Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (22nd to 31st July 2018)

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 4^th Week of July 2018. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBI Clerk 2018 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

Important Weekly Current Affairs 4^th Week of July 2018

1) The Student Police Cadet (SPC) Programme will be launched nationally on – July 21, 2018

2) Election Commissioner Sunil Arora inaugurated a new manufacturing facility for EVM (Electronic Voting Machine) production at Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL),in – Bangalore.

 3) Rank of India among those coming to Australia on the skilled visa is – 1^st

 4) Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has said that, he has planned to make London, the world’s most walkable city in the world by launching – ‘Walking Action Plan’.

5) Odisha to host 40-day Odisha Triennial of International Art (OTIA) in – Bhubaneshwar, Puri and Konark

6) The first international festival of Mizoram-Mizo Hnahthlak celebrated in Aizawl, Mizoram

7) Tamil Nadu government has set a 24-hour helpline to assist and protect inter-caste couples

8) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said to the Supreme Court (SC) that dealings in Cryptocurrency like Bitcoins would encourage – Illegal transactions

9) Federal Bank has obtained the regulatory nod from RBI (Reserve Bank of India) to open offices in – Bahrain, Kuwait and Singapore

 10) Madhusudan Padhi appointed as the principal secretary to – Odisha Governor

11) The 28th meeting of the GST Council chaired by interim finance minister Piyush Goyal was held in – New Delhi.

12) The Environment Ministry re-introduced the ‘Medini Puraskar Yojna’– a scheme that awards Indian authors for their original work in Hindi on – Environment, pollution and climate change subjects.

13) Facebook is working on a new satellite project, named – Athena

14) Shubhankar Sharma became the youngest Indian golfer to achieve the feat at the 147th Open Championships at – Carnoustie, Scotland.

15) World’s Most Expensive Goalkeeper is – Alisson Becker.

16) Former Chhattisgarh Finance Minister Ramchandra Singhdeo Passed away

17) Dr Harsh Vardhan unveiled a state-of-the-art Air Quality and Weather Forecast System– SAFAR (System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting)at – ChandniChowkin Delhi

18) P. Jindal Global University signed a MoU with Harvard University for an – Annual study programme

19) Iran to jointly produce defense equipment with – Pakistan

 20) PM Modi Flags Off Emergency Ambulance Service In – Sri Lanka

21) U. P. police plans to set up Digital Armies to – Counter fake news

 22) Himachal Pradesh government has approved implementation of Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) for procurement of – Apple

 23) Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb inaugurated the 7 day long “Kharchi Puja” at – Puran Habeli in Tripura

 24) NABARD launches first ever centre for climate change in South East Asia at – Lucknow

25) India has planned to buy environmentally friendly TaxiBots, which can be used at the airports, developed by – Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).

26) Chief Justice Rajendra Menon to take over as the Chief Justice of the – Delhi High Court.

27) Arman Ali appointed executive director of – NCPEDP

28) Public Affairs Index 2018: Kerala Best Governed State – Bihar Worst

29) International Army Games 2018 will be conducted from – July 28 to August 11

30) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the ‘Remote Sensing Toolkit’ to promote commercial use of satellite data.

31) A total of 734 youngsters were shortlisted today for scholarship under the – Khelo India Talent Development Scheme.

32) NGT asked states to submit CZMP to MoEF by – August 31

33) PM Modi to gift 200 cows to a village in – Rwanda

34) China offered a gift of USD 295 million to – Sri Lanka

35) Delhi AIIMS signed MoU with IIT Kharagpur for – Education and Research Purposes

36) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik releases first-ever tribal atlas of – Odisha

37) Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha inaugurated Regional Rail Training Institute (RRTI) in – Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh

38) Sahapedia’s India Heritage Walk fete wins – PATA award

39) 76th Golden Globe Awards on – Jan 6, 2019

40) NITI Aayog signs SoI with Lupin Foundation for Collaborating in – Aspirational Districts

 41) The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has created an online tool named – TreadWill

42) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurates National Traders’ Conclave in – New Delhi

43) First Meeting of India-Bangladesh Joint Committee on Border HaatsHeld in – Agartala

44) Government slashes minimum yearly deposit for Sukanya Samriddhi account to – Rs 250

45) World’s heaviest communications satellite is launched by – SpaceX

46) The first person to ski down the world’s 2nd highest mountain – Bargiel

47) Quickest Player To Reach 1000 Runs In 1-Day Internationals is – Fakhar Zaman

48) Indian shuttler who clinched gold medal at the Badminton Asia Junior Championships 2018 is – Lakshya Sen

49) German Grand Prix 2018 won by – Lewis Hamilton

50) India’s first ever gold in U-20 Athletics championship won by – Hima Das

51) Pulitzer Prize-Winning Restaurant Critic Jonathan Gold Passes Away

52) The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee officially presented its Olympic mascots – Miraitowa and Someity .

