 Joint Comprehensive plan of action-iran deal in 2015

 Deal b/w p5+1(permanent members of un security council UK US FRANCE CHINA RUSSIA plus
germany) countries and European union and iran.in which iran agreed to restriction related to
nuclear production in exchange for removal of sanctions imposed on it which had resulted in
decline of its sales.

 Hockey india president rajinder singh prev maramma Koshy

 Jagdambika pal shortest term for a CM.1 day UP

 Hafiz saeed mili muslim league MML

 Minister for petroleum and natural gas dharmebdra pradhan
 Uber cup world team championships for women badminton competition japan beat Thailand
30in final. Clinched the trophy after 37 years.
 Thomas cup world men’s team championship badminton

 Insolvency and bankruptcy board of india chairman M.S Sahoo.

 The 5/20 rule is a norm of the Indian Aviation Ministry under which national carriers are
required to have five years of operational experience and a fleet of minimum 20 aircraft
to fly overseas. This is applicable to all commercial aviation organisations flying
passengers. This rule has been set up by the Civil Aviation ministry.

 Air Asia CEO tony fernandes

 European union is an political and social partnership involving 28 european countries.
 Article 50 – it is a plan for any country who wish to leave EU.It was created as a a part of
treaty of Lisbon signed in 2009.

 FRIDAY 29TH march 2019-date of bexit

 Britain prime minister U,K

 Indian botanist Kamaljit S. Bawa, president of Bengaluru-based non-profit
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), received
the prestigious Linnean Medal in Botany from the Linnean Society of London

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 on May 24. Dr. Bawa is the first Indian to win the award ever since it was first
constituted in 1888.

 Army chief general BIpin Rawat

 State levy VAT on petrol not on the base price but on the price which includes
the tax levied by the centre

 GDP growth for the last quarter jan to march was 7.7 ,highest in 7
quarters.Major boosting setors were construction manufacturing financial
services. Agriculture and mining declined.
 Dr APJ Abdul kalam island-wheeler island in odhisa where agni 5c was
tested.Range 5000 km with a payload of 1.5 tonnes.
 Agnni 1 -700 km
 Agni 2 -2000 km
 Agni 3 & 4- 2500 km
 Agni 5 5000 km

 World Enviroment day –June 5-india is the host for 2018 –theme beat plastic
pollution
 Chandrabhaga beach on the konark coast of orrisa is the first beach in asia to
get the blue flag certification-tag given to enviroment friendly clean beaches,
equipped with amenities of internation standards for tourists.

 Society for integrated costal management –SICOM- an environment body

working for management of coastal lines according to blue flag standards.

 Union minister for women and child development maneka Gandhi

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  The Hague Convention is a multi-national treaty that seeks to protect children
wrongfully removed by one of the parents from the custody of the other
parent.
 The Atal Bhujal Yojana “aims to improve ground water management in priority
areas in the country through community participation,” the statement said.

 72nd Tony awards

 Hary potter and the cursed child part 1 &2 –best play award
 The bandits visit- best musical

J&K CM –mehbooba mufti

Sulabh international founder-Bindeshwar Pathak-winner of japans Nikkei asia prize
for culture and community-The award honours people in Asia who have made
significant contributions in one of the three areas: regional growth; science,
technology and innovation; and culture and community. Former PM Manmohan
Singh and Infosys Chairman Narayan Murti are among the few Indians who have won
the prize in the past.

Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS) scheme to be launched

on 15th august-Under the scheme, if an insurance company delays the claim payment
beyond 15 days, then it would have to pay a penalty of one per cent interest on the
claimed amount per week till it finally settles the claim. NHPS that aims to provide a
cover of Rs 5 lakh per family annually to 10 crore vulnerable families.

N mukesh Kumar -triple olympion Padma shri in 2003 Arjun award in 1995-guilty of
acquiring fake caste certificate

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 Sikkim govt. announces A.R. Rahman as its Brand Ambassador
Government’s youtube channel –press information bureau-PIB

India is engaged with Iran for a “long-term partnership” on energy trade, and
for operating the port of Chabahar,

South Africa celebrates the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s birth this week with a
flagship speech by former U.S. President Barack Obama and an outpouring of memories and
tributes to the late anti-apartheid leader. Mandela’s birthday on July 18 is marked annually
around the world.

Iceland has for the first time been elected to the Human Rights Council, filling the seat vacated
by the United States, which withdrew from the body last month, citing bias.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar launched the 'Paudhagiri' campaign, aimed at increasing the
green cover in the state.

The IT ministry launched a desktop software e-Aksharayan to enable editing of text printed on
scanned documents and it can be downloaded for free from its website.
"e-Aksharayan is a desktop software for converting scanned printed Indian language
documents into a fully editable text format in Unicode encoding.

The software supports editing in sevenIndia

becomes first South Asian
country to get access to America's cutting-edge technology
Currently there are 36 countries on STA-1 list.
Indian languages - Hindi, Bangla, Malayalam, Gurmukhi, Tamil, Kannada & Assamese.
Seven Indian companies have made it to the latest Fortune 500 list of the world's biggest
corporations in terms of revenue, with state-owned IOC continuing to be the highest ranked
Indian firm and Reliance Industries jumping 55 places.
· In the list topped by retail giant Walmart, Indian Oil Corp (IOC) with 23 per cent rise in
revenues at USD 65.9 billion was ranked 137th, up from the 168th position in 2017.

