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CURRENT AFFAIRS: DAYS

20th Anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas

• The 20th Anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas is being celebrated across the country on July 26.
• The day marks the victory of Indian armed forces in Operation Vijay in 1999, when they evicted the infiltrators backed by Pakistani army of high outposts in Kargil sector.
• The Kargil war was fought for more than 60 days and ended with India regaining control of all the previously held territory.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL

India, Saudi Arabia discuss bilateral hydrocarbon cooperation

• Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister DharmendraPradhan held discussions with Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia Khalid Al-Falih to further enhance bilateral hydrocarbon cooperation.
• Both the Ministers discussed further enhancing India-Saudi Arabia hydrocarbon cooperation to become a strong pillar of the existing overall strategic partnership between the two countries.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATE

Uttar Pradesh becomes No. 1 in implementation of PradhanamntriSurakshaBeemaYojna

• Uttar Pradesh has become number one in implementation of PradhanamntriSurakshaBeemaYojna in the country.
• As per the statement released by state government 1.95 crores people have been given insurance cover under the scheme till 31 march 2019.
• Implementation of this ambitious central government scheme started in state from January 2018 under which people between age group of 18 to 70 get accidental insurance cover of rupees 2 lakh by paying a nominal premium of 12 rupees annually.
• Information provided by department of institutional finance of state also says that Uttar Pradesh stands second in the country in the implementation of PradhanMantriJeevanJyotiBeemaYojana, another flagship scheme of the Union Government.

Arunachal CM launches statewide tree plantation programme

• Chief Minister PemaKhandu launched the statewide tree plantation programme ‘Clean-Green Arunachal Campaign 2019’ in Itanagar.
• The campaign under the State Forest department will plant 1-lakh tree saplings in the next 24 hours.
• The campaign is being held as part of Van Mahotsav celebration and has set the target of planting 1 Crore tree within the next five years.

Anganwadi Centres to get transformed into Model Community facilities in Jammu and Kashmir

• Jammu and Kashmir Government rolled out an ambitious plan to transform the Anganwadi Centres into state-of-the-art Model Community Facilities for children and mothers in the State.
• As a part of this programme in the first phase, 50 existing Anganwadi Centres in each district would be transformed through convergence with MGNREGA into Model Anganwadi Centres.
• They will be equipped with upgraded infrastructure and improved amenities like toilets, drinking water and hygiene.
• It will be then replicated at other Anganwadi Centres in the State to change the face of Government’s children and women-oriented program for efficient delivery of Integrated Child Development Scheme.

Punjab, Haryana High Court bans live shows of songs promoting liquor, violence

• Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered a ban on celebratory firing and live shows of songs glorifying liquor, drugs and violence in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh.
• It also banned the use of loudspeakers or public address systems in private or public places without written permission

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BUSINESS

Apple buys ‘majority’ of Intel’s smartphone modem biz for $1 billion

• Apple has announced the acquisition of “majority” of chipmaker Intel’s smartphone modem business in a deal valued at $1 billion, which “is expected to close in fourth quarter of 2019”.
• Apple will intake 2,200 Intel workers along with equipment, intellectual property and leases.
• Notably, Intel had cancelled plans for 5G modems after Apple settled its 2-year-long dispute with Qualcomm.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATION

Sunil Kumar given additional charge as MTNL chairman

• State-owned MTNL director Sunil Kumar has been given additional charge of chairman and managing director of the company.
• Kumar is currently Director (Human Resources and Enterprise Business) at MTNL and takes over from P K Purwar who was recently appointed chairman and managing Director of BSNL.
• Debt-ridden MTNL, which operates telecom services in the Delhi and Mumbai circles, has been incurring consistent losses and is now awaiting a comprehensive revival plan from the government.

Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy’s son-in-law Rishi Sunak joins Boris Johnson’s cabinet

• Infosys co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy’s son-in-law Rishi Sunak is among the three Indians to have found place in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new cabinet team.
• The two other Indians to have been inducted in the new cabinet are Alok Sharma and Priti Patel.
• Rishi Sunak, the 38-year-old Conservative party MP for Richmond (Yorkshire) is a pro-Brexit campaigner who has now replaced Liz Truss as the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
• The Oxford University and Stanford MBA graduate co-founded a £1 billion global investment firm and specialised in investing in small British businesses before his entry to the British Parliament in the 2015 general election.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

StartupiSpace achieves China’s 1st private satellite launch

• Chinese aerospace startupiSpace has successfully launched two satellites into space, marking the first successful orbital launch by a privately funded firm in China.
• The satellites were carried aboard the startup’s Hyperbola-1 rocket.
• Earlier, Chinese aerospace startupsLandSpace and OneSpace had attempted orbital launches in October 2018 and March 2019 respectively but were unsuccessful.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SPORTS

India slips two places to 103 in FIFA rankings

• The Indian football team slipped two places to 103rd in the FIFA rankings released on Thursday.
• India lost two matches and drew one in the Intercontinental Cup earlier this month in Ahmedabad. It had lost 2-4 to Tajikistan and 2-5 against eventual winners DPR Korea before playing out a 1-1 draw against Syria.
• India has 1214 ranking points in its kitty, down by five points from the previous chart issued last month.
• The Indian team now lies at 18th among Asian countries. Iran (23rd) is at the top among Asian countries, followed by Japan (33), Korea (37), Australia (46) and Qatar (62).At the top of the rankings, Belgium leads the chart, followed by Brazil, France, England and Uruguay.

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