1-15th July 2018 Gk Digest

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1. First time happenings and records

  1. Century's longest total lunar eclipse to be seen in Dubai on - 27th July
  2. fastest wicket keeper-batsman to score 10,000 runs in ODI cricket - M S Dhoni
  3. first transgender judge in Assam - Swati B Baruah
  4. first state in india to appoint girls as district Brand Ambassador for Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao - Madhya Pradesh
  5. india's largest visa centre in the world has inaugurated in - Bangladesh
  6. state has topped revenue collection under GST - Haryana
  7. first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the IAAF World U20 Championship - Hima Das
  8. first state in the country to ban plastic and thermocol cutlery - Himachal Pradesh
  9. Metro Rail will open India’s first exquisite air-conditioned bed space dormitory - Kochi
  10. first India Tourism Mart will be organized in - New Delhi
  11. Second Indian mountaineer to climb Mt Ojos del Salado ,Argentina - Satyarup Siddhanta
  12. India’s first Private UAV Factory will be set up - Kota
  13. Telecom operator has unveiled the country’s first internet telephony service that will allow users to dial any telephone number in India through its mobile app WINGS - BSNL
  14. oldest Indian woman to complete an Ironman Triathlon - Anju Khosla
  15. company has become the India's largest payer of Goods and Services Tax - Reliance
  16. worlds's richest person - Jeff Bezos
  17. world’s first digital art museum has opened in - Japan
  18. India’s first e-waste recycling unit will be set up in - Bengaluru
  19. state has launched 'Happiness Curriculum' for school students up to class 8 - Delhi
  20. state will develop the India's first Khadi mall - Jharkhand
  21. first transgender lawyer in india - Sathyasri Sharmila
  22. According to Mercer's Survey, India's most expensive city - Mumbai

2. Appointments

  1. first India Tourism Mart (ITM) 2018 will be organized at - New delhi
  2. 97th President of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) - Dr. Sandeep Sancheti
  3. Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) - Adarsh Kumar Goel
  4. Chairman of Bhushan Steel - TV Narendran
  5. Director General of Indian Council of World Affairs(ICWA) - T.C.A. Raghavan
  6. the brand ambassador of Tripura - Dipa Karmakar
  7. brand ambassador of Muthoot Pappachan Group - Vidya Balan
  8. South Korean President - Moon Jae-in
  9. Chief Justice of the Hyderabad High Court - B Radhakrishnan
  10. MD of National Film Development Corporation - Manoj Kumar Pingua
  11. president of Wipro - Rajan Kohli
  12. CMD of the Steel Authority of India - Saraswati Prasad
  13. Mexico's new President - Andres Manuel
  14. president of the International Kabaddi Federation - Janardan Singh

3.Important Tie ups ,Agreements , acquisitions & MOU's

  1. India & Bangladesh - have signed a revised travel agreement
  2. AAI partnered with Gujarat - to build the Rs 2,000 crore Dholera airport project.
  3. Microsoft MoU with Rajasthan - to provide free digital training to 9,500 college students in one year.
  4. India and South Korea - signed 11 Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs) during South Korean President Moon Jae-in's visit to India

4. Recent summits/inaugurations/ festivals/melas

  1. two-day final meeting of the ‘Eminent Persons Group’ (EPG) on Nepal-India Relations concluded in - Kathmandu, Nepal
  2. three-day annual meeting of RSS office-bearers has begun - Gujarat
  3. Govt of India has launched Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018 - New Delhi
  4. 2nd National Tourism Conclave has organised in - Jaipur
  5. Sixth India-Bangladesh Home Minister-level talks held in - Dhaka
  6. 4th National Conclave on Mines & Minerals has held in - Indore
  7. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan inaugurated state-run power giant National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) 250 MW Solar Power Plant in - Mandsaur
  8. PM Modi will lay the foundation stone of 340-kilometre long Poorvanchal Expressway in - Uttar Pradesh
  9. India-Korea Technology Exchange Centre has inaugurated in - New Delhi
  10. 67th Plenary meeting of the North Eastern Council has held in - Shillong
  11. 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas will be held in - Varanasi
  12. 6th edition of biennial World Cities Summit has held in - Singapore
  13. PM Modi has inaugurated the New Mobile Manufacturing Plant of Samsung in - Noida
  14. 17th World Sanskrit Conference has begun in - Canada
  15. Country has hosted the 8th International Convention of Saurashtra Patel Cultural Samaj 2018 - United States
  16. UNESCO will set up a 'Design University for Gaming' in - Vishakapatnam
  17. state has launched a special drive called ‘Poshan Abhiyan’ to eradicate malnutrition - Gujarat
  18. state to host the conference of Ministers for Power, New & Renewable Energy of States & Union Territories - Himachal Pradesh
  19. NITI Aayog will organize Global Mobility Summit in - New Delhi
  20. Behdienkhlam Festival has Concluded in - Meghalaya
  21. 19th edition International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) will be held in - Navi Mumbai
  22. 42nd session of World Heritage Committee (WHC) meeting of UNESCO has held in - Bahrain
  23. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the two-day 'Kabir Mahotsavi' in - Uttar Pradesh