Government introduces new scheme ‘Seva Bhoj Yojna’

· The Ministry of Culture, Government of India has introduced a new scheme namely ‘Seva
Bhoj Yojna’ with a total outlay of Rs. 325.00 Crores for Financial Years 2018-19 and 2019-20.

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· The scheme envisages to reimburse the Central Government share of Central Goods and
Services Tax (CGST) and Integrated Goods and Service Tax (IGST) so as to lessen the financial
burden of such Charitable Religious Institutions who provide Food/Prasad/Langar (Community
Kitchen)/Bhandara free of cost without any discrimination to Public/Devotees.
· The Charitable Religious Institutions such as Temples, Gurudwara, Mosque, Church, Dharmik
Ashram, Dargah, Matth, Monasteries etc. which have been in existence for at least five years
before applying for financial assistance/grant and who serve free food to at least 5000 people in
a month and such institutions covered under Section 10( 23BBA) of the Income Tax Act or
Institutions registered as Society under Societies Registration Act ( XXI of 1860) or as a Public
Trust under any law for the time being in force of statuary religious bodies constituted under any
Act or institutions registered under Section 12AA of Income Tax Act shall be eligible for grant
under the scheme.

 Goa has several records in its archives dating back to the time when the state was under
the Portuguese rule. The state was liberated from the 450-year-old colonial rule in 1961.

 The Southern Naval Command at Kochi has rescued scores of people stranded in the
flood-hit areas of Kerala as part of the Indian Navy’s “Operation Madad” for the rain and
landslide-ravaged state. The Indian Army also launched a major rescue and relief
operation in Kerala.

Elsewhere in Asia, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was up 0.27 per cent, while Japan’s Nikkei
rose 0.39 per cent and Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.01 per cent in early trade
on Tuesday.

The bench, which also comprised Justices R F Nariman, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Indu
Malhotra, struck down Section 377 as irrational, indefensible, manifestly arbitrary and violative of the
right to equality.

The Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement (Comcasa), which will give India access
to advanced new defence systems like armed drones and will enable the armed forces to exploit existing
US-origin platforms much more efficiently, was inked after concerns on security raised by New Delhi
were addressed and specific assurances given that there would be no disruptions even if ties take a dive.

HDFC Bank is 2018’s most valuable Indian brand followed by one of the country’s oldest brands,
LIC.
IT services major TCS took third place.
The prime minister would launch FAME II offering incentives for mass adoption of electric vehicles with an
outlay of Rs 5,500 crore on September 7.
The ESI Corporation has approved a Scheme named “ATAL BIMIT VYAKTI KALYAN YOJNA” for
Insured Persons (IP) covered under the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948.

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The AAI has signed an agreement with External Affairs Ministry for "preparation of a Detailed Project
Report for development of Palaly airport in Sri Lanka".

Saudi Arabia will be the third “strategic partner” of the $50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
(CPEC).

The New Development Bank (NDB) of the BRICS countries has approved a USD 525-million loan to
Madhya Pradesh for infrastructure projects
Fitch, in its Global Economic
Outlook, said it expects
infl_•ation to rise to the
upper end of the central
bank’s target band (4%
plusminus
2%) on relatively
high demandpull
pressures
and rupee
depreciation.
“We have revised up our
forecast for FY20182019
growth to 7.8% from 7.4%
on the back of the betterthanexpected
2Q18 outturn.
India’s growth likely
peaked in 2Q18 (AprilJune)
though,” Fitch Ratings said
in the Global Economic
Outlook.

The Bengalurubased
lender is one of only
two public sector banks to
have reported a profi_•t in the
last fi_•scal year, the other being
Chennaibased
Indian Bank

 The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurates the Sikkim's first-ever
airport. During the two-day visit, Modi inaugurated the Pakyong greenfield airport,
around 33 km from Gangtok Built at an estimated cost of over Rs. 605 crore, the Pakyong
airport is a new distinction for the State of Sikkim which has, in the last three to four
years, achieved the distinction of becoming the first "Organic State" of India and also the
first "Open Defecation Free" (ODF) State of India.
 At 4500 ft, Pakyong Airport is one of the five highest airports in India. It is also the first
Greenfield airport to be constructed in the Northeastern Region of India. The Pakyong
Airport project is one of the tallest reinforced soil structures in the world.
 India takes a giant leap towards providing accessible and affordable healthcare to the
common man with the launch of Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan AarogyaYojana
(AB-PMJAY) by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi on 23rd September, 2018 at
Ranchi, Jharkhand.

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  Under the vision of Ayushman Bharat, Pradhan Mantri Jan
AarogyaYojana (AB-PMJAY) shall be implemented so that each and every citizen
receives his due share of health care.
 With Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan AarogyaYojana, the
government is taking healthcare protection to a new aspirational level. This is the
“world’s largest government funded healthcare program” targeting more than 50 crore
beneficiaries.
 ADULTRY SECTION 497

Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the world’s largest dome at the Maharashtra Institute of
Technology (MIT)’s World Peace University (MIT-WPU) campus at Loni Kalbhor on the 150th birth
anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

Niwari will become the 52nd district of Madhya Pradesh, with effect from October 1.

