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BRAHMA
MAGAZINE
CURRENT AFFAIRS - JULY Exclusively prepared for RACE TNPSC Aspirants
Issue 3 | Page 24 | Topic Brahma | Price Not for Sale
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1) SKOCH Silver award bagged by Tamilnadu
governmentrsquos lsquoUZHAVANrsquo mobile app jkpof muR cUthffpalsquocotdrsquo ifNgrp
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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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tpiuT rhiy
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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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msthf mnkupff lhyUff vjpuhf 6910
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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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v] vk ) jpd tpohtpy vkv]vk
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Nj epforrpapy lsquoNrhyhu ruffh kpdrsquo
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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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Kjytu godprhkp mwptpjjhu
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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gilahrrpahupd gpwej jpdkhd nrglkgu 16
Mk ehs MzLNjhWk muR tpohthf
nfhzlhlggLk vd Kjytu mwptpjjhu
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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Kjy ejpa ngz
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cupkjjijg ngwWsshu
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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mnkupffu tujhd
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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gps]-2 tFgG Njurrp ngWk jpUkzk
Mfhj khztpfSfF amp10 Mapuk fytp
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muR nraygLjjp tUfpwJ
lsquoKffpa kejpup fddpah cjjd Nah[dhrsquo
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cjtpj njhif
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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Nkwgll kffshy NgrggLk jhankhopfs
121 klLNk tufspd xlLnkhjj
vzzpfif 121 Nfhb MFk
23) Leftist populist Andres Manuel elected as a
president of Mexico in the election
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ngwwpUffpwhu 24) UIDAI introduced 16-digit Aadhaar Virtual ID
instead Aadhar ID number
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nraJssJ
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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NruffgglLssdu
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`hy Mg Ngk glbaypy
izffgglLssdu
lsquo`hy Mg NgkrsquovdgJ fpupfnflby tPuhfs
nraj rhjidgt gqfspgG MfpatwWffhf
Irprp toqFk gllkhFk
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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toffpy ifJ nraaggllhh
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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Fifapy rpffpa fhygeJ rpWtu mzpia
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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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rhjidia giljjhh
31) Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and
Manoj Sinha released the commemorative stamp
on legendary Carnatic vocalist ML
Vsanthakumari
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epidT mQry jiyia kjjpa
mikrrufs epukyh rPjhuhkd kwWk
kNdh[ rpd`h ntspaplldu
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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mikrruit xgGjy
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FtpzlhYfF amp200 caujjpgtamp1gt750 Mf
epuzak nraJ xgGjy toqfpAssJ
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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KbAk vd crr ePjpkdwk jPugG
mspjJssJ
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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ifnaOjjhdJ
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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muR mwptpjJssJ
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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itjjhu
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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filgpbffggLfpwJ
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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tpUJ
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fiyfs Jiwapy gyNtW rhjidfs
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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kwWk Mul nlNfh flbl fiyapy css
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jwF xgGjy mspffggllJ
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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epgh itu] jhffk yiy vd Nfus muR
mwptpjJssJ
1998-y kNyrpahtpd lsquoRqif epghrsquo vdw
ljjpyjhd ej fharry Kjypy
VwgllJ vdNtgt ej Nehia lsquoepghrsquo itu]
fharry vdNw mioffpdwdu mqFss
gdwpfis tsuggthfSfF ej itu]
Kjypy guptaJ
nlNuhg] FLkgjijr Nrhej goejpddp
ttthyfspypUeJ ej itu] guTfpwJ
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
NkkgLjJtjwfhf kjjpa muR FO
mikjJssJ
Njrpa fzfFfs myyJ epfu csehlL
cwgjjpapd (GDP) fzffPlbwfhd mbggil
Mzil jpUjjpaikggjwfhd jpllqfspd
gpddzpapy khepyqfs kwWk
khtllqfspy nghUshjhuj juiy
fzffpLtpjwfhd tpjpKiwfis
NkkgLjJtjwfhf utPejpu H Njhyffpah
jiyikapy 13 Nghnfhzl FO xdiw
kjjpa muR mikjJssJ
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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mikggpd Gjpa jiyth
rhtNjr FbNaww mikggpd jiytuhf
NghhrRffy ehlilr Nrhej MzldpNah
tplNlhhpNdh njhpT nraagglLsshh
jwNghJ tpyypak Nyrp ]ypq jiytuhf
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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ifnaOjjplLssJ xbrh
midjJ tifahd NghplhfSfFk
jpwdkpF Nkyhzikffhf Kdndrrhpfif
mikgig NkkgLjJtjwfhf Ieh
mitapd fPo gjpTnraaggll cyf
muRfSffpilNaahd mikgghd gpuhejpa
xUqfpizej gy MgjJ Kdndrrhpfif
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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epakpffgglLsshh
CBIC-apd Kddhs jiyth td[h N rhdh
xaTngwwijj njhlheJ kjjpa kiwKf
thpfs kwWk RqfthpCBIC thhpajjpd Gjpa
jiytuhf v] uNk epakpffgglLsshh
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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ntdwJ
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WjpgNghlbapy m[a jhf$h
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tPojjp rhkgpad glljij ifggwwpaJ
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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vhprfjpgt Gjpa amp GJggpffjjff Mwwy
mikrrfqfspd khehL `pkhrrygpuNjr
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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tpjkhf lsquoEleventh Hourrsquo vdw Eiy
FwwgGidT vOjjhsh `Pird irjp
vOjpAsshh
IPS officer Sundari Nanda becomes the first
woman DGP of the Union Territory Puducherry
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b[pgp-ahf Igpv] mjpfhhp Rejhp eejh
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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tpkhdggilaplk xggilffggllJ
njddpejpa tpkhdggilapd jiyikaplk
Nfushtpd jpUtdejGujjpy cssJ
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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[hhffzl khepy muR epWtTssJ fhjp
kwWk fhjp jahhpgGfspd reijfis
kjpgGahjJk tpjkhf J mikaTssJ
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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xbrhtpd gpjhfdpfh Njrpagg+qfh
ejpahtpy தவகமோகmopeJtUk cthePh
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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NjrpagG+qfhit cyf ghukghpa jyqfs
glbaypy izjJssJ [eh fytpgt
mwptpay kwWk gzghlL mikgG
(UNESCO) 57) Australia defeat India to win Menrsquos
Rabobank Hockey Champions Trophy 2018
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2018 `hffpg Nghlbapd WjpgNghlbapygt
ejpa mzpia NjhwfbjJ M]jpNuypa
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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Njhjy eljij tpjpkPwy FwpjJ Gfhu
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myyJ lsquorptp[pyrsquo vdw Gjpa nraypia
mwpKfggLjjpaJ
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ej nraypapy Gfhu mspffyhk
59) Major General Jose Elaclio Alcain of Uruguay
will be Head UN Military Observer Group in
India Pakistan
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fzfhzpgGfFOTffhd jiytuhf
epakpffgglLsshh
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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fopT kWRowrp ikak
muR rhhghf ejpahtpNyNa KjdKiwahf
kpddZffopT kWRowrp ikak
ngqfSUtpy mikffggLk vd kjjpa
urhazk kwWk cuqfs mikrrh
MdejFkhh mwptpjjhh
kjjpa urhzk kwWk mikrrfjjpd
flLghlbd fPo nraygLk kjjpa nefpog
nghwpapy njhopDlg epWtdthdJ (CIPET)
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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mwpKfggLjjpaJ
fhjp kwWk fpuhkpa ifjnjhopy Mizak
KVIC GJbyypapy fhjp epWtd Nkyhzik
kwWk jfty mikgG KIMIS vdw ngaupy
cUthffggll -khufnflbq mikgG
xdiw mwpKfggLjjpaJ ej mikggpd
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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epiyajjpd ngaiu lsquokfhuh[h gPu gpfuk
மணிகயா fpNhh tpkhd epiyakrsquo vdW
ngahkhwwk nraa kjjpa mikrruit
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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Gfongww tpohthdJ Nkfhyhahtpd
n[aejpah kiyfs gFjpapy
nfhzlhlggllJ lsquoehhrsquogoqFbapdh kjjpapy
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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Nah[dhrsquo kwWk lsquoKffpakejpup [d fyahzrsquo
myyJ rkgy Nah[dh MfpatwWfF
xgGjy mspjjJ
lsquogpyyp gpy khgp Nah[dhrsquo (kpdrhuf
fllzk jsSgb jpllk) jplljJfF kjjpa
gpuNjr muR xgGjy mspjJssJ
jjplljjpd fPogt gjpTnraJss
mikgGrhuh njhopyhshfs kwWk tWikf
NfhlLfF fPOss FLkgqfspd epYitapy
css kpdrhuf fllzjjpwF tpyfF
mspffggLk
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lsquorkgyrsquo Nah[dh vdw jplljjpd fPogt
mikgGrhuh njhopyhshfs kwWk tWikf
NfhlLfF fPOss FLkgqfSfF khjk
xdWfF amp200 vdw tpiyapy kpdrhuk
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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Nghlbia epiwT nraj Kjy ejpa
uhZt mjpfhup tp b Nlhfuh
gzpapy UfFkNghNj UkGkdpjh
Nghlbia epiwTnraj Kjy ejpa uhZt
mjpfhup Nk[h N[duy tpfuk Nlhfuh
(tpbNlhfuh) Mthu
kwWk cyf ehLfspNyNa ejgglljij
ntdw Kjy uhZt jsgjp Nlhfuh ej
Nghlb M]jphpah ehlby eilgngwwJ
UkG kdpjh vdgJ rhtNjr biuajyhd
(Triathlon) NghlbahFk ej biuajyhd
Nghlbia 17 kzp NeujJfFs KbfFk
eghfSfF lsquoUkGkdpjhrsquo gllk
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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Rdpy Nkjjh FOgt jdJ mwpfifia
kwWk gupeJiufis kjjpa epjpaikrrh
gpA Nfhayplk rkhggpjjJ
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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ehfg+hpygt kfhuhbu rllkdwjjpd
kioffhy $lljnjhlu 47
MzLfSfFggpd mqF eilngwwJ
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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19tJ IUFoST cyf czT mwptpay
kwWk njhopDlg khehL ejpahtpd etp-
Kkigapy tUk mfNlhgh khjk 23 Kjy
27 tiu elffTssJIUFoSTvdgjpd
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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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Nra CllrrjJf Fiwghlbid
Nghffpajwfhf yhud] `hllhl kwWk
Nltpl neNgNuh MfpNahupd jdpggll kwWk
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
Mrpa clfllikgG KjyPlL tqfpapd
(AIIB) dwhtJ tUlhejpu rejpgG
Kkigapy eilgngwwJ
FOtpd Kjy rejpgG 2016-Mk MzL
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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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gpuNjr khepyjjpwF tpUJ
gpujk kejpupapd ghJfhgghd jhaik
gpurrhujjpd fPo (PMSMA -gpujhd kejpup
Rufpj kjhpt mgpahd) kfgNgwW
wgigf Fiwjjjwfhf kjjpa Rfhjhu
kwWk FLkg eythoT mikrrfk kjjpa
gpuNjr khepyjjpwF tpUJ toqfpAssJ
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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jplljij gQrhg mwpKfggLjjpAssJ
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gQrhg muRrsquo ghdp grrhNthgt igNr fkhNthrsquo
vdw Gjpa jplljij mwpKfggLjjpAssJ
jjplljjpd fPogt Foha fpzWfis
Fiwthfg gadgLjJk tptrhapfSfF gz
cjtp mspffggLk
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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nlylh jutupir
lsquocauylrpa khtllqfspd khwwjjpwfhd
jplljjpd fPo epjp MNahf 108 cauylrpa
khtllqfSffhd KjyhtJ nlylh
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kwWk Nk 2018 Mfpa uzL khjqfspy 5
tsurrpg gFjpfspy milej
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glbay ntspaplgglLssJ
F[uhjjpd lhNfhl khtllk Kjy
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khtllk uzlhtJ ljijAkgt
jkpoehlbd uhkehjGuk khtllk
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[ejhtJ ljij gpbjJssJ
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jpllkrsquo gpujkh mthfs [dthp 2018y
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ehlbYss rpy tshrrpailahj
khtllqfspy tpiuthf kwWk gaDss
khwwjij VwgLjJtJ
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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xdgjhtJ gzpj jiytufspd khehL GJ
jpyypapy eilngwwJ kkhehlil kjjpa
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njhlqfp itjjhh
khehlbd fUjJUthdJ ldquoKbtpyyhj
vyiy izaww ntspahLrdquo f$lljjpy
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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fpuh]pq mwwjhf khwwggllJ
ejpa uapyNtahdJgt NkwF kjjpa
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uapyNt kwWk njdfpofF kjjpa
uapyNt Mfpa ehdF kzlyqfspYk
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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xUqfpizej uapynglbj
njhopwrhiyahdJgt (ICF) Kjd Kiwahf
JUgpbffhj vFld $ba 3 fll
Mwwykpff nkadiyd vyfluf kybgpy
a+dpl (MEMU) nfhzl 8 uapy nglbfis
tbtikjJ ntspaplLssJ
MEMUvdgJ Gwefu uapy mikgghFk
J csefuqfspy Fiwej njhiyT
gazk nraAk gazpfspd Njitia
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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epukgpathfs fllha ehlL Nritapy ltLgl
NtzLk vd cjjutplLssJ Mrphpah
NritgtnjhzL Nrit vd vjhtJ xU
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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vDk 1950-fspy Uej Rfhyp fggiy
xjj flwgazk
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gpujpepjpjJtggLjJthu
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MrpahtpypUeJ nryYk xNu gqNfwghsh
Mthu
ejg Nghlbapd jdpjJtk vddntdwhy
1968fFg gpwF tbtikffggll fggy
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
xJffPL nratJ FwpjJ KbT nratjwfhf
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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xgGjy mspjjJ ejpah
Mrpa grpgpf tujjf xggej
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fllzr rYifia toqFtjwF ejpah
xgGjy mspjJssJ
Mrpa grpgpf tsheJ tUk cWggpdu
ehLfSffpilNa fllzr rYif
gupkhwwjjpd yk tujjfjij tpuptilar
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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mUqfhlrpafk [gghdpy NlhffpNahtpYss
MORI flbljjpd kpddZ fiy
mUqfhlrpafjjpy jpwffgglLssJ
84) The worldrsquos First digital art museum has
opened at the MORI Building Digital Art Museum
in Tokyo Japan
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mUqfhlrpafk [gghdpy NlhffpNahtpYss
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
nttNtW mikrrfk kwWk njhopwrhiy
$lLdhfSld NrheJ epjp MNahfgt
affk cyfshtpa aff crrp khehL
vdw xdiw 2018-k MzL nrglkgu khjk
7-8 Njjp eljJtjwF VwghL nraaTssJ
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J gpujk kejpupahy njhlqfp itffggLk
J thfdqfis kpdkakhffygt
GJggpffjjff Mwwiy xUqfpizjjy
kwWk Ntiy thagpid mjpfupjjy Nghdw
ejpahtpd yfFfis top eljj cjTk
tthW Jaikahd Mwwiyf nfhzl
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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ldquotpisahlL ejpahrdquo
34 MzLfshf nrayglL tUk ldquoejpa
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ejpahrdquo vd ngah khwwk nraJ
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mikrru uh[athjjd rpq uNjhh
mwptpjJsshh tpisahlL Mizajjpd
50tJ nghJfFO $lljjpy kKbT
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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gjffk
kjjpa csJiw mikrrfk csJiw
mikrrupd rpwej nrayghlL gjffk
xdiw epWTtjwF xgGjy mspjJssJ
NkYk mJ dW gjffqfis
epWtpAssJ mit mejhupf Rufrh
gjffkgt mrhjhud MRrrd gjhf kwWk
cjfpuprpj mjpcjfpuprpj Nrth gjffk
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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Kjy jpUeqif
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Kjy jpUeqif vdw rhjidia
]ngapid Nrhej VQryh Nghd]
giljJsshh
th lsquokp] Adpth] ]ngapdrsquo glljij
ntdwjpd yk ej MzL
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Adpth]rsquo Nghlbapy ]ngapd rhhgpy th
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
mjpfhug+ht ghly xdiwj njhpTnraa
rpwej vOjjhshfs kwWk nkhop
tyYehfis csslffpa tyYeh
FOnthdiw mikjJssJ fyhrrhujj
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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midjJ muR CopaufSfFk fllha
Nghij kUeJ gupNfhjidfF mkkhepy
Kjyth Nfgld mkupeju rpq
cjjutplLsshh
murhqfg gzpapy midjJ tpjkhd
gzpepakdk kwWk gjpt cahT
MfpatwwpwF Nghij kUeJ gupNrhjid
fllhak Nkwnfhss NtzLk vdW gQrhg
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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teJ FbePUfF gadgLjj jpllkplLssJ
[ffpa mNugpa vkpufk
94) Brazil become highest scoring team in FIFA
World cup History
FIFA fhygeJ cyffNfhgig Nghlbfspy
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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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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20 vdw jplljij tFggjwfhf rpqfgg+iu
ikakhff nfhzl nghwpapay kwWk
MNyhrid toqFk epWtdkhd Rughdh
[PNuhqFld GupeJzuT xggejk xdwpy
ifnaOjjplLssJ
[PNdhk Ntyp 20 vdgJ thofif mwptpay
gwwpa Muharrp kwWk tsurrp
eltbfiffs yfFfSffhf ejpahtpd
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
mwpKfggLjjpAssJ ej nraypahdJ
EfuNthuplkpUeJ tupia typfFk xU
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)
gpujpepjpfSk rkPgjjpy Mejpuhtpy
tpisahlLffhd kpddZ fwwy ikajij
(Gaming Digital Learning Hub) epWTtjwfhd
Xh xggejjjpy ifnaOjjplldh
xggejjjpdgb (UNESCO) MdJ
tprhfgglbdjjpy tpiutpy
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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kjjy uh[gfr gddhlL thDhjp
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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lsquoNghrhd mgpahdrsquo kwWk lsquog+hzhrsquo jpllk
mqfdthb ikaqfspy FoeijfSfF
CllrrjJkpff czTfis toqFtjd
yk mthfspd CllrrjJ Fiwghlil
xopggjwfhf F[uhj khepy muR lsquoNghrhd
mgpahdrsquo jplljij njhlqfpaJ
gUt taJ rpWkpfSffpilNA epyTk
Cllrrjjpdikia xopggjwfhf lsquog+hzhrsquo
vdw jplljijAk mkkhepy muR
njhlqfpAssJ
ehL jOtpa Njrpa CllrrjJ
affkhdJ Nghrhd mgpahd uh[]jhdpy
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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rllgg+ht chpikfsgt flikfsgt nghWgGfs
vd midjJk lsquogwggd kwWk ePhthotd
csspll KO tpyqFg NguuRfFk
cssJrdquo vdW cjjufhzl khepy
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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uh[]jhd muR kpfTk gpwgLjjggll
tFggpd (MBC) fPo css F[[ugt ghybahgt
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Nughupgt flhupah kwWk fhlhyah csgl 5
gpuptpdUfF ju gpwgLjjggll tFggpd
(OBC) fPo fytp epWtdqfs kwWk
khepyjjpy murhqf NtiyfF MsNrugG
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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jplljij cjjuggpuNjr muR GST jpd
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
kjjpa rf ePjp Jiw mikrrfjjpd fPogt
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
rjjp]fh khepyjjpd Gjpa jiyefuhf
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
tpzntspfF mDgggll Kjy nrawif
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
17MtJ cyfj jkpo iza khehL
NfhitapygtlsquomwpTrhu jkpoj NjLnghwpfsrsquo
vdDk fUnghUSld eilgngwwJ
113) With 226 Lakh Crore Rupees Collection of
GST Tax Tamilnadu in 4th place
amp226 ylrk Nfhb [Pv]b ty
nrajjpd ykgt [pv]b tUthapy ehlby
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)
2019-y UeJ tUlk uzL Kiw [P (JEE)
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)
epWtpa Nuhfd tp[atPutpd thofifia
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
mdW nfhzlhlggLfpwJ 2018d
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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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rqfkhdJ Nfhyh fubia kiwajjF
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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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mikrrhfsgt muR cah mjpfhhpfspd
NghfFtujJ nryit Fiwff VJthf
NkwFtqf khepy muR ldquoxU eghgt xU fhh
nfhsifiardquo nfhzL teJssJ
119) The Cheetah 3 robot developed by
engineers at the America MIT Which is blind
robot
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nghwpahshfs ghhitjjpwd dwp
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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ejpahtpd Kjy lhfrp MkGyd]
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kwWk neLQrhiyj Jiw mikrru epjpd
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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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Njhjypy NghlbapLk `peJ ngz
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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
cahePjpkdwjjpd jiyik ePjpgjpahfgt
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
Muharrpahshfs cyfpd Kjy
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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fhyepiy khww mikrrfkhdJ KJkiy
Gypfs fhggfjijr RwwpAss 438 rJu
fpkP guggstpyhd gFjpfis RwWroy
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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rthyfSfF csehlbNyNa jPhTfis
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
jiyggpyhd rhtNjr tll Nkir khehL
[Piy 9-10 Mfpa Njjpfspy GJnlyypapy
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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yzldpy css njwFtqfp ikajjpy xNu
Kiw toqfggLk rpwgG tpUjhd Nfhyld
Nkd Gffu rhtNjrg guprpid ntdWssJ
Gffu gupR VwgLjjp 50 tUlqfs Mdjpd
nfhzlhllqfis epidT $w gghpR
VwgLjjggllJ xNu Kiw toqfggLk
ggupR kffshy thffspffgglL
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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filrp epWjjk uhNk]tuk
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
ejpahtpd 2-tJ jpUeqif toffwpQuhf
JfJfFbiar Nrhej v]tp[p jkpoehL
kwwk GJrNrhp ghh fTdrpypy gjpT
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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ntsp khepyqfSfF fhwwhiy kpdrhuk
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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
Nyhf MAfjh rllk jkpof rllg
Nguitapy 972018 mdW epiwNtwwggllJ
Kjythgt mikrrhfsgt muR CopahfSfF
vjpuhd Coy FwwrhlLfis tprhhpff
jkpoehL Nyhf MAfjh mikgG
cUthffggLfpwJ
jkpoeHL Nyhf MAfjh mikgig
cUthfFtjwfhd rll kNrhjhit
gzpahsh eyd kwWk ephthf rPhjpUjjj
Jiw mikrru bn[aFkhh jhffy
nrajhh
ehlbNyNa KjdKjyhf kfhuhbuh
khepyjjpy Nyhf MAfjh VwgLjjggllJ
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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50 taJfF Nkwgll muR Copahfsgt
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XaT mspff cjjpu gpuNjr muR
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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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
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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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6-tJ cyf efuqfs khehL rpqfgG+hpy
eilgngwwJ kkhehlbwfhd fU
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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uh[ehj rpq jiyik jhqfpdhh
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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gpv]vdvy
muRfFr nrhejkhd njhiyjnjhlhG
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MdJ ejpahtpy rPuhd KjyhtJ iza
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iza Nritiag gadgLjjp
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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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biuajyhdrsquo (Ironman Triathlon) Nghlbia
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Mthh gNghlb xNuehspy epiwT
nraaf$ba kpfTk fbdkhd tpisahlL
epfothFk
lsquoIronman Triathlonrsquo ePrrygt irffps Xllkgt
NjNuhllk Mfpatwiw csslffpaJ
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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ejpahtpd 2-tJ egu
cyfpd kpf caukhd vupkiyahd lsquoxN[h]
nly rNyhlhrsquo it Vwpa uzlhtJ
ejpah vdw rpwgig ldquorjaUg rpjjhejhrdquo
ngwWsshu
Kjd Kjypy ej vupkiyia Vwpa Kjy
ejpau kyyp k]jhd ghG Mthh ej
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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MW caufytp epWtdqfSfF jiyrpwej
fytp epWtdqfs vdw mej]ij kjjpa
muR toqfpAssJ
mej MW epWtdqfs
(i) IIv]rp (ii) IIb nlyyp
(iii) IIb Kkig
(iv) [pNah d]bA+l (v) gpIbv] gpyhdp
(vi) kzpgghy mfhlkp Mg i`au
v[PNfd
150) After two-year Turkey to end state of
emergency The president of Turkey is Recep
Tayyip Erdugan
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mkygLjjggll ehL jOtpa mtru
epiyia KbTfF nfhzLteJssJ
meehlL muR JUffpapd mjpguhf upnrg
jhapg vuJthd csshh
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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rpWthfSkgt fhygeJ FOtpd
gapwrpahsUk 18 ehlfSfFggpd 1072018
mdW kPlfgglldu
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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cwgjjp Miy
rhkrq epWtdk cyfpd kpfg ngupa
nryNghd cwgjjp Miyia
cjjugpuNjrjjpd nehalhtpy
mikeJssJ njd nfhupa mjpgu d
N[-d kwWk eNuejpu Nkhb MfpNahu ej
Miyia jpweJ itjjdh
ej Miyapd yk xtnthU MzLk 12
Nfhbtiu nryNghdfs cwgjjp nraa
KbAk
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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KjyhtJ lsquoejpa RwWyh reijrsquo ia tUk
nrglkgh khjk 16-k Njjp Kjy 18-k Njjp
tiu GJnlyypapy eilgngwTssJ
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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mkhehj Fiff NfhtpYfF MzLNjhWk
Gdpjg gazk NkwnfhsSk mkhehj
ahjhPfhfSfF cjTk Nehffpy vdw
elkhLk cjtpikajij kjjpa
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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gPfhupd hfghj-Ngh[g+u gFjpfF clgll
rz fhytha gzpfF lsquoMrpa tsurrp tqfprsquo
(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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MFk jwF Kddh NkwFtqfk kwWk
kfhuh]buh khepy muRfs toqfpAssd
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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jlfs tPuhfs MNyhridf FOtpy Mrpa
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tPuhqfid jPgpfh gyypffy
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$llikgG (CGF) tiu NjheJ vLjjJ
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
fzLgpbjJssdu
Gtp tuyhwwpy gjpthd capupay
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NkwF Mgupffhtpdgt kTupjNjdpahtpy
css 11 gpyypad MzLfs goikahd
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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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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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kdpj cupikrdquo MFk
174) The 30th International Mango Festival was
held in New Delhi
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GJjpyypapy eilgngwwJ
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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rpwgffiyQh Mthh
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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Mqfpyjij fzL mQrtpyiy vdw
jplljij njhlqfpAssJ
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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ngwWsshu
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 content complains council) Gjpa
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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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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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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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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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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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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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fllikggpwfhd nrayjplljij
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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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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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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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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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gapwrpgglliw (16th Workshop on Greenhouse
Gas Inventories in Asia) epforrpgt GJ
jpyypapy kjjpa mikrru `utujd
mthfshy Jtffp itffggllJ
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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iftpidgnghUlfs fzfhlrp
ejpahtpd Kjy cNyhf iftpidg
nghUlfs fzfhlrpgt [kK fhkPu
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fpuhkjjpy eilngwwJ
ylhf gFjpapy gpurpjjp ngww cNyhf
iftpidg nghUlfs fiyia ghJfhff
ej fzfhlrp VwghL nraagglbUejJ
236) Kochi Metro Rail Limited opened Indiarsquos
first exquisite air-conditioned bed space
dormitor
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rhugpy ejpahtpd Kjy Fspurhjdg
gLfif trjp nghJ jqFkplk
JtffgglLssJ
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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jpwdfs jpdkhf mDrupffggLfpwJ 2014
Mk MzL Ieh nghJ mitapy [Piy
15I cyf isQhfspd jpdkhf
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
epiwNtwwpAssJ ej eltbfif
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
ejp nkhop cssJ ehlby 4363 Ngh
jqfs jhankhopahf ejpia VwWf
nfhzbUffpwhhfs
ejpahtpy mlltizggLjjggll 22
nkhopfspy rk]fpUj nkhopahdJ
Fiwthd kffs NgRk nkhopahFk
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jhankhopahf nfhzLssdh
2011 kffs njhif fzfnfLggpdgb
mjpfk kffs NgRk Kjy IeJ nkhopfs
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
ejpahtpd Kjy FWfpa uapy ghijahd
F[uhjjpy css jNgha-kpahfk uapy
ghij epuejukhf lggl UffpwJ ej
uapy ghij tpiutpy mfy uapy
ghijahf khwwggl UffpwJ
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
Mg rPdh tqfpahdJ ejpahtpy jdJ
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
jkpoehlby jdpahh gyfiyffofqfs
rpt ehlhu gyfiyffofk kwWk rha
gyfiyffofk Mfpa uzL
gyfiyffofqfis mikfFk kNrhjhit
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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epWtdqfs rllk 2013rsquoI kPshaT nraa
FO
epWtdqfs rllk 2013rsquod (companies Act
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
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
nkluh] kpa+rpf mfhlkp tpUJfs 2018
nkluh] kpa+rpf mflhkpapd rqfPj fyhepjp
tpUJgt gpugy fudhlf thaghlLf fiyQh
mUzh rhauhKfF toqfggLfpwJ
rqfPj fyhrhuah tpUJfsgt kpUjqf
fiyQh jQrht+u Muuhkjh]fFkgt
thagghlLf fiyQh lhflu NfXkzf
FlbfFk toqfggLk
tPizf fiyQh fyahzp fNzrDfFk
ehj]tu tpjthd v]Mu[p
uh[zzhTfFk bbNf tpUJfs
toqfggLk
kpa+rpffhy[p]l tpUJgt gpukPsh
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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ghfp]jhd gqNfwG
hqfha xjJiogG mikggpd (v]rpX)
jPtputhj vjphgG gapwrp tUk Mf]l 20-k
Njjp Kjy 29-k Njjp tiu uahtpd
nryahgpd]f efupy eilngw cssJ
ej jPtputhj vjphgG $lL gapwrpapy
ejpahTk ghfp]jhDk kww cWgG
ehLfsshd rPdhgt uahgt f[f]jhdgt
fpufp]jhdgt j[pfp]jhd kwWk
c]ngfp]jhd MfpatwWld izeJ
ej gapwrpapy ltLgLfpdwd
RjejpujJfFg gpwF U ehLfSk
izeJ $lLg gapwrpapy gqNfwgJ
JNt KjyKiwahFk
ejpahtpd juggpy uhZtk kwWk tpkhdg
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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njhliu ntdwJ gpuhd]
uahtpd kh]Nfhtpy css Y]dpffp
ikjhdjjpy 1572018mdW eilngww 21-
tJ gpgh cyff Nfhgig fhygeJ
njhlhpd lsquoWjp Mlljjpy FNuhpah
mzpia 4-2 vdw Nfhy fzffpy tPojjp
gpuhd] mzp rhkgpad gllk ntdwJ
gpuhd] mzp rhkgpad gllk ntytJ J
2-tJ KiwahFk mej mzp 1998-k MzL
gllk ntdwpUejJ FNuhpah mzp Kjd
Kiwahf Wjp nghlbfF KdNdwpaJ
Fiwej jutupiria cila mzp xdW
Wjp NghlbfF KdNdwpaJ vdw
ngUikia milejJ FNuhpah gpuhd]
kwWk FNuhpah INuhggh fzljij
NrhejJ
21-tJ gpgh cyf Nfhgigapd Kjy 4
mzpfs (i) gpuhd] (ii) FNuhpah (iii)
ngy[pak (iv) qfpyheJ
2018-k MzL cyff Nfhgigffhd gpgh
tpUjfs
rpwej tPuh - jqf fhygeJ
Yfh Nkhlupr (FNuhpah)
mjpf Nfhy mbjjth - jqf fhyzp
`hupNfd (qfpyheJ)
rpwej Nfhy fPggu - jqf ifAiw
NfhulLth (ngy[pak)
rpwej sk tPuh - fpspahd ghgNg
(gpuhd])
Ngu gpNs ]ngapd
Mllehafd tpUJ (Wjp Nghlb)
Mdwahd fPuP]khd
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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ehLfis cWggpdhfshff nfhzl Ieh
kdpj chpikfs Mizajjpy fhypahf
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
gpugQrjjpid gwwpa Gjphfis mfww
cjTk Gjpa 64-b kPufhl (64-dish Meer
KAT) vDk thndhyp njhiyNehffpapid
njd Mggpupffh ntspaplLssJ
kPufhl (Meer KAT) rpffyhd rJu fpNyhkPllu
tupir fUtpAld izffggLk SKA 2020-
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kpfTk rfjp thaej thndhyp
njhiyNehffpahf nrayghlbypUfFk
(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
tpQQhdpfs tpfh] d[Pdid
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
nrawiffNfhs ntsplgPlL thfdjjpd
(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
mupaYu efujjpwF mUNf css
thuzthrpapy Gij capuggbt
mUqfhlrpafk jpwffgglTssJ
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
ejpa tptrhapfs cuf $lLwT epWtdk
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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mnkupff mjpgu nlhdhyL lukg ua
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
lsquojhNuhfu gtdrsquo vdg ngauplgglLss
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
Rfhjhujjpwfhd rpejid - b[plly Rfhjhu
gugGiu
ejpa kUeJ cwgjjpahsufs rqfk
(OPPI) Think for Health vdw b[plly
Rfhjhug gugGiuia GJjpyypapy
eilngww jdJ tUlhejpu khehlby
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
kjjpa fhgpndl epakdf FOgt ldquomfpy
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
caheJssJ jd yk upa FLkgjjpy
mjpf epyTfs css Nfhshf tpahod
cssJ
266) Nelson Mandela International Day July 18
2018 marks the Centenary of the birth of Nelson
Mandela
[Piy 18k Njjpgt neyrd kzNlyh rhtNjr
jpdkgt cyfk KOtJk
filgpbffggLfpwJ ej MzL mtupd
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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uhagg+hpd Rthkp tpNtfhdejh tpkhd
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)
rPnuhsp FWffPlLkhdp lthggiy Matfk)
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Matfjjpd flLkhdk kwWk
nrayghlbwfhf ejpa muR nfhsif
mstpyhd xgGjiy toqfpAssJ
mnkhpffhtpd LIGO MatfjJld izeJ
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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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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(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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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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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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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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mwptpjJssJ
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Kjypy guptaJ
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ttthyfspypUeJ ej itu] guTfpwJ
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
NkkgLjJtjwfhf kjjpa muR FO
mikjJssJ
Njrpa fzfFfs myyJ epfu csehlL
cwgjjpapd (GDP) fzffPlbwfhd mbggil
Mzil jpUjjpaikggjwfhd jpllqfspd
gpddzpapy khepyqfs kwWk
khtllqfspy nghUshjhuj juiy
fzffpLtpjwfhd tpjpKiwfis
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jiyikapy 13 Nghnfhzl FO xdiw
kjjpa muR mikjJssJ
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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mikggpd Gjpa jiyth
rhtNjr FbNaww mikggpd jiytuhf
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tplNlhhpNdh njhpT nraagglLsshh
jwNghJ tpyypak Nyrp ]ypq jiytuhf
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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ifnaOjjplLssJ xbrh
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mikgig NkkgLjJtjwfhf Ieh
mitapd fPo gjpTnraaggll cyf
muRfSffpilNaahd mikgghd gpuhejpa
xUqfpizej gy MgjJ Kdndrrhpfif
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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jiytuhf v] uNk epakpffgglLsshh
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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ntdwJ
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tPojjp rhkgpad glljij ifggwwpaJ
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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mikrrfqfspd khehL `pkhrrygpuNjr
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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tpjkhf lsquoEleventh Hourrsquo vdw Eiy
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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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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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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mwptpay kwWk gzghlL mikgG
(UNESCO) 57) Australia defeat India to win Menrsquos
Rabobank Hockey Champions Trophy 2018
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2018 `hffpg Nghlbapd WjpgNghlbapygt
ejpa mzpia NjhwfbjJ M]jpNuypa
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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nghwpapy njhopDlg epWtdthdJ (CIPET)
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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mwpKfggLjjpaJ
fhjp kwWk fpuhkpa ifjnjhopy Mizak
KVIC GJbyypapy fhjp epWtd Nkyhzik
kwWk jfty mikgG KIMIS vdw ngaupy
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xdiw mwpKfggLjjpaJ ej mikggpd
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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Gfongww tpohthdJ Nkfhyhahtpd
n[aejpah kiyfs gFjpapy
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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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Nghlbia epiwTnraj Kjy ejpa uhZt
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(tpbNlhfuh) Mthu
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Nghlb M]jphpah ehlby eilgngwwJ
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Nghlbia 17 kzp NeujJfFs KbfFk
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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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kwWk gupeJiufis kjjpa epjpaikrrh
gpA Nfhayplk rkhggpjjJ
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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kPlGj jplljjpy NrhjJssJ
Njrpa td capufSffhd kdwk (NBWL)
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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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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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kwWk FLkg eythoT mikrrfk kjjpa
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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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njhopwrhiyahdJgt (ICF) Kjd Kiwahf
