBI cancels license of Alwar Urban Co-

operative Bank

The Reserve bank of India has cancelled the

license of Alwar Urban Co-operative Bank LTD

Alwar Rajastan to carry on banking business

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192) For the first time in Tamil nadu Centre for

excellence in traditional flowers to come up in

Madurai

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193) Formalin- laced Fish create Scare across

India after the ban of fishes Assam Manipur etc

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194) lsquoAnna Canteensrsquo in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh Government launched lsquoAnna

Canteenrsquo where breakfast lunch and dinner

would be offered at Rs5 each

The lsquoAnna Canteenrsquo named after the NT Rama

Rao

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195) lsquoOne Farmer one transformerrsquo Scheme

In order to reduce electricity losses the

Maharashtra government will next month launch

a new scheme lsquoOne farmer one Transformerrsquo

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196) Goa University discovered a Pigment that

may help fight against Cancer

Goa University announced the discovery of a

new pigment from Local wild Mushrooms that

may help fight against Cancer

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The chemical nature of the brown or black

Colour Pigment in wild edible mushrooms lsquoRoen

alamis or Termitomycesrsquo Species has a new

Sulphur-rich melanin pigment

The Goa University has declared it as Worldrsquos

first Sulphur-rich edible melanin

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197) Seema Darshanrsquo Project

Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani has given in principal

approval for the 39 Crore rupees lsquoSeema

Darshanrsquo or lsquoBorder tourismrsquo project

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198) The ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

(MOHUA) has launched a technology challenge

on identifying Solutions and promoting suitable

techniques for cleaning of Sewage Systems The

Objective is eliminating human entry into septic

tanks and manholes

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199) Indiarsquos First Private UAV amp LBPV factory to

come up in Kota

Indiarsquos First private Sector unit for

manufacturing unmanned air vehicles (UAV) and

light bullet proof vehicles (LBPV) will be set up

under lsquoMake in Indiarsquo initiative of the Union

government by DCM Shriram Industries Group in

Kota

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200) Rajasthan Government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft

The Rajasthan government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft to provide free digital training to

9500 students of 50 government colleges in a

year It will also train 500 faculty members

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201) In a first Indian Naval aircraft deployed fro

RIMPAC exercise

For the first time Indian Navyrsquos Long Range

Maritime Patrol Aircraft Boeing P-8I (Poseidon

Eight India) from Indian Naval Ship (INS) Rajali

has inducted for participating in the 26th edition

of RIMPAC-18 the Rim of the Pacific

multinational Naval exercise During the

exercise In P8I will be operating from Joint

Airbase Hickam Honolulu in Hawaii

This is the first time ever that an Indian Naval

aircraft has traversed so far east into the pacific

It is the First IN aircraft to cross the

International Date line

RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific Exercise) is the

wolrdrsquos largest international maritime warfare

exercise It is hosted and administered by the

United States Navyrsquos pacific feet headquartered

at Pearl Harbor

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202) India becomes 69th Shareholder of

European Bank for reconstruction amp

development (EBRD) paving the way for more

joint investment with Indian companies across

the bankrsquos regions of operation

EBRD headquartered in London Suma

Chakrabarti is the president of EBRD

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203) Indiarsquos genetically modified crop area fifth

largest in world

India becomes worldrsquos fifth largest area

cultivated under genetically modified (GM) crops

in 2017 according to the International service for

the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications

(ISAAA) report

From the report (i) America (ii) Brazil (iii)

Argentina (iv) Canada (v) India

Indiarsquos entire GM crop area is under single crop

BT cotton

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204) 2+2 ministeria dialogue

India is going to host inaugural 2+2 dialogue

with united States in September in New Delhi

lsquo2+2 dialoguersquo is an interaction between the

foreign and defence minister of the

twocountries

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205) Mukesh Ambani overtook Alibaba Group

Founder Jackma to become Asiarsquos richest

person according to a report by Blumberg

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206) First Indian women to win gold in world U-

20 Athletics Championships

Hima Das became the First Indian Women to

clinch a gold medal at a global event the world

under-20 Championships

Das clinched the top spot in the womenrsquos 400m

final race at the IAAF wordl under-20 Athletics

Championships in Tampere Finland

Hima Das Clocked 5146 seconds to win gold

She belongs to State of Assam

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207) Coimbatore doctor to head worldrsquos top

body of Spine Surgeons

Coimbatore-based orthopaedic and Spine

Surgeon SRajasekaran who is Chairman of the

Department of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery

at Ganga Hospital has been selected Chairman

of the international board of Aospine the worldrsquos

largest body of Spine Surgeons

DrRajasekaran is the first person to elected

from Asia region to this prestigious position

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208) 25000 plus two students to be trained to

take CA exams

Minister for School Education KA Sengottaiyan

Said that 25000 plus two students in

government schools will be trained over to take

up entry level examination for Chartered

Accountancy course Classes will be conducted

by 500 CAS once a week

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209) Two Indian-origin women of Forbes list of

Americarsquos richest self-made women

Two Indian-origin technology executives

JayShree Ullal and Neerja Sethi have made it to

the Forbes list of Americarsquos 60 richest self-made

women

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210) DrTCA Rahgavan has been appointed as

Director General of Indian Council of World

Affairs (ICWA)

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211) Entire Indian Menrsquos hockey team included

in Tops

The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of Union

Ministry of Sports and youth Affairs has included

entire menrsquos Hockey team of India under the

Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS)

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212) India Army signed a MOU with SBI

Indian Army signed a memorandum of

understanding (MOU) with the State Bank of

India (SBI) on the Defence Salary Package that

will include free personal accident death free

permanent total disability cover and other

accidental benefits to the deceased soldier and

family

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213) Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has

become the First Indian personality to get a

lsquotalking Statuersquo at Madame Tussauds Singapore

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214) Spiritual leader Dada JP Vaswani passed

away

Dada JP Vaswani (99) the spiritual leader and

head of Sadhu Vaswani mission in Pune has

passed away in Pune Maharashtra on July 12

2018

He was born in Hyderabad Sindh (Pakistan) on

2nd August 1918 Vaswani was a world renowned

Spiritual leader known for promoting

vegetarianism and animal rights

JP Vaswani was the recipient of the 1998

UThant peace award Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram

Vaswani (TL Vaswani) who founded Sadhu

Vaswani Mission was his Guru

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215) 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

The 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention is

being organized by Ministry of External Affairs in

association with the State Government of Uttar

Pradesh in January 2019

Theme of 2019 event is ldquoRole of Indian Diaspora

in building a New Indiardquo

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216) ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo authored by

Tapan

The book ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo has

been authored by Tapan Kumar Chand the

Chairman cum Managing Director of NALCO

The book is recently released by Narendra Singh

Tamar the Union Minister of Mines Rural

Development and panchayat Raj

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217) Government set up task force on ways to

reduce import

The central government has set up a high level

task force under the Chairmanship of cabinet

Secretary PK Sinha to identify various items and

policy interventions to reduce dependence of

import

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218) Worldrsquos first 3D colour X-ray on Human

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Scientists from New Zealand have performed

worldrsquos first ever 3-D colour X-ray on human It

has potential to improve the field of medical

diagnostics

It incorporates particle-tracking technology

called Medipix developed by European

organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

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219) National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

The 4th National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

was held at Indore in Madhya Pradesh

Chhattisgarh won awards in all categories for

excellence in implementing minerals auction

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220) Photography ban at protected monuments

lifted

Photography will be allowed in all of the

monuments and archaeological sites

administered by the Archaeological Survey of

India except the mausoleum at Taj Mahal the

Ajanta Caves and the Leh palace

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221) India and China hold second maritime

security dialogue in Beijing China

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222) Prize for beautification of Railway Station

Balharshah and Chandrapur Railway Stations of

the Central Railway have been awarded the first

prize in Station beautification competition by

government

Madhubani Station of East Central Railway and

Madurai Station of Southern Railway were the

Co-winners of the Second prize

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223) Odisha constitutes Heritage Cabinet

Odisha government constituted a lsquoHeritage

Cabinetrsquo headed by Chief Minister Naveen

Patnaik

lsquoHeritage Cabinetrsquo would aim at protection of

ancient monuments temples and archaeological

sites and take steps to preserve the states

culture language amp literature

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224) First Double Stack Dwarf container Service

Indian Railways Introduces first Double Stack

Dwarf Container Service from Rajkot Division

Western Railway with the use of these double-

Stack dwarf containers the cost of the unit will

be significantly reduced

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225) The Central government think tank NITI

Aayog has unveiled the blueprint of lsquoNational

Health Stackrsquo (NHS) a shared digital healthcare

infrastructure

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226) Former Pakistan Prime minister Nawaz

Sharif and his daughter Maryam who are

convicted for corruption were arrested

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227) Centuryrsquos longest total lunar eclipse

Union Ministry of Earth Science has announced

the Centuryrsquos (2001 to 2100) longest total

eclipse of 1 hour 43 minutes will occur on July

27-282018

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228) The Government of India has invited us

President Donal Trump to be chief guest at the

2019 Republic Day Parade

The US is yet to officially accept Indiarsquos invite

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229) Threatening Climate Change to the Nilgiri

tahr

According to recent Study published

international journal Ecological Engineering

Climate Change is threatening the Nilgiri tahr

International Union for conservation of Nature

(IUCN) in its red book has classified Nilgiri Tahr

it as Endangered

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230) 2018 Wimbledon Winners

Women singles - Angelique Kerber

(Germany)

Men singles - Novak Djokovic (Serbian)

Menrsquos Doubles - Mike Bryan (US) and Jack

Sock (US)

Womenrsquos Doubles - Barbora Krejcikova and

Katerina Siniakova from Czhech Republic

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231) Bansagar canal project Inaugurated

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the 171

km long Bansagar canal project to the nation in

Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh on July 15

2018

The project which is a joint venture of Uttar

Pradesh Madhya Pradesh and Bihar It built on

Son River

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232) Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018

Union Ministry of Drinking water and Sanitation

has launched Swachh Survekshan Grameen

2018 in New Delhi

The Programme will rank all states and districts

on the basis of a survey of Public places

Citizenrsquos perspective of cleanliness and their

recommendations

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233) 4th BIMSTEC Summit to be held in

Kathmandu

The fourth edition of Bay of Bengal Initiatives for

Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Co-

operation (BIMSTEC) will be held at Kathmandu

in Nepal from 30 t0 31 August 2018

Nepal is the current chair of BIMSTEC It is

headquartered in Dhaka

Member countries- India Nepal Bhutan

Bangladesh Srilanka Myanmar and Thailand

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234) Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventories

in Asia

In New Delhi Union Minister DrHarsh Vardhan

inaugurates 16th Workshop on Greenhouse Gas

Inventories in Asia

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235) First-ever metal craft exhibition in India

With an aim to promote and preserve the metal

craft tradition of Ladakh the first-ever metal

craft exhibition was held at Chilling village in Leh

district of Jammu amp Kashmir

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236) Kochi Metro Rail Limited opened Indiarsquos

first exquisite air-conditioned bed space

dormitor

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237) World Youth skills Day 15 July In 2014 UN

General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring

15th July as World Youth Skills day

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238) India became Vice-Chair on regional head

of Asia pacific Region of the World Customs

Organisation (WCO)

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239) Resolution 2428 by UN security Council

The UN Security council has adopted a resolution

2428 to impose an arms embargo on South

Sudan The measure will stop the flow of

weapons to armed groups in the country

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240) Hindi Mother tongue of 4363 in India

According to the 2011 census Hindi continue to

be the most spoken language in India with

4363 of the country declaring it their mother-

tongue

Sanskrit was the least spoken of the countryrsquos

22 scheduled languages with just 24821

persons listing it as their mother tongue

The top 5 most spoken language by 2011 census

is (i) Hindi (4363) (ii) Bengali (803) (iii)

Marathi (686) (iv) Telugu (670) (v) Tamil

(570)

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(570) 241) Oldest Narrow- Gauge Rail Line in India

The 33 km Dabhoi-Miyagam line in Gujarat

State Indiarsquos first narrow gauge railway stretch

which started operations in 1862 will be closed

forever The line will be soon converted into

broad gauge

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242) Approval for Chinese Bank in India

Bank of China one of four biggest State-run

Chinese lenders has received in Principal

approval from the Reserve Bank of India to open

branches in India

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243) Private Universities in Tamil Nadu

Two bills adopting the establishment of Shiv

Nadar University and Sai University were passed

in the Tamil Nadu assembly

As per the provisions of two bills adopted in the

assembly the two universities will be self-

financing institutions and would be allowed to

establish constituent colleges Currently there

were no private Universities in Tamil nadu

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244) Committee to review companies Act 2013

The ministry of Corporate Affairs has constituted

a 10 member Committee headed by the Injeti

Srinivas (Secretary of Ministry of Corporate

Affairs) for review of the panel provisions in the

companies Act 2013

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245) 2nd National Tourism conclave organised at

Jaipur in Rajasthan

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246) Madras Music Academy has selected

Carnatic Vocalist Aruna Sairam for this yearrsquos

Sangita Kalanithi award

Mridangam artist Thanjavur R Ramadas and

Vocalist K Omanakutty will receive the Kala

Acharya award

Veena and Nagaswaram players and teachers

Kalyani Ganesan and S R G Rajanna have been

chosen for the TTK awards

Prameela Gurumurthy has been selected for

musicologist award Veteran Danseuse Shanta

Dhananjayan will get Nrithya Kalanithi Award

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247) Kamaraj birthday July 15 is celebrated as

Educational Development Dayrsquo by Tamil Nadu

government

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248) India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror drill

Anti terror drill organised by the Shanghai

Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is scheduled

From August 20-29 at Chelyabinsk City in Russia

India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror SCO drill

along with other member countries Russia

China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Tajikistan and

Uzbekistan

It will be for the first time since Independence

that India and Pakistan will both be a part of

military exercise

Around 200 Army and Air force personal from

India will be participating in the drill called

ldquoPeace Mission 2018rdquo

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249) France wins 21st FIFA world cup Football

title

France has won 21st FIFA world cup football by

defeating Croatia by 4-2 goals in the final match

held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow Russia

on 1572018

It was Francersquos Second world cup crown after it

had own it in 1998 It was Croatiarsquos first world

Cup final appearance Croatia became the lowest

ranked team ever to reach a World Cup Final

France and Croatia belong European Continent

Top 4 teams in 21st FIFA world cup are (i) France

(ii) Croatia (iii) Belgium (iv) England

FIFA Awards for the 2018 world cup

(i) Best player ndash Golden Ball Luka Modric

(Croatia)

(ii) Top Goal scorer ndash Golden Boot Harry Kane

(England)

(iii) Best Goal keeper ndash golden Glove Thibaut

Courtois (Belgium)

(iv) Best Young Player Kylian Mbappe (France)

(v) Fairest Team Spain

(vi) man of the Match (final) Antoine

Griezmann (France)

Captain of France Football team is Hugo Lloris

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250) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar

inaugurated Goa IT Day celebrations in Panaji

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251) Assam government has decided to make

Himadas statersquos brand ambassador for sports

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252) Iceland in UN Human Rights Council

Iceland has taken the seat vacated by United

States at the 47 member UN Human Rights

Council

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253) 64-dish Meer KAT radio telescope

South Africa unveiled new 64-dish Meer KAT

radio telescope that could help unlock the

mysteries of the Universe

Meer KAT will be incorporated into complex

square kilometre Array (SKA) instrument SKA

will be fully operational in the late 2020s to be

most powerful radio telescope in the world

The Meer KAT will be the worldrsquos largest radio

telescope of its kind until the Square kilometre

Array (SKA) has been completed

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(Meer KAT) cyfpd kpfgngupa thndhyp

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254) ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas

Engine

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ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas Engine

from Mahendragiri of Tirunelveli district Vikas

(Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai)

The Vikas Engine is the work shore liquid rocket

engine used to power the second stage of the

ISROrsquos trusted Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

(PSLV)

It is also used in the second stage and also at

the four strap on stages of Geosynchronous

Launch vehicle (GSLV) and in the twin-engine

core liquid stage (L110) of GSLV Mk-111

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255) Global Sugar output Record high

In its latest report the UN body has forecast

world Sugar output to hit a record high at 1876

million tonnes in 2017-18 and Surpass

consumption The anticipated surplus is likely to

the largest in history

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256) Fossil Museum in Ariyalur

The Fossil Museum at Varanavasi near Ariyalur

town is set to open The museum will provide

evidence of the existence of dinosaurs and other

associated reptilians in the Ariyalur region

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257) The madras High court has ruled that there

is no legal obligation on the part of a mother to

disclose the name of the father at the time of

registering her childrsquos birth

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258) Indian farmers fertiliser cooperative limited

(IFFCO) launched a social e-commerce app

called ldquoIFFCO iMandirdquo

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259) 100 public services to be delivered at

doorstep in Delhi

Delhi people will get around 100 public services

including driving licence and caste certificate at

their door step under a proposed scheme of the

Delhi government The scheme was named as

lsquoMobilersquo Sahayaksrsquo

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260) Trump-Putin Summit

Russiarsquos president Vladimir Putin and Americanrsquos

President Donald Trump met at Helsinki capital

of Finland

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261) New Headquarters building of

Archaeological Survey of India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated

lsquoDharohar Bhawanrsquo ndash the new headquarters

building of the Archaeological Survey of India

(ASI) in New Delhi

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262) Per Capita Revenue Collection

Haryana has topped other States in per capita

Revenue Collection in the first Financial year of

the GST regime per Capita revenue collection of

Haryana is Rs 187697month

2nd Position is Uttarakhand 3rd position is

Maharashtra

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263) Digital Health Campaign for Think For

Health

The Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of

India ( (OPPI) launched its digital campaign

Think for Health at its annual summit in New

Delhi

The initiative Think For Health was launched in

Partnership with the Government of Telangana

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264) Government reappoints Anil D

Sahasrabudhe

Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)

has approved renewal of appointment of Prof

Anil D Sahabsrabudhe as the Chairman of the All

India council for Technical Education (AICTE)

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265) 12 new moons discovered around Jupiter

Scientists had discovered 12 new moons around

Jupiter The discoveries bring the number of

Jupiterrsquos known moon to 79 the most around a

single planet in our Solar system

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266) Nelson Mandela International Day July 18

2018 marks the Centenary of the birth of Nelson

Mandela

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267) Rajpurrsquos Swami Vivekananda Airport has

been ranked first in Customer Satisfaction

among 49 airports in the country

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268) LIGO-India Laboratory in Maharashtra

The Government of India (GOI) has given lsquoIn-

Principlersquo approval for construction and operation

of LIGO-India (Laser Interferometer

Gravitational wave observatory in India)

Laboratory in hingoli District of Maharashtra

The LIGO-India Observatory is Scheduled to be

operational in 2024 in Collaboration with the

LIGO Laboratory in United States

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269) Cheapest drinking water in the world

Bihar will soon provide the cheapest drinking

water in the world The first of such a water

project named lsquoSulabh Jalrsquo was launched in

Biharrsquos Darbhanga district

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270) Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)

has organised ldquo Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyanrdquo

campaign in five main stem Ganga basin

States-Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh Bihar

Jharkhand and west Bengal It has been

observed as lsquoShubharambh Saptahrsquo

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271) ldquoPitch Blackrdquo war exercise

The Indian Air force (IAF) is participating in the

Multinational ldquoPitch Blackrdquo warfare exercise

hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force in

Australia

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272) BSE building gets trademark

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has secured a

ldquotrademarkrdquo for its iconic building Phizoze

Jeejeebhoy Towers located in Mumbai

Subsequently the usage of the BSE buildingrsquos

picture will required consent from BSE

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ldquoKjjpiu rpddkrdquo ( trademark)

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273) Central Government announces amnesty

for prisoners to mark Mahatma Gandhirsquos 150th

birth anniversary

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274) New 100 Rs Note

New lavender-coloured Rs100 currency notes

will soon be issued by the Reserve Bank of India

The new note will feature the motif of the lsquoRani

Ki Vavrsquo Stepwell in Gujarat as well as the

Swachh Bharat logo and Slogan

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275) The book ldquoThe House of Islam A global

Historyrdquo has been authored by Islamic radical Ed

Hussain

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276) Athletics World Cup

The USA won the first Athletics World Cup held

in London England Poland and Great Britain

took 2nd and 3rd spot respectively

The Athletics world cup is a team-based

international athletics competition inaugurated in

2018 The inaugural edition had eight national

teams based on world rankings

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277) lsquoAabhaar Aapki Sewa karsquo

The Chhattisgarh government has launched an

online portal and mobile app lsquoAabhaar-Aapki

Seva Karsquo (Gratitude-for your service) to provide

transparency in the pension facility

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278) President has given assent to Assam witch

Hunting (Prohibition Prevention and Protection)

Bill 2015 passed by state Assembly

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(jil nrajygt jLjjy kwWk ghJfhgG)

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mspjJsshu

279) 2018 NABARD Award

Repco Micro Finance Ltd a non-banking Finance

Company promoted by Repco bank has won the

2018 NABARD award for its service to self-Help

Group (SHG) linkage in Tamil Nadu for the fiscal

year 2017-18

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280) ASI to upgrade Seven monuments in

TamilNadu

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has

planned to upgrade infrastructural and tourist

friendly facilities at seven sites which are

approved under Adarsh Smarak Scheme for

conservation of Monuments in Tamil Nadu

The Monuments are Shore temple

Mamallapuram Gingee Fort kailasanathar

temple Kancheepuram Brihadeswarar temple

Thanjavur Sithananavasal Caves vellore fort

Moovar koil Kodumbalur

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(Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)

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281) Myanmar in International Solar Alliance

Myanmar has joined the India-initiated

International Solar Alliance (ISA) and became

the 68th signatory to the framework Agreement

of the ISA It is headquarters at Gwal Pahari

village in Gurugram Haryana

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Alliance) fllikgG xggejjjpy

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282) Scottish site selected for Spaceport

UK space agency has selected site at Sutherland

on ArsquoMhoine peninsula on north Coast of

Scotland for its first Spaceport to launch rockets

vertically and put satellites in orbit

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283) Lakshya sen won gold at Asia Badminton

Junior

Lakshya sen from India has clinched historic

menrsquos singles gold at the Asia Badminton Junior

Championship 2018 in Jakarata

With this he became the 3rd Indian shuttler to

win singles gold at the competition after

Gautham Thakkar and PV Sindhu

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284) Afghan player nominated for the IOC

membership

A young Afghan basketball player Samira

Asghari has been nominated for the

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

membership She is among 9 candidates for

membership of the body in a move to boost

womenrsquos rights

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285) Arman Ali was appointed as Executive

Director of National Centre for promotion of

employment for Disable People (NCPEDP)

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286) Worldrsquos Best Cities Report

According to Travel+ Leisurersquos worldrsquos best cities

report the city of Udaipur has ranked 3rd The

top 2 cities are both in Mexico- San Miguel de

Allende and Oaxaca

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p287) Delhi Dialogue (DDX)

The 10th edition of Delhi Dialogue (DDX) was

held in New Delhi and was hosted by Union

External affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj The

theme for this edition was ldquoStrengthening India-

ASEAN maritime Cooperationrdquo

Delhi Dialogue is premier annual event to

discuss Politico- security economic and Socio-

Cultural engagement between India and the

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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288) Central Oil PSUs has signed joint Venture

Pact

In a major initiative to connect all the North-

East States to the National Gas grid the 5

Central oil PSUs -IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL and

NRL have signed a joint venture agreement for

executing the North-East Natural Gas Pipeline

Grid (N-ENGPG) in Guwahati

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289) PATA Gold Award 2018

Sahapediarsquos India Heritage ldquowalk Feterdquo wins

PATA award has been awarded the PATA Gold

Award 2018 for its recently concluded Pon-India

event

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Fete) PATA tpUjpid ntdWssJ rkPgjjpy

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290) Medini Puraskar Yojana

The Environment Ministry re-introduced the

lsquoMedini Puraskar Yojanarsquo a scheme that awards

Indian authors for their original work in Hindi on

environment pollution and climate change

subjects

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291) Student Police Cadet Programme

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has

launched the student police Cadet Programme to

build a bridge between the police and the larger

community though School students by

inculcating values and ethics in them

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292) lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched the

lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo in a bid to make London

the worldrsquos most walkable city

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itjJsshu

293) Fugitive Economic offenders Bill 2018

The Parliament passed the Fugitive Economic

Offenders Bill 2018 which will empower

authorities to attach and Confiscate properties

and assets of economic offenders like loan

defaulters and Fraudsters who flee the country

The Cases where the total value involved in such

Scheduled offences is Rs 100 crore or more will

come under its purview

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nraAkgt jggpNahLk nghUshjhu

Fwwthspfis jzbfFk kNrhjhrsquo (Fugitive

Economic offenders Bill 2018)

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294) India-assisted emergency ambulance

Service

Indian prime Minister launched the India-

assisted emergency ambulance Service in

Srilanka through video conferencing from New

Delhi

The inaugural function was scheduled in Jaffna

Srilanka this is the largest Indian project in

Srilanka after Indian housing project

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toqfggLk ngupa jpllk JthFk

295) 24-hour helpline for Protection for inter-

caste couples

The Tamil Nadu government has setup a 24-

hour helpline to investigate issues faced by

inter-caste couples and offer them necessary

assistance

A special cell has been formed in all districts and

cities in the State comprising district-level

officers to receive complaints of harassment

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mikjJssJ

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296) India tops skilled visa immigrants list

According to the data released by Australian

Bureau of Statistics for those coming to

Australia on the skilled visa India with 19

people bagged the top rank

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297) Padhe Bharat-Badhe Bharat

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

has announced lsquoPadhe Bharat-Badhe Bharatrsquo an

initiative to promote the reading culture among

students The initiative has launched under

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo

Under this initiative the government will give an

annual library grant to schools

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo is an overarching programme

for school educating extending from primary to

class 12 which was introduced in the Union

Budget 2018-19

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298) Miss Asia (Deaf) 2018

Deshna Jain who is from Madhya Pradesh has

been crowned the 2018 Miss Asia (Deaf) title

and also she was the 3rd in the 2018 Miss

international (Deaf)

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299) South East Asiarsquos first Centre for Climate

Change

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (NABARD) has launched the South

East Asiarsquos First-ever centre for Climate change

in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

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300) System of Air Quality and weather

Forecasting

Dr Harsh Vardhan the Union Environment

Minister has launched a advanced State-of-the-

art Air Quality and weather forecast System

called SAFAR (System of Air Quality and

Weather Forecasting) in Delhi

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Weather Forecasting) vdw mjpetPd fhwwpd

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301) Odisha police has launched a drive to bust

an international syndicate that peddles

lsquoendangeredrsquo pangolin

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302) According to Public Affairs Index (PAI) for

2018 Kerala stands as the best-governed State

in the country followed by Tamil Nadu

Telangana

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303) Typhoon Ampil has recently hit Chinese

Financial hub Shunghai and disrupted transport

and shipping

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ghjpjjJ

304) lsquoe -Pragati Core initiativersquo

The Andhra Pradesh government has launched

lsquoe-Pragati core initiativersquo to provide integrated

Service to citizens It will act as a platform to

connect all departments and Stand alone to

resolve the issue

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Kjdik jsjij (e -Pragati Core initiativersquo)

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305) Tribal Atlas of Odisha

Odisha government has unveiled First-ever

Tribal Atlas of Odisharsquo a compilation of

demographic and Cultural information of the

tribal population in the State It is first of its kind

Compilation in the country

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306) Justice Tahira Safdar has been named as

the new Chief justice of the Balochistan High

court with this She will become the first-ever

female high court chief Justice in Pakistan

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307) The NASA has launched lsquoRemote sensing

Toolkitrsquo to promote commercial use of satellite

data

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njhlqfpAssJ

308) Rajiv Gauba Committee

The Union Government has constituted a high

level committee to suggest laws against mob

lynching and Violence The committee is headed

by the Rajiv Gauba

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309) MicroDot Technology

The Indian government has announced the

launch of a new MicroDot Technology that would

help check on vehicle theft

Under this thousands of small dots laser etched

will be sprayed with a vehicle identification

number on all over the vehiclersquos body including

its engine

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njspffggLk

310) The book ldquoThe Dhoni Touch Unravelling

the Enigma That is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquo has

been authored by Bharat Sundaresan

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is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquovdw Eiy guj

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311) Chennia is going to host the world Junior

Squash Championship 2018

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2018 Nghlbia nrdidapy elffTssJ

312) First person to Ski down the K2

Polandrsquos Andrzej Bargiel became the First person

to Ski down the worldrsquos 2nd highest mountain K2

peak

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rhuej mzbuprf gu[Py Mthu

313) Alize cornet of France won the Swiss open

Tennis title

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314) State Bank of India organized a nation

wide Kisan Mela as an outreach programme for

farmers and to impart Financial literacy

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Nksh tptrhapfis nrdwilAk tifapy

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315) ldquoWarlightrdquo in the Man Booker Prize list

Srilankan born Canadian author Michael

Ondaatje has again made the Man Booker Prize

list with his latest novel lsquoWarlightrdquo Recently his

work was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize

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316) Sitamarhi became the first open defecation

free district in Bihar

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KjyhtJ jpwej ntspf fopggiwapyyh

khtllk MFk

57) Shale in Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules

1959

Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has

amended Petroleum and natural Gas Rules 1959

to include Shale in the definition of Petroleum

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1959

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thAtpid Nruggjwfhf kjjpa nglNuhypa

kwWk awif thA tpjpfsgt 1959-id

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mikrrfk jpUjjp mikjJssJ

318) Prime Ministers tour of three-nations in

Africa

PM Narendra Modi is on a three nation tour to

the African countries including Rwanda Uganda

amp South Africa

Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime

minister to visit Rwanda he gifted 200 cows as

part of Rwanda governmentrsquos Girinka

programme India decided to gift a cancer

therapy machine to the Uganda

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RwWggazk

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nraJssJ

319) The Ministry of women and child

Development has launched a contest ldquoChildline

1098rdquo to spread awareness on human trafficking

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Nghlbia eljjpaJ

320) 10th edition of BRICS Summit in

Johannesburg

South Africa is hosting the 10th edition of BRICS

summit 2018 in Johannesburg with theme

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution

The member nations are Brazil Russia India

China amp South Africa

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BRICS mikggpd 10tJ khehLgt

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ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution vdgjhFk

321) The 3rd edition of Kabira festival 2018 will

be held in Varanasi to celebrate the spirit of 15th

century mystic poet Kabir

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322) World Bankrsquos internal award to ICZM

Indiarsquos Integrated Coastal Zone Management

(ICZM) project has won the World Bankrsquos

internal award for exceptional performance in

achieving many development goals

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Management -ICZM) jpllkgt gy NkkghlLf

FwpfNfhsfis rhjpjJf fhlba g+utkhd

nrayjpwDffhf cyf tqfpapd csehlL

tpUjpid ntdWssJ

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42) Anjolie Ela Menon awarded Kalidas Samman

Madhya Pradesh Government has conferred

prestigious National Kalidas Sammanrsquo on noted

artist lsquoAnjolie Ela Menonrsquo for her contribution to

visual arts

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Gupej lsquoVQryp yh Nkddrsquo mtufSfF

toqfgglLssJ

43) Mumbairsquos Victorian Gothic and Art Deco

Buildings declared World Heritage Site by

UNESCO

Two building Cluster of Victorian Gothic and Art

Deco architectural Styles in Mumbai

Maharashtra were jointly inscribed in UNESCO

World Heritage list The decision was taken

during Session of UNESCO in Manama Bahrain

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44) Kerala Government declares Kozhikode and

Malappuram districts free from Nipah virus

Kerala government has declared Kozhikode and

Malappuram districts free from Nipah virus

infection It was first identified in 1998 in

Malaysia It gets its name from Sungai Nipah a

Malaysian village where pig farmers became ill

with encephalitis Fruit bats of pteropus family

are natural host of the virus

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mwptpjJssJ

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Kjypy guptaJ

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45) Government Forms panel to upgrade norms

for state district level economic data collection

The Union Government has constituted 13-

member committee headed by Ravindra H

Dholakia for sub-National Accounts to upgrade

the norms for computation of economic data at

States and districts level in backdrop of plans to

revise the base year for National Accounts or

Gross Domestic Production (GDP) calculation

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juT NrfhpgGfhd newpKiwfis

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mikjJssJ

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46) Antonio Vitorino elected as new

International Organization for Migration Director

General

Portugalrsquos Antonio Vitorino elected as the

International Organization for Migration (IOM) rsquos

next Director General IOMrsquos Current Director

General William Lacy Swing

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Uffpwhh

47) Odisha signs MOU with RIMES

Odisha government signed an MOU with the a

UN Registered International and Inter-

governmental institution lsquoRegional Integrated

Multi-Hazard Early warning System (RIMES) for

enhancing early warning system for effective

management of disasters in the state

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mikgGld (RIMES) xbrh khepy muR

izejJ

48) S Ramesh appointed Chairman of CBIC

S Ramesh has been appointed as Chairman of

the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

(CBIC) the apex policy-making body of indirect

taxes He succeeded Vanaja N Sarna

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49) India clinched kabaddi Masters Title by

defeating Iran

Indian Clinched kabaddi Masters Title by

defeating Iran in Dubai under the captaincy of

Ajay Thakur

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50) A conference of Ministers for power New amp

Renewable Energy of States amp Union Territories

held at Shimla Himachal Pradesh

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khepyjjpd rpkyhtpy eilnghwwJ

51) Crime writer Hussain Zaidi pays tribute to

the men in uniform in his new noval lsquoEleventh

Hourrsquo

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FwwgGidT vOjjhsh `Pird irjp

vOjpAsshh

IPS officer Sundari Nanda becomes the first

woman DGP of the Union Territory Puducherry

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epakpffggllhh

52) NITI Aayog has partnered with GNFC Ltd to

implement fertiliser subsidy disbursement

NITI Aayog and Gujarat Narmada Valley

Fertilizers and Chemical Limited (GNFC) have

signed a statement of Intent (SOI) to implement

subsidy disbursement through Blockchain

Technology Both will work on implementing an

application for using the technology in subsidy

disbursements

With the implementation of Blockchain

Technology it is expected that the distribution

will be become effective and efficient

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உஙகளுககோன மோனி ஙகள வழஙகுவது குறிதது

ஒரு ஒபபநேததே தமறககோணடுளளது

இநே மோனி கேோதக ோனது அடுககுசஙகிலி

(Block chain) எனற கேோழிலநுடபம

மூலமவழஙகபடபடும எனறு இரணடிறகும

இதடத ஒபபநேம தமறககோளளபபடடது 53) Tejas Indigenous Fighter aircraft

commences operations from Sulur Air Force

Station

Indigenous Fighter aircraft Tejas has formally

commenced operation from Sulur Air Force

station at Coimbatore (Kovai) in TamilNadu

Southern Air Command based at

Thiruvananthapuram Kerala

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tpkhdk NrugG

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54) Jharkhand to set up Countryrsquos first Khadi

mall

Indiarsquos First lsquoKhadi Mallrsquo will soon be set up by

the Jharkhand government to [hhffzby

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boost market for Khadi and khadi made products

55) Record number ofrdquo estuarine crocodilerdquo

nesting sites found in Bhitarkanika

The Bhitarkanika national park in Odisha has

become the largest habitat of the endangered

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estuarine crocodiles in the country with a record

number of their nesting site spotted in it

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Kjiyfspd (Estuarine Crocodlies) kpfgnghpa

trpggplkhf jpfofpwJ

56) The united Nations Educational Scientific

and Cultural organization (UNESCO) has

inscribed colombiarsquos Chiribiovuete National park

on its list of world heritage sites

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(UNESCO) 57) Australia defeat India to win Menrsquos

Rabobank Hockey Champions Trophy 2018

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mzp gllk ntdwJ

58) Election Commission launches lsquoCVigilrsquo app to

report model code violations

The Election Commission of India has launched

lsquoCVigilrsquo mobile application for citizens to

reportany violation of the Model Code of conduct

(MCC) during elections lsquocVigilrsquo or lsquoCitizen vigilrsquo

app will allow anyone in election-bound state to

report violations of MCC

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59) Major General Jose Elaclio Alcain of Uruguay

will be Head UN Military Observer Group in

India Pakistan

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60) Bengaluru to get Indiarsquos first e-waste plant

Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers

Ananth Kumar announced that the countryrsquos first

e-waste recycling unit will come up in Bengaluru

The Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and

Technology (CIPET) a research institute that

comes under the ministry will set up the e-

waste recycling unit

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kjjpa urhzk kwWk mikrrfjjpd

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ej kpddDf fopT (e-waste) kWRowrp

ikajij mikfFk

61) e-marketing system launched by KVIC

A single-umbrella e-marketing system named

Khadi Institution Management and information

technology launched by the Khadi and village

Industries Commission (KVIC) in New Delhi The

system can be accessed from anywhere in the

country for sale and purchase of Khadi and

village industries products

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Mizajjpd KVIC nghUis thqfNth

tpwfNth KbAk

62) The proposal of renaming Agartala Airport in

Tripura as lsquoMaharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Kishore

Airportrsquo was approved by the union Cabinet

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xgGjy

63) lsquoBehdienkhalamrsquo one of the famous festival

was celebrated in the Jaintia Hills Meghalaya It

is celebrated among the Pnars Tribals

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jjpUtpoh nfhzlhlggLfpwJ

64) Madhya Pradesh government approved the

lsquoBijli Bill Mafi Yojanarsquo and lsquoMukhyamantri Jan

Kalyanrsquo or lsquoSambalrsquo Yojana

The Madhya Pradesh government approved the

Bijli Bill Mafi Yojana (Power Bill waiver Scheme)

Under the power bill waiver scheme pending

does of registered labourers of the unorganised

sector and poor families would be waived

completely

The government also approved Mukhyamantri

Jan Kalyan or Sambal Yojana According to this

scheme labourers falling under the unorganised

sector in the state will get power at Rs200 per

month

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toqfggLk

65) VD Dogra becomes first serving Indian Army

Officer to complete Ironman competition

Major General VD Dogra (Vikram Dogra) became

the First serving Indian Army officer and the

only General across the world to have completed

a gruelling lsquoIromanrsquo competition held in Austria

The lsquoIronmanrsquo is an international triathlon The

competitors have to complete the events in

sequence within 17 hours to earn the title of

lsquoIronmanrsquo

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(tpbNlhfuh) Mthu

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66) The Sunil Mehta Committee which was

formed with a view to tackle Non-performing

Assets (NPAs) and creating credit capacity

submitted its report with recommendations to

Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal

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thuhffldfis (Non-Performing Assets)

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67) Nagpur the second Capital of Maharashtra

has hosted the Monsoon Session of the State

legislature after a gap of 47 years

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68) India to host IUFoST 2018

India will host the 19th edition of IUFoST world

Food Science and Technology Congress 2018 in

Navi Mumbai from October 23-27-2018 The

IUFoST stands for lsquoInternational Union of Food

Science and Technologyrsquo

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69) 4 Species added to recovery programme by

wildlife Board

The Standing Committee of National Board for

Wildlife (NBWL) has recently added four species

into Centrersquos Recovery Programme for critically

Endangered Species

They are Northern River Terrapin Clouded

Leopard Arabian Sea Humpback Whale and Red

Panda

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Njrpa td capufSffhd kdwk (NBWL)

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Terrapin) gilr rpWjij (Clouded Leopard)

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Sea Humpback Whale) kwWk rptgGg gdpfub

(Red Panda) itNa mej 4 dqfs

70) World Food Prize 2018

The World Food Prize 2018 was awarder to

Lawrence Haddad and DrDavid Nabarro for their

individual but complementary global leadership

in elevating maternal and child undernutrition

with food security

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71) AIIBrsquos Third annual meeting held in Mumbai

The third annual Meeting of the Asian

Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was held

in Mumbai

The first AIIB Board of Governors meeting was

held in Beijing in 2016 followed by Jeju South

Korea in 2017

Fourth Annual Meeting will be held in Luxemberg

in July 2019

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72) Madhya Pradesh awarded for reducing

maternal mortality

Madhya Pradesh was awarded by Union Ministry

of Healthy and Family welfare for reducing

maternal mortality under Prime Ministerrsquos safe

Motherhood Campaign (Pradhan Mantri

Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan-PMSMA)

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73) lsquoPaani Bachao Paise Kamaorsquo scheme by

Punjab

The Punjab government has launched a new

scheme lsquoPaani Bacho-o Paise Kamaorsquo to check

depletion of underground water Under this

scheme farmers will get the monetary benefit

for less use of tube well

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74) First Delta Ranking of Aspirational District

Under lsquo Transformation of Aspirational Districtsrsquo

Programme NITI Aayog has released first Delta

ranking for 108 aspirational districts to measure

their incremental progress across five

developmental areas during 2-month period of

April and May 2018

Dahod district in Gujarath ranked 1st west

Sikkim district in Sikkim ranked 2nd

Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu ranked

3rd Vijanagaram in Andhra Pradesh ranked 4th

and YSR Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh

ranked 5th

lsquoTransformation of Aspirational District

Programme was launched by the Prime Minister

in January 2018 This programme aims to

quickly and effective transform some of the most

underdeveloped districts of the country

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[ejhtJ ljij gpbjJssJ

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75) 9th Heads of Mission Conference

The 9th Heads of Mission Conference was held in

New Delhi It was inaugurated by External

Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj

The theme of annual Conference was

lsquoUnprecedented Outreach Unparalleled

Outcomes

It Saw Participation of all Indian Ambassadors

and high Commissioners

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76) Four zones become unmanned Level

crossings Free

Indian Railways has eliminated all unmanned

level crossings (UMLC) from its four Zones They

are West Central Railway Central Railway

Eastern Railway and South East Central Railway

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Mspyyh nyty fpuh]pqif KwwpYk

ePffpAssJ

77) The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) for the first

time has rolled out three phase energy efficient

eight Car Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU)

train set built with Stainless Steel bodies in

Chennai TamilNadu

MEMU is suburban train system that caters to

needs of medium distance inter-city passengers

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J csefuqfspy Fiwej njhiyT

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eptujjp nrafpwJ

78) The French government has introduced a

plan national service for all 16-year olds

Voluntary teaching and working with Charities

are among the options being looked at

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Nrit nraypy ltLglyhk

79) Abhilash Tomy in Golden Globe Race

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Naval Officer Commander Abhilash Tomy of

Indian Navy has participated in historic Golden

Globe Race (GRR) which commenced from Les

Sables d lsquoOlonne harbour in western France

He will be representing India in indigenously

built sailing vessel Thuriya a replica of 1950s

sailing vessel Suhaili

Tomy one of Indiarsquos prominent Sailors and a

recipient of the Kirti Chakra is the only

participant from Asia

The uniqueness of the race is that boat designs

and technology newer than 1968 are not

permitted

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gqNfwwhh

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xjj flwgazk

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gpujpepjpjJtggLjJthu

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Mthu

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lkngw ayhJ

80) The union government has constituted a

ministerial panel headed by the Central Finance

Minister to decide about Fund allocation for

infrastructure projects from the Central Road

and Infra structure fund (CRIF) announced in

the budget

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81) India to provide tariff concessions to APTA

members

India has agreed to provide tariff concessions on

3142 products to Asia Pacific Trade Agreement

(APTA) members

APTA is an initiative under united Nations

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and

Pacific (UN ESCAP) for trade expansion through

exchange of tariff concessions among developing

country members of Asia pacific region

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Mrpa grpgpf tujjf xggej

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ESCAP) KawrpNa (APTA) MFk

82) Vishwas Patel has appointed as a Chairman

of Payments Council of India

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83) The worldrsquos First digital art museum has

opened at the MORI building Digital Art Museum

in Tokyo Japan

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84) The worldrsquos First digital art museum has

opened at the MORI Building Digital Art Museum

in Tokyo Japan

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MORI flbljjpd kpddD fiy

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85) Indiarsquos first Global Mobility Summit

Niti Aayog to hold Indiarsquos First Global Mobility

Summitrsquo on September 7-8 in Delhi It will be

inaugurated by Prime Minister

The summit will help drive governmentrsquos goal for

vehicle electrification renewable energy

integration and job growth and also speed Up

Indiarsquos transition to a clean energy economy

lsquoMOVE Global Mobility Summitrsquo will be organised

in Collaboration with Various ministries and

industry partners

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khwwjjpid JupjggLjj KbAk

86) Sports Authority of India will now be Sports

India

More than 34 years after coming into existence

the sports Authority of India (SAI) is set to be

renamed as Sports India Union Sports Minister

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore announced after

the Sports bodyrsquos governing body meeting

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87) Home Ministerrsquos Special Operation Medal

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has

approved institution of Home Ministerrsquos special

Operation Medal

It also has instituted three more Medalrsquos -Antarik

Suraksha Medal Asadharan Aaschuchan Padak

and Utkrisht amp Ati- Utkrisht Seva Medal

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88) First Transgender woman to Compete in

Miss Universe

Spanish Model Angela Ponce will be the First

transgender woman to compete in Miss

Universe She won Spainrsquos Miss Universe

Competition she will representing her country at

67th Miss Universe 2018 pagent in Philippines

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89) lsquoPandharichi Warirsquo is the most important

pilgrimage of Maharashtra

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Kffpakhd Gdpj ahjjpiuahFk

90) An Official Song for the Kerala State

The Kerala government has constituted an

expert panel comprising eminent writerrsquos and

language experts to choose an official song for

the State Rani George the Cultural Department

Secretary would be the Convenor of the panel

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Nfus khepy muR khepyjjpwnfd

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Jiw nrayh uhzp [hh[gt ejf FOtpd

MNyhrfuhf Ugghh

91) Mandatory Dope Test in Punjab

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has

ordered a mandatory dope test of all

government employees including police

personnel

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Also he has ordered drug screening to be

mandatorily done in all cases of recruitment and

promotions

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Kjytu cjjutplLsshu

92) Uttam Dhillon an Indian- American top

white house lawyer has been appointed as the

new acting administrator of the Drug

Enforcement Agency of USA

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93) Icebergs to be towed from Antarctica to

United Arab Emirates for drinking water

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94) Brazil become highest scoring team in FIFA

World cup History

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rhjid

95) Rajasthan government launched lsquoAnnapurna

Doodh Yojnarsquo Scheme The scheme will provide a

glass of milk to School students

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Jj Nah[dhrdquo jplljij njhlqfpaJ

96) Genome valley 20 in Telangana

Telangana Government has signed

memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with

Singapore based engineering amp consulting firm

Surbana Jurong for preparing roadmap for

Genume valley 20

Genome valley is Indiarsquos first organized pharma-

biotech cluster for life science RampD activities and

largest life science destination in Asia

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97) The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and

Customs (CBIC) has launched a mobile app lsquoGST

verifyrsquo to protect interest of consumers It is an

android app to verify if the person collecting GST

from the consumer is eligible to collect it or not

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yiyah vdW rupghufFk

98) Design University for gaming in

Visakhapatnam

The Andhra Pradesh government and the

delegates of United Nations Educational

Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

have recently signed a pact for the

establishment of a Gaming Digital Learning Hub

in the state

As per agreement UNESCO will soon set up the

Design University for gaming in Visakhapatnam

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Mejpu khepy muRkgt [eh fytpgt mwptpay

kwWk gzghlL mikggpd (UNESCO)

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99) Maharashtra Government has signed MOU

with Multi Commodity Exchange of India limited

to Launched Cotton Mission to empower Cotton

Farmers in the state

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100) The National Security Guard (NSG) will be

the first central paramilitary force to opt for e-

ticketing instead of the railway warrant A

railway warrant is a voucher issued for train

travel at subsidized rates

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khdpa tpiy gazrrPllhFk

101) The Ministry of Coal has launched the Goal

Mine Surveillance and Management System

(CMSMS) and lsquoKhan Praharirsquo mobile application

in New Delhi

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Nkyhzik mikgG (CMSMS) kwWk Khan

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102) India will operate the Mattala Rajapaksa

International Airport as a Srilanka-India joint

Venture at Hambantota in Srilanka

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Kawrpahf affTssd

103) lsquoPoshan Abhiyanrsquo and lsquoPurnarsquo project to

eradicate malnutrition

The Gujarat government launched a statewide

mission lsquoPoshan Abhiyanrsquo to eradicate

malnutrition among children by providing them

nutritious food through Anganwadi centers

The State government has also launched lsquoPurnarsquo

project to eliminate malnutrition among

Adolescent girls

The Nation wide National Nutrition mission

(Poshan Abiyan) was launched by

Prime Minister in Rajasthan

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gpujkuhy njhlqfggllJ

104) The Uttarakhand High Court has recently

declared the ldquoentire animal kingdom including

avian and aquaticrdquo as legal entities with a

distinct personal and corresponding rights

duties and liabilities of a living person

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105) Milan Shankar Tare a Fisherman from

Maharashtrarsquos Palghar district has been selected

for this yearrsquos National Maritime Search and

Rescue Award

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106) Rajasthan government clarifies on

reservation

The Rajasthan government has clarified that five

castes Gujjars Baldia Rebari Gadalia and

Gadaria Under the most backward Classes

(MBC) are also entitled into the 21 Quota

under the OBC category for admission to

educational institution and recruitment in

government jobs in the state

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107) The Uttar Pradesh government launched

lsquoCommercial Tax at your door stepsrsquo on the

occasion of GST day celebration

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108) The department of Empowerment of

Persons with disabilities under the ministry of

social Justice and Empowerment organized a

ldquoNational Workshop on Skill Development for

persons with Disabilitiesrdquo in New Delhi

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Nkkghlbwfhd Njrpa gapwrpgglliwrsquo GJ

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109) Mahi Talat Siddiqui a Muslim woman from

Kanpur has translated the text of Ramayana into

Urdu

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110) The Chhattisgarh government will set up a

tribal museum in the Statersquos upcoming new

capital Naya Raipur

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mikffggl cssJ

111) CIMON the 1st Robot with Artificial

Intelligence to fly in Space

CIMON or Crew Interactive Mobile Companion

become the first artificial intelligence robot

companion in Space It is an English Speaking

robot

It was launched by Space x Falcon 9 rocked to

International Space station

It was launched from Florida The CIMON robot

from the German space Agency is meant to

Assist German Astronaut Alexander Gerst in

international Space station

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EzzwpT nfhzl NuhNghlCIMON

CIMON (Crew Interactive Mobile Companion)

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EzzwpT nfhzl NuhNghl MFk ]Ngh]

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GNshhplhtpypUeJ mDgggllJ

112) The 17th World Tamil Internet Conference

held in Coimbatore under the theme

lsquoIntellectual Tamil Search Enginesrdquo

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113) With 226 Lakh Crore Rupees Collection of

GST Tax Tamilnadu in 4th place

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4-tJ ljjpy jkpofk UffpwJ

114) NTA to hold NEET JEE twice a year from

2019

Human Resource Development Minister Prakash

Javadekar announced that JEEE Mains and NEET

the two national level engineering and medical

entrance examinations will be held twice a year

from 2019 by a newly formed National Testing

Agency (NTA)

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kwWk ePl (NEET) Njhit eljJk

nghwpapay fyYhapy Nrhtjwfhd [P

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Nrhjid NjhT Kfik ej NjhTfis

eljJk

115) Sri Lanka Movie lsquoThe Frozen firersquo

For the first time in the history of Srilankan film

industry a movie from the Srilanka ldquoThe Frozen

firerdquo directed by Anuruddha Jaya Sing he will

enter in mainstream lsquobest picturersquo category of

Oscars 2019

The film Outlines the Wijeweerarsquos life the

founding leader of the JVP (or) Peoplersquos

Liberation Front

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lsquojp GNuh]d gahrsquo vdw rpqfsj jpiugglk

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M]fh tpUJfF gupeJiuffgglLssJ

rpwej jpiuggljJffhf yqif jpiugglk

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JNt KjyKiw afFeh mDUjj

n[arpqf ggljij affpAsshh

kffs tpLjiy Kddzpia (N[tpgp)

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ikakhf itjJ gglk affgglLssJ

116) International Day of Cooperatives-July 7

International Day of Co-operative was observed

on 7thJuly The theme for 2018 is ldquoSubtainable

Societies through Cooperationrdquo

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rfjjpidg ngWjy

117) Koala bear genome decoded

Koala bear genome decoded successfully Koala

native to Australia is classified as Vulnerable by

the International union for Conservation of

Nature (IUCN)

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fzLgpbgG

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118) ldquoOne person one Carrdquo policy by west

Bengal

West Bengal set a ldquoOne person One carrdquo policy

for ministers and bureaucrats and mandated

economy class for all domestiv air travel in a bid

to cut Costs incurred by the State government

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NghfFtujJ nryit Fiwff VJthf

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nfhsifiardquo nfhzL teJssJ

119) The Cheetah 3 robot developed by

engineers at the America MIT Which is blind

robot

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nraygLk ldquoCheetah 3rdquo vdw NuhNghit

cUthffp cssdh

120) Indiarsquos First Taxi ambulance

Indiarsquos First Taxi ambulance service was flagged

off by Union Minister for Road Transport and

Highways Nithin Gadkari in NewDelhi

A Start-up named Wagon Cab has launched this

service with drivers who are trained medically

keeping in mind the increasing number of

accidents

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njhlqfp itffggllJ

Ntfd Nfg vdw ]lhul mg (Start up)

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rNritapy mjpfhpfFk tpgjJfspd

vzzpfifia epidtpy nfhzL

kUjJtuPjpapy gapwrp ngww XlLehfis

eepWtdk epakpjjpUffpwJ

121) Hindu Women to contest the Provincial

Assembly election in Pakistan

Sunita Parmar a Hindu woman in Sindh

province has created history by becoming the

first from the minority community to contest the

provincial assembly election in Pakistan

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Njhjypy NghlbapLk `peJ ngz

ghfp]jhd rllkdw Njhjypy

NghlbaplTss rpWghdik rfjijr

Nrhej Kjy egh vdw ngUikia

ngwWsshh Rdpjh ghkhh

`peJ rfjijrNrhej Rdpjh ghkhh rpeJ

khfhzjij Nrhejth

122) Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the 3rd

Indian Cricketer to reach the coveted milestone

of playing 500 international matches

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tpisahba 3tJ ejpa tPuh vdw

rhjidia kNfejpu rpq Njhdp

giljJsshh

123) Justice Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair

Radhakrishnan has been Sworn in as new Chief

Justice of the Hyderbad High court For the state

of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in Hyderbad

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khepyqfSffhd i`juhghj

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ePjpgjp Njhlljjpy gh]fud ehah

uhjhfpUzd gjtpNawWsshh

124) 17th World Sanskrit Conference held in

Vancouver Canada

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ehlbd thd$th efujjpy eilgngwwJ

125) Dipa Karmakar won gold medal

Dipa Karmakar Clinched the gold medal in the

vault event of FIG Artistic Gymnastic World

Challenge Cup at Mersin Turkey

She is First Indian to win gold in Gymnastic

World Challenge Cup

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JUffpapy css nkhrpd efhpygt vgI[p

Mhb]bf [pkdh]bf] cyffNfhgigapy

ejpah tPuhqfid jPgh fhkhfh

jqfggjffjij ifggwwpdhh

[pkdh]bf] cyffNfhgigapy jqfk

ntyYk Kjy ejpah jPgh fhkhfh

126) Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel has been

appointed the new Chairperson of the National

Green Tribunal (NGT)

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jPhggha jiytuhf epakpffggllhh

127) Researches have created the worldrsquos first

Rhino Embryos in a test tube

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fhzlhkpUfk fUKliliagt Nrhjid

Fohapd yk cUthffp rhjid

giljJssdh

128) The Union Ministry of Environment Forests

and Climate Change declared the 438sqkm of

area around Mudumalai Tiger Reserve as an Eco-

Sensitive Zone

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129) The Civil Aviation Research Organisation

(CARO) will be set up by AAI

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will set up

a state-of- the -art Civil Aviation Research

organisation (CARO) at Begumpet Airport

Hyderabad

It is to find indigenous solutions to meet the

challenges posed by the growing air traffic and

for enhancing safety Capacity and efficiency of

aircraft operations in the country

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mikffTssJ

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130) International Round Table Conference on

ldquoData for New Indiardquo

The International Round Table Conference on

ldquoData for New Indiardquo has organised by the

ministry of Statistics and programme

Implementation was held in New Delhi in 9-10th

July 2018 The conference was inaugurated by

DVSadananda Gowda

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jftyrdquo (Data for New Indiardquo) vDk

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131) Sambalpur in East Coast Railway division

becomes first to eliminate All unmanned level

crossings in India

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KwwpYk xopjj Kjy uapyNt kzlyk

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132) Golden Man Booker International Prize

2018

SriLanka -born Canadian literacy icon Michael

ondaatjersquos lsquoThe English Patientrsquo has won the

special one-off Golden Man booker prize at the

Southbank centre in London

The Prize was instituted as part of Celebrations

to mark the Bookerrsquos having completed 50 years

and the one-off award was voted by the public

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133) Justice L Narasimha Reddy has been

appointed the Chairman of the Central

Administrative Tribunal (CAT)

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134) Railways to introduce Sri Ramayana

Express

Indian Railways is planning to introduce a

unique pilgrim train Sri Ramayana Express on

the Ramayana Circuit to cover the major

destinations related to the Hindu epic

The train may start its operations beginning

November 142018 from New Delhi It will make

its first halt in Ayodhya and the final halt in

Rameshwaram

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135) Indiarsquos 2nd Transgender Lawyer SViji

SViji becomes Indiarsquos 2nd transgender lawyer

She is from Thoothukudi She enrolled herself in

Bar Council of Tamilnadu and Puducherry

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136) TamilNadu government is going to set up a

route to transport wind mill power from

Kayathar in Thoothukudi district to other State

with the estimate of 2600 crore

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137) Tamil Nadu assembly passes Lokayukta Bill

The Tamil Nadu assembly in 972018 passed

the Lokayukta Bill to inquire into charges of

corruption against Chief minister ministerrsquos

MLAs and government officials

Personnel and administrative reforms minister

DJayakumar introduced the Bill in the assembly

Maharashtra was the first state to introduce the

institution of Lokayukta

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138) lsquoCompulsory Retirementrsquo to up Employees

Uttar Pradesh government is planning to give a

ldquoCompulsory retirementrdquo to employees aged 50

years and above if they are found neglecting

their duties

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139) Provide Free treatment to poor in Delhi

Private hospital Supreme court

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Supreme Court said that all private hospitals in

the Delhi which were given land on

Concessional rate must provide free treatment

to certain percentage of poor patient

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140) Kasturirangan Committee tasked with

drafting a new education policy has got third

extension from the HRD Ministry

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141) Special Lifetime Achievement Award to

THVinayakram

The music academy announced a special lifetime

Achievement award to be conferred on ghatam

maestro TH Vinayakram foundly known as

lsquoVikkursquo Vinayakram

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142) The book ldquoWinning like Souravrdquo Think amp

Succeed like Gangulyrdquo has been authored by

Abhirup Bhattacharya

ldquoWinning like Souravrdquo Think amp Succeed like

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vOjpAsshh

143) Indiarsquos First biofortified Sorghum (Jowar)

namedrsquoParbhani Shaktirsquo containing higher iron

and zinc than regular Surghum was formally

launched

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144) 6th World Cities Summit 2018

The Sixth World Cities Summit was held in

Singapore Its theme was ldquoLiveable amp

Substaniable Cities Embracing the future

through Innovation and Collaborationrdquo

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ldquoLiveable amp Substaniable Cities Embracing the

future through Innovation and Collaborationrdquo

145) 67th Meeting of North Eastern Council

The 67th meeting of North Eastern Council was

held in Shillong Meghalaya It was Chaired by

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh

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146) BSNL Unveils internet telephony service

wings

State-Owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar

Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced the soft

launch of its first telephony service wings in

India to be rolled out from August 2018

Through wings the customer can make or

receive calls by using internet service of any

operator

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147) Oldest Indian Woman to complete an

Ironman Triathlon

Anju Khosla (52) has become the oldest Indian

woman to complete an Ironman Triathlon which

is one of the toughest one-day sporting events

It comprises swimming bicycle ride and

Marathon run6

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148) Second Indian to Climb worldrsquos highest

Volcano

Satyarup Siddhanta has become Second Indian

mountaineer after Malli Mastan Babu to Climb Mt

Ojos del Salado (6893m) the highest volcano in

the world on Argentina- Chile border

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ngwWsshu

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vupkiyapd cauk 6893kP ej vupkiy

mun[dbdh-rpyp ehLfspd vyiyg

gFjpapy cssJ 149) Government announced the names of six

ldquoinstitute of eminencerdquo

Central government announced the names of six

ldquoinstitute of eminencerdquo three each from the

public and private sectors

The six institutes are

i) IISc ii) IIT Delhi

iii) IIt Bombay iv) JIO Institute

v) BITS Pilani

(vi) Manipal Academy of Higher Education

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

released its ranking of National institutes for

2018 The top three ranks are

i) Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru

ii) IIT Madras

iii) IIT Bombay

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(iii) IIb Kkig

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(vi) kzpgghy mfhlkp Mg i`au

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150) After two-year Turkey to end state of

emergency The president of Turkey is Recep

Tayyip Erdugan

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151) All twelve members of a boyrsquos football

team and their coach have been rescued in

1072018 after being trapped in a cave in

Thailand for 18 days

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152) Worldrsquos largest Cellphone Factory in Noida

Samsung opens worldrsquos largest phone factory in

Noida The worldrsquos largest mobile Factory was

launched at Noida in Uttarpradesh by Narendra

Modia and South Korean president moon Jae-in

The Unit will have a Capacity of Fabricationg 12

Crore phones a year

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153) The first-ever lsquoIndia Taurism Mart (ITM) rsquo

will be hosted by Ministry of Tourism in New

Delhi from 16th to 18th September 2018

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154) Mobile help centre ldquoSaathirdquo For Amarnath

Yatra Pilgrims

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has

launched a mobile help centre lsquoSaathirsquo to reach

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out to people undertaking the annual pilgrimage

holy cave shrine of Amarnath

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155) ADB approves project of Sun Canal in Bihar

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has

approved project of Sun Canal in Shahabad-

Bhojpur region of Bihar

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(ADB) xgGjy mspjJssJ

156) Gujarart Government grants religious

minority Status of Jews

Gujarat Governement granted religious minority

status to Jews living in the state with this

Gujarat became the third state in India to grant

religious minority Status to Jews after

westBengal and Maharashtra

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157) Dipika Pallikal will represent Asia

Indiarsquos Squash player Dipika Pallikal has been

appointed as Asiarsquos representative in the

prestigious Athlete Advisory commission of the

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGf) The

appointment was mady by the CGF

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158) The Odisha government has partnered with

tata Trust for development of Cancer care

facilities in the State

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159) Scientists discover worldrsquos oldest biological

colour

Scientists have discovered the worldrsquos oldest

colour that is bright pink

The pigments were discovered after researchers

crushed 11 billon year old rock found in a

marine shale deposit beneath the Sahara desert

in Mauritania west Africa

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160) Australian researchers have uncovered the

worldrsquos oldest biological colour

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161) First time in history Rajya Sabha Signs

MOU with a foreign Counterpart

Rajya Sabha has for the first time in 76 years

since it came into being entered into

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a

foreign Counterpart for promoting inter-

Parliamentar dialogue

Venkaiah Naidu has become the first chairman

of Rajya Sabha to sign such an lsquoagreement when

he inked an MOU with the visiting president of

the Senate of Rwanda

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162) Turkey will sell four Corvette warships to

Pakistan which will be the countryrsquos largest

single export deal Turkey signed a

memorandum of understanding to build four

Corvettes for Pakistan Under the MILGEM Project

last year

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163) Team India Opener Rohit Sharma has

become the first Indian Cricketer to Smash three

Centuries in T20 International Cricket

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164) Train 18 Made in India 160 kmph train

Indiarsquos indigenously manufactured Semi-high

speed train code-named Train 18 (Train 2018)

is expected to be rolled out in September

The train built by Integral Coach Factory (ICF)

of Chennai to promote Make in India is capable

of running at a speed of 160km per hour

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165) Andhra Pradesh tops in ldquoEase of Doing

Businessrdquo

Andhra Pradesh has topped the third edition of

the governmentrsquos lsquoEase of Doing Businessrsquo index

for states This is the second time in a row that

Andhra achieved the first rank

Telangana and Haryana in second and third

spots Tamilnadu in 15th position

i) Andhra Pradesh ii) Telangana iii) Haryana iv)

Jharkand v) Gujarath

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166) 22nd International Conference on

Nonferrous Minerals and Metals 2018 held at

Ranchi Jharkhand

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167) Meghalaya government introduces Draft

policy known as ldquoJackfruit Missionrdquo during the

first ever Jackfruit festival

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168) China Launches two remote sensing

Satellites for Pakistan

China Successfully launched two remote sensing

Satellites PRSS-1 and PAKTES-1A for Pakistan

on board of Long March-2C rocket from Jicquan

Satellite Launch Centre

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169) China said it has clinched a deal with India

on the reduction of Import duties on Indian

medicines including anti-cancer drugs

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170) Rajya Sabha members can use all 22

Scheduled Languages

From the forth coming Monsoon Session of

parliament Rajya Sabha Mps will be able to

speak in the house in any of the 22 Indian

languages listed in the 8th Schedule of the

Constitution

Of the 22 scheduled languages Rajya Sabha has

earlier established simultaneous interpretation

service for 12 language

The Rajya Sabha Secretariat has arranged for

simultaneous interpretation facility for ten more

languages- Dugri Kashmiri Kunkani Santhali

Sindhi Bodu Maithili Manipuri Marathi and

Nepali

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171) South Korean President in India

South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived

India for his four-day visit India and South

Korea singed 11 agreements including in the

areas of trade cultural and Scientific and

technological Cooperation

Capital-Seoul

Prime Minister ndash Lee Nak-yeon

Continent -Asia

Currecny -Won

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172) India becomes worldrsquos sixth largest

economy

World Bank Figuresrsquos for 2017 says that Indian

economy has now become worldrsquos sixth biggest

pushing France to Seventh place The US leads

the table as the biggest economy followed by

China Japan Germany and Britain

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173) World Population Day-11 July

The world Population day is observed across the

world on July 11 The world population day was

established by the then Governing Council of the

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

in 1989

The theme for the World Population Day 2018 is

ldquoFamily Planning is a Human Rightrdquo

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174) The 30th International Mango Festival was

held in New Delhi

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175) Ram Nath Kovind announces four

nominations to Rajya Sabha

President Ram Nath Kovind has nominated 4

Rajya Sabha members viz former MPRam

Shakal Sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra classical

dancer Sunal Mansingh Rakesh Sinha

Raghunath Mohapatra is an internationality

renowned sculptor famous for his stone

carvings

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176) Global Innovation Index 2018

The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2018 has

ranked India as the 57th most innovative nation

in the world The country has improved its

ranking up to 3 places from its 60th position in

2017

Top 5 Countries are (1) Switzerland (2)

Netherland (3) Sweden (4) UK (5) Singapore

The G11 global ranking is published by World

Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) -a

specialized agency of United nations

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177) lsquoI am not afraid of Englishrsquo

Haryana has launched lsquoI am not afraid of

Englishrsquo initiative to make primary school

students fluent in English

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178) IWF Junior World Weightlifting

Championships 2018

Indian woman lifter Jhilli Dalabehera has bagged

the bronze medal in the 2018 IWF Junior World

Weightlifting Championships at Tashkent

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179) Kutchi New year

Kutchi Community celebrates its new year on

Aashadhi Beej which falls in month of Ashada

(JuneJuly)

As for people of Kutch this day is associated

with beginning of rains in Kutch Gujarat

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180) DrSandeep Sancheti Vice Chancellor of

SRM Institute of Science and Technology has

assumed charge as the president of the

Association of Inidan Universities (AIU) New

Delhi

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181) INS Sumitra enters Indonesiarsquos Sabang

Part

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Indian Warship INS Sumitra which was on

mission in Malacca straits entered port of

Sabang in Indonesia

This is the first time that an Indian Naval ship

has visited the port of Sabang

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fggyhfpAssJ 182) FSSAI has launched ldquoThe Eat Right

Movementrdquo

The food safety and standards Authority of India

(FSSAI) has launched ldquoThe Eat Right Movementrdquo

to empower the citizens by improving their

health and well-being It is a platform to provide

credible information to help make informed and

healthful eating choices The main purpose of

the project is to reduce salt sugar and saturated

fat in packaged food products

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183) Broadcasting content complaints council

(BCCC)

Udhay Kumar Varma has been appointed as

new member of Broadcasting content complains

council (BCCC)

The BCCC is an independent self-regulatory body

set up by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation

(IBF) in June 2011to look into complaints

pertaining to all non-news general entertainment

channel in India

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184) Lonely planetrsquos best Asia destinations list

One of the Hottest Biodiversity Hotspots and

UNESCO world Heritage site the western Ghats

has come fourth in the list of Lonely planetrsquos

ldquo2018 Best in Asiardquo list

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185) India-South Korea Technology Exchange

Centre inaugurated in New Delhi by Central

Minister of MSME Giriraj Singh

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186) UN Security Council adopts Resolution

2427 to protect children in armed conflict

The United Nations Security Council has adopted

Resolution 2427 aimed at providing legal

framework for mainstream protection rights

well-being and empowerment of children

throughout the conflict cycle

The resolution Strongly condemns recruitment

and use of children in armed conflicts killing and

rape abductions

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187) Himachal Pradesh government announced

a project to setup a cow sanctuary act Kotla

Barug

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188) Vice president M Venkaiah Naidu

inaugurated the Indian Intraculare Implant and

Refractive Surgery Convention 2018 held in

Chennai

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189) UK Launched New Visas

The UK has launched new visas that will be open

to overseas Scientists and researchers including

Indians to encourage growth of the countryrsquos

research sector

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190) Indiarsquos latest Frontline warship INS Trikand

has reached Srilanka in a goodwill visit

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191) RBI cancels license of Alwar Urban Co-

operative Bank

The Reserve bank of India has cancelled the

license of Alwar Urban Co-operative Bank LTD

Alwar Rajastan to carry on banking business

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192) For the first time in Tamil nadu Centre for

excellence in traditional flowers to come up in

Madurai

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193) Formalin- laced Fish create Scare across

India after the ban of fishes Assam Manipur etc

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194) lsquoAnna Canteensrsquo in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh Government launched lsquoAnna

Canteenrsquo where breakfast lunch and dinner

would be offered at Rs5 each

The lsquoAnna Canteenrsquo named after the NT Rama

Rao

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195) lsquoOne Farmer one transformerrsquo Scheme

In order to reduce electricity losses the

Maharashtra government will next month launch

a new scheme lsquoOne farmer one Transformerrsquo

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196) Goa University discovered a Pigment that

may help fight against Cancer

Goa University announced the discovery of a

new pigment from Local wild Mushrooms that

may help fight against Cancer

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The chemical nature of the brown or black

Colour Pigment in wild edible mushrooms lsquoRoen

alamis or Termitomycesrsquo Species has a new

Sulphur-rich melanin pigment

The Goa University has declared it as Worldrsquos

first Sulphur-rich edible melanin

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197) Seema Darshanrsquo Project

Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani has given in principal

approval for the 39 Crore rupees lsquoSeema

Darshanrsquo or lsquoBorder tourismrsquo project

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198) The ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

(MOHUA) has launched a technology challenge

on identifying Solutions and promoting suitable

techniques for cleaning of Sewage Systems The

Objective is eliminating human entry into septic

tanks and manholes

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199) Indiarsquos First Private UAV amp LBPV factory to

come up in Kota

Indiarsquos First private Sector unit for

manufacturing unmanned air vehicles (UAV) and

light bullet proof vehicles (LBPV) will be set up

under lsquoMake in Indiarsquo initiative of the Union

government by DCM Shriram Industries Group in

Kota

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200) Rajasthan Government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft

The Rajasthan government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft to provide free digital training to

9500 students of 50 government colleges in a

year It will also train 500 faculty members

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201) In a first Indian Naval aircraft deployed fro

RIMPAC exercise

For the first time Indian Navyrsquos Long Range

Maritime Patrol Aircraft Boeing P-8I (Poseidon

Eight India) from Indian Naval Ship (INS) Rajali

has inducted for participating in the 26th edition

of RIMPAC-18 the Rim of the Pacific

multinational Naval exercise During the

exercise In P8I will be operating from Joint

Airbase Hickam Honolulu in Hawaii

This is the first time ever that an Indian Naval

aircraft has traversed so far east into the pacific

It is the First IN aircraft to cross the

International Date line

RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific Exercise) is the

wolrdrsquos largest international maritime warfare

exercise It is hosted and administered by the

United States Navyrsquos pacific feet headquartered

at Pearl Harbor

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202) India becomes 69th Shareholder of

European Bank for reconstruction amp

development (EBRD) paving the way for more

joint investment with Indian companies across

the bankrsquos regions of operation

EBRD headquartered in London Suma

Chakrabarti is the president of EBRD

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203) Indiarsquos genetically modified crop area fifth

largest in world

India becomes worldrsquos fifth largest area

cultivated under genetically modified (GM) crops

in 2017 according to the International service for

the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications

(ISAAA) report

From the report (i) America (ii) Brazil (iii)

Argentina (iv) Canada (v) India

Indiarsquos entire GM crop area is under single crop

BT cotton

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204) 2+2 ministeria dialogue

India is going to host inaugural 2+2 dialogue

with united States in September in New Delhi

lsquo2+2 dialoguersquo is an interaction between the

foreign and defence minister of the

twocountries

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205) Mukesh Ambani overtook Alibaba Group

Founder Jackma to become Asiarsquos richest

person according to a report by Blumberg

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206) First Indian women to win gold in world U-

20 Athletics Championships

Hima Das became the First Indian Women to

clinch a gold medal at a global event the world

under-20 Championships

Das clinched the top spot in the womenrsquos 400m

final race at the IAAF wordl under-20 Athletics

Championships in Tampere Finland

Hima Das Clocked 5146 seconds to win gold

She belongs to State of Assam

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207) Coimbatore doctor to head worldrsquos top

body of Spine Surgeons

Coimbatore-based orthopaedic and Spine

Surgeon SRajasekaran who is Chairman of the

Department of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery

at Ganga Hospital has been selected Chairman

of the international board of Aospine the worldrsquos

largest body of Spine Surgeons

DrRajasekaran is the first person to elected

from Asia region to this prestigious position

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208) 25000 plus two students to be trained to

take CA exams

Minister for School Education KA Sengottaiyan

Said that 25000 plus two students in

government schools will be trained over to take

up entry level examination for Chartered

Accountancy course Classes will be conducted

by 500 CAS once a week

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209) Two Indian-origin women of Forbes list of

Americarsquos richest self-made women

Two Indian-origin technology executives

JayShree Ullal and Neerja Sethi have made it to

the Forbes list of Americarsquos 60 richest self-made

women

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210) DrTCA Rahgavan has been appointed as

Director General of Indian Council of World

Affairs (ICWA)

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211) Entire Indian Menrsquos hockey team included

in Tops

The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of Union

Ministry of Sports and youth Affairs has included

entire menrsquos Hockey team of India under the

Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS)

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212) India Army signed a MOU with SBI

Indian Army signed a memorandum of

understanding (MOU) with the State Bank of

India (SBI) on the Defence Salary Package that

will include free personal accident death free

permanent total disability cover and other

accidental benefits to the deceased soldier and

family

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213) Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has

become the First Indian personality to get a

lsquotalking Statuersquo at Madame Tussauds Singapore

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214) Spiritual leader Dada JP Vaswani passed

away

Dada JP Vaswani (99) the spiritual leader and

head of Sadhu Vaswani mission in Pune has

passed away in Pune Maharashtra on July 12

2018

He was born in Hyderabad Sindh (Pakistan) on

2nd August 1918 Vaswani was a world renowned

Spiritual leader known for promoting

vegetarianism and animal rights

JP Vaswani was the recipient of the 1998

UThant peace award Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram

Vaswani (TL Vaswani) who founded Sadhu

Vaswani Mission was his Guru

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215) 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

The 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention is

being organized by Ministry of External Affairs in

association with the State Government of Uttar

Pradesh in January 2019

Theme of 2019 event is ldquoRole of Indian Diaspora

in building a New Indiardquo

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216) ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo authored by

Tapan

The book ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo has

been authored by Tapan Kumar Chand the

Chairman cum Managing Director of NALCO

The book is recently released by Narendra Singh

Tamar the Union Minister of Mines Rural

Development and panchayat Raj

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217) Government set up task force on ways to

reduce import

The central government has set up a high level

task force under the Chairmanship of cabinet

Secretary PK Sinha to identify various items and

policy interventions to reduce dependence of

import

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218) Worldrsquos first 3D colour X-ray on Human

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Scientists from New Zealand have performed

worldrsquos first ever 3-D colour X-ray on human It

has potential to improve the field of medical

diagnostics

It incorporates particle-tracking technology

called Medipix developed by European

organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

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219) National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

The 4th National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

was held at Indore in Madhya Pradesh

Chhattisgarh won awards in all categories for

excellence in implementing minerals auction

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220) Photography ban at protected monuments

lifted

Photography will be allowed in all of the

monuments and archaeological sites

administered by the Archaeological Survey of

India except the mausoleum at Taj Mahal the

Ajanta Caves and the Leh palace

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221) India and China hold second maritime

security dialogue in Beijing China

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222) Prize for beautification of Railway Station

Balharshah and Chandrapur Railway Stations of

the Central Railway have been awarded the first

prize in Station beautification competition by

government

Madhubani Station of East Central Railway and

Madurai Station of Southern Railway were the

Co-winners of the Second prize

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223) Odisha constitutes Heritage Cabinet

Odisha government constituted a lsquoHeritage

Cabinetrsquo headed by Chief Minister Naveen

Patnaik

lsquoHeritage Cabinetrsquo would aim at protection of

ancient monuments temples and archaeological

sites and take steps to preserve the states

culture language amp literature

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224) First Double Stack Dwarf container Service

Indian Railways Introduces first Double Stack

Dwarf Container Service from Rajkot Division

Western Railway with the use of these double-

Stack dwarf containers the cost of the unit will

be significantly reduced

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225) The Central government think tank NITI

Aayog has unveiled the blueprint of lsquoNational

Health Stackrsquo (NHS) a shared digital healthcare

infrastructure

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226) Former Pakistan Prime minister Nawaz

Sharif and his daughter Maryam who are

convicted for corruption were arrested

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227) Centuryrsquos longest total lunar eclipse

Union Ministry of Earth Science has announced

the Centuryrsquos (2001 to 2100) longest total

eclipse of 1 hour 43 minutes will occur on July

27-282018

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228) The Government of India has invited us

President Donal Trump to be chief guest at the

2019 Republic Day Parade

The US is yet to officially accept Indiarsquos invite

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229) Threatening Climate Change to the Nilgiri

tahr

According to recent Study published

international journal Ecological Engineering

Climate Change is threatening the Nilgiri tahr

International Union for conservation of Nature

(IUCN) in its red book has classified Nilgiri Tahr

it as Endangered

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230) 2018 Wimbledon Winners

Women singles - Angelique Kerber

(Germany)

Men singles - Novak Djokovic (Serbian)

Menrsquos Doubles - Mike Bryan (US) and Jack

Sock (US)

Womenrsquos Doubles - Barbora Krejcikova and

Katerina Siniakova from Czhech Republic

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231) Bansagar canal project Inaugurated

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the 171

km long Bansagar canal project to the nation in

Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh on July 15

2018

The project which is a joint venture of Uttar

Pradesh Madhya Pradesh and Bihar It built on

Son River

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232) Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018

Union Ministry of Drinking water and Sanitation

has launched Swachh Survekshan Grameen

2018 in New Delhi

The Programme will rank all states and districts

on the basis of a survey of Public places

Citizenrsquos perspective of cleanliness and their

recommendations

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233) 4th BIMSTEC Summit to be held in

Kathmandu

The fourth edition of Bay of Bengal Initiatives for

Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Co-

operation (BIMSTEC) will be held at Kathmandu

in Nepal from 30 t0 31 August 2018

Nepal is the current chair of BIMSTEC It is

headquartered in Dhaka

Member countries- India Nepal Bhutan

Bangladesh Srilanka Myanmar and Thailand

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234) Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventories

in Asia

In New Delhi Union Minister DrHarsh Vardhan

inaugurates 16th Workshop on Greenhouse Gas

Inventories in Asia

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235) First-ever metal craft exhibition in India

With an aim to promote and preserve the metal

craft tradition of Ladakh the first-ever metal

craft exhibition was held at Chilling village in Leh

district of Jammu amp Kashmir

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236) Kochi Metro Rail Limited opened Indiarsquos

first exquisite air-conditioned bed space

dormitor

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237) World Youth skills Day 15 July In 2014 UN

General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring

15th July as World Youth Skills day

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238) India became Vice-Chair on regional head

of Asia pacific Region of the World Customs

Organisation (WCO)

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239) Resolution 2428 by UN security Council

The UN Security council has adopted a resolution

2428 to impose an arms embargo on South

Sudan The measure will stop the flow of

weapons to armed groups in the country

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240) Hindi Mother tongue of 4363 in India

According to the 2011 census Hindi continue to

be the most spoken language in India with

4363 of the country declaring it their mother-

tongue

Sanskrit was the least spoken of the countryrsquos

22 scheduled languages with just 24821

persons listing it as their mother tongue

The top 5 most spoken language by 2011 census

is (i) Hindi (4363) (ii) Bengali (803) (iii)

Marathi (686) (iv) Telugu (670) (v) Tamil

(570)

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(570) 241) Oldest Narrow- Gauge Rail Line in India

The 33 km Dabhoi-Miyagam line in Gujarat

State Indiarsquos first narrow gauge railway stretch

which started operations in 1862 will be closed

forever The line will be soon converted into

broad gauge

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242) Approval for Chinese Bank in India

Bank of China one of four biggest State-run

Chinese lenders has received in Principal

approval from the Reserve Bank of India to open

branches in India

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243) Private Universities in Tamil Nadu

Two bills adopting the establishment of Shiv

Nadar University and Sai University were passed

in the Tamil Nadu assembly

As per the provisions of two bills adopted in the

assembly the two universities will be self-

financing institutions and would be allowed to

establish constituent colleges Currently there

were no private Universities in Tamil nadu

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244) Committee to review companies Act 2013

The ministry of Corporate Affairs has constituted

a 10 member Committee headed by the Injeti

Srinivas (Secretary of Ministry of Corporate

Affairs) for review of the panel provisions in the

companies Act 2013

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245) 2nd National Tourism conclave organised at

Jaipur in Rajasthan

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246) Madras Music Academy has selected

Carnatic Vocalist Aruna Sairam for this yearrsquos

Sangita Kalanithi award

Mridangam artist Thanjavur R Ramadas and

Vocalist K Omanakutty will receive the Kala

Acharya award

Veena and Nagaswaram players and teachers

Kalyani Ganesan and S R G Rajanna have been

chosen for the TTK awards

Prameela Gurumurthy has been selected for

musicologist award Veteran Danseuse Shanta

Dhananjayan will get Nrithya Kalanithi Award

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247) Kamaraj birthday July 15 is celebrated as

Educational Development Dayrsquo by Tamil Nadu

government

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248) India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror drill

Anti terror drill organised by the Shanghai

Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is scheduled

From August 20-29 at Chelyabinsk City in Russia

India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror SCO drill

along with other member countries Russia

China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Tajikistan and

Uzbekistan

It will be for the first time since Independence

that India and Pakistan will both be a part of

military exercise

Around 200 Army and Air force personal from

India will be participating in the drill called

ldquoPeace Mission 2018rdquo

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249) France wins 21st FIFA world cup Football

title

France has won 21st FIFA world cup football by

defeating Croatia by 4-2 goals in the final match

held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow Russia

on 1572018

It was Francersquos Second world cup crown after it

had own it in 1998 It was Croatiarsquos first world

Cup final appearance Croatia became the lowest

ranked team ever to reach a World Cup Final

France and Croatia belong European Continent

Top 4 teams in 21st FIFA world cup are (i) France

(ii) Croatia (iii) Belgium (iv) England

FIFA Awards for the 2018 world cup

(i) Best player ndash Golden Ball Luka Modric

(Croatia)

(ii) Top Goal scorer ndash Golden Boot Harry Kane

(England)

(iii) Best Goal keeper ndash golden Glove Thibaut

Courtois (Belgium)

(iv) Best Young Player Kylian Mbappe (France)

(v) Fairest Team Spain

(vi) man of the Match (final) Antoine

Griezmann (France)

Captain of France Football team is Hugo Lloris

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250) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar

inaugurated Goa IT Day celebrations in Panaji

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251) Assam government has decided to make

Himadas statersquos brand ambassador for sports

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252) Iceland in UN Human Rights Council

Iceland has taken the seat vacated by United

States at the 47 member UN Human Rights

Council

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253) 64-dish Meer KAT radio telescope

South Africa unveiled new 64-dish Meer KAT

radio telescope that could help unlock the

mysteries of the Universe

Meer KAT will be incorporated into complex

square kilometre Array (SKA) instrument SKA

will be fully operational in the late 2020s to be

most powerful radio telescope in the world

The Meer KAT will be the worldrsquos largest radio

telescope of its kind until the Square kilometre

Array (SKA) has been completed

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254) ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas

Engine

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ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas Engine

from Mahendragiri of Tirunelveli district Vikas

(Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai)

The Vikas Engine is the work shore liquid rocket

engine used to power the second stage of the

ISROrsquos trusted Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

(PSLV)

It is also used in the second stage and also at

the four strap on stages of Geosynchronous

Launch vehicle (GSLV) and in the twin-engine

core liquid stage (L110) of GSLV Mk-111

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255) Global Sugar output Record high

In its latest report the UN body has forecast

world Sugar output to hit a record high at 1876

million tonnes in 2017-18 and Surpass

consumption The anticipated surplus is likely to

the largest in history

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256) Fossil Museum in Ariyalur

The Fossil Museum at Varanavasi near Ariyalur

town is set to open The museum will provide

evidence of the existence of dinosaurs and other

associated reptilians in the Ariyalur region

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257) The madras High court has ruled that there

is no legal obligation on the part of a mother to

disclose the name of the father at the time of

registering her childrsquos birth

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258) Indian farmers fertiliser cooperative limited

(IFFCO) launched a social e-commerce app

called ldquoIFFCO iMandirdquo

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259) 100 public services to be delivered at

doorstep in Delhi

Delhi people will get around 100 public services

including driving licence and caste certificate at

their door step under a proposed scheme of the

Delhi government The scheme was named as

lsquoMobilersquo Sahayaksrsquo

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260) Trump-Putin Summit

Russiarsquos president Vladimir Putin and Americanrsquos

President Donald Trump met at Helsinki capital

of Finland

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261) New Headquarters building of

Archaeological Survey of India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated

lsquoDharohar Bhawanrsquo ndash the new headquarters

building of the Archaeological Survey of India

(ASI) in New Delhi

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262) Per Capita Revenue Collection

Haryana has topped other States in per capita

Revenue Collection in the first Financial year of

the GST regime per Capita revenue collection of

Haryana is Rs 187697month

2nd Position is Uttarakhand 3rd position is

Maharashtra

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263) Digital Health Campaign for Think For

Health

The Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of

India ( (OPPI) launched its digital campaign

Think for Health at its annual summit in New

Delhi

The initiative Think For Health was launched in

Partnership with the Government of Telangana

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264) Government reappoints Anil D

Sahasrabudhe

Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)

has approved renewal of appointment of Prof

Anil D Sahabsrabudhe as the Chairman of the All

India council for Technical Education (AICTE)

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265) 12 new moons discovered around Jupiter

Scientists had discovered 12 new moons around

Jupiter The discoveries bring the number of

Jupiterrsquos known moon to 79 the most around a

single planet in our Solar system

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266) Nelson Mandela International Day July 18

2018 marks the Centenary of the birth of Nelson

Mandela

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267) Rajpurrsquos Swami Vivekananda Airport has

been ranked first in Customer Satisfaction

among 49 airports in the country

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268) LIGO-India Laboratory in Maharashtra

The Government of India (GOI) has given lsquoIn-

Principlersquo approval for construction and operation

of LIGO-India (Laser Interferometer

Gravitational wave observatory in India)

Laboratory in hingoli District of Maharashtra

The LIGO-India Observatory is Scheduled to be

operational in 2024 in Collaboration with the

LIGO Laboratory in United States

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Interferometer Gravitational wave observatory)

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269) Cheapest drinking water in the world

Bihar will soon provide the cheapest drinking

water in the world The first of such a water

project named lsquoSulabh Jalrsquo was launched in

Biharrsquos Darbhanga district

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270) Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)

has organised ldquo Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyanrdquo

campaign in five main stem Ganga basin

States-Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh Bihar

Jharkhand and west Bengal It has been

observed as lsquoShubharambh Saptahrsquo

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271) ldquoPitch Blackrdquo war exercise

The Indian Air force (IAF) is participating in the

Multinational ldquoPitch Blackrdquo warfare exercise

hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force in

Australia

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272) BSE building gets trademark

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has secured a

ldquotrademarkrdquo for its iconic building Phizoze

Jeejeebhoy Towers located in Mumbai

Subsequently the usage of the BSE buildingrsquos

picture will required consent from BSE

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ldquoKjjpiu rpddkrdquo ( trademark)

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273) Central Government announces amnesty

for prisoners to mark Mahatma Gandhirsquos 150th

birth anniversary

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274) New 100 Rs Note

New lavender-coloured Rs100 currency notes

will soon be issued by the Reserve Bank of India

The new note will feature the motif of the lsquoRani

Ki Vavrsquo Stepwell in Gujarat as well as the

Swachh Bharat logo and Slogan

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275) The book ldquoThe House of Islam A global

Historyrdquo has been authored by Islamic radical Ed

Hussain

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276) Athletics World Cup

The USA won the first Athletics World Cup held

in London England Poland and Great Britain

took 2nd and 3rd spot respectively

The Athletics world cup is a team-based

international athletics competition inaugurated in

2018 The inaugural edition had eight national

teams based on world rankings

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277) lsquoAabhaar Aapki Sewa karsquo

The Chhattisgarh government has launched an

online portal and mobile app lsquoAabhaar-Aapki

Seva Karsquo (Gratitude-for your service) to provide

transparency in the pension facility

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278) President has given assent to Assam witch

Hunting (Prohibition Prevention and Protection)

Bill 2015 passed by state Assembly

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279) 2018 NABARD Award

Repco Micro Finance Ltd a non-banking Finance

Company promoted by Repco bank has won the

2018 NABARD award for its service to self-Help

Group (SHG) linkage in Tamil Nadu for the fiscal

year 2017-18

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280) ASI to upgrade Seven monuments in

TamilNadu

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has

planned to upgrade infrastructural and tourist

friendly facilities at seven sites which are

approved under Adarsh Smarak Scheme for

conservation of Monuments in Tamil Nadu

The Monuments are Shore temple

Mamallapuram Gingee Fort kailasanathar

temple Kancheepuram Brihadeswarar temple

Thanjavur Sithananavasal Caves vellore fort

Moovar koil Kodumbalur

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281) Myanmar in International Solar Alliance

Myanmar has joined the India-initiated

International Solar Alliance (ISA) and became

the 68th signatory to the framework Agreement

of the ISA It is headquarters at Gwal Pahari

village in Gurugram Haryana

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282) Scottish site selected for Spaceport

UK space agency has selected site at Sutherland

on ArsquoMhoine peninsula on north Coast of

Scotland for its first Spaceport to launch rockets

vertically and put satellites in orbit

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283) Lakshya sen won gold at Asia Badminton

Junior

Lakshya sen from India has clinched historic

menrsquos singles gold at the Asia Badminton Junior

Championship 2018 in Jakarata

With this he became the 3rd Indian shuttler to

win singles gold at the competition after

Gautham Thakkar and PV Sindhu

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284) Afghan player nominated for the IOC

membership

A young Afghan basketball player Samira

Asghari has been nominated for the

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

membership She is among 9 candidates for

membership of the body in a move to boost

womenrsquos rights

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285) Arman Ali was appointed as Executive

Director of National Centre for promotion of

employment for Disable People (NCPEDP)

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286) Worldrsquos Best Cities Report

According to Travel+ Leisurersquos worldrsquos best cities

report the city of Udaipur has ranked 3rd The

top 2 cities are both in Mexico- San Miguel de

Allende and Oaxaca

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p287) Delhi Dialogue (DDX)

The 10th edition of Delhi Dialogue (DDX) was

held in New Delhi and was hosted by Union

External affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj The

theme for this edition was ldquoStrengthening India-

ASEAN maritime Cooperationrdquo

Delhi Dialogue is premier annual event to

discuss Politico- security economic and Socio-

Cultural engagement between India and the

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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288) Central Oil PSUs has signed joint Venture

Pact

In a major initiative to connect all the North-

East States to the National Gas grid the 5

Central oil PSUs -IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL and

NRL have signed a joint venture agreement for

executing the North-East Natural Gas Pipeline

Grid (N-ENGPG) in Guwahati

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289) PATA Gold Award 2018

Sahapediarsquos India Heritage ldquowalk Feterdquo wins

PATA award has been awarded the PATA Gold

Award 2018 for its recently concluded Pon-India

event

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290) Medini Puraskar Yojana

The Environment Ministry re-introduced the

lsquoMedini Puraskar Yojanarsquo a scheme that awards

Indian authors for their original work in Hindi on

environment pollution and climate change

subjects

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291) Student Police Cadet Programme

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has

launched the student police Cadet Programme to

build a bridge between the police and the larger

community though School students by

inculcating values and ethics in them

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292) lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched the

lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo in a bid to make London

the worldrsquos most walkable city

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293) Fugitive Economic offenders Bill 2018

The Parliament passed the Fugitive Economic

Offenders Bill 2018 which will empower

authorities to attach and Confiscate properties

and assets of economic offenders like loan

defaulters and Fraudsters who flee the country

The Cases where the total value involved in such

Scheduled offences is Rs 100 crore or more will

come under its purview

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Economic offenders Bill 2018)

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294) India-assisted emergency ambulance

Service

Indian prime Minister launched the India-

assisted emergency ambulance Service in

Srilanka through video conferencing from New

Delhi

The inaugural function was scheduled in Jaffna

Srilanka this is the largest Indian project in

Srilanka after Indian housing project

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295) 24-hour helpline for Protection for inter-

caste couples

The Tamil Nadu government has setup a 24-

hour helpline to investigate issues faced by

inter-caste couples and offer them necessary

assistance

A special cell has been formed in all districts and

cities in the State comprising district-level

officers to receive complaints of harassment

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296) India tops skilled visa immigrants list

According to the data released by Australian

Bureau of Statistics for those coming to

Australia on the skilled visa India with 19

people bagged the top rank

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297) Padhe Bharat-Badhe Bharat

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

has announced lsquoPadhe Bharat-Badhe Bharatrsquo an

initiative to promote the reading culture among

students The initiative has launched under

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo

Under this initiative the government will give an

annual library grant to schools

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo is an overarching programme

for school educating extending from primary to

class 12 which was introduced in the Union

Budget 2018-19

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298) Miss Asia (Deaf) 2018

Deshna Jain who is from Madhya Pradesh has

been crowned the 2018 Miss Asia (Deaf) title

and also she was the 3rd in the 2018 Miss

international (Deaf)

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299) South East Asiarsquos first Centre for Climate

Change

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (NABARD) has launched the South

East Asiarsquos First-ever centre for Climate change

in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

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300) System of Air Quality and weather

Forecasting

Dr Harsh Vardhan the Union Environment

Minister has launched a advanced State-of-the-

art Air Quality and weather forecast System

called SAFAR (System of Air Quality and

Weather Forecasting) in Delhi

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301) Odisha police has launched a drive to bust

an international syndicate that peddles

lsquoendangeredrsquo pangolin

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302) According to Public Affairs Index (PAI) for

2018 Kerala stands as the best-governed State

in the country followed by Tamil Nadu

Telangana

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303) Typhoon Ampil has recently hit Chinese

Financial hub Shunghai and disrupted transport

and shipping

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304) lsquoe -Pragati Core initiativersquo

The Andhra Pradesh government has launched

lsquoe-Pragati core initiativersquo to provide integrated

Service to citizens It will act as a platform to

connect all departments and Stand alone to

resolve the issue

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305) Tribal Atlas of Odisha

Odisha government has unveiled First-ever

Tribal Atlas of Odisharsquo a compilation of

demographic and Cultural information of the

tribal population in the State It is first of its kind

Compilation in the country

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306) Justice Tahira Safdar has been named as

the new Chief justice of the Balochistan High

court with this She will become the first-ever

female high court chief Justice in Pakistan

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307) The NASA has launched lsquoRemote sensing

Toolkitrsquo to promote commercial use of satellite

data

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308) Rajiv Gauba Committee

The Union Government has constituted a high

level committee to suggest laws against mob

lynching and Violence The committee is headed

by the Rajiv Gauba

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309) MicroDot Technology

The Indian government has announced the

launch of a new MicroDot Technology that would

help check on vehicle theft

Under this thousands of small dots laser etched

will be sprayed with a vehicle identification

number on all over the vehiclersquos body including

its engine

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310) The book ldquoThe Dhoni Touch Unravelling

the Enigma That is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquo has

been authored by Bharat Sundaresan

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311) Chennia is going to host the world Junior

Squash Championship 2018

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312) First person to Ski down the K2

Polandrsquos Andrzej Bargiel became the First person

to Ski down the worldrsquos 2nd highest mountain K2

peak

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313) Alize cornet of France won the Swiss open

Tennis title

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314) State Bank of India organized a nation

wide Kisan Mela as an outreach programme for

farmers and to impart Financial literacy

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315) ldquoWarlightrdquo in the Man Booker Prize list

Srilankan born Canadian author Michael

Ondaatje has again made the Man Booker Prize

list with his latest novel lsquoWarlightrdquo Recently his

work was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize

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316) Sitamarhi became the first open defecation

free district in Bihar

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57) Shale in Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules

1959

Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has

amended Petroleum and natural Gas Rules 1959

to include Shale in the definition of Petroleum

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1959

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318) Prime Ministers tour of three-nations in

Africa

PM Narendra Modi is on a three nation tour to

the African countries including Rwanda Uganda

amp South Africa

Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime

minister to visit Rwanda he gifted 200 cows as

part of Rwanda governmentrsquos Girinka

programme India decided to gift a cancer

therapy machine to the Uganda

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319) The Ministry of women and child

Development has launched a contest ldquoChildline

1098rdquo to spread awareness on human trafficking

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320) 10th edition of BRICS Summit in

Johannesburg

South Africa is hosting the 10th edition of BRICS

summit 2018 in Johannesburg with theme

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution

The member nations are Brazil Russia India

China amp South Africa

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321) The 3rd edition of Kabira festival 2018 will

be held in Varanasi to celebrate the spirit of 15th

century mystic poet Kabir

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322) World Bankrsquos internal award to ICZM

Indiarsquos Integrated Coastal Zone Management

(ICZM) project has won the World Bankrsquos

internal award for exceptional performance in

achieving many development goals

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Nkyhzik (Integrated Coastal Zone

Management -ICZM) jpllkgt gy NkkghlLf

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estuarine crocodiles in the country with a record

number of their nesting site spotted in it

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56) The united Nations Educational Scientific

and Cultural organization (UNESCO) has

inscribed colombiarsquos Chiribiovuete National park

on its list of world heritage sites

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(UNESCO) 57) Australia defeat India to win Menrsquos

Rabobank Hockey Champions Trophy 2018

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58) Election Commission launches lsquoCVigilrsquo app to

report model code violations

The Election Commission of India has launched

lsquoCVigilrsquo mobile application for citizens to

reportany violation of the Model Code of conduct

(MCC) during elections lsquocVigilrsquo or lsquoCitizen vigilrsquo

app will allow anyone in election-bound state to

report violations of MCC

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59) Major General Jose Elaclio Alcain of Uruguay

will be Head UN Military Observer Group in

India Pakistan

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60) Bengaluru to get Indiarsquos first e-waste plant

Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers

Ananth Kumar announced that the countryrsquos first

e-waste recycling unit will come up in Bengaluru

The Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and

Technology (CIPET) a research institute that

comes under the ministry will set up the e-

waste recycling unit

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ikajij mikfFk

61) e-marketing system launched by KVIC

A single-umbrella e-marketing system named

Khadi Institution Management and information

technology launched by the Khadi and village

Industries Commission (KVIC) in New Delhi The

system can be accessed from anywhere in the

country for sale and purchase of Khadi and

village industries products

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62) The proposal of renaming Agartala Airport in

Tripura as lsquoMaharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Kishore

Airportrsquo was approved by the union Cabinet

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63) lsquoBehdienkhalamrsquo one of the famous festival

was celebrated in the Jaintia Hills Meghalaya It

is celebrated among the Pnars Tribals

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64) Madhya Pradesh government approved the

lsquoBijli Bill Mafi Yojanarsquo and lsquoMukhyamantri Jan

Kalyanrsquo or lsquoSambalrsquo Yojana

The Madhya Pradesh government approved the

Bijli Bill Mafi Yojana (Power Bill waiver Scheme)