Apple displaced Google to become the top brand in the world in 2018 while Facebook, mired in data
breach controversies, fell to ninth place in the top 100 brands globally.
According to global brand consultancy Interbrand's "Best 100 Global Brands 2018"
report, Amazon achieved a 56 per cent growth to become the third top brand globally.
‘Operation Samudra Maitri’ for humanitarian assistance was launched after a telephonic
conversation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indonesian President Joko Widodo on
October 1, and following Indonesia’s acceptance of international aid.
Three Indian Naval Ships -- INS Tir, INS Sujatha and INS Shardul -- have also been
mobilised to carry out humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR).

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FIRST OF THEIR KIND
 Atul gawande has been appointed as the CEO of a new employee health care
company –a joint venture b/w Amazon(Jeff Bezos), Berkishere hatchway(Warren
Buffet) and JP morgan chase.
 First women CFO of general motors Dhivya Suryadevara
 The world's first International Centre for Humanitarian Forensics was launched at
Gandhinagar in Gujarat.

 It is a joint venture of the Regional delegation of the International Committee of

the Red Cross in India, Bhutan, Nepal and the Maldives and also Gujarat
Forensic Science University.
 Scientists have discovered the world?s first known natural manta ray nursery,
which could allow them to observe the juvenile marine creatures in their habitat
and learn more about them.
 The country?s first e-waste recycling unit will come up in Bengaluru.
 NITI Aayog, in collaboration with various ministries and industry partners, is
organising ?MOVE: Global Mobility Summit? in New Delhi on 7th and 8th
September, 2018.
 This Summit will help drive Government?s goals for vehicle
electrification, renewable energy integration and job growth and also speed up
India?s transition to a clean energy economy.
 The Election Commission launched an Android-based mobile application
named ?cVigil? for citizens to share proof of malpractices by political parties,
their candidates and activists when the Model Code of Conduct is in force.
 The mobile application also facilitates sharing of geo-tagged
photographic and video evidence without disclosing the identity of the sender.
 The uploaded information will be transmitted to the control
room, and from there the field units or flying squads, mapped on a Geographic
Information System, will be immediately alerted for further action.
 In a bid to stimulate the 5G ecosystem in India, Swedish telecommunications
company Ericsson formally launched the country's first "Centre of Excellence
(CoE) and Innovation Lab" for 5G at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.
 Jharkhand to set up country's first Khadi mall
 PSLV bags first Australian order

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  The Indian PSLV launcher has broken into a rising Australian
space market and bagged its first small but promising order from Down Under.
Fleet Space Technologies, an IoT (Internet of Things) startup, disclosed last
week that its first 10-kg nanosatellite Centauri I would fly to space on a PSLV la
 IPS officer Sundari Nanda assumed charge as Puducherry Director General
of Police, becoming the first woman to head the force in the Union Territor
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NEW DELHI, JULY 20, 2018 00:00 IS

IAF sends Su-30s for exercise Pitch Black

An Indian Air Force contingent of Su-30MKI fighter jets on Thursday departed

for the multi-national exercise, Pitch Black, in Australia, scheduled from July 24
to August 18. This is the first time India is sending fighter aircraft for the biennial
exercises hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force

 The first of such a water project was launched in Bihar's Darbhanga district, by
Sulabh International, an organisation that introduced the concept of 'Sulabh
Sauchalya' in the country.
 In a first in Telangana, Lord Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple located at Yadadri got ISO
certification
 NABARD launched the Centre for Climate Change the first of its kind in South East Asia for
accelerating concerted climate action by various stakeholders in government, private, financial
and non -government actors in Lucknow
 Stock exchange major BSE has secured a "trademark" for its iconic building -- Phiroze
Jeejeebhoy Towers -- located on Dalal Street
 The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras launched a Rs 40 crore remotely
operable miscroscope, claimed to be the world's first of its kind, that would enable
precise view of atoms of a material.
 The Local Electrode Atom Probe (LEAP) had been developed in a
collaborative exercise involving eight top research institutions in the country,
spearheaded by IIT-M.
 World’s first thermal battery plant to be unveiled in Andhra
Pradesh
 J&K HC Gets Its First Woman Chief Justice: Justice Gita Mittal
 The Jammu and Kashmir High Court got its first woman judge in 90 years as President
Ram Nath Kovind issued warrants appointing advocate Sindhu Sharma and former district and
sessions judge Rashid Ali Dar to the bench.

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 Tech Mahindra, Government of Telangana collaborate to launch
India's first blockchain district
 Arunachal Pradesh's first medical college and hospital, the Tomo Riba Institute of Health
and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS), will start its maiden academic session.
 Odisha gets its first ‘skill museum’
 Vinesh Phogat created history by becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to win a
gold medal at the Asian Games, brushing aside her rivals with remarkable ease in the
50kg category. It was second gold for Indian wrestlers after Bajrang Punia’s win in the
65kg freestyle category.
 The world’s biggest offshore wind farm has officially opened in the Irish Sea, amid
warnings that Brexit could increase costs for future projects.
 Walney Extension, off the Cumbrian coast, spans an area the size of
20,000 football pitches and has a capacity of 659 megawatts, enough to power the
equivalent of 590,000 homes.
 The project is a sign of how dramatically wind technology has progressed
in the past five years since the previous biggest, the London Array, was finished.
 Facebook will invest over $1 billion to build a data centre in Singapore, its first in Asia, powered
by renewable energy and adapted to the city-state's tropical climate.
 \AkshayKumar is honorary ambassador for Lal Bahadur Shastri
Memorial Foundation
 The Government has approved a proposal to increase wages of artisans by over 36 per cent, from
five rupees 50 paisa per hank to seven rupees 50 paisa.

