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5) International Affairs
6) Science and Technology
7) Sports
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9) Important days observed in July
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Current Affairs July 2015
AWARDS AND HONOURS – INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Name of the Award Award Winner Key Points to Note UN Public Service Award Nadia District in West Bengal Award was given for
eliminating Open Defecation. GD Birla Award Professor Sanjeev Galande Given for his pioneering
research in the field of epigenetics and molecular cell biology.
World Food Prize 2015 Sir Fazle Hasan Abed of Bangladesh
Given for his role in developing the largest non-governmental organization (BRAC) to tackle food insecurity and poverty around the world.
Presidential Award for Excellence
Darshan Jain One among the 108 Mathematics and Science teachers of United States.
World Agriculture Prize R Paul Singh For his research in areas such as energy conservation, freezing preservation, post-harvest technology and mass transfer in food processing.
Great Immigrants : The Pride of America
1. Preet Bharara2. Rakesh Khurana3. Madhulika Sikka4. Abraham Verghese
They are among 38 personalities. Given by Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Guinness Record Madhya Pradesh Recognised Madhya Pradesh’s record in hand washing on ‘World Hand washing Day’. A total of 12,76,425 students created a new world record by washing their hands simultaneously.
The Royal Society Kamal Bawa Given for his huge contributions in the area of conservation science.
Best Original Screenplay Award
Buddha in Traffic Jam Given at the Madrid Film Festival
Miss USA Olivia Jordan She is also Miss Oklahoma Named in the World’s top 100 “effective and talented” people.
Biocon CMD Kiran Mazumdar
Given by US-based ‘Scientific American’ magazine.
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Name of the Award Award Winner Key Points to Note France’s Commandeur de la Lgion dHonneur
Artist Sayed Haider Raza Given for his peerless achievements in transcending all boundaries
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Award
Professor Mini Shaji Thomas Given for her educational career.
Golden Peacock environment management award
Krishnapatnam Port in Andhra Pradesh
Given for its achievements and initiatives in the field of environment.
Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold Award 2015
Kerala Tourism Given for its Muziris Heritage Project in the ‘Heritage & Culture’ category.
International Tennis Hall of Fame
Amelie Mauresmo She was a former Tennis player from France.
Champions of Change Award Sunita Viswanath Given for her work to encourage Hindus to take care of the environment
Grand Prix World Press Cartoon 2014 Award
Cartoonist Pamarthy Shankar Given for sketching Nelson Mandela
American Book Award Naomi Klein Given for her environmental work This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate.
‘Bharat Gaurav’ Lifetime Achivement Award
Hockey Legend Dhyan Chand Award will be given to Ashok Chand, son of Major Dhyan Chand
Guinness World Record Baahubali Movie Poster For making World’s Largest Poster – 50,000 Sq Ft.
Royal Society’s Copley Medal Peter Higgs It is world’s oldest scientific prize
Mr India 2015 Rohit Khandewal Organized by Provogue Personal Care
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize
Helena Ndume and Jorge Sampaio
Given by the United Nations at the UN Headquarters in New York.
Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra
Future Leadership Award NGO is based in Uttarakhand
Ramon Magsaysay award 2015
Sanjiv Chaturvedi and Anshu Gupta
The other awardees are,1.
Kommaly Chanthavong –
Loas
2. Ligaya Fernando-
Amilbangsa – Philippines
3. Kyaw Thu – Myanmar
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Name of the Award Award Winner Key Points to Note Chaudhary Charan Singh Award for Excellence in Journalism
• Journalist Gargi Parsai of
The Hindu
• Rajya Sabha TV Assistant
Editor Arvind Kumar
Singh
• Economic Times Special
Correspondent Madhvi
Sally
• ETV senior producer Jai
Prakash Singh
• Dainik Jagran Deupty
Bureau Chief (national
bureau) Surendra Prasad
Singh
• Hindustan Principal
Correspondent Arvind
Kumar Singh.
Presented by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
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APPOINTMENTS
Name of the Persons Posts/Departments YC Modi Additional Director in CBI Commodore CD Balaji Chief of Aeronautical Development
Establishment Satish Pillai MD and CEO of CIBIL Dr Anup K Pujari Secretary of MSME Ashok Lahiri Chairman of Bandhan Bank Mahesh Sharma Point Person for Varanasi Rakesh Sahni Chairman of Narmada Valley Development
Authority Ajay Kumar Pandey Head of Gujarat International Finance
Tec-City Jin Liqun Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
President Prasanna Kumar Suryadevara Secretary of Delhi Legislative Assembly Lord Kamlesh Patel First British-Asian appointee to ECB
Director Anurag Srivastava CFO of Tata Tele Services Sriram Kalyanaraman MD and CEO of National Housing Bank Panjkaj Munjal CMD of Hero Motors Group Prashant Pathrabe Director of Film and Television Institute
of India Bhanu Pratap Sharma Chairperson of FSSAI (Temporary in
charge) Ajay Mathur Chief of The Energy and Resources
Institute (TERI) Anand Krishnamurthy MD and CEO of Catholic Syrian Bank Professor Richard Hay and George Baker Two Nominated persons to Lok Sabha TK Chand NALCO Chairman Roelant Oltmans Coach of Hockey India Ashish Bahugana Chairperson of FSSAI RS Sharma Chairman of TRAI K Vijayaraghavan Secretary of DSIR Jinesh Hedge Airtel’s CEO of Operations in Sri Lanka David Taylor CEO of Procter & Gamble (P&G) Swati Maliwal Chairperson of DCW Ananth Narayanan CEO of Myntra Lt Gen Man Mohan Singh Rai Vice Chief of Army Rahul Bhatnagar MD and CFO of Bharti Enterprises C Ramakrishnan CFO of Tata Motors Limited Rahul Agarwal MD of Lenova India
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Current Affairs July 2015
BANKING AND FINANCE
1. The World Bank Board has approved$650 million towards the third loan for the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (a freight-only rail line). This project mainly aims at improving the speed of movement of raw materials and finished goods between the northern and eastern parts of India.
2. According to the official statementfrom Finance Ministry, a person may make a declaration in respect of an undisclosed asset located outside India under the compliance provisions of the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015 (Black Money Act) before or on September 30. 2015.
3. According to the World Bank Report,India’s GDP crossed the $2-Trillion mark in 2014 and at present stands at $2.067 Trillion. India is among the world the fastest growing economies this year. After taking 60 years to reach the $1-trillion mark, India added the next trillion in just seven years. Going by income, India is still in the lower middle income category.
4. Banking Giant State Bank of Indiahas launched an initiative called Project Tatkal to provide doorstep services and expedite home loans application process. The Project Tatkal will help get the loan within 10 days after receipt of application form and relevant supporting documents. The implementation will be done at large centres with sizable home loan business.
5. HDFC Bank has become the firstIndian bank to launch Watch Banking for Apple Watch. The main objective is to provide banking services through all wearable devices across platforms like iOS and Android.
6. Government of India has notified rulesfor calculating overseas income and assets under the stringent foreign black money law that came into force on July 1. The value of the overseas assetsincludes
• immovable property• jewellery and precious stones• archaeological collections and
paintings• shares and securities and shares in
unlisted firmsThe value of an overseas bank account will be the sum of all deposits made in the account since its opening.
7. Reserve Bank of India has announcedthat the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in manufacturing of tobacco products is prohibited, though activities such as retail and wholesale trading fall under the sectoral restrictions. FDI is prohibited in the manufacturing of cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes.
8. Qatar is the fastest growing economyamong the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and it is expected to grow by more than 7 per cent this year.
9. Union Bank of India has launched initiatives such as IMPS at branches and M-passbooks for its customers. The bank has become the first lender to launch immediate payment service (IMPS) through branches for its retail and corporate customers by integrating the platform to its core banking solution.
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10. India’s largest lender, the StateBank of India has raised its information technology (IT) budget to improve its digital offerings. The bank will spend nearly Rs.4,000 crore before March 2016 and significantly upgrade its IT back-end.
