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IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF JULY 9^th, 2018

 IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF JULY 9^th, 2018

1.  South Korean President Moon Jae-in is on his first state visit to India.

a.   During this 4 day visit, he will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on key issues such as the situation on the Korean peninsula, and ways to boost trade and defence cooperation.

b.   About South Korea :

                                         i.    Capital : Seoul

                                       ii.    Official Language : Korean

                                     iii.    President : Moon Jae-in

                                     iv.    Prime Minister : Lee Nak-yeon

                                       v.    Chief Justice : Kim Myeong-soo

                                     vi.    Currency : South Korean won

     2.  India's latest frontline warship INS Trikand has reached Sri Lanka in a goodwill visit.

a.    The Sri Lanka Navy ceremonially welcomed the state-of-the-art warship in accordance with naval traditions. 

b.    INS Trikand is a state-of-the-art warship of the Indian Navy equipped with a versatile range of weapons and sensors capable of addressing threats in all three dimensions - Air, Surface and Sub-surface.

3. The Supreme Court today upheld the death penalty for the convicts of the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape case, after hearing a review petition seeking reduction of sentence. 

a.   Note : The death penalty was awarded to four of the six convicts, while the fifth, a juvenile, was sent to a correction home and the sixth had committed suicide inside the Tihar Central Jail.

4. The Union Environment Ministry has set Noise Standards for Airports across the country, excluding defence aircraft, and those that are landing and taking off. 

a.   According to rules, a civil airport with more than 50,000 aircraft movements per year should not exceed noise levels beyond 75 dB(A) Leq (decibels) during the daytime and 65 dBA during the night,.

5. The two-day International Round Table Conference on “Data for New India” was started today at New Delhi.

a.    This conference is being organized by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI). 

b.    Objective of this conference : To identify innovative ideas for improving the statistical system in India, taking cue from the best practices followed in advanced countries like Canada, UK and Australia.

6. Ministry of Railways approves Digital Aadhaar and Driving License from Digital Locker as proof of identity of passengers for undertaking journey by Train.

a.   Digi Locker is a secure cloud based platform for storage, sharing and verification of documents & certificates launched by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

7. The government has proposed to create a special group to keep a check on e-commerce platforms like Flipkart and Amazon India so that the foreign investment policy is not violated. 

a.   This special group will comprise officials from industry department and Enforcement Directorate. 

8. Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand, CMD, NALCO, was honored with the Knowledge Excellence Award 2018 for Outstanding Contribution in Aluminium Knowledge domain at the 22nd International Conference on Non-Ferrous Minerals and Metals 2018 at Ranchi.

9. Actor Kavi Kumar Azad, best known for his role of Dr Hansraj Hathi in 'Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah', has passed away after suffering from a heart attack.

10. Former Information and Broadcasting secretary Uday Kumar Varma has been appointed as a member of the Broadcasting Content Complaints Council(BCCC), a self-regulatory body for general entertainment channels.

a.   He has replaced former information commissioner Wajahat Habibullah, whose tenure at the BCCC has ended.

11. Arjuna-awardee gymnast Dipa Karmakar, who finished fourth at Rio Olympics, clinched the Gold medal in the vault event of Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup today. 

12. The Punjab government has announced that it is going to provide ₹5 lakh to every village that turns free of drugs to purchase sports and gym equipment for the youth.

13. India defeated England in the third T20I to win the three-match series 2-1 and register their sixth successive T20I series victory. 

a.   This match witnessed MS Dhoni become the first-ever wicketkeeper to take 5 catches in a T20I.

14. Team India opener Rohit Sharma has become the first Indian cricketer to smash three centuries in T20I cricket.

a.   Note : Rohit is only the second cricketer after Colin Munro (New Zealand) to register three tons in T20I cricket.