 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India signed a $346
million loan to finance improvement of over 400 kilometers (km) of Karnataka State
Highways Improvement III Project (KSHIP-III) that will enhance connectivity and
access to economic centers across 12 districts in Karnataka.
 Justice Tahira Safdar was sworn in as the first woman Balochistan High Court chief
justice. Safdar, who is the first woman to ever take the position of a high court chief
justice in Pakistan, was sworn in at a ceremony held at the Governor House in
Balochistan. Senior judges and lawyers were present during the ceremony.
 India's first ever Global Mobility Summit - MOVE - was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi in New Delhi. Making Indian cities pollution free is the prime focus of the two-day summit
being organised by the NITI Aayog
 The country's first tribal tourism circuit was inaugurated by Union Minister of State for Tourism
KJ Alphons in Dhamtari district of Chhattisgarh.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Sikkim on September 23 to inaugurate the state’s first
airport at Pakyong.
 Rajasthan Forest Minister Gajendra Singh Khimsar inaugurated the state's first lion safari at
Nahargarh Biological Park.
 he country's leading bourse NSE has signed a pact with the London Stock Exchange Group
(LSEG) to work on a dual listing route for masala bonds as well as foreign currency bonds of
Indian issuers.

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 The Kolkata Municipal Corporation, with the support of the Asian Development Bank,
launched the country’s first flood forecasting and early-warning system, which will provide real-
time data on inundation, rainfall intensity, temperature, air quality and other climate-related data.

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PARTNERSHIP/ACQUIRED

 Bajaj Electricals buys cookware-maker Nirlep

 France-based Teleperformance has entered into a definitive agreement to
acquire Mumbai-based Intelenet from private equity major Blackstone for a
consideration of $1 billion.
 Phonepe is owned by flipkart. Phone pe is now partners with OLA
 Truecaller buys chillr-multi banking app
 Swiggy enters unicorn club (estimated over 1$ Billion) overtakes zomato
 CleartripPvt ltd acquires Saudi Arabian travel start up FLYIN
 URSC (U.R. Rao Satellite Centre) signed separate three-year contracts with Alpha
Design Technologies P Ltd and its six consortium members; with defence public
enterprise Bharat Electronics Ltd; and with Tata Advanced Systems Ltd,
Hyderabad.

Ebix buys Indus Software

 Byju has acquired maths adventure
 T-Mobile US named Nokia to supply it with $3.5 billion in next-generation 5G network gear,
marking the world's largest 5G deal so far and solid evidence of a new wireless upgrade
cycle starting to take root.
 Digital payments major Paytm said it has acquired Bengaluru-based savings management
start-up, Balance Technology, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition will help One97
Communications, which operates the Paytm brand, further enhance its user and merchant
interfaces, Paytm said in a statement.
 ONGC-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) plans to merge its subsidiary
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) with itself.

 The merger of Idea Cellular and Vodafone India has been completed, creating India’s biggest
telecom service provider with over 408 million subscribers, the two companies said. A new
board has been constituted for the merged entity “Vodafone Idea Ltd’ with 12 directors
(including six independent directors) and Kumar Mangalam Birla as its Chairman. The board
has appointed Balesh Sharma as the CEO, the companies said in a joint statement.
 Time magazine is being sold by Meredith Corp. to Marc Benioff, a co-founder of
Salesforce, and his wife, it was announced on Sunday.

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 Germany rolled out the world’s first hydrogen-powered train, signalling the start of a push to
challenge the might of polluting diesel trains with costlier but eco-friendly technology.

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 OWNERS/ORGANISATION/
COMPANIES
 Indian hotel company limited- IHCL-TATA group
 NHRC-Natiional human rights commission
 OPEC organization of the petrol exporting countries
 OLA Parent company- ANI technologies

 Ashok Leyland ltd-flagship of hinduja group

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 EMMINENT PERSONALITIES
 New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern 2nd women to conceive baby
while in term as a PM.1ST-benazir Bhutto
 One97 Communications, which runs Paytm, has appointed former RBI Deputy Governor Rama
Subramaniam Gandhi as an advisor.
 The Centre gave B. Sriram, one of the managing directors of State Bank of India, the
additional charge of officiating as MD and chief executive officer of IDBI Bank for an
interim three-month period
 IDBI Bank?s current MD & CEO M.K. Jain has been appointed as RBI deputy
governor.
 The 55th Femina Miss India World 2018 winner is Anukreethy Vas from Tamil Nadu, while
first runner-up is Meenakshi Chaudhary from Haryana and second Shreya Rao from Andhra
Pradesh.
 Uttam Dhillon, an Indian-origin lawyer serving in the White House, has been named the acting
administrator of the drug enforcement administration (DEA), the agency that combats the
smuggling and use of narcotics in the US.
 The leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador was elected president of Mexico in a landslide victory
that upended the nation?s political establishment and handed him a sweeping mandate to reshape
the country.
 NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer Amitabh Kant
 Delhi ex chief justice gita mittal now J&K chief justice,delhi –Rajendra menon
ex patna(recommendations by sc)
 Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a former ally of ousted President Robert Mugabe,
has won country's landmark Presidential election.