Under the power bill waiver scheme pending

does of registered labourers of the unorganised

sector and poor families would be waived

completely

The government also approved Mukhyamantri

Jan Kalyan or Sambal Yojana According to this

scheme labourers falling under the unorganised

sector in the state will get power at Rs200 per

month

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65) VD Dogra becomes first serving Indian Army

Officer to complete Ironman competition

Major General VD Dogra (Vikram Dogra) became

the First serving Indian Army officer and the

only General across the world to have completed

a gruelling lsquoIromanrsquo competition held in Austria

The lsquoIronmanrsquo is an international triathlon The

competitors have to complete the events in

sequence within 17 hours to earn the title of

lsquoIronmanrsquo

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(tpbNlhfuh) Mthu

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66) The Sunil Mehta Committee which was

formed with a view to tackle Non-performing

Assets (NPAs) and creating credit capacity

submitted its report with recommendations to

Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal

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67) Nagpur the second Capital of Maharashtra

has hosted the Monsoon Session of the State

legislature after a gap of 47 years

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68) India to host IUFoST 2018

India will host the 19th edition of IUFoST world

Food Science and Technology Congress 2018 in

Navi Mumbai from October 23-27-2018 The

IUFoST stands for lsquoInternational Union of Food

Science and Technologyrsquo

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69) 4 Species added to recovery programme by

wildlife Board

The Standing Committee of National Board for

Wildlife (NBWL) has recently added four species

into Centrersquos Recovery Programme for critically

Endangered Species

They are Northern River Terrapin Clouded

Leopard Arabian Sea Humpback Whale and Red

Panda

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Terrapin) gilr rpWjij (Clouded Leopard)

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70) World Food Prize 2018

The World Food Prize 2018 was awarder to

Lawrence Haddad and DrDavid Nabarro for their

individual but complementary global leadership

in elevating maternal and child undernutrition

with food security

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71) AIIBrsquos Third annual meeting held in Mumbai

The third annual Meeting of the Asian

Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was held

in Mumbai

The first AIIB Board of Governors meeting was

held in Beijing in 2016 followed by Jeju South

Korea in 2017

Fourth Annual Meeting will be held in Luxemberg

in July 2019

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72) Madhya Pradesh awarded for reducing

maternal mortality

Madhya Pradesh was awarded by Union Ministry

of Healthy and Family welfare for reducing

maternal mortality under Prime Ministerrsquos safe

Motherhood Campaign (Pradhan Mantri

Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan-PMSMA)

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73) lsquoPaani Bachao Paise Kamaorsquo scheme by

Punjab

The Punjab government has launched a new

scheme lsquoPaani Bacho-o Paise Kamaorsquo to check

depletion of underground water Under this

scheme farmers will get the monetary benefit

for less use of tube well

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74) First Delta Ranking of Aspirational District

Under lsquo Transformation of Aspirational Districtsrsquo

Programme NITI Aayog has released first Delta

ranking for 108 aspirational districts to measure

their incremental progress across five

developmental areas during 2-month period of

April and May 2018

Dahod district in Gujarath ranked 1st west

Sikkim district in Sikkim ranked 2nd

Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu ranked

3rd Vijanagaram in Andhra Pradesh ranked 4th

and YSR Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh

ranked 5th

lsquoTransformation of Aspirational District

Programme was launched by the Prime Minister

in January 2018 This programme aims to

quickly and effective transform some of the most

underdeveloped districts of the country

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75) 9th Heads of Mission Conference

The 9th Heads of Mission Conference was held in

New Delhi It was inaugurated by External

Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj

The theme of annual Conference was

lsquoUnprecedented Outreach Unparalleled

Outcomes

It Saw Participation of all Indian Ambassadors

and high Commissioners

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76) Four zones become unmanned Level

crossings Free

Indian Railways has eliminated all unmanned

level crossings (UMLC) from its four Zones They

are West Central Railway Central Railway

Eastern Railway and South East Central Railway

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77) The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) for the first

time has rolled out three phase energy efficient

eight Car Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU)

train set built with Stainless Steel bodies in

Chennai TamilNadu

MEMU is suburban train system that caters to

needs of medium distance inter-city passengers

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78) The French government has introduced a

plan national service for all 16-year olds

Voluntary teaching and working with Charities

are among the options being looked at

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Nrit nraypy ltLglyhk

79) Abhilash Tomy in Golden Globe Race

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Naval Officer Commander Abhilash Tomy of

Indian Navy has participated in historic Golden

Globe Race (GRR) which commenced from Les

Sables d lsquoOlonne harbour in western France

He will be representing India in indigenously

built sailing vessel Thuriya a replica of 1950s

sailing vessel Suhaili

Tomy one of Indiarsquos prominent Sailors and a

recipient of the Kirti Chakra is the only

participant from Asia

The uniqueness of the race is that boat designs

and technology newer than 1968 are not

permitted

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Mthu

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80) The union government has constituted a

ministerial panel headed by the Central Finance

Minister to decide about Fund allocation for

infrastructure projects from the Central Road

and Infra structure fund (CRIF) announced in

the budget

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81) India to provide tariff concessions to APTA

members

India has agreed to provide tariff concessions on

3142 products to Asia Pacific Trade Agreement

(APTA) members

APTA is an initiative under united Nations

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and

Pacific (UN ESCAP) for trade expansion through

exchange of tariff concessions among developing

country members of Asia pacific region

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82) Vishwas Patel has appointed as a Chairman

of Payments Council of India

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83) The worldrsquos First digital art museum has

opened at the MORI building Digital Art Museum

in Tokyo Japan

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84) The worldrsquos First digital art museum has

opened at the MORI Building Digital Art Museum

in Tokyo Japan

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85) Indiarsquos first Global Mobility Summit

Niti Aayog to hold Indiarsquos First Global Mobility

Summitrsquo on September 7-8 in Delhi It will be

inaugurated by Prime Minister

The summit will help drive governmentrsquos goal for

vehicle electrification renewable energy

integration and job growth and also speed Up

Indiarsquos transition to a clean energy economy

lsquoMOVE Global Mobility Summitrsquo will be organised

in Collaboration with Various ministries and

industry partners

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86) Sports Authority of India will now be Sports

India

More than 34 years after coming into existence

the sports Authority of India (SAI) is set to be

renamed as Sports India Union Sports Minister

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore announced after

the Sports bodyrsquos governing body meeting

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87) Home Ministerrsquos Special Operation Medal

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has

approved institution of Home Ministerrsquos special

Operation Medal

It also has instituted three more Medalrsquos -Antarik

Suraksha Medal Asadharan Aaschuchan Padak

and Utkrisht amp Ati- Utkrisht Seva Medal

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88) First Transgender woman to Compete in

Miss Universe

Spanish Model Angela Ponce will be the First

transgender woman to compete in Miss

Universe She won Spainrsquos Miss Universe

Competition she will representing her country at

67th Miss Universe 2018 pagent in Philippines

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gqNfwghh

89) lsquoPandharichi Warirsquo is the most important

pilgrimage of Maharashtra

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Kffpakhd Gdpj ahjjpiuahFk

90) An Official Song for the Kerala State

The Kerala government has constituted an

expert panel comprising eminent writerrsquos and

language experts to choose an official song for

the State Rani George the Cultural Department

Secretary would be the Convenor of the panel

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MNyhrfuhf Ugghh

91) Mandatory Dope Test in Punjab

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has

ordered a mandatory dope test of all

government employees including police

personnel

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Also he has ordered drug screening to be

mandatorily done in all cases of recruitment and

promotions

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Kjytu cjjutplLsshu

92) Uttam Dhillon an Indian- American top

white house lawyer has been appointed as the

new acting administrator of the Drug

Enforcement Agency of USA

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nraagglLsshh

93) Icebergs to be towed from Antarctica to

United Arab Emirates for drinking water

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94) Brazil become highest scoring team in FIFA

World cup History

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rhjid

95) Rajasthan government launched lsquoAnnapurna

Doodh Yojnarsquo Scheme The scheme will provide a

glass of milk to School students

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Jj Nah[dhrdquo jplljij njhlqfpaJ

96) Genome valley 20 in Telangana

Telangana Government has signed

memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with

Singapore based engineering amp consulting firm

Surbana Jurong for preparing roadmap for

Genume valley 20

Genome valley is Indiarsquos first organized pharma-

biotech cluster for life science RampD activities and

largest life science destination in Asia

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ifnaOjjplLssJ

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97) The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and

Customs (CBIC) has launched a mobile app lsquoGST

verifyrsquo to protect interest of consumers It is an

android app to verify if the person collecting GST

from the consumer is eligible to collect it or not

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thhpakhdJ (CBIC) lsquoGST verifyrsquo nraypia

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yiyah vdW rupghufFk

98) Design University for gaming in

Visakhapatnam

The Andhra Pradesh government and the

delegates of United Nations Educational

Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

have recently signed a pact for the

establishment of a Gaming Digital Learning Hub

in the state

As per agreement UNESCO will soon set up the

Design University for gaming in Visakhapatnam

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Mejpu khepy muRkgt [eh fytpgt mwptpay

kwWk gzghlL mikggpd (UNESCO)

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99) Maharashtra Government has signed MOU

with Multi Commodity Exchange of India limited

to Launched Cotton Mission to empower Cotton

Farmers in the state

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100) The National Security Guard (NSG) will be

the first central paramilitary force to opt for e-

ticketing instead of the railway warrant A

railway warrant is a voucher issued for train

travel at subsidized rates

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101) The Ministry of Coal has launched the Goal

Mine Surveillance and Management System

(CMSMS) and lsquoKhan Praharirsquo mobile application

in New Delhi

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Nkyhzik mikgG (CMSMS) kwWk Khan

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102) India will operate the Mattala Rajapaksa

International Airport as a Srilanka-India joint

Venture at Hambantota in Srilanka

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103) lsquoPoshan Abhiyanrsquo and lsquoPurnarsquo project to

eradicate malnutrition

The Gujarat government launched a statewide

mission lsquoPoshan Abhiyanrsquo to eradicate

malnutrition among children by providing them

nutritious food through Anganwadi centers

The State government has also launched lsquoPurnarsquo

project to eliminate malnutrition among

Adolescent girls

The Nation wide National Nutrition mission

(Poshan Abiyan) was launched by

Prime Minister in Rajasthan

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104) The Uttarakhand High Court has recently

declared the ldquoentire animal kingdom including

avian and aquaticrdquo as legal entities with a

distinct personal and corresponding rights

duties and liabilities of a living person

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105) Milan Shankar Tare a Fisherman from

Maharashtrarsquos Palghar district has been selected

for this yearrsquos National Maritime Search and

Rescue Award

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106) Rajasthan government clarifies on

reservation

The Rajasthan government has clarified that five

castes Gujjars Baldia Rebari Gadalia and

Gadaria Under the most backward Classes

(MBC) are also entitled into the 21 Quota

under the OBC category for admission to

educational institution and recruitment in

government jobs in the state

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107) The Uttar Pradesh government launched

lsquoCommercial Tax at your door stepsrsquo on the

occasion of GST day celebration

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108) The department of Empowerment of

Persons with disabilities under the ministry of

social Justice and Empowerment organized a

ldquoNational Workshop on Skill Development for

persons with Disabilitiesrdquo in New Delhi

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109) Mahi Talat Siddiqui a Muslim woman from

Kanpur has translated the text of Ramayana into

Urdu

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110) The Chhattisgarh government will set up a

tribal museum in the Statersquos upcoming new

capital Naya Raipur

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111) CIMON the 1st Robot with Artificial

Intelligence to fly in Space

CIMON or Crew Interactive Mobile Companion

become the first artificial intelligence robot

companion in Space It is an English Speaking

robot

It was launched by Space x Falcon 9 rocked to

International Space station

It was launched from Florida The CIMON robot

from the German space Agency is meant to

Assist German Astronaut Alexander Gerst in

international Space station

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EzzwpT nfhzl NuhNghlCIMON

CIMON (Crew Interactive Mobile Companion)

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112) The 17th World Tamil Internet Conference

held in Coimbatore under the theme

lsquoIntellectual Tamil Search Enginesrdquo

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113) With 226 Lakh Crore Rupees Collection of

GST Tax Tamilnadu in 4th place

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4-tJ ljjpy jkpofk UffpwJ

114) NTA to hold NEET JEE twice a year from

2019

Human Resource Development Minister Prakash

Javadekar announced that JEEE Mains and NEET

the two national level engineering and medical

entrance examinations will be held twice a year

from 2019 by a newly formed National Testing

Agency (NTA)

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kwWk ePl (NEET) Njhit eljJk

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eljJk

115) Sri Lanka Movie lsquoThe Frozen firersquo

For the first time in the history of Srilankan film

industry a movie from the Srilanka ldquoThe Frozen

firerdquo directed by Anuruddha Jaya Sing he will

enter in mainstream lsquobest picturersquo category of

Oscars 2019

The film Outlines the Wijeweerarsquos life the

founding leader of the JVP (or) Peoplersquos

Liberation Front

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lsquojp GNuh]d gahrsquo vdw rpqfsj jpiugglk

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ikakhf itjJ gglk affgglLssJ

116) International Day of Cooperatives-July 7

International Day of Co-operative was observed

on 7thJuly The theme for 2018 is ldquoSubtainable

Societies through Cooperationrdquo

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rfjjpidg ngWjy

117) Koala bear genome decoded

Koala bear genome decoded successfully Koala

native to Australia is classified as Vulnerable by

the International union for Conservation of

Nature (IUCN)

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fzLgpbgG

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118) ldquoOne person one Carrdquo policy by west

Bengal

West Bengal set a ldquoOne person One carrdquo policy

for ministers and bureaucrats and mandated

economy class for all domestiv air travel in a bid

to cut Costs incurred by the State government

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119) The Cheetah 3 robot developed by

engineers at the America MIT Which is blind

robot

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cUthffp cssdh

120) Indiarsquos First Taxi ambulance

Indiarsquos First Taxi ambulance service was flagged

off by Union Minister for Road Transport and

Highways Nithin Gadkari in NewDelhi

A Start-up named Wagon Cab has launched this

service with drivers who are trained medically

keeping in mind the increasing number of

accidents

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Ntfd Nfg vdw ]lhul mg (Start up)

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vzzpfifia epidtpy nfhzL

kUjJtuPjpapy gapwrp ngww XlLehfis

eepWtdk epakpjjpUffpwJ

121) Hindu Women to contest the Provincial

Assembly election in Pakistan

Sunita Parmar a Hindu woman in Sindh

province has created history by becoming the

first from the minority community to contest the

provincial assembly election in Pakistan

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Nrhej Kjy egh vdw ngUikia

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khfhzjij Nrhejth

122) Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the 3rd

Indian Cricketer to reach the coveted milestone

of playing 500 international matches

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rhjidia kNfejpu rpq Njhdp

giljJsshh

123) Justice Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair

Radhakrishnan has been Sworn in as new Chief

Justice of the Hyderbad High court For the state

of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in Hyderbad

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uhjhfpUzd gjtpNawWsshh

124) 17th World Sanskrit Conference held in

Vancouver Canada

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125) Dipa Karmakar won gold medal

Dipa Karmakar Clinched the gold medal in the

vault event of FIG Artistic Gymnastic World

Challenge Cup at Mersin Turkey

She is First Indian to win gold in Gymnastic

World Challenge Cup

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JUffpapy css nkhrpd efhpygt vgI[p

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[pkdh]bf] cyffNfhgigapy jqfk

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126) Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel has been

appointed the new Chairperson of the National

Green Tribunal (NGT)

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jPhggha jiytuhf epakpffggllhh

127) Researches have created the worldrsquos first

Rhino Embryos in a test tube

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Fohapd yk cUthffp rhjid

giljJssdh

128) The Union Ministry of Environment Forests

and Climate Change declared the 438sqkm of

area around Mudumalai Tiger Reserve as an Eco-

Sensitive Zone

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czhkpif kzlykhf mwptpjjJ

129) The Civil Aviation Research Organisation

(CARO) will be set up by AAI

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will set up

a state-of- the -art Civil Aviation Research

organisation (CARO) at Begumpet Airport

Hyderabad

It is to find indigenous solutions to meet the

challenges posed by the growing air traffic and

for enhancing safety Capacity and efficiency of

aircraft operations in the country

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mikgghdJ (CARO) My

mikffgglTssJ

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epiyajjpy mjpetPd csehlL thd

NghfFtujJ Muharrp mikgig

mikffTssJ

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fhzTkgt ehlbd thd NghfFtuT

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nray jpwd Mfpatwiw NkkgLjJtjwfhf

ej mikgig mikffTssJ

130) International Round Table Conference on

ldquoData for New Indiardquo

The International Round Table Conference on

ldquoData for New Indiardquo has organised by the

ministry of Statistics and programme

Implementation was held in New Delhi in 9-10th

July 2018 The conference was inaugurated by

DVSadananda Gowda

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mikrrfkhdJgtldquoGjpa ejpahtpwfhd

jftyrdquo (Data for New Indiardquo) vDk

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eilgngwwJ kkhehlilgt rjhdej

nfslh njhlqfpitgghh

131) Sambalpur in East Coast Railway division

becomes first to eliminate All unmanned level

crossings in India

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KwwpYk xopjj Kjy uapyNt kzlyk

vdw rpwgig fpofF flwfiu uapyNt

kzlyjij Nrhej rkgyg+h ngwWssJ

132) Golden Man Booker International Prize

2018

SriLanka -born Canadian literacy icon Michael

ondaatjersquos lsquoThe English Patientrsquo has won the

special one-off Golden Man booker prize at the

Southbank centre in London

The Prize was instituted as part of Celebrations

to mark the Bookerrsquos having completed 50 years

and the one-off award was voted by the public

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NjhenjLffgllJ

133) Justice L Narasimha Reddy has been

appointed the Chairman of the Central

Administrative Tribunal (CAT)

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134) Railways to introduce Sri Ramayana

Express

Indian Railways is planning to introduce a

unique pilgrim train Sri Ramayana Express on

the Ramayana Circuit to cover the major

destinations related to the Hindu epic

The train may start its operations beginning

November 142018 from New Delhi It will make

its first halt in Ayodhya and the final halt in

Rameshwaram

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135) Indiarsquos 2nd Transgender Lawyer SViji

SViji becomes Indiarsquos 2nd transgender lawyer

She is from Thoothukudi She enrolled herself in

Bar Council of Tamilnadu and Puducherry

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136) TamilNadu government is going to set up a

route to transport wind mill power from

Kayathar in Thoothukudi district to other State

with the estimate of 2600 crore

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137) Tamil Nadu assembly passes Lokayukta Bill

The Tamil Nadu assembly in 972018 passed

the Lokayukta Bill to inquire into charges of

corruption against Chief minister ministerrsquos

MLAs and government officials

Personnel and administrative reforms minister

DJayakumar introduced the Bill in the assembly

Maharashtra was the first state to introduce the

institution of Lokayukta

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138) lsquoCompulsory Retirementrsquo to up Employees

Uttar Pradesh government is planning to give a

ldquoCompulsory retirementrdquo to employees aged 50

years and above if they are found neglecting

their duties

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139) Provide Free treatment to poor in Delhi

Private hospital Supreme court

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Supreme Court said that all private hospitals in

the Delhi which were given land on

Concessional rate must provide free treatment

to certain percentage of poor patient

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140) Kasturirangan Committee tasked with

drafting a new education policy has got third

extension from the HRD Ministry

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141) Special Lifetime Achievement Award to

THVinayakram

The music academy announced a special lifetime

Achievement award to be conferred on ghatam

maestro TH Vinayakram foundly known as

lsquoVikkursquo Vinayakram

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142) The book ldquoWinning like Souravrdquo Think amp

Succeed like Gangulyrdquo has been authored by

Abhirup Bhattacharya

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143) Indiarsquos First biofortified Sorghum (Jowar)

namedrsquoParbhani Shaktirsquo containing higher iron

and zinc than regular Surghum was formally

launched

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144) 6th World Cities Summit 2018

The Sixth World Cities Summit was held in

Singapore Its theme was ldquoLiveable amp

Substaniable Cities Embracing the future

through Innovation and Collaborationrdquo

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ldquoLiveable amp Substaniable Cities Embracing the

future through Innovation and Collaborationrdquo

145) 67th Meeting of North Eastern Council

The 67th meeting of North Eastern Council was

held in Shillong Meghalaya It was Chaired by

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh

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146) BSNL Unveils internet telephony service

wings

State-Owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar

Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced the soft

launch of its first telephony service wings in

India to be rolled out from August 2018

Through wings the customer can make or

receive calls by using internet service of any

operator

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147) Oldest Indian Woman to complete an

Ironman Triathlon

Anju Khosla (52) has become the oldest Indian

woman to complete an Ironman Triathlon which

is one of the toughest one-day sporting events

It comprises swimming bicycle ride and

Marathon run6

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148) Second Indian to Climb worldrsquos highest

Volcano

Satyarup Siddhanta has become Second Indian

mountaineer after Malli Mastan Babu to Climb Mt

Ojos del Salado (6893m) the highest volcano in

the world on Argentina- Chile border

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gFjpapy cssJ 149) Government announced the names of six

ldquoinstitute of eminencerdquo

Central government announced the names of six

ldquoinstitute of eminencerdquo three each from the

public and private sectors

The six institutes are

i) IISc ii) IIT Delhi

iii) IIt Bombay iv) JIO Institute

v) BITS Pilani

(vi) Manipal Academy of Higher Education

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

released its ranking of National institutes for

2018 The top three ranks are

i) Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru

ii) IIT Madras

iii) IIT Bombay

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150) After two-year Turkey to end state of

emergency The president of Turkey is Recep

Tayyip Erdugan

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151) All twelve members of a boyrsquos football

team and their coach have been rescued in

1072018 after being trapped in a cave in

Thailand for 18 days

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152) Worldrsquos largest Cellphone Factory in Noida

Samsung opens worldrsquos largest phone factory in

Noida The worldrsquos largest mobile Factory was

launched at Noida in Uttarpradesh by Narendra

Modia and South Korean president moon Jae-in

The Unit will have a Capacity of Fabricationg 12

Crore phones a year

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153) The first-ever lsquoIndia Taurism Mart (ITM) rsquo

will be hosted by Ministry of Tourism in New

Delhi from 16th to 18th September 2018

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154) Mobile help centre ldquoSaathirdquo For Amarnath

Yatra Pilgrims

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has

launched a mobile help centre lsquoSaathirsquo to reach

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out to people undertaking the annual pilgrimage

holy cave shrine of Amarnath

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155) ADB approves project of Sun Canal in Bihar

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has

approved project of Sun Canal in Shahabad-

Bhojpur region of Bihar

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156) Gujarart Government grants religious

minority Status of Jews

Gujarat Governement granted religious minority

status to Jews living in the state with this

Gujarat became the third state in India to grant

religious minority Status to Jews after

westBengal and Maharashtra

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157) Dipika Pallikal will represent Asia

Indiarsquos Squash player Dipika Pallikal has been

appointed as Asiarsquos representative in the

prestigious Athlete Advisory commission of the

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGf) The

appointment was mady by the CGF

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158) The Odisha government has partnered with

tata Trust for development of Cancer care

facilities in the State

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159) Scientists discover worldrsquos oldest biological

colour

Scientists have discovered the worldrsquos oldest

colour that is bright pink

The pigments were discovered after researchers

crushed 11 billon year old rock found in a

marine shale deposit beneath the Sahara desert

in Mauritania west Africa

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160) Australian researchers have uncovered the

worldrsquos oldest biological colour

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161) First time in history Rajya Sabha Signs

MOU with a foreign Counterpart

Rajya Sabha has for the first time in 76 years

since it came into being entered into

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a

foreign Counterpart for promoting inter-

Parliamentar dialogue

Venkaiah Naidu has become the first chairman

of Rajya Sabha to sign such an lsquoagreement when

he inked an MOU with the visiting president of

the Senate of Rwanda

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162) Turkey will sell four Corvette warships to

Pakistan which will be the countryrsquos largest

single export deal Turkey signed a

memorandum of understanding to build four

Corvettes for Pakistan Under the MILGEM Project

last year

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163) Team India Opener Rohit Sharma has

become the first Indian Cricketer to Smash three

Centuries in T20 International Cricket

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164) Train 18 Made in India 160 kmph train

Indiarsquos indigenously manufactured Semi-high

speed train code-named Train 18 (Train 2018)

is expected to be rolled out in September

The train built by Integral Coach Factory (ICF)

of Chennai to promote Make in India is capable

of running at a speed of 160km per hour

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165) Andhra Pradesh tops in ldquoEase of Doing

Businessrdquo

Andhra Pradesh has topped the third edition of

the governmentrsquos lsquoEase of Doing Businessrsquo index

for states This is the second time in a row that

Andhra achieved the first rank

Telangana and Haryana in second and third

spots Tamilnadu in 15th position

i) Andhra Pradesh ii) Telangana iii) Haryana iv)

Jharkand v) Gujarath

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166) 22nd International Conference on

Nonferrous Minerals and Metals 2018 held at

Ranchi Jharkhand

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167) Meghalaya government introduces Draft

policy known as ldquoJackfruit Missionrdquo during the

first ever Jackfruit festival

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168) China Launches two remote sensing

Satellites for Pakistan

China Successfully launched two remote sensing

Satellites PRSS-1 and PAKTES-1A for Pakistan

on board of Long March-2C rocket from Jicquan

Satellite Launch Centre

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169) China said it has clinched a deal with India

on the reduction of Import duties on Indian

medicines including anti-cancer drugs

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170) Rajya Sabha members can use all 22

Scheduled Languages

From the forth coming Monsoon Session of

parliament Rajya Sabha Mps will be able to

speak in the house in any of the 22 Indian

languages listed in the 8th Schedule of the

Constitution

Of the 22 scheduled languages Rajya Sabha has

earlier established simultaneous interpretation

service for 12 language

The Rajya Sabha Secretariat has arranged for

simultaneous interpretation facility for ten more

languages- Dugri Kashmiri Kunkani Santhali

Sindhi Bodu Maithili Manipuri Marathi and

Nepali

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171) South Korean President in India

South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived

India for his four-day visit India and South

Korea singed 11 agreements including in the

areas of trade cultural and Scientific and

technological Cooperation

Capital-Seoul

Prime Minister ndash Lee Nak-yeon

Continent -Asia

Currecny -Won

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172) India becomes worldrsquos sixth largest

economy

World Bank Figuresrsquos for 2017 says that Indian

economy has now become worldrsquos sixth biggest

pushing France to Seventh place The US leads

the table as the biggest economy followed by

China Japan Germany and Britain

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173) World Population Day-11 July

The world Population day is observed across the

world on July 11 The world population day was

established by the then Governing Council of the

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

in 1989

The theme for the World Population Day 2018 is

ldquoFamily Planning is a Human Rightrdquo

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2018 Mk Mzbwfhd cyf kffs njhif

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174) The 30th International Mango Festival was

held in New Delhi

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175) Ram Nath Kovind announces four

nominations to Rajya Sabha

President Ram Nath Kovind has nominated 4

Rajya Sabha members viz former MPRam

Shakal Sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra classical

dancer Sunal Mansingh Rakesh Sinha

Raghunath Mohapatra is an internationality

renowned sculptor famous for his stone

carvings

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176) Global Innovation Index 2018

The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2018 has

ranked India as the 57th most innovative nation

in the world The country has improved its

ranking up to 3 places from its 60th position in

2017

Top 5 Countries are (1) Switzerland (2)

Netherland (3) Sweden (4) UK (5) Singapore

The G11 global ranking is published by World

Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) -a

specialized agency of United nations

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177) lsquoI am not afraid of Englishrsquo

Haryana has launched lsquoI am not afraid of

Englishrsquo initiative to make primary school

students fluent in English

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178) IWF Junior World Weightlifting

Championships 2018

Indian woman lifter Jhilli Dalabehera has bagged

the bronze medal in the 2018 IWF Junior World

Weightlifting Championships at Tashkent

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179) Kutchi New year

Kutchi Community celebrates its new year on

Aashadhi Beej which falls in month of Ashada

(JuneJuly)

As for people of Kutch this day is associated

with beginning of rains in Kutch Gujarat

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180) DrSandeep Sancheti Vice Chancellor of

SRM Institute of Science and Technology has

assumed charge as the president of the

Association of Inidan Universities (AIU) New

Delhi

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181) INS Sumitra enters Indonesiarsquos Sabang

Part

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Indian Warship INS Sumitra which was on

mission in Malacca straits entered port of

Sabang in Indonesia

This is the first time that an Indian Naval ship

has visited the port of Sabang

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fggyhfpAssJ 182) FSSAI has launched ldquoThe Eat Right

Movementrdquo

The food safety and standards Authority of India

(FSSAI) has launched ldquoThe Eat Right Movementrdquo

to empower the citizens by improving their

health and well-being It is a platform to provide

credible information to help make informed and

healthful eating choices The main purpose of

the project is to reduce salt sugar and saturated

fat in packaged food products

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183) Broadcasting content complaints council

(BCCC)

Udhay Kumar Varma has been appointed as

new member of Broadcasting content complains

council (BCCC)

The BCCC is an independent self-regulatory body

set up by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation

(IBF) in June 2011to look into complaints

pertaining to all non-news general entertainment

channel in India

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184) Lonely planetrsquos best Asia destinations list

One of the Hottest Biodiversity Hotspots and

UNESCO world Heritage site the western Ghats

has come fourth in the list of Lonely planetrsquos

ldquo2018 Best in Asiardquo list

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185) India-South Korea Technology Exchange

Centre inaugurated in New Delhi by Central

Minister of MSME Giriraj Singh

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186) UN Security Council adopts Resolution

2427 to protect children in armed conflict

The United Nations Security Council has adopted

Resolution 2427 aimed at providing legal

framework for mainstream protection rights

well-being and empowerment of children

throughout the conflict cycle

The resolution Strongly condemns recruitment

and use of children in armed conflicts killing and

rape abductions

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187) Himachal Pradesh government announced

a project to setup a cow sanctuary act Kotla

Barug

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188) Vice president M Venkaiah Naidu

inaugurated the Indian Intraculare Implant and

Refractive Surgery Convention 2018 held in

Chennai

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189) UK Launched New Visas

The UK has launched new visas that will be open

to overseas Scientists and researchers including

Indians to encourage growth of the countryrsquos

research sector

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190) Indiarsquos latest Frontline warship INS Trikand

has reached Srilanka in a goodwill visit

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191) RBI cancels license of Alwar Urban Co-

operative Bank

The Reserve bank of India has cancelled the

license of Alwar Urban Co-operative Bank LTD

Alwar Rajastan to carry on banking business

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192) For the first time in Tamil nadu Centre for

excellence in traditional flowers to come up in

Madurai

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193) Formalin- laced Fish create Scare across

India after the ban of fishes Assam Manipur etc

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194) lsquoAnna Canteensrsquo in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh Government launched lsquoAnna

Canteenrsquo where breakfast lunch and dinner

would be offered at Rs5 each

The lsquoAnna Canteenrsquo named after the NT Rama

Rao

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195) lsquoOne Farmer one transformerrsquo Scheme

In order to reduce electricity losses the

Maharashtra government will next month launch

a new scheme lsquoOne farmer one Transformerrsquo

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196) Goa University discovered a Pigment that

may help fight against Cancer

Goa University announced the discovery of a

new pigment from Local wild Mushrooms that

may help fight against Cancer

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The chemical nature of the brown or black

Colour Pigment in wild edible mushrooms lsquoRoen

alamis or Termitomycesrsquo Species has a new

Sulphur-rich melanin pigment

The Goa University has declared it as Worldrsquos

first Sulphur-rich edible melanin

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197) Seema Darshanrsquo Project

Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani has given in principal

approval for the 39 Crore rupees lsquoSeema

Darshanrsquo or lsquoBorder tourismrsquo project

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198) The ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

(MOHUA) has launched a technology challenge

on identifying Solutions and promoting suitable

techniques for cleaning of Sewage Systems The

Objective is eliminating human entry into septic

tanks and manholes

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199) Indiarsquos First Private UAV amp LBPV factory to

come up in Kota

Indiarsquos First private Sector unit for

manufacturing unmanned air vehicles (UAV) and

light bullet proof vehicles (LBPV) will be set up

under lsquoMake in Indiarsquo initiative of the Union

government by DCM Shriram Industries Group in

Kota

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200) Rajasthan Government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft

The Rajasthan government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft to provide free digital training to

9500 students of 50 government colleges in a

year It will also train 500 faculty members

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201) In a first Indian Naval aircraft deployed fro

RIMPAC exercise

For the first time Indian Navyrsquos Long Range

Maritime Patrol Aircraft Boeing P-8I (Poseidon

Eight India) from Indian Naval Ship (INS) Rajali

has inducted for participating in the 26th edition

of RIMPAC-18 the Rim of the Pacific

multinational Naval exercise During the

exercise In P8I will be operating from Joint

Airbase Hickam Honolulu in Hawaii

This is the first time ever that an Indian Naval

aircraft has traversed so far east into the pacific

It is the First IN aircraft to cross the

International Date line

RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific Exercise) is the

wolrdrsquos largest international maritime warfare

exercise It is hosted and administered by the

United States Navyrsquos pacific feet headquartered

at Pearl Harbor

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202) India becomes 69th Shareholder of

European Bank for reconstruction amp

development (EBRD) paving the way for more

joint investment with Indian companies across

the bankrsquos regions of operation

EBRD headquartered in London Suma

Chakrabarti is the president of EBRD

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203) Indiarsquos genetically modified crop area fifth

largest in world

India becomes worldrsquos fifth largest area

cultivated under genetically modified (GM) crops

in 2017 according to the International service for

the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications

(ISAAA) report

From the report (i) America (ii) Brazil (iii)

Argentina (iv) Canada (v) India

Indiarsquos entire GM crop area is under single crop

BT cotton

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204) 2+2 ministeria dialogue

India is going to host inaugural 2+2 dialogue

with united States in September in New Delhi

lsquo2+2 dialoguersquo is an interaction between the

foreign and defence minister of the

twocountries

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205) Mukesh Ambani overtook Alibaba Group

Founder Jackma to become Asiarsquos richest

person according to a report by Blumberg

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206) First Indian women to win gold in world U-

20 Athletics Championships

Hima Das became the First Indian Women to

clinch a gold medal at a global event the world

under-20 Championships

Das clinched the top spot in the womenrsquos 400m

final race at the IAAF wordl under-20 Athletics

Championships in Tampere Finland

Hima Das Clocked 5146 seconds to win gold

She belongs to State of Assam

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207) Coimbatore doctor to head worldrsquos top

body of Spine Surgeons

Coimbatore-based orthopaedic and Spine

Surgeon SRajasekaran who is Chairman of the

Department of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery

at Ganga Hospital has been selected Chairman

of the international board of Aospine the worldrsquos

largest body of Spine Surgeons

DrRajasekaran is the first person to elected

from Asia region to this prestigious position

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208) 25000 plus two students to be trained to

take CA exams

Minister for School Education KA Sengottaiyan

Said that 25000 plus two students in

government schools will be trained over to take

up entry level examination for Chartered

Accountancy course Classes will be conducted

by 500 CAS once a week

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209) Two Indian-origin women of Forbes list of

Americarsquos richest self-made women

Two Indian-origin technology executives

JayShree Ullal and Neerja Sethi have made it to

the Forbes list of Americarsquos 60 richest self-made

women

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210) DrTCA Rahgavan has been appointed as

Director General of Indian Council of World

Affairs (ICWA)

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211) Entire Indian Menrsquos hockey team included

in Tops

The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of Union

Ministry of Sports and youth Affairs has included

entire menrsquos Hockey team of India under the

Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS)

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212) India Army signed a MOU with SBI

Indian Army signed a memorandum of

understanding (MOU) with the State Bank of

India (SBI) on the Defence Salary Package that

will include free personal accident death free

permanent total disability cover and other

accidental benefits to the deceased soldier and

family

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213) Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has

become the First Indian personality to get a

lsquotalking Statuersquo at Madame Tussauds Singapore

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214) Spiritual leader Dada JP Vaswani passed

away

Dada JP Vaswani (99) the spiritual leader and

head of Sadhu Vaswani mission in Pune has

passed away in Pune Maharashtra on July 12

2018

He was born in Hyderabad Sindh (Pakistan) on

2nd August 1918 Vaswani was a world renowned

Spiritual leader known for promoting

vegetarianism and animal rights

JP Vaswani was the recipient of the 1998

UThant peace award Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram

Vaswani (TL Vaswani) who founded Sadhu

Vaswani Mission was his Guru

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215) 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

The 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention is

being organized by Ministry of External Affairs in

association with the State Government of Uttar

Pradesh in January 2019

Theme of 2019 event is ldquoRole of Indian Diaspora

in building a New Indiardquo

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216) ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo authored by

Tapan

The book ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo has

been authored by Tapan Kumar Chand the

Chairman cum Managing Director of NALCO

The book is recently released by Narendra Singh

Tamar the Union Minister of Mines Rural

Development and panchayat Raj

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217) Government set up task force on ways to

reduce import

The central government has set up a high level

task force under the Chairmanship of cabinet

Secretary PK Sinha to identify various items and

policy interventions to reduce dependence of

import

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218) Worldrsquos first 3D colour X-ray on Human

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Scientists from New Zealand have performed

worldrsquos first ever 3-D colour X-ray on human It

has potential to improve the field of medical

diagnostics

It incorporates particle-tracking technology

called Medipix developed by European

organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

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219) National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

The 4th National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

was held at Indore in Madhya Pradesh

Chhattisgarh won awards in all categories for

excellence in implementing minerals auction

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220) Photography ban at protected monuments

lifted

Photography will be allowed in all of the

monuments and archaeological sites

administered by the Archaeological Survey of

India except the mausoleum at Taj Mahal the

Ajanta Caves and the Leh palace

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221) India and China hold second maritime

security dialogue in Beijing China

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222) Prize for beautification of Railway Station

Balharshah and Chandrapur Railway Stations of

the Central Railway have been awarded the first

prize in Station beautification competition by

government

Madhubani Station of East Central Railway and

Madurai Station of Southern Railway were the

Co-winners of the Second prize

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223) Odisha constitutes Heritage Cabinet

Odisha government constituted a lsquoHeritage

Cabinetrsquo headed by Chief Minister Naveen

Patnaik

lsquoHeritage Cabinetrsquo would aim at protection of

ancient monuments temples and archaeological

sites and take steps to preserve the states

culture language amp literature

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224) First Double Stack Dwarf container Service

Indian Railways Introduces first Double Stack

Dwarf Container Service from Rajkot Division

Western Railway with the use of these double-

Stack dwarf containers the cost of the unit will

be significantly reduced

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225) The Central government think tank NITI

Aayog has unveiled the blueprint of lsquoNational

Health Stackrsquo (NHS) a shared digital healthcare

infrastructure

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226) Former Pakistan Prime minister Nawaz

Sharif and his daughter Maryam who are

convicted for corruption were arrested

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227) Centuryrsquos longest total lunar eclipse

Union Ministry of Earth Science has announced

the Centuryrsquos (2001 to 2100) longest total

eclipse of 1 hour 43 minutes will occur on July

27-282018

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228) The Government of India has invited us

President Donal Trump to be chief guest at the

2019 Republic Day Parade

The US is yet to officially accept Indiarsquos invite

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229) Threatening Climate Change to the Nilgiri

tahr

According to recent Study published

international journal Ecological Engineering

Climate Change is threatening the Nilgiri tahr

International Union for conservation of Nature

(IUCN) in its red book has classified Nilgiri Tahr

it as Endangered

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230) 2018 Wimbledon Winners

Women singles - Angelique Kerber

(Germany)

Men singles - Novak Djokovic (Serbian)

Menrsquos Doubles - Mike Bryan (US) and Jack

Sock (US)

Womenrsquos Doubles - Barbora Krejcikova and

Katerina Siniakova from Czhech Republic

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231) Bansagar canal project Inaugurated

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the 171

km long Bansagar canal project to the nation in

Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh on July 15

2018

The project which is a joint venture of Uttar

Pradesh Madhya Pradesh and Bihar It built on

Son River

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232) Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018

Union Ministry of Drinking water and Sanitation

has launched Swachh Survekshan Grameen

2018 in New Delhi

The Programme will rank all states and districts

on the basis of a survey of Public places

Citizenrsquos perspective of cleanliness and their

recommendations

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233) 4th BIMSTEC Summit to be held in

Kathmandu

The fourth edition of Bay of Bengal Initiatives for

Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Co-

operation (BIMSTEC) will be held at Kathmandu

in Nepal from 30 t0 31 August 2018

Nepal is the current chair of BIMSTEC It is

headquartered in Dhaka

Member countries- India Nepal Bhutan

Bangladesh Srilanka Myanmar and Thailand

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234) Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventories

in Asia

In New Delhi Union Minister DrHarsh Vardhan

inaugurates 16th Workshop on Greenhouse Gas

Inventories in Asia

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Gas Inventories in Asia) epforrpgt GJ

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235) First-ever metal craft exhibition in India

With an aim to promote and preserve the metal

craft tradition of Ladakh the first-ever metal

craft exhibition was held at Chilling village in Leh

district of Jammu amp Kashmir

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236) Kochi Metro Rail Limited opened Indiarsquos

first exquisite air-conditioned bed space

dormitor

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237) World Youth skills Day 15 July In 2014 UN

General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring

15th July as World Youth Skills day

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238) India became Vice-Chair on regional head

of Asia pacific Region of the World Customs

Organisation (WCO)

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239) Resolution 2428 by UN security Council

The UN Security council has adopted a resolution

2428 to impose an arms embargo on South

Sudan The measure will stop the flow of

weapons to armed groups in the country

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240) Hindi Mother tongue of 4363 in India

According to the 2011 census Hindi continue to

be the most spoken language in India with

4363 of the country declaring it their mother-

tongue

Sanskrit was the least spoken of the countryrsquos

22 scheduled languages with just 24821

persons listing it as their mother tongue

The top 5 most spoken language by 2011 census

is (i) Hindi (4363) (ii) Bengali (803) (iii)

Marathi (686) (iv) Telugu (670) (v) Tamil

(570)

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(570) 241) Oldest Narrow- Gauge Rail Line in India

The 33 km Dabhoi-Miyagam line in Gujarat

State Indiarsquos first narrow gauge railway stretch

which started operations in 1862 will be closed

forever The line will be soon converted into

broad gauge

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1862 Mk MzL Kjy nrayghlLfF tej

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242) Approval for Chinese Bank in India

Bank of China one of four biggest State-run

Chinese lenders has received in Principal

approval from the Reserve Bank of India to open

branches in India

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243) Private Universities in Tamil Nadu

Two bills adopting the establishment of Shiv

Nadar University and Sai University were passed

in the Tamil Nadu assembly

As per the provisions of two bills adopted in the

assembly the two universities will be self-

financing institutions and would be allowed to

establish constituent colleges Currently there

were no private Universities in Tamil nadu

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244) Committee to review companies Act 2013

The ministry of Corporate Affairs has constituted

a 10 member Committee headed by the Injeti

Srinivas (Secretary of Ministry of Corporate

Affairs) for review of the panel provisions in the

companies Act 2013

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245) 2nd National Tourism conclave organised at

Jaipur in Rajasthan

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246) Madras Music Academy has selected

Carnatic Vocalist Aruna Sairam for this yearrsquos

Sangita Kalanithi award

Mridangam artist Thanjavur R Ramadas and

Vocalist K Omanakutty will receive the Kala

Acharya award

Veena and Nagaswaram players and teachers

Kalyani Ganesan and S R G Rajanna have been

chosen for the TTK awards

Prameela Gurumurthy has been selected for

musicologist award Veteran Danseuse Shanta

Dhananjayan will get Nrithya Kalanithi Award

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247) Kamaraj birthday July 15 is celebrated as

Educational Development Dayrsquo by Tamil Nadu

government

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248) India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror drill

Anti terror drill organised by the Shanghai

Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is scheduled

From August 20-29 at Chelyabinsk City in Russia

India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror SCO drill

along with other member countries Russia

China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Tajikistan and

Uzbekistan

It will be for the first time since Independence

that India and Pakistan will both be a part of

military exercise

Around 200 Army and Air force personal from

India will be participating in the drill called

ldquoPeace Mission 2018rdquo

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249) France wins 21st FIFA world cup Football

title

France has won 21st FIFA world cup football by

defeating Croatia by 4-2 goals in the final match

held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow Russia

on 1572018

It was Francersquos Second world cup crown after it

had own it in 1998 It was Croatiarsquos first world

Cup final appearance Croatia became the lowest

ranked team ever to reach a World Cup Final

France and Croatia belong European Continent

Top 4 teams in 21st FIFA world cup are (i) France

(ii) Croatia (iii) Belgium (iv) England

FIFA Awards for the 2018 world cup

(i) Best player ndash Golden Ball Luka Modric

(Croatia)

(ii) Top Goal scorer ndash Golden Boot Harry Kane

(England)

(iii) Best Goal keeper ndash golden Glove Thibaut

Courtois (Belgium)

(iv) Best Young Player Kylian Mbappe (France)

(v) Fairest Team Spain

(vi) man of the Match (final) Antoine

Griezmann (France)

Captain of France Football team is Hugo Lloris

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250) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar

inaugurated Goa IT Day celebrations in Panaji

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251) Assam government has decided to make

Himadas statersquos brand ambassador for sports

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252) Iceland in UN Human Rights Council

Iceland has taken the seat vacated by United

States at the 47 member UN Human Rights

Council

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253) 64-dish Meer KAT radio telescope

South Africa unveiled new 64-dish Meer KAT

radio telescope that could help unlock the

mysteries of the Universe

Meer KAT will be incorporated into complex

square kilometre Array (SKA) instrument SKA

will be fully operational in the late 2020s to be

most powerful radio telescope in the world

The Meer KAT will be the worldrsquos largest radio

telescope of its kind until the Square kilometre

Array (SKA) has been completed

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254) ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas

Engine

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ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas Engine

from Mahendragiri of Tirunelveli district Vikas

(Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai)

The Vikas Engine is the work shore liquid rocket

engine used to power the second stage of the

ISROrsquos trusted Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

(PSLV)

It is also used in the second stage and also at

the four strap on stages of Geosynchronous

Launch vehicle (GSLV) and in the twin-engine

core liquid stage (L110) of GSLV Mk-111

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255) Global Sugar output Record high

In its latest report the UN body has forecast

world Sugar output to hit a record high at 1876

million tonnes in 2017-18 and Surpass

consumption The anticipated surplus is likely to

the largest in history

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256) Fossil Museum in Ariyalur

The Fossil Museum at Varanavasi near Ariyalur

town is set to open The museum will provide

evidence of the existence of dinosaurs and other

associated reptilians in the Ariyalur region

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257) The madras High court has ruled that there

is no legal obligation on the part of a mother to

disclose the name of the father at the time of

registering her childrsquos birth

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258) Indian farmers fertiliser cooperative limited

(IFFCO) launched a social e-commerce app

called ldquoIFFCO iMandirdquo

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259) 100 public services to be delivered at

doorstep in Delhi

Delhi people will get around 100 public services

including driving licence and caste certificate at

their door step under a proposed scheme of the

Delhi government The scheme was named as

lsquoMobilersquo Sahayaksrsquo

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260) Trump-Putin Summit

Russiarsquos president Vladimir Putin and Americanrsquos

President Donald Trump met at Helsinki capital

of Finland

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261) New Headquarters building of

Archaeological Survey of India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated

lsquoDharohar Bhawanrsquo ndash the new headquarters

building of the Archaeological Survey of India

(ASI) in New Delhi

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262) Per Capita Revenue Collection

Haryana has topped other States in per capita

Revenue Collection in the first Financial year of

the GST regime per Capita revenue collection of

Haryana is Rs 187697month

2nd Position is Uttarakhand 3rd position is

Maharashtra

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263) Digital Health Campaign for Think For

Health

The Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of

India ( (OPPI) launched its digital campaign

Think for Health at its annual summit in New

Delhi

The initiative Think For Health was launched in

Partnership with the Government of Telangana

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264) Government reappoints Anil D

Sahasrabudhe

Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)

has approved renewal of appointment of Prof

Anil D Sahabsrabudhe as the Chairman of the All

India council for Technical Education (AICTE)

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265) 12 new moons discovered around Jupiter

Scientists had discovered 12 new moons around

Jupiter The discoveries bring the number of

Jupiterrsquos known moon to 79 the most around a

single planet in our Solar system

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266) Nelson Mandela International Day July 18

2018 marks the Centenary of the birth of Nelson

Mandela

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267) Rajpurrsquos Swami Vivekananda Airport has

been ranked first in Customer Satisfaction

among 49 airports in the country

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268) LIGO-India Laboratory in Maharashtra

The Government of India (GOI) has given lsquoIn-

Principlersquo approval for construction and operation

of LIGO-India (Laser Interferometer

Gravitational wave observatory in India)

Laboratory in hingoli District of Maharashtra

The LIGO-India Observatory is Scheduled to be

operational in 2024 in Collaboration with the

LIGO Laboratory in United States

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269) Cheapest drinking water in the world

Bihar will soon provide the cheapest drinking

water in the world The first of such a water

project named lsquoSulabh Jalrsquo was launched in

Biharrsquos Darbhanga district

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270) Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)

has organised ldquo Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyanrdquo

campaign in five main stem Ganga basin

States-Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh Bihar

Jharkhand and west Bengal It has been

observed as lsquoShubharambh Saptahrsquo

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271) ldquoPitch Blackrdquo war exercise

The Indian Air force (IAF) is participating in the

Multinational ldquoPitch Blackrdquo warfare exercise

hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force in

Australia

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272) BSE building gets trademark

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has secured a

ldquotrademarkrdquo for its iconic building Phizoze

Jeejeebhoy Towers located in Mumbai

Subsequently the usage of the BSE buildingrsquos

picture will required consent from BSE

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ldquoKjjpiu rpddkrdquo ( trademark)

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273) Central Government announces amnesty

for prisoners to mark Mahatma Gandhirsquos 150th

birth anniversary

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274) New 100 Rs Note

New lavender-coloured Rs100 currency notes

will soon be issued by the Reserve Bank of India

The new note will feature the motif of the lsquoRani

Ki Vavrsquo Stepwell in Gujarat as well as the

Swachh Bharat logo and Slogan

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275) The book ldquoThe House of Islam A global

Historyrdquo has been authored by Islamic radical Ed

Hussain

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276) Athletics World Cup

The USA won the first Athletics World Cup held

in London England Poland and Great Britain

took 2nd and 3rd spot respectively

The Athletics world cup is a team-based

international athletics competition inaugurated in

2018 The inaugural edition had eight national

teams based on world rankings

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277) lsquoAabhaar Aapki Sewa karsquo

The Chhattisgarh government has launched an

online portal and mobile app lsquoAabhaar-Aapki

Seva Karsquo (Gratitude-for your service) to provide

transparency in the pension facility

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278) President has given assent to Assam witch

Hunting (Prohibition Prevention and Protection)

Bill 2015 passed by state Assembly

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mspjJsshu

279) 2018 NABARD Award

Repco Micro Finance Ltd a non-banking Finance

Company promoted by Repco bank has won the

2018 NABARD award for its service to self-Help

Group (SHG) linkage in Tamil Nadu for the fiscal

year 2017-18

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280) ASI to upgrade Seven monuments in

TamilNadu

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has

planned to upgrade infrastructural and tourist

friendly facilities at seven sites which are

approved under Adarsh Smarak Scheme for

conservation of Monuments in Tamil Nadu

The Monuments are Shore temple

Mamallapuram Gingee Fort kailasanathar

temple Kancheepuram Brihadeswarar temple

Thanjavur Sithananavasal Caves vellore fort

Moovar koil Kodumbalur

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(Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)

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281) Myanmar in International Solar Alliance

Myanmar has joined the India-initiated

International Solar Alliance (ISA) and became

the 68th signatory to the framework Agreement

of the ISA It is headquarters at Gwal Pahari

village in Gurugram Haryana

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Alliance) fllikgG xggejjjpy

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282) Scottish site selected for Spaceport

UK space agency has selected site at Sutherland

on ArsquoMhoine peninsula on north Coast of

Scotland for its first Spaceport to launch rockets

vertically and put satellites in orbit

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283) Lakshya sen won gold at Asia Badminton

Junior

Lakshya sen from India has clinched historic

menrsquos singles gold at the Asia Badminton Junior

Championship 2018 in Jakarata

With this he became the 3rd Indian shuttler to

win singles gold at the competition after

Gautham Thakkar and PV Sindhu

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284) Afghan player nominated for the IOC

membership

A young Afghan basketball player Samira

Asghari has been nominated for the

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

membership She is among 9 candidates for

membership of the body in a move to boost

womenrsquos rights

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285) Arman Ali was appointed as Executive

Director of National Centre for promotion of

employment for Disable People (NCPEDP)

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286) Worldrsquos Best Cities Report

According to Travel+ Leisurersquos worldrsquos best cities

report the city of Udaipur has ranked 3rd The

top 2 cities are both in Mexico- San Miguel de

Allende and Oaxaca

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p287) Delhi Dialogue (DDX)

The 10th edition of Delhi Dialogue (DDX) was

held in New Delhi and was hosted by Union

External affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj The

theme for this edition was ldquoStrengthening India-

ASEAN maritime Cooperationrdquo

Delhi Dialogue is premier annual event to

discuss Politico- security economic and Socio-

Cultural engagement between India and the

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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(ASEAN) MfpatwwpwfpilNaahd murpay

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288) Central Oil PSUs has signed joint Venture

Pact

In a major initiative to connect all the North-

East States to the National Gas grid the 5

Central oil PSUs -IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL and

NRL have signed a joint venture agreement for

executing the North-East Natural Gas Pipeline

Grid (N-ENGPG) in Guwahati

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289) PATA Gold Award 2018

Sahapediarsquos India Heritage ldquowalk Feterdquo wins

PATA award has been awarded the PATA Gold

Award 2018 for its recently concluded Pon-India

event

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290) Medini Puraskar Yojana

The Environment Ministry re-introduced the

lsquoMedini Puraskar Yojanarsquo a scheme that awards

Indian authors for their original work in Hindi on

environment pollution and climate change

subjects

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291) Student Police Cadet Programme

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has

launched the student police Cadet Programme to

build a bridge between the police and the larger

community though School students by

inculcating values and ethics in them

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292) lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched the

lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo in a bid to make London

the worldrsquos most walkable city

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itjJsshu

293) Fugitive Economic offenders Bill 2018

The Parliament passed the Fugitive Economic

Offenders Bill 2018 which will empower

authorities to attach and Confiscate properties

and assets of economic offenders like loan

defaulters and Fraudsters who flee the country

The Cases where the total value involved in such

Scheduled offences is Rs 100 crore or more will

come under its purview

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nraAkgt jggpNahLk nghUshjhu

Fwwthspfis jzbfFk kNrhjhrsquo (Fugitive

Economic offenders Bill 2018)

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294) India-assisted emergency ambulance

Service

Indian prime Minister launched the India-

assisted emergency ambulance Service in

Srilanka through video conferencing from New

Delhi

The inaugural function was scheduled in Jaffna

Srilanka this is the largest Indian project in

Srilanka after Indian housing project

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toqfggLk ngupa jpllk JthFk

295) 24-hour helpline for Protection for inter-

caste couples

The Tamil Nadu government has setup a 24-

hour helpline to investigate issues faced by

inter-caste couples and offer them necessary

assistance

A special cell has been formed in all districts and

cities in the State comprising district-level

officers to receive complaints of harassment

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mikjJssJ

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296) India tops skilled visa immigrants list

According to the data released by Australian

Bureau of Statistics for those coming to

Australia on the skilled visa India with 19

people bagged the top rank

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297) Padhe Bharat-Badhe Bharat

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

has announced lsquoPadhe Bharat-Badhe Bharatrsquo an

initiative to promote the reading culture among

students The initiative has launched under

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo

Under this initiative the government will give an

annual library grant to schools

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo is an overarching programme

for school educating extending from primary to

class 12 which was introduced in the Union

Budget 2018-19

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298) Miss Asia (Deaf) 2018

Deshna Jain who is from Madhya Pradesh has

been crowned the 2018 Miss Asia (Deaf) title

and also she was the 3rd in the 2018 Miss

international (Deaf)

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299) South East Asiarsquos first Centre for Climate

Change

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (NABARD) has launched the South

East Asiarsquos First-ever centre for Climate change

in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

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300) System of Air Quality and weather

Forecasting

Dr Harsh Vardhan the Union Environment

Minister has launched a advanced State-of-the-

art Air Quality and weather forecast System

called SAFAR (System of Air Quality and

Weather Forecasting) in Delhi

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Weather Forecasting) vdw mjpetPd fhwwpd

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301) Odisha police has launched a drive to bust

an international syndicate that peddles

lsquoendangeredrsquo pangolin

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302) According to Public Affairs Index (PAI) for

2018 Kerala stands as the best-governed State

in the country followed by Tamil Nadu

Telangana

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303) Typhoon Ampil has recently hit Chinese

Financial hub Shunghai and disrupted transport

and shipping

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304) lsquoe -Pragati Core initiativersquo

The Andhra Pradesh government has launched

lsquoe-Pragati core initiativersquo to provide integrated

Service to citizens It will act as a platform to

connect all departments and Stand alone to

resolve the issue

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Kjdik jsjij (e -Pragati Core initiativersquo)

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305) Tribal Atlas of Odisha

Odisha government has unveiled First-ever

Tribal Atlas of Odisharsquo a compilation of

demographic and Cultural information of the

tribal population in the State It is first of its kind

Compilation in the country

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306) Justice Tahira Safdar has been named as

the new Chief justice of the Balochistan High

court with this She will become the first-ever

female high court chief Justice in Pakistan

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307) The NASA has launched lsquoRemote sensing

Toolkitrsquo to promote commercial use of satellite

data

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njhlqfpAssJ

308) Rajiv Gauba Committee

The Union Government has constituted a high

level committee to suggest laws against mob

lynching and Violence The committee is headed

by the Rajiv Gauba

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nfsgh epakpffgglLsshh

309) MicroDot Technology

The Indian government has announced the

launch of a new MicroDot Technology that would

help check on vehicle theft

Under this thousands of small dots laser etched

will be sprayed with a vehicle identification

number on all over the vehiclersquos body including

its engine

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njspffggLk

310) The book ldquoThe Dhoni Touch Unravelling

the Enigma That is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquo has

been authored by Bharat Sundaresan

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is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquovdw Eiy guj

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311) Chennia is going to host the world Junior

Squash Championship 2018

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2018 Nghlbia nrdidapy elffTssJ

312) First person to Ski down the K2

Polandrsquos Andrzej Bargiel became the First person

to Ski down the worldrsquos 2nd highest mountain K2

peak

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gdprrWffpy ltLgll Kjy egu Nghyeijr

rhuej mzbuprf gu[Py Mthu

313) Alize cornet of France won the Swiss open

Tennis title

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Xgd nlddp] glljij ntdwhh

314) State Bank of India organized a nation

wide Kisan Mela as an outreach programme for

farmers and to impart Financial literacy

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Nkshtpid VwghL nraJssJ fprhd

Nksh tptrhapfis nrdwilAk tifapy

epjpepiyf fytpawpit mspggjwfhd

jpllkhf VwghL nraagglLssJ

315) ldquoWarlightrdquo in the Man Booker Prize list

Srilankan born Canadian author Michael

Ondaatje has again made the Man Booker Prize

list with his latest novel lsquoWarlightrdquo Recently his

work was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize

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vdw mtuJ rkPgjjpa ehtYffhf Nkd

Gffu glbaypy lk ngwWsshu

mzikapy tuJ gilgG xdWfF

Nfhyld Nkd Gffu tpUJ toqfggllJ

316) Sitamarhi became the first open defecation

free district in Bihar

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KjyhtJ jpwej ntspf fopggiwapyyh

khtllk MFk

57) Shale in Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules

1959

Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has

amended Petroleum and natural Gas Rules 1959

to include Shale in the definition of Petroleum

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1959

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thAtpid Nruggjwfhf kjjpa nglNuhypa

kwWk awif thA tpjpfsgt 1959-id

kjjpa nglNuhypa kwWk awif VupthA

mikrrfk jpUjjp mikjJssJ

318) Prime Ministers tour of three-nations in

Africa

PM Narendra Modi is on a three nation tour to

the African countries including Rwanda Uganda

amp South Africa

Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime

minister to visit Rwanda he gifted 200 cows as

part of Rwanda governmentrsquos Girinka

programme India decided to gift a cancer

therapy machine to the Uganda

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RwWggazk

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csspll dW ehLfSfF RwWggazk

NkwnfhzLsshu

UthzlhtpwF tp[ak nraj Kjy ejpa

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murpd fpupqfh jplljjpd xU gFjpahf 200

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cfhzlhtpwF GwWNeha rpfprir

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nraJssJ

319) The Ministry of women and child

Development has launched a contest ldquoChildline

1098rdquo to spread awareness on human trafficking

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VwgLjJtjwfhfgt ngzfs kwWk Foeij

eyd mikrrfkhdJ ldquoChildline 1098rdquo vdw

Nghlbia eljjpaJ

320) 10th edition of BRICS Summit in

Johannesburg

South Africa is hosting the 10th edition of BRICS

summit 2018 in Johannesburg with theme

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution

The member nations are Brazil Russia India

China amp South Africa

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BRICS mikggpd 10tJ khehLgt

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ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution vdgjhFk

321) The 3rd edition of Kabira festival 2018 will

be held in Varanasi to celebrate the spirit of 15th

century mystic poet Kabir

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Mwwiy nfhzlhLk tpjkhf fgPuh

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eilgngWk

322) World Bankrsquos internal award to ICZM

Indiarsquos Integrated Coastal Zone Management

(ICZM) project has won the World Bankrsquos

internal award for exceptional performance in

achieving many development goals

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Nkyhzik (Integrated Coastal Zone

Management -ICZM) jpllkgt gy NkkghlLf

FwpfNfhsfis rhjpjJf fhlba g+utkhd

nrayjpwDffhf cyf tqfpapd csehlL

tpUjpid ntdWssJ

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njhopyElg $llikgGrsquo MFk

69) 4 Species added to recovery programme by

wildlife Board

The Standing Committee of National Board for

Wildlife (NBWL) has recently added four species

into Centrersquos Recovery Programme for critically

Endangered Species

They are Northern River Terrapin Clouded

Leopard Arabian Sea Humpback Whale and Red

Panda

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kPlGj jplljjpy NrhjJssJ

Njrpa td capufSffhd kdwk (NBWL)

rkPgjjpy 4 dqfis cau mRRWjjy

dqfSffhf kjjpa murpd kPlgj

jplljjpy NrhjJssJ

tlfF ejp nluhgpd Mikfs (Northern River

Terrapin) gilr rpWjij (Clouded Leopard)

mNugpa flypd `kNgf jpkpqfyk (Arabian

Sea Humpback Whale) kwWk rptgGg gdpfub

(Red Panda) itNa mej 4 dqfs

70) World Food Prize 2018

The World Food Prize 2018 was awarder to

Lawrence Haddad and DrDavid Nabarro for their

individual but complementary global leadership

in elevating maternal and child undernutrition

with food security

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czT ghJfhgG epiyfFsNs jha kwWk

Nra CllrrjJf Fiwghlbid

Nghffpajwfhf yhud] `hllhl kwWk

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jiyrpwej jiyikffhf czT gupR-2018

toqfgglLssJ

71) AIIBrsquos Third annual meeting held in Mumbai

The third annual Meeting of the Asian

Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was held

in Mumbai

The first AIIB Board of Governors meeting was

held in Beijing in 2016 followed by Jeju South

Korea in 2017

Fourth Annual Meeting will be held in Luxemberg

in July 2019

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Kkigapy eilgngwwJ

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(AIIB) dwhtJ tUlhejpu rejpgG

Kkigapy eilgngwwJ

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eilngwwJ

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[Piy 2019-y eilngw cssJ

72) Madhya Pradesh awarded for reducing

maternal mortality

Madhya Pradesh was awarded by Union Ministry

of Healthy and Family welfare for reducing

maternal mortality under Prime Ministerrsquos safe

Motherhood Campaign (Pradhan Mantri

Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan-PMSMA)

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73) lsquoPaani Bachao Paise Kamaorsquo scheme by

Punjab

The Punjab government has launched a new

scheme lsquoPaani Bacho-o Paise Kamaorsquo to check

depletion of underground water Under this

scheme farmers will get the monetary benefit

for less use of tube well

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74) First Delta Ranking of Aspirational District

Under lsquo Transformation of Aspirational Districtsrsquo

Programme NITI Aayog has released first Delta

ranking for 108 aspirational districts to measure

their incremental progress across five

developmental areas during 2-month period of

April and May 2018

Dahod district in Gujarath ranked 1st west

Sikkim district in Sikkim ranked 2nd

Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu ranked

3rd Vijanagaram in Andhra Pradesh ranked 4th

and YSR Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh

ranked 5th

lsquoTransformation of Aspirational District

Programme was launched by the Prime Minister

in January 2018 This programme aims to

quickly and effective transform some of the most

underdeveloped districts of the country

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75) 9th Heads of Mission Conference

The 9th Heads of Mission Conference was held in

New Delhi It was inaugurated by External

Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj

The theme of annual Conference was

lsquoUnprecedented Outreach Unparalleled

Outcomes

It Saw Participation of all Indian Ambassadors

and high Commissioners

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gyh fyeJf nfhzldu

76) Four zones become unmanned Level

crossings Free

Indian Railways has eliminated all unmanned

level crossings (UMLC) from its four Zones They

are West Central Railway Central Railway

Eastern Railway and South East Central Railway

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77) The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) for the first

time has rolled out three phase energy efficient

eight Car Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU)

train set built with Stainless Steel bodies in

Chennai TamilNadu

MEMU is suburban train system that caters to

needs of medium distance inter-city passengers

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78) The French government has introduced a

plan national service for all 16-year olds

Voluntary teaching and working with Charities

are among the options being looked at

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Nrit nraypy ltLglyhk

79) Abhilash Tomy in Golden Globe Race

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Naval Officer Commander Abhilash Tomy of

Indian Navy has participated in historic Golden

Globe Race (GRR) which commenced from Les

Sables d lsquoOlonne harbour in western France

He will be representing India in indigenously

built sailing vessel Thuriya a replica of 1950s

sailing vessel Suhaili

Tomy one of Indiarsquos prominent Sailors and a

recipient of the Kirti Chakra is the only

participant from Asia

The uniqueness of the race is that boat designs

and technology newer than 1968 are not

permitted

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80) The union government has constituted a

ministerial panel headed by the Central Finance

Minister to decide about Fund allocation for

infrastructure projects from the Central Road

and Infra structure fund (CRIF) announced in

the budget

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81) India to provide tariff concessions to APTA

members

India has agreed to provide tariff concessions on

3142 products to Asia Pacific Trade Agreement

(APTA) members

APTA is an initiative under united Nations

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and

Pacific (UN ESCAP) for trade expansion through

exchange of tariff concessions among developing

country members of Asia pacific region

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82) Vishwas Patel has appointed as a Chairman

of Payments Council of India

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83) The worldrsquos First digital art museum has

opened at the MORI building Digital Art Museum

in Tokyo Japan

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84) The worldrsquos First digital art museum has

opened at the MORI Building Digital Art Museum

in Tokyo Japan

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85) Indiarsquos first Global Mobility Summit

Niti Aayog to hold Indiarsquos First Global Mobility

Summitrsquo on September 7-8 in Delhi It will be

inaugurated by Prime Minister

The summit will help drive governmentrsquos goal for

vehicle electrification renewable energy

integration and job growth and also speed Up

Indiarsquos transition to a clean energy economy

lsquoMOVE Global Mobility Summitrsquo will be organised

in Collaboration with Various ministries and

industry partners

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86) Sports Authority of India will now be Sports

India

More than 34 years after coming into existence

the sports Authority of India (SAI) is set to be

renamed as Sports India Union Sports Minister

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore announced after

the Sports bodyrsquos governing body meeting

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87) Home Ministerrsquos Special Operation Medal

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has

approved institution of Home Ministerrsquos special

Operation Medal

It also has instituted three more Medalrsquos -Antarik

Suraksha Medal Asadharan Aaschuchan Padak

and Utkrisht amp Ati- Utkrisht Seva Medal

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88) First Transgender woman to Compete in

Miss Universe

Spanish Model Angela Ponce will be the First

transgender woman to compete in Miss

Universe She won Spainrsquos Miss Universe

Competition she will representing her country at

67th Miss Universe 2018 pagent in Philippines

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89) lsquoPandharichi Warirsquo is the most important

pilgrimage of Maharashtra

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90) An Official Song for the Kerala State

The Kerala government has constituted an

expert panel comprising eminent writerrsquos and

language experts to choose an official song for

the State Rani George the Cultural Department

Secretary would be the Convenor of the panel

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91) Mandatory Dope Test in Punjab

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has

ordered a mandatory dope test of all

government employees including police

personnel

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Also he has ordered drug screening to be

mandatorily done in all cases of recruitment and

promotions

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92) Uttam Dhillon an Indian- American top

white house lawyer has been appointed as the

new acting administrator of the Drug

Enforcement Agency of USA

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93) Icebergs to be towed from Antarctica to

United Arab Emirates for drinking water

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94) Brazil become highest scoring team in FIFA

World cup History

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95) Rajasthan government launched lsquoAnnapurna

Doodh Yojnarsquo Scheme The scheme will provide a

glass of milk to School students

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96) Genome valley 20 in Telangana

Telangana Government has signed

memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with

Singapore based engineering amp consulting firm

Surbana Jurong for preparing roadmap for

Genume valley 20

Genome valley is Indiarsquos first organized pharma-

biotech cluster for life science RampD activities and

largest life science destination in Asia

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97) The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and

Customs (CBIC) has launched a mobile app lsquoGST

verifyrsquo to protect interest of consumers It is an

android app to verify if the person collecting GST

from the consumer is eligible to collect it or not

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98) Design University for gaming in

Visakhapatnam

The Andhra Pradesh government and the

delegates of United Nations Educational

Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

have recently signed a pact for the

establishment of a Gaming Digital Learning Hub

in the state

As per agreement UNESCO will soon set up the

Design University for gaming in Visakhapatnam

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99) Maharashtra Government has signed MOU

with Multi Commodity Exchange of India limited

to Launched Cotton Mission to empower Cotton

Farmers in the state

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100) The National Security Guard (NSG) will be

the first central paramilitary force to opt for e-

ticketing instead of the railway warrant A

railway warrant is a voucher issued for train

travel at subsidized rates

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khdpa tpiy gazrrPllhFk

101) The Ministry of Coal has launched the Goal

Mine Surveillance and Management System

(CMSMS) and lsquoKhan Praharirsquo mobile application

in New Delhi

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Nkyhzik mikgG (CMSMS) kwWk Khan

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102) India will operate the Mattala Rajapaksa

International Airport as a Srilanka-India joint

Venture at Hambantota in Srilanka

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103) lsquoPoshan Abhiyanrsquo and lsquoPurnarsquo project to

eradicate malnutrition

The Gujarat government launched a statewide

mission lsquoPoshan Abhiyanrsquo to eradicate

malnutrition among children by providing them

nutritious food through Anganwadi centers

The State government has also launched lsquoPurnarsquo

project to eliminate malnutrition among

Adolescent girls

The Nation wide National Nutrition mission

(Poshan Abiyan) was launched by

Prime Minister in Rajasthan

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104) The Uttarakhand High Court has recently

declared the ldquoentire animal kingdom including

avian and aquaticrdquo as legal entities with a

distinct personal and corresponding rights

duties and liabilities of a living person

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105) Milan Shankar Tare a Fisherman from

Maharashtrarsquos Palghar district has been selected

for this yearrsquos National Maritime Search and

Rescue Award

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106) Rajasthan government clarifies on

reservation

The Rajasthan government has clarified that five

castes Gujjars Baldia Rebari Gadalia and

Gadaria Under the most backward Classes

(MBC) are also entitled into the 21 Quota

under the OBC category for admission to

educational institution and recruitment in

government jobs in the state

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107) The Uttar Pradesh government launched

lsquoCommercial Tax at your door stepsrsquo on the

occasion of GST day celebration

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108) The department of Empowerment of

Persons with disabilities under the ministry of

social Justice and Empowerment organized a

ldquoNational Workshop on Skill Development for

persons with Disabilitiesrdquo in New Delhi

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Nkkghlbwfhd Njrpa gapwrpgglliwrsquo GJ

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109) Mahi Talat Siddiqui a Muslim woman from

Kanpur has translated the text of Ramayana into

Urdu

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110) The Chhattisgarh government will set up a

tribal museum in the Statersquos upcoming new

capital Naya Raipur

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111) CIMON the 1st Robot with Artificial

Intelligence to fly in Space

CIMON or Crew Interactive Mobile Companion

become the first artificial intelligence robot

companion in Space It is an English Speaking

robot

It was launched by Space x Falcon 9 rocked to

International Space station

It was launched from Florida The CIMON robot

from the German space Agency is meant to

Assist German Astronaut Alexander Gerst in

international Space station

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EzzwpT nfhzl NuhNghlCIMON

CIMON (Crew Interactive Mobile Companion)

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112) The 17th World Tamil Internet Conference

held in Coimbatore under the theme

lsquoIntellectual Tamil Search Enginesrdquo

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113) With 226 Lakh Crore Rupees Collection of

GST Tax Tamilnadu in 4th place

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114) NTA to hold NEET JEE twice a year from

2019

Human Resource Development Minister Prakash

Javadekar announced that JEEE Mains and NEET

the two national level engineering and medical

entrance examinations will be held twice a year

from 2019 by a newly formed National Testing

Agency (NTA)

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eljJk

115) Sri Lanka Movie lsquoThe Frozen firersquo

For the first time in the history of Srilankan film

industry a movie from the Srilanka ldquoThe Frozen

firerdquo directed by Anuruddha Jaya Sing he will

enter in mainstream lsquobest picturersquo category of

Oscars 2019

The film Outlines the Wijeweerarsquos life the

founding leader of the JVP (or) Peoplersquos

Liberation Front

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116) International Day of Cooperatives-July 7

International Day of Co-operative was observed

on 7thJuly The theme for 2018 is ldquoSubtainable

Societies through Cooperationrdquo

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117) Koala bear genome decoded

Koala bear genome decoded successfully Koala

native to Australia is classified as Vulnerable by

the International union for Conservation of

Nature (IUCN)

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118) ldquoOne person one Carrdquo policy by west

Bengal

West Bengal set a ldquoOne person One carrdquo policy

for ministers and bureaucrats and mandated

economy class for all domestiv air travel in a bid

to cut Costs incurred by the State government

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119) The Cheetah 3 robot developed by

engineers at the America MIT Which is blind

robot

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120) Indiarsquos First Taxi ambulance

Indiarsquos First Taxi ambulance service was flagged

off by Union Minister for Road Transport and

Highways Nithin Gadkari in NewDelhi

A Start-up named Wagon Cab has launched this

service with drivers who are trained medically

keeping in mind the increasing number of

accidents

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Ntfd Nfg vdw ]lhul mg (Start up)

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121) Hindu Women to contest the Provincial

Assembly election in Pakistan

Sunita Parmar a Hindu woman in Sindh

province has created history by becoming the

first from the minority community to contest the

provincial assembly election in Pakistan

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122) Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the 3rd

Indian Cricketer to reach the coveted milestone

of playing 500 international matches

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123) Justice Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair

Radhakrishnan has been Sworn in as new Chief

Justice of the Hyderbad High court For the state

of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in Hyderbad

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124) 17th World Sanskrit Conference held in

Vancouver Canada

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125) Dipa Karmakar won gold medal

Dipa Karmakar Clinched the gold medal in the

vault event of FIG Artistic Gymnastic World

Challenge Cup at Mersin Turkey

She is First Indian to win gold in Gymnastic

World Challenge Cup

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126) Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel has been

appointed the new Chairperson of the National

Green Tribunal (NGT)

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127) Researches have created the worldrsquos first

Rhino Embryos in a test tube

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giljJssdh

128) The Union Ministry of Environment Forests

and Climate Change declared the 438sqkm of

area around Mudumalai Tiger Reserve as an Eco-

Sensitive Zone

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129) The Civil Aviation Research Organisation

(CARO) will be set up by AAI

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will set up

a state-of- the -art Civil Aviation Research

organisation (CARO) at Begumpet Airport

Hyderabad

It is to find indigenous solutions to meet the

challenges posed by the growing air traffic and

for enhancing safety Capacity and efficiency of

aircraft operations in the country

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mikffTssJ

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ej mikgig mikffTssJ

130) International Round Table Conference on

ldquoData for New Indiardquo

The International Round Table Conference on

ldquoData for New Indiardquo has organised by the

ministry of Statistics and programme

Implementation was held in New Delhi in 9-10th

July 2018 The conference was inaugurated by

DVSadananda Gowda

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jftyrdquo (Data for New Indiardquo) vDk

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nfslh njhlqfpitgghh

131) Sambalpur in East Coast Railway division

becomes first to eliminate All unmanned level

crossings in India

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132) Golden Man Booker International Prize

2018

SriLanka -born Canadian literacy icon Michael

ondaatjersquos lsquoThe English Patientrsquo has won the

special one-off Golden Man booker prize at the

Southbank centre in London

The Prize was instituted as part of Celebrations

to mark the Bookerrsquos having completed 50 years

and the one-off award was voted by the public

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NjhenjLffgllJ

133) Justice L Narasimha Reddy has been

appointed the Chairman of the Central

Administrative Tribunal (CAT)

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134) Railways to introduce Sri Ramayana

Express

Indian Railways is planning to introduce a

unique pilgrim train Sri Ramayana Express on

the Ramayana Circuit to cover the major

destinations related to the Hindu epic

The train may start its operations beginning

November 142018 from New Delhi It will make

its first halt in Ayodhya and the final halt in

Rameshwaram

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cssJ

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135) Indiarsquos 2nd Transgender Lawyer SViji

SViji becomes Indiarsquos 2nd transgender lawyer

She is from Thoothukudi She enrolled herself in

Bar Council of Tamilnadu and Puducherry

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nraJsshh

136) TamilNadu government is going to set up a

route to transport wind mill power from

Kayathar in Thoothukudi district to other State

with the estimate of 2600 crore

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137) Tamil Nadu assembly passes Lokayukta Bill

The Tamil Nadu assembly in 972018 passed

the Lokayukta Bill to inquire into charges of

corruption against Chief minister ministerrsquos

MLAs and government officials

Personnel and administrative reforms minister

DJayakumar introduced the Bill in the assembly

Maharashtra was the first state to introduce the

institution of Lokayukta

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Jiw mikrru bn[aFkhh jhffy

nrajhh

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138) lsquoCompulsory Retirementrsquo to up Employees

Uttar Pradesh government is planning to give a

ldquoCompulsory retirementrdquo to employees aged 50

years and above if they are found neglecting

their duties

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cjjutplLssJ

139) Provide Free treatment to poor in Delhi

Private hospital Supreme court

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Supreme Court said that all private hospitals in

the Delhi which were given land on

Concessional rate must provide free treatment

to certain percentage of poor patient

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140) Kasturirangan Committee tasked with

drafting a new education policy has got third

extension from the HRD Ministry

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141) Special Lifetime Achievement Award to

THVinayakram

The music academy announced a special lifetime

Achievement award to be conferred on ghatam

maestro TH Vinayakram foundly known as

lsquoVikkursquo Vinayakram

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142) The book ldquoWinning like Souravrdquo Think amp

Succeed like Gangulyrdquo has been authored by

Abhirup Bhattacharya

ldquoWinning like Souravrdquo Think amp Succeed like

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vOjpAsshh

143) Indiarsquos First biofortified Sorghum (Jowar)

namedrsquoParbhani Shaktirsquo containing higher iron

and zinc than regular Surghum was formally

launched

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144) 6th World Cities Summit 2018

The Sixth World Cities Summit was held in

Singapore Its theme was ldquoLiveable amp

Substaniable Cities Embracing the future

through Innovation and Collaborationrdquo

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ldquoLiveable amp Substaniable Cities Embracing the

future through Innovation and Collaborationrdquo

145) 67th Meeting of North Eastern Council

The 67th meeting of North Eastern Council was

held in Shillong Meghalaya It was Chaired by

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh

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146) BSNL Unveils internet telephony service

wings

State-Owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar

Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced the soft

launch of its first telephony service wings in

India to be rolled out from August 2018

Through wings the customer can make or

receive calls by using internet service of any

operator

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VwfNth KbAk

147) Oldest Indian Woman to complete an

Ironman Triathlon

Anju Khosla (52) has become the oldest Indian

woman to complete an Ironman Triathlon which

is one of the toughest one-day sporting events

It comprises swimming bicycle ride and

Marathon run6

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148) Second Indian to Climb worldrsquos highest

Volcano

Satyarup Siddhanta has become Second Indian

mountaineer after Malli Mastan Babu to Climb Mt

Ojos del Salado (6893m) the highest volcano in

the world on Argentina- Chile border

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ngwWsshu

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mun[dbdh-rpyp ehLfspd vyiyg

gFjpapy cssJ 149) Government announced the names of six

ldquoinstitute of eminencerdquo

Central government announced the names of six

ldquoinstitute of eminencerdquo three each from the

public and private sectors

The six institutes are

i) IISc ii) IIT Delhi

iii) IIt Bombay iv) JIO Institute

v) BITS Pilani

(vi) Manipal Academy of Higher Education

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

released its ranking of National institutes for

2018 The top three ranks are

i) Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru

ii) IIT Madras

iii) IIT Bombay

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150) After two-year Turkey to end state of

emergency The president of Turkey is Recep

Tayyip Erdugan

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151) All twelve members of a boyrsquos football

team and their coach have been rescued in

1072018 after being trapped in a cave in

Thailand for 18 days

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152) Worldrsquos largest Cellphone Factory in Noida

Samsung opens worldrsquos largest phone factory in

Noida The worldrsquos largest mobile Factory was

launched at Noida in Uttarpradesh by Narendra

Modia and South Korean president moon Jae-in

The Unit will have a Capacity of Fabricationg 12

Crore phones a year

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153) The first-ever lsquoIndia Taurism Mart (ITM) rsquo

will be hosted by Ministry of Tourism in New

Delhi from 16th to 18th September 2018

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154) Mobile help centre ldquoSaathirdquo For Amarnath

Yatra Pilgrims

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has

launched a mobile help centre lsquoSaathirsquo to reach

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out to people undertaking the annual pilgrimage

holy cave shrine of Amarnath

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155) ADB approves project of Sun Canal in Bihar

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has

approved project of Sun Canal in Shahabad-

Bhojpur region of Bihar

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156) Gujarart Government grants religious

minority Status of Jews

Gujarat Governement granted religious minority

status to Jews living in the state with this

Gujarat became the third state in India to grant

religious minority Status to Jews after

westBengal and Maharashtra

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157) Dipika Pallikal will represent Asia

Indiarsquos Squash player Dipika Pallikal has been

appointed as Asiarsquos representative in the

prestigious Athlete Advisory commission of the

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGf) The

appointment was mady by the CGF

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158) The Odisha government has partnered with

tata Trust for development of Cancer care

facilities in the State

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159) Scientists discover worldrsquos oldest biological

colour

Scientists have discovered the worldrsquos oldest

colour that is bright pink

The pigments were discovered after researchers

crushed 11 billon year old rock found in a

marine shale deposit beneath the Sahara desert

in Mauritania west Africa

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160) Australian researchers have uncovered the

worldrsquos oldest biological colour

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161) First time in history Rajya Sabha Signs

MOU with a foreign Counterpart

Rajya Sabha has for the first time in 76 years

since it came into being entered into

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a

foreign Counterpart for promoting inter-

Parliamentar dialogue

Venkaiah Naidu has become the first chairman

of Rajya Sabha to sign such an lsquoagreement when

he inked an MOU with the visiting president of

the Senate of Rwanda

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162) Turkey will sell four Corvette warships to

Pakistan which will be the countryrsquos largest

single export deal Turkey signed a

memorandum of understanding to build four

Corvettes for Pakistan Under the MILGEM Project

last year

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163) Team India Opener Rohit Sharma has

become the first Indian Cricketer to Smash three

Centuries in T20 International Cricket

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164) Train 18 Made in India 160 kmph train

Indiarsquos indigenously manufactured Semi-high

speed train code-named Train 18 (Train 2018)

is expected to be rolled out in September

The train built by Integral Coach Factory (ICF)

of Chennai to promote Make in India is capable

of running at a speed of 160km per hour

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165) Andhra Pradesh tops in ldquoEase of Doing

Businessrdquo

Andhra Pradesh has topped the third edition of

the governmentrsquos lsquoEase of Doing Businessrsquo index

for states This is the second time in a row that

Andhra achieved the first rank

Telangana and Haryana in second and third

spots Tamilnadu in 15th position

i) Andhra Pradesh ii) Telangana iii) Haryana iv)

Jharkand v) Gujarath

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166) 22nd International Conference on

Nonferrous Minerals and Metals 2018 held at

Ranchi Jharkhand

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167) Meghalaya government introduces Draft

policy known as ldquoJackfruit Missionrdquo during the

first ever Jackfruit festival

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168) China Launches two remote sensing

Satellites for Pakistan

China Successfully launched two remote sensing

Satellites PRSS-1 and PAKTES-1A for Pakistan

on board of Long March-2C rocket from Jicquan

Satellite Launch Centre

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169) China said it has clinched a deal with India

on the reduction of Import duties on Indian

medicines including anti-cancer drugs

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170) Rajya Sabha members can use all 22

Scheduled Languages

From the forth coming Monsoon Session of

parliament Rajya Sabha Mps will be able to

speak in the house in any of the 22 Indian

languages listed in the 8th Schedule of the

Constitution

Of the 22 scheduled languages Rajya Sabha has

earlier established simultaneous interpretation

service for 12 language

The Rajya Sabha Secretariat has arranged for

simultaneous interpretation facility for ten more

languages- Dugri Kashmiri Kunkani Santhali

Sindhi Bodu Maithili Manipuri Marathi and

Nepali

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171) South Korean President in India

South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived

India for his four-day visit India and South

Korea singed 11 agreements including in the

areas of trade cultural and Scientific and

technological Cooperation

Capital-Seoul

Prime Minister ndash Lee Nak-yeon

Continent -Asia

Currecny -Won

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172) India becomes worldrsquos sixth largest

economy

World Bank Figuresrsquos for 2017 says that Indian

economy has now become worldrsquos sixth biggest

pushing France to Seventh place The US leads

the table as the biggest economy followed by

China Japan Germany and Britain

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173) World Population Day-11 July

The world Population day is observed across the

world on July 11 The world population day was

established by the then Governing Council of the

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

in 1989

The theme for the World Population Day 2018 is

ldquoFamily Planning is a Human Rightrdquo

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174) The 30th International Mango Festival was

held in New Delhi

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175) Ram Nath Kovind announces four

nominations to Rajya Sabha

President Ram Nath Kovind has nominated 4

Rajya Sabha members viz former MPRam

Shakal Sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra classical

dancer Sunal Mansingh Rakesh Sinha

Raghunath Mohapatra is an internationality

renowned sculptor famous for his stone

carvings

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176) Global Innovation Index 2018

The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2018 has

ranked India as the 57th most innovative nation

in the world The country has improved its

ranking up to 3 places from its 60th position in

2017

Top 5 Countries are (1) Switzerland (2)

Netherland (3) Sweden (4) UK (5) Singapore

The G11 global ranking is published by World

Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) -a

specialized agency of United nations

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177) lsquoI am not afraid of Englishrsquo

Haryana has launched lsquoI am not afraid of

Englishrsquo initiative to make primary school

students fluent in English

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178) IWF Junior World Weightlifting

Championships 2018

Indian woman lifter Jhilli Dalabehera has bagged

the bronze medal in the 2018 IWF Junior World

Weightlifting Championships at Tashkent

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179) Kutchi New year

Kutchi Community celebrates its new year on

Aashadhi Beej which falls in month of Ashada

(JuneJuly)

As for people of Kutch this day is associated

with beginning of rains in Kutch Gujarat

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180) DrSandeep Sancheti Vice Chancellor of

SRM Institute of Science and Technology has

assumed charge as the president of the

Association of Inidan Universities (AIU) New

Delhi

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181) INS Sumitra enters Indonesiarsquos Sabang

Part

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Indian Warship INS Sumitra which was on

mission in Malacca straits entered port of

Sabang in Indonesia

This is the first time that an Indian Naval ship

has visited the port of Sabang

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fggyhfpAssJ 182) FSSAI has launched ldquoThe Eat Right

Movementrdquo

The food safety and standards Authority of India

(FSSAI) has launched ldquoThe Eat Right Movementrdquo

to empower the citizens by improving their

health and well-being It is a platform to provide

credible information to help make informed and

healthful eating choices The main purpose of

the project is to reduce salt sugar and saturated

fat in packaged food products

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183) Broadcasting content complaints council

(BCCC)

Udhay Kumar Varma has been appointed as

new member of Broadcasting content complains

council (BCCC)

The BCCC is an independent self-regulatory body

set up by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation

(IBF) in June 2011to look into complaints

pertaining to all non-news general entertainment

channel in India

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184) Lonely planetrsquos best Asia destinations list

One of the Hottest Biodiversity Hotspots and

UNESCO world Heritage site the western Ghats

has come fourth in the list of Lonely planetrsquos

ldquo2018 Best in Asiardquo list

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185) India-South Korea Technology Exchange

Centre inaugurated in New Delhi by Central

Minister of MSME Giriraj Singh

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186) UN Security Council adopts Resolution

2427 to protect children in armed conflict

The United Nations Security Council has adopted

Resolution 2427 aimed at providing legal

framework for mainstream protection rights

well-being and empowerment of children

throughout the conflict cycle

The resolution Strongly condemns recruitment

and use of children in armed conflicts killing and

rape abductions

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187) Himachal Pradesh government announced

a project to setup a cow sanctuary act Kotla

Barug

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188) Vice president M Venkaiah Naidu

inaugurated the Indian Intraculare Implant and

Refractive Surgery Convention 2018 held in

Chennai

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189) UK Launched New Visas

The UK has launched new visas that will be open

to overseas Scientists and researchers including

Indians to encourage growth of the countryrsquos

research sector

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190) Indiarsquos latest Frontline warship INS Trikand

has reached Srilanka in a goodwill visit

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191) RBI cancels license of Alwar Urban Co-

operative Bank

The Reserve bank of India has cancelled the

license of Alwar Urban Co-operative Bank LTD

Alwar Rajastan to carry on banking business

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192) For the first time in Tamil nadu Centre for

excellence in traditional flowers to come up in

Madurai

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193) Formalin- laced Fish create Scare across

India after the ban of fishes Assam Manipur etc

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194) lsquoAnna Canteensrsquo in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh Government launched lsquoAnna

Canteenrsquo where breakfast lunch and dinner

would be offered at Rs5 each

The lsquoAnna Canteenrsquo named after the NT Rama

Rao

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195) lsquoOne Farmer one transformerrsquo Scheme

In order to reduce electricity losses the

Maharashtra government will next month launch

a new scheme lsquoOne farmer one Transformerrsquo

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196) Goa University discovered a Pigment that

may help fight against Cancer

Goa University announced the discovery of a

new pigment from Local wild Mushrooms that

may help fight against Cancer

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The chemical nature of the brown or black

Colour Pigment in wild edible mushrooms lsquoRoen

alamis or Termitomycesrsquo Species has a new

Sulphur-rich melanin pigment

The Goa University has declared it as Worldrsquos

first Sulphur-rich edible melanin

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Kjy fejfk epiwej

nkydpd vd mwptpjJssJ

197) Seema Darshanrsquo Project

Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani has given in principal

approval for the 39 Crore rupees lsquoSeema

Darshanrsquo or lsquoBorder tourismrsquo project

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198) The ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

(MOHUA) has launched a technology challenge

on identifying Solutions and promoting suitable

techniques for cleaning of Sewage Systems The

Objective is eliminating human entry into septic

tanks and manholes

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Kwwhf xopggjhFk

199) Indiarsquos First Private UAV amp LBPV factory to

come up in Kota

Indiarsquos First private Sector unit for

manufacturing unmanned air vehicles (UAV) and

light bullet proof vehicles (LBPV) will be set up

under lsquoMake in Indiarsquo initiative of the Union

government by DCM Shriram Industries Group in

Kota

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cssJ

200) Rajasthan Government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft

The Rajasthan government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft to provide free digital training to

9500 students of 50 government colleges in a

year It will also train 500 faculty members

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201) In a first Indian Naval aircraft deployed fro

RIMPAC exercise

For the first time Indian Navyrsquos Long Range

Maritime Patrol Aircraft Boeing P-8I (Poseidon

Eight India) from Indian Naval Ship (INS) Rajali

has inducted for participating in the 26th edition

of RIMPAC-18 the Rim of the Pacific

multinational Naval exercise During the

exercise In P8I will be operating from Joint

Airbase Hickam Honolulu in Hawaii

This is the first time ever that an Indian Naval

aircraft has traversed so far east into the pacific

It is the First IN aircraft to cross the

International Date line

RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific Exercise) is the

wolrdrsquos largest international maritime warfare

exercise It is hosted and administered by the

United States Navyrsquos pacific feet headquartered

at Pearl Harbor

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202) India becomes 69th Shareholder of

European Bank for reconstruction amp

development (EBRD) paving the way for more

joint investment with Indian companies across

the bankrsquos regions of operation

EBRD headquartered in London Suma

Chakrabarti is the president of EBRD

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203) Indiarsquos genetically modified crop area fifth

largest in world

India becomes worldrsquos fifth largest area

cultivated under genetically modified (GM) crops

in 2017 according to the International service for

the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications

(ISAAA) report

From the report (i) America (ii) Brazil (iii)

Argentina (iv) Canada (v) India

Indiarsquos entire GM crop area is under single crop

BT cotton

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for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications

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204) 2+2 ministeria dialogue

India is going to host inaugural 2+2 dialogue

with united States in September in New Delhi

lsquo2+2 dialoguersquo is an interaction between the

foreign and defence minister of the

twocountries

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205) Mukesh Ambani overtook Alibaba Group

Founder Jackma to become Asiarsquos richest

person according to a report by Blumberg

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206) First Indian women to win gold in world U-

20 Athletics Championships

Hima Das became the First Indian Women to

clinch a gold medal at a global event the world

under-20 Championships

Das clinched the top spot in the womenrsquos 400m

final race at the IAAF wordl under-20 Athletics

Championships in Tampere Finland

Hima Das Clocked 5146 seconds to win gold

She belongs to State of Assam

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Nrhejth

207) Coimbatore doctor to head worldrsquos top

body of Spine Surgeons

Coimbatore-based orthopaedic and Spine

Surgeon SRajasekaran who is Chairman of the

Department of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery

at Ganga Hospital has been selected Chairman

of the international board of Aospine the worldrsquos

largest body of Spine Surgeons

DrRajasekaran is the first person to elected

from Asia region to this prestigious position

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208) 25000 plus two students to be trained to

take CA exams

Minister for School Education KA Sengottaiyan

Said that 25000 plus two students in

government schools will be trained over to take

up entry level examination for Chartered

Accountancy course Classes will be conducted

by 500 CAS once a week

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njhptpjjhu

209) Two Indian-origin women of Forbes list of

Americarsquos richest self-made women

Two Indian-origin technology executives

JayShree Ullal and Neerja Sethi have made it to

the Forbes list of Americarsquos 60 richest self-made

women

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MfpNahu lkgpbjJssdh

210) DrTCA Rahgavan has been appointed as

Director General of Indian Council of World

Affairs (ICWA)

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211) Entire Indian Menrsquos hockey team included

in Tops

The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of Union

Ministry of Sports and youth Affairs has included

entire menrsquos Hockey team of India under the

Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS)

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NrhjJssJ

212) India Army signed a MOU with SBI

Indian Army signed a memorandum of

understanding (MOU) with the State Bank of

India (SBI) on the Defence Salary Package that

will include free personal accident death free

permanent total disability cover and other

accidental benefits to the deceased soldier and

family

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213) Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has

become the First Indian personality to get a

lsquotalking Statuersquo at Madame Tussauds Singapore

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214) Spiritual leader Dada JP Vaswani passed

away

Dada JP Vaswani (99) the spiritual leader and

head of Sadhu Vaswani mission in Pune has

passed away in Pune Maharashtra on July 12

2018

He was born in Hyderabad Sindh (Pakistan) on

2nd August 1918 Vaswani was a world renowned

Spiritual leader known for promoting

vegetarianism and animal rights

JP Vaswani was the recipient of the 1998

UThant peace award Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram

Vaswani (TL Vaswani) who founded Sadhu

Vaswani Mission was his Guru

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215) 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

The 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention is

being organized by Ministry of External Affairs in

association with the State Government of Uttar

Pradesh in January 2019

Theme of 2019 event is ldquoRole of Indian Diaspora

in building a New Indiardquo

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216) ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo authored by

Tapan

The book ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo has

been authored by Tapan Kumar Chand the

Chairman cum Managing Director of NALCO

The book is recently released by Narendra Singh

Tamar the Union Minister of Mines Rural

Development and panchayat Raj

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217) Government set up task force on ways to

reduce import

The central government has set up a high level

task force under the Chairmanship of cabinet

Secretary PK Sinha to identify various items and

policy interventions to reduce dependence of

import

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218) Worldrsquos first 3D colour X-ray on Human

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Scientists from New Zealand have performed

worldrsquos first ever 3-D colour X-ray on human It

has potential to improve the field of medical

diagnostics

It incorporates particle-tracking technology

called Medipix developed by European

organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

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219) National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

The 4th National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

was held at Indore in Madhya Pradesh

Chhattisgarh won awards in all categories for

excellence in implementing minerals auction

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$llk

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eilngwwJ

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220) Photography ban at protected monuments

lifted

Photography will be allowed in all of the

monuments and archaeological sites

administered by the Archaeological Survey of

India except the mausoleum at Taj Mahal the

Ajanta Caves and the Leh palace

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221) India and China hold second maritime

security dialogue in Beijing China

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222) Prize for beautification of Railway Station

Balharshah and Chandrapur Railway Stations of

the Central Railway have been awarded the first

prize in Station beautification competition by

government

Madhubani Station of East Central Railway and

Madurai Station of Southern Railway were the

Co-winners of the Second prize

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223) Odisha constitutes Heritage Cabinet

Odisha government constituted a lsquoHeritage

Cabinetrsquo headed by Chief Minister Naveen

Patnaik

lsquoHeritage Cabinetrsquo would aim at protection of

ancient monuments temples and archaeological

sites and take steps to preserve the states

culture language amp literature

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224) First Double Stack Dwarf container Service

Indian Railways Introduces first Double Stack

Dwarf Container Service from Rajkot Division

Western Railway with the use of these double-

Stack dwarf containers the cost of the unit will

be significantly reduced

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225) The Central government think tank NITI

Aayog has unveiled the blueprint of lsquoNational

Health Stackrsquo (NHS) a shared digital healthcare

infrastructure

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226) Former Pakistan Prime minister Nawaz

Sharif and his daughter Maryam who are

convicted for corruption were arrested

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227) Centuryrsquos longest total lunar eclipse

Union Ministry of Earth Science has announced

the Centuryrsquos (2001 to 2100) longest total

eclipse of 1 hour 43 minutes will occur on July

27-282018

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228) The Government of India has invited us

President Donal Trump to be chief guest at the

2019 Republic Day Parade

The US is yet to officially accept Indiarsquos invite

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229) Threatening Climate Change to the Nilgiri

tahr

According to recent Study published

international journal Ecological Engineering

Climate Change is threatening the Nilgiri tahr

International Union for conservation of Nature

(IUCN) in its red book has classified Nilgiri Tahr

it as Endangered

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230) 2018 Wimbledon Winners

Women singles - Angelique Kerber

(Germany)

Men singles - Novak Djokovic (Serbian)

Menrsquos Doubles - Mike Bryan (US) and Jack

Sock (US)

Womenrsquos Doubles - Barbora Krejcikova and

Katerina Siniakova from Czhech Republic

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231) Bansagar canal project Inaugurated

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the 171

km long Bansagar canal project to the nation in

Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh on July 15

2018

The project which is a joint venture of Uttar

Pradesh Madhya Pradesh and Bihar It built on

Son River

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232) Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018

Union Ministry of Drinking water and Sanitation

has launched Swachh Survekshan Grameen

2018 in New Delhi

The Programme will rank all states and districts

on the basis of a survey of Public places

Citizenrsquos perspective of cleanliness and their

recommendations

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233) 4th BIMSTEC Summit to be held in

