Daily Current Affairs for July 1st to 3rd, 2017 ( English)
1. The Union
Government has launched National Bio Pharma Mission to
accelerate biopharmaceutical development in India. Under this mission, a
programme named Innovate in India (i3). The i3 aims to create an
enabling ecosystem to promote entrepreneurship and indigenous
manufacture in the sector. It is a flagship program in collaboration with
World Bank.
2. Achal
Kumar Jyoti will took over as Chief Election Commissioner of
India due to Nazim Zaidi’s retirement from his post on 6th July,
2017
3. July
1 – International day of co-operatives : First Saturday of July , was
observed across the world and the theme for 2017 is Co-operatives
ensure no one is left behind.
4. After
17 years of debate, India has launched historic indirect tax regime GST
on 1st July, 2017
5. KK
Venugopal was appointed as the attorney general of India
. He will succeed Mukul Rohatgi who chose to return
to private practice after his three years term.
6. RK
Pachnanda took over as Director –General of Indo-Tibetan
Border Place
7. Carrie
Lam Cheng Yuet –ngor sworn in as the Chief executive of Hong
Kong
8. Germany defeated
Chile in the finals to win the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup . This
is the first confederation cup for Germany to take to
its home . This tournament was held in Russia as
a prelude to the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
9. 65
MoU’s were signed by textiles India 2017 on 1st July
in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Out of these, 62 were signed
by the Union Textiles ministry and remaining 3 were
signed by Gujarat Government on textile sector as G2G business.
10. Germany has
passed a controversial law under which it would fine social media
websites such as Face book , Google and you tube if they fail
to remove hate speech or unlawful content within 24 hours.
11. 999: The
world’s oldest emergency services phone number had marked its 80th anniversary
on 2nd July, 2017. It is the best known phone no in
Britain to alert police, fire, ambulance and coastguards to emergencies
12. Writer
Preethi Shenoy was honoured with Indian of the year award at
a function organized in New Delhi . She was awarded by Brands
Academy , one of the most reputed brand companies in India.
13. The Syrian’s
Central bank on 2nd July 2017 put into circulation
a new 2000 Syrian Lira ($3.9) bank note that has a face
of its country President Bashar Assad for the first time since
he took as the President over 17 years
14. Telangana
IPS officer Mahesh Bhagwat was recognized for his vital role in elevating
human trafficking as a government priority and his innovative approach
to investigating cases and dismantling trafficking . He has conferred
with 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report Heroes award.
15. A team of
scientists have developed world’s sharpest laser with a line
width of only 10 mHzand named it as “ Super Laser “.This
precision can be useful for various applications such as optical atomic clocks,
radio astronomy, precision spectroscopy, testing the theory of relativity and
carry out new precision measurements on ultra cold atoms.
16. Google has
rolled out a new doodle commemorating the 140th anniversary of
World’s oldest tennis tournament , Wimbledon Championship.
17. SerbianTennis
player Novak Djokovic defeated France’s Gael Monfils to
clinch the Eastbourne international Men’s Singles title .
Karolina Pliskova won the title for women’s singles which
was held on 1st July 2017 in Eastbourne, United Kingdom.
18. India on
3rd July 2017 has successfully test fired indigenously
developed quick reaction surface to air missile ( QR-SAM) off
the Odisha Coast, Chandipur. It was developed by DRDO.
19. The Madhya
Pradesh government has created a new record by planting 6
crore saplings in 24 districts of Narmada basin in just 12
hours
20. eVIN,
the mobile application of Union Health Ministry had won the
prestigious GSMA Asia Mobile Award 2017
21. SIERRA
ODC building was recognized as the World’s second highest
ranking Green Building under Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design ( LEED) certification
22. The World
Health Organization (WHO) has declared the end of the most
recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC).
23. National
Multi Commodity Exchange (NMCE), India’s first demutualised
online national multi-commodities exchange will merge with Indian
Commodity Exchange (ICEX). The merged entity will create India’s
third biggest commodity exchange. The largest commodity exchange by volume
is the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) followed by National Commodity and
Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX).
24. The Assam
government is going to raise a new Special Rhino Protection
Force (SRPF) for better protection of the one-horned rhinos in
Assam.
25. Two
Indian-Americans, Adobe Chief Shantanu Narayen (54) and former US Surgeon
General Vivek Murthy (39) have been chosen for prestigious Great
Immigrants: The Pride of America Award 2017. The award is given
annually on the occasion of Independence Day of United States i.e. 4th July to
naturalised citizens of US for their contribution in advancing US’s economy,
society, and culture. Shantanu Narayen is a native of Hyderabad. He holds an undergraduate
degree in electronics engineering, a master’s degree in computer science, and
an MBA from UC Berkeley. He is a board member of Pfizer and US-India Business
Council. At present, he is CEO of Adobe Systems. Vivek Murthy was born in the
UK. He is alumnus of Harvard and Yale. He was appointed as Surgeon General by
former President Barack Obama in 2014, making the first-ever Indian-American
and also the youngest to occupy the post. He was dismissed this in April 2017
by the Trump administration.
26. Rail
Land Development Authority (RLDA) has inked MoU with National
Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) for redevelopment of
10 railway stations across the country on global standards.
27. The
Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pension has launched
a new training programme Comprehensive Online Modified Modules on
Induction Training (COMMIT) for State Government officials to improve
the public service delivery mechanism and provide citizen centric
administration through capacity building of officials who interact
with the citizens on day-to-day basis.
28.Though the GSTN (
Goods and service Tax Network ) has been operational, it is yet
to get the security clearance from Union Home Ministry which
is a mandatory requirement as it has private participation.
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