Glenn Jacobs, more commonly known by his in-ring moniker Kane, won the elections o to become
the next mayor of Knox County, Tennessee.

 Former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet has been appointed the next UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights. 193-member UN General Assembly approved her
appointment.
 She will replace Jordanian diplomat Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein

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  The newly appointed Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Satya Pal Malik is
the first politician to be appointed to the position in over half a century.s
 Goldman Sachs, a leading global investment bank and active investor in India, announced
the appointment of Prachi Mishra as a managing director and chief India economist. She
will be based in Mumbai. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Mishra was the deputy
division chief of the western hemisphere department at the International Monetary Fund
(IMF).

 Dr G Satheesh Reddy, as Chairman of the Defence Research and

Development Organisation (DRDO) and Secretary in Department of
Defence Research & Development (DDR&D).
 UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has appointed veteran Indian development
economist and UN official Satya S Tripathi as Assistant Secretary-General and Head of
the New York Office of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

 Former Bihar cadre IPS officer Satish Chandra Jha has been elevated to take over country's
premier National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO).
 In yet another game changing initiative, the Union Minister for HRD, Shri Prakash
Javadekar and Union Minister of State for HRD, Dr. Satya Pal Singh launched the
Innovation Cell at AICTE, New Delhi.
 The Indian Banks Association (IBA) has elected Punjab National Bank's managing
director and chief executive, Sunil Mehta, as the new chairman for 2018-19.

 Opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih won the Maldives' presidentialelection. Results
released by the Elections Commission. Solih has secured 58.3 per cent of the popular vote

Tribes India and TRIFED under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs launched “Punch Tantra Collection
and Ms. Mary Kom as Brand Ambassador of Tribes India”.

Iraq's Parliament has elected a veteran Kurdish Politician Barham Salih as the country's new
President.

Harvard economist Gita Gopinath has been appointed as the chief economist at the International
Monetary Fund (IMF).She is the second Indian after former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan to
hold the position.

The UNICEF has appointed Ravi Venkatesan has its special representative of young people.

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 Ramon Laguarta assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer of global beverage giant PepsiCo
succeeding India-born Indra Nooyi who had helmed the American company for 12 years, breaking
the corporate glass ceiling and leading Pepsi through changing consumer preference for healthier
snacks and drink

Days after signing a new legislation to speed up the development of advanced reactors, President
Donald Trump has roped in a top Indian American nuclear expert for a key administrative
position in the department of energy.
Trump has announced his intent to nominate Rita Baranwal to be an assistant
secretary of energy (nuclear energy) at the Department of Energy.
Pankaj Sharma has been appointed as the ambassador and India's permanent representative to the United
Nations Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.
World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), which represents nearly 45,000 listed companies, has
appointed NSE's Managing Director and CEO Vikram Limaye as the chairman of its working
group committee.
WFE, which is the global industry association for exchanges and clearing houses, also
admitted six new members taking the total number of full members to 70.
The new members are -- Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX), London Stock
Exchange Group, Boursa Kuwait, Tunis Stock Exchange, China Securities Depository and
Clearing Corporation and Nairobi Securities Exchange.
Chief election commissioner op rawat
Other election commissioners ashok lavasa and sunil arora
Adel Abdul Mahdi was sworn in as new prime minister of Iraq after the parliament passed 14 out of his 22
cabinet membe

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 SPORTS
Malaysian veteran Lee Chong Wei beat young Japanese shuttler Kento Momota 21-17, 23-21 to grab
the Malaysia Open title for a historic twelfth time.
The home favourite Lee executed a sensational attack strategy that left the rising star
Momota confused and flat footed.

India Go Down Fighting To Australia in Champions Trophy Hockey

Final
India lost 1-3 to Australia in shootout in the summit clash of Champions Trophy
hockey in Breda, the Netherlands.

WIMBLEDON 2018 winners list

Mens singles Novak Djkovic

Angelique Kerber stunned 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams to lift her first
Wimbledon title.

 FRENCH OPEN 2018(122nd edition )

 Also known as roland garros
 Mens singles:Rafa(17 grans slams 11 french open) highest roger Federer -20
pete Sampras -14)
 Women singles: simona helep(Romania)
 Mens doubles pierre hughes hebert(france) and Nicholas mahut(france)
 Womens doubles barbora krejcikova and Katerina sininsakova
 Mixed doubles latisha chan ivan dodig
 Kenya topped the medals table at the IAAF World under-20 athletics championships with
six gold, four silver and one bronze medal while India, which won a lone gold through
quarter-miler Hima Das, finished in the 18th spot.
 Japan was the best Asian nation in the table with six medals, including two
golds and two silvers.
 Meet Miraitowa and Someity – the smiling, waving mascots charged with building excitement for
the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.
 India’s rising badminton talent Lakshya Sen created history as he went on to bag the gold medal
in men’s singles competition at the Badminton Asia Junior Championships 2018 in Jakarta.

