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Current Affairs: Important Days

Date	Important days	Theme
July 17	World Day for International Justice	–
July 18	Nelson Mandela International Day	–
July 22	Pi Approximation Day	–

Current Affairs: National

1. Over 30 lakh persons enrolled under PM Shram Yogi Maandhan Scheme till July 10
2. Palau became the 76th country to sign the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Framework Agreement
3. The Union Environment Ministry has selected 12 beaches in India to vie for a ‘Blue Flag’ certification
4. Cabinet has approved the extension of the term of 15^th Finance Commission up to 30th November 2019
5. Union Cabinet has approved 1,600 crore rupees for Dibang Multipurpose Project in Arunachal Pradesh
6. Google India’s ‘Internet Saathi’ programme expanded to Punjab, Odisha
7. SC forms panel to frame emergency plan for the protection Great Indian Bustard and the Lesser Florican Bird
8. 10th Jagran Film festival inaugurated in New Delhi
9. Ambikapur city in Chhattisgarh launched India’s first garbage café
10. Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan launched the ‘Jagrukta Abhiyaan’ to control of vector-borne diseases in Delhi
11. Eight more routes have started operations under the regional connectivity scheme UDAN.
12. CRPF unveiled the country’s first prototype of a body protector for women personnel
13. Government has decided to declare all lanes at toll fee plaza on national highways as ‘FASTag lanes’ from December 1.
14. Union HRD Minister launched the UGC scheme named ‘Paramarsh’ in New Delhi

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Current Affairs: International

1. China has gifted warship frigate P625 to Sri Lanka

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China Capital	Beijing
China Currency	Renminbi, Yuan
China President	Xi Jinping

Current Affairs: State

1. The first international flight from Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar International Airport of Indore leaves for Dubai

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Madhya Pradesh Capital	Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister	Kamal Nath
Madhya Pradesh Governor	Lal Ji Tandon

2. Maharashtra government has raised aid for martyrs’ kin to ₹1 crore from ₹25 lakh

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Maharashtra Capital	Mumbai
Maharashtra Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Maharashtra Governor	Chinamani Vidyasagar Rao

3. Haryana cabinet has approved to set up Sports University near Sonipat

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Haryana Capital	Chandigarh
Haryana Chief Minister	Manohar lal Kathar
Haryana Governor	Satyadev Narayan Arya

4. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami announced two new districts Tenkasi and Chengelpet

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Tamil Nadu Capital	Chennai
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister	E. Palanisamy
Tamil Nadu Governor	Banwarilal Purohit

5. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated 1000 meter long Ujh Bridge in Kathua district and 617.40-meter Basantar Bridge in samba district of J&K

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Jammu & Kashmir Capital	Jammu & Srinagar
Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister	Vacant
Jammu & Kashmir Governor	Satya Pal Malik

6. Telangana and World Economic Forum signed an agreement for drone-delivery project called Medicine from the Sky

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Telangana Capital	Hyderabad
Telangana Chief Minister	Chandrasekhar Rao
Telangana Governor	ESL Narashiman

7. Kerala to set up India’s first space tech park in Thiruvananthapuram

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Kerala Capital	Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala Chief Minister	Pinarayi Vijayan
Kerala Governor	P. Sadasivam

Current Affairs: Banking and Finance

1. RBI slaps Rs 7 crore fine on SBI for non-compliance of directions
2. RBI imposed a Rs. 10-lakh fine on Union Bank for non-compliance with the directions on the cybersecurity framework

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RBI Headquarters	Mumbai
RBI Governor	Shaktikant Das
RBI Deputy Governor	BP Kanungo, N S Vishwanathan, and Mahesh Kumar Jain

3. World Bank to offer $250 million to Kerala for disaster management
4. World Bank has ‘dropped’ the $700-million Andhra Pradesh Amaravati infrastructure project

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World Bank Headquarters	Washington, D.C., United States
World Bank President	David Malpass

5. HDFC Bank launched a co-branded ”Small Business Money Back Credit Card” for small traders and village level entrepreneurs

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HDFC Bank Headquarters	Mumbai
HDFC Bank CEO	Aditya Puri
HDFC Bank Tagline	We understand your world

6. Government cuts interest on General Provident Fund (GPF) by 10 bps to 7.9 per cent
7. Andhra Bank launched its AI interactive assistant – ABHi in Telangana

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Andhra Bank Headquarters	Hyderabad
Andhra Bank CEO	J Packirisamy
Andhra Bank Tagline	Where India Bank

8. ADB cuts India’s GDP growth forecast to 7 per cent for FY20

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Asian Development Bank Headquarters	Mandaluyong, Philippines
Asian Development Bank President	Takehiko Nakao