JUgpbffhj vFld $ba 3 fll
Mwwykpff nkadiyd vyfluf kybgpy
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tbtikjJ ntspaplLssJ
MEMUvdgJ Gwefu uapy mikgghFk
J csefuqfspy Fiwej njhiyT
gazk nraAk gazpfspd Njitia
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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NtzLk vd cjjutplLssJ Mrphpah
NritgtnjhzL Nrit vd vjhtJ xU
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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MrpahtpypUeJ nryYk xNu gqNfwghsh
Mthu
ejg Nghlbapd jdpjJtk vddntdwhy
1968fFg gpwF tbtikffggll fggy
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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xgGjy mspjjJ ejpah
Mrpa grpgpf tujjf xggej
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xgGjy mspjJssJ
Mrpa grpgpf tsheJ tUk cWggpdu
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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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mUqfhlrpafk [gghdpy NlhffpNahtpYss
MORI flbljjpd kpddZ fiy
mUqfhlrpafjjpy jpwffgglLssJ
84) The worldrsquos First digital art museum has
opened at the MORI Building Digital Art Museum
in Tokyo Japan
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mUqfhlrpafk [gghdpy NlhffpNahtpYss
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
nttNtW mikrrfk kwWk njhopwrhiy
$lLdhfSld NrheJ epjp MNahfgt
affk cyfshtpa aff crrp khehL
vdw xdiw 2018-k MzL nrglkgu khjk
7-8 Njjp eljJtjwF VwghL nraaTssJ
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J gpujk kejpupahy njhlqfp itffggLk
J thfdqfis kpdkakhffygt
GJggpffjjff Mwwiy xUqfpizjjy
kwWk Ntiy thagpid mjpfupjjy Nghdw
ejpahtpd yfFfis top eljj cjTk
tthW Jaikahd Mwwiyf nfhzl
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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ldquotpisahlL ejpahrdquo
34 MzLfshf nrayglL tUk ldquoejpa
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mikrru uh[athjjd rpq uNjhh
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50tJ nghJfFO $lljjpy kKbT
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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gjffk
kjjpa csJiw mikrrfk csJiw
mikrrupd rpwej nrayghlL gjffk
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NkYk mJ dW gjffqfis
epWtpAssJ mit mejhupf Rufrh
gjffkgt mrhjhud MRrrd gjhf kwWk
cjfpuprpj mjpcjfpuprpj Nrth gjffk
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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Kjy jpUeqif
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giljJsshh
th lsquokp] Adpth] ]ngapdrsquo glljij
ntdwjpd yk ej MzL
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Adpth]rsquo Nghlbapy ]ngapd rhhgpy th
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
mjpfhug+ht ghly xdiwj njhpTnraa
rpwej vOjjhshfs kwWk nkhop
tyYehfis csslffpa tyYeh
FOnthdiw mikjJssJ fyhrrhujj
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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gQrhgpy fhtyJiw mjpfhupfs csgl
midjJ muR CopaufSfFk fllha
Nghij kUeJ gupNfhjidfF mkkhepy
Kjyth Nfgld mkupeju rpq
cjjutplLsshh
murhqfg gzpapy midjJ tpjkhd
gzpepakdk kwWk gjpt cahT
MfpatwwpwF Nghij kUeJ gupNrhjid
fllhak Nkwnfhss NtzLk vdW gQrhg
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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teJ FbePUfF gadgLjj jpllkplLssJ
[ffpa mNugpa vkpufk
94) Brazil become highest scoring team in FIFA
World cup History
FIFA fhygeJ cyffNfhgig Nghlbfspy
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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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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20 vdw jplljij tFggjwfhf rpqfgg+iu
ikakhff nfhzl nghwpapay kwWk
MNyhrid toqFk epWtdkhd Rughdh
[PNuhqFld GupeJzuT xggejk xdwpy
ifnaOjjplLssJ
[PNdhk Ntyp 20 vdgJ thofif mwptpay
gwwpa Muharrp kwWk tsurrp
eltbfiffs yfFfSffhf ejpahtpd
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
mwpKfggLjjpAssJ ej nraypahdJ
EfuNthuplkpUeJ tupia typfFk xU
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
Xh xggejjjpy ifnaOjjplldh
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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kjjy uh[gfr gddhlL thDhjp
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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mqfdthb ikaqfspy FoeijfSfF
CllrrjJkpff czTfis toqFtjd
yk mthfspd CllrrjJ Fiwghlil
xopggjwfhf F[uhj khepy muR lsquoNghrhd
mgpahdrsquo jplljij njhlqfpaJ
gUt taJ rpWkpfSffpilNA epyTk
Cllrrjjpdikia xopggjwfhf lsquog+hzhrsquo
vdw jplljijAk mkkhepy muR
njhlqfpAssJ
ehL jOtpa Njrpa CllrrjJ
affkhdJ Nghrhd mgpahd uh[]jhdpy
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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rllgg+ht chpikfsgt flikfsgt nghWgGfs
vd midjJk lsquogwggd kwWk ePhthotd
csspll KO tpyqFg NguuRfFk
cssJrdquo vdW cjjufhzl khepy
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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uh[]jhd muR kpfTk gpwgLjjggll
tFggpd (MBC) fPo css F[[ugt ghybahgt
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Nughupgt flhupah kwWk fhlhyah csgl 5
gpuptpdUfF ju gpwgLjjggll tFggpd
(OBC) fPo fytp epWtdqfs kwWk
khepyjjpy murhqf NtiyfF MsNrugG
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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jplljij cjjuggpuNjr muR GST jpd
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
kjjpa rf ePjp Jiw mikrrfjjpd fPogt
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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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
17MtJ cyfj jkpo iza khehL
NfhitapygtlsquomwpTrhu jkpoj NjLnghwpfsrsquo
vdDk fUnghUSld eilgngwwJ
113) With 226 Lakh Crore Rupees Collection of
GST Tax Tamilnadu in 4th place
amp226 ylrk Nfhb [Pv]b ty
nrajjpd ykgt [pv]b tUthapy ehlby
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)
epWtpa Nuhfd tp[atPutpd thofifia
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
mdW nfhzlhlggLfpwJ 2018d
fUjJUgtldquoxjJioggpd yk epiyahd
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
Nfhyh fubapd KO kugZj njhFjp
tiugljij fzLgpbffggllJ Nfhyh
fubahdJ M]jpNuypahit gpwggplkhff
nfhzlJ gddhlL awif ghJfhgGr
rqfkhdJ Nfhyh fubia kiwajjF
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
NkwFtqf khepy muR ldquoxU eghgt xU fhh
nfhsifiardquo nfhzL teJssJ
119) The Cheetah 3 robot developed by
engineers at the America MIT Which is blind
robot
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nghwpahshfs ghhitjjpwd dwp
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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ejpahtpd Kjy lhfrp MkGyd]
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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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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
cahePjpkdwjjpd jiyik ePjpgjpahfgt
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
Muharrpahshfs cyfpd Kjy
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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fhyepiy khww mikrrfkhdJ KJkiy
Gypfs fhggfjijr RwwpAss 438 rJu
fpkP guggstpyhd gFjpfis RwWroy
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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rthyfSfF csehlbNyNa jPhTfis
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
jiyggpyhd rhtNjr tll Nkir khehL
[Piy 9-10 Mfpa Njjpfspy GJnlyypapy
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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yzldpy css njwFtqfp ikajjpy xNu
Kiw toqfggLk rpwgG tpUjhd Nfhyld
Nkd Gffu rhtNjrg guprpid ntdWssJ
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nfhzlhllqfis epidT $w gghpR
VwgLjjggllJ xNu Kiw toqfggLk
ggupR kffshy thffspffgglL
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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css Gdpj ]jyqfSfF nryYk
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cssJ
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Kjyhtjhf mNahjjpapy uapy epWjjggLk
filrp epWjjk uhNk]tuk
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
ejpahtpd 2-tJ jpUeqif toffwpQuhf
JfJfFbiar Nrhej v]tp[p jkpoehL
kwwk GJrNrhp ghh fTdrpypy gjpT
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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ntsp khepyqfSfF fhwwhiy kpdrhuk
nfhzL nryy amp2gt600 Nfhbapy topjlk
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
Nyhf MAfjh rllk jkpof rllg
Nguitapy 972018 mdW epiwNtwwggllJ
Kjythgt mikrrhfsgt muR CopahfSfF
vjpuhd Coy FwwrhlLfis tprhhpff
jkpoehL Nyhf MAfjh mikgG
cUthffggLfpwJ
jkpoeHL Nyhf MAfjh mikgig
cUthfFtjwfhd rll kNrhjhit
gzpahsh eyd kwWk ephthf rPhjpUjjj
Jiw mikrru bn[aFkhh jhffy
nrajhh
ehlbNyNa KjdKjyhf kfhuhbuh
khepyjjpy Nyhf MAfjh VwgLjjggllJ
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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50 taJfF Nkwgll muR Copahfsgt
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XaT mspff cjjpu gpuNjr muR
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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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
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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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6-tJ cyf efuqfs khehL rpqfgG+hpy
eilgngwwJ kkhehlbwfhd fU
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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uh[ehj rpq jiyik jhqfpdhh
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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gpv]vdvy
muRfFr nrhejkhd njhiyjnjhlhG
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MdJ ejpahtpy rPuhd KjyhtJ iza
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iza Nritiag gadgLjjp
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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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biuajyhdrsquo (Ironman Triathlon) Nghlbia
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Mthh gNghlb xNuehspy epiwT
nraaf$ba kpfTk fbdkhd tpisahlL
epfothFk
lsquoIronman Triathlonrsquo ePrrygt irffps Xllkgt
NjNuhllk Mfpatwiw csslffpaJ
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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nly rNyhlhrsquo it Vwpa uzlhtJ
ejpah vdw rpwgig ldquorjaUg rpjjhejhrdquo
ngwWsshu
Kjd Kjypy ej vupkiyia Vwpa Kjy
ejpau kyyp k]jhd ghG Mthh ej
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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MW caufytp epWtdqfSfF jiyrpwej
fytp epWtdqfs vdw mej]ij kjjpa
muR toqfpAssJ
mej MW epWtdqfs
(i) IIv]rp (ii) IIb nlyyp
(iii) IIb Kkig
(iv) [pNah d]bA+l (v) gpIbv] gpyhdp
(vi) kzpgghy mfhlkp Mg i`au
v[PNfd
150) After two-year Turkey to end state of
emergency The president of Turkey is Recep
Tayyip Erdugan
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mkygLjjggll ehL jOtpa mtru
epiyia KbTfF nfhzLteJssJ
meehlL muR JUffpapd mjpguhf upnrg
jhapg vuJthd csshh
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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rpWthfSkgt fhygeJ FOtpd
gapwrpahsUk 18 ehlfSfFggpd 1072018
mdW kPlfgglldu
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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cwgjjp Miy
rhkrq epWtdk cyfpd kpfg ngupa
nryNghd cwgjjp Miyia
cjjugpuNjrjjpd nehalhtpy
mikeJssJ njd nfhupa mjpgu d
N[-d kwWk eNuejpu Nkhb MfpNahu ej
Miyia jpweJ itjjdh
ej Miyapd yk xtnthU MzLk 12
Nfhbtiu nryNghdfs cwgjjp nraa
KbAk
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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KjyhtJ lsquoejpa RwWyh reijrsquo ia tUk
nrglkgh khjk 16-k Njjp Kjy 18-k Njjp
tiu GJnlyypapy eilgngwTssJ
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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mkhehj Fiff NfhtpYfF MzLNjhWk
Gdpjg gazk NkwnfhsSk mkhehj
ahjhPfhfSfF cjTk Nehffpy vdw
elkhLk cjtpikajij kjjpa
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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gPfhupd hfghj-Ngh[g+u gFjpfF clgll
rz fhytha gzpfF lsquoMrpa tsurrp tqfprsquo
(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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mej]ij toqfpa 3-tJ khepyk F[uhj
MFk jwF Kddh NkwFtqfk kwWk
kfhuh]buh khepy muRfs toqfpAssd
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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jlfs tPuhfs MNyhridf FOtpy Mrpa
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tPuhqfid jPgpfh gyypffy
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$llikgG (CGF) tiu NjheJ vLjjJ
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
fzLgpbjJssdu
Gtp tuyhwwpy gjpthd capupay
tzzqfspNy kpfTk goikahd tzzkgt
NkwF Mgupffhtpdgt kTupjNjdpahtpy
css 11 gpyypad MzLfs goikahd
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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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xggejjjpy gqNfwWssJ
76-MzL fhy tuyhwwpy Kjd Kiwahf
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GupeJzuT xggejk nraJssJ
ghuhSkdwqfspd ilNaahd
ciuahliy CfFtpggjwfhf ej
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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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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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FiwffggLk vd rPdh mwptpjJssJ
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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kdpj cupikrdquo MFk
174) The 30th International Mango Festival was
held in New Delhi
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GJjpyypapy eilgngwwJ
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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jplljij njhlqfpAssJ
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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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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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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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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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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-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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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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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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mwpKfggLjjpAssJ
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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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fllikggpwfhd nrayjplljij
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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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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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mthfshy Jtffp itffggllJ
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
15I cyf isQhfspd jpdkhf
mDrupffj jPhkhdk epiwNtwwggllJ
238) India became Vice-Chair on regional head
of Asia pacific Region of the World Customs
Organisation (WCO)
cyf சுஙக mikggpd (WCO) Mrpa grpgpf
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
Ieh ghJfhgG mitapd jPhkhdk 2428
njwF lhdpy ஆயுத thzpgjjil tpjpffgt
Ieh ghJfhgG mitahdJ jPhkhdk 2428
epiwNtwwpAssJ ej eltbfif
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)
ejpahtpy 4363 Ngu ejpia
jhankhopahf nfhzLssdu
2011 kffs njhif fzfnfLggpdgb
ejpahtpy mjpfk NgrggLk nkhopahf
ejp nkhop cssJ ehlby 4363 Ngh
jqfs jhankhopahf ejpia VwWf
nfhzbUffpwhhfs
ejpahtpy mlltizggLjjggll 22
nkhopfspy rk]fpUj nkhopahdJ
Fiwthd kffs NgRk nkhopahFk
rk]fpUj nkhopia 24gt821 Ngh jqfs
jhankhopahf nfhzLssdh
2011 kffs njhif fzfnfLggpdgb
mjpfk kffs NgRk Kjy IeJ nkhopfs
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
ejpahtpy goqfhy FWfpa uapy ghij
1862 Mk MzL Kjy nrayghlLfF tej
33 fpNyh kPllu njhiyT nfhzl
ejpahtpd Kjy FWfpa uapy ghijahd
F[uhjjpy css jNgha-kpahfk uapy
ghij epuejukhf lggl UffpwJ ej
uapy ghij tpiutpy mfy uapy
ghijahf khwwggl UffpwJ
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
rPdhtpd tqfpfF ejpah mDkjp
rPd murhqfjjpDila fld mspfFk
kpfgngupa ehdF tqfpfspy xdwhd Ngqf
Mg rPdh tqfpahdJ ejpahtpy jdJ
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
jkpoehlby jdpahh gyfiyffofqfs
rpt ehlhu gyfiyffofk kwWk rha
gyfiyffofk Mfpa uzL
gyfiyffofqfis mikfFk kNrhjhit
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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epWtdqfs rllk 2013rsquoI kPshaT nraa
FO
epWtdqfs rllk 2013rsquod (companies Act
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
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
nkluh] kpa+rpf mfhlkp tpUJfs 2018
nkluh] kpa+rpf mflhkpapd rqfPj fyhepjp
tpUJgt gpugy fudhlf thaghlLf fiyQh
mUzh rhauhKfF toqfggLfpwJ
rqfPj fyhrhuah tpUJfsgt kpUjqf
fiyQh jQrht+u Muuhkjh]fFkgt
thagghlLf fiyQh lhflu NfXkzf
FlbfFk toqfggLk
tPizf fiyQh fyahzp fNzrDfFk
ehj]tu tpjthd v]Mu[p
uh[zzhTfFk bbNf tpUJfs
toqfggLk
kpa+rpffhy[p]l tpUJgt gpukPsh
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
fhkuh[u gpwej jpdkhd [Piy 15-k
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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ghfp]jhd gqNfwG
hqfha xjJiogG mikggpd (v]rpX)
jPtputhj vjphgG gapwrp tUk Mf]l 20-k
Njjp Kjy 29-k Njjp tiu uahtpd
nryahgpd]f efupy eilngw cssJ
ej jPtputhj vjphgG $lL gapwrpapy
ejpahTk ghfp]jhDk kww cWgG
ehLfsshd rPdhgt uahgt f[f]jhdgt
fpufp]jhdgt j[pfp]jhd kwWk
c]ngfp]jhd MfpatwWld izeJ
ej gapwrpapy ltLgLfpdwd
RjejpujJfFg gpwF U ehLfSk
izeJ $lLg gapwrpapy gqNfwgJ
JNt KjyKiwahFk
ejpahtpd juggpy uhZtk kwWk tpkhdg
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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njhliu ntdwJ gpuhd]
uahtpd kh]Nfhtpy css Y]dpffp
ikjhdjjpy 1572018mdW eilngww 21-
tJ gpgh cyff Nfhgig fhygeJ
njhlhpd lsquoWjp Mlljjpy FNuhpah
mzpia 4-2 vdw Nfhy fzffpy tPojjp
gpuhd] mzp rhkgpad gllk ntdwJ
gpuhd] mzp rhkgpad gllk ntytJ J
2-tJ KiwahFk mej mzp 1998-k MzL
gllk ntdwpUejJ FNuhpah mzp Kjd
Kiwahf Wjp nghlbfF KdNdwpaJ
Fiwej jutupiria cila mzp xdW
Wjp NghlbfF KdNdwpaJ vdw
ngUikia milejJ FNuhpah gpuhd]
kwWk FNuhpah INuhggh fzljij
NrhejJ
21-tJ gpgh cyf Nfhgigapd Kjy 4
mzpfs (i) gpuhd] (ii) FNuhpah (iii)
ngy[pak (iv) qfpyheJ
2018-k MzL cyff Nfhgigffhd gpgh
tpUjfs
rpwej tPuh - jqf fhygeJ
Yfh Nkhlupr (FNuhpah)
mjpf Nfhy mbjjth - jqf fhyzp
`hupNfd (qfpyheJ)
rpwej Nfhy fPggu - jqf ifAiw
NfhulLth (ngy[pak)
rpwej sk tPuh - fpspahd ghgNg
(gpuhd])
Ngu gpNs ]ngapd
Mllehafd tpUJ (Wjp Nghlb)
Mdwahd fPuP]khd
gpuhd] mzpapd Nfgld `pa+Nfh nyhup]
250) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar
inaugurated Goa IT Day celebrations in Panaji
Nfhth Kjyikrru kNfhfu ghupffu ldquoNfhth
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
mnkhpffh ntspNawpa gpd 47 cyf
ehLfis cWggpdhfshff nfhzl Ieh
kdpj chpikfs Mizajjpy fhypahf
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
gpugQrjjpid gwwpa Gjphfis mfww
cjTk Gjpa 64-b kPufhl (64-dish Meer
KAT) vDk thndhyp njhiyNehffpapid
njd Mggpupffh ntspaplLssJ
kPufhl (Meer KAT) rpffyhd rJu fpNyhkPllu
tupir fUtpAld izffggLk SKA 2020-
y nrayghlbwF tUkNghJ cyfpNyNa
kpfTk rfjp thaej thndhyp
njhiyNehffpahf nrayghlbypUfFk
(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
tpQQhdpfs tpfh] d[Pdid
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
nrawiffNfhs ntsplgPlL thfdjjpd
(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
cyf ruffiu cwgjjpgt mjpf gjpT
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
mupaYu efujjpwF mUNf css
thuzthrpapy Gij capuggbt
mUqfhlrpafk jpwffgglTssJ
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
ejpa tptrhapfs cuf $lLwT epWtdk
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
nlyypapy tPLNjb tUk 100 tif muR
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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mnkupff mjpgu nlhdhyL lukg ua
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
ejpa njhynghUs MaTjJiwfF Gjpa
jiyikf flblk
lsquojhNuhfu gtdrsquo vdg ngauplgglLss
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
jdpegh tUtha ty
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
Rfhjhujjpwfhd rpejid - b[plly Rfhjhu
gugGiu
ejpa kUeJ cwgjjpahsufs rqfk
(OPPI) Think for Health vdw b[plly
Rfhjhug gugGiuia GJjpyypapy
eilngww jdJ tUlhejpu khehlby
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)
mdpy r`h]GNjTfF gzp ePlbgG
toqfpaJ muR
kjjpa fhgpndl epakdf FOgt ldquomfpy
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
tpahod Nfhspd Gjpa 12 epyTfs
tpahod Nfhspid RwWk Gjpa 12
epyTfis tpQQhdpfs fzLgpbjJssdh
jd yk tpahod Nfhspd nkhjj
epyTfspd vzzpfif 79 Mf
caheJssJ jd yk upa FLkgjjpy
mjpf epyTfs css Nfhshf tpahod
cssJ
266) Nelson Mandela International Day July 18
2018 marks the Centenary of the birth of Nelson
Mandela
[Piy 18k Njjpgt neyrd kzNlyh rhtNjr
jpdkgt cyfk KOtJk
filgpbffggLfpwJ ej MzL mtupd
100-tJ gpwej jpdk nfhzlhlggLfpwJ
267) Rajpurrsquos Swami Vivekananda Airport has
been ranked first in Customer Satisfaction
among 49 airports in the country
ehlbYss 49 tpkhd epiyaqfspy
uhagg+hpd Rthkp tpNtfhdejh tpkhd
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
kfhuhbuhtpy LIGO- ejpa Matfk
kfhuhbuh khepyjjpd `pqNfhyp
khtlljjpygt LIGO- ejpah (Laser
Interferometer Gravitational wave observatory)
rPnuhsp FWffPlLkhdp lthggiy Matfk)
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Matfjjpd flLkhdk kwWk
nrayghlbwfhf ejpa muR nfhsif
mstpyhd xgGjiy toqfpAssJ
mnkhpffhtpd LIGO MatfjJld izeJ
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
ldquogplr gpshfrdquo Nghu gapwrp
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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toffpy ifJ nraaggllhh
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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muR mwptpjJssJ
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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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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fzfhzpgGfFOTffhd jiytuhf
epakpffgglLsshh
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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fopT kWRowrp ikak
muR rhhghf ejpahtpNyNa KjdKiwahf
kpddZffopT kWRowrp ikak
ngqfSUtpy mikffggLk vd kjjpa
urhazk kwWk cuqfs mikrrh
MdejFkhh mwptpjjhh
kjjpa urhzk kwWk mikrrfjjpd
flLghlbd fPo nraygLk kjjpa nefpog
nghwpapy njhopDlg epWtdthdJ (CIPET)
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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mwpKfggLjjpaJ
fhjp kwWk fpuhkpa ifjnjhopy Mizak
KVIC GJbyypapy fhjp epWtd Nkyhzik
kwWk jfty mikgG KIMIS vdw ngaupy
cUthffggll -khufnflbq mikgG
xdiw mwpKfggLjjpaJ ej mikggpd
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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epiyajjpd ngaiu lsquokfhuh[h gPu gpfuk
மணிகயா fpNhh tpkhd epiyakrsquo vdW
ngahkhwwk nraa kjjpa mikrruit
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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Gfongww tpohthdJ Nkfhyhahtpd
n[aejpah kiyfs gFjpapy
nfhzlhlggllJ lsquoehhrsquogoqFbapdh kjjpapy
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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Nah[dhrsquo kwWk lsquoKffpakejpup [d fyahzrsquo
myyJ rkgy Nah[dh MfpatwWfF
xgGjy mspjjJ
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jjplljjpd fPogt gjpTnraJss
mikgGrhuh njhopyhshfs kwWk tWikf
NfhlLfF fPOss FLkgqfspd epYitapy
css kpdrhuf fllzjjpwF tpyfF
mspffggLk
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lsquorkgyrsquo Nah[dh vdw jplljjpd fPogt
mikgGrhuh njhopyhshfs kwWk tWikf
NfhlLfF fPOss FLkgqfSfF khjk
xdWfF amp200 vdw tpiyapy kpdrhuk
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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Nghlbia epiwT nraj Kjy ejpa
uhZt mjpfhup tp b Nlhfuh
gzpapy UfFkNghNj UkGkdpjh
Nghlbia epiwTnraj Kjy ejpa uhZt
mjpfhup Nk[h N[duy tpfuk Nlhfuh
(tpbNlhfuh) Mthu
kwWk cyf ehLfspNyNa ejgglljij
ntdw Kjy uhZt jsgjp Nlhfuh ej
Nghlb M]jphpah ehlby eilgngwwJ
UkG kdpjh vdgJ rhtNjr biuajyhd
(Triathlon) NghlbahFk ej biuajyhd
Nghlbia 17 kzp NeujJfFs KbfFk
eghfSfF lsquoUkGkdpjhrsquo gllk
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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Rdpy Nkjjh FOgt jdJ mwpfifia
kwWk gupeJiufis kjjpa epjpaikrrh
gpA Nfhayplk rkhggpjjJ
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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ehfg+hpygt kfhuhbu rllkdwjjpd
kioffhy $lljnjhlu 47
MzLfSfFggpd mqF eilngwwJ
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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19tJ IUFoST cyf czT mwptpay
kwWk njhopDlg khehL ejpahtpd etp-
Kkigapy tUk mfNlhgh khjk 23 Kjy
27 tiu elffTssJIUFoSTvdgjpd
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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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Nghffpajwfhf yhud] `hllhl kwWk
Nltpl neNgNuh MfpNahupd jdpggll kwWk
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
Mrpa clfllikgG KjyPlL tqfpapd
(AIIB) dwhtJ tUlhejpu rejpgG
Kkigapy eilgngwwJ
FOtpd Kjy rejpgG 2016-Mk MzL
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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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gpurrhujjpd fPo (PMSMA -gpujhd kejpup
Rufpj kjhpt mgpahd) kfgNgwW
wgigf Fiwjjjwfhf kjjpa Rfhjhu
kwWk FLkg eythoT mikrrfk kjjpa
gpuNjr khepyjjpwF tpUJ toqfpAssJ
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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jplljij gQrhg mwpKfggLjjpAssJ
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gQrhg muRrsquo ghdp grrhNthgt igNr fkhNthrsquo
vdw Gjpa jplljij mwpKfggLjjpAssJ
jjplljjpd fPogt Foha fpzWfis
Fiwthfg gadgLjJk tptrhapfSfF gz
cjtp mspffggLk
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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nlylh jutupir
lsquocauylrpa khtllqfspd khwwjjpwfhd
jplljjpd fPo epjp MNahf 108 cauylrpa
khtllqfSffhd KjyhtJ nlylh
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kwWk Nk 2018 Mfpa uzL khjqfspy 5
tsurrpg gFjpfspy milej
KdNdwwjijf fzffplL ej jutupirg
glbay ntspaplgglLssJ
F[uhjjpd lhNfhl khtllk Kjy
ljijAkgt rpffpkpd NkwF rpffpk
khtllk uzlhtJ ljijAkgt
jkpoehlbd uhkehjGuk khtllk
dwhtJ ljijAkgt Mejpug gpuNjrjjpd
tp[aefuk kwWk xav]Mu கடபபா khtllqfs KiwNa ehdfhtJgt kwWk
[ejhtJ ljij gpbjJssJ
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jpllkrsquo gpujkh mthfs [dthp 2018y
njhlqfp itjjhh ej jplljjpd Nehffk
ehlbYss rpy tshrrpailahj
khtllqfspy tpiuthf kwWk gaDss
khwwjij VwgLjJtJ
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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ntspAwTjJiw mikrru Rkh Rtuh[
njhlqfp itjjhh
khehlbd fUjJUthdJ ldquoKbtpyyhj
vyiy izaww ntspahLrdquo f$lljjpy
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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fpuh]pq mwwjhf khwwggllJ
ejpa uapyNtahdJgt NkwF kjjpa
uapyNtgt kjjpa uapyNtgt fpofF
uapyNt kwWk njdfpofF kjjpa
uapyNt Mfpa ehdF kzlyqfspYk
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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xUqfpizej uapynglbj
njhopwrhiyahdJgt (ICF) Kjd Kiwahf
JUgpbffhj vFld $ba 3 fll
Mwwykpff nkadiyd vyfluf kybgpy
a+dpl (MEMU) nfhzl 8 uapy nglbfis
tbtikjJ ntspaplLssJ
MEMUvdgJ Gwefu uapy mikgghFk
J csefuqfspy Fiwej njhiyT
gazk nraAk gazpfspd Njitia
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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epukgpathfs fllha ehlL Nritapy ltLgl
NtzLk vd cjjutplLssJ Mrphpah
NritgtnjhzL Nrit vd vjhtJ xU
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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ejpa flwgilapd flwgil mYtyu
jsgjp mgpyh jhkp NkwF gpuhdrpy
css ny] Nrgy]b xNyhNd
JiwKfjjpypUeJ njhlqfpa tuyhwW
rpwgGkpff Nfhyld cyfg gejajjpy
gqNfwwhh
csehlbNyNa fllggll fggyhdgt Jupah
vDk 1950-fspy Uej Rfhyp fggiy
xjj flwgazk
nratjwfhd fggYld th ejpahit
gpujpepjpjJtggLjJthu
ejpahtpd Gfongww khYkpfspy xUtUk
fPujjp rfuhitg ngwwtUkhd jhkp
MrpahtpypUeJ nryYk xNu gqNfwghsh
Mthu
ejg Nghlbapd jdpjJtk vddntdwhy
1968fFg gpwF tbtikffggll fggy
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
xJffPL nratJ FwpjJ KbT nratjwfhf
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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xgGjy mspjjJ ejpah
Mrpa grpgpf tujjf xggej
cWggpdufSfF (APTA) 3gt142 nghUlfSfF
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xgGjy mspjJssJ
Mrpa grpgpf tsheJ tUk cWggpdu
ehLfSffpilNa fllzr rYif
gupkhwwjjpd yk tujjfjij tpuptilar
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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mUqfhlrpafk [gghdpy NlhffpNahtpYss
MORI flbljjpd kpddZ fiy
mUqfhlrpafjjpy jpwffgglLssJ
84) The worldrsquos First digital art museum has
opened at the MORI Building Digital Art Museum
in Tokyo Japan
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mUqfhlrpafk [gghdpy NlhffpNahtpYss
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
nttNtW mikrrfk kwWk njhopwrhiy
$lLdhfSld NrheJ epjp MNahfgt
affk cyfshtpa aff crrp khehL
vdw xdiw 2018-k MzL nrglkgu khjk
7-8 Njjp eljJtjwF VwghL nraaTssJ
ej crrp khehL GJjpyypapy eilngWk
J gpujk kejpupahy njhlqfp itffggLk
J thfdqfis kpdkakhffygt
GJggpffjjff Mwwiy xUqfpizjjy
kwWk Ntiy thagpid mjpfupjjy Nghdw
ejpahtpd yfFfis top eljj cjTk
tthW Jaikahd Mwwiyf nfhzl
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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ldquotpisahlL ejpahrdquo
34 MzLfshf nrayglL tUk ldquoejpa
tpisahlL Mizakrdquo dp ldquotpisahlL
ejpahrdquo vd ngah khwwk nraJ
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mikrru uh[athjjd rpq uNjhh
mwptpjJsshh tpisahlL Mizajjpd
50tJ nghJfFO $lljjpy kKbT
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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gjffk
kjjpa csJiw mikrrfk csJiw
mikrrupd rpwej nrayghlL gjffk
xdiw epWTtjwF xgGjy mspjJssJ
NkYk mJ dW gjffqfis
epWtpAssJ mit mejhupf Rufrh
gjffkgt mrhjhud MRrrd gjhf kwWk
cjfpuprpj mjpcjfpuprpj Nrth gjffk
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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Kjy jpUeqif
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giljJsshh
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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
mjpfhug+ht ghly xdiwj njhpTnraa
rpwej vOjjhshfs kwWk nkhop
tyYehfis csslffpa tyYeh
FOnthdiw mikjJssJ fyhrrhujj
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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gQrhgpy fhtyJiw mjpfhupfs csgl
midjJ muR CopaufSfFk fllha
Nghij kUeJ gupNfhjidfF mkkhepy
Kjyth Nfgld mkupeju rpq
cjjutplLsshh
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MfpatwwpwF Nghij kUeJ gupNrhjid
fllhak Nkwnfhss NtzLk vdW gQrhg
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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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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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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20 vdw jplljij tFggjwfhf rpqfgg+iu
ikakhff nfhzl nghwpapay kwWk
MNyhrid toqFk epWtdkhd Rughdh
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ifnaOjjplLssJ
[PNdhk Ntyp 20 vdgJ thofif mwptpay
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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
mwpKfggLjjpAssJ ej nraypahdJ
EfuNthuplkpUeJ tupia typfFk xU
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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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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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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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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mqfdthb ikaqfspy FoeijfSfF
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Cllrrjjpdikia xopggjwfhf lsquog+hzhrsquo
vdw jplljijAk mkkhepy muR
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ehL jOtpa Njrpa CllrrjJ
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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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vd midjJk lsquogwggd kwWk ePhthotd
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cssJrdquo vdW cjjufhzl khepy
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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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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jplljij cjjuggpuNjr muR GST jpd
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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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)
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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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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
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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
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)
epWtpa Nuhfd tp[atPutpd thofifia
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
mdW nfhzlhlggLfpwJ 2018d
fUjJUgtldquoxjJioggpd yk epiyahd
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
Nfhyh fubapd KO kugZj njhFjp
tiugljij fzLgpbffggllJ Nfhyh
fubahdJ M]jpNuypahit gpwggplkhff
nfhzlJ gddhlL awif ghJfhgGr
rqfkhdJ Nfhyh fubia kiwajjF
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
NkwFtqf khepy muR ldquoxU eghgt xU fhh
nfhsifiardquo nfhzL teJssJ
119) The Cheetah 3 robot developed by
engineers at the America MIT Which is blind
robot
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nghwpahshfs ghhitjjpwd dwp
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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NritahdJ kjjpa rhiy NghfFtujJ
kwWk neLQrhiyj Jiw mikrru epjpd
flfupahy GJjpyypapy nfhbairjJ
njhlqfp itffggllJ
Ntfd Nfg vdw ]lhul mg (Start up)
epWtdk rNritiaj njhlqfpAssJ
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
cahePjpkdwjjpd jiyik ePjpgjpahfgt
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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)
ePjpgjp Mjh Fkhh Nfhay Njrpa gRik
jPhggha jiytuhf epakpffggllhh
127) Researches have created the worldrsquos first
Rhino Embryos in a test tube
Muharrpahshfs cyfpd Kjy
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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fhyepiy khww mikrrfkhdJ KJkiy
Gypfs fhggfjijr RwwpAss 438 rJu
fpkP guggstpyhd gFjpfis RwWroy
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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rthyfSfF csehlbNyNa jPhTfis
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
kjjpa Gsspapay kwWk jpll mkyhff
mikrrfkhdJgtldquoGjpa ejpahtpwfhd
jftyrdquo (Data for New Indiardquo) vDk
jiyggpyhd rhtNjr tll Nkir khehL
[Piy 9-10 Mfpa Njjpfspy GJnlyypapy
eilgngwwJ kkhehlilgt rjhdej
nfslh njhlqfpitgghh
131) Sambalpur in East Coast Railway division
becomes first to eliminate All unmanned level
crossings in India
ejpahtpy Mspyyh uapyNt fpuhrpqif
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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Kiw toqfggLk rpwgG tpUjhd Nfhyld
Nkd Gffu rhtNjrg guprpid ntdWssJ
Gffu gupR VwgLjjp 50 tUlqfs Mdjpd
nfhzlhllqfis epidT $w gghpR
VwgLjjggllJ xNu Kiw toqfggLk
ggupR kffshy thffspffgglL
NjhenjLffgllJ
133) Justice L Narasimha Reddy has been
appointed the Chairman of the Central
Administrative Tribunal (CAT)
ePjpgjp vy eurpk`h nulb kjjpa ephthf
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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vdw uapiy mwpKfggLjj cssJ
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css Gdpj ]jyqfSfF nryYk
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vf]gpu]rsquo vdDk uapiy mwpKfggLjj
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
ejpahtpd 2-tJ jpUeqif toffwpQuhf
JfJfFbiar Nrhej v]tp[p jkpoehL
kwwk GJrNrhp ghh fTdrpypy gjpT
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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ntsp khepyqfSfF fhwwhiy kpdrhuk
nfhzL nryy amp2gt600 Nfhbapy topjlk
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
Nyhf MAfjh rllk jkpof rllg
Nguitapy 972018 mdW epiwNtwwggllJ
Kjythgt mikrrhfsgt muR CopahfSfF
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jkpoehL Nyhf MAfjh mikgG
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jkpoeHL Nyhf MAfjh mikgig
cUthfFtjwfhd rll kNrhjhit
gzpahsh eyd kwWk ephthf rPhjpUjjj
Jiw mikrru bn[aFkhh jhffy
nrajhh
ehlbNyNa KjdKjyhf kfhuhbuh
khepyjjpy Nyhf MAfjh VwgLjjggllJ
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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50 taJfF Nkwgll muR Copahfsgt
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XaT mspff cjjpu gpuNjr muR
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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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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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
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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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6-tJ cyf efuqfs khehL rpqfgG+hpy
eilgngwwJ kkhehlbwfhd fU
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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uh[ehj rpq jiyik jhqfpdhh
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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biuajyhdrsquo (Ironman Triathlon) Nghlbia
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Mthh gNghlb xNuehspy epiwT
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epfothFk
lsquoIronman Triathlonrsquo ePrrygt irffps Xllkgt
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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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nly rNyhlhrsquo it Vwpa uzlhtJ
ejpah vdw rpwgig ldquorjaUg rpjjhejhrdquo
ngwWsshu
Kjd Kjypy ej vupkiyia Vwpa Kjy
ejpau kyyp k]jhd ghG Mthh ej
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
v[PNfd
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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KbAk
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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tiu GJnlyypapy eilgngwTssJ
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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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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$llikgG (CGF) tiu NjheJ vLjjJ
158) The Odisha government has partnered with
tata Trust for development of Cancer care
facilities in the State
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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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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
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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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mbggilapy cUthffggllJ
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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[hufzL khepyjjpd uhQrp efupy
eilngwwJ
167) Meghalaya government introduces Draft
policy known as ldquoJackfruit Missionrdquo during the
first ever Jackfruit festival
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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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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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FiwffggLk vd rPdh mwptpjJssJ
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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nkhopngauggjwfhd trjpfs
khepyqfsitapy VwgljjgLfpdwd
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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ehzak - Nthd
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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[pbgp vdggLk csehlL cwgjjp mjpfk