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  India won 8 medals in the Junior Asian Wrestling Championship which concluded in
New Delhi. The medals comprised 2 gold, 3 silver and as many bronze. Sachin Rathi won
the gold after winning the bout in the 74 kilogram category.
 Divya Kakran (68kg) won silver and Reena (55kg) and Karuna (76kg) claimed bronze in
women’s freestyle at the Junior Asian Wrestling Championships in New Delhi.
 India’s star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra comfortably won the gold at the Sotteville Athletics
meet in France, beating a competitive field which included 2012 London Olympics gold-
medallist Keshorn Walcott.
 Carolina Marin claimed a slice of history as the Spaniard became the first woman to
win three badminton World titles with an emphatic victory over P.V. Sindhu of India.
 Kento Momota became the first Japanese man to win the badminton World
Championships, putting behind him a gambling scandal that threatened to ruin his career.
 In Women's Hockey, the Netherlands have been crowned the world champions for a record
eighth time
 India's Gaganjeet Bhullar chipped in from off the green to record an eagle on the 17th hole to
propel himself to a one-shot victory in the Fiji International over Australia's Anthony Quayle at
the Natadola Bay Championship Golf Course
 Jakarta, alongwith Palembang, will host the 18th Asian Games. Jakarta will
implement the odd-even car policy during the 18th Asian Games which will be
held in Indonesia from August 18 to September 2
 The Indian Under-20 football team created history when they defeated Argentina, 2-1 in their
final match of the Cotif Cup in Spai
 Croatia captain Luka Modric has been voted the best player in Europe last season, edging former
Real Madrid teammate Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah for the UEFA
award.

ASIAD
 India's Tejinder Pal Singh Toor wins the Gold medal in Men's Shot Put final at the
18th Asian Games in Indonesia. He brought India its seventh gold medal with
an Asian Games record throw of 20.75 meters in Jakarta.
ii. Tajinder is the first Indian to win the men's shot put gold at the Asian Games since
Bahadur Singh Sagoo, who had thrown a best of 19.03m to win the gold in Busan in 2002.
It's the eighth men's shot put gold for India in Asian Games history
 The Host cities for Asian Games 2018 are Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia.
 Bhin Bhin, Kaka, and Atung are the mascots of the 2018 Asian Games.
 China defeated Taiwan to win the first ever Arena of Valor gold medal, as esports made a
splashy debut as an exhibition event at the 2018 Asian Games.
 Swapna Barman created history by becoming the first Indian heptathlete to win an Asian
Games gold.
 The 21-year-old Barman logged 6026 points from the seven events
competed for two days. En route to the title, she won the high jump (1003 points) and
javelin throw (872 points) events and finished second-best in shot put (707 points) and
long jump (865 points).
 Jinson Johnson won Gold Medal in the men’s 1500 metres race event at the Asian Games

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 Dutee Chand from Odisha joined her illustrious compatriots such as PT Usha in the list of
athletes who have won more than one medal at the Asian Games as she added a silver to
her kitty after finishing second earlier in the women’s 100m dash.
 She crossed the finishing line in 23.20 seconds, behind Bahrain’s Edidiong Odiong who
clinched the gold in 22.96. The bronze went to China’s Wei Yongli (23.27).
 It has been an outstanding show by the 22-year-old Odisha sprinter who was not allowed
to compete in 2014-15 under the IAAF’s hyperandrogenism policy due to which she
missed the 2014 Commonwealth and Asian Games. She fought and won a case against
this policy at the Court of Arbitration for Sports.
 Arpinder Singh clinched India’s first men’s triple jump gold in 48 years, with a jump of
16.77m in the Asian Games.
 Arpinder, who has been without a medal in multi-sporting events since winning a bronze
in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, produced a best jump of 16.77m, which he came up
with in his third attempt.
 Sajan Bhanwal became the first Indian to win back-to-back medals at the Junior World Wrestling
Championship after he secured a silver in the 77kg Greco Roman category in Trnava, Slovakia.
 Hangzhou has been confirmed as the host of the 2022 Asian Para Games

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 MEETING/SUMMIT

Nepal will host the fourth BIMSTEC Summit on August 30 and 31 in Kathmandu.
After the stalling of the SAARC process, India has been actively pushing Bimstec,
which includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand, for greater
regional cooperation. India hosted the leaders of BIMSTEC during the BRICS Outreach Summit
in Goa in 2016.

 8th BRICS Health Ministers’ Meeting at Durban

 The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ratified Iran's membership in the Treaty of
Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC).
 India has been elected as the President of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting
Development (AIBD) for a period of two years.
 3rd Indian Ocean Conference in Hanoi. To be inaugurated by sushma Swaraj
 The 4th Summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and
Economic Cooperation (Bimstec) began with the theme ‘Towards Peaceful, Prosperous
and Sustainable Bay of Bengal Region’.
 First SAARC Agri Cooperative Business Forum held in Kathmandu
 Indo-US Joint Military Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2018 commenced
 Exercise Aviaindra is an Air Force level exercise between India and the Russian
Federation. First Aviaindra was conducted in 2014 and has been planned as a bi-annual
exercise.
 Exercise Aviaindra 18 is being conducted at Lipetsk, Russia from 17 Sep
to 28 Sep 18 and will be conducted in Jodhpur, India from 10 Dec to 22 Dec 18.
 Indian Army and Kazakhstan Army completed the third edition of their joint military Exercise
KAZIND 2018 in Otar Military area, Kazakhstan in a significant step towards fostering military
and diplomatic ties between the two countries.
 G4 nations. The G4 nations comprising Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan are
four countries which support each other's bids for permanent seats on the
United Nations Security Council.
 The sixth edition of IBSAMAR, a joint Multi – National Maritime Exercise between the Indian,
Brazilian and South African Navies, is being held at Simons Town, South Africa from 01 – 13
Oct 18.