11. The BRICS Nations have signed anagreement to create a USD 100 billion forex pool to help each other “in case of any problems with dollar liquidity”. The contributions are,
• India – USD 18 billion• Brazil – USD 18 billion• Russia – USD 18 billion• China – USD 41 billion• South Africa – USD 5 billion
12. India’s largest private sector bank,ICICI, has created a dedicated payments gateway for the mobile banking transaction. This system will enable much faster transactions for its customers. This system will attract more customers for mobile banking than for internet banking.
13. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) hasannounced that it has issued Rs 100 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005 with a new numbering pattern. Now, the numerals in both the number panels of 1oo rupees banknotes will be in ascending size from left to right while the first three alphanumeric numerical characters will remain constant in size.
14. According to funds trackingcompany EPFR Global, India focused equity funds have witnessed an inflow of over $ 9.5 billion from worldwide investors in the first six months of the year. In the mean time China has seen a hefty outflow of $ 17 billion.
15. Chief Economic Advisor ArvindSubramanian has announced that Indirect tax revenues grew 37.5% in the first quarter of current fiscal. He said that the indirect tax collections – which include excise, Customs and service taxes – grew 14.5 per cent in the first quarter from a year ago.
16. National Bank for Agriculture andRural Development (NABARD) has set a target of providing Rs 30,000 crore as credit to farmers for irrigation over the next three years. The Bank has already sanctioned Rs 1,000 crore so far in 2015.
17. Small Industries Development Bankof India (SIDBI) has signed an MoU with Snapdeal, an e-commerce major in India, to provide financial support to its MSME vendors. The MoU was signed by Dr Kshatrapati Shivaji, CMD, SIDBI and Kunal Bahl, CEO, Snapdeal.
18. The Reserve Bank of India has setup a 14-member committee for working out a medium-term (five-year) measurable action plan for financial inclusion. The committee will be headed by Deepak Mohanty, Executive Director of RBI. He will review the existing policy of financial inclusion, including supportive payment system and customer protection framework.
19. The Reserve Bank has asked banksto levy any late payment penalty on credit card customers, or report them to credit information companies, only if the payment has been due for more than three days. For banks, RBI said they can treat a credit card as non preforming asset if the ‘minimum amount due’ has not been paid within 90 days from the due date.
20. The Income Tax has launched anambitious drive to bring one crore new taxpayers under its net after the central government initiative to broaden the tax base.
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21. China’s renminbi (RMB) may becomethe world’s fourth most-used international currency, replacing the Japanese yen. The International Monetary Forum had raised the RMB Internationalisation Index from 0.02 in 2009 to 2.47 in 2014. The top three currencies are the dollar, the euro and the British pound.
22. A new $100 billion BRICS bankdedicated to the emerging BRICS countries has formally started its operations in China’s commercial hub Shanghai. The “New Development Bank (NDB)”, backed by the so-called emerging BRICS nations Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, has been viewed as a challenge to Washington-based institutions. Kamath, 67, will be the bank’s President for the first five years.
23. Pension Fund Regulatory andDevelopment Authority’s (PFRDA) Chairman Hemant Contractor has announced that Non-resident Indians (NRIs) can invest in National Pension System (NPS) to get a social security cover. RBI has communicated it to PFRDA that NRIs are now eligible to make such investments, however, the Central Government will come out with a clarification on the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) guidelines.
24. National Commodity and DerivativesExchange Ltd (NCDEX) has launched a mobile app named NCDEX App to give anytime, anywhere access to prices and market information about commodities traded on it. The online commodity exchange has partnered with Trakinvest, a Singapore based financial technology firm, to develop this app.
25. IT companies CSC and HCLTechnologies have signed an agreement to form a banking software and services company to provide technology services and solutions to the banking industry.
26. IDFC Ltd has announced that itsunit IDFC Bank Ltd has got a license from the Reserve Bank of India for undertaking banking business in India under Section 22(1) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. IDFC becomes the second lender to enter the banking sector after more than a decade. IDFC Bank plans to start operation from October 1 2015 with an initial loan book of around Rs 55,000 crore with an estimated 20 branches.
27. The GOI is planning to unveil anexclusive all-in-one insurance product for farmers as part of its ongoing social security scheme. The step has been initiated as the incidents of farmer suicides in the country are increasing. To be known as the Unified Package Insurance Scheme (Bhartiya Krishi Bima Yojana), the policy would flaunt nine features with mandatory crop insurance.
28. Manila-headquartered Asian Development Bank (ADB) has a loan pact worth USD 300 million with the government of India to support the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM). The NUHM is aimed at improving health status of the country’s urban population. This will be ADB’s first health project in India. The loan has been provided from the ADB’s Ordinary Capital Resources. It has a 20-year term and includes a grace period of 5 years.
29. Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB)has launched a mobile banking app ‘Kotak Bharat’ to provide mobile banking services to customers in the remotest of regions. The special thing about the App is it requires no internet connectivity.
The app is Android-based. It works on the existing SMS banking keyword process platform.
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30. Union Cabinet has approved settingup of an Online National Agriculture Market that will provide more options to farmers for selling their produce. Decision in this regard was taken at a Union Cabinet meeting presided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.
31. Greece has become the firstdeveloped nation to default on International Monetary Fund (IMF) debt. It has defaulted on a 1.7 billion dollars payment to IMF. The deadline for debt payment was missed by Greece after Eurozone Finance Ministers refused to extend its bailout.
32. Mahindra Defence Systems Limited,a subsidiary of Mahindra Group and Airbus Helicopter have inked pact to form a joint venture (JV) company to produce helicopters in India. In this regard, both entities have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to form a joint venture.
33. India’s seafood exports touched anall-time high at 33,441 crore rupees during the financial year 2014-15. The data was released by Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA). As per data the marine product exports from the country have crossed all time high breaking previous records in quantity, rupee value and dollar terms.
34. India and Kazakhstan launched thefirst exploratory drilling at Satpayev oil block owned by India’s ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) and Kazakhstan company KazMunaiGaz.
35. Adani Group has inked amemorandum of understanding (MoU) with Tamil Nadu Government to set up 650 Mega Watt (MW) solar power plant in Ramanathapuram district.
36. eMudhra Limited, a leadingcertifying firm in the country for digital signatures launched first of its kind eSign services in the country as part of the Digital India Vision.
37. Union Ministry of Skill Developmentand Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (MCF) signed MoUs to address the Industry’s need of Skilled Manpower. These MoUs will enhance strategic tie between both parties to scale up skill development and entrepreneurship initiatives in the country.
38. Healthcare firm Practo has acquiredMumbai based Genii, a technology services start-up focused on product design and development. With this acquisition, Genii’s founders Varun Vohra and Aditya Anand and their 11 member team will join Bengaluru based Practo.
39. Union Ministry of Skill Developmentand Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on skill development. The MoU seeks to establish a framework for joint action to address the need for skilled human resources in the health sector.
40. India has in imposed definitive anti-dumping duty of 342.76 dollars per tonne on all phenol imports on imports of Phenol from South Africa. This anti-dumping duty will be valid for a period of five years.
41. Union Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA) has given nod to Chinese Telecom manufacturer Huawei to set up a manufacturing unit in Tamil Nadu for its components.
42. The Cabinet Committee onEconomic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the creation of an Intra-state Transmission System (ISTS) in 7 states across the country. The seven States are Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh.
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43. Tata Advanced Systems Limited(TASL) and US-based aircraft maker Boeing have signed a strategic framework agreement for aerospace and defence manufacturing. The agreement was signed by Sukaran Singh, MD & CEO of TASL and Shelley Lavender, President of Boeing Military Aircraft in lines with Make in India in Hyderabad, Telangana.
44. The GOI has brought 39 morePharmaceutical drugs under price control as part of its efforts to make medicines affordable in the country. The drugs brought under this price control regime include the durgs which can be used to treat diseases such as diabetes and digestive disorders.
