Daily Current Affairs for 12th July 2017 ( English)
1. UNESCO added German
Caves with World’s oldest known art to heritage
list .These caves are located at Swabian Jura region of Germany.
2. Gopala
Krishnan Gandhi was nominated as Opposition Candidate for
Vice-Presidential election 2017 by Congress President Sonia
Gandhi .
3. Afghanistan
batsman Shafiqullah Shafaq scored double century in
the Paragon Nangarhar Champion Trophy T 20 , a local tournament of
Afghanistan.
4. Ravi
Shastri took over as new Coach of Indian Cricket Team in
July 2017, after Anil Kumble who resigned recently .
5. President
Pranab Mukhurjee inaugurated Ashiana Annexe in Dehradun which
comprises of 12 low cost dwelling units constructed to accommodate
officers and staff of Rashtrapati Bhavan during Presidential Visits to
the Retreat at Ashiana.
6. Rajasthan became
the first state to fix minimum educational
qualification for co-operative body poll. The
minimum qualification for the Primary committee members will be Class 8 , for
district level committee it will be class 10 and graduartion for State Level
Committee
7. Zaheer
Khan was appointed as the bowling coach for Indian
Cricket Team on July 2017
8. The
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed that it has
confirmed news that Abu Bakr al –Baghdadi, the chief of the
Islamic state of Iraq and Syria ( ISIS) has died.
9. The
International Olympic Committee (IOC) in July 2017 agreed to award two
cities for hosting 2024 and 2028 Games. The two cities are Paris and Los
Angeles.
10. The
Union Government has increased import duty on sugar to
50% to support domestic prices.
11. The
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a complete ban on
nylon and synthetic manja on the grounds that it poses a threat to
humans and animals.
12. The Union Cabinet has
given its approval for the Joint Interpretative Notes (JIN) on
the Agreement between India and Bangladesh for the
Promotion and Protection of Investments.
13. NASA’s unmanned spacecraft Juno has successfully peered
into the Jupiter’s giant storm known as the Great Red
Spot. It became first space probe to complete flyby of Jupiter’s Great Red
Spot.
14. 5 States and a Union Territory
(UT) have signed
memorandum of understanding (MoU) to join GeM (Centre’s Government
e-Marketplace) initiative. They are Andhra Pradesh, Assam,
Gujarat, Telangana, Arunachal Pradesh and Puducherry (UT). Four more states
including Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand and Haryana, will ink such MoU
soon. GeM is an Online Market platform to facilitate procurement of goods and
services by various Ministries and agencies of the Government. It aims to
enhance transparency, efficiency and speed in public procurement of goods and
services and eliminate corruption.
15. India will be the world’s
largest milk producer by 2026 and will account for the biggest
increase in wheat production globally according to recently released OECD-FAO
Agricultural Outlook 2017-2026.
16. The Union Government has saved around Rs
57,000 crore in 2016-17 through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)
scheme under which subsidies are given directly to beneficiaries.
17.Tamil Nadu has reported its first case of Zika
virus in a 27-year-old man from a village in Krishnagiri
district.
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