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  The second edition of Exercise Aviaindra, a Biennial Air Force level exercise between Indian
and the Russian Federation, was conducted from 17 Sep 18 to 28 Sep 18.

Coast Guards of India, Vietnam hold joint exercise off

Chennai
A Vietnam Coast Guard ship, on its maiden visit to Chennai, undertook joint exercises
with the Indian Coast Guard off the city coast aimed at strengthening the working level
relationship between them.
Coast Guard ships Shaurya, Arnvesh and inreceptor boat C-431 along with a Dornier
aircraft and Chetak helicopter participated in the joint exercise - 'Sahyog HOP TAC-2018",
India and Japan signed a currency swap agreement worth $75 billion during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s
visit to Japan.

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 Important dates
To raise awareness on the importance of investing in youth skills development, the United
Nations General Assembly designate 15 July as World Youth Skills Day.

World Ranger Day

World Ranger Day is celebrated worldwide on July 31st to commemorate Rangers
killed or injured in the line of duty and to celebrate the work Rangers do to protect the planet’s
natural treasures and cultural heritage
On August 12, 2012, the inaugural World Elephant Day was launched to bring attention to the urgent plight
of Asian and African elephants. The elephant is loved, revered and respected by people and cultures
around the world, yet we balance on the brink of seeing the last of this magnificent creature
The theme for International Youth Day 2018 is “Safe Spaces for Youth”(12th aug)
 World Biofuel Day is observed every year on 10th August to create awareness about the importance
of non-fossil fuels as an alternative to conventional fossil fuels and to highlight the various efforts
made by the Government in the biofuel sector.
 The National Sports Day in India is celebrated on 29 August each year. This day marks the
birthday of Major Dhyan Chand Singh, the hockey player who won gold medals in Olympics
for India in the years 1928, 1932 and 1936.
 The International Day against Nuclear Tests is observed on August 29. It was established on
December 2, 2009 at the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly by the resolution
64/35, which was adopted unanimously
 International Day of Democracy:15 September
 International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, 16
September

World Rhino Day is being celebrated in Assam on 22nd September.

25th September is observed as Antyodaya Diwas every year to mark the birth anniversary of Pandit
Deendayal Upadhyaya.

World Animal Day is a day of action recognised worldwide for animal rights as well as welfare. It is
celebrated on 4 October.

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 AWARDS

 K. Anvar Sadath, vice chairman and executive director of the Kerala Infrastructure and
Technology for Education (KITE), has won the International Contributions Award given by
the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), USA.

 Hindi Academy Delhi has given its highest Shalaka Samman for 2017-18 to lyricist and
poet Javed Akhtar

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 Talismanic Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri was named an ‘Asian Icon’ by the
game’s continental governing body on his 34th birthday and received effusive praise for
rivalling the world’s greatest players of his generation in scoring goals.

 The 24th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award to be given to Gopalkrishna Gandhi for
his outstanding contribution towards the promotion of communal harmony, peace and
goodwill
 Shri Ram Nath Kovind gave away the Outstanding Parliamentarian awards.
 · The Awardees were Najma Heptullah, Hukumdev Narayan Yadav, Ghulam Nabi
Azad, Dinesh Trivedi and Bhartru hari Mahtab.
 · Dr Najma Heptullah won the award for 2013, Hukum Dev Narayan for 2014,
Ghulam Nabi Azad for 2015, Dinesh Trivedi for 2016 and Bhartruhari Mahtab for 2017.

 ndia-origin mathematician Akshay Venkatesh was awarded the prestigious Fields medal.

 The other recipients were Caucher Birkar, a Cambridge University professor of Iranian
Kurdish origin, Peter Scholze, a German who teaches at the University of Bonn and Alessio
Figalli, an Italian at ETH Zurich.
 DBS Bank has been named the world's best bank by Global Finance magazine, in a
reflection of its ability to invest in digital innovation while still maintaining stable
operations for its customers.

 PepsiCo's India-born CEO Indra Nooyi will be honoured with the Game
Changer of the Year award by a global cultural organisation Asia Society in
recognition of her business achievements, humanitarian record and advocacy
for women and girls around the world.
 Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk, on Friday received the Ramon

 Magsaysay award, popularly known as Asia’s Nobel Prize

 Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is all set to add another feather to her already loaded cap. The
former Miss World will be bestowed with the inaugural Meryl Streep Award for Excellence
at the first Women in Film and Television (WIFT) India Award.
 Eminent neurosurgeon Dr B.K. Misra has been named for this year's prestigious Dr B.C.
Roy National Award as an Eminent Medical Person of the Year. The highest medical
honour of India, instituted by the Medical Council of India in 1962, it will be given away
by President Ram Nath Kovind on July 1 next year, the National Doctors Day.