45. Union Cabinet meeting chaired byPrime Minister Narendra Modi approved the redevelopment of 400 major railway stations. This approval will enable the Union Ministry of Railways to accelerate the redevelopment of ‘A-1’ and ‘A’ category railway stations across the country. These stations generally are located in major cities, metros, pilgrimage centres and important tourist destinations.
46. Union Cabinet has given nod tointroduce composite foreign investment cap in a bid to streamline the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) structure. Decision in this regard was taken during Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.
47. India and Russia have signed acustoms and liberalize business visas agreement to boost trade between both countries to remove the hindrances and boost commerce.
48. European Union (EU) has approveda short-term loan of 7.16 billion euros to Greece after it was backed by the 28 member states. This loan will allow Greece to pay its debt to European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) till new bailout plan is ratified.
49. Reserve Bank of India has signed aspecial currency swap agreement with the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBS). Under this agreement, Sri Lankan bank can draw up to 1.1 billion dollars for a maximum period of 6 months. It was signed with an intention to mitigate the possible currency volatility in the spirit of strengthening bilateral relations and economic ties of India with Sri Lanka.
50. Mashable, a New York-based newsand blogging portal has joined hands with India.com, a Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) sponsored website for the launching of its Indian version in India.
51. KFC and the Indian RailwayCatering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) have entered into partnership to launch a delivery system for commuters on trains. Under e-catering service initiatives commuters now can place order for KFC meal while booking tickets through IRTC website.
52. Indian pharmaceutical major Lupinhas acquired US based Gavis Pharmaceuticals in cash-free and debt-free transaction for 880 million dollars (around 5,606 crore rupees).
53. The Insurance Regulatory andDevelopment Authority of India (IRDAI) have constituted three committees for review of regulations in insurance sector.
The life insurance committee will specifically work for the regulations in areas like liabilities, assets and solvency margin and appointed actuary.
The general insurance committee will specifically work for the regulations in areas like claim reserving and appointed actuary.
Reinsurance committee will specifically work for the regulations on the issues relating to registration of branches of foreign reinsurers among others.
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54.India’s largest commodities exchangeplatform, Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited (MCX) has signed a MoU with the US based CME group to set its operations in GIFT City in Gujarat.
55. European Union (EU) has bannedthe marketing of around 700 generic medicines among its member countries. This is the largest suspension imposed on the sales and distribution of generic drugs ordered by EU which will come into effect on August 21, 2015 and it will be applicable to all 28 member nations.
56. A Bengaluru based gold Jewellerymanufacturing company Rajesh Exports Ltd (REL) bought the world’s largest gold refining company Valcambi from US-based mining company Newmont Mining Corporation. REL had to fetch over 2560 crore rupees all in cash to buy Valcambi refinery.
57. Maharashtra government has placeda comprehensive plan to develop six solar cities in order to add solar capacity of 7,500 MW in the state. To enhance solar capacity in country Centre has planned to develop 55 solar cities across the country among them six are from Maharashtra these are – Nagpur, Thane, Aurangabad, Kalyan-Dombivli, Shirdi and Nanded.
58. Israel’s largest drug maker TevaPharmaceutical agreed to buy generic drugs business of Allergan Plc for USD 40.5 billion. According to the agreement Teva will make cash payment of USD 33.75 billion and USD 6.75 billion of its stock for Allergan.
59. The Competition Commission ofIndia (CCI) has imposed fine of 420 crore rupees on the local unit of Hyundai Motor Co. The fined was imposed after CCI investigation had found that Hyundai was engaged in anti-competitive practices.
60. India’s Kalyani Group and Israel’s Rafaelhave partnered to produce Spike Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGM) in India. In this regard both the entities have formed a manufacturing Joint Venture (JV) and this move is considered to deepen India-Israel strategic cooperation.
61. World’s second largest automakerGeneral Motors (GM) has announced to invest USD 1 billion (6, 400 crore rupees) in India by 2020 and has decided to close its loss making plant at Halol, Gujarat.
62. Department of Industrial Policy andPromotion (DIPP) has given nod to Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for their conceptual development plan (CDP) report on Vizag Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC) and Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC) respectively.
63. The two leading financial newsoperations from Europe and Asia are now together, as Nikkei Japanese media group is going to buy the Financial Times from Britain’s Pearson in a $1.3 billion.
64. Forbes Asia Fabulous 50 list released onthe eve of its 10th Anniversary has listed 10 Indian companies which stands second after China in terms of number of companies listed.
Indian companies that made to the list are: HDFC Bank, Tata Consultancy Services, HCL Technologies, Aurobindo Pharma, Lupin, Sun Pharma Industries, Motherson Sumi Systems, Tech Mahindra, Tata Motors and Titan.
South Korea has third highest number of companies with four firms after China and India.
“If you want to shine like a sun. First burn like a sun.” - A.P.J Abdul Kalam
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INDIAN AFFAIRS
1. India and the US have signed amemorandum of understanding to set up the Rs 50 crore PACE setter Fund. The main objective of this fund is to give boost to commercialization of innovation in off-grid clean energy solutions. This is part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama’s commitment to strengthening and expanding the US-India Partnership to Advance Clean Energy (PACE).
2. The Union Cabinet has approved PradhanMantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY). The ambitious scheme aims at providing irrigation facilities to every village in India by converging ongoing irrigation schemes implemented by various ministries. The scheme with an outlay of Rs 50,000 crore spread over a period of five years starting from 2015-16.
3. Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badalhas launched the state ePMS Portal or Electronic Projects Management System portal to fast track infrastructural development.
4. Government of India has launched anonline registration system for foreign employers who look for Indian workers. According to the Indian embassy in Abu Dhabi, all the foreign employers must register in the eMigrate system, which will be vetted by the Indian mission. After registration, the employer can raise the demand for Indian workers in the eMigrate system and seek a permit to recruit either directly or through recruiting agents online.
5. The nationwide Mobile NumberPortability (MNP) has become operational from July 3, 2015. This facility will allow customers to keep their existing mobile phone numbers while shifting between states and circles.
6. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekarsaid the government is thinking of launching an internet green channel and also provide one hour programme on environment on ‘DD Kisan’ channel. The Government is planning to go for online channel rather than a dedicated television channel on environment, as the later would require huge investment.
7. Shri Narendra Modi flagged off the DigitalIndia initiative. Digital initiatives aims to make all citizens digitally literate and bring internet and e-governance to the houses of all the Indians. The Prime Minister has promised that Digital India has an investments worth Rs 4.5 lakh crore and will provide Rs. 18 lakh jobs.
8. The state government of Maharashtra hassigned a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with global technology major Cisco for making Nagpur a smart city and also a safe city with the help of modern technology and use of Internet to improve quality of life.
9. Government of India has launched amobile App “m-Asset” to know gram panchayats assets. The app was launched by Union Rural Development and Minister Birender Singh on the occasion of Digital India Week in New Delhi. The main objective of this app is to provide people with the information related to assets of the gram panchayats.
10. Coal India Limited is going to set up fivecancer detection centres in the mining belts of five states ie Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh.
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11. BSNL has launched a pre-paid card linkedmobile wallet service which would allow the customers to transfer money, pay for services as well as withdraw cash of up to Rs 1 lakh. The wallet service has been named as Speed Pay, which allows a customer to load money even if he does not have a bank account.
12. The government of India has decided torecognize the rag pickers and also to give national award for their contribution to keep India clean. The national award, with a cash prize of Rs 1.5 lakh, will be given to three best rag pickers and three associations involved in innovation of best practices.
13. India and Mauritius have renewed theexisting MoU on hydrographic cooperation for the next five years. This renewal would pave the way for continued ties between the two countries. The MoU was renewed during the IXth Hydrographic Committee meeting held at Mauritius from June 29 to July 1.
