IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF JULY 17th,
2018
1.
Today (17th July) is World Day for
International Justice (International Justice Day).
a. This
day is celebrated throughout the world as part of an effort to recognize the
emerging system of international criminal justice.
b. Important
Note : July 17 was chosen to celebrate this day, because it is the
anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute, the treaty that
created the International Criminal Court (ICC).
2.
Today (17 July) is ‘World Emoji Day’.
a. Emoji
enthusiasts around the world have been celebrating this day since 2014.
b. The
date was kept after Apple's emoji artwork for calendar, which displays July 17.
3.
US President Donald
Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin held
their first official summit at Helsinki, Finland.
a. In this
summit the leaders addressed issues including Syria, Ukraine conflicts,
nuclear disarmament and the alleged interference of Moscow in the 2016
American elections.
4.
The Home Ministry of India has liberalized the
process for granting Long-Term Visas (LTVs) to minorities
from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
a. The
Ministry has reduced the time limit for security clearance of applicants from
45 days to 21 days.
5.
Uttarakhand is
going to Introduce Law to Give Death Penalty to Rapists of
Minor Girls.
a. Note : Madhya
Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana have
already approved the provision of capital punishment for those found guilty of
raping girls aged 12 years or less.
6.
To increase green cover in the state,
the Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattarhas
launched a unique program titled ‘Paudhagiri campaign’.
a. The
campaign aims increase green cover in the state, help in stabilising
environment and improve overall climatic conditions, thus help in checking
global warming.
b. Under
this campaign, 22 lakh students studying in Class 6th to 12th of all government
and private schools will plant sapling each, during three months of
monsoon ( July, August and September).
7.
President Ram
Nath Kovind has given his assent
to Assam Witch Hunting (Prohibition, Prevention and Protection) Bill,
2015.
a. The law
aims to eliminate superstition from society by making such offences under it as
non-bailable, non-compoundable and cognizable.
b. It
prohibit any person from calling, identifying or defaming any other person as
witch by words, signs, conducts or indications. State Government has already
notified the Act.
8.
Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is going
to create National Database of Arms Licenses system from
April 2019.
a. This
system will include names of all arms licence holders, new or old and they will
be issued a unique identification number (UIN).
b. The
move is aimed at keeping tab on authorised private gun holders, many of whom
are often found involved in crimes and celebratory firing leading to loss of
lives.
9.
The board of Life Insurance Corporation
(LIC) gave its approval to buy up to 51% stake in
public sector lender IDBI Bank.
a. LIC's
stake buy will help the debt-ridden state-owned bank get a capital support of ₹10,000-13,000 crore.
10.
Undefeated boxing champion Floyd
Mayweather has been named the world's highest paid
celebrity by Forbes with earnings of $285 million in the last 12
months.
11.
Irish professional mixed martial artist and
boxer, Conor McGregor, stood at second position with
earnings of $99 million.
a. With
earnings of $40.5 million (₹276 crore), Akshay
Kumar has beat Salman Khan to become the highest-paid
celebrity in India (76th overall).
b. Salman
has been ranked 82nd with $37.7 million (₹257 crore) earnings.
c. Note :
Akshay and Salman are the only Indian celebrities on the list.
12.
The net worth of world's richest
person and Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos crossed $150
billion today.
a. This is
about $55 billion more than the net worth of world's second-richest person Bill
Gates.
13.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has
cut India’s GDP growth forecast by
10 basis points to 7.3% in 2018 and 7.5% in 2019 for India as
against 6.7% in 2017.
a. This
makes India, fastest growing country among major economies in 2018-19 and
2019-20.
14.
State-owned defence electronics company Bharat
Electronics Ltd (BEL) has signed memorandum of understanding (MoU)
with Swedish Aerospace and defence firm Saab for jointly
marketing L-Band 3D air surveillance radar (RAWL-03) which is
co-developed by the companies.
a. RAWL-03
is long range air surveillance radar for early detection and tracking of air
and surface targets.
15.
The Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT)-Madras has commissioned remotely operable Local
Electrode Atom Probe (LEAP) Microscope.
a. It is
claimed to be world’s first remotely operable LEAP microscope, as
it can be remotely operated through special terminal by researchers divided
geographically.
16.
China is planning to
launch 300 low-orbit satellites to provide worldwide
communication services.
a. The
first in the 300-satellite array — known as the Hongyan
constellation — is set to be launched by the end of this year.
17.
The Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test-fired Supersonic
Cruise Missile under extreme weather conditions, as part of the
service life extension programme for Indian Army.
a. The
missile was fired from a mobile autonomous launcher from the Integrated Test
Range at Balasore, Odisha.
18.
American multinational investment bank and
financial services company Goldman Sachs Group is going to
name David Solomon as its next Chief Executive
Officer (CEO).
a. He will
replace outgoing CEO Lloyd Blankfein, who is expected to retire
later in the year.
19.
Harry Potter fantasy series autor J.
K. Rowling has announced her next book titled "Lethal
White".
a. Rowling
is writing this novel with the pen name "Robert Galbraith".
20.
India has won 9 Medals (4
Silver and 5 Bronze medals) at the 7th World Junior Wushu
Championships 2018 in Brazil.
a. The
silver medals came in the 42 kg, 48 kg, 56 kg and 80 kg categories in the Sanshou discipline
of Wushu.
b. The
bronze medals came in the Taolu discipline and three in
Sanshou.
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