9. ICICI Bank has launched digital banking platform ‘InstaBIZ’ for MSMEs

ICICI Bank Headquarters	Mumbai
ICICI Bank Tagline	Hum Hain Na!
ICICI Bank MD & CEO	Sandeep Bakhshi

10. Standard Chartered to be first foreign bank to launch IFSC in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City)
11. Aditya Birla Payments Bank has shut down its operations 18 months after launch

Current Affairs: Business

1. US-based Ebix buys travel portal Yatra for Rs 2,323 crore
2. Larsen and Toubro Infotech Ltd to take over AI firm Lymbyc Solutions for Rs 38 Crore

Current Affairs: Appointments

Justice AK Sikri	Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC)  judge
Chandrakant Kavlekar	new Deputy CM of Goa
Kiran More	Interim USA Cricket Coach
Biswa Bhusan Harichandan	Governor of Andhra Pradesh
Anusuiya Uikey	Governor of Chhattisgarh
Ursula von der Leyen	female president of European commission
Amita Prasad	Chairperson of Inland Waterways
Vivek Kumar	Private secretary to PM Narendra Modi
Sanjeev Kumar Singla	India’s Ambassador to Israel
Upender Singh Rawat	India’s next Ambassador to Panama
Anandiben Patel	Governor of Uttar Pradesh
Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar	West Bengal
Ramesh Bais	Governor of Tripura
Lal Ji Tandon	Governor of Madhya Pradesh
Phagu Chauhan	Governor of Bihar
R. N. Ravi as	Governor of Nagaland
Vivek Kohli	Chairman of Commonwealth Table Tennis Federation

Current Affairs: Awards and Honours

Shah Rukh Khan	Honorary Doctorate from La Trobe University, Melbourne
“Find the Incredible You” campaign of the Tourism Ministry	Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold Award, 2019
Kapil Dev	Bharat Gaurav award
Repco Micro Finance	Nabard’s award for outstanding performance in terms of self-help group (SHG) linkage in Tamil Nadu for 2018-19.

Current Affairs: Summit and Conference

1. Fuzhou (China) to host 2020 session of World Heritage Committee
2. Golden Jubilee Edition of International Film Festival of India to be held in Goa
3. 13th meeting of the India-UK Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) was held in London
4. 5th edition of the International Police Expo 2019 organised in New Delhi
5. 9th Edition of SAARC Film Festival 2019 was held at Colombo, Sri Lanka

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South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
Headquarters	Kathmandu

6. DefExpo India-2020 to be held in Lucknow

Current Affairs: Ranking

1. Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is the world’s richest person with a total net worth of USD 125 billion

Current Affairs: MoU

1. Israel Aerospace signs $50 million follow-up deal with Indian Navy
2. Union Health Ministry signed an MoU with the Ministries of Defence, Railways and AYUSH to eliminate TB from India by 2025

Current Affairs: Books

Author	Book
Rachna Bisht Rawat	“Kargil: Untold stories from the War”

Current Affairs: Defence

1. INS Sagardhwani embarked on a two-month-long Sagar Maitri Mission-2 in Kochi.
2. India and Chinese Army to conduct ‘Hand-in-Hand’ military drills in Meghalaya

Current Affairs: Sports

1. England defeated New Zealand to win the ICC Cricket Men’s World Cup 2019
2. Vinesh Phogat clinches gold in Yasar Dogu 2019 tournament in Istanbul
3. The 2019 Summer Universiade was held in Naples, Italy
4. India to host ISSF World Cup in March 2020
5. 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship begins in Cuttack
6. Anish Bhanwala won his second ISSF Junior World Cup gold in the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol
7. The International Cricket Council has suspended Zimbabwe Cricket with immediate effect

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ICC Headquarters	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
ICC Chairperson	Shashank Manohar
ICC CEO	Manu Sawhney

8. Sachin Tendulkar has been inducted into the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame
9. India’s Arjun Bhati wins Junior World Golf Championship
10. Prithu Gupta becomes India’s 64th Grandmaster of India
11. North Korea beat Tajikistan to win Intercontinental Cup 2019
12. Indian Men & Women’s teams win Commonwealth Table Tennis title
13. Indian bodybuilder Ravinder Kumar Malik has clinched Mr. South Asia title
14. Shiva Thapa became India’s first gold-medallist at the President’s Cup boxing tournament in Astana, Kazakhstan

Current Affairs: Obituaries

Person	Field
Lt Gen JS Gharaya	1971 war hero
Pernell Whitaker	American boxer
Swarup Dutta	Bengali actor
Johnny Clegg	South African singer and songwriter
Marc Batchelor	Former South African footballer
P Rajagopal	Saravana Bhavan restaurant founder
Sheila Dikshit	Former Chief Minister of Delhi

 

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