14. According to the UNICEF’s Rapid Surveyon Children in India, the number of underweight children had fallen to a historic low — from 48 per cent in 2004-05 to 39 per cent in 2013-14 in the case of stunting and from 42.5 per cent to 30 per cent in the case of underweight children.
15. According to a survey conducted byglobal property consultant Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) Bangalore has been ranked 12th in the list of top 20 technology-rich cities in the world.
Bangalore has helped India debut on the ‘City Momentum Index’ Top 20 list – an annual survey carried out by JLL globally.
16. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Bombay and Nehru Science Centre have launched a pilot project “Internet for All” in its Mobile Science Exhibition Bus in Mumbai. It was launched under the aegis of the Union Government’s flagship ‘Digital India’ campaign.
17. Minister of Railways Suresh PrabhakarPrabhu has release the 50000th Coach manufactured by Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai via video conferencing. The Minister also announced Rs 5 lakh reward for ICF staff for attaining the milestone of rolling out 50,000th coach.
18. Amit Shah on 7th July 2015 launched thebook ‘Transcendence’. The book is written by former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in Ahmedabad. The book takes the reader to the Mr. Kalam’s spiritual experiences with Pramaukh Swami Maharaj.
19. Indian Coast Guard on 6th July 2015started ‘ICGS Rani Durgavati’, the 3rd Inshore Patrol Vessel (IPV) of its kind, at the Coast Guard district headquarters.
The IPV, designed by Hindustan Shipyard Ltd is equipped with the most-sophisticated navigational communication sensors and equipment.
20. According to the World Bank Report,India’s rural employment guarantee programme MGNREGA has been ranked as the world’s largest public works programme. The scheme provides social security net to almost 15% of India’s population.
21. Food safety regulator FSSAI has finalised12,000 standards for food additives and ingredients in line with global safety standards Codex, established by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation and World Health Organisation.
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22. Food safety regulator FSSAI has finalised12,000 standards for food additives and ingredients in line with global safety standards Codex, established by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation and World Health Organisation. At present, there are 375 FSSAI safety standards for food items but none for food additives and ingredients.
23. According to a research paper by IndiaMeteorological Department (IMD) scientist, 12 east coast districts in India are “very highly prone” and 41 are “highly prone” to cyclones in the country. Four states – West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu-and one UT Puducherry on the east coast, and Gujarat on the west coast are more vulnerable to the Tropical Cyclones.
24. India has test-fired its indigenouslydeveloped Nag anti tank missile from a helicopter at a firing range in Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. Three-round trial of helicopter-launched Nag (HeliNa) missile were conducted at the Chandhan firing range.
25. Police verification for issue/renewal ofpassports is going online, and the existing time shall be cut from 20 days to less than a week. The home ministry will allow all SP-level police officers access to databases such as, 1. National Population Register (NPR)
2. Aadhaar and Electoral Photo I-Card via theCrime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS) to enable online verification of identity, address and criminal record, if any, of the passport applicant.
26. According to the HSBC Report, India haspipped China to drive the smartphone volume growth in the world. The main reasons are falling prices of high-end devices and growing adoption of 3G services. The report says China was the volume growth engine since 2013. As China’s smartphone penetration having reached 95% in 2014, further growth will be derived from other emerging countries.
27. A tiny butterfly species has beendiscovered in the verdant forests of the Changlang district in Arunachal Pradesh. The butterfly has been named as the Banded Tit (Hypolycaena Narada). The Banded Tit is a denizen of low-lying evergreen forests of Changlang and has an interesting life cycle.
28. Reliance Industries has decided toreplace “.com” to “.JIO as a generic top-level domain (gTLD) and it will be used across the Reliance empire. It is being treated as the world’s largest fourth-generation mobile telephony launch with an investment of Rs 1-lakh crore.
29. For the first time in India, an earthquakeearly warning system has been installed in Uttarakhand, where researchers can predicte an earthquake of magnitude 8 or greater. It will issue warnings 1-40 seconds before earthquakes of magnitude 5 occur.
30. Defence PSU Bharat Electronics madeAkash missile has been inducted into Indian Air Force at a ceremony held at Air Force Station, Gwalior. The missile system can target aircraft upto 30 km away, at altitudes upto 18,000 metres. It has the capability to neutralise aerial targets like fighter jets, cruise missiles and air-to-surface missiles.
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31. The total number of telephoneconnections in India has crossed the record one billion mark in May, bolstered by growth in number of mobile users. According to the data released by TRAI, at the end of May, total number of telephone connections stood at 1,002.05 million, of which 975.78 million connections were wireless or mobile.
32. India is among those countries which hasthe second highest millionaire outflow, or number of Indian HNWIs ( high net-worth individuals), but with a rapid speed these ricie- rich are moving out of the country,. This was revealed by a new report from New World Wealth, a global wealth sector information consulting services firm.
33. Justice R.M. Lodha Committee,appointed by the Supreme Court, has suspended IPL cricket teams Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals from the league for two years. The committee has declared that the spirit of cricket is larger than individuals, their cricket franchises or financial losses.
34. India and Georgia have signed a MoU forcooperation in the field of election management and administration. The MoU was signed by Dr. Nasim Zaidi, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India and Ms. Tamar Zhvania, Chairperson, Central Election Commission of Georgia in New Delhi.
35. USA on 15th july 2015 presented the2015 Asia –Pacific Economic Development Innovation for Policy and Program Implementation Excellence Award in Manufacturing to Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) for the Make in India initiative.
36. The Governing Council of the ChampionsLeague Twenty20 has confirmed that the CLT20 competition will be discontinued with immediate effect. The decision pf Governing Council took the decision unanimously.
37. Prime Minister Narendra Modi haslaunched his most ambitious National Skill Development Mission, with a aim of gaining skills and promoting entrepreneurship among youth. The Centre has set a target of training 40.2 crore people by 2022.
Aim of the National Skill Development Mission
1. To generate employment.2. To educate the poor.3. To make India A literal Country.4. To provide youth with maximumopportunities.
38. IOC on 15th July 2015 bagged theLeading Oil & Gas Corporate of the Year award for the fourth time in eight years at the annual Petrofed Awards . It also bagged the Oil & Gas Marketing Company of the Year and the Human Resources Management Company of the Year awards which were presented by Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
39. The Central Government’s Departmentof Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has approved a proposal from the Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation to set up India’s first defence industrial park at Ottappalam. It will have modern common infrastructure facilities aimed at attracting component manufacturers in the defence industry. The project will be established as part of the Make in India, Make in Kerala project.
40. The Cabinet Committee on EconomicAffairs (CCEA) has given their nod for the creation of an Intra-state Transmission System (ISTS) in 7 states across the country. The Seven states are, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Himachal Pradesh.
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41. The Ministry of Railways has notifiedsome new rules pertaining to purchase of Takal tickets. Under the new rules, passengers booking Tatkal tickets from computerized reservation counters will no longer be required to furnish photocopy of identity proof or to indicate its number at the time of booking at the counter or through internet.
42. The GOI has raised the daily minimumwage from Rs. 137 to Rs. 160. This goes into effect from July 2015 and is the first time in 2 years that the minimum wage has been altered.
43. Indian roads were at their deadliest in2014 claiming more than 16 lives every hour on average. Over 1.41 lakh people died in crashes, 3% more than the number of fatalities in 2013. The numbers of crashes and of people left injured stands at 4.5 lakh and 4.8 lakh respectively.
44. The government of India is going to issuean order putting a ban on use, sale and purchase of plastic-made national flags in the country. In March, the Bombay High Court had asked Maharashtra Government to come up with a comprehensive policy to ensure a ban on use, sale and purchase of national flags made of plastic.
45. Government of India has launched the allIndia Railway Helpline Number 1512. Passengers can report any illegal act observed while travelling in trains instantly and get an FIR registered without interrupting their journey. Delhi Police has launched the service and it is available 24 x 7. The special thing about this service it itwill not only register the complaint, but also inform the Government Railway Police guards present on the train and the local police station of the area.