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qfpyheJ IejhtJ ljjpYk cssd
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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[Piy 11 Mk ehs cyf kffs njhif
jpdkhf mDrupffggLfpwJ 1989 Mk
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mikggpd eputhf kdwjjpdhy cyf
kffs njhif jpdk njhlqfggllJ
2018 Mk Mzbwfhd cyf kffs njhif
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kdpj cupikrdquo MFk
174) The 30th International Mango Festival was
held in New Delhi
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GJjpyypapy eilgngwwJ
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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FbauRj jiyth
Kddhs ehlhSkdw cWggpdh uhk
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NgUfF khepyqfsit epakd ehlhSkdw
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rpwgffiyQh Mthh
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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cyfpd Gjjffjjpwfhd FwpaPL 2018 Global
Innovation Index (GII) cyfpNyNa kpfTk
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GIIcyfjju tupir Iffpa ehLfspd (UN)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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2013) jzlid tpjpKiwfis kPshaT
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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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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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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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Wjp NghlbfF KdNdwpaJ vdw
ngUikia milejJ FNuhpah gpuhd]
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
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Yfh Nkhlupr (FNuhpah)
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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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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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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
gpugQrjjpid gwwpa Gjphfis mfww
cjTk Gjpa 64-b kPufhl (64-dish Meer
KAT) vDk thndhyp njhiyNehffpapid
njd Mggpupffh ntspaplLssJ
kPufhl (Meer KAT) rpffyhd rJu fpNyhkPllu
tupir fUtpAld izffggLk SKA 2020-
y nrayghlbwF tUkNghJ cyfpNyNa
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njhiyNehffpahf nrayghlbypUfFk
(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
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
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Efutpidtpl mjpf mstpidAk
nfhzbUfFk vdW fzpjJf $wpAssJ
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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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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
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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
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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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ejpa kUeJ cwgjjpahsufs rqfk
(OPPI) Think for Health vdw b[plly
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eilngww jdJ tUlhejpu khehlby
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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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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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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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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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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gpshfrdquo epforrpapy ejpa tpkhdggilAk
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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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KddplLgt rpiwf ifjpfSffhf ldquorpwgG
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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ejpa uprut tqfp tpiutpy ldquontspu Cjh
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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Eiy Kddhy ]yhkpa mbggilthjp
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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tJ ljijAk gpbjjJ
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mzpfs cyf jutupirapd mbggilapy
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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rjjP]fh muR Xat+jpa jplljjpy
ntspggiljjdikia toqFtjwfhfgt
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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mDkjpaspffggll mrhk kejpu Ntlil
(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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nugNfh tqfpahy cUthffggll nugNfh
Ezfld epWtdkgt jkpoehlby eepWtdk
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Ezfld toqfpaikffhf eepWtdjJfF
2018 eghhL tpUJ toqfggllJ
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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juk cahjjgLk
jkpoehlby css epidTrrpddqfis
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fPo xgGjy mspffggll 7 lqfspd
clfllikgG kwWk RwWyh gazpfSfF
VJthd trjpfis juk cahjJjYfF
ejpa njhyypay fzfnfLgGj Jiw
(Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)
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jpy khkyyGukgt flwfiu Myakgt
fhQrpGuk ifyhrehju Myakgt jQrht+u
gpufjP]tuu Myakgt rpjjddthry
Fiffsgt NtYh Nfhlilgt tu Myak
nfhLkgYh Mfpad vO rpddqfs
mlqFk
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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ejpahtpd Kawrpahy Mukgpffggll
upa rfjp $llzpapd (International Solar
Alliance) fllikgG xggejjjpy
ifnaOjjpLk 68-tJ ehlhf kpahdkh
cssJ jd jiyikafk `hpahdh
khepyk FUfpuhkpy css Fthy g`hp
fpuhkjjpy mikeJssJ
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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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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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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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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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
ejpah kwWk njdfpofF Mrpa ehLfs
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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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
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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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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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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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jzbfFk kNrhjhrsquo
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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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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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tprhuid nraaTk mthfSfF Njitahd
cjtp kwWk ghJfhggpid toqfTk
jkpof muR 24 kzp Neu n`ygiyid
mikjJssJ
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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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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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tUlhejpu Eyf epjpia toqFk
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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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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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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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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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
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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
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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xU jPhkhdk epiwNtwwpajd yk
filgpbffggLfpwJ
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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tpUJ
kjjpa gpuNjr murpd lsquoNjrpa fhspjh]
rkkhdrsquo tpUJgt ej MzL fhlrpf
fiyfs Jiwapy gyNtW rhjidfs
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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kwWk Mul nlNfh flbl fiyapy css
flblqfis And]Nfhtpd ghukgupa
flblqfshf mwptpjJssJ g`iudgt
gdhkhtpy eilngww And]Nfh $lljjpy
jwF xgGjy mspffggllJ
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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epgh itu] jhffk yiy vd Nfus muR
mwptpjJssJ
1998-y kNyrpahtpd lsquoRqif epghrsquo vdw
ljjpyjhd ej fharry Kjypy
VwgllJ vdNtgt ej Nehia lsquoepghrsquo itu]
fharry vdNw mioffpdwdu mqFss
gdwpfis tsuggthfSfF ej itu]
Kjypy guptaJ
nlNuhg] FLkgjijr Nrhej goejpddp
ttthyfspypUeJ ej itu] guTfpwJ
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
NkkgLjJtjwfhf kjjpa muR FO
mikjJssJ
Njrpa fzfFfs myyJ epfu csehlL
cwgjjpapd (GDP) fzffPlbwfhd mbggil
Mzil jpUjjpaikggjwfhd jpllqfspd
gpddzpapy khepyqfs kwWk
khtllqfspy nghUshjhuj juiy
fzffpLtpjwfhd tpjpKiwfis
NkkgLjJtjwfhf utPejpu H Njhyffpah
jiyikapy 13 Nghnfhzl FO xdiw
kjjpa muR mikjJssJ
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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mikggpd Gjpa jiyth
rhtNjr FbNaww mikggpd jiytuhf
NghhrRffy ehlilr Nrhej MzldpNah
tplNlhhpNdh njhpT nraagglLsshh
jwNghJ tpyypak Nyrp ]ypq jiytuhf
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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ifnaOjjplLssJ xbrh
midjJ tifahd NghplhfSfFk
jpwdkpF Nkyhzikffhf Kdndrrhpfif
mikgig NkkgLjJtjwfhf Ieh
mitapd fPo gjpTnraaggll cyf
muRfSffpilNaahd mikgghd gpuhejpa
xUqfpizej gy MgjJ Kdndrrhpfif
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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epakpffgglLsshh
CBIC-apd Kddhs jiyth td[h N rhdh
xaTngwwijj njhlheJ kjjpa kiwKf
thpfs kwWk RqfthpCBIC thhpajjpd Gjpa
jiytuhf v] uNk epakpffgglLsshh
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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ntdwJ
Jghapy elej fgb kh]lh]
WjpgNghlbapy m[a jhf$h
jiyikapyhd ejpa mzpgtltuhd mzpia
tPojjp rhkgpad glljij ifggwwpaJ
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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vhprfjpgt Gjpa amp GJggpffjjff Mwwy
mikrrfqfspd khehL `pkhrrygpuNjr
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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tpjkhf lsquoEleventh Hourrsquo vdw Eiy
FwwgGidT vOjjhsh `Pird irjp
vOjpAsshh
IPS officer Sundari Nanda becomes the first
woman DGP of the Union Territory Puducherry
GJrNrup A+dpad gpuNjrjjpd Kjy ngz
b[pgp-ahf Igpv] mjpfhhp Rejhp eejh
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
நதிஆத ோகGNTC LTD எனற நிறுவனததுடன
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
etPd csehlL Nghutpkhdkhd Nj[h]
Nghu tpkhdk jkpofjjpd Nfhit Yh
tpkhdggilaplk xggilffggllJ
njddpejpa tpkhdggilapd jiyikaplk
Nfushtpd jpUtdejGujjpy cssJ
54) Jharkhand to set up Countryrsquos first Khadi
mall
Indiarsquos First lsquoKhadi Mallrsquo will soon be set up by
the Jharkhand government to [hhffzby
ejpahtpd Kjy lsquofhjp Nguqfhbia
[hhffzl khepy muR epWtTssJ fhjp
kwWk fhjp jahhpgGfspd reijfis
kjpgGahjJk tpjkhf J mikaTssJ
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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jpfofpwJ gpjhfdpfh
xbrhtpd gpjhfdpfh Njrpagg+qfh
ejpahtpy தவகமோகmopeJtUk cthePh
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
nfhykgpahtpd [pupgpFa+wwp (chiribiquete)
NjrpagG+qfhit cyf ghukghpa jyqfs
glbaypy izjJssJ [eh fytpgt
mwptpay kwWk gzghlL mikgG
(UNESCO) 57) Australia defeat India to win Menrsquos
Rabobank Hockey Champions Trophy 2018
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2018 `hffpg Nghlbapd WjpgNghlbapygt
ejpa mzpia NjhwfbjJ M]jpNuypa
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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lsquorptp[pyrsquo nrayp
Njhjy eljij tpjpkPwy FwpjJ Gfhu
mspff Njhjy Mizak lsquorplbrd tp[pyrsquo
myyJ lsquorptp[pyrsquo vdw Gjpa nraypia
mwpKfggLjjpaJ
Njhjy eilngwTss khepyjjpy css
vtuhapDk Njhjy eljij tpjpkPwy FwpjJ
ej nraypapy Gfhu mspffyhk
59) Major General Jose Elaclio Alcain of Uruguay
will be Head UN Military Observer Group in
India Pakistan
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vNybNah myifdgt ejpah kwWk
ghfp]jhdpy css Iffpa ehLfs uhZt
fzfhzpgGfFOTffhd jiytuhf
epakpffgglLsshh
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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fopT kWRowrp ikak
muR rhhghf ejpahtpNyNa KjdKiwahf
kpddZffopT kWRowrp ikak
ngqfSUtpy mikffggLk vd kjjpa
urhazk kwWk cuqfs mikrrh
MdejFkhh mwptpjjhh
kjjpa urhzk kwWk mikrrfjjpd
flLghlbd fPo nraygLk kjjpa nefpog
nghwpapy njhopDlg epWtdthdJ (CIPET)
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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mwpKfggLjjpaJ
fhjp kwWk fpuhkpa ifjnjhopy Mizak
KVIC GJbyypapy fhjp epWtd Nkyhzik
kwWk jfty mikgG KIMIS vdw ngaupy
cUthffggll -khufnflbq mikgG
xdiw mwpKfggLjjpaJ ej mikggpd
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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epiyajjpd ngaiu lsquokfhuh[h gPu gpfuk
மணிகயா fpNhh tpkhd epiyakrsquo vdW
ngahkhwwk nraa kjjpa mikrruit
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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Gfongww tpohthdJ Nkfhyhahtpd
n[aejpah kiyfs gFjpapy
nfhzlhlggllJ lsquoehhrsquogoqFbapdh kjjpapy
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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Nah[dhrsquo kwWk lsquoKffpakejpup [d fyahzrsquo
myyJ rkgy Nah[dh MfpatwWfF
xgGjy mspjjJ
lsquogpyyp gpy khgp Nah[dhrsquo (kpdrhuf
fllzk jsSgb jpllk) jplljJfF kjjpa
gpuNjr muR xgGjy mspjJssJ
jjplljjpd fPogt gjpTnraJss
mikgGrhuh njhopyhshfs kwWk tWikf
NfhlLfF fPOss FLkgqfspd epYitapy
css kpdrhuf fllzjjpwF tpyfF
mspffggLk
lsquoKffpa kejpup [d fyahzrsquo myyJ
lsquorkgyrsquo Nah[dh vdw jplljjpd fPogt
mikgGrhuh njhopyhshfs kwWk tWikf
NfhlLfF fPOss FLkgqfSfF khjk
xdWfF amp200 vdw tpiyapy kpdrhuk
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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Nghlbia epiwT nraj Kjy ejpa
uhZt mjpfhup tp b Nlhfuh
gzpapy UfFkNghNj UkGkdpjh
Nghlbia epiwTnraj Kjy ejpa uhZt
mjpfhup Nk[h N[duy tpfuk Nlhfuh
(tpbNlhfuh) Mthu
kwWk cyf ehLfspNyNa ejgglljij
ntdw Kjy uhZt jsgjp Nlhfuh ej
Nghlb M]jphpah ehlby eilgngwwJ
UkG kdpjh vdgJ rhtNjr biuajyhd
(Triathlon) NghlbahFk ej biuajyhd
Nghlbia 17 kzp NeujJfFs KbfFk
eghfSfF lsquoUkGkdpjhrsquo gllk
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)
ifahSk NehffjjpwfhfTkgt mikffggll
Rdpy Nkjjh FOgt jdJ mwpfifia
kwWk gupeJiufis kjjpa epjpaikrrh
gpA Nfhayplk rkhggpjjJ
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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ehfg+hpygt kfhuhbu rllkdwjjpd
kioffhy $lljnjhlu 47
MzLfSfFggpd mqF eilngwwJ
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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19tJ IUFoST cyf czT mwptpay
kwWk njhopDlg khehL ejpahtpd etp-
Kkigapy tUk mfNlhgh khjk 23 Kjy
27 tiu elffTssJIUFoSTvdgjpd
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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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Nra CllrrjJf Fiwghlbid
Nghffpajwfhf yhud] `hllhl kwWk
Nltpl neNgNuh MfpNahupd jdpggll kwWk
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
Mrpa clfllikgG KjyPlL tqfpapd
(AIIB) dwhtJ tUlhejpu rejpgG
Kkigapy eilgngwwJ
FOtpd Kjy rejpgG 2016-Mk MzL
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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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gpuNjr khepyjjpwF tpUJ
gpujk kejpupapd ghJfhgghd jhaik
gpurrhujjpd fPo (PMSMA -gpujhd kejpup
Rufpj kjhpt mgpahd) kfgNgwW
wgigf Fiwjjjwfhf kjjpa Rfhjhu
kwWk FLkg eythoT mikrrfk kjjpa
gpuNjr khepyjjpwF tpUJ toqfpAssJ
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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jplljij gQrhg mwpKfggLjjpAssJ
epyjjbePu msT Fiwitr rupghhff
gQrhg muRrsquo ghdp grrhNthgt igNr fkhNthrsquo
vdw Gjpa jplljij mwpKfggLjjpAssJ
jjplljjpd fPogt Foha fpzWfis
Fiwthfg gadgLjJk tptrhapfSfF gz
cjtp mspffggLk
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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nlylh jutupir
lsquocauylrpa khtllqfspd khwwjjpwfhd
jplljjpd fPo epjp MNahf 108 cauylrpa
khtllqfSffhd KjyhtJ nlylh
jutupirg glbaiy ntspaplLssJ Vguy
kwWk Nk 2018 Mfpa uzL khjqfspy 5
tsurrpg gFjpfspy milej
KdNdwwjijf fzffplL ej jutupirg
glbay ntspaplgglLssJ
F[uhjjpd lhNfhl khtllk Kjy
ljijAkgt rpffpkpd NkwF rpffpk
khtllk uzlhtJ ljijAkgt
jkpoehlbd uhkehjGuk khtllk
dwhtJ ljijAkgt Mejpug gpuNjrjjpd
tp[aefuk kwWk xav]Mu கடபபா khtllqfs KiwNa ehdfhtJgt kwWk
[ejhtJ ljij gpbjJssJ
lsquocauylrpa khtllqfspd khwwjjpwfhd
jpllkrsquo gpujkh mthfs [dthp 2018y
njhlqfp itjjhh ej jplljjpd Nehffk
ehlbYss rpy tshrrpailahj
khtllqfspy tpiuthf kwWk gaDss
khwwjij VwgLjJtJ
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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xdgjhtJ gzpj jiytufspd khehL GJ
jpyypapy eilngwwJ kkhehlil kjjpa
ntspAwTjJiw mikrru Rkh Rtuh[
njhlqfp itjjhh
khehlbd fUjJUthdJ ldquoKbtpyyhj
vyiy izaww ntspahLrdquo f$lljjpy
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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fpuh]pq mwwjhf khwwggllJ
ejpa uapyNtahdJgt NkwF kjjpa
uapyNtgt kjjpa uapyNtgt fpofF
uapyNt kwWk njdfpofF kjjpa
uapyNt Mfpa ehdF kzlyqfspYk
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
jkpoehlby nrdidapy css
xUqfpizej uapynglbj
njhopwrhiyahdJgt (ICF) Kjd Kiwahf
JUgpbffhj vFld $ba 3 fll
Mwwykpff nkadiyd vyfluf kybgpy
a+dpl (MEMU) nfhzl 8 uapy nglbfis
tbtikjJ ntspaplLssJ
MEMUvdgJ Gwefu uapy mikgghFk
J csefuqfspy Fiwej njhiyT
gazk nraAk gazpfspd Njitia
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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epukgpathfs fllha ehlL Nritapy ltLgl
NtzLk vd cjjutplLssJ Mrphpah
NritgtnjhzL Nrit vd vjhtJ xU
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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ejpa flwgilapd flwgil mYtyu
jsgjp mgpyh jhkp NkwF gpuhdrpy
css ny] Nrgy]b xNyhNd
JiwKfjjpypUeJ njhlqfpa tuyhwW
rpwgGkpff Nfhyld cyfg gejajjpy
gqNfwwhh
csehlbNyNa fllggll fggyhdgt Jupah
vDk 1950-fspy Uej Rfhyp fggiy
xjj flwgazk
nratjwfhd fggYld th ejpahit
gpujpepjpjJtggLjJthu
ejpahtpd Gfongww khYkpfspy xUtUk
fPujjp rfuhitg ngwwtUkhd jhkp
MrpahtpypUeJ nryYk xNu gqNfwghsh
Mthu
ejg Nghlbapd jdpjJtk vddntdwhy
1968fFg gpwF tbtikffggll fggy
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
xJffPL nratJ FwpjJ KbT nratjwfhf
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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xgGjy mspjjJ ejpah
Mrpa grpgpf tujjf xggej
cWggpdufSfF (APTA) 3gt142 nghUlfSfF
fllzr rYifia toqFtjwF ejpah
xgGjy mspjJssJ
Mrpa grpgpf tsheJ tUk cWggpdu
ehLfSffpilNa fllzr rYif
gupkhwwjjpd yk tujjfjij tpuptilar
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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mUqfhlrpafk [gghdpy NlhffpNahtpYss
MORI flbljjpd kpddZ fiy
mUqfhlrpafjjpy jpwffgglLssJ
84) The worldrsquos First digital art museum has
opened at the MORI Building Digital Art Museum
in Tokyo Japan
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mUqfhlrpafk [gghdpy NlhffpNahtpYss
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
nttNtW mikrrfk kwWk njhopwrhiy
$lLdhfSld NrheJ epjp MNahfgt
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vdw xdiw 2018-k MzL nrglkgu khjk
7-8 Njjp eljJtjwF VwghL nraaTssJ
ej crrp khehL GJjpyypapy eilngWk
J gpujk kejpupahy njhlqfp itffggLk
J thfdqfis kpdkakhffygt
GJggpffjjff Mwwiy xUqfpizjjy
kwWk Ntiy thagpid mjpfupjjy Nghdw
ejpahtpd yfFfis top eljj cjTk
tthW Jaikahd Mwwiyf nfhzl
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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ldquotpisahlL ejpahrdquo
34 MzLfshf nrayglL tUk ldquoejpa
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mikrru uh[athjjd rpq uNjhh
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50tJ nghJfFO $lljjpy kKbT
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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gjffk
kjjpa csJiw mikrrfk csJiw
mikrrupd rpwej nrayghlL gjffk
xdiw epWTtjwF xgGjy mspjJssJ
NkYk mJ dW gjffqfis
epWtpAssJ mit mejhupf Rufrh
gjffkgt mrhjhud MRrrd gjhf kwWk
cjfpuprpj mjpcjfpuprpj Nrth gjffk
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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Kjy jpUeqif
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Kjy jpUeqif vdw rhjidia
]ngapid Nrhej VQryh Nghd]
giljJsshh
th lsquokp] Adpth] ]ngapdrsquo glljij
ntdwjpd yk ej MzL
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Adpth]rsquo Nghlbapy ]ngapd rhhgpy th
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
mjpfhug+ht ghly xdiwj njhpTnraa
rpwej vOjjhshfs kwWk nkhop
tyYehfis csslffpa tyYeh
FOnthdiw mikjJssJ fyhrrhujj
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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gQrhgpy fhtyJiw mjpfhupfs csgl
midjJ muR CopaufSfFk fllha
Nghij kUeJ gupNfhjidfF mkkhepy
Kjyth Nfgld mkupeju rpq
cjjutplLsshh
murhqfg gzpapy midjJ tpjkhd
gzpepakdk kwWk gjpt cahT
MfpatwwpwF Nghij kUeJ gupNrhjid
fllhak Nkwnfhss NtzLk vdW gQrhg
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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teJ FbePUfF gadgLjj jpllkplLssJ
[ffpa mNugpa vkpufk
94) Brazil become highest scoring team in FIFA
World cup History
FIFA fhygeJ cyffNfhgig Nghlbfspy
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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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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20 vdw jplljij tFggjwfhf rpqfgg+iu
ikakhff nfhzl nghwpapay kwWk
MNyhrid toqFk epWtdkhd Rughdh
[PNuhqFld GupeJzuT xggejk xdwpy
ifnaOjjplLssJ
[PNdhk Ntyp 20 vdgJ thofif mwptpay
gwwpa Muharrp kwWk tsurrp
eltbfiffs yfFfSffhf ejpahtpd
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
mwpKfggLjjpAssJ ej nraypahdJ
EfuNthuplkpUeJ tupia typfFk xU
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
Xh xggejjjpy ifnaOjjplldh
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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kjjy uh[gfr gddhlL thDhjp
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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mqfdthb ikaqfspy FoeijfSfF
CllrrjJkpff czTfis toqFtjd
yk mthfspd CllrrjJ Fiwghlil
xopggjwfhf F[uhj khepy muR lsquoNghrhd
mgpahdrsquo jplljij njhlqfpaJ
gUt taJ rpWkpfSffpilNA epyTk
Cllrrjjpdikia xopggjwfhf lsquog+hzhrsquo
vdw jplljijAk mkkhepy muR
njhlqfpAssJ
ehL jOtpa Njrpa CllrrjJ
affkhdJ Nghrhd mgpahd uh[]jhdpy
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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rllgg+ht chpikfsgt flikfsgt nghWgGfs
vd midjJk lsquogwggd kwWk ePhthotd
csspll KO tpyqFg NguuRfFk
cssJrdquo vdW cjjufhzl khepy
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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uh[]jhd muR kpfTk gpwgLjjggll
tFggpd (MBC) fPo css F[[ugt ghybahgt
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gpuptpdUfF ju gpwgLjjggll tFggpd
(OBC) fPo fytp epWtdqfs kwWk
khepyjjpy murhqf NtiyfF MsNrugG
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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jplljij cjjuggpuNjr muR GST jpd
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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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
17MtJ cyfj jkpo iza khehL
NfhitapygtlsquomwpTrhu jkpoj NjLnghwpfsrsquo
vdDk fUnghUSld eilgngwwJ
113) With 226 Lakh Crore Rupees Collection of
GST Tax Tamilnadu in 4th place
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nrajjpd ykgt [pv]b tUthapy ehlby
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)
epWtpa Nuhfd tp[atPutpd thofifia
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
mdW nfhzlhlggLfpwJ 2018d
fUjJUgtldquoxjJioggpd yk epiyahd
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
Nfhyh fubapd KO kugZj njhFjp
tiugljij fzLgpbffggllJ Nfhyh
fubahdJ M]jpNuypahit gpwggplkhff
nfhzlJ gddhlL awif ghJfhgGr
rqfkhdJ Nfhyh fubia kiwajjF
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
NkwFtqf khepy muR ldquoxU eghgt xU fhh
nfhsifiardquo nfhzL teJssJ
119) The Cheetah 3 robot developed by
engineers at the America MIT Which is blind
robot
mnkhpffhtpd vkIb-ia Nrhej
nghwpahshfs ghhitjjpwd dwp
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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ejpahtpd Kjy lhfrp MkGyd]
NritahdJ kjjpa rhiy NghfFtujJ
kwWk neLQrhiyj Jiw mikrru epjpd
flfupahy GJjpyypapy nfhbairjJ
njhlqfp itffggllJ
Ntfd Nfg vdw ]lhul mg (Start up)
epWtdk rNritiaj njhlqfpAssJ
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
500 rhtNjr fphpfnfl Nghlbfspy
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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njYqfhdh kwWk MejpuggpuNjr
khepyqfSffhd i`juhghj
cahePjpkdwjjpd jiyik ePjpgjpahfgt
ePjpgjp Njhlljjpy gh]fud ehah
uhjhfpUzd gjtpNawWsshh
124) 17th World Sanskrit Conference held in
Vancouver Canada
17tJ cyf rk]fpUj khehL fdlh
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
jqf gjffk ntdwhh jPgh fhkhfh
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)
ePjpgjp Mjh Fkhh Nfhay Njrpa gRik
jPhggha jiytuhf epakpffggllhh
127) Researches have created the worldrsquos first
Rhino Embryos in a test tube
Muharrpahshfs cyfpd Kjy
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
kjjpa RwWroy tdjJiw kwWk
fhyepiy khww mikrrfkhdJ KJkiy
Gypfs fhggfjijr RwwpAss 438 rJu
fpkP guggstpyhd gFjpfis RwWroy
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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rthyfSfF csehlbNyNa jPhTfis
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
jiyggpyhd rhtNjr tll Nkir khehL
[Piy 9-10 Mfpa Njjpfspy GJnlyypapy
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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Kiw toqfggLk rpwgG tpUjhd Nfhyld
Nkd Gffu rhtNjrg guprpid ntdWssJ
Gffu gupR VwgLjjp 50 tUlqfs Mdjpd
nfhzlhllqfis epidT $w gghpR
VwgLjjggllJ xNu Kiw toqfggLk
ggupR kffshy thffspffgglL
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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Kjyhtjhf mNahjjpapy uapy epWjjggLk
filrp epWjjk uhNk]tuk
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
ejpahtpd 2-tJ jpUeqif toffwpQuhf
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kwwk GJrNrhp ghh fTdrpypy gjpT
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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ntsp khepyqfSfF fhwwhiy kpdrhuk
nfhzL nryy amp2gt600 Nfhbapy topjlk
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
Nyhf MAfjh rllk jkpof rllg
Nguitapy 972018 mdW epiwNtwwggllJ
Kjythgt mikrrhfsgt muR CopahfSfF
vjpuhd Coy FwwrhlLfis tprhhpff
jkpoehL Nyhf MAfjh mikgG
cUthffggLfpwJ
jkpoeHL Nyhf MAfjh mikgig
cUthfFtjwfhd rll kNrhjhit
gzpahsh eyd kwWk ephthf rPhjpUjjj
Jiw mikrru bn[aFkhh jhffy
nrajhh
ehlbNyNa KjdKjyhf kfhuhbuh
khepyjjpy Nyhf MAfjh VwgLjjggllJ
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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50 taJfF Nkwgll muR Copahfsgt
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XaT mspff cjjpu gpuNjr muR
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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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
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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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6-tJ cyf efuqfs khehL rpqfgG+hpy
eilgngwwJ kkhehlbwfhd fU
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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uh[ehj rpq jiyik jhqfpdhh
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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gpv]vdvy
muRfFr nrhejkhd njhiyjnjhlhG
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MdJ ejpahtpy rPuhd KjyhtJ iza
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njhlqfTssJ
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iza Nritiag gadgLjjp
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miogig VwgLjjNth myyJ miogig
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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biuajyhdrsquo (Ironman Triathlon) Nghlbia
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Mthh gNghlb xNuehspy epiwT
nraaf$ba kpfTk fbdkhd tpisahlL
epfothFk
lsquoIronman Triathlonrsquo ePrrygt irffps Xllkgt
NjNuhllk Mfpatwiw csslffpaJ
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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nly rNyhlhrsquo it Vwpa uzlhtJ
ejpah vdw rpwgig ldquorjaUg rpjjhejhrdquo
ngwWsshu
Kjd Kjypy ej vupkiyia Vwpa Kjy
ejpau kyyp k]jhd ghG Mthh ej
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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MW caufytp epWtdqfSfF jiyrpwej
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muR toqfpAssJ
mej MW epWtdqfs
(i) IIv]rp (ii) IIb nlyyp
(iii) IIb Kkig
(iv) [pNah d]bA+l (v) gpIbv] gpyhdp
(vi) kzpgghy mfhlkp Mg i`au
v[PNfd
150) After two-year Turkey to end state of
emergency The president of Turkey is Recep
Tayyip Erdugan
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epiyia KbTfF nfhzLteJssJ
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jhapg vuJthd csshh
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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rpWthfSkgt fhygeJ FOtpd
gapwrpahsUk 18 ehlfSfFggpd 1072018
mdW kPlfgglldu
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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cwgjjp Miy
rhkrq epWtdk cyfpd kpfg ngupa
nryNghd cwgjjp Miyia
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mikeJssJ njd nfhupa mjpgu d
N[-d kwWk eNuejpu Nkhb MfpNahu ej
Miyia jpweJ itjjdh
ej Miyapd yk xtnthU MzLk 12
Nfhbtiu nryNghdfs cwgjjp nraa
KbAk
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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KjyhtJ lsquoejpa RwWyh reijrsquo ia tUk
nrglkgh khjk 16-k Njjp Kjy 18-k Njjp
tiu GJnlyypapy eilgngwTssJ
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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elkhLk cjtpikajij kjjpa
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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rz fhytha gzpfF lsquoMrpa tsurrp tqfprsquo
(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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MFk jwF Kddh NkwFtqfk kwWk
kfhuh]buh khepy muRfs toqfpAssd
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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jlfs tPuhfs MNyhridf FOtpy Mrpa
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tPuhqfid jPgpfh gyypffy
epakpffgglLsshh fhkdntyj tpisahlL
$llikgG (CGF) tiu NjheJ vLjjJ
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
fzLgpbjJssdu
Gtp tuyhwwpy gjpthd capupay
tzzqfspNy kpfTk goikahd tzzkgt
NkwF Mgupffhtpdgt kTupjNjdpahtpy
css 11 gpyypad MzLfs goikahd
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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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xggejjjpy gqNfwWssJ
76-MzL fhy tuyhwwpy Kjd Kiwahf
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GupeJzuT xggejk nraJssJ
ghuhSkdwqfspd ilNaahd
ciuahliy CfFtpggjwfhf ej
xggejk ntqifah ehAL kwWk ampthzlh
ehlbd nrdlbd jiyth ilNa
ifnaOjjhdJ
xU ehlLld xggejk nraJf nfhzl
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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J JUffpapd kpfgngupa xwiw VwWkjp
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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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ldquoNuhfpj hkhrdquo ngwWsshh
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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nglb Qrpdfsrdquo cwgjjp
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aqf njhlqFk
kzpfF 160 fpNyhkPllu Ntfjjpy
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jahupgNghk vdw nfhsifapd
mbggilapy cUthffggllJ
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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njYqfhdh kwWk `upahdh khepyqfs
KiwNa uzlhk kwWk dwhk
lqfis gpbjJssJ jkpofk 15-tJ
ljjpy cssJ
166) 22nd International Conference on
Nonferrous Minerals and Metals 2018 held at
Ranchi Jharkhand
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cNyhfqfSffhd rhtNjr fUjjuqfkgt
[hufzL khepyjjpd uhQrp efupy
eilngwwJ
167) Meghalaya government introduces Draft
policy known as ldquoJackfruit Missionrdquo during the
first ever Jackfruit festival
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muR ldquogyhggo affkrdquo vDk tiuT
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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PRSS-1 kwWk PAKTES-1A vdfpw uzL
njhiy czuT nrawiffNfhsfis
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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FiwffggLk vd rPdh mwptpjJssJ
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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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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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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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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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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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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2018-k MzL cyff Nfhgigffhd gpgh
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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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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(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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MFk
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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
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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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kwWk kww Cutd njhluGila dqfs
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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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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
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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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(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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jiytuhf mdpyr`h]uGNj mthfSfF
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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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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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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
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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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fqifahwwpd IeJ Kjdik khepyqfshd
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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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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css ldquogpNuh] [P[pgha flbljjpwF
ldquoKjjpiu rpddkrdquo ( trademark)
toqfgglLssJ
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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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KddplLgt rpiwf ifjpfSffhf ldquorpwgG
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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ejpa uprut tqfp tpiutpy ldquontspu Cjh
epwjjpyrdquo Gjpa tif 100ampgha Nehlbid
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khepyjjpd Gfo ngww lsquouhzp fP thtrsquo
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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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ntspggiljjdikia toqFtjwfhfgt
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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mDkjpaspffggll mrhk kejpu Ntlil
(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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2018 eghhL tpUJ toqfggllJ
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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estuarine crocodiles in the country with a record
number of their nesting site spotted in it
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jpfofpwJ gpjhfdpfh
xbrhtpd gpjhfdpfh Njrpagg+qfh
ejpahtpy தவகமோகmopeJtUk cthePh
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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NjrpagG+qfhit cyf ghukghpa jyqfs
glbaypy izjJssJ [eh fytpgt
mwptpay kwWk gzghlL mikgG
(UNESCO) 57) Australia defeat India to win Menrsquos
Rabobank Hockey Champions Trophy 2018
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2018 `hffpg Nghlbapd WjpgNghlbapygt
ejpa mzpia NjhwfbjJ M]jpNuypa
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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lsquorptp[pyrsquo nrayp
Njhjy eljij tpjpkPwy FwpjJ Gfhu
mspff Njhjy Mizak lsquorplbrd tp[pyrsquo
myyJ lsquorptp[pyrsquo vdw Gjpa nraypia
mwpKfggLjjpaJ
Njhjy eilngwTss khepyjjpy css
vtuhapDk Njhjy eljij tpjpkPwy FwpjJ
ej nraypapy Gfhu mspffyhk
59) Major General Jose Elaclio Alcain of Uruguay
will be Head UN Military Observer Group in
India Pakistan
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fzfhzpgGfFOTffhd jiytuhf
epakpffgglLsshh
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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fopT kWRowrp ikak
muR rhhghf ejpahtpNyNa KjdKiwahf
kpddZffopT kWRowrp ikak
ngqfSUtpy mikffggLk vd kjjpa
urhazk kwWk cuqfs mikrrh
MdejFkhh mwptpjjhh
kjjpa urhzk kwWk mikrrfjjpd
flLghlbd fPo nraygLk kjjpa nefpog
nghwpapy njhopDlg epWtdthdJ (CIPET)
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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mwpKfggLjjpaJ
fhjp kwWk fpuhkpa ifjnjhopy Mizak
KVIC GJbyypapy fhjp epWtd Nkyhzik
kwWk jfty mikgG KIMIS vdw ngaupy
cUthffggll -khufnflbq mikgG
xdiw mwpKfggLjjpaJ ej mikggpd
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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epiyajjpd ngaiu lsquokfhuh[h gPu gpfuk
மணிகயா fpNhh tpkhd epiyakrsquo vdW
ngahkhwwk nraa kjjpa mikrruit
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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Gfongww tpohthdJ Nkfhyhahtpd
n[aejpah kiyfs gFjpapy
nfhzlhlggllJ lsquoehhrsquogoqFbapdh kjjpapy
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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Nah[dhrsquo kwWk lsquoKffpakejpup [d fyahzrsquo
myyJ rkgy Nah[dh MfpatwWfF
xgGjy mspjjJ
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mikgGrhuh njhopyhshfs kwWk tWikf
NfhlLfF fPOss FLkgqfspd epYitapy
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mspffggLk
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lsquorkgyrsquo Nah[dh vdw jplljjpd fPogt
mikgGrhuh njhopyhshfs kwWk tWikf
NfhlLfF fPOss FLkgqfSfF khjk
xdWfF amp200 vdw tpiyapy kpdrhuk
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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Nghlbia epiwT nraj Kjy ejpa
uhZt mjpfhup tp b Nlhfuh
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Nghlbia epiwTnraj Kjy ejpa uhZt
mjpfhup Nk[h N[duy tpfuk Nlhfuh
(tpbNlhfuh) Mthu
kwWk cyf ehLfspNyNa ejgglljij
ntdw Kjy uhZt jsgjp Nlhfuh ej
Nghlb M]jphpah ehlby eilgngwwJ