Kathmandu

The fourth edition of Bay of Bengal Initiatives for

Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Co-

operation (BIMSTEC) will be held at Kathmandu

in Nepal from 30 t0 31 August 2018

Nepal is the current chair of BIMSTEC It is

headquartered in Dhaka

Member countries- India Nepal Bhutan

Bangladesh Srilanka Myanmar and Thailand

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234) Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventories

in Asia

In New Delhi Union Minister DrHarsh Vardhan

inaugurates 16th Workshop on Greenhouse Gas

Inventories in Asia

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235) First-ever metal craft exhibition in India

With an aim to promote and preserve the metal

craft tradition of Ladakh the first-ever metal

craft exhibition was held at Chilling village in Leh

district of Jammu amp Kashmir

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236) Kochi Metro Rail Limited opened Indiarsquos

first exquisite air-conditioned bed space

dormitor

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237) World Youth skills Day 15 July In 2014 UN

General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring

15th July as World Youth Skills day

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238) India became Vice-Chair on regional head

of Asia pacific Region of the World Customs

Organisation (WCO)

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239) Resolution 2428 by UN security Council

The UN Security council has adopted a resolution

2428 to impose an arms embargo on South

Sudan The measure will stop the flow of

weapons to armed groups in the country

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240) Hindi Mother tongue of 4363 in India

According to the 2011 census Hindi continue to

be the most spoken language in India with

4363 of the country declaring it their mother-

tongue

Sanskrit was the least spoken of the countryrsquos

22 scheduled languages with just 24821

persons listing it as their mother tongue

The top 5 most spoken language by 2011 census

is (i) Hindi (4363) (ii) Bengali (803) (iii)

Marathi (686) (iv) Telugu (670) (v) Tamil

(570)

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(570) 241) Oldest Narrow- Gauge Rail Line in India

The 33 km Dabhoi-Miyagam line in Gujarat

State Indiarsquos first narrow gauge railway stretch

which started operations in 1862 will be closed

forever The line will be soon converted into

broad gauge

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242) Approval for Chinese Bank in India

Bank of China one of four biggest State-run

Chinese lenders has received in Principal

approval from the Reserve Bank of India to open

branches in India

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243) Private Universities in Tamil Nadu

Two bills adopting the establishment of Shiv

Nadar University and Sai University were passed

in the Tamil Nadu assembly

As per the provisions of two bills adopted in the

assembly the two universities will be self-

financing institutions and would be allowed to

establish constituent colleges Currently there

were no private Universities in Tamil nadu

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244) Committee to review companies Act 2013

The ministry of Corporate Affairs has constituted

a 10 member Committee headed by the Injeti

Srinivas (Secretary of Ministry of Corporate

Affairs) for review of the panel provisions in the

companies Act 2013

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245) 2nd National Tourism conclave organised at

Jaipur in Rajasthan

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246) Madras Music Academy has selected

Carnatic Vocalist Aruna Sairam for this yearrsquos

Sangita Kalanithi award

Mridangam artist Thanjavur R Ramadas and

Vocalist K Omanakutty will receive the Kala

Acharya award

Veena and Nagaswaram players and teachers

Kalyani Ganesan and S R G Rajanna have been

chosen for the TTK awards

Prameela Gurumurthy has been selected for

musicologist award Veteran Danseuse Shanta

Dhananjayan will get Nrithya Kalanithi Award

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247) Kamaraj birthday July 15 is celebrated as

Educational Development Dayrsquo by Tamil Nadu

government

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248) India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror drill

Anti terror drill organised by the Shanghai

Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is scheduled

From August 20-29 at Chelyabinsk City in Russia

India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror SCO drill

along with other member countries Russia

China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Tajikistan and

Uzbekistan

It will be for the first time since Independence

that India and Pakistan will both be a part of

military exercise

Around 200 Army and Air force personal from

India will be participating in the drill called

ldquoPeace Mission 2018rdquo

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249) France wins 21st FIFA world cup Football

title

France has won 21st FIFA world cup football by

defeating Croatia by 4-2 goals in the final match

held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow Russia

on 1572018

It was Francersquos Second world cup crown after it

had own it in 1998 It was Croatiarsquos first world

Cup final appearance Croatia became the lowest

ranked team ever to reach a World Cup Final

France and Croatia belong European Continent

Top 4 teams in 21st FIFA world cup are (i) France

(ii) Croatia (iii) Belgium (iv) England

FIFA Awards for the 2018 world cup

(i) Best player ndash Golden Ball Luka Modric

(Croatia)

(ii) Top Goal scorer ndash Golden Boot Harry Kane

(England)

(iii) Best Goal keeper ndash golden Glove Thibaut

Courtois (Belgium)

(iv) Best Young Player Kylian Mbappe (France)

(v) Fairest Team Spain

(vi) man of the Match (final) Antoine

Griezmann (France)

Captain of France Football team is Hugo Lloris

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250) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar

inaugurated Goa IT Day celebrations in Panaji

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251) Assam government has decided to make

Himadas statersquos brand ambassador for sports

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252) Iceland in UN Human Rights Council

Iceland has taken the seat vacated by United

States at the 47 member UN Human Rights

Council

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253) 64-dish Meer KAT radio telescope

South Africa unveiled new 64-dish Meer KAT

radio telescope that could help unlock the

mysteries of the Universe

Meer KAT will be incorporated into complex

square kilometre Array (SKA) instrument SKA

will be fully operational in the late 2020s to be

most powerful radio telescope in the world

The Meer KAT will be the worldrsquos largest radio

telescope of its kind until the Square kilometre

Array (SKA) has been completed

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254) ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas

Engine

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ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas Engine

from Mahendragiri of Tirunelveli district Vikas

(Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai)

The Vikas Engine is the work shore liquid rocket

engine used to power the second stage of the

ISROrsquos trusted Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

(PSLV)

It is also used in the second stage and also at

the four strap on stages of Geosynchronous

Launch vehicle (GSLV) and in the twin-engine

core liquid stage (L110) of GSLV Mk-111

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255) Global Sugar output Record high

In its latest report the UN body has forecast

world Sugar output to hit a record high at 1876

million tonnes in 2017-18 and Surpass

consumption The anticipated surplus is likely to

the largest in history

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256) Fossil Museum in Ariyalur

The Fossil Museum at Varanavasi near Ariyalur

town is set to open The museum will provide

evidence of the existence of dinosaurs and other

associated reptilians in the Ariyalur region

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257) The madras High court has ruled that there

is no legal obligation on the part of a mother to

disclose the name of the father at the time of

registering her childrsquos birth

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258) Indian farmers fertiliser cooperative limited

(IFFCO) launched a social e-commerce app

called ldquoIFFCO iMandirdquo

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259) 100 public services to be delivered at

doorstep in Delhi

Delhi people will get around 100 public services

including driving licence and caste certificate at

their door step under a proposed scheme of the

Delhi government The scheme was named as

lsquoMobilersquo Sahayaksrsquo

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260) Trump-Putin Summit

Russiarsquos president Vladimir Putin and Americanrsquos

President Donald Trump met at Helsinki capital

of Finland

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261) New Headquarters building of

Archaeological Survey of India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated

lsquoDharohar Bhawanrsquo ndash the new headquarters

building of the Archaeological Survey of India

(ASI) in New Delhi

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262) Per Capita Revenue Collection

Haryana has topped other States in per capita

Revenue Collection in the first Financial year of

the GST regime per Capita revenue collection of

Haryana is Rs 187697month

2nd Position is Uttarakhand 3rd position is

Maharashtra

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263) Digital Health Campaign for Think For

Health

The Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of

India ( (OPPI) launched its digital campaign

Think for Health at its annual summit in New

Delhi

The initiative Think For Health was launched in

Partnership with the Government of Telangana

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264) Government reappoints Anil D

Sahasrabudhe

Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)

has approved renewal of appointment of Prof

Anil D Sahabsrabudhe as the Chairman of the All

India council for Technical Education (AICTE)

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265) 12 new moons discovered around Jupiter

Scientists had discovered 12 new moons around

Jupiter The discoveries bring the number of

Jupiterrsquos known moon to 79 the most around a

single planet in our Solar system

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266) Nelson Mandela International Day July 18

2018 marks the Centenary of the birth of Nelson

Mandela

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267) Rajpurrsquos Swami Vivekananda Airport has

been ranked first in Customer Satisfaction

among 49 airports in the country

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268) LIGO-India Laboratory in Maharashtra

The Government of India (GOI) has given lsquoIn-

Principlersquo approval for construction and operation

of LIGO-India (Laser Interferometer

Gravitational wave observatory in India)

Laboratory in hingoli District of Maharashtra

The LIGO-India Observatory is Scheduled to be

operational in 2024 in Collaboration with the

LIGO Laboratory in United States

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269) Cheapest drinking water in the world

Bihar will soon provide the cheapest drinking

water in the world The first of such a water

project named lsquoSulabh Jalrsquo was launched in

Biharrsquos Darbhanga district

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270) Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)

has organised ldquo Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyanrdquo

campaign in five main stem Ganga basin

States-Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh Bihar

Jharkhand and west Bengal It has been

observed as lsquoShubharambh Saptahrsquo

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271) ldquoPitch Blackrdquo war exercise

The Indian Air force (IAF) is participating in the

Multinational ldquoPitch Blackrdquo warfare exercise

hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force in

Australia

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272) BSE building gets trademark

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has secured a

ldquotrademarkrdquo for its iconic building Phizoze

Jeejeebhoy Towers located in Mumbai

Subsequently the usage of the BSE buildingrsquos

picture will required consent from BSE

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273) Central Government announces amnesty

for prisoners to mark Mahatma Gandhirsquos 150th

birth anniversary

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274) New 100 Rs Note

New lavender-coloured Rs100 currency notes

will soon be issued by the Reserve Bank of India

The new note will feature the motif of the lsquoRani

Ki Vavrsquo Stepwell in Gujarat as well as the

Swachh Bharat logo and Slogan

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275) The book ldquoThe House of Islam A global

Historyrdquo has been authored by Islamic radical Ed

Hussain

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276) Athletics World Cup

The USA won the first Athletics World Cup held

in London England Poland and Great Britain

took 2nd and 3rd spot respectively

The Athletics world cup is a team-based

international athletics competition inaugurated in

2018 The inaugural edition had eight national

teams based on world rankings

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277) lsquoAabhaar Aapki Sewa karsquo

The Chhattisgarh government has launched an

online portal and mobile app lsquoAabhaar-Aapki

Seva Karsquo (Gratitude-for your service) to provide

transparency in the pension facility

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278) President has given assent to Assam witch

Hunting (Prohibition Prevention and Protection)

Bill 2015 passed by state Assembly

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279) 2018 NABARD Award

Repco Micro Finance Ltd a non-banking Finance

Company promoted by Repco bank has won the

2018 NABARD award for its service to self-Help

Group (SHG) linkage in Tamil Nadu for the fiscal

year 2017-18

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280) ASI to upgrade Seven monuments in

TamilNadu

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has

planned to upgrade infrastructural and tourist

friendly facilities at seven sites which are

approved under Adarsh Smarak Scheme for

conservation of Monuments in Tamil Nadu

The Monuments are Shore temple

Mamallapuram Gingee Fort kailasanathar

temple Kancheepuram Brihadeswarar temple

Thanjavur Sithananavasal Caves vellore fort

Moovar koil Kodumbalur

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281) Myanmar in International Solar Alliance

Myanmar has joined the India-initiated

International Solar Alliance (ISA) and became

the 68th signatory to the framework Agreement

of the ISA It is headquarters at Gwal Pahari

village in Gurugram Haryana

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282) Scottish site selected for Spaceport

UK space agency has selected site at Sutherland

on ArsquoMhoine peninsula on north Coast of

Scotland for its first Spaceport to launch rockets

vertically and put satellites in orbit

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283) Lakshya sen won gold at Asia Badminton

Junior

Lakshya sen from India has clinched historic

menrsquos singles gold at the Asia Badminton Junior

Championship 2018 in Jakarata

With this he became the 3rd Indian shuttler to

win singles gold at the competition after

Gautham Thakkar and PV Sindhu

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284) Afghan player nominated for the IOC

membership

A young Afghan basketball player Samira

Asghari has been nominated for the

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

membership She is among 9 candidates for

membership of the body in a move to boost

womenrsquos rights

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285) Arman Ali was appointed as Executive

Director of National Centre for promotion of

employment for Disable People (NCPEDP)

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286) Worldrsquos Best Cities Report

According to Travel+ Leisurersquos worldrsquos best cities

report the city of Udaipur has ranked 3rd The

top 2 cities are both in Mexico- San Miguel de

Allende and Oaxaca

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p287) Delhi Dialogue (DDX)

The 10th edition of Delhi Dialogue (DDX) was

held in New Delhi and was hosted by Union

External affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj The

theme for this edition was ldquoStrengthening India-

ASEAN maritime Cooperationrdquo

Delhi Dialogue is premier annual event to

discuss Politico- security economic and Socio-

Cultural engagement between India and the

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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288) Central Oil PSUs has signed joint Venture

Pact

In a major initiative to connect all the North-

East States to the National Gas grid the 5

Central oil PSUs -IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL and

NRL have signed a joint venture agreement for

executing the North-East Natural Gas Pipeline

Grid (N-ENGPG) in Guwahati

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289) PATA Gold Award 2018

Sahapediarsquos India Heritage ldquowalk Feterdquo wins

PATA award has been awarded the PATA Gold

Award 2018 for its recently concluded Pon-India

event

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290) Medini Puraskar Yojana

The Environment Ministry re-introduced the

lsquoMedini Puraskar Yojanarsquo a scheme that awards

Indian authors for their original work in Hindi on

environment pollution and climate change

subjects

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291) Student Police Cadet Programme

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has

launched the student police Cadet Programme to

build a bridge between the police and the larger

community though School students by

inculcating values and ethics in them

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292) lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched the

lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo in a bid to make London

the worldrsquos most walkable city

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293) Fugitive Economic offenders Bill 2018

The Parliament passed the Fugitive Economic

Offenders Bill 2018 which will empower

authorities to attach and Confiscate properties

and assets of economic offenders like loan

defaulters and Fraudsters who flee the country

The Cases where the total value involved in such

Scheduled offences is Rs 100 crore or more will

come under its purview

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Economic offenders Bill 2018)

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294) India-assisted emergency ambulance

Service

Indian prime Minister launched the India-

assisted emergency ambulance Service in

Srilanka through video conferencing from New

Delhi

The inaugural function was scheduled in Jaffna

Srilanka this is the largest Indian project in

Srilanka after Indian housing project

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295) 24-hour helpline for Protection for inter-

caste couples

The Tamil Nadu government has setup a 24-

hour helpline to investigate issues faced by

inter-caste couples and offer them necessary

assistance

A special cell has been formed in all districts and

cities in the State comprising district-level

officers to receive complaints of harassment

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296) India tops skilled visa immigrants list

According to the data released by Australian

Bureau of Statistics for those coming to

Australia on the skilled visa India with 19

people bagged the top rank

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297) Padhe Bharat-Badhe Bharat

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

has announced lsquoPadhe Bharat-Badhe Bharatrsquo an

initiative to promote the reading culture among

students The initiative has launched under

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo

Under this initiative the government will give an

annual library grant to schools

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo is an overarching programme

for school educating extending from primary to

class 12 which was introduced in the Union

Budget 2018-19

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298) Miss Asia (Deaf) 2018

Deshna Jain who is from Madhya Pradesh has

been crowned the 2018 Miss Asia (Deaf) title

and also she was the 3rd in the 2018 Miss

international (Deaf)

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299) South East Asiarsquos first Centre for Climate

Change

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (NABARD) has launched the South

East Asiarsquos First-ever centre for Climate change

in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

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300) System of Air Quality and weather

Forecasting

Dr Harsh Vardhan the Union Environment

Minister has launched a advanced State-of-the-

art Air Quality and weather forecast System

called SAFAR (System of Air Quality and

Weather Forecasting) in Delhi

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301) Odisha police has launched a drive to bust

an international syndicate that peddles

lsquoendangeredrsquo pangolin

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302) According to Public Affairs Index (PAI) for

2018 Kerala stands as the best-governed State

in the country followed by Tamil Nadu

Telangana

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303) Typhoon Ampil has recently hit Chinese

Financial hub Shunghai and disrupted transport

and shipping

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NghfFtujJ kwWk fggy Nritia

ghjpjjJ

304) lsquoe -Pragati Core initiativersquo

The Andhra Pradesh government has launched

lsquoe-Pragati core initiativersquo to provide integrated

Service to citizens It will act as a platform to

connect all departments and Stand alone to

resolve the issue

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Kjdik jsjij (e -Pragati Core initiativersquo)

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305) Tribal Atlas of Odisha

Odisha government has unveiled First-ever

Tribal Atlas of Odisharsquo a compilation of

demographic and Cultural information of the

tribal population in the State It is first of its kind

Compilation in the country

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306) Justice Tahira Safdar has been named as

the new Chief justice of the Balochistan High

court with this She will become the first-ever

female high court chief Justice in Pakistan

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Kjy ngz cahePjpkdw jiyik ePjpgjp

vdw ngUikia milejhh

307) The NASA has launched lsquoRemote sensing

Toolkitrsquo to promote commercial use of satellite

data

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njhlqfpAssJ

308) Rajiv Gauba Committee

The Union Government has constituted a high

level committee to suggest laws against mob

lynching and Violence The committee is headed

by the Rajiv Gauba

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nfsgh epakpffgglLsshh

309) MicroDot Technology

The Indian government has announced the

launch of a new MicroDot Technology that would

help check on vehicle theft

Under this thousands of small dots laser etched

will be sprayed with a vehicle identification

number on all over the vehiclersquos body including

its engine

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cjTk Gjpa ikfNuhlhl njhopyElgjjpd

njhlffjjpid ejpa muR mwptpjJssJ

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gFjpapYk Nyru nghwpffggll

Mapuffzffhd rpwpa Gsspfs thfdk

KOtJk thfd milahs vzZld

njspffggLk

310) The book ldquoThe Dhoni Touch Unravelling

the Enigma That is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquo has

been authored by Bharat Sundaresan

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is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquovdw Eiy guj

RejNurd vOjpAsshh

311) Chennia is going to host the world Junior

Squash Championship 2018

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2018 Nghlbia nrdidapy elffTssJ

312) First person to Ski down the K2

Polandrsquos Andrzej Bargiel became the First person

to Ski down the worldrsquos 2nd highest mountain K2

peak

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rhuej mzbuprf gu[Py Mthu

313) Alize cornet of France won the Swiss open

Tennis title

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Xgd nlddp] glljij ntdwhh

314) State Bank of India organized a nation

wide Kisan Mela as an outreach programme for

farmers and to impart Financial literacy

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Nkshtpid VwghL nraJssJ fprhd

Nksh tptrhapfis nrdwilAk tifapy

epjpepiyf fytpawpit mspggjwfhd

jpllkhf VwghL nraagglLssJ

315) ldquoWarlightrdquo in the Man Booker Prize list

Srilankan born Canadian author Michael

Ondaatje has again made the Man Booker Prize

list with his latest novel lsquoWarlightrdquo Recently his

work was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize

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Gffu glbaypy lk ngwWsshu

mzikapy tuJ gilgG xdWfF

Nfhyld Nkd Gffu tpUJ toqfggllJ

316) Sitamarhi became the first open defecation

free district in Bihar

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KjyhtJ jpwej ntspf fopggiwapyyh

khtllk MFk

57) Shale in Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules

1959

Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has

amended Petroleum and natural Gas Rules 1959

to include Shale in the definition of Petroleum

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1959

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thAtpid Nruggjwfhf kjjpa nglNuhypa

kwWk awif thA tpjpfsgt 1959-id

kjjpa nglNuhypa kwWk awif VupthA

mikrrfk jpUjjp mikjJssJ

318) Prime Ministers tour of three-nations in

Africa

PM Narendra Modi is on a three nation tour to

the African countries including Rwanda Uganda

amp South Africa

Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime

minister to visit Rwanda he gifted 200 cows as

part of Rwanda governmentrsquos Girinka

programme India decided to gift a cancer

therapy machine to the Uganda

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RwWggazk

gpujku eNuejpu Nkhb Mggpupff ehLfshd

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csspll dW ehLfSfF RwWggazk

NkwnfhzLsshu

UthzlhtpwF tp[ak nraj Kjy ejpa

gpujku eNuejpu Nkhb Mthh Uthzlh

murpd fpupqfh jplljjpd xU gFjpahf 200

gRkhLfis gpujku Nkhb guprhf toqfpdhu

cfhzlhtpwF GwWNeha rpfprir

vejpujjpid guprspff ejpa muR KbT

nraJssJ

319) The Ministry of women and child

Development has launched a contest ldquoChildline

1098rdquo to spread awareness on human trafficking

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VwgLjJtjwfhfgt ngzfs kwWk Foeij

eyd mikrrfkhdJ ldquoChildline 1098rdquo vdw

Nghlbia eljjpaJ

320) 10th edition of BRICS Summit in

Johannesburg

South Africa is hosting the 10th edition of BRICS

summit 2018 in Johannesburg with theme

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution

The member nations are Brazil Russia India

China amp South Africa

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BRICS mikggpd 10tJ khehLgt

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ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution vdgjhFk

321) The 3rd edition of Kabira festival 2018 will

be held in Varanasi to celebrate the spirit of 15th

century mystic poet Kabir

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Mwwiy nfhzlhLk tpjkhf fgPuh

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eilgngWk

322) World Bankrsquos internal award to ICZM

Indiarsquos Integrated Coastal Zone Management

(ICZM) project has won the World Bankrsquos

internal award for exceptional performance in

achieving many development goals

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ejpahtpd xUqfpizej flNyhug gFjp

Nkyhzik (Integrated Coastal Zone

Management -ICZM) jpllkgt gy NkkghlLf

FwpfNfhsfis rhjpjJf fhlba g+utkhd

nrayjpwDffhf cyf tqfpapd csehlL

tpUjpid ntdWssJ

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Naval Officer Commander Abhilash Tomy of

Indian Navy has participated in historic Golden

Globe Race (GRR) which commenced from Les

Sables d lsquoOlonne harbour in western France

He will be representing India in indigenously

built sailing vessel Thuriya a replica of 1950s

sailing vessel Suhaili

Tomy one of Indiarsquos prominent Sailors and a

recipient of the Kirti Chakra is the only

participant from Asia

The uniqueness of the race is that boat designs

and technology newer than 1968 are not

permitted

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gqNfwwhh

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vDk 1950-fspy Uej Rfhyp fggiy

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Mthu

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kwWk njhopyElgqfs ej Nghlbapy

lkngw ayhJ

80) The union government has constituted a

ministerial panel headed by the Central Finance

Minister to decide about Fund allocation for

infrastructure projects from the Central Road

and Infra structure fund (CRIF) announced in

the budget

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jpllqfSfF kjjpa rhiy kwWk

clfllikgG epjpajjpypUeJ (CRIF) epjp

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kjjpa epjpaikrrh jiyikapy kjjpa

muR FO xdiw mikjJssJ

81) India to provide tariff concessions to APTA

members

India has agreed to provide tariff concessions on

3142 products to Asia Pacific Trade Agreement

(APTA) members

APTA is an initiative under united Nations

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and

Pacific (UN ESCAP) for trade expansion through

exchange of tariff concessions among developing

country members of Asia pacific region

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Mrpa grpgpf tujjf xggej

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xgGjy mspjJssJ

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nratjwfhf Mrpa kwWk grpgpf

gFjpfSffhd Iffpa ehLfspd

nghUshjhu kwWk rf FOffspd (UN

ESCAP) KawrpNa (APTA) MFk

82) Vishwas Patel has appointed as a Chairman

of Payments Council of India

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jiytuhf tp]t gNly NjhT

nraagglLsshh

83) The worldrsquos First digital art museum has

opened at the MORI building Digital Art Museum

in Tokyo Japan

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84) The worldrsquos First digital art museum has

opened at the MORI Building Digital Art Museum

in Tokyo Japan

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MORI flbljjpd kpddD fiy

mUqfhlrpafjjpy jpwffgglLssJ

85) Indiarsquos first Global Mobility Summit

Niti Aayog to hold Indiarsquos First Global Mobility

Summitrsquo on September 7-8 in Delhi It will be

inaugurated by Prime Minister

The summit will help drive governmentrsquos goal for

vehicle electrification renewable energy

integration and job growth and also speed Up

Indiarsquos transition to a clean energy economy

lsquoMOVE Global Mobility Summitrsquo will be organised

in Collaboration with Various ministries and

industry partners

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crrpkhehL

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kwWk Ntiy thagpid mjpfupjjy Nghdw

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nghUshjhuk Nehffpa ejpahtpd

khwwjjpid JupjggLjj KbAk

86) Sports Authority of India will now be Sports

India

More than 34 years after coming into existence

the sports Authority of India (SAI) is set to be

renamed as Sports India Union Sports Minister

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore announced after

the Sports bodyrsquos governing body meeting

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vLffgglLssJ

87) Home Ministerrsquos Special Operation Medal

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has

approved institution of Home Ministerrsquos special

Operation Medal

It also has instituted three more Medalrsquos -Antarik

Suraksha Medal Asadharan Aaschuchan Padak

and Utkrisht amp Ati- Utkrisht Seva Medal

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NkYk mJ dW gjffqfis

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88) First Transgender woman to Compete in

Miss Universe

Spanish Model Angela Ponce will be the First

transgender woman to compete in Miss

Universe She won Spainrsquos Miss Universe

Competition she will representing her country at

67th Miss Universe 2018 pagent in Philippines

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gqNfwghh

89) lsquoPandharichi Warirsquo is the most important

pilgrimage of Maharashtra

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Kffpakhd Gdpj ahjjpiuahFk

90) An Official Song for the Kerala State

The Kerala government has constituted an

expert panel comprising eminent writerrsquos and

language experts to choose an official song for

the State Rani George the Cultural Department

Secretary would be the Convenor of the panel

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Nfus khepy muR khepyjjpwnfd

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Jiw nrayh uhzp [hh[gt ejf FOtpd

MNyhrfuhf Ugghh

91) Mandatory Dope Test in Punjab

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has

ordered a mandatory dope test of all

government employees including police

personnel

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Also he has ordered drug screening to be

mandatorily done in all cases of recruitment and

promotions

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Kjytu cjjutplLsshu

92) Uttam Dhillon an Indian- American top

white house lawyer has been appointed as the

new acting administrator of the Drug

Enforcement Agency of USA

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jj toffwpQuhd ejpa tkrhtspia

Nrhej lsquocjjk jpyyhdrsquo mthfs NjhT

nraagglLsshh

93) Icebergs to be towed from Antarctica to

United Arab Emirates for drinking water

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[ffpa mNugpa vkpufk

94) Brazil become highest scoring team in FIFA

World cup History

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mjpf Nfhy mbjJ gpNurpy Gjpa cyf

rhjid

95) Rajasthan government launched lsquoAnnapurna

Doodh Yojnarsquo Scheme The scheme will provide a

glass of milk to School students

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Jj Nah[dhrdquo jplljij njhlqfpaJ

96) Genome valley 20 in Telangana

Telangana Government has signed

memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with

Singapore based engineering amp consulting firm

Surbana Jurong for preparing roadmap for

Genume valley 20

Genome valley is Indiarsquos first organized pharma-

biotech cluster for life science RampD activities and

largest life science destination in Asia

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20 vdw jplljij tFggjwfhf rpqfgg+iu

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MNyhrid toqFk epWtdkhd Rughdh

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ifnaOjjplLssJ

[PNdhk Ntyp 20 vdgJ thofif mwptpay

gwwpa Muharrp kwWk tsurrp

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Kjy xOqfikffggll ghukh capuZj

jpus MFk NkYk J Mrpahtpy

kpfgngupa thofif mwptpay yffhFk

97) The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and

Customs (CBIC) has launched a mobile app lsquoGST

verifyrsquo to protect interest of consumers It is an

android app to verify if the person collecting GST

from the consumer is eligible to collect it or not

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kjjpa kiwKf thpfs kwWk Rqf thp

thhpakhdJ (CBIC) lsquoGST verifyrsquo nraypia

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egu mtthpia typggjwF jFjpahdtuh

yiyah vdW rupghufFk

98) Design University for gaming in

Visakhapatnam

The Andhra Pradesh government and the

delegates of United Nations Educational

Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

have recently signed a pact for the

establishment of a Gaming Digital Learning Hub

in the state

As per agreement UNESCO will soon set up the

Design University for gaming in Visakhapatnam

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tbtikgG gyfiyffofk

Mejpu khepy muRkgt [eh fytpgt mwptpay

kwWk gzghlL mikggpd (UNESCO)

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tpisahlLffhd kpddZ fwwy ikajij

(Gaming Digital Learning Hub) epWTtjwfhd

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xggejjjpdgb (UNESCO) MdJ

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tpisahlLffhd tbtikgG

gyfiyffofjij epWTk

99) Maharashtra Government has signed MOU

with Multi Commodity Exchange of India limited

to Launched Cotton Mission to empower Cotton

Farmers in the state

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mjpfhujij toqftjwfhf gUjjp

jplljjpid njhlqfpAssJ ej gzp

ejpa gynghUs gupkhwW tujjfjJld

kfhuhbuh murpd GhpeJzuT

ifnaOjjhdjpd yk njhlqfggllJ

100) The National Security Guard (NSG) will be

the first central paramilitary force to opt for e-

ticketing instead of the railway warrant A

railway warrant is a voucher issued for train

travel at subsidized rates

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gazrrPlLfF (e-ticket) khWk Kjy kjjpa

Jiz uhZtg gil Njrpa ghJfhgGg

gil MFk uapyNt gaz MizrPlL

vdgJ uapy gazjjpwfhf toqfggLk

khdpa tpiy gazrrPllhFk

101) The Ministry of Coal has launched the Goal

Mine Surveillance and Management System

(CMSMS) and lsquoKhan Praharirsquo mobile application

in New Delhi

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Nkyhzik mikgG (CMSMS) kwWk Khan

Praharirsquo vdw miyNgrp nrayp Mfpatwiw

kjjpa epyffhp mikrrk GJ nlyypapy

mwpKfk nrajJ

102) India will operate the Mattala Rajapaksa

International Airport as a Srilanka-India joint

Venture at Hambantota in Srilanka

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epiyajij ejpah-yqif $lL

Kawrpahf affTssd

103) lsquoPoshan Abhiyanrsquo and lsquoPurnarsquo project to

eradicate malnutrition

The Gujarat government launched a statewide

mission lsquoPoshan Abhiyanrsquo to eradicate

malnutrition among children by providing them

nutritious food through Anganwadi centers

The State government has also launched lsquoPurnarsquo

project to eliminate malnutrition among

Adolescent girls

The Nation wide National Nutrition mission

(Poshan Abiyan) was launched by

Prime Minister in Rajasthan

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yk mthfspd CllrrjJ Fiwghlil

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104) The Uttarakhand High Court has recently

declared the ldquoentire animal kingdom including

avian and aquaticrdquo as legal entities with a

distinct personal and corresponding rights

duties and liabilities of a living person

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105) Milan Shankar Tare a Fisherman from

Maharashtrarsquos Palghar district has been selected

for this yearrsquos National Maritime Search and

Rescue Award

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106) Rajasthan government clarifies on

reservation

The Rajasthan government has clarified that five

castes Gujjars Baldia Rebari Gadalia and

Gadaria Under the most backward Classes

(MBC) are also entitled into the 21 Quota

under the OBC category for admission to

educational institution and recruitment in

government jobs in the state

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107) The Uttar Pradesh government launched

lsquoCommercial Tax at your door stepsrsquo on the

occasion of GST day celebration

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108) The department of Empowerment of

Persons with disabilities under the ministry of

social Justice and Empowerment organized a

ldquoNational Workshop on Skill Development for

persons with Disabilitiesrdquo in New Delhi

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109) Mahi Talat Siddiqui a Muslim woman from

Kanpur has translated the text of Ramayana into

Urdu

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110) The Chhattisgarh government will set up a

tribal museum in the Statersquos upcoming new

capital Naya Raipur

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111) CIMON the 1st Robot with Artificial

Intelligence to fly in Space

CIMON or Crew Interactive Mobile Companion

become the first artificial intelligence robot

companion in Space It is an English Speaking

robot

It was launched by Space x Falcon 9 rocked to

International Space station

It was launched from Florida The CIMON robot

from the German space Agency is meant to

Assist German Astronaut Alexander Gerst in

international Space station

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EzzwpT nfhzl NuhNghlCIMON

CIMON (Crew Interactive Mobile Companion)

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112) The 17th World Tamil Internet Conference

held in Coimbatore under the theme

lsquoIntellectual Tamil Search Enginesrdquo

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113) With 226 Lakh Crore Rupees Collection of

GST Tax Tamilnadu in 4th place

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114) NTA to hold NEET JEE twice a year from

2019

Human Resource Development Minister Prakash

Javadekar announced that JEEE Mains and NEET

the two national level engineering and medical

entrance examinations will be held twice a year

from 2019 by a newly formed National Testing

Agency (NTA)

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eljJk

115) Sri Lanka Movie lsquoThe Frozen firersquo

For the first time in the history of Srilankan film

industry a movie from the Srilanka ldquoThe Frozen

firerdquo directed by Anuruddha Jaya Sing he will

enter in mainstream lsquobest picturersquo category of

Oscars 2019

The film Outlines the Wijeweerarsquos life the

founding leader of the JVP (or) Peoplersquos

Liberation Front

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116) International Day of Cooperatives-July 7

International Day of Co-operative was observed

on 7thJuly The theme for 2018 is ldquoSubtainable

Societies through Cooperationrdquo

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117) Koala bear genome decoded

Koala bear genome decoded successfully Koala

native to Australia is classified as Vulnerable by

the International union for Conservation of

Nature (IUCN)

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118) ldquoOne person one Carrdquo policy by west

Bengal

West Bengal set a ldquoOne person One carrdquo policy

for ministers and bureaucrats and mandated

economy class for all domestiv air travel in a bid

to cut Costs incurred by the State government

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119) The Cheetah 3 robot developed by

engineers at the America MIT Which is blind

robot

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120) Indiarsquos First Taxi ambulance

Indiarsquos First Taxi ambulance service was flagged

off by Union Minister for Road Transport and

Highways Nithin Gadkari in NewDelhi

A Start-up named Wagon Cab has launched this

service with drivers who are trained medically

keeping in mind the increasing number of

accidents

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121) Hindu Women to contest the Provincial

Assembly election in Pakistan

Sunita Parmar a Hindu woman in Sindh

province has created history by becoming the

first from the minority community to contest the

provincial assembly election in Pakistan

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122) Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the 3rd

Indian Cricketer to reach the coveted milestone

of playing 500 international matches

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123) Justice Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair

Radhakrishnan has been Sworn in as new Chief

Justice of the Hyderbad High court For the state

of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in Hyderbad

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124) 17th World Sanskrit Conference held in

Vancouver Canada

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125) Dipa Karmakar won gold medal

Dipa Karmakar Clinched the gold medal in the

vault event of FIG Artistic Gymnastic World

Challenge Cup at Mersin Turkey

She is First Indian to win gold in Gymnastic

World Challenge Cup

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126) Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel has been

appointed the new Chairperson of the National

Green Tribunal (NGT)

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127) Researches have created the worldrsquos first

Rhino Embryos in a test tube

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Fohapd yk cUthffp rhjid

giljJssdh

128) The Union Ministry of Environment Forests

and Climate Change declared the 438sqkm of

area around Mudumalai Tiger Reserve as an Eco-

Sensitive Zone

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129) The Civil Aviation Research Organisation

(CARO) will be set up by AAI

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will set up

a state-of- the -art Civil Aviation Research

organisation (CARO) at Begumpet Airport

Hyderabad

It is to find indigenous solutions to meet the

challenges posed by the growing air traffic and

for enhancing safety Capacity and efficiency of

aircraft operations in the country

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mikffTssJ

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ej mikgig mikffTssJ

130) International Round Table Conference on

ldquoData for New Indiardquo

The International Round Table Conference on

ldquoData for New Indiardquo has organised by the

ministry of Statistics and programme

Implementation was held in New Delhi in 9-10th

July 2018 The conference was inaugurated by

DVSadananda Gowda

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nfslh njhlqfpitgghh

131) Sambalpur in East Coast Railway division

becomes first to eliminate All unmanned level

crossings in India

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KwwpYk xopjj Kjy uapyNt kzlyk

vdw rpwgig fpofF flwfiu uapyNt

kzlyjij Nrhej rkgyg+h ngwWssJ

132) Golden Man Booker International Prize

2018

SriLanka -born Canadian literacy icon Michael

ondaatjersquos lsquoThe English Patientrsquo has won the

special one-off Golden Man booker prize at the

Southbank centre in London

The Prize was instituted as part of Celebrations

to mark the Bookerrsquos having completed 50 years

and the one-off award was voted by the public

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133) Justice L Narasimha Reddy has been

appointed the Chairman of the Central

Administrative Tribunal (CAT)

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134) Railways to introduce Sri Ramayana

Express

Indian Railways is planning to introduce a

unique pilgrim train Sri Ramayana Express on

the Ramayana Circuit to cover the major

destinations related to the Hindu epic

The train may start its operations beginning

November 142018 from New Delhi It will make

its first halt in Ayodhya and the final halt in

Rameshwaram

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cssJ

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135) Indiarsquos 2nd Transgender Lawyer SViji

SViji becomes Indiarsquos 2nd transgender lawyer

She is from Thoothukudi She enrolled herself in

Bar Council of Tamilnadu and Puducherry

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136) TamilNadu government is going to set up a

route to transport wind mill power from

Kayathar in Thoothukudi district to other State

with the estimate of 2600 crore

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137) Tamil Nadu assembly passes Lokayukta Bill

The Tamil Nadu assembly in 972018 passed

the Lokayukta Bill to inquire into charges of

corruption against Chief minister ministerrsquos

MLAs and government officials

Personnel and administrative reforms minister

DJayakumar introduced the Bill in the assembly

Maharashtra was the first state to introduce the

institution of Lokayukta

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138) lsquoCompulsory Retirementrsquo to up Employees

Uttar Pradesh government is planning to give a

ldquoCompulsory retirementrdquo to employees aged 50

years and above if they are found neglecting

their duties

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139) Provide Free treatment to poor in Delhi

Private hospital Supreme court

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Supreme Court said that all private hospitals in

the Delhi which were given land on

Concessional rate must provide free treatment

to certain percentage of poor patient

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140) Kasturirangan Committee tasked with

drafting a new education policy has got third

extension from the HRD Ministry

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141) Special Lifetime Achievement Award to

THVinayakram

The music academy announced a special lifetime

Achievement award to be conferred on ghatam

maestro TH Vinayakram foundly known as

lsquoVikkursquo Vinayakram

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142) The book ldquoWinning like Souravrdquo Think amp

Succeed like Gangulyrdquo has been authored by

Abhirup Bhattacharya

ldquoWinning like Souravrdquo Think amp Succeed like

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vOjpAsshh

143) Indiarsquos First biofortified Sorghum (Jowar)

namedrsquoParbhani Shaktirsquo containing higher iron

and zinc than regular Surghum was formally

launched

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144) 6th World Cities Summit 2018

The Sixth World Cities Summit was held in

Singapore Its theme was ldquoLiveable amp

Substaniable Cities Embracing the future

through Innovation and Collaborationrdquo

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ldquoLiveable amp Substaniable Cities Embracing the

future through Innovation and Collaborationrdquo

145) 67th Meeting of North Eastern Council

The 67th meeting of North Eastern Council was

held in Shillong Meghalaya It was Chaired by

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh

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146) BSNL Unveils internet telephony service

wings

State-Owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar

Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced the soft

launch of its first telephony service wings in

India to be rolled out from August 2018

Through wings the customer can make or

receive calls by using internet service of any

operator

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147) Oldest Indian Woman to complete an

Ironman Triathlon

Anju Khosla (52) has become the oldest Indian

woman to complete an Ironman Triathlon which

is one of the toughest one-day sporting events

It comprises swimming bicycle ride and

Marathon run6

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148) Second Indian to Climb worldrsquos highest

Volcano

Satyarup Siddhanta has become Second Indian

mountaineer after Malli Mastan Babu to Climb Mt

Ojos del Salado (6893m) the highest volcano in

the world on Argentina- Chile border

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gFjpapy cssJ 149) Government announced the names of six

ldquoinstitute of eminencerdquo

Central government announced the names of six

ldquoinstitute of eminencerdquo three each from the

public and private sectors

The six institutes are

i) IISc ii) IIT Delhi

iii) IIt Bombay iv) JIO Institute

v) BITS Pilani

(vi) Manipal Academy of Higher Education

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

released its ranking of National institutes for

2018 The top three ranks are

i) Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru

ii) IIT Madras

iii) IIT Bombay

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150) After two-year Turkey to end state of

emergency The president of Turkey is Recep

Tayyip Erdugan

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151) All twelve members of a boyrsquos football

team and their coach have been rescued in

1072018 after being trapped in a cave in

Thailand for 18 days

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152) Worldrsquos largest Cellphone Factory in Noida

Samsung opens worldrsquos largest phone factory in

Noida The worldrsquos largest mobile Factory was

launched at Noida in Uttarpradesh by Narendra

Modia and South Korean president moon Jae-in

The Unit will have a Capacity of Fabricationg 12

Crore phones a year

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153) The first-ever lsquoIndia Taurism Mart (ITM) rsquo

will be hosted by Ministry of Tourism in New

Delhi from 16th to 18th September 2018

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154) Mobile help centre ldquoSaathirdquo For Amarnath

Yatra Pilgrims

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has

launched a mobile help centre lsquoSaathirsquo to reach

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out to people undertaking the annual pilgrimage

holy cave shrine of Amarnath

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155) ADB approves project of Sun Canal in Bihar

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has

approved project of Sun Canal in Shahabad-

Bhojpur region of Bihar

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156) Gujarart Government grants religious

minority Status of Jews

Gujarat Governement granted religious minority

status to Jews living in the state with this

Gujarat became the third state in India to grant

religious minority Status to Jews after

westBengal and Maharashtra

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157) Dipika Pallikal will represent Asia

Indiarsquos Squash player Dipika Pallikal has been

appointed as Asiarsquos representative in the

prestigious Athlete Advisory commission of the

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGf) The

appointment was mady by the CGF

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158) The Odisha government has partnered with

tata Trust for development of Cancer care

facilities in the State

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159) Scientists discover worldrsquos oldest biological

colour

Scientists have discovered the worldrsquos oldest

colour that is bright pink

The pigments were discovered after researchers

crushed 11 billon year old rock found in a

marine shale deposit beneath the Sahara desert

in Mauritania west Africa

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160) Australian researchers have uncovered the

worldrsquos oldest biological colour

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161) First time in history Rajya Sabha Signs

MOU with a foreign Counterpart

Rajya Sabha has for the first time in 76 years

since it came into being entered into

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a

foreign Counterpart for promoting inter-

Parliamentar dialogue

Venkaiah Naidu has become the first chairman

of Rajya Sabha to sign such an lsquoagreement when

he inked an MOU with the visiting president of

the Senate of Rwanda

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162) Turkey will sell four Corvette warships to

Pakistan which will be the countryrsquos largest

single export deal Turkey signed a

memorandum of understanding to build four

Corvettes for Pakistan Under the MILGEM Project

last year

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163) Team India Opener Rohit Sharma has

become the first Indian Cricketer to Smash three

Centuries in T20 International Cricket

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164) Train 18 Made in India 160 kmph train

Indiarsquos indigenously manufactured Semi-high

speed train code-named Train 18 (Train 2018)

is expected to be rolled out in September

The train built by Integral Coach Factory (ICF)

of Chennai to promote Make in India is capable

of running at a speed of 160km per hour

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165) Andhra Pradesh tops in ldquoEase of Doing

Businessrdquo

Andhra Pradesh has topped the third edition of

the governmentrsquos lsquoEase of Doing Businessrsquo index

for states This is the second time in a row that

Andhra achieved the first rank

Telangana and Haryana in second and third

spots Tamilnadu in 15th position

i) Andhra Pradesh ii) Telangana iii) Haryana iv)

Jharkand v) Gujarath

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166) 22nd International Conference on

Nonferrous Minerals and Metals 2018 held at

Ranchi Jharkhand

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167) Meghalaya government introduces Draft

policy known as ldquoJackfruit Missionrdquo during the

first ever Jackfruit festival

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168) China Launches two remote sensing

Satellites for Pakistan

China Successfully launched two remote sensing

Satellites PRSS-1 and PAKTES-1A for Pakistan

on board of Long March-2C rocket from Jicquan

Satellite Launch Centre

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169) China said it has clinched a deal with India

on the reduction of Import duties on Indian

medicines including anti-cancer drugs

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170) Rajya Sabha members can use all 22

Scheduled Languages

From the forth coming Monsoon Session of

parliament Rajya Sabha Mps will be able to

speak in the house in any of the 22 Indian

languages listed in the 8th Schedule of the

Constitution

Of the 22 scheduled languages Rajya Sabha has

earlier established simultaneous interpretation

service for 12 language

The Rajya Sabha Secretariat has arranged for

simultaneous interpretation facility for ten more

languages- Dugri Kashmiri Kunkani Santhali

Sindhi Bodu Maithili Manipuri Marathi and

Nepali

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171) South Korean President in India

South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived

India for his four-day visit India and South

Korea singed 11 agreements including in the

areas of trade cultural and Scientific and

technological Cooperation

Capital-Seoul

Prime Minister ndash Lee Nak-yeon

Continent -Asia

Currecny -Won

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172) India becomes worldrsquos sixth largest

economy

World Bank Figuresrsquos for 2017 says that Indian

economy has now become worldrsquos sixth biggest

pushing France to Seventh place The US leads

the table as the biggest economy followed by

China Japan Germany and Britain

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173) World Population Day-11 July

The world Population day is observed across the

world on July 11 The world population day was

established by the then Governing Council of the

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

in 1989

The theme for the World Population Day 2018 is

ldquoFamily Planning is a Human Rightrdquo

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174) The 30th International Mango Festival was

held in New Delhi

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175) Ram Nath Kovind announces four

nominations to Rajya Sabha

President Ram Nath Kovind has nominated 4

Rajya Sabha members viz former MPRam

Shakal Sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra classical

dancer Sunal Mansingh Rakesh Sinha

Raghunath Mohapatra is an internationality

renowned sculptor famous for his stone

carvings

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176) Global Innovation Index 2018

The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2018 has

ranked India as the 57th most innovative nation

in the world The country has improved its

ranking up to 3 places from its 60th position in

2017

Top 5 Countries are (1) Switzerland (2)

Netherland (3) Sweden (4) UK (5) Singapore

The G11 global ranking is published by World

Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) -a

specialized agency of United nations

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177) lsquoI am not afraid of Englishrsquo

Haryana has launched lsquoI am not afraid of

Englishrsquo initiative to make primary school

students fluent in English

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178) IWF Junior World Weightlifting

Championships 2018

Indian woman lifter Jhilli Dalabehera has bagged

the bronze medal in the 2018 IWF Junior World

Weightlifting Championships at Tashkent

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179) Kutchi New year

Kutchi Community celebrates its new year on

Aashadhi Beej which falls in month of Ashada

(JuneJuly)

As for people of Kutch this day is associated

with beginning of rains in Kutch Gujarat

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180) DrSandeep Sancheti Vice Chancellor of

SRM Institute of Science and Technology has

assumed charge as the president of the

Association of Inidan Universities (AIU) New

Delhi

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181) INS Sumitra enters Indonesiarsquos Sabang

Part

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Indian Warship INS Sumitra which was on

mission in Malacca straits entered port of

Sabang in Indonesia

This is the first time that an Indian Naval ship

has visited the port of Sabang

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fggyhfpAssJ 182) FSSAI has launched ldquoThe Eat Right

Movementrdquo

The food safety and standards Authority of India

(FSSAI) has launched ldquoThe Eat Right Movementrdquo

to empower the citizens by improving their

health and well-being It is a platform to provide

credible information to help make informed and

healthful eating choices The main purpose of

the project is to reduce salt sugar and saturated

fat in packaged food products

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183) Broadcasting content complaints council

(BCCC)

Udhay Kumar Varma has been appointed as

new member of Broadcasting content complains

council (BCCC)

The BCCC is an independent self-regulatory body

set up by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation

(IBF) in June 2011to look into complaints

pertaining to all non-news general entertainment

channel in India

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184) Lonely planetrsquos best Asia destinations list

One of the Hottest Biodiversity Hotspots and

UNESCO world Heritage site the western Ghats

has come fourth in the list of Lonely planetrsquos

ldquo2018 Best in Asiardquo list

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185) India-South Korea Technology Exchange

Centre inaugurated in New Delhi by Central

Minister of MSME Giriraj Singh

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186) UN Security Council adopts Resolution

2427 to protect children in armed conflict

The United Nations Security Council has adopted

Resolution 2427 aimed at providing legal

framework for mainstream protection rights

well-being and empowerment of children

throughout the conflict cycle

The resolution Strongly condemns recruitment

and use of children in armed conflicts killing and

rape abductions

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187) Himachal Pradesh government announced

a project to setup a cow sanctuary act Kotla

Barug

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188) Vice president M Venkaiah Naidu

inaugurated the Indian Intraculare Implant and

Refractive Surgery Convention 2018 held in

Chennai

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189) UK Launched New Visas

The UK has launched new visas that will be open

to overseas Scientists and researchers including

Indians to encourage growth of the countryrsquos

research sector

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MfpatUffhd topia UK (Iffpag NguuR)

jpweJssJ

190) Indiarsquos latest Frontline warship INS Trikand

has reached Srilanka in a goodwill visit

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fggyhd Iv]v] jpupfhej (INS Trikand)

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nrdwilejJ

191) RBI cancels license of Alwar Urban Co-

operative Bank

The Reserve bank of India has cancelled the

license of Alwar Urban Co-operative Bank LTD

Alwar Rajastan to carry on banking business

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192) For the first time in Tamil nadu Centre for

excellence in traditional flowers to come up in

Madurai

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kyhfs kfjJt ikak kJiuapy

mikfpwJ

193) Formalin- laced Fish create Scare across

India after the ban of fishes Assam Manipur etc

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194) lsquoAnna Canteensrsquo in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh Government launched lsquoAnna

Canteenrsquo where breakfast lunch and dinner

would be offered at Rs5 each

The lsquoAnna Canteenrsquo named after the NT Rama

Rao

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Mejpu muR mzzh NfdBdfs

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NfdBd vd ngau llggllJ

195) lsquoOne Farmer one transformerrsquo Scheme

In order to reduce electricity losses the

Maharashtra government will next month launch

a new scheme lsquoOne farmer one Transformerrsquo

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khepy murhdJ lsquoOne Farmer one transformerrsquo

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196) Goa University discovered a Pigment that

may help fight against Cancer

Goa University announced the discovery of a

new pigment from Local wild Mushrooms that

may help fight against Cancer

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The chemical nature of the brown or black

Colour Pigment in wild edible mushrooms lsquoRoen

alamis or Termitomycesrsquo Species has a new

Sulphur-rich melanin pigment

The Goa University has declared it as Worldrsquos

first Sulphur-rich edible melanin

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Kjy fejfk epiwej

nkydpd vd mwptpjJssJ

197) Seema Darshanrsquo Project

Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani has given in principal

approval for the 39 Crore rupees lsquoSeema

Darshanrsquo or lsquoBorder tourismrsquo project

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Kjdik xgGjiy mspjJsshh

198) The ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

(MOHUA) has launched a technology challenge

on identifying Solutions and promoting suitable

techniques for cleaning of Sewage Systems The

Objective is eliminating human entry into septic

tanks and manholes

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Kwwhf xopggjhFk

199) Indiarsquos First Private UAV amp LBPV factory to

come up in Kota

Indiarsquos First private Sector unit for

manufacturing unmanned air vehicles (UAV) and

light bullet proof vehicles (LBPV) will be set up

under lsquoMake in Indiarsquo initiative of the Union

government by DCM Shriram Industries Group in

Kota

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UAV) kwWk gStww Njhllh Jisffhj

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cssJ

200) Rajasthan Government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft

The Rajasthan government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft to provide free digital training to

9500 students of 50 government colleges in a

year It will also train 500 faculty members

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201) In a first Indian Naval aircraft deployed fro

RIMPAC exercise

For the first time Indian Navyrsquos Long Range

Maritime Patrol Aircraft Boeing P-8I (Poseidon

Eight India) from Indian Naval Ship (INS) Rajali

has inducted for participating in the 26th edition

of RIMPAC-18 the Rim of the Pacific

multinational Naval exercise During the

exercise In P8I will be operating from Joint

Airbase Hickam Honolulu in Hawaii

This is the first time ever that an Indian Naval

aircraft has traversed so far east into the pacific

It is the First IN aircraft to cross the

International Date line

RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific Exercise) is the

wolrdrsquos largest international maritime warfare

exercise It is hosted and administered by the

United States Navyrsquos pacific feet headquartered

at Pearl Harbor

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202) India becomes 69th Shareholder of

European Bank for reconstruction amp

development (EBRD) paving the way for more

joint investment with Indian companies across

the bankrsquos regions of operation

EBRD headquartered in London Suma

Chakrabarti is the president of EBRD

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Mthh

203) Indiarsquos genetically modified crop area fifth

largest in world

India becomes worldrsquos fifth largest area

cultivated under genetically modified (GM) crops

in 2017 according to the International service for

the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications

(ISAAA) report

From the report (i) America (ii) Brazil (iii)

Argentina (iv) Canada (v) India

Indiarsquos entire GM crop area is under single crop

BT cotton

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5-tJ lk

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gadghlbay epWtdk International service

for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications

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tJ ljjpy cssJ

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tpistpffggLfpwJ

204) 2+2 ministeria dialogue

India is going to host inaugural 2+2 dialogue

with united States in September in New Delhi

lsquo2+2 dialoguersquo is an interaction between the

foreign and defence minister of the

twocountries

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eilgngWk

205) Mukesh Ambani overtook Alibaba Group

Founder Jackma to become Asiarsquos richest

person according to a report by Blumberg

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gpbjJsshh

206) First Indian women to win gold in world U-

20 Athletics Championships

Hima Das became the First Indian Women to

clinch a gold medal at a global event the world

under-20 Championships

Das clinched the top spot in the womenrsquos 400m

final race at the IAAF wordl under-20 Athletics

Championships in Tampere Finland

Hima Das Clocked 5146 seconds to win gold

She belongs to State of Assam

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ejpa ngz

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-20 gphptpy jqfk ntyYk Kjy ejpag

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Nrhejth

207) Coimbatore doctor to head worldrsquos top

body of Spine Surgeons

Coimbatore-based orthopaedic and Spine

Surgeon SRajasekaran who is Chairman of the

Department of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery

at Ganga Hospital has been selected Chairman

of the international board of Aospine the worldrsquos

largest body of Spine Surgeons

DrRajasekaran is the first person to elected

from Asia region to this prestigious position

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NjhT

rutNjr KJF jzLtl mWitrpfprir

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KjyKiwahFk

208) 25000 plus two students to be trained to

take CA exams

Minister for School Education KA Sengottaiyan

Said that 25000 plus two students in

government schools will be trained over to take

up entry level examination for Chartered

Accountancy course Classes will be conducted

by 500 CAS once a week

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tpjjjpy muR gsspia Nrhej 25 Mapuk

gps] 2 khztufSfFgt 500 gllaf

fzffhsufisf nfhzL thujjpy xUehs

ytr gapwrp mspffggLk vd gsspf

fytpjJiw mikrru nrqNfhlilad

njhptpjjhu

209) Two Indian-origin women of Forbes list of

Americarsquos richest self-made women

Two Indian-origin technology executives

JayShree Ullal and Neerja Sethi have made it to

the Forbes list of Americarsquos 60 richest self-made

women

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ngzfs glbaypy ejpa tkrhtspiar

Nrhej 2 Ngh

Nghug] ntspaplLss mnkupffhtpd

Kjy jiyKiwapy gzffhuhfs Md 60

ngzfs glbaypy ejpa tkrhtspiaf

Nrhej n[a= cyyhy kwWk ePu[h Nrjjp

MfpNahu lkgpbjJssdh

210) DrTCA Rahgavan has been appointed as

Director General of Indian Council of World

Affairs (ICWA)

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ejpa mitffhd (ICWA) jiyik

afFeuhf epakpffgglLsshh

211) Entire Indian Menrsquos hockey team included

in Tops

The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of Union

Ministry of Sports and youth Affairs has included

entire menrsquos Hockey team of India under the

Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS)

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y

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Jiw mikrrfjjpd xypkgpf gzpg

gpupthdJ ejpahtpd xlL nkhjj

MzfSffhd `hffp mzpia xypkgpf

gjff Nkil yfFj jplljjpd fPo (Tops)

NrhjJssJ

212) India Army signed a MOU with SBI

Indian Army signed a memorandum of

understanding (MOU) with the State Bank of

India (SBI) on the Defence Salary Package that

will include free personal accident death free

permanent total disability cover and other

accidental benefits to the deceased soldier and

family

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xggejk

ytr jdpegh tpgjJf fhggPL kwWk

wej giltPuu kwWk mthjk

FLkgjJffhd edikfs Mfpatwiw

csslffpa ghJfhgG Jiw rkgs njhFgG

(Defence Salary Package) FwpjJ ejpa

]Nll tqfpAldhd xggejjjpy ejpa

uhZtk ifnaOjjpllJ

213) Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has

become the First Indian personality to get a

lsquotalking Statuersquo at Madame Tussauds Singapore

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css Nklk Jrhl]py NgRk rpiy

itfFk mej]ijg ngww Kjy ejpa

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214) Spiritual leader Dada JP Vaswani passed

away

Dada JP Vaswani (99) the spiritual leader and

head of Sadhu Vaswani mission in Pune has

passed away in Pune Maharashtra on July 12

2018

He was born in Hyderabad Sindh (Pakistan) on

2nd August 1918 Vaswani was a world renowned

Spiritual leader known for promoting

vegetarianism and animal rights

JP Vaswani was the recipient of the 1998

UThant peace award Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram

Vaswani (TL Vaswani) who founded Sadhu

Vaswani Mission was his Guru

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fhykhdhh

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1998-y toqfggll A jdl rkhjhd

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Mthh

215) 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

The 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention is

being organized by Ministry of External Affairs in

association with the State Government of Uttar

Pradesh in January 2019

Theme of 2019 event is ldquoRole of Indian Diaspora

in building a New Indiardquo

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216) ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo authored by

Tapan

The book ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo has

been authored by Tapan Kumar Chand the

Chairman cum Managing Director of NALCO

The book is recently released by Narendra Singh

Tamar the Union Minister of Mines Rural

Development and panchayat Raj

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ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo vdw Eiy

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mikrrh eNuejpu rpq Njhkh ntspapllhh

217) Government set up task force on ways to

reduce import

The central government has set up a high level

task force under the Chairmanship of cabinet

Secretary PK Sinha to identify various items and

policy interventions to reduce dependence of

import

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mikjjJ muR

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mikjJssJ

218) Worldrsquos first 3D colour X-ray on Human

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Scientists from New Zealand have performed

worldrsquos first ever 3-D colour X-ray on human It

has potential to improve the field of medical

diagnostics

It incorporates particle-tracking technology

called Medipix developed by European

organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

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219) National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

The 4th National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

was held at Indore in Madhya Pradesh

Chhattisgarh won awards in all categories for

excellence in implementing minerals auction

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$llk

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eilngwwJ

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rpwgghd nrayghlbwfhf rjjP]fu vyyhg

gpupTfspYk tpUJfis ntdWssJ

220) Photography ban at protected monuments

lifted

Photography will be allowed in all of the

monuments and archaeological sites

administered by the Archaeological Survey of

India except the mausoleum at Taj Mahal the

Ajanta Caves and the Leh palace

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mspffgglLssJ

221) India and China hold second maritime

security dialogue in Beijing China

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222) Prize for beautification of Railway Station

Balharshah and Chandrapur Railway Stations of

the Central Railway have been awarded the first

prize in Station beautification competition by

government

Madhubani Station of East Central Railway and

Madurai Station of Southern Railway were the

Co-winners of the Second prize

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gpbjjJ

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223) Odisha constitutes Heritage Cabinet

Odisha government constituted a lsquoHeritage

Cabinetrsquo headed by Chief Minister Naveen

Patnaik

lsquoHeritage Cabinetrsquo would aim at protection of

ancient monuments temples and archaeological

sites and take steps to preserve the states

culture language amp literature

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mikjjJ

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224) First Double Stack Dwarf container Service

Indian Railways Introduces first Double Stack

Dwarf Container Service from Rajkot Division

Western Railway with the use of these double-

Stack dwarf containers the cost of the unit will

be significantly reduced

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225) The Central government think tank NITI

Aayog has unveiled the blueprint of lsquoNational

Health Stackrsquo (NHS) a shared digital healthcare

infrastructure

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226) Former Pakistan Prime minister Nawaz

Sharif and his daughter Maryam who are

convicted for corruption were arrested

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227) Centuryrsquos longest total lunar eclipse

Union Ministry of Earth Science has announced

the Centuryrsquos (2001 to 2100) longest total

eclipse of 1 hour 43 minutes will occur on July

27-282018

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228) The Government of India has invited us

President Donal Trump to be chief guest at the

2019 Republic Day Parade

The US is yet to officially accept Indiarsquos invite

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229) Threatening Climate Change to the Nilgiri

tahr

According to recent Study published

international journal Ecological Engineering

Climate Change is threatening the Nilgiri tahr

International Union for conservation of Nature

(IUCN) in its red book has classified Nilgiri Tahr

it as Endangered

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230) 2018 Wimbledon Winners

Women singles - Angelique Kerber

(Germany)

Men singles - Novak Djokovic (Serbian)

Menrsquos Doubles - Mike Bryan (US) and Jack

Sock (US)

Womenrsquos Doubles - Barbora Krejcikova and

Katerina Siniakova from Czhech Republic

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231) Bansagar canal project Inaugurated

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the 171

km long Bansagar canal project to the nation in

Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh on July 15

2018

The project which is a joint venture of Uttar

Pradesh Madhya Pradesh and Bihar It built on

Son River

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232) Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018

Union Ministry of Drinking water and Sanitation

has launched Swachh Survekshan Grameen

2018 in New Delhi

The Programme will rank all states and districts

on the basis of a survey of Public places

Citizenrsquos perspective of cleanliness and their

recommendations

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233) 4th BIMSTEC Summit to be held in

Kathmandu

The fourth edition of Bay of Bengal Initiatives for

Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Co-

operation (BIMSTEC) will be held at Kathmandu

in Nepal from 30 t0 31 August 2018

Nepal is the current chair of BIMSTEC It is

headquartered in Dhaka

Member countries- India Nepal Bhutan

Bangladesh Srilanka Myanmar and Thailand

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234) Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventories

in Asia

In New Delhi Union Minister DrHarsh Vardhan

inaugurates 16th Workshop on Greenhouse Gas

Inventories in Asia

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235) First-ever metal craft exhibition in India

With an aim to promote and preserve the metal

craft tradition of Ladakh the first-ever metal

craft exhibition was held at Chilling village in Leh

district of Jammu amp Kashmir

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236) Kochi Metro Rail Limited opened Indiarsquos

first exquisite air-conditioned bed space

dormitor

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237) World Youth skills Day 15 July In 2014 UN

General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring

15th July as World Youth Skills day

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238) India became Vice-Chair on regional head

of Asia pacific Region of the World Customs

Organisation (WCO)

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239) Resolution 2428 by UN security Council

The UN Security council has adopted a resolution

2428 to impose an arms embargo on South

Sudan The measure will stop the flow of

weapons to armed groups in the country

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240) Hindi Mother tongue of 4363 in India

According to the 2011 census Hindi continue to

be the most spoken language in India with

4363 of the country declaring it their mother-

tongue

Sanskrit was the least spoken of the countryrsquos

22 scheduled languages with just 24821

persons listing it as their mother tongue

The top 5 most spoken language by 2011 census

is (i) Hindi (4363) (ii) Bengali (803) (iii)

Marathi (686) (iv) Telugu (670) (v) Tamil

(570)

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(570) 241) Oldest Narrow- Gauge Rail Line in India

The 33 km Dabhoi-Miyagam line in Gujarat

State Indiarsquos first narrow gauge railway stretch

which started operations in 1862 will be closed

forever The line will be soon converted into

broad gauge

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242) Approval for Chinese Bank in India

Bank of China one of four biggest State-run

Chinese lenders has received in Principal

approval from the Reserve Bank of India to open

branches in India

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243) Private Universities in Tamil Nadu

Two bills adopting the establishment of Shiv

Nadar University and Sai University were passed

in the Tamil Nadu assembly

As per the provisions of two bills adopted in the

assembly the two universities will be self-

financing institutions and would be allowed to

establish constituent colleges Currently there

were no private Universities in Tamil nadu

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244) Committee to review companies Act 2013

The ministry of Corporate Affairs has constituted

a 10 member Committee headed by the Injeti

Srinivas (Secretary of Ministry of Corporate

Affairs) for review of the panel provisions in the

companies Act 2013

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245) 2nd National Tourism conclave organised at

Jaipur in Rajasthan

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246) Madras Music Academy has selected

Carnatic Vocalist Aruna Sairam for this yearrsquos

Sangita Kalanithi award

Mridangam artist Thanjavur R Ramadas and

Vocalist K Omanakutty will receive the Kala

Acharya award

Veena and Nagaswaram players and teachers

Kalyani Ganesan and S R G Rajanna have been

chosen for the TTK awards

Prameela Gurumurthy has been selected for

musicologist award Veteran Danseuse Shanta

Dhananjayan will get Nrithya Kalanithi Award

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247) Kamaraj birthday July 15 is celebrated as

Educational Development Dayrsquo by Tamil Nadu

government

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248) India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror drill

Anti terror drill organised by the Shanghai

Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is scheduled

From August 20-29 at Chelyabinsk City in Russia

India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror SCO drill

along with other member countries Russia

China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Tajikistan and

Uzbekistan

It will be for the first time since Independence

that India and Pakistan will both be a part of

military exercise

Around 200 Army and Air force personal from

India will be participating in the drill called

ldquoPeace Mission 2018rdquo

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249) France wins 21st FIFA world cup Football

title

France has won 21st FIFA world cup football by

defeating Croatia by 4-2 goals in the final match

held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow Russia

on 1572018

It was Francersquos Second world cup crown after it

had own it in 1998 It was Croatiarsquos first world

Cup final appearance Croatia became the lowest

ranked team ever to reach a World Cup Final

France and Croatia belong European Continent

Top 4 teams in 21st FIFA world cup are (i) France

(ii) Croatia (iii) Belgium (iv) England

FIFA Awards for the 2018 world cup

(i) Best player ndash Golden Ball Luka Modric

(Croatia)

(ii) Top Goal scorer ndash Golden Boot Harry Kane

(England)

(iii) Best Goal keeper ndash golden Glove Thibaut

Courtois (Belgium)

(iv) Best Young Player Kylian Mbappe (France)

(v) Fairest Team Spain

(vi) man of the Match (final) Antoine

Griezmann (France)

Captain of France Football team is Hugo Lloris

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250) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar

inaugurated Goa IT Day celebrations in Panaji

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251) Assam government has decided to make

Himadas statersquos brand ambassador for sports

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252) Iceland in UN Human Rights Council

Iceland has taken the seat vacated by United

States at the 47 member UN Human Rights

Council

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253) 64-dish Meer KAT radio telescope

South Africa unveiled new 64-dish Meer KAT

radio telescope that could help unlock the

mysteries of the Universe

Meer KAT will be incorporated into complex

square kilometre Array (SKA) instrument SKA

will be fully operational in the late 2020s to be

most powerful radio telescope in the world

The Meer KAT will be the worldrsquos largest radio

telescope of its kind until the Square kilometre

Array (SKA) has been completed

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254) ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas

Engine

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ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas Engine

from Mahendragiri of Tirunelveli district Vikas

(Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai)

The Vikas Engine is the work shore liquid rocket

engine used to power the second stage of the

ISROrsquos trusted Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

(PSLV)

It is also used in the second stage and also at

the four strap on stages of Geosynchronous

Launch vehicle (GSLV) and in the twin-engine

core liquid stage (L110) of GSLV Mk-111

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255) Global Sugar output Record high

In its latest report the UN body has forecast

world Sugar output to hit a record high at 1876

million tonnes in 2017-18 and Surpass

consumption The anticipated surplus is likely to

the largest in history

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256) Fossil Museum in Ariyalur

The Fossil Museum at Varanavasi near Ariyalur

town is set to open The museum will provide

evidence of the existence of dinosaurs and other

associated reptilians in the Ariyalur region

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257) The madras High court has ruled that there

is no legal obligation on the part of a mother to

disclose the name of the father at the time of

registering her childrsquos birth

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258) Indian farmers fertiliser cooperative limited

(IFFCO) launched a social e-commerce app

called ldquoIFFCO iMandirdquo

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259) 100 public services to be delivered at

doorstep in Delhi

Delhi people will get around 100 public services

including driving licence and caste certificate at

their door step under a proposed scheme of the

Delhi government The scheme was named as

lsquoMobilersquo Sahayaksrsquo

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260) Trump-Putin Summit

Russiarsquos president Vladimir Putin and Americanrsquos

President Donald Trump met at Helsinki capital

of Finland

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261) New Headquarters building of

Archaeological Survey of India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated

lsquoDharohar Bhawanrsquo ndash the new headquarters

building of the Archaeological Survey of India

(ASI) in New Delhi

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262) Per Capita Revenue Collection

Haryana has topped other States in per capita

Revenue Collection in the first Financial year of

the GST regime per Capita revenue collection of

Haryana is Rs 187697month

2nd Position is Uttarakhand 3rd position is

Maharashtra

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263) Digital Health Campaign for Think For

Health

The Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of

India ( (OPPI) launched its digital campaign

Think for Health at its annual summit in New

Delhi

The initiative Think For Health was launched in

Partnership with the Government of Telangana

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264) Government reappoints Anil D

Sahasrabudhe

Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)

has approved renewal of appointment of Prof

Anil D Sahabsrabudhe as the Chairman of the All

India council for Technical Education (AICTE)

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265) 12 new moons discovered around Jupiter

Scientists had discovered 12 new moons around

Jupiter The discoveries bring the number of

Jupiterrsquos known moon to 79 the most around a

single planet in our Solar system

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266) Nelson Mandela International Day July 18

2018 marks the Centenary of the birth of Nelson

Mandela

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267) Rajpurrsquos Swami Vivekananda Airport has

been ranked first in Customer Satisfaction

among 49 airports in the country

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268) LIGO-India Laboratory in Maharashtra

The Government of India (GOI) has given lsquoIn-

Principlersquo approval for construction and operation

of LIGO-India (Laser Interferometer

Gravitational wave observatory in India)

Laboratory in hingoli District of Maharashtra

The LIGO-India Observatory is Scheduled to be

operational in 2024 in Collaboration with the

LIGO Laboratory in United States

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269) Cheapest drinking water in the world

Bihar will soon provide the cheapest drinking

water in the world The first of such a water

project named lsquoSulabh Jalrsquo was launched in

Biharrsquos Darbhanga district

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270) Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)

has organised ldquo Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyanrdquo

campaign in five main stem Ganga basin

States-Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh Bihar

Jharkhand and west Bengal It has been

observed as lsquoShubharambh Saptahrsquo

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271) ldquoPitch Blackrdquo war exercise

The Indian Air force (IAF) is participating in the

Multinational ldquoPitch Blackrdquo warfare exercise

hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force in

Australia

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272) BSE building gets trademark

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has secured a

ldquotrademarkrdquo for its iconic building Phizoze

Jeejeebhoy Towers located in Mumbai

Subsequently the usage of the BSE buildingrsquos

picture will required consent from BSE

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ldquoKjjpiu rpddkrdquo ( trademark)

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273) Central Government announces amnesty

for prisoners to mark Mahatma Gandhirsquos 150th

birth anniversary

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274) New 100 Rs Note

New lavender-coloured Rs100 currency notes

will soon be issued by the Reserve Bank of India

The new note will feature the motif of the lsquoRani

Ki Vavrsquo Stepwell in Gujarat as well as the

Swachh Bharat logo and Slogan

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275) The book ldquoThe House of Islam A global

Historyrdquo has been authored by Islamic radical Ed

Hussain

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276) Athletics World Cup

The USA won the first Athletics World Cup held

in London England Poland and Great Britain

took 2nd and 3rd spot respectively

The Athletics world cup is a team-based

international athletics competition inaugurated in

2018 The inaugural edition had eight national

teams based on world rankings

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277) lsquoAabhaar Aapki Sewa karsquo

The Chhattisgarh government has launched an

online portal and mobile app lsquoAabhaar-Aapki

Seva Karsquo (Gratitude-for your service) to provide

transparency in the pension facility

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278) President has given assent to Assam witch

Hunting (Prohibition Prevention and Protection)

Bill 2015 passed by state Assembly

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279) 2018 NABARD Award

Repco Micro Finance Ltd a non-banking Finance

Company promoted by Repco bank has won the

2018 NABARD award for its service to self-Help

Group (SHG) linkage in Tamil Nadu for the fiscal

year 2017-18

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280) ASI to upgrade Seven monuments in

TamilNadu

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has

planned to upgrade infrastructural and tourist

friendly facilities at seven sites which are

approved under Adarsh Smarak Scheme for

conservation of Monuments in Tamil Nadu

The Monuments are Shore temple

Mamallapuram Gingee Fort kailasanathar

temple Kancheepuram Brihadeswarar temple

Thanjavur Sithananavasal Caves vellore fort

Moovar koil Kodumbalur

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(Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)

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281) Myanmar in International Solar Alliance

Myanmar has joined the India-initiated

International Solar Alliance (ISA) and became

the 68th signatory to the framework Agreement

of the ISA It is headquarters at Gwal Pahari

village in Gurugram Haryana

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282) Scottish site selected for Spaceport

UK space agency has selected site at Sutherland

on ArsquoMhoine peninsula on north Coast of

Scotland for its first Spaceport to launch rockets

vertically and put satellites in orbit

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283) Lakshya sen won gold at Asia Badminton

Junior

Lakshya sen from India has clinched historic

menrsquos singles gold at the Asia Badminton Junior

Championship 2018 in Jakarata

With this he became the 3rd Indian shuttler to

win singles gold at the competition after

Gautham Thakkar and PV Sindhu

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284) Afghan player nominated for the IOC

membership

A young Afghan basketball player Samira

Asghari has been nominated for the

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

membership She is among 9 candidates for

membership of the body in a move to boost

womenrsquos rights

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285) Arman Ali was appointed as Executive

Director of National Centre for promotion of

employment for Disable People (NCPEDP)

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286) Worldrsquos Best Cities Report

According to Travel+ Leisurersquos worldrsquos best cities

report the city of Udaipur has ranked 3rd The

top 2 cities are both in Mexico- San Miguel de

Allende and Oaxaca

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p287) Delhi Dialogue (DDX)

The 10th edition of Delhi Dialogue (DDX) was

held in New Delhi and was hosted by Union

External affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj The

theme for this edition was ldquoStrengthening India-

ASEAN maritime Cooperationrdquo

Delhi Dialogue is premier annual event to

discuss Politico- security economic and Socio-

Cultural engagement between India and the

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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NgrRthujij MFk

288) Central Oil PSUs has signed joint Venture

Pact

In a major initiative to connect all the North-

East States to the National Gas grid the 5

Central oil PSUs -IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL and

NRL have signed a joint venture agreement for

executing the North-East Natural Gas Pipeline

Grid (N-ENGPG) in Guwahati

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289) PATA Gold Award 2018

Sahapediarsquos India Heritage ldquowalk Feterdquo wins

PATA award has been awarded the PATA Gold

Award 2018 for its recently concluded Pon-India

event

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290) Medini Puraskar Yojana

The Environment Ministry re-introduced the

lsquoMedini Puraskar Yojanarsquo a scheme that awards

Indian authors for their original work in Hindi on

environment pollution and climate change

subjects

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291) Student Police Cadet Programme

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has

launched the student police Cadet Programme to

build a bridge between the police and the larger

community though School students by

inculcating values and ethics in them

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292) lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched the

lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo in a bid to make London

the worldrsquos most walkable city

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293) Fugitive Economic offenders Bill 2018

The Parliament passed the Fugitive Economic

Offenders Bill 2018 which will empower

authorities to attach and Confiscate properties

and assets of economic offenders like loan

defaulters and Fraudsters who flee the country

The Cases where the total value involved in such

Scheduled offences is Rs 100 crore or more will

come under its purview

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nraAkgt jggpNahLk nghUshjhu

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Economic offenders Bill 2018)

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294) India-assisted emergency ambulance

Service

Indian prime Minister launched the India-

assisted emergency ambulance Service in

Srilanka through video conferencing from New

Delhi

The inaugural function was scheduled in Jaffna

Srilanka this is the largest Indian project in

Srilanka after Indian housing project

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295) 24-hour helpline for Protection for inter-

caste couples

The Tamil Nadu government has setup a 24-

hour helpline to investigate issues faced by

inter-caste couples and offer them necessary

assistance

A special cell has been formed in all districts and

cities in the State comprising district-level

officers to receive complaints of harassment

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296) India tops skilled visa immigrants list

According to the data released by Australian

Bureau of Statistics for those coming to

Australia on the skilled visa India with 19

people bagged the top rank

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M]jpNuypa Gsspapy nrayfjjpdhy

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M]jpNuypahtpwF tUgtufspy ejpah

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297) Padhe Bharat-Badhe Bharat

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

has announced lsquoPadhe Bharat-Badhe Bharatrsquo an

initiative to promote the reading culture among

students The initiative has launched under

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo

Under this initiative the government will give an

annual library grant to schools

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo is an overarching programme

for school educating extending from primary to

class 12 which was introduced in the Union

Budget 2018-19

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kKawrp njhlqfgglLssJ

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lsquorkfuh rpfhrsquo 2018-2019 Mk Mzbd

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jpllkhFk J Mukgf fytp Kjy 12-Mk

tFgG tiu gssp fytpffhf

cUthffggll jpllkhFk

298) Miss Asia (Deaf) 2018

Deshna Jain who is from Madhya Pradesh has

been crowned the 2018 Miss Asia (Deaf) title

and also she was the 3rd in the 2018 Miss

international (Deaf)

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n[apd 2018-ffhd lsquokp] Mrpahrsquo thf (fhJ

NfshNjhh) kFlk llgglLsshh th

fhJ NfshNjhUffhd lsquokp] dluNedhy

lsquo Nghlbapy 3tJ lk gpbjjhh

299) South East Asiarsquos first Centre for Climate

Change

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (NABARD) has launched the South

East Asiarsquos First-ever centre for Climate change

in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

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கிராம tshrrpfFkhd Njrpa tqfp

(NABARD) njhlqfpAssJ

300) System of Air Quality and weather

Forecasting

Dr Harsh Vardhan the Union Environment

Minister has launched a advanced State-of-the-

art Air Quality and weather forecast System

called SAFAR (System of Air Quality and

Weather Forecasting) in Delhi

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mikgG

kjjpa RwWroy mikrrh Dr `h

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Weather Forecasting) vdw mjpetPd fhwwpd

juk kwWk thdpiy KdfzpgG mikgig

nlyypapy mwpKfggLjjpitjjhh

301) Odisha police has launched a drive to bust

an international syndicate that peddles

lsquoendangeredrsquo pangolin

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Nkhrbia Kwpabggjwfhfgt xbrh

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302) According to Public Affairs Index (PAI) for

2018 Kerala stands as the best-governed State

in the country followed by Tamil Nadu

Telangana

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303) Typhoon Ampil has recently hit Chinese

Financial hub Shunghai and disrupted transport

and shipping

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rPdhtpd epjpikakhd hqfhia jhffpgt

NghfFtujJ kwWk fggy Nritia

ghjpjjJ

304) lsquoe -Pragati Core initiativersquo

The Andhra Pradesh government has launched

lsquoe-Pragati core initiativersquo to provide integrated

Service to citizens It will act as a platform to

connect all departments and Stand alone to

resolve the issue

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FbkffSfF xUqfpizej Nritfis

toqFtjwfhf Mejpu khepy muR e-gpufjp

Kjdik jsjij (e -Pragati Core initiativersquo)

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305) Tribal Atlas of Odisha

Odisha government has unveiled First-ever

Tribal Atlas of Odisharsquo a compilation of

demographic and Cultural information of the

tribal population in the State It is first of its kind

Compilation in the country

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ntspaplggll Kjy njhFgG JthFk

306) Justice Tahira Safdar has been named as

the new Chief justice of the Balochistan High

court with this She will become the first-ever

female high court chief Justice in Pakistan

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307) The NASA has launched lsquoRemote sensing

Toolkitrsquo to promote commercial use of satellite

data

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njhlqfpAssJ

308) Rajiv Gauba Committee

The Union Government has constituted a high

level committee to suggest laws against mob

lynching and Violence The committee is headed

by the Rajiv Gauba

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309) MicroDot Technology

The Indian government has announced the

launch of a new MicroDot Technology that would

help check on vehicle theft

Under this thousands of small dots laser etched

will be sprayed with a vehicle identification

number on all over the vehiclersquos body including

its engine

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njspffggLk

310) The book ldquoThe Dhoni Touch Unravelling

the Enigma That is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquo has

been authored by Bharat Sundaresan

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is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquovdw Eiy guj

RejNurd vOjpAsshh

311) Chennia is going to host the world Junior

Squash Championship 2018

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2018 Nghlbia nrdidapy elffTssJ

312) First person to Ski down the K2

Polandrsquos Andrzej Bargiel became the First person

to Ski down the worldrsquos 2nd highest mountain K2

peak

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313) Alize cornet of France won the Swiss open

Tennis title

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Xgd nlddp] glljij ntdwhh

314) State Bank of India organized a nation

wide Kisan Mela as an outreach programme for

farmers and to impart Financial literacy

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Nksh tptrhapfis nrdwilAk tifapy

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jpllkhf VwghL nraagglLssJ

315) ldquoWarlightrdquo in the Man Booker Prize list

Srilankan born Canadian author Michael

Ondaatje has again made the Man Booker Prize

list with his latest novel lsquoWarlightrdquo Recently his

work was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize

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316) Sitamarhi became the first open defecation

free district in Bihar

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KjyhtJ jpwej ntspf fopggiwapyyh

khtllk MFk

57) Shale in Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules

1959

Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has

amended Petroleum and natural Gas Rules 1959

to include Shale in the definition of Petroleum

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1959

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thAtpid Nruggjwfhf kjjpa nglNuhypa

kwWk awif thA tpjpfsgt 1959-id

kjjpa nglNuhypa kwWk awif VupthA

mikrrfk jpUjjp mikjJssJ

318) Prime Ministers tour of three-nations in

Africa

PM Narendra Modi is on a three nation tour to

the African countries including Rwanda Uganda

amp South Africa

Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime

minister to visit Rwanda he gifted 200 cows as

part of Rwanda governmentrsquos Girinka

programme India decided to gift a cancer

therapy machine to the Uganda

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RwWggazk

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csspll dW ehLfSfF RwWggazk

NkwnfhzLsshu

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murpd fpupqfh jplljjpd xU gFjpahf 200

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nraJssJ

319) The Ministry of women and child

Development has launched a contest ldquoChildline

1098rdquo to spread awareness on human trafficking

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VwgLjJtjwfhfgt ngzfs kwWk Foeij

eyd mikrrfkhdJ ldquoChildline 1098rdquo vdw

Nghlbia eljjpaJ

320) 10th edition of BRICS Summit in

Johannesburg

South Africa is hosting the 10th edition of BRICS

summit 2018 in Johannesburg with theme

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution

The member nations are Brazil Russia India

China amp South Africa

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BRICS mikggpd 10tJ khehLgt

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ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution vdgjhFk

321) The 3rd edition of Kabira festival 2018 will

be held in Varanasi to celebrate the spirit of 15th

century mystic poet Kabir

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Mwwiy nfhzlhLk tpjkhf fgPuh

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322) World Bankrsquos internal award to ICZM

Indiarsquos Integrated Coastal Zone Management

(ICZM) project has won the World Bankrsquos

internal award for exceptional performance in

achieving many development goals

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Management -ICZM) jpllkgt gy NkkghlLf

FwpfNfhsfis rhjpjJf fhlba g+utkhd

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tpUjpid ntdWssJ

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Also he has ordered drug screening to be

mandatorily done in all cases of recruitment and

promotions

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Kjytu cjjutplLsshu

92) Uttam Dhillon an Indian- American top

white house lawyer has been appointed as the

new acting administrator of the Drug

Enforcement Agency of USA

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Gjpa jiytuhfgt ntsis khspifapd

jj toffwpQuhd ejpa tkrhtspia

Nrhej lsquocjjk jpyyhdrsquo mthfs NjhT

nraagglLsshh

93) Icebergs to be towed from Antarctica to

United Arab Emirates for drinking water

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[ffpa mNugpa vkpufk

94) Brazil become highest scoring team in FIFA

World cup History

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rhjid

95) Rajasthan government launched lsquoAnnapurna

Doodh Yojnarsquo Scheme The scheme will provide a

glass of milk to School students

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khzthfSfF ghy toqFk ldquomddg+udh

Jj Nah[dhrdquo jplljij njhlqfpaJ

96) Genome valley 20 in Telangana

Telangana Government has signed

memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with

Singapore based engineering amp consulting firm

Surbana Jurong for preparing roadmap for

Genume valley 20

Genome valley is Indiarsquos first organized pharma-

biotech cluster for life science RampD activities and

largest life science destination in Asia

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ifnaOjjplLssJ

[PNdhk Ntyp 20 vdgJ thofif mwptpay

gwwpa Muharrp kwWk tsurrp

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Kjy xOqfikffggll ghukh capuZj

jpus MFk NkYk J Mrpahtpy

kpfgngupa thofif mwptpay yffhFk

97) The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and

Customs (CBIC) has launched a mobile app lsquoGST

verifyrsquo to protect interest of consumers It is an

android app to verify if the person collecting GST

from the consumer is eligible to collect it or not

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kjjpa kiwKf thpfs kwWk Rqf thp

thhpakhdJ (CBIC) lsquoGST verifyrsquo nraypia

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yiyah vdW rupghufFk

98) Design University for gaming in

Visakhapatnam

The Andhra Pradesh government and the

delegates of United Nations Educational

Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

have recently signed a pact for the

establishment of a Gaming Digital Learning Hub

in the state

As per agreement UNESCO will soon set up the

Design University for gaming in Visakhapatnam

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tbtikgG gyfiyffofk

Mejpu khepy muRkgt [eh fytpgt mwptpay

kwWk gzghlL mikggpd (UNESCO)

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tpisahlLffhd kpddZ fwwy ikajij

(Gaming Digital Learning Hub) epWTtjwfhd

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xggejjjpdgb (UNESCO) MdJ

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tpisahlLffhd tbtikgG

gyfiyffofjij epWTk

99) Maharashtra Government has signed MOU

with Multi Commodity Exchange of India limited

to Launched Cotton Mission to empower Cotton

Farmers in the state

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ejpa gynghUs gupkhwW tujjfjJld

kfhuhbuh murpd GhpeJzuT

ifnaOjjhdjpd yk njhlqfggllJ

100) The National Security Guard (NSG) will be

the first central paramilitary force to opt for e-

ticketing instead of the railway warrant A

railway warrant is a voucher issued for train

travel at subsidized rates

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gazrrPlLfF (e-ticket) khWk Kjy kjjpa

Jiz uhZtg gil Njrpa ghJfhgGg

gil MFk uapyNt gaz MizrPlL

vdgJ uapy gazjjpwfhf toqfggLk

khdpa tpiy gazrrPllhFk

101) The Ministry of Coal has launched the Goal

Mine Surveillance and Management System

(CMSMS) and lsquoKhan Praharirsquo mobile application

in New Delhi

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Nkyhzik mikgG (CMSMS) kwWk Khan

Praharirsquo vdw miyNgrp nrayp Mfpatwiw

kjjpa epyffhp mikrrk GJ nlyypapy

mwpKfk nrajJ

102) India will operate the Mattala Rajapaksa

International Airport as a Srilanka-India joint

Venture at Hambantota in Srilanka

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Kawrpahf affTssd

103) lsquoPoshan Abhiyanrsquo and lsquoPurnarsquo project to

eradicate malnutrition

The Gujarat government launched a statewide

mission lsquoPoshan Abhiyanrsquo to eradicate

malnutrition among children by providing them

nutritious food through Anganwadi centers

The State government has also launched lsquoPurnarsquo

project to eliminate malnutrition among

Adolescent girls

The Nation wide National Nutrition mission

(Poshan Abiyan) was launched by

Prime Minister in Rajasthan

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njhlqfpAssJ

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gpujkuhy njhlqfggllJ

104) The Uttarakhand High Court has recently

declared the ldquoentire animal kingdom including

avian and aquaticrdquo as legal entities with a

distinct personal and corresponding rights

duties and liabilities of a living person

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105) Milan Shankar Tare a Fisherman from

Maharashtrarsquos Palghar district has been selected

for this yearrsquos National Maritime Search and

Rescue Award

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Nrhej kPdtu rqfu jhNu tthzLffhd

Njrpaf flytop NjLjy kwWk kPlGffhd

tpUJfFj NjuenjLffgglLsshu

106) Rajasthan government clarifies on

reservation

The Rajasthan government has clarified that five

castes Gujjars Baldia Rebari Gadalia and

Gadaria Under the most backward Classes

(MBC) are also entitled into the 21 Quota

under the OBC category for admission to

educational institution and recruitment in

government jobs in the state

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gpuptpdUfF ju gpwgLjjggll tFggpd

(OBC) fPo fytp epWtdqfs kwWk

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Mfpatwwpy 21 lxJffPL mspggijj

njspTgLjjpaJ

107) The Uttar Pradesh government launched

lsquoCommercial Tax at your door stepsrsquo on the

occasion of GST day celebration

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nfhzlhlljjpd NghJ mwpKfggLjjpaJ

108) The department of Empowerment of

Persons with disabilities under the ministry of

social Justice and Empowerment organized a

ldquoNational Workshop on Skill Development for

persons with Disabilitiesrdquo in New Delhi

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Nkkghlbwfhd Njrpa gapwrpgglliwrsquo GJ

jpyypapy eljjggllJ

109) Mahi Talat Siddiqui a Muslim woman from

Kanpur has translated the text of Ramayana into

Urdu

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rpjjpf uhkhazjij cUJ nkhopapy

nkhopkhwwk nraJsshh

110) The Chhattisgarh government will set up a

tribal museum in the Statersquos upcoming new

capital Naya Raipur

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cUthfp tUk eah uhag+h efhpy mkkhepy

murhy goqFbapd mUqfhlrpafk

mikffggl cssJ

111) CIMON the 1st Robot with Artificial

Intelligence to fly in Space

CIMON or Crew Interactive Mobile Companion

become the first artificial intelligence robot

companion in Space It is an English Speaking

robot

It was launched by Space x Falcon 9 rocked to

International Space station

It was launched from Florida The CIMON robot

from the German space Agency is meant to

Assist German Astronaut Alexander Gerst in

international Space station

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EzzwpT nfhzl NuhNghlCIMON

CIMON (Crew Interactive Mobile Companion)

tpzntspfF mDgggll Kjy nrawif

EzzwpT nfhzl NuhNghl MFk ]Ngh]

vf] ghyfhd vdw uhfnfl yk

rhtNjr tpzntsp epiyajJfF

GNshhplhtpypUeJ mDgggllJ

112) The 17th World Tamil Internet Conference

held in Coimbatore under the theme

lsquoIntellectual Tamil Search Enginesrdquo

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113) With 226 Lakh Crore Rupees Collection of

GST Tax Tamilnadu in 4th place

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114) NTA to hold NEET JEE twice a year from

2019

Human Resource Development Minister Prakash

Javadekar announced that JEEE Mains and NEET

the two national level engineering and medical

entrance examinations will be held twice a year

from 2019 by a newly formed National Testing

Agency (NTA)

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eljJk

115) Sri Lanka Movie lsquoThe Frozen firersquo

For the first time in the history of Srilankan film

industry a movie from the Srilanka ldquoThe Frozen

firerdquo directed by Anuruddha Jaya Sing he will

enter in mainstream lsquobest picturersquo category of

Oscars 2019

The film Outlines the Wijeweerarsquos life the

founding leader of the JVP (or) Peoplersquos

Liberation Front

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116) International Day of Cooperatives-July 7

International Day of Co-operative was observed

on 7thJuly The theme for 2018 is ldquoSubtainable

Societies through Cooperationrdquo

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117) Koala bear genome decoded

Koala bear genome decoded successfully Koala

native to Australia is classified as Vulnerable by

the International union for Conservation of

Nature (IUCN)

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118) ldquoOne person one Carrdquo policy by west

Bengal

West Bengal set a ldquoOne person One carrdquo policy

for ministers and bureaucrats and mandated

economy class for all domestiv air travel in a bid

to cut Costs incurred by the State government

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119) The Cheetah 3 robot developed by

engineers at the America MIT Which is blind

robot

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120) Indiarsquos First Taxi ambulance

Indiarsquos First Taxi ambulance service was flagged

off by Union Minister for Road Transport and

Highways Nithin Gadkari in NewDelhi

A Start-up named Wagon Cab has launched this

service with drivers who are trained medically

keeping in mind the increasing number of

accidents

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121) Hindu Women to contest the Provincial

Assembly election in Pakistan

Sunita Parmar a Hindu woman in Sindh

province has created history by becoming the

first from the minority community to contest the

provincial assembly election in Pakistan

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122) Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the 3rd

Indian Cricketer to reach the coveted milestone

of playing 500 international matches

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123) Justice Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair

Radhakrishnan has been Sworn in as new Chief

Justice of the Hyderbad High court For the state

of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in Hyderbad

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124) 17th World Sanskrit Conference held in

Vancouver Canada

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125) Dipa Karmakar won gold medal

Dipa Karmakar Clinched the gold medal in the

vault event of FIG Artistic Gymnastic World

Challenge Cup at Mersin Turkey

She is First Indian to win gold in Gymnastic

World Challenge Cup

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126) Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel has been

appointed the new Chairperson of the National

Green Tribunal (NGT)

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127) Researches have created the worldrsquos first

Rhino Embryos in a test tube

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giljJssdh

128) The Union Ministry of Environment Forests

and Climate Change declared the 438sqkm of

area around Mudumalai Tiger Reserve as an Eco-

Sensitive Zone

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129) The Civil Aviation Research Organisation

(CARO) will be set up by AAI

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will set up

a state-of- the -art Civil Aviation Research

organisation (CARO) at Begumpet Airport

Hyderabad

It is to find indigenous solutions to meet the

challenges posed by the growing air traffic and

for enhancing safety Capacity and efficiency of

aircraft operations in the country

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mikffTssJ

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ej mikgig mikffTssJ

130) International Round Table Conference on

ldquoData for New Indiardquo

The International Round Table Conference on

ldquoData for New Indiardquo has organised by the

ministry of Statistics and programme

Implementation was held in New Delhi in 9-10th

July 2018 The conference was inaugurated by

DVSadananda Gowda

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jftyrdquo (Data for New Indiardquo) vDk

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nfslh njhlqfpitgghh

131) Sambalpur in East Coast Railway division

becomes first to eliminate All unmanned level

crossings in India

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132) Golden Man Booker International Prize

2018

SriLanka -born Canadian literacy icon Michael

ondaatjersquos lsquoThe English Patientrsquo has won the

special one-off Golden Man booker prize at the

Southbank centre in London

The Prize was instituted as part of Celebrations

to mark the Bookerrsquos having completed 50 years

and the one-off award was voted by the public

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133) Justice L Narasimha Reddy has been

appointed the Chairman of the Central

Administrative Tribunal (CAT)

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134) Railways to introduce Sri Ramayana

Express

Indian Railways is planning to introduce a

unique pilgrim train Sri Ramayana Express on

the Ramayana Circuit to cover the major

destinations related to the Hindu epic

The train may start its operations beginning

November 142018 from New Delhi It will make

its first halt in Ayodhya and the final halt in

Rameshwaram

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cssJ

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135) Indiarsquos 2nd Transgender Lawyer SViji

SViji becomes Indiarsquos 2nd transgender lawyer

She is from Thoothukudi She enrolled herself in

Bar Council of Tamilnadu and Puducherry

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nraJsshh

136) TamilNadu government is going to set up a

route to transport wind mill power from

Kayathar in Thoothukudi district to other State

with the estimate of 2600 crore

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137) Tamil Nadu assembly passes Lokayukta Bill

The Tamil Nadu assembly in 972018 passed

the Lokayukta Bill to inquire into charges of

corruption against Chief minister ministerrsquos

MLAs and government officials

Personnel and administrative reforms minister

DJayakumar introduced the Bill in the assembly

Maharashtra was the first state to introduce the

institution of Lokayukta

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Jiw mikrru bn[aFkhh jhffy

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138) lsquoCompulsory Retirementrsquo to up Employees

Uttar Pradesh government is planning to give a

ldquoCompulsory retirementrdquo to employees aged 50

years and above if they are found neglecting

their duties

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139) Provide Free treatment to poor in Delhi

Private hospital Supreme court

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Supreme Court said that all private hospitals in

the Delhi which were given land on

Concessional rate must provide free treatment

to certain percentage of poor patient

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140) Kasturirangan Committee tasked with

drafting a new education policy has got third

extension from the HRD Ministry

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141) Special Lifetime Achievement Award to

THVinayakram

The music academy announced a special lifetime

Achievement award to be conferred on ghatam

maestro TH Vinayakram foundly known as

lsquoVikkursquo Vinayakram

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142) The book ldquoWinning like Souravrdquo Think amp

Succeed like Gangulyrdquo has been authored by

Abhirup Bhattacharya

ldquoWinning like Souravrdquo Think amp Succeed like

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vOjpAsshh

143) Indiarsquos First biofortified Sorghum (Jowar)

namedrsquoParbhani Shaktirsquo containing higher iron

and zinc than regular Surghum was formally

launched

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144) 6th World Cities Summit 2018

The Sixth World Cities Summit was held in

Singapore Its theme was ldquoLiveable amp

Substaniable Cities Embracing the future

through Innovation and Collaborationrdquo

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ldquoLiveable amp Substaniable Cities Embracing the

future through Innovation and Collaborationrdquo

145) 67th Meeting of North Eastern Council

The 67th meeting of North Eastern Council was

held in Shillong Meghalaya It was Chaired by

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh

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146) BSNL Unveils internet telephony service

wings

State-Owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar

Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced the soft

launch of its first telephony service wings in

India to be rolled out from August 2018

Through wings the customer can make or

receive calls by using internet service of any

operator

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147) Oldest Indian Woman to complete an

Ironman Triathlon

Anju Khosla (52) has become the oldest Indian

woman to complete an Ironman Triathlon which

is one of the toughest one-day sporting events

It comprises swimming bicycle ride and

Marathon run6

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148) Second Indian to Climb worldrsquos highest

Volcano

Satyarup Siddhanta has become Second Indian

mountaineer after Malli Mastan Babu to Climb Mt

Ojos del Salado (6893m) the highest volcano in

the world on Argentina- Chile border

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ngwWsshu

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gFjpapy cssJ 149) Government announced the names of six

ldquoinstitute of eminencerdquo

Central government announced the names of six

ldquoinstitute of eminencerdquo three each from the

public and private sectors

The six institutes are

i) IISc ii) IIT Delhi

iii) IIt Bombay iv) JIO Institute

v) BITS Pilani

(vi) Manipal Academy of Higher Education

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

released its ranking of National institutes for

2018 The top three ranks are

i) Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru

ii) IIT Madras

iii) IIT Bombay

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(iii) IIb Kkig

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150) After two-year Turkey to end state of

emergency The president of Turkey is Recep

Tayyip Erdugan

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151) All twelve members of a boyrsquos football

team and their coach have been rescued in

1072018 after being trapped in a cave in

Thailand for 18 days

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152) Worldrsquos largest Cellphone Factory in Noida

Samsung opens worldrsquos largest phone factory in

Noida The worldrsquos largest mobile Factory was

launched at Noida in Uttarpradesh by Narendra

Modia and South Korean president moon Jae-in

The Unit will have a Capacity of Fabricationg 12

Crore phones a year

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153) The first-ever lsquoIndia Taurism Mart (ITM) rsquo

will be hosted by Ministry of Tourism in New

Delhi from 16th to 18th September 2018

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154) Mobile help centre ldquoSaathirdquo For Amarnath

Yatra Pilgrims

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has

launched a mobile help centre lsquoSaathirsquo to reach

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out to people undertaking the annual pilgrimage

holy cave shrine of Amarnath

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155) ADB approves project of Sun Canal in Bihar

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has

approved project of Sun Canal in Shahabad-

Bhojpur region of Bihar

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156) Gujarart Government grants religious

minority Status of Jews

Gujarat Governement granted religious minority

status to Jews living in the state with this

Gujarat became the third state in India to grant

religious minority Status to Jews after

westBengal and Maharashtra

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157) Dipika Pallikal will represent Asia

