Daily Current Affairs for 27th & 28th July, 2017 ( English )
1. Lok
Sabha passed the Companies Act (Amendment Bill) 2016. It
amends the provisions related to the composition of the Selection Committee of
the National Companies Law Tribunal and the National Companies Law Appellate
Tribunal.
2. Donald
Trump’s administration has reaffirmed support to India’s bid
to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group ( NSG) and has
urged other members of the elite grouping as well to support its claim.
3. Iran has
successfully launched its most advanced satellite carrying rocket
called “Simorgh “ into space . The development marks a significant
step forward for the Islamic Republic’s young space program.
4. PM
Modi on 27th July 2017 inaugurated the Dr. APJ
Abdul Kalam memorial at Pei Karumbu, Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. He
unveiled the Statue of Dr. Kalam. He also flagged off “ Kalam
Sandesh Vahini “ an exhibition bus which shall
travel across various States of the Country and reach Rashtrapati
Bhavan in New Delhi on 15th Oct 2017 which marks
the birth anniversary of Dr. Kalam.
5. Trump has banned
Transgender individuals from serving in US Military.
6. Bolivian
President Eva Morales has declared that his nation has
achieved “ total independence from world Bank and IMF” in July 2017
7. July
28 – World Hepatitis Day with the theme of 2017 : “ Eliminate
Hepatitis “ to mobilize intensified action towards the health targets
in 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
8. The
National Centre for Seismology (NCS) developed a mobile app “India Quake
“ for automatic dissemination of earthquake parameter ( location, time
and magnitude ) after the occurrence of earthquakes. The Union Minister of
Science & Technology Harsh Vardhan launched the app on the Foundation
day of Ministry of Earth Sciences in New Delhi .
9. Scientists from Oregon Health
and Science University, US used the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing
technology to alter human DNA in single-cell embryos, which allows specific
sections of DNA to be altered or replaced. This is for the first
time they have successfully edited genes of human embryos to
correct defective DNA that cause inherited diseases.
10. The Supreme Court has ruled
that the police cannot arrest the accused without conducting a
preliminary inquiry under dowry harassment cases. The ruling was made by a
SC bench of Justices A K Goel and UU Lalit. With this, apex court put an end to
immediate arrest of the husband and his family members in the dowry harassment
cases filed under Section 498A of Indian Penal Code (IPC).
11. The NITI
(National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog has approved 6
transport proposals which include high-tech mass rapid transportation
technologies such as metrino, hyperloop, pod taxis, stadler buses, hybrid buses
and freight rail road of the transport ministry exploring options to improve
public transport. The transport ministry has formed a six member committee,
headed by former top official of Railways, to study safety parameters
associated with these technologies and their best global practices.
12. BRICS Taxation
Cooperation Memorandum have signed by the Tax authorities of the BRICS-
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa to establish a mechanism
for taxation cooperation.
13. India’s Ajay Singh has won bronze medal
in 77 kgs men’s junior category in the 2017
Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships held at Kathmandu,
Nepal. Earlier, S.
Nirpupama Devi had won bronze in 69 kgs women
youth category. Konsam Ormila Devi from Manipur had won
gold medal in 44kg weight category. His win takes India’s
medal tally to three in the championship.
14. New artificial
intelligence (AI) software called SurfNet was
developed by
the Scientists including one of Indian origin. This software can create
three dimensional (3D) models from 2D photographs.
15. 2017 BRICS
Labour and Employment Ministers’ meeting held in Chongqing, China. BRICS
countries-Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa have agreed to work
together to ensure stable employment and better quality of life for their
people. They passed BRICS Labour and Employment Ministerial Declaration. BRICS
Summit to be held in Xiamen, China in September 2017.
16. The Union
Cabinet has approved the Labour Code on Wages
Bill which will ensure a minimum wage across all sectors by
integrating existing labour related laws.
17. The Codex
Alimentarius Commission (CAC) has adopted three Codex
standards for black, white and green pepper, cumin and thyme. It is
for first time pepper, cumin and thyme, spices will have
such universal standards. These standards were adopted at 40th
session of CAC held in Geneva.
18. Scientists
from NASA for first time are planning to chase the
shadow of the moon using two of NASA’s WB-57F research jets during
the upcoming total solar eclipse in US. The purpose of the
chase is to capture the clearest ever images of the Sun’s
outer atmosphere.
19. Scientists have
discovered new species of glow-in-the-dark shark named Etmopterus
lailae and belongs to lantern shark family that is
living 1,000 feet below the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the northwestern
Hawaiian islands.
20. Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar resigned from his post by submitting his
resignation to Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi. Governor has accepted his
resignation and asked him to continue as caretaker CM.
21. The Parliament has passed
The Collection of Statistics (Amendment) Bill, 2017 after it was
approved by the Rajya Sabha, which was already passed by Lok Sabha. The bill
aims at amending the Collection of Statistics Bill, 2008, which facilitates the
collection of statistics related to social, economic, demographic, scientific
and environmental aspects, by central, state and local governments.
22. The Union
Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has apprised Joint
Declaration of Intent (JDI) between on Indo German-Centre for Sustainability
(IGCS).which was concluded during the fourth Inter-Governmental
Consultations (IGC) between India and Germany in Berlin held in May 2017.
23. The Union
Cabinet has approved revision of guidelines of Sovereign Gold
Bonds (SGB) Scheme with a view to achieve its intended objectives. It aims to make
it more attractive, mobilise finances as per the target and reduce the economic
strains caused by imports of gold and reduce Current Account Deficit (CAD).
24. The Jim
Corbett National Park , Uttarakhand records second highest
tiger count in India behind Karnataka which has 400 big
cats . The count of tiger shot up to 242 with an increase of 63 big
cats in the year 2017.
25. Somdev Devvarman , former Indian
Tennis player was chosen as head Centre
of Excellence at the Delhi Law Tennis Association ( DLTA).
26. The Airports
Authority of India ( AAI) has signed a MoU with the Uttarakhand
Govt and Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development Authority ( UCADA) to
develop state’s civil aviation sector.
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