5. Prestigious Award winners

  1. Novel has won the 2018 Golden Man Booker Prize - The English Patient.
  2. Asia's richest person - Mukesh Ambani
  3. state has topped the Ease Of Doing Business Rankings in india - Andhra Pradesh
  4. 5th Indian To Be Inducted Into ICC Hall Of Fame - Rahul Dravid
  5. Madhya Pradesh Government has conferred prestigious National Kalidas Samman on noted artist - Anjolie Ela Menon for her contribution to visual arts
  6. Global Restructuring Review's most improved jurisdiction award winner - India
  7. UP to 30th June 2018
  8. Bank has been recognized with the Champion Security Award in the India & South Asia category at the 14th Visa Asia Pacific Security Summit - HDFC bank
  9. prestigious Outstanding Achievement honour - Anupam Kher
  10. PM Modi handed over the Padma Shri award to - Singaporean diplomat Tommy Koh
  11. Santokbaa Humanitarian Award winner - A S Kiran Kumar
  12. Pulitzer Prize in music winner - Kendrick Lamar
  13. Femina Miss India 2018 - Anukreethy Vas
  14. Japan’s prestigious Nikkei Asia Prize winner - Bindeshwar Pathak
  15. recipients of the PM’s award for outstanding contribution for promotion & development of yoga for the year 2018 - Vishwas Mandalik from Nasik & the Yoga Institute,Mumbai
  16. Best performing Social Sector Ministry’ award winner - SKOCH Group
  17. ‘CM of the Year’ award for her remarkable work in e-governance - CM Vasundhara Raje
  18. first Tribal Queen at the Adi Rani Kalinga Tribal Queen competition - Pallavi Durua
  19. Home Minister's Special Operation Medal winner -
  20. French distinction of Knight of the Order of Arts & Letters winner - Kalki Koechlin>
  21. World’s Highest-Paid Athletes 2018 - Mayweather
  22. Niti Aayog’s composite water management index topper - Gujarat
  23. world's costliest city to live - Hong Kong
  24. most expensive city in India to live - Mumbai
  25. the first batter from india to score 2000 runs in T20I cricket - Mithali Raj
  26. South Africa's Cricketer of the Year - Kagiso Rabada
  27. Open Defecation Free (ODF) State - Andhra Pradesh
  28. Tripura State fruit - queen variety pineapple
  29. state tree & animal of Andhra Pradesh - Neem & black buck
  30. International Cricketer Of Year - Virat Kohli

6. Missiles & Exercises launched by various countries

  1. Organization has successfully carried out a flight test for a newly-designed Crew Escape System - ISRO

7. Financial Affairs

  1. ADB has approved ‘Son canal’ project in Shahabad-Bhojpur region of Bihar which would benefit the agriculture sector immensely in the region
  2. RBI has made it compulsory to incorporate the purchaser’s name on the face of demand draft, pay order, banker’s cheques and other instruments
  3. Oxigen & IndiaFirst Life Insurance tied up to establish the distribution of its insurance products at Oxigen retail outlets
  4. payments bank has received requisite approvals from the RBI to begin taking new customers - Airtel Payments Bank
  5. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has completed 36 years of service to the nation and celebrated the 37th Foundation Day on 12th July.
  6. bank has signed an MOU with Indian Army on the Defence Salary Package - SBI
  7. Managing Director & CEO of Dhanlaxmi Bank - T Latha
  8. state has topped the Ease Of Doing Business Rankings in india - Andhra Pradesh
  9. country has become the world's sixth-biggest economy - India
  10. Asian Development Bank (ADB) - has approved 503-million US Dollar lining project of the Son canal in Shahabad-Bhojpur region of Bihar which would benefit the agriculture sector immensely in the region
  11. brand ambassador of Muthoot Pappachan Group - Vidya Balan
  12. the most valuable bank in the emerging market outside China - HDFC Bank
  13. bank has received SEBI's Approval to start mutual fund business - Yes Bank
  14. Chairman of Payments Council Of India - Vishwas Patel
  15. Reserve Bank of India licensed Bank of China to operate in India. This decision comes as part of the commitment made by PM Modi to the Chinese leadership. Bank of China will now have operating offices in India.
  16. Director & GM Of United India Insurance - Vijay Srinivas
  17. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has approved a proposal allowing Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) to acquire a majority stake in the IDBI bank.

8. Recent Obituaries

Kabutari Devi folk singer
Mundakkal Mathew Jacob Former Meghalaya Governor & Senior Congress leader
V. A. Mohata Former Chief Justice of the Odisha High Court
Admiral JG Nadkarni Former chief of naval staff
M.N. Vyasa Rao Kannada poet and film lyricist

9. G.D.P forecast of India by various organisations

No forecasts

10. India rank in different global indexes

  1. Global Real Estate Transparency Index (Jul 2018) - 35 th rank
  2. ** Global Innovation Index (Jul 2018) - 57 th rank

11. Recently released Books

No books Released.