46. According to the official data released byNational Crime Records Bureau, Bhopal is India’s suicide and road accident capital. The data shows that the city recorded 56.6 suicides per 1 lakh population, and 95 road accident deaths for every lakh motor vehicles – the highest rate among 53 mega cities.
47. Animal rights activists have urged thecentral government to ban export of buffalo meat even as they lauded Union ministry of commerce’s recent statement that export of beef has been prohibited in accordance with country’s foreign trade policy.
48. India is working on creating a ‘strategicuranium reserve’ to ensure its atomic power reactors do not face shortage of the crucial nuclear fuel. The reserve pool could be anywhere between 5000 MT to 15,000 MT which can last for 5-10 years.
49. According to the National Crime RecordsBureau (NCRB) report, 28,360 cases of ‘railway accidents’ were reported in 2014, showing a decrease of 9.2% compared to 2013 (31,236 cases). Over 25,000 people died and 3,882 were injured in railway accidents in 2014.
Maharashtra reported the maximum such cases, accounting for 42.5% of total cases of fall from train or collision of trains with people.
50. Kerala government and Adani Ports havedecided to sign the construction agreement of Vizhinjam port. The decision was taken at a meeting by chief minister Oommen Chandy with Adani Ports Officials. The port, a long pending project of the state, was first proposed in 1991, but did not materialise due to various reasons. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 7,500 crore which includes investments made by the Kerala government.
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51. Shri Radha Mohan Singh, UnionAgriculture Minister launched 3 web portals viz. Soil Health Card portal, Fertiliser Quality Control System portal and Participatory Guarantee System.
Soil Health Card Portal
1. Developed for registration of soil samples,recording test results of soil samples and generation of Soil Health Card (SHC) along with Fertilizer Recommendations. 2. It promotes uniform adoptions of codesfor e.g. Census Codes for locations.
Fertilizer Quality Control System Portal
1. The FQCS application will lead toautomation of most of the manual activities as listed above and help in online tracking the status of the sample.
2. The role based access to the system forusers and computerized generation of sample code no. have been provided for the purpose of security.
Participatory Guarantee System
1. Participatory Guarantee System is a process of certifying organic products which ensures agriculture production process in accordance with the standards laid down for organic products and that desired quality has been maintained.
2. It has been implemented to promotedomestic organic market growth and also to enable small and marginal farmer to have easy access to organic certification.
52. PM Modi has launched the NationalCareer Service Portal as part of an endeavour to modernise all government-run employment exchanges. The portal was launched under the aegis of National Career Service project of Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
53. Government of India has launched theSurakshit Khadya Abhiyan, a nation wide campaign, to create mass awareness and capacity building for safe and hygienic food. The campaign was launched by Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan.
54. After the hugely successful Mars OrbiterMission, which completed 300 days in the Martian orbit on July 21st, India is now planning a mission to Venus and even an asteroid for exploration. Kiran Kumar, the Chairman said, ISRO is planning to revisit the red planet with Mangalyaan-2 mission scheduled in 2018.
55. Government has decided to update theNational Population Register (NPR) and seed the Aadhaar number in the NPR database. The MoS for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary told Rajya Sabha that the initiative would cost Rs 951.35 crore and the field work would be completed by March 2016.
56. According to the Home Ministry, morethan 10,000 NGOs licences cancelled by Central Government till March 2015 for violating foreign funding norms. After inspections and scrutiny of accounts, 15 cases were referred to CBI and 10 to states for further investigation and prosecution. Accounts of 23 associations have been frozen.
57. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar willinaugurate the Mai Bhago Armed Forces Preparatory Institute at Mohali on July 25. The institute, set up on the line of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute, will impart specialized training to females aspiring to join the National Defence Academy (NDA).
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58. GOI has proposed to transfer fertilizersubsidy directly into farmers’ accounts and is planning a road map for the pilot project. A major challenge in operationalising this scheme lies in identification of beneficiary farmers as in many states the land records are neither accurate nor updated.
59. The Cabinet Committee of EconomicAffairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the proposal of the Union Home Ministry to extend the deadline for implementation of Crime and Criminals Tracking network and Systems (CCTNS) project to March 2017.
60. The Central Government has announcedthat 14 Indian States and Union Territories (UTs) have achieved or exceeded the literacy rate of 80%. The announcement has been by Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
The 14 States and UTs are: Kerala, Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Goa, Tripura, Daman and Diu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, NCR of Delhi, Chandigarh, Puducherry, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim and Tamil Nadu.
61. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s SmartCity initiative got its first nomination from Puducherry, a former French colony, which was awarded 75 out of a potential 100 points by the High Powered Steering Committee. The Government of Union Territory of Puducherry has nominated its capital city for inclusion in the 100 Smart Cities Mission launched on the 25th of June’ 2015.
62. Six new species of spiders have beendiscovered around banks of river Periyar in Kerala. The team has found a spider species named Argyrodes which belongs to the most famous and venomous spider family — black widow.
63. According to the US Green BuildingCouncil (USGBC), India ranks third in the annual ranking of the top 10 countries for Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) certified buildings. LEED is a widely used green building rating system. LEED is a set of rating systems for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of green buildings. Canada and China are on the top two positions in this list respectively.
64. Union environment minister PrakashJavadekar said that toxic air in Delhi is killing at least 80 people every day. According to the study, 45% of premature deaths linked to air pollution in Delhi could be avoided if the city met the national ambient air quality standard for PM 2.5 that is 60 micrograms per cubic metre.
65. The Supreme Court has permitted thestates to exercise their power to remit the sentences of life convicts if they have already served more than 14 years of imprisonment. The SC had on July 14 last year restrained the states from releasing lifers after remitting their sentences while staying Tamil Nadu government’s decision to release Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts on the ground that they had served more than 22 years in prison.
66. The Supreme Court has directed allprisons to install CCTV cameras to deter human rights abuse. It also said that a similar facility should be provided for lockups if possible. The top court bench of Justice TS Thakur and Justice R Banumathi in their judgement said that CCTV cameras should be installed in the prisons within one year but not later than two years.
67. The Central Government has announcedthat foreign direct investment or FDI amounting to $1.31 million has been received in the defence sector in last three years (since 2012) and current year.
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68. Under the Development of Solar CitiesProgramme of the union ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE), six cities in North-East India will be developed as Solar Cities. The six cities are Guwahati and Jorhat in Assam, Kohima and Dimapur in Nagaland, Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh and Agartala in Tripura.
69. SC has Refused to entertain plea of anIslamic organisation that Muslim girl applicants be allowed to wear ‘hijab’ in All India Pre-Medical Entrance Test on 25th July 2015.
70. Security agencies have launched a specialoperation Lal Quila, in which trained dog squads will be deployed to sanitise and ensure fool-proof security at the Red Fort and adjoining areas for Independence Day celebrations on August 15. The operation is being spearheaded by the elite dog squad of paramilitary force ITBP with 20 dogs, followed by those from the Army and Delhi police.
71. Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modilaunched the ‘Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana’ for power sector reforms in rural areas. The main aim is to ensure the proper electricity supply to farmers and rural households. The earlier scheme for rural electrification, Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY), which was launched by previous UPA government, has been subsumed in the new scheme as its rural electrification component.
72. Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis hasinaugurated the first of the six new Indian Institutes of Management in Nagpur. The proposal of setting up of six IIMs was made by Narendra Modi government last year. It is Maharashtra’s first IIM and is being mentored by IIM Ahmedabad. It will start its first batch with 60 students from a temporary campus in Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology.
73. The Election Commission of India hasremembered APJ Abdul Kalam as its first ‘national icon’ for voter awareness. The EC noted APJ championed the cause of greater participation and use of electronic means in holding of free and fair elections.
74. The GOI has announced that theRashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan will be renamed as APJ Abdul Kalam Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan in memory of the former president. Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan is a unique concept developed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
75. The Competition Commission of India(CCI) has imposed a fine of Rs 420 crore on the local unit of Hyundai Motor Co as it was engaged in anti-competitive practices. The CCI has notified Hyundai to deposit the penalty within 60 days from the order date.