Indiarsquos Squash player Dipika Pallikal has been

appointed as Asiarsquos representative in the

prestigious Athlete Advisory commission of the

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGf) The

appointment was mady by the CGF

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158) The Odisha government has partnered with

tata Trust for development of Cancer care

facilities in the State

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159) Scientists discover worldrsquos oldest biological

colour

Scientists have discovered the worldrsquos oldest

colour that is bright pink

The pigments were discovered after researchers

crushed 11 billon year old rock found in a

marine shale deposit beneath the Sahara desert

in Mauritania west Africa

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160) Australian researchers have uncovered the

worldrsquos oldest biological colour

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161) First time in history Rajya Sabha Signs

MOU with a foreign Counterpart

Rajya Sabha has for the first time in 76 years

since it came into being entered into

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a

foreign Counterpart for promoting inter-

Parliamentar dialogue

Venkaiah Naidu has become the first chairman

of Rajya Sabha to sign such an lsquoagreement when

he inked an MOU with the visiting president of

the Senate of Rwanda

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162) Turkey will sell four Corvette warships to

Pakistan which will be the countryrsquos largest

single export deal Turkey signed a

memorandum of understanding to build four

Corvettes for Pakistan Under the MILGEM Project

last year

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163) Team India Opener Rohit Sharma has

become the first Indian Cricketer to Smash three

Centuries in T20 International Cricket

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164) Train 18 Made in India 160 kmph train

Indiarsquos indigenously manufactured Semi-high

speed train code-named Train 18 (Train 2018)

is expected to be rolled out in September

The train built by Integral Coach Factory (ICF)

of Chennai to promote Make in India is capable

of running at a speed of 160km per hour

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165) Andhra Pradesh tops in ldquoEase of Doing

Businessrdquo

Andhra Pradesh has topped the third edition of

the governmentrsquos lsquoEase of Doing Businessrsquo index

for states This is the second time in a row that

Andhra achieved the first rank

Telangana and Haryana in second and third

spots Tamilnadu in 15th position

i) Andhra Pradesh ii) Telangana iii) Haryana iv)

Jharkand v) Gujarath

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166) 22nd International Conference on

Nonferrous Minerals and Metals 2018 held at

Ranchi Jharkhand

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167) Meghalaya government introduces Draft

policy known as ldquoJackfruit Missionrdquo during the

first ever Jackfruit festival

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168) China Launches two remote sensing

Satellites for Pakistan

China Successfully launched two remote sensing

Satellites PRSS-1 and PAKTES-1A for Pakistan

on board of Long March-2C rocket from Jicquan

Satellite Launch Centre

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169) China said it has clinched a deal with India

on the reduction of Import duties on Indian

medicines including anti-cancer drugs

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170) Rajya Sabha members can use all 22

Scheduled Languages

From the forth coming Monsoon Session of

parliament Rajya Sabha Mps will be able to

speak in the house in any of the 22 Indian

languages listed in the 8th Schedule of the

Constitution

Of the 22 scheduled languages Rajya Sabha has

earlier established simultaneous interpretation

service for 12 language

The Rajya Sabha Secretariat has arranged for

simultaneous interpretation facility for ten more

languages- Dugri Kashmiri Kunkani Santhali

Sindhi Bodu Maithili Manipuri Marathi and

Nepali

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171) South Korean President in India

South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived

India for his four-day visit India and South

Korea singed 11 agreements including in the

areas of trade cultural and Scientific and

technological Cooperation

Capital-Seoul

Prime Minister ndash Lee Nak-yeon

Continent -Asia

Currecny -Won

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172) India becomes worldrsquos sixth largest

economy

World Bank Figuresrsquos for 2017 says that Indian

economy has now become worldrsquos sixth biggest

pushing France to Seventh place The US leads

the table as the biggest economy followed by

China Japan Germany and Britain

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173) World Population Day-11 July

The world Population day is observed across the

world on July 11 The world population day was

established by the then Governing Council of the

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

in 1989

The theme for the World Population Day 2018 is

ldquoFamily Planning is a Human Rightrdquo

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174) The 30th International Mango Festival was

held in New Delhi

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175) Ram Nath Kovind announces four

nominations to Rajya Sabha

President Ram Nath Kovind has nominated 4

Rajya Sabha members viz former MPRam

Shakal Sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra classical

dancer Sunal Mansingh Rakesh Sinha

Raghunath Mohapatra is an internationality

renowned sculptor famous for his stone

carvings

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176) Global Innovation Index 2018

The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2018 has

ranked India as the 57th most innovative nation

in the world The country has improved its

ranking up to 3 places from its 60th position in

2017

Top 5 Countries are (1) Switzerland (2)

Netherland (3) Sweden (4) UK (5) Singapore

The G11 global ranking is published by World

Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) -a

specialized agency of United nations

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177) lsquoI am not afraid of Englishrsquo

Haryana has launched lsquoI am not afraid of

Englishrsquo initiative to make primary school

students fluent in English

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178) IWF Junior World Weightlifting

Championships 2018

Indian woman lifter Jhilli Dalabehera has bagged

the bronze medal in the 2018 IWF Junior World

Weightlifting Championships at Tashkent

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179) Kutchi New year

Kutchi Community celebrates its new year on

Aashadhi Beej which falls in month of Ashada

(JuneJuly)

As for people of Kutch this day is associated

with beginning of rains in Kutch Gujarat

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180) DrSandeep Sancheti Vice Chancellor of

SRM Institute of Science and Technology has

assumed charge as the president of the

Association of Inidan Universities (AIU) New

Delhi

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181) INS Sumitra enters Indonesiarsquos Sabang

Part

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Indian Warship INS Sumitra which was on

mission in Malacca straits entered port of

Sabang in Indonesia

This is the first time that an Indian Naval ship

has visited the port of Sabang

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fggyhfpAssJ 182) FSSAI has launched ldquoThe Eat Right

Movementrdquo

The food safety and standards Authority of India

(FSSAI) has launched ldquoThe Eat Right Movementrdquo

to empower the citizens by improving their

health and well-being It is a platform to provide

credible information to help make informed and

healthful eating choices The main purpose of

the project is to reduce salt sugar and saturated

fat in packaged food products

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183) Broadcasting content complaints council

(BCCC)

Udhay Kumar Varma has been appointed as

new member of Broadcasting content complains

council (BCCC)

The BCCC is an independent self-regulatory body

set up by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation

(IBF) in June 2011to look into complaints

pertaining to all non-news general entertainment

channel in India

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184) Lonely planetrsquos best Asia destinations list

One of the Hottest Biodiversity Hotspots and

UNESCO world Heritage site the western Ghats

has come fourth in the list of Lonely planetrsquos

ldquo2018 Best in Asiardquo list

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185) India-South Korea Technology Exchange

Centre inaugurated in New Delhi by Central

Minister of MSME Giriraj Singh

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186) UN Security Council adopts Resolution

2427 to protect children in armed conflict

The United Nations Security Council has adopted

Resolution 2427 aimed at providing legal

framework for mainstream protection rights

well-being and empowerment of children

throughout the conflict cycle

The resolution Strongly condemns recruitment

and use of children in armed conflicts killing and

rape abductions

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187) Himachal Pradesh government announced

a project to setup a cow sanctuary act Kotla

Barug

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188) Vice president M Venkaiah Naidu

inaugurated the Indian Intraculare Implant and

Refractive Surgery Convention 2018 held in

Chennai

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189) UK Launched New Visas

The UK has launched new visas that will be open

to overseas Scientists and researchers including

Indians to encourage growth of the countryrsquos

research sector

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190) Indiarsquos latest Frontline warship INS Trikand

has reached Srilanka in a goodwill visit

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191) RBI cancels license of Alwar Urban Co-

operative Bank

The Reserve bank of India has cancelled the

license of Alwar Urban Co-operative Bank LTD

Alwar Rajastan to carry on banking business

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192) For the first time in Tamil nadu Centre for

excellence in traditional flowers to come up in

Madurai

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193) Formalin- laced Fish create Scare across

India after the ban of fishes Assam Manipur etc

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194) lsquoAnna Canteensrsquo in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh Government launched lsquoAnna

Canteenrsquo where breakfast lunch and dinner

would be offered at Rs5 each

The lsquoAnna Canteenrsquo named after the NT Rama

Rao

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195) lsquoOne Farmer one transformerrsquo Scheme

In order to reduce electricity losses the

Maharashtra government will next month launch

a new scheme lsquoOne farmer one Transformerrsquo

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196) Goa University discovered a Pigment that

may help fight against Cancer

Goa University announced the discovery of a

new pigment from Local wild Mushrooms that

may help fight against Cancer

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The chemical nature of the brown or black

Colour Pigment in wild edible mushrooms lsquoRoen

alamis or Termitomycesrsquo Species has a new

Sulphur-rich melanin pigment

The Goa University has declared it as Worldrsquos

first Sulphur-rich edible melanin

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197) Seema Darshanrsquo Project

Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani has given in principal

approval for the 39 Crore rupees lsquoSeema

Darshanrsquo or lsquoBorder tourismrsquo project

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198) The ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

(MOHUA) has launched a technology challenge

on identifying Solutions and promoting suitable

techniques for cleaning of Sewage Systems The

Objective is eliminating human entry into septic

tanks and manholes

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199) Indiarsquos First Private UAV amp LBPV factory to

come up in Kota

Indiarsquos First private Sector unit for

manufacturing unmanned air vehicles (UAV) and

light bullet proof vehicles (LBPV) will be set up

under lsquoMake in Indiarsquo initiative of the Union

government by DCM Shriram Industries Group in

Kota

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200) Rajasthan Government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft

The Rajasthan government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft to provide free digital training to

9500 students of 50 government colleges in a

year It will also train 500 faculty members

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201) In a first Indian Naval aircraft deployed fro

RIMPAC exercise

For the first time Indian Navyrsquos Long Range

Maritime Patrol Aircraft Boeing P-8I (Poseidon

Eight India) from Indian Naval Ship (INS) Rajali

has inducted for participating in the 26th edition

of RIMPAC-18 the Rim of the Pacific

multinational Naval exercise During the

exercise In P8I will be operating from Joint

Airbase Hickam Honolulu in Hawaii

This is the first time ever that an Indian Naval

aircraft has traversed so far east into the pacific

It is the First IN aircraft to cross the

International Date line

RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific Exercise) is the

wolrdrsquos largest international maritime warfare

exercise It is hosted and administered by the

United States Navyrsquos pacific feet headquartered

at Pearl Harbor

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202) India becomes 69th Shareholder of

European Bank for reconstruction amp

development (EBRD) paving the way for more

joint investment with Indian companies across

the bankrsquos regions of operation

EBRD headquartered in London Suma

Chakrabarti is the president of EBRD

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203) Indiarsquos genetically modified crop area fifth

largest in world

India becomes worldrsquos fifth largest area

cultivated under genetically modified (GM) crops

in 2017 according to the International service for

the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications

(ISAAA) report

From the report (i) America (ii) Brazil (iii)

Argentina (iv) Canada (v) India

Indiarsquos entire GM crop area is under single crop

BT cotton

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204) 2+2 ministeria dialogue

India is going to host inaugural 2+2 dialogue

with united States in September in New Delhi

lsquo2+2 dialoguersquo is an interaction between the

foreign and defence minister of the

twocountries

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205) Mukesh Ambani overtook Alibaba Group

Founder Jackma to become Asiarsquos richest

person according to a report by Blumberg

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206) First Indian women to win gold in world U-

20 Athletics Championships

Hima Das became the First Indian Women to

clinch a gold medal at a global event the world

under-20 Championships

Das clinched the top spot in the womenrsquos 400m

final race at the IAAF wordl under-20 Athletics

Championships in Tampere Finland

Hima Das Clocked 5146 seconds to win gold

She belongs to State of Assam

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207) Coimbatore doctor to head worldrsquos top

body of Spine Surgeons

Coimbatore-based orthopaedic and Spine

Surgeon SRajasekaran who is Chairman of the

Department of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery

at Ganga Hospital has been selected Chairman

of the international board of Aospine the worldrsquos

largest body of Spine Surgeons

DrRajasekaran is the first person to elected

from Asia region to this prestigious position

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208) 25000 plus two students to be trained to

take CA exams

Minister for School Education KA Sengottaiyan

Said that 25000 plus two students in

government schools will be trained over to take

up entry level examination for Chartered

Accountancy course Classes will be conducted

by 500 CAS once a week

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209) Two Indian-origin women of Forbes list of

Americarsquos richest self-made women

Two Indian-origin technology executives

JayShree Ullal and Neerja Sethi have made it to

the Forbes list of Americarsquos 60 richest self-made

women

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210) DrTCA Rahgavan has been appointed as

Director General of Indian Council of World

Affairs (ICWA)

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211) Entire Indian Menrsquos hockey team included

in Tops

The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of Union

Ministry of Sports and youth Affairs has included

entire menrsquos Hockey team of India under the

Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS)

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212) India Army signed a MOU with SBI

Indian Army signed a memorandum of

understanding (MOU) with the State Bank of

India (SBI) on the Defence Salary Package that

will include free personal accident death free

permanent total disability cover and other

accidental benefits to the deceased soldier and

family

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213) Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has

become the First Indian personality to get a

lsquotalking Statuersquo at Madame Tussauds Singapore

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214) Spiritual leader Dada JP Vaswani passed

away

Dada JP Vaswani (99) the spiritual leader and

head of Sadhu Vaswani mission in Pune has

passed away in Pune Maharashtra on July 12

2018

He was born in Hyderabad Sindh (Pakistan) on

2nd August 1918 Vaswani was a world renowned

Spiritual leader known for promoting

vegetarianism and animal rights

JP Vaswani was the recipient of the 1998

UThant peace award Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram

Vaswani (TL Vaswani) who founded Sadhu

Vaswani Mission was his Guru

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215) 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

The 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention is

being organized by Ministry of External Affairs in

association with the State Government of Uttar

Pradesh in January 2019

Theme of 2019 event is ldquoRole of Indian Diaspora

in building a New Indiardquo

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216) ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo authored by

Tapan

The book ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo has

been authored by Tapan Kumar Chand the

Chairman cum Managing Director of NALCO

The book is recently released by Narendra Singh

Tamar the Union Minister of Mines Rural

Development and panchayat Raj

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217) Government set up task force on ways to

reduce import

The central government has set up a high level

task force under the Chairmanship of cabinet

Secretary PK Sinha to identify various items and

policy interventions to reduce dependence of

import

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218) Worldrsquos first 3D colour X-ray on Human

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Scientists from New Zealand have performed

worldrsquos first ever 3-D colour X-ray on human It

has potential to improve the field of medical

diagnostics

It incorporates particle-tracking technology

called Medipix developed by European

organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

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219) National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

The 4th National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

was held at Indore in Madhya Pradesh

Chhattisgarh won awards in all categories for

excellence in implementing minerals auction

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220) Photography ban at protected monuments

lifted

Photography will be allowed in all of the

monuments and archaeological sites

administered by the Archaeological Survey of

India except the mausoleum at Taj Mahal the

Ajanta Caves and the Leh palace

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221) India and China hold second maritime

security dialogue in Beijing China

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222) Prize for beautification of Railway Station

Balharshah and Chandrapur Railway Stations of

the Central Railway have been awarded the first

prize in Station beautification competition by

government

Madhubani Station of East Central Railway and

Madurai Station of Southern Railway were the

Co-winners of the Second prize

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223) Odisha constitutes Heritage Cabinet

Odisha government constituted a lsquoHeritage

Cabinetrsquo headed by Chief Minister Naveen

Patnaik

lsquoHeritage Cabinetrsquo would aim at protection of

ancient monuments temples and archaeological

sites and take steps to preserve the states

culture language amp literature

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224) First Double Stack Dwarf container Service

Indian Railways Introduces first Double Stack

Dwarf Container Service from Rajkot Division

Western Railway with the use of these double-

Stack dwarf containers the cost of the unit will

be significantly reduced

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225) The Central government think tank NITI

Aayog has unveiled the blueprint of lsquoNational

Health Stackrsquo (NHS) a shared digital healthcare

infrastructure

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226) Former Pakistan Prime minister Nawaz

Sharif and his daughter Maryam who are

convicted for corruption were arrested

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227) Centuryrsquos longest total lunar eclipse

Union Ministry of Earth Science has announced

the Centuryrsquos (2001 to 2100) longest total

eclipse of 1 hour 43 minutes will occur on July

27-282018

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228) The Government of India has invited us

President Donal Trump to be chief guest at the

2019 Republic Day Parade

The US is yet to officially accept Indiarsquos invite

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229) Threatening Climate Change to the Nilgiri

tahr

According to recent Study published

international journal Ecological Engineering

Climate Change is threatening the Nilgiri tahr

International Union for conservation of Nature

(IUCN) in its red book has classified Nilgiri Tahr

it as Endangered

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230) 2018 Wimbledon Winners

Women singles - Angelique Kerber

(Germany)

Men singles - Novak Djokovic (Serbian)

Menrsquos Doubles - Mike Bryan (US) and Jack

Sock (US)

Womenrsquos Doubles - Barbora Krejcikova and

Katerina Siniakova from Czhech Republic

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231) Bansagar canal project Inaugurated

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the 171

km long Bansagar canal project to the nation in

Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh on July 15

2018

The project which is a joint venture of Uttar

Pradesh Madhya Pradesh and Bihar It built on

Son River

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232) Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018

Union Ministry of Drinking water and Sanitation

has launched Swachh Survekshan Grameen

2018 in New Delhi

The Programme will rank all states and districts

on the basis of a survey of Public places

Citizenrsquos perspective of cleanliness and their

recommendations

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233) 4th BIMSTEC Summit to be held in

Kathmandu

The fourth edition of Bay of Bengal Initiatives for

Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Co-

operation (BIMSTEC) will be held at Kathmandu

in Nepal from 30 t0 31 August 2018

Nepal is the current chair of BIMSTEC It is

headquartered in Dhaka

Member countries- India Nepal Bhutan

Bangladesh Srilanka Myanmar and Thailand

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234) Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventories

in Asia

In New Delhi Union Minister DrHarsh Vardhan

inaugurates 16th Workshop on Greenhouse Gas

Inventories in Asia

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235) First-ever metal craft exhibition in India

With an aim to promote and preserve the metal

craft tradition of Ladakh the first-ever metal

craft exhibition was held at Chilling village in Leh

district of Jammu amp Kashmir

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236) Kochi Metro Rail Limited opened Indiarsquos

first exquisite air-conditioned bed space

dormitor

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237) World Youth skills Day 15 July In 2014 UN

General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring

15th July as World Youth Skills day

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238) India became Vice-Chair on regional head

of Asia pacific Region of the World Customs

Organisation (WCO)

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239) Resolution 2428 by UN security Council

The UN Security council has adopted a resolution

2428 to impose an arms embargo on South

Sudan The measure will stop the flow of

weapons to armed groups in the country

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240) Hindi Mother tongue of 4363 in India

According to the 2011 census Hindi continue to

be the most spoken language in India with

4363 of the country declaring it their mother-

tongue

Sanskrit was the least spoken of the countryrsquos

22 scheduled languages with just 24821

persons listing it as their mother tongue

The top 5 most spoken language by 2011 census

is (i) Hindi (4363) (ii) Bengali (803) (iii)

Marathi (686) (iv) Telugu (670) (v) Tamil

(570)

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(570) 241) Oldest Narrow- Gauge Rail Line in India

The 33 km Dabhoi-Miyagam line in Gujarat

State Indiarsquos first narrow gauge railway stretch

which started operations in 1862 will be closed

forever The line will be soon converted into

broad gauge

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242) Approval for Chinese Bank in India

Bank of China one of four biggest State-run

Chinese lenders has received in Principal

approval from the Reserve Bank of India to open

branches in India

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243) Private Universities in Tamil Nadu

Two bills adopting the establishment of Shiv

Nadar University and Sai University were passed

in the Tamil Nadu assembly

As per the provisions of two bills adopted in the

assembly the two universities will be self-

financing institutions and would be allowed to

establish constituent colleges Currently there

were no private Universities in Tamil nadu

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244) Committee to review companies Act 2013

The ministry of Corporate Affairs has constituted

a 10 member Committee headed by the Injeti

Srinivas (Secretary of Ministry of Corporate

Affairs) for review of the panel provisions in the

companies Act 2013

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245) 2nd National Tourism conclave organised at

Jaipur in Rajasthan

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246) Madras Music Academy has selected

Carnatic Vocalist Aruna Sairam for this yearrsquos

Sangita Kalanithi award

Mridangam artist Thanjavur R Ramadas and

Vocalist K Omanakutty will receive the Kala

Acharya award

Veena and Nagaswaram players and teachers

Kalyani Ganesan and S R G Rajanna have been

chosen for the TTK awards

Prameela Gurumurthy has been selected for

musicologist award Veteran Danseuse Shanta

Dhananjayan will get Nrithya Kalanithi Award

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247) Kamaraj birthday July 15 is celebrated as

Educational Development Dayrsquo by Tamil Nadu

government

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248) India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror drill

Anti terror drill organised by the Shanghai

Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is scheduled

From August 20-29 at Chelyabinsk City in Russia

India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror SCO drill

along with other member countries Russia

China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Tajikistan and

Uzbekistan

It will be for the first time since Independence

that India and Pakistan will both be a part of

military exercise

Around 200 Army and Air force personal from

India will be participating in the drill called

ldquoPeace Mission 2018rdquo

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249) France wins 21st FIFA world cup Football

title

France has won 21st FIFA world cup football by

defeating Croatia by 4-2 goals in the final match

held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow Russia

on 1572018

It was Francersquos Second world cup crown after it

had own it in 1998 It was Croatiarsquos first world

Cup final appearance Croatia became the lowest

ranked team ever to reach a World Cup Final

France and Croatia belong European Continent

Top 4 teams in 21st FIFA world cup are (i) France

(ii) Croatia (iii) Belgium (iv) England

FIFA Awards for the 2018 world cup

(i) Best player ndash Golden Ball Luka Modric

(Croatia)

(ii) Top Goal scorer ndash Golden Boot Harry Kane

(England)

(iii) Best Goal keeper ndash golden Glove Thibaut

Courtois (Belgium)

(iv) Best Young Player Kylian Mbappe (France)

(v) Fairest Team Spain

(vi) man of the Match (final) Antoine

Griezmann (France)

Captain of France Football team is Hugo Lloris

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250) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar

inaugurated Goa IT Day celebrations in Panaji

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251) Assam government has decided to make

Himadas statersquos brand ambassador for sports

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252) Iceland in UN Human Rights Council

Iceland has taken the seat vacated by United

States at the 47 member UN Human Rights

Council

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253) 64-dish Meer KAT radio telescope

South Africa unveiled new 64-dish Meer KAT

radio telescope that could help unlock the

mysteries of the Universe

Meer KAT will be incorporated into complex

square kilometre Array (SKA) instrument SKA

will be fully operational in the late 2020s to be

most powerful radio telescope in the world

The Meer KAT will be the worldrsquos largest radio

telescope of its kind until the Square kilometre

Array (SKA) has been completed

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254) ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas

Engine

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ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas Engine

from Mahendragiri of Tirunelveli district Vikas

(Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai)

The Vikas Engine is the work shore liquid rocket

engine used to power the second stage of the

ISROrsquos trusted Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

(PSLV)

It is also used in the second stage and also at

the four strap on stages of Geosynchronous

Launch vehicle (GSLV) and in the twin-engine

core liquid stage (L110) of GSLV Mk-111

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255) Global Sugar output Record high

In its latest report the UN body has forecast

world Sugar output to hit a record high at 1876

million tonnes in 2017-18 and Surpass

consumption The anticipated surplus is likely to

the largest in history

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256) Fossil Museum in Ariyalur

The Fossil Museum at Varanavasi near Ariyalur

town is set to open The museum will provide

evidence of the existence of dinosaurs and other

associated reptilians in the Ariyalur region

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257) The madras High court has ruled that there

is no legal obligation on the part of a mother to

disclose the name of the father at the time of

registering her childrsquos birth

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258) Indian farmers fertiliser cooperative limited

(IFFCO) launched a social e-commerce app

called ldquoIFFCO iMandirdquo

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259) 100 public services to be delivered at

doorstep in Delhi

Delhi people will get around 100 public services

including driving licence and caste certificate at

their door step under a proposed scheme of the

Delhi government The scheme was named as

lsquoMobilersquo Sahayaksrsquo

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260) Trump-Putin Summit

Russiarsquos president Vladimir Putin and Americanrsquos

President Donald Trump met at Helsinki capital

of Finland

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261) New Headquarters building of

Archaeological Survey of India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated

lsquoDharohar Bhawanrsquo ndash the new headquarters

building of the Archaeological Survey of India

(ASI) in New Delhi

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262) Per Capita Revenue Collection

Haryana has topped other States in per capita

Revenue Collection in the first Financial year of

the GST regime per Capita revenue collection of

Haryana is Rs 187697month

2nd Position is Uttarakhand 3rd position is

Maharashtra

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263) Digital Health Campaign for Think For

Health

The Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of

India ( (OPPI) launched its digital campaign

Think for Health at its annual summit in New

Delhi

The initiative Think For Health was launched in

Partnership with the Government of Telangana

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264) Government reappoints Anil D

Sahasrabudhe

Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)

has approved renewal of appointment of Prof

Anil D Sahabsrabudhe as the Chairman of the All

India council for Technical Education (AICTE)

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265) 12 new moons discovered around Jupiter

Scientists had discovered 12 new moons around

Jupiter The discoveries bring the number of

Jupiterrsquos known moon to 79 the most around a

single planet in our Solar system

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266) Nelson Mandela International Day July 18

2018 marks the Centenary of the birth of Nelson

Mandela

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267) Rajpurrsquos Swami Vivekananda Airport has

been ranked first in Customer Satisfaction

among 49 airports in the country

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268) LIGO-India Laboratory in Maharashtra

The Government of India (GOI) has given lsquoIn-

Principlersquo approval for construction and operation

of LIGO-India (Laser Interferometer

Gravitational wave observatory in India)

Laboratory in hingoli District of Maharashtra

The LIGO-India Observatory is Scheduled to be

operational in 2024 in Collaboration with the

LIGO Laboratory in United States

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269) Cheapest drinking water in the world

Bihar will soon provide the cheapest drinking

water in the world The first of such a water

project named lsquoSulabh Jalrsquo was launched in

Biharrsquos Darbhanga district

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270) Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)

has organised ldquo Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyanrdquo

campaign in five main stem Ganga basin

States-Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh Bihar

Jharkhand and west Bengal It has been

observed as lsquoShubharambh Saptahrsquo

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271) ldquoPitch Blackrdquo war exercise

The Indian Air force (IAF) is participating in the

Multinational ldquoPitch Blackrdquo warfare exercise

hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force in

Australia

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272) BSE building gets trademark

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has secured a

ldquotrademarkrdquo for its iconic building Phizoze

Jeejeebhoy Towers located in Mumbai

Subsequently the usage of the BSE buildingrsquos

picture will required consent from BSE

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273) Central Government announces amnesty

for prisoners to mark Mahatma Gandhirsquos 150th

birth anniversary

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274) New 100 Rs Note

New lavender-coloured Rs100 currency notes

will soon be issued by the Reserve Bank of India

The new note will feature the motif of the lsquoRani

Ki Vavrsquo Stepwell in Gujarat as well as the

Swachh Bharat logo and Slogan

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275) The book ldquoThe House of Islam A global

Historyrdquo has been authored by Islamic radical Ed

Hussain

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276) Athletics World Cup

The USA won the first Athletics World Cup held

in London England Poland and Great Britain

took 2nd and 3rd spot respectively

The Athletics world cup is a team-based

international athletics competition inaugurated in

2018 The inaugural edition had eight national

teams based on world rankings

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277) lsquoAabhaar Aapki Sewa karsquo

The Chhattisgarh government has launched an

online portal and mobile app lsquoAabhaar-Aapki

Seva Karsquo (Gratitude-for your service) to provide

transparency in the pension facility

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278) President has given assent to Assam witch

Hunting (Prohibition Prevention and Protection)

Bill 2015 passed by state Assembly

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279) 2018 NABARD Award

Repco Micro Finance Ltd a non-banking Finance

Company promoted by Repco bank has won the

2018 NABARD award for its service to self-Help

Group (SHG) linkage in Tamil Nadu for the fiscal

year 2017-18

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280) ASI to upgrade Seven monuments in

TamilNadu

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has

planned to upgrade infrastructural and tourist

friendly facilities at seven sites which are

approved under Adarsh Smarak Scheme for

conservation of Monuments in Tamil Nadu

The Monuments are Shore temple

Mamallapuram Gingee Fort kailasanathar

temple Kancheepuram Brihadeswarar temple

Thanjavur Sithananavasal Caves vellore fort

Moovar koil Kodumbalur

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(Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)

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281) Myanmar in International Solar Alliance

Myanmar has joined the India-initiated

International Solar Alliance (ISA) and became

the 68th signatory to the framework Agreement

of the ISA It is headquarters at Gwal Pahari

village in Gurugram Haryana

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282) Scottish site selected for Spaceport

UK space agency has selected site at Sutherland

on ArsquoMhoine peninsula on north Coast of

Scotland for its first Spaceport to launch rockets

vertically and put satellites in orbit

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283) Lakshya sen won gold at Asia Badminton

Junior

Lakshya sen from India has clinched historic

menrsquos singles gold at the Asia Badminton Junior

Championship 2018 in Jakarata

With this he became the 3rd Indian shuttler to

win singles gold at the competition after

Gautham Thakkar and PV Sindhu

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284) Afghan player nominated for the IOC

membership

A young Afghan basketball player Samira

Asghari has been nominated for the

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

membership She is among 9 candidates for

membership of the body in a move to boost

womenrsquos rights

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285) Arman Ali was appointed as Executive

Director of National Centre for promotion of

employment for Disable People (NCPEDP)

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286) Worldrsquos Best Cities Report

According to Travel+ Leisurersquos worldrsquos best cities

report the city of Udaipur has ranked 3rd The

top 2 cities are both in Mexico- San Miguel de

Allende and Oaxaca

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p287) Delhi Dialogue (DDX)

The 10th edition of Delhi Dialogue (DDX) was

held in New Delhi and was hosted by Union

External affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj The

theme for this edition was ldquoStrengthening India-

ASEAN maritime Cooperationrdquo

Delhi Dialogue is premier annual event to

discuss Politico- security economic and Socio-

Cultural engagement between India and the

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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288) Central Oil PSUs has signed joint Venture

Pact

In a major initiative to connect all the North-

East States to the National Gas grid the 5

Central oil PSUs -IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL and

NRL have signed a joint venture agreement for

executing the North-East Natural Gas Pipeline

Grid (N-ENGPG) in Guwahati

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289) PATA Gold Award 2018

Sahapediarsquos India Heritage ldquowalk Feterdquo wins

PATA award has been awarded the PATA Gold

Award 2018 for its recently concluded Pon-India

event

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290) Medini Puraskar Yojana

The Environment Ministry re-introduced the

lsquoMedini Puraskar Yojanarsquo a scheme that awards

Indian authors for their original work in Hindi on

environment pollution and climate change

subjects

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291) Student Police Cadet Programme

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has

launched the student police Cadet Programme to

build a bridge between the police and the larger

community though School students by

inculcating values and ethics in them

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292) lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched the

lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo in a bid to make London

the worldrsquos most walkable city

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293) Fugitive Economic offenders Bill 2018

The Parliament passed the Fugitive Economic

Offenders Bill 2018 which will empower

authorities to attach and Confiscate properties

and assets of economic offenders like loan

defaulters and Fraudsters who flee the country

The Cases where the total value involved in such

Scheduled offences is Rs 100 crore or more will

come under its purview

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Economic offenders Bill 2018)

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294) India-assisted emergency ambulance

Service

Indian prime Minister launched the India-

assisted emergency ambulance Service in

Srilanka through video conferencing from New

Delhi

The inaugural function was scheduled in Jaffna

Srilanka this is the largest Indian project in

Srilanka after Indian housing project

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295) 24-hour helpline for Protection for inter-

caste couples

The Tamil Nadu government has setup a 24-

hour helpline to investigate issues faced by

inter-caste couples and offer them necessary

assistance

A special cell has been formed in all districts and

cities in the State comprising district-level

officers to receive complaints of harassment

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296) India tops skilled visa immigrants list

According to the data released by Australian

Bureau of Statistics for those coming to

Australia on the skilled visa India with 19

people bagged the top rank

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297) Padhe Bharat-Badhe Bharat

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

has announced lsquoPadhe Bharat-Badhe Bharatrsquo an

initiative to promote the reading culture among

students The initiative has launched under

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo

Under this initiative the government will give an

annual library grant to schools

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo is an overarching programme

for school educating extending from primary to

class 12 which was introduced in the Union

Budget 2018-19

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298) Miss Asia (Deaf) 2018

Deshna Jain who is from Madhya Pradesh has

been crowned the 2018 Miss Asia (Deaf) title

and also she was the 3rd in the 2018 Miss

international (Deaf)

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299) South East Asiarsquos first Centre for Climate

Change

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (NABARD) has launched the South

East Asiarsquos First-ever centre for Climate change

in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

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300) System of Air Quality and weather

Forecasting

Dr Harsh Vardhan the Union Environment

Minister has launched a advanced State-of-the-

art Air Quality and weather forecast System

called SAFAR (System of Air Quality and

Weather Forecasting) in Delhi

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301) Odisha police has launched a drive to bust

an international syndicate that peddles

lsquoendangeredrsquo pangolin

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302) According to Public Affairs Index (PAI) for

2018 Kerala stands as the best-governed State

in the country followed by Tamil Nadu

Telangana

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303) Typhoon Ampil has recently hit Chinese

Financial hub Shunghai and disrupted transport

and shipping

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304) lsquoe -Pragati Core initiativersquo

The Andhra Pradesh government has launched

lsquoe-Pragati core initiativersquo to provide integrated

Service to citizens It will act as a platform to

connect all departments and Stand alone to

resolve the issue

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305) Tribal Atlas of Odisha

Odisha government has unveiled First-ever

Tribal Atlas of Odisharsquo a compilation of

demographic and Cultural information of the

tribal population in the State It is first of its kind

Compilation in the country

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306) Justice Tahira Safdar has been named as

the new Chief justice of the Balochistan High

court with this She will become the first-ever

female high court chief Justice in Pakistan

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307) The NASA has launched lsquoRemote sensing

Toolkitrsquo to promote commercial use of satellite

data

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308) Rajiv Gauba Committee

The Union Government has constituted a high

level committee to suggest laws against mob

lynching and Violence The committee is headed

by the Rajiv Gauba

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309) MicroDot Technology

The Indian government has announced the

launch of a new MicroDot Technology that would

help check on vehicle theft

Under this thousands of small dots laser etched

will be sprayed with a vehicle identification

number on all over the vehiclersquos body including

its engine

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njspffggLk

310) The book ldquoThe Dhoni Touch Unravelling

the Enigma That is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquo has

been authored by Bharat Sundaresan

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is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquovdw Eiy guj

RejNurd vOjpAsshh

311) Chennia is going to host the world Junior

Squash Championship 2018

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2018 Nghlbia nrdidapy elffTssJ

312) First person to Ski down the K2

Polandrsquos Andrzej Bargiel became the First person

to Ski down the worldrsquos 2nd highest mountain K2

peak

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313) Alize cornet of France won the Swiss open

Tennis title

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314) State Bank of India organized a nation

wide Kisan Mela as an outreach programme for

farmers and to impart Financial literacy

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315) ldquoWarlightrdquo in the Man Booker Prize list

Srilankan born Canadian author Michael

Ondaatje has again made the Man Booker Prize

list with his latest novel lsquoWarlightrdquo Recently his

work was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize

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316) Sitamarhi became the first open defecation

free district in Bihar

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khtllk MFk

57) Shale in Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules

1959

Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has

amended Petroleum and natural Gas Rules 1959

to include Shale in the definition of Petroleum

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1959

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mikrrfk jpUjjp mikjJssJ

318) Prime Ministers tour of three-nations in

Africa

PM Narendra Modi is on a three nation tour to

the African countries including Rwanda Uganda

amp South Africa

Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime

minister to visit Rwanda he gifted 200 cows as

part of Rwanda governmentrsquos Girinka

programme India decided to gift a cancer

therapy machine to the Uganda

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RwWggazk

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NkwnfhzLsshu

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nraJssJ

319) The Ministry of women and child

Development has launched a contest ldquoChildline

1098rdquo to spread awareness on human trafficking

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VwgLjJtjwfhfgt ngzfs kwWk Foeij

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Nghlbia eljjpaJ

320) 10th edition of BRICS Summit in

Johannesburg

South Africa is hosting the 10th edition of BRICS

summit 2018 in Johannesburg with theme

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution

The member nations are Brazil Russia India

China amp South Africa

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BRICS mikggpd 10tJ khehLgt

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ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

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revolution vdgjhFk

321) The 3rd edition of Kabira festival 2018 will

be held in Varanasi to celebrate the spirit of 15th

century mystic poet Kabir

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eilgngWk

322) World Bankrsquos internal award to ICZM

Indiarsquos Integrated Coastal Zone Management

(ICZM) project has won the World Bankrsquos

internal award for exceptional performance in

achieving many development goals

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Management -ICZM) jpllkgt gy NkkghlLf

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107) The Uttar Pradesh government launched

lsquoCommercial Tax at your door stepsrsquo on the

occasion of GST day celebration

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108) The department of Empowerment of

Persons with disabilities under the ministry of

social Justice and Empowerment organized a

ldquoNational Workshop on Skill Development for

persons with Disabilitiesrdquo in New Delhi

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109) Mahi Talat Siddiqui a Muslim woman from

Kanpur has translated the text of Ramayana into

Urdu

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110) The Chhattisgarh government will set up a

tribal museum in the Statersquos upcoming new

capital Naya Raipur

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111) CIMON the 1st Robot with Artificial

Intelligence to fly in Space

CIMON or Crew Interactive Mobile Companion

become the first artificial intelligence robot

companion in Space It is an English Speaking

robot

It was launched by Space x Falcon 9 rocked to

International Space station

It was launched from Florida The CIMON robot

from the German space Agency is meant to

Assist German Astronaut Alexander Gerst in

international Space station

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EzzwpT nfhzl NuhNghlCIMON

CIMON (Crew Interactive Mobile Companion)

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GNshhplhtpypUeJ mDgggllJ

112) The 17th World Tamil Internet Conference

held in Coimbatore under the theme

lsquoIntellectual Tamil Search Enginesrdquo

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113) With 226 Lakh Crore Rupees Collection of

GST Tax Tamilnadu in 4th place

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4-tJ ljjpy jkpofk UffpwJ

114) NTA to hold NEET JEE twice a year from

2019

Human Resource Development Minister Prakash

Javadekar announced that JEEE Mains and NEET

the two national level engineering and medical

entrance examinations will be held twice a year

from 2019 by a newly formed National Testing

Agency (NTA)

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kwWk ePl (NEET) Njhit eljJk

nghwpapay fyYhapy Nrhtjwfhd [P

NjhTkgt kUjJtf fytp gapytjwfhd ePl

NjhTk dp MzbwF UKiw eilngWk

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mikrrh gpufh [tNlfh njhptpjJsshh

2019 Kjy tKiw gpdgwwggLk Njrpa

Nrhjid NjhT Kfik ej NjhTfis

eljJk

115) Sri Lanka Movie lsquoThe Frozen firersquo

For the first time in the history of Srilankan film

industry a movie from the Srilanka ldquoThe Frozen

firerdquo directed by Anuruddha Jaya Sing he will

enter in mainstream lsquobest picturersquo category of

Oscars 2019

The film Outlines the Wijeweerarsquos life the

founding leader of the JVP (or) Peoplersquos

Liberation Front

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lsquojp GNuh]d gahrsquo vdw rpqfsj jpiugglk

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M]fh tpUJfF gupeJiuffgglLssJ

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JNt KjyKiw afFeh mDUjj

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kffs tpLjiy Kddzpia (N[tpgp)

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ikakhf itjJ gglk affgglLssJ

116) International Day of Cooperatives-July 7

International Day of Co-operative was observed

on 7thJuly The theme for 2018 is ldquoSubtainable

Societies through Cooperationrdquo

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rfjjpidg ngWjy

117) Koala bear genome decoded

Koala bear genome decoded successfully Koala

native to Australia is classified as Vulnerable by

the International union for Conservation of

Nature (IUCN)

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118) ldquoOne person one Carrdquo policy by west

Bengal

West Bengal set a ldquoOne person One carrdquo policy

for ministers and bureaucrats and mandated

economy class for all domestiv air travel in a bid

to cut Costs incurred by the State government

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119) The Cheetah 3 robot developed by

engineers at the America MIT Which is blind

robot

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120) Indiarsquos First Taxi ambulance

Indiarsquos First Taxi ambulance service was flagged

off by Union Minister for Road Transport and

Highways Nithin Gadkari in NewDelhi

A Start-up named Wagon Cab has launched this

service with drivers who are trained medically

keeping in mind the increasing number of

accidents

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eepWtdk epakpjjpUffpwJ

121) Hindu Women to contest the Provincial

Assembly election in Pakistan

Sunita Parmar a Hindu woman in Sindh

province has created history by becoming the

first from the minority community to contest the

provincial assembly election in Pakistan

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122) Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the 3rd

Indian Cricketer to reach the coveted milestone

of playing 500 international matches

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giljJsshh

123) Justice Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair

Radhakrishnan has been Sworn in as new Chief

Justice of the Hyderbad High court For the state

of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in Hyderbad

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uhjhfpUzd gjtpNawWsshh

124) 17th World Sanskrit Conference held in

Vancouver Canada

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125) Dipa Karmakar won gold medal

Dipa Karmakar Clinched the gold medal in the

vault event of FIG Artistic Gymnastic World

Challenge Cup at Mersin Turkey

She is First Indian to win gold in Gymnastic

World Challenge Cup

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JUffpapy css nkhrpd efhpygt vgI[p

Mhb]bf [pkdh]bf] cyffNfhgigapy

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126) Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel has been

appointed the new Chairperson of the National

Green Tribunal (NGT)

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jPhggha jiytuhf epakpffggllhh

127) Researches have created the worldrsquos first

Rhino Embryos in a test tube

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fhzlhkpUfk fUKliliagt Nrhjid

Fohapd yk cUthffp rhjid

giljJssdh

128) The Union Ministry of Environment Forests

and Climate Change declared the 438sqkm of

area around Mudumalai Tiger Reserve as an Eco-

Sensitive Zone

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Gypfs fhggfjijr RwwpAss 438 rJu

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czhkpif kzlykhf mwptpjjJ

129) The Civil Aviation Research Organisation

(CARO) will be set up by AAI

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will set up

a state-of- the -art Civil Aviation Research

organisation (CARO) at Begumpet Airport

Hyderabad

It is to find indigenous solutions to meet the

challenges posed by the growing air traffic and

for enhancing safety Capacity and efficiency of

aircraft operations in the country

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mikgghdJ (CARO) My

mikffgglTssJ

ejpah tPkhd epiyaqfs MizakhdJ

i`jughjjpy css NgfkNglil thDhjp

epiyajjpy mjpetPd csehlL thd

NghfFtujJ Muharrp mikgig

mikffTssJ

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fhzTkgt ehlbd thd NghfFtuT

eltbfiffspd ghJfhgG jpwd kwWk

nray jpwd Mfpatwiw NkkgLjJtjwfhf

ej mikgig mikffTssJ

130) International Round Table Conference on

ldquoData for New Indiardquo

The International Round Table Conference on

ldquoData for New Indiardquo has organised by the

ministry of Statistics and programme

Implementation was held in New Delhi in 9-10th

July 2018 The conference was inaugurated by

DVSadananda Gowda

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mikrrfkhdJgtldquoGjpa ejpahtpwfhd

jftyrdquo (Data for New Indiardquo) vDk

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eilgngwwJ kkhehlilgt rjhdej

nfslh njhlqfpitgghh

131) Sambalpur in East Coast Railway division

becomes first to eliminate All unmanned level

crossings in India

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KwwpYk xopjj Kjy uapyNt kzlyk

vdw rpwgig fpofF flwfiu uapyNt

kzlyjij Nrhej rkgyg+h ngwWssJ

132) Golden Man Booker International Prize

2018

SriLanka -born Canadian literacy icon Michael

ondaatjersquos lsquoThe English Patientrsquo has won the

special one-off Golden Man booker prize at the

Southbank centre in London

The Prize was instituted as part of Celebrations

to mark the Bookerrsquos having completed 50 years

and the one-off award was voted by the public

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NjhenjLffgllJ

133) Justice L Narasimha Reddy has been

appointed the Chairman of the Central

Administrative Tribunal (CAT)

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jPhgghajjpd jiytuhf epakpffgglLsshu

134) Railways to introduce Sri Ramayana

Express

Indian Railways is planning to introduce a

unique pilgrim train Sri Ramayana Express on

the Ramayana Circuit to cover the major

destinations related to the Hindu epic

The train may start its operations beginning

November 142018 from New Delhi It will make

its first halt in Ayodhya and the final halt in

Rameshwaram

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cssJ

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135) Indiarsquos 2nd Transgender Lawyer SViji

SViji becomes Indiarsquos 2nd transgender lawyer

She is from Thoothukudi She enrolled herself in

Bar Council of Tamilnadu and Puducherry

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v]tp[p

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nraJsshh

136) TamilNadu government is going to set up a

route to transport wind mill power from

Kayathar in Thoothukudi district to other State

with the estimate of 2600 crore

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mikffTssJ jkpof muR

137) Tamil Nadu assembly passes Lokayukta Bill

The Tamil Nadu assembly in 972018 passed

the Lokayukta Bill to inquire into charges of

corruption against Chief minister ministerrsquos

MLAs and government officials

Personnel and administrative reforms minister

DJayakumar introduced the Bill in the assembly

Maharashtra was the first state to introduce the

institution of Lokayukta

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Nguitapy epiwNtwwk

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138) lsquoCompulsory Retirementrsquo to up Employees

Uttar Pradesh government is planning to give a

ldquoCompulsory retirementrdquo to employees aged 50

years and above if they are found neglecting

their duties

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139) Provide Free treatment to poor in Delhi

Private hospital Supreme court

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Supreme Court said that all private hospitals in

the Delhi which were given land on

Concessional rate must provide free treatment

to certain percentage of poor patient

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140) Kasturirangan Committee tasked with

drafting a new education policy has got third

extension from the HRD Ministry

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141) Special Lifetime Achievement Award to

THVinayakram

The music academy announced a special lifetime

Achievement award to be conferred on ghatam

maestro TH Vinayakram foundly known as

lsquoVikkursquo Vinayakram

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142) The book ldquoWinning like Souravrdquo Think amp

Succeed like Gangulyrdquo has been authored by

Abhirup Bhattacharya

ldquoWinning like Souravrdquo Think amp Succeed like

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vOjpAsshh

143) Indiarsquos First biofortified Sorghum (Jowar)

namedrsquoParbhani Shaktirsquo containing higher iron

and zinc than regular Surghum was formally

launched

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144) 6th World Cities Summit 2018

The Sixth World Cities Summit was held in

Singapore Its theme was ldquoLiveable amp

Substaniable Cities Embracing the future

through Innovation and Collaborationrdquo

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ldquoLiveable amp Substaniable Cities Embracing the

future through Innovation and Collaborationrdquo

145) 67th Meeting of North Eastern Council

The 67th meeting of North Eastern Council was

held in Shillong Meghalaya It was Chaired by

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh

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146) BSNL Unveils internet telephony service

wings

State-Owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar

Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced the soft

launch of its first telephony service wings in

India to be rolled out from August 2018

Through wings the customer can make or

receive calls by using internet service of any

operator

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147) Oldest Indian Woman to complete an

Ironman Triathlon

Anju Khosla (52) has become the oldest Indian

woman to complete an Ironman Triathlon which

is one of the toughest one-day sporting events

It comprises swimming bicycle ride and

Marathon run6

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148) Second Indian to Climb worldrsquos highest

Volcano

Satyarup Siddhanta has become Second Indian

mountaineer after Malli Mastan Babu to Climb Mt

Ojos del Salado (6893m) the highest volcano in

the world on Argentina- Chile border

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gFjpapy cssJ 149) Government announced the names of six

ldquoinstitute of eminencerdquo

Central government announced the names of six

ldquoinstitute of eminencerdquo three each from the

public and private sectors

The six institutes are

i) IISc ii) IIT Delhi

iii) IIt Bombay iv) JIO Institute

v) BITS Pilani

(vi) Manipal Academy of Higher Education

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

released its ranking of National institutes for

2018 The top three ranks are

i) Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru

ii) IIT Madras

iii) IIT Bombay

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150) After two-year Turkey to end state of

emergency The president of Turkey is Recep

Tayyip Erdugan

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151) All twelve members of a boyrsquos football

team and their coach have been rescued in

1072018 after being trapped in a cave in

Thailand for 18 days

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152) Worldrsquos largest Cellphone Factory in Noida

Samsung opens worldrsquos largest phone factory in

Noida The worldrsquos largest mobile Factory was

launched at Noida in Uttarpradesh by Narendra

Modia and South Korean president moon Jae-in

The Unit will have a Capacity of Fabricationg 12

Crore phones a year

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153) The first-ever lsquoIndia Taurism Mart (ITM) rsquo

will be hosted by Ministry of Tourism in New

Delhi from 16th to 18th September 2018

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154) Mobile help centre ldquoSaathirdquo For Amarnath

Yatra Pilgrims

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has

launched a mobile help centre lsquoSaathirsquo to reach

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out to people undertaking the annual pilgrimage

holy cave shrine of Amarnath

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155) ADB approves project of Sun Canal in Bihar

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has

approved project of Sun Canal in Shahabad-

Bhojpur region of Bihar

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156) Gujarart Government grants religious

minority Status of Jews

Gujarat Governement granted religious minority

status to Jews living in the state with this

Gujarat became the third state in India to grant

religious minority Status to Jews after

westBengal and Maharashtra

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157) Dipika Pallikal will represent Asia

Indiarsquos Squash player Dipika Pallikal has been

appointed as Asiarsquos representative in the

prestigious Athlete Advisory commission of the

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGf) The

appointment was mady by the CGF

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158) The Odisha government has partnered with

tata Trust for development of Cancer care

facilities in the State

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159) Scientists discover worldrsquos oldest biological

colour

Scientists have discovered the worldrsquos oldest

colour that is bright pink

The pigments were discovered after researchers

crushed 11 billon year old rock found in a

marine shale deposit beneath the Sahara desert

in Mauritania west Africa

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160) Australian researchers have uncovered the

worldrsquos oldest biological colour

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161) First time in history Rajya Sabha Signs

MOU with a foreign Counterpart

Rajya Sabha has for the first time in 76 years

since it came into being entered into

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a

foreign Counterpart for promoting inter-

Parliamentar dialogue

Venkaiah Naidu has become the first chairman

of Rajya Sabha to sign such an lsquoagreement when

he inked an MOU with the visiting president of

the Senate of Rwanda

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162) Turkey will sell four Corvette warships to

Pakistan which will be the countryrsquos largest

single export deal Turkey signed a

memorandum of understanding to build four

Corvettes for Pakistan Under the MILGEM Project

last year

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163) Team India Opener Rohit Sharma has

become the first Indian Cricketer to Smash three

Centuries in T20 International Cricket

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164) Train 18 Made in India 160 kmph train

Indiarsquos indigenously manufactured Semi-high

speed train code-named Train 18 (Train 2018)

is expected to be rolled out in September

The train built by Integral Coach Factory (ICF)

of Chennai to promote Make in India is capable

of running at a speed of 160km per hour

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165) Andhra Pradesh tops in ldquoEase of Doing

Businessrdquo

Andhra Pradesh has topped the third edition of

the governmentrsquos lsquoEase of Doing Businessrsquo index

for states This is the second time in a row that

Andhra achieved the first rank

Telangana and Haryana in second and third

spots Tamilnadu in 15th position

i) Andhra Pradesh ii) Telangana iii) Haryana iv)

Jharkand v) Gujarath

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166) 22nd International Conference on

Nonferrous Minerals and Metals 2018 held at

Ranchi Jharkhand

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167) Meghalaya government introduces Draft

policy known as ldquoJackfruit Missionrdquo during the

first ever Jackfruit festival

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168) China Launches two remote sensing

Satellites for Pakistan

China Successfully launched two remote sensing

Satellites PRSS-1 and PAKTES-1A for Pakistan

on board of Long March-2C rocket from Jicquan

Satellite Launch Centre

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169) China said it has clinched a deal with India

on the reduction of Import duties on Indian

medicines including anti-cancer drugs

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170) Rajya Sabha members can use all 22

Scheduled Languages

From the forth coming Monsoon Session of

parliament Rajya Sabha Mps will be able to

speak in the house in any of the 22 Indian

languages listed in the 8th Schedule of the

Constitution

Of the 22 scheduled languages Rajya Sabha has

earlier established simultaneous interpretation

service for 12 language

The Rajya Sabha Secretariat has arranged for

simultaneous interpretation facility for ten more

languages- Dugri Kashmiri Kunkani Santhali

Sindhi Bodu Maithili Manipuri Marathi and

Nepali

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171) South Korean President in India

South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived

India for his four-day visit India and South

Korea singed 11 agreements including in the

areas of trade cultural and Scientific and

technological Cooperation

Capital-Seoul

Prime Minister ndash Lee Nak-yeon

Continent -Asia

Currecny -Won

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172) India becomes worldrsquos sixth largest

economy

World Bank Figuresrsquos for 2017 says that Indian

economy has now become worldrsquos sixth biggest

pushing France to Seventh place The US leads

the table as the biggest economy followed by

China Japan Germany and Britain

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173) World Population Day-11 July

The world Population day is observed across the

world on July 11 The world population day was

established by the then Governing Council of the

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

in 1989

The theme for the World Population Day 2018 is

ldquoFamily Planning is a Human Rightrdquo

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174) The 30th International Mango Festival was

held in New Delhi

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175) Ram Nath Kovind announces four

nominations to Rajya Sabha

President Ram Nath Kovind has nominated 4

Rajya Sabha members viz former MPRam

Shakal Sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra classical

dancer Sunal Mansingh Rakesh Sinha

Raghunath Mohapatra is an internationality

renowned sculptor famous for his stone

carvings

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176) Global Innovation Index 2018

The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2018 has

ranked India as the 57th most innovative nation

in the world The country has improved its

ranking up to 3 places from its 60th position in

2017

Top 5 Countries are (1) Switzerland (2)

Netherland (3) Sweden (4) UK (5) Singapore

The G11 global ranking is published by World

Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) -a

specialized agency of United nations

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177) lsquoI am not afraid of Englishrsquo

Haryana has launched lsquoI am not afraid of

Englishrsquo initiative to make primary school

students fluent in English

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178) IWF Junior World Weightlifting

Championships 2018

Indian woman lifter Jhilli Dalabehera has bagged

the bronze medal in the 2018 IWF Junior World

Weightlifting Championships at Tashkent

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179) Kutchi New year

Kutchi Community celebrates its new year on

Aashadhi Beej which falls in month of Ashada

(JuneJuly)

As for people of Kutch this day is associated

with beginning of rains in Kutch Gujarat

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180) DrSandeep Sancheti Vice Chancellor of

SRM Institute of Science and Technology has

assumed charge as the president of the

Association of Inidan Universities (AIU) New

Delhi

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181) INS Sumitra enters Indonesiarsquos Sabang

Part

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Indian Warship INS Sumitra which was on

mission in Malacca straits entered port of

Sabang in Indonesia

This is the first time that an Indian Naval ship

has visited the port of Sabang

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fggyhfpAssJ 182) FSSAI has launched ldquoThe Eat Right

Movementrdquo

The food safety and standards Authority of India

(FSSAI) has launched ldquoThe Eat Right Movementrdquo

to empower the citizens by improving their

health and well-being It is a platform to provide

credible information to help make informed and

healthful eating choices The main purpose of

the project is to reduce salt sugar and saturated

fat in packaged food products

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183) Broadcasting content complaints council

(BCCC)

Udhay Kumar Varma has been appointed as

new member of Broadcasting content complains

council (BCCC)

The BCCC is an independent self-regulatory body

set up by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation

(IBF) in June 2011to look into complaints

pertaining to all non-news general entertainment

channel in India

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184) Lonely planetrsquos best Asia destinations list

One of the Hottest Biodiversity Hotspots and

UNESCO world Heritage site the western Ghats

has come fourth in the list of Lonely planetrsquos

ldquo2018 Best in Asiardquo list

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185) India-South Korea Technology Exchange

Centre inaugurated in New Delhi by Central

Minister of MSME Giriraj Singh

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186) UN Security Council adopts Resolution

2427 to protect children in armed conflict

The United Nations Security Council has adopted

Resolution 2427 aimed at providing legal

framework for mainstream protection rights

well-being and empowerment of children

throughout the conflict cycle

The resolution Strongly condemns recruitment

and use of children in armed conflicts killing and

rape abductions

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187) Himachal Pradesh government announced

a project to setup a cow sanctuary act Kotla

Barug

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188) Vice president M Venkaiah Naidu

inaugurated the Indian Intraculare Implant and

Refractive Surgery Convention 2018 held in

Chennai

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189) UK Launched New Visas

The UK has launched new visas that will be open

to overseas Scientists and researchers including

Indians to encourage growth of the countryrsquos

research sector

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190) Indiarsquos latest Frontline warship INS Trikand

has reached Srilanka in a goodwill visit

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191) RBI cancels license of Alwar Urban Co-

operative Bank

The Reserve bank of India has cancelled the

license of Alwar Urban Co-operative Bank LTD

Alwar Rajastan to carry on banking business

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192) For the first time in Tamil nadu Centre for

excellence in traditional flowers to come up in

Madurai

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193) Formalin- laced Fish create Scare across

India after the ban of fishes Assam Manipur etc

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194) lsquoAnna Canteensrsquo in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh Government launched lsquoAnna

Canteenrsquo where breakfast lunch and dinner

would be offered at Rs5 each

The lsquoAnna Canteenrsquo named after the NT Rama

Rao

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195) lsquoOne Farmer one transformerrsquo Scheme

In order to reduce electricity losses the

Maharashtra government will next month launch

a new scheme lsquoOne farmer one Transformerrsquo

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196) Goa University discovered a Pigment that

may help fight against Cancer

Goa University announced the discovery of a

new pigment from Local wild Mushrooms that

may help fight against Cancer

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The chemical nature of the brown or black

Colour Pigment in wild edible mushrooms lsquoRoen

alamis or Termitomycesrsquo Species has a new

Sulphur-rich melanin pigment

The Goa University has declared it as Worldrsquos

first Sulphur-rich edible melanin

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197) Seema Darshanrsquo Project

Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani has given in principal

approval for the 39 Crore rupees lsquoSeema

Darshanrsquo or lsquoBorder tourismrsquo project

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198) The ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

(MOHUA) has launched a technology challenge

on identifying Solutions and promoting suitable

techniques for cleaning of Sewage Systems The

Objective is eliminating human entry into septic

tanks and manholes

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199) Indiarsquos First Private UAV amp LBPV factory to

come up in Kota

Indiarsquos First private Sector unit for

manufacturing unmanned air vehicles (UAV) and

light bullet proof vehicles (LBPV) will be set up

under lsquoMake in Indiarsquo initiative of the Union

government by DCM Shriram Industries Group in

Kota

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200) Rajasthan Government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft

The Rajasthan government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft to provide free digital training to

9500 students of 50 government colleges in a

year It will also train 500 faculty members

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201) In a first Indian Naval aircraft deployed fro

RIMPAC exercise

For the first time Indian Navyrsquos Long Range

Maritime Patrol Aircraft Boeing P-8I (Poseidon

Eight India) from Indian Naval Ship (INS) Rajali

has inducted for participating in the 26th edition

of RIMPAC-18 the Rim of the Pacific

multinational Naval exercise During the

exercise In P8I will be operating from Joint

Airbase Hickam Honolulu in Hawaii

This is the first time ever that an Indian Naval

aircraft has traversed so far east into the pacific

It is the First IN aircraft to cross the

International Date line

RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific Exercise) is the

wolrdrsquos largest international maritime warfare

exercise It is hosted and administered by the

United States Navyrsquos pacific feet headquartered

at Pearl Harbor

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202) India becomes 69th Shareholder of

European Bank for reconstruction amp

development (EBRD) paving the way for more

joint investment with Indian companies across

the bankrsquos regions of operation

EBRD headquartered in London Suma

Chakrabarti is the president of EBRD

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203) Indiarsquos genetically modified crop area fifth

largest in world

India becomes worldrsquos fifth largest area

cultivated under genetically modified (GM) crops

in 2017 according to the International service for

the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications

(ISAAA) report

From the report (i) America (ii) Brazil (iii)

Argentina (iv) Canada (v) India

Indiarsquos entire GM crop area is under single crop

BT cotton

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204) 2+2 ministeria dialogue

India is going to host inaugural 2+2 dialogue

with united States in September in New Delhi

lsquo2+2 dialoguersquo is an interaction between the

foreign and defence minister of the

twocountries

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205) Mukesh Ambani overtook Alibaba Group

Founder Jackma to become Asiarsquos richest

person according to a report by Blumberg

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206) First Indian women to win gold in world U-

20 Athletics Championships

Hima Das became the First Indian Women to

clinch a gold medal at a global event the world

under-20 Championships

Das clinched the top spot in the womenrsquos 400m

final race at the IAAF wordl under-20 Athletics

Championships in Tampere Finland

Hima Das Clocked 5146 seconds to win gold

She belongs to State of Assam

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207) Coimbatore doctor to head worldrsquos top

body of Spine Surgeons

Coimbatore-based orthopaedic and Spine

Surgeon SRajasekaran who is Chairman of the

Department of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery

at Ganga Hospital has been selected Chairman

of the international board of Aospine the worldrsquos

largest body of Spine Surgeons

DrRajasekaran is the first person to elected

from Asia region to this prestigious position

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208) 25000 plus two students to be trained to

take CA exams

Minister for School Education KA Sengottaiyan

Said that 25000 plus two students in

government schools will be trained over to take

up entry level examination for Chartered

Accountancy course Classes will be conducted

by 500 CAS once a week

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209) Two Indian-origin women of Forbes list of

Americarsquos richest self-made women

Two Indian-origin technology executives

JayShree Ullal and Neerja Sethi have made it to

the Forbes list of Americarsquos 60 richest self-made

women

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210) DrTCA Rahgavan has been appointed as

Director General of Indian Council of World

Affairs (ICWA)

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211) Entire Indian Menrsquos hockey team included

in Tops

The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of Union

Ministry of Sports and youth Affairs has included

entire menrsquos Hockey team of India under the

Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS)

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212) India Army signed a MOU with SBI

Indian Army signed a memorandum of

understanding (MOU) with the State Bank of

India (SBI) on the Defence Salary Package that

will include free personal accident death free

permanent total disability cover and other

accidental benefits to the deceased soldier and

family

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213) Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has

become the First Indian personality to get a

lsquotalking Statuersquo at Madame Tussauds Singapore

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214) Spiritual leader Dada JP Vaswani passed

away

Dada JP Vaswani (99) the spiritual leader and

head of Sadhu Vaswani mission in Pune has

passed away in Pune Maharashtra on July 12

2018

He was born in Hyderabad Sindh (Pakistan) on

2nd August 1918 Vaswani was a world renowned

Spiritual leader known for promoting

vegetarianism and animal rights

JP Vaswani was the recipient of the 1998

UThant peace award Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram

Vaswani (TL Vaswani) who founded Sadhu

Vaswani Mission was his Guru

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215) 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

The 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention is

being organized by Ministry of External Affairs in

association with the State Government of Uttar

Pradesh in January 2019

Theme of 2019 event is ldquoRole of Indian Diaspora

in building a New Indiardquo

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216) ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo authored by

Tapan

The book ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo has

been authored by Tapan Kumar Chand the

Chairman cum Managing Director of NALCO

The book is recently released by Narendra Singh

Tamar the Union Minister of Mines Rural

Development and panchayat Raj

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217) Government set up task force on ways to

reduce import

The central government has set up a high level

task force under the Chairmanship of cabinet

Secretary PK Sinha to identify various items and

policy interventions to reduce dependence of

import

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218) Worldrsquos first 3D colour X-ray on Human

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Scientists from New Zealand have performed

worldrsquos first ever 3-D colour X-ray on human It

has potential to improve the field of medical

diagnostics

It incorporates particle-tracking technology

called Medipix developed by European

organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

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219) National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

The 4th National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

was held at Indore in Madhya Pradesh

Chhattisgarh won awards in all categories for

excellence in implementing minerals auction

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220) Photography ban at protected monuments

lifted

Photography will be allowed in all of the

monuments and archaeological sites

administered by the Archaeological Survey of

India except the mausoleum at Taj Mahal the

Ajanta Caves and the Leh palace

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221) India and China hold second maritime

security dialogue in Beijing China

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222) Prize for beautification of Railway Station

Balharshah and Chandrapur Railway Stations of

the Central Railway have been awarded the first

prize in Station beautification competition by

government

Madhubani Station of East Central Railway and

Madurai Station of Southern Railway were the

Co-winners of the Second prize

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223) Odisha constitutes Heritage Cabinet

Odisha government constituted a lsquoHeritage

Cabinetrsquo headed by Chief Minister Naveen

Patnaik

lsquoHeritage Cabinetrsquo would aim at protection of

ancient monuments temples and archaeological

sites and take steps to preserve the states

culture language amp literature

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224) First Double Stack Dwarf container Service

Indian Railways Introduces first Double Stack

Dwarf Container Service from Rajkot Division

Western Railway with the use of these double-

Stack dwarf containers the cost of the unit will

be significantly reduced

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225) The Central government think tank NITI

Aayog has unveiled the blueprint of lsquoNational

Health Stackrsquo (NHS) a shared digital healthcare

infrastructure

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226) Former Pakistan Prime minister Nawaz

Sharif and his daughter Maryam who are

convicted for corruption were arrested

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227) Centuryrsquos longest total lunar eclipse

Union Ministry of Earth Science has announced

the Centuryrsquos (2001 to 2100) longest total

eclipse of 1 hour 43 minutes will occur on July

27-282018

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228) The Government of India has invited us

President Donal Trump to be chief guest at the

2019 Republic Day Parade

The US is yet to officially accept Indiarsquos invite

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229) Threatening Climate Change to the Nilgiri

tahr

According to recent Study published

international journal Ecological Engineering

Climate Change is threatening the Nilgiri tahr

International Union for conservation of Nature

(IUCN) in its red book has classified Nilgiri Tahr

it as Endangered

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230) 2018 Wimbledon Winners

Women singles - Angelique Kerber

(Germany)

Men singles - Novak Djokovic (Serbian)

Menrsquos Doubles - Mike Bryan (US) and Jack

Sock (US)

Womenrsquos Doubles - Barbora Krejcikova and

Katerina Siniakova from Czhech Republic

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231) Bansagar canal project Inaugurated

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the 171

km long Bansagar canal project to the nation in

Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh on July 15

2018

The project which is a joint venture of Uttar

Pradesh Madhya Pradesh and Bihar It built on

Son River

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232) Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018

Union Ministry of Drinking water and Sanitation

has launched Swachh Survekshan Grameen

2018 in New Delhi

The Programme will rank all states and districts

on the basis of a survey of Public places

Citizenrsquos perspective of cleanliness and their

recommendations

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233) 4th BIMSTEC Summit to be held in

Kathmandu

The fourth edition of Bay of Bengal Initiatives for

Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Co-

operation (BIMSTEC) will be held at Kathmandu

in Nepal from 30 t0 31 August 2018

Nepal is the current chair of BIMSTEC It is

headquartered in Dhaka

Member countries- India Nepal Bhutan

Bangladesh Srilanka Myanmar and Thailand

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234) Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventories

in Asia

In New Delhi Union Minister DrHarsh Vardhan

inaugurates 16th Workshop on Greenhouse Gas

Inventories in Asia

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235) First-ever metal craft exhibition in India

With an aim to promote and preserve the metal

craft tradition of Ladakh the first-ever metal

craft exhibition was held at Chilling village in Leh

district of Jammu amp Kashmir

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236) Kochi Metro Rail Limited opened Indiarsquos

first exquisite air-conditioned bed space

dormitor

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237) World Youth skills Day 15 July In 2014 UN

General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring

15th July as World Youth Skills day

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238) India became Vice-Chair on regional head

of Asia pacific Region of the World Customs

Organisation (WCO)

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239) Resolution 2428 by UN security Council

The UN Security council has adopted a resolution

2428 to impose an arms embargo on South

Sudan The measure will stop the flow of

weapons to armed groups in the country

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240) Hindi Mother tongue of 4363 in India

According to the 2011 census Hindi continue to

be the most spoken language in India with

4363 of the country declaring it their mother-

tongue

Sanskrit was the least spoken of the countryrsquos

22 scheduled languages with just 24821

persons listing it as their mother tongue

The top 5 most spoken language by 2011 census

is (i) Hindi (4363) (ii) Bengali (803) (iii)

Marathi (686) (iv) Telugu (670) (v) Tamil

(570)

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(570) 241) Oldest Narrow- Gauge Rail Line in India

The 33 km Dabhoi-Miyagam line in Gujarat

State Indiarsquos first narrow gauge railway stretch

which started operations in 1862 will be closed

forever The line will be soon converted into

broad gauge

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242) Approval for Chinese Bank in India

Bank of China one of four biggest State-run

Chinese lenders has received in Principal

approval from the Reserve Bank of India to open

branches in India

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243) Private Universities in Tamil Nadu

Two bills adopting the establishment of Shiv

Nadar University and Sai University were passed

in the Tamil Nadu assembly

As per the provisions of two bills adopted in the

assembly the two universities will be self-

financing institutions and would be allowed to

establish constituent colleges Currently there

were no private Universities in Tamil nadu

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244) Committee to review companies Act 2013

The ministry of Corporate Affairs has constituted

a 10 member Committee headed by the Injeti

Srinivas (Secretary of Ministry of Corporate

Affairs) for review of the panel provisions in the

companies Act 2013

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245) 2nd National Tourism conclave organised at

Jaipur in Rajasthan

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246) Madras Music Academy has selected

Carnatic Vocalist Aruna Sairam for this yearrsquos

Sangita Kalanithi award

Mridangam artist Thanjavur R Ramadas and

Vocalist K Omanakutty will receive the Kala

Acharya award

Veena and Nagaswaram players and teachers

Kalyani Ganesan and S R G Rajanna have been

chosen for the TTK awards

Prameela Gurumurthy has been selected for

musicologist award Veteran Danseuse Shanta

Dhananjayan will get Nrithya Kalanithi Award

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247) Kamaraj birthday July 15 is celebrated as

Educational Development Dayrsquo by Tamil Nadu

government

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248) India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror drill

Anti terror drill organised by the Shanghai

Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is scheduled

From August 20-29 at Chelyabinsk City in Russia

India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror SCO drill

along with other member countries Russia

China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Tajikistan and

Uzbekistan

It will be for the first time since Independence

that India and Pakistan will both be a part of

military exercise

Around 200 Army and Air force personal from

India will be participating in the drill called

ldquoPeace Mission 2018rdquo

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249) France wins 21st FIFA world cup Football

title

France has won 21st FIFA world cup football by

defeating Croatia by 4-2 goals in the final match

held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow Russia

on 1572018

It was Francersquos Second world cup crown after it

had own it in 1998 It was Croatiarsquos first world

Cup final appearance Croatia became the lowest

ranked team ever to reach a World Cup Final

France and Croatia belong European Continent

Top 4 teams in 21st FIFA world cup are (i) France

(ii) Croatia (iii) Belgium (iv) England

FIFA Awards for the 2018 world cup

(i) Best player ndash Golden Ball Luka Modric

(Croatia)

(ii) Top Goal scorer ndash Golden Boot Harry Kane

(England)

(iii) Best Goal keeper ndash golden Glove Thibaut

Courtois (Belgium)

(iv) Best Young Player Kylian Mbappe (France)

(v) Fairest Team Spain

(vi) man of the Match (final) Antoine

Griezmann (France)

Captain of France Football team is Hugo Lloris

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250) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar

inaugurated Goa IT Day celebrations in Panaji

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251) Assam government has decided to make

Himadas statersquos brand ambassador for sports

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252) Iceland in UN Human Rights Council

Iceland has taken the seat vacated by United

States at the 47 member UN Human Rights

Council

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253) 64-dish Meer KAT radio telescope

South Africa unveiled new 64-dish Meer KAT

radio telescope that could help unlock the

mysteries of the Universe

Meer KAT will be incorporated into complex

square kilometre Array (SKA) instrument SKA

will be fully operational in the late 2020s to be

most powerful radio telescope in the world

The Meer KAT will be the worldrsquos largest radio

telescope of its kind until the Square kilometre

Array (SKA) has been completed

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254) ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas

Engine

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ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas Engine

from Mahendragiri of Tirunelveli district Vikas

(Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai)

The Vikas Engine is the work shore liquid rocket

engine used to power the second stage of the

ISROrsquos trusted Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

(PSLV)

It is also used in the second stage and also at

the four strap on stages of Geosynchronous

Launch vehicle (GSLV) and in the twin-engine

core liquid stage (L110) of GSLV Mk-111

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255) Global Sugar output Record high

In its latest report the UN body has forecast

world Sugar output to hit a record high at 1876

million tonnes in 2017-18 and Surpass

consumption The anticipated surplus is likely to

the largest in history

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256) Fossil Museum in Ariyalur

The Fossil Museum at Varanavasi near Ariyalur

town is set to open The museum will provide

evidence of the existence of dinosaurs and other

associated reptilians in the Ariyalur region

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257) The madras High court has ruled that there

is no legal obligation on the part of a mother to

disclose the name of the father at the time of

registering her childrsquos birth

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258) Indian farmers fertiliser cooperative limited

(IFFCO) launched a social e-commerce app

called ldquoIFFCO iMandirdquo

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259) 100 public services to be delivered at

doorstep in Delhi

Delhi people will get around 100 public services

including driving licence and caste certificate at

their door step under a proposed scheme of the

Delhi government The scheme was named as

lsquoMobilersquo Sahayaksrsquo

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260) Trump-Putin Summit

Russiarsquos president Vladimir Putin and Americanrsquos

President Donald Trump met at Helsinki capital

of Finland

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261) New Headquarters building of

Archaeological Survey of India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated

lsquoDharohar Bhawanrsquo ndash the new headquarters

building of the Archaeological Survey of India

(ASI) in New Delhi

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262) Per Capita Revenue Collection

Haryana has topped other States in per capita

Revenue Collection in the first Financial year of

the GST regime per Capita revenue collection of

Haryana is Rs 187697month

2nd Position is Uttarakhand 3rd position is

Maharashtra

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263) Digital Health Campaign for Think For

Health

The Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of

India ( (OPPI) launched its digital campaign

Think for Health at its annual summit in New

Delhi

The initiative Think For Health was launched in

Partnership with the Government of Telangana

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264) Government reappoints Anil D

Sahasrabudhe

Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)

has approved renewal of appointment of Prof

Anil D Sahabsrabudhe as the Chairman of the All

India council for Technical Education (AICTE)

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265) 12 new moons discovered around Jupiter

Scientists had discovered 12 new moons around

Jupiter The discoveries bring the number of

Jupiterrsquos known moon to 79 the most around a

single planet in our Solar system

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266) Nelson Mandela International Day July 18

2018 marks the Centenary of the birth of Nelson

Mandela

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267) Rajpurrsquos Swami Vivekananda Airport has

been ranked first in Customer Satisfaction

among 49 airports in the country

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268) LIGO-India Laboratory in Maharashtra

The Government of India (GOI) has given lsquoIn-

Principlersquo approval for construction and operation

of LIGO-India (Laser Interferometer

Gravitational wave observatory in India)

Laboratory in hingoli District of Maharashtra

The LIGO-India Observatory is Scheduled to be

operational in 2024 in Collaboration with the

LIGO Laboratory in United States

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269) Cheapest drinking water in the world

Bihar will soon provide the cheapest drinking

water in the world The first of such a water

project named lsquoSulabh Jalrsquo was launched in

Biharrsquos Darbhanga district

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270) Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)

has organised ldquo Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyanrdquo

campaign in five main stem Ganga basin

States-Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh Bihar

Jharkhand and west Bengal It has been

observed as lsquoShubharambh Saptahrsquo

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271) ldquoPitch Blackrdquo war exercise

The Indian Air force (IAF) is participating in the

Multinational ldquoPitch Blackrdquo warfare exercise

hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force in

Australia

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272) BSE building gets trademark

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has secured a

ldquotrademarkrdquo for its iconic building Phizoze

Jeejeebhoy Towers located in Mumbai

Subsequently the usage of the BSE buildingrsquos

picture will required consent from BSE

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ldquoKjjpiu rpddkrdquo ( trademark)

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273) Central Government announces amnesty

for prisoners to mark Mahatma Gandhirsquos 150th

birth anniversary

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274) New 100 Rs Note

New lavender-coloured Rs100 currency notes

will soon be issued by the Reserve Bank of India

The new note will feature the motif of the lsquoRani

Ki Vavrsquo Stepwell in Gujarat as well as the

Swachh Bharat logo and Slogan

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275) The book ldquoThe House of Islam A global

Historyrdquo has been authored by Islamic radical Ed

Hussain

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276) Athletics World Cup

The USA won the first Athletics World Cup held

in London England Poland and Great Britain

took 2nd and 3rd spot respectively

The Athletics world cup is a team-based

international athletics competition inaugurated in

2018 The inaugural edition had eight national

teams based on world rankings

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277) lsquoAabhaar Aapki Sewa karsquo

The Chhattisgarh government has launched an

online portal and mobile app lsquoAabhaar-Aapki

Seva Karsquo (Gratitude-for your service) to provide

transparency in the pension facility

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278) President has given assent to Assam witch

Hunting (Prohibition Prevention and Protection)

Bill 2015 passed by state Assembly

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(jil nrajygt jLjjy kwWk ghJfhgG)

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mspjJsshu

279) 2018 NABARD Award

Repco Micro Finance Ltd a non-banking Finance

Company promoted by Repco bank has won the

2018 NABARD award for its service to self-Help

Group (SHG) linkage in Tamil Nadu for the fiscal

year 2017-18

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280) ASI to upgrade Seven monuments in

TamilNadu

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has

planned to upgrade infrastructural and tourist

friendly facilities at seven sites which are

approved under Adarsh Smarak Scheme for

conservation of Monuments in Tamil Nadu

The Monuments are Shore temple

Mamallapuram Gingee Fort kailasanathar

temple Kancheepuram Brihadeswarar temple

Thanjavur Sithananavasal Caves vellore fort

Moovar koil Kodumbalur

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(Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)

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281) Myanmar in International Solar Alliance

Myanmar has joined the India-initiated

International Solar Alliance (ISA) and became

the 68th signatory to the framework Agreement

of the ISA It is headquarters at Gwal Pahari

village in Gurugram Haryana

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282) Scottish site selected for Spaceport

UK space agency has selected site at Sutherland

on ArsquoMhoine peninsula on north Coast of

Scotland for its first Spaceport to launch rockets

vertically and put satellites in orbit

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283) Lakshya sen won gold at Asia Badminton

Junior

Lakshya sen from India has clinched historic

menrsquos singles gold at the Asia Badminton Junior

Championship 2018 in Jakarata

With this he became the 3rd Indian shuttler to

win singles gold at the competition after

Gautham Thakkar and PV Sindhu

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284) Afghan player nominated for the IOC

membership

A young Afghan basketball player Samira

Asghari has been nominated for the

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

membership She is among 9 candidates for

membership of the body in a move to boost

womenrsquos rights

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285) Arman Ali was appointed as Executive

Director of National Centre for promotion of

employment for Disable People (NCPEDP)

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286) Worldrsquos Best Cities Report

According to Travel+ Leisurersquos worldrsquos best cities

report the city of Udaipur has ranked 3rd The

top 2 cities are both in Mexico- San Miguel de

Allende and Oaxaca

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p287) Delhi Dialogue (DDX)

The 10th edition of Delhi Dialogue (DDX) was

held in New Delhi and was hosted by Union

External affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj The

theme for this edition was ldquoStrengthening India-

ASEAN maritime Cooperationrdquo

Delhi Dialogue is premier annual event to

discuss Politico- security economic and Socio-

Cultural engagement between India and the

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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(ASEAN) MfpatwwpwfpilNaahd murpay

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288) Central Oil PSUs has signed joint Venture

Pact

In a major initiative to connect all the North-

East States to the National Gas grid the 5

Central oil PSUs -IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL and

NRL have signed a joint venture agreement for

executing the North-East Natural Gas Pipeline

Grid (N-ENGPG) in Guwahati

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289) PATA Gold Award 2018

Sahapediarsquos India Heritage ldquowalk Feterdquo wins

PATA award has been awarded the PATA Gold

Award 2018 for its recently concluded Pon-India

event

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Fete) PATA tpUjpid ntdWssJ rkPgjjpy

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290) Medini Puraskar Yojana

The Environment Ministry re-introduced the

lsquoMedini Puraskar Yojanarsquo a scheme that awards

Indian authors for their original work in Hindi on

environment pollution and climate change

subjects

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291) Student Police Cadet Programme

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has

launched the student police Cadet Programme to

build a bridge between the police and the larger

community though School students by

inculcating values and ethics in them

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292) lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched the

lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo in a bid to make London

the worldrsquos most walkable city

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itjJsshu

293) Fugitive Economic offenders Bill 2018

The Parliament passed the Fugitive Economic

Offenders Bill 2018 which will empower

authorities to attach and Confiscate properties

and assets of economic offenders like loan

defaulters and Fraudsters who flee the country

The Cases where the total value involved in such

Scheduled offences is Rs 100 crore or more will

come under its purview

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nraAkgt jggpNahLk nghUshjhu

Fwwthspfis jzbfFk kNrhjhrsquo (Fugitive

Economic offenders Bill 2018)

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294) India-assisted emergency ambulance

Service

Indian prime Minister launched the India-

assisted emergency ambulance Service in

Srilanka through video conferencing from New

Delhi

The inaugural function was scheduled in Jaffna

Srilanka this is the largest Indian project in

Srilanka after Indian housing project

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toqfggLk ngupa jpllk JthFk

295) 24-hour helpline for Protection for inter-

caste couples

The Tamil Nadu government has setup a 24-

hour helpline to investigate issues faced by

inter-caste couples and offer them necessary

assistance

A special cell has been formed in all districts and

cities in the State comprising district-level

officers to receive complaints of harassment

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mikjJssJ

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296) India tops skilled visa immigrants list

According to the data released by Australian

Bureau of Statistics for those coming to

Australia on the skilled visa India with 19

people bagged the top rank

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297) Padhe Bharat-Badhe Bharat

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

has announced lsquoPadhe Bharat-Badhe Bharatrsquo an

initiative to promote the reading culture among

students The initiative has launched under

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo

Under this initiative the government will give an

annual library grant to schools

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo is an overarching programme

for school educating extending from primary to

class 12 which was introduced in the Union

Budget 2018-19

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298) Miss Asia (Deaf) 2018

Deshna Jain who is from Madhya Pradesh has

been crowned the 2018 Miss Asia (Deaf) title

and also she was the 3rd in the 2018 Miss

international (Deaf)

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299) South East Asiarsquos first Centre for Climate

Change

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (NABARD) has launched the South

East Asiarsquos First-ever centre for Climate change

in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

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300) System of Air Quality and weather

Forecasting

Dr Harsh Vardhan the Union Environment

Minister has launched a advanced State-of-the-

art Air Quality and weather forecast System

called SAFAR (System of Air Quality and

Weather Forecasting) in Delhi

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mikgG

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Weather Forecasting) vdw mjpetPd fhwwpd

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301) Odisha police has launched a drive to bust

an international syndicate that peddles

lsquoendangeredrsquo pangolin

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302) According to Public Affairs Index (PAI) for

2018 Kerala stands as the best-governed State

in the country followed by Tamil Nadu

Telangana

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303) Typhoon Ampil has recently hit Chinese

Financial hub Shunghai and disrupted transport

and shipping

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ghjpjjJ

304) lsquoe -Pragati Core initiativersquo

The Andhra Pradesh government has launched

lsquoe-Pragati core initiativersquo to provide integrated

Service to citizens It will act as a platform to

connect all departments and Stand alone to

resolve the issue

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Kjdik jsjij (e -Pragati Core initiativersquo)

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305) Tribal Atlas of Odisha

Odisha government has unveiled First-ever

Tribal Atlas of Odisharsquo a compilation of

demographic and Cultural information of the

tribal population in the State It is first of its kind

Compilation in the country

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306) Justice Tahira Safdar has been named as

the new Chief justice of the Balochistan High

court with this She will become the first-ever

female high court chief Justice in Pakistan

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307) The NASA has launched lsquoRemote sensing

Toolkitrsquo to promote commercial use of satellite

data

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njhlqfpAssJ

308) Rajiv Gauba Committee

The Union Government has constituted a high

level committee to suggest laws against mob

lynching and Violence The committee is headed

by the Rajiv Gauba

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309) MicroDot Technology

The Indian government has announced the

launch of a new MicroDot Technology that would

help check on vehicle theft

Under this thousands of small dots laser etched

will be sprayed with a vehicle identification

number on all over the vehiclersquos body including

its engine

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njspffggLk

310) The book ldquoThe Dhoni Touch Unravelling

the Enigma That is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquo has

been authored by Bharat Sundaresan

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is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquovdw Eiy guj

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311) Chennia is going to host the world Junior

Squash Championship 2018

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312) First person to Ski down the K2

Polandrsquos Andrzej Bargiel became the First person

to Ski down the worldrsquos 2nd highest mountain K2

peak

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rhuej mzbuprf gu[Py Mthu

313) Alize cornet of France won the Swiss open

Tennis title

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314) State Bank of India organized a nation

wide Kisan Mela as an outreach programme for

farmers and to impart Financial literacy

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jpllkhf VwghL nraagglLssJ

315) ldquoWarlightrdquo in the Man Booker Prize list

Srilankan born Canadian author Michael

Ondaatje has again made the Man Booker Prize

list with his latest novel lsquoWarlightrdquo Recently his

work was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize

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316) Sitamarhi became the first open defecation

free district in Bihar

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khtllk MFk

57) Shale in Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules

1959

Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has

amended Petroleum and natural Gas Rules 1959

to include Shale in the definition of Petroleum

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1959

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mikrrfk jpUjjp mikjJssJ

318) Prime Ministers tour of three-nations in

Africa

PM Narendra Modi is on a three nation tour to

the African countries including Rwanda Uganda

amp South Africa

Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime

minister to visit Rwanda he gifted 200 cows as

part of Rwanda governmentrsquos Girinka

programme India decided to gift a cancer

therapy machine to the Uganda

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RwWggazk

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NkwnfhzLsshu

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nraJssJ

319) The Ministry of women and child

Development has launched a contest ldquoChildline

1098rdquo to spread awareness on human trafficking

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Nghlbia eljjpaJ

320) 10th edition of BRICS Summit in

Johannesburg

South Africa is hosting the 10th edition of BRICS

summit 2018 in Johannesburg with theme

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution

The member nations are Brazil Russia India

China amp South Africa

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BRICS mikggpd 10tJ khehLgt

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ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution vdgjhFk

321) The 3rd edition of Kabira festival 2018 will

be held in Varanasi to celebrate the spirit of 15th

century mystic poet Kabir

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eilgngWk

322) World Bankrsquos internal award to ICZM

Indiarsquos Integrated Coastal Zone Management

(ICZM) project has won the World Bankrsquos

internal award for exceptional performance in

achieving many development goals

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Management -ICZM) jpllkgt gy NkkghlLf

FwpfNfhsfis rhjpjJf fhlba g+utkhd

nrayjpwDffhf cyf tqfpapd csehlL

tpUjpid ntdWssJ

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uhjhfpUzd gjtpNawWsshh

124) 17th World Sanskrit Conference held in

Vancouver Canada

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125) Dipa Karmakar won gold medal

Dipa Karmakar Clinched the gold medal in the

vault event of FIG Artistic Gymnastic World

Challenge Cup at Mersin Turkey

She is First Indian to win gold in Gymnastic

World Challenge Cup

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126) Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel has been

appointed the new Chairperson of the National

Green Tribunal (NGT)

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127) Researches have created the worldrsquos first

Rhino Embryos in a test tube

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128) The Union Ministry of Environment Forests

and Climate Change declared the 438sqkm of

area around Mudumalai Tiger Reserve as an Eco-

Sensitive Zone

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129) The Civil Aviation Research Organisation

(CARO) will be set up by AAI

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will set up

a state-of- the -art Civil Aviation Research

organisation (CARO) at Begumpet Airport

Hyderabad

It is to find indigenous solutions to meet the

challenges posed by the growing air traffic and

for enhancing safety Capacity and efficiency of

aircraft operations in the country

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mikgghdJ (CARO) My

mikffgglTssJ

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mikffTssJ

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ej mikgig mikffTssJ

130) International Round Table Conference on

ldquoData for New Indiardquo

The International Round Table Conference on

ldquoData for New Indiardquo has organised by the

ministry of Statistics and programme

Implementation was held in New Delhi in 9-10th

July 2018 The conference was inaugurated by

DVSadananda Gowda

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jftyrdquo (Data for New Indiardquo) vDk

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131) Sambalpur in East Coast Railway division

becomes first to eliminate All unmanned level

crossings in India

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132) Golden Man Booker International Prize

2018

SriLanka -born Canadian literacy icon Michael

ondaatjersquos lsquoThe English Patientrsquo has won the

special one-off Golden Man booker prize at the

Southbank centre in London

The Prize was instituted as part of Celebrations

to mark the Bookerrsquos having completed 50 years

and the one-off award was voted by the public

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133) Justice L Narasimha Reddy has been

appointed the Chairman of the Central

Administrative Tribunal (CAT)

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134) Railways to introduce Sri Ramayana

Express

Indian Railways is planning to introduce a

unique pilgrim train Sri Ramayana Express on

the Ramayana Circuit to cover the major

destinations related to the Hindu epic

The train may start its operations beginning

November 142018 from New Delhi It will make

its first halt in Ayodhya and the final halt in

Rameshwaram

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135) Indiarsquos 2nd Transgender Lawyer SViji

SViji becomes Indiarsquos 2nd transgender lawyer

She is from Thoothukudi She enrolled herself in

Bar Council of Tamilnadu and Puducherry

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136) TamilNadu government is going to set up a

route to transport wind mill power from

Kayathar in Thoothukudi district to other State

with the estimate of 2600 crore

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137) Tamil Nadu assembly passes Lokayukta Bill

The Tamil Nadu assembly in 972018 passed

the Lokayukta Bill to inquire into charges of

corruption against Chief minister ministerrsquos

MLAs and government officials

Personnel and administrative reforms minister

DJayakumar introduced the Bill in the assembly

Maharashtra was the first state to introduce the

institution of Lokayukta

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138) lsquoCompulsory Retirementrsquo to up Employees

Uttar Pradesh government is planning to give a

ldquoCompulsory retirementrdquo to employees aged 50

years and above if they are found neglecting

their duties

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139) Provide Free treatment to poor in Delhi

Private hospital Supreme court

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Supreme Court said that all private hospitals in

the Delhi which were given land on

Concessional rate must provide free treatment

to certain percentage of poor patient

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140) Kasturirangan Committee tasked with

drafting a new education policy has got third

extension from the HRD Ministry

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141) Special Lifetime Achievement Award to

THVinayakram

The music academy announced a special lifetime

Achievement award to be conferred on ghatam

maestro TH Vinayakram foundly known as

lsquoVikkursquo Vinayakram

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142) The book ldquoWinning like Souravrdquo Think amp

Succeed like Gangulyrdquo has been authored by

Abhirup Bhattacharya

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vOjpAsshh

143) Indiarsquos First biofortified Sorghum (Jowar)

namedrsquoParbhani Shaktirsquo containing higher iron

and zinc than regular Surghum was formally

launched

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144) 6th World Cities Summit 2018

The Sixth World Cities Summit was held in

Singapore Its theme was ldquoLiveable amp

Substaniable Cities Embracing the future

through Innovation and Collaborationrdquo

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ldquoLiveable amp Substaniable Cities Embracing the

future through Innovation and Collaborationrdquo

145) 67th Meeting of North Eastern Council

The 67th meeting of North Eastern Council was

held in Shillong Meghalaya It was Chaired by

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh

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146) BSNL Unveils internet telephony service

wings

State-Owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar

Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced the soft

launch of its first telephony service wings in

India to be rolled out from August 2018

Through wings the customer can make or

receive calls by using internet service of any

operator

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147) Oldest Indian Woman to complete an

Ironman Triathlon

Anju Khosla (52) has become the oldest Indian

woman to complete an Ironman Triathlon which

is one of the toughest one-day sporting events

It comprises swimming bicycle ride and

Marathon run6

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148) Second Indian to Climb worldrsquos highest

Volcano

Satyarup Siddhanta has become Second Indian

mountaineer after Malli Mastan Babu to Climb Mt

Ojos del Salado (6893m) the highest volcano in

the world on Argentina- Chile border

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gFjpapy cssJ 149) Government announced the names of six

ldquoinstitute of eminencerdquo

Central government announced the names of six

ldquoinstitute of eminencerdquo three each from the

public and private sectors

The six institutes are

i) IISc ii) IIT Delhi

iii) IIt Bombay iv) JIO Institute

v) BITS Pilani

(vi) Manipal Academy of Higher Education

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

released its ranking of National institutes for

2018 The top three ranks are

i) Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru

ii) IIT Madras

iii) IIT Bombay

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150) After two-year Turkey to end state of

emergency The president of Turkey is Recep

Tayyip Erdugan

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151) All twelve members of a boyrsquos football

team and their coach have been rescued in

1072018 after being trapped in a cave in

Thailand for 18 days

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152) Worldrsquos largest Cellphone Factory in Noida

Samsung opens worldrsquos largest phone factory in

Noida The worldrsquos largest mobile Factory was

launched at Noida in Uttarpradesh by Narendra

Modia and South Korean president moon Jae-in

The Unit will have a Capacity of Fabricationg 12

Crore phones a year

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153) The first-ever lsquoIndia Taurism Mart (ITM) rsquo

will be hosted by Ministry of Tourism in New

Delhi from 16th to 18th September 2018

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154) Mobile help centre ldquoSaathirdquo For Amarnath

Yatra Pilgrims

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has

launched a mobile help centre lsquoSaathirsquo to reach

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out to people undertaking the annual pilgrimage

holy cave shrine of Amarnath

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155) ADB approves project of Sun Canal in Bihar

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has

approved project of Sun Canal in Shahabad-

Bhojpur region of Bihar

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156) Gujarart Government grants religious

minority Status of Jews

Gujarat Governement granted religious minority

status to Jews living in the state with this

Gujarat became the third state in India to grant

religious minority Status to Jews after

westBengal and Maharashtra

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157) Dipika Pallikal will represent Asia

Indiarsquos Squash player Dipika Pallikal has been

appointed as Asiarsquos representative in the

prestigious Athlete Advisory commission of the

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGf) The

appointment was mady by the CGF

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158) The Odisha government has partnered with

tata Trust for development of Cancer care

facilities in the State

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159) Scientists discover worldrsquos oldest biological

colour

Scientists have discovered the worldrsquos oldest

colour that is bright pink

The pigments were discovered after researchers

crushed 11 billon year old rock found in a

marine shale deposit beneath the Sahara desert

in Mauritania west Africa

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160) Australian researchers have uncovered the

worldrsquos oldest biological colour

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161) First time in history Rajya Sabha Signs

MOU with a foreign Counterpart

Rajya Sabha has for the first time in 76 years

since it came into being entered into

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a

foreign Counterpart for promoting inter-

Parliamentar dialogue

Venkaiah Naidu has become the first chairman

of Rajya Sabha to sign such an lsquoagreement when

he inked an MOU with the visiting president of

the Senate of Rwanda

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162) Turkey will sell four Corvette warships to

Pakistan which will be the countryrsquos largest

single export deal Turkey signed a

memorandum of understanding to build four

Corvettes for Pakistan Under the MILGEM Project

last year

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163) Team India Opener Rohit Sharma has

become the first Indian Cricketer to Smash three

Centuries in T20 International Cricket

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164) Train 18 Made in India 160 kmph train

Indiarsquos indigenously manufactured Semi-high

speed train code-named Train 18 (Train 2018)

is expected to be rolled out in September

The train built by Integral Coach Factory (ICF)

of Chennai to promote Make in India is capable

of running at a speed of 160km per hour

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165) Andhra Pradesh tops in ldquoEase of Doing

Businessrdquo

Andhra Pradesh has topped the third edition of

the governmentrsquos lsquoEase of Doing Businessrsquo index

for states This is the second time in a row that

Andhra achieved the first rank

Telangana and Haryana in second and third

spots Tamilnadu in 15th position

i) Andhra Pradesh ii) Telangana iii) Haryana iv)

Jharkand v) Gujarath

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166) 22nd International Conference on

Nonferrous Minerals and Metals 2018 held at

Ranchi Jharkhand

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167) Meghalaya government introduces Draft

policy known as ldquoJackfruit Missionrdquo during the

first ever Jackfruit festival

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168) China Launches two remote sensing

Satellites for Pakistan

China Successfully launched two remote sensing

Satellites PRSS-1 and PAKTES-1A for Pakistan

on board of Long March-2C rocket from Jicquan

Satellite Launch Centre

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169) China said it has clinched a deal with India

on the reduction of Import duties on Indian

medicines including anti-cancer drugs

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170) Rajya Sabha members can use all 22

Scheduled Languages

From the forth coming Monsoon Session of

parliament Rajya Sabha Mps will be able to

speak in the house in any of the 22 Indian

languages listed in the 8th Schedule of the

Constitution

Of the 22 scheduled languages Rajya Sabha has

earlier established simultaneous interpretation

service for 12 language

The Rajya Sabha Secretariat has arranged for

simultaneous interpretation facility for ten more

languages- Dugri Kashmiri Kunkani Santhali

Sindhi Bodu Maithili Manipuri Marathi and

Nepali

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171) South Korean President in India

South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived

India for his four-day visit India and South

Korea singed 11 agreements including in the

areas of trade cultural and Scientific and

technological Cooperation

Capital-Seoul

Prime Minister ndash Lee Nak-yeon

Continent -Asia

Currecny -Won

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172) India becomes worldrsquos sixth largest

economy

World Bank Figuresrsquos for 2017 says that Indian

economy has now become worldrsquos sixth biggest

pushing France to Seventh place The US leads

the table as the biggest economy followed by

China Japan Germany and Britain

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173) World Population Day-11 July

The world Population day is observed across the

world on July 11 The world population day was

established by the then Governing Council of the

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

in 1989

The theme for the World Population Day 2018 is

ldquoFamily Planning is a Human Rightrdquo

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174) The 30th International Mango Festival was

held in New Delhi

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175) Ram Nath Kovind announces four

nominations to Rajya Sabha

President Ram Nath Kovind has nominated 4

Rajya Sabha members viz former MPRam

Shakal Sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra classical

dancer Sunal Mansingh Rakesh Sinha

Raghunath Mohapatra is an internationality

renowned sculptor famous for his stone

carvings

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176) Global Innovation Index 2018

The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2018 has

ranked India as the 57th most innovative nation

in the world The country has improved its

ranking up to 3 places from its 60th position in

2017

Top 5 Countries are (1) Switzerland (2)

Netherland (3) Sweden (4) UK (5) Singapore

The G11 global ranking is published by World

Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) -a

specialized agency of United nations

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177) lsquoI am not afraid of Englishrsquo

Haryana has launched lsquoI am not afraid of

Englishrsquo initiative to make primary school

students fluent in English

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178) IWF Junior World Weightlifting

Championships 2018

Indian woman lifter Jhilli Dalabehera has bagged

the bronze medal in the 2018 IWF Junior World

Weightlifting Championships at Tashkent

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179) Kutchi New year

Kutchi Community celebrates its new year on

Aashadhi Beej which falls in month of Ashada

(JuneJuly)

As for people of Kutch this day is associated

with beginning of rains in Kutch Gujarat

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180) DrSandeep Sancheti Vice Chancellor of

SRM Institute of Science and Technology has

assumed charge as the president of the

Association of Inidan Universities (AIU) New

Delhi

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181) INS Sumitra enters Indonesiarsquos Sabang

Part

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Indian Warship INS Sumitra which was on

mission in Malacca straits entered port of

Sabang in Indonesia

This is the first time that an Indian Naval ship

has visited the port of Sabang

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fggyhfpAssJ 182) FSSAI has launched ldquoThe Eat Right

Movementrdquo

The food safety and standards Authority of India

(FSSAI) has launched ldquoThe Eat Right Movementrdquo

to empower the citizens by improving their

health and well-being It is a platform to provide

credible information to help make informed and

healthful eating choices The main purpose of

the project is to reduce salt sugar and saturated

fat in packaged food products

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183) Broadcasting content complaints council