UkG kdpjh vdgJ rhtNjr biuajyhd
(Triathlon) NghlbahFk ej biuajyhd
Nghlbia 17 kzp NeujJfFs KbfFk
eghfSfF lsquoUkGkdpjhrsquo gllk
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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Rdpy Nkjjh FOgt jdJ mwpfifia
kwWk gupeJiufis kjjpa epjpaikrrh
gpA Nfhayplk rkhggpjjJ
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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kioffhy $lljnjhlu 47
MzLfSfFggpd mqF eilngwwJ
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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Kkigapy tUk mfNlhgh khjk 23 Kjy
27 tiu elffTssJIUFoSTvdgjpd
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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)
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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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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
FOtpd Kjy rejpgG 2016-Mk MzL
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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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gpurrhujjpd fPo (PMSMA -gpujhd kejpup
Rufpj kjhpt mgpahd) kfgNgwW
wgigf Fiwjjjwfhf kjjpa Rfhjhu
kwWk FLkg eythoT mikrrfk kjjpa
gpuNjr khepyjjpwF tpUJ toqfpAssJ
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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jplljij gQrhg mwpKfggLjjpAssJ
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gQrhg muRrsquo ghdp grrhNthgt igNr fkhNthrsquo
vdw Gjpa jplljij mwpKfggLjjpAssJ
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cjtp mspffggLk
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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nlylh jutupir
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khtllqfSffhd KjyhtJ nlylh
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kwWk Nk 2018 Mfpa uzL khjqfspy 5
tsurrpg gFjpfspy milej
KdNdwwjijf fzffplL ej jutupirg
glbay ntspaplgglLssJ
F[uhjjpd lhNfhl khtllk Kjy
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khtllk uzlhtJ ljijAkgt
jkpoehlbd uhkehjGuk khtllk
dwhtJ ljijAkgt Mejpug gpuNjrjjpd
tp[aefuk kwWk xav]Mu கடபபா khtllqfs KiwNa ehdfhtJgt kwWk
[ejhtJ ljij gpbjJssJ
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jpllkrsquo gpujkh mthfs [dthp 2018y
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ehlbYss rpy tshrrpailahj
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khwwjij VwgLjJtJ
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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khehlbd fUjJUthdJ ldquoKbtpyyhj
vyiy izaww ntspahLrdquo f$lljjpy
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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uapyNt kwWk njdfpofF kjjpa
uapyNt Mfpa ehdF kzlyqfspYk
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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xUqfpizej uapynglbj
njhopwrhiyahdJgt (ICF) Kjd Kiwahf
JUgpbffhj vFld $ba 3 fll
Mwwykpff nkadiyd vyfluf kybgpy
a+dpl (MEMU) nfhzl 8 uapy nglbfis
tbtikjJ ntspaplLssJ
MEMUvdgJ Gwefu uapy mikgghFk
J csefuqfspy Fiwej njhiyT
gazk nraAk gazpfspd Njitia
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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NtzLk vd cjjutplLssJ Mrphpah
NritgtnjhzL Nrit vd vjhtJ xU
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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vDk 1950-fspy Uej Rfhyp fggiy
xjj flwgazk
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gpujpepjpjJtggLjJthu
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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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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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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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mUqfhlrpafk [gghdpy NlhffpNahtpYss
MORI flbljjpd kpddZ fiy
mUqfhlrpafjjpy jpwffgglLssJ
84) The worldrsquos First digital art museum has
opened at the MORI Building Digital Art Museum
in Tokyo Japan
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mUqfhlrpafk [gghdpy NlhffpNahtpYss
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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J gpujk kejpupahy njhlqfp itffggLk
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kwWk Ntiy thagpid mjpfupjjy Nghdw
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tthW Jaikahd Mwwiyf nfhzl
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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ldquotpisahlL ejpahrdquo
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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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gjffk
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cjfpuprpj mjpcjfpuprpj Nrth gjffk
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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giljJsshh
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Adpth]rsquo Nghlbapy ]ngapd rhhgpy th
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
FOnthdiw mikjJssJ fyhrrhujj
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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midjJ muR CopaufSfFk fllha
Nghij kUeJ gupNfhjidfF mkkhepy
Kjyth Nfgld mkupeju rpq
cjjutplLsshh
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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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teJ FbePUfF gadgLjj jpllkplLssJ
[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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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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20 vdw jplljij tFggjwfhf rpqfgg+iu
ikakhff nfhzl nghwpapay kwWk
MNyhrid toqFk epWtdkhd Rughdh
[PNuhqFld GupeJzuT xggejk xdwpy
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
mwpKfggLjjpAssJ ej nraypahdJ
EfuNthuplkpUeJ tupia typfFk xU
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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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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vdw jplljijAk mkkhepy muR
njhlqfpAssJ
ehL jOtpa Njrpa CllrrjJ
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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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uh[]jhd muR kpfTk gpwgLjjggll
tFggpd (MBC) fPo css F[[ugt ghybahgt
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(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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jplljij cjjuggpuNjr muR GST jpd
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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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)
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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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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)
epWtpa Nuhfd tp[atPutpd thofifia
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
mdW nfhzlhlggLfpwJ 2018d
fUjJUgtldquoxjJioggpd yk epiyahd
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
Nfhyh fubapd KO kugZj njhFjp
tiugljij fzLgpbffggllJ Nfhyh
fubahdJ M]jpNuypahit gpwggplkhff
nfhzlJ gddhlL awif ghJfhgGr
rqfkhdJ Nfhyh fubia kiwajjF
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
NkwFtqf khepy muR ldquoxU eghgt xU fhh
nfhsifiardquo nfhzL teJssJ
119) The Cheetah 3 robot developed by
engineers at the America MIT Which is blind
robot
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nghwpahshfs ghhitjjpwd dwp
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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ejpahtpd Kjy lhfrp MkGyd]
NritahdJ kjjpa rhiy NghfFtujJ
kwWk neLQrhiyj Jiw mikrru epjpd
flfupahy GJjpyypapy nfhbairjJ
njhlqfp itffggllJ
Ntfd Nfg vdw ]lhul mg (Start up)
epWtdk rNritiaj njhlqfpAssJ
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
500 rhtNjr fphpfnfl Nghlbfspy
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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njYqfhdh kwWk MejpuggpuNjr
khepyqfSffhd i`juhghj
cahePjpkdwjjpd jiyik ePjpgjpahfgt
ePjpgjp Njhlljjpy gh]fud ehah
uhjhfpUzd gjtpNawWsshh
124) 17th World Sanskrit Conference held in
Vancouver Canada
17tJ cyf rk]fpUj khehL fdlh
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)
ePjpgjp Mjh Fkhh Nfhay Njrpa gRik
jPhggha jiytuhf epakpffggllhh
127) Researches have created the worldrsquos first
Rhino Embryos in a test tube
Muharrpahshfs cyfpd Kjy
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
kjjpa RwWroy tdjJiw kwWk
fhyepiy khww mikrrfkhdJ KJkiy
Gypfs fhggfjijr RwwpAss 438 rJu
fpkP guggstpyhd gFjpfis RwWroy
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
csehlL thd NghfFtujJ Muharrp
mikgghdJ (CARO) My
mikffgglTssJ
ejpah tPkhd epiyaqfs MizakhdJ
i`jughjjpy css NgfkNglil thDhjp
epiyajjpy mjpetPd csehlL thd
NghfFtujJ Muharrp mikgig
mikffTssJ
mjpfhpjJtUk thd NghfFtuT rejpfFk
rthyfSfF csehlbNyNa jPhTfis
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
kjjpa Gsspapay kwWk jpll mkyhff
mikrrfkhdJgtldquoGjpa ejpahtpwfhd
jftyrdquo (Data for New Indiardquo) vDk
jiyggpyhd rhtNjr tll Nkir khehL
[Piy 9-10 Mfpa Njjpfspy GJnlyypapy
eilgngwwJ kkhehlilgt rjhdej
nfslh njhlqfpitgghh
131) Sambalpur in East Coast Railway division
becomes first to eliminate All unmanned level
crossings in India
ejpahtpy Mspyyh uapyNt fpuhrpqif
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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Kiw toqfggLk rpwgG tpUjhd Nfhyld
Nkd Gffu rhtNjrg guprpid ntdWssJ
Gffu gupR VwgLjjp 50 tUlqfs Mdjpd
nfhzlhllqfis epidT $w gghpR
VwgLjjggllJ xNu Kiw toqfggLk
ggupR kffshy thffspffgglL
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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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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50 taJfF Nkwgll muR Copahfsgt
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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FiwffggLk vd rPdh mwptpjJssJ
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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khepyqfsitapy VwgljjgLfpdwd
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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ehzak - Nthd
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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mikggpd eputhf kdwjjpdhy cyf
kffs njhif jpdk njhlqfggllJ
2018 Mk Mzbwfhd cyf kffs njhif
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kdpj cupikrdquo MFk
174) The 30th International Mango Festival was
held in New Delhi
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GJjpyypapy eilgngwwJ
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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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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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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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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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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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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ntspaplLssJ
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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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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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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mthfshy Jtffp itffggllJ
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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iftpidg nghUlfs fiyia ghJfhff
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236) Kochi Metro Rail Limited opened Indiarsquos
first exquisite air-conditioned bed space
dormitor
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JtffgglLssJ
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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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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(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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uapy ghij tpiutpy mfy uapy
ghijahf khwwggl UffpwJ
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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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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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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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
nkluh] kpa+rpf mfhlkp tpUJfs 2018
nkluh] kpa+rpf mflhkpapd rqfPj fyhepjp
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mUzh rhauhKfF toqfggLfpwJ
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toqfggLk
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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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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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KAT) vDk thndhyp njhiyNehffpapid
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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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rhuhgha)
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MFk
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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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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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rhdwpjo Nritfs
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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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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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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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MukgpjJssJ
Think for Health vdw Kawrp njYqfhdh
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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mDkjpaspffggll mrhk kejpu Ntlil
(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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2018 eghhL tpUJ toqfggllJ
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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VJthd trjpfis juk cahjJjYfF
ejpa njhyypay fzfnfLgGj Jiw
(Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)
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Fiffsgt NtYh Nfhlilgt tu Myak
nfhLkgYh Mfpad vO rpddqfs
mlqFk
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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ejpahtpd Kawrpahy Mukgpffggll
upa rfjp $llzpapd (International Solar
Alliance) fllikgG xggejjjpy
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cssJ jd jiyikafk `hpahdh
khepyk FUfpuhkpy css Fthy g`hp
fpuhkjjpy mikeJssJ
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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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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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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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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rig Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) MfpatwwpwfpilNaahd murpay
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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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tlfpofF khepyqfis Njrpa vhpthA
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KdKawrpahfgt IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL
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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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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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yzlid cyfpd rpwej eleJ nrytjwF
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
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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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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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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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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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tUlhejpu Eyf epjpia toqFk
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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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
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
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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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khepyqfspd glbaypy Kjypljjpy Nfush
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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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FbkffSfF xUqfpizej Nritfis
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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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njhif kwWk mthfsJ fyhrrhuj
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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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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
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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
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
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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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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
Nltpl neNgNuh MfpNahupd jdpggll kwWk
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
Mrpa clfllikgG KjyPlL tqfpapd
(AIIB) dwhtJ tUlhejpu rejpgG
Kkigapy eilgngwwJ
FOtpd Kjy rejpgG 2016-Mk MzL
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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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gpuNjr khepyjjpwF tpUJ
gpujk kejpupapd ghJfhgghd jhaik
gpurrhujjpd fPo (PMSMA -gpujhd kejpup
Rufpj kjhpt mgpahd) kfgNgwW
wgigf Fiwjjjwfhf kjjpa Rfhjhu
kwWk FLkg eythoT mikrrfk kjjpa
gpuNjr khepyjjpwF tpUJ toqfpAssJ
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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jplljij gQrhg mwpKfggLjjpAssJ
epyjjbePu msT Fiwitr rupghhff
gQrhg muRrsquo ghdp grrhNthgt igNr fkhNthrsquo
vdw Gjpa jplljij mwpKfggLjjpAssJ
jjplljjpd fPogt Foha fpzWfis
Fiwthfg gadgLjJk tptrhapfSfF gz
cjtp mspffggLk
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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nlylh jutupir
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khtllqfSffhd KjyhtJ nlylh
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kwWk Nk 2018 Mfpa uzL khjqfspy 5
tsurrpg gFjpfspy milej
KdNdwwjijf fzffplL ej jutupirg
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F[uhjjpd lhNfhl khtllk Kjy
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khtllk uzlhtJ ljijAkgt
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dwhtJ ljijAkgt Mejpug gpuNjrjjpd
tp[aefuk kwWk xav]Mu கடபபா khtllqfs KiwNa ehdfhtJgt kwWk
[ejhtJ ljij gpbjJssJ
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jpllkrsquo gpujkh mthfs [dthp 2018y
njhlqfp itjjhh ej jplljjpd Nehffk
ehlbYss rpy tshrrpailahj
khtllqfspy tpiuthf kwWk gaDss
khwwjij VwgLjJtJ
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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ntspAwTjJiw mikrru Rkh Rtuh[
njhlqfp itjjhh
khehlbd fUjJUthdJ ldquoKbtpyyhj
vyiy izaww ntspahLrdquo f$lljjpy
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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fpuh]pq mwwjhf khwwggllJ
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uapyNt kwWk njdfpofF kjjpa
uapyNt Mfpa ehdF kzlyqfspYk
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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xUqfpizej uapynglbj
njhopwrhiyahdJgt (ICF) Kjd Kiwahf
JUgpbffhj vFld $ba 3 fll
Mwwykpff nkadiyd vyfluf kybgpy
a+dpl (MEMU) nfhzl 8 uapy nglbfis
tbtikjJ ntspaplLssJ
MEMUvdgJ Gwefu uapy mikgghFk
J csefuqfspy Fiwej njhiyT
gazk nraAk gazpfspd Njitia
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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NtzLk vd cjjutplLssJ Mrphpah
NritgtnjhzL Nrit vd vjhtJ xU
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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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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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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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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MORI flbljjpd kpddZ fiy
mUqfhlrpafjjpy jpwffgglLssJ
84) The worldrsquos First digital art museum has
opened at the MORI Building Digital Art Museum
in Tokyo Japan
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mUqfhlrpafk [gghdpy NlhffpNahtpYss
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
nttNtW mikrrfk kwWk njhopwrhiy
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vdw xdiw 2018-k MzL nrglkgu khjk
7-8 Njjp eljJtjwF VwghL nraaTssJ
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J gpujk kejpupahy njhlqfp itffggLk
J thfdqfis kpdkakhffygt
GJggpffjjff Mwwiy xUqfpizjjy
kwWk Ntiy thagpid mjpfupjjy Nghdw
ejpahtpd yfFfis top eljj cjTk
tthW Jaikahd Mwwiyf nfhzl
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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ldquotpisahlL ejpahrdquo
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mikrru uh[athjjd rpq uNjhh
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50tJ nghJfFO $lljjpy kKbT
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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gjffk
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mikrrupd rpwej nrayghlL gjffk
xdiw epWTtjwF xgGjy mspjJssJ
NkYk mJ dW gjffqfis
epWtpAssJ mit mejhupf Rufrh
gjffkgt mrhjhud MRrrd gjhf kwWk
cjfpuprpj mjpcjfpuprpj Nrth gjffk
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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giljJsshh
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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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rpwej vOjjhshfs kwWk nkhop
tyYehfis csslffpa tyYeh
FOnthdiw mikjJssJ fyhrrhujj
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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Kjyth Nfgld mkupeju rpq
cjjutplLsshh
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fllhak Nkwnfhss NtzLk vdW gQrhg
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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teJ FbePUfF gadgLjj jpllkplLssJ
[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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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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20 vdw jplljij tFggjwfhf rpqfgg+iu
ikakhff nfhzl nghwpapay kwWk
MNyhrid toqFk epWtdkhd Rughdh
[PNuhqFld GupeJzuT xggejk xdwpy
ifnaOjjplLssJ
[PNdhk Ntyp 20 vdgJ thofif mwptpay
gwwpa Muharrp kwWk tsurrp
eltbfiffs yfFfSffhf ejpahtpd
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
mwpKfggLjjpAssJ ej nraypahdJ
EfuNthuplkpUeJ tupia typfFk xU
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
Xh xggejjjpy ifnaOjjplldh
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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kjjy uh[gfr gddhlL thDhjp
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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mqfdthb ikaqfspy FoeijfSfF
CllrrjJkpff czTfis toqFtjd
yk mthfspd CllrrjJ Fiwghlil
xopggjwfhf F[uhj khepy muR lsquoNghrhd
mgpahdrsquo jplljij njhlqfpaJ
gUt taJ rpWkpfSffpilNA epyTk
Cllrrjjpdikia xopggjwfhf lsquog+hzhrsquo
vdw jplljijAk mkkhepy muR
njhlqfpAssJ
ehL jOtpa Njrpa CllrrjJ
affkhdJ Nghrhd mgpahd uh[]jhdpy
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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rllgg+ht chpikfsgt flikfsgt nghWgGfs
vd midjJk lsquogwggd kwWk ePhthotd
csspll KO tpyqFg NguuRfFk
cssJrdquo vdW cjjufhzl khepy
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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uh[]jhd muR kpfTk gpwgLjjggll
tFggpd (MBC) fPo css F[[ugt ghybahgt
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gpuptpdUfF ju gpwgLjjggll tFggpd
(OBC) fPo fytp epWtdqfs kwWk
khepyjjpy murhqf NtiyfF MsNrugG
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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jplljij cjjuggpuNjr muR GST jpd
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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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)
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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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NfhitapygtlsquomwpTrhu jkpoj NjLnghwpfsrsquo
vdDk fUnghUSld eilgngwwJ
113) With 226 Lakh Crore Rupees Collection of
GST Tax Tamilnadu in 4th place
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nrajjpd ykgt [pv]b tUthapy ehlby
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)
epWtpa Nuhfd tp[atPutpd thofifia
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
mdW nfhzlhlggLfpwJ 2018d
fUjJUgtldquoxjJioggpd yk epiyahd
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
Nfhyh fubapd KO kugZj njhFjp
tiugljij fzLgpbffggllJ Nfhyh
fubahdJ M]jpNuypahit gpwggplkhff
nfhzlJ gddhlL awif ghJfhgGr
rqfkhdJ Nfhyh fubia kiwajjF
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
NkwFtqf khepy muR ldquoxU eghgt xU fhh
nfhsifiardquo nfhzL teJssJ
119) The Cheetah 3 robot developed by
engineers at the America MIT Which is blind
robot
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nghwpahshfs ghhitjjpwd dwp
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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ejpahtpd Kjy lhfrp MkGyd]
NritahdJ kjjpa rhiy NghfFtujJ
kwWk neLQrhiyj Jiw mikrru epjpd
flfupahy GJjpyypapy nfhbairjJ
njhlqfp itffggllJ
Ntfd Nfg vdw ]lhul mg (Start up)
epWtdk rNritiaj njhlqfpAssJ
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
cahePjpkdwjjpd jiyik ePjpgjpahfgt
ePjpgjp Njhlljjpy gh]fud ehah
uhjhfpUzd gjtpNawWsshh
124) 17th World Sanskrit Conference held in
Vancouver Canada
17tJ cyf rk]fpUj khehL fdlh
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
Muharrpahshfs cyfpd Kjy
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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fhyepiy khww mikrrfkhdJ KJkiy
Gypfs fhggfjijr RwwpAss 438 rJu
fpkP guggstpyhd gFjpfis RwWroy
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
mjpfhpjJtUk thd NghfFtuT rejpfFk
rthyfSfF csehlbNyNa jPhTfis
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
kjjpa Gsspapay kwWk jpll mkyhff
mikrrfkhdJgtldquoGjpa ejpahtpwfhd
jftyrdquo (Data for New Indiardquo) vDk
jiyggpyhd rhtNjr tll Nkir khehL
[Piy 9-10 Mfpa Njjpfspy GJnlyypapy
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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ikfNfy xdlhlN[apd lsquoMqfpy Nehahsprsquo
yzldpy css njwFtqfp ikajjpy xNu
Kiw toqfggLk rpwgG tpUjhd Nfhyld
Nkd Gffu rhtNjrg guprpid ntdWssJ
Gffu gupR VwgLjjp 50 tUlqfs Mdjpd
nfhzlhllqfis epidT $w gghpR
VwgLjjggllJ xNu Kiw toqfggLk
ggupR kffshy thffspffgglL
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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vdw uapiy mwpKfggLjj cssJ
eJffspd Gdpj Eyhd uhkhazjjpy
css Gdpj ]jyqfSfF nryYk
tpjkhf ejpad uapyNt lsquo= uhkhazh
vf]gpu]rsquo vdDk uapiy mwpKfggLjj
cssJ
ej uapy nlyyp uapy epiyajjpypUeJ
etkgh 14 mdW jdJ gazjij JtqFk
Kjyhtjhf mNahjjpapy uapy epWjjggLk
filrp epWjjk uhNk]tuk
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
ejpahtpd 2-tJ jpUeqif toffwpQuhf
JfJfFbiar Nrhej v]tp[p jkpoehL
kwwk GJrNrhp ghh fTdrpypy gjpT
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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ntsp khepyqfSfF fhwwhiy kpdrhuk
nfhzL nryy amp2gt600 Nfhbapy topjlk
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
Nyhf MAfjh rllk jkpof rllg
Nguitapy epiwNtwwk
Nyhf MAfjh rllk jkpof rllg
Nguitapy 972018 mdW epiwNtwwggllJ
Kjythgt mikrrhfsgt muR CopahfSfF
vjpuhd Coy FwwrhlLfis tprhhpff
jkpoehL Nyhf MAfjh mikgG
cUthffggLfpwJ
jkpoeHL Nyhf MAfjh mikgig
cUthfFtjwfhd rll kNrhjhit
gzpahsh eyd kwWk ephthf rPhjpUjjj
Jiw mikrru bn[aFkhh jhffy
nrajhh
ehlbNyNa KjdKjyhf kfhuhbuh
khepyjjpy Nyhf MAfjh VwgLjjggllJ
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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50 taJfF Nkwgll muR Copahfsgt
gzpfspy ftdfFiwthf nraygLtJ
fzLgpbffggllhygt mthfSfF fllha
XaT mspff cjjpu gpuNjr muR
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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ViofSfF ytr rpfprir crr ePjpkdwk
GJnlyypapy murhqfjjhy khdpak ngwW
eljjggLfpdw jdpahh kUjJtkidfs
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
toffkhd Nrhsjij tpl mjpf mstpyhd
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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6-tJ cyf efuqfs khehL rpqfgG+hpy
eilgngwwJ kkhehlbwfhd fU
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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67-tJ tlfpofF fTdrpy $llkgt
Nkfhyahtpd rpyyhq efupy eilngwwJ
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uh[ehj rpq jiyik jhqfpdhh
146) BSNL Unveils internet telephony service
wings
State-Owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar
Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced the soft
launch of its first telephony service wings in
India to be rolled out from August 2018
Through wings the customer can make or
receive calls by using internet service of any
operator
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gpv]vdvy
muRfFr nrhejkhd njhiyjnjhlhG
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MdJ ejpahtpy rPuhd KjyhtJ iza
njhiyNgrp Nritg gpupit Mf]l 2018-y
njhlqfTssJ
vejnthU Nrit epWtdKk toqFk
iza Nritiag gadgLjjp
ggpupTfspd yk thbfifahsu
miogig VwgLjjNth myyJ miogig
VwfNth KbAk
147) Oldest Indian Woman to complete an
Ironman Triathlon
Anju Khosla (52) has become the oldest Indian
woman to complete an Ironman Triathlon which
is one of the toughest one-day sporting events
It comprises swimming bicycle ride and
Marathon run6
mQR Nfh]y h (52) lsquoIad Nkd
biuajyhdrsquo (Ironman Triathlon) Nghlbia
epiwTnraJss tajhd ejpa ngzkzp
Mthh gNghlb xNuehspy epiwT
nraaf$ba kpfTk fbdkhd tpisahlL
epfothFk
lsquoIronman Triathlonrsquo ePrrygt irffps Xllkgt
NjNuhllk Mfpatwiw csslffpaJ
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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ejpahtpd 2-tJ egu
cyfpd kpf caukhd vupkiyahd lsquoxN[h]
nly rNyhlhrsquo it Vwpa uzlhtJ
ejpah vdw rpwgig ldquorjaUg rpjjhejhrdquo
ngwWsshu
Kjd Kjypy ej vupkiyia Vwpa Kjy
ejpau kyyp k]jhd ghG Mthh ej
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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fytp epWtdqfs vdw mej]J
MW caufytp epWtdqfSfF jiyrpwej
fytp epWtdqfs vdw mej]ij kjjpa
muR toqfpAssJ
mej MW epWtdqfs
(i) IIv]rp (ii) IIb nlyyp
(iii) IIb Kkig
(iv) [pNah d]bA+l (v) gpIbv] gpyhdp
(vi) kzpgghy mfhlkp Mg i`au
v[PNfd
150) After two-year Turkey to end state of
emergency The president of Turkey is Recep
Tayyip Erdugan
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mkygLjjggll ehL jOtpa mtru
epiyia KbTfF nfhzLteJssJ
meehlL muR JUffpapd mjpguhf upnrg
jhapg vuJthd csshh
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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rpWthfSkgt fhygeJ FOtpd
gapwrpahsUk 18 ehlfSfFggpd 1072018
mdW kPlfgglldu
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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cwgjjp Miy
rhkrq epWtdk cyfpd kpfg ngupa
nryNghd cwgjjp Miyia
cjjugpuNjrjjpd nehalhtpy
mikeJssJ njd nfhupa mjpgu d
N[-d kwWk eNuejpu Nkhb MfpNahu ej
Miyia jpweJ itjjdh
ej Miyapd yk xtnthU MzLk 12
Nfhbtiu nryNghdfs cwgjjp nraa
KbAk
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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KjyhtJ lsquoejpa RwWyh reijrsquo ia tUk
nrglkgh khjk 16-k Njjp Kjy 18-k Njjp
tiu GJnlyypapy eilgngwTssJ
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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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-
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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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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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rthiy njhlqfpAssJ jd Nehffkgt
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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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Nfhllhtpy tuTssJ
Mspyyh thDujp (unmanned air vehicles-
UAV) kwWk gStww Njhllh Jisffhj
thfdqfis jahupggjwfhd ejpahtpd
Kjy jdpahu Jiw gpupT kjjpa
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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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50 muR fyYhpfis Nrhej 9gt500
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murhdJ ikfNuhrhgl epWtdjJldhd
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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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(Nghrplhd 8 ejpah) Kjy Kiwahf
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khepyjjpd n`dYYtpy mikeJss
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Jjhd
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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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cssJ jd jiyth Rkh rffugujjp
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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iii) mun[dBdh iv) fdlh v) ejpah
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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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ejpah mnkupffh ghJfhgG kwWk
ntspAwTj Jiw mikrrufs epiyapyhd
NgrRthujij nrglkgu khjk GJnlyypapy
eilgngWk
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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Jujij 5146 tpdhbfspy fleJ
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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
epGzhfs rqf (VX]igd) jiytuhfgt
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ej rqfjJfF Mrpa fzljijr Nrhej
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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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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
kjjpa isQh eyd kwWk tpisahlLj
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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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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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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gqFrdquo
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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jgd vOjpAsshh
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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nfhsif KbTfisAk gyjuggll ju
tpaqfisAk milahsk fzbl
mikrruitr nrayhsu gpNfrpdfh
jiyikapy cau epGzuFO xdiw muR
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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cyfpd Kjy Kggupahd X-fjpu tPrrpid
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cUthffggll Jfsfis fzfhzpfFk
(particle-detecting) njhopy Elgjjpidf
nfhzLssJ
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
Ruqfqfs kwWk jdpkqfSffhd 4tJ
Njrpaf $llk kjjpagpuNjrjjpd eJupy
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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Gifgglk vLff mDkjp
ejpa njhynghUs MaT Jiwapddhygt
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Fif kwWk Ny` muzkidia jtpw
midjJ epidTrrpddqfs kwWk
njhynghUsfis Gifgglk vLff mDkjp
mspffgglLssJ
221) India and China hold second maritime
security dialogue in Beijing China
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tJ flyrhu cwTfs NgrRthujij
rPdhtpd gP[pq efupy elejJ
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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rpwej uapy epiyaqfSfF tpUJfis
kjjpa muR toqfpaJ
kjjpa uapyNtapd gy`hh kwWk
rejpuhg+h uapy epiyaqfs Kjy lk
gpbjjJ
njddf uapyNtapd kJiu uapy epiyak
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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fyhrhukgt nkhopgt yffpaqfsgt gzila
epidTrpddqfsgt Nfhapyfs kwWk
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Vjthf ldquoghukgupa fhgpdlrdquo vdw Jiwia
cUthffpAssJ
jd jiytuhf mkkhepy Kjytu etPd
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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KjyhtJ ulil mLfFss rufFf
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mwpKfggLjjpAssJ
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gadghlbd ykgt mggpuptpd nryT
fzprkhff FiwffggLk
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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MNahf lsquoNjrpa Rfhjhu mLfFrsquo (NHS) vdw
gfpueJ nfhssggll b[plly Rfhjhu
fllikggpwfhd nrayjplljij
ntspaplLssJ
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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fpufzk [Piy 27-28gt 2018 mdW eilngw
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mikrrfk mwptpjJssJ
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eilngWk vdj njhptpffgglLssJ
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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mnkupff mjpgh tUifgt Jtiu cWjp
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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glbayplLssJ
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
N[hNfhtpr (nrhgpad)
Mzfs ulilau - ikf
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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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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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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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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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mzpfs (i) gpuhd] (ii) FNuhpah (iii)
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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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itjjhh
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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KAT) vDk thndhyp njhiyNehffpapid
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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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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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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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nraAkNghJ jeijapd ngaiu
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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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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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(OPPI) Think for Health vdw b[plly
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MukgpjJssJ
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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