76. Karnataka, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, MadhyaPradesh, Goa and Andhra Pradesh are in the forefront of Swachh Bharat campaign, which is related to generating awareness about the Swachh Bharat Mission in urban areas.
77. Gujarat has become the first Indian stateto introduce compulsory voting for local body elections. The state government had issued a notification on the amended Gujarat Local Authorities Laws (Amendment) Act,2009, approved by Governor last year.
78. The United Nations has said that India isexpected to surpass China to become the world’s most populous country by 2022. China and India remain the two largest countries in the world, representing 19 and 18 per cent of the world’s population, respectively.
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79. Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, the onlycovict in 1993 blast, has finally been put to death in Nagpur Hail on 30th July 2015. He moved to the Supreme Court on 29th June 2015 hoping for a last-minute reprieve. He pleaded for stay on his execution, which has been scheduled for July 30, on the ground that Maharashtra governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao must be allowed time to decide on his mercy plea.
80. The Capital Market Regulator Securitiesand Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has cancelled the certificate of registration of Sahara Mutual Fund after finding that the fund house and its sponsors are not ‘fit and proper’ entities to carry out the mutual fund business.
81. Department of Industrial Policy andPromotion (DIPP) has given nod to Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for their conceptual development plan (CDP) report on Vizag Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC) and Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC) respectively.
82. According to the study conducted byBrand Finance India, Tata remains the most valuable brand in India. The brand value has exceeded US$15 billion for the first time. Tata is the world’s 65th most valuable brand. Among the top 10 includes Tata is followed by SBI, LIC, Airtel, Reliance, Indian Oil, Infosys, L&T, HCL and ONGC. A total of 20% of the brands in this year’s Brand Finance India 100 are new entries.
83. Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited (BHEL)has signed three strategic agreements with Kazakhstan companies in order to deepen its roots in Central Asia.
84. The government has decided to infusecapital to the tune of Rs 20,000 crore in public sector banks, Financial Services Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said. 50%, or Rs 10,000 crore of this money will find its way to "weak" banks.
85. Rajendra Srivastava, the Provost andDeputy President and Professor of Marketing at Singapore Management University, will be the next Dean of Indian School of Business (ISB) with effect from January 1, 2016.
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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
1. Bangladesh and China have signed anagreement with respect to the construction of a 3.5-km tunnel under the Karnaphuli River in Chittagong. The estimated cost of the project is $ 1 billion. Bangladesh’s Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges signed the deal with China Communications Construction Company in Beijing, ministry spokesperson Abu Naser.
2. According to the report from WorldHealth Organization, Cuba has become the first country in the world to stamp out transmission of HIV and syphilis from a mother to her child. WHO defines “elimination” of transmission as “reduction of transmission to such a low level that it no longer constitutes a public health problem.” In 2013, only two babies were born with HIV and five with congenital syphilis.
3. The six world powers (the UK, China,France, Russia, the US and Germany) and Iran have come to an agreement to extend the nuclear deal on Tehran’s nuclear program until July 7 to allow more time for talks to reach a final deal. This decision was taken during the talks between these nations held in the Vienna, Austria after the deadline expired on 30 June 2015.
4. Scientists have identified two drugs forthe treatment of deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus. The name of the two promising drugs are-REGN3051 and REGN3048 which have shown ability to neutralise the MERS virus.
This research took place in collaboration with biopharmaceutical company Regeneron which is situated in New York.
5. The UN Human Rights body has adopted aresolution on addressing the human rights situation of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar. The resolution has condemned the systematic gross violations of rights and abuses committed against all, including Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State. It urges the Myanmar government to grant full citizenship rights to them.
6. India has abstained from voting on aresolution on Palestine adopted at the UN rights body that calls for accountability by parties involved in conflict in Gaza. Although India, Kenya, Ethiopia, Paraguay and Macedonia abstained, the resolution was adopted as 41 countries voted in its favour.
7. US secretary of defence Ash Carter metwith French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian at the Pentagon, to strengthen cooperation with the aim to fight against the Islamic State (IS). Carter commended France for its commitment in the fight to deliver a lasting defeat to IS. Earlier this year, France deployed its aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle to the Persian Gulf to support counter-IS airstrikes.
8. Warren Buffett, the third wealthiest manin the World, has donated about $2.84 billion of Berkshire Hathaway Inc stock to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and four family charities, as part of the billionaire’s plan to give away nearly all of his wealth. This is Buffett’s 10th annual donation and the largest, taking his total contributions to the charities to more than $21.5bn.
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9. China has developed and commissioned afixed-wing, anti-submarine patrol aircraft similar to the United States’ P-3C Orion. The Chinese navy has got a four-engine Gaoxin-6, anti-submarine aircraft developed and manufactured by Aviation Industry Corp of China. It has been delivered to the Beihai – or North Sea – Fleet of the People’s Liberation Army navy.
10. Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka inthe first week of July 2015 achieved Guinness World Records for spending most number of days in the space. He achieved this title by spending 804 days on the International Space Station (ISS). He surpassed cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, record of 803 days, nine hours and 41 minutes in the space which Sergei achieved across six missions from 1998 to 2005.
11. Paytm is the latest company to jump onthe person-to-person (P2P) money transfer bandwagon. Mobile payment firms like M-Pesa and Oxigen, and certain banks are also joining the pararde to offer ease and convenience of the cashless mode and promote cash-less and paperless transactions while making payments.
12. India and Pakistan have decided to revivethe stalled dialogue process and find ways to expedite trial of the Mumbai attack case. The leaders of both countries agreed to cooperate to eliminate terrorism from South Asia. Mr. Modi and Mr. Sharif met for nearly one hour in Ufa on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit.
13. WhatsApp could soon be banned in theUnited Kingdom, owing to the strict laws on social media and online messaging services. UK PM David Cameron is now looking at new legislation that plans ‘to stop people from sending any form of encrypted messages. The popular messaging services in the UK are WhatsApp, iMessage and Snapchat.
14. Super typhoon Chan-hom wavedtowards eastern China in Shanghai on 11th July 2015,leading to evacuation of more than 865,000 people. The powerful storm could be the strongest typhoon to make landfall in Zhejiang province.
15. Tunisia’s status as a “non-NATO ally” ofthe United States has been approved on 10th July 2015. This important decision was taken by US State Department. Now, Tunisia has become the 16th country to become a part of NATO ally of United States.
16. President Pranab Mukherjee hasannounced that India strongly supports Iraq’s territorial integrity and its government’s efforts to “overcome the current ISIS crisis”.
17. A historic deal was done on 14th July2015 which aims at ensuring that Iran does not obtain the nuclear bomb, opening up Tehran’s stricken economy and potentially ending decades of bad blood with the West.
Iran’s nuclear ambitions after repeated diplomatic failures and threats of military action. US President Barack Obama said the deal meant “every pathway to a nuclear weapon is cut off”.
18. The world’s oldest Koran fragments havebeen found by the University of Birmingham. Radiocarbon dating found the manuscript to be at least 1,370 years old, making it among the earliest in existence.
19. Defence Secretary Ashton Carterannounced that the United States has decided to end its ban on transgender soldiers serving in the armed forces. According to the current regulations, transgender service members are outdated and causie uncertainty that distracts commanders from core missions.
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20. Film-maker Benoy Behl in fourth week ofJuly 2015 won the Best Documentary Producer award at Madrid International Film Festival. He was awarded for producing and directing a documentary film titled Indian Roots of Tibetan Buddhism.
21. PayPal Holdings, Inc., the digitalpayments company, has separated from eBay, the e-commerce company that acquired PayPal in 2002 for $1.5 billion. It is now an independent public company trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol ‘PYPL’.