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 Two immunologists, James Allison of the US and Tasuku Honjo of Japan won the 2018 Nobel
prize in medicine for discovery of a revolutionary approach to cancer treatment.

 Assam is conferred the best state award in the category of completion of PMAY-G houses
amongst the Group I states consisting of North East and Himalayan states. The state has
also bagged best three awards in district and block level
 Airtel Payments Bank Limited is a public limited company. It was the first company in
India to receive a payments bank license from the Reserve Bank of India. The license was
received on April 11, 2016.
 India and France have signed an implementation agreement on “MOBILISE YOUR
CITY” (MYC) in New Delhi in the presence of Minister of State (I/C), Ministry of
Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) Shri Hardeep Singh Puri and Shri Alexander
Ziegler, Ambassador of France in India.

 Shri Manoj Jhalani, Additional Secretary & Mission Director (NHM), Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare, has been conferred with the prestigious UN Interagency Task Force
(UNIATF) Award for his outstanding contribution towards prevention and control of non-
communicable diseases (NCDs) and related Sustainable Development Goals.

 All-women crew of INSV Tarini has bagged the prestigious Tenzing Norgay National
Adventure award for beating the odds in water with their enduring skills and sailing across
the world for eight long months.

 Mirabai Chanu and Virat Kohli to get Rajiv Gandhi Khel

Ratna
 Daisy Johnson, the youngest author to have ever been shortlisted for one of literature's most
prestigious awards. She joins a shortlist which is happily dominated by women, with her
very worthy novel Everything Under.

 Actress-producer Anushka Sharma was honored with the Smita Patil Memorial Award,

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron are selected for this
year's 'Champions of the Earth' award - UN's highest environmental honour.
 Captain of Indian cricket team Virat Kohli and world champion weightlifter Saikhom
Mirabai Chanu received the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, the highest
sporting award of the country. Apart from a medal and a citation, both the awardees
received a cash prize of 7.5 lakh rupees.

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 Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, athlete Hima Das, Jinson Jhonson,
Shuttler Nelakurthi Sikki Reddy, Boxer Satish Kumar, Golfer Subhankar Sharma,
Shooters Rahi Sarnobat, Ankur Mittal, Shreyasi Singh, Table Tennis Players Manika
Batra, G Sathiyan, Wrestler Sumit, Wushu player Pooja Kadian, Para Athlete Ankur
Dhama, Para-Badminton player Manoj Sarkar and Hockey players Manpreet Singh,
Savita and Polo player Col. Ravi Rathore got the Arjuna Awards.
 The President also presented the Dronacharya awards to eight coaches.
They are Subedar Chenanda Achaiah Kuttappa for Boxing, Vijay Sharma for
Weightlifting, A. Srinivasa Rao for Table Tennis, Sukhdev Singh Pannu for
Athletics, Clarence Lobo for Hockey, Tarak Sinha for Cricket, Jiwan Kumar Sharma for
Judo and V.R. Beedu for Athletics.
 Dhyan Chand Award was given to four persons. They are Satyadev Prasad
for Archery, Bharat Kumar Chetri for Hockey, Ms. Bobby Aloysius for Athletics and
Chougale Dadu Dattatray for Wrestling.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will receive the United Nations highest environmental honour, the
UNEP Champions of the Earth award at a special ceremony in New Delhi.

 Croatian footballer Luka Modric was named the world's best male player at the Best Fifa
Football Awards in London.


 Three scientists won the Nobel Physics Prize, including the first woman to receive the
prestigious award in 55 years, for inventing optical lasers that have paved the way for
advanced precision instruments used in corrective eye surgery.
 Arthur Ashkin of the U.S. won one half of the nine million Swedish kronor
(about $1.01 million) prize, while Gerard Mourou of France and Donna Strickland of
Canada shared the other half.
 Mr. Ashkin, 96, was honoured for his invention of “optical tweezers” that grab
particles, atoms, viruses and other living cells with their laser beam fingers.
 Two American scientists and a British researcher have won the Nobel Prize in
Chemistry for evolution research.
 Frances Arnold and George Smith are of the United States and Gregory
Winter is British.
 The scientists have been awarded for harnessing the principles of evolution
to develop proteins used to make everything from biofuels to pharmaceuticals.
 Ms. Arnold, only the fifth woman to win a chemistry Nobel, was awarded
half of the $1 million prize while Mr. Smith and Mr. Winter shared the other half.
 Ms. Arnold is the second woman to win a Nobel prize this year after
Canada’s Donna Strickland. Her research on enzymes led to the development of better
industrial chemicals and pharmaceuticals. Mr. Smith developed a method using a virus
that infects bacteria to produce new proteins while Ms. Winter used the same technique
for the directed evolution of antibodies.
 Nobel Peace Prize 2018 winners announced as Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad.

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 The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Congolese doctor Denis
Mukwege and Yazidi activist Nadia Murad for their work to end sexual violence against
women as a weapon of war.
 Murad, a member of Iraq's minority Yazidi community, was herself a
victim of sexual violence after Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants stormed
through her hometown and took her captive.
 At 25, she is the second youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace
prize, after Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai.
 She is also the U.N.'s first Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of
Survivors of Human Trafficking.
 Mukwege has been a critic of the Congolese government and has treated
victims of sexual violence in that country for decades.

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