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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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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
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
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FbkffSfF xUqfpizej Nritfis
toqFtjwfhf Mejpu khepy muR e-gpufjp
Kjdik jsjij (e -Pragati Core initiativersquo)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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thfdj jpUlLfisg gwwp mwptjwF
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
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
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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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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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ejpa flwgilapd flwgil mYtyu
jsgjp mgpyh jhkp NkwF gpuhdrpy
css ny] Nrgy]b xNyhNd
JiwKfjjpypUeJ njhlqfpa tuyhwW
rpwgGkpff Nfhyld cyfg gejajjpy
gqNfwwhh
csehlbNyNa fllggll fggyhdgt Jupah
vDk 1950-fspy Uej Rfhyp fggiy
xjj flwgazk
nratjwfhd fggYld th ejpahit
gpujpepjpjJtggLjJthu
ejpahtpd Gfongww khYkpfspy xUtUk
fPujjp rfuhitg ngwwtUkhd jhkp
MrpahtpypUeJ nryYk xNu gqNfwghsh
Mthu
ejg Nghlbapd jdpjJtk vddntdwhy
1968fFg gpwF tbtikffggll fggy
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
xJffPL nratJ FwpjJ KbT nratjwfhf
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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xgGjy mspjjJ ejpah
Mrpa grpgpf tujjf xggej
cWggpdufSfF (APTA) 3gt142 nghUlfSfF
fllzr rYifia toqFtjwF ejpah
xgGjy mspjJssJ
Mrpa grpgpf tsheJ tUk cWggpdu
ehLfSffpilNa fllzr rYif
gupkhwwjjpd yk tujjfjij tpuptilar
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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mUqfhlrpafk [gghdpy NlhffpNahtpYss
MORI flbljjpd kpddZ fiy
mUqfhlrpafjjpy jpwffgglLssJ
84) The worldrsquos First digital art museum has
opened at the MORI Building Digital Art Museum
in Tokyo Japan
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mUqfhlrpafk [gghdpy NlhffpNahtpYss
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
nttNtW mikrrfk kwWk njhopwrhiy
$lLdhfSld NrheJ epjp MNahfgt
affk cyfshtpa aff crrp khehL
vdw xdiw 2018-k MzL nrglkgu khjk
7-8 Njjp eljJtjwF VwghL nraaTssJ
ej crrp khehL GJjpyypapy eilngWk
J gpujk kejpupahy njhlqfp itffggLk
J thfdqfis kpdkakhffygt
GJggpffjjff Mwwiy xUqfpizjjy
kwWk Ntiy thagpid mjpfupjjy Nghdw
ejpahtpd yfFfis top eljj cjTk
tthW Jaikahd Mwwiyf nfhzl
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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ldquotpisahlL ejpahrdquo
34 MzLfshf nrayglL tUk ldquoejpa
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mioffggLk vd tpisahlLj Jiw
mikrru uh[athjjd rpq uNjhh
mwptpjJsshh tpisahlL Mizajjpd
50tJ nghJfFO $lljjpy kKbT
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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gjffk
kjjpa csJiw mikrrfk csJiw
mikrrupd rpwej nrayghlL gjffk
xdiw epWTtjwF xgGjy mspjJssJ
NkYk mJ dW gjffqfis
epWtpAssJ mit mejhupf Rufrh
gjffkgt mrhjhud MRrrd gjhf kwWk
cjfpuprpj mjpcjfpuprpj Nrth gjffk
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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Kjy jpUeqif
lsquokp] Adpth]rsquoNghlbapy fyeJ nfhsSk
Kjy jpUeqif vdw rhjidia
]ngapid Nrhej VQryh Nghd]
giljJsshh
th lsquokp] Adpth] ]ngapdrsquo glljij
ntdwjpd yk ej MzL
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Adpth]rsquo Nghlbapy ]ngapd rhhgpy th
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
Nfus khepyjjpwnfd mjpfhug+ht ghly
Nfus khepy muR khepyjjpwnfd
mjpfhug+ht ghly xdiwj njhpTnraa
rpwej vOjjhshfs kwWk nkhop
tyYehfis csslffpa tyYeh
FOnthdiw mikjJssJ fyhrrhujj
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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gQrhgpy fhtyJiw mjpfhupfs csgl
midjJ muR CopaufSfFk fllha
Nghij kUeJ gupNfhjidfF mkkhepy
Kjyth Nfgld mkupeju rpq
cjjutplLsshh
murhqfg gzpapy midjJ tpjkhd
gzpepakdk kwWk gjpt cahT
MfpatwwpwF Nghij kUeJ gupNrhjid
fllhak Nkwnfhss NtzLk vdW gQrhg
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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teJ FbePUfF gadgLjj jpllkplLssJ
[ffpa mNugpa vkpufk
94) Brazil become highest scoring team in FIFA
World cup History
FIFA fhygeJ cyffNfhgig Nghlbfspy
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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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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20 vdw jplljij tFggjwfhf rpqfgg+iu
ikakhff nfhzl nghwpapay kwWk
MNyhrid toqFk epWtdkhd Rughdh
[PNuhqFld GupeJzuT xggejk xdwpy
ifnaOjjplLssJ
[PNdhk Ntyp 20 vdgJ thofif mwptpay
gwwpa Muharrp kwWk tsurrp
eltbfiffs yfFfSffhf ejpahtpd
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
mwpKfggLjjpAssJ ej nraypahdJ
EfuNthuplkpUeJ tupia typfFk xU
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)
gpujpepjpfSk rkPgjjpy Mejpuhtpy
tpisahlLffhd kpddZ fwwy ikajij
(Gaming Digital Learning Hub) epWTtjwfhd
Xh xggejjjpy ifnaOjjplldh
xggejjjpdgb (UNESCO) MdJ
tprhfgglbdjjpy tpiutpy
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
uapyNt gaz MizrrPlbypUeJ kpddZ
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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kjjy uh[gfr gddhlL thDhjp
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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lsquoNghrhd mgpahdrsquo kwWk lsquog+hzhrsquo jpllk
mqfdthb ikaqfspy FoeijfSfF
CllrrjJkpff czTfis toqFtjd
yk mthfspd CllrrjJ Fiwghlil
xopggjwfhf F[uhj khepy muR lsquoNghrhd
mgpahdrsquo jplljij njhlqfpaJ
gUt taJ rpWkpfSffpilNA epyTk
Cllrrjjpdikia xopggjwfhf lsquog+hzhrsquo
vdw jplljijAk mkkhepy muR
njhlqfpAssJ
ehL jOtpa Njrpa CllrrjJ
affkhdJ Nghrhd mgpahd uh[]jhdpy
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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rllgg+ht chpikfsgt flikfsgt nghWgGfs
vd midjJk lsquogwggd kwWk ePhthotd
csspll KO tpyqFg NguuRfFk
cssJrdquo vdW cjjufhzl khepy
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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uh[]jhd muR kpfTk gpwgLjjggll
tFggpd (MBC) fPo css F[[ugt ghybahgt
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gpuptpdUfF ju gpwgLjjggll tFggpd
(OBC) fPo fytp epWtdqfs kwWk
khepyjjpy murhqf NtiyfF MsNrugG
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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jplljij cjjuggpuNjr muR GST jpd
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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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)
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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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NfhitapygtlsquomwpTrhu jkpoj NjLnghwpfsrsquo
vdDk fUnghUSld eilgngwwJ
113) With 226 Lakh Crore Rupees Collection of
GST Tax Tamilnadu in 4th place
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nrajjpd ykgt [pv]b tUthapy ehlby
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)
epWtpa Nuhfd tp[atPutpd thofifia
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
mdW nfhzlhlggLfpwJ 2018d
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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
Nfhyh fubapd KO kugZj njhFjp
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fubahdJ M]jpNuypahit gpwggplkhff
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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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mikrrhfsgt muR cah mjpfhhpfspd
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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nghwpahshfs ghhitjjpwd dwp
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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ejpahtpd Kjy lhfrp MkGyd]
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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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Njhjypy NghlbapLk `peJ ngz
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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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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
cahePjpkdwjjpd jiyik ePjpgjpahfgt
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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
Muharrpahshfs cyfpd Kjy
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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fhyepiy khww mikrrfkhdJ KJkiy
Gypfs fhggfjijr RwwpAss 438 rJu
fpkP guggstpyhd gFjpfis RwWroy
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
mjpfhpjJtUk thd NghfFtuT rejpfFk
rthyfSfF csehlbNyNa jPhTfis
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
kjjpa Gsspapay kwWk jpll mkyhff
mikrrfkhdJgtldquoGjpa ejpahtpwfhd
jftyrdquo (Data for New Indiardquo) vDk
jiyggpyhd rhtNjr tll Nkir khehL
[Piy 9-10 Mfpa Njjpfspy GJnlyypapy
eilgngwwJ kkhehlilgt rjhdej
nfslh njhlqfpitgghh
131) Sambalpur in East Coast Railway division
becomes first to eliminate All unmanned level
crossings in India
ejpahtpy Mspyyh uapyNt fpuhrpqif
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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Kiw toqfggLk rpwgG tpUjhd Nfhyld
Nkd Gffu rhtNjrg guprpid ntdWssJ
Gffu gupR VwgLjjp 50 tUlqfs Mdjpd
nfhzlhllqfis epidT $w gghpR
VwgLjjggllJ xNu Kiw toqfggLk
ggupR kffshy thffspffgglL
NjhenjLffgllJ
133) Justice L Narasimha Reddy has been
appointed the Chairman of the Central
Administrative Tribunal (CAT)
ePjpgjp vy eurpk`h nulb kjjpa ephthf
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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vdw uapiy mwpKfggLjj cssJ
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css Gdpj ]jyqfSfF nryYk
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vf]gpu]rsquo vdDk uapiy mwpKfggLjj
cssJ
ej uapy nlyyp uapy epiyajjpypUeJ
etkgh 14 mdW jdJ gazjij JtqFk
Kjyhtjhf mNahjjpapy uapy epWjjggLk
filrp epWjjk uhNk]tuk
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
ejpahtpd 2-tJ jpUeqif toffwpQuhf
JfJfFbiar Nrhej v]tp[p jkpoehL
kwwk GJrNrhp ghh fTdrpypy gjpT
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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ntsp khepyqfSfF fhwwhiy kpdrhuk
nfhzL nryy amp2gt600 Nfhbapy topjlk
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
Nyhf MAfjh rllk jkpof rllg
Nguitapy 972018 mdW epiwNtwwggllJ
Kjythgt mikrrhfsgt muR CopahfSfF
vjpuhd Coy FwwrhlLfis tprhhpff
jkpoehL Nyhf MAfjh mikgG
cUthffggLfpwJ
jkpoeHL Nyhf MAfjh mikgig
cUthfFtjwfhd rll kNrhjhit
gzpahsh eyd kwWk ephthf rPhjpUjjj
Jiw mikrru bn[aFkhh jhffy
nrajhh
ehlbNyNa KjdKjyhf kfhuhbuh
khepyjjpy Nyhf MAfjh VwgLjjggllJ
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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50 taJfF Nkwgll muR Copahfsgt
gzpfspy ftdfFiwthf nraygLtJ
fzLgpbffggllhygt mthfSfF fllha
XaT mspff cjjpu gpuNjr muR
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
GJnlyypapd jdpahh kUjJtkidfspy
ViofSfF ytr rpfprir crr ePjpkdwk
GJnlyypapy murhqfjjhy khdpak ngwW
eljjggLfpdw jdpahh kUjJtkidfs
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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6-tJ cyf efuqfs khehL rpqfgG+hpy
eilgngwwJ kkhehlbwfhd fU
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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67-tJ tlfpofF fTdrpy $llkgt
Nkfhyahtpd rpyyhq efupy eilngwwJ
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uh[ehj rpq jiyik jhqfpdhh
146) BSNL Unveils internet telephony service
wings
State-Owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar
Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced the soft
launch of its first telephony service wings in
India to be rolled out from August 2018
Through wings the customer can make or
receive calls by using internet service of any
operator
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gpv]vdvy
muRfFr nrhejkhd njhiyjnjhlhG
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MdJ ejpahtpy rPuhd KjyhtJ iza
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njhlqfTssJ
vejnthU Nrit epWtdKk toqFk
iza Nritiag gadgLjjp
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miogig VwgLjjNth myyJ miogig
VwfNth KbAk
147) Oldest Indian Woman to complete an
Ironman Triathlon
Anju Khosla (52) has become the oldest Indian
woman to complete an Ironman Triathlon which
is one of the toughest one-day sporting events
It comprises swimming bicycle ride and
Marathon run6
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biuajyhdrsquo (Ironman Triathlon) Nghlbia
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Mthh gNghlb xNuehspy epiwT
nraaf$ba kpfTk fbdkhd tpisahlL
epfothFk
lsquoIronman Triathlonrsquo ePrrygt irffps Xllkgt
NjNuhllk Mfpatwiw csslffpaJ
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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nly rNyhlhrsquo it Vwpa uzlhtJ
ejpah vdw rpwgig ldquorjaUg rpjjhejhrdquo
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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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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cupikfsgt eythoT kwWk mjpfhukspjjy
MfpatwWffhd rlluPjpahd fllikgG
toqFtij Nehffkhf nfhzL Iffpa
ehLfspd ghJfhgG rig jPukhdk 2427-I
VwWf nfhzlJ
Foeijfs MAjk Vejp NghuhLjygt
ghypay nfhLikfs kwWk nfhiygt
fljjy Nghdwtwiw ej jPhkhdk
tdikahf fzbffpwJ
187) Himachal Pradesh government announced
a project to setup a cow sanctuary act Kotla
Barug
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mkkhepyjjpd ldquoNfhllh gNuhfrdquo
vdDkpljjpy ldquogR ruzhyakrdquo
mikffTssjhf mwptpjJssJ
188) Vice president M Venkaiah Naidu
inaugurated the Indian Intraculare Implant and
Refractive Surgery Convention 2018 held in
Chennai
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csitgG kwWk xsptpyfy mWit
rpfprir khehL 2018rdquo JizFbauRj
jiytu ntqifah ehAL Jtffp itjjhh
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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ehlbd MaTjJiwapd tsurrpia
CfFtpff Gjpa tprh xdwpid njhlqfp
ejpahfs csgl ntspehlL
mwptpayhsufsgt Mathsufs
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)
eynyzzg gazkhf =yqfh
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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ujJ nrajJ MugpI (RBI)
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Mythupy css Mythu efu $lLwT
tqfp cupkjij ujJ nraJssJ jd
yk tqfpg gzpfs KlffgglLssJ
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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jilnraagglljhy ghukhypd fyej
kPdfs mrrk ejpa KOtJk gutpAssJ
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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kjpak rhgghLgt uT rpwWzb vd
xtnthdWk 5 ampghafF toqfggLk
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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
lsquoOne Farmer one transformerrsquo jpllk
kpdrhu ogigf Fiwggjwfhf k`huhu
khepy murhdJ lsquoOne Farmer one transformerrsquo
vdw Gjpa jplljij mLjj khjk
mwpKfk nraa UffpwJ
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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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
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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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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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50 muR fyYhpfis Nrhej 9gt500
khzthfSfF ytrkhf kpddZ (digital)
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murhdJ ikfNuhrhgl epWtdjJldhd
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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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uh[hsp flwgil fggypUeJ ejpaf
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NuheJ Nghh tpkhdkhd Nghapq P-8I
(Nghrplhd 8 ejpah) Kjy Kiwahf
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fyeJnfhss cssJ
ej gapwrpapdNghJgt mnkhpffhtpd `tha
khepyjjpd n`dYYtpy mikeJss
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affggLk
ejpaf flwgilia Nrhej xU tpkhdk
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Jjhd
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$lLggapwrp MFk jid mnkhpffhtpd
grpgpf flwgilgt Nghy JiwKfjjpy
eljjptUfpwJ
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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tqfpapd (EBRD) 69-tJ gqFjhuh ejpah
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tqfpapd 69-tJ gqFjhu ehlhf ejpah
NruffgglLssJ
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NkwnfhssggLk gpuhejpaqfspy ejpa
epWtdqfshy $lL KjyPlL
eltbfiffis Nkwnfhss aYk
EBRD-apd jiyikafk yzlddpy
cssJ jd jiyth Rkh rffugujjp
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
rhtNjr Ntshz capup njhopyElg
gadghlbay epWtdk International service
for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications
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kugZ khwwggll gapupLjypy ejpah 5-
tJ ljjpy cssJ
ej mwpfifapy i) mnkupffh ii) gpNurpy
iii) mun[dBdh iv) fdlh v) ejpah
gpb gUjjp klLNk ejpahtpy jwNghJ
tiu kugZ khwwggll tiffspy
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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ejpah mnkupffh ghJfhgG kwWk
ntspAwTj Jiw mikrrufs epiyapyhd
NgrRthujij nrglkgu khjk GJnlyypapy
eilgngWk
205) Mukesh Ambani overtook Alibaba Group
Founder Jackma to become Asiarsquos richest
person according to a report by Blumberg
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Mrpahtpd Kjdik gzffhuuhf Uej
mypghgh epWtd jiytu N[f khiy
gpdDfF jssp KNf mkghdp Kjyplk
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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rhkgpadrpg Nghlbapy jqfk ntdw Kjy
ejpa ngz
gpdyheJ ehlbd lhkngu efupy eilngww
20 taJfF clglNlhUffhd cyf jlfs
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gejajjpygt ejpahtpd `pkh jh] geja
Jujij 5146 tpdhbfspy fleJ
jqfggjffk ntdwhu
jd yk cyf jlfs rhkgpadrpg under
-20 gphptpy jqfk ntyYk Kjy ejpag
ngz vdw ngUikia `pkh jh]
ngwWsshh th m]]hk khepyjij
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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jzLtl mWitrpfprir rqfj jiytuhf
NjhT
rutNjr KJF jzLtl mWitrpfprir
epGzhfs rqf (VX]igd) jiytuhfgt
Nfhit fqfh kUjJt kidapd vYkG
KwpT kwWk KJF jzLtl
mWitrpfprir Jiw jiytu
NfhakGjJiu Nrhej lhflu
v]uh[Nrfud nghWgNgwfpwhu
ej rqfjJfF Mrpa fzljijr Nrhej
xUtu jiytuhf nghWgNgwgJ JNt
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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gllaf fzffhsu gapwrp
gllaf fzffhsu NjhTfF jahh nraAk
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)
DrTCA uhftdgt cyf tptfhuqfspd
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
kjjpa isQh eyd kwWk tpisahlLj
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
SBI-Ald ejpa uhZtk GhpeJzhT
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
gpuKfuhfp csshu
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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jiytuhd Mdkpf FU jhjh
N[gpth]thdp (99) [Piy 12 mdW
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fhykhdhh
th ghfp]jhdpd rpeJ i`njuhghjjpy
Mf]l 2gt 1918 mdW gpwejhh irt
czTgt tpyqFfs chpikffhf th]thdp
$wpa fUjJfs ngUk tuNtwigg ngwwd
1998-y toqfggll A jdl rkhjhd
tpUjpid N[gpth]thdp ngwWsshh rhJ
th]thdp affjij cUthffpa rhJ
jdthjh] yPyhuhk th]thdpgt mtuJ FU
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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khepy muRld izeJ ntspAwTjJiw
mikrrk KbT nraJssJ
2019 epfotpd fUjJU ldquoGjpa ejpahit
cUthfFtjpy ejpa tkrhtspapdupd
gqFrdquo
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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jgd vOjpAsshh
ldquoAluminium The Future Metalrdquo vdw Eiy
NALCO- tpd Nkyhzik afFeh jgd
Fkhh rej vOjpAsshh
eEy mzikapy kjjpa Ruqfkgt
fpuhkgGw NkkghL kwWk gQrhajJ uh[
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
wfFkjp kPjhd rhuig Fiwggjwfhf
nfhsif KbTfisAk gyjuggll ju
tpaqfisAk milahsk fzbl
mikrruitr nrayhsu gpNfrpdfh
jiyikapy cau epGzuFO xdiw muR
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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Kggupkhd tzz X-fjputPrR
epa+rpyheij Nrhej mwptpayhsufs
cyfpd Kjy Kggupahd X-fjpu tPrrpid
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NkkgLjJk jpwidf nfhzLssJ
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Muharpffhd INuhggpa mikggpdhy
cUthffggll Jfsfis fzfhzpfFk
(particle-detecting) njhopy Elgjjpidf
nfhzLssJ
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
Ruqfqfs kwWk jdpkqfSffhd 4tJ
Njrpaf $llk kjjpagpuNjrjjpd eJupy
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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Gifgglk vLff mDkjp
ejpa njhynghUs MaT Jiwapddhygt
eputfpffggLfpdw jh[ k`hygt m[ejh
Fif kwWk Ny` muzkidia jtpw
midjJ epidTrrpddqfs kwWk
njhynghUsfis Gifgglk vLff mDkjp
mspffgglLssJ
221) India and China hold second maritime
security dialogue in Beijing China
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tJ flyrhu cwTfs NgrRthujij
rPdhtpd gP[pq efupy elejJ
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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uapy epiyaqfspy mofhf guhkupffggLk
rpwej uapy epiyaqfSfF tpUJfis
kjjpa muR toqfpaJ
kjjpa uapyNtapd gy`hh kwWk
rejpuhg+h uapy epiyaqfs Kjy lk
gpbjjJ
njddf uapyNtapd kJiu uapy epiyak
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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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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itjjhh
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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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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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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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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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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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)
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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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VJthd trjpfis juk cahjJjYfF
ejpa njhyypay fzfnfLgGj Jiw
(Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)
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mlqFk
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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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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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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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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thfdj jpUlLfisg gwwp mwptjwF
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
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
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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
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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Also he has ordered drug screening to be
mandatorily done in all cases of recruitment and
promotions
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gQrhgpy fhtyJiw mjpfhupfs csgl
midjJ muR CopaufSfFk fllha
Nghij kUeJ gupNfhjidfF mkkhepy
Kjyth Nfgld mkupeju rpq
cjjutplLsshh
murhqfg gzpapy midjJ tpjkhd
gzpepakdk kwWk gjpt cahT
MfpatwwpwF Nghij kUeJ gupNrhjid
fllhak Nkwnfhss NtzLk vdW gQrhg
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
mnkhpff NghijgnghUs jLgG Kfikapd
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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teJ FbePUfF gadgLjj jpllkplLssJ
[ffpa mNugpa vkpufk
94) Brazil become highest scoring team in FIFA
World cup History
FIFA fhygeJ cyffNfhgig Nghlbfspy
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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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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20 vdw jplljij tFggjwfhf rpqfgg+iu
ikakhff nfhzl nghwpapay kwWk
MNyhrid toqFk epWtdkhd Rughdh
[PNuhqFld GupeJzuT xggejk xdwpy
ifnaOjjplLssJ
[PNdhk Ntyp 20 vdgJ thofif mwptpay
gwwpa Muharrp kwWk tsurrp
eltbfiffs yfFfSffhf ejpahtpd
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
thbfifahsh eyid fUjjpynfhzL
kjjpa kiwKf thpfs kwWk Rqf thp
thhpakhdJ (CBIC) lsquoGST verifyrsquo nraypia
mwpKfggLjjpAssJ ej nraypahdJ
EfuNthuplkpUeJ tupia typfFk xU
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)
gpujpepjpfSk rkPgjjpy Mejpuhtpy
tpisahlLffhd kpddZ fwwy ikajij
(Gaming Digital Learning Hub) epWTtjwfhd
Xh xggejjjpy ifnaOjjplldh
xggejjjpdgb (UNESCO) MdJ
tprhfgglbdjjpy tpiutpy
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
uapyNt gaz MizrrPlbypUeJ kpddZ
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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kjjy uh[gfr gddhlL thDhjp
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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lsquoNghrhd mgpahdrsquo kwWk lsquog+hzhrsquo jpllk
mqfdthb ikaqfspy FoeijfSfF
CllrrjJkpff czTfis toqFtjd
yk mthfspd CllrrjJ Fiwghlil
xopggjwfhf F[uhj khepy muR lsquoNghrhd
mgpahdrsquo jplljij njhlqfpaJ
gUt taJ rpWkpfSffpilNA epyTk
Cllrrjjpdikia xopggjwfhf lsquog+hzhrsquo
vdw jplljijAk mkkhepy muR
njhlqfpAssJ
ehL jOtpa Njrpa CllrrjJ
affkhdJ Nghrhd mgpahd uh[]jhdpy
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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rllgg+ht chpikfsgt flikfsgt nghWgGfs
vd midjJk lsquogwggd kwWk ePhthotd
csspll KO tpyqFg NguuRfFk
cssJrdquo vdW cjjufhzl khepy
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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uh[]jhd muR kpfTk gpwgLjjggll
tFggpd (MBC) fPo css F[[ugt ghybahgt
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Nughupgt flhupah kwWk fhlhyah csgl 5
gpuptpdUfF ju gpwgLjjggll tFggpd
(OBC) fPo fytp epWtdqfs kwWk
khepyjjpy murhqf NtiyfF MsNrugG
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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jplljij cjjuggpuNjr muR GST jpd
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
kjjpa rf ePjp Jiw mikrrfjjpd fPogt
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
rjjp]fh khepyjjpd Gjpa jiyefuhf
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
tpzntspfF mDgggll Kjy nrawif
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
17MtJ cyfj jkpo iza khehL
NfhitapygtlsquomwpTrhu jkpoj NjLnghwpfsrsquo
vdDk fUnghUSld eilgngwwJ
113) With 226 Lakh Crore Rupees Collection of
GST Tax Tamilnadu in 4th place
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nrajjpd ykgt [pv]b tUthapy ehlby
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)
epWtpa Nuhfd tp[atPutpd thofifia
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
mdW nfhzlhlggLfpwJ 2018d
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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
Nfhyh fubapd KO kugZj njhFjp
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fubahdJ M]jpNuypahit gpwggplkhff
nfhzlJ gddhlL awif ghJfhgGr
rqfkhdJ Nfhyh fubia kiwajjF
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
NkwFtqf khepy muR ldquoxU eghgt xU fhh
nfhsifiardquo nfhzL teJssJ
119) The Cheetah 3 robot developed by
engineers at the America MIT Which is blind
robot
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nghwpahshfs ghhitjjpwd dwp
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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ejpahtpd Kjy lhfrp MkGyd]
NritahdJ kjjpa rhiy NghfFtujJ
kwWk neLQrhiyj Jiw mikrru epjpd
flfupahy GJjpyypapy nfhbairjJ
njhlqfp itffggllJ
Ntfd Nfg vdw ]lhul mg (Start up)
epWtdk rNritiaj njhlqfpAssJ
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
cahePjpkdwjjpd jiyik ePjpgjpahfgt
ePjpgjp Njhlljjpy gh]fud ehah
uhjhfpUzd gjtpNawWsshh
124) 17th World Sanskrit Conference held in
Vancouver Canada
17tJ cyf rk]fpUj khehL fdlh
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
Muharrpahshfs cyfpd Kjy
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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fhyepiy khww mikrrfkhdJ KJkiy
Gypfs fhggfjijr RwwpAss 438 rJu
fpkP guggstpyhd gFjpfis RwWroy
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
mjpfhpjJtUk thd NghfFtuT rejpfFk
rthyfSfF csehlbNyNa jPhTfis
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
kjjpa Gsspapay kwWk jpll mkyhff
mikrrfkhdJgtldquoGjpa ejpahtpwfhd
jftyrdquo (Data for New Indiardquo) vDk
jiyggpyhd rhtNjr tll Nkir khehL
[Piy 9-10 Mfpa Njjpfspy GJnlyypapy
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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ikfNfy xdlhlN[apd lsquoMqfpy Nehahsprsquo
yzldpy css njwFtqfp ikajjpy xNu
Kiw toqfggLk rpwgG tpUjhd Nfhyld
Nkd Gffu rhtNjrg guprpid ntdWssJ
Gffu gupR VwgLjjp 50 tUlqfs Mdjpd
nfhzlhllqfis epidT $w gghpR
VwgLjjggllJ xNu Kiw toqfggLk
ggupR kffshy thffspffgglL
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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vdw uapiy mwpKfggLjj cssJ
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css Gdpj ]jyqfSfF nryYk
tpjkhf ejpad uapyNt lsquo= uhkhazh
vf]gpu]rsquo vdDk uapiy mwpKfggLjj
cssJ
ej uapy nlyyp uapy epiyajjpypUeJ
etkgh 14 mdW jdJ gazjij JtqFk
Kjyhtjhf mNahjjpapy uapy epWjjggLk
filrp epWjjk uhNk]tuk
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
ejpahtpd 2-tJ jpUeqif toffwpQuhf
JfJfFbiar Nrhej v]tp[p jkpoehL
kwwk GJrNrhp ghh fTdrpypy gjpT
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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ntsp khepyqfSfF fhwwhiy kpdrhuk
nfhzL nryy amp2gt600 Nfhbapy topjlk
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
Nyhf MAfjh rllk jkpof rllg
Nguitapy 972018 mdW epiwNtwwggllJ
Kjythgt mikrrhfsgt muR CopahfSfF
vjpuhd Coy FwwrhlLfis tprhhpff
jkpoehL Nyhf MAfjh mikgG
cUthffggLfpwJ
jkpoeHL Nyhf MAfjh mikgig
cUthfFtjwfhd rll kNrhjhit
gzpahsh eyd kwWk ephthf rPhjpUjjj
Jiw mikrru bn[aFkhh jhffy
nrajhh
ehlbNyNa KjdKjyhf kfhuhbuh
khepyjjpy Nyhf MAfjh VwgLjjggllJ
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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50 taJfF Nkwgll muR Copahfsgt
gzpfspy ftdfFiwthf nraygLtJ
fzLgpbffggllhygt mthfSfF fllha
XaT mspff cjjpu gpuNjr muR
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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ViofSfF ytr rpfprir crr ePjpkdwk
GJnlyypapy murhqfjjhy khdpak ngwW
eljjggLfpdw jdpahh kUjJtkidfs
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
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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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6-tJ cyf efuqfs khehL rpqfgG+hpy
eilgngwwJ kkhehlbwfhd fU
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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67-tJ tlfpofF fTdrpy $llkgt
Nkfhyahtpd rpyyhq efupy eilngwwJ
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uh[ehj rpq jiyik jhqfpdhh
146) BSNL Unveils internet telephony service
wings
State-Owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar
Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced the soft
launch of its first telephony service wings in
India to be rolled out from August 2018
Through wings the customer can make or
receive calls by using internet service of any
operator
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gpv]vdvy
muRfFr nrhejkhd njhiyjnjhlhG
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MdJ ejpahtpy rPuhd KjyhtJ iza
njhiyNgrp Nritg gpupit Mf]l 2018-y
njhlqfTssJ
vejnthU Nrit epWtdKk toqFk
iza Nritiag gadgLjjp
ggpupTfspd yk thbfifahsu
miogig VwgLjjNth myyJ miogig
VwfNth KbAk
147) Oldest Indian Woman to complete an
Ironman Triathlon
Anju Khosla (52) has become the oldest Indian
woman to complete an Ironman Triathlon which
is one of the toughest one-day sporting events
It comprises swimming bicycle ride and
Marathon run6
mQR Nfh]y h (52) lsquoIad Nkd
biuajyhdrsquo (Ironman Triathlon) Nghlbia
epiwTnraJss tajhd ejpa ngzkzp
Mthh gNghlb xNuehspy epiwT
nraaf$ba kpfTk fbdkhd tpisahlL
epfothFk
lsquoIronman Triathlonrsquo ePrrygt irffps Xllkgt
NjNuhllk Mfpatwiw csslffpaJ
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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ejpahtpd 2-tJ egu
cyfpd kpf caukhd vupkiyahd lsquoxN[h]
nly rNyhlhrsquo it Vwpa uzlhtJ
ejpah vdw rpwgig ldquorjaUg rpjjhejhrdquo
ngwWsshu
Kjd Kjypy ej vupkiyia Vwpa Kjy
ejpau kyyp k]jhd ghG Mthh ej
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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fytp epWtdqfs vdw mej]J
MW caufytp epWtdqfSfF jiyrpwej
fytp epWtdqfs vdw mej]ij kjjpa
muR toqfpAssJ
mej MW epWtdqfs
(i) IIv]rp (ii) IIb nlyyp
(iii) IIb Kkig
(iv) [pNah d]bA+l (v) gpIbv] gpyhdp
(vi) kzpgghy mfhlkp Mg i`au
v[PNfd
150) After two-year Turkey to end state of
emergency The president of Turkey is Recep
Tayyip Erdugan
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mkygLjjggll ehL jOtpa mtru
epiyia KbTfF nfhzLteJssJ
meehlL muR JUffpapd mjpguhf upnrg
jhapg vuJthd csshh
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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rpWthfSkgt fhygeJ FOtpd
gapwrpahsUk 18 ehlfSfFggpd 1072018
mdW kPlfgglldu
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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cwgjjp Miy
rhkrq epWtdk cyfpd kpfg ngupa
nryNghd cwgjjp Miyia
cjjugpuNjrjjpd nehalhtpy
mikeJssJ njd nfhupa mjpgu d
N[-d kwWk eNuejpu Nkhb MfpNahu ej
Miyia jpweJ itjjdh
ej Miyapd yk xtnthU MzLk 12
Nfhbtiu nryNghdfs cwgjjp nraa
KbAk
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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KjyhtJ lsquoejpa RwWyh reijrsquo ia tUk
nrglkgh khjk 16-k Njjp Kjy 18-k Njjp
tiu GJnlyypapy eilgngwTssJ
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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elkhLk cjtpikak
mkhehj Fiff NfhtpYfF MzLNjhWk
Gdpjg gazk NkwnfhsSk mkhehj
ahjhPfhfSfF cjTk Nehffpy vdw
elkhLk cjtpikajij kjjpa
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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gPfhupd hfghj-Ngh[g+u gFjpfF clgll
rz fhytha gzpfF lsquoMrpa tsurrp tqfprsquo
(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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czzjff fhlL tif fhshdpypUeJgt
GwWNehia vjphjJg Nghuhl tyy xU
epwkpia fzlwpeJssjhf Nfhth
gyfiyffofk
Roen alamis myyJ Termitomycesrsquo vdw
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tiffspy uhrhad aygpYss fUgG
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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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Mspyyh thDujp (unmanned air vehicles-
UAV) kwWk gStww Njhllh Jisffhj
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Kjy jdpahu Jiw gpupT kjjpa
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=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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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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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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-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
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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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MfpNahu lkgpbjJssdh
210) DrTCA Rahgavan has been appointed as
Director General of Indian Council of World
Affairs (ICWA)
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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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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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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
njddf uapyNtapd kJiu uapy epiyak
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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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Vjthf ldquoghukgupa fhgpdlrdquo vdw Jiwia
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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fzprkhff FiwffggLk
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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fllikggpwfhd nrayjplljij
ntspaplLssJ
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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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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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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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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(OPPI) Think for Health vdw b[plly
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MukgpjJssJ
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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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(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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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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njhif kwWk mthfsJ fyhrrhuj
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goqFbapdupd epyggl Vlil (Atlas)
KjdKiwahf mkkhepy muR
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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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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
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Fkgy mlfFKiw kwWk tdKiwfF
vjpuhd rllqfis ghpeJiu nratjwF
kjjpa muR xU cahkllf FOit
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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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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
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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
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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gpuptpdUfF ju gpwgLjjggll tFggpd
(OBC) fPo fytp epWtdqfs kwWk
khepyjjpy murhqf NtiyfF MsNrugG
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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jplljij cjjuggpuNjr muR GST jpd
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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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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NfhitapygtlsquomwpTrhu jkpoj NjLnghwpfsrsquo
vdDk fUnghUSld eilgngwwJ
113) With 226 Lakh Crore Rupees Collection of
GST Tax Tamilnadu in 4th place
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nrajjpd ykgt [pv]b tUthapy ehlby
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)
2019-y UeJ tUlk uzL Kiw [P (JEE)
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)
epWtpa Nuhfd tp[atPutpd thofifia
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
mdW nfhzlhlggLfpwJ 2018d
fUjJUgtldquoxjJioggpd yk epiyahd
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
Nfhyh fubapd KO kugZj njhFjp
tiugljij fzLgpbffggllJ Nfhyh
fubahdJ M]jpNuypahit gpwggplkhff
nfhzlJ gddhlL awif ghJfhgGr
rqfkhdJ Nfhyh fubia kiwajjF
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
NkwFtqf khepy muR ldquoxU eghgt xU fhh
nfhsifiardquo nfhzL teJssJ
119) The Cheetah 3 robot developed by
engineers at the America MIT Which is blind
robot
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nghwpahshfs ghhitjjpwd dwp
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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ejpahtpd Kjy lhfrp MkGyd]
NritahdJ kjjpa rhiy NghfFtujJ
kwWk neLQrhiyj Jiw mikrru epjpd
flfupahy GJjpyypapy nfhbairjJ
njhlqfp itffggllJ
Ntfd Nfg vdw ]lhul mg (Start up)
epWtdk rNritiaj njhlqfpAssJ
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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njYqfhdh kwWk MejpuggpuNjr
khepyqfSffhd i`juhghj
cahePjpkdwjjpd jiyik ePjpgjpahfgt
ePjpgjp Njhlljjpy gh]fud ehah
uhjhfpUzd gjtpNawWsshh