22. The UN Security Council has unanimouslyadopted a resolution that endorses the landmark nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers. The historical deal paves the way for lifting the crippling sanctions imposed by the world body against Tehran. Representatives of all 15 countries on the Security Council voted by raising their hands.
23. According to an analysis by the GlobalFinance Magazine, the top three richest countries in the World are Qatar, Luxembourg and Singapore. The magazine has determined the poorest and richest ones based on data from the IMF. The Democratic Republic of Congo is at the other end of the spectrum and has been the poorest country in the world over the 2010-2013 period.
24. China has started assembling the world’slargest sea plane which it plans to deploy in the disputed South China Sea. China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Co is developing the aircraft, which has received 17 domestic orders for what will be the world’s largest sea plane.
25. The United States and Cuba havereopened embassies in each other’s countries for the first time in 54 year. This historical move has restored their full diplomatic ties.
26. Japan, the world’s sixth biggestgreenhouse gas polluter, has pledged to cut emissions 26 per cent from 2013 levels by 2030, a target observers judged inadequate to avert calamitous global warming. In order to achieve this goal, nuclear energy, deeply unpopular and offline since the 2011 tsunami-induced Fukushima disaster, must provide about 20-22 per cent of electricity production.
27. According to the US Energy InformationAdministration (EIA), China is expected to become the world’s third largest nuclear generating country by 2017 surpassing South Korea and Japan. China is expected to surpass South Korea and Russia in nuclear generating capacity by the end of 2015, overtake Japan around 2017 and to be behind only after the US and France.
28. Agile Spirit 2015 – the NATO’s militarytraining has ended on July 22′ 2015 in Vaziani, Georgia. American, Bulgarian, Romanian, Lithuanian and Latvian military personnel were participated along with Georgia’ Battalion 42 in the military exercises.
29. China has started assembling the World’slargest radio telescope, whose dish has the size of 30 football grounds. The telescope is being assembled in the mountains of southwest Guizhou Province to enhance its ability to observe outer space. The five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) nestles in a bowl-shaped valley.
30. Chinese scientists have successfullytested the power system of a Long March-5 carrier rocket scheduled for flight in 2016. The fifth-generation launch vehicle of the Long March family, has entered a “runoff” phase. The rocket will have a payload capacity of 25 tonnes to low Earth orbits, or 14 tonnes to geostationary transfer orbit, about twice the current capacity.
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31. China has began it’s construction of thesixth unit of the Hongyanhe plant in Liaoning province. China has taken the number of nuclear power units under construction to 26 and making it the largest expansion of nuclear power in the world. As per the “strategic action plan 2014-2020″ announced by the Chinese government, the installed nuclear power capacity will reach 58,000 megawatts by 2020.
32. The European Union has banned themarketing of around 700 generic medicines for alleged manipulation of clinical trials conducted by India’s pharmaceutical research company GVK Biosciences. The largest EU-wide suspension of sales and distribution of generic drugs ordered by the European Commission.
33. China has become the World’s largestpotato producer, accounting for nearly a quarter of the global production. The most populous country is also the largest consumer of Potato.
34. China will press its SupercomputerSkyeye-1, capable of a quadrillion computing operations per second, to support space exploration by the world’s largest radio telescope being built in its Guizhou Province.
35. The Gadhimai festival, the world’s largestanimal sacrifice held in Nepal, will see no more bloodshed as animal sacrifice has now been banned. The Gadhimai Temple Trust has put an end to a religious practice that had been continuing for the last 300 years. The festival is held for every five years.
In 2009, more than five lakh animals including goats, buffaloes and chickens were slaughtered at the Gadhimai festival, though the number reportedly fell in the festival held last year to about 1 lakh
36. Kazakhstan became 162th member ofWTO or World Trade Organization. The agreement was signed between the WTO Director General Robert Azevedo and Kazakhstan president Nursultan Nazarbayev at Geneva.
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. A Russian booster Soyuz-U rocket hasbeen successfully launched an unmanned cargo ship to the International Space Station (ISS). The crew is anxiously awaiting it after the successive failures of two previous supply missions. A Soyuz-U rocket blasted off flawlessly from Russia-leased Baikonur launch pad in Kazakhstan.
2. A new study has found that, Sahara desertcontained the world’s largest freshwater lake until it evaporated in just a few hundred years. Researchers from the University of London used satellite images to map abandoned shore lines around Palaeolake Mega-Chad. They had analysed sediments to calculate the age of these shore lines, producing a lake level history spanning the last 15,000 years.
3. British Astronomers have uncovered five
Supermassive black holes that were
previously hidden by clouds of dust and gas.
The discovery has suggested that millions
more could be similarly undetected.
4. As part of ‘Digital India Week’, the Centre
for Development of Telematics (C-DOT)
has launched four new products. They are
1. Solar powered Wi-Fi hotspots
2. Long distance Wi-Fi
3. Next Generation Network solution
4. 100 Gbps optical fibre cable
7. The National Dairy Development Board(NDDB) has launched a mobile application called ‘Pashu Poshan’. The mobile app will recommend a balanced diet for cows and buffaloes to help boost dairy farmers’ income by raising milk yield and cutting feed cost.
5. Presidents of the United States of America
and Brazil have issued a joint statement on
climate change in Washington, the USA.
• USA will reduce GHG emissions by 26
percent to 28 percent below 2005 levels
in 2025. Brazil intends to restore and
reforest 12 million hectares of forests by
2030.
• The USA and Brazil each intend to
increase the share of renewables –
beyond hydropower – in their respective
electricity generation mixes to the level
of 20 percent by 2030.
• Both the countries agreed to work
multilaterally in the Montreal Protocol
to consider promptly amendment
proposals to phase down HFCs.
6. Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) has successfully launched its heaviest commercial mission at 9.45 pm (July 10′ 2015). PSLV-C28 carried five British satellites takes-off smoothly from Sriharikota.
Payload
• Three identical DMC3 satellites, built by
Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) in the
UK
• Technology demonstrator CBNT1
• Technology demonstrator De-OrbitSail
The total weight of the satellites and launch vehicle is 1,450kg.
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8. Airbus flew its electric plane across theEnglish Channel for the first time on 10th July 2015. Amid fanfare, European planemaker Airbus flew its E-fan plane from Lydd, England, to the French port of Calais. The plane operates exclusively on batteries, and since there’s no oil or water, the 20-foot long, 1300-pound jet releases zero emissions.
9. NASA has named the first four astronauts
who will fly on the first U.S. commercial
spaceflights in private crew transportation
vehicles being built by Boeing and
SpaceX. They are
1. Robert Behnken
2. Eric Boe
3. Douglas Hurley
4. Sunita Williams.
10. Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi
Raju has launched the GPS-Aided Geo
Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) system.
This indigenously developed system will
make airline operations more efficient and
reduce costs. GAGAN will offer seamless
navigation to the aviation industry. GAGAN
will provide augmentation service for GPS
over the country, Bay of Bengal, South East
Asia and Middle East expanding up to Africa.
11. Government of Sri Lanka inked a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with
search engine giant Google to launch the
Google Loon project in the country. As per
the MoU, Google will place 13 high-altitude
balloons over the island nation to provide
affordable high-speed 3G (3rd Generation)
internet services to the entire country.
11. A new supersonic luxury plane that flypeople from New York to London in just three hours is on its way as it is being developed by a team of engineers, including those of Indian-origin. Boston-based Spike Aerospace’s S-512 Supersonic Jet was introduced in 2013, but the company recently announced a few updates to the plane’s design.
12. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said– the world was headed for a “generationfree of AIDS”, after UNAIDS reported a 35-percent drop in new HIV infections from 15 years ago.
The positive news was also coupled with calls for more funding, with the objective of eliminating the virus by 2030.
13. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said– the world was headed for a “generationfree of AIDS”, after UNAIDS reported a 35-percent drop in new HIV infections from 15 years ago. The positive news was also coupled with calls for more funding, with the objective of eliminating the virus by 2030.