12. Important Committies

1 Injeti Srinivas Committee The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has constituted a 10 Member Committee, headed by the Secretary of Ministry of Corporate Affairs Mr Injeti Srinivas, for review of the penal provisions in the Companies Act, 2013.

13. Recently Released Apps & Schemes

1. GST Verify

Launched by : Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
Purpose : The application is to verify if the person collecting GST from the consumer is eligible to collect it or not

2. One farmer one transformer

Launched by : Maharashtra
Purpose : In order to reduce electricity losses, the Maharashtra government will launch a new scheme allocating one transformer per farmer.

3.'Anna' canteens

Launched by : Andhra Pradesh
Purpose : Andhra Pradesh government has launched 60 'Anna' canteens serving breakfast, lunch and dinner at just @ Rs 5

4. Khan Prahari

Launched by : Piyush Goyal
Purpose : Khan Prahari is a tool for reporting any activity taking place related to illegal coal mining like rat-hole mining.

5.cVigil

Launched by : Election Commission
Purpose : Election Commission has launched a mobile application named ‘cVigil’ for citizens to share proof of malpractices by political parties, their candidates and activists.

6.Sambal

Launched by : Madhya pradesh
Purpose : Under the scheme, the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families would be provided electricity at a cost of 200 rupees per month.

7. Kanya Van Samruddhi Yojana

Launched by : Maharastra
Purpose : Kanya Van Samruddhi Yojana is a new scheme of Maharashtra government in which farmers families where girl children are born, will be given saplings for plantation.

14. Miscellaneous & Sports affairs

. Angelique Kerber has become the first German woman to win the women singles’ Wimbledon title since Steffi Graf in 1996.
. Indian Cricketer Mohammad Kaif announced his retirement from all forms of the game.
. World Population Day is observed across the world every year on 11th July.Theme of this year is ‘Family Planning is a Human Right’
. nternational Day of Cooperatives was observed across the world on 7th July.The theme of 2018 is ‘Sustainable societies through cooperation’.
. National Doctors’ Day is celebrated every year in India on 1st July
. France won the World Cup for the second time by ending battling Croatia's dream of a first title with a 4-2 victory
.Novak Djokovic lifts men's singles Wimbledon title beating Kevin Anderson.He beat Kevin Anderson of South Africa 6-2,6-2,7-6.
. PV Sindhu loses to Nozomi Okuhara in summit clash of Thailand Open.Okuhara dominated the proceedings to beat Sindhu 21-15, 21-18 in exactly 50 minutes.
. Haiti's embattled Prime Minister, Jack Guy Lafontant, has announced his resignation following days of violent protests sparked by a now-abandoned plan to raise fuel prices.
.President Ram Nath Kovind nominated four persons to the Rajya Sabha. They are farmer leader Ram Shakal, Author and Columnist Rakesh Sinha, Sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra and Classical Dancer Sonal Mansingh.
.New Zealand scientists have performed the first-ever 3-D, colour X-ray on a human. The device is based on the traditional X-ray but incorporates particle-tracking technology developed for CERN's Large Hadron Collider.
. The Union Government has granted the Institutions of Eminence (IoEs) status to six institutions including 3 from Public Sector and 3 from Private Sector.
.India has bagged four medals in the Asia Cup World Archery Ranking Tournament Stage 3 in Taipei, Taiwan.
. The Indian team’s senior-most player Mahendra Singh Dhoni reached the coveted milestone of playing 500 international matches during the second T20 International against England.
.India’s premier gymnast Dipa Karmakar clinched a gold medal in the vault event of FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup at Mersin in Turkey.
. Uttarakhand High Court accorded the status of 'legal person or entity' to the animals in the state.
.Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) would be operated as a Sri Lanka-India joint venture. The $210 million facility, 241km south-east of Colombo, is dubbed the world’s emptiest airport due to a lack of flights.
. More than 34 years after coming into existence, the Sports Authority of India is set to be renamed as Sports India. Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore announced after the sports body's governing body meeting in New Delhi
. Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has said that Agartala Airport will be named after Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishor Manikya Bahadur.
.Prime Minister of Bhutan Dasho Tshering Tobgay arrived in New Delhi today on a three day visit to India. He will call on President Ram Nath Kovind and hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi
.Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the Austrian Grand Prix in Austria
. India won the six-nation Kabaddi Masters Dubai title in Dubai. India defeated Iran 44-26 in the finals and became champions of the six-nation Kabaddi Masters Dubai
. Australian hockey team has won the 2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy by defeating India in the final
.The Japanese government has used the famous cartoon character to boost local economy and tourism. This train will begin a three month run between the Osaka and Fukuoka cities.
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