124) 17th World Sanskrit Conference held in
Vancouver Canada
17tJ cyf rk]fpUj khehL fdlh
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)
ePjpgjp Mjh Fkhh Nfhay Njrpa gRik
jPhggha jiytuhf epakpffggllhh
127) Researches have created the worldrsquos first
Rhino Embryos in a test tube
Muharrpahshfs cyfpd Kjy
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
kjjpa RwWroy tdjJiw kwWk
fhyepiy khww mikrrfkhdJ KJkiy
Gypfs fhggfjijr RwwpAss 438 rJu
fpkP guggstpyhd gFjpfis RwWroy
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
csehlL thd NghfFtujJ Muharrp
mikgghdJ (CARO) My
mikffgglTssJ
ejpah tPkhd epiyaqfs MizakhdJ
i`jughjjpy css NgfkNglil thDhjp
epiyajjpy mjpetPd csehlL thd
NghfFtujJ Muharrp mikgig
mikffTssJ
mjpfhpjJtUk thd NghfFtuT rejpfFk
rthyfSfF csehlbNyNa jPhTfis
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
kjjpa Gsspapay kwWk jpll mkyhff
mikrrfkhdJgtldquoGjpa ejpahtpwfhd
jftyrdquo (Data for New Indiardquo) vDk
jiyggpyhd rhtNjr tll Nkir khehL
[Piy 9-10 Mfpa Njjpfspy GJnlyypapy
eilgngwwJ kkhehlilgt rjhdej
nfslh njhlqfpitgghh
131) Sambalpur in East Coast Railway division
becomes first to eliminate All unmanned level
crossings in India
ejpahtpy Mspyyh uapyNt fpuhrpqif
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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ikfNfy xdlhlN[apd lsquoMqfpy Nehahsprsquo
yzldpy css njwFtqfp ikajjpy xNu
Kiw toqfggLk rpwgG tpUjhd Nfhyld
Nkd Gffu rhtNjrg guprpid ntdWssJ
Gffu gupR VwgLjjp 50 tUlqfs Mdjpd
nfhzlhllqfis epidT $w gghpR
VwgLjjggllJ xNu Kiw toqfggLk
ggupR kffshy thffspffgglL
NjhenjLffgllJ
133) Justice L Narasimha Reddy has been
appointed the Chairman of the Central
Administrative Tribunal (CAT)
ePjpgjp vy eurpk`h nulb kjjpa ephthf
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
ejpad uapyNt = uhkhazh vf]gpu]
vdw uapiy mwpKfggLjj cssJ
eJffspd Gdpj Eyhd uhkhazjjpy
css Gdpj ]jyqfSfF nryYk
tpjkhf ejpad uapyNt lsquo= uhkhazh
vf]gpu]rsquo vdDk uapiy mwpKfggLjj
cssJ
ej uapy nlyyp uapy epiyajjpypUeJ
etkgh 14 mdW jdJ gazjij JtqFk
Kjyhtjhf mNahjjpapy uapy epWjjggLk
filrp epWjjk uhNk]tuk
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
ejpahtpd 2-tJ jpUeqif toffwpQuhf
JfJfFbiar Nrhej v]tp[p jkpoehL
kwwk GJrNrhp ghh fTdrpypy gjpT
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
JjJfFb khtllk fajjhwpy UeJ
ntsp khepyqfSfF fhwwhiy kpdrhuk
nfhzL nryy amp2gt600 Nfhbapy topjlk
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
Nyhf MAfjh rllk jkpof rllg
Nguitapy epiwNtwwk
Nyhf MAfjh rllk jkpof rllg
Nguitapy 972018 mdW epiwNtwwggllJ
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Jiw mikrru bn[aFkhh jhffy
nrajhh
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khepyjjpy Nyhf MAfjh VwgLjjggllJ
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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50 taJfF Nkwgll muR Copahfsgt
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XaT mspff cjjpu gpuNjr muR
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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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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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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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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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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Innovation Index (GII) cyfpNyNa kpfTk
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i) RtplruyheJ ii) nejhyheJ
iii) ]tPld iv) qfpyheJ v) rpqfgg+h
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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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(BCCC) mikgG MFk
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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Mejpu muR mzzh NfdBdfs
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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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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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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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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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ytr gapwrp mspffggLk vd gsspf
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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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1862 Mk MzL Kjy nrayghlLfF tej
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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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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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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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2013) jzlid tpjpKiwfis kPshaT
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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
nkluh] kpa+rpf mfhlkp tpUJfs 2018
nkluh] kpa+rpf mflhkpapd rqfPj fyhepjp
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toqfggLk
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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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2-tJ KiwahFk mej mzp 1998-k MzL
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kwWk FNuhpah INuhggh fzljij
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2018-k MzL cyff Nfhgigffhd gpgh
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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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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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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gpugQrjjpid gwwpa Gjphfis mfww
cjTk Gjpa 64-b kPufhl (64-dish Meer
KAT) vDk thndhyp njhiyNehffpapid
njd Mggpupffh ntspaplLssJ
kPufhl (Meer KAT) rpffyhd rJu fpNyhkPllu
tupir fUtpAld izffggLk SKA 2020-
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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
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
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nfhzbUfFk vdW fzpjJf $wpAssJ
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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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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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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
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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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(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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jiytuhf mdpyr`h]uGNj mthfSfF
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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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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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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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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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gpshfrdquo epforrpapy ejpa tpkhdggilAk
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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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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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KddplLgt rpiwf ifjpfSffhf ldquorpwgG
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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ejpa uprut tqfp tpiutpy ldquontspu Cjh
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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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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ntspggiljjdikia toqFtjwfhfgt
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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mDkjpaspffggll mrhk kejpu Ntlil
(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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Ezfld toqfpaikffhf eepWtdjJfF
2018 eghhL tpUJ toqfggllJ
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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juk cahjjgLk
jkpoehlby css epidTrrpddqfis
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clfllikgG kwWk RwWyh gazpfSfF
VJthd trjpfis juk cahjJjYfF
ejpa njhyypay fzfnfLgGj Jiw
(Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)
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jpy khkyyGukgt flwfiu Myakgt
fhQrpGuk ifyhrehju Myakgt jQrht+u
gpufjP]tuu Myakgt rpjjddthry
Fiffsgt NtYh Nfhlilgt tu Myak
nfhLkgYh Mfpad vO rpddqfs
mlqFk
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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ejpahtpd Kawrpahy Mukgpffggll
upa rfjp $llzpapd (International Solar
Alliance) fllikgG xggejjjpy
ifnaOjjpLk 68-tJ ehlhf kpahdkh
cssJ jd jiyikafk `hpahdh
khepyk FUfpuhkpy css Fthy g`hp
fpuhkjjpy mikeJssJ
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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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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Nghlbapy ejpahtpd லகஷயா nrd jqfk
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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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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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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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GJjpyypapy kjjpa ntspAwtjJiw
mikrru Rkh Rtuh[pdhy njhlqfp
itffggllJ- ggjpggpd fUjJU
ldquoejpah-Mrpahd flytopf $lLwtpid
tYggLjJjyrdquo
ejpah kwWk njdfpofF Mrpa ehLfs
rig Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) MfpatwwpwfpilNaahd murpay
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njhlhGfis tpthjpggjwfhd Kjdikahd
tUlhejpu epfoT ej nlyyp
NgrRthujij MFk
288) Central Oil PSUs has signed joint Venture
Pact
In a major initiative to connect all the North-
East States to the National Gas grid the 5
Central oil PSUs -IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL and
NRL have signed a joint venture agreement for
executing the North-East Natural Gas Pipeline
Grid (N-ENGPG) in Guwahati
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$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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khzth fhtwgilj jplljij kjjpa
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ntspNaAk tFgGfs eljjp mjd yk
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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yzlid cyfpd rpwej eleJ nrytjwF
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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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
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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
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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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
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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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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khwwjJffhd ikak
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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
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
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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
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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
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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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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
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njhif kwWk mthfsJ fyhrrhuj
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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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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
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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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thfdj jpUlLfisg gwwp mwptjwF
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
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
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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
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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njYqfhdh kwWk MejpuggpuNjr
khepyqfSffhd i`juhghj
cahePjpkdwjjpd jiyik ePjpgjpahfgt
ePjpgjp Njhlljjpy gh]fud ehah
uhjhfpUzd gjtpNawWsshh
124) 17th World Sanskrit Conference held in
Vancouver Canada
17tJ cyf rk]fpUj khehL fdlh
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)
ePjpgjp Mjh Fkhh Nfhay Njrpa gRik
jPhggha jiytuhf epakpffggllhh
127) Researches have created the worldrsquos first
Rhino Embryos in a test tube
Muharrpahshfs cyfpd Kjy
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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fhyepiy khww mikrrfkhdJ KJkiy
Gypfs fhggfjijr RwwpAss 438 rJu
fpkP guggstpyhd gFjpfis RwWroy
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
mjpfhpjJtUk thd NghfFtuT rejpfFk
rthyfSfF csehlbNyNa jPhTfis
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
kjjpa Gsspapay kwWk jpll mkyhff
mikrrfkhdJgtldquoGjpa ejpahtpwfhd
jftyrdquo (Data for New Indiardquo) vDk
jiyggpyhd rhtNjr tll Nkir khehL
[Piy 9-10 Mfpa Njjpfspy GJnlyypapy
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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Kiw toqfggLk rpwgG tpUjhd Nfhyld
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Gffu gupR VwgLjjp 50 tUlqfs Mdjpd
nfhzlhllqfis epidT $w gghpR
VwgLjjggllJ xNu Kiw toqfggLk
ggupR kffshy thffspffgglL
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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filrp epWjjk uhNk]tuk
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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kwwk GJrNrhp ghh fTdrpypy gjpT
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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ntsp khepyqfSfF fhwwhiy kpdrhuk
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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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Nyhf MAfjh rllk jkpof rllg
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Jiw mikrru bn[aFkhh jhffy
nrajhh
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khepyjjpy Nyhf MAfjh VwgLjjggllJ
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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50 taJfF Nkwgll muR Copahfsgt
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XaT mspff cjjpu gpuNjr muR
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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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
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Nk]lNuh tpehafuhk mtufSfF rpwgG
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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
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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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6-tJ cyf efuqfs khehL rpqfgG+hpy
eilgngwwJ kkhehlbwfhd fU
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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biuajyhdrsquo (Ironman Triathlon) Nghlbia
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Mthh gNghlb xNuehspy epiwT
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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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nly rNyhlhrsquo it Vwpa uzlhtJ
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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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mej MW epWtdqfs
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(iii) IIb Kkig
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(vi) kzpgghy mfhlkp Mg i`au
v[PNfd
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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KbAk
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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tiu GJnlyypapy eilgngwTssJ
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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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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$llikgG (CGF) tiu NjheJ vLjjJ
158) The Odisha government has partnered with
tata Trust for development of Cancer care
facilities in the State
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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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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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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
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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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mbggilapy cUthffggllJ
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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[hufzL khepyjjpd uhQrp efupy
eilngwwJ
167) Meghalaya government introduces Draft
policy known as ldquoJackfruit Missionrdquo during the
first ever Jackfruit festival
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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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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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FiwffggLk vd rPdh mwptpjJssJ
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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nkhopngauggjwfhd trjpfs
khepyqfsitapy VwgljjgLfpdwd
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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ehzak - Nthd
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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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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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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gqFrdquo
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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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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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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ntspaplLssJ
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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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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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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Gas Inventories in Asia) epforrpgt GJ
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mthfshy Jtffp itffggllJ
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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iftpidg nghUlfs fiyia ghJfhff
ej fzfhlrp VwghL nraagglbUejJ
236) Kochi Metro Rail Limited opened Indiarsquos
first exquisite air-conditioned bed space
dormitor
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gLfif trjp nghJ jqFkplk
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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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Ieh ghJfhgG mitahdJ jPhkhdk 2428
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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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(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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uapy ghij tpiutpy mfy uapy
ghijahf khwwggl UffpwJ
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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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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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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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
nkluh] kpa+rpf mfhlkp tpUJfs 2018
nkluh] kpa+rpf mflhkpapd rqfPj fyhepjp
tpUJgt gpugy fudhlf thaghlLf fiyQh
mUzh rhauhKfF toqfggLfpwJ
rqfPj fyhrhuah tpUJfsgt kpUjqf
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toqfggLk
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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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mDkjpaspffggll mrhk kejpu Ntlil
(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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2018 eghhL tpUJ toqfggllJ
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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VJthd trjpfis juk cahjJjYfF
ejpa njhyypay fzfnfLgGj Jiw
(Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)
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Fiffsgt NtYh Nfhlilgt tu Myak
nfhLkgYh Mfpad vO rpddqfs
mlqFk
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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ejpahtpd Kawrpahy Mukgpffggll
upa rfjp $llzpapd (International Solar
Alliance) fllikgG xggejjjpy
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cssJ jd jiyikafk `hpahdh
khepyk FUfpuhkpy css Fthy g`hp
fpuhkjjpy mikeJssJ
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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யொடடியில லகஷயா nrd jqfk ntdwhh
eNjhNdpahtpd [hfhjjhtpy eilngww
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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rkpuh m]fhp epakpffgglLsshh
Mgfhdpa sk $ilggejhll tPuhqfid
rkpuh m]fhpgt rhtNjr xypkgpf FOtpd
(IOC) cWggpduhf epakpffgglLsshh
ngzZhpikia cahjJk xU
eltbfifahf mttikgpd 9
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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buhty amp nyaru]pd cyfpd rpwej
efuqfspd mwpfifapdgbgt cjagg+h efuk
3-tJ lkgt nkfrpNfhitr Nruej rhd
ikFNay b mnydNl kwWk xrfh Mfpa
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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nlyyp NgrRthujij 10tJ gjpgG
GJjpyypapy kjjpa ntspAwtjJiw
mikrru Rkh Rtuh[pdhy njhlqfp
itffggllJ- ggjpggpd fUjJU
ldquoejpah-Mrpahd flytopf $lLwtpid
tYggLjJjyrdquo
ejpah kwWk njdfpofF Mrpa ehLfs
rig Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) MfpatwwpwfpilNaahd murpay
ghJfhgGgt nghUshjhu kwWk rf-gzghlL
njhlhGfis tpthjpggjwfhd Kjdikahd
tUlhejpu epfoT ej nlyyp
NgrRthujij MFk
288) Central Oil PSUs has signed joint Venture
Pact
In a major initiative to connect all the North-
East States to the National Gas grid the 5
Central oil PSUs -IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL and
NRL have signed a joint venture agreement for
executing the North-East Natural Gas Pipeline
Grid (N-ENGPG) in Guwahati
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$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
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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ejp nkhopapy RwWroy khRgghL kwWk
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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khzth fhtwgilj jplljij kjjpa
csJiw mikrru uh[ehj rpq ehnlqFk
njhlqfpitjjhh fhtwJiwfFkgt
rKjhajjpwFk ilNa ejj jpllk
ghykhf mikAk vd vjphghhffggLfpwJgt
jjplljjpdgb gsspfspYkgt gsspfF
ntspNaAk tFgGfs eljjp mjd yk
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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yzlid cyfpd rpwej eleJ nrytjwF
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
jggpNahLk nghUshjhu Fwwthspfis
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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MkGyd] Nritapid ejpa gpujku GJ
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njhlqfp itjjhu
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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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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
GJnlyypapd jdpahh kUjJtkidfspy
ViofSfF ytr rpfprir crr ePjpkdwk
GJnlyypapy murhqfjjhy khdpak ngwW
eljjggLfpdw jdpahh kUjJtkidfs
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
Gjpa fytpf nfhsif tiuT nraa
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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FiwggjhFk
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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(BCCC) mikgG MFk
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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mikffTssjhf mwptpjJssJ
188) Vice president M Venkaiah Naidu
inaugurated the Indian Intraculare Implant and
Refractive Surgery Convention 2018 held in
Chennai
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jiytu ntqifah ehAL Jtffp itjjhh
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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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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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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Mspyyh thDujp (unmanned air vehicles-
UAV) kwWk gStww Njhllh Jisffhj
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Kjy jdpahu Jiw gpupT kjjpa
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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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khepyjjpd n`dYYtpy mikeJss
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affggLk
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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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cssJ jd jiyth Rkh rffugujjp
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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for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications
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tJ ljjpy cssJ
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iii) mun[dBdh iv) fdlh v) ejpah
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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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NgrRthujij nrglkgu khjk GJnlyypapy
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
epGzhfs rqf (VX]igd) jiytuhfgt
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KwpT kwWk KJF jzLtl
mWitrpfprir Jiw jiytu
NfhakGjJiu Nrhej lhflu
v]uh[Nrfud nghWgNgwfpwhu
ej rqfjJfF Mrpa fzljijr Nrhej
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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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gllaf fzffhsu gapwrp
gllaf fzffhsu NjhTfF jahh nraAk
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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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
kjjpa isQh eyd kwWk tpisahlLj
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
gpuKfuhfp csshu
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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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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mikrrk KbT nraJssJ
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gqFrdquo
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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jgd vOjpAsshh
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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mikrruitr nrayhsu gpNfrpdfh
jiyikapy cau epGzuFO xdiw muR
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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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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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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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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itjjhh
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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MFk
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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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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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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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(OPPI) Think for Health vdw b[plly
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MukgpjJssJ
Think for Health vdw Kawrp njYqfhdh
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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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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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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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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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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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Eiy Kddhy ]yhkpa mbggilthjp
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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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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ntspggiljjdikia toqFtjwfhfgt
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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mDkjpaspffggll mrhk kejpu Ntlil
(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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2018 eghhL tpUJ toqfggllJ
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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juk cahjjgLk
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clfllikgG kwWk RwWyh gazpfSfF
VJthd trjpfis juk cahjJjYfF
ejpa njhyypay fzfnfLgGj Jiw
(Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)
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jpy khkyyGukgt flwfiu Myakgt
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gpufjP]tuu Myakgt rpjjddthry
Fiffsgt NtYh Nfhlilgt tu Myak
nfhLkgYh Mfpad vO rpddqfs
mlqFk
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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ejpahtpd Kawrpahy Mukgpffggll
upa rfjp $llzpapd (International Solar
Alliance) fllikgG xggejjjpy
ifnaOjjpLk 68-tJ ehlhf kpahdkh
cssJ jd jiyikafk `hpahdh
khepyk FUfpuhkpy css Fthy g`hp
fpuhkjjpy mikeJssJ
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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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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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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rkpuh m]fhpgt rhtNjr xypkgpf FOtpd
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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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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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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
jggpNahLk nghUshjhu Fwwthspfis
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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jpyypapUeJ fhnzhspf fhlrp yk
njhlqfp itjjhu
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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FbkffSfF xUqfpizej Nritfis
toqFtjwfhf Mejpu khepy muR e-gpufjp
Kjdik jsjij (e -Pragati Core initiativersquo)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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thfdj jpUlLfisg gwwp mwptjwF
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
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
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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out to people undertaking the annual pilgrimage
holy cave shrine of Amarnath
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elkhLk cjtpikak
mkhehj Fiff NfhtpYfF MzLNjhWk
Gdpjg gazk NkwnfhsSk mkhehj
ahjhPfhfSfF cjTk Nehffpy vdw
elkhLk cjtpikajij kjjpa
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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gPfhupd hfghj-Ngh[g+u gFjpfF clgll
rz fhytha gzpfF lsquoMrpa tsurrp tqfprsquo
(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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toqfpaJ F[uhj muR
F[uhj khepy muRgt mkkhepyjjpy css
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mej]ij toqfpa 3-tJ khepyk F[uhj
MFk jwF Kddh NkwFtqfk kwWk
kfhuh]buh khepy muRfs toqfpAssd
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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gpujpepjJtlgLjJthh
fhkdntyj tpisahlL $llikggpd
jlfs tPuhfs MNyhridf FOtpy Mrpa
fzljjpd gpujpepjpahf ejpa ]Fth
tPuhqfid jPgpfh gyypffy
epakpffgglLsshh fhkdntyj tpisahlL
$llikgG (CGF) tiu NjheJ vLjjJ
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
cyfpNyNa goikahd capupay
tzzjij Muharrpahsufs
fzLgpbjJssdu
Gtp tuyhwwpy gjpthd capupay
tzzqfspNy kpfTk goikahd tzzkgt
NkwF Mgupffhtpdgt kTupjNjdpahtpy
css 11 gpyypad MzLfs goikahd
ghiwfspy gbtqfshf GijeJ Uejd
mJ ldquomlu sQrptgGrdquo epwk MFk
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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xggejjjpy gqNfwWssJ
76-MzL fhy tuyhwwpy Kjd Kiwahf
uh[argh ntspehlLg gpujpepjpAld
GupeJzuT xggejk nraJssJ
ghuhSkdwqfspd ilNaahd
ciuahliy CfFtpggjwfhf ej
xggejk ntqifah ehAL kwWk ampthzlh
ehlbd nrdlbd jiyth ilNa
ifnaOjjhdJ
xU ehlLld xggejk nraJf nfhzl
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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ghfp]jhDfF tpwgid nraa cssJ
J JUffpapd kpfgngupa xwiw VwWkjp
xggejkhFk flej MzL kpyn[k
(MILGEM) jplljjpd fPo ehdF topjJizf
fggyfisj jahupff ghfp]jhDld JUffp
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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rjkbjj Kjy ejpa tPuh vdw rpwgig
ldquoNuhfpj hkhrdquo ngwWsshh
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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nryYk ldquoejpahtpy jahupgNghkrdquo uapy
nrdidapy css ldquoIrpvgrdquo uapy nglb
jahupgG Miyapygt eLjju mjpNtf uapy
nglb Qrpdfsrdquo cwgjjp
nraagglLssJ jwF ldquouapy 18rdquo vdg
ngauplgglLssJ J nrglkgh Kjy
aqf njhlqFk
kzpfF 160 fpNyhkPllu Ntfjjpy
aqff$ba ej uapyejpahtpy
jahupgNghk vdw nfhsifapd
mbggilapy cUthffggllJ
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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glbaypy Mejpuk Kjy lk
vspjpy njhopy Jtqf cfej khepyqfs
dwhk glbaypy 2-tJ Mzlhf Mejpug
gpuNjrk Kjy ljjpy cssJ
njYqfhdh kwWk `upahdh khepyqfs
KiwNa uzlhk kwWk dwhk
lqfis gpbjJssJ jkpofk 15-tJ
ljjpy cssJ
166) 22nd International Conference on
Nonferrous Minerals and Metals 2018 held at
Ranchi Jharkhand
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cNyhfqfSffhd rhtNjr fUjjuqfkgt
[hufzL khepyjjpd uhQrp efupy
eilngwwJ
167) Meghalaya government introduces Draft
policy known as ldquoJackfruit Missionrdquo during the
first ever Jackfruit festival
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muR ldquogyhggo affkrdquo vDk tiuT
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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nrawifNfhis VtpaJ rPdh
PRSS-1 kwWk PAKTES-1A vdfpw uzL
njhiy czuT nrawiffNfhsfis
ghfp]jhdpwfhf yhq khur (Long March-2C)
vdw uhfnfl yk rPdh VtpAssJ
[pa+Fthd nrawiffNfhs VTjsjjpypUeJ
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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ntspaplLssJ
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khtllqfisAk jutupirggLjJtNj ej
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
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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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mthfshy Jtffp itffggllJ
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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fpuhkjjpy eilngwwJ
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iftpidg nghUlfs fiyia ghJfhff
ej fzfhlrp VwghL nraagglbUejJ
236) Kochi Metro Rail Limited opened Indiarsquos
first exquisite air-conditioned bed space
dormitor
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gLfif trjp nghJ jqFkplk
JtffgglLssJ
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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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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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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(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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uapy ghij tpiutpy mfy uapy
ghijahf khwwggl UffpwJ
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
jkpoehlby jdpahh gyfiyffofqfs
rpt ehlhu gyfiyffofk kwWk rha
gyfiyffofk Mfpa uzL
gyfiyffofqfis mikfFk kNrhjhit
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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epWtdqfs rllk 2013rsquoI kPshaT nraa
FO
epWtdqfs rllk 2013rsquod (companies Act
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
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
nkluh] kpa+rpf mfhlkp tpUJfs 2018
nkluh] kpa+rpf mflhkpapd rqfPj fyhepjp
tpUJgt gpugy fudhlf thaghlLf fiyQh
mUzh rhauhKfF toqfggLfpwJ
rqfPj fyhrhuah tpUJfsgt kpUjqf
fiyQh jQrht+u Muuhkjh]fFkgt
thagghlLf fiyQh lhflu NfXkzf
FlbfFk toqfggLk
tPizf fiyQh fyahzp fNzrDfFk
ehj]tu tpjthd v]Mu[p
uh[zzhTfFk bbNf tpUJfs
toqfggLk
kpa+rpffhy[p]l tpUJgt gpukPsh
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
fhkuh[u gpwej jpdkhd [Piy 15-k
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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ghfp]jhd gqNfwG
hqfha xjJiogG mikggpd (v]rpX)
jPtputhj vjphgG gapwrp tUk Mf]l 20-k
Njjp Kjy 29-k Njjp tiu uahtpd
nryahgpd]f efupy eilngw cssJ
ej jPtputhj vjphgG $lL gapwrpapy
ejpahTk ghfp]jhDk kww cWgG
ehLfsshd rPdhgt uahgt f[f]jhdgt
fpufp]jhdgt j[pfp]jhd kwWk
c]ngfp]jhd MfpatwWld izeJ
ej gapwrpapy ltLgLfpdwd
RjejpujJfFg gpwF U ehLfSk
izeJ $lLg gapwrpapy gqNfwgJ
JNt KjyKiwahFk
ejpahtpd juggpy uhZtk kwWk tpkhdg
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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njhliu ntdwJ gpuhd]
uahtpd kh]Nfhtpy css Y]dpffp
ikjhdjjpy 1572018mdW eilngww 21-
tJ gpgh cyff Nfhgig fhygeJ
njhlhpd lsquoWjp Mlljjpy FNuhpah
mzpia 4-2 vdw Nfhy fzffpy tPojjp
gpuhd] mzp rhkgpad gllk ntdwJ
gpuhd] mzp rhkgpad gllk ntytJ J
2-tJ KiwahFk mej mzp 1998-k MzL
gllk ntdwpUejJ FNuhpah mzp Kjd
Kiwahf Wjp nghlbfF KdNdwpaJ
Fiwej jutupiria cila mzp xdW
Wjp NghlbfF KdNdwpaJ vdw
ngUikia milejJ FNuhpah gpuhd]
kwWk FNuhpah INuhggh fzljij
NrhejJ
21-tJ gpgh cyf Nfhgigapd Kjy 4
mzpfs (i) gpuhd] (ii) FNuhpah (iii)
ngy[pak (iv) qfpyheJ
2018-k MzL cyff Nfhgigffhd gpgh
tpUjfs
rpwej tPuh - jqf fhygeJ
Yfh Nkhlupr (FNuhpah)
mjpf Nfhy mbjjth - jqf fhyzp
`hupNfd (qfpyheJ)
rpwej Nfhy fPggu - jqf ifAiw
NfhulLth (ngy[pak)
rpwej sk tPuh - fpspahd ghgNg
(gpuhd])
Ngu gpNs ]ngapd
Mllehafd tpUJ (Wjp Nghlb)
Mdwahd fPuP]khd
gpuhd] mzpapd Nfgld `pa+Nfh nyhup]
250) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar
inaugurated Goa IT Day celebrations in Panaji
Nfhth Kjyikrru kNfhfu ghupffu ldquoNfhth
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
mnkhpffh ntspNawpa gpd 47 cyf
ehLfis cWggpdhfshff nfhzl Ieh
kdpj chpikfs Mizajjpy fhypahf
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
gpugQrjjpid gwwpa Gjphfis mfww
cjTk Gjpa 64-b kPufhl (64-dish Meer
KAT) vDk thndhyp njhiyNehffpapid
njd Mggpupffh ntspaplLssJ
kPufhl (Meer KAT) rpffyhd rJu fpNyhkPllu