53) Rishi Srivastava has been promoted and appointed as the new MD & CEO of – Tata AIA life Insurance

54) Women and Child Development Ministry to move proposal to – Amend POCSO Act

55) India has become a popular hub of – Medical Tourism

56) Government sets up 4-member panel to propose measures on – Mob Violence, Lynching

57) The Ministry of Women and Child Development has launched a contest, ‘#Childline1098’ to mark the World Day against Trafficking in Persons on – July 30, 2018.

58) Union Agriculture Minister Shri Radha Mohan Singh announced that the government has sanctioned Rs 1,754.14 crore under National Dairy Plan (NDP) to – Enhance productivity of milch animals.

59) The Lok Sabha passed the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2018, that seeks to punish bribe-givers and bribe-takers. The Bill provides for a jail term of – Three to seven years

60) Japan’s parliament has passed the Integrated Resort (IR) bill which will lead to – The opening of the country’s first legal casin

61) Iran has overtaken Saudi Arabia to be the second largest supplier of – Crude Oil

62) Mumbai to get ‘skyscraper bridge’ connecting Worli to Sewri, it aims to complete it by mid-2022

63) Goa will end its ban on imported fish on – July 31

64) A total of two crore saplings will be planted on the banks of the Mahanadi, Tel and Ib rivers under the – Green Mahanadi Mission

65) Lok Sabha has passed Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2017 to reduce the – Number of cheque dishonour cases pending in courts

66) CCO of Bajaj Auto Ltd is – Rakesh Sharma

67) Non-executive Chairman of Max Financial Services is – Analjit Singh

68) Myanmar which will host the next Asean Education Ministers Meeting (ASED) in – October

69) Swachh Survekshan Grameen launched in – UP, Jharkhand and Maharashtra

70) Kerala’s 400m hurdler Vishnu Priya and Punjab’s shot-putter Dhanvir Singh set new meet records in the 15th National Youth Athletics Championships in – Vadodara, Gujarat.

71) Pension amount Olympic medalists to now receive – Rs 20,000 per month

72) World junior squash championships begins in – Chennai

73) The international festival of photography, will be held in – Chennai

74) Parliament passes Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2018 to curb practice of evading criminal prosecution by – Economic Offenders.

75) The National Green Tribunal formed a monitoring committee on cleaning of the – Yamuna

 76) IRDAI Forms Panel To Review 3rd Party Motor Cover Costs Chairman of the committee is – J. Joseph

 77) Imran Khan declares victory in general election of – Pakistan

 78) West Bengal passes resolution to change name of state to – ‘Bangla’

79) Lokayukta Bill passed by – West Bengal Assembly.

 80) Arunachal Pradesh to launch new health insurance scheme – Chief Minister’s Arogya Arunachal Yojana (CMAAY)

 81) Venkaiah Naidu is appointed as the Chancellor of – Pondicherry University

 82) Odisha CM Inaugurates Rs 300 Crore Irrigation Dam Project in – Rukura project in Sundargarh district

 83) Wangchuk and Vatwani are among six winners of the – Magsaysay award

 84) Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog & MyGov Launches – ‘Innovate India Platform’

85) The 2nd Young Superintendent of Police Conference held in – New Delhi

86) Sixth India-UK Science & Innovation Council Meeting Held In – New Delhi

 87) UNICEF International Children’s Film Festival in – Kolkata

88) The book “The Dhoni Touch: Unravelling the Enigma That Is Mahendra Singh Dhoni” has been authored by – Bharat Sundaresan

89) Ranks of India in 2018 AT Kearney FDI Confidence Index is – 11th

90) Ranks of India in Global Optimism Index is – 6th

91) 3rd edition of Kabira festival 2018 held in – Varanasi

92) Veteran Sports Journalist Swapan Sarkar passed away

93) World Ranger Day is celebrated worldwide on – July 31^st.

94) World Day against Trafficking in Persons is observed every year on – July 30

 95) USFDA approved Aurobindo Pharma for generic anticoagulant injection – Bivalirudin

96) Mission Satyanishtha is launched by – Indian Railways.

97) Dindigul district administration has proposed to conduct Kodai festival in the month of – August.

98) FSSAI sealed an edible oil manufacturing unit under the suspicion of – Adulteration.

99) Swelect introduced a technique to produce pure drinking water using sunlight and air.

100) Odisha to implement own Food Security Act from – October.

101) Shripad Yesso Naik lays the foundation stone of the 2nd Phase of construction of – NEIAH.

102) India’s new CEO of HSBC is – Surendra Rosha

103) Electric Vehicle charging and battery swapping infrastructure initiative is launched by – EIL

104) Mohun Bagan Ratna Conferred On – Pradip Chowdhury.

105) ONGC conferred with – INFRA Icon Award.

106) 3rd BRICS Film Festival concluded with – India Day.

107) First Nepal-India Think Tank Summit Began in – Kathmandu.

108) India’s first-ever international blockchain Congress hosted by –Hyderabad

109) The Canadian Open 2018 won by – Dustin Johnson.

110) Boy’s title at WSF-World Junior Squash team championship is won by – Egypt

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