(BCCC)

Udhay Kumar Varma has been appointed as

new member of Broadcasting content complains

council (BCCC)

The BCCC is an independent self-regulatory body

set up by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation

(IBF) in June 2011to look into complaints

pertaining to all non-news general entertainment

channel in India

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184) Lonely planetrsquos best Asia destinations list

One of the Hottest Biodiversity Hotspots and

UNESCO world Heritage site the western Ghats

has come fourth in the list of Lonely planetrsquos

ldquo2018 Best in Asiardquo list

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185) India-South Korea Technology Exchange

Centre inaugurated in New Delhi by Central

Minister of MSME Giriraj Singh

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186) UN Security Council adopts Resolution

2427 to protect children in armed conflict

The United Nations Security Council has adopted

Resolution 2427 aimed at providing legal

framework for mainstream protection rights

well-being and empowerment of children

throughout the conflict cycle

The resolution Strongly condemns recruitment

and use of children in armed conflicts killing and

rape abductions

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187) Himachal Pradesh government announced

a project to setup a cow sanctuary act Kotla

Barug

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188) Vice president M Venkaiah Naidu

inaugurated the Indian Intraculare Implant and

Refractive Surgery Convention 2018 held in

Chennai

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189) UK Launched New Visas

The UK has launched new visas that will be open

to overseas Scientists and researchers including

Indians to encourage growth of the countryrsquos

research sector

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190) Indiarsquos latest Frontline warship INS Trikand

has reached Srilanka in a goodwill visit

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191) RBI cancels license of Alwar Urban Co-

operative Bank

The Reserve bank of India has cancelled the

license of Alwar Urban Co-operative Bank LTD

Alwar Rajastan to carry on banking business

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192) For the first time in Tamil nadu Centre for

excellence in traditional flowers to come up in

Madurai

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193) Formalin- laced Fish create Scare across

India after the ban of fishes Assam Manipur etc

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194) lsquoAnna Canteensrsquo in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh Government launched lsquoAnna

Canteenrsquo where breakfast lunch and dinner

would be offered at Rs5 each

The lsquoAnna Canteenrsquo named after the NT Rama

Rao

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195) lsquoOne Farmer one transformerrsquo Scheme

In order to reduce electricity losses the

Maharashtra government will next month launch

a new scheme lsquoOne farmer one Transformerrsquo

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196) Goa University discovered a Pigment that

may help fight against Cancer

Goa University announced the discovery of a

new pigment from Local wild Mushrooms that

may help fight against Cancer

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The chemical nature of the brown or black

Colour Pigment in wild edible mushrooms lsquoRoen

alamis or Termitomycesrsquo Species has a new

Sulphur-rich melanin pigment

The Goa University has declared it as Worldrsquos

first Sulphur-rich edible melanin

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197) Seema Darshanrsquo Project

Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani has given in principal

approval for the 39 Crore rupees lsquoSeema

Darshanrsquo or lsquoBorder tourismrsquo project

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198) The ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

(MOHUA) has launched a technology challenge

on identifying Solutions and promoting suitable

techniques for cleaning of Sewage Systems The

Objective is eliminating human entry into septic

tanks and manholes

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199) Indiarsquos First Private UAV amp LBPV factory to

come up in Kota

Indiarsquos First private Sector unit for

manufacturing unmanned air vehicles (UAV) and

light bullet proof vehicles (LBPV) will be set up

under lsquoMake in Indiarsquo initiative of the Union

government by DCM Shriram Industries Group in

Kota

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200) Rajasthan Government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft

The Rajasthan government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft to provide free digital training to

9500 students of 50 government colleges in a

year It will also train 500 faculty members

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201) In a first Indian Naval aircraft deployed fro

RIMPAC exercise

For the first time Indian Navyrsquos Long Range

Maritime Patrol Aircraft Boeing P-8I (Poseidon

Eight India) from Indian Naval Ship (INS) Rajali

has inducted for participating in the 26th edition

of RIMPAC-18 the Rim of the Pacific

multinational Naval exercise During the

exercise In P8I will be operating from Joint

Airbase Hickam Honolulu in Hawaii

This is the first time ever that an Indian Naval

aircraft has traversed so far east into the pacific

It is the First IN aircraft to cross the

International Date line

RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific Exercise) is the

wolrdrsquos largest international maritime warfare

exercise It is hosted and administered by the

United States Navyrsquos pacific feet headquartered

at Pearl Harbor

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202) India becomes 69th Shareholder of

European Bank for reconstruction amp

development (EBRD) paving the way for more

joint investment with Indian companies across

the bankrsquos regions of operation

EBRD headquartered in London Suma

Chakrabarti is the president of EBRD

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203) Indiarsquos genetically modified crop area fifth

largest in world

India becomes worldrsquos fifth largest area

cultivated under genetically modified (GM) crops

in 2017 according to the International service for

the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications

(ISAAA) report

From the report (i) America (ii) Brazil (iii)

Argentina (iv) Canada (v) India

Indiarsquos entire GM crop area is under single crop

BT cotton

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204) 2+2 ministeria dialogue

India is going to host inaugural 2+2 dialogue

with united States in September in New Delhi

lsquo2+2 dialoguersquo is an interaction between the

foreign and defence minister of the

twocountries

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205) Mukesh Ambani overtook Alibaba Group

Founder Jackma to become Asiarsquos richest

person according to a report by Blumberg

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206) First Indian women to win gold in world U-

20 Athletics Championships

Hima Das became the First Indian Women to

clinch a gold medal at a global event the world

under-20 Championships

Das clinched the top spot in the womenrsquos 400m

final race at the IAAF wordl under-20 Athletics

Championships in Tampere Finland

Hima Das Clocked 5146 seconds to win gold

She belongs to State of Assam

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207) Coimbatore doctor to head worldrsquos top

body of Spine Surgeons

Coimbatore-based orthopaedic and Spine

Surgeon SRajasekaran who is Chairman of the

Department of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery

at Ganga Hospital has been selected Chairman

of the international board of Aospine the worldrsquos

largest body of Spine Surgeons

DrRajasekaran is the first person to elected

from Asia region to this prestigious position

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208) 25000 plus two students to be trained to

take CA exams

Minister for School Education KA Sengottaiyan

Said that 25000 plus two students in

government schools will be trained over to take

up entry level examination for Chartered

Accountancy course Classes will be conducted

by 500 CAS once a week

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209) Two Indian-origin women of Forbes list of

Americarsquos richest self-made women

Two Indian-origin technology executives

JayShree Ullal and Neerja Sethi have made it to

the Forbes list of Americarsquos 60 richest self-made

women

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210) DrTCA Rahgavan has been appointed as

Director General of Indian Council of World

Affairs (ICWA)

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211) Entire Indian Menrsquos hockey team included

in Tops

The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of Union

Ministry of Sports and youth Affairs has included

entire menrsquos Hockey team of India under the

Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS)

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212) India Army signed a MOU with SBI

Indian Army signed a memorandum of

understanding (MOU) with the State Bank of

India (SBI) on the Defence Salary Package that

will include free personal accident death free

permanent total disability cover and other

accidental benefits to the deceased soldier and

family

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213) Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has

become the First Indian personality to get a

lsquotalking Statuersquo at Madame Tussauds Singapore

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214) Spiritual leader Dada JP Vaswani passed

away

Dada JP Vaswani (99) the spiritual leader and

head of Sadhu Vaswani mission in Pune has

passed away in Pune Maharashtra on July 12

2018

He was born in Hyderabad Sindh (Pakistan) on

2nd August 1918 Vaswani was a world renowned

Spiritual leader known for promoting

vegetarianism and animal rights

JP Vaswani was the recipient of the 1998

UThant peace award Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram

Vaswani (TL Vaswani) who founded Sadhu

Vaswani Mission was his Guru

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215) 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

The 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention is

being organized by Ministry of External Affairs in

association with the State Government of Uttar

Pradesh in January 2019

Theme of 2019 event is ldquoRole of Indian Diaspora

in building a New Indiardquo

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216) ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo authored by

Tapan

The book ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo has

been authored by Tapan Kumar Chand the

Chairman cum Managing Director of NALCO

The book is recently released by Narendra Singh

Tamar the Union Minister of Mines Rural

Development and panchayat Raj

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217) Government set up task force on ways to

reduce import

The central government has set up a high level

task force under the Chairmanship of cabinet

Secretary PK Sinha to identify various items and

policy interventions to reduce dependence of

import

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218) Worldrsquos first 3D colour X-ray on Human

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Scientists from New Zealand have performed

worldrsquos first ever 3-D colour X-ray on human It

has potential to improve the field of medical

diagnostics

It incorporates particle-tracking technology

called Medipix developed by European

organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

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219) National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

The 4th National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

was held at Indore in Madhya Pradesh

Chhattisgarh won awards in all categories for

excellence in implementing minerals auction

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220) Photography ban at protected monuments

lifted

Photography will be allowed in all of the

monuments and archaeological sites

administered by the Archaeological Survey of

India except the mausoleum at Taj Mahal the

Ajanta Caves and the Leh palace

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221) India and China hold second maritime

security dialogue in Beijing China

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222) Prize for beautification of Railway Station

Balharshah and Chandrapur Railway Stations of

the Central Railway have been awarded the first

prize in Station beautification competition by

government

Madhubani Station of East Central Railway and

Madurai Station of Southern Railway were the

Co-winners of the Second prize

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223) Odisha constitutes Heritage Cabinet

Odisha government constituted a lsquoHeritage

Cabinetrsquo headed by Chief Minister Naveen

Patnaik

lsquoHeritage Cabinetrsquo would aim at protection of

ancient monuments temples and archaeological

sites and take steps to preserve the states

culture language amp literature

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224) First Double Stack Dwarf container Service

Indian Railways Introduces first Double Stack

Dwarf Container Service from Rajkot Division

Western Railway with the use of these double-

Stack dwarf containers the cost of the unit will

be significantly reduced

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225) The Central government think tank NITI

Aayog has unveiled the blueprint of lsquoNational

Health Stackrsquo (NHS) a shared digital healthcare

infrastructure

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226) Former Pakistan Prime minister Nawaz

Sharif and his daughter Maryam who are

convicted for corruption were arrested

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227) Centuryrsquos longest total lunar eclipse

Union Ministry of Earth Science has announced

the Centuryrsquos (2001 to 2100) longest total

eclipse of 1 hour 43 minutes will occur on July

27-282018

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228) The Government of India has invited us

President Donal Trump to be chief guest at the

2019 Republic Day Parade

The US is yet to officially accept Indiarsquos invite

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229) Threatening Climate Change to the Nilgiri

tahr

According to recent Study published

international journal Ecological Engineering

Climate Change is threatening the Nilgiri tahr

International Union for conservation of Nature

(IUCN) in its red book has classified Nilgiri Tahr

it as Endangered

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230) 2018 Wimbledon Winners

Women singles - Angelique Kerber

(Germany)

Men singles - Novak Djokovic (Serbian)

Menrsquos Doubles - Mike Bryan (US) and Jack

Sock (US)

Womenrsquos Doubles - Barbora Krejcikova and

Katerina Siniakova from Czhech Republic

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231) Bansagar canal project Inaugurated

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the 171

km long Bansagar canal project to the nation in

Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh on July 15

2018

The project which is a joint venture of Uttar

Pradesh Madhya Pradesh and Bihar It built on

Son River

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232) Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018

Union Ministry of Drinking water and Sanitation

has launched Swachh Survekshan Grameen

2018 in New Delhi

The Programme will rank all states and districts

on the basis of a survey of Public places

Citizenrsquos perspective of cleanliness and their

recommendations

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233) 4th BIMSTEC Summit to be held in

Kathmandu

The fourth edition of Bay of Bengal Initiatives for

Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Co-

operation (BIMSTEC) will be held at Kathmandu

in Nepal from 30 t0 31 August 2018

Nepal is the current chair of BIMSTEC It is

headquartered in Dhaka

Member countries- India Nepal Bhutan

Bangladesh Srilanka Myanmar and Thailand

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234) Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventories

in Asia

In New Delhi Union Minister DrHarsh Vardhan

inaugurates 16th Workshop on Greenhouse Gas

Inventories in Asia

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Gas Inventories in Asia) epforrpgt GJ

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235) First-ever metal craft exhibition in India

With an aim to promote and preserve the metal

craft tradition of Ladakh the first-ever metal

craft exhibition was held at Chilling village in Leh

district of Jammu amp Kashmir

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236) Kochi Metro Rail Limited opened Indiarsquos

first exquisite air-conditioned bed space

dormitor

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237) World Youth skills Day 15 July In 2014 UN

General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring

15th July as World Youth Skills day

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238) India became Vice-Chair on regional head

of Asia pacific Region of the World Customs

Organisation (WCO)

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239) Resolution 2428 by UN security Council

The UN Security council has adopted a resolution

2428 to impose an arms embargo on South

Sudan The measure will stop the flow of

weapons to armed groups in the country

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240) Hindi Mother tongue of 4363 in India

According to the 2011 census Hindi continue to

be the most spoken language in India with

4363 of the country declaring it their mother-

tongue

Sanskrit was the least spoken of the countryrsquos

22 scheduled languages with just 24821

persons listing it as their mother tongue

The top 5 most spoken language by 2011 census

is (i) Hindi (4363) (ii) Bengali (803) (iii)

Marathi (686) (iv) Telugu (670) (v) Tamil

(570)

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(570) 241) Oldest Narrow- Gauge Rail Line in India

The 33 km Dabhoi-Miyagam line in Gujarat

State Indiarsquos first narrow gauge railway stretch

which started operations in 1862 will be closed

forever The line will be soon converted into

broad gauge

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242) Approval for Chinese Bank in India

Bank of China one of four biggest State-run

Chinese lenders has received in Principal

approval from the Reserve Bank of India to open

branches in India

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243) Private Universities in Tamil Nadu

Two bills adopting the establishment of Shiv

Nadar University and Sai University were passed

in the Tamil Nadu assembly

As per the provisions of two bills adopted in the

assembly the two universities will be self-

financing institutions and would be allowed to

establish constituent colleges Currently there

were no private Universities in Tamil nadu

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244) Committee to review companies Act 2013

The ministry of Corporate Affairs has constituted

a 10 member Committee headed by the Injeti

Srinivas (Secretary of Ministry of Corporate

Affairs) for review of the panel provisions in the

companies Act 2013

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245) 2nd National Tourism conclave organised at

Jaipur in Rajasthan

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246) Madras Music Academy has selected

Carnatic Vocalist Aruna Sairam for this yearrsquos

Sangita Kalanithi award

Mridangam artist Thanjavur R Ramadas and

Vocalist K Omanakutty will receive the Kala

Acharya award

Veena and Nagaswaram players and teachers

Kalyani Ganesan and S R G Rajanna have been

chosen for the TTK awards

Prameela Gurumurthy has been selected for

musicologist award Veteran Danseuse Shanta

Dhananjayan will get Nrithya Kalanithi Award

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247) Kamaraj birthday July 15 is celebrated as

Educational Development Dayrsquo by Tamil Nadu

government

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248) India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror drill

Anti terror drill organised by the Shanghai

Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is scheduled

From August 20-29 at Chelyabinsk City in Russia

India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror SCO drill

along with other member countries Russia

China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Tajikistan and

Uzbekistan

It will be for the first time since Independence

that India and Pakistan will both be a part of

military exercise

Around 200 Army and Air force personal from

India will be participating in the drill called

ldquoPeace Mission 2018rdquo

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249) France wins 21st FIFA world cup Football

title

France has won 21st FIFA world cup football by

defeating Croatia by 4-2 goals in the final match

held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow Russia

on 1572018

It was Francersquos Second world cup crown after it

had own it in 1998 It was Croatiarsquos first world

Cup final appearance Croatia became the lowest

ranked team ever to reach a World Cup Final

France and Croatia belong European Continent

Top 4 teams in 21st FIFA world cup are (i) France

(ii) Croatia (iii) Belgium (iv) England

FIFA Awards for the 2018 world cup

(i) Best player ndash Golden Ball Luka Modric

(Croatia)

(ii) Top Goal scorer ndash Golden Boot Harry Kane

(England)

(iii) Best Goal keeper ndash golden Glove Thibaut

Courtois (Belgium)

(iv) Best Young Player Kylian Mbappe (France)

(v) Fairest Team Spain

(vi) man of the Match (final) Antoine

Griezmann (France)

Captain of France Football team is Hugo Lloris

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250) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar

inaugurated Goa IT Day celebrations in Panaji

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251) Assam government has decided to make

Himadas statersquos brand ambassador for sports

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252) Iceland in UN Human Rights Council

Iceland has taken the seat vacated by United

States at the 47 member UN Human Rights

Council

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253) 64-dish Meer KAT radio telescope

South Africa unveiled new 64-dish Meer KAT

radio telescope that could help unlock the

mysteries of the Universe

Meer KAT will be incorporated into complex

square kilometre Array (SKA) instrument SKA

will be fully operational in the late 2020s to be

most powerful radio telescope in the world

The Meer KAT will be the worldrsquos largest radio

telescope of its kind until the Square kilometre

Array (SKA) has been completed

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254) ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas

Engine

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ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas Engine

from Mahendragiri of Tirunelveli district Vikas

(Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai)

The Vikas Engine is the work shore liquid rocket

engine used to power the second stage of the

ISROrsquos trusted Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

(PSLV)

It is also used in the second stage and also at

the four strap on stages of Geosynchronous

Launch vehicle (GSLV) and in the twin-engine

core liquid stage (L110) of GSLV Mk-111

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255) Global Sugar output Record high

In its latest report the UN body has forecast

world Sugar output to hit a record high at 1876

million tonnes in 2017-18 and Surpass

consumption The anticipated surplus is likely to

the largest in history

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256) Fossil Museum in Ariyalur

The Fossil Museum at Varanavasi near Ariyalur

town is set to open The museum will provide

evidence of the existence of dinosaurs and other

associated reptilians in the Ariyalur region

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257) The madras High court has ruled that there

is no legal obligation on the part of a mother to

disclose the name of the father at the time of

registering her childrsquos birth

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258) Indian farmers fertiliser cooperative limited

(IFFCO) launched a social e-commerce app

called ldquoIFFCO iMandirdquo

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259) 100 public services to be delivered at

doorstep in Delhi

Delhi people will get around 100 public services

including driving licence and caste certificate at

their door step under a proposed scheme of the

Delhi government The scheme was named as

lsquoMobilersquo Sahayaksrsquo

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260) Trump-Putin Summit

Russiarsquos president Vladimir Putin and Americanrsquos

President Donald Trump met at Helsinki capital

of Finland

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261) New Headquarters building of

Archaeological Survey of India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated

lsquoDharohar Bhawanrsquo ndash the new headquarters

building of the Archaeological Survey of India

(ASI) in New Delhi

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262) Per Capita Revenue Collection

Haryana has topped other States in per capita

Revenue Collection in the first Financial year of

the GST regime per Capita revenue collection of

Haryana is Rs 187697month

2nd Position is Uttarakhand 3rd position is

Maharashtra

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263) Digital Health Campaign for Think For

Health

The Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of

India ( (OPPI) launched its digital campaign

Think for Health at its annual summit in New

Delhi

The initiative Think For Health was launched in

Partnership with the Government of Telangana

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264) Government reappoints Anil D

Sahasrabudhe

Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)

has approved renewal of appointment of Prof

Anil D Sahabsrabudhe as the Chairman of the All

India council for Technical Education (AICTE)

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265) 12 new moons discovered around Jupiter

Scientists had discovered 12 new moons around

Jupiter The discoveries bring the number of

Jupiterrsquos known moon to 79 the most around a

single planet in our Solar system

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266) Nelson Mandela International Day July 18

2018 marks the Centenary of the birth of Nelson

Mandela

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267) Rajpurrsquos Swami Vivekananda Airport has

been ranked first in Customer Satisfaction

among 49 airports in the country

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268) LIGO-India Laboratory in Maharashtra

The Government of India (GOI) has given lsquoIn-

Principlersquo approval for construction and operation

of LIGO-India (Laser Interferometer

Gravitational wave observatory in India)

Laboratory in hingoli District of Maharashtra

The LIGO-India Observatory is Scheduled to be

operational in 2024 in Collaboration with the

LIGO Laboratory in United States

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269) Cheapest drinking water in the world

Bihar will soon provide the cheapest drinking

water in the world The first of such a water

project named lsquoSulabh Jalrsquo was launched in

Biharrsquos Darbhanga district

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270) Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)

has organised ldquo Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyanrdquo

campaign in five main stem Ganga basin

States-Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh Bihar

Jharkhand and west Bengal It has been

observed as lsquoShubharambh Saptahrsquo

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271) ldquoPitch Blackrdquo war exercise

The Indian Air force (IAF) is participating in the

Multinational ldquoPitch Blackrdquo warfare exercise

hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force in

Australia

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272) BSE building gets trademark

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has secured a

ldquotrademarkrdquo for its iconic building Phizoze

Jeejeebhoy Towers located in Mumbai

Subsequently the usage of the BSE buildingrsquos

picture will required consent from BSE

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ldquoKjjpiu rpddkrdquo ( trademark)

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273) Central Government announces amnesty

for prisoners to mark Mahatma Gandhirsquos 150th

birth anniversary

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274) New 100 Rs Note

New lavender-coloured Rs100 currency notes

will soon be issued by the Reserve Bank of India

The new note will feature the motif of the lsquoRani

Ki Vavrsquo Stepwell in Gujarat as well as the

Swachh Bharat logo and Slogan

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275) The book ldquoThe House of Islam A global

Historyrdquo has been authored by Islamic radical Ed

Hussain

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276) Athletics World Cup

The USA won the first Athletics World Cup held

in London England Poland and Great Britain

took 2nd and 3rd spot respectively

The Athletics world cup is a team-based

international athletics competition inaugurated in

2018 The inaugural edition had eight national

teams based on world rankings

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277) lsquoAabhaar Aapki Sewa karsquo

The Chhattisgarh government has launched an

online portal and mobile app lsquoAabhaar-Aapki

Seva Karsquo (Gratitude-for your service) to provide

transparency in the pension facility

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278) President has given assent to Assam witch

Hunting (Prohibition Prevention and Protection)

Bill 2015 passed by state Assembly

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279) 2018 NABARD Award

Repco Micro Finance Ltd a non-banking Finance

Company promoted by Repco bank has won the

2018 NABARD award for its service to self-Help

Group (SHG) linkage in Tamil Nadu for the fiscal

year 2017-18

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280) ASI to upgrade Seven monuments in

TamilNadu

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has

planned to upgrade infrastructural and tourist

friendly facilities at seven sites which are

approved under Adarsh Smarak Scheme for

conservation of Monuments in Tamil Nadu

The Monuments are Shore temple

Mamallapuram Gingee Fort kailasanathar

temple Kancheepuram Brihadeswarar temple

Thanjavur Sithananavasal Caves vellore fort

Moovar koil Kodumbalur

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(Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)

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281) Myanmar in International Solar Alliance

Myanmar has joined the India-initiated

International Solar Alliance (ISA) and became

the 68th signatory to the framework Agreement

of the ISA It is headquarters at Gwal Pahari

village in Gurugram Haryana

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Alliance) fllikgG xggejjjpy

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282) Scottish site selected for Spaceport

UK space agency has selected site at Sutherland

on ArsquoMhoine peninsula on north Coast of

Scotland for its first Spaceport to launch rockets

vertically and put satellites in orbit

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283) Lakshya sen won gold at Asia Badminton

Junior

Lakshya sen from India has clinched historic

menrsquos singles gold at the Asia Badminton Junior

Championship 2018 in Jakarata

With this he became the 3rd Indian shuttler to

win singles gold at the competition after

Gautham Thakkar and PV Sindhu

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Mrpa [Pdpah ghlkpzld rhkgpadpg

Nghlbapy ejpahtpd லகஷயா nrd jqfk

ntdwhh gNghlbapy jqfk ntyYk 3-

tJ ejpah th tUfF Kdghfgt

nfsjk jffhh kwWk PV rpeJ jqfk

ntdwpUejdh

284) Afghan player nominated for the IOC

membership

A young Afghan basketball player Samira

Asghari has been nominated for the

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

membership She is among 9 candidates for

membership of the body in a move to boost

womenrsquos rights

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(IOC) cWggpduhf epakpffgglLsshh

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cWggpdhfSs xUtuhf rkpuh NjhT

nraagglLsshh

285) Arman Ali was appointed as Executive

Director of National Centre for promotion of

employment for Disable People (NCPEDP)

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NtiythagG NkkghlL ikajjpd

(NCPEDP) ephthf afFduhf mukhd myp

epakpffgglLsshu

286) Worldrsquos Best Cities Report

According to Travel+ Leisurersquos worldrsquos best cities

report the city of Udaipur has ranked 3rd The

top 2 cities are both in Mexico- San Miguel de

Allende and Oaxaca

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uzL efuqfSk Kjy uzL lqfspy

cssd

p287) Delhi Dialogue (DDX)

The 10th edition of Delhi Dialogue (DDX) was

held in New Delhi and was hosted by Union

External affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj The

theme for this edition was ldquoStrengthening India-

ASEAN maritime Cooperationrdquo

Delhi Dialogue is premier annual event to

discuss Politico- security economic and Socio-

Cultural engagement between India and the

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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itffggllJ- ggjpggpd fUjJU

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tYggLjJjyrdquo

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rig Association of Southeast Asian Nations

(ASEAN) MfpatwwpwfpilNaahd murpay

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njhlhGfis tpthjpggjwfhd Kjdikahd

tUlhejpu epfoT ej nlyyp

NgrRthujij MFk

288) Central Oil PSUs has signed joint Venture

Pact

In a major initiative to connect all the North-

East States to the National Gas grid the 5

Central oil PSUs -IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL and

NRL have signed a joint venture agreement for

executing the North-East Natural Gas Pipeline

Grid (N-ENGPG) in Guwahati

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$lL Kawrp xggejjjpy ifnaOjjplld

tlfpofF khepyqfis Njrpa vhpthA

fllikgGld izggjwfhd gpujhd

KdKawrpahfgt IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL

kwWk NRL Mfpa IeJ kjjpa vznza

nghJjJiw epWtdqfSk nfsfhjjpapy

awif vhpthA Foha fllikgig

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xggejjjpy ifnaOjjplld

289) PATA Gold Award 2018

Sahapediarsquos India Heritage ldquowalk Feterdquo wins

PATA award has been awarded the PATA Gold

Award 2018 for its recently concluded Pon-India

event

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Fete) PATA tpUjpid ntdWssJ rkPgjjpy

mfpy ejpa epfotpid eljjp Kbjjwfhf

PATA jqf tpUJ-2018id J ngwWssJ

290) Medini Puraskar Yojana

The Environment Ministry re-introduced the

lsquoMedini Puraskar Yojanarsquo a scheme that awards

Indian authors for their original work in Hindi on

environment pollution and climate change

subjects

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thdpiy khwwqfs Mfpa jiygGfspy

ejpa Mrphpaufspd Rakhd gqfspggpwF

tpUjspfFk jpllkhd lsquoNkjpdp Gufh

Nah[dh jplljjpid RwWroy

mikrrfk kWgbAk mwpKfggLjjpAssJ

291) Student Police Cadet Programme

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has

launched the student police Cadet Programme to

build a bridge between the police and the larger

community though School students by

inculcating values and ethics in them

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edndwpfs GfllggLk

292) lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched the

lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo in a bid to make London

the worldrsquos most walkable city

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VJthd efukhf khwWk Kawrpapy yzld

Nkau rhjpf fhd eilgapwrp eltbfif

jplljjpid Walking Action Planrsquo njhlqfp

itjJsshu

293) Fugitive Economic offenders Bill 2018

The Parliament passed the Fugitive Economic

Offenders Bill 2018 which will empower

authorities to attach and Confiscate properties

and assets of economic offenders like loan

defaulters and Fraudsters who flee the country

The Cases where the total value involved in such

Scheduled offences is Rs 100 crore or more will

come under its purview

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jzbfFk kNrhjhrsquo

ehlhSkdwjjpy nghUshjhu Fwwthspfspd

rlljJfFg Gwkghd nrhjJfis gwpKjy

nraAkgt jggpNahLk nghUshjhu

Fwwthspfis jzbfFk kNrhjhrsquo (Fugitive

Economic offenders Bill 2018)

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ej kNrhjhtpd gbgt tqfpfspy amp100

NfhbfF Nky fld ngwW mij

nrYjjhky ehlil tplL jggpNahbdhy

mtiu ifJ nratjwF cjjuT

gpwggpffggLk

294) India-assisted emergency ambulance

Service

Indian prime Minister launched the India-

assisted emergency ambulance Service in

Srilanka through video conferencing from New

Delhi

The inaugural function was scheduled in Jaffna

Srilanka this is the largest Indian project in

Srilanka after Indian housing project

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njhlqfp itjjhu

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[hgshtpy jpllkplgglbUejJ

ejpahtpd tPLfs flbaspffggLk

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toqfggLk ngupa jpllk JthFk

295) 24-hour helpline for Protection for inter-

caste couples

The Tamil Nadu government has setup a 24-

hour helpline to investigate issues faced by

inter-caste couples and offer them necessary

assistance

A special cell has been formed in all districts and

cities in the State comprising district-level

officers to receive complaints of harassment

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vjphnfhssggLk gpurrpidfisg gwwp

tprhuid nraaTk mthfSfF Njitahd

cjtp kwWk ghJfhggpid toqfTk

jkpof muR 24 kzp Neu n`ygiyid

mikjJssJ

JdGWjjYfF vjpuhd FwwrrhlLfisg

ngWtjwF khtll mstpyhd

mYtyufisf nfhzl rpwgG rpiwf$lk

khepyjjpd vyyh khtllqfs kwWk

efuqfspYk mikffgglbUffpwJ

296) India tops skilled visa immigrants list

According to the data released by Australian

Bureau of Statistics for those coming to

Australia on the skilled visa India with 19

people bagged the top rank

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M]jpNuypa Gsspapy nrayfjjpdhy

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jpwDilatufSffhd tprhtpy

M]jpNuypahtpwF tUgtufspy ejpah

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297) Padhe Bharat-Badhe Bharat

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

has announced lsquoPadhe Bharat-Badhe Bharatrsquo an

initiative to promote the reading culture among

students The initiative has launched under

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo

Under this initiative the government will give an

annual library grant to schools

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo is an overarching programme

for school educating extending from primary to

class 12 which was introduced in the Union

Budget 2018-19

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ghujrsquo vDk KdKawrpiaj njhlqfpAssJ

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kKawrp njhlqfgglLssJ

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tUlhejpu Eyf epjpia toqFk

lsquorkfuh rpfhrsquo 2018-2019 Mk Mzbd

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jpllkhFk J Mukgf fytp Kjy 12-Mk

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cUthffggll jpllkhFk

298) Miss Asia (Deaf) 2018

Deshna Jain who is from Madhya Pradesh has

been crowned the 2018 Miss Asia (Deaf) title

and also she was the 3rd in the 2018 Miss

international (Deaf)

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NfshNjhh) kFlk llgglLsshh th

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lsquo Nghlbapy 3tJ lk gpbjjhh

299) South East Asiarsquos first Centre for Climate

Change

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (NABARD) has launched the South

East Asiarsquos First-ever centre for Climate change

in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

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khwwjjpwfhd ikajijgt NtshzikfFk

கிராம tshrrpfFkhd Njrpa tqfp

(NABARD) njhlqfpAssJ

300) System of Air Quality and weather

Forecasting

Dr Harsh Vardhan the Union Environment

Minister has launched a advanced State-of-the-

art Air Quality and weather forecast System

called SAFAR (System of Air Quality and

Weather Forecasting) in Delhi

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mikgG

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Weather Forecasting) vdw mjpetPd fhwwpd

juk kwWk thdpiy KdfzpgG mikgig

nlyypapy mwpKfggLjjpitjjhh

301) Odisha police has launched a drive to bust

an international syndicate that peddles

lsquoendangeredrsquo pangolin

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fhtyJiw Xh affjij njhlqfpAssJ

302) According to Public Affairs Index (PAI) for

2018 Kerala stands as the best-governed State

in the country followed by Tamil Nadu

Telangana

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303) Typhoon Ampil has recently hit Chinese

Financial hub Shunghai and disrupted transport

and shipping

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rPdhtpd epjpikakhd hqfhia jhffpgt

NghfFtujJ kwWk fggy Nritia

ghjpjjJ

304) lsquoe -Pragati Core initiativersquo

The Andhra Pradesh government has launched

lsquoe-Pragati core initiativersquo to provide integrated

Service to citizens It will act as a platform to

connect all departments and Stand alone to

resolve the issue

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Kjdik jsjij (e -Pragati Core initiativersquo)

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305) Tribal Atlas of Odisha

Odisha government has unveiled First-ever

Tribal Atlas of Odisharsquo a compilation of

demographic and Cultural information of the

tribal population in the State It is first of its kind

Compilation in the country

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goqFbapdupd epyggl Vlil (Atlas)

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ntspaplggll Kjy njhFgG JthFk

306) Justice Tahira Safdar has been named as

the new Chief justice of the Balochistan High

court with this She will become the first-ever

female high court chief Justice in Pakistan

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epakpffgglLsshh jdyk ghfp]jhdpd

Kjy ngz cahePjpkdw jiyik ePjpgjp

vdw ngUikia milejhh

307) The NASA has launched lsquoRemote sensing

Toolkitrsquo to promote commercial use of satellite

data

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njhlqfpAssJ

308) Rajiv Gauba Committee

The Union Government has constituted a high

level committee to suggest laws against mob

lynching and Violence The committee is headed

by the Rajiv Gauba

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vjpuhd rllqfis ghpeJiu nratjwF

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nfsgh epakpffgglLsshh

309) MicroDot Technology

The Indian government has announced the

launch of a new MicroDot Technology that would

help check on vehicle theft

Under this thousands of small dots laser etched

will be sprayed with a vehicle identification

number on all over the vehiclersquos body including

its engine

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cjTk Gjpa ikfNuhlhl njhopyElgjjpd

njhlffjjpid ejpa muR mwptpjJssJ

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gFjpapYk Nyru nghwpffggll

Mapuffzffhd rpwpa Gsspfs thfdk

KOtJk thfd milahs vzZld

njspffggLk

310) The book ldquoThe Dhoni Touch Unravelling

the Enigma That is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquo has

been authored by Bharat Sundaresan

ldquoThe Dhoni Touch Unravelling the Enigma That

is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquovdw Eiy guj

RejNurd vOjpAsshh

311) Chennia is going to host the world Junior

Squash Championship 2018

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2018 Nghlbia nrdidapy elffTssJ

312) First person to Ski down the K2

Polandrsquos Andrzej Bargiel became the First person

to Ski down the worldrsquos 2nd highest mountain K2

peak

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cyfpd uzlhtJ nghpa rpfukhd K2-y

gdprrWffpy ltLgll Kjy egu Nghyeijr

rhuej mzbuprf gu[Py Mthu

313) Alize cornet of France won the Swiss open

Tennis title

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Xgd nlddp] glljij ntdwhh

314) State Bank of India organized a nation

wide Kisan Mela as an outreach programme for

farmers and to impart Financial literacy

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Nkshtpid VwghL nraJssJ fprhd

Nksh tptrhapfis nrdwilAk tifapy

epjpepiyf fytpawpit mspggjwfhd

jpllkhf VwghL nraagglLssJ

315) ldquoWarlightrdquo in the Man Booker Prize list

Srilankan born Canadian author Michael

Ondaatje has again made the Man Booker Prize

list with his latest novel lsquoWarlightrdquo Recently his

work was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize

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VwnfdNt NkdGffu gupR ntdw

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vOjjhsuhd ikfNfy xdlhl[p lsquothuiylrsquo

vdw mtuJ rkPgjjpa ehtYffhf Nkd

Gffu glbaypy lk ngwWsshu

mzikapy tuJ gilgG xdWfF

Nfhyld Nkd Gffu tpUJ toqfggllJ

316) Sitamarhi became the first open defecation

free district in Bihar

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KjyhtJ jpwej ntspf fopggiwapyyh

khtllk MFk

57) Shale in Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules

1959

Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has

amended Petroleum and natural Gas Rules 1959

to include Shale in the definition of Petroleum

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1959

nglNuhypajjpd tiuaiwapy Ny

thAtpid Nruggjwfhf kjjpa nglNuhypa

kwWk awif thA tpjpfsgt 1959-id

kjjpa nglNuhypa kwWk awif VupthA

mikrrfk jpUjjp mikjJssJ

318) Prime Ministers tour of three-nations in

Africa

PM Narendra Modi is on a three nation tour to

the African countries including Rwanda Uganda

amp South Africa

Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime

minister to visit Rwanda he gifted 200 cows as

part of Rwanda governmentrsquos Girinka

programme India decided to gift a cancer

therapy machine to the Uganda

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RwWggazk

gpujku eNuejpu Nkhb Mggpupff ehLfshd

ampthzlhgt cfhzlh kwWk njd Mggpupffh

csspll dW ehLfSfF RwWggazk

NkwnfhzLsshu

UthzlhtpwF tp[ak nraj Kjy ejpa

gpujku eNuejpu Nkhb Mthh Uthzlh

murpd fpupqfh jplljjpd xU gFjpahf 200

gRkhLfis gpujku Nkhb guprhf toqfpdhu

cfhzlhtpwF GwWNeha rpfprir

vejpujjpid guprspff ejpa muR KbT

nraJssJ

319) The Ministry of women and child

Development has launched a contest ldquoChildline

1098rdquo to spread awareness on human trafficking

Mlfljjy njhlhghf tpopgGzhT

VwgLjJtjwfhfgt ngzfs kwWk Foeij

eyd mikrrfkhdJ ldquoChildline 1098rdquo vdw

Nghlbia eljjpaJ

320) 10th edition of BRICS Summit in

Johannesburg

South Africa is hosting the 10th edition of BRICS

summit 2018 in Johannesburg with theme

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution

The member nations are Brazil Russia India

China amp South Africa

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BRICS mikggpd 10tJ khehLgt

njddhggphpffhtpd N[hfdd]ghffpy

eilngWfpwJ kkhehlbd fUgnghUsgt

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution vdgjhFk

321) The 3rd edition of Kabira festival 2018 will

be held in Varanasi to celebrate the spirit of 15th

century mystic poet Kabir

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Mwwiy nfhzlhLk tpjkhf fgPuh

jpUtpohtpd dwhtJ gjpgG thuzhrpapy

eilgngWk

322) World Bankrsquos internal award to ICZM

Indiarsquos Integrated Coastal Zone Management

(ICZM) project has won the World Bankrsquos

internal award for exceptional performance in

achieving many development goals

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ejpahtpd xUqfpizej flNyhug gFjp

Nkyhzik (Integrated Coastal Zone

Management -ICZM) jpllkgt gy NkkghlLf

FwpfNfhsfis rhjpjJf fhlba g+utkhd

nrayjpwDffhf cyf tqfpapd csehlL

tpUjpid ntdWssJ

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Supreme Court said that all private hospitals in

the Delhi which were given land on

Concessional rate must provide free treatment

to certain percentage of poor patient

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ViofSfF ytr rpfprir crr ePjpkdwk

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rfjjpy kpfTk gpdjqfpa epiyapy

css ViofSfF ytr rpfprir mspff

NtzLnkd crr ePjpkdwk

cjjutplLssJ

140) Kasturirangan Committee tasked with

drafting a new education policy has got third

extension from the HRD Ministry

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mikffggll f]Jhpuqfd fkplbapd fhy

mtfhrk dwhtJ Kiwahf

ePbffgglLssJ

141) Special Lifetime Achievement Award to

THVinayakram

The music academy announced a special lifetime

Achievement award to be conferred on ghatam

maestro TH Vinayakram foundly known as

lsquoVikkursquo Vinayakram

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rhjidahsu tpUJ

lsquotpfFrsquo tpehafuhk vdwwpaggLk flk

Nk]lNuh tpehafuhk mtufSfF rpwgG

thoehs rhjidahsh tpUJ mspffggl

cssjhf irr rqfk mwptpjJssJ

142) The book ldquoWinning like Souravrdquo Think amp

Succeed like Gangulyrdquo has been authored by

Abhirup Bhattacharya

ldquoWinning like Souravrdquo Think amp Succeed like

Gangulyrdquovdw Eiy mgpampg gllhrrhhah

vOjpAsshh

143) Indiarsquos First biofortified Sorghum (Jowar)

namedrsquoParbhani Shaktirsquo containing higher iron

and zinc than regular Surghum was formally

launched

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UkG kwWk Jjjehfk Mfpatwiwf

nfhzl lsquogughdp rfjprsquo vdW ngauplggll

ejpahtpd Kjy capu nrwpT+llggll

Nrhsk Kiwahf mwpKfggLjjggllJ

144) 6th World Cities Summit 2018

The Sixth World Cities Summit was held in

Singapore Its theme was ldquoLiveable amp

Substaniable Cities Embracing the future

through Innovation and Collaborationrdquo

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ldquoLiveable amp Substaniable Cities Embracing the

future through Innovation and Collaborationrdquo

145) 67th Meeting of North Eastern Council

The 67th meeting of North Eastern Council was

held in Shillong Meghalaya It was Chaired by

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh

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146) BSNL Unveils internet telephony service

wings

State-Owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar

Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced the soft

launch of its first telephony service wings in

India to be rolled out from August 2018

Through wings the customer can make or

receive calls by using internet service of any

operator

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147) Oldest Indian Woman to complete an

Ironman Triathlon

Anju Khosla (52) has become the oldest Indian

woman to complete an Ironman Triathlon which

is one of the toughest one-day sporting events

It comprises swimming bicycle ride and

Marathon run6

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148) Second Indian to Climb worldrsquos highest

Volcano

Satyarup Siddhanta has become Second Indian

mountaineer after Malli Mastan Babu to Climb Mt

Ojos del Salado (6893m) the highest volcano in

the world on Argentina- Chile border

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gFjpapy cssJ 149) Government announced the names of six

ldquoinstitute of eminencerdquo

Central government announced the names of six

ldquoinstitute of eminencerdquo three each from the

public and private sectors

The six institutes are

i) IISc ii) IIT Delhi

iii) IIt Bombay iv) JIO Institute

v) BITS Pilani

(vi) Manipal Academy of Higher Education

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

released its ranking of National institutes for

2018 The top three ranks are

i) Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru

ii) IIT Madras

iii) IIT Bombay

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150) After two-year Turkey to end state of

emergency The president of Turkey is Recep

Tayyip Erdugan

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151) All twelve members of a boyrsquos football

team and their coach have been rescued in

1072018 after being trapped in a cave in

Thailand for 18 days

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152) Worldrsquos largest Cellphone Factory in Noida

Samsung opens worldrsquos largest phone factory in

Noida The worldrsquos largest mobile Factory was

launched at Noida in Uttarpradesh by Narendra

Modia and South Korean president moon Jae-in

The Unit will have a Capacity of Fabricationg 12

Crore phones a year

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153) The first-ever lsquoIndia Taurism Mart (ITM) rsquo

will be hosted by Ministry of Tourism in New

Delhi from 16th to 18th September 2018

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154) Mobile help centre ldquoSaathirdquo For Amarnath

Yatra Pilgrims

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has

launched a mobile help centre lsquoSaathirsquo to reach

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out to people undertaking the annual pilgrimage

holy cave shrine of Amarnath

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155) ADB approves project of Sun Canal in Bihar

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has

approved project of Sun Canal in Shahabad-

Bhojpur region of Bihar

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156) Gujarart Government grants religious

minority Status of Jews

Gujarat Governement granted religious minority

status to Jews living in the state with this

Gujarat became the third state in India to grant

religious minority Status to Jews after

westBengal and Maharashtra

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157) Dipika Pallikal will represent Asia

Indiarsquos Squash player Dipika Pallikal has been

appointed as Asiarsquos representative in the

prestigious Athlete Advisory commission of the

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGf) The

appointment was mady by the CGF

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158) The Odisha government has partnered with

tata Trust for development of Cancer care

facilities in the State

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159) Scientists discover worldrsquos oldest biological

colour

Scientists have discovered the worldrsquos oldest

colour that is bright pink

The pigments were discovered after researchers

crushed 11 billon year old rock found in a

marine shale deposit beneath the Sahara desert

in Mauritania west Africa

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160) Australian researchers have uncovered the

worldrsquos oldest biological colour

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161) First time in history Rajya Sabha Signs

MOU with a foreign Counterpart

Rajya Sabha has for the first time in 76 years

since it came into being entered into

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a

foreign Counterpart for promoting inter-

Parliamentar dialogue

Venkaiah Naidu has become the first chairman

of Rajya Sabha to sign such an lsquoagreement when

he inked an MOU with the visiting president of

the Senate of Rwanda

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162) Turkey will sell four Corvette warships to

Pakistan which will be the countryrsquos largest

single export deal Turkey signed a

memorandum of understanding to build four

Corvettes for Pakistan Under the MILGEM Project

last year

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163) Team India Opener Rohit Sharma has

become the first Indian Cricketer to Smash three

Centuries in T20 International Cricket

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164) Train 18 Made in India 160 kmph train

Indiarsquos indigenously manufactured Semi-high

speed train code-named Train 18 (Train 2018)

is expected to be rolled out in September

The train built by Integral Coach Factory (ICF)

of Chennai to promote Make in India is capable

of running at a speed of 160km per hour

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165) Andhra Pradesh tops in ldquoEase of Doing

Businessrdquo

Andhra Pradesh has topped the third edition of

the governmentrsquos lsquoEase of Doing Businessrsquo index

for states This is the second time in a row that

Andhra achieved the first rank

Telangana and Haryana in second and third

spots Tamilnadu in 15th position

i) Andhra Pradesh ii) Telangana iii) Haryana iv)

Jharkand v) Gujarath

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166) 22nd International Conference on

Nonferrous Minerals and Metals 2018 held at

Ranchi Jharkhand

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167) Meghalaya government introduces Draft

policy known as ldquoJackfruit Missionrdquo during the

first ever Jackfruit festival

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168) China Launches two remote sensing

Satellites for Pakistan

China Successfully launched two remote sensing

Satellites PRSS-1 and PAKTES-1A for Pakistan

on board of Long March-2C rocket from Jicquan

Satellite Launch Centre

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169) China said it has clinched a deal with India

on the reduction of Import duties on Indian

medicines including anti-cancer drugs

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170) Rajya Sabha members can use all 22

Scheduled Languages

From the forth coming Monsoon Session of

parliament Rajya Sabha Mps will be able to

speak in the house in any of the 22 Indian

languages listed in the 8th Schedule of the

Constitution

Of the 22 scheduled languages Rajya Sabha has

earlier established simultaneous interpretation

service for 12 language

The Rajya Sabha Secretariat has arranged for

simultaneous interpretation facility for ten more

languages- Dugri Kashmiri Kunkani Santhali

Sindhi Bodu Maithili Manipuri Marathi and

Nepali

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171) South Korean President in India

South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived

India for his four-day visit India and South

Korea singed 11 agreements including in the

areas of trade cultural and Scientific and

technological Cooperation

Capital-Seoul

Prime Minister ndash Lee Nak-yeon

Continent -Asia

Currecny -Won

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172) India becomes worldrsquos sixth largest

economy

World Bank Figuresrsquos for 2017 says that Indian

economy has now become worldrsquos sixth biggest

pushing France to Seventh place The US leads

the table as the biggest economy followed by

China Japan Germany and Britain

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173) World Population Day-11 July

The world Population day is observed across the

world on July 11 The world population day was

established by the then Governing Council of the

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

in 1989

The theme for the World Population Day 2018 is

ldquoFamily Planning is a Human Rightrdquo

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174) The 30th International Mango Festival was

held in New Delhi

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175) Ram Nath Kovind announces four

nominations to Rajya Sabha

President Ram Nath Kovind has nominated 4

Rajya Sabha members viz former MPRam

Shakal Sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra classical

dancer Sunal Mansingh Rakesh Sinha

Raghunath Mohapatra is an internationality

renowned sculptor famous for his stone

carvings

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176) Global Innovation Index 2018

The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2018 has

ranked India as the 57th most innovative nation

in the world The country has improved its

ranking up to 3 places from its 60th position in

2017

Top 5 Countries are (1) Switzerland (2)

Netherland (3) Sweden (4) UK (5) Singapore

The G11 global ranking is published by World

Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) -a

specialized agency of United nations

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177) lsquoI am not afraid of Englishrsquo

Haryana has launched lsquoI am not afraid of

Englishrsquo initiative to make primary school

students fluent in English

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178) IWF Junior World Weightlifting

Championships 2018

Indian woman lifter Jhilli Dalabehera has bagged

the bronze medal in the 2018 IWF Junior World

Weightlifting Championships at Tashkent

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179) Kutchi New year

Kutchi Community celebrates its new year on

Aashadhi Beej which falls in month of Ashada

(JuneJuly)

As for people of Kutch this day is associated

with beginning of rains in Kutch Gujarat

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180) DrSandeep Sancheti Vice Chancellor of

SRM Institute of Science and Technology has

assumed charge as the president of the

Association of Inidan Universities (AIU) New

Delhi

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181) INS Sumitra enters Indonesiarsquos Sabang

Part

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Indian Warship INS Sumitra which was on

mission in Malacca straits entered port of

Sabang in Indonesia

This is the first time that an Indian Naval ship

has visited the port of Sabang

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fggyhfpAssJ 182) FSSAI has launched ldquoThe Eat Right

Movementrdquo

The food safety and standards Authority of India

(FSSAI) has launched ldquoThe Eat Right Movementrdquo

to empower the citizens by improving their

health and well-being It is a platform to provide

credible information to help make informed and

healthful eating choices The main purpose of

the project is to reduce salt sugar and saturated

fat in packaged food products

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183) Broadcasting content complaints council

(BCCC)

Udhay Kumar Varma has been appointed as

new member of Broadcasting content complains

council (BCCC)

The BCCC is an independent self-regulatory body

set up by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation

(IBF) in June 2011to look into complaints

pertaining to all non-news general entertainment

channel in India

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Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) [Pd-2011y

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184) Lonely planetrsquos best Asia destinations list

One of the Hottest Biodiversity Hotspots and

UNESCO world Heritage site the western Ghats

has come fourth in the list of Lonely planetrsquos

ldquo2018 Best in Asiardquo list

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185) India-South Korea Technology Exchange

Centre inaugurated in New Delhi by Central

Minister of MSME Giriraj Singh

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186) UN Security Council adopts Resolution

2427 to protect children in armed conflict

The United Nations Security Council has adopted

Resolution 2427 aimed at providing legal

framework for mainstream protection rights

well-being and empowerment of children

throughout the conflict cycle

The resolution Strongly condemns recruitment

and use of children in armed conflicts killing and

rape abductions

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187) Himachal Pradesh government announced

a project to setup a cow sanctuary act Kotla

Barug

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188) Vice president M Venkaiah Naidu

inaugurated the Indian Intraculare Implant and

Refractive Surgery Convention 2018 held in

Chennai

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189) UK Launched New Visas

The UK has launched new visas that will be open

to overseas Scientists and researchers including

Indians to encourage growth of the countryrsquos

research sector

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190) Indiarsquos latest Frontline warship INS Trikand

has reached Srilanka in a goodwill visit

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191) RBI cancels license of Alwar Urban Co-

operative Bank

The Reserve bank of India has cancelled the

license of Alwar Urban Co-operative Bank LTD

Alwar Rajastan to carry on banking business

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192) For the first time in Tamil nadu Centre for

excellence in traditional flowers to come up in

Madurai

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193) Formalin- laced Fish create Scare across

India after the ban of fishes Assam Manipur etc

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194) lsquoAnna Canteensrsquo in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh Government launched lsquoAnna

Canteenrsquo where breakfast lunch and dinner

would be offered at Rs5 each

The lsquoAnna Canteenrsquo named after the NT Rama

Rao

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195) lsquoOne Farmer one transformerrsquo Scheme

In order to reduce electricity losses the

Maharashtra government will next month launch

a new scheme lsquoOne farmer one Transformerrsquo

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196) Goa University discovered a Pigment that

may help fight against Cancer

Goa University announced the discovery of a

new pigment from Local wild Mushrooms that

may help fight against Cancer

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The chemical nature of the brown or black

Colour Pigment in wild edible mushrooms lsquoRoen

alamis or Termitomycesrsquo Species has a new

Sulphur-rich melanin pigment

The Goa University has declared it as Worldrsquos

first Sulphur-rich edible melanin

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197) Seema Darshanrsquo Project

Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani has given in principal

approval for the 39 Crore rupees lsquoSeema

Darshanrsquo or lsquoBorder tourismrsquo project

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198) The ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

(MOHUA) has launched a technology challenge

on identifying Solutions and promoting suitable

techniques for cleaning of Sewage Systems The

Objective is eliminating human entry into septic

tanks and manholes

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199) Indiarsquos First Private UAV amp LBPV factory to

come up in Kota

Indiarsquos First private Sector unit for

manufacturing unmanned air vehicles (UAV) and

light bullet proof vehicles (LBPV) will be set up

under lsquoMake in Indiarsquo initiative of the Union

government by DCM Shriram Industries Group in

Kota

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200) Rajasthan Government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft

The Rajasthan government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft to provide free digital training to

9500 students of 50 government colleges in a

year It will also train 500 faculty members

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201) In a first Indian Naval aircraft deployed fro

RIMPAC exercise

For the first time Indian Navyrsquos Long Range

Maritime Patrol Aircraft Boeing P-8I (Poseidon

Eight India) from Indian Naval Ship (INS) Rajali

has inducted for participating in the 26th edition

of RIMPAC-18 the Rim of the Pacific

multinational Naval exercise During the

exercise In P8I will be operating from Joint

Airbase Hickam Honolulu in Hawaii

This is the first time ever that an Indian Naval

aircraft has traversed so far east into the pacific

It is the First IN aircraft to cross the

International Date line

RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific Exercise) is the

wolrdrsquos largest international maritime warfare

exercise It is hosted and administered by the

United States Navyrsquos pacific feet headquartered

at Pearl Harbor

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202) India becomes 69th Shareholder of

European Bank for reconstruction amp

development (EBRD) paving the way for more

joint investment with Indian companies across

the bankrsquos regions of operation

EBRD headquartered in London Suma

Chakrabarti is the president of EBRD

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203) Indiarsquos genetically modified crop area fifth

largest in world

India becomes worldrsquos fifth largest area

cultivated under genetically modified (GM) crops

in 2017 according to the International service for

the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications

(ISAAA) report

From the report (i) America (ii) Brazil (iii)

Argentina (iv) Canada (v) India

Indiarsquos entire GM crop area is under single crop

BT cotton

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for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications

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204) 2+2 ministeria dialogue

India is going to host inaugural 2+2 dialogue

with united States in September in New Delhi

lsquo2+2 dialoguersquo is an interaction between the

foreign and defence minister of the

twocountries

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205) Mukesh Ambani overtook Alibaba Group

Founder Jackma to become Asiarsquos richest

person according to a report by Blumberg

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206) First Indian women to win gold in world U-

20 Athletics Championships

Hima Das became the First Indian Women to

clinch a gold medal at a global event the world

under-20 Championships

Das clinched the top spot in the womenrsquos 400m

final race at the IAAF wordl under-20 Athletics

Championships in Tampere Finland

Hima Das Clocked 5146 seconds to win gold

She belongs to State of Assam

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207) Coimbatore doctor to head worldrsquos top

body of Spine Surgeons

Coimbatore-based orthopaedic and Spine

Surgeon SRajasekaran who is Chairman of the

Department of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery

at Ganga Hospital has been selected Chairman

of the international board of Aospine the worldrsquos

largest body of Spine Surgeons

DrRajasekaran is the first person to elected

from Asia region to this prestigious position

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208) 25000 plus two students to be trained to

take CA exams

Minister for School Education KA Sengottaiyan

Said that 25000 plus two students in

government schools will be trained over to take

up entry level examination for Chartered

Accountancy course Classes will be conducted

by 500 CAS once a week

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209) Two Indian-origin women of Forbes list of

Americarsquos richest self-made women

Two Indian-origin technology executives

JayShree Ullal and Neerja Sethi have made it to

the Forbes list of Americarsquos 60 richest self-made

women

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MfpNahu lkgpbjJssdh

210) DrTCA Rahgavan has been appointed as

Director General of Indian Council of World

Affairs (ICWA)

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211) Entire Indian Menrsquos hockey team included

in Tops

The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of Union

Ministry of Sports and youth Affairs has included

entire menrsquos Hockey team of India under the

Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS)

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gjff Nkil yfFj jplljjpd fPo (Tops)

NrhjJssJ

212) India Army signed a MOU with SBI

Indian Army signed a memorandum of

understanding (MOU) with the State Bank of

India (SBI) on the Defence Salary Package that

will include free personal accident death free

permanent total disability cover and other

accidental benefits to the deceased soldier and

family

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xggejk

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213) Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has

become the First Indian personality to get a

lsquotalking Statuersquo at Madame Tussauds Singapore

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214) Spiritual leader Dada JP Vaswani passed

away

Dada JP Vaswani (99) the spiritual leader and

head of Sadhu Vaswani mission in Pune has

passed away in Pune Maharashtra on July 12

2018

He was born in Hyderabad Sindh (Pakistan) on

2nd August 1918 Vaswani was a world renowned

Spiritual leader known for promoting

vegetarianism and animal rights

JP Vaswani was the recipient of the 1998

UThant peace award Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram

Vaswani (TL Vaswani) who founded Sadhu

Vaswani Mission was his Guru

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215) 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

The 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention is

being organized by Ministry of External Affairs in

association with the State Government of Uttar

Pradesh in January 2019

Theme of 2019 event is ldquoRole of Indian Diaspora

in building a New Indiardquo

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216) ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo authored by

Tapan

The book ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo has

been authored by Tapan Kumar Chand the

Chairman cum Managing Director of NALCO

The book is recently released by Narendra Singh

Tamar the Union Minister of Mines Rural

Development and panchayat Raj

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217) Government set up task force on ways to

reduce import

The central government has set up a high level

task force under the Chairmanship of cabinet

Secretary PK Sinha to identify various items and

policy interventions to reduce dependence of

import

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218) Worldrsquos first 3D colour X-ray on Human

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Scientists from New Zealand have performed

worldrsquos first ever 3-D colour X-ray on human It

has potential to improve the field of medical

diagnostics

It incorporates particle-tracking technology

called Medipix developed by European

organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

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219) National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

The 4th National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

was held at Indore in Madhya Pradesh

Chhattisgarh won awards in all categories for

excellence in implementing minerals auction

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220) Photography ban at protected monuments

lifted

Photography will be allowed in all of the

monuments and archaeological sites

administered by the Archaeological Survey of

India except the mausoleum at Taj Mahal the

Ajanta Caves and the Leh palace

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221) India and China hold second maritime

security dialogue in Beijing China

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222) Prize for beautification of Railway Station

Balharshah and Chandrapur Railway Stations of

the Central Railway have been awarded the first

prize in Station beautification competition by

government

Madhubani Station of East Central Railway and

Madurai Station of Southern Railway were the

Co-winners of the Second prize

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223) Odisha constitutes Heritage Cabinet

Odisha government constituted a lsquoHeritage

Cabinetrsquo headed by Chief Minister Naveen

Patnaik

lsquoHeritage Cabinetrsquo would aim at protection of

ancient monuments temples and archaeological

sites and take steps to preserve the states

culture language amp literature

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224) First Double Stack Dwarf container Service

Indian Railways Introduces first Double Stack

Dwarf Container Service from Rajkot Division

Western Railway with the use of these double-

Stack dwarf containers the cost of the unit will

be significantly reduced

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225) The Central government think tank NITI

Aayog has unveiled the blueprint of lsquoNational

Health Stackrsquo (NHS) a shared digital healthcare

infrastructure

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226) Former Pakistan Prime minister Nawaz

Sharif and his daughter Maryam who are

convicted for corruption were arrested

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227) Centuryrsquos longest total lunar eclipse

Union Ministry of Earth Science has announced

the Centuryrsquos (2001 to 2100) longest total

eclipse of 1 hour 43 minutes will occur on July

27-282018

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228) The Government of India has invited us

President Donal Trump to be chief guest at the

2019 Republic Day Parade

The US is yet to officially accept Indiarsquos invite

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229) Threatening Climate Change to the Nilgiri

tahr

According to recent Study published

international journal Ecological Engineering

Climate Change is threatening the Nilgiri tahr

International Union for conservation of Nature

(IUCN) in its red book has classified Nilgiri Tahr

it as Endangered

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230) 2018 Wimbledon Winners

Women singles - Angelique Kerber

(Germany)

Men singles - Novak Djokovic (Serbian)

Menrsquos Doubles - Mike Bryan (US) and Jack

Sock (US)

Womenrsquos Doubles - Barbora Krejcikova and

Katerina Siniakova from Czhech Republic

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231) Bansagar canal project Inaugurated

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the 171

km long Bansagar canal project to the nation in

Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh on July 15

2018

The project which is a joint venture of Uttar

Pradesh Madhya Pradesh and Bihar It built on

Son River

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232) Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018

Union Ministry of Drinking water and Sanitation

has launched Swachh Survekshan Grameen

2018 in New Delhi

The Programme will rank all states and districts

on the basis of a survey of Public places

Citizenrsquos perspective of cleanliness and their

recommendations

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233) 4th BIMSTEC Summit to be held in

Kathmandu

The fourth edition of Bay of Bengal Initiatives for

Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Co-

operation (BIMSTEC) will be held at Kathmandu

in Nepal from 30 t0 31 August 2018

Nepal is the current chair of BIMSTEC It is

headquartered in Dhaka

Member countries- India Nepal Bhutan

Bangladesh Srilanka Myanmar and Thailand

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234) Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventories

in Asia

In New Delhi Union Minister DrHarsh Vardhan

inaugurates 16th Workshop on Greenhouse Gas

Inventories in Asia

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235) First-ever metal craft exhibition in India

With an aim to promote and preserve the metal

craft tradition of Ladakh the first-ever metal

craft exhibition was held at Chilling village in Leh

district of Jammu amp Kashmir

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236) Kochi Metro Rail Limited opened Indiarsquos

first exquisite air-conditioned bed space

dormitor

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237) World Youth skills Day 15 July In 2014 UN

General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring

15th July as World Youth Skills day

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238) India became Vice-Chair on regional head

of Asia pacific Region of the World Customs

Organisation (WCO)

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239) Resolution 2428 by UN security Council

The UN Security council has adopted a resolution

2428 to impose an arms embargo on South

Sudan The measure will stop the flow of

weapons to armed groups in the country

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240) Hindi Mother tongue of 4363 in India

According to the 2011 census Hindi continue to

be the most spoken language in India with

4363 of the country declaring it their mother-

tongue

Sanskrit was the least spoken of the countryrsquos

22 scheduled languages with just 24821

persons listing it as their mother tongue

The top 5 most spoken language by 2011 census

is (i) Hindi (4363) (ii) Bengali (803) (iii)

Marathi (686) (iv) Telugu (670) (v) Tamil

(570)

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(570) 241) Oldest Narrow- Gauge Rail Line in India

The 33 km Dabhoi-Miyagam line in Gujarat

State Indiarsquos first narrow gauge railway stretch

which started operations in 1862 will be closed

forever The line will be soon converted into

broad gauge

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242) Approval for Chinese Bank in India

Bank of China one of four biggest State-run

Chinese lenders has received in Principal

approval from the Reserve Bank of India to open

branches in India

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243) Private Universities in Tamil Nadu

Two bills adopting the establishment of Shiv

Nadar University and Sai University were passed

in the Tamil Nadu assembly

As per the provisions of two bills adopted in the

assembly the two universities will be self-

financing institutions and would be allowed to

establish constituent colleges Currently there

were no private Universities in Tamil nadu

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244) Committee to review companies Act 2013

The ministry of Corporate Affairs has constituted

a 10 member Committee headed by the Injeti

Srinivas (Secretary of Ministry of Corporate

Affairs) for review of the panel provisions in the

companies Act 2013

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245) 2nd National Tourism conclave organised at

Jaipur in Rajasthan

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246) Madras Music Academy has selected

Carnatic Vocalist Aruna Sairam for this yearrsquos

Sangita Kalanithi award

Mridangam artist Thanjavur R Ramadas and

Vocalist K Omanakutty will receive the Kala

Acharya award

Veena and Nagaswaram players and teachers

Kalyani Ganesan and S R G Rajanna have been

chosen for the TTK awards

Prameela Gurumurthy has been selected for

musicologist award Veteran Danseuse Shanta

Dhananjayan will get Nrithya Kalanithi Award

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247) Kamaraj birthday July 15 is celebrated as

Educational Development Dayrsquo by Tamil Nadu

government

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248) India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror drill

Anti terror drill organised by the Shanghai

Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is scheduled

From August 20-29 at Chelyabinsk City in Russia

India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror SCO drill

along with other member countries Russia

China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Tajikistan and

Uzbekistan

It will be for the first time since Independence

that India and Pakistan will both be a part of

military exercise

Around 200 Army and Air force personal from

India will be participating in the drill called

ldquoPeace Mission 2018rdquo

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249) France wins 21st FIFA world cup Football

title

France has won 21st FIFA world cup football by

defeating Croatia by 4-2 goals in the final match

held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow Russia

on 1572018

It was Francersquos Second world cup crown after it

had own it in 1998 It was Croatiarsquos first world

Cup final appearance Croatia became the lowest

ranked team ever to reach a World Cup Final

France and Croatia belong European Continent

Top 4 teams in 21st FIFA world cup are (i) France

(ii) Croatia (iii) Belgium (iv) England

FIFA Awards for the 2018 world cup

(i) Best player ndash Golden Ball Luka Modric

(Croatia)

(ii) Top Goal scorer ndash Golden Boot Harry Kane

(England)

(iii) Best Goal keeper ndash golden Glove Thibaut

Courtois (Belgium)

(iv) Best Young Player Kylian Mbappe (France)

(v) Fairest Team Spain

(vi) man of the Match (final) Antoine

Griezmann (France)

Captain of France Football team is Hugo Lloris

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(gpuhd])

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250) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar

inaugurated Goa IT Day celebrations in Panaji

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251) Assam government has decided to make

Himadas statersquos brand ambassador for sports

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252) Iceland in UN Human Rights Council

Iceland has taken the seat vacated by United

States at the 47 member UN Human Rights

Council

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253) 64-dish Meer KAT radio telescope

South Africa unveiled new 64-dish Meer KAT

radio telescope that could help unlock the

mysteries of the Universe

Meer KAT will be incorporated into complex

square kilometre Array (SKA) instrument SKA

will be fully operational in the late 2020s to be

most powerful radio telescope in the world

The Meer KAT will be the worldrsquos largest radio

telescope of its kind until the Square kilometre

Array (SKA) has been completed

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254) ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas

Engine

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ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas Engine

from Mahendragiri of Tirunelveli district Vikas

(Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai)

The Vikas Engine is the work shore liquid rocket

engine used to power the second stage of the

ISROrsquos trusted Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

(PSLV)

It is also used in the second stage and also at

the four strap on stages of Geosynchronous

Launch vehicle (GSLV) and in the twin-engine

core liquid stage (L110) of GSLV Mk-111

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255) Global Sugar output Record high

In its latest report the UN body has forecast

world Sugar output to hit a record high at 1876

million tonnes in 2017-18 and Surpass

consumption The anticipated surplus is likely to

the largest in history

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256) Fossil Museum in Ariyalur

The Fossil Museum at Varanavasi near Ariyalur

town is set to open The museum will provide

evidence of the existence of dinosaurs and other

associated reptilians in the Ariyalur region

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257) The madras High court has ruled that there

is no legal obligation on the part of a mother to

disclose the name of the father at the time of

registering her childrsquos birth

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258) Indian farmers fertiliser cooperative limited

(IFFCO) launched a social e-commerce app

called ldquoIFFCO iMandirdquo

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259) 100 public services to be delivered at

doorstep in Delhi

Delhi people will get around 100 public services

including driving licence and caste certificate at

their door step under a proposed scheme of the

Delhi government The scheme was named as

lsquoMobilersquo Sahayaksrsquo

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260) Trump-Putin Summit

Russiarsquos president Vladimir Putin and Americanrsquos

President Donald Trump met at Helsinki capital

of Finland

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261) New Headquarters building of

Archaeological Survey of India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated

lsquoDharohar Bhawanrsquo ndash the new headquarters

building of the Archaeological Survey of India

(ASI) in New Delhi

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262) Per Capita Revenue Collection

Haryana has topped other States in per capita

Revenue Collection in the first Financial year of

the GST regime per Capita revenue collection of

Haryana is Rs 187697month

2nd Position is Uttarakhand 3rd position is

Maharashtra

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263) Digital Health Campaign for Think For

Health

The Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of

India ( (OPPI) launched its digital campaign

Think for Health at its annual summit in New

Delhi

The initiative Think For Health was launched in

Partnership with the Government of Telangana

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264) Government reappoints Anil D

Sahasrabudhe

Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)

has approved renewal of appointment of Prof

Anil D Sahabsrabudhe as the Chairman of the All

India council for Technical Education (AICTE)

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265) 12 new moons discovered around Jupiter

Scientists had discovered 12 new moons around

Jupiter The discoveries bring the number of

Jupiterrsquos known moon to 79 the most around a

single planet in our Solar system

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266) Nelson Mandela International Day July 18

2018 marks the Centenary of the birth of Nelson

Mandela

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267) Rajpurrsquos Swami Vivekananda Airport has

been ranked first in Customer Satisfaction

among 49 airports in the country

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268) LIGO-India Laboratory in Maharashtra

The Government of India (GOI) has given lsquoIn-

Principlersquo approval for construction and operation

of LIGO-India (Laser Interferometer

Gravitational wave observatory in India)

Laboratory in hingoli District of Maharashtra

The LIGO-India Observatory is Scheduled to be

operational in 2024 in Collaboration with the

LIGO Laboratory in United States

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269) Cheapest drinking water in the world

Bihar will soon provide the cheapest drinking

water in the world The first of such a water

project named lsquoSulabh Jalrsquo was launched in

Biharrsquos Darbhanga district

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270) Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)

has organised ldquo Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyanrdquo

campaign in five main stem Ganga basin

States-Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh Bihar

Jharkhand and west Bengal It has been

observed as lsquoShubharambh Saptahrsquo

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271) ldquoPitch Blackrdquo war exercise

The Indian Air force (IAF) is participating in the

Multinational ldquoPitch Blackrdquo warfare exercise

hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force in

Australia

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272) BSE building gets trademark

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has secured a

ldquotrademarkrdquo for its iconic building Phizoze

Jeejeebhoy Towers located in Mumbai

Subsequently the usage of the BSE buildingrsquos

picture will required consent from BSE

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ldquoKjjpiu rpddkrdquo ( trademark)

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273) Central Government announces amnesty

for prisoners to mark Mahatma Gandhirsquos 150th

birth anniversary

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274) New 100 Rs Note

New lavender-coloured Rs100 currency notes

will soon be issued by the Reserve Bank of India

The new note will feature the motif of the lsquoRani

Ki Vavrsquo Stepwell in Gujarat as well as the

Swachh Bharat logo and Slogan

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275) The book ldquoThe House of Islam A global

Historyrdquo has been authored by Islamic radical Ed

Hussain

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276) Athletics World Cup

The USA won the first Athletics World Cup held

in London England Poland and Great Britain

took 2nd and 3rd spot respectively

The Athletics world cup is a team-based

international athletics competition inaugurated in

2018 The inaugural edition had eight national

teams based on world rankings

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277) lsquoAabhaar Aapki Sewa karsquo

The Chhattisgarh government has launched an

online portal and mobile app lsquoAabhaar-Aapki

Seva Karsquo (Gratitude-for your service) to provide

transparency in the pension facility

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278) President has given assent to Assam witch

Hunting (Prohibition Prevention and Protection)

Bill 2015 passed by state Assembly

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mspjJsshu

279) 2018 NABARD Award

Repco Micro Finance Ltd a non-banking Finance

Company promoted by Repco bank has won the

2018 NABARD award for its service to self-Help

Group (SHG) linkage in Tamil Nadu for the fiscal

year 2017-18

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280) ASI to upgrade Seven monuments in

TamilNadu

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has

planned to upgrade infrastructural and tourist

friendly facilities at seven sites which are

approved under Adarsh Smarak Scheme for

conservation of Monuments in Tamil Nadu

The Monuments are Shore temple

Mamallapuram Gingee Fort kailasanathar

temple Kancheepuram Brihadeswarar temple

Thanjavur Sithananavasal Caves vellore fort

Moovar koil Kodumbalur

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(Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)

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281) Myanmar in International Solar Alliance

Myanmar has joined the India-initiated

International Solar Alliance (ISA) and became

the 68th signatory to the framework Agreement

of the ISA It is headquarters at Gwal Pahari

village in Gurugram Haryana

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Alliance) fllikgG xggejjjpy

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282) Scottish site selected for Spaceport

UK space agency has selected site at Sutherland

on ArsquoMhoine peninsula on north Coast of

Scotland for its first Spaceport to launch rockets

vertically and put satellites in orbit

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283) Lakshya sen won gold at Asia Badminton

Junior

Lakshya sen from India has clinched historic

menrsquos singles gold at the Asia Badminton Junior

Championship 2018 in Jakarata

With this he became the 3rd Indian shuttler to

win singles gold at the competition after

Gautham Thakkar and PV Sindhu

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284) Afghan player nominated for the IOC

membership

A young Afghan basketball player Samira

Asghari has been nominated for the

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

membership She is among 9 candidates for

membership of the body in a move to boost

womenrsquos rights

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285) Arman Ali was appointed as Executive

Director of National Centre for promotion of

employment for Disable People (NCPEDP)

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286) Worldrsquos Best Cities Report

According to Travel+ Leisurersquos worldrsquos best cities

report the city of Udaipur has ranked 3rd The

top 2 cities are both in Mexico- San Miguel de

Allende and Oaxaca

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p287) Delhi Dialogue (DDX)

The 10th edition of Delhi Dialogue (DDX) was

held in New Delhi and was hosted by Union

External affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj The

theme for this edition was ldquoStrengthening India-

ASEAN maritime Cooperationrdquo

Delhi Dialogue is premier annual event to

discuss Politico- security economic and Socio-

Cultural engagement between India and the

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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288) Central Oil PSUs has signed joint Venture

Pact

In a major initiative to connect all the North-

East States to the National Gas grid the 5

Central oil PSUs -IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL and

NRL have signed a joint venture agreement for

executing the North-East Natural Gas Pipeline

Grid (N-ENGPG) in Guwahati

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289) PATA Gold Award 2018

Sahapediarsquos India Heritage ldquowalk Feterdquo wins

PATA award has been awarded the PATA Gold

Award 2018 for its recently concluded Pon-India

event

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290) Medini Puraskar Yojana

The Environment Ministry re-introduced the

lsquoMedini Puraskar Yojanarsquo a scheme that awards

Indian authors for their original work in Hindi on

environment pollution and climate change

subjects

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291) Student Police Cadet Programme

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has

launched the student police Cadet Programme to

build a bridge between the police and the larger

community though School students by

inculcating values and ethics in them

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292) lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched the

lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo in a bid to make London

the worldrsquos most walkable city

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293) Fugitive Economic offenders Bill 2018

The Parliament passed the Fugitive Economic

Offenders Bill 2018 which will empower

authorities to attach and Confiscate properties

and assets of economic offenders like loan

defaulters and Fraudsters who flee the country

The Cases where the total value involved in such

Scheduled offences is Rs 100 crore or more will

come under its purview

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jzbfFk kNrhjhrsquo

ehlhSkdwjjpy nghUshjhu Fwwthspfspd

rlljJfFg Gwkghd nrhjJfis gwpKjy

nraAkgt jggpNahLk nghUshjhu

Fwwthspfis jzbfFk kNrhjhrsquo (Fugitive

Economic offenders Bill 2018)

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NfhbfF Nky fld ngwW mij

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gpwggpffggLk

294) India-assisted emergency ambulance

Service

Indian prime Minister launched the India-

assisted emergency ambulance Service in

Srilanka through video conferencing from New

Delhi

The inaugural function was scheduled in Jaffna

Srilanka this is the largest Indian project in

Srilanka after Indian housing project

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njhlqfp itjjhu

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[hgshtpy jpllkplgglbUejJ

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toqfggLk ngupa jpllk JthFk

295) 24-hour helpline for Protection for inter-

caste couples

The Tamil Nadu government has setup a 24-

hour helpline to investigate issues faced by

inter-caste couples and offer them necessary

assistance

A special cell has been formed in all districts and

cities in the State comprising district-level

officers to receive complaints of harassment

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vjphnfhssggLk gpurrpidfisg gwwp

tprhuid nraaTk mthfSfF Njitahd

cjtp kwWk ghJfhggpid toqfTk

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mikjJssJ

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khepyjjpd vyyh khtllqfs kwWk

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296) India tops skilled visa immigrants list

According to the data released by Australian

Bureau of Statistics for those coming to

Australia on the skilled visa India with 19

people bagged the top rank

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M]jpNuypahtpwF tUgtufspy ejpah

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297) Padhe Bharat-Badhe Bharat

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

has announced lsquoPadhe Bharat-Badhe Bharatrsquo an

initiative to promote the reading culture among

students The initiative has launched under

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo

Under this initiative the government will give an

annual library grant to schools

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo is an overarching programme

for school educating extending from primary to

class 12 which was introduced in the Union

Budget 2018-19

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cUthffggll jpllkhFk

298) Miss Asia (Deaf) 2018

Deshna Jain who is from Madhya Pradesh has

been crowned the 2018 Miss Asia (Deaf) title

and also she was the 3rd in the 2018 Miss

international (Deaf)

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lsquo Nghlbapy 3tJ lk gpbjjhh

299) South East Asiarsquos first Centre for Climate

Change

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (NABARD) has launched the South

East Asiarsquos First-ever centre for Climate change

in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

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khwwjjpwfhd ikajijgt NtshzikfFk

கிராம tshrrpfFkhd Njrpa tqfp

(NABARD) njhlqfpAssJ

300) System of Air Quality and weather

Forecasting

Dr Harsh Vardhan the Union Environment

Minister has launched a advanced State-of-the-

art Air Quality and weather forecast System

called SAFAR (System of Air Quality and

Weather Forecasting) in Delhi

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mikgG

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Weather Forecasting) vdw mjpetPd fhwwpd

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nlyypapy mwpKfggLjjpitjjhh

301) Odisha police has launched a drive to bust

an international syndicate that peddles

lsquoendangeredrsquo pangolin

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302) According to Public Affairs Index (PAI) for

2018 Kerala stands as the best-governed State

in the country followed by Tamil Nadu

Telangana

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303) Typhoon Ampil has recently hit Chinese

Financial hub Shunghai and disrupted transport

and shipping

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NghfFtujJ kwWk fggy Nritia

ghjpjjJ

304) lsquoe -Pragati Core initiativersquo

The Andhra Pradesh government has launched

lsquoe-Pragati core initiativersquo to provide integrated

Service to citizens It will act as a platform to

connect all departments and Stand alone to

resolve the issue

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Kjdik jsjij (e -Pragati Core initiativersquo)

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305) Tribal Atlas of Odisha

Odisha government has unveiled First-ever

Tribal Atlas of Odisharsquo a compilation of

demographic and Cultural information of the

tribal population in the State It is first of its kind

Compilation in the country

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306) Justice Tahira Safdar has been named as

the new Chief justice of the Balochistan High

court with this She will become the first-ever

female high court chief Justice in Pakistan

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307) The NASA has launched lsquoRemote sensing

Toolkitrsquo to promote commercial use of satellite

data

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njhlqfpAssJ

308) Rajiv Gauba Committee

The Union Government has constituted a high

level committee to suggest laws against mob

lynching and Violence The committee is headed

by the Rajiv Gauba

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nfsgh epakpffgglLsshh

309) MicroDot Technology

The Indian government has announced the

launch of a new MicroDot Technology that would

help check on vehicle theft

Under this thousands of small dots laser etched

will be sprayed with a vehicle identification

number on all over the vehiclersquos body including

its engine

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cjTk Gjpa ikfNuhlhl njhopyElgjjpd

njhlffjjpid ejpa muR mwptpjJssJ

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njspffggLk

310) The book ldquoThe Dhoni Touch Unravelling

the Enigma That is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquo has

been authored by Bharat Sundaresan

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is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquovdw Eiy guj

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311) Chennia is going to host the world Junior

Squash Championship 2018

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2018 Nghlbia nrdidapy elffTssJ

312) First person to Ski down the K2

Polandrsquos Andrzej Bargiel became the First person

to Ski down the worldrsquos 2nd highest mountain K2

peak

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rhuej mzbuprf gu[Py Mthu

313) Alize cornet of France won the Swiss open

Tennis title

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Xgd nlddp] glljij ntdwhh

314) State Bank of India organized a nation

wide Kisan Mela as an outreach programme for

farmers and to impart Financial literacy

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Nkshtpid VwghL nraJssJ fprhd

Nksh tptrhapfis nrdwilAk tifapy

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jpllkhf VwghL nraagglLssJ

315) ldquoWarlightrdquo in the Man Booker Prize list

Srilankan born Canadian author Michael

Ondaatje has again made the Man Booker Prize

list with his latest novel lsquoWarlightrdquo Recently his

work was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize

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Gffu glbaypy lk ngwWsshu

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316) Sitamarhi became the first open defecation

free district in Bihar

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KjyhtJ jpwej ntspf fopggiwapyyh

khtllk MFk

57) Shale in Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules

1959

Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has

amended Petroleum and natural Gas Rules 1959

to include Shale in the definition of Petroleum

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1959

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kwWk awif thA tpjpfsgt 1959-id

kjjpa nglNuhypa kwWk awif VupthA

mikrrfk jpUjjp mikjJssJ

318) Prime Ministers tour of three-nations in

Africa

PM Narendra Modi is on a three nation tour to

the African countries including Rwanda Uganda

amp South Africa

Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime

minister to visit Rwanda he gifted 200 cows as

part of Rwanda governmentrsquos Girinka

programme India decided to gift a cancer

therapy machine to the Uganda

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RwWggazk

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NkwnfhzLsshu

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nraJssJ

319) The Ministry of women and child

Development has launched a contest ldquoChildline

1098rdquo to spread awareness on human trafficking

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VwgLjJtjwfhfgt ngzfs kwWk Foeij

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Nghlbia eljjpaJ

320) 10th edition of BRICS Summit in

Johannesburg

South Africa is hosting the 10th edition of BRICS

summit 2018 in Johannesburg with theme

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution

The member nations are Brazil Russia India

China amp South Africa

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BRICS mikggpd 10tJ khehLgt

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ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution vdgjhFk

321) The 3rd edition of Kabira festival 2018 will

be held in Varanasi to celebrate the spirit of 15th

century mystic poet Kabir

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Mwwiy nfhzlhLk tpjkhf fgPuh

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eilgngWk

322) World Bankrsquos internal award to ICZM

Indiarsquos Integrated Coastal Zone Management

(ICZM) project has won the World Bankrsquos

internal award for exceptional performance in

achieving many development goals

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Management -ICZM) jpllkgt gy NkkghlLf

FwpfNfhsfis rhjpjJf fhlba g+utkhd

nrayjpwDffhf cyf tqfpapd csehlL

tpUjpid ntdWssJ

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out to people undertaking the annual pilgrimage

holy cave shrine of Amarnath

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Nrkfhtwgil (CRPF) njhlqfpAssJ

155) ADB approves project of Sun Canal in Bihar

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has

approved project of Sun Canal in Shahabad-

Bhojpur region of Bihar

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(ADB) xgGjy mspjJssJ

156) Gujarart Government grants religious

minority Status of Jews

Gujarat Governement granted religious minority

status to Jews living in the state with this

Gujarat became the third state in India to grant

religious minority Status to Jews after

westBengal and Maharashtra

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157) Dipika Pallikal will represent Asia

Indiarsquos Squash player Dipika Pallikal has been

appointed as Asiarsquos representative in the

prestigious Athlete Advisory commission of the

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGf) The

appointment was mady by the CGF

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158) The Odisha government has partnered with

tata Trust for development of Cancer care

facilities in the State

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guhkhpgG trjpfis NkkgLjJtjwfhf lhlh

mwffllisAld izeJssJ

159) Scientists discover worldrsquos oldest biological

colour

Scientists have discovered the worldrsquos oldest

colour that is bright pink

The pigments were discovered after researchers

crushed 11 billon year old rock found in a

marine shale deposit beneath the Sahara desert

in Mauritania west Africa

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tzzjij Muharrpahsufs

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160) Australian researchers have uncovered the

worldrsquos oldest biological colour

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fzLgpbjJssdu

161) First time in history Rajya Sabha Signs

MOU with a foreign Counterpart

Rajya Sabha has for the first time in 76 years

since it came into being entered into

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a

foreign Counterpart for promoting inter-

Parliamentar dialogue

Venkaiah Naidu has become the first chairman

of Rajya Sabha to sign such an lsquoagreement when

he inked an MOU with the visiting president of

the Senate of Rwanda

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GupeJzuT xggejk nraJssJ

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ifnaOjjhdJ

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Kjy uh[argh jiytu vdw ngUikia

ntqifah ehAL ngwwhu

162) Turkey will sell four Corvette warships to

Pakistan which will be the countryrsquos largest

single export deal Turkey signed a

memorandum of understanding to build four

Corvettes for Pakistan Under the MILGEM Project

last year

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xU GhpeJzuT xggejjjpy

ifnaOjjplLssJ

163) Team India Opener Rohit Sharma has

become the first Indian Cricketer to Smash three

Centuries in T20 International Cricket

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164) Train 18 Made in India 160 kmph train

Indiarsquos indigenously manufactured Semi-high

speed train code-named Train 18 (Train 2018)

is expected to be rolled out in September

The train built by Integral Coach Factory (ICF)

of Chennai to promote Make in India is capable

of running at a speed of 160km per hour

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165) Andhra Pradesh tops in ldquoEase of Doing

Businessrdquo

Andhra Pradesh has topped the third edition of

the governmentrsquos lsquoEase of Doing Businessrsquo index

for states This is the second time in a row that

Andhra achieved the first rank

Telangana and Haryana in second and third

spots Tamilnadu in 15th position

i) Andhra Pradesh ii) Telangana iii) Haryana iv)

Jharkand v) Gujarath

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166) 22nd International Conference on

Nonferrous Minerals and Metals 2018 held at

Ranchi Jharkhand

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167) Meghalaya government introduces Draft

policy known as ldquoJackfruit Missionrdquo during the

first ever Jackfruit festival

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nfhsifia Kjy gyhggo jpUtpohtpy

mwpKfggLjjpaJ

168) China Launches two remote sensing

Satellites for Pakistan

China Successfully launched two remote sensing

Satellites PRSS-1 and PAKTES-1A for Pakistan

on board of Long March-2C rocket from Jicquan

Satellite Launch Centre

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ghfp]jhdpwfhf yhq khur (Long March-2C)

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VtggllJ

169) China said it has clinched a deal with India

on the reduction of Import duties on Indian

medicines including anti-cancer drugs

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170) Rajya Sabha members can use all 22

Scheduled Languages

From the forth coming Monsoon Session of

parliament Rajya Sabha Mps will be able to

speak in the house in any of the 22 Indian

languages listed in the 8th Schedule of the

Constitution

Of the 22 scheduled languages Rajya Sabha has

earlier established simultaneous interpretation

service for 12 language

The Rajya Sabha Secretariat has arranged for

simultaneous interpretation facility for ten more

languages- Dugri Kashmiri Kunkani Santhali

Sindhi Bodu Maithili Manipuri Marathi and

Nepali

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171) South Korean President in India

South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived

India for his four-day visit India and South

Korea singed 11 agreements including in the

areas of trade cultural and Scientific and

technological Cooperation

Capital-Seoul

Prime Minister ndash Lee Nak-yeon

Continent -Asia

Currecny -Won

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172) India becomes worldrsquos sixth largest

economy

World Bank Figuresrsquos for 2017 says that Indian

economy has now become worldrsquos sixth biggest

pushing France to Seventh place The US leads

the table as the biggest economy followed by

China Japan Germany and Britain

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173) World Population Day-11 July

The world Population day is observed across the

world on July 11 The world population day was

established by the then Governing Council of the

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

in 1989

The theme for the World Population Day 2018 is

ldquoFamily Planning is a Human Rightrdquo

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174) The 30th International Mango Festival was

held in New Delhi

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175) Ram Nath Kovind announces four

nominations to Rajya Sabha

President Ram Nath Kovind has nominated 4

Rajya Sabha members viz former MPRam

Shakal Sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra classical

dancer Sunal Mansingh Rakesh Sinha

Raghunath Mohapatra is an internationality

renowned sculptor famous for his stone

carvings

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176) Global Innovation Index 2018

The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2018 has

ranked India as the 57th most innovative nation

in the world The country has improved its

ranking up to 3 places from its 60th position in

2017

Top 5 Countries are (1) Switzerland (2)

Netherland (3) Sweden (4) UK (5) Singapore

The G11 global ranking is published by World

Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) -a

specialized agency of United nations

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177) lsquoI am not afraid of Englishrsquo

Haryana has launched lsquoI am not afraid of

Englishrsquo initiative to make primary school

students fluent in English

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178) IWF Junior World Weightlifting

Championships 2018

Indian woman lifter Jhilli Dalabehera has bagged

the bronze medal in the 2018 IWF Junior World

Weightlifting Championships at Tashkent

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179) Kutchi New year

Kutchi Community celebrates its new year on

Aashadhi Beej which falls in month of Ashada

(JuneJuly)

As for people of Kutch this day is associated

with beginning of rains in Kutch Gujarat

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180) DrSandeep Sancheti Vice Chancellor of

SRM Institute of Science and Technology has

assumed charge as the president of the

Association of Inidan Universities (AIU) New

Delhi

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181) INS Sumitra enters Indonesiarsquos Sabang

Part

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Indian Warship INS Sumitra which was on

mission in Malacca straits entered port of

Sabang in Indonesia

This is the first time that an Indian Naval ship

has visited the port of Sabang

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fggyhfpAssJ 182) FSSAI has launched ldquoThe Eat Right

Movementrdquo

The food safety and standards Authority of India

(FSSAI) has launched ldquoThe Eat Right Movementrdquo

to empower the citizens by improving their

health and well-being It is a platform to provide

credible information to help make informed and

healthful eating choices The main purpose of

the project is to reduce salt sugar and saturated

fat in packaged food products

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183) Broadcasting content complaints council

(BCCC)

Udhay Kumar Varma has been appointed as

new member of Broadcasting content complains

council (BCCC)

The BCCC is an independent self-regulatory body

set up by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation

(IBF) in June 2011to look into complaints

pertaining to all non-news general entertainment

channel in India

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184) Lonely planetrsquos best Asia destinations list

One of the Hottest Biodiversity Hotspots and

UNESCO world Heritage site the western Ghats

has come fourth in the list of Lonely planetrsquos

ldquo2018 Best in Asiardquo list

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185) India-South Korea Technology Exchange

Centre inaugurated in New Delhi by Central

Minister of MSME Giriraj Singh

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186) UN Security Council adopts Resolution

2427 to protect children in armed conflict

The United Nations Security Council has adopted

Resolution 2427 aimed at providing legal

framework for mainstream protection rights

well-being and empowerment of children

throughout the conflict cycle

The resolution Strongly condemns recruitment

and use of children in armed conflicts killing and

rape abductions

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187) Himachal Pradesh government announced

a project to setup a cow sanctuary act Kotla

Barug

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188) Vice president M Venkaiah Naidu

inaugurated the Indian Intraculare Implant and

Refractive Surgery Convention 2018 held in

Chennai

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189) UK Launched New Visas

The UK has launched new visas that will be open

to overseas Scientists and researchers including

Indians to encourage growth of the countryrsquos

research sector

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190) Indiarsquos latest Frontline warship INS Trikand

has reached Srilanka in a goodwill visit

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191) RBI cancels license of Alwar Urban Co-

operative Bank

The Reserve bank of India has cancelled the

license of Alwar Urban Co-operative Bank LTD

Alwar Rajastan to carry on banking business

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192) For the first time in Tamil nadu Centre for

excellence in traditional flowers to come up in

Madurai

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193) Formalin- laced Fish create Scare across

India after the ban of fishes Assam Manipur etc

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194) lsquoAnna Canteensrsquo in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh Government launched lsquoAnna

Canteenrsquo where breakfast lunch and dinner

would be offered at Rs5 each

The lsquoAnna Canteenrsquo named after the NT Rama

Rao

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195) lsquoOne Farmer one transformerrsquo Scheme

In order to reduce electricity losses the

Maharashtra government will next month launch

a new scheme lsquoOne farmer one Transformerrsquo

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196) Goa University discovered a Pigment that

may help fight against Cancer

Goa University announced the discovery of a

new pigment from Local wild Mushrooms that

may help fight against Cancer

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The chemical nature of the brown or black

Colour Pigment in wild edible mushrooms lsquoRoen

alamis or Termitomycesrsquo Species has a new

Sulphur-rich melanin pigment

The Goa University has declared it as Worldrsquos

first Sulphur-rich edible melanin

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197) Seema Darshanrsquo Project

Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani has given in principal

approval for the 39 Crore rupees lsquoSeema

Darshanrsquo or lsquoBorder tourismrsquo project

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198) The ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

(MOHUA) has launched a technology challenge

on identifying Solutions and promoting suitable

techniques for cleaning of Sewage Systems The

Objective is eliminating human entry into septic

tanks and manholes

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199) Indiarsquos First Private UAV amp LBPV factory to

come up in Kota

Indiarsquos First private Sector unit for

manufacturing unmanned air vehicles (UAV) and

light bullet proof vehicles (LBPV) will be set up

under lsquoMake in Indiarsquo initiative of the Union

government by DCM Shriram Industries Group in

Kota

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200) Rajasthan Government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft

The Rajasthan government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft to provide free digital training to

9500 students of 50 government colleges in a

year It will also train 500 faculty members

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201) In a first Indian Naval aircraft deployed fro

RIMPAC exercise

For the first time Indian Navyrsquos Long Range

Maritime Patrol Aircraft Boeing P-8I (Poseidon

Eight India) from Indian Naval Ship (INS) Rajali

has inducted for participating in the 26th edition

of RIMPAC-18 the Rim of the Pacific

multinational Naval exercise During the

exercise In P8I will be operating from Joint

Airbase Hickam Honolulu in Hawaii

This is the first time ever that an Indian Naval

aircraft has traversed so far east into the pacific

It is the First IN aircraft to cross the

International Date line

RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific Exercise) is the

wolrdrsquos largest international maritime warfare

exercise It is hosted and administered by the

United States Navyrsquos pacific feet headquartered

at Pearl Harbor

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202) India becomes 69th Shareholder of

European Bank for reconstruction amp

development (EBRD) paving the way for more

joint investment with Indian companies across

the bankrsquos regions of operation

EBRD headquartered in London Suma

Chakrabarti is the president of EBRD

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203) Indiarsquos genetically modified crop area fifth

largest in world

India becomes worldrsquos fifth largest area

cultivated under genetically modified (GM) crops

in 2017 according to the International service for

the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications

(ISAAA) report

From the report (i) America (ii) Brazil (iii)

Argentina (iv) Canada (v) India

Indiarsquos entire GM crop area is under single crop

BT cotton

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for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications

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204) 2+2 ministeria dialogue

India is going to host inaugural 2+2 dialogue

with united States in September in New Delhi

lsquo2+2 dialoguersquo is an interaction between the

foreign and defence minister of the

twocountries

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205) Mukesh Ambani overtook Alibaba Group

Founder Jackma to become Asiarsquos richest

person according to a report by Blumberg

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206) First Indian women to win gold in world U-

20 Athletics Championships

Hima Das became the First Indian Women to

clinch a gold medal at a global event the world

under-20 Championships

Das clinched the top spot in the womenrsquos 400m

final race at the IAAF wordl under-20 Athletics

Championships in Tampere Finland

Hima Das Clocked 5146 seconds to win gold

She belongs to State of Assam

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207) Coimbatore doctor to head worldrsquos top

body of Spine Surgeons

Coimbatore-based orthopaedic and Spine

Surgeon SRajasekaran who is Chairman of the

Department of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery

at Ganga Hospital has been selected Chairman

of the international board of Aospine the worldrsquos

largest body of Spine Surgeons

DrRajasekaran is the first person to elected

from Asia region to this prestigious position

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208) 25000 plus two students to be trained to

take CA exams

Minister for School Education KA Sengottaiyan

Said that 25000 plus two students in

government schools will be trained over to take

up entry level examination for Chartered

Accountancy course Classes will be conducted

by 500 CAS once a week

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209) Two Indian-origin women of Forbes list of

Americarsquos richest self-made women

Two Indian-origin technology executives

JayShree Ullal and Neerja Sethi have made it to

the Forbes list of Americarsquos 60 richest self-made

women

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210) DrTCA Rahgavan has been appointed as

Director General of Indian Council of World

Affairs (ICWA)

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211) Entire Indian Menrsquos hockey team included

in Tops

The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of Union

Ministry of Sports and youth Affairs has included

entire menrsquos Hockey team of India under the

Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS)

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212) India Army signed a MOU with SBI

Indian Army signed a memorandum of

understanding (MOU) with the State Bank of

India (SBI) on the Defence Salary Package that

will include free personal accident death free

permanent total disability cover and other

accidental benefits to the deceased soldier and

family

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213) Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has

become the First Indian personality to get a

lsquotalking Statuersquo at Madame Tussauds Singapore

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214) Spiritual leader Dada JP Vaswani passed

away

Dada JP Vaswani (99) the spiritual leader and

head of Sadhu Vaswani mission in Pune has

passed away in Pune Maharashtra on July 12

2018

He was born in Hyderabad Sindh (Pakistan) on

2nd August 1918 Vaswani was a world renowned

Spiritual leader known for promoting

vegetarianism and animal rights

JP Vaswani was the recipient of the 1998

UThant peace award Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram

Vaswani (TL Vaswani) who founded Sadhu

Vaswani Mission was his Guru

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215) 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

The 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention is

being organized by Ministry of External Affairs in

association with the State Government of Uttar

Pradesh in January 2019

Theme of 2019 event is ldquoRole of Indian Diaspora

in building a New Indiardquo

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216) ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo authored by

Tapan

The book ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo has

been authored by Tapan Kumar Chand the

Chairman cum Managing Director of NALCO

The book is recently released by Narendra Singh

Tamar the Union Minister of Mines Rural

Development and panchayat Raj

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217) Government set up task force on ways to

reduce import

The central government has set up a high level

task force under the Chairmanship of cabinet

Secretary PK Sinha to identify various items and

policy interventions to reduce dependence of

import

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218) Worldrsquos first 3D colour X-ray on Human

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Scientists from New Zealand have performed

worldrsquos first ever 3-D colour X-ray on human It

has potential to improve the field of medical

diagnostics

It incorporates particle-tracking technology

called Medipix developed by European

organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

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219) National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

The 4th National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

was held at Indore in Madhya Pradesh

Chhattisgarh won awards in all categories for

excellence in implementing minerals auction

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220) Photography ban at protected monuments

lifted

Photography will be allowed in all of the

monuments and archaeological sites

administered by the Archaeological Survey of

India except the mausoleum at Taj Mahal the

Ajanta Caves and the Leh palace

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221) India and China hold second maritime

security dialogue in Beijing China

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222) Prize for beautification of Railway Station

Balharshah and Chandrapur Railway Stations of

the Central Railway have been awarded the first

prize in Station beautification competition by

government

Madhubani Station of East Central Railway and

Madurai Station of Southern Railway were the

Co-winners of the Second prize

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223) Odisha constitutes Heritage Cabinet

Odisha government constituted a lsquoHeritage

Cabinetrsquo headed by Chief Minister Naveen

Patnaik

lsquoHeritage Cabinetrsquo would aim at protection of

ancient monuments temples and archaeological

sites and take steps to preserve the states

culture language amp literature

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224) First Double Stack Dwarf container Service

Indian Railways Introduces first Double Stack

Dwarf Container Service from Rajkot Division

Western Railway with the use of these double-

Stack dwarf containers the cost of the unit will

be significantly reduced

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225) The Central government think tank NITI

Aayog has unveiled the blueprint of lsquoNational

Health Stackrsquo (NHS) a shared digital healthcare

infrastructure

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226) Former Pakistan Prime minister Nawaz

Sharif and his daughter Maryam who are

convicted for corruption were arrested

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227) Centuryrsquos longest total lunar eclipse

Union Ministry of Earth Science has announced

the Centuryrsquos (2001 to 2100) longest total

eclipse of 1 hour 43 minutes will occur on July

27-282018

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228) The Government of India has invited us