tupir fUtpAld izffggLk SKA 2020-
y nrayghlbwF tUkNghJ cyfpNyNa
kpfTk rfjp thaej thndhyp
njhiyNehffpahf nrayghlbypUfFk
(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
tpQQhdpfs tpfh] d[Pdid
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
nrawiffNfhs ntsplgPlL thfdjjpd
(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
mupaYu efujjpwF mUNf css
thuzthrpapy Gij capuggbt
mUqfhlrpafk jpwffgglTssJ
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
ejpa tptrhapfs cuf $lLwT epWtdk
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
nlyypapy tPLNjb tUk 100 tif muR
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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mnkupff mjpgu nlhdhyL lukg ua
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
lsquojhNuhfu gtdrsquo vdg ngauplgglLss
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
jdpegh tUtha ty
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
Rfhjhujjpwfhd rpejid - b[plly Rfhjhu
gugGiu
ejpa kUeJ cwgjjpahsufs rqfk
(OPPI) Think for Health vdw b[plly
Rfhjhug gugGiuia GJjpyypapy
eilngww jdJ tUlhejpu khehlby
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
kjjpa fhgpndl epakdf FOgt ldquomfpy
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
caheJssJ jd yk upa FLkgjjpy
mjpf epyTfs css Nfhshf tpahod
cssJ
266) Nelson Mandela International Day July 18
2018 marks the Centenary of the birth of Nelson
Mandela
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jpdkgt cyfk KOtJk
filgpbffggLfpwJ ej MzL mtupd
100-tJ gpwej jpdk nfhzlhlggLfpwJ
267) Rajpurrsquos Swami Vivekananda Airport has
been ranked first in Customer Satisfaction
among 49 airports in the country
ehlbYss 49 tpkhd epiyaqfspy
uhagg+hpd Rthkp tpNtfhdejh tpkhd
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)
rPnuhsp FWffPlLkhdp lthggiy Matfk)
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Matfjjpd flLkhdk kwWk
nrayghlbwfhf ejpa muR nfhsif
mstpyhd xgGjiy toqfpAssJ
mnkhpffhtpd LIGO MatfjJld izeJ
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
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)
ldquoKkig gqFrreijrdquo aqFk Kkigapy
css ldquogpNuh] [P[pgha flbljjpwF
ldquoKjjpiu rpddkrdquo ( trademark)
toqfgglLssJ
jd ykgt dp vejnthU epWtdKk
ej flbl Gifggljij Kiwahd
mDkjp dwp gadgLjj KbahJ
273) Central Government announces amnesty
for prisoners to mark Mahatma Gandhirsquos 150th
birth anniversary
kfhjkh fhejpapd 150-tJ gpwej jpdjij
KddplLgt rpiwf ifjpfSffhf ldquorpwgG
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
Gjpa 100ampgha NehlL
ejpa uprut tqfp tpiutpy ldquontspu Cjh
epwjjpyrdquo Gjpa tif 100ampgha Nehlbid
ldquontspapl cssJ jpy F[uhj
khepyjjpd Gfo ngww lsquouhzp fP thtrsquo
gbfflL rpddk kwWk ldquoJaik ejpah
rpddkrdquo lk ngwWssJ
275) The book ldquoThe House of Islam A global
Historyrdquo has been authored by Islamic radical Ed
Hussain
ldquoThe House of Islam A global Historyrdquo vdw
Eiy Kddhy ]yhkpa mbggilthjp
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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qfpyhejpd yzld efhpy eilgngww
Kjy jlfs cyff Nfhgigapid
mnkupffh mzp ntdWssJ NghyeJ
mzp 2-tJ ljijAkgt qfpyheJ mzp 3-
tJ ljijAk gpbjjJ
jlfs cyf Nfhgig vdgJ mzp rhhej
rhtNjr jlfs NghlbahFk J tthzL
Kjyhtjhf eljjggllJ tthzL vlL
mzpfs cyf jutupirapd mbggilapy
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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rjjP]fh muR Xat+jpa jplljjpy
ntspggiljjdikia toqFtjwfhfgt
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
2015-y mrhk khepy rllrigapdhy
mDkjpaspffggll mrhk kejpu Ntlil
(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
2018 eghhL tpUJ
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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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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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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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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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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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Nkyhzik (Integrated Coastal Zone
Management -ICZM) jpllkgt gy NkkghlLf
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nrayjpwDffhf cyf tqfpapd csehlL
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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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MzL Iffpa ehLfsl tsurrpj jpllqfs
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174) The 30th International Mango Festival was
held in New Delhi
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GJjpyypapy eilgngwwJ
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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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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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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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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Nfhllhtpy tuTssJ
Mspyyh thDujp (unmanned air vehicles-
UAV) kwWk gStww Njhllh Jisffhj
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Kjy jdpahu Jiw gpupT kjjpa
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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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5-tJ lk
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gadghlbay epWtdk International service
for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications
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iii) mun[dBdh iv) fdlh v) ejpah
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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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ejpah mnkupffh ghJfhgG kwWk
ntspAwTj Jiw mikrrufs epiyapyhd
NgrRthujij nrglkgu khjk GJnlyypapy
eilgngWk
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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-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
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ej rqfjJfF Mrpa fzljijr Nrhej
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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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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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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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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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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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Vjthf ldquoghukgupa fhgpdlrdquo vdw Jiwia
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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KjyhtJ ulil mLfFss rufFf
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mwpKfggLjjpAssJ
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fzprkhff FiwffggLk
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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fllikggpwfhd nrayjplljij
ntspaplLssJ
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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nlhdhyl lukg mtufSfF ejpahtpd
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mnkupff mjpgh tUifgt Jtiu cWjp
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
rkPgjjpy rutNjr gjjpupfifahd
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Engineering) ntspapll Matpd gb ePyfpup
tiuahlil mrRWjjpf nfhzbUggJ
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glbayplLssJ
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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Mfpatwwpd mbggilapy khepyqfisAk
khtllqfisAk jutupirggLjJtNj ej
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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16-tJ Mrpa gRik yy thA
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Gas Inventories in Asia) epforrpgt GJ
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mthfshy Jtffp itffggllJ
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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nghUlfs fzfhlrpgt [kK fhkPu
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fpuhkjjpy eilngwwJ
ylhf gFjpapy gpurpjjp ngww cNyhf
iftpidg nghUlfs fiyia ghJfhff
ej fzfhlrp VwghL nraagglbUejJ
236) Kochi Metro Rail Limited opened Indiarsquos
first exquisite air-conditioned bed space
dormitor
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rhugpy ejpahtpd Kjy Fspurhjdg
gLfif trjp nghJ jqFkplk
JtffgglLssJ
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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jpwdfs jpdkhf mDrupffggLfpwJ 2014
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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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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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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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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
ejpahtpd Kjy FWfpa uapy ghijahd
F[uhjjpy css jNgha-kpahfk uapy
ghij epuejukhf lggl UffpwJ ej
uapy ghij tpiutpy mfy uapy
ghijahf khwwggl UffpwJ
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
Mg rPdh tqfpahdJ ejpahtpy jdJ
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
gyfiyffofqfis mikfFk kNrhjhit
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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epWtdqfs rllk 2013rsquoI kPshaT nraa
FO
epWtdqfs rllk 2013rsquod (companies Act
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
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
nkluh] kpa+rpf mfhlkp tpUJfs 2018
nkluh] kpa+rpf mflhkpapd rqfPj fyhepjp
tpUJgt gpugy fudhlf thaghlLf fiyQh
mUzh rhauhKfF toqfggLfpwJ
rqfPj fyhrhuah tpUJfsgt kpUjqf
fiyQh jQrht+u Muuhkjh]fFkgt
thagghlLf fiyQh lhflu NfXkzf
FlbfFk toqfggLk
tPizf fiyQh fyahzp fNzrDfFk
ehj]tu tpjthd v]Mu[p
uh[zzhTfFk bbNf tpUJfs
toqfggLk
kpa+rpffhy[p]l tpUJgt gpukPsh
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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ghfp]jhd gqNfwG
hqfha xjJiogG mikggpd (v]rpX)
jPtputhj vjphgG gapwrp tUk Mf]l 20-k
Njjp Kjy 29-k Njjp tiu uahtpd
nryahgpd]f efupy eilngw cssJ
ej jPtputhj vjphgG $lL gapwrpapy
ejpahTk ghfp]jhDk kww cWgG
ehLfsshd rPdhgt uahgt f[f]jhdgt
fpufp]jhdgt j[pfp]jhd kwWk
c]ngfp]jhd MfpatwWld izeJ
ej gapwrpapy ltLgLfpdwd
RjejpujJfFg gpwF U ehLfSk
izeJ $lLg gapwrpapy gqNfwgJ
JNt KjyKiwahFk
ejpahtpd juggpy uhZtk kwWk tpkhdg
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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njhliu ntdwJ gpuhd]
uahtpd kh]Nfhtpy css Y]dpffp
ikjhdjjpy 1572018mdW eilngww 21-
tJ gpgh cyff Nfhgig fhygeJ
njhlhpd lsquoWjp Mlljjpy FNuhpah
mzpia 4-2 vdw Nfhy fzffpy tPojjp
gpuhd] mzp rhkgpad gllk ntdwJ
gpuhd] mzp rhkgpad gllk ntytJ J
2-tJ KiwahFk mej mzp 1998-k MzL
gllk ntdwpUejJ FNuhpah mzp Kjd
Kiwahf Wjp nghlbfF KdNdwpaJ
Fiwej jutupiria cila mzp xdW
Wjp NghlbfF KdNdwpaJ vdw
ngUikia milejJ FNuhpah gpuhd]
kwWk FNuhpah INuhggh fzljij
NrhejJ
21-tJ gpgh cyf Nfhgigapd Kjy 4
mzpfs (i) gpuhd] (ii) FNuhpah (iii)
ngy[pak (iv) qfpyheJ
2018-k MzL cyff Nfhgigffhd gpgh
tpUjfs
rpwej tPuh - jqf fhygeJ
Yfh Nkhlupr (FNuhpah)
mjpf Nfhy mbjjth - jqf fhyzp
`hupNfd (qfpyheJ)
rpwej Nfhy fPggu - jqf ifAiw
NfhulLth (ngy[pak)
rpwej sk tPuh - fpspahd ghgNg
(gpuhd])
Ngu gpNs ]ngapd
Mllehafd tpUJ (Wjp Nghlb)
Mdwahd fPuP]khd
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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kdpj chpikfs Mizajjpy fhypahf
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
gpugQrjjpid gwwpa Gjphfis mfww
cjTk Gjpa 64-b kPufhl (64-dish Meer
KAT) vDk thndhyp njhiyNehffpapid
njd Mggpupffh ntspaplLssJ
kPufhl (Meer KAT) rpffyhd rJu fpNyhkPllu
tupir fUtpAld izffggLk SKA 2020-
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kpfTk rfjp thaej thndhyp
njhiyNehffpahf nrayghlbypUfFk
(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
nrawiffNfhs ntsplgPlL thfdjjpd
(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
mupaYu efujjpwF mUNf css
thuzthrpapy Gij capuggbt
mUqfhlrpafk jpwffgglTssJ
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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mnkupff mjpgu nlhdhyL lukg ua
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
lsquojhNuhfu gtdrsquo vdg ngauplgglLss
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
Rfhjhug gugGiuia GJjpyypapy
eilngww jdJ tUlhejpu khehlby
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
kjjpa fhgpndl epakdf FOgt ldquomfpy
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
caheJssJ jd yk upa FLkgjjpy
mjpf epyTfs css Nfhshf tpahod
cssJ
266) Nelson Mandela International Day July 18
2018 marks the Centenary of the birth of Nelson
Mandela
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jpdkgt cyfk KOtJk
filgpbffggLfpwJ ej MzL mtupd
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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uhagg+hpd Rthkp tpNtfhdejh tpkhd
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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Matfjjpd flLkhdk kwWk
nrayghlbwfhf ejpa muR nfhsif
mstpyhd xgGjiy toqfpAssJ
mnkhpffhtpd LIGO MatfjJld izeJ
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
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)
ldquoKkig gqFrreijrdquo aqFk Kkigapy
css ldquogpNuh] [P[pgha flbljjpwF
ldquoKjjpiu rpddkrdquo ( trademark)
toqfgglLssJ
jd ykgt dp vejnthU epWtdKk
ej flbl Gifggljij Kiwahd
mDkjp dwp gadgLjj KbahJ
273) Central Government announces amnesty
for prisoners to mark Mahatma Gandhirsquos 150th
birth anniversary
kfhjkh fhejpapd 150-tJ gpwej jpdjij
KddplLgt rpiwf ifjpfSffhf ldquorpwgG
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
Gjpa 100ampgha NehlL
ejpa uprut tqfp tpiutpy ldquontspu Cjh
epwjjpyrdquo Gjpa tif 100ampgha Nehlbid
ldquontspapl cssJ jpy F[uhj
khepyjjpd Gfo ngww lsquouhzp fP thtrsquo
gbfflL rpddk kwWk ldquoJaik ejpah
rpddkrdquo lk ngwWssJ
275) The book ldquoThe House of Islam A global
Historyrdquo has been authored by Islamic radical Ed
Hussain
ldquoThe House of Islam A global Historyrdquo vdw
Eiy Kddhy ]yhkpa mbggilthjp
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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qfpyhejpd yzld efhpy eilgngww
Kjy jlfs cyff Nfhgigapid
mnkupffh mzp ntdWssJ NghyeJ
mzp 2-tJ ljijAkgt qfpyheJ mzp 3-
tJ ljijAk gpbjjJ
jlfs cyf Nfhgig vdgJ mzp rhhej
rhtNjr jlfs NghlbahFk J tthzL
Kjyhtjhf eljjggllJ tthzL vlL
mzpfs cyf jutupirapd mbggilapy
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Nkyhzik (Integrated Coastal Zone
Management -ICZM) jpllkgt gy NkkghlLf
FwpfNfhsfis rhjpjJf fhlba g+utkhd
nrayjpwDffhf cyf tqfpapd csehlL
tpUjpid ntdWssJ
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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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Rkpjuh
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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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(BCCC) mikgG MFk
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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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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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
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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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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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Mspyyh thDujp (unmanned air vehicles-
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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50 muR fyYhpfis Nrhej 9gt500
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murhdJ ikfNuhrhgl epWtdjJldhd
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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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khepyjjpd n`dYYtpy mikeJss
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Jjhd
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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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cssJ jd jiyth Rkh rffugujjp
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
rhtNjr Ntshz capup njhopyElg
gadghlbay epWtdk International service
for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications
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tJ ljjpy cssJ
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iii) mun[dBdh iv) fdlh v) ejpah
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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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-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
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ej rqfjJfF Mrpa fzljijr Nrhej
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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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2013) jzlid tpjpKiwfis kPshaT
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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
nkluh] kpa+rpf mfhlkp tpUJfs 2018
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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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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Fiwej jutupiria cila mzp xdW
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kwWk FNuhpah INuhggh fzljij
NrhejJ
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2018-k MzL cyff Nfhgigffhd gpgh
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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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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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
gpugQrjjpid gwwpa Gjphfis mfww
cjTk Gjpa 64-b kPufhl (64-dish Meer
KAT) vDk thndhyp njhiyNehffpapid
njd Mggpupffh ntspaplLssJ
kPufhl (Meer KAT) rpffyhd rJu fpNyhkPllu
tupir fUtpAld izffggLk SKA 2020-
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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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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
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
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Efutpidtpl mjpf mstpidAk
nfhzbUfFk vdW fzpjJf $wpAssJ
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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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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
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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
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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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ejpa kUeJ cwgjjpahsufs rqfk
(OPPI) Think for Health vdw b[plly
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eilngww jdJ tUlhejpu khehlby
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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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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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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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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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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gpshfrdquo epforrpapy ejpa tpkhdggilAk
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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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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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KddplLgt rpiwf ifjpfSffhf ldquorpwgG
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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ejpa uprut tqfp tpiutpy ldquontspu Cjh
epwjjpyrdquo Gjpa tif 100ampgha Nehlbid
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khepyjjpd Gfo ngww lsquouhzp fP thtrsquo
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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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Kjyhtjhf eljjggllJ tthzL vlL
mzpfs cyf jutupirapd mbggilapy
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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rjjP]fh muR Xat+jpa jplljjpy
ntspggiljjdikia toqFtjwfhfgt
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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mDkjpaspffggll mrhk kejpu Ntlil
(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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Ezfld epWtdkgt jkpoehlby eepWtdk
mjpfstpy kfsph Ra cjtpfFOffSfF
Ezfld toqfpaikffhf eepWtdjJfF
2018 eghhL tpUJ toqfggllJ
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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juk cahjjgLk
jkpoehlby css epidTrrpddqfis
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fPo xgGjy mspffggll 7 lqfspd
clfllikgG kwWk RwWyh gazpfSfF
VJthd trjpfis juk cahjJjYfF
ejpa njhyypay fzfnfLgGj Jiw
(Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)
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jpy khkyyGukgt flwfiu Myakgt
fhQrpGuk ifyhrehju Myakgt jQrht+u
gpufjP]tuu Myakgt rpjjddthry
Fiffsgt NtYh Nfhlilgt tu Myak
nfhLkgYh Mfpad vO rpddqfs
mlqFk
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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ejpahtpd Kawrpahy Mukgpffggll
upa rfjp $llzpapd (International Solar
Alliance) fllikgG xggejjjpy
ifnaOjjpLk 68-tJ ehlhf kpahdkh
cssJ jd jiyikafk `hpahdh
khepyk FUfpuhkpy css Fthy g`hp
fpuhkjjpy mikeJssJ
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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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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Nghlbapy ejpahtpd லகஷயா nrd jqfk
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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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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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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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ldquoejpah-Mrpahd flytopf $lLwtpid
tYggLjJjyrdquo
ejpah kwWk njdfpofF Mrpa ehLfs
rig Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) MfpatwwpwfpilNaahd murpay
ghJfhgGgt nghUshjhu kwWk rf-gzghlL
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
kjjpa vznza nghJjJiw epWtdqfs
$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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rfgPbahtpd ejpa ghukgupa eljjy (walk
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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ejp nkhopapy RwWroy khRgghL kwWk
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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khzth fhtwgilj jplljij kjjpa
csJiw mikrru uh[ehj rpq ehnlqFk
njhlqfpitjjhh fhtwJiwfFkgt
rKjhajjpwFk ilNa ejj jpllk
ghykhf mikAk vd vjphghhffggLfpwJgt
jjplljjpdgb gsspfspYkgt gsspfF
ntspNaAk tFgGfs eljjp mjd yk
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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yzlid cyfpd rpwej eleJ nrytjwF
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
jggpNahLk nghUshjhu Fwwthspfis
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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MkGyd] Nritapid ejpa gpujku GJ
jpyypapUeJ fhnzhspf fhlrp yk
njhlqfp itjjhu
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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thfdj jpUlLfisg gwwp mwptjwF
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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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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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
GwWNehia vjphjJg Nghuhl tyy xU
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
rPkh jhd jpllk
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
fopTePh mikgGfis RjjpfhpgG
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
ejpahtpd Kjy jdpahu UAV amp LBPVgphpT
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
ikfNuhrhgl epWtdjJld xggejk
nraJ nfhzlJ uh[]jhd muR
50 muR fyYhpfis Nrhej 9gt500
khzthfSfF ytrkhf kpddZ (digital)
gapwrpia toqFtjwfhfgt uh[]jhd khepy
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
Kjy Kiwahf RIMPAC flwgil gapwrpapy
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
ejpaf flwgilia Nrhej xU tpkhdk
grpgpffpd fpofF vyiyfF nrytJ JNt
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jhzba Kjy ejpaf flwgil tpkhdKk
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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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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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-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
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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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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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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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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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Vjthf ldquoghukgupa fhgpdlrdquo vdw Jiwia
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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KjyhtJ ulil mLfFss rufFf
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mwpKfggLjjpAssJ
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fzprkhff FiwffggLk
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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fllikggpwfhd nrayjplljij
ntspaplLssJ
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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mnkupff mjpgh tUifgt Jtiu cWjp
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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glbayplLssJ
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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fnu[rpNfhth kwWk fluPdh rpidNfhth
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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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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Mfpatwwpd mbggilapy khepyqfisAk
khtllqfisAk jutupirggLjJtNj ej
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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16-tJ Mrpa gRik yy thA
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Gas Inventories in Asia) epforrpgt GJ
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mthfshy Jtffp itffggllJ
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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fpuhkjjpy eilngwwJ
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iftpidg nghUlfs fiyia ghJfhff
ej fzfhlrp VwghL nraagglbUejJ
236) Kochi Metro Rail Limited opened Indiarsquos
first exquisite air-conditioned bed space
dormitor
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gLfif trjp nghJ jqFkplk
JtffgglLssJ
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
epiwNtwwpAssJ ej eltbfif
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)
ejpahtpy 4363 Ngu ejpia
jhankhopahf nfhzLssdu
2011 kffs njhif fzfnfLggpdgb
ejpahtpy mjpfk NgrggLk nkhopahf
ejp nkhop cssJ ehlby 4363 Ngh
jqfs jhankhopahf ejpia VwWf
nfhzbUffpwhhfs
ejpahtpy mlltizggLjjggll 22
nkhopfspy rk]fpUj nkhopahdJ
Fiwthd kffs NgRk nkhopahFk
rk]fpUj nkhopia 24gt821 Ngh jqfs
jhankhopahf nfhzLssdh
2011 kffs njhif fzfnfLggpdgb
mjpfk kffs NgRk Kjy IeJ nkhopfs
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
ejpahtpy goqfhy FWfpa uapy ghij
1862 Mk MzL Kjy nrayghlLfF tej
33 fpNyh kPllu njhiyT nfhzl
ejpahtpd Kjy FWfpa uapy ghijahd
F[uhjjpy css jNgha-kpahfk uapy
ghij epuejukhf lggl UffpwJ ej
uapy ghij tpiutpy mfy uapy
ghijahf khwwggl UffpwJ
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
rPdhtpd tqfpfF ejpah mDkjp
rPd murhqfjjpDila fld mspfFk
kpfgngupa ehdF tqfpfspy xdwhd Ngqf
Mg rPdh tqfpahdJ ejpahtpy jdJ
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
jkpoehlby jdpahh gyfiyffofqfs
rpt ehlhu gyfiyffofk kwWk rha
gyfiyffofk Mfpa uzL
gyfiyffofqfis mikfFk kNrhjhit
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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epWtdqfs rllk 2013rsquoI kPshaT nraa
FO
epWtdqfs rllk 2013rsquod (companies Act
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
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
nkluh] kpa+rpf mfhlkp tpUJfs 2018
nkluh] kpa+rpf mflhkpapd rqfPj fyhepjp
tpUJgt gpugy fudhlf thaghlLf fiyQh
mUzh rhauhKfF toqfggLfpwJ
rqfPj fyhrhuah tpUJfsgt kpUjqf
fiyQh jQrht+u Muuhkjh]fFkgt
thagghlLf fiyQh lhflu NfXkzf
FlbfFk toqfggLk
tPizf fiyQh fyahzp fNzrDfFk
ehj]tu tpjthd v]Mu[p
uh[zzhTfFk bbNf tpUJfs
toqfggLk
kpa+rpffhy[p]l tpUJgt gpukPsh
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
fhkuh[u gpwej jpdkhd [Piy 15-k
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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ghfp]jhd gqNfwG
hqfha xjJiogG mikggpd (v]rpX)
jPtputhj vjphgG gapwrp tUk Mf]l 20-k
Njjp Kjy 29-k Njjp tiu uahtpd
nryahgpd]f efupy eilngw cssJ
ej jPtputhj vjphgG $lL gapwrpapy
ejpahTk ghfp]jhDk kww cWgG
ehLfsshd rPdhgt uahgt f[f]jhdgt
fpufp]jhdgt j[pfp]jhd kwWk
c]ngfp]jhd MfpatwWld izeJ
ej gapwrpapy ltLgLfpdwd
RjejpujJfFg gpwF U ehLfSk
izeJ $lLg gapwrpapy gqNfwgJ
JNt KjyKiwahFk
ejpahtpd juggpy uhZtk kwWk tpkhdg
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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njhliu ntdwJ gpuhd]
uahtpd kh]Nfhtpy css Y]dpffp
ikjhdjjpy 1572018mdW eilngww 21-
tJ gpgh cyff Nfhgig fhygeJ
njhlhpd lsquoWjp Mlljjpy FNuhpah
mzpia 4-2 vdw Nfhy fzffpy tPojjp
gpuhd] mzp rhkgpad gllk ntdwJ
gpuhd] mzp rhkgpad gllk ntytJ J
2-tJ KiwahFk mej mzp 1998-k MzL
gllk ntdwpUejJ FNuhpah mzp Kjd
Kiwahf Wjp nghlbfF KdNdwpaJ
Fiwej jutupiria cila mzp xdW
Wjp NghlbfF KdNdwpaJ vdw
ngUikia milejJ FNuhpah gpuhd]
kwWk FNuhpah INuhggh fzljij
NrhejJ
21-tJ gpgh cyf Nfhgigapd Kjy 4
mzpfs (i) gpuhd] (ii) FNuhpah (iii)
ngy[pak (iv) qfpyheJ
2018-k MzL cyff Nfhgigffhd gpgh
tpUjfs
rpwej tPuh - jqf fhygeJ
Yfh Nkhlupr (FNuhpah)
mjpf Nfhy mbjjth - jqf fhyzp
`hupNfd (qfpyheJ)
rpwej Nfhy fPggu - jqf ifAiw
NfhulLth (ngy[pak)
rpwej sk tPuh - fpspahd ghgNg
(gpuhd])
Ngu gpNs ]ngapd
Mllehafd tpUJ (Wjp Nghlb)
Mdwahd fPuP]khd
gpuhd] mzpapd Nfgld `pa+Nfh nyhup]
250) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar
inaugurated Goa IT Day celebrations in Panaji
Nfhth Kjyikrru kNfhfu ghupffu ldquoNfhth
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
mnkhpffh ntspNawpa gpd 47 cyf
ehLfis cWggpdhfshff nfhzl Ieh
kdpj chpikfs Mizajjpy fhypahf
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
gpugQrjjpid gwwpa Gjphfis mfww
cjTk Gjpa 64-b kPufhl (64-dish Meer
KAT) vDk thndhyp njhiyNehffpapid
njd Mggpupffh ntspaplLssJ
kPufhl (Meer KAT) rpffyhd rJu fpNyhkPllu
tupir fUtpAld izffggLk SKA 2020-
y nrayghlbwF tUkNghJ cyfpNyNa
kpfTk rfjp thaej thndhyp
njhiyNehffpahf nrayghlbypUfFk
(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
tpQQhdpfs tpfh] d[Pdid
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
nrawiffNfhs ntsplgPlL thfdjjpd
(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
mupaYu efujjpwF mUNf css
thuzthrpapy Gij capuggbt
mUqfhlrpafk jpwffgglTssJ
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
ejpa tptrhapfs cuf $lLwT epWtdk
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
nlyypapy tPLNjb tUk 100 tif muR
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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mnkupff mjpgu nlhdhyL lukg ua
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
lsquojhNuhfu gtdrsquo vdg ngauplgglLss
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
jdpegh tUtha ty
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
Rfhjhujjpwfhd rpejid - b[plly Rfhjhu
gugGiu
ejpa kUeJ cwgjjpahsufs rqfk
(OPPI) Think for Health vdw b[plly
Rfhjhug gugGiuia GJjpyypapy
eilngww jdJ tUlhejpu khehlby
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)
mdpy r`h]GNjTfF gzp ePlbgG
toqfpaJ muR
kjjpa fhgpndl epakdf FOgt ldquomfpy
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
tpahod Nfhspd Gjpa 12 epyTfs
tpahod Nfhspid RwWk Gjpa 12
epyTfis tpQQhdpfs fzLgpbjJssdh
jd yk tpahod Nfhspd nkhjj
epyTfspd vzzpfif 79 Mf
caheJssJ jd yk upa FLkgjjpy
mjpf epyTfs css Nfhshf tpahod
cssJ
266) Nelson Mandela International Day July 18
2018 marks the Centenary of the birth of Nelson
Mandela
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jpdkgt cyfk KOtJk
filgpbffggLfpwJ ej MzL mtupd
100-tJ gpwej jpdk nfhzlhlggLfpwJ
267) Rajpurrsquos Swami Vivekananda Airport has
been ranked first in Customer Satisfaction
among 49 airports in the country
ehlbYss 49 tpkhd epiyaqfspy
uhagg+hpd Rthkp tpNtfhdejh tpkhd
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)
rPnuhsp FWffPlLkhdp lthggiy Matfk)
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Matfjjpd flLkhdk kwWk
nrayghlbwfhf ejpa muR nfhsif
mstpyhd xgGjiy toqfpAssJ
mnkhpffhtpd LIGO MatfjJld izeJ
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
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)
ldquoKkig gqFrreijrdquo aqFk Kkigapy
css ldquogpNuh] [P[pgha flbljjpwF
ldquoKjjpiu rpddkrdquo ( trademark)
toqfgglLssJ
jd ykgt dp vejnthU epWtdKk
ej flbl Gifggljij Kiwahd
mDkjp dwp gadgLjj KbahJ
273) Central Government announces amnesty
for prisoners to mark Mahatma Gandhirsquos 150th
birth anniversary
kfhjkh fhejpapd 150-tJ gpwej jpdjij
KddplLgt rpiwf ifjpfSffhf ldquorpwgG
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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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
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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rhkgpadrpg Nghlbapy jqfk ntdw Kjy
ejpa ngz
gpdyheJ ehlbd lhkngu efupy eilngww
20 taJfF clglNlhUffhd cyf jlfs
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Jujij 5146 tpdhbfspy fleJ
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-20 gphptpy jqfk ntyYk Kjy ejpag
ngz vdw ngUikia `pkh jh]
ngwWsshh th m]]hk khepyjij
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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jzLtl mWitrpfprir rqfj jiytuhf
NjhT
rutNjr KJF jzLtl mWitrpfprir
epGzhfs rqf (VX]igd) jiytuhfgt
Nfhit fqfh kUjJt kidapd vYkG
KwpT kwWk KJF jzLtl
mWitrpfprir Jiw jiytu
NfhakGjJiu Nrhej lhflu
v]uh[Nrfud nghWgNgwfpwhu
ej rqfjJfF Mrpa fzljijr Nrhej
xUtu jiytuhf nghWgNgwgJ JNt
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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gllaf fzffhsu gapwrp
gllaf fzffhsu NjhTfF jahh nraAk
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
kjjpa isQh eyd kwWk tpisahlLj
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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itfFk mej]ijg ngww Kjy ejpa
gpuKfuhfp csshu
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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fhykhdhh
th ghfp]jhdpd rpeJ i`njuhghjjpy
Mf]l 2gt 1918 mdW gpwejhh irt
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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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15tJ guthrp ghujpa jpth] khehlbid
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khepy muRld izeJ ntspAwTjJiw
mikrrk KbT nraJssJ
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cUthfFtjpy ejpa tkrhtspapdupd
gqFrdquo
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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jgd vOjpAsshh
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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cyfpd Kjy Kggupahd X-fjpu tPrrpid
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cUthffggll Jfsfis fzfhzpfFk
(particle-detecting) njhopy Elgjjpidf
nfhzLssJ
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
Ruqfqfs kwWk jdpkqfSffhd 4tJ
Njrpaf $llk kjjpagpuNjrjjpd eJupy
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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Gifgglk vLff mDkjp
ejpa njhynghUs MaT Jiwapddhygt
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Fif kwWk Ny` muzkidia jtpw
midjJ epidTrrpddqfs kwWk
njhynghUsfis Gifgglk vLff mDkjp
mspffgglLssJ
221) India and China hold second maritime
security dialogue in Beijing China
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tJ flyrhu cwTfs NgrRthujij
rPdhtpd gP[pq efupy elejJ
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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uapy epiyaqfspy mofhf guhkupffggLk
rpwej uapy epiyaqfSfF tpUJfis
kjjpa muR toqfpaJ
kjjpa uapyNtapd gy`hh kwWk
rejpuhg+h uapy epiyaqfs Kjy lk
gpbjjJ
njddf uapyNtapd kJiu uapy epiyak
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
xb]h khepy muRgt mkkhepyjjpd
fyhrhukgt nkhopgt yffpaqfsgt gzila
epidTrpddqfsgt Nfhapyfs kwWk
njhyypay jsqfs Nghdwtwiw ghJfhff
Vjthf ldquoghukgupa fhgpdlrdquo vdw Jiwia
cUthffpAssJ
jd jiytuhf mkkhepy Kjytu etPd
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
NkwF uapyNtapd uh[fhl gpuptpy
KjyhtJ ulil mLfFss rufFf
nfhsfyd Nritia ejpa uapyNt
mwpKfggLjjpAssJ
ej ulil mLfFss rufFf nfhsfyd
gadghlbd ykgt mggpuptpd nryT
fzprkhff FiwffggLk
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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MNahf lsquoNjrpa Rfhjhu mLfFrsquo (NHS) vdw
gfpueJ nfhssggll b[plly Rfhjhu
fllikggpwfhd nrayjplljij
ntspaplLssJ
226) Former Pakistan Prime minister Nawaz
Sharif and his daughter Maryam who are
convicted for corruption were arrested
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mtuJ kfs kupaKk ifJ nraagglldh
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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ej Ewwhzbd kpf ePskhd rejpuf
fpufzk [Piy 27-28gt 2018 mdW eilngw
cssJ vd kjjpa Gtp mwptpay
mikrrfk mwptpjJssJ
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eilngWk vdj njhptpffgglLssJ
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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miogghsuhf tugt mnkupff mjpgu
nlhdhyl lukg mtufSfF ejpahtpd
rhugpy miogG tpLffgglLssJ Mdhy
mnkupff mjpgh tUifgt Jtiu cWjp
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
rkPgjjpy rutNjr gjjpupfifahd
vfhy[pffy vd[pdpaupq (Ecological
Engineering) ntspapll Matpd gb ePyfpup
tiuahlil mrRWjjpf nfhzbUggJ
gUtepiy khwwk vd $wpAssJ
gddhlL awifg ghJfhgGr rqfk
(IUCN) jdJ rptgG jfty Gjjfjjpy
ePyfpup tiuahil mUfptUk dqfspy
glbayplLssJ
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
2018 tpkgpsld ntwwpahshfs
ngzfs xwiwah - VQrypf
nfhgh (n[hkdp)
Mzfs xwiwah - Nehthf
N[hNfhtpr (nrhgpad)
Mzfs ulilau - ikf
guahd kwWk [hf rhf mnkupffhit
Nrhejthfs
ngzfs ulilau - ghuNghuh
fnu[rpNfhth kwWk fluPdh rpidNfhth
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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cjjug gpuNjrk kwWk gPfhu muRfspd
$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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kjjpa FbePu kwWk JgGuTj Jiw
mikrrfkgt GJ jpyypapy 2018 k Mzbd
]tr ruNtfd fpuhkPd vdw mwpfifia
ntspaplLssJ
nghJ lqfspd MaTgt Rjjjijg gwwpa
Fbkffspd ghuitgt mtufspd gupeJiufs
Mfpatwwpd mbggilapy khepyqfisAk
khtllqfisAk jutupirggLjJtNj ej
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-
operation (BIMSTEC) khehL Mf]l 30 Kjy
31 tiu Neghsjjpd fhjkhzL efupy
eilngWk vd mwptpffgglLssJ
gpk]nlf mikggpwF jwNghJ jiyik
tfpfFk ehL Neghsk MFk jd
jiyikafk lhffhtpy cssJ
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
gapwrpgglliw (16th Workshop on Greenhouse
Gas Inventories in Asia) epforrpgt GJ
jpyypapy kjjpa mikrru `utujd
mthfshy Jtffp itffggllJ
