IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS
OF JULY 22nd, 2019
IMPORTANT
CURRENT AFFAIRS OF JULY 22nd, 2019
1. Sri
Lanka has extended by another month, the state of emergency imposed
after the Easter Sunday attacks.
a. This is the
4th time emergency provisions have been imposed after the attacks which killed
268 people including 45 foreigners.
2. Japanese
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition
secured a majority in the upper house of parliament in elections today.
a. According to
vote count Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and its junior
partner Komeito had won 64 seats in the upper house after two hours of voting.
3. The Right
to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was passed in Loksabha
today.
a. This bill
proposes to give Centre the power to set tenure and salaries of Chief
Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners .
4. The Narendra
Modi Government has completed 50 Days in office in
its second term.
a. On the 50th
day, the government laid down the vision of India becoming a 5-trillion
dollar economy by 2024-25.
b. 50 Days of
Modi Government : Highlights
i) Pension
schemes for farmers, small traders and unorganized workers, an extension of
PM-KISAN to all farmers and setting up of a Jal Shakti ministry have been
fulfilled already.
ii) Removal of
tainted bureaucrats across many departments has happened. A cleanup of J&K
Bank, the key to security in the state, started in the first 50 days.
iii) The Budget
2019 laid a roadmap for a five trillion dollar economy as well as for doubling
farmer income. It talked of electric vehicles, of the mission of taking
electricity and cooking gas to every home. It also talked of ending angel tax
and of starting a faceless, seamless tax assessment interface.
iv) Labour
reforms, enacting strong laws against frauds who dupe the poor, death penalty
for child sexual assault, higher MSP for Kharif crops were among the pro-people
decisions taken by the government in the last fifty days.
v) PM Modi
invited BIMSTEC leaders for his swearing-in. PM Modi was one of the most sought-after
leaders for pull-aside meetings in the recent G-20 Summit. He visited Sri Lanka
and Maldives and showed his strong belief in Neighbourhood First policy. He
strongly articulated India’s position against terror at the SCO Summit and also
led the world in celebrating International Yoga Day.
vi) Space
mission: Gaganyaan - First human space flight by India by the 75th anniversary
of Independence in 2022; Chandrayaan-2 to help trace back the origin and
evolution of the moon and studies to address the origin of water on moon will
be launched tomorrow. Solar mission Aditya L1 is scheduled for launch in 2020
to study Sun’s Corona and its impact on climatic changes. Mission to Venus -
tentative launch expected in 2023, to study the atmosphere and surface topography
of Venus.
5. Kerala
Tourism is organizing a 5 day Music Festival titled Nishagandhi
Monsoon Ragas in Thiruvananthapuram.
a. This festival
marks the state’s successful entry into music tourism and seeks to attract more
tourists to Kerala.
6. The 11th
biennial edition of DefExpo India - 2020 is scheduled to be
held for the 1st time in Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow in February 2020.
a. The 4-day
event, beginning from 5th of February, will offer an excellent opportunity for
the Indian defence industry to showcase its capabilities and promote its export
potential.
b. Theme of the
DefExpo India- 2020 : India - the Emerging Defence Manufacturing Hub
7. An
inter-ministerial government committee today recommended a ban on Private
Cryptocurrencies and imposing fines and penalties on
activities related to digital currencies.
a. The panel
cited "risks associated and volatility in the prices of private
cryptocurrencies".
8. The Director
General of UN nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA), Yukiya Amano (72), has passed away.
a. Amano, a
Japanese diplomat, was reappointed in 2017 to a third four-year term.
9. The Indian
Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today successfully launched 'Chandrayaan-2'.
a. This is India's
2nd Moon mission and the world's 1st-ever mission aimed
towards a soft landing on the Moon's south polar region.
b. India's most
powerful launcher GSLV MkIII-M1 was assigned to carry
Chandrayaan-2 to its designated orbit. Chandrayaan-2's lander 'Vikram'
will execute the soft landing on the Moon and 'Pragyan' rover will communicate
with it.
10. The Union
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has banned manufacture, sale and
distribution of antibiotic, Colistin as well as its
formulations for food producing animals, poultry, aqua farming and animal feed
supplements.
a. The ban is
announced in a bid to preserve drug’s efficacy in humans.
b. It is a valuable,
last-resort antibiotic that saves lives in critical care units. It is effective
against most Gram-negative bacilli. It is also known as polymyxin E.
11. Indigenously
produced lightweight bullet proof jacket Bhabha Kavach was
launched at International Police Expo 2019 held at Pragati
Maidan, New Delhi.
a. This jacket
is a major breakthrough for Paramilitary Forces and Indian armed forces.
12. Acharya
Devvrat took the oath as the new Governor of Gujarat today.
a. Acting Chief
Justice of Gujarat High Court administered the oath in presence of outgoing
Governor Shri O.P. Kohli, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani,
and Speaker of the state Assembly Rajendra Trivedi along with
other dignitaries at Rajbhavan campus in Gandhinagar.
b. Devvrat took
the oath in the Sanskrit language.
13. World number
five PV Sindhu won her 1st Silver medal of
the year after finishing second at the Indonesia Open today.
a. She lost her
first final of the year to world number four Akane Yamaguchi(Japan).
b. Note : Sindhu will
next play the Japan Open, which is scheduled to begin on July 23.
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