Daily Current affairs for 13 th & 14th July, 2017 ( English )
1. Mithali
Raj , Indian Captain ( Women Cricket Team ) became the first
player to score 6000 runs in Women’s ODI cricket after scoring
her 34th run against Australia in Bristol.
2. China recently
sent troops to open first overseas military base in Djibouti which
is on the north western edge of Indian Ocean.
3. The Government
empowers army to procure critical ammunition and spares without
a nod from the Defence Acquisition Council headed by Defence Minister
Arun Jailtley or the Cabinet Community on Security.
4. India has
recently granted 3.2 crore rupees aid to Philippines to
fight against ISIS. It is the only Southeast
Asian nation where ISIS has established its presence
5. Saudi
Arabia has recently approved Physical education program at girl’s
schools
6. Justice
Vikramajit Sen was appointed as the Chairman of BCCC ( Broad
casting content complaints Council). His appointment was approved by
the Board of Directors of Indian Broadcasting Foundation(IBF). He succeeds
Mukul Mudgal whose 3 year term comes to an end.
7. CM
of Meghalaya Mukul Sangma has launched LIFE( Livelihood
Intervention and Facilitation of Entrepreneurship ) program at
Songsak which will focus on capacity building and under this program ,
every 10 SHG’s will be motivated to act like a bank and help each other.
8. Google
acquired Bengaluru- based start up Halli labs for an undisclosed
sum.Halli labs was founded by Pankaj Gupta in 2017 with the goal of applying
modern Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning techniques to solve
old problems.
9. One
of the biggest ice bergs ever recorded has just broken away from Antarctica has
calved away from the Larsen C Ice Shelf of Antartica.
10. Railway
Ministry has launched various initiatives namely RailCloud
project, NIVARAN-Grievance Portal and Cashless treatment scheme in Emergency
(CTSE) scheme.Railcloud is another step towards digitalization of Railways
with an aim of single digital platform for Indian railways.
11. National
Green Tribunal ( NGT ) has declared the 100 m area from
the edge of Ganga as “No Development Zone” and directed this
zone should be turned into Green Belts.
12. India will
host the 8th edition of Theatre Olympics for
the first time ever from 17th Feb to * April 2018 simultaneously
in 15 cities across India. The Inaugural ceremony will take place in
New Delhi.
13. Sports
Minister Vijay Goel has inaugurated Oorja CRPF under -19
Football Talent Hunt Tournament in New Delhi on 12th July
2017.
14. Malta has voted
to legalise same-sex marriage , despite opposition from
the Catholic Church.
15. Food
supplied by religious organization will attract no Goods and
Service Tax.
16. Uttar
Pradesh government has proposed to celebrate Bachpan Divas,
Laadli Divas and Matratva Divas every year.
17. Department
of Industrial policy and Promotion (DIPP) will establish India’s
first Technology and Innovation Support Center ( TISC) at Patent
information Centre of Punjab under the World
Intellectual Property Organization’s ( WIPO) TISC program.
18. The
State of Karnataka has formed a committee to study
legalities for separate State flag
19. Maharashtra became
the first state to launch free injectable contraceptive for Women.
20. Telangana government
has brought out an ordinance to curb evils of online
rummy game.
21. China’s
Nobel laureate Liu Xiabo has passed away .
22. Union
Ministry of Finance has announced that the services provided by educational
institutions to the students and staff are fully exempted from GST.
23. The
Union Government has constituted the Directorate General of Analytics and Risk
Management ( DGARM ) which was aimed at providing intelligence inputs
and do big data analytics for taxmen for better policy formulation and taking
acting against GST evaders.
24. Indian
scientists have discovered a super cluster of 43
galaxies , Saraswathi which is located in the direction of
constellation Pisces.
25. The
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released
the Government at a Glance 2017 report . The top most rank in the
global index was secured by India with 73% of people having faith in
Narendra Modi govt , which was followed by Canada
in second position as Justin Trudeau’s govt earned 62%
of its people. The other three in top 5 are Turkey, Russia and Germany.
26. Aarthi
Subramanian was appointed as Chief Digital Officer
of Tata Sons Group.
27. The
Churches in Egypt have suspended pilgrimages, holidays and conferences
for the remainder of July and August 2017 after authorities warned them about
possible attacks of Islamic terrorists.
28. Vietnam was
selected by IUCN for the construction of World’s
first Saola breeding centre.
29. India
and Russia have been celebrating 70 years of diplomatic ties between
the two countries since the establishment of bilateral relations
in 1947.
30.Imphal –Moreh section of NH-39 will be upgraded to improve
the connectivity between Imphal with the eastern part of Manipur under
SASEC Road Connectivity Investment Program.
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