President Donal Trump to be chief guest at the

2019 Republic Day Parade

The US is yet to officially accept Indiarsquos invite

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229) Threatening Climate Change to the Nilgiri

tahr

According to recent Study published

international journal Ecological Engineering

Climate Change is threatening the Nilgiri tahr

International Union for conservation of Nature

(IUCN) in its red book has classified Nilgiri Tahr

it as Endangered

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230) 2018 Wimbledon Winners

Women singles - Angelique Kerber

(Germany)

Men singles - Novak Djokovic (Serbian)

Menrsquos Doubles - Mike Bryan (US) and Jack

Sock (US)

Womenrsquos Doubles - Barbora Krejcikova and

Katerina Siniakova from Czhech Republic

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231) Bansagar canal project Inaugurated

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the 171

km long Bansagar canal project to the nation in

Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh on July 15

2018

The project which is a joint venture of Uttar

Pradesh Madhya Pradesh and Bihar It built on

Son River

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232) Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018

Union Ministry of Drinking water and Sanitation

has launched Swachh Survekshan Grameen

2018 in New Delhi

The Programme will rank all states and districts

on the basis of a survey of Public places

Citizenrsquos perspective of cleanliness and their

recommendations

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233) 4th BIMSTEC Summit to be held in

Kathmandu

The fourth edition of Bay of Bengal Initiatives for

Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Co-

operation (BIMSTEC) will be held at Kathmandu

in Nepal from 30 t0 31 August 2018

Nepal is the current chair of BIMSTEC It is

headquartered in Dhaka

Member countries- India Nepal Bhutan

Bangladesh Srilanka Myanmar and Thailand

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234) Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventories

in Asia

In New Delhi Union Minister DrHarsh Vardhan

inaugurates 16th Workshop on Greenhouse Gas

Inventories in Asia

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235) First-ever metal craft exhibition in India

With an aim to promote and preserve the metal

craft tradition of Ladakh the first-ever metal

craft exhibition was held at Chilling village in Leh

district of Jammu amp Kashmir

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236) Kochi Metro Rail Limited opened Indiarsquos

first exquisite air-conditioned bed space

dormitor

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237) World Youth skills Day 15 July In 2014 UN

General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring

15th July as World Youth Skills day

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238) India became Vice-Chair on regional head

of Asia pacific Region of the World Customs

Organisation (WCO)

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239) Resolution 2428 by UN security Council

The UN Security council has adopted a resolution

2428 to impose an arms embargo on South

Sudan The measure will stop the flow of

weapons to armed groups in the country

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240) Hindi Mother tongue of 4363 in India

According to the 2011 census Hindi continue to

be the most spoken language in India with

4363 of the country declaring it their mother-

tongue

Sanskrit was the least spoken of the countryrsquos

22 scheduled languages with just 24821

persons listing it as their mother tongue

The top 5 most spoken language by 2011 census

is (i) Hindi (4363) (ii) Bengali (803) (iii)

Marathi (686) (iv) Telugu (670) (v) Tamil

(570)

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(570) 241) Oldest Narrow- Gauge Rail Line in India

The 33 km Dabhoi-Miyagam line in Gujarat

State Indiarsquos first narrow gauge railway stretch

which started operations in 1862 will be closed

forever The line will be soon converted into

broad gauge

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242) Approval for Chinese Bank in India

Bank of China one of four biggest State-run

Chinese lenders has received in Principal

approval from the Reserve Bank of India to open

branches in India

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243) Private Universities in Tamil Nadu

Two bills adopting the establishment of Shiv

Nadar University and Sai University were passed

in the Tamil Nadu assembly

As per the provisions of two bills adopted in the

assembly the two universities will be self-

financing institutions and would be allowed to

establish constituent colleges Currently there

were no private Universities in Tamil nadu

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gyfiyffofqfs vJTk yiy

244) Committee to review companies Act 2013

The ministry of Corporate Affairs has constituted

a 10 member Committee headed by the Injeti

Srinivas (Secretary of Ministry of Corporate

Affairs) for review of the panel provisions in the

companies Act 2013

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FO

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2013) jzlid tpjpKiwfis kPshaT

nratjwfhfgt Qnrlb =epth]

(ngUepWtd tptfhuqfs mikrrf

nrayhsh) jiyikapy gjJ cWggpdhfs

nfhzl xU FOit ngUepWtd

tptfhuqfs mikrrk mikjJssJ

245) 2nd National Tourism conclave organised at

Jaipur in Rajasthan

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uh[]jhd khepyjjpd n[ag+u efupy

eilngwwJ

246) Madras Music Academy has selected

Carnatic Vocalist Aruna Sairam for this yearrsquos

Sangita Kalanithi award

Mridangam artist Thanjavur R Ramadas and

Vocalist K Omanakutty will receive the Kala

Acharya award

Veena and Nagaswaram players and teachers

Kalyani Ganesan and S R G Rajanna have been

chosen for the TTK awards

Prameela Gurumurthy has been selected for

musicologist award Veteran Danseuse Shanta

Dhananjayan will get Nrithya Kalanithi Award

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nkluh] kpa+rpf mflhkpapd rqfPj fyhepjp

tpUJgt gpugy fudhlf thaghlLf fiyQh

mUzh rhauhKfF toqfggLfpwJ

rqfPj fyhrhuah tpUJfsgt kpUjqf

fiyQh jQrht+u Muuhkjh]fFkgt

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FlbfFk toqfggLk

tPizf fiyQh fyahzp fNzrDfFk

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toqfggLk

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FUhjjpfF toqfggLk epUja fyhepjp

tpUij gujehlbaf fiyQh rhejh

jdQ[ad ngWfpwhh

247) Kamaraj birthday July 15 is celebrated as

Educational Development Dayrsquo by Tamil Nadu

government

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Njjpia fytp tsurrp ehshf

nfhzlhLfpwJ jkpof muR

248) India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror drill

Anti terror drill organised by the Shanghai

Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is scheduled

From August 20-29 at Chelyabinsk City in Russia

India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror SCO drill

along with other member countries Russia

China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Tajikistan and

Uzbekistan

It will be for the first time since Independence

that India and Pakistan will both be a part of

military exercise

Around 200 Army and Air force personal from

India will be participating in the drill called

ldquoPeace Mission 2018rdquo

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$lLg gapwrrpfF NjuenjLffgglLssdh

249) France wins 21st FIFA world cup Football

title

France has won 21st FIFA world cup football by

defeating Croatia by 4-2 goals in the final match

held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow Russia

on 1572018

It was Francersquos Second world cup crown after it

had own it in 1998 It was Croatiarsquos first world

Cup final appearance Croatia became the lowest

ranked team ever to reach a World Cup Final

France and Croatia belong European Continent

Top 4 teams in 21st FIFA world cup are (i) France

(ii) Croatia (iii) Belgium (iv) England

FIFA Awards for the 2018 world cup

(i) Best player ndash Golden Ball Luka Modric

(Croatia)

(ii) Top Goal scorer ndash Golden Boot Harry Kane

(England)

(iii) Best Goal keeper ndash golden Glove Thibaut

Courtois (Belgium)

(iv) Best Young Player Kylian Mbappe (France)

(v) Fairest Team Spain

(vi) man of the Match (final) Antoine

Griezmann (France)

Captain of France Football team is Hugo Lloris

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mzpfs (i) gpuhd] (ii) FNuhpah (iii)

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tpUjfs

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Yfh Nkhlupr (FNuhpah)

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`hupNfd (qfpyheJ)

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NfhulLth (ngy[pak)

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(gpuhd])

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Mllehafd tpUJ (Wjp Nghlb)

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250) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar

inaugurated Goa IT Day celebrations in Panaji

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itjjhh

251) Assam government has decided to make

Himadas statersquos brand ambassador for sports

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Jjuhf NjuenjLjJssJ

252) Iceland in UN Human Rights Council

Iceland has taken the seat vacated by United

States at the 47 member UN Human Rights

Council

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253) 64-dish Meer KAT radio telescope

South Africa unveiled new 64-dish Meer KAT

radio telescope that could help unlock the

mysteries of the Universe

Meer KAT will be incorporated into complex

square kilometre Array (SKA) instrument SKA

will be fully operational in the late 2020s to be

most powerful radio telescope in the world

The Meer KAT will be the worldrsquos largest radio

telescope of its kind until the Square kilometre

Array (SKA) has been completed

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cjTk Gjpa 64-b kPufhl (64-dish Meer

KAT) vDk thndhyp njhiyNehffpapid

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tupir fUtpAld izffggLk SKA 2020-

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(SKA) nrayghlbwF tUk tiu kPufhl

(Meer KAT) cyfpd kpfgngupa thndhyp

njhiyNehffpahf UfFk

254) ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas

Engine

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ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas Engine

from Mahendragiri of Tirunelveli district Vikas

(Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai)

The Vikas Engine is the work shore liquid rocket

engine used to power the second stage of the

ISROrsquos trusted Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

(PSLV)

It is also used in the second stage and also at

the four strap on stages of Geosynchronous

Launch vehicle (GSLV) and in the twin-engine

core liquid stage (L110) of GSLV Mk-111

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(Vikas) tpfh] d[Pdpd cah ceJk

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ghpNrhjpjjdh Vikas (tpfuk mkgyhy

rhuhgha)

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(PSLV) 2-k epiyfF MwwyspfFk d[Pd

MFk

NkYk J GSLV-apd 2-k epiy kwWk 4-k

epiy kwWk GSLV Mk-111- ulil

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MwwyspfFk jput VTfiz d[Pd MFk

255) Global Sugar output Record high

In its latest report the UN body has forecast

world Sugar output to hit a record high at 1876

million tonnes in 2017-18 and Surpass

consumption The anticipated surplus is likely to

the largest in history

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gy mikggpd rkPgjjpa mwpfifapy 2017-

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kpfTk mjpfkhdjhf UfFk

256) Fossil Museum in Ariyalur

The Fossil Museum at Varanavasi near Ariyalur

town is set to open The museum will provide

evidence of the existence of dinosaurs and other

associated reptilians in the Ariyalur region

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mupaYupy

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Uejikffhd Mjhuqfs Mfpatwwpd

fhlrpg nglbahf UfFk

257) The madras High court has ruled that there

is no legal obligation on the part of a mother to

disclose the name of the father at the time of

registering her childrsquos birth

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flikayy vdW kjuh] cauePjpkdwk

jPuggspjJssJ

258) Indian farmers fertiliser cooperative limited

(IFFCO) launched a social e-commerce app

called ldquoIFFCO iMandirdquo

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tzpf nrayp xdiw ntspaplgglLssJ

259) 100 public services to be delivered at

doorstep in Delhi

Delhi people will get around 100 public services

including driving licence and caste certificate at

their door step under a proposed scheme of the

Delhi government The scheme was named as

lsquoMobilersquo Sahayaksrsquo

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jplljjpwF lsquonkhigy r`hafrsquo vdg

ngauplgglLssJ

260) Trump-Putin Summit

Russiarsquos president Vladimir Putin and Americanrsquos

President Donald Trump met at Helsinki capital

of Finland

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261) New Headquarters building of

Archaeological Survey of India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated

lsquoDharohar Bhawanrsquo ndash the new headquarters

building of the Archaeological Survey of India

(ASI) in New Delhi

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Gjpa jiyikafk flblk GJ nlyypapy

gpujku Nkhb jpweJ itjjhh

262) Per Capita Revenue Collection

Haryana has topped other States in per capita

Revenue Collection in the first Financial year of

the GST regime per Capita revenue collection of

Haryana is Rs 187697month

2nd Position is Uttarakhand 3rd position is

Maharashtra

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GST MlrpKiwapd Kjy epjp Mzby

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`upahdhtpd jdpegh tUtha ty

khjjjpwF 1gt87697 MFk

263) Digital Health Campaign for Think For

Health

The Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of

India ( (OPPI) launched its digital campaign

Think for Health at its annual summit in New

Delhi

The initiative Think For Health was launched in

Partnership with the Government of Telangana

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gugGiu

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(OPPI) Think for Health vdw b[plly

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MukgpjJssJ

Think for Health vdw Kawrp njYqfhdh

khepy murpd xjJiogGld

toqfgglLssJ

264) Government reappoints Anil D

Sahasrabudhe

Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)

has approved renewal of appointment of Prof

Anil D Sahabsrabudhe as the Chairman of the All

India council for Technical Education (AICTE)

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265) 12 new moons discovered around Jupiter

Scientists had discovered 12 new moons around

Jupiter The discoveries bring the number of

Jupiterrsquos known moon to 79 the most around a

single planet in our Solar system

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epyTfspd vzzpfif 79 Mf

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cssJ

266) Nelson Mandela International Day July 18

2018 marks the Centenary of the birth of Nelson

Mandela

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267) Rajpurrsquos Swami Vivekananda Airport has

been ranked first in Customer Satisfaction

among 49 airports in the country

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Kjypljjpidg ngwWssJ

268) LIGO-India Laboratory in Maharashtra

The Government of India (GOI) has given lsquoIn-

Principlersquo approval for construction and operation

of LIGO-India (Laser Interferometer

Gravitational wave observatory in India)

Laboratory in hingoli District of Maharashtra

The LIGO-India Observatory is Scheduled to be

operational in 2024 in Collaboration with the

LIGO Laboratory in United States

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kfhuhbuh khepyjjpd `pqNfhyp

khtlljjpygt LIGO- ejpah (Laser

Interferometer Gravitational wave observatory)

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nrayghlbwfhf ejpa muR nfhsif

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269) Cheapest drinking water in the world

Bihar will soon provide the cheapest drinking

water in the world The first of such a water

project named lsquoSulabh Jalrsquo was launched in

Biharrsquos Darbhanga district

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kypthd FbePiu toqfTssJ

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njhlqfgglLssJ

270) Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)

has organised ldquo Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyanrdquo

campaign in five main stem Ganga basin

States-Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh Bihar

Jharkhand and west Bengal It has been

observed as lsquoShubharambh Saptahrsquo

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cjjufhzlgt cjjuggpuNjrkgt gPfhhgt

[hhffzl kwWk NkwF tqfk

Mfpatwwpy ldquofqfh tphpNuhgdrdquo vdw

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271) ldquoPitch Blackrdquo war exercise

The Indian Air force (IAF) is participating in the

Multinational ldquoPitch Blackrdquo warfare exercise

hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force in

Australia

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M]jpNuypahtpy eilgngWfpwJ

272) BSE building gets trademark

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has secured a

ldquotrademarkrdquo for its iconic building Phizoze

Jeejeebhoy Towers located in Mumbai

Subsequently the usage of the BSE buildingrsquos

picture will required consent from BSE

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(trademark)

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css ldquogpNuh] [P[pgha flbljjpwF

ldquoKjjpiu rpddkrdquo ( trademark)

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ej flbl Gifggljij Kiwahd

mDkjp dwp gadgLjj KbahJ

273) Central Government announces amnesty

for prisoners to mark Mahatma Gandhirsquos 150th

birth anniversary

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kddpgG jplljijrdquo kjjpa muR nfhzL

tu cssJ

274) New 100 Rs Note

New lavender-coloured Rs100 currency notes

will soon be issued by the Reserve Bank of India

The new note will feature the motif of the lsquoRani

Ki Vavrsquo Stepwell in Gujarat as well as the

Swachh Bharat logo and Slogan

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epwjjpyrdquo Gjpa tif 100ampgha Nehlbid

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rpddkrdquo lk ngwWssJ

275) The book ldquoThe House of Islam A global

Historyrdquo has been authored by Islamic radical Ed

Hussain

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vj Pird vOjpAsshh

276) Athletics World Cup

The USA won the first Athletics World Cup held

in London England Poland and Great Britain

took 2nd and 3rd spot respectively

The Athletics world cup is a team-based

international athletics competition inaugurated in

2018 The inaugural edition had eight national

teams based on world rankings

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Kjy jlfs cyff Nfhgigapid

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gqNfwwd

277) lsquoAabhaar Aapki Sewa karsquo

The Chhattisgarh government has launched an

online portal and mobile app lsquoAabhaar-Aapki

Seva Karsquo (Gratitude-for your service) to provide

transparency in the pension facility

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lsquoMghh Mgfp Nrth fhrsquo (cqfs NritfF

edwp) vdw izajsk kwWk miyNgrp

nrayp xdiw mwpKfggLjjpAssJ

278) President has given assent to Assam witch

Hunting (Prohibition Prevention and Protection)

Bill 2015 passed by state Assembly

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(jil nrajygt jLjjy kwWk ghJfhgG)

kNrhjhgt 2015-fF FbauRj jiytu xgGjy

mspjJsshu

279) 2018 NABARD Award

Repco Micro Finance Ltd a non-banking Finance

Company promoted by Repco bank has won the

2018 NABARD award for its service to self-Help

Group (SHG) linkage in Tamil Nadu for the fiscal

year 2017-18

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280) ASI to upgrade Seven monuments in

TamilNadu

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has

planned to upgrade infrastructural and tourist

friendly facilities at seven sites which are

approved under Adarsh Smarak Scheme for

conservation of Monuments in Tamil Nadu

The Monuments are Shore temple

Mamallapuram Gingee Fort kailasanathar

temple Kancheepuram Brihadeswarar temple

Thanjavur Sithananavasal Caves vellore fort

Moovar koil Kodumbalur

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281) Myanmar in International Solar Alliance

Myanmar has joined the India-initiated

International Solar Alliance (ISA) and became

the 68th signatory to the framework Agreement

of the ISA It is headquarters at Gwal Pahari

village in Gurugram Haryana

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282) Scottish site selected for Spaceport

UK space agency has selected site at Sutherland

on ArsquoMhoine peninsula on north Coast of

Scotland for its first Spaceport to launch rockets

vertically and put satellites in orbit

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283) Lakshya sen won gold at Asia Badminton

Junior

Lakshya sen from India has clinched historic

menrsquos singles gold at the Asia Badminton Junior

Championship 2018 in Jakarata

With this he became the 3rd Indian shuttler to

win singles gold at the competition after

Gautham Thakkar and PV Sindhu

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284) Afghan player nominated for the IOC

membership

A young Afghan basketball player Samira

Asghari has been nominated for the

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

membership She is among 9 candidates for

membership of the body in a move to boost

womenrsquos rights

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285) Arman Ali was appointed as Executive

Director of National Centre for promotion of

employment for Disable People (NCPEDP)

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286) Worldrsquos Best Cities Report

According to Travel+ Leisurersquos worldrsquos best cities

report the city of Udaipur has ranked 3rd The

top 2 cities are both in Mexico- San Miguel de

Allende and Oaxaca

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p287) Delhi Dialogue (DDX)

The 10th edition of Delhi Dialogue (DDX) was

held in New Delhi and was hosted by Union

External affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj The

theme for this edition was ldquoStrengthening India-

ASEAN maritime Cooperationrdquo

Delhi Dialogue is premier annual event to

discuss Politico- security economic and Socio-

Cultural engagement between India and the

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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288) Central Oil PSUs has signed joint Venture

Pact

In a major initiative to connect all the North-

East States to the National Gas grid the 5

Central oil PSUs -IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL and

NRL have signed a joint venture agreement for

executing the North-East Natural Gas Pipeline

Grid (N-ENGPG) in Guwahati

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289) PATA Gold Award 2018

Sahapediarsquos India Heritage ldquowalk Feterdquo wins

PATA award has been awarded the PATA Gold

Award 2018 for its recently concluded Pon-India

event

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290) Medini Puraskar Yojana

The Environment Ministry re-introduced the

lsquoMedini Puraskar Yojanarsquo a scheme that awards

Indian authors for their original work in Hindi on

environment pollution and climate change

subjects

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291) Student Police Cadet Programme

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has

launched the student police Cadet Programme to

build a bridge between the police and the larger

community though School students by

inculcating values and ethics in them

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292) lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched the

lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo in a bid to make London

the worldrsquos most walkable city

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293) Fugitive Economic offenders Bill 2018

The Parliament passed the Fugitive Economic

Offenders Bill 2018 which will empower

authorities to attach and Confiscate properties

and assets of economic offenders like loan

defaulters and Fraudsters who flee the country

The Cases where the total value involved in such

Scheduled offences is Rs 100 crore or more will

come under its purview

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Economic offenders Bill 2018)

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294) India-assisted emergency ambulance

Service

Indian prime Minister launched the India-

assisted emergency ambulance Service in

Srilanka through video conferencing from New

Delhi

The inaugural function was scheduled in Jaffna

Srilanka this is the largest Indian project in

Srilanka after Indian housing project

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295) 24-hour helpline for Protection for inter-

caste couples

The Tamil Nadu government has setup a 24-

hour helpline to investigate issues faced by

inter-caste couples and offer them necessary

assistance

A special cell has been formed in all districts and

cities in the State comprising district-level

officers to receive complaints of harassment

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296) India tops skilled visa immigrants list

According to the data released by Australian

Bureau of Statistics for those coming to

Australia on the skilled visa India with 19

people bagged the top rank

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297) Padhe Bharat-Badhe Bharat

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

has announced lsquoPadhe Bharat-Badhe Bharatrsquo an

initiative to promote the reading culture among

students The initiative has launched under

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo

Under this initiative the government will give an

annual library grant to schools

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo is an overarching programme

for school educating extending from primary to

class 12 which was introduced in the Union

Budget 2018-19

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298) Miss Asia (Deaf) 2018

Deshna Jain who is from Madhya Pradesh has

been crowned the 2018 Miss Asia (Deaf) title

and also she was the 3rd in the 2018 Miss

international (Deaf)

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299) South East Asiarsquos first Centre for Climate

Change

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (NABARD) has launched the South

East Asiarsquos First-ever centre for Climate change

in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

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300) System of Air Quality and weather

Forecasting

Dr Harsh Vardhan the Union Environment

Minister has launched a advanced State-of-the-

art Air Quality and weather forecast System

called SAFAR (System of Air Quality and

Weather Forecasting) in Delhi

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301) Odisha police has launched a drive to bust

an international syndicate that peddles

lsquoendangeredrsquo pangolin

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302) According to Public Affairs Index (PAI) for

2018 Kerala stands as the best-governed State

in the country followed by Tamil Nadu

Telangana

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303) Typhoon Ampil has recently hit Chinese

Financial hub Shunghai and disrupted transport

and shipping

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304) lsquoe -Pragati Core initiativersquo

The Andhra Pradesh government has launched

lsquoe-Pragati core initiativersquo to provide integrated

Service to citizens It will act as a platform to

connect all departments and Stand alone to

resolve the issue

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305) Tribal Atlas of Odisha

Odisha government has unveiled First-ever

Tribal Atlas of Odisharsquo a compilation of

demographic and Cultural information of the

tribal population in the State It is first of its kind

Compilation in the country

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306) Justice Tahira Safdar has been named as

the new Chief justice of the Balochistan High

court with this She will become the first-ever

female high court chief Justice in Pakistan

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307) The NASA has launched lsquoRemote sensing

Toolkitrsquo to promote commercial use of satellite

data

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308) Rajiv Gauba Committee

The Union Government has constituted a high

level committee to suggest laws against mob

lynching and Violence The committee is headed

by the Rajiv Gauba

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309) MicroDot Technology

The Indian government has announced the

launch of a new MicroDot Technology that would

help check on vehicle theft

Under this thousands of small dots laser etched

will be sprayed with a vehicle identification

number on all over the vehiclersquos body including

its engine

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310) The book ldquoThe Dhoni Touch Unravelling

the Enigma That is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquo has

been authored by Bharat Sundaresan

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311) Chennia is going to host the world Junior

Squash Championship 2018

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312) First person to Ski down the K2

Polandrsquos Andrzej Bargiel became the First person

to Ski down the worldrsquos 2nd highest mountain K2

peak

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313) Alize cornet of France won the Swiss open

Tennis title

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314) State Bank of India organized a nation

wide Kisan Mela as an outreach programme for

farmers and to impart Financial literacy

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315) ldquoWarlightrdquo in the Man Booker Prize list

Srilankan born Canadian author Michael

Ondaatje has again made the Man Booker Prize

list with his latest novel lsquoWarlightrdquo Recently his

work was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize

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316) Sitamarhi became the first open defecation

free district in Bihar

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57) Shale in Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules

1959

Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has

amended Petroleum and natural Gas Rules 1959

to include Shale in the definition of Petroleum

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1959

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318) Prime Ministers tour of three-nations in

Africa

PM Narendra Modi is on a three nation tour to

the African countries including Rwanda Uganda

amp South Africa

Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime

minister to visit Rwanda he gifted 200 cows as

part of Rwanda governmentrsquos Girinka

programme India decided to gift a cancer

therapy machine to the Uganda

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319) The Ministry of women and child

Development has launched a contest ldquoChildline

1098rdquo to spread awareness on human trafficking

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320) 10th edition of BRICS Summit in

Johannesburg

South Africa is hosting the 10th edition of BRICS

summit 2018 in Johannesburg with theme

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution

The member nations are Brazil Russia India

China amp South Africa

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ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

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321) The 3rd edition of Kabira festival 2018 will

be held in Varanasi to celebrate the spirit of 15th

century mystic poet Kabir

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322) World Bankrsquos internal award to ICZM

Indiarsquos Integrated Coastal Zone Management

(ICZM) project has won the World Bankrsquos

internal award for exceptional performance in

achieving many development goals

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170) Rajya Sabha members can use all 22

Scheduled Languages

From the forth coming Monsoon Session of

parliament Rajya Sabha Mps will be able to

speak in the house in any of the 22 Indian

languages listed in the 8th Schedule of the

Constitution

Of the 22 scheduled languages Rajya Sabha has

earlier established simultaneous interpretation

service for 12 language

The Rajya Sabha Secretariat has arranged for

simultaneous interpretation facility for ten more

languages- Dugri Kashmiri Kunkani Santhali

Sindhi Bodu Maithili Manipuri Marathi and

Nepali

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171) South Korean President in India

South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived

India for his four-day visit India and South

Korea singed 11 agreements including in the

areas of trade cultural and Scientific and

technological Cooperation

Capital-Seoul

Prime Minister ndash Lee Nak-yeon

Continent -Asia

Currecny -Won

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172) India becomes worldrsquos sixth largest

economy

World Bank Figuresrsquos for 2017 says that Indian

economy has now become worldrsquos sixth biggest

pushing France to Seventh place The US leads

the table as the biggest economy followed by

China Japan Germany and Britain

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173) World Population Day-11 July

The world Population day is observed across the

world on July 11 The world population day was

established by the then Governing Council of the

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

in 1989

The theme for the World Population Day 2018 is

ldquoFamily Planning is a Human Rightrdquo

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174) The 30th International Mango Festival was

held in New Delhi

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175) Ram Nath Kovind announces four

nominations to Rajya Sabha

President Ram Nath Kovind has nominated 4

Rajya Sabha members viz former MPRam

Shakal Sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra classical

dancer Sunal Mansingh Rakesh Sinha

Raghunath Mohapatra is an internationality

renowned sculptor famous for his stone

carvings

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176) Global Innovation Index 2018

The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2018 has

ranked India as the 57th most innovative nation

in the world The country has improved its

ranking up to 3 places from its 60th position in

2017

Top 5 Countries are (1) Switzerland (2)

Netherland (3) Sweden (4) UK (5) Singapore

The G11 global ranking is published by World

Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) -a

specialized agency of United nations

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177) lsquoI am not afraid of Englishrsquo

Haryana has launched lsquoI am not afraid of

Englishrsquo initiative to make primary school

students fluent in English

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178) IWF Junior World Weightlifting

Championships 2018

Indian woman lifter Jhilli Dalabehera has bagged

the bronze medal in the 2018 IWF Junior World

Weightlifting Championships at Tashkent

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179) Kutchi New year

Kutchi Community celebrates its new year on

Aashadhi Beej which falls in month of Ashada

(JuneJuly)

As for people of Kutch this day is associated

with beginning of rains in Kutch Gujarat

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180) DrSandeep Sancheti Vice Chancellor of

SRM Institute of Science and Technology has

assumed charge as the president of the

Association of Inidan Universities (AIU) New

Delhi

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181) INS Sumitra enters Indonesiarsquos Sabang

Part

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Indian Warship INS Sumitra which was on

mission in Malacca straits entered port of

Sabang in Indonesia

This is the first time that an Indian Naval ship

has visited the port of Sabang

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fggyhfpAssJ 182) FSSAI has launched ldquoThe Eat Right

Movementrdquo

The food safety and standards Authority of India

(FSSAI) has launched ldquoThe Eat Right Movementrdquo

to empower the citizens by improving their

health and well-being It is a platform to provide

credible information to help make informed and

healthful eating choices The main purpose of

the project is to reduce salt sugar and saturated

fat in packaged food products

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183) Broadcasting content complaints council

(BCCC)

Udhay Kumar Varma has been appointed as

new member of Broadcasting content complains

council (BCCC)

The BCCC is an independent self-regulatory body

set up by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation

(IBF) in June 2011to look into complaints

pertaining to all non-news general entertainment

channel in India

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184) Lonely planetrsquos best Asia destinations list

One of the Hottest Biodiversity Hotspots and

UNESCO world Heritage site the western Ghats

has come fourth in the list of Lonely planetrsquos

ldquo2018 Best in Asiardquo list

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185) India-South Korea Technology Exchange

Centre inaugurated in New Delhi by Central

Minister of MSME Giriraj Singh

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186) UN Security Council adopts Resolution

2427 to protect children in armed conflict

The United Nations Security Council has adopted

Resolution 2427 aimed at providing legal

framework for mainstream protection rights

well-being and empowerment of children

throughout the conflict cycle

The resolution Strongly condemns recruitment

and use of children in armed conflicts killing and

rape abductions

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187) Himachal Pradesh government announced

a project to setup a cow sanctuary act Kotla

Barug

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188) Vice president M Venkaiah Naidu

inaugurated the Indian Intraculare Implant and

Refractive Surgery Convention 2018 held in

Chennai

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189) UK Launched New Visas

The UK has launched new visas that will be open

to overseas Scientists and researchers including

Indians to encourage growth of the countryrsquos

research sector

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190) Indiarsquos latest Frontline warship INS Trikand

has reached Srilanka in a goodwill visit

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191) RBI cancels license of Alwar Urban Co-

operative Bank

The Reserve bank of India has cancelled the

license of Alwar Urban Co-operative Bank LTD

Alwar Rajastan to carry on banking business

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192) For the first time in Tamil nadu Centre for

excellence in traditional flowers to come up in

Madurai

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193) Formalin- laced Fish create Scare across

India after the ban of fishes Assam Manipur etc

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194) lsquoAnna Canteensrsquo in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh Government launched lsquoAnna

Canteenrsquo where breakfast lunch and dinner

would be offered at Rs5 each

The lsquoAnna Canteenrsquo named after the NT Rama

Rao

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195) lsquoOne Farmer one transformerrsquo Scheme

In order to reduce electricity losses the

Maharashtra government will next month launch

a new scheme lsquoOne farmer one Transformerrsquo

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196) Goa University discovered a Pigment that

may help fight against Cancer

Goa University announced the discovery of a

new pigment from Local wild Mushrooms that

may help fight against Cancer

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The chemical nature of the brown or black

Colour Pigment in wild edible mushrooms lsquoRoen

alamis or Termitomycesrsquo Species has a new

Sulphur-rich melanin pigment

The Goa University has declared it as Worldrsquos

first Sulphur-rich edible melanin

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197) Seema Darshanrsquo Project

Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani has given in principal

approval for the 39 Crore rupees lsquoSeema

Darshanrsquo or lsquoBorder tourismrsquo project

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198) The ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

(MOHUA) has launched a technology challenge

on identifying Solutions and promoting suitable

techniques for cleaning of Sewage Systems The

Objective is eliminating human entry into septic

tanks and manholes

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199) Indiarsquos First Private UAV amp LBPV factory to

come up in Kota

Indiarsquos First private Sector unit for

manufacturing unmanned air vehicles (UAV) and

light bullet proof vehicles (LBPV) will be set up

under lsquoMake in Indiarsquo initiative of the Union

government by DCM Shriram Industries Group in

Kota

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200) Rajasthan Government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft

The Rajasthan government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft to provide free digital training to

9500 students of 50 government colleges in a

year It will also train 500 faculty members

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201) In a first Indian Naval aircraft deployed fro

RIMPAC exercise

For the first time Indian Navyrsquos Long Range

Maritime Patrol Aircraft Boeing P-8I (Poseidon

Eight India) from Indian Naval Ship (INS) Rajali

has inducted for participating in the 26th edition

of RIMPAC-18 the Rim of the Pacific

multinational Naval exercise During the

exercise In P8I will be operating from Joint

Airbase Hickam Honolulu in Hawaii

This is the first time ever that an Indian Naval

aircraft has traversed so far east into the pacific

It is the First IN aircraft to cross the

International Date line

RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific Exercise) is the

wolrdrsquos largest international maritime warfare

exercise It is hosted and administered by the

United States Navyrsquos pacific feet headquartered

at Pearl Harbor

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202) India becomes 69th Shareholder of

European Bank for reconstruction amp

development (EBRD) paving the way for more

joint investment with Indian companies across

the bankrsquos regions of operation

EBRD headquartered in London Suma

Chakrabarti is the president of EBRD

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203) Indiarsquos genetically modified crop area fifth

largest in world

India becomes worldrsquos fifth largest area

cultivated under genetically modified (GM) crops

in 2017 according to the International service for

the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications

(ISAAA) report

From the report (i) America (ii) Brazil (iii)

Argentina (iv) Canada (v) India

Indiarsquos entire GM crop area is under single crop

BT cotton

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for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications

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204) 2+2 ministeria dialogue

India is going to host inaugural 2+2 dialogue

with united States in September in New Delhi

lsquo2+2 dialoguersquo is an interaction between the

foreign and defence minister of the

twocountries

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205) Mukesh Ambani overtook Alibaba Group

Founder Jackma to become Asiarsquos richest

person according to a report by Blumberg

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206) First Indian women to win gold in world U-

20 Athletics Championships

Hima Das became the First Indian Women to

clinch a gold medal at a global event the world

under-20 Championships

Das clinched the top spot in the womenrsquos 400m

final race at the IAAF wordl under-20 Athletics

Championships in Tampere Finland

Hima Das Clocked 5146 seconds to win gold

She belongs to State of Assam

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207) Coimbatore doctor to head worldrsquos top

body of Spine Surgeons

Coimbatore-based orthopaedic and Spine

Surgeon SRajasekaran who is Chairman of the

Department of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery

at Ganga Hospital has been selected Chairman

of the international board of Aospine the worldrsquos

largest body of Spine Surgeons

DrRajasekaran is the first person to elected

from Asia region to this prestigious position

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208) 25000 plus two students to be trained to

take CA exams

Minister for School Education KA Sengottaiyan

Said that 25000 plus two students in

government schools will be trained over to take

up entry level examination for Chartered

Accountancy course Classes will be conducted

by 500 CAS once a week

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209) Two Indian-origin women of Forbes list of

Americarsquos richest self-made women

Two Indian-origin technology executives

JayShree Ullal and Neerja Sethi have made it to

the Forbes list of Americarsquos 60 richest self-made

women

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210) DrTCA Rahgavan has been appointed as

Director General of Indian Council of World

Affairs (ICWA)

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211) Entire Indian Menrsquos hockey team included

in Tops

The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of Union

Ministry of Sports and youth Affairs has included

entire menrsquos Hockey team of India under the

Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS)

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212) India Army signed a MOU with SBI

Indian Army signed a memorandum of

understanding (MOU) with the State Bank of

India (SBI) on the Defence Salary Package that

will include free personal accident death free

permanent total disability cover and other

accidental benefits to the deceased soldier and

family

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213) Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has

become the First Indian personality to get a

lsquotalking Statuersquo at Madame Tussauds Singapore

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214) Spiritual leader Dada JP Vaswani passed

away

Dada JP Vaswani (99) the spiritual leader and

head of Sadhu Vaswani mission in Pune has

passed away in Pune Maharashtra on July 12

2018

He was born in Hyderabad Sindh (Pakistan) on

2nd August 1918 Vaswani was a world renowned

Spiritual leader known for promoting

vegetarianism and animal rights

JP Vaswani was the recipient of the 1998

UThant peace award Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram

Vaswani (TL Vaswani) who founded Sadhu

Vaswani Mission was his Guru

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215) 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

The 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention is

being organized by Ministry of External Affairs in

association with the State Government of Uttar

Pradesh in January 2019

Theme of 2019 event is ldquoRole of Indian Diaspora

in building a New Indiardquo

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216) ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo authored by

Tapan

The book ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo has

been authored by Tapan Kumar Chand the

Chairman cum Managing Director of NALCO

The book is recently released by Narendra Singh

Tamar the Union Minister of Mines Rural

Development and panchayat Raj

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217) Government set up task force on ways to

reduce import

The central government has set up a high level

task force under the Chairmanship of cabinet

Secretary PK Sinha to identify various items and

policy interventions to reduce dependence of

import

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218) Worldrsquos first 3D colour X-ray on Human

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Scientists from New Zealand have performed

worldrsquos first ever 3-D colour X-ray on human It

has potential to improve the field of medical

diagnostics

It incorporates particle-tracking technology

called Medipix developed by European

organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

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219) National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

The 4th National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

was held at Indore in Madhya Pradesh

Chhattisgarh won awards in all categories for

excellence in implementing minerals auction

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$llk

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220) Photography ban at protected monuments

lifted

Photography will be allowed in all of the

monuments and archaeological sites

administered by the Archaeological Survey of

India except the mausoleum at Taj Mahal the

Ajanta Caves and the Leh palace

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221) India and China hold second maritime

security dialogue in Beijing China

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222) Prize for beautification of Railway Station

Balharshah and Chandrapur Railway Stations of

the Central Railway have been awarded the first

prize in Station beautification competition by

government

Madhubani Station of East Central Railway and

Madurai Station of Southern Railway were the

Co-winners of the Second prize

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223) Odisha constitutes Heritage Cabinet

Odisha government constituted a lsquoHeritage

Cabinetrsquo headed by Chief Minister Naveen

Patnaik

lsquoHeritage Cabinetrsquo would aim at protection of

ancient monuments temples and archaeological

sites and take steps to preserve the states

culture language amp literature

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224) First Double Stack Dwarf container Service

Indian Railways Introduces first Double Stack

Dwarf Container Service from Rajkot Division

Western Railway with the use of these double-

Stack dwarf containers the cost of the unit will

be significantly reduced

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225) The Central government think tank NITI

Aayog has unveiled the blueprint of lsquoNational

Health Stackrsquo (NHS) a shared digital healthcare

infrastructure

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226) Former Pakistan Prime minister Nawaz

Sharif and his daughter Maryam who are

convicted for corruption were arrested

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227) Centuryrsquos longest total lunar eclipse

Union Ministry of Earth Science has announced

the Centuryrsquos (2001 to 2100) longest total

eclipse of 1 hour 43 minutes will occur on July

27-282018

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228) The Government of India has invited us

President Donal Trump to be chief guest at the

2019 Republic Day Parade

The US is yet to officially accept Indiarsquos invite

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229) Threatening Climate Change to the Nilgiri

tahr

According to recent Study published

international journal Ecological Engineering

Climate Change is threatening the Nilgiri tahr

International Union for conservation of Nature

(IUCN) in its red book has classified Nilgiri Tahr

it as Endangered

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230) 2018 Wimbledon Winners

Women singles - Angelique Kerber

(Germany)

Men singles - Novak Djokovic (Serbian)

Menrsquos Doubles - Mike Bryan (US) and Jack

Sock (US)

Womenrsquos Doubles - Barbora Krejcikova and

Katerina Siniakova from Czhech Republic

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231) Bansagar canal project Inaugurated

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the 171

km long Bansagar canal project to the nation in

Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh on July 15

2018

The project which is a joint venture of Uttar

Pradesh Madhya Pradesh and Bihar It built on

Son River

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232) Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018

Union Ministry of Drinking water and Sanitation

has launched Swachh Survekshan Grameen

2018 in New Delhi

The Programme will rank all states and districts

on the basis of a survey of Public places

Citizenrsquos perspective of cleanliness and their

recommendations

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mwpfifapd NehffkhFk

233) 4th BIMSTEC Summit to be held in

Kathmandu

The fourth edition of Bay of Bengal Initiatives for

Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Co-

operation (BIMSTEC) will be held at Kathmandu

in Nepal from 30 t0 31 August 2018

Nepal is the current chair of BIMSTEC It is

headquartered in Dhaka

Member countries- India Nepal Bhutan

Bangladesh Srilanka Myanmar and Thailand

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234) Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventories

in Asia

In New Delhi Union Minister DrHarsh Vardhan

inaugurates 16th Workshop on Greenhouse Gas

Inventories in Asia

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Gas Inventories in Asia) epforrpgt GJ

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235) First-ever metal craft exhibition in India

With an aim to promote and preserve the metal

craft tradition of Ladakh the first-ever metal

craft exhibition was held at Chilling village in Leh

district of Jammu amp Kashmir

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236) Kochi Metro Rail Limited opened Indiarsquos

first exquisite air-conditioned bed space

dormitor

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237) World Youth skills Day 15 July In 2014 UN

General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring

15th July as World Youth Skills day

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238) India became Vice-Chair on regional head

of Asia pacific Region of the World Customs

Organisation (WCO)

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239) Resolution 2428 by UN security Council

The UN Security council has adopted a resolution

2428 to impose an arms embargo on South

Sudan The measure will stop the flow of

weapons to armed groups in the country

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240) Hindi Mother tongue of 4363 in India

According to the 2011 census Hindi continue to

be the most spoken language in India with

4363 of the country declaring it their mother-

tongue

Sanskrit was the least spoken of the countryrsquos

22 scheduled languages with just 24821

persons listing it as their mother tongue

The top 5 most spoken language by 2011 census

is (i) Hindi (4363) (ii) Bengali (803) (iii)

Marathi (686) (iv) Telugu (670) (v) Tamil

(570)

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(570) 241) Oldest Narrow- Gauge Rail Line in India

The 33 km Dabhoi-Miyagam line in Gujarat

State Indiarsquos first narrow gauge railway stretch

which started operations in 1862 will be closed

forever The line will be soon converted into

broad gauge

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1862 Mk MzL Kjy nrayghlLfF tej

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242) Approval for Chinese Bank in India

Bank of China one of four biggest State-run

Chinese lenders has received in Principal

approval from the Reserve Bank of India to open

branches in India

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243) Private Universities in Tamil Nadu

Two bills adopting the establishment of Shiv

Nadar University and Sai University were passed

in the Tamil Nadu assembly

As per the provisions of two bills adopted in the

assembly the two universities will be self-

financing institutions and would be allowed to

establish constituent colleges Currently there

were no private Universities in Tamil nadu

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gyfiyffofqfs vJTk yiy

244) Committee to review companies Act 2013

The ministry of Corporate Affairs has constituted

a 10 member Committee headed by the Injeti

Srinivas (Secretary of Ministry of Corporate

Affairs) for review of the panel provisions in the

companies Act 2013

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FO

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2013) jzlid tpjpKiwfis kPshaT

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nrayhsh) jiyikapy gjJ cWggpdhfs

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245) 2nd National Tourism conclave organised at

Jaipur in Rajasthan

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eilngwwJ

246) Madras Music Academy has selected

Carnatic Vocalist Aruna Sairam for this yearrsquos

Sangita Kalanithi award

Mridangam artist Thanjavur R Ramadas and

Vocalist K Omanakutty will receive the Kala

Acharya award

Veena and Nagaswaram players and teachers

Kalyani Ganesan and S R G Rajanna have been

chosen for the TTK awards

Prameela Gurumurthy has been selected for

musicologist award Veteran Danseuse Shanta

Dhananjayan will get Nrithya Kalanithi Award

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nkluh] kpa+rpf mflhkpapd rqfPj fyhepjp

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247) Kamaraj birthday July 15 is celebrated as

Educational Development Dayrsquo by Tamil Nadu

government

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248) India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror drill

Anti terror drill organised by the Shanghai

Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is scheduled

From August 20-29 at Chelyabinsk City in Russia

India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror SCO drill

along with other member countries Russia

China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Tajikistan and

Uzbekistan

It will be for the first time since Independence

that India and Pakistan will both be a part of

military exercise

Around 200 Army and Air force personal from

India will be participating in the drill called

ldquoPeace Mission 2018rdquo

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$lLg gapwrrpfF NjuenjLffgglLssdh

249) France wins 21st FIFA world cup Football

title

France has won 21st FIFA world cup football by

defeating Croatia by 4-2 goals in the final match

held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow Russia

on 1572018

It was Francersquos Second world cup crown after it

had own it in 1998 It was Croatiarsquos first world

Cup final appearance Croatia became the lowest

ranked team ever to reach a World Cup Final

France and Croatia belong European Continent

Top 4 teams in 21st FIFA world cup are (i) France

(ii) Croatia (iii) Belgium (iv) England

FIFA Awards for the 2018 world cup

(i) Best player ndash Golden Ball Luka Modric

(Croatia)

(ii) Top Goal scorer ndash Golden Boot Harry Kane

(England)

(iii) Best Goal keeper ndash golden Glove Thibaut

Courtois (Belgium)

(iv) Best Young Player Kylian Mbappe (France)

(v) Fairest Team Spain

(vi) man of the Match (final) Antoine

Griezmann (France)

Captain of France Football team is Hugo Lloris

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(gpuhd])

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250) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar

inaugurated Goa IT Day celebrations in Panaji

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251) Assam government has decided to make

Himadas statersquos brand ambassador for sports

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252) Iceland in UN Human Rights Council

Iceland has taken the seat vacated by United

States at the 47 member UN Human Rights

Council

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253) 64-dish Meer KAT radio telescope

South Africa unveiled new 64-dish Meer KAT

radio telescope that could help unlock the

mysteries of the Universe

Meer KAT will be incorporated into complex

square kilometre Array (SKA) instrument SKA

will be fully operational in the late 2020s to be

most powerful radio telescope in the world

The Meer KAT will be the worldrsquos largest radio

telescope of its kind until the Square kilometre

Array (SKA) has been completed

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(Meer KAT) cyfpd kpfgngupa thndhyp

njhiyNehffpahf UfFk

254) ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas

Engine

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ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas Engine

from Mahendragiri of Tirunelveli district Vikas

(Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai)

The Vikas Engine is the work shore liquid rocket

engine used to power the second stage of the

ISROrsquos trusted Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

(PSLV)

It is also used in the second stage and also at

the four strap on stages of Geosynchronous

Launch vehicle (GSLV) and in the twin-engine

core liquid stage (L110) of GSLV Mk-111

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(Vikas) tpfh] d[Pdpd cah ceJk

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rhuhgha)

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MFk

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epiy kwWk GSLV Mk-111- ulil

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255) Global Sugar output Record high

In its latest report the UN body has forecast

world Sugar output to hit a record high at 1876

million tonnes in 2017-18 and Surpass

consumption The anticipated surplus is likely to

the largest in history

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256) Fossil Museum in Ariyalur

The Fossil Museum at Varanavasi near Ariyalur

town is set to open The museum will provide

evidence of the existence of dinosaurs and other

associated reptilians in the Ariyalur region

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257) The madras High court has ruled that there

is no legal obligation on the part of a mother to

disclose the name of the father at the time of

registering her childrsquos birth

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258) Indian farmers fertiliser cooperative limited

(IFFCO) launched a social e-commerce app

called ldquoIFFCO iMandirdquo

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259) 100 public services to be delivered at

doorstep in Delhi

Delhi people will get around 100 public services

including driving licence and caste certificate at

their door step under a proposed scheme of the

Delhi government The scheme was named as

lsquoMobilersquo Sahayaksrsquo

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260) Trump-Putin Summit

Russiarsquos president Vladimir Putin and Americanrsquos

President Donald Trump met at Helsinki capital

of Finland

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261) New Headquarters building of

Archaeological Survey of India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated

lsquoDharohar Bhawanrsquo ndash the new headquarters

building of the Archaeological Survey of India

(ASI) in New Delhi

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262) Per Capita Revenue Collection

Haryana has topped other States in per capita

Revenue Collection in the first Financial year of

the GST regime per Capita revenue collection of

Haryana is Rs 187697month

2nd Position is Uttarakhand 3rd position is

Maharashtra

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263) Digital Health Campaign for Think For

Health

The Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of

India ( (OPPI) launched its digital campaign

Think for Health at its annual summit in New

Delhi

The initiative Think For Health was launched in

Partnership with the Government of Telangana

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(OPPI) Think for Health vdw b[plly

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MukgpjJssJ

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toqfgglLssJ

264) Government reappoints Anil D

Sahasrabudhe

Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)

has approved renewal of appointment of Prof

Anil D Sahabsrabudhe as the Chairman of the All

India council for Technical Education (AICTE)

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265) 12 new moons discovered around Jupiter

Scientists had discovered 12 new moons around

Jupiter The discoveries bring the number of

Jupiterrsquos known moon to 79 the most around a

single planet in our Solar system

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cssJ

266) Nelson Mandela International Day July 18

2018 marks the Centenary of the birth of Nelson

Mandela

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267) Rajpurrsquos Swami Vivekananda Airport has

been ranked first in Customer Satisfaction

among 49 airports in the country

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268) LIGO-India Laboratory in Maharashtra

The Government of India (GOI) has given lsquoIn-

Principlersquo approval for construction and operation

of LIGO-India (Laser Interferometer

Gravitational wave observatory in India)

Laboratory in hingoli District of Maharashtra

The LIGO-India Observatory is Scheduled to be

operational in 2024 in Collaboration with the

LIGO Laboratory in United States

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khtlljjpygt LIGO- ejpah (Laser

Interferometer Gravitational wave observatory)

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269) Cheapest drinking water in the world

Bihar will soon provide the cheapest drinking

water in the world The first of such a water

project named lsquoSulabh Jalrsquo was launched in

Biharrsquos Darbhanga district

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270) Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)

has organised ldquo Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyanrdquo

campaign in five main stem Ganga basin

States-Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh Bihar

Jharkhand and west Bengal It has been

observed as lsquoShubharambh Saptahrsquo

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271) ldquoPitch Blackrdquo war exercise

The Indian Air force (IAF) is participating in the

Multinational ldquoPitch Blackrdquo warfare exercise

hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force in

Australia

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272) BSE building gets trademark

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has secured a

ldquotrademarkrdquo for its iconic building Phizoze

Jeejeebhoy Towers located in Mumbai

Subsequently the usage of the BSE buildingrsquos

picture will required consent from BSE

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(trademark)

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css ldquogpNuh] [P[pgha flbljjpwF

ldquoKjjpiu rpddkrdquo ( trademark)

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mDkjp dwp gadgLjj KbahJ

273) Central Government announces amnesty

for prisoners to mark Mahatma Gandhirsquos 150th

birth anniversary

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kddpgG jplljijrdquo kjjpa muR nfhzL

tu cssJ

274) New 100 Rs Note

New lavender-coloured Rs100 currency notes

will soon be issued by the Reserve Bank of India

The new note will feature the motif of the lsquoRani

Ki Vavrsquo Stepwell in Gujarat as well as the

Swachh Bharat logo and Slogan

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275) The book ldquoThe House of Islam A global

Historyrdquo has been authored by Islamic radical Ed

Hussain

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vj Pird vOjpAsshh

276) Athletics World Cup

The USA won the first Athletics World Cup held

in London England Poland and Great Britain

took 2nd and 3rd spot respectively

The Athletics world cup is a team-based

international athletics competition inaugurated in

2018 The inaugural edition had eight national

teams based on world rankings

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277) lsquoAabhaar Aapki Sewa karsquo

The Chhattisgarh government has launched an

online portal and mobile app lsquoAabhaar-Aapki

Seva Karsquo (Gratitude-for your service) to provide

transparency in the pension facility

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278) President has given assent to Assam witch

Hunting (Prohibition Prevention and Protection)

Bill 2015 passed by state Assembly

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279) 2018 NABARD Award

Repco Micro Finance Ltd a non-banking Finance

Company promoted by Repco bank has won the

2018 NABARD award for its service to self-Help

Group (SHG) linkage in Tamil Nadu for the fiscal

year 2017-18

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280) ASI to upgrade Seven monuments in

TamilNadu

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has

planned to upgrade infrastructural and tourist

friendly facilities at seven sites which are

approved under Adarsh Smarak Scheme for

conservation of Monuments in Tamil Nadu

The Monuments are Shore temple

Mamallapuram Gingee Fort kailasanathar

temple Kancheepuram Brihadeswarar temple

Thanjavur Sithananavasal Caves vellore fort

Moovar koil Kodumbalur

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(Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)

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281) Myanmar in International Solar Alliance

Myanmar has joined the India-initiated

International Solar Alliance (ISA) and became

the 68th signatory to the framework Agreement

of the ISA It is headquarters at Gwal Pahari

village in Gurugram Haryana

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282) Scottish site selected for Spaceport

UK space agency has selected site at Sutherland

on ArsquoMhoine peninsula on north Coast of

Scotland for its first Spaceport to launch rockets

vertically and put satellites in orbit

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283) Lakshya sen won gold at Asia Badminton

Junior

Lakshya sen from India has clinched historic

menrsquos singles gold at the Asia Badminton Junior

Championship 2018 in Jakarata

With this he became the 3rd Indian shuttler to

win singles gold at the competition after

Gautham Thakkar and PV Sindhu

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284) Afghan player nominated for the IOC

membership

A young Afghan basketball player Samira

Asghari has been nominated for the

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

membership She is among 9 candidates for

membership of the body in a move to boost

womenrsquos rights

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285) Arman Ali was appointed as Executive

Director of National Centre for promotion of

employment for Disable People (NCPEDP)

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286) Worldrsquos Best Cities Report

According to Travel+ Leisurersquos worldrsquos best cities

report the city of Udaipur has ranked 3rd The

top 2 cities are both in Mexico- San Miguel de

Allende and Oaxaca

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p287) Delhi Dialogue (DDX)

The 10th edition of Delhi Dialogue (DDX) was

held in New Delhi and was hosted by Union

External affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj The

theme for this edition was ldquoStrengthening India-

ASEAN maritime Cooperationrdquo

Delhi Dialogue is premier annual event to

discuss Politico- security economic and Socio-

Cultural engagement between India and the

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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288) Central Oil PSUs has signed joint Venture

Pact

In a major initiative to connect all the North-

East States to the National Gas grid the 5

Central oil PSUs -IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL and

NRL have signed a joint venture agreement for

executing the North-East Natural Gas Pipeline

Grid (N-ENGPG) in Guwahati

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289) PATA Gold Award 2018

Sahapediarsquos India Heritage ldquowalk Feterdquo wins

PATA award has been awarded the PATA Gold

Award 2018 for its recently concluded Pon-India

event

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290) Medini Puraskar Yojana

The Environment Ministry re-introduced the

lsquoMedini Puraskar Yojanarsquo a scheme that awards

Indian authors for their original work in Hindi on

environment pollution and climate change

subjects

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291) Student Police Cadet Programme

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has

launched the student police Cadet Programme to

build a bridge between the police and the larger

community though School students by

inculcating values and ethics in them

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292) lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched the

lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo in a bid to make London

the worldrsquos most walkable city

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293) Fugitive Economic offenders Bill 2018

The Parliament passed the Fugitive Economic

Offenders Bill 2018 which will empower

authorities to attach and Confiscate properties

and assets of economic offenders like loan

defaulters and Fraudsters who flee the country

The Cases where the total value involved in such

Scheduled offences is Rs 100 crore or more will

come under its purview

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Fwwthspfis jzbfFk kNrhjhrsquo (Fugitive

Economic offenders Bill 2018)

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294) India-assisted emergency ambulance

Service

Indian prime Minister launched the India-

assisted emergency ambulance Service in

Srilanka through video conferencing from New

Delhi

The inaugural function was scheduled in Jaffna

Srilanka this is the largest Indian project in

Srilanka after Indian housing project

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295) 24-hour helpline for Protection for inter-

caste couples

The Tamil Nadu government has setup a 24-

hour helpline to investigate issues faced by

inter-caste couples and offer them necessary

assistance

A special cell has been formed in all districts and

cities in the State comprising district-level

officers to receive complaints of harassment

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296) India tops skilled visa immigrants list

According to the data released by Australian

Bureau of Statistics for those coming to

Australia on the skilled visa India with 19

people bagged the top rank

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297) Padhe Bharat-Badhe Bharat

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

has announced lsquoPadhe Bharat-Badhe Bharatrsquo an

initiative to promote the reading culture among

students The initiative has launched under

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo

Under this initiative the government will give an

annual library grant to schools

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo is an overarching programme

for school educating extending from primary to

class 12 which was introduced in the Union

Budget 2018-19

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298) Miss Asia (Deaf) 2018

Deshna Jain who is from Madhya Pradesh has

been crowned the 2018 Miss Asia (Deaf) title

and also she was the 3rd in the 2018 Miss

international (Deaf)

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299) South East Asiarsquos first Centre for Climate

Change

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (NABARD) has launched the South

East Asiarsquos First-ever centre for Climate change

in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

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300) System of Air Quality and weather

Forecasting

Dr Harsh Vardhan the Union Environment

Minister has launched a advanced State-of-the-

art Air Quality and weather forecast System

called SAFAR (System of Air Quality and

Weather Forecasting) in Delhi

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301) Odisha police has launched a drive to bust

an international syndicate that peddles

lsquoendangeredrsquo pangolin

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302) According to Public Affairs Index (PAI) for

2018 Kerala stands as the best-governed State

in the country followed by Tamil Nadu

Telangana

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303) Typhoon Ampil has recently hit Chinese

Financial hub Shunghai and disrupted transport

and shipping

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304) lsquoe -Pragati Core initiativersquo

The Andhra Pradesh government has launched

lsquoe-Pragati core initiativersquo to provide integrated

Service to citizens It will act as a platform to

connect all departments and Stand alone to

resolve the issue

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305) Tribal Atlas of Odisha

Odisha government has unveiled First-ever

Tribal Atlas of Odisharsquo a compilation of

demographic and Cultural information of the

tribal population in the State It is first of its kind

Compilation in the country

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306) Justice Tahira Safdar has been named as

the new Chief justice of the Balochistan High

court with this She will become the first-ever

female high court chief Justice in Pakistan

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307) The NASA has launched lsquoRemote sensing

Toolkitrsquo to promote commercial use of satellite

data

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308) Rajiv Gauba Committee

The Union Government has constituted a high

level committee to suggest laws against mob

lynching and Violence The committee is headed

by the Rajiv Gauba

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309) MicroDot Technology

The Indian government has announced the

launch of a new MicroDot Technology that would

help check on vehicle theft

Under this thousands of small dots laser etched

will be sprayed with a vehicle identification

number on all over the vehiclersquos body including

its engine

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310) The book ldquoThe Dhoni Touch Unravelling

the Enigma That is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquo has

been authored by Bharat Sundaresan

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311) Chennia is going to host the world Junior

Squash Championship 2018

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312) First person to Ski down the K2

Polandrsquos Andrzej Bargiel became the First person

to Ski down the worldrsquos 2nd highest mountain K2

peak

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313) Alize cornet of France won the Swiss open

Tennis title

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314) State Bank of India organized a nation

wide Kisan Mela as an outreach programme for

farmers and to impart Financial literacy

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315) ldquoWarlightrdquo in the Man Booker Prize list

Srilankan born Canadian author Michael

Ondaatje has again made the Man Booker Prize

list with his latest novel lsquoWarlightrdquo Recently his

work was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize

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316) Sitamarhi became the first open defecation

free district in Bihar

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khtllk MFk

57) Shale in Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules

1959

Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has

amended Petroleum and natural Gas Rules 1959

to include Shale in the definition of Petroleum

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1959

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318) Prime Ministers tour of three-nations in

Africa

PM Narendra Modi is on a three nation tour to

the African countries including Rwanda Uganda

amp South Africa

Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime

minister to visit Rwanda he gifted 200 cows as

part of Rwanda governmentrsquos Girinka

programme India decided to gift a cancer

therapy machine to the Uganda

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319) The Ministry of women and child

Development has launched a contest ldquoChildline

1098rdquo to spread awareness on human trafficking

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320) 10th edition of BRICS Summit in

Johannesburg

South Africa is hosting the 10th edition of BRICS

summit 2018 in Johannesburg with theme

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution

The member nations are Brazil Russia India

China amp South Africa

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321) The 3rd edition of Kabira festival 2018 will

be held in Varanasi to celebrate the spirit of 15th

century mystic poet Kabir

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322) World Bankrsquos internal award to ICZM

Indiarsquos Integrated Coastal Zone Management

(ICZM) project has won the World Bankrsquos

internal award for exceptional performance in

achieving many development goals

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Indian Warship INS Sumitra which was on

mission in Malacca straits entered port of

Sabang in Indonesia

This is the first time that an Indian Naval ship

has visited the port of Sabang

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fggyhfpAssJ 182) FSSAI has launched ldquoThe Eat Right

Movementrdquo

The food safety and standards Authority of India

(FSSAI) has launched ldquoThe Eat Right Movementrdquo

to empower the citizens by improving their

health and well-being It is a platform to provide

credible information to help make informed and

healthful eating choices The main purpose of

the project is to reduce salt sugar and saturated

fat in packaged food products

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183) Broadcasting content complaints council

(BCCC)

Udhay Kumar Varma has been appointed as

new member of Broadcasting content complains

council (BCCC)

The BCCC is an independent self-regulatory body

set up by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation

(IBF) in June 2011to look into complaints

pertaining to all non-news general entertainment

channel in India

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184) Lonely planetrsquos best Asia destinations list

One of the Hottest Biodiversity Hotspots and

UNESCO world Heritage site the western Ghats

has come fourth in the list of Lonely planetrsquos

ldquo2018 Best in Asiardquo list

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185) India-South Korea Technology Exchange

Centre inaugurated in New Delhi by Central

Minister of MSME Giriraj Singh

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186) UN Security Council adopts Resolution

2427 to protect children in armed conflict

The United Nations Security Council has adopted

Resolution 2427 aimed at providing legal

framework for mainstream protection rights

well-being and empowerment of children

throughout the conflict cycle

The resolution Strongly condemns recruitment

and use of children in armed conflicts killing and

rape abductions

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187) Himachal Pradesh government announced

a project to setup a cow sanctuary act Kotla

Barug

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188) Vice president M Venkaiah Naidu

inaugurated the Indian Intraculare Implant and

Refractive Surgery Convention 2018 held in

Chennai

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189) UK Launched New Visas

The UK has launched new visas that will be open

to overseas Scientists and researchers including

Indians to encourage growth of the countryrsquos

research sector

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190) Indiarsquos latest Frontline warship INS Trikand

has reached Srilanka in a goodwill visit

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191) RBI cancels license of Alwar Urban Co-

operative Bank

The Reserve bank of India has cancelled the

license of Alwar Urban Co-operative Bank LTD

Alwar Rajastan to carry on banking business

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192) For the first time in Tamil nadu Centre for

excellence in traditional flowers to come up in

Madurai

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193) Formalin- laced Fish create Scare across

India after the ban of fishes Assam Manipur etc

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194) lsquoAnna Canteensrsquo in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh Government launched lsquoAnna

Canteenrsquo where breakfast lunch and dinner

would be offered at Rs5 each

The lsquoAnna Canteenrsquo named after the NT Rama

Rao

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195) lsquoOne Farmer one transformerrsquo Scheme

In order to reduce electricity losses the

Maharashtra government will next month launch

a new scheme lsquoOne farmer one Transformerrsquo

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196) Goa University discovered a Pigment that

may help fight against Cancer

Goa University announced the discovery of a

new pigment from Local wild Mushrooms that

may help fight against Cancer

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The chemical nature of the brown or black

Colour Pigment in wild edible mushrooms lsquoRoen

alamis or Termitomycesrsquo Species has a new

Sulphur-rich melanin pigment

The Goa University has declared it as Worldrsquos

first Sulphur-rich edible melanin

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197) Seema Darshanrsquo Project

Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani has given in principal

approval for the 39 Crore rupees lsquoSeema

Darshanrsquo or lsquoBorder tourismrsquo project

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198) The ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

(MOHUA) has launched a technology challenge

on identifying Solutions and promoting suitable

techniques for cleaning of Sewage Systems The

Objective is eliminating human entry into septic

tanks and manholes

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199) Indiarsquos First Private UAV amp LBPV factory to

come up in Kota

Indiarsquos First private Sector unit for

manufacturing unmanned air vehicles (UAV) and

light bullet proof vehicles (LBPV) will be set up

under lsquoMake in Indiarsquo initiative of the Union

government by DCM Shriram Industries Group in

Kota

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200) Rajasthan Government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft

The Rajasthan government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft to provide free digital training to

9500 students of 50 government colleges in a

year It will also train 500 faculty members

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201) In a first Indian Naval aircraft deployed fro

RIMPAC exercise

For the first time Indian Navyrsquos Long Range

Maritime Patrol Aircraft Boeing P-8I (Poseidon

Eight India) from Indian Naval Ship (INS) Rajali

has inducted for participating in the 26th edition

of RIMPAC-18 the Rim of the Pacific

multinational Naval exercise During the

exercise In P8I will be operating from Joint

Airbase Hickam Honolulu in Hawaii

This is the first time ever that an Indian Naval

aircraft has traversed so far east into the pacific

It is the First IN aircraft to cross the

International Date line

RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific Exercise) is the

wolrdrsquos largest international maritime warfare

exercise It is hosted and administered by the

United States Navyrsquos pacific feet headquartered

at Pearl Harbor

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202) India becomes 69th Shareholder of

European Bank for reconstruction amp

development (EBRD) paving the way for more

joint investment with Indian companies across

the bankrsquos regions of operation

EBRD headquartered in London Suma

Chakrabarti is the president of EBRD

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203) Indiarsquos genetically modified crop area fifth

largest in world

India becomes worldrsquos fifth largest area

cultivated under genetically modified (GM) crops

in 2017 according to the International service for

the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications

(ISAAA) report

From the report (i) America (ii) Brazil (iii)

Argentina (iv) Canada (v) India

Indiarsquos entire GM crop area is under single crop

BT cotton

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for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications

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204) 2+2 ministeria dialogue

India is going to host inaugural 2+2 dialogue

with united States in September in New Delhi

lsquo2+2 dialoguersquo is an interaction between the

foreign and defence minister of the

twocountries

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205) Mukesh Ambani overtook Alibaba Group

Founder Jackma to become Asiarsquos richest

person according to a report by Blumberg

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206) First Indian women to win gold in world U-

20 Athletics Championships

Hima Das became the First Indian Women to

clinch a gold medal at a global event the world

under-20 Championships

Das clinched the top spot in the womenrsquos 400m

final race at the IAAF wordl under-20 Athletics

Championships in Tampere Finland

Hima Das Clocked 5146 seconds to win gold

She belongs to State of Assam

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207) Coimbatore doctor to head worldrsquos top

body of Spine Surgeons

Coimbatore-based orthopaedic and Spine

Surgeon SRajasekaran who is Chairman of the

Department of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery

at Ganga Hospital has been selected Chairman

of the international board of Aospine the worldrsquos

largest body of Spine Surgeons

DrRajasekaran is the first person to elected

from Asia region to this prestigious position

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208) 25000 plus two students to be trained to

take CA exams

Minister for School Education KA Sengottaiyan

Said that 25000 plus two students in

government schools will be trained over to take

up entry level examination for Chartered

Accountancy course Classes will be conducted

by 500 CAS once a week

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209) Two Indian-origin women of Forbes list of

Americarsquos richest self-made women

Two Indian-origin technology executives

JayShree Ullal and Neerja Sethi have made it to

the Forbes list of Americarsquos 60 richest self-made

women

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210) DrTCA Rahgavan has been appointed as

Director General of Indian Council of World

Affairs (ICWA)

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211) Entire Indian Menrsquos hockey team included

in Tops

The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of Union

Ministry of Sports and youth Affairs has included

entire menrsquos Hockey team of India under the

Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS)

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212) India Army signed a MOU with SBI

Indian Army signed a memorandum of

understanding (MOU) with the State Bank of

India (SBI) on the Defence Salary Package that

will include free personal accident death free

permanent total disability cover and other

accidental benefits to the deceased soldier and

family

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213) Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has

become the First Indian personality to get a

lsquotalking Statuersquo at Madame Tussauds Singapore

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214) Spiritual leader Dada JP Vaswani passed

away

Dada JP Vaswani (99) the spiritual leader and

head of Sadhu Vaswani mission in Pune has

passed away in Pune Maharashtra on July 12

2018

He was born in Hyderabad Sindh (Pakistan) on

2nd August 1918 Vaswani was a world renowned

Spiritual leader known for promoting

vegetarianism and animal rights

JP Vaswani was the recipient of the 1998

UThant peace award Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram

Vaswani (TL Vaswani) who founded Sadhu

Vaswani Mission was his Guru

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215) 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

The 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention is

being organized by Ministry of External Affairs in

association with the State Government of Uttar

Pradesh in January 2019

Theme of 2019 event is ldquoRole of Indian Diaspora

in building a New Indiardquo

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216) ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo authored by

Tapan

The book ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo has

been authored by Tapan Kumar Chand the

Chairman cum Managing Director of NALCO

The book is recently released by Narendra Singh

Tamar the Union Minister of Mines Rural

Development and panchayat Raj

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217) Government set up task force on ways to

reduce import

The central government has set up a high level

task force under the Chairmanship of cabinet

Secretary PK Sinha to identify various items and

policy interventions to reduce dependence of

import

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218) Worldrsquos first 3D colour X-ray on Human

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Scientists from New Zealand have performed

worldrsquos first ever 3-D colour X-ray on human It

has potential to improve the field of medical

diagnostics

It incorporates particle-tracking technology

called Medipix developed by European

organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

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219) National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

The 4th National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

was held at Indore in Madhya Pradesh

Chhattisgarh won awards in all categories for

excellence in implementing minerals auction

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220) Photography ban at protected monuments

lifted

Photography will be allowed in all of the

monuments and archaeological sites

administered by the Archaeological Survey of

India except the mausoleum at Taj Mahal the

Ajanta Caves and the Leh palace

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221) India and China hold second maritime

security dialogue in Beijing China

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222) Prize for beautification of Railway Station

Balharshah and Chandrapur Railway Stations of

the Central Railway have been awarded the first

prize in Station beautification competition by

government

Madhubani Station of East Central Railway and

Madurai Station of Southern Railway were the

Co-winners of the Second prize

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223) Odisha constitutes Heritage Cabinet

Odisha government constituted a lsquoHeritage

Cabinetrsquo headed by Chief Minister Naveen

Patnaik

lsquoHeritage Cabinetrsquo would aim at protection of

ancient monuments temples and archaeological

sites and take steps to preserve the states

culture language amp literature

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224) First Double Stack Dwarf container Service

Indian Railways Introduces first Double Stack

Dwarf Container Service from Rajkot Division

Western Railway with the use of these double-

Stack dwarf containers the cost of the unit will

be significantly reduced

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225) The Central government think tank NITI

Aayog has unveiled the blueprint of lsquoNational

Health Stackrsquo (NHS) a shared digital healthcare

infrastructure

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226) Former Pakistan Prime minister Nawaz

Sharif and his daughter Maryam who are

convicted for corruption were arrested

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227) Centuryrsquos longest total lunar eclipse

Union Ministry of Earth Science has announced

the Centuryrsquos (2001 to 2100) longest total

eclipse of 1 hour 43 minutes will occur on July

27-282018

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228) The Government of India has invited us

President Donal Trump to be chief guest at the

2019 Republic Day Parade

The US is yet to officially accept Indiarsquos invite

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229) Threatening Climate Change to the Nilgiri

tahr

According to recent Study published

international journal Ecological Engineering

Climate Change is threatening the Nilgiri tahr

International Union for conservation of Nature

(IUCN) in its red book has classified Nilgiri Tahr

it as Endangered

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230) 2018 Wimbledon Winners

Women singles - Angelique Kerber

(Germany)

Men singles - Novak Djokovic (Serbian)

Menrsquos Doubles - Mike Bryan (US) and Jack

Sock (US)

Womenrsquos Doubles - Barbora Krejcikova and

Katerina Siniakova from Czhech Republic

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231) Bansagar canal project Inaugurated

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the 171

km long Bansagar canal project to the nation in

Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh on July 15

2018

The project which is a joint venture of Uttar

Pradesh Madhya Pradesh and Bihar It built on

Son River

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232) Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018

Union Ministry of Drinking water and Sanitation

has launched Swachh Survekshan Grameen

2018 in New Delhi

The Programme will rank all states and districts

on the basis of a survey of Public places

Citizenrsquos perspective of cleanliness and their

recommendations

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233) 4th BIMSTEC Summit to be held in

Kathmandu

The fourth edition of Bay of Bengal Initiatives for

Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Co-

operation (BIMSTEC) will be held at Kathmandu

in Nepal from 30 t0 31 August 2018

Nepal is the current chair of BIMSTEC It is

headquartered in Dhaka

Member countries- India Nepal Bhutan

Bangladesh Srilanka Myanmar and Thailand

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234) Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventories

in Asia

In New Delhi Union Minister DrHarsh Vardhan

inaugurates 16th Workshop on Greenhouse Gas

Inventories in Asia

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235) First-ever metal craft exhibition in India

With an aim to promote and preserve the metal

craft tradition of Ladakh the first-ever metal

craft exhibition was held at Chilling village in Leh

district of Jammu amp Kashmir

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236) Kochi Metro Rail Limited opened Indiarsquos

first exquisite air-conditioned bed space

dormitor

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237) World Youth skills Day 15 July In 2014 UN

General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring

15th July as World Youth Skills day

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238) India became Vice-Chair on regional head

of Asia pacific Region of the World Customs

Organisation (WCO)

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239) Resolution 2428 by UN security Council

The UN Security council has adopted a resolution

2428 to impose an arms embargo on South

Sudan The measure will stop the flow of

weapons to armed groups in the country

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240) Hindi Mother tongue of 4363 in India

According to the 2011 census Hindi continue to

be the most spoken language in India with

4363 of the country declaring it their mother-

tongue

Sanskrit was the least spoken of the countryrsquos

22 scheduled languages with just 24821

persons listing it as their mother tongue

The top 5 most spoken language by 2011 census

is (i) Hindi (4363) (ii) Bengali (803) (iii)

Marathi (686) (iv) Telugu (670) (v) Tamil

(570)

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(570) 241) Oldest Narrow- Gauge Rail Line in India

The 33 km Dabhoi-Miyagam line in Gujarat

State Indiarsquos first narrow gauge railway stretch

which started operations in 1862 will be closed

forever The line will be soon converted into

broad gauge

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242) Approval for Chinese Bank in India

Bank of China one of four biggest State-run

Chinese lenders has received in Principal

approval from the Reserve Bank of India to open

branches in India

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243) Private Universities in Tamil Nadu

Two bills adopting the establishment of Shiv

Nadar University and Sai University were passed

in the Tamil Nadu assembly

As per the provisions of two bills adopted in the

assembly the two universities will be self-

financing institutions and would be allowed to

establish constituent colleges Currently there

were no private Universities in Tamil nadu

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244) Committee to review companies Act 2013

The ministry of Corporate Affairs has constituted

a 10 member Committee headed by the Injeti

Srinivas (Secretary of Ministry of Corporate

Affairs) for review of the panel provisions in the

companies Act 2013

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245) 2nd National Tourism conclave organised at

Jaipur in Rajasthan

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246) Madras Music Academy has selected

Carnatic Vocalist Aruna Sairam for this yearrsquos

Sangita Kalanithi award

Mridangam artist Thanjavur R Ramadas and

Vocalist K Omanakutty will receive the Kala

Acharya award

Veena and Nagaswaram players and teachers

Kalyani Ganesan and S R G Rajanna have been

chosen for the TTK awards

Prameela Gurumurthy has been selected for

musicologist award Veteran Danseuse Shanta

Dhananjayan will get Nrithya Kalanithi Award

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247) Kamaraj birthday July 15 is celebrated as

Educational Development Dayrsquo by Tamil Nadu

government

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248) India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror drill

Anti terror drill organised by the Shanghai

Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is scheduled

From August 20-29 at Chelyabinsk City in Russia

India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror SCO drill

along with other member countries Russia

China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Tajikistan and

Uzbekistan

It will be for the first time since Independence

that India and Pakistan will both be a part of

military exercise

Around 200 Army and Air force personal from

India will be participating in the drill called

ldquoPeace Mission 2018rdquo

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249) France wins 21st FIFA world cup Football

title

France has won 21st FIFA world cup football by

defeating Croatia by 4-2 goals in the final match

held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow Russia

on 1572018

It was Francersquos Second world cup crown after it

had own it in 1998 It was Croatiarsquos first world

Cup final appearance Croatia became the lowest

ranked team ever to reach a World Cup Final

France and Croatia belong European Continent

Top 4 teams in 21st FIFA world cup are (i) France

(ii) Croatia (iii) Belgium (iv) England

FIFA Awards for the 2018 world cup

(i) Best player ndash Golden Ball Luka Modric

(Croatia)

(ii) Top Goal scorer ndash Golden Boot Harry Kane

(England)

(iii) Best Goal keeper ndash golden Glove Thibaut

Courtois (Belgium)

(iv) Best Young Player Kylian Mbappe (France)

(v) Fairest Team Spain

(vi) man of the Match (final) Antoine

Griezmann (France)

Captain of France Football team is Hugo Lloris

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250) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar

inaugurated Goa IT Day celebrations in Panaji

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251) Assam government has decided to make

Himadas statersquos brand ambassador for sports

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252) Iceland in UN Human Rights Council

Iceland has taken the seat vacated by United

States at the 47 member UN Human Rights

Council

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253) 64-dish Meer KAT radio telescope

South Africa unveiled new 64-dish Meer KAT

radio telescope that could help unlock the

mysteries of the Universe

Meer KAT will be incorporated into complex

square kilometre Array (SKA) instrument SKA

will be fully operational in the late 2020s to be

most powerful radio telescope in the world

The Meer KAT will be the worldrsquos largest radio

telescope of its kind until the Square kilometre

Array (SKA) has been completed

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(Meer KAT) cyfpd kpfgngupa thndhyp

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254) ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas

Engine

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ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas Engine

from Mahendragiri of Tirunelveli district Vikas

(Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai)

The Vikas Engine is the work shore liquid rocket

engine used to power the second stage of the

ISROrsquos trusted Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

(PSLV)

It is also used in the second stage and also at

the four strap on stages of Geosynchronous

Launch vehicle (GSLV) and in the twin-engine

core liquid stage (L110) of GSLV Mk-111

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255) Global Sugar output Record high

In its latest report the UN body has forecast

world Sugar output to hit a record high at 1876

million tonnes in 2017-18 and Surpass

consumption The anticipated surplus is likely to

the largest in history

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256) Fossil Museum in Ariyalur

The Fossil Museum at Varanavasi near Ariyalur

town is set to open The museum will provide

evidence of the existence of dinosaurs and other

associated reptilians in the Ariyalur region

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257) The madras High court has ruled that there

is no legal obligation on the part of a mother to

disclose the name of the father at the time of

registering her childrsquos birth

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258) Indian farmers fertiliser cooperative limited

(IFFCO) launched a social e-commerce app

called ldquoIFFCO iMandirdquo

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259) 100 public services to be delivered at

doorstep in Delhi

Delhi people will get around 100 public services

including driving licence and caste certificate at

their door step under a proposed scheme of the

Delhi government The scheme was named as

lsquoMobilersquo Sahayaksrsquo

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260) Trump-Putin Summit

Russiarsquos president Vladimir Putin and Americanrsquos

President Donald Trump met at Helsinki capital

of Finland

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261) New Headquarters building of

Archaeological Survey of India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated

lsquoDharohar Bhawanrsquo ndash the new headquarters

building of the Archaeological Survey of India

(ASI) in New Delhi

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262) Per Capita Revenue Collection

Haryana has topped other States in per capita

Revenue Collection in the first Financial year of

the GST regime per Capita revenue collection of

Haryana is Rs 187697month

2nd Position is Uttarakhand 3rd position is

Maharashtra

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263) Digital Health Campaign for Think For

Health

The Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of

India ( (OPPI) launched its digital campaign

Think for Health at its annual summit in New

Delhi

The initiative Think For Health was launched in

Partnership with the Government of Telangana

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264) Government reappoints Anil D

Sahasrabudhe

Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)

has approved renewal of appointment of Prof

Anil D Sahabsrabudhe as the Chairman of the All

India council for Technical Education (AICTE)

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265) 12 new moons discovered around Jupiter

Scientists had discovered 12 new moons around

Jupiter The discoveries bring the number of

Jupiterrsquos known moon to 79 the most around a

single planet in our Solar system

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266) Nelson Mandela International Day July 18

2018 marks the Centenary of the birth of Nelson

Mandela

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267) Rajpurrsquos Swami Vivekananda Airport has

been ranked first in Customer Satisfaction

among 49 airports in the country

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268) LIGO-India Laboratory in Maharashtra

The Government of India (GOI) has given lsquoIn-

Principlersquo approval for construction and operation

of LIGO-India (Laser Interferometer

Gravitational wave observatory in India)

Laboratory in hingoli District of Maharashtra

The LIGO-India Observatory is Scheduled to be

operational in 2024 in Collaboration with the

LIGO Laboratory in United States

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269) Cheapest drinking water in the world

Bihar will soon provide the cheapest drinking

water in the world The first of such a water

project named lsquoSulabh Jalrsquo was launched in

Biharrsquos Darbhanga district

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270) Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)

has organised ldquo Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyanrdquo

campaign in five main stem Ganga basin

States-Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh Bihar

Jharkhand and west Bengal It has been

observed as lsquoShubharambh Saptahrsquo

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271) ldquoPitch Blackrdquo war exercise

The Indian Air force (IAF) is participating in the

Multinational ldquoPitch Blackrdquo warfare exercise

hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force in

Australia

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272) BSE building gets trademark

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has secured a

ldquotrademarkrdquo for its iconic building Phizoze

Jeejeebhoy Towers located in Mumbai

Subsequently the usage of the BSE buildingrsquos

picture will required consent from BSE

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ldquoKjjpiu rpddkrdquo ( trademark)

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273) Central Government announces amnesty

for prisoners to mark Mahatma Gandhirsquos 150th

birth anniversary

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274) New 100 Rs Note

New lavender-coloured Rs100 currency notes

will soon be issued by the Reserve Bank of India

The new note will feature the motif of the lsquoRani

Ki Vavrsquo Stepwell in Gujarat as well as the

Swachh Bharat logo and Slogan

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275) The book ldquoThe House of Islam A global

Historyrdquo has been authored by Islamic radical Ed

Hussain

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276) Athletics World Cup

The USA won the first Athletics World Cup held

in London England Poland and Great Britain

took 2nd and 3rd spot respectively

The Athletics world cup is a team-based

international athletics competition inaugurated in

2018 The inaugural edition had eight national

teams based on world rankings

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277) lsquoAabhaar Aapki Sewa karsquo

The Chhattisgarh government has launched an

online portal and mobile app lsquoAabhaar-Aapki

Seva Karsquo (Gratitude-for your service) to provide

transparency in the pension facility

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278) President has given assent to Assam witch

Hunting (Prohibition Prevention and Protection)

Bill 2015 passed by state Assembly

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(jil nrajygt jLjjy kwWk ghJfhgG)

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mspjJsshu

279) 2018 NABARD Award

Repco Micro Finance Ltd a non-banking Finance

Company promoted by Repco bank has won the

2018 NABARD award for its service to self-Help

Group (SHG) linkage in Tamil Nadu for the fiscal

year 2017-18

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280) ASI to upgrade Seven monuments in

TamilNadu

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has

planned to upgrade infrastructural and tourist

friendly facilities at seven sites which are

approved under Adarsh Smarak Scheme for

conservation of Monuments in Tamil Nadu

The Monuments are Shore temple

Mamallapuram Gingee Fort kailasanathar

temple Kancheepuram Brihadeswarar temple

Thanjavur Sithananavasal Caves vellore fort

Moovar koil Kodumbalur

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(Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)

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281) Myanmar in International Solar Alliance

Myanmar has joined the India-initiated

International Solar Alliance (ISA) and became

the 68th signatory to the framework Agreement

of the ISA It is headquarters at Gwal Pahari

village in Gurugram Haryana

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Alliance) fllikgG xggejjjpy

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282) Scottish site selected for Spaceport

UK space agency has selected site at Sutherland

on ArsquoMhoine peninsula on north Coast of

Scotland for its first Spaceport to launch rockets

vertically and put satellites in orbit

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283) Lakshya sen won gold at Asia Badminton

Junior

Lakshya sen from India has clinched historic

menrsquos singles gold at the Asia Badminton Junior

Championship 2018 in Jakarata

With this he became the 3rd Indian shuttler to

win singles gold at the competition after

Gautham Thakkar and PV Sindhu

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284) Afghan player nominated for the IOC

membership

A young Afghan basketball player Samira

Asghari has been nominated for the

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

membership She is among 9 candidates for

membership of the body in a move to boost

womenrsquos rights

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285) Arman Ali was appointed as Executive

Director of National Centre for promotion of

employment for Disable People (NCPEDP)

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286) Worldrsquos Best Cities Report

According to Travel+ Leisurersquos worldrsquos best cities

report the city of Udaipur has ranked 3rd The

top 2 cities are both in Mexico- San Miguel de

Allende and Oaxaca

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p287) Delhi Dialogue (DDX)

The 10th edition of Delhi Dialogue (DDX) was

held in New Delhi and was hosted by Union

External affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj The

theme for this edition was ldquoStrengthening India-

ASEAN maritime Cooperationrdquo

Delhi Dialogue is premier annual event to

discuss Politico- security economic and Socio-

Cultural engagement between India and the

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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tYggLjJjyrdquo

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rig Association of Southeast Asian Nations

(ASEAN) MfpatwwpwfpilNaahd murpay

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njhlhGfis tpthjpggjwfhd Kjdikahd

tUlhejpu epfoT ej nlyyp

NgrRthujij MFk

288) Central Oil PSUs has signed joint Venture

Pact

In a major initiative to connect all the North-

East States to the National Gas grid the 5

Central oil PSUs -IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL and

NRL have signed a joint venture agreement for

executing the North-East Natural Gas Pipeline

Grid (N-ENGPG) in Guwahati

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$lL Kawrp xggejjjpy ifnaOjjplld

tlfpofF khepyqfis Njrpa vhpthA

fllikgGld izggjwfhd gpujhd

KdKawrpahfgt IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL

kwWk NRL Mfpa IeJ kjjpa vznza

nghJjJiw epWtdqfSk nfsfhjjpapy

awif vhpthA Foha fllikgig

nraygLjJtjwfhd $lL Kawrp

xggejjjpy ifnaOjjplld

289) PATA Gold Award 2018

Sahapediarsquos India Heritage ldquowalk Feterdquo wins

PATA award has been awarded the PATA Gold

Award 2018 for its recently concluded Pon-India

event

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Fete) PATA tpUjpid ntdWssJ rkPgjjpy

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PATA jqf tpUJ-2018id J ngwWssJ

290) Medini Puraskar Yojana

The Environment Ministry re-introduced the

lsquoMedini Puraskar Yojanarsquo a scheme that awards

Indian authors for their original work in Hindi on

environment pollution and climate change

subjects

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thdpiy khwwqfs Mfpa jiygGfspy

ejpa Mrphpaufspd Rakhd gqfspggpwF

tpUjspfFk jpllkhd lsquoNkjpdp Gufh

Nah[dh jplljjpid RwWroy

mikrrfk kWgbAk mwpKfggLjjpAssJ

291) Student Police Cadet Programme

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has

launched the student police Cadet Programme to

build a bridge between the police and the larger

community though School students by

inculcating values and ethics in them

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jjplljjpdgb gsspfspYkgt gsspfF

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edndwpfs GfllggLk

292) lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched the

lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo in a bid to make London

the worldrsquos most walkable city

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VJthd efukhf khwWk Kawrpapy yzld

Nkau rhjpf fhd eilgapwrp eltbfif

jplljjpid Walking Action Planrsquo njhlqfp

itjJsshu

293) Fugitive Economic offenders Bill 2018

The Parliament passed the Fugitive Economic

Offenders Bill 2018 which will empower

authorities to attach and Confiscate properties

and assets of economic offenders like loan

defaulters and Fraudsters who flee the country

The Cases where the total value involved in such

Scheduled offences is Rs 100 crore or more will

come under its purview

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jzbfFk kNrhjhrsquo

ehlhSkdwjjpy nghUshjhu Fwwthspfspd

rlljJfFg Gwkghd nrhjJfis gwpKjy

nraAkgt jggpNahLk nghUshjhu

Fwwthspfis jzbfFk kNrhjhrsquo (Fugitive

Economic offenders Bill 2018)

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NfhbfF Nky fld ngwW mij

nrYjjhky ehlil tplL jggpNahbdhy

mtiu ifJ nratjwF cjjuT

gpwggpffggLk

294) India-assisted emergency ambulance

Service

Indian prime Minister launched the India-

assisted emergency ambulance Service in

Srilanka through video conferencing from New

Delhi

The inaugural function was scheduled in Jaffna

Srilanka this is the largest Indian project in

Srilanka after Indian housing project

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njhlqfp itjjhu

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[hgshtpy jpllkplgglbUejJ

ejpahtpd tPLfs flbaspffggLk

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toqfggLk ngupa jpllk JthFk

295) 24-hour helpline for Protection for inter-

caste couples

The Tamil Nadu government has setup a 24-

hour helpline to investigate issues faced by

inter-caste couples and offer them necessary

assistance

A special cell has been formed in all districts and

cities in the State comprising district-level

officers to receive complaints of harassment

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vjphnfhssggLk gpurrpidfisg gwwp

tprhuid nraaTk mthfSfF Njitahd

cjtp kwWk ghJfhggpid toqfTk

jkpof muR 24 kzp Neu n`ygiyid

mikjJssJ

JdGWjjYfF vjpuhd FwwrrhlLfisg

ngWtjwF khtll mstpyhd

mYtyufisf nfhzl rpwgG rpiwf$lk

khepyjjpd vyyh khtllqfs kwWk

efuqfspYk mikffgglbUffpwJ

296) India tops skilled visa immigrants list

According to the data released by Australian

Bureau of Statistics for those coming to

Australia on the skilled visa India with 19

people bagged the top rank

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M]jpNuypa Gsspapy nrayfjjpdhy

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M]jpNuypahtpwF tUgtufspy ejpah

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297) Padhe Bharat-Badhe Bharat

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

has announced lsquoPadhe Bharat-Badhe Bharatrsquo an

initiative to promote the reading culture among

students The initiative has launched under

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo

Under this initiative the government will give an

annual library grant to schools

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo is an overarching programme

for school educating extending from primary to

class 12 which was introduced in the Union

Budget 2018-19

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ghujrsquo vDk KdKawrpiaj njhlqfpAssJ

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kKawrp njhlqfgglLssJ

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tUlhejpu Eyf epjpia toqFk

lsquorkfuh rpfhrsquo 2018-2019 Mk Mzbd

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jpllkhFk J Mukgf fytp Kjy 12-Mk

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cUthffggll jpllkhFk

298) Miss Asia (Deaf) 2018

Deshna Jain who is from Madhya Pradesh has

been crowned the 2018 Miss Asia (Deaf) title

and also she was the 3rd in the 2018 Miss

international (Deaf)

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n[apd 2018-ffhd lsquokp] Mrpahrsquo thf (fhJ

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fhJ NfshNjhUffhd lsquokp] dluNedhy

lsquo Nghlbapy 3tJ lk gpbjjhh

299) South East Asiarsquos first Centre for Climate

Change

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (NABARD) has launched the South

East Asiarsquos First-ever centre for Climate change

in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

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khwwjjpwfhd ikajijgt NtshzikfFk

கிராம tshrrpfFkhd Njrpa tqfp

(NABARD) njhlqfpAssJ

300) System of Air Quality and weather

Forecasting

Dr Harsh Vardhan the Union Environment

Minister has launched a advanced State-of-the-

art Air Quality and weather forecast System

called SAFAR (System of Air Quality and

Weather Forecasting) in Delhi

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mikgG

kjjpa RwWroy mikrrh Dr `h

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Weather Forecasting) vdw mjpetPd fhwwpd

juk kwWk thdpiy KdfzpgG mikgig

nlyypapy mwpKfggLjjpitjjhh

301) Odisha police has launched a drive to bust

an international syndicate that peddles

lsquoendangeredrsquo pangolin

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fhtyJiw Xh affjij njhlqfpAssJ

302) According to Public Affairs Index (PAI) for

2018 Kerala stands as the best-governed State

in the country followed by Tamil Nadu

Telangana

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njYqfhdh 3-tJ ljjpy cssJ

303) Typhoon Ampil has recently hit Chinese

Financial hub Shunghai and disrupted transport

and shipping

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rPdhtpd epjpikakhd hqfhia jhffpgt

NghfFtujJ kwWk fggy Nritia

ghjpjjJ

304) lsquoe -Pragati Core initiativersquo

The Andhra Pradesh government has launched

lsquoe-Pragati core initiativersquo to provide integrated

Service to citizens It will act as a platform to

connect all departments and Stand alone to

resolve the issue

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Kjdik jsjij (e -Pragati Core initiativersquo)

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305) Tribal Atlas of Odisha

Odisha government has unveiled First-ever

Tribal Atlas of Odisharsquo a compilation of

demographic and Cultural information of the

tribal population in the State It is first of its kind

Compilation in the country

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306) Justice Tahira Safdar has been named as

the new Chief justice of the Balochistan High

court with this She will become the first-ever

female high court chief Justice in Pakistan

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Kjy ngz cahePjpkdw jiyik ePjpgjp

vdw ngUikia milejhh

307) The NASA has launched lsquoRemote sensing

Toolkitrsquo to promote commercial use of satellite

data

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njhlqfpAssJ

308) Rajiv Gauba Committee

The Union Government has constituted a high

level committee to suggest laws against mob

lynching and Violence The committee is headed

by the Rajiv Gauba

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nfsgh epakpffgglLsshh

309) MicroDot Technology

The Indian government has announced the

launch of a new MicroDot Technology that would

help check on vehicle theft

Under this thousands of small dots laser etched

will be sprayed with a vehicle identification

number on all over the vehiclersquos body including

its engine

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cjTk Gjpa ikfNuhlhl njhopyElgjjpd

njhlffjjpid ejpa muR mwptpjJssJ

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gFjpapYk Nyru nghwpffggll

Mapuffzffhd rpwpa Gsspfs thfdk

KOtJk thfd milahs vzZld

njspffggLk

310) The book ldquoThe Dhoni Touch Unravelling

the Enigma That is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquo has

been authored by Bharat Sundaresan

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is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquovdw Eiy guj

RejNurd vOjpAsshh

311) Chennia is going to host the world Junior

Squash Championship 2018

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2018 Nghlbia nrdidapy elffTssJ

312) First person to Ski down the K2

Polandrsquos Andrzej Bargiel became the First person

to Ski down the worldrsquos 2nd highest mountain K2

peak

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cyfpd uzlhtJ nghpa rpfukhd K2-y

gdprrWffpy ltLgll Kjy egu Nghyeijr

rhuej mzbuprf gu[Py Mthu

313) Alize cornet of France won the Swiss open

Tennis title

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Xgd nlddp] glljij ntdwhh

314) State Bank of India organized a nation

wide Kisan Mela as an outreach programme for

farmers and to impart Financial literacy

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Nkshtpid VwghL nraJssJ fprhd

Nksh tptrhapfis nrdwilAk tifapy

epjpepiyf fytpawpit mspggjwfhd

jpllkhf VwghL nraagglLssJ

315) ldquoWarlightrdquo in the Man Booker Prize list

Srilankan born Canadian author Michael

Ondaatje has again made the Man Booker Prize

list with his latest novel lsquoWarlightrdquo Recently his

work was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize

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VwnfdNt NkdGffu gupR ntdw

yqifapy gpwej fdlh ehlL

vOjjhsuhd ikfNfy xdlhl[p lsquothuiylrsquo

vdw mtuJ rkPgjjpa ehtYffhf Nkd

Gffu glbaypy lk ngwWsshu

mzikapy tuJ gilgG xdWfF

Nfhyld Nkd Gffu tpUJ toqfggllJ

316) Sitamarhi became the first open defecation

free district in Bihar

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KjyhtJ jpwej ntspf fopggiwapyyh

khtllk MFk

57) Shale in Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules

1959

Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has

amended Petroleum and natural Gas Rules 1959

to include Shale in the definition of Petroleum

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1959

nglNuhypajjpd tiuaiwapy Ny

thAtpid Nruggjwfhf kjjpa nglNuhypa

kwWk awif thA tpjpfsgt 1959-id

kjjpa nglNuhypa kwWk awif VupthA

mikrrfk jpUjjp mikjJssJ

318) Prime Ministers tour of three-nations in

Africa

PM Narendra Modi is on a three nation tour to

the African countries including Rwanda Uganda

amp South Africa

Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime

minister to visit Rwanda he gifted 200 cows as

part of Rwanda governmentrsquos Girinka

programme India decided to gift a cancer

therapy machine to the Uganda

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RwWggazk

gpujku eNuejpu Nkhb Mggpupff ehLfshd

ampthzlhgt cfhzlh kwWk njd Mggpupffh

csspll dW ehLfSfF RwWggazk

NkwnfhzLsshu

UthzlhtpwF tp[ak nraj Kjy ejpa

gpujku eNuejpu Nkhb Mthh Uthzlh

murpd fpupqfh jplljjpd xU gFjpahf 200

gRkhLfis gpujku Nkhb guprhf toqfpdhu

cfhzlhtpwF GwWNeha rpfprir

vejpujjpid guprspff ejpa muR KbT

nraJssJ

319) The Ministry of women and child

Development has launched a contest ldquoChildline

1098rdquo to spread awareness on human trafficking

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VwgLjJtjwfhfgt ngzfs kwWk Foeij

eyd mikrrfkhdJ ldquoChildline 1098rdquo vdw

Nghlbia eljjpaJ

320) 10th edition of BRICS Summit in

Johannesburg

South Africa is hosting the 10th edition of BRICS

summit 2018 in Johannesburg with theme

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution

The member nations are Brazil Russia India

China amp South Africa

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BRICS mikggpd 10tJ khehLgt

njddhggphpffhtpd N[hfdd]ghffpy

eilngWfpwJ kkhehlbd fUgnghUsgt

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution vdgjhFk

321) The 3rd edition of Kabira festival 2018 will

be held in Varanasi to celebrate the spirit of 15th

century mystic poet Kabir

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Mwwiy nfhzlhLk tpjkhf fgPuh

jpUtpohtpd dwhtJ gjpgG thuzhrpapy

eilgngWk

322) World Bankrsquos internal award to ICZM

Indiarsquos Integrated Coastal Zone Management

(ICZM) project has won the World Bankrsquos

internal award for exceptional performance in

achieving many development goals

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ejpahtpd xUqfpizej flNyhug gFjp

Nkyhzik (Integrated Coastal Zone

Management -ICZM) jpllkgt gy NkkghlLf

FwpfNfhsfis rhjpjJf fhlba g+utkhd

nrayjpwDffhf cyf tqfpapd csehlL

tpUjpid ntdWssJ

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The chemical nature of the brown or black

Colour Pigment in wild edible mushrooms lsquoRoen

alamis or Termitomycesrsquo Species has a new

Sulphur-rich melanin pigment

The Goa University has declared it as Worldrsquos

first Sulphur-rich edible melanin

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epwkpia fzlwpeJssJ Nfhth

gyfiyffofk

czzjff fhlL tif fhshdpypUeJgt

GwWNehia vjphjJg Nghuhl tyy xU

epwkpia fzlwpeJssjhf Nfhth

gyfiyffofk

Roen alamis myyJ Termitomycesrsquo vdw

czzjjff fhlL tif fhshz

tiffspy uhrhad aygpYss fUgG

myyJ gOgGepwkpahdJgt xU Gjpa fejfk-

epiw nkydpd epwkpia nfhzLssJ

Nfhth gyfiyffofk jid cyfpd

Kjy fejfk epiwej

nkydpd vd mwptpjJssJ

197) Seema Darshanrsquo Project

Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani has given in principal

approval for the 39 Crore rupees lsquoSeema

Darshanrsquo or lsquoBorder tourismrsquo project

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rPkh jhd myyJ vyiyNahu RwWyhj

jplljjpwF F[uhj Kjytu tp[a ampghdp

Kjdik xgGjiy mspjJsshh

198) The ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

(MOHUA) has launched a technology challenge

on identifying Solutions and promoting suitable

techniques for cleaning of Sewage Systems The

Objective is eliminating human entry into septic

tanks and manholes

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nratjwfhd jPhTfis milahsk

fhzTkgt nghUjjkhd Elgqfis

CfFtpffTkgt tPlL trjp kwWk efhgGw

tptfhuqfs mikrrkhdJ njhopDlg

rthiy njhlqfpAssJ jd Nehffkgt

fopTePhj njhlbapy kdpjhfs wqFtij

Kwwhf xopggjhFk

199) Indiarsquos First Private UAV amp LBPV factory to

come up in Kota

Indiarsquos First private Sector unit for

manufacturing unmanned air vehicles (UAV) and

light bullet proof vehicles (LBPV) will be set up

under lsquoMake in Indiarsquo initiative of the Union

government by DCM Shriram Industries Group in

Kota

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Nfhllhtpy tuTssJ

Mspyyh thDujp (unmanned air vehicles-

UAV) kwWk gStww Njhllh Jisffhj

thfdqfis jahupggjwfhd ejpahtpd

Kjy jdpahu Jiw gpupT kjjpa

murhqfjjpd Kawrpahd lsquoNkf d

ejpahrsquo jplljjpd fPo NfhllhtpYss DCM

=uhk dl]luP] FOtpdhy mikffggl

cssJ

200) Rajasthan Government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft

The Rajasthan government has signed a MOU

with Microsoft to provide free digital training to

9500 students of 50 government colleges in a

year It will also train 500 faculty members

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nraJ nfhzlJ uh[]jhd muR

50 muR fyYhpfis Nrhej 9gt500

khzthfSfF ytrkhf kpddZ (digital)