14. Scientists working at the world’s biggestatom smasher say they have discovered a new kind of particle called “pentaquark”. The European Organisation for Nuclear Research, or CERN, says the discovery was made by a team working on one of the four experiments at the Large Hadron Collider beneath the Swiss-French border.
15. A new species of cyprinid freshwater fishnamed Puntius Dolichopterus has been discovered in Kayamkulam, Kerela by Mathews Plamoottil. Mathew is a head of the department of zoology in Baby John Memorial Government College of Kollam district.
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16. ISRO has announced that, India’s first
indigenously designed and developed high-
thrust cryogenic rocket engine generating a
nominal thrust of 19 tonnes has been
successfully endurance hot-tested for 800
seconds. The engine will be used for
powering the Cryogenic stage (C25), the
upper stage of the next generation GSLV Mk-
III launch vehicle of ISRO, capable of
launching four-tonne class satellites.
17. Soyuz spacecraft with three astronauts
was launched towards the International
Space Station after a two-month delay
caused by a Russian rocket failure. The
spacecraft blasted off on schedule from
Russia’s Baikonur cosmodrome in the barren
Kazakh steppe. The three are cosmonaut
Oleg Kononenko, US astronaut Kjell Lindgren
and Kimiya Yui of Japan. After around six
hours from the launch, it is announced that
the space capsule has been successfully
docked at the International Space Station
(ISS).
18. A British pensioner has become the first
person in the world to be fitted with a bionic
eye to fix the most common form of
blindness in a landmark operation. He is the
first person in the world to have both
artificial and natural vision combined.
19. NASA has announced that its Keplerspacecraft has spotted “Earth’s bigger, older cousin”: the first nearly Earth-size planet to be found in the habitable zone of a star similar to our own. The planet, Kepler-452b, is about 1,400 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. It’s about 60% bigger than Earth. Researchers Kepler-452b’s atmosphere would probably be thicker than Earth’s, and it would have active volcanoes. It takes 385 days for the planet to orbit its star.
20. The world’s first malaria vaccine,Mosquirix has cleared one of the final hurdles as it received a positive scientific opinion from European regulators. The vaccine now awaits approval from the WHO before it could be administered within the next few years across Africa. The vaccine, named Mosquirix, gets regulatory nod by London-based European Medicines Agency after more than 30 years of research.
21. Researchers at the University ofCalifornia have used CRISPR/Cas9 a popular genome editing technique to precisely modify a key type of human immune cell that protects the body against a wide range of diseases, from diabetes to AIDS to cancer.
22. After so much hype and expectationMicrosoft has launched it’s new operating system Windows 10. It will be available as free upgrade or with new PC’s and tablets. The phone version will be available at a later time.
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SPORTS
Winner Title Sport/Venue Abhijeet Gupta 19th Common Wealth Chess
Championship Mumbai
Chile defeated Argentia Copa America Crown Football Unites States defeated Japan FIFA Women’s World Cup Football/Canada Lewis Hamilton British Grand Prix Formula One Race India defeated Sri Lanka South Asian Basketball
Championship Basketball
Inderjeet Singh won Gold Athletics World University Games/South Korea
Serena Williams defeated Spain’s Garbine Muguruza
Wimbledon Championship (Women’s Singles)
Tennis/London
Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis defeated Russina pair Makarova-Vesnina
Wimbledon Championship (Women’s Doubles)
Tennis/London
Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer
Wimbledon Championship (Men’s Singles)
Tennis/London
Leander Paes and Switzerland’s Martina Hingis defeated Alexander Peya of Austria and Timea Babos of Hungary
Wimbledon Championship (Mixed Doubles)
Tennis/London
Shubham Jaglan World Junior Golf Championship
Gold/San Diego, US
Sangram Singh World Wrestling Professionals (WWP) Commonwealth Wrestling Heavyweight Championship
Wrestling/South Africa
Ansh Arora National Junior Aquatic Championship
Swimming/Pune
Shubham Jaglan IJGA World Stars of Junior Golf
Golf/Las Vegas
Chris Froome Tour de France Cycling/France Sebastian Vettel Hungarian Grand Prix Formula One Race Indian Oil Corporation Defeated Army XI
Murugappa Hockey Title Hockey
Mexico defeated Jamaica CONCACAF Gold Cup Football Amitoj Chhabra Junior Title at the US
Powerlifting Association National Championships 2015.
Power Lifting
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Wimbledon 2015 Juniors – Title Winners
• Boys’ Singles Title
Reilly Opelka of United States defeated Swede Mikael Ymer. It is 12 years since an
American man last won a grand slam title.
• Girls’ Singles Title
Sofya Zhuk of Russia defeated Anna Blinkova, also from Russia.
• Boys’ Doubles Title
Sumit Nagal from India and Vietnam’s Nam Hoang Ly defeated Reilly Opelka and
Akira Santillan.
Points to Note
• India has won a record 156 medals, including 89 gold and 50 silvers, in theWorld Police and Fire games held at the United States.
• Germany defender, Marcell Jansen has quit professional football at the ageof just 29 following his release by Hamburg.
• The Board of Control for Cricket in India announced the venues that willhost the men’s and women’s ICC World T20 2016. The Eden Gardens inKolkata will host the event finale.
• Goa has now been handpicked by organizers of the ISL to host the final ofthe 2015 edition on December 20.
• Sri Lankan batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan has joined an elite club of cricketers bycrossing the 10,000 ODI run-mark.
• Mitchell Johnson became the fifth Australia bowler to take 300 Test wickets as hehauled his side back into the third Ashes Test against England at Edgbaston.
• Two major Indian Premier League teams Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and RajasthanRoyals were suspended from the cricket league for two years.
• Union Sports Ministry constituted a 9 member Working Group to prepare a reviseddraft of the National Sports Development Code (NSDC). The Working Group will beheaded by Retired Delhi High Court Judge CK Mahajan.
• Union Government has constituted All India Council of Sports (AICS), as an advisorybody to deliberate on matters relating to the development and promotion of sports.
• Patiala House Courts in New Delhi has acquitted all 36 accused persons in the IndianPremier League (IPL) season 6 spot fixing case including former cricketer S Sreesanth.
• International Cricket Council (ICC) has banned Pakistan’s all-rounder cricketerMohammad Hafeez from bowling in international cricket for a period of one year.
• Champions League Twenty 20 (CLT20) of Cricket has been scrapped with immediateeffect.
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OBITUARY
Name of the Person Associated Field Matti Makkonen Father of SMS Technology Diana Doughlas US Actress Abdullah Hussai Urdu Novelist Bashar Navaaz Urdu Poet Omar Shariff Egyptian Actor Prince Saud al-Faisal Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia MS Viswanathan Music Director V Ramakrishna Telugu Playback Singer Alcides Ghiggia Uruguay Soccer Legend El Doctorow US Novelist RS Gavai Former Governor of Bihar and Kerala Bijoy Handique Former Union Minister (Assam) Parameshwaran Hariharan Physicist Santasilan Kadirgamar Sri Lankan Historian APJ Abdul Kalam Former President of India Dr Suniti Solomon Pioneer of HIV/AIDS Research Clive Rice Former South African Cricket Player Vasundhara Komkali Vocalist Tom Moore Cartoonist Alex Rocco God Father Actor Jules Bianchi F1 Driver Aubrey Morris Clockwork Orange Actor Satoru Iwata Nintendo CEO Adi Bharucha Helsinki Olympics Swimmer
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IMPORTANT DAYS IN JULY
Date Observed Day July 1 International Joke Day
National Doctor’s Day July 2 World Sports Journalist Day July 4 Independence Day (USA) July 6 International Kissing Day July 7 Global Forgiveness Day July 11 World Population Day July 12 Malala Day July 15 World Youth Skills Day July 17 International Justice Day July 18 International Nelson Mandela Day July 26 Kargil Diwas Day July 28 World Hepatitis Day July 29 World Tiger Day July 30 International Day of Friendship
World Day against Trafficking in persons
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