IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF JULY 11th, 2017
1. World
Population Day: 11 July
i. World Population Day is being observed globally on 11th
July.
ii. The theme of this year is 'Family
Planning- Empowering People, Developing Nations'.
i. Mongolian Businessman and Martial Arts expert Khaltmaa
Battulga was sworn in as president, vowing to revive the flagging
economy and pursue relations with countries outside its giant
neighbors Russia and China.
ii. Battulga replaces
Tsakhia Elbegdorj after the outgoing
president served the maximum four-year terms for two times.
3. MoHUA is
the new name for urban development & housing ministry
i. The government has merged the urban
development and housing and urban poverty alleviation ministries. Now
this will be known as Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).
This is the third time the ministries have been merged.
ii. Venkaiah Naidu heads the ministries of urban development,
and housing and urban poverty alleviation.
4. Government
to organize global food fair in November 2017 to boost food sector
i. The government of
India will organize a global food fair in November this year to provide a platform to Indian
farmers and manufacturers to showcase their products and explore partnerships
with foreign companies.
ii. The three-day international level
fair 'World Food India 2017' is being organized on November
3-5 by the Food Processing Ministry, where industry body CII will be an event
partner.
iii. The World Food India is a step aimed at creating India a 'Global Food Factory' and 'Global Food Retail Market'.
iii. The World Food India is a step aimed at creating India a 'Global Food Factory' and 'Global Food Retail Market'.
5. Finance
Ministry launched next gold bond tranche
i. The next tranche of sovereign gold bond
(SGB) scheme was launched recently by the Government. This time,
providing a 2.5 percent annual interest to investors.
ii. The bonds will be available in banks, Stock Holding Corporation of India Limited (SHCIL), designated post offices and recognized stock exchanges namely National Stock Exchange of India Limited(NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE).
ii. The bonds will be available in banks, Stock Holding Corporation of India Limited (SHCIL), designated post offices and recognized stock exchanges namely National Stock Exchange of India Limited(NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE).
iii. Finance Ministry has announced the sixth tranche
of gold bonds applications for which will be accepted from July 10 to July 14,
2017, according to the finance ministry. The bonds will be issued to eligible
applicants on July 28.
iv. The minimum investment will be 1 gram of gold.
The maximum limit can be subscribed up to 500 grams per person per fiscal year.
6. RBI
amends order on bankruptcy action on 12 large NPAs
i. The Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) has amended its
earlier order asking banks to initiate bankruptcy proceedings against 12
companies which have outstanding loans amounting to over Rs 5,000 crore as on
March 2016.
ii. The amendment, made through a notification,
comes after the Gujarat High Court asked the RBI to remove the
stipulation on its order last month that the 12 non-performing assets
(NPAs), or bad loans, would be granted priority at the National Company Law Tribunal.
iii. Essar Steel, one of the 12 large NPAs identified by the
RBI, had approached the Gujarat High Court for the RBI proceedings.
7. Finance
Minister Arun Jaitley Launches 'Aaykar Setu' To Enhance E-Access Of Taxpayers
i. Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley launched 'Aaykar
Setu', an e-initiative for the Income tax Department to directly
communicate with the taxpayers and aimed at providing information on useful tax
services.
ii. To enhance mobile access experience, a mobile responsive Android version was also released along with the desktop version.
ii. To enhance mobile access experience, a mobile responsive Android version was also released along with the desktop version.
8. Mother
Teresa’s Blue-Bordered Sari declared an Intellectual Property
i. The famous
blue-bordered sari of Mother Teresa, who has been canonized as Saint Teresa of Calcutta by the
Vatican, has been recognized as an Intellectual Property of
the Missionaries of Charity.
ii. This is the first time that a uniform
has been made the intellectual property. It has obtained “distinctive symbolic identity” of the
Missionaries of Charity.
9. Ministry
of Health signs MoU with Government of West Bengal to set up Centre of
Excellence in Transfusion Medicine
i. Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare signed an
MoU with the Government of West Bengal to formalize its
support to set up a state-of-the-art Centre of Excellence in
Transfusion Medicine at Kolkata.
ii. The Centre of Excellence in Transfusion Medicine will be set
up in Kolkata. The initiative helps in strengthening the blood transfusion
services in the State and the surrounding region. The government of India has
approved this important initiative with an outlay of approximately Rs.200
Crores towards equipment, manpower and running costs.
10. P V Sindhu bags ‘Sportsperson of the Year’ award
i. Rio Olympics silver medallist P V Sindhu was bestowed with the 'Sportsperson of the Year' award during the ‘Maruti Suzuki Sportsperson of the Year’ Charity Gala Awards.
10. P V Sindhu bags ‘Sportsperson of the Year’ award
i. Rio Olympics silver medallist P V Sindhu was bestowed with the 'Sportsperson of the Year' award during the ‘Maruti Suzuki Sportsperson of the Year’ Charity Gala Awards.
ii. Sindhu’s coach P Gopichand received
the Coach of the Year award while the Flying Sikh Milkha Singh was
given the Living Legend of the Year award.
iii. Young India cricketer K L Rahul, who made a mark in the last Test series against Australia, was awarded Gamechanger of the Year award.
iii. Young India cricketer K L Rahul, who made a mark in the last Test series against Australia, was awarded Gamechanger of the Year award.
iv. The 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medallist and the
country’s sole gold medal winner in individual events at Olympics, Abhinav
Bindra was given the Lifetime Achievement Award.
11. Leslie
Thng to take over as new CEO of Vistara
i. The board of TATA SIA Airlines Ltd, which owns and operates the full-service airline Vistara, has appointed former SilkAir head Leslie Thng as Vistara’s new chief executive officer (CEO), effective from October 2017.
i. The board of TATA SIA Airlines Ltd, which owns and operates the full-service airline Vistara, has appointed former SilkAir head Leslie Thng as Vistara’s new chief executive officer (CEO), effective from October 2017.
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