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murhdJ ikfNuhrhgl epWtdjJldhd

xggejjjpy ifnaOjjplLssJ J 500

MrphpahfSfFk gapwrpaspfFk

201) In a first Indian Naval aircraft deployed fro

RIMPAC exercise

For the first time Indian Navyrsquos Long Range

Maritime Patrol Aircraft Boeing P-8I (Poseidon

Eight India) from Indian Naval Ship (INS) Rajali

has inducted for participating in the 26th edition

of RIMPAC-18 the Rim of the Pacific

multinational Naval exercise During the

exercise In P8I will be operating from Joint

Airbase Hickam Honolulu in Hawaii

This is the first time ever that an Indian Naval

aircraft has traversed so far east into the pacific

It is the First IN aircraft to cross the

International Date line

RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific Exercise) is the

wolrdrsquos largest international maritime warfare

exercise It is hosted and administered by the

United States Navyrsquos pacific feet headquartered

at Pearl Harbor

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ejpaf flwgil tpkhdk

uh[hsp flwgil fggypUeJ ejpaf

flwgilia Nrhej ePsneLk flwgil

NuheJ Nghh tpkhdkhd Nghapq P-8I

(Nghrplhd 8 ejpah) Kjy Kiwahf

26tJ vDk gddhlL flwgil gapwrpapy

fyeJnfhss cssJ

ej gapwrpapdNghJgt mnkhpffhtpd `tha

khepyjjpd n`dYYtpy mikeJss

`pffk tpkhdggilj jsjjpypUeJ P-8I

affggLk

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grpgpffpd fpofF vyiyfF nrytJ JNt

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202) India becomes 69th Shareholder of

European Bank for reconstruction amp

development (EBRD) paving the way for more

joint investment with Indian companies across

the bankrsquos regions of operation

EBRD headquartered in London Suma

Chakrabarti is the president of EBRD

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203) Indiarsquos genetically modified crop area fifth

largest in world

India becomes worldrsquos fifth largest area

cultivated under genetically modified (GM) crops

in 2017 according to the International service for

the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications

(ISAAA) report

From the report (i) America (ii) Brazil (iii)

Argentina (iv) Canada (v) India

Indiarsquos entire GM crop area is under single crop

BT cotton

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for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications

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204) 2+2 ministeria dialogue

India is going to host inaugural 2+2 dialogue

with united States in September in New Delhi

lsquo2+2 dialoguersquo is an interaction between the

foreign and defence minister of the

twocountries

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205) Mukesh Ambani overtook Alibaba Group

Founder Jackma to become Asiarsquos richest

person according to a report by Blumberg

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206) First Indian women to win gold in world U-

20 Athletics Championships

Hima Das became the First Indian Women to

clinch a gold medal at a global event the world

under-20 Championships

Das clinched the top spot in the womenrsquos 400m

final race at the IAAF wordl under-20 Athletics

Championships in Tampere Finland

Hima Das Clocked 5146 seconds to win gold

She belongs to State of Assam

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207) Coimbatore doctor to head worldrsquos top

body of Spine Surgeons

Coimbatore-based orthopaedic and Spine

Surgeon SRajasekaran who is Chairman of the

Department of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery

at Ganga Hospital has been selected Chairman

of the international board of Aospine the worldrsquos

largest body of Spine Surgeons

DrRajasekaran is the first person to elected

from Asia region to this prestigious position

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208) 25000 plus two students to be trained to

take CA exams

Minister for School Education KA Sengottaiyan

Said that 25000 plus two students in

government schools will be trained over to take

up entry level examination for Chartered

Accountancy course Classes will be conducted

by 500 CAS once a week

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209) Two Indian-origin women of Forbes list of

Americarsquos richest self-made women

Two Indian-origin technology executives

JayShree Ullal and Neerja Sethi have made it to

the Forbes list of Americarsquos 60 richest self-made

women

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210) DrTCA Rahgavan has been appointed as

Director General of Indian Council of World

Affairs (ICWA)

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211) Entire Indian Menrsquos hockey team included

in Tops

The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of Union

Ministry of Sports and youth Affairs has included

entire menrsquos Hockey team of India under the

Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS)

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212) India Army signed a MOU with SBI

Indian Army signed a memorandum of

understanding (MOU) with the State Bank of

India (SBI) on the Defence Salary Package that

will include free personal accident death free

permanent total disability cover and other

accidental benefits to the deceased soldier and

family

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213) Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has

become the First Indian personality to get a

lsquotalking Statuersquo at Madame Tussauds Singapore

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214) Spiritual leader Dada JP Vaswani passed

away

Dada JP Vaswani (99) the spiritual leader and

head of Sadhu Vaswani mission in Pune has

passed away in Pune Maharashtra on July 12

2018

He was born in Hyderabad Sindh (Pakistan) on

2nd August 1918 Vaswani was a world renowned

Spiritual leader known for promoting

vegetarianism and animal rights

JP Vaswani was the recipient of the 1998

UThant peace award Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram

Vaswani (TL Vaswani) who founded Sadhu

Vaswani Mission was his Guru

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215) 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

The 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention is

being organized by Ministry of External Affairs in

association with the State Government of Uttar

Pradesh in January 2019

Theme of 2019 event is ldquoRole of Indian Diaspora

in building a New Indiardquo

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216) ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo authored by

Tapan

The book ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo has

been authored by Tapan Kumar Chand the

Chairman cum Managing Director of NALCO

The book is recently released by Narendra Singh

Tamar the Union Minister of Mines Rural

Development and panchayat Raj

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217) Government set up task force on ways to

reduce import

The central government has set up a high level

task force under the Chairmanship of cabinet

Secretary PK Sinha to identify various items and

policy interventions to reduce dependence of

import

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218) Worldrsquos first 3D colour X-ray on Human

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Scientists from New Zealand have performed

worldrsquos first ever 3-D colour X-ray on human It

has potential to improve the field of medical

diagnostics

It incorporates particle-tracking technology

called Medipix developed by European

organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

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219) National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

The 4th National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

was held at Indore in Madhya Pradesh

Chhattisgarh won awards in all categories for

excellence in implementing minerals auction

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220) Photography ban at protected monuments

lifted

Photography will be allowed in all of the

monuments and archaeological sites

administered by the Archaeological Survey of

India except the mausoleum at Taj Mahal the

Ajanta Caves and the Leh palace

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221) India and China hold second maritime

security dialogue in Beijing China

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222) Prize for beautification of Railway Station

Balharshah and Chandrapur Railway Stations of

the Central Railway have been awarded the first

prize in Station beautification competition by

government

Madhubani Station of East Central Railway and

Madurai Station of Southern Railway were the

Co-winners of the Second prize

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223) Odisha constitutes Heritage Cabinet

Odisha government constituted a lsquoHeritage

Cabinetrsquo headed by Chief Minister Naveen

Patnaik

lsquoHeritage Cabinetrsquo would aim at protection of

ancient monuments temples and archaeological

sites and take steps to preserve the states

culture language amp literature

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224) First Double Stack Dwarf container Service

Indian Railways Introduces first Double Stack

Dwarf Container Service from Rajkot Division

Western Railway with the use of these double-

Stack dwarf containers the cost of the unit will

be significantly reduced

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225) The Central government think tank NITI

Aayog has unveiled the blueprint of lsquoNational

Health Stackrsquo (NHS) a shared digital healthcare

infrastructure

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226) Former Pakistan Prime minister Nawaz

Sharif and his daughter Maryam who are

convicted for corruption were arrested

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227) Centuryrsquos longest total lunar eclipse

Union Ministry of Earth Science has announced

the Centuryrsquos (2001 to 2100) longest total

eclipse of 1 hour 43 minutes will occur on July

27-282018

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228) The Government of India has invited us

President Donal Trump to be chief guest at the

2019 Republic Day Parade

The US is yet to officially accept Indiarsquos invite

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229) Threatening Climate Change to the Nilgiri

tahr

According to recent Study published

international journal Ecological Engineering

Climate Change is threatening the Nilgiri tahr

International Union for conservation of Nature

(IUCN) in its red book has classified Nilgiri Tahr

it as Endangered

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230) 2018 Wimbledon Winners

Women singles - Angelique Kerber

(Germany)

Men singles - Novak Djokovic (Serbian)

Menrsquos Doubles - Mike Bryan (US) and Jack

Sock (US)

Womenrsquos Doubles - Barbora Krejcikova and

Katerina Siniakova from Czhech Republic

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231) Bansagar canal project Inaugurated

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the 171

km long Bansagar canal project to the nation in

Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh on July 15

2018

The project which is a joint venture of Uttar

Pradesh Madhya Pradesh and Bihar It built on

Son River

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232) Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018

Union Ministry of Drinking water and Sanitation

has launched Swachh Survekshan Grameen

2018 in New Delhi

The Programme will rank all states and districts

on the basis of a survey of Public places

Citizenrsquos perspective of cleanliness and their

recommendations

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233) 4th BIMSTEC Summit to be held in

Kathmandu

The fourth edition of Bay of Bengal Initiatives for

Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Co-

operation (BIMSTEC) will be held at Kathmandu

in Nepal from 30 t0 31 August 2018

Nepal is the current chair of BIMSTEC It is

headquartered in Dhaka

Member countries- India Nepal Bhutan

Bangladesh Srilanka Myanmar and Thailand

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234) Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventories

in Asia

In New Delhi Union Minister DrHarsh Vardhan

inaugurates 16th Workshop on Greenhouse Gas

Inventories in Asia

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Gas Inventories in Asia) epforrpgt GJ

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235) First-ever metal craft exhibition in India

With an aim to promote and preserve the metal

craft tradition of Ladakh the first-ever metal

craft exhibition was held at Chilling village in Leh

district of Jammu amp Kashmir

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236) Kochi Metro Rail Limited opened Indiarsquos

first exquisite air-conditioned bed space

dormitor

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237) World Youth skills Day 15 July In 2014 UN

General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring

15th July as World Youth Skills day

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238) India became Vice-Chair on regional head

of Asia pacific Region of the World Customs

Organisation (WCO)

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239) Resolution 2428 by UN security Council

The UN Security council has adopted a resolution

2428 to impose an arms embargo on South

Sudan The measure will stop the flow of

weapons to armed groups in the country

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240) Hindi Mother tongue of 4363 in India

According to the 2011 census Hindi continue to

be the most spoken language in India with

4363 of the country declaring it their mother-

tongue

Sanskrit was the least spoken of the countryrsquos

22 scheduled languages with just 24821

persons listing it as their mother tongue

The top 5 most spoken language by 2011 census

is (i) Hindi (4363) (ii) Bengali (803) (iii)

Marathi (686) (iv) Telugu (670) (v) Tamil

(570)

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(i) ejp (4363) (ii) ngqfhyp (803) (iii)

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(570) 241) Oldest Narrow- Gauge Rail Line in India

The 33 km Dabhoi-Miyagam line in Gujarat

State Indiarsquos first narrow gauge railway stretch

which started operations in 1862 will be closed

forever The line will be soon converted into

broad gauge

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1862 Mk MzL Kjy nrayghlLfF tej

33 fpNyh kPllu njhiyT nfhzl

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242) Approval for Chinese Bank in India

Bank of China one of four biggest State-run

Chinese lenders has received in Principal

approval from the Reserve Bank of India to open

branches in India

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243) Private Universities in Tamil Nadu

Two bills adopting the establishment of Shiv

Nadar University and Sai University were passed

in the Tamil Nadu assembly

As per the provisions of two bills adopted in the

assembly the two universities will be self-

financing institutions and would be allowed to

establish constituent colleges Currently there

were no private Universities in Tamil nadu

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244) Committee to review companies Act 2013

The ministry of Corporate Affairs has constituted

a 10 member Committee headed by the Injeti

Srinivas (Secretary of Ministry of Corporate

Affairs) for review of the panel provisions in the

companies Act 2013

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FO

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2013) jzlid tpjpKiwfis kPshaT

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nrayhsh) jiyikapy gjJ cWggpdhfs

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tptfhuqfs mikrrk mikjJssJ

245) 2nd National Tourism conclave organised at

Jaipur in Rajasthan

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eilngwwJ

246) Madras Music Academy has selected

Carnatic Vocalist Aruna Sairam for this yearrsquos

Sangita Kalanithi award

Mridangam artist Thanjavur R Ramadas and

Vocalist K Omanakutty will receive the Kala

Acharya award

Veena and Nagaswaram players and teachers

Kalyani Ganesan and S R G Rajanna have been

chosen for the TTK awards

Prameela Gurumurthy has been selected for

musicologist award Veteran Danseuse Shanta

Dhananjayan will get Nrithya Kalanithi Award

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nkluh] kpa+rpf mflhkpapd rqfPj fyhepjp

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jdQ[ad ngWfpwhh

247) Kamaraj birthday July 15 is celebrated as

Educational Development Dayrsquo by Tamil Nadu

government

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248) India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror drill

Anti terror drill organised by the Shanghai

Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is scheduled

From August 20-29 at Chelyabinsk City in Russia

India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror SCO drill

along with other member countries Russia

China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Tajikistan and

Uzbekistan

It will be for the first time since Independence

that India and Pakistan will both be a part of

military exercise

Around 200 Army and Air force personal from

India will be participating in the drill called

ldquoPeace Mission 2018rdquo

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$lLg gapwrrpfF NjuenjLffgglLssdh

249) France wins 21st FIFA world cup Football

title

France has won 21st FIFA world cup football by

defeating Croatia by 4-2 goals in the final match

held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow Russia

on 1572018

It was Francersquos Second world cup crown after it

had own it in 1998 It was Croatiarsquos first world

Cup final appearance Croatia became the lowest

ranked team ever to reach a World Cup Final

France and Croatia belong European Continent

Top 4 teams in 21st FIFA world cup are (i) France

(ii) Croatia (iii) Belgium (iv) England

FIFA Awards for the 2018 world cup

(i) Best player ndash Golden Ball Luka Modric

(Croatia)

(ii) Top Goal scorer ndash Golden Boot Harry Kane

(England)

(iii) Best Goal keeper ndash golden Glove Thibaut

Courtois (Belgium)

(iv) Best Young Player Kylian Mbappe (France)

(v) Fairest Team Spain

(vi) man of the Match (final) Antoine

Griezmann (France)

Captain of France Football team is Hugo Lloris

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mzpfs (i) gpuhd] (ii) FNuhpah (iii)

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tpUjfs

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Yfh Nkhlupr (FNuhpah)

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(gpuhd])

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250) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar

inaugurated Goa IT Day celebrations in Panaji

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251) Assam government has decided to make

Himadas statersquos brand ambassador for sports

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252) Iceland in UN Human Rights Council

Iceland has taken the seat vacated by United

States at the 47 member UN Human Rights

Council

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253) 64-dish Meer KAT radio telescope

South Africa unveiled new 64-dish Meer KAT

radio telescope that could help unlock the

mysteries of the Universe

Meer KAT will be incorporated into complex

square kilometre Array (SKA) instrument SKA

will be fully operational in the late 2020s to be

most powerful radio telescope in the world

The Meer KAT will be the worldrsquos largest radio

telescope of its kind until the Square kilometre

Array (SKA) has been completed

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(Meer KAT) cyfpd kpfgngupa thndhyp

njhiyNehffpahf UfFk

254) ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas

Engine

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ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas Engine

from Mahendragiri of Tirunelveli district Vikas

(Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai)

The Vikas Engine is the work shore liquid rocket

engine used to power the second stage of the

ISROrsquos trusted Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

(PSLV)

It is also used in the second stage and also at

the four strap on stages of Geosynchronous

Launch vehicle (GSLV) and in the twin-engine

core liquid stage (L110) of GSLV Mk-111

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ntwwpfukhf Nrhjpjjdh

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(Vikas) tpfh] d[Pdpd cah ceJk

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rhuhgha)

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MFk

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epiy kwWk GSLV Mk-111- ulil

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255) Global Sugar output Record high

In its latest report the UN body has forecast

world Sugar output to hit a record high at 1876

million tonnes in 2017-18 and Surpass

consumption The anticipated surplus is likely to

the largest in history

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256) Fossil Museum in Ariyalur

The Fossil Museum at Varanavasi near Ariyalur

town is set to open The museum will provide

evidence of the existence of dinosaurs and other

associated reptilians in the Ariyalur region

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mupaYupy

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257) The madras High court has ruled that there

is no legal obligation on the part of a mother to

disclose the name of the father at the time of

registering her childrsquos birth

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258) Indian farmers fertiliser cooperative limited

(IFFCO) launched a social e-commerce app

called ldquoIFFCO iMandirdquo

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tzpf nrayp xdiw ntspaplgglLssJ

259) 100 public services to be delivered at

doorstep in Delhi

Delhi people will get around 100 public services

including driving licence and caste certificate at

their door step under a proposed scheme of the

Delhi government The scheme was named as

lsquoMobilersquo Sahayaksrsquo

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jplljjpwF lsquonkhigy r`hafrsquo vdg

ngauplgglLssJ

260) Trump-Putin Summit

Russiarsquos president Vladimir Putin and Americanrsquos

President Donald Trump met at Helsinki capital

of Finland

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261) New Headquarters building of

Archaeological Survey of India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated

lsquoDharohar Bhawanrsquo ndash the new headquarters

building of the Archaeological Survey of India

(ASI) in New Delhi

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262) Per Capita Revenue Collection

Haryana has topped other States in per capita

Revenue Collection in the first Financial year of

the GST regime per Capita revenue collection of

Haryana is Rs 187697month

2nd Position is Uttarakhand 3rd position is

Maharashtra

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GST MlrpKiwapd Kjy epjp Mzby

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khjjjpwF 1gt87697 MFk

263) Digital Health Campaign for Think For

Health

The Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of

India ( (OPPI) launched its digital campaign

Think for Health at its annual summit in New

Delhi

The initiative Think For Health was launched in

Partnership with the Government of Telangana

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gugGiu

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(OPPI) Think for Health vdw b[plly

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MukgpjJssJ

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toqfgglLssJ

264) Government reappoints Anil D

Sahasrabudhe

Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)

has approved renewal of appointment of Prof

Anil D Sahabsrabudhe as the Chairman of the All

India council for Technical Education (AICTE)

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265) 12 new moons discovered around Jupiter

Scientists had discovered 12 new moons around

Jupiter The discoveries bring the number of

Jupiterrsquos known moon to 79 the most around a

single planet in our Solar system

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cssJ

266) Nelson Mandela International Day July 18

2018 marks the Centenary of the birth of Nelson

Mandela

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267) Rajpurrsquos Swami Vivekananda Airport has

been ranked first in Customer Satisfaction

among 49 airports in the country

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268) LIGO-India Laboratory in Maharashtra

The Government of India (GOI) has given lsquoIn-

Principlersquo approval for construction and operation

of LIGO-India (Laser Interferometer

Gravitational wave observatory in India)

Laboratory in hingoli District of Maharashtra

The LIGO-India Observatory is Scheduled to be

operational in 2024 in Collaboration with the

LIGO Laboratory in United States

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khtlljjpygt LIGO- ejpah (Laser

Interferometer Gravitational wave observatory)

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269) Cheapest drinking water in the world

Bihar will soon provide the cheapest drinking

water in the world The first of such a water

project named lsquoSulabh Jalrsquo was launched in

Biharrsquos Darbhanga district

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njhlqfgglLssJ

270) Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)

has organised ldquo Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyanrdquo

campaign in five main stem Ganga basin

States-Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh Bihar

Jharkhand and west Bengal It has been

observed as lsquoShubharambh Saptahrsquo

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[hhffzl kwWk NkwF tqfk

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271) ldquoPitch Blackrdquo war exercise

The Indian Air force (IAF) is participating in the

Multinational ldquoPitch Blackrdquo warfare exercise

hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force in

Australia

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272) BSE building gets trademark

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has secured a

ldquotrademarkrdquo for its iconic building Phizoze

Jeejeebhoy Towers located in Mumbai

Subsequently the usage of the BSE buildingrsquos

picture will required consent from BSE

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(trademark)

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css ldquogpNuh] [P[pgha flbljjpwF

ldquoKjjpiu rpddkrdquo ( trademark)

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mDkjp dwp gadgLjj KbahJ

273) Central Government announces amnesty

for prisoners to mark Mahatma Gandhirsquos 150th

birth anniversary

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274) New 100 Rs Note

New lavender-coloured Rs100 currency notes

will soon be issued by the Reserve Bank of India

The new note will feature the motif of the lsquoRani

Ki Vavrsquo Stepwell in Gujarat as well as the

Swachh Bharat logo and Slogan

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275) The book ldquoThe House of Islam A global

Historyrdquo has been authored by Islamic radical Ed

Hussain

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276) Athletics World Cup

The USA won the first Athletics World Cup held

in London England Poland and Great Britain

took 2nd and 3rd spot respectively

The Athletics world cup is a team-based

international athletics competition inaugurated in

2018 The inaugural edition had eight national

teams based on world rankings

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277) lsquoAabhaar Aapki Sewa karsquo

The Chhattisgarh government has launched an

online portal and mobile app lsquoAabhaar-Aapki

Seva Karsquo (Gratitude-for your service) to provide

transparency in the pension facility

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278) President has given assent to Assam witch

Hunting (Prohibition Prevention and Protection)

Bill 2015 passed by state Assembly

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279) 2018 NABARD Award

Repco Micro Finance Ltd a non-banking Finance

Company promoted by Repco bank has won the

2018 NABARD award for its service to self-Help

Group (SHG) linkage in Tamil Nadu for the fiscal

year 2017-18

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280) ASI to upgrade Seven monuments in

TamilNadu

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has

planned to upgrade infrastructural and tourist

friendly facilities at seven sites which are

approved under Adarsh Smarak Scheme for

conservation of Monuments in Tamil Nadu

The Monuments are Shore temple

Mamallapuram Gingee Fort kailasanathar

temple Kancheepuram Brihadeswarar temple

Thanjavur Sithananavasal Caves vellore fort

Moovar koil Kodumbalur

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(Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)

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281) Myanmar in International Solar Alliance

Myanmar has joined the India-initiated

International Solar Alliance (ISA) and became

the 68th signatory to the framework Agreement

of the ISA It is headquarters at Gwal Pahari

village in Gurugram Haryana

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282) Scottish site selected for Spaceport

UK space agency has selected site at Sutherland

on ArsquoMhoine peninsula on north Coast of

Scotland for its first Spaceport to launch rockets

vertically and put satellites in orbit

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283) Lakshya sen won gold at Asia Badminton

Junior

Lakshya sen from India has clinched historic

menrsquos singles gold at the Asia Badminton Junior

Championship 2018 in Jakarata

With this he became the 3rd Indian shuttler to

win singles gold at the competition after

Gautham Thakkar and PV Sindhu

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284) Afghan player nominated for the IOC

membership

A young Afghan basketball player Samira

Asghari has been nominated for the

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

membership She is among 9 candidates for

membership of the body in a move to boost

womenrsquos rights

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285) Arman Ali was appointed as Executive

Director of National Centre for promotion of

employment for Disable People (NCPEDP)

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286) Worldrsquos Best Cities Report

According to Travel+ Leisurersquos worldrsquos best cities

report the city of Udaipur has ranked 3rd The

top 2 cities are both in Mexico- San Miguel de

Allende and Oaxaca

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p287) Delhi Dialogue (DDX)

The 10th edition of Delhi Dialogue (DDX) was

held in New Delhi and was hosted by Union

External affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj The

theme for this edition was ldquoStrengthening India-

ASEAN maritime Cooperationrdquo

Delhi Dialogue is premier annual event to

discuss Politico- security economic and Socio-

Cultural engagement between India and the

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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288) Central Oil PSUs has signed joint Venture

Pact

In a major initiative to connect all the North-

East States to the National Gas grid the 5

Central oil PSUs -IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL and

NRL have signed a joint venture agreement for

executing the North-East Natural Gas Pipeline

Grid (N-ENGPG) in Guwahati

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289) PATA Gold Award 2018

Sahapediarsquos India Heritage ldquowalk Feterdquo wins

PATA award has been awarded the PATA Gold

Award 2018 for its recently concluded Pon-India

event

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290) Medini Puraskar Yojana

The Environment Ministry re-introduced the

lsquoMedini Puraskar Yojanarsquo a scheme that awards

Indian authors for their original work in Hindi on

environment pollution and climate change

subjects

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291) Student Police Cadet Programme

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has

launched the student police Cadet Programme to

build a bridge between the police and the larger

community though School students by

inculcating values and ethics in them

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292) lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched the

lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo in a bid to make London

the worldrsquos most walkable city

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293) Fugitive Economic offenders Bill 2018

The Parliament passed the Fugitive Economic

Offenders Bill 2018 which will empower

authorities to attach and Confiscate properties

and assets of economic offenders like loan

defaulters and Fraudsters who flee the country

The Cases where the total value involved in such

Scheduled offences is Rs 100 crore or more will

come under its purview

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Economic offenders Bill 2018)

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294) India-assisted emergency ambulance

Service

Indian prime Minister launched the India-

assisted emergency ambulance Service in

Srilanka through video conferencing from New

Delhi

The inaugural function was scheduled in Jaffna

Srilanka this is the largest Indian project in

Srilanka after Indian housing project

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295) 24-hour helpline for Protection for inter-

caste couples

The Tamil Nadu government has setup a 24-

hour helpline to investigate issues faced by

inter-caste couples and offer them necessary

assistance

A special cell has been formed in all districts and

cities in the State comprising district-level

officers to receive complaints of harassment

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296) India tops skilled visa immigrants list

According to the data released by Australian

Bureau of Statistics for those coming to

Australia on the skilled visa India with 19

people bagged the top rank

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297) Padhe Bharat-Badhe Bharat

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

has announced lsquoPadhe Bharat-Badhe Bharatrsquo an

initiative to promote the reading culture among

students The initiative has launched under

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo

Under this initiative the government will give an

annual library grant to schools

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo is an overarching programme

for school educating extending from primary to

class 12 which was introduced in the Union

Budget 2018-19

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298) Miss Asia (Deaf) 2018

Deshna Jain who is from Madhya Pradesh has

been crowned the 2018 Miss Asia (Deaf) title

and also she was the 3rd in the 2018 Miss

international (Deaf)

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299) South East Asiarsquos first Centre for Climate

Change

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (NABARD) has launched the South

East Asiarsquos First-ever centre for Climate change

in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

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300) System of Air Quality and weather

Forecasting

Dr Harsh Vardhan the Union Environment

Minister has launched a advanced State-of-the-

art Air Quality and weather forecast System

called SAFAR (System of Air Quality and

Weather Forecasting) in Delhi

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301) Odisha police has launched a drive to bust

an international syndicate that peddles

lsquoendangeredrsquo pangolin

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302) According to Public Affairs Index (PAI) for

2018 Kerala stands as the best-governed State

in the country followed by Tamil Nadu

Telangana

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303) Typhoon Ampil has recently hit Chinese

Financial hub Shunghai and disrupted transport

and shipping

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304) lsquoe -Pragati Core initiativersquo

The Andhra Pradesh government has launched

lsquoe-Pragati core initiativersquo to provide integrated

Service to citizens It will act as a platform to

connect all departments and Stand alone to

resolve the issue

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305) Tribal Atlas of Odisha

Odisha government has unveiled First-ever

Tribal Atlas of Odisharsquo a compilation of

demographic and Cultural information of the

tribal population in the State It is first of its kind

Compilation in the country

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306) Justice Tahira Safdar has been named as

the new Chief justice of the Balochistan High

court with this She will become the first-ever

female high court chief Justice in Pakistan

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307) The NASA has launched lsquoRemote sensing

Toolkitrsquo to promote commercial use of satellite

data

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308) Rajiv Gauba Committee

The Union Government has constituted a high

level committee to suggest laws against mob

lynching and Violence The committee is headed

by the Rajiv Gauba

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309) MicroDot Technology

The Indian government has announced the

launch of a new MicroDot Technology that would

help check on vehicle theft

Under this thousands of small dots laser etched

will be sprayed with a vehicle identification

number on all over the vehiclersquos body including

its engine

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310) The book ldquoThe Dhoni Touch Unravelling

the Enigma That is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquo has

been authored by Bharat Sundaresan

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311) Chennia is going to host the world Junior

Squash Championship 2018

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312) First person to Ski down the K2

Polandrsquos Andrzej Bargiel became the First person

to Ski down the worldrsquos 2nd highest mountain K2

peak

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313) Alize cornet of France won the Swiss open

Tennis title

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314) State Bank of India organized a nation

wide Kisan Mela as an outreach programme for

farmers and to impart Financial literacy

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315) ldquoWarlightrdquo in the Man Booker Prize list

Srilankan born Canadian author Michael

Ondaatje has again made the Man Booker Prize

list with his latest novel lsquoWarlightrdquo Recently his

work was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize

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vOjjhsuhd ikfNfy xdlhl[p lsquothuiylrsquo

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316) Sitamarhi became the first open defecation

free district in Bihar

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KjyhtJ jpwej ntspf fopggiwapyyh

khtllk MFk

57) Shale in Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules

1959

Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has

amended Petroleum and natural Gas Rules 1959

to include Shale in the definition of Petroleum

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1959

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thAtpid Nruggjwfhf kjjpa nglNuhypa

kwWk awif thA tpjpfsgt 1959-id

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mikrrfk jpUjjp mikjJssJ

318) Prime Ministers tour of three-nations in

Africa

PM Narendra Modi is on a three nation tour to

the African countries including Rwanda Uganda

amp South Africa

Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime

minister to visit Rwanda he gifted 200 cows as

part of Rwanda governmentrsquos Girinka

programme India decided to gift a cancer

therapy machine to the Uganda

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RwWggazk

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NkwnfhzLsshu

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nraJssJ

319) The Ministry of women and child

Development has launched a contest ldquoChildline

1098rdquo to spread awareness on human trafficking

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VwgLjJtjwfhfgt ngzfs kwWk Foeij

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Nghlbia eljjpaJ

320) 10th edition of BRICS Summit in

Johannesburg

South Africa is hosting the 10th edition of BRICS

summit 2018 in Johannesburg with theme

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution

The member nations are Brazil Russia India

China amp South Africa

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BRICS mikggpd 10tJ khehLgt

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growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution vdgjhFk

321) The 3rd edition of Kabira festival 2018 will

be held in Varanasi to celebrate the spirit of 15th

century mystic poet Kabir

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Mwwiy nfhzlhLk tpjkhf fgPuh

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eilgngWk

322) World Bankrsquos internal award to ICZM

Indiarsquos Integrated Coastal Zone Management

(ICZM) project has won the World Bankrsquos

internal award for exceptional performance in

achieving many development goals

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Management -ICZM) jpllkgt gy NkkghlLf

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nrayjpwDffhf cyf tqfpapd csehlL

tpUjpid ntdWssJ

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-20 gphptpy jqfk ntyYk Kjy ejpag

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Nrhejth

207) Coimbatore doctor to head worldrsquos top

body of Spine Surgeons

Coimbatore-based orthopaedic and Spine

Surgeon SRajasekaran who is Chairman of the

Department of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery

at Ganga Hospital has been selected Chairman

of the international board of Aospine the worldrsquos

largest body of Spine Surgeons

DrRajasekaran is the first person to elected

from Asia region to this prestigious position

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KjyKiwahFk

208) 25000 plus two students to be trained to

take CA exams

Minister for School Education KA Sengottaiyan

Said that 25000 plus two students in

government schools will be trained over to take

up entry level examination for Chartered

Accountancy course Classes will be conducted

by 500 CAS once a week

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njhptpjjhu

209) Two Indian-origin women of Forbes list of

Americarsquos richest self-made women

Two Indian-origin technology executives

JayShree Ullal and Neerja Sethi have made it to

the Forbes list of Americarsquos 60 richest self-made

women

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Nrhej 2 Ngh

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MfpNahu lkgpbjJssdh

210) DrTCA Rahgavan has been appointed as

Director General of Indian Council of World

Affairs (ICWA)

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211) Entire Indian Menrsquos hockey team included

in Tops

The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of Union

Ministry of Sports and youth Affairs has included

entire menrsquos Hockey team of India under the

Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS)

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gjff Nkil yfFj jplljjpd fPo (Tops)

NrhjJssJ

212) India Army signed a MOU with SBI

Indian Army signed a memorandum of

understanding (MOU) with the State Bank of

India (SBI) on the Defence Salary Package that

will include free personal accident death free

permanent total disability cover and other

accidental benefits to the deceased soldier and

family

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213) Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has

become the First Indian personality to get a

lsquotalking Statuersquo at Madame Tussauds Singapore

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214) Spiritual leader Dada JP Vaswani passed

away

Dada JP Vaswani (99) the spiritual leader and

head of Sadhu Vaswani mission in Pune has

passed away in Pune Maharashtra on July 12

2018

He was born in Hyderabad Sindh (Pakistan) on

2nd August 1918 Vaswani was a world renowned

Spiritual leader known for promoting

vegetarianism and animal rights

JP Vaswani was the recipient of the 1998

UThant peace award Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram

Vaswani (TL Vaswani) who founded Sadhu

Vaswani Mission was his Guru

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215) 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

The 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention is

being organized by Ministry of External Affairs in

association with the State Government of Uttar

Pradesh in January 2019

Theme of 2019 event is ldquoRole of Indian Diaspora

in building a New Indiardquo

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216) ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo authored by

Tapan

The book ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo has

been authored by Tapan Kumar Chand the

Chairman cum Managing Director of NALCO

The book is recently released by Narendra Singh

Tamar the Union Minister of Mines Rural

Development and panchayat Raj

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217) Government set up task force on ways to

reduce import

The central government has set up a high level

task force under the Chairmanship of cabinet

Secretary PK Sinha to identify various items and

policy interventions to reduce dependence of

import

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218) Worldrsquos first 3D colour X-ray on Human

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Scientists from New Zealand have performed

worldrsquos first ever 3-D colour X-ray on human It

has potential to improve the field of medical

diagnostics

It incorporates particle-tracking technology

called Medipix developed by European

organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

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219) National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

The 4th National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

was held at Indore in Madhya Pradesh

Chhattisgarh won awards in all categories for

excellence in implementing minerals auction

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$llk

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eilngwwJ

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gpupTfspYk tpUJfis ntdWssJ

220) Photography ban at protected monuments

lifted

Photography will be allowed in all of the

monuments and archaeological sites

administered by the Archaeological Survey of

India except the mausoleum at Taj Mahal the

Ajanta Caves and the Leh palace

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mspffgglLssJ

221) India and China hold second maritime

security dialogue in Beijing China

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222) Prize for beautification of Railway Station

Balharshah and Chandrapur Railway Stations of

the Central Railway have been awarded the first

prize in Station beautification competition by

government

Madhubani Station of East Central Railway and

Madurai Station of Southern Railway were the

Co-winners of the Second prize

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gpbjjJ

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kwWk fpofF kjjpa uapyNtapd kJghdp

uapy epiyak uzlhk lk gpbjjJ

223) Odisha constitutes Heritage Cabinet

Odisha government constituted a lsquoHeritage

Cabinetrsquo headed by Chief Minister Naveen

Patnaik

lsquoHeritage Cabinetrsquo would aim at protection of

ancient monuments temples and archaeological

sites and take steps to preserve the states

culture language amp literature

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mikjjJ

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cUthffpAssJ

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glehaf csshu

224) First Double Stack Dwarf container Service

Indian Railways Introduces first Double Stack

Dwarf Container Service from Rajkot Division

Western Railway with the use of these double-

Stack dwarf containers the cost of the unit will

be significantly reduced

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nfhsfyd Nrit

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225) The Central government think tank NITI

Aayog has unveiled the blueprint of lsquoNational

Health Stackrsquo (NHS) a shared digital healthcare

infrastructure

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226) Former Pakistan Prime minister Nawaz

Sharif and his daughter Maryam who are

convicted for corruption were arrested

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227) Centuryrsquos longest total lunar eclipse

Union Ministry of Earth Science has announced

the Centuryrsquos (2001 to 2100) longest total

eclipse of 1 hour 43 minutes will occur on July

27-282018

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228) The Government of India has invited us

President Donal Trump to be chief guest at the

2019 Republic Day Parade

The US is yet to officially accept Indiarsquos invite

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nraaggltpyiy

229) Threatening Climate Change to the Nilgiri

tahr

According to recent Study published

international journal Ecological Engineering

Climate Change is threatening the Nilgiri tahr

International Union for conservation of Nature

(IUCN) in its red book has classified Nilgiri Tahr

it as Endangered

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khwwk

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Engineering) ntspapll Matpd gb ePyfpup

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230) 2018 Wimbledon Winners

Women singles - Angelique Kerber

(Germany)

Men singles - Novak Djokovic (Serbian)

Menrsquos Doubles - Mike Bryan (US) and Jack

Sock (US)

Womenrsquos Doubles - Barbora Krejcikova and

Katerina Siniakova from Czhech Republic

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Mzfs xwiwah - Nehthf

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Nrhejthfs

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nrfFbauir Nrhejthfs

231) Bansagar canal project Inaugurated

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the 171

km long Bansagar canal project to the nation in

Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh on July 15

2018

The project which is a joint venture of Uttar

Pradesh Madhya Pradesh and Bihar It built on

Son River

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itjJsshu

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232) Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018

Union Ministry of Drinking water and Sanitation

has launched Swachh Survekshan Grameen

2018 in New Delhi

The Programme will rank all states and districts

on the basis of a survey of Public places

Citizenrsquos perspective of cleanliness and their

recommendations

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ntspaplLssJ

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mwpfifapd NehffkhFk

233) 4th BIMSTEC Summit to be held in

Kathmandu

The fourth edition of Bay of Bengal Initiatives for

Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Co-

operation (BIMSTEC) will be held at Kathmandu

in Nepal from 30 t0 31 August 2018

Nepal is the current chair of BIMSTEC It is

headquartered in Dhaka

Member countries- India Nepal Bhutan

Bangladesh Srilanka Myanmar and Thailand

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ehdfhtJ gpk]nlf (Bay of Bengal Initiatives

for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Co-

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234) Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventories

in Asia

In New Delhi Union Minister DrHarsh Vardhan

inaugurates 16th Workshop on Greenhouse Gas

Inventories in Asia

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Gas Inventories in Asia) epforrpgt GJ

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235) First-ever metal craft exhibition in India

With an aim to promote and preserve the metal

craft tradition of Ladakh the first-ever metal

craft exhibition was held at Chilling village in Leh

district of Jammu amp Kashmir

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236) Kochi Metro Rail Limited opened Indiarsquos

first exquisite air-conditioned bed space

dormitor

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237) World Youth skills Day 15 July In 2014 UN

General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring

15th July as World Youth Skills day

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238) India became Vice-Chair on regional head

of Asia pacific Region of the World Customs

Organisation (WCO)

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gpuhejpa jiyikahf ejpah

njhpTnraagglLssJ

239) Resolution 2428 by UN security Council

The UN Security council has adopted a resolution

2428 to impose an arms embargo on South

Sudan The measure will stop the flow of

weapons to armed groups in the country

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Ieh ghJfhgG mitahdJ jPhkhdk 2428

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meehlbd MAjNkejpa FOffSfF

Majqfs tpepNahfk nratij jLfFk

240) Hindi Mother tongue of 4363 in India

According to the 2011 census Hindi continue to

be the most spoken language in India with

4363 of the country declaring it their mother-

tongue

Sanskrit was the least spoken of the countryrsquos

22 scheduled languages with just 24821

persons listing it as their mother tongue

The top 5 most spoken language by 2011 census

is (i) Hindi (4363) (ii) Bengali (803) (iii)

Marathi (686) (iv) Telugu (670) (v) Tamil

(570)

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jhankhopahf nfhzLssdu

2011 kffs njhif fzfnfLggpdgb

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nfhzbUffpwhhfs

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jhankhopahf nfhzLssdh

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gpdtUkhW

(i) ejp (4363) (ii) ngqfhyp (803) (iii)

kuhjjp (686) (iv) njYqF (670) (v) jkpo

(570) 241) Oldest Narrow- Gauge Rail Line in India

The 33 km Dabhoi-Miyagam line in Gujarat

State Indiarsquos first narrow gauge railway stretch

which started operations in 1862 will be closed

forever The line will be soon converted into

broad gauge

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1862 Mk MzL Kjy nrayghlLfF tej

33 fpNyh kPllu njhiyT nfhzl

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F[uhjjpy css jNgha-kpahfk uapy

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uapy ghij tpiutpy mfy uapy

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242) Approval for Chinese Bank in India

Bank of China one of four biggest State-run

Chinese lenders has received in Principal

approval from the Reserve Bank of India to open

branches in India

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rPd murhqfjjpDila fld mspfFk

kpfgngupa ehdF tqfpfspy xdwhd Ngqf

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fpisfisj jpwff kjjpa uprut

tqfpaplkpUeJ nfhsifastpy xgGjy

ngwWssJ

243) Private Universities in Tamil Nadu

Two bills adopting the establishment of Shiv

Nadar University and Sai University were passed

in the Tamil Nadu assembly

As per the provisions of two bills adopted in the

assembly the two universities will be self-

financing institutions and would be allowed to

establish constituent colleges Currently there

were no private Universities in Tamil nadu

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rpt ehlhu gyfiyffofk kwWk rha

gyfiyffofk Mfpa uzL

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jkpoehL rllrig VwWf nfhzbUffpwJ

ej uzL kNrhjhffspd tpjpKiwfspd

gb uzL gyfiyffofqfSk Raepjp

epWtdqfshFk NkYk

ggyfiyffofqfSfF fyYhpfis

mikffTk mDkjp toqfgglLssJ

jwnghOJ jkpofjjpy jdpahu

gyfiyffofqfs vJTk yiy

244) Committee to review companies Act 2013

The ministry of Corporate Affairs has constituted

a 10 member Committee headed by the Injeti

Srinivas (Secretary of Ministry of Corporate

Affairs) for review of the panel provisions in the

companies Act 2013

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FO

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2013) jzlid tpjpKiwfis kPshaT

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(ngUepWtd tptfhuqfs mikrrf

nrayhsh) jiyikapy gjJ cWggpdhfs

nfhzl xU FOit ngUepWtd

tptfhuqfs mikrrk mikjJssJ

245) 2nd National Tourism conclave organised at

Jaipur in Rajasthan

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uh[]jhd khepyjjpd n[ag+u efupy

eilngwwJ

246) Madras Music Academy has selected

Carnatic Vocalist Aruna Sairam for this yearrsquos

Sangita Kalanithi award

Mridangam artist Thanjavur R Ramadas and

Vocalist K Omanakutty will receive the Kala

Acharya award

Veena and Nagaswaram players and teachers

Kalyani Ganesan and S R G Rajanna have been

chosen for the TTK awards

Prameela Gurumurthy has been selected for

musicologist award Veteran Danseuse Shanta

Dhananjayan will get Nrithya Kalanithi Award

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nkluh] kpa+rpf mflhkpapd rqfPj fyhepjp

tpUJgt gpugy fudhlf thaghlLf fiyQh

mUzh rhauhKfF toqfggLfpwJ

rqfPj fyhrhuah tpUJfsgt kpUjqf

fiyQh jQrht+u Muuhkjh]fFkgt

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FlbfFk toqfggLk

tPizf fiyQh fyahzp fNzrDfFk

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toqfggLk

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FUhjjpfF toqfggLk epUja fyhepjp

tpUij gujehlbaf fiyQh rhejh

jdQ[ad ngWfpwhh

247) Kamaraj birthday July 15 is celebrated as

Educational Development Dayrsquo by Tamil Nadu

government

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Njjpia fytp tsurrp ehshf

nfhzlhLfpwJ jkpof muR

248) India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror drill

Anti terror drill organised by the Shanghai

Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is scheduled

From August 20-29 at Chelyabinsk City in Russia

India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror SCO drill

along with other member countries Russia

China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Tajikistan and

Uzbekistan

It will be for the first time since Independence

that India and Pakistan will both be a part of

military exercise

Around 200 Army and Air force personal from

India will be participating in the drill called

ldquoPeace Mission 2018rdquo

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Njjp Kjy 29-k Njjp tiu uahtpd

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izeJ $lLg gapwrpapy gqNfwgJ

JNt KjyKiwahFk

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giliar Nrhej 200 tPuhfsgt lsquomikjpj

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$lLg gapwrrpfF NjuenjLffgglLssdh

249) France wins 21st FIFA world cup Football

title

France has won 21st FIFA world cup football by

defeating Croatia by 4-2 goals in the final match

held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow Russia

on 1572018

It was Francersquos Second world cup crown after it

had own it in 1998 It was Croatiarsquos first world

Cup final appearance Croatia became the lowest

ranked team ever to reach a World Cup Final

France and Croatia belong European Continent

Top 4 teams in 21st FIFA world cup are (i) France

(ii) Croatia (iii) Belgium (iv) England

FIFA Awards for the 2018 world cup

(i) Best player ndash Golden Ball Luka Modric

(Croatia)

(ii) Top Goal scorer ndash Golden Boot Harry Kane

(England)

(iii) Best Goal keeper ndash golden Glove Thibaut

Courtois (Belgium)

(iv) Best Young Player Kylian Mbappe (France)

(v) Fairest Team Spain

(vi) man of the Match (final) Antoine

Griezmann (France)

Captain of France Football team is Hugo Lloris

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tJ gpgh cyff Nfhgig fhygeJ

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kwWk FNuhpah INuhggh fzljij

NrhejJ

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mzpfs (i) gpuhd] (ii) FNuhpah (iii)

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2018-k MzL cyff Nfhgigffhd gpgh

tpUjfs

rpwej tPuh - jqf fhygeJ

Yfh Nkhlupr (FNuhpah)

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`hupNfd (qfpyheJ)

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NfhulLth (ngy[pak)

rpwej sk tPuh - fpspahd ghgNg

(gpuhd])

Ngu gpNs ]ngapd

Mllehafd tpUJ (Wjp Nghlb)

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gpuhd] mzpapd Nfgld `pa+Nfh nyhup]

250) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar

inaugurated Goa IT Day celebrations in Panaji

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jfty njhopyElgk jpdrdquo

nfhzlhlljjpid gdh[papy njhlqfp

itjjhh

251) Assam government has decided to make

Himadas statersquos brand ambassador for sports

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tpisahlbwfhd khepyjjpd tpskguj

Jjuhf NjuenjLjJssJ

252) Iceland in UN Human Rights Council

Iceland has taken the seat vacated by United

States at the 47 member UN Human Rights

Council

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I]yheJ

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Uej mttpljij epugGtjwfhf I]yheJ

njhpT nraagglLssJ

253) 64-dish Meer KAT radio telescope

South Africa unveiled new 64-dish Meer KAT

radio telescope that could help unlock the

mysteries of the Universe

Meer KAT will be incorporated into complex

square kilometre Array (SKA) instrument SKA

will be fully operational in the late 2020s to be

most powerful radio telescope in the world

The Meer KAT will be the worldrsquos largest radio

telescope of its kind until the Square kilometre

Array (SKA) has been completed

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njhiyNehffp

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cjTk Gjpa 64-b kPufhl (64-dish Meer

KAT) vDk thndhyp njhiyNehffpapid

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tupir fUtpAld izffggLk SKA 2020-

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(SKA) nrayghlbwF tUk tiu kPufhl

(Meer KAT) cyfpd kpfgngupa thndhyp

njhiyNehffpahf UfFk

254) ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas

Engine

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ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas Engine

from Mahendragiri of Tirunelveli district Vikas

(Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai)

The Vikas Engine is the work shore liquid rocket

engine used to power the second stage of the

ISROrsquos trusted Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

(PSLV)

It is also used in the second stage and also at

the four strap on stages of Geosynchronous

Launch vehicle (GSLV) and in the twin-engine

core liquid stage (L110) of GSLV Mk-111

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ntwwpfukhf Nrhjpjjdh

jpUneyNtyp khtlljjpd kNfejpufphpapy

(Vikas) tpfh] d[Pdpd cah ceJk

gjpgig tpQQhdpfs ntwwpfukhf

ghpNrhjpjjdh Vikas (tpfuk mkgyhy

rhuhgha)

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MFk

NkYk J GSLV-apd 2-k epiy kwWk 4-k

epiy kwWk GSLV Mk-111- ulil

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MwwyspfFk jput VTfiz d[Pd MFk

255) Global Sugar output Record high

In its latest report the UN body has forecast

world Sugar output to hit a record high at 1876

million tonnes in 2017-18 and Surpass

consumption The anticipated surplus is likely to

the largest in history

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gy mikggpd rkPgjjpa mwpfifapy 2017-

18y cyf ruffiu cwgjjp mjpfsthf

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kpfTk mjpfkhdjhf UfFk

256) Fossil Museum in Ariyalur

The Fossil Museum at Varanavasi near Ariyalur

town is set to open The museum will provide

evidence of the existence of dinosaurs and other

associated reptilians in the Ariyalur region

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mupaYupy

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thuzthrpapy Gij capuggbt

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fhlrpg nglbahf UfFk

257) The madras High court has ruled that there

is no legal obligation on the part of a mother to

disclose the name of the father at the time of

registering her childrsquos birth

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nraAkNghJ jeijapd ngaiu

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flikayy vdW kjuh] cauePjpkdwk

jPuggspjJssJ

258) Indian farmers fertiliser cooperative limited

(IFFCO) launched a social e-commerce app

called ldquoIFFCO iMandirdquo

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rhugpy (IFFCO) ldquoIFFCO iMandirdquo vdfpw kpd

tzpf nrayp xdiw ntspaplgglLssJ

259) 100 public services to be delivered at

doorstep in Delhi

Delhi people will get around 100 public services

including driving licence and caste certificate at

their door step under a proposed scheme of the

Delhi government The scheme was named as

lsquoMobilersquo Sahayaksrsquo

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rhdwpjo Nritfs

XlLeu cupkkgt rhjp rhdwpjofs clgl 100

tifahd muR NritfSffhf nlyyp

thrpfspd tPlLfNf nrdW toqFk

jplljij nlyyp muR jpllkplLssJ ej

jplljjpwF lsquonkhigy r`hafrsquo vdg

ngauplgglLssJ

260) Trump-Putin Summit

Russiarsquos president Vladimir Putin and Americanrsquos

President Donald Trump met at Helsinki capital

of Finland

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mjpgu tpshbkpu GjpDk gpdyheJ jiyefu

n`yrpdfpapy rejpjJg Ngrpdu

261) New Headquarters building of

Archaeological Survey of India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated

lsquoDharohar Bhawanrsquo ndash the new headquarters

building of the Archaeological Survey of India

(ASI) in New Delhi

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jiyikf flblk

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lsquoejpaj njhynghUs MaTjJiwffhd

Gjpa jiyikafk flblk GJ nlyypapy

gpujku Nkhb jpweJ itjjhh

262) Per Capita Revenue Collection

Haryana has topped other States in per capita

Revenue Collection in the first Financial year of

the GST regime per Capita revenue collection of

Haryana is Rs 187697month

2nd Position is Uttarakhand 3rd position is

Maharashtra

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GST MlrpKiwapd Kjy epjp Mzby

mjpf jdpegu tUtha typy KjyhtJ

ljjpid `upahdh mileJssJgt

`upahdhtpd jdpegh tUtha ty

khjjjpwF 1gt87697 MFk

263) Digital Health Campaign for Think For

Health

The Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of

India ( (OPPI) launched its digital campaign

Think for Health at its annual summit in New

Delhi

The initiative Think For Health was launched in

Partnership with the Government of Telangana

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gugGiu

ejpa kUeJ cwgjjpahsufs rqfk

(OPPI) Think for Health vdw b[plly

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MukgpjJssJ

Think for Health vdw Kawrp njYqfhdh

khepy murpd xjJiogGld

toqfgglLssJ

264) Government reappoints Anil D

Sahasrabudhe

Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)

has approved renewal of appointment of Prof

Anil D Sahabsrabudhe as the Chairman of the All

India council for Technical Education (AICTE)

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toqfpaJ muR

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ejpa njhopyElg gyfiyffofjjpdrdquo

jiytuhf mdpyr`h]uGNj mthfSfF

gzp ePlbgG toqfp Miz toqfpAssJ

265) 12 new moons discovered around Jupiter

Scientists had discovered 12 new moons around

Jupiter The discoveries bring the number of

Jupiterrsquos known moon to 79 the most around a

single planet in our Solar system

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tpahod Nfhspid RwWk Gjpa 12

epyTfis tpQQhdpfs fzLgpbjJssdh

jd yk tpahod Nfhspd nkhjj

epyTfspd vzzpfif 79 Mf

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cssJ

266) Nelson Mandela International Day July 18

2018 marks the Centenary of the birth of Nelson

Mandela

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100-tJ gpwej jpdk nfhzlhlggLfpwJ

267) Rajpurrsquos Swami Vivekananda Airport has

been ranked first in Customer Satisfaction

among 49 airports in the country

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epiyak thbfifahsu kdepiwtpy

Kjypljjpidg ngwWssJ

268) LIGO-India Laboratory in Maharashtra

The Government of India (GOI) has given lsquoIn-

Principlersquo approval for construction and operation

of LIGO-India (Laser Interferometer

Gravitational wave observatory in India)

Laboratory in hingoli District of Maharashtra

The LIGO-India Observatory is Scheduled to be

operational in 2024 in Collaboration with the

LIGO Laboratory in United States

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kfhuhbuh khepyjjpd `pqNfhyp

khtlljjpygt LIGO- ejpah (Laser

Interferometer Gravitational wave observatory)

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nrayghlbwfhf ejpa muR nfhsif

mstpyhd xgGjiy toqfpAssJ

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mzby nrayghlLfF tUk vd

vjphghhffggLfpwJ

269) Cheapest drinking water in the world

Bihar will soon provide the cheapest drinking

water in the world The first of such a water

project named lsquoSulabh Jalrsquo was launched in

Biharrsquos Darbhanga district

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kypthd FbePiu toqfTssJ

KjdKiwahf jzzPu njhlughd jpllkhd

lsquoRyhgfrsquo [y gPfhupd jugqfh khtlljjpy

njhlqfgglLssJ

270) Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)

has organised ldquo Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyanrdquo

campaign in five main stem Ganga basin

States-Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh Bihar

Jharkhand and west Bengal It has been

observed as lsquoShubharambh Saptahrsquo

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cjjufhzlgt cjjuggpuNjrkgt gPfhhgt

[hhffzl kwWk NkwF tqfk

Mfpatwwpy ldquofqfh tphpNuhgdrdquo vdw

gugGiuia fqif Jaikffhd Njrpa

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271) ldquoPitch Blackrdquo war exercise

The Indian Air force (IAF) is participating in the

Multinational ldquoPitch Blackrdquo warfare exercise

hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force in

Australia

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M]jpNuypahtpd uhay tpkhdg gil

eljJkgt gyNtW ehLfs gqNfwFk

kpfgngupa Nghu gapwrp epforrpahd ldquogplr

gpshfrdquo epforrpapy ejpa tpkhdggilAk

fyeJ nfhsfpwJ eepforrp

M]jpNuypahtpy eilgngWfpwJ

272) BSE building gets trademark

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has secured a

ldquotrademarkrdquo for its iconic building Phizoze

Jeejeebhoy Towers located in Mumbai

Subsequently the usage of the BSE buildingrsquos

picture will required consent from BSE

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(trademark)

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273) Central Government announces amnesty

for prisoners to mark Mahatma Gandhirsquos 150th

birth anniversary

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274) New 100 Rs Note

New lavender-coloured Rs100 currency notes

will soon be issued by the Reserve Bank of India

The new note will feature the motif of the lsquoRani

Ki Vavrsquo Stepwell in Gujarat as well as the

Swachh Bharat logo and Slogan

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275) The book ldquoThe House of Islam A global

Historyrdquo has been authored by Islamic radical Ed

Hussain

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276) Athletics World Cup

The USA won the first Athletics World Cup held

in London England Poland and Great Britain

took 2nd and 3rd spot respectively

The Athletics world cup is a team-based

international athletics competition inaugurated in

2018 The inaugural edition had eight national

teams based on world rankings

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277) lsquoAabhaar Aapki Sewa karsquo

The Chhattisgarh government has launched an

online portal and mobile app lsquoAabhaar-Aapki

Seva Karsquo (Gratitude-for your service) to provide

transparency in the pension facility

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278) President has given assent to Assam witch

Hunting (Prohibition Prevention and Protection)

Bill 2015 passed by state Assembly

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279) 2018 NABARD Award

Repco Micro Finance Ltd a non-banking Finance

Company promoted by Repco bank has won the

2018 NABARD award for its service to self-Help

Group (SHG) linkage in Tamil Nadu for the fiscal

year 2017-18

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280) ASI to upgrade Seven monuments in

TamilNadu

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has

planned to upgrade infrastructural and tourist

friendly facilities at seven sites which are

approved under Adarsh Smarak Scheme for

conservation of Monuments in Tamil Nadu

The Monuments are Shore temple

Mamallapuram Gingee Fort kailasanathar

temple Kancheepuram Brihadeswarar temple

Thanjavur Sithananavasal Caves vellore fort

Moovar koil Kodumbalur

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(Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)

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281) Myanmar in International Solar Alliance

Myanmar has joined the India-initiated

International Solar Alliance (ISA) and became

the 68th signatory to the framework Agreement

of the ISA It is headquarters at Gwal Pahari

village in Gurugram Haryana

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282) Scottish site selected for Spaceport

UK space agency has selected site at Sutherland

on ArsquoMhoine peninsula on north Coast of

Scotland for its first Spaceport to launch rockets

vertically and put satellites in orbit

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283) Lakshya sen won gold at Asia Badminton

Junior

Lakshya sen from India has clinched historic

menrsquos singles gold at the Asia Badminton Junior

Championship 2018 in Jakarata

With this he became the 3rd Indian shuttler to

win singles gold at the competition after

Gautham Thakkar and PV Sindhu

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284) Afghan player nominated for the IOC

membership

A young Afghan basketball player Samira

Asghari has been nominated for the

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

membership She is among 9 candidates for

membership of the body in a move to boost

womenrsquos rights

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285) Arman Ali was appointed as Executive

Director of National Centre for promotion of

employment for Disable People (NCPEDP)

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286) Worldrsquos Best Cities Report

According to Travel+ Leisurersquos worldrsquos best cities

report the city of Udaipur has ranked 3rd The

top 2 cities are both in Mexico- San Miguel de

Allende and Oaxaca

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p287) Delhi Dialogue (DDX)

The 10th edition of Delhi Dialogue (DDX) was

held in New Delhi and was hosted by Union

External affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj The

theme for this edition was ldquoStrengthening India-

ASEAN maritime Cooperationrdquo

Delhi Dialogue is premier annual event to

discuss Politico- security economic and Socio-

Cultural engagement between India and the

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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288) Central Oil PSUs has signed joint Venture

Pact

In a major initiative to connect all the North-

East States to the National Gas grid the 5

Central oil PSUs -IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL and

NRL have signed a joint venture agreement for

executing the North-East Natural Gas Pipeline

Grid (N-ENGPG) in Guwahati

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289) PATA Gold Award 2018

Sahapediarsquos India Heritage ldquowalk Feterdquo wins

PATA award has been awarded the PATA Gold

Award 2018 for its recently concluded Pon-India

event

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290) Medini Puraskar Yojana

The Environment Ministry re-introduced the

lsquoMedini Puraskar Yojanarsquo a scheme that awards

Indian authors for their original work in Hindi on

environment pollution and climate change

subjects

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291) Student Police Cadet Programme

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has

launched the student police Cadet Programme to

build a bridge between the police and the larger

community though School students by

inculcating values and ethics in them

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292) lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched the

lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo in a bid to make London

the worldrsquos most walkable city

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293) Fugitive Economic offenders Bill 2018

The Parliament passed the Fugitive Economic

Offenders Bill 2018 which will empower

authorities to attach and Confiscate properties

and assets of economic offenders like loan

defaulters and Fraudsters who flee the country

The Cases where the total value involved in such

Scheduled offences is Rs 100 crore or more will

come under its purview

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Economic offenders Bill 2018)

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294) India-assisted emergency ambulance

Service

Indian prime Minister launched the India-

assisted emergency ambulance Service in

Srilanka through video conferencing from New

Delhi

The inaugural function was scheduled in Jaffna

Srilanka this is the largest Indian project in

Srilanka after Indian housing project

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295) 24-hour helpline for Protection for inter-

caste couples

The Tamil Nadu government has setup a 24-

hour helpline to investigate issues faced by

inter-caste couples and offer them necessary

assistance

A special cell has been formed in all districts and

cities in the State comprising district-level

officers to receive complaints of harassment

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296) India tops skilled visa immigrants list

According to the data released by Australian

Bureau of Statistics for those coming to

Australia on the skilled visa India with 19

people bagged the top rank

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297) Padhe Bharat-Badhe Bharat

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

has announced lsquoPadhe Bharat-Badhe Bharatrsquo an

initiative to promote the reading culture among

students The initiative has launched under

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo

Under this initiative the government will give an

annual library grant to schools

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo is an overarching programme

for school educating extending from primary to

class 12 which was introduced in the Union

Budget 2018-19

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298) Miss Asia (Deaf) 2018

Deshna Jain who is from Madhya Pradesh has

been crowned the 2018 Miss Asia (Deaf) title

and also she was the 3rd in the 2018 Miss

international (Deaf)

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299) South East Asiarsquos first Centre for Climate

Change

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (NABARD) has launched the South

East Asiarsquos First-ever centre for Climate change

in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

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300) System of Air Quality and weather

Forecasting

Dr Harsh Vardhan the Union Environment

Minister has launched a advanced State-of-the-

art Air Quality and weather forecast System

called SAFAR (System of Air Quality and

Weather Forecasting) in Delhi

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301) Odisha police has launched a drive to bust

an international syndicate that peddles

lsquoendangeredrsquo pangolin

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302) According to Public Affairs Index (PAI) for

2018 Kerala stands as the best-governed State

in the country followed by Tamil Nadu

Telangana

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303) Typhoon Ampil has recently hit Chinese

Financial hub Shunghai and disrupted transport

and shipping

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304) lsquoe -Pragati Core initiativersquo

The Andhra Pradesh government has launched

lsquoe-Pragati core initiativersquo to provide integrated

Service to citizens It will act as a platform to

connect all departments and Stand alone to

resolve the issue

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305) Tribal Atlas of Odisha

Odisha government has unveiled First-ever

Tribal Atlas of Odisharsquo a compilation of

demographic and Cultural information of the

tribal population in the State It is first of its kind

Compilation in the country

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306) Justice Tahira Safdar has been named as

the new Chief justice of the Balochistan High

court with this She will become the first-ever

female high court chief Justice in Pakistan

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307) The NASA has launched lsquoRemote sensing

Toolkitrsquo to promote commercial use of satellite

data

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308) Rajiv Gauba Committee

The Union Government has constituted a high

level committee to suggest laws against mob

lynching and Violence The committee is headed

by the Rajiv Gauba

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309) MicroDot Technology

The Indian government has announced the

launch of a new MicroDot Technology that would

help check on vehicle theft

Under this thousands of small dots laser etched

will be sprayed with a vehicle identification

number on all over the vehiclersquos body including

its engine

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310) The book ldquoThe Dhoni Touch Unravelling

the Enigma That is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquo has

been authored by Bharat Sundaresan

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is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquovdw Eiy guj

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311) Chennia is going to host the world Junior

Squash Championship 2018

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312) First person to Ski down the K2

Polandrsquos Andrzej Bargiel became the First person

to Ski down the worldrsquos 2nd highest mountain K2

peak

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313) Alize cornet of France won the Swiss open

Tennis title

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314) State Bank of India organized a nation

wide Kisan Mela as an outreach programme for

farmers and to impart Financial literacy

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315) ldquoWarlightrdquo in the Man Booker Prize list

Srilankan born Canadian author Michael

Ondaatje has again made the Man Booker Prize

list with his latest novel lsquoWarlightrdquo Recently his

work was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize

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316) Sitamarhi became the first open defecation

free district in Bihar

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57) Shale in Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules

1959

Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has

amended Petroleum and natural Gas Rules 1959

to include Shale in the definition of Petroleum

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1959

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318) Prime Ministers tour of three-nations in

Africa

PM Narendra Modi is on a three nation tour to

the African countries including Rwanda Uganda

amp South Africa

Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime

minister to visit Rwanda he gifted 200 cows as

part of Rwanda governmentrsquos Girinka

programme India decided to gift a cancer

therapy machine to the Uganda

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319) The Ministry of women and child

Development has launched a contest ldquoChildline

1098rdquo to spread awareness on human trafficking

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320) 10th edition of BRICS Summit in

Johannesburg

South Africa is hosting the 10th edition of BRICS

summit 2018 in Johannesburg with theme

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution

The member nations are Brazil Russia India

China amp South Africa

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321) The 3rd edition of Kabira festival 2018 will

be held in Varanasi to celebrate the spirit of 15th

century mystic poet Kabir

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322) World Bankrsquos internal award to ICZM

Indiarsquos Integrated Coastal Zone Management

(ICZM) project has won the World Bankrsquos

internal award for exceptional performance in

achieving many development goals

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Scientists from New Zealand have performed

worldrsquos first ever 3-D colour X-ray on human It

has potential to improve the field of medical

diagnostics

It incorporates particle-tracking technology

called Medipix developed by European

organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

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219) National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

The 4th National Conclave on Mines and Minerals

was held at Indore in Madhya Pradesh

Chhattisgarh won awards in all categories for

excellence in implementing minerals auction

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$llk

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220) Photography ban at protected monuments

lifted

Photography will be allowed in all of the

monuments and archaeological sites

administered by the Archaeological Survey of

India except the mausoleum at Taj Mahal the

Ajanta Caves and the Leh palace

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221) India and China hold second maritime

security dialogue in Beijing China

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222) Prize for beautification of Railway Station

Balharshah and Chandrapur Railway Stations of

the Central Railway have been awarded the first

prize in Station beautification competition by

government

Madhubani Station of East Central Railway and

Madurai Station of Southern Railway were the

Co-winners of the Second prize

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223) Odisha constitutes Heritage Cabinet

Odisha government constituted a lsquoHeritage

Cabinetrsquo headed by Chief Minister Naveen

Patnaik

lsquoHeritage Cabinetrsquo would aim at protection of

ancient monuments temples and archaeological

sites and take steps to preserve the states

culture language amp literature

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224) First Double Stack Dwarf container Service

Indian Railways Introduces first Double Stack

Dwarf Container Service from Rajkot Division

Western Railway with the use of these double-

Stack dwarf containers the cost of the unit will

be significantly reduced

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225) The Central government think tank NITI

Aayog has unveiled the blueprint of lsquoNational

Health Stackrsquo (NHS) a shared digital healthcare

infrastructure

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226) Former Pakistan Prime minister Nawaz

Sharif and his daughter Maryam who are

convicted for corruption were arrested

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227) Centuryrsquos longest total lunar eclipse

Union Ministry of Earth Science has announced

the Centuryrsquos (2001 to 2100) longest total

eclipse of 1 hour 43 minutes will occur on July

27-282018

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228) The Government of India has invited us

President Donal Trump to be chief guest at the

2019 Republic Day Parade

The US is yet to officially accept Indiarsquos invite

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229) Threatening Climate Change to the Nilgiri

tahr

According to recent Study published

international journal Ecological Engineering

Climate Change is threatening the Nilgiri tahr

International Union for conservation of Nature

(IUCN) in its red book has classified Nilgiri Tahr

it as Endangered

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230) 2018 Wimbledon Winners

Women singles - Angelique Kerber

(Germany)

Men singles - Novak Djokovic (Serbian)

Menrsquos Doubles - Mike Bryan (US) and Jack

Sock (US)

Womenrsquos Doubles - Barbora Krejcikova and

Katerina Siniakova from Czhech Republic

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Nrhejthfs

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231) Bansagar canal project Inaugurated

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the 171

km long Bansagar canal project to the nation in

Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh on July 15

2018

The project which is a joint venture of Uttar

Pradesh Madhya Pradesh and Bihar It built on

Son River

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232) Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018

Union Ministry of Drinking water and Sanitation

has launched Swachh Survekshan Grameen

2018 in New Delhi

The Programme will rank all states and districts

on the basis of a survey of Public places

Citizenrsquos perspective of cleanliness and their

recommendations

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233) 4th BIMSTEC Summit to be held in

Kathmandu

The fourth edition of Bay of Bengal Initiatives for

Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Co-

operation (BIMSTEC) will be held at Kathmandu

in Nepal from 30 t0 31 August 2018

Nepal is the current chair of BIMSTEC It is

headquartered in Dhaka

Member countries- India Nepal Bhutan

Bangladesh Srilanka Myanmar and Thailand

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for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Co-

operation (BIMSTEC) khehL Mf]l 30 Kjy

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234) Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventories

in Asia

In New Delhi Union Minister DrHarsh Vardhan

inaugurates 16th Workshop on Greenhouse Gas

Inventories in Asia

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16-tJ Mrpa gRik yy thA

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Gas Inventories in Asia) epforrpgt GJ

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235) First-ever metal craft exhibition in India

With an aim to promote and preserve the metal

craft tradition of Ladakh the first-ever metal

craft exhibition was held at Chilling village in Leh

district of Jammu amp Kashmir

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236) Kochi Metro Rail Limited opened Indiarsquos

first exquisite air-conditioned bed space

dormitor

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237) World Youth skills Day 15 July In 2014 UN

General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring

15th July as World Youth Skills day

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238) India became Vice-Chair on regional head

of Asia pacific Region of the World Customs

Organisation (WCO)

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239) Resolution 2428 by UN security Council

The UN Security council has adopted a resolution

2428 to impose an arms embargo on South

Sudan The measure will stop the flow of

weapons to armed groups in the country

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Ieh ghJfhgG mitahdJ jPhkhdk 2428

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240) Hindi Mother tongue of 4363 in India

According to the 2011 census Hindi continue to

be the most spoken language in India with

4363 of the country declaring it their mother-

tongue

Sanskrit was the least spoken of the countryrsquos

22 scheduled languages with just 24821

persons listing it as their mother tongue

The top 5 most spoken language by 2011 census

is (i) Hindi (4363) (ii) Bengali (803) (iii)

Marathi (686) (iv) Telugu (670) (v) Tamil

(570)

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(i) ejp (4363) (ii) ngqfhyp (803) (iii)

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(570) 241) Oldest Narrow- Gauge Rail Line in India

The 33 km Dabhoi-Miyagam line in Gujarat

State Indiarsquos first narrow gauge railway stretch

which started operations in 1862 will be closed

forever The line will be soon converted into

broad gauge

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1862 Mk MzL Kjy nrayghlLfF tej

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242) Approval for Chinese Bank in India

Bank of China one of four biggest State-run

Chinese lenders has received in Principal

approval from the Reserve Bank of India to open

branches in India

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ngwWssJ

243) Private Universities in Tamil Nadu

Two bills adopting the establishment of Shiv

Nadar University and Sai University were passed

in the Tamil Nadu assembly

As per the provisions of two bills adopted in the

assembly the two universities will be self-

financing institutions and would be allowed to

establish constituent colleges Currently there

were no private Universities in Tamil nadu

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244) Committee to review companies Act 2013

The ministry of Corporate Affairs has constituted

a 10 member Committee headed by the Injeti

Srinivas (Secretary of Ministry of Corporate

Affairs) for review of the panel provisions in the

companies Act 2013

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245) 2nd National Tourism conclave organised at

Jaipur in Rajasthan

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246) Madras Music Academy has selected

Carnatic Vocalist Aruna Sairam for this yearrsquos

Sangita Kalanithi award

Mridangam artist Thanjavur R Ramadas and

Vocalist K Omanakutty will receive the Kala

Acharya award

Veena and Nagaswaram players and teachers

Kalyani Ganesan and S R G Rajanna have been

chosen for the TTK awards

Prameela Gurumurthy has been selected for

musicologist award Veteran Danseuse Shanta

Dhananjayan will get Nrithya Kalanithi Award

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247) Kamaraj birthday July 15 is celebrated as

Educational Development Dayrsquo by Tamil Nadu

government

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248) India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror drill

Anti terror drill organised by the Shanghai

Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is scheduled

From August 20-29 at Chelyabinsk City in Russia

India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror SCO drill

along with other member countries Russia

China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Tajikistan and

Uzbekistan

It will be for the first time since Independence

that India and Pakistan will both be a part of

military exercise

Around 200 Army and Air force personal from

India will be participating in the drill called

ldquoPeace Mission 2018rdquo

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249) France wins 21st FIFA world cup Football

title

France has won 21st FIFA world cup football by

defeating Croatia by 4-2 goals in the final match

held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow Russia

on 1572018

It was Francersquos Second world cup crown after it

had own it in 1998 It was Croatiarsquos first world

Cup final appearance Croatia became the lowest

ranked team ever to reach a World Cup Final

France and Croatia belong European Continent

Top 4 teams in 21st FIFA world cup are (i) France

(ii) Croatia (iii) Belgium (iv) England

FIFA Awards for the 2018 world cup

(i) Best player ndash Golden Ball Luka Modric

(Croatia)

(ii) Top Goal scorer ndash Golden Boot Harry Kane

(England)

(iii) Best Goal keeper ndash golden Glove Thibaut

Courtois (Belgium)

(iv) Best Young Player Kylian Mbappe (France)

(v) Fairest Team Spain

(vi) man of the Match (final) Antoine

Griezmann (France)

Captain of France Football team is Hugo Lloris

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250) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar

inaugurated Goa IT Day celebrations in Panaji

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251) Assam government has decided to make

Himadas statersquos brand ambassador for sports

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252) Iceland in UN Human Rights Council

Iceland has taken the seat vacated by United

States at the 47 member UN Human Rights

Council

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253) 64-dish Meer KAT radio telescope

South Africa unveiled new 64-dish Meer KAT

radio telescope that could help unlock the

mysteries of the Universe

Meer KAT will be incorporated into complex

square kilometre Array (SKA) instrument SKA

will be fully operational in the late 2020s to be

most powerful radio telescope in the world

The Meer KAT will be the worldrsquos largest radio

telescope of its kind until the Square kilometre

Array (SKA) has been completed

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254) ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas

Engine

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ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas Engine

from Mahendragiri of Tirunelveli district Vikas

(Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai)

The Vikas Engine is the work shore liquid rocket

engine used to power the second stage of the

ISROrsquos trusted Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

(PSLV)

It is also used in the second stage and also at

the four strap on stages of Geosynchronous

Launch vehicle (GSLV) and in the twin-engine

core liquid stage (L110) of GSLV Mk-111

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255) Global Sugar output Record high

In its latest report the UN body has forecast

world Sugar output to hit a record high at 1876

million tonnes in 2017-18 and Surpass

consumption The anticipated surplus is likely to

the largest in history

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256) Fossil Museum in Ariyalur

The Fossil Museum at Varanavasi near Ariyalur

town is set to open The museum will provide

evidence of the existence of dinosaurs and other

associated reptilians in the Ariyalur region

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257) The madras High court has ruled that there

is no legal obligation on the part of a mother to

disclose the name of the father at the time of

registering her childrsquos birth

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258) Indian farmers fertiliser cooperative limited

(IFFCO) launched a social e-commerce app

called ldquoIFFCO iMandirdquo

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259) 100 public services to be delivered at

doorstep in Delhi

Delhi people will get around 100 public services

including driving licence and caste certificate at

their door step under a proposed scheme of the

Delhi government The scheme was named as

lsquoMobilersquo Sahayaksrsquo

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260) Trump-Putin Summit

Russiarsquos president Vladimir Putin and Americanrsquos

President Donald Trump met at Helsinki capital

of Finland

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261) New Headquarters building of

Archaeological Survey of India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated

lsquoDharohar Bhawanrsquo ndash the new headquarters

building of the Archaeological Survey of India

(ASI) in New Delhi

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262) Per Capita Revenue Collection

Haryana has topped other States in per capita

Revenue Collection in the first Financial year of

the GST regime per Capita revenue collection of

Haryana is Rs 187697month

2nd Position is Uttarakhand 3rd position is

Maharashtra

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263) Digital Health Campaign for Think For

Health

The Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of

India ( (OPPI) launched its digital campaign

Think for Health at its annual summit in New

Delhi

The initiative Think For Health was launched in

Partnership with the Government of Telangana

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264) Government reappoints Anil D

Sahasrabudhe

Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)

has approved renewal of appointment of Prof

Anil D Sahabsrabudhe as the Chairman of the All

India council for Technical Education (AICTE)

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265) 12 new moons discovered around Jupiter

Scientists had discovered 12 new moons around

Jupiter The discoveries bring the number of

Jupiterrsquos known moon to 79 the most around a

single planet in our Solar system

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266) Nelson Mandela International Day July 18

2018 marks the Centenary of the birth of Nelson

Mandela

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267) Rajpurrsquos Swami Vivekananda Airport has

been ranked first in Customer Satisfaction

among 49 airports in the country

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268) LIGO-India Laboratory in Maharashtra

The Government of India (GOI) has given lsquoIn-

Principlersquo approval for construction and operation

of LIGO-India (Laser Interferometer

Gravitational wave observatory in India)

Laboratory in hingoli District of Maharashtra

The LIGO-India Observatory is Scheduled to be

operational in 2024 in Collaboration with the

LIGO Laboratory in United States

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269) Cheapest drinking water in the world

Bihar will soon provide the cheapest drinking

water in the world The first of such a water

project named lsquoSulabh Jalrsquo was launched in

Biharrsquos Darbhanga district

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270) Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)

has organised ldquo Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyanrdquo

campaign in five main stem Ganga basin

States-Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh Bihar

Jharkhand and west Bengal It has been

observed as lsquoShubharambh Saptahrsquo

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271) ldquoPitch Blackrdquo war exercise

The Indian Air force (IAF) is participating in the

Multinational ldquoPitch Blackrdquo warfare exercise

hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force in

Australia

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272) BSE building gets trademark

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has secured a

ldquotrademarkrdquo for its iconic building Phizoze

Jeejeebhoy Towers located in Mumbai

Subsequently the usage of the BSE buildingrsquos

picture will required consent from BSE

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ldquoKjjpiu rpddkrdquo ( trademark)

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273) Central Government announces amnesty

for prisoners to mark Mahatma Gandhirsquos 150th

birth anniversary

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274) New 100 Rs Note

New lavender-coloured Rs100 currency notes

will soon be issued by the Reserve Bank of India

The new note will feature the motif of the lsquoRani

Ki Vavrsquo Stepwell in Gujarat as well as the

Swachh Bharat logo and Slogan

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275) The book ldquoThe House of Islam A global

Historyrdquo has been authored by Islamic radical Ed

Hussain

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276) Athletics World Cup

The USA won the first Athletics World Cup held

in London England Poland and Great Britain

took 2nd and 3rd spot respectively

The Athletics world cup is a team-based

international athletics competition inaugurated in

2018 The inaugural edition had eight national

teams based on world rankings

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277) lsquoAabhaar Aapki Sewa karsquo

The Chhattisgarh government has launched an

online portal and mobile app lsquoAabhaar-Aapki

Seva Karsquo (Gratitude-for your service) to provide

transparency in the pension facility

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278) President has given assent to Assam witch

Hunting (Prohibition Prevention and Protection)

Bill 2015 passed by state Assembly

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mspjJsshu

279) 2018 NABARD Award

Repco Micro Finance Ltd a non-banking Finance

Company promoted by Repco bank has won the

2018 NABARD award for its service to self-Help

Group (SHG) linkage in Tamil Nadu for the fiscal

year 2017-18

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280) ASI to upgrade Seven monuments in

TamilNadu

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has

planned to upgrade infrastructural and tourist

friendly facilities at seven sites which are

approved under Adarsh Smarak Scheme for

conservation of Monuments in Tamil Nadu

The Monuments are Shore temple

Mamallapuram Gingee Fort kailasanathar

temple Kancheepuram Brihadeswarar temple

Thanjavur Sithananavasal Caves vellore fort

Moovar koil Kodumbalur

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(Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)

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281) Myanmar in International Solar Alliance

Myanmar has joined the India-initiated

International Solar Alliance (ISA) and became

the 68th signatory to the framework Agreement

of the ISA It is headquarters at Gwal Pahari

village in Gurugram Haryana

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Alliance) fllikgG xggejjjpy

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282) Scottish site selected for Spaceport

UK space agency has selected site at Sutherland

on ArsquoMhoine peninsula on north Coast of

Scotland for its first Spaceport to launch rockets

vertically and put satellites in orbit

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283) Lakshya sen won gold at Asia Badminton

Junior

Lakshya sen from India has clinched historic

menrsquos singles gold at the Asia Badminton Junior

Championship 2018 in Jakarata

With this he became the 3rd Indian shuttler to

win singles gold at the competition after

Gautham Thakkar and PV Sindhu

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284) Afghan player nominated for the IOC

membership

A young Afghan basketball player Samira

Asghari has been nominated for the

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

membership She is among 9 candidates for

membership of the body in a move to boost

womenrsquos rights

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285) Arman Ali was appointed as Executive

Director of National Centre for promotion of

employment for Disable People (NCPEDP)

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epakpffgglLsshu

286) Worldrsquos Best Cities Report

According to Travel+ Leisurersquos worldrsquos best cities

report the city of Udaipur has ranked 3rd The

top 2 cities are both in Mexico- San Miguel de

Allende and Oaxaca

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p287) Delhi Dialogue (DDX)

The 10th edition of Delhi Dialogue (DDX) was

held in New Delhi and was hosted by Union

External affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj The

theme for this edition was ldquoStrengthening India-

ASEAN maritime Cooperationrdquo

Delhi Dialogue is premier annual event to

discuss Politico- security economic and Socio-

Cultural engagement between India and the

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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(ASEAN) MfpatwwpwfpilNaahd murpay

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288) Central Oil PSUs has signed joint Venture

Pact

In a major initiative to connect all the North-

East States to the National Gas grid the 5

Central oil PSUs -IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL and

NRL have signed a joint venture agreement for

executing the North-East Natural Gas Pipeline

Grid (N-ENGPG) in Guwahati

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KdKawrpahfgt IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL

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289) PATA Gold Award 2018

Sahapediarsquos India Heritage ldquowalk Feterdquo wins

PATA award has been awarded the PATA Gold

Award 2018 for its recently concluded Pon-India

event

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Fete) PATA tpUjpid ntdWssJ rkPgjjpy

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290) Medini Puraskar Yojana

The Environment Ministry re-introduced the

lsquoMedini Puraskar Yojanarsquo a scheme that awards

Indian authors for their original work in Hindi on

environment pollution and climate change

subjects

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Nah[dh jplljjpid RwWroy

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291) Student Police Cadet Programme

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has

launched the student police Cadet Programme to

build a bridge between the police and the larger

community though School students by

inculcating values and ethics in them

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292) lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched the

lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo in a bid to make London

the worldrsquos most walkable city

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jplljjpid Walking Action Planrsquo njhlqfp

itjJsshu

293) Fugitive Economic offenders Bill 2018

The Parliament passed the Fugitive Economic

Offenders Bill 2018 which will empower

authorities to attach and Confiscate properties

and assets of economic offenders like loan

defaulters and Fraudsters who flee the country

The Cases where the total value involved in such

Scheduled offences is Rs 100 crore or more will

come under its purview

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nraAkgt jggpNahLk nghUshjhu

Fwwthspfis jzbfFk kNrhjhrsquo (Fugitive

Economic offenders Bill 2018)

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NfhbfF Nky fld ngwW mij

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294) India-assisted emergency ambulance

Service

Indian prime Minister launched the India-

assisted emergency ambulance Service in

Srilanka through video conferencing from New

Delhi

The inaugural function was scheduled in Jaffna

Srilanka this is the largest Indian project in

Srilanka after Indian housing project

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toqfggLk ngupa jpllk JthFk

295) 24-hour helpline for Protection for inter-

caste couples

The Tamil Nadu government has setup a 24-

hour helpline to investigate issues faced by

inter-caste couples and offer them necessary

assistance

A special cell has been formed in all districts and

cities in the State comprising district-level

officers to receive complaints of harassment

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mikjJssJ

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296) India tops skilled visa immigrants list

According to the data released by Australian

Bureau of Statistics for those coming to

Australia on the skilled visa India with 19

people bagged the top rank

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297) Padhe Bharat-Badhe Bharat

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

has announced lsquoPadhe Bharat-Badhe Bharatrsquo an

initiative to promote the reading culture among

students The initiative has launched under

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo

Under this initiative the government will give an

annual library grant to schools

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo is an overarching programme

for school educating extending from primary to

class 12 which was introduced in the Union

Budget 2018-19

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298) Miss Asia (Deaf) 2018

Deshna Jain who is from Madhya Pradesh has

been crowned the 2018 Miss Asia (Deaf) title

and also she was the 3rd in the 2018 Miss

international (Deaf)

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299) South East Asiarsquos first Centre for Climate

Change

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (NABARD) has launched the South

East Asiarsquos First-ever centre for Climate change

in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

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300) System of Air Quality and weather

Forecasting

Dr Harsh Vardhan the Union Environment

Minister has launched a advanced State-of-the-

art Air Quality and weather forecast System

called SAFAR (System of Air Quality and

Weather Forecasting) in Delhi

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Weather Forecasting) vdw mjpetPd fhwwpd

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301) Odisha police has launched a drive to bust

an international syndicate that peddles

lsquoendangeredrsquo pangolin

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302) According to Public Affairs Index (PAI) for

2018 Kerala stands as the best-governed State

in the country followed by Tamil Nadu

Telangana

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303) Typhoon Ampil has recently hit Chinese

Financial hub Shunghai and disrupted transport

and shipping

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ghjpjjJ

304) lsquoe -Pragati Core initiativersquo

The Andhra Pradesh government has launched

lsquoe-Pragati core initiativersquo to provide integrated

Service to citizens It will act as a platform to

connect all departments and Stand alone to

resolve the issue

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Kjdik jsjij (e -Pragati Core initiativersquo)

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305) Tribal Atlas of Odisha

Odisha government has unveiled First-ever

Tribal Atlas of Odisharsquo a compilation of

demographic and Cultural information of the

tribal population in the State It is first of its kind

Compilation in the country

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306) Justice Tahira Safdar has been named as

the new Chief justice of the Balochistan High

court with this She will become the first-ever

female high court chief Justice in Pakistan

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307) The NASA has launched lsquoRemote sensing

Toolkitrsquo to promote commercial use of satellite

data

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njhlqfpAssJ

308) Rajiv Gauba Committee

The Union Government has constituted a high

level committee to suggest laws against mob

lynching and Violence The committee is headed

by the Rajiv Gauba

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309) MicroDot Technology

The Indian government has announced the

launch of a new MicroDot Technology that would

help check on vehicle theft

Under this thousands of small dots laser etched

will be sprayed with a vehicle identification

number on all over the vehiclersquos body including

its engine

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njspffggLk

310) The book ldquoThe Dhoni Touch Unravelling

the Enigma That is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquo has

been authored by Bharat Sundaresan

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is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquovdw Eiy guj

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311) Chennia is going to host the world Junior

Squash Championship 2018

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2018 Nghlbia nrdidapy elffTssJ

312) First person to Ski down the K2

Polandrsquos Andrzej Bargiel became the First person

to Ski down the worldrsquos 2nd highest mountain K2

peak

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rhuej mzbuprf gu[Py Mthu

313) Alize cornet of France won the Swiss open

Tennis title

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314) State Bank of India organized a nation

wide Kisan Mela as an outreach programme for

farmers and to impart Financial literacy

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Nkshtpid VwghL nraJssJ fprhd

Nksh tptrhapfis nrdwilAk tifapy

epjpepiyf fytpawpit mspggjwfhd

jpllkhf VwghL nraagglLssJ

315) ldquoWarlightrdquo in the Man Booker Prize list

Srilankan born Canadian author Michael

Ondaatje has again made the Man Booker Prize

list with his latest novel lsquoWarlightrdquo Recently his

work was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize

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mzikapy tuJ gilgG xdWfF

Nfhyld Nkd Gffu tpUJ toqfggllJ

316) Sitamarhi became the first open defecation

free district in Bihar

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KjyhtJ jpwej ntspf fopggiwapyyh

khtllk MFk

57) Shale in Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules

1959

Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has

amended Petroleum and natural Gas Rules 1959

to include Shale in the definition of Petroleum

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1959

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thAtpid Nruggjwfhf kjjpa nglNuhypa

kwWk awif thA tpjpfsgt 1959-id

kjjpa nglNuhypa kwWk awif VupthA

mikrrfk jpUjjp mikjJssJ

318) Prime Ministers tour of three-nations in

Africa

PM Narendra Modi is on a three nation tour to

the African countries including Rwanda Uganda

amp South Africa

Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime

minister to visit Rwanda he gifted 200 cows as

part of Rwanda governmentrsquos Girinka

programme India decided to gift a cancer

therapy machine to the Uganda

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RwWggazk

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csspll dW ehLfSfF RwWggazk

NkwnfhzLsshu

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nraJssJ

319) The Ministry of women and child

Development has launched a contest ldquoChildline

1098rdquo to spread awareness on human trafficking

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VwgLjJtjwfhfgt ngzfs kwWk Foeij

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Nghlbia eljjpaJ

320) 10th edition of BRICS Summit in

Johannesburg

South Africa is hosting the 10th edition of BRICS

summit 2018 in Johannesburg with theme

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution

The member nations are Brazil Russia India

China amp South Africa

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BRICS mikggpd 10tJ khehLgt

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ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution vdgjhFk

321) The 3rd edition of Kabira festival 2018 will

be held in Varanasi to celebrate the spirit of 15th

century mystic poet Kabir

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Mwwiy nfhzlhLk tpjkhf fgPuh

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eilgngWk

322) World Bankrsquos internal award to ICZM

Indiarsquos Integrated Coastal Zone Management

(ICZM) project has won the World Bankrsquos

internal award for exceptional performance in

achieving many development goals

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Management -ICZM) jpllkgt gy NkkghlLf

FwpfNfhsfis rhjpjJf fhlba g+utkhd

nrayjpwDffhf cyf tqfpapd csehlL

tpUjpid ntdWssJ

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itjJsshu

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$lL KawrpahFk J Nrhd Mwwpd Nky

fllgglLssJ

232) Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018

Union Ministry of Drinking water and Sanitation

has launched Swachh Survekshan Grameen

2018 in New Delhi

The Programme will rank all states and districts

on the basis of a survey of Public places

Citizenrsquos perspective of cleanliness and their

recommendations

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ntspaplLssJ

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mwpfifapd NehffkhFk

233) 4th BIMSTEC Summit to be held in

Kathmandu

The fourth edition of Bay of Bengal Initiatives for

Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Co-

operation (BIMSTEC) will be held at Kathmandu

in Nepal from 30 t0 31 August 2018

Nepal is the current chair of BIMSTEC It is

headquartered in Dhaka

Member countries- India Nepal Bhutan

Bangladesh Srilanka Myanmar and Thailand

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for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Co-

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234) Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventories

in Asia

In New Delhi Union Minister DrHarsh Vardhan

inaugurates 16th Workshop on Greenhouse Gas

Inventories in Asia

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16-tJ Mrpa gRik yy thA

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Gas Inventories in Asia) epforrpgt GJ

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235) First-ever metal craft exhibition in India

With an aim to promote and preserve the metal

craft tradition of Ladakh the first-ever metal

craft exhibition was held at Chilling village in Leh

district of Jammu amp Kashmir

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236) Kochi Metro Rail Limited opened Indiarsquos

first exquisite air-conditioned bed space

dormitor

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237) World Youth skills Day 15 July In 2014 UN

General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring

15th July as World Youth Skills day

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Mk MzL Ieh nghJ mitapy [Piy

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238) India became Vice-Chair on regional head

of Asia pacific Region of the World Customs

Organisation (WCO)

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239) Resolution 2428 by UN security Council

The UN Security council has adopted a resolution

2428 to impose an arms embargo on South

Sudan The measure will stop the flow of

weapons to armed groups in the country

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240) Hindi Mother tongue of 4363 in India

According to the 2011 census Hindi continue to

be the most spoken language in India with

4363 of the country declaring it their mother-

tongue

Sanskrit was the least spoken of the countryrsquos

22 scheduled languages with just 24821

persons listing it as their mother tongue

The top 5 most spoken language by 2011 census

is (i) Hindi (4363) (ii) Bengali (803) (iii)

Marathi (686) (iv) Telugu (670) (v) Tamil

(570)

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(i) ejp (4363) (ii) ngqfhyp (803) (iii)

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(570) 241) Oldest Narrow- Gauge Rail Line in India

The 33 km Dabhoi-Miyagam line in Gujarat

State Indiarsquos first narrow gauge railway stretch

which started operations in 1862 will be closed

forever The line will be soon converted into

broad gauge

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1862 Mk MzL Kjy nrayghlLfF tej

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242) Approval for Chinese Bank in India

Bank of China one of four biggest State-run

Chinese lenders has received in Principal

approval from the Reserve Bank of India to open

branches in India

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243) Private Universities in Tamil Nadu

Two bills adopting the establishment of Shiv

Nadar University and Sai University were passed

in the Tamil Nadu assembly

As per the provisions of two bills adopted in the

assembly the two universities will be self-

financing institutions and would be allowed to

establish constituent colleges Currently there

were no private Universities in Tamil nadu

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244) Committee to review companies Act 2013

The ministry of Corporate Affairs has constituted

a 10 member Committee headed by the Injeti

Srinivas (Secretary of Ministry of Corporate

Affairs) for review of the panel provisions in the

companies Act 2013

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245) 2nd National Tourism conclave organised at

Jaipur in Rajasthan

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eilngwwJ

246) Madras Music Academy has selected

Carnatic Vocalist Aruna Sairam for this yearrsquos

Sangita Kalanithi award

Mridangam artist Thanjavur R Ramadas and

Vocalist K Omanakutty will receive the Kala

Acharya award

Veena and Nagaswaram players and teachers

Kalyani Ganesan and S R G Rajanna have been

chosen for the TTK awards

Prameela Gurumurthy has been selected for

musicologist award Veteran Danseuse Shanta

Dhananjayan will get Nrithya Kalanithi Award

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nkluh] kpa+rpf mflhkpapd rqfPj fyhepjp

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247) Kamaraj birthday July 15 is celebrated as

Educational Development Dayrsquo by Tamil Nadu

government

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248) India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror drill

Anti terror drill organised by the Shanghai

Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is scheduled

From August 20-29 at Chelyabinsk City in Russia

India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror SCO drill

along with other member countries Russia

China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Tajikistan and

Uzbekistan

It will be for the first time since Independence

that India and Pakistan will both be a part of

military exercise

Around 200 Army and Air force personal from

India will be participating in the drill called

ldquoPeace Mission 2018rdquo

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$lLg gapwrrpfF NjuenjLffgglLssdh

249) France wins 21st FIFA world cup Football

title

France has won 21st FIFA world cup football by

defeating Croatia by 4-2 goals in the final match

held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow Russia

on 1572018

It was Francersquos Second world cup crown after it

had own it in 1998 It was Croatiarsquos first world

Cup final appearance Croatia became the lowest

ranked team ever to reach a World Cup Final

France and Croatia belong European Continent

Top 4 teams in 21st FIFA world cup are (i) France

(ii) Croatia (iii) Belgium (iv) England

FIFA Awards for the 2018 world cup

(i) Best player ndash Golden Ball Luka Modric

(Croatia)

(ii) Top Goal scorer ndash Golden Boot Harry Kane

(England)

(iii) Best Goal keeper ndash golden Glove Thibaut

Courtois (Belgium)

(iv) Best Young Player Kylian Mbappe (France)

(v) Fairest Team Spain

(vi) man of the Match (final) Antoine

Griezmann (France)

Captain of France Football team is Hugo Lloris

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(gpuhd])

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250) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar

inaugurated Goa IT Day celebrations in Panaji

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251) Assam government has decided to make

Himadas statersquos brand ambassador for sports

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252) Iceland in UN Human Rights Council

Iceland has taken the seat vacated by United

States at the 47 member UN Human Rights

Council

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253) 64-dish Meer KAT radio telescope

South Africa unveiled new 64-dish Meer KAT

radio telescope that could help unlock the

mysteries of the Universe

Meer KAT will be incorporated into complex

square kilometre Array (SKA) instrument SKA

will be fully operational in the late 2020s to be

most powerful radio telescope in the world

The Meer KAT will be the worldrsquos largest radio

telescope of its kind until the Square kilometre

Array (SKA) has been completed

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(Meer KAT) cyfpd kpfgngupa thndhyp

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254) ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas

Engine

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ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas Engine

from Mahendragiri of Tirunelveli district Vikas

(Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai)

The Vikas Engine is the work shore liquid rocket

engine used to power the second stage of the

ISROrsquos trusted Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

(PSLV)

It is also used in the second stage and also at

the four strap on stages of Geosynchronous

Launch vehicle (GSLV) and in the twin-engine

core liquid stage (L110) of GSLV Mk-111

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MFk

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255) Global Sugar output Record high

In its latest report the UN body has forecast

world Sugar output to hit a record high at 1876

million tonnes in 2017-18 and Surpass

consumption The anticipated surplus is likely to

the largest in history

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256) Fossil Museum in Ariyalur

The Fossil Museum at Varanavasi near Ariyalur

town is set to open The museum will provide

evidence of the existence of dinosaurs and other

associated reptilians in the Ariyalur region

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257) The madras High court has ruled that there

is no legal obligation on the part of a mother to

disclose the name of the father at the time of

registering her childrsquos birth

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258) Indian farmers fertiliser cooperative limited

(IFFCO) launched a social e-commerce app

called ldquoIFFCO iMandirdquo

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259) 100 public services to be delivered at

doorstep in Delhi

Delhi people will get around 100 public services

including driving licence and caste certificate at

their door step under a proposed scheme of the

Delhi government The scheme was named as

lsquoMobilersquo Sahayaksrsquo

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260) Trump-Putin Summit

Russiarsquos president Vladimir Putin and Americanrsquos

President Donald Trump met at Helsinki capital

of Finland

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261) New Headquarters building of

Archaeological Survey of India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated

lsquoDharohar Bhawanrsquo ndash the new headquarters

building of the Archaeological Survey of India

(ASI) in New Delhi

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262) Per Capita Revenue Collection

Haryana has topped other States in per capita

Revenue Collection in the first Financial year of

the GST regime per Capita revenue collection of

Haryana is Rs 187697month

2nd Position is Uttarakhand 3rd position is

Maharashtra

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263) Digital Health Campaign for Think For

Health

The Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of

India ( (OPPI) launched its digital campaign

Think for Health at its annual summit in New

Delhi

The initiative Think For Health was launched in

Partnership with the Government of Telangana

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(OPPI) Think for Health vdw b[plly

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264) Government reappoints Anil D

Sahasrabudhe

Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)

has approved renewal of appointment of Prof

Anil D Sahabsrabudhe as the Chairman of the All

India council for Technical Education (AICTE)

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265) 12 new moons discovered around Jupiter

Scientists had discovered 12 new moons around

Jupiter The discoveries bring the number of

Jupiterrsquos known moon to 79 the most around a

single planet in our Solar system

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266) Nelson Mandela International Day July 18

2018 marks the Centenary of the birth of Nelson

Mandela

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267) Rajpurrsquos Swami Vivekananda Airport has

been ranked first in Customer Satisfaction

among 49 airports in the country

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268) LIGO-India Laboratory in Maharashtra

The Government of India (GOI) has given lsquoIn-

Principlersquo approval for construction and operation

of LIGO-India (Laser Interferometer

Gravitational wave observatory in India)

Laboratory in hingoli District of Maharashtra

The LIGO-India Observatory is Scheduled to be

operational in 2024 in Collaboration with the

LIGO Laboratory in United States

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khtlljjpygt LIGO- ejpah (Laser

Interferometer Gravitational wave observatory)

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269) Cheapest drinking water in the world

Bihar will soon provide the cheapest drinking

water in the world The first of such a water

project named lsquoSulabh Jalrsquo was launched in

Biharrsquos Darbhanga district

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270) Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)

has organised ldquo Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyanrdquo

campaign in five main stem Ganga basin

States-Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh Bihar

Jharkhand and west Bengal It has been

observed as lsquoShubharambh Saptahrsquo

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271) ldquoPitch Blackrdquo war exercise