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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iftpidgnghUlfs fzfhlrp
ejpahtpd Kjy cNyhf iftpidg
nghUlfs fzfhlrpgt [kK fhkPu
khepyjjpd Ny khtlljjpd rpyyq
fpuhkjjpy eilngwwJ
ylhf gFjpapy gpurpjjp ngww cNyhf
iftpidg nghUlfs fiyia ghJfhff
ej fzfhlrp VwghL nraagglbUejJ
236) Kochi Metro Rail Limited opened Indiarsquos
first exquisite air-conditioned bed space
dormitor
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rhugpy ejpahtpd Kjy Fspurhjdg
gLfif trjp nghJ jqFkplk
JtffgglLssJ
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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jpwdfs jpdkhf mDrupffggLfpwJ 2014
Mk MzL Ieh nghJ mitapy [Piy
15I cyf isQhfspd jpdkhf
mDrupffj jPhkhdk epiwNtwwggllJ
238) India became Vice-Chair on regional head
of Asia pacific Region of the World Customs
Organisation (WCO)
cyf சுஙக mikggpd (WCO) Mrpa grpgpf
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
Ieh ghJfhgG mitapd jPhkhdk 2428
njwF lhdpy ஆயுத thzpgjjil tpjpffgt
Ieh ghJfhgG mitahdJ jPhkhdk 2428
epiwNtwwpAssJ ej eltbfif
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)
ejpahtpy 4363 Ngu ejpia
jhankhopahf nfhzLssdu
2011 kffs njhif fzfnfLggpdgb
ejpahtpy mjpfk NgrggLk nkhopahf
ejp nkhop cssJ ehlby 4363 Ngh
jqfs jhankhopahf ejpia VwWf
nfhzbUffpwhhfs
ejpahtpy mlltizggLjjggll 22
nkhopfspy rk]fpUj nkhopahdJ
Fiwthd kffs NgRk nkhopahFk
rk]fpUj nkhopia 24gt821 Ngh jqfs
jhankhopahf nfhzLssdh
2011 kffs njhif fzfnfLggpdgb
mjpfk kffs NgRk Kjy IeJ nkhopfs
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
ejpahtpy goqfhy FWfpa uapy ghij
1862 Mk MzL Kjy nrayghlLfF tej
33 fpNyh kPllu njhiyT nfhzl
ejpahtpd Kjy FWfpa uapy ghijahd
F[uhjjpy css jNgha-kpahfk uapy
ghij epuejukhf lggl UffpwJ ej
uapy ghij tpiutpy mfy uapy
ghijahf khwwggl UffpwJ
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
rPdhtpd tqfpfF ejpah mDkjp
rPd murhqfjjpDila fld mspfFk
kpfgngupa ehdF tqfpfspy xdwhd Ngqf
Mg rPdh tqfpahdJ ejpahtpy jdJ
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
jkpoehlby jdpahh gyfiyffofqfs
rpt ehlhu gyfiyffofk kwWk rha
gyfiyffofk Mfpa uzL
gyfiyffofqfis mikfFk kNrhjhit
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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epWtdqfs rllk 2013rsquoI kPshaT nraa
FO
epWtdqfs rllk 2013rsquod (companies Act
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
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
nkluh] kpa+rpf mfhlkp tpUJfs 2018
nkluh] kpa+rpf mflhkpapd rqfPj fyhepjp
tpUJgt gpugy fudhlf thaghlLf fiyQh
mUzh rhauhKfF toqfggLfpwJ
rqfPj fyhrhuah tpUJfsgt kpUjqf
fiyQh jQrht+u Muuhkjh]fFkgt
thagghlLf fiyQh lhflu NfXkzf
FlbfFk toqfggLk
tPizf fiyQh fyahzp fNzrDfFk
ehj]tu tpjthd v]Mu[p
uh[zzhTfFk bbNf tpUJfs
toqfggLk
kpa+rpffhy[p]l tpUJgt gpukPsh
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
fhkuh[u gpwej jpdkhd [Piy 15-k
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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ghfp]jhd gqNfwG
hqfha xjJiogG mikggpd (v]rpX)
jPtputhj vjphgG gapwrp tUk Mf]l 20-k
Njjp Kjy 29-k Njjp tiu uahtpd
nryahgpd]f efupy eilngw cssJ
ej jPtputhj vjphgG $lL gapwrpapy
ejpahTk ghfp]jhDk kww cWgG
ehLfsshd rPdhgt uahgt f[f]jhdgt
fpufp]jhdgt j[pfp]jhd kwWk
c]ngfp]jhd MfpatwWld izeJ
ej gapwrpapy ltLgLfpdwd
RjejpujJfFg gpwF U ehLfSk
izeJ $lLg gapwrpapy gqNfwgJ
JNt KjyKiwahFk
ejpahtpd juggpy uhZtk kwWk tpkhdg
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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njhliu ntdwJ gpuhd]
uahtpd kh]Nfhtpy css Y]dpffp
ikjhdjjpy 1572018mdW eilngww 21-
tJ gpgh cyff Nfhgig fhygeJ
njhlhpd lsquoWjp Mlljjpy FNuhpah
mzpia 4-2 vdw Nfhy fzffpy tPojjp
gpuhd] mzp rhkgpad gllk ntdwJ
gpuhd] mzp rhkgpad gllk ntytJ J
2-tJ KiwahFk mej mzp 1998-k MzL
gllk ntdwpUejJ FNuhpah mzp Kjd
Kiwahf Wjp nghlbfF KdNdwpaJ
Fiwej jutupiria cila mzp xdW
Wjp NghlbfF KdNdwpaJ vdw
ngUikia milejJ FNuhpah gpuhd]
kwWk FNuhpah INuhggh fzljij
NrhejJ
21-tJ gpgh cyf Nfhgigapd Kjy 4
mzpfs (i) gpuhd] (ii) FNuhpah (iii)
ngy[pak (iv) qfpyheJ
2018-k MzL cyff Nfhgigffhd gpgh
tpUjfs
rpwej tPuh - jqf fhygeJ
Yfh Nkhlupr (FNuhpah)
mjpf Nfhy mbjjth - jqf fhyzp
`hupNfd (qfpyheJ)
rpwej Nfhy fPggu - jqf ifAiw
NfhulLth (ngy[pak)
rpwej sk tPuh - fpspahd ghgNg
(gpuhd])
Ngu gpNs ]ngapd
Mllehafd tpUJ (Wjp Nghlb)
Mdwahd fPuP]khd
gpuhd] mzpapd Nfgld `pa+Nfh nyhup]
250) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar
inaugurated Goa IT Day celebrations in Panaji
Nfhth Kjyikrru kNfhfu ghupffu ldquoNfhth
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
mnkhpffh ntspNawpa gpd 47 cyf
ehLfis cWggpdhfshff nfhzl Ieh
kdpj chpikfs Mizajjpy fhypahf
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
gpugQrjjpid gwwpa Gjphfis mfww
cjTk Gjpa 64-b kPufhl (64-dish Meer
KAT) vDk thndhyp njhiyNehffpapid
njd Mggpupffh ntspaplLssJ
kPufhl (Meer KAT) rpffyhd rJu fpNyhkPllu
tupir fUtpAld izffggLk SKA 2020-
y nrayghlbwF tUkNghJ cyfpNyNa
kpfTk rfjp thaej thndhyp
njhiyNehffpahf nrayghlbypUfFk
(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
tpQQhdpfs tpfh] d[Pdid
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
nrawiffNfhs ntsplgPlL thfdjjpd
(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
cyf ruffiu cwgjjpgt mjpf gjpT
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
Gij capupggbt mUqfhlrpafk
mupaYupy
mupaYu efujjpwF mUNf css
thuzthrpapy Gij capuggbt
mUqfhlrpafk jpwffgglTssJ
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
ejpa tptrhapfs cuf $lLwT epWtdk
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
nlyypapy tPLNjb tUk 100 tif muR
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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mnkupff mjpgu nlhdhyL lukg ua
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
ejpa njhynghUs MaTjJiwfF Gjpa
jiyikf flblk
lsquojhNuhfu gtdrsquo vdg ngauplgglLss
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
jdpegh tUtha ty
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
Rfhjhujjpwfhd rpejid - b[plly Rfhjhu
gugGiu
ejpa kUeJ cwgjjpahsufs rqfk
(OPPI) Think for Health vdw b[plly
Rfhjhug gugGiuia GJjpyypapy
eilngww jdJ tUlhejpu khehlby
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)
mdpy r`h]GNjTfF gzp ePlbgG
toqfpaJ muR
kjjpa fhgpndl epakdf FOgt ldquomfpy
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
tpahod Nfhspd Gjpa 12 epyTfs
tpahod Nfhspid RwWk Gjpa 12
epyTfis tpQQhdpfs fzLgpbjJssdh
jd yk tpahod Nfhspd nkhjj
epyTfspd vzzpfif 79 Mf
caheJssJ jd yk upa FLkgjjpy
mjpf epyTfs css Nfhshf tpahod
cssJ
266) Nelson Mandela International Day July 18
2018 marks the Centenary of the birth of Nelson
Mandela
[Piy 18k Njjpgt neyrd kzNlyh rhtNjr
jpdkgt cyfk KOtJk
filgpbffggLfpwJ ej MzL mtupd
100-tJ gpwej jpdk nfhzlhlggLfpwJ
267) Rajpurrsquos Swami Vivekananda Airport has
been ranked first in Customer Satisfaction
among 49 airports in the country
ehlbYss 49 tpkhd epiyaqfspy
uhagg+hpd Rthkp tpNtfhdejh tpkhd
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
kfhuhbuhtpy LIGO- ejpa Matfk
kfhuhbuh khepyjjpd `pqNfhyp
khtlljjpygt LIGO- ejpah (Laser
Interferometer Gravitational wave observatory)
rPnuhsp FWffPlLkhdp lthggiy Matfk)
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Matfjjpd flLkhdk kwWk
nrayghlbwfhf ejpa muR nfhsif
mstpyhd xgGjiy toqfpAssJ
mnkhpffhtpd LIGO MatfjJld izeJ
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
ldquogplr gpshfrdquo Nghu gapwrp
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
gpv]rp flbljJfF Kjjpiu rpddk
(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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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
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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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nfhzLssJ
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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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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rPdhtpd gP[pq efupy elejJ
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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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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fzprkhff FiwffggLk
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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MNahf lsquoNjrpa Rfhjhu mLfFrsquo (NHS) vdw
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fllikggpwfhd nrayjplljij
ntspaplLssJ
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
2018 tpkgpsld ntwwpahshfs
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Nrhejthfs
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fnu[rpNfhth kwWk fluPdh rpidNfhth
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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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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Mfpatwwpd mbggilapy khepyqfisAk
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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-
operation (BIMSTEC) khehL Mf]l 30 Kjy
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jiyikafk lhffhtpy cssJ
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
gapwrpgglliw (16th Workshop on Greenhouse
Gas Inventories in Asia) epforrpgt GJ
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mthfshy Jtffp itffggllJ
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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fpuhkjjpy eilngwwJ
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iftpidg nghUlfs fiyia ghJfhff
ej fzfhlrp VwghL nraagglbUejJ
236) Kochi Metro Rail Limited opened Indiarsquos
first exquisite air-conditioned bed space
dormitor
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rhugpy ejpahtpd Kjy Fspurhjdg
gLfif trjp nghJ jqFkplk
JtffgglLssJ
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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jpwdfs jpdkhf mDrupffggLfpwJ 2014
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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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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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
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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
ghij epuejukhf lggl UffpwJ ej
uapy ghij tpiutpy mfy uapy
ghijahf khwwggl UffpwJ
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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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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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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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
nkluh] kpa+rpf mfhlkp tpUJfs 2018
nkluh] kpa+rpf mflhkpapd rqfPj fyhepjp
tpUJgt gpugy fudhlf thaghlLf fiyQh
mUzh rhauhKfF toqfggLfpwJ
rqfPj fyhrhuah tpUJfsgt kpUjqf
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toqfggLk
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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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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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tpisahlbwfhd khepyjjpd tpskguj
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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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cjTk Gjpa 64-b kPufhl (64-dish Meer
KAT) vDk thndhyp njhiyNehffpapid
njd Mggpupffh ntspaplLssJ
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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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(OPPI) Think for Health vdw b[plly
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MukgpjJssJ
Think for Health vdw Kawrp njYqfhdh
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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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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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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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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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gpshfrdquo epforrpapy ejpa tpkhdggilAk
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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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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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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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ntspggiljjdikia toqFtjwfhfgt
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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mDkjpaspffggll mrhk kejpu Ntlil
(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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2018 eghhL tpUJ toqfggllJ
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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clfllikgG kwWk RwWyh gazpfSfF
VJthd trjpfis juk cahjJjYfF
ejpa njhyypay fzfnfLgGj Jiw
(Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)
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gpufjP]tuu Myakgt rpjjddthry
Fiffsgt NtYh Nfhlilgt tu Myak
nfhLkgYh Mfpad vO rpddqfs
mlqFk
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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ejpahtpd Kawrpahy Mukgpffggll
upa rfjp $llzpapd (International Solar
Alliance) fllikgG xggejjjpy
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cssJ jd jiyikafk `hpahdh
khepyk FUfpuhkpy css Fthy g`hp
fpuhkjjpy mikeJssJ
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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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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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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Mgfhdpa sk $ilggejhll tPuhqfid
rkpuh m]fhpgt rhtNjr xypkgpf FOtpd
(IOC) cWggpduhf epakpffgglLsshh
ngzZhpikia cahjJk xU
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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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buhty amp nyaru]pd cyfpd rpwej
efuqfspd mwpfifapdgbgt cjagg+h efuk
3-tJ lkgt nkfrpNfhitr Nruej rhd
ikFNay b mnydNl kwWk xrfh Mfpa
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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GJjpyypapy kjjpa ntspAwtjJiw
mikrru Rkh Rtuh[pdhy njhlqfp
itffggllJ- ggjpggpd fUjJU
ldquoejpah-Mrpahd flytopf $lLwtpid
tYggLjJjyrdquo
ejpah kwWk njdfpofF Mrpa ehLfs
rig Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) MfpatwwpwfpilNaahd murpay
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njhlhGfis tpthjpggjwfhd Kjdikahd
tUlhejpu epfoT ej nlyyp
NgrRthujij MFk
288) Central Oil PSUs has signed joint Venture
Pact
In a major initiative to connect all the North-
East States to the National Gas grid the 5
Central oil PSUs -IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL and
NRL have signed a joint venture agreement for
executing the North-East Natural Gas Pipeline
Grid (N-ENGPG) in Guwahati
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$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
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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khzth fhtwgilj jplljij kjjpa
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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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yzlid cyfpd rpwej eleJ nrytjwF
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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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
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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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
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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kjjpa gpuNjr khepyjij Nrhej Njzh
n[apd 2018-ffhd lsquokp] Mrpahrsquo thf (fhJ
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
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
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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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FbkffSfF xUqfpizej Nritfis
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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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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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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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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
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
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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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itjJsshu
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cjjug gpuNjrk kwWk gPfhu muRfspd
$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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kjjpa FbePu kwWk JgGuTj Jiw
mikrrfkgt GJ jpyypapy 2018 k Mzbd
]tr ruNtfd fpuhkPd vdw mwpfifia
ntspaplLssJ
nghJ lqfspd MaTgt Rjjjijg gwwpa
Fbkffspd ghuitgt mtufspd gupeJiufs
Mfpatwwpd mbggilapy khepyqfisAk
khtllqfisAk jutupirggLjJtNj ej
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-
operation (BIMSTEC) khehL Mf]l 30 Kjy
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eilngWk vd mwptpffgglLssJ
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tfpfFk ehL Neghsk MFk jd
jiyikafk lhffhtpy cssJ
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
gapwrpgglliw (16th Workshop on Greenhouse
Gas Inventories in Asia) epforrpgt GJ
jpyypapy kjjpa mikrru `utujd
mthfshy Jtffp itffggllJ
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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fpuhkjjpy eilngwwJ
ylhf gFjpapy gpurpjjp ngww cNyhf
iftpidg nghUlfs fiyia ghJfhff
ej fzfhlrp VwghL nraagglbUejJ
236) Kochi Metro Rail Limited opened Indiarsquos
first exquisite air-conditioned bed space
dormitor
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rhugpy ejpahtpd Kjy Fspurhjdg
gLfif trjp nghJ jqFkplk
JtffgglLssJ
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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jpwdfs jpdkhf mDrupffggLfpwJ 2014
Mk MzL Ieh nghJ mitapy [Piy
15I cyf isQhfspd jpdkhf
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
epiwNtwwpAssJ ej eltbfif
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
ejp nkhop cssJ ehlby 4363 Ngh
jqfs jhankhopahf ejpia VwWf
nfhzbUffpwhhfs
ejpahtpy mlltizggLjjggll 22
nkhopfspy rk]fpUj nkhopahdJ
Fiwthd kffs NgRk nkhopahFk
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jhankhopahf nfhzLssdh
2011 kffs njhif fzfnfLggpdgb
mjpfk kffs NgRk Kjy IeJ nkhopfs
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
ejpahtpd Kjy FWfpa uapy ghijahd
F[uhjjpy css jNgha-kpahfk uapy
ghij epuejukhf lggl UffpwJ ej
uapy ghij tpiutpy mfy uapy
ghijahf khwwggl UffpwJ
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
Mg rPdh tqfpahdJ ejpahtpy jdJ
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
gyfiyffofqfis mikfFk kNrhjhit
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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epWtdqfs rllk 2013rsquoI kPshaT nraa
FO
epWtdqfs rllk 2013rsquod (companies Act
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
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
nkluh] kpa+rpf mfhlkp tpUJfs 2018
nkluh] kpa+rpf mflhkpapd rqfPj fyhepjp
tpUJgt gpugy fudhlf thaghlLf fiyQh
mUzh rhauhKfF toqfggLfpwJ
rqfPj fyhrhuah tpUJfsgt kpUjqf
fiyQh jQrht+u Muuhkjh]fFkgt
thagghlLf fiyQh lhflu NfXkzf
FlbfFk toqfggLk
tPizf fiyQh fyahzp fNzrDfFk
ehj]tu tpjthd v]Mu[p
uh[zzhTfFk bbNf tpUJfs
toqfggLk
kpa+rpffhy[p]l tpUJgt gpukPsh
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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ghfp]jhd gqNfwG
hqfha xjJiogG mikggpd (v]rpX)
jPtputhj vjphgG gapwrp tUk Mf]l 20-k
Njjp Kjy 29-k Njjp tiu uahtpd
nryahgpd]f efupy eilngw cssJ
ej jPtputhj vjphgG $lL gapwrpapy
ejpahTk ghfp]jhDk kww cWgG
ehLfsshd rPdhgt uahgt f[f]jhdgt
fpufp]jhdgt j[pfp]jhd kwWk
c]ngfp]jhd MfpatwWld izeJ
ej gapwrpapy ltLgLfpdwd
RjejpujJfFg gpwF U ehLfSk
izeJ $lLg gapwrpapy gqNfwgJ
JNt KjyKiwahFk
ejpahtpd juggpy uhZtk kwWk tpkhdg
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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njhliu ntdwJ gpuhd]
uahtpd kh]Nfhtpy css Y]dpffp
ikjhdjjpy 1572018mdW eilngww 21-
tJ gpgh cyff Nfhgig fhygeJ
njhlhpd lsquoWjp Mlljjpy FNuhpah
mzpia 4-2 vdw Nfhy fzffpy tPojjp
gpuhd] mzp rhkgpad gllk ntdwJ
gpuhd] mzp rhkgpad gllk ntytJ J
2-tJ KiwahFk mej mzp 1998-k MzL
gllk ntdwpUejJ FNuhpah mzp Kjd
Kiwahf Wjp nghlbfF KdNdwpaJ
Fiwej jutupiria cila mzp xdW
Wjp NghlbfF KdNdwpaJ vdw
ngUikia milejJ FNuhpah gpuhd]
kwWk FNuhpah INuhggh fzljij
NrhejJ
21-tJ gpgh cyf Nfhgigapd Kjy 4
mzpfs (i) gpuhd] (ii) FNuhpah (iii)
ngy[pak (iv) qfpyheJ
2018-k MzL cyff Nfhgigffhd gpgh
tpUjfs
rpwej tPuh - jqf fhygeJ
Yfh Nkhlupr (FNuhpah)
mjpf Nfhy mbjjth - jqf fhyzp
`hupNfd (qfpyheJ)
rpwej Nfhy fPggu - jqf ifAiw
NfhulLth (ngy[pak)
rpwej sk tPuh - fpspahd ghgNg
(gpuhd])
Ngu gpNs ]ngapd
Mllehafd tpUJ (Wjp Nghlb)
Mdwahd fPuP]khd
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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ehLfis cWggpdhfshff nfhzl Ieh
kdpj chpikfs Mizajjpy fhypahf
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
gpugQrjjpid gwwpa Gjphfis mfww
cjTk Gjpa 64-b kPufhl (64-dish Meer
KAT) vDk thndhyp njhiyNehffpapid
njd Mggpupffh ntspaplLssJ
kPufhl (Meer KAT) rpffyhd rJu fpNyhkPllu
tupir fUtpAld izffggLk SKA 2020-
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kpfTk rfjp thaej thndhyp
njhiyNehffpahf nrayghlbypUfFk
(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
nrawiffNfhs ntsplgPlL thfdjjpd
(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
mupaYu efujjpwF mUNf css
thuzthrpapy Gij capuggbt
mUqfhlrpafk jpwffgglTssJ
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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mnkupff mjpgu nlhdhyL lukg ua
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
lsquojhNuhfu gtdrsquo vdg ngauplgglLss
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
Rfhjhug gugGiuia GJjpyypapy
eilngww jdJ tUlhejpu khehlby
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
kjjpa fhgpndl epakdf FOgt ldquomfpy
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
caheJssJ jd yk upa FLkgjjpy
mjpf epyTfs css Nfhshf tpahod
cssJ
266) Nelson Mandela International Day July 18
2018 marks the Centenary of the birth of Nelson
Mandela
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jpdkgt cyfk KOtJk
filgpbffggLfpwJ ej MzL mtupd
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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uhagg+hpd Rthkp tpNtfhdejh tpkhd
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
mnkhpffhtpd LIGO MatfjJld izeJ
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
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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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(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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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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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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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
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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
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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epWtdqfs rllk 2013rsquoI kPshaT nraa
FO
epWtdqfs rllk 2013rsquod (companies Act
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
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
nkluh] kpa+rpf mfhlkp tpUJfs 2018
nkluh] kpa+rpf mflhkpapd rqfPj fyhepjp
tpUJgt gpugy fudhlf thaghlLf fiyQh
mUzh rhauhKfF toqfggLfpwJ
rqfPj fyhrhuah tpUJfsgt kpUjqf
fiyQh jQrht+u Muuhkjh]fFkgt
thagghlLf fiyQh lhflu NfXkzf
FlbfFk toqfggLk
tPizf fiyQh fyahzp fNzrDfFk
ehj]tu tpjthd v]Mu[p
uh[zzhTfFk bbNf tpUJfs
toqfggLk
kpa+rpffhy[p]l tpUJgt gpukPsh
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
fhkuh[u gpwej jpdkhd [Piy 15-k
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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ghfp]jhd gqNfwG
hqfha xjJiogG mikggpd (v]rpX)
jPtputhj vjphgG gapwrp tUk Mf]l 20-k
Njjp Kjy 29-k Njjp tiu uahtpd
nryahgpd]f efupy eilngw cssJ
ej jPtputhj vjphgG $lL gapwrpapy
ejpahTk ghfp]jhDk kww cWgG
ehLfsshd rPdhgt uahgt f[f]jhdgt
fpufp]jhdgt j[pfp]jhd kwWk
c]ngfp]jhd MfpatwWld izeJ
ej gapwrpapy ltLgLfpdwd
RjejpujJfFg gpwF U ehLfSk
izeJ $lLg gapwrpapy gqNfwgJ
JNt KjyKiwahFk
ejpahtpd juggpy uhZtk kwWk tpkhdg
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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njhliu ntdwJ gpuhd]
uahtpd kh]Nfhtpy css Y]dpffp
ikjhdjjpy 1572018mdW eilngww 21-
tJ gpgh cyff Nfhgig fhygeJ
njhlhpd lsquoWjp Mlljjpy FNuhpah
mzpia 4-2 vdw Nfhy fzffpy tPojjp
gpuhd] mzp rhkgpad gllk ntdwJ
gpuhd] mzp rhkgpad gllk ntytJ J
2-tJ KiwahFk mej mzp 1998-k MzL
gllk ntdwpUejJ FNuhpah mzp Kjd
Kiwahf Wjp nghlbfF KdNdwpaJ
Fiwej jutupiria cila mzp xdW
Wjp NghlbfF KdNdwpaJ vdw
ngUikia milejJ FNuhpah gpuhd]
kwWk FNuhpah INuhggh fzljij
NrhejJ
21-tJ gpgh cyf Nfhgigapd Kjy 4
mzpfs (i) gpuhd] (ii) FNuhpah (iii)
ngy[pak (iv) qfpyheJ
2018-k MzL cyff Nfhgigffhd gpgh
tpUjfs
rpwej tPuh - jqf fhygeJ
Yfh Nkhlupr (FNuhpah)
mjpf Nfhy mbjjth - jqf fhyzp
`hupNfd (qfpyheJ)
rpwej Nfhy fPggu - jqf ifAiw
NfhulLth (ngy[pak)
rpwej sk tPuh - fpspahd ghgNg
(gpuhd])
Ngu gpNs ]ngapd
Mllehafd tpUJ (Wjp Nghlb)
Mdwahd fPuP]khd
gpuhd] mzpapd Nfgld `pa+Nfh nyhup]
250) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar
inaugurated Goa IT Day celebrations in Panaji
Nfhth Kjyikrru kNfhfu ghupffu ldquoNfhth
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
mnkhpffh ntspNawpa gpd 47 cyf
ehLfis cWggpdhfshff nfhzl Ieh
kdpj chpikfs Mizajjpy fhypahf
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
gpugQrjjpid gwwpa Gjphfis mfww
cjTk Gjpa 64-b kPufhl (64-dish Meer
KAT) vDk thndhyp njhiyNehffpapid
njd Mggpupffh ntspaplLssJ
kPufhl (Meer KAT) rpffyhd rJu fpNyhkPllu
tupir fUtpAld izffggLk SKA 2020-
y nrayghlbwF tUkNghJ cyfpNyNa
kpfTk rfjp thaej thndhyp
njhiyNehffpahf nrayghlbypUfFk
(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
tpQQhdpfs tpfh] d[Pdid
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
nrawiffNfhs ntsplgPlL thfdjjpd
(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
cyf ruffiu cwgjjpgt mjpf gjpT
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
Gij capupggbt mUqfhlrpafk
mupaYupy
mupaYu efujjpwF mUNf css
thuzthrpapy Gij capuggbt
mUqfhlrpafk jpwffgglTssJ
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
jdJ Foeijapd gpwgig gjpT
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
ejpa tptrhapfs cuf $lLwT epWtdk
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
nlyypapy tPLNjb tUk 100 tif muR
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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mnkupff mjpgu nlhdhyL lukg ua
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
lsquojhNuhfu gtdrsquo vdg ngauplgglLss
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
jdpegh tUtha ty
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
Rfhjhujjpwfhd rpejid - b[plly Rfhjhu
gugGiu
ejpa kUeJ cwgjjpahsufs rqfk
(OPPI) Think for Health vdw b[plly
Rfhjhug gugGiuia GJjpyypapy
eilngww jdJ tUlhejpu khehlby
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)
mdpy r`h]GNjTfF gzp ePlbgG
toqfpaJ muR
kjjpa fhgpndl epakdf FOgt ldquomfpy
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
tpahod Nfhspd Gjpa 12 epyTfs
tpahod Nfhspid RwWk Gjpa 12
epyTfis tpQQhdpfs fzLgpbjJssdh
jd yk tpahod Nfhspd nkhjj
epyTfspd vzzpfif 79 Mf
caheJssJ jd yk upa FLkgjjpy
mjpf epyTfs css Nfhshf tpahod
cssJ
266) Nelson Mandela International Day July 18
2018 marks the Centenary of the birth of Nelson
Mandela
[Piy 18k Njjpgt neyrd kzNlyh rhtNjr
jpdkgt cyfk KOtJk
filgpbffggLfpwJ ej MzL mtupd
100-tJ gpwej jpdk nfhzlhlggLfpwJ
267) Rajpurrsquos Swami Vivekananda Airport has
been ranked first in Customer Satisfaction
among 49 airports in the country
ehlbYss 49 tpkhd epiyaqfspy
uhagg+hpd Rthkp tpNtfhdejh tpkhd
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
kfhuhbuhtpy LIGO- ejpa Matfk
kfhuhbuh khepyjjpd `pqNfhyp
khtlljjpygt LIGO- ejpah (Laser
Interferometer Gravitational wave observatory)
rPnuhsp FWffPlLkhdp lthggiy Matfk)
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Matfjjpd flLkhdk kwWk
nrayghlbwfhf ejpa muR nfhsif
mstpyhd xgGjiy toqfpAssJ
mnkhpffhtpd LIGO MatfjJld izeJ
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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cjjufhzlgt cjjuggpuNjrkgt gPfhhgt
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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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(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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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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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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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
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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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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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NkwnfhzLsshu
UthzlhtpwF tp[ak nraj Kjy ejpa
gpujku eNuejpu Nkhb Mthh Uthzlh
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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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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
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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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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kwWk kww Cutd njhluGila dqfs
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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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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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rhdwpjo Nritfs
XlLeu cupkkgt rhjp rhdwpjofs clgl 100
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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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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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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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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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(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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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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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
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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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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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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KddplLgt rpiwf ifjpfSffhf ldquorpwgG
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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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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ntspggiljjdikia toqFtjwfhfgt
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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mDkjpaspffggll mrhk kejpu Ntlil
(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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mjpfstpy kfsph Ra cjtpfFOffSfF
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2018 eghhL tpUJ toqfggllJ
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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clfllikgG kwWk RwWyh gazpfSfF
VJthd trjpfis juk cahjJjYfF
ejpa njhyypay fzfnfLgGj Jiw
(Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)
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gpufjP]tuu Myakgt rpjjddthry
Fiffsgt NtYh Nfhlilgt tu Myak
nfhLkgYh Mfpad vO rpddqfs
mlqFk
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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ejpahtpd Kawrpahy Mukgpffggll
upa rfjp $llzpapd (International Solar
Alliance) fllikgG xggejjjpy
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cssJ jd jiyikafk `hpahdh
khepyk FUfpuhkpy css Fthy g`hp
fpuhkjjpy mikeJssJ
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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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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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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Mgfhdpa sk $ilggejhll tPuhqfid
rkpuh m]fhpgt rhtNjr xypkgpf FOtpd
(IOC) cWggpduhf epakpffgglLsshh
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eltbfifahf mttikgpd 9
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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buhty amp nyaru]pd cyfpd rpwej
efuqfspd mwpfifapdgbgt cjagg+h efuk
3-tJ lkgt nkfrpNfhitr Nruej rhd
ikFNay b mnydNl kwWk xrfh Mfpa
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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nlyyp NgrRthujij 10tJ gjpgG
GJjpyypapy kjjpa ntspAwtjJiw
mikrru Rkh Rtuh[pdhy njhlqfp
itffggllJ- ggjpggpd fUjJU
ldquoejpah-Mrpahd flytopf $lLwtpid
tYggLjJjyrdquo
ejpah kwWk njdfpofF Mrpa ehLfs
rig Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) MfpatwwpwfpilNaahd murpay
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njhlhGfis tpthjpggjwfhd Kjdikahd
tUlhejpu epfoT ej nlyyp
NgrRthujij MFk
288) Central Oil PSUs has signed joint Venture
Pact
In a major initiative to connect all the North-
East States to the National Gas grid the 5
Central oil PSUs -IOCL ONGC GAIL OIL and
NRL have signed a joint venture agreement for
executing the North-East Natural Gas Pipeline
Grid (N-ENGPG) in Guwahati
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$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
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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ejp nkhopapy RwWroy khRgghL kwWk
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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khzth fhtwgilj jplljij kjjpa
csJiw mikrru uh[ehj rpq ehnlqFk
njhlqfpitjjhh fhtwJiwfFkgt
rKjhajjpwFk ilNa ejj jpllk
ghykhf mikAk vd vjphghhffggLfpwJgt
jjplljjpdgb gsspfspYkgt gsspfF
ntspNaAk tFgGfs eljjp mjd yk
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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yzlid cyfpd rpwej eleJ nrytjwF
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
jggpNahLk nghUshjhu Fwwthspfis
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
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
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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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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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thfdj jpUlLfisg gwwp mwptjwF
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
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
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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
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
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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
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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Matfjjpd flLkhdk kwWk
nrayghlbwfhf ejpa muR nfhsif
mstpyhd xgGjiy toqfpAssJ
mnkhpffhtpd LIGO MatfjJld izeJ
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
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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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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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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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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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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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
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
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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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(UK) tpzntsp epWtdkgt ]fhlyhejpd
tlfFf flwfiuapd Vkhad jPgfwgjjpy
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
Mrpa ghlkpzld இளயயாருககான
யொடடியில லகஷயா nrd jqfk ntdwhh
eNjhNdpahtpd [hfhjjhtpy eilngww
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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Mgfhdpa sk $ilggejhll tPuhqfid
rkpuh m]fhpgt rhtNjr xypkgpf FOtpd
(IOC) cWggpduhf epakpffgglLsshh
ngzZhpikia cahjJk xU
eltbfifahf mttikgpd 9
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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buhty amp nyaru]pd cyfpd rpwej
efuqfspd mwpfifapdgbgt cjagg+h efuk
3-tJ lkgt nkfrpNfhitr Nruej rhd
ikFNay b mnydNl kwWk xrfh Mfpa
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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GJjpyypapy kjjpa ntspAwtjJiw
mikrru Rkh Rtuh[pdhy njhlqfp
itffggllJ- ggjpggpd fUjJU
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tYggLjJjyrdquo
ejpah kwWk njdfpofF Mrpa ehLfs
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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khzth fhtwgilj jplljij kjjpa
csJiw mikrru uh[ehj rpq ehnlqFk
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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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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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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
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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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
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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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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
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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
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
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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
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khepyqfspd glbaypy Kjypljjpy Nfush
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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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FbkffSfF xUqfpizej Nritfis
toqFtjwfhf Mejpu khepy muR e-gpufjp
Kjdik jsjij (e -Pragati Core initiativersquo)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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thfdj jpUlLfisg gwwp mwptjwF
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
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
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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
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 njhlff tpoh =yqfhtpd
[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
gNj ghuj - gNl ghuj
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
ePjpgjp jh`puh rgjhh gYhrp]jhd
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