The Indian Air force (IAF) is participating in the

Multinational ldquoPitch Blackrdquo warfare exercise

hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force in

Australia

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272) BSE building gets trademark

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has secured a

ldquotrademarkrdquo for its iconic building Phizoze

Jeejeebhoy Towers located in Mumbai

Subsequently the usage of the BSE buildingrsquos

picture will required consent from BSE

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ldquoKjjpiu rpddkrdquo ( trademark)

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273) Central Government announces amnesty

for prisoners to mark Mahatma Gandhirsquos 150th

birth anniversary

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274) New 100 Rs Note

New lavender-coloured Rs100 currency notes

will soon be issued by the Reserve Bank of India

The new note will feature the motif of the lsquoRani

Ki Vavrsquo Stepwell in Gujarat as well as the

Swachh Bharat logo and Slogan

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275) The book ldquoThe House of Islam A global

Historyrdquo has been authored by Islamic radical Ed

Hussain

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276) Athletics World Cup

The USA won the first Athletics World Cup held

in London England Poland and Great Britain

took 2nd and 3rd spot respectively

The Athletics world cup is a team-based

international athletics competition inaugurated in

2018 The inaugural edition had eight national

teams based on world rankings

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277) lsquoAabhaar Aapki Sewa karsquo

The Chhattisgarh government has launched an

online portal and mobile app lsquoAabhaar-Aapki

Seva Karsquo (Gratitude-for your service) to provide

transparency in the pension facility

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278) President has given assent to Assam witch

Hunting (Prohibition Prevention and Protection)

Bill 2015 passed by state Assembly

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279) 2018 NABARD Award

Repco Micro Finance Ltd a non-banking Finance

Company promoted by Repco bank has won the

2018 NABARD award for its service to self-Help

Group (SHG) linkage in Tamil Nadu for the fiscal

year 2017-18

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280) ASI to upgrade Seven monuments in

TamilNadu

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has

planned to upgrade infrastructural and tourist

friendly facilities at seven sites which are

approved under Adarsh Smarak Scheme for

conservation of Monuments in Tamil Nadu

The Monuments are Shore temple

Mamallapuram Gingee Fort kailasanathar

temple Kancheepuram Brihadeswarar temple

Thanjavur Sithananavasal Caves vellore fort

Moovar koil Kodumbalur

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(Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)

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281) Myanmar in International Solar Alliance

Myanmar has joined the India-initiated

International Solar Alliance (ISA) and became

the 68th signatory to the framework Agreement

of the ISA It is headquarters at Gwal Pahari

village in Gurugram Haryana

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282) Scottish site selected for Spaceport

UK space agency has selected site at Sutherland

on ArsquoMhoine peninsula on north Coast of

Scotland for its first Spaceport to launch rockets

vertically and put satellites in orbit

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283) Lakshya sen won gold at Asia Badminton

Junior

Lakshya sen from India has clinched historic

menrsquos singles gold at the Asia Badminton Junior

Championship 2018 in Jakarata

With this he became the 3rd Indian shuttler to

win singles gold at the competition after

Gautham Thakkar and PV Sindhu

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284) Afghan player nominated for the IOC

membership

A young Afghan basketball player Samira

Asghari has been nominated for the

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

membership She is among 9 candidates for

membership of the body in a move to boost

womenrsquos rights

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285) Arman Ali was appointed as Executive

Director of National Centre for promotion of

employment for Disable People (NCPEDP)

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286) Worldrsquos Best Cities Report

According to Travel+ Leisurersquos worldrsquos best cities

report the city of Udaipur has ranked 3rd The

top 2 cities are both in Mexico- San Miguel de

Allende and Oaxaca

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p287) Delhi Dialogue (DDX)

The 10th edition of Delhi Dialogue (DDX) was

held in New Delhi and was hosted by Union

External affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj The

theme for this edition was ldquoStrengthening India-

ASEAN maritime Cooperationrdquo

Delhi Dialogue is premier annual event to

discuss Politico- security economic and Socio-

Cultural engagement between India and the

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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288) Central Oil PSUs has signed joint Venture

Pact

In a major initiative to connect all the North-

East States to the National Gas grid the 5

Central oil PSUs -IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL and

NRL have signed a joint venture agreement for

executing the North-East Natural Gas Pipeline

Grid (N-ENGPG) in Guwahati

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289) PATA Gold Award 2018

Sahapediarsquos India Heritage ldquowalk Feterdquo wins

PATA award has been awarded the PATA Gold

Award 2018 for its recently concluded Pon-India

event

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290) Medini Puraskar Yojana

The Environment Ministry re-introduced the

lsquoMedini Puraskar Yojanarsquo a scheme that awards

Indian authors for their original work in Hindi on

environment pollution and climate change

subjects

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291) Student Police Cadet Programme

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has

launched the student police Cadet Programme to

build a bridge between the police and the larger

community though School students by

inculcating values and ethics in them

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292) lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched the

lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo in a bid to make London

the worldrsquos most walkable city

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293) Fugitive Economic offenders Bill 2018

The Parliament passed the Fugitive Economic

Offenders Bill 2018 which will empower

authorities to attach and Confiscate properties

and assets of economic offenders like loan

defaulters and Fraudsters who flee the country

The Cases where the total value involved in such

Scheduled offences is Rs 100 crore or more will

come under its purview

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Economic offenders Bill 2018)

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294) India-assisted emergency ambulance

Service

Indian prime Minister launched the India-

assisted emergency ambulance Service in

Srilanka through video conferencing from New

Delhi

The inaugural function was scheduled in Jaffna

Srilanka this is the largest Indian project in

Srilanka after Indian housing project

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295) 24-hour helpline for Protection for inter-

caste couples

The Tamil Nadu government has setup a 24-

hour helpline to investigate issues faced by

inter-caste couples and offer them necessary

assistance

A special cell has been formed in all districts and

cities in the State comprising district-level

officers to receive complaints of harassment

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296) India tops skilled visa immigrants list

According to the data released by Australian

Bureau of Statistics for those coming to

Australia on the skilled visa India with 19

people bagged the top rank

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297) Padhe Bharat-Badhe Bharat

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

has announced lsquoPadhe Bharat-Badhe Bharatrsquo an

initiative to promote the reading culture among

students The initiative has launched under

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo

Under this initiative the government will give an

annual library grant to schools

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo is an overarching programme

for school educating extending from primary to

class 12 which was introduced in the Union

Budget 2018-19

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298) Miss Asia (Deaf) 2018

Deshna Jain who is from Madhya Pradesh has

been crowned the 2018 Miss Asia (Deaf) title

and also she was the 3rd in the 2018 Miss

international (Deaf)

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299) South East Asiarsquos first Centre for Climate

Change

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (NABARD) has launched the South

East Asiarsquos First-ever centre for Climate change

in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

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300) System of Air Quality and weather

Forecasting

Dr Harsh Vardhan the Union Environment

Minister has launched a advanced State-of-the-

art Air Quality and weather forecast System

called SAFAR (System of Air Quality and

Weather Forecasting) in Delhi

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301) Odisha police has launched a drive to bust

an international syndicate that peddles

lsquoendangeredrsquo pangolin

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302) According to Public Affairs Index (PAI) for

2018 Kerala stands as the best-governed State

in the country followed by Tamil Nadu

Telangana

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303) Typhoon Ampil has recently hit Chinese

Financial hub Shunghai and disrupted transport

and shipping

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304) lsquoe -Pragati Core initiativersquo

The Andhra Pradesh government has launched

lsquoe-Pragati core initiativersquo to provide integrated

Service to citizens It will act as a platform to

connect all departments and Stand alone to

resolve the issue

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305) Tribal Atlas of Odisha

Odisha government has unveiled First-ever

Tribal Atlas of Odisharsquo a compilation of

demographic and Cultural information of the

tribal population in the State It is first of its kind

Compilation in the country

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306) Justice Tahira Safdar has been named as

the new Chief justice of the Balochistan High

court with this She will become the first-ever

female high court chief Justice in Pakistan

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307) The NASA has launched lsquoRemote sensing

Toolkitrsquo to promote commercial use of satellite

data

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308) Rajiv Gauba Committee

The Union Government has constituted a high

level committee to suggest laws against mob

lynching and Violence The committee is headed

by the Rajiv Gauba

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309) MicroDot Technology

The Indian government has announced the

launch of a new MicroDot Technology that would

help check on vehicle theft

Under this thousands of small dots laser etched

will be sprayed with a vehicle identification

number on all over the vehiclersquos body including

its engine

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Mapuffzffhd rpwpa Gsspfs thfdk

KOtJk thfd milahs vzZld

njspffggLk

310) The book ldquoThe Dhoni Touch Unravelling

the Enigma That is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquo has

been authored by Bharat Sundaresan

ldquoThe Dhoni Touch Unravelling the Enigma That

is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquovdw Eiy guj

RejNurd vOjpAsshh

311) Chennia is going to host the world Junior

Squash Championship 2018

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2018 Nghlbia nrdidapy elffTssJ

312) First person to Ski down the K2

Polandrsquos Andrzej Bargiel became the First person

to Ski down the worldrsquos 2nd highest mountain K2

peak

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gdprrWffpy ltLgll Kjy egu Nghyeijr

rhuej mzbuprf gu[Py Mthu

313) Alize cornet of France won the Swiss open

Tennis title

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Xgd nlddp] glljij ntdwhh

314) State Bank of India organized a nation

wide Kisan Mela as an outreach programme for

farmers and to impart Financial literacy

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Nkshtpid VwghL nraJssJ fprhd

Nksh tptrhapfis nrdwilAk tifapy

epjpepiyf fytpawpit mspggjwfhd

jpllkhf VwghL nraagglLssJ

315) ldquoWarlightrdquo in the Man Booker Prize list

Srilankan born Canadian author Michael

Ondaatje has again made the Man Booker Prize

list with his latest novel lsquoWarlightrdquo Recently his

work was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize

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Gffu glbaypy lk ngwWsshu

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316) Sitamarhi became the first open defecation

free district in Bihar

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KjyhtJ jpwej ntspf fopggiwapyyh

khtllk MFk

57) Shale in Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules

1959

Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has

amended Petroleum and natural Gas Rules 1959

to include Shale in the definition of Petroleum

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1959

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thAtpid Nruggjwfhf kjjpa nglNuhypa

kwWk awif thA tpjpfsgt 1959-id

kjjpa nglNuhypa kwWk awif VupthA

mikrrfk jpUjjp mikjJssJ

318) Prime Ministers tour of three-nations in

Africa

PM Narendra Modi is on a three nation tour to

the African countries including Rwanda Uganda

amp South Africa

Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime

minister to visit Rwanda he gifted 200 cows as

part of Rwanda governmentrsquos Girinka

programme India decided to gift a cancer

therapy machine to the Uganda

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RwWggazk

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csspll dW ehLfSfF RwWggazk

NkwnfhzLsshu

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gpujku eNuejpu Nkhb Mthh Uthzlh

murpd fpupqfh jplljjpd xU gFjpahf 200

gRkhLfis gpujku Nkhb guprhf toqfpdhu

cfhzlhtpwF GwWNeha rpfprir

vejpujjpid guprspff ejpa muR KbT

nraJssJ

319) The Ministry of women and child

Development has launched a contest ldquoChildline

1098rdquo to spread awareness on human trafficking

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VwgLjJtjwfhfgt ngzfs kwWk Foeij

eyd mikrrfkhdJ ldquoChildline 1098rdquo vdw

Nghlbia eljjpaJ

320) 10th edition of BRICS Summit in

Johannesburg

South Africa is hosting the 10th edition of BRICS

summit 2018 in Johannesburg with theme

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution

The member nations are Brazil Russia India

China amp South Africa

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BRICS mikggpd 10tJ khehLgt

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ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution vdgjhFk

321) The 3rd edition of Kabira festival 2018 will

be held in Varanasi to celebrate the spirit of 15th

century mystic poet Kabir

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Mwwiy nfhzlhLk tpjkhf fgPuh

jpUtpohtpd dwhtJ gjpgG thuzhrpapy

eilgngWk

322) World Bankrsquos internal award to ICZM

Indiarsquos Integrated Coastal Zone Management

(ICZM) project has won the World Bankrsquos

internal award for exceptional performance in

achieving many development goals

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ejpahtpd xUqfpizej flNyhug gFjp

Nkyhzik (Integrated Coastal Zone

Management -ICZM) jpllkgt gy NkkghlLf

FwpfNfhsfis rhjpjJf fhlba g+utkhd

nrayjpwDffhf cyf tqfpapd csehlL

tpUjpid ntdWssJ

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FO

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2013) jzlid tpjpKiwfis kPshaT

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(ngUepWtd tptfhuqfs mikrrf

nrayhsh) jiyikapy gjJ cWggpdhfs

nfhzl xU FOit ngUepWtd

tptfhuqfs mikrrk mikjJssJ

245) 2nd National Tourism conclave organised at

Jaipur in Rajasthan

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uh[]jhd khepyjjpd n[ag+u efupy

eilngwwJ

246) Madras Music Academy has selected

Carnatic Vocalist Aruna Sairam for this yearrsquos

Sangita Kalanithi award

Mridangam artist Thanjavur R Ramadas and

Vocalist K Omanakutty will receive the Kala

Acharya award

Veena and Nagaswaram players and teachers

Kalyani Ganesan and S R G Rajanna have been

chosen for the TTK awards

Prameela Gurumurthy has been selected for

musicologist award Veteran Danseuse Shanta

Dhananjayan will get Nrithya Kalanithi Award

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nkluh] kpa+rpf mflhkpapd rqfPj fyhepjp

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mUzh rhauhKfF toqfggLfpwJ

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FlbfFk toqfggLk

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toqfggLk

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FUhjjpfF toqfggLk epUja fyhepjp

tpUij gujehlbaf fiyQh rhejh

jdQ[ad ngWfpwhh

247) Kamaraj birthday July 15 is celebrated as

Educational Development Dayrsquo by Tamil Nadu

government

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Njjpia fytp tsurrp ehshf

nfhzlhLfpwJ jkpof muR

248) India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror drill

Anti terror drill organised by the Shanghai

Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is scheduled

From August 20-29 at Chelyabinsk City in Russia

India Pakistan to be part of anti-terror SCO drill

along with other member countries Russia

China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Tajikistan and

Uzbekistan

It will be for the first time since Independence

that India and Pakistan will both be a part of

military exercise

Around 200 Army and Air force personal from

India will be participating in the drill called

ldquoPeace Mission 2018rdquo

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Njjp Kjy 29-k Njjp tiu uahtpd

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izeJ $lLg gapwrpapy gqNfwgJ

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giliar Nrhej 200 tPuhfsgt lsquomikjpj

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$lLg gapwrrpfF NjuenjLffgglLssdh

249) France wins 21st FIFA world cup Football

title

France has won 21st FIFA world cup football by

defeating Croatia by 4-2 goals in the final match

held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow Russia

on 1572018

It was Francersquos Second world cup crown after it

had own it in 1998 It was Croatiarsquos first world

Cup final appearance Croatia became the lowest

ranked team ever to reach a World Cup Final

France and Croatia belong European Continent

Top 4 teams in 21st FIFA world cup are (i) France

(ii) Croatia (iii) Belgium (iv) England

FIFA Awards for the 2018 world cup

(i) Best player ndash Golden Ball Luka Modric

(Croatia)

(ii) Top Goal scorer ndash Golden Boot Harry Kane

(England)

(iii) Best Goal keeper ndash golden Glove Thibaut

Courtois (Belgium)

(iv) Best Young Player Kylian Mbappe (France)

(v) Fairest Team Spain

(vi) man of the Match (final) Antoine

Griezmann (France)

Captain of France Football team is Hugo Lloris

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2-tJ KiwahFk mej mzp 1998-k MzL

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kwWk FNuhpah INuhggh fzljij

NrhejJ

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mzpfs (i) gpuhd] (ii) FNuhpah (iii)

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2018-k MzL cyff Nfhgigffhd gpgh

tpUjfs

rpwej tPuh - jqf fhygeJ

Yfh Nkhlupr (FNuhpah)

mjpf Nfhy mbjjth - jqf fhyzp

`hupNfd (qfpyheJ)

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NfhulLth (ngy[pak)

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(gpuhd])

Ngu gpNs ]ngapd

Mllehafd tpUJ (Wjp Nghlb)

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gpuhd] mzpapd Nfgld `pa+Nfh nyhup]

250) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar

inaugurated Goa IT Day celebrations in Panaji

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nfhzlhlljjpid gdh[papy njhlqfp

itjjhh

251) Assam government has decided to make

Himadas statersquos brand ambassador for sports

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tpisahlbwfhd khepyjjpd tpskguj

Jjuhf NjuenjLjJssJ

252) Iceland in UN Human Rights Council

Iceland has taken the seat vacated by United

States at the 47 member UN Human Rights

Council

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I]yheJ

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Uej mttpljij epugGtjwfhf I]yheJ

njhpT nraagglLssJ

253) 64-dish Meer KAT radio telescope

South Africa unveiled new 64-dish Meer KAT

radio telescope that could help unlock the

mysteries of the Universe

Meer KAT will be incorporated into complex

square kilometre Array (SKA) instrument SKA

will be fully operational in the late 2020s to be

most powerful radio telescope in the world

The Meer KAT will be the worldrsquos largest radio

telescope of its kind until the Square kilometre

Array (SKA) has been completed

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njhiyNehffp

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cjTk Gjpa 64-b kPufhl (64-dish Meer

KAT) vDk thndhyp njhiyNehffpapid

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tupir fUtpAld izffggLk SKA 2020-

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(SKA) nrayghlbwF tUk tiu kPufhl

(Meer KAT) cyfpd kpfgngupa thndhyp

njhiyNehffpahf UfFk

254) ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas

Engine

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ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas Engine

from Mahendragiri of Tirunelveli district Vikas

(Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai)

The Vikas Engine is the work shore liquid rocket

engine used to power the second stage of the

ISROrsquos trusted Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

(PSLV)

It is also used in the second stage and also at

the four strap on stages of Geosynchronous

Launch vehicle (GSLV) and in the twin-engine

core liquid stage (L110) of GSLV Mk-111

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ntwwpfukhf Nrhjpjjdh

jpUneyNtyp khtlljjpd kNfejpufphpapy

(Vikas) tpfh] d[Pdpd cah ceJk

gjpgig tpQQhdpfs ntwwpfukhf

ghpNrhjpjjdh Vikas (tpfuk mkgyhy

rhuhgha)

tpfh] d[Pd vdgJ jput uhfnfl

d[Pd MFk J ISRO- tpd JUt

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(PSLV) 2-k epiyfF MwwyspfFk d[Pd

MFk

NkYk J GSLV-apd 2-k epiy kwWk 4-k

epiy kwWk GSLV Mk-111- ulil

nghwpika jput epiy MfpatwWfF

MwwyspfFk jput VTfiz d[Pd MFk

255) Global Sugar output Record high

In its latest report the UN body has forecast

world Sugar output to hit a record high at 1876

million tonnes in 2017-18 and Surpass

consumption The anticipated surplus is likely to

the largest in history

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gy mikggpd rkPgjjpa mwpfifapy 2017-

18y cyf ruffiu cwgjjp mjpfsthf

1876 kpyypad ldfis vlbAk

Efutpidtpl mjpf mstpidAk

nfhzbUfFk vdW fzpjJf $wpAssJ

vjpughuffggll cgupahdJ tuyhwwpNyNa

kpfTk mjpfkhdjhf UfFk

256) Fossil Museum in Ariyalur

The Fossil Museum at Varanavasi near Ariyalur

town is set to open The museum will provide

evidence of the existence of dinosaurs and other

associated reptilians in the Ariyalur region

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mupaYupy

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thuzthrpapy Gij capuggbt

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ej mUqfhlrpak mupaYu gFjpapy

ilNdhru] Uejjwfhd Mjhuqfs

kwWk kww Cutd njhluGila dqfs

Uejikffhd Mjhuqfs Mfpatwwpd

fhlrpg nglbahf UfFk

257) The madras High court has ruled that there

is no legal obligation on the part of a mother to

disclose the name of the father at the time of

registering her childrsquos birth

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nraAkNghJ jeijapd ngaiu

ntspggLjJtJ jhapd rllgg+utkhd

flikayy vdW kjuh] cauePjpkdwk

jPuggspjJssJ

258) Indian farmers fertiliser cooperative limited

(IFFCO) launched a social e-commerce app

called ldquoIFFCO iMandirdquo

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rhugpy (IFFCO) ldquoIFFCO iMandirdquo vdfpw kpd

tzpf nrayp xdiw ntspaplgglLssJ

259) 100 public services to be delivered at

doorstep in Delhi

Delhi people will get around 100 public services

including driving licence and caste certificate at

their door step under a proposed scheme of the

Delhi government The scheme was named as

lsquoMobilersquo Sahayaksrsquo

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rhdwpjo Nritfs

XlLeu cupkkgt rhjp rhdwpjofs clgl 100

tifahd muR NritfSffhf nlyyp

thrpfspd tPlLfNf nrdW toqFk

jplljij nlyyp muR jpllkplLssJ ej

jplljjpwF lsquonkhigy r`hafrsquo vdg

ngauplgglLssJ

260) Trump-Putin Summit

Russiarsquos president Vladimir Putin and Americanrsquos

President Donald Trump met at Helsinki capital

of Finland

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n`yrpdfpapy rejpjJg Ngrpdu

261) New Headquarters building of

Archaeological Survey of India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated

lsquoDharohar Bhawanrsquo ndash the new headquarters

building of the Archaeological Survey of India

(ASI) in New Delhi

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jiyikf flblk

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lsquoejpaj njhynghUs MaTjJiwffhd

Gjpa jiyikafk flblk GJ nlyypapy

gpujku Nkhb jpweJ itjjhh

262) Per Capita Revenue Collection

Haryana has topped other States in per capita

Revenue Collection in the first Financial year of

the GST regime per Capita revenue collection of

Haryana is Rs 187697month

2nd Position is Uttarakhand 3rd position is

Maharashtra

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GST MlrpKiwapd Kjy epjp Mzby

mjpf jdpegu tUtha typy KjyhtJ

ljjpid `upahdh mileJssJgt

`upahdhtpd jdpegh tUtha ty

khjjjpwF 1gt87697 MFk

263) Digital Health Campaign for Think For

Health

The Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of

India ( (OPPI) launched its digital campaign

Think for Health at its annual summit in New

Delhi

The initiative Think For Health was launched in

Partnership with the Government of Telangana

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gugGiu

ejpa kUeJ cwgjjpahsufs rqfk

(OPPI) Think for Health vdw b[plly

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MukgpjJssJ

Think for Health vdw Kawrp njYqfhdh

khepy murpd xjJiogGld

toqfgglLssJ

264) Government reappoints Anil D

Sahasrabudhe

Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)

has approved renewal of appointment of Prof

Anil D Sahabsrabudhe as the Chairman of the All

India council for Technical Education (AICTE)

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ejpa njhopyElg gyfiyffofjjpdrdquo

jiytuhf mdpyr`h]uGNj mthfSfF

gzp ePlbgG toqfp Miz toqfpAssJ

265) 12 new moons discovered around Jupiter

Scientists had discovered 12 new moons around

Jupiter The discoveries bring the number of

Jupiterrsquos known moon to 79 the most around a

single planet in our Solar system

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tpahod Nfhspid RwWk Gjpa 12

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epyTfspd vzzpfif 79 Mf

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cssJ

266) Nelson Mandela International Day July 18

2018 marks the Centenary of the birth of Nelson

Mandela

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267) Rajpurrsquos Swami Vivekananda Airport has

been ranked first in Customer Satisfaction

among 49 airports in the country

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epiyak thbfifahsu kdepiwtpy

Kjypljjpidg ngwWssJ

268) LIGO-India Laboratory in Maharashtra

The Government of India (GOI) has given lsquoIn-

Principlersquo approval for construction and operation

of LIGO-India (Laser Interferometer

Gravitational wave observatory in India)

Laboratory in hingoli District of Maharashtra

The LIGO-India Observatory is Scheduled to be

operational in 2024 in Collaboration with the

LIGO Laboratory in United States

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kfhuhbuh khepyjjpd `pqNfhyp

khtlljjpygt LIGO- ejpah (Laser

Interferometer Gravitational wave observatory)

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nrayghlbwfhf ejpa muR nfhsif

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ejpahtpy LIGO Matfk tUk 2024-k

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vjphghhffggLfpwJ

269) Cheapest drinking water in the world

Bihar will soon provide the cheapest drinking

water in the world The first of such a water

project named lsquoSulabh Jalrsquo was launched in

Biharrsquos Darbhanga district

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njhlqfgglLssJ

270) Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)

has organised ldquo Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyanrdquo

campaign in five main stem Ganga basin

States-Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh Bihar

Jharkhand and west Bengal It has been

observed as lsquoShubharambh Saptahrsquo

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271) ldquoPitch Blackrdquo war exercise

The Indian Air force (IAF) is participating in the

Multinational ldquoPitch Blackrdquo warfare exercise

hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force in

Australia

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272) BSE building gets trademark

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has secured a

ldquotrademarkrdquo for its iconic building Phizoze

Jeejeebhoy Towers located in Mumbai

Subsequently the usage of the BSE buildingrsquos

picture will required consent from BSE

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273) Central Government announces amnesty

for prisoners to mark Mahatma Gandhirsquos 150th

birth anniversary

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274) New 100 Rs Note

New lavender-coloured Rs100 currency notes

will soon be issued by the Reserve Bank of India

The new note will feature the motif of the lsquoRani

Ki Vavrsquo Stepwell in Gujarat as well as the

Swachh Bharat logo and Slogan

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275) The book ldquoThe House of Islam A global

Historyrdquo has been authored by Islamic radical Ed

Hussain

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276) Athletics World Cup

The USA won the first Athletics World Cup held

in London England Poland and Great Britain

took 2nd and 3rd spot respectively

The Athletics world cup is a team-based

international athletics competition inaugurated in

2018 The inaugural edition had eight national

teams based on world rankings

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277) lsquoAabhaar Aapki Sewa karsquo

The Chhattisgarh government has launched an

online portal and mobile app lsquoAabhaar-Aapki

Seva Karsquo (Gratitude-for your service) to provide

transparency in the pension facility

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278) President has given assent to Assam witch

Hunting (Prohibition Prevention and Protection)

Bill 2015 passed by state Assembly

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279) 2018 NABARD Award

Repco Micro Finance Ltd a non-banking Finance

Company promoted by Repco bank has won the

2018 NABARD award for its service to self-Help

Group (SHG) linkage in Tamil Nadu for the fiscal

year 2017-18

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280) ASI to upgrade Seven monuments in

TamilNadu

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has

planned to upgrade infrastructural and tourist

friendly facilities at seven sites which are

approved under Adarsh Smarak Scheme for

conservation of Monuments in Tamil Nadu

The Monuments are Shore temple

Mamallapuram Gingee Fort kailasanathar

temple Kancheepuram Brihadeswarar temple

Thanjavur Sithananavasal Caves vellore fort

Moovar koil Kodumbalur

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(Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)

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281) Myanmar in International Solar Alliance

Myanmar has joined the India-initiated

International Solar Alliance (ISA) and became

the 68th signatory to the framework Agreement

of the ISA It is headquarters at Gwal Pahari

village in Gurugram Haryana

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282) Scottish site selected for Spaceport

UK space agency has selected site at Sutherland

on ArsquoMhoine peninsula on north Coast of

Scotland for its first Spaceport to launch rockets

vertically and put satellites in orbit

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283) Lakshya sen won gold at Asia Badminton

Junior

Lakshya sen from India has clinched historic

menrsquos singles gold at the Asia Badminton Junior

Championship 2018 in Jakarata

With this he became the 3rd Indian shuttler to

win singles gold at the competition after

Gautham Thakkar and PV Sindhu

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284) Afghan player nominated for the IOC

membership

A young Afghan basketball player Samira

Asghari has been nominated for the

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

membership She is among 9 candidates for

membership of the body in a move to boost

womenrsquos rights

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285) Arman Ali was appointed as Executive

Director of National Centre for promotion of

employment for Disable People (NCPEDP)

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286) Worldrsquos Best Cities Report

According to Travel+ Leisurersquos worldrsquos best cities

report the city of Udaipur has ranked 3rd The

top 2 cities are both in Mexico- San Miguel de

Allende and Oaxaca

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p287) Delhi Dialogue (DDX)

The 10th edition of Delhi Dialogue (DDX) was

held in New Delhi and was hosted by Union

External affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj The

theme for this edition was ldquoStrengthening India-

ASEAN maritime Cooperationrdquo

Delhi Dialogue is premier annual event to

discuss Politico- security economic and Socio-

Cultural engagement between India and the

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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288) Central Oil PSUs has signed joint Venture

Pact

In a major initiative to connect all the North-

East States to the National Gas grid the 5

Central oil PSUs -IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL and

NRL have signed a joint venture agreement for

executing the North-East Natural Gas Pipeline

Grid (N-ENGPG) in Guwahati

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289) PATA Gold Award 2018

Sahapediarsquos India Heritage ldquowalk Feterdquo wins

PATA award has been awarded the PATA Gold

Award 2018 for its recently concluded Pon-India

event

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290) Medini Puraskar Yojana

The Environment Ministry re-introduced the

lsquoMedini Puraskar Yojanarsquo a scheme that awards

Indian authors for their original work in Hindi on

environment pollution and climate change

subjects

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291) Student Police Cadet Programme

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has

launched the student police Cadet Programme to

build a bridge between the police and the larger

community though School students by

inculcating values and ethics in them

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292) lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched the

lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo in a bid to make London

the worldrsquos most walkable city

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293) Fugitive Economic offenders Bill 2018

The Parliament passed the Fugitive Economic

Offenders Bill 2018 which will empower

authorities to attach and Confiscate properties

and assets of economic offenders like loan

defaulters and Fraudsters who flee the country

The Cases where the total value involved in such

Scheduled offences is Rs 100 crore or more will

come under its purview

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Economic offenders Bill 2018)

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294) India-assisted emergency ambulance

Service

Indian prime Minister launched the India-

assisted emergency ambulance Service in

Srilanka through video conferencing from New

Delhi

The inaugural function was scheduled in Jaffna

Srilanka this is the largest Indian project in

Srilanka after Indian housing project

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295) 24-hour helpline for Protection for inter-

caste couples

The Tamil Nadu government has setup a 24-

hour helpline to investigate issues faced by

inter-caste couples and offer them necessary

assistance

A special cell has been formed in all districts and

cities in the State comprising district-level

officers to receive complaints of harassment

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296) India tops skilled visa immigrants list

According to the data released by Australian

Bureau of Statistics for those coming to

Australia on the skilled visa India with 19

people bagged the top rank

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297) Padhe Bharat-Badhe Bharat

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

has announced lsquoPadhe Bharat-Badhe Bharatrsquo an

initiative to promote the reading culture among

students The initiative has launched under

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo

Under this initiative the government will give an

annual library grant to schools

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo is an overarching programme

for school educating extending from primary to

class 12 which was introduced in the Union

Budget 2018-19

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298) Miss Asia (Deaf) 2018

Deshna Jain who is from Madhya Pradesh has

been crowned the 2018 Miss Asia (Deaf) title

and also she was the 3rd in the 2018 Miss

international (Deaf)

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299) South East Asiarsquos first Centre for Climate

Change

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (NABARD) has launched the South

East Asiarsquos First-ever centre for Climate change

in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

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300) System of Air Quality and weather

Forecasting

Dr Harsh Vardhan the Union Environment

Minister has launched a advanced State-of-the-

art Air Quality and weather forecast System

called SAFAR (System of Air Quality and

Weather Forecasting) in Delhi

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301) Odisha police has launched a drive to bust

an international syndicate that peddles

lsquoendangeredrsquo pangolin

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302) According to Public Affairs Index (PAI) for

2018 Kerala stands as the best-governed State

in the country followed by Tamil Nadu

Telangana

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303) Typhoon Ampil has recently hit Chinese

Financial hub Shunghai and disrupted transport

and shipping

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304) lsquoe -Pragati Core initiativersquo

The Andhra Pradesh government has launched

lsquoe-Pragati core initiativersquo to provide integrated

Service to citizens It will act as a platform to

connect all departments and Stand alone to

resolve the issue

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305) Tribal Atlas of Odisha

Odisha government has unveiled First-ever

Tribal Atlas of Odisharsquo a compilation of

demographic and Cultural information of the

tribal population in the State It is first of its kind

Compilation in the country

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306) Justice Tahira Safdar has been named as

the new Chief justice of the Balochistan High

court with this She will become the first-ever

female high court chief Justice in Pakistan

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307) The NASA has launched lsquoRemote sensing

Toolkitrsquo to promote commercial use of satellite

data

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308) Rajiv Gauba Committee

The Union Government has constituted a high

level committee to suggest laws against mob

lynching and Violence The committee is headed

by the Rajiv Gauba

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309) MicroDot Technology

The Indian government has announced the

launch of a new MicroDot Technology that would

help check on vehicle theft

Under this thousands of small dots laser etched

will be sprayed with a vehicle identification

number on all over the vehiclersquos body including

its engine

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310) The book ldquoThe Dhoni Touch Unravelling

the Enigma That is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquo has

been authored by Bharat Sundaresan

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is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquovdw Eiy guj

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311) Chennia is going to host the world Junior

Squash Championship 2018

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2018 Nghlbia nrdidapy elffTssJ

312) First person to Ski down the K2

Polandrsquos Andrzej Bargiel became the First person

to Ski down the worldrsquos 2nd highest mountain K2

peak

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313) Alize cornet of France won the Swiss open

Tennis title

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314) State Bank of India organized a nation

wide Kisan Mela as an outreach programme for

farmers and to impart Financial literacy

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315) ldquoWarlightrdquo in the Man Booker Prize list

Srilankan born Canadian author Michael

Ondaatje has again made the Man Booker Prize

list with his latest novel lsquoWarlightrdquo Recently his

work was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize

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316) Sitamarhi became the first open defecation

free district in Bihar

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57) Shale in Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules

1959

Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has

amended Petroleum and natural Gas Rules 1959

to include Shale in the definition of Petroleum

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1959

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318) Prime Ministers tour of three-nations in

Africa

PM Narendra Modi is on a three nation tour to

the African countries including Rwanda Uganda

amp South Africa

Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime

minister to visit Rwanda he gifted 200 cows as

part of Rwanda governmentrsquos Girinka

programme India decided to gift a cancer

therapy machine to the Uganda

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319) The Ministry of women and child

Development has launched a contest ldquoChildline

1098rdquo to spread awareness on human trafficking

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320) 10th edition of BRICS Summit in

Johannesburg

South Africa is hosting the 10th edition of BRICS

summit 2018 in Johannesburg with theme

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution

The member nations are Brazil Russia India

China amp South Africa

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321) The 3rd edition of Kabira festival 2018 will

be held in Varanasi to celebrate the spirit of 15th

century mystic poet Kabir

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322) World Bankrsquos internal award to ICZM

Indiarsquos Integrated Coastal Zone Management

(ICZM) project has won the World Bankrsquos

internal award for exceptional performance in

achieving many development goals

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Management -ICZM) jpllkgt gy NkkghlLf

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ISRO Scientists successfully test Vikas Engine

from Mahendragiri of Tirunelveli district Vikas

(Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai)

The Vikas Engine is the work shore liquid rocket

engine used to power the second stage of the

ISROrsquos trusted Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

(PSLV)

It is also used in the second stage and also at

the four strap on stages of Geosynchronous

Launch vehicle (GSLV) and in the twin-engine

core liquid stage (L110) of GSLV Mk-111

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255) Global Sugar output Record high

In its latest report the UN body has forecast

world Sugar output to hit a record high at 1876

million tonnes in 2017-18 and Surpass

consumption The anticipated surplus is likely to

the largest in history

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256) Fossil Museum in Ariyalur

The Fossil Museum at Varanavasi near Ariyalur

town is set to open The museum will provide

evidence of the existence of dinosaurs and other

associated reptilians in the Ariyalur region

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257) The madras High court has ruled that there

is no legal obligation on the part of a mother to

disclose the name of the father at the time of

registering her childrsquos birth

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258) Indian farmers fertiliser cooperative limited

(IFFCO) launched a social e-commerce app

called ldquoIFFCO iMandirdquo

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259) 100 public services to be delivered at

doorstep in Delhi

Delhi people will get around 100 public services

including driving licence and caste certificate at

their door step under a proposed scheme of the

Delhi government The scheme was named as

lsquoMobilersquo Sahayaksrsquo

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260) Trump-Putin Summit

Russiarsquos president Vladimir Putin and Americanrsquos

President Donald Trump met at Helsinki capital

of Finland

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261) New Headquarters building of

Archaeological Survey of India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated

lsquoDharohar Bhawanrsquo ndash the new headquarters

building of the Archaeological Survey of India

(ASI) in New Delhi

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262) Per Capita Revenue Collection

Haryana has topped other States in per capita

Revenue Collection in the first Financial year of

the GST regime per Capita revenue collection of

Haryana is Rs 187697month

2nd Position is Uttarakhand 3rd position is

Maharashtra

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263) Digital Health Campaign for Think For

Health

The Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of

India ( (OPPI) launched its digital campaign

Think for Health at its annual summit in New

Delhi

The initiative Think For Health was launched in

Partnership with the Government of Telangana

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264) Government reappoints Anil D

Sahasrabudhe

Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)

has approved renewal of appointment of Prof

Anil D Sahabsrabudhe as the Chairman of the All

India council for Technical Education (AICTE)

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265) 12 new moons discovered around Jupiter

Scientists had discovered 12 new moons around

Jupiter The discoveries bring the number of

Jupiterrsquos known moon to 79 the most around a

single planet in our Solar system

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266) Nelson Mandela International Day July 18

2018 marks the Centenary of the birth of Nelson

Mandela

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267) Rajpurrsquos Swami Vivekananda Airport has

been ranked first in Customer Satisfaction

among 49 airports in the country

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268) LIGO-India Laboratory in Maharashtra

The Government of India (GOI) has given lsquoIn-

Principlersquo approval for construction and operation

of LIGO-India (Laser Interferometer

Gravitational wave observatory in India)

Laboratory in hingoli District of Maharashtra

The LIGO-India Observatory is Scheduled to be

operational in 2024 in Collaboration with the

LIGO Laboratory in United States

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269) Cheapest drinking water in the world

Bihar will soon provide the cheapest drinking

water in the world The first of such a water

project named lsquoSulabh Jalrsquo was launched in

Biharrsquos Darbhanga district

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270) Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)

has organised ldquo Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyanrdquo

campaign in five main stem Ganga basin

States-Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh Bihar

Jharkhand and west Bengal It has been

observed as lsquoShubharambh Saptahrsquo

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271) ldquoPitch Blackrdquo war exercise

The Indian Air force (IAF) is participating in the

Multinational ldquoPitch Blackrdquo warfare exercise

hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force in

Australia

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272) BSE building gets trademark

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has secured a

ldquotrademarkrdquo for its iconic building Phizoze

Jeejeebhoy Towers located in Mumbai

Subsequently the usage of the BSE buildingrsquos

picture will required consent from BSE

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(trademark)

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ldquoKjjpiu rpddkrdquo ( trademark)

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273) Central Government announces amnesty

for prisoners to mark Mahatma Gandhirsquos 150th

birth anniversary

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274) New 100 Rs Note

New lavender-coloured Rs100 currency notes

will soon be issued by the Reserve Bank of India

The new note will feature the motif of the lsquoRani

Ki Vavrsquo Stepwell in Gujarat as well as the

Swachh Bharat logo and Slogan

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275) The book ldquoThe House of Islam A global

Historyrdquo has been authored by Islamic radical Ed

Hussain

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276) Athletics World Cup

The USA won the first Athletics World Cup held

in London England Poland and Great Britain

took 2nd and 3rd spot respectively

The Athletics world cup is a team-based

international athletics competition inaugurated in

2018 The inaugural edition had eight national

teams based on world rankings

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277) lsquoAabhaar Aapki Sewa karsquo

The Chhattisgarh government has launched an

online portal and mobile app lsquoAabhaar-Aapki

Seva Karsquo (Gratitude-for your service) to provide

transparency in the pension facility

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278) President has given assent to Assam witch

Hunting (Prohibition Prevention and Protection)

Bill 2015 passed by state Assembly

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(jil nrajygt jLjjy kwWk ghJfhgG)

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mspjJsshu

279) 2018 NABARD Award

Repco Micro Finance Ltd a non-banking Finance

Company promoted by Repco bank has won the

2018 NABARD award for its service to self-Help

Group (SHG) linkage in Tamil Nadu for the fiscal

year 2017-18

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280) ASI to upgrade Seven monuments in

TamilNadu

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has

planned to upgrade infrastructural and tourist

friendly facilities at seven sites which are

approved under Adarsh Smarak Scheme for

conservation of Monuments in Tamil Nadu

The Monuments are Shore temple

Mamallapuram Gingee Fort kailasanathar

temple Kancheepuram Brihadeswarar temple

Thanjavur Sithananavasal Caves vellore fort

Moovar koil Kodumbalur

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(Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)

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281) Myanmar in International Solar Alliance

Myanmar has joined the India-initiated

International Solar Alliance (ISA) and became

the 68th signatory to the framework Agreement

of the ISA It is headquarters at Gwal Pahari

village in Gurugram Haryana

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Alliance) fllikgG xggejjjpy

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282) Scottish site selected for Spaceport

UK space agency has selected site at Sutherland

on ArsquoMhoine peninsula on north Coast of

Scotland for its first Spaceport to launch rockets

vertically and put satellites in orbit

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283) Lakshya sen won gold at Asia Badminton

Junior

Lakshya sen from India has clinched historic

menrsquos singles gold at the Asia Badminton Junior

Championship 2018 in Jakarata

With this he became the 3rd Indian shuttler to

win singles gold at the competition after

Gautham Thakkar and PV Sindhu

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nfsjk jffhh kwWk PV rpeJ jqfk

ntdwpUejdh

284) Afghan player nominated for the IOC

membership

A young Afghan basketball player Samira

Asghari has been nominated for the

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

membership She is among 9 candidates for

membership of the body in a move to boost

womenrsquos rights

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285) Arman Ali was appointed as Executive

Director of National Centre for promotion of

employment for Disable People (NCPEDP)

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(NCPEDP) ephthf afFduhf mukhd myp

epakpffgglLsshu

286) Worldrsquos Best Cities Report

According to Travel+ Leisurersquos worldrsquos best cities

report the city of Udaipur has ranked 3rd The

top 2 cities are both in Mexico- San Miguel de

Allende and Oaxaca

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cssd

p287) Delhi Dialogue (DDX)

The 10th edition of Delhi Dialogue (DDX) was

held in New Delhi and was hosted by Union

External affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj The

theme for this edition was ldquoStrengthening India-

ASEAN maritime Cooperationrdquo

Delhi Dialogue is premier annual event to

discuss Politico- security economic and Socio-

Cultural engagement between India and the

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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tYggLjJjyrdquo

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rig Association of Southeast Asian Nations

(ASEAN) MfpatwwpwfpilNaahd murpay

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njhlhGfis tpthjpggjwfhd Kjdikahd

tUlhejpu epfoT ej nlyyp

NgrRthujij MFk

288) Central Oil PSUs has signed joint Venture

Pact

In a major initiative to connect all the North-

East States to the National Gas grid the 5

Central oil PSUs -IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL and

NRL have signed a joint venture agreement for

executing the North-East Natural Gas Pipeline

Grid (N-ENGPG) in Guwahati

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$lL Kawrp xggejjjpy ifnaOjjplld

tlfpofF khepyqfis Njrpa vhpthA

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KdKawrpahfgt IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL

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nghJjJiw epWtdqfSk nfsfhjjpapy

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xggejjjpy ifnaOjjplld

289) PATA Gold Award 2018

Sahapediarsquos India Heritage ldquowalk Feterdquo wins

PATA award has been awarded the PATA Gold

Award 2018 for its recently concluded Pon-India

event

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Fete) PATA tpUjpid ntdWssJ rkPgjjpy

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PATA jqf tpUJ-2018id J ngwWssJ

290) Medini Puraskar Yojana

The Environment Ministry re-introduced the

lsquoMedini Puraskar Yojanarsquo a scheme that awards

Indian authors for their original work in Hindi on

environment pollution and climate change

subjects

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Nah[dh jplljjpid RwWroy

mikrrfk kWgbAk mwpKfggLjjpAssJ

291) Student Police Cadet Programme

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has

launched the student police Cadet Programme to

build a bridge between the police and the larger

community though School students by

inculcating values and ethics in them

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edndwpfs GfllggLk

292) lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched the

lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo in a bid to make London

the worldrsquos most walkable city

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VJthd efukhf khwWk Kawrpapy yzld

Nkau rhjpf fhd eilgapwrp eltbfif

jplljjpid Walking Action Planrsquo njhlqfp

itjJsshu

293) Fugitive Economic offenders Bill 2018

The Parliament passed the Fugitive Economic

Offenders Bill 2018 which will empower

authorities to attach and Confiscate properties

and assets of economic offenders like loan

defaulters and Fraudsters who flee the country

The Cases where the total value involved in such

Scheduled offences is Rs 100 crore or more will

come under its purview

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jzbfFk kNrhjhrsquo

ehlhSkdwjjpy nghUshjhu Fwwthspfspd

rlljJfFg Gwkghd nrhjJfis gwpKjy

nraAkgt jggpNahLk nghUshjhu

Fwwthspfis jzbfFk kNrhjhrsquo (Fugitive

Economic offenders Bill 2018)

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NfhbfF Nky fld ngwW mij

nrYjjhky ehlil tplL jggpNahbdhy

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gpwggpffggLk

294) India-assisted emergency ambulance

Service

Indian prime Minister launched the India-

assisted emergency ambulance Service in

Srilanka through video conferencing from New

Delhi

The inaugural function was scheduled in Jaffna

Srilanka this is the largest Indian project in

Srilanka after Indian housing project

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njhlqfp itjjhu

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[hgshtpy jpllkplgglbUejJ

ejpahtpd tPLfs flbaspffggLk

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toqfggLk ngupa jpllk JthFk

295) 24-hour helpline for Protection for inter-

caste couples

The Tamil Nadu government has setup a 24-

hour helpline to investigate issues faced by

inter-caste couples and offer them necessary

assistance

A special cell has been formed in all districts and

cities in the State comprising district-level

officers to receive complaints of harassment

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vjphnfhssggLk gpurrpidfisg gwwp

tprhuid nraaTk mthfSfF Njitahd

cjtp kwWk ghJfhggpid toqfTk

jkpof muR 24 kzp Neu n`ygiyid

mikjJssJ

JdGWjjYfF vjpuhd FwwrrhlLfisg

ngWtjwF khtll mstpyhd

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khepyjjpd vyyh khtllqfs kwWk

efuqfspYk mikffgglbUffpwJ

296) India tops skilled visa immigrants list

According to the data released by Australian

Bureau of Statistics for those coming to

Australia on the skilled visa India with 19

people bagged the top rank

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M]jpNuypa Gsspapy nrayfjjpdhy

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M]jpNuypahtpwF tUgtufspy ejpah

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297) Padhe Bharat-Badhe Bharat

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

has announced lsquoPadhe Bharat-Badhe Bharatrsquo an

initiative to promote the reading culture among

students The initiative has launched under

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo

Under this initiative the government will give an

annual library grant to schools

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo is an overarching programme

for school educating extending from primary to

class 12 which was introduced in the Union

Budget 2018-19

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kKawrp njhlqfgglLssJ

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lsquorkfuh rpfhrsquo 2018-2019 Mk Mzbd

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jpllkhFk J Mukgf fytp Kjy 12-Mk

tFgG tiu gssp fytpffhf

cUthffggll jpllkhFk

298) Miss Asia (Deaf) 2018

Deshna Jain who is from Madhya Pradesh has

been crowned the 2018 Miss Asia (Deaf) title

and also she was the 3rd in the 2018 Miss

international (Deaf)

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lsquo Nghlbapy 3tJ lk gpbjjhh

299) South East Asiarsquos first Centre for Climate

Change

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (NABARD) has launched the South

East Asiarsquos First-ever centre for Climate change

in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

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khwwjjpwfhd ikajijgt NtshzikfFk

கிராம tshrrpfFkhd Njrpa tqfp

(NABARD) njhlqfpAssJ

300) System of Air Quality and weather

Forecasting

Dr Harsh Vardhan the Union Environment

Minister has launched a advanced State-of-the-

art Air Quality and weather forecast System

called SAFAR (System of Air Quality and

Weather Forecasting) in Delhi

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mikgG

kjjpa RwWroy mikrrh Dr `h

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Weather Forecasting) vdw mjpetPd fhwwpd

juk kwWk thdpiy KdfzpgG mikgig

nlyypapy mwpKfggLjjpitjjhh

301) Odisha police has launched a drive to bust

an international syndicate that peddles

lsquoendangeredrsquo pangolin

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fhtyJiw Xh affjij njhlqfpAssJ

302) According to Public Affairs Index (PAI) for

2018 Kerala stands as the best-governed State

in the country followed by Tamil Nadu

Telangana

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303) Typhoon Ampil has recently hit Chinese

Financial hub Shunghai and disrupted transport

and shipping

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rPdhtpd epjpikakhd hqfhia jhffpgt

NghfFtujJ kwWk fggy Nritia

ghjpjjJ

304) lsquoe -Pragati Core initiativersquo

The Andhra Pradesh government has launched

lsquoe-Pragati core initiativersquo to provide integrated

Service to citizens It will act as a platform to

connect all departments and Stand alone to

resolve the issue

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Kjdik jsjij (e -Pragati Core initiativersquo)

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lsquoxUGssp jPhthfTk J tpsqFk

305) Tribal Atlas of Odisha

Odisha government has unveiled First-ever

Tribal Atlas of Odisharsquo a compilation of

demographic and Cultural information of the

tribal population in the State It is first of its kind

Compilation in the country

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goqFbapdupd epyggl Vlil (Atlas)

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ntspaplggll Kjy njhFgG JthFk

306) Justice Tahira Safdar has been named as

the new Chief justice of the Balochistan High

court with this She will become the first-ever

female high court chief Justice in Pakistan

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Kjy ngz cahePjpkdw jiyik ePjpgjp

vdw ngUikia milejhh

307) The NASA has launched lsquoRemote sensing

Toolkitrsquo to promote commercial use of satellite

data

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(NASA) njhiy czhT fUtpapidj

njhlqfpAssJ

308) Rajiv Gauba Committee

The Union Government has constituted a high

level committee to suggest laws against mob

lynching and Violence The committee is headed

by the Rajiv Gauba

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vjpuhd rllqfis ghpeJiu nratjwF

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nfsgh epakpffgglLsshh

309) MicroDot Technology

The Indian government has announced the

launch of a new MicroDot Technology that would

help check on vehicle theft

Under this thousands of small dots laser etched

will be sprayed with a vehicle identification

number on all over the vehiclersquos body including

its engine

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cjTk Gjpa ikfNuhlhl njhopyElgjjpd

njhlffjjpid ejpa muR mwptpjJssJ

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gFjpapYk Nyru nghwpffggll

Mapuffzffhd rpwpa Gsspfs thfdk

KOtJk thfd milahs vzZld

njspffggLk

310) The book ldquoThe Dhoni Touch Unravelling

the Enigma That is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquo has

been authored by Bharat Sundaresan

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is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquovdw Eiy guj

RejNurd vOjpAsshh

311) Chennia is going to host the world Junior

Squash Championship 2018

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2018 Nghlbia nrdidapy elffTssJ

312) First person to Ski down the K2

Polandrsquos Andrzej Bargiel became the First person

to Ski down the worldrsquos 2nd highest mountain K2

peak

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cyfpd uzlhtJ nghpa rpfukhd K2-y

gdprrWffpy ltLgll Kjy egu Nghyeijr

rhuej mzbuprf gu[Py Mthu

313) Alize cornet of France won the Swiss open

Tennis title

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Xgd nlddp] glljij ntdwhh

314) State Bank of India organized a nation

wide Kisan Mela as an outreach programme for

farmers and to impart Financial literacy

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Nkshtpid VwghL nraJssJ fprhd

Nksh tptrhapfis nrdwilAk tifapy

epjpepiyf fytpawpit mspggjwfhd

jpllkhf VwghL nraagglLssJ

315) ldquoWarlightrdquo in the Man Booker Prize list

Srilankan born Canadian author Michael

Ondaatje has again made the Man Booker Prize

list with his latest novel lsquoWarlightrdquo Recently his

work was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize

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VwnfdNt NkdGffu gupR ntdw

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vOjjhsuhd ikfNfy xdlhl[p lsquothuiylrsquo

vdw mtuJ rkPgjjpa ehtYffhf Nkd

Gffu glbaypy lk ngwWsshu

mzikapy tuJ gilgG xdWfF

Nfhyld Nkd Gffu tpUJ toqfggllJ

316) Sitamarhi became the first open defecation

free district in Bihar

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KjyhtJ jpwej ntspf fopggiwapyyh

khtllk MFk

57) Shale in Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules

1959

Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has

amended Petroleum and natural Gas Rules 1959

to include Shale in the definition of Petroleum

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1959

nglNuhypajjpd tiuaiwapy Ny

thAtpid Nruggjwfhf kjjpa nglNuhypa

kwWk awif thA tpjpfsgt 1959-id

kjjpa nglNuhypa kwWk awif VupthA

mikrrfk jpUjjp mikjJssJ

318) Prime Ministers tour of three-nations in

Africa

PM Narendra Modi is on a three nation tour to

the African countries including Rwanda Uganda

amp South Africa

Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime

minister to visit Rwanda he gifted 200 cows as

part of Rwanda governmentrsquos Girinka

programme India decided to gift a cancer

therapy machine to the Uganda

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RwWggazk

gpujku eNuejpu Nkhb Mggpupff ehLfshd

ampthzlhgt cfhzlh kwWk njd Mggpupffh

csspll dW ehLfSfF RwWggazk

NkwnfhzLsshu

UthzlhtpwF tp[ak nraj Kjy ejpa

gpujku eNuejpu Nkhb Mthh Uthzlh

murpd fpupqfh jplljjpd xU gFjpahf 200

gRkhLfis gpujku Nkhb guprhf toqfpdhu

cfhzlhtpwF GwWNeha rpfprir

vejpujjpid guprspff ejpa muR KbT

nraJssJ

319) The Ministry of women and child

Development has launched a contest ldquoChildline

1098rdquo to spread awareness on human trafficking

Mlfljjy njhlhghf tpopgGzhT

VwgLjJtjwfhfgt ngzfs kwWk Foeij

eyd mikrrfkhdJ ldquoChildline 1098rdquo vdw

Nghlbia eljjpaJ

320) 10th edition of BRICS Summit in

Johannesburg

South Africa is hosting the 10th edition of BRICS

summit 2018 in Johannesburg with theme

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution

The member nations are Brazil Russia India

China amp South Africa

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BRICS mikggpd 10tJ khehLgt

njddhggphpffhtpd N[hfdd]ghffpy

eilngWfpwJ kkhehlbd fUgnghUsgt

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution vdgjhFk

321) The 3rd edition of Kabira festival 2018 will

be held in Varanasi to celebrate the spirit of 15th

century mystic poet Kabir

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Mwwiy nfhzlhLk tpjkhf fgPuh

jpUtpohtpd dwhtJ gjpgG thuzhrpapy

eilgngWk

322) World Bankrsquos internal award to ICZM

Indiarsquos Integrated Coastal Zone Management

(ICZM) project has won the World Bankrsquos

internal award for exceptional performance in

achieving many development goals

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ejpahtpd xUqfpizej flNyhug gFjp

Nkyhzik (Integrated Coastal Zone

Management -ICZM) jpllkgt gy NkkghlLf

FwpfNfhsfis rhjpjJf fhlba g+utkhd

nrayjpwDffhf cyf tqfpapd csehlL

tpUjpid ntdWssJ

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nrayghlbwfhf ejpa muR nfhsif

mstpyhd xgGjiy toqfpAssJ

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ejpahtpy LIGO Matfk tUk 2024-k

mzby nrayghlLfF tUk vd

vjphghhffggLfpwJ

269) Cheapest drinking water in the world

Bihar will soon provide the cheapest drinking

water in the world The first of such a water

project named lsquoSulabh Jalrsquo was launched in

Biharrsquos Darbhanga district

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cyfpNyNa gPfhu khepyk kpf tpiuthf

kypthd FbePiu toqfTssJ

KjdKiwahf jzzPu njhlughd jpllkhd

lsquoRyhgfrsquo [y gPfhupd jugqfh khtlljjpy

njhlqfgglLssJ

270) Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)

has organised ldquo Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyanrdquo

campaign in five main stem Ganga basin

States-Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh Bihar

Jharkhand and west Bengal It has been

observed as lsquoShubharambh Saptahrsquo

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fqifahwwpd IeJ Kjdik khepyqfshd

cjjufhzlgt cjjuggpuNjrkgt gPfhhgt

[hhffzl kwWk NkwF tqfk

Mfpatwwpy ldquofqfh tphpNuhgdrdquo vdw

gugGiuia fqif Jaikffhd Njrpa

jpll mikgG (NMCG) VwghL nrajpUejJ இது சுபரம சபதா (subharambh saptah) எனற பெயரில கடைபபிடிககபெடுகிறது

271) ldquoPitch Blackrdquo war exercise

The Indian Air force (IAF) is participating in the

Multinational ldquoPitch Blackrdquo warfare exercise

hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force in

Australia

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M]jpNuypahtpd uhay tpkhdg gil

eljJkgt gyNtW ehLfs gqNfwFk

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gpshfrdquo epforrpapy ejpa tpkhdggilAk

fyeJ nfhsfpwJ eepforrp

M]jpNuypahtpy eilgngWfpwJ

272) BSE building gets trademark

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has secured a

ldquotrademarkrdquo for its iconic building Phizoze

Jeejeebhoy Towers located in Mumbai

Subsequently the usage of the BSE buildingrsquos

picture will required consent from BSE

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273) Central Government announces amnesty

for prisoners to mark Mahatma Gandhirsquos 150th

birth anniversary

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274) New 100 Rs Note

New lavender-coloured Rs100 currency notes

will soon be issued by the Reserve Bank of India

The new note will feature the motif of the lsquoRani

Ki Vavrsquo Stepwell in Gujarat as well as the

Swachh Bharat logo and Slogan

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275) The book ldquoThe House of Islam A global

Historyrdquo has been authored by Islamic radical Ed

Hussain

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276) Athletics World Cup

The USA won the first Athletics World Cup held

in London England Poland and Great Britain

took 2nd and 3rd spot respectively

The Athletics world cup is a team-based

international athletics competition inaugurated in

2018 The inaugural edition had eight national

teams based on world rankings

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277) lsquoAabhaar Aapki Sewa karsquo

The Chhattisgarh government has launched an

online portal and mobile app lsquoAabhaar-Aapki

Seva Karsquo (Gratitude-for your service) to provide

transparency in the pension facility

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278) President has given assent to Assam witch

Hunting (Prohibition Prevention and Protection)

Bill 2015 passed by state Assembly

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279) 2018 NABARD Award

Repco Micro Finance Ltd a non-banking Finance

Company promoted by Repco bank has won the

2018 NABARD award for its service to self-Help

Group (SHG) linkage in Tamil Nadu for the fiscal

year 2017-18

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280) ASI to upgrade Seven monuments in

TamilNadu

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has

planned to upgrade infrastructural and tourist

friendly facilities at seven sites which are

approved under Adarsh Smarak Scheme for

conservation of Monuments in Tamil Nadu

The Monuments are Shore temple

Mamallapuram Gingee Fort kailasanathar

temple Kancheepuram Brihadeswarar temple

Thanjavur Sithananavasal Caves vellore fort

Moovar koil Kodumbalur

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(Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)

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281) Myanmar in International Solar Alliance

Myanmar has joined the India-initiated

International Solar Alliance (ISA) and became

the 68th signatory to the framework Agreement

of the ISA It is headquarters at Gwal Pahari

village in Gurugram Haryana

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282) Scottish site selected for Spaceport

UK space agency has selected site at Sutherland

on ArsquoMhoine peninsula on north Coast of

Scotland for its first Spaceport to launch rockets

vertically and put satellites in orbit

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283) Lakshya sen won gold at Asia Badminton

Junior

Lakshya sen from India has clinched historic

menrsquos singles gold at the Asia Badminton Junior

Championship 2018 in Jakarata

With this he became the 3rd Indian shuttler to

win singles gold at the competition after

Gautham Thakkar and PV Sindhu

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284) Afghan player nominated for the IOC

membership

A young Afghan basketball player Samira

Asghari has been nominated for the

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

membership She is among 9 candidates for

membership of the body in a move to boost

womenrsquos rights

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285) Arman Ali was appointed as Executive

Director of National Centre for promotion of

employment for Disable People (NCPEDP)

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286) Worldrsquos Best Cities Report

According to Travel+ Leisurersquos worldrsquos best cities

report the city of Udaipur has ranked 3rd The

top 2 cities are both in Mexico- San Miguel de

Allende and Oaxaca

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p287) Delhi Dialogue (DDX)

The 10th edition of Delhi Dialogue (DDX) was

held in New Delhi and was hosted by Union

External affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj The

theme for this edition was ldquoStrengthening India-

ASEAN maritime Cooperationrdquo

Delhi Dialogue is premier annual event to

discuss Politico- security economic and Socio-

Cultural engagement between India and the

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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288) Central Oil PSUs has signed joint Venture

Pact

In a major initiative to connect all the North-

East States to the National Gas grid the 5

Central oil PSUs -IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL and

NRL have signed a joint venture agreement for

executing the North-East Natural Gas Pipeline

Grid (N-ENGPG) in Guwahati

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289) PATA Gold Award 2018

Sahapediarsquos India Heritage ldquowalk Feterdquo wins

PATA award has been awarded the PATA Gold

Award 2018 for its recently concluded Pon-India

event

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290) Medini Puraskar Yojana

The Environment Ministry re-introduced the

lsquoMedini Puraskar Yojanarsquo a scheme that awards

Indian authors for their original work in Hindi on

environment pollution and climate change

subjects

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291) Student Police Cadet Programme

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has

launched the student police Cadet Programme to

build a bridge between the police and the larger

community though School students by

inculcating values and ethics in them

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292) lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched the

lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo in a bid to make London

the worldrsquos most walkable city

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293) Fugitive Economic offenders Bill 2018

The Parliament passed the Fugitive Economic

Offenders Bill 2018 which will empower

authorities to attach and Confiscate properties

and assets of economic offenders like loan

defaulters and Fraudsters who flee the country

The Cases where the total value involved in such

Scheduled offences is Rs 100 crore or more will

come under its purview

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Economic offenders Bill 2018)

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294) India-assisted emergency ambulance

Service

Indian prime Minister launched the India-

assisted emergency ambulance Service in

Srilanka through video conferencing from New

Delhi

The inaugural function was scheduled in Jaffna

Srilanka this is the largest Indian project in

Srilanka after Indian housing project

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295) 24-hour helpline for Protection for inter-

caste couples

The Tamil Nadu government has setup a 24-

hour helpline to investigate issues faced by

inter-caste couples and offer them necessary

assistance

A special cell has been formed in all districts and

cities in the State comprising district-level

officers to receive complaints of harassment

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296) India tops skilled visa immigrants list

According to the data released by Australian

Bureau of Statistics for those coming to

Australia on the skilled visa India with 19

people bagged the top rank

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297) Padhe Bharat-Badhe Bharat

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

has announced lsquoPadhe Bharat-Badhe Bharatrsquo an

initiative to promote the reading culture among

students The initiative has launched under

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo

Under this initiative the government will give an

annual library grant to schools

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo is an overarching programme

for school educating extending from primary to

class 12 which was introduced in the Union

Budget 2018-19

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298) Miss Asia (Deaf) 2018

Deshna Jain who is from Madhya Pradesh has

been crowned the 2018 Miss Asia (Deaf) title

and also she was the 3rd in the 2018 Miss

international (Deaf)

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299) South East Asiarsquos first Centre for Climate

Change

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (NABARD) has launched the South

East Asiarsquos First-ever centre for Climate change

in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

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300) System of Air Quality and weather

Forecasting

Dr Harsh Vardhan the Union Environment

Minister has launched a advanced State-of-the-

art Air Quality and weather forecast System

called SAFAR (System of Air Quality and

Weather Forecasting) in Delhi

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301) Odisha police has launched a drive to bust

an international syndicate that peddles

lsquoendangeredrsquo pangolin

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302) According to Public Affairs Index (PAI) for

2018 Kerala stands as the best-governed State

in the country followed by Tamil Nadu

Telangana

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303) Typhoon Ampil has recently hit Chinese

Financial hub Shunghai and disrupted transport

and shipping

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304) lsquoe -Pragati Core initiativersquo

The Andhra Pradesh government has launched

lsquoe-Pragati core initiativersquo to provide integrated

Service to citizens It will act as a platform to

connect all departments and Stand alone to

resolve the issue

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305) Tribal Atlas of Odisha

Odisha government has unveiled First-ever

Tribal Atlas of Odisharsquo a compilation of

demographic and Cultural information of the

tribal population in the State It is first of its kind

Compilation in the country

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306) Justice Tahira Safdar has been named as

the new Chief justice of the Balochistan High

court with this She will become the first-ever

female high court chief Justice in Pakistan

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307) The NASA has launched lsquoRemote sensing

Toolkitrsquo to promote commercial use of satellite

data

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308) Rajiv Gauba Committee

The Union Government has constituted a high

level committee to suggest laws against mob

lynching and Violence The committee is headed

by the Rajiv Gauba

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309) MicroDot Technology

The Indian government has announced the

launch of a new MicroDot Technology that would

help check on vehicle theft

Under this thousands of small dots laser etched

will be sprayed with a vehicle identification

number on all over the vehiclersquos body including

its engine

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310) The book ldquoThe Dhoni Touch Unravelling

the Enigma That is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquo has

been authored by Bharat Sundaresan

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is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquovdw Eiy guj

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311) Chennia is going to host the world Junior

Squash Championship 2018

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312) First person to Ski down the K2

Polandrsquos Andrzej Bargiel became the First person

to Ski down the worldrsquos 2nd highest mountain K2

peak

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313) Alize cornet of France won the Swiss open

Tennis title

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314) State Bank of India organized a nation

wide Kisan Mela as an outreach programme for

farmers and to impart Financial literacy

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Nksh tptrhapfis nrdwilAk tifapy

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jpllkhf VwghL nraagglLssJ

315) ldquoWarlightrdquo in the Man Booker Prize list

Srilankan born Canadian author Michael

Ondaatje has again made the Man Booker Prize

list with his latest novel lsquoWarlightrdquo Recently his

work was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize

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Gffu glbaypy lk ngwWsshu

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316) Sitamarhi became the first open defecation

free district in Bihar

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KjyhtJ jpwej ntspf fopggiwapyyh

khtllk MFk

57) Shale in Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules

1959

Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has

amended Petroleum and natural Gas Rules 1959

to include Shale in the definition of Petroleum

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1959

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thAtpid Nruggjwfhf kjjpa nglNuhypa

kwWk awif thA tpjpfsgt 1959-id

kjjpa nglNuhypa kwWk awif VupthA

mikrrfk jpUjjp mikjJssJ

318) Prime Ministers tour of three-nations in

Africa

PM Narendra Modi is on a three nation tour to

the African countries including Rwanda Uganda

amp South Africa

Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime

minister to visit Rwanda he gifted 200 cows as

part of Rwanda governmentrsquos Girinka

programme India decided to gift a cancer

therapy machine to the Uganda

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RwWggazk

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NkwnfhzLsshu

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nraJssJ

319) The Ministry of women and child

Development has launched a contest ldquoChildline

1098rdquo to spread awareness on human trafficking

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VwgLjJtjwfhfgt ngzfs kwWk Foeij

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Nghlbia eljjpaJ

320) 10th edition of BRICS Summit in

Johannesburg

South Africa is hosting the 10th edition of BRICS

summit 2018 in Johannesburg with theme

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution

The member nations are Brazil Russia India

China amp South Africa

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BRICS mikggpd 10tJ khehLgt

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ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution vdgjhFk

321) The 3rd edition of Kabira festival 2018 will

be held in Varanasi to celebrate the spirit of 15th

century mystic poet Kabir

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Mwwiy nfhzlhLk tpjkhf fgPuh

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eilgngWk

322) World Bankrsquos internal award to ICZM

Indiarsquos Integrated Coastal Zone Management

(ICZM) project has won the World Bankrsquos

internal award for exceptional performance in

achieving many development goals

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Management -ICZM) jpllkgt gy NkkghlLf

FwpfNfhsfis rhjpjJf fhlba g+utkhd

nrayjpwDffhf cyf tqfpapd csehlL

tpUjpid ntdWssJ

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css rjuyheJ jsjjpid NjhT

nraJssJ

283) Lakshya sen won gold at Asia Badminton

Junior

Lakshya sen from India has clinched historic

menrsquos singles gold at the Asia Badminton Junior

Championship 2018 in Jakarata

With this he became the 3rd Indian shuttler to

win singles gold at the competition after

Gautham Thakkar and PV Sindhu

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யொடடியில லகஷயா nrd jqfk ntdwhh

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ntdwpUejdh

284) Afghan player nominated for the IOC

membership

A young Afghan basketball player Samira

Asghari has been nominated for the

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

membership She is among 9 candidates for

membership of the body in a move to boost

womenrsquos rights

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cWggpdhfSs xUtuhf rkpuh NjhT

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285) Arman Ali was appointed as Executive

Director of National Centre for promotion of

employment for Disable People (NCPEDP)

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(NCPEDP) ephthf afFduhf mukhd myp

epakpffgglLsshu

286) Worldrsquos Best Cities Report

According to Travel+ Leisurersquos worldrsquos best cities

report the city of Udaipur has ranked 3rd The

top 2 cities are both in Mexico- San Miguel de

Allende and Oaxaca

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cssd

p287) Delhi Dialogue (DDX)

The 10th edition of Delhi Dialogue (DDX) was

held in New Delhi and was hosted by Union

External affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj The

theme for this edition was ldquoStrengthening India-

ASEAN maritime Cooperationrdquo

Delhi Dialogue is premier annual event to

discuss Politico- security economic and Socio-

Cultural engagement between India and the

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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rig Association of Southeast Asian Nations

(ASEAN) MfpatwwpwfpilNaahd murpay

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njhlhGfis tpthjpggjwfhd Kjdikahd

tUlhejpu epfoT ej nlyyp

NgrRthujij MFk

288) Central Oil PSUs has signed joint Venture

Pact

In a major initiative to connect all the North-

East States to the National Gas grid the 5

Central oil PSUs -IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL and

NRL have signed a joint venture agreement for

executing the North-East Natural Gas Pipeline

Grid (N-ENGPG) in Guwahati

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$lL Kawrp xggejjjpy ifnaOjjplld

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KdKawrpahfgt IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL

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289) PATA Gold Award 2018

Sahapediarsquos India Heritage ldquowalk Feterdquo wins

PATA award has been awarded the PATA Gold

Award 2018 for its recently concluded Pon-India

event

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Fete) PATA tpUjpid ntdWssJ rkPgjjpy

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290) Medini Puraskar Yojana

The Environment Ministry re-introduced the

lsquoMedini Puraskar Yojanarsquo a scheme that awards

Indian authors for their original work in Hindi on

environment pollution and climate change

subjects

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Nah[dh jplljjpid RwWroy

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291) Student Police Cadet Programme

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has

launched the student police Cadet Programme to

build a bridge between the police and the larger

community though School students by

inculcating values and ethics in them

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292) lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched the

lsquoWalking Action Planrsquo in a bid to make London

the worldrsquos most walkable city

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jplljjpid Walking Action Planrsquo njhlqfp

itjJsshu

293) Fugitive Economic offenders Bill 2018

The Parliament passed the Fugitive Economic

Offenders Bill 2018 which will empower

authorities to attach and Confiscate properties

and assets of economic offenders like loan

defaulters and Fraudsters who flee the country

The Cases where the total value involved in such

Scheduled offences is Rs 100 crore or more will

come under its purview

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nraAkgt jggpNahLk nghUshjhu

Fwwthspfis jzbfFk kNrhjhrsquo (Fugitive

Economic offenders Bill 2018)

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294) India-assisted emergency ambulance

Service

Indian prime Minister launched the India-

assisted emergency ambulance Service in

Srilanka through video conferencing from New

Delhi

The inaugural function was scheduled in Jaffna

Srilanka this is the largest Indian project in

Srilanka after Indian housing project

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toqfggLk ngupa jpllk JthFk

295) 24-hour helpline for Protection for inter-

caste couples

The Tamil Nadu government has setup a 24-

hour helpline to investigate issues faced by

inter-caste couples and offer them necessary

assistance

A special cell has been formed in all districts and

cities in the State comprising district-level

officers to receive complaints of harassment

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mikjJssJ

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296) India tops skilled visa immigrants list

According to the data released by Australian

Bureau of Statistics for those coming to

Australia on the skilled visa India with 19

people bagged the top rank

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297) Padhe Bharat-Badhe Bharat

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

has announced lsquoPadhe Bharat-Badhe Bharatrsquo an

initiative to promote the reading culture among

students The initiative has launched under

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo

Under this initiative the government will give an

annual library grant to schools

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo is an overarching programme

for school educating extending from primary to

class 12 which was introduced in the Union

Budget 2018-19

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cUthffggll jpllkhFk

298) Miss Asia (Deaf) 2018

Deshna Jain who is from Madhya Pradesh has

been crowned the 2018 Miss Asia (Deaf) title

and also she was the 3rd in the 2018 Miss

international (Deaf)

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299) South East Asiarsquos first Centre for Climate

Change

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (NABARD) has launched the South

East Asiarsquos First-ever centre for Climate change

in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

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300) System of Air Quality and weather

Forecasting

Dr Harsh Vardhan the Union Environment

Minister has launched a advanced State-of-the-

art Air Quality and weather forecast System

called SAFAR (System of Air Quality and

Weather Forecasting) in Delhi

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mikgG

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Weather Forecasting) vdw mjpetPd fhwwpd

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nlyypapy mwpKfggLjjpitjjhh

301) Odisha police has launched a drive to bust

an international syndicate that peddles

lsquoendangeredrsquo pangolin

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302) According to Public Affairs Index (PAI) for

2018 Kerala stands as the best-governed State

in the country followed by Tamil Nadu

Telangana

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303) Typhoon Ampil has recently hit Chinese

Financial hub Shunghai and disrupted transport

and shipping

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NghfFtujJ kwWk fggy Nritia

ghjpjjJ

304) lsquoe -Pragati Core initiativersquo

The Andhra Pradesh government has launched

lsquoe-Pragati core initiativersquo to provide integrated

Service to citizens It will act as a platform to

connect all departments and Stand alone to

resolve the issue

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Kjdik jsjij (e -Pragati Core initiativersquo)

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lsquoxUGssp jPhthfTk J tpsqFk

305) Tribal Atlas of Odisha

Odisha government has unveiled First-ever

Tribal Atlas of Odisharsquo a compilation of

demographic and Cultural information of the

tribal population in the State It is first of its kind

Compilation in the country

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goqFbapdupd epyggl Vlil (Atlas)

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ntspaplggll Kjy njhFgG JthFk

306) Justice Tahira Safdar has been named as

the new Chief justice of the Balochistan High

court with this She will become the first-ever

female high court chief Justice in Pakistan

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Kjy ngz cahePjpkdw jiyik ePjpgjp

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307) The NASA has launched lsquoRemote sensing

Toolkitrsquo to promote commercial use of satellite

data

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(NASA) njhiy czhT fUtpapidj

njhlqfpAssJ

308) Rajiv Gauba Committee

The Union Government has constituted a high

level committee to suggest laws against mob

lynching and Violence The committee is headed

by the Rajiv Gauba

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nfsgh epakpffgglLsshh

309) MicroDot Technology

The Indian government has announced the

launch of a new MicroDot Technology that would

help check on vehicle theft

Under this thousands of small dots laser etched

will be sprayed with a vehicle identification

number on all over the vehiclersquos body including

its engine

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cjTk Gjpa ikfNuhlhl njhopyElgjjpd

njhlffjjpid ejpa muR mwptpjJssJ

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gFjpapYk Nyru nghwpffggll

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KOtJk thfd milahs vzZld

njspffggLk

310) The book ldquoThe Dhoni Touch Unravelling

the Enigma That is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquo has

been authored by Bharat Sundaresan

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is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquovdw Eiy guj

RejNurd vOjpAsshh

311) Chennia is going to host the world Junior

Squash Championship 2018

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2018 Nghlbia nrdidapy elffTssJ

312) First person to Ski down the K2

Polandrsquos Andrzej Bargiel became the First person

to Ski down the worldrsquos 2nd highest mountain K2

peak

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cyfpd uzlhtJ nghpa rpfukhd K2-y

gdprrWffpy ltLgll Kjy egu Nghyeijr

rhuej mzbuprf gu[Py Mthu

313) Alize cornet of France won the Swiss open

Tennis title

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Xgd nlddp] glljij ntdwhh

314) State Bank of India organized a nation

wide Kisan Mela as an outreach programme for

farmers and to impart Financial literacy

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Nkshtpid VwghL nraJssJ fprhd

Nksh tptrhapfis nrdwilAk tifapy

epjpepiyf fytpawpit mspggjwfhd

jpllkhf VwghL nraagglLssJ

315) ldquoWarlightrdquo in the Man Booker Prize list

Srilankan born Canadian author Michael

Ondaatje has again made the Man Booker Prize

list with his latest novel lsquoWarlightrdquo Recently his

work was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize

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VwnfdNt NkdGffu gupR ntdw

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vOjjhsuhd ikfNfy xdlhl[p lsquothuiylrsquo

vdw mtuJ rkPgjjpa ehtYffhf Nkd

Gffu glbaypy lk ngwWsshu

mzikapy tuJ gilgG xdWfF

Nfhyld Nkd Gffu tpUJ toqfggllJ

316) Sitamarhi became the first open defecation

free district in Bihar

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KjyhtJ jpwej ntspf fopggiwapyyh

khtllk MFk

57) Shale in Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules

1959

Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has

amended Petroleum and natural Gas Rules 1959

to include Shale in the definition of Petroleum

nglNuhypa kwWk awif thA tpjpfs

1959

nglNuhypajjpd tiuaiwapy Ny

thAtpid Nruggjwfhf kjjpa nglNuhypa

kwWk awif thA tpjpfsgt 1959-id

kjjpa nglNuhypa kwWk awif VupthA

mikrrfk jpUjjp mikjJssJ

318) Prime Ministers tour of three-nations in

Africa

PM Narendra Modi is on a three nation tour to

the African countries including Rwanda Uganda

amp South Africa

Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime

minister to visit Rwanda he gifted 200 cows as

part of Rwanda governmentrsquos Girinka

programme India decided to gift a cancer

therapy machine to the Uganda

gpujk kejpupapd dW Mggpupffh ehLfspd

RwWggazk

gpujku eNuejpu Nkhb Mggpupff ehLfshd

ampthzlhgt cfhzlh kwWk njd Mggpupffh

csspll dW ehLfSfF RwWggazk

NkwnfhzLsshu

UthzlhtpwF tp[ak nraj Kjy ejpa

gpujku eNuejpu Nkhb Mthh Uthzlh

murpd fpupqfh jplljjpd xU gFjpahf 200

gRkhLfis gpujku Nkhb guprhf toqfpdhu

cfhzlhtpwF GwWNeha rpfprir

vejpujjpid guprspff ejpa muR KbT

nraJssJ

319) The Ministry of women and child

Development has launched a contest ldquoChildline

1098rdquo to spread awareness on human trafficking

Mlfljjy njhlhghf tpopgGzhT

VwgLjJtjwfhfgt ngzfs kwWk Foeij

eyd mikrrfkhdJ ldquoChildline 1098rdquo vdw

Nghlbia eljjpaJ

320) 10th edition of BRICS Summit in

Johannesburg

South Africa is hosting the 10th edition of BRICS

summit 2018 in Johannesburg with theme

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution

The member nations are Brazil Russia India

China amp South Africa

N[hfdd]ghffpy 10tJ BRICS crrpkhehL

BRICS mikggpd 10tJ khehLgt

njddhggphpffhtpd N[hfdd]ghffpy

eilngWfpwJ kkhehlbd fUgnghUsgt

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution vdgjhFk

321) The 3rd edition of Kabira festival 2018 will

be held in Varanasi to celebrate the spirit of 15th

century mystic poet Kabir

15-k Ewwhzil rhhej MdkpffftP fgpuPd

Mwwiy nfhzlhLk tpjkhf fgPuh

jpUtpohtpd dwhtJ gjpgG thuzhrpapy

eilgngWk

322) World Bankrsquos internal award to ICZM

Indiarsquos Integrated Coastal Zone Management

(ICZM) project has won the World Bankrsquos

internal award for exceptional performance in

achieving many development goals

ICZM- fF cyf tqfpapd csehlL tpUJ

ejpahtpd xUqfpizej flNyhug gFjp

Nkyhzik (Integrated Coastal Zone

Management -ICZM) jpllkgt gy NkkghlLf

FwpfNfhsfis rhjpjJf fhlba g+utkhd

nrayjpwDffhf cyf tqfpapd csehlL

tpUjpid ntdWssJ

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[hgshtpy jpllkplgglbUejJ

ejpahtpd tPLfs flbaspffggLk

jplljjpwFg gpwFgt =yqfhtpy ejpahthy

toqfggLk ngupa jpllk JthFk

295) 24-hour helpline for Protection for inter-

caste couples

The Tamil Nadu government has setup a 24-

hour helpline to investigate issues faced by

inter-caste couples and offer them necessary

assistance

A special cell has been formed in all districts and

cities in the State comprising district-level

officers to receive complaints of harassment

fygGj jpUkzk nraJ nfhzltufshy

vjphnfhssggLk gpurrpidfisg gwwp

tprhuid nraaTk mthfSfF Njitahd

cjtp kwWk ghJfhggpid toqfTk

jkpof muR 24 kzp Neu n`ygiyid

mikjJssJ

JdGWjjYfF vjpuhd FwwrrhlLfisg

ngWtjwF khtll mstpyhd

mYtyufisf nfhzl rpwgG rpiwf$lk

khepyjjpd vyyh khtllqfs kwWk

efuqfspYk mikffgglbUffpwJ

296) India tops skilled visa immigrants list

According to the data released by Australian

Bureau of Statistics for those coming to

Australia on the skilled visa India with 19

people bagged the top rank

jpwDila GykngauejtufSffhd tprh

glbayypy ejpah Kjyplk

M]jpNuypa Gsspapy nrayfjjpdhy

ntspaplggllj jftyfspd gbgt

jpwDilatufSffhd tprhtpy

M]jpNuypahtpwF tUgtufspy ejpah

19kffSld Kjypljijg ngwWssJ

297) Padhe Bharat-Badhe Bharat

The Ministry of Human Resource Development

has announced lsquoPadhe Bharat-Badhe Bharatrsquo an

initiative to promote the reading culture among

students The initiative has launched under

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo

Under this initiative the government will give an

annual library grant to schools

lsquoSamagra Shiksharsquo is an overarching programme

for school educating extending from primary to

class 12 which was introduced in the Union

Budget 2018-19

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Gjjfqfisg gbfFk goffjij

khztufspilNa CffggLjj kjjpa kdpj

ts NkkghlL mikrrfk lsquogNj ghuj-gNl

ghujrsquo vDk KdKawrpiaj njhlqfpAssJ

lsquorkfuh rpfhrsquo vdw jplljjpd fPo

kKawrp njhlqfgglLssJ

kKawrpapd fPo gsspfSfF muR

tUlhejpu Eyf epjpia toqFk

lsquorkfuh rpfhrsquo 2018-2019 Mk Mzbd

kjjpa gln[lby cUthffggll

jpllkhFk J Mukgf fytp Kjy 12-Mk

tFgG tiu gssp fytpffhf

cUthffggll jpllkhFk

298) Miss Asia (Deaf) 2018

Deshna Jain who is from Madhya Pradesh has

been crowned the 2018 Miss Asia (Deaf) title

and also she was the 3rd in the 2018 Miss

international (Deaf)

kp] Mrpah (fhJ NfshNjhh) 2018

kjjpa gpuNjr khepyjij Nrhej Njzh

n[apd 2018-ffhd lsquokp] Mrpahrsquo thf (fhJ

NfshNjhh) kFlk llgglLsshh th

fhJ NfshNjhUffhd lsquokp] dluNedhy

lsquo Nghlbapy 3tJ lk gpbjjhh

299) South East Asiarsquos first Centre for Climate

Change

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (NABARD) has launched the South

East Asiarsquos First-ever centre for Climate change

in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

njdfpoffhrpahtpd KjyhtJ fhyepiy

khwwjJffhd ikak

cjjugpuNjr khepyjjpd yfNdhtpygt

njdfpoffhrpahtpd KjyhtJ fhyepiy

khwwjjpwfhd ikajijgt NtshzikfFk

கிராம tshrrpfFkhd Njrpa tqfp

(NABARD) njhlqfpAssJ

300) System of Air Quality and weather

Forecasting

Dr Harsh Vardhan the Union Environment

Minister has launched a advanced State-of-the-

art Air Quality and weather forecast System

called SAFAR (System of Air Quality and

Weather Forecasting) in Delhi

fhwwpd juk kwWk thdpiy KdfzpgG

mikgG

kjjpa RwWroy mikrrh Dr `h

thjdgt SAFAR (System of Air Quality and

Weather Forecasting) vdw mjpetPd fhwwpd

juk kwWk thdpiy KdfzpgG mikgig

nlyypapy mwpKfggLjjpitjjhh

301) Odisha police has launched a drive to bust

an international syndicate that peddles

lsquoendangeredrsquo pangolin

gddhllstpy vWkGjjpddp fljjy

Nkhrbia Kwpabggjwfhfgt xbrh

fhtyJiw Xh affjij njhlqfpAssJ

302) According to Public Affairs Index (PAI) for

2018 Kerala stands as the best-governed State

in the country followed by Tamil Nadu

Telangana

2018-k MzLffhd nghJ tptfhuqfs

mlltizapdgbgt rpwej ephthfk css

khepyqfspd glbaypy Kjypljjpy Nfush

khepyk cssJ jkpofk 2-tJ lKkgt

njYqfhdh 3-tJ ljjpy cssJ

303) Typhoon Ampil has recently hit Chinese

Financial hub Shunghai and disrupted transport

and shipping

Mkgps whtsp (Typhoon Ampil) mzikapy

rPdhtpd epjpikakhd hqfhia jhffpgt

NghfFtujJ kwWk fggy Nritia

ghjpjjJ

304) lsquoe -Pragati Core initiativersquo

The Andhra Pradesh government has launched

lsquoe-Pragati core initiativersquo to provide integrated

Service to citizens It will act as a platform to

connect all departments and Stand alone to

resolve the issue

e-gpufjp Kjdik jsk

FbkffSfF xUqfpizej Nritfis

toqFtjwfhf Mejpu khepy muR e-gpufjp

Kjdik jsjij (e -Pragati Core initiativersquo)

njhlqfpAssJ midjJj JiwfisAk

izfFk xU jskhfTkgt gpurridfSfF

lsquoxUGssp jPhthfTk J tpsqFk

305) Tribal Atlas of Odisha

Odisha government has unveiled First-ever

Tribal Atlas of Odisharsquo a compilation of

demographic and Cultural information of the

tribal population in the State It is first of its kind

Compilation in the country

xbrhtpd goqFbapdupd epyggl VL (Atlas)

xbrh khepyjjpy css goqFbapd kffs

njhif kwWk mthfsJ fyhrrhuj

jftyfs mlqfpa njhFgghd lsquoxbrhtpd

goqFbapdupd epyggl Vlil (Atlas)

KjdKiwahf mkkhepy muR

ntspaplLssJ ehlby goqFbapdUffhf

ntspaplggll Kjy njhFgG JthFk

306) Justice Tahira Safdar has been named as

the new Chief justice of the Balochistan High

court with this She will become the first-ever

female high court chief Justice in Pakistan

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cahePjpkdwjjpd jiyik ePjpgjpahf

epakpffgglLsshh jdyk ghfp]jhdpd

Kjy ngz cahePjpkdw jiyik ePjpgjp

vdw ngUikia milejhh

307) The NASA has launched lsquoRemote sensing

Toolkitrsquo to promote commercial use of satellite

data

nrawiff Nfhs jftyfspd tzpfuPjpahd

gadghlbid NkkgLjJtjwfhf ehrh

(NASA) njhiy czhT fUtpapidj

njhlqfpAssJ

308) Rajiv Gauba Committee

The Union Government has constituted a high

level committee to suggest laws against mob

lynching and Violence The committee is headed

by the Rajiv Gauba

uh[Pt nfsgh FO

Fkgy mlfFKiw kwWk tdKiwfF

vjpuhd rllqfis ghpeJiu nratjwF

kjjpa muR xU cahkllf FOit

mikjJssJ jd jiytuhf uh[pt

nfsgh epakpffgglLsshh

309) MicroDot Technology

The Indian government has announced the

launch of a new MicroDot Technology that would

help check on vehicle theft

Under this thousands of small dots laser etched

will be sprayed with a vehicle identification

number on all over the vehiclersquos body including

its engine

ikfNuhlhl (MicroDot) njhopyElgk

thfdj jpUlLfisg gwwp mwptjwF

cjTk Gjpa ikfNuhlhl njhopyElgjjpd

njhlffjjpid ejpa muR mwptpjJssJ

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jd fPogt thfdjjpd vd[pd clgl KOg

gFjpapYk Nyru nghwpffggll

Mapuffzffhd rpwpa Gsspfs thfdk

KOtJk thfd milahs vzZld

njspffggLk

310) The book ldquoThe Dhoni Touch Unravelling

the Enigma That is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquo has

been authored by Bharat Sundaresan

ldquoThe Dhoni Touch Unravelling the Enigma That

is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquovdw Eiy guj

RejNurd vOjpAsshh

311) Chennia is going to host the world Junior

Squash Championship 2018

cyf isNahh ]Fth cyfNfhgig

2018 Nghlbia nrdidapy elffTssJ

312) First person to Ski down the K2

Polandrsquos Andrzej Bargiel became the First person

to Ski down the worldrsquos 2nd highest mountain K2

peak

K2-y gdprrWffpy ltLgll Kjy egu

cyfpd uzlhtJ nghpa rpfukhd K2-y

gdprrWffpy ltLgll Kjy egu Nghyeijr

rhuej mzbuprf gu[Py Mthu

313) Alize cornet of France won the Swiss open

Tennis title

gpuhd] tPuuhd myP] fhundl ]tp]

Xgd nlddp] glljij ntdwhh

314) State Bank of India organized a nation

wide Kisan Mela as an outreach programme for

farmers and to impart Financial literacy

ghuj ]Nll tqfp Njrpa mstpyhd fprhd

Nkshtpid VwghL nraJssJ fprhd

Nksh tptrhapfis nrdwilAk tifapy

epjpepiyf fytpawpit mspggjwfhd

jpllkhf VwghL nraagglLssJ

315) ldquoWarlightrdquo in the Man Booker Prize list

Srilankan born Canadian author Michael

Ondaatje has again made the Man Booker Prize

list with his latest novel lsquoWarlightrdquo Recently his

work was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize

Nkd Gffu glbaypy lsquothuiylrsquo

VwnfdNt NkdGffu gupR ntdw

yqifapy gpwej fdlh ehlL

vOjjhsuhd ikfNfy xdlhl[p lsquothuiylrsquo

vdw mtuJ rkPgjjpa ehtYffhf Nkd

Gffu glbaypy lk ngwWsshu

mzikapy tuJ gilgG xdWfF

Nfhyld Nkd Gffu tpUJ toqfggllJ

316) Sitamarhi became the first open defecation

free district in Bihar

rpjkhufp khtllk gPfhu khepyjjpy

KjyhtJ jpwej ntspf fopggiwapyyh

khtllk MFk

57) Shale in Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules

1959

Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has

amended Petroleum and natural Gas Rules 1959

to include Shale in the definition of Petroleum

nglNuhypa kwWk awif thA tpjpfs

1959

nglNuhypajjpd tiuaiwapy Ny

thAtpid Nruggjwfhf kjjpa nglNuhypa

kwWk awif thA tpjpfsgt 1959-id

kjjpa nglNuhypa kwWk awif VupthA

mikrrfk jpUjjp mikjJssJ

318) Prime Ministers tour of three-nations in

Africa

PM Narendra Modi is on a three nation tour to

the African countries including Rwanda Uganda

amp South Africa

Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime

minister to visit Rwanda he gifted 200 cows as

part of Rwanda governmentrsquos Girinka

programme India decided to gift a cancer

therapy machine to the Uganda

gpujk kejpupapd dW Mggpupffh ehLfspd

RwWggazk

gpujku eNuejpu Nkhb Mggpupff ehLfshd

ampthzlhgt cfhzlh kwWk njd Mggpupffh

csspll dW ehLfSfF RwWggazk

NkwnfhzLsshu

UthzlhtpwF tp[ak nraj Kjy ejpa

gpujku eNuejpu Nkhb Mthh Uthzlh

murpd fpupqfh jplljjpd xU gFjpahf 200

gRkhLfis gpujku Nkhb guprhf toqfpdhu

cfhzlhtpwF GwWNeha rpfprir

vejpujjpid guprspff ejpa muR KbT

nraJssJ

319) The Ministry of women and child

Development has launched a contest ldquoChildline

1098rdquo to spread awareness on human trafficking

Mlfljjy njhlhghf tpopgGzhT

VwgLjJtjwfhfgt ngzfs kwWk Foeij

eyd mikrrfkhdJ ldquoChildline 1098rdquo vdw

Nghlbia eljjpaJ

320) 10th edition of BRICS Summit in

Johannesburg

South Africa is hosting the 10th edition of BRICS

summit 2018 in Johannesburg with theme

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution

The member nations are Brazil Russia India

China amp South Africa

N[hfdd]ghffpy 10tJ BRICS crrpkhehL

BRICS mikggpd 10tJ khehLgt

njddhggphpffhtpd N[hfdd]ghffpy

eilngWfpwJ kkhehlbd fUgnghUsgt

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution vdgjhFk

321) The 3rd edition of Kabira festival 2018 will

be held in Varanasi to celebrate the spirit of 15th

century mystic poet Kabir

15-k Ewwhzil rhhej MdkpffftP fgpuPd

Mwwiy nfhzlhLk tpjkhf fgPuh

jpUtpohtpd dwhtJ gjpgG thuzhrpapy

eilgngWk

322) World Bankrsquos internal award to ICZM

Indiarsquos Integrated Coastal Zone Management

(ICZM) project has won the World Bankrsquos

internal award for exceptional performance in

achieving many development goals

ICZM- fF cyf tqfpapd csehlL tpUJ

ejpahtpd xUqfpizej flNyhug gFjp

Nkyhzik (Integrated Coastal Zone

Management -ICZM) jpllkgt gy NkkghlLf

FwpfNfhsfis rhjpjJf fhlba g+utkhd

nrayjpwDffhf cyf tqfpapd csehlL

tpUjpid ntdWssJ

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jd fPogt thfdjjpd vd[pd clgl KOg

gFjpapYk Nyru nghwpffggll

Mapuffzffhd rpwpa Gsspfs thfdk

KOtJk thfd milahs vzZld

njspffggLk

310) The book ldquoThe Dhoni Touch Unravelling

the Enigma That is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquo has

been authored by Bharat Sundaresan

ldquoThe Dhoni Touch Unravelling the Enigma That

is Mahendra Singh Dhonirdquovdw Eiy guj

RejNurd vOjpAsshh

311) Chennia is going to host the world Junior

Squash Championship 2018

cyf isNahh ]Fth cyfNfhgig

2018 Nghlbia nrdidapy elffTssJ

312) First person to Ski down the K2

Polandrsquos Andrzej Bargiel became the First person

to Ski down the worldrsquos 2nd highest mountain K2

peak

K2-y gdprrWffpy ltLgll Kjy egu

cyfpd uzlhtJ nghpa rpfukhd K2-y

gdprrWffpy ltLgll Kjy egu Nghyeijr

rhuej mzbuprf gu[Py Mthu

313) Alize cornet of France won the Swiss open

Tennis title

gpuhd] tPuuhd myP] fhundl ]tp]

Xgd nlddp] glljij ntdwhh

314) State Bank of India organized a nation

wide Kisan Mela as an outreach programme for

farmers and to impart Financial literacy

ghuj ]Nll tqfp Njrpa mstpyhd fprhd

Nkshtpid VwghL nraJssJ fprhd

Nksh tptrhapfis nrdwilAk tifapy

epjpepiyf fytpawpit mspggjwfhd

jpllkhf VwghL nraagglLssJ

315) ldquoWarlightrdquo in the Man Booker Prize list

Srilankan born Canadian author Michael

Ondaatje has again made the Man Booker Prize

list with his latest novel lsquoWarlightrdquo Recently his

work was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize

Nkd Gffu glbaypy lsquothuiylrsquo

VwnfdNt NkdGffu gupR ntdw

yqifapy gpwej fdlh ehlL

vOjjhsuhd ikfNfy xdlhl[p lsquothuiylrsquo

vdw mtuJ rkPgjjpa ehtYffhf Nkd

Gffu glbaypy lk ngwWsshu

mzikapy tuJ gilgG xdWfF

Nfhyld Nkd Gffu tpUJ toqfggllJ

316) Sitamarhi became the first open defecation

free district in Bihar

rpjkhufp khtllk gPfhu khepyjjpy

KjyhtJ jpwej ntspf fopggiwapyyh

khtllk MFk

57) Shale in Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules

1959

Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has

amended Petroleum and natural Gas Rules 1959

to include Shale in the definition of Petroleum

nglNuhypa kwWk awif thA tpjpfs

1959

nglNuhypajjpd tiuaiwapy Ny

thAtpid Nruggjwfhf kjjpa nglNuhypa

kwWk awif thA tpjpfsgt 1959-id

kjjpa nglNuhypa kwWk awif VupthA

mikrrfk jpUjjp mikjJssJ

318) Prime Ministers tour of three-nations in

Africa

PM Narendra Modi is on a three nation tour to

the African countries including Rwanda Uganda

amp South Africa

Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime

minister to visit Rwanda he gifted 200 cows as

part of Rwanda governmentrsquos Girinka

programme India decided to gift a cancer

therapy machine to the Uganda

gpujk kejpupapd dW Mggpupffh ehLfspd

RwWggazk

gpujku eNuejpu Nkhb Mggpupff ehLfshd

ampthzlhgt cfhzlh kwWk njd Mggpupffh

csspll dW ehLfSfF RwWggazk

NkwnfhzLsshu

UthzlhtpwF tp[ak nraj Kjy ejpa

gpujku eNuejpu Nkhb Mthh Uthzlh

murpd fpupqfh jplljjpd xU gFjpahf 200

gRkhLfis gpujku Nkhb guprhf toqfpdhu

cfhzlhtpwF GwWNeha rpfprir

vejpujjpid guprspff ejpa muR KbT

nraJssJ

319) The Ministry of women and child

Development has launched a contest ldquoChildline

1098rdquo to spread awareness on human trafficking

Mlfljjy njhlhghf tpopgGzhT

VwgLjJtjwfhfgt ngzfs kwWk Foeij

eyd mikrrfkhdJ ldquoChildline 1098rdquo vdw

Nghlbia eljjpaJ

320) 10th edition of BRICS Summit in

Johannesburg

South Africa is hosting the 10th edition of BRICS

summit 2018 in Johannesburg with theme

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution

The member nations are Brazil Russia India

China amp South Africa

N[hfdd]ghffpy 10tJ BRICS crrpkhehL

BRICS mikggpd 10tJ khehLgt

njddhggphpffhtpd N[hfdd]ghffpy

eilngWfpwJ kkhehlbd fUgnghUsgt

ldquoBRICS in Africa- Collaboration for inclusive

growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial

revolution vdgjhFk

321) The 3rd edition of Kabira festival 2018 will

be held in Varanasi to celebrate the spirit of 15th

century mystic poet Kabir

15-k Ewwhzil rhhej MdkpffftP fgpuPd

Mwwiy nfhzlhLk tpjkhf fgPuh

jpUtpohtpd dwhtJ gjpgG thuzhrpapy

eilgngWk

322) World Bankrsquos internal award to ICZM

Indiarsquos Integrated Coastal Zone Management

(ICZM) project has won the World Bankrsquos

internal award for exceptional performance in

achieving many development goals

ICZM- fF cyf tqfpapd csehlL tpUJ

ejpahtpd xUqfpizej flNyhug gFjp

Nkyhzik (Integrated Coastal Zone

Management -ICZM) jpllkgt gy NkkghlLf

FwpfNfhsfis rhjpjJf fhlba g+utkhd

nrayjpwDffhf cyf tqfpapd csehlL

tpUjpid ntdWssJ