IMPORTANT
CURRENT AFFAIRS OF JULY 24th , 2018
1.
On his 1st leg of 5 day visit, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Rwanda.
a. With
this he became 1st Indian Prime Minister to visit the east
African country.
b. During
his two-day state visit, Modi will meet business leaders and the Indian
communities in Rwandan capital Kigali.
c. He will
also gift 200 cows as a contribution from India to Rwanda's 'Girinka'
(one cow per family) scheme.
d. About
Rwanda :
i. Capital :
Kigali
ii. President : Paul
Kagame
iii. Prime
Minister : Edouard Ngirente
iv. Principal
Language : Kinyarwanda
v. Currency :
Rwandan franc
2.
For the first time, Cuba has
started providing internet on the mobile phones of select
users as it aims to roll out the service nationwide by year-end.
a. Journalists
at state-run news outlets were among the first this year to get mobile
internet.
b. President Miguel
Díaz-Canel has said the move will boost the economy and help Cubans defend
their revolution.
3.
Chinese Vice Foreign
Minister Kong Xuanyou is on a
three-day visit to Bhutan.
a. Kong
has met Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Prime
Minister Tshering Tobgay.
b. Note :
Bhutan and China have unresolved border issues, and the two countries are in
negotiations to resolve the dispute.
4.
The 1st meeting of the India-Bangladesh
Joint Committee on Border Haats was held in Agartala, Tripura. T
a. Both
sides noted positive impact of Border Haats on livelihoods of people living in
areas adjoining Haats.
b. They
also held extensive discussions on issues related to review of operations of
four functional Border Haats viz. Kalaichar (Meghalaya), Balat (Meghalaya), Kamlasagar
(Tripura) and Srinagar (Tripura).
5.
After his visit to Hathras (UP)
today, Yogi Adityanath became the 1st Uttar
Pradesh CM to visit all the 75 districts in the state in
16 months of his government's rule.
6.
The Lok Sabha passed the National
Council for Teacher Education (Amendment) Bill to grant
retrospective recognition to Central/State institutions that are conducting
teacher education courses without NCTE approval.
a. All
institutions running teacher education courses, such as B Ed and D.El.Ed have
to obtain recognition from the NCTE under section 14 of the NCTE Act.
b. Note : The
NCTE Act, 1993, came into force in 1995 and applies to all parts of India,
except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
7.
Trinity supercomputer,
hosted at the Los Alamos National Lab, US, has made a world record of
creating 1 trillion files in two minutes.
a. The
files represent an individual particle's trajectory, velocity, temperature, and
spin among other data points.
8.
The Odisha Government has
unveiled 1st-ever ‘Tribal Atlas of Odisha’.
a. This is
a compilation of demographic and cultural information of the tribal
population in the state.
b. It is
claimed to be first-of-its-kind tribal compilation in the country.
c. The
book was published by SC and ST Research and Training Institute in
collaboration with Academy of Tribal Language and Culture (ATLC).
9.
The Centre today announced a 4-member
committee to suggest laws against lynching and mob
violence.
a. This
comes after the Supreme Court asked the Parliament to come up with a law on
lynchings.
b. Head of
this Committee : Rajiv Gauba (Union Home Secretary)
10.
India has
extended ₹1,378 crore ($200 million) Lines
of Credit (LOCs) to Rwanda after PM Narendra Modi held
talks with the nation's President Paul Kagame.
a. The two
countries signed agreements on industrial and agricultural
development.
11.
Inflation in Venezuela could
top 1,000,000% by the end of the year as the country faces its
worst economic crisis, the International Monetary Fund has announced
today.
a. Comparing
the crisis to that of Germany in 1923 or Zimbabwe in the late 2000s, the IMF
said, "The collapse in economic activity...will lead to intensifying
spillover effects on neighbouring countries."
12.
Iran has overtaken Saudi
Arabia to become the 2nd largest oil supplier to Indian
state-owned firms during the June quarter.
a. Note : Iraq
is the largest oil supplier to India.
13.
Lok Sabha today passed Negotiable
Instruments (Amendment) Bill, a Bill on cheque bounce cases
a. This
bill provides for allowing a court trying an offence related to cheque bouncing
to direct the drawer to pay interim compensation to the complainant.
14.
The Union Government has reduced minimum
yearly deposit required under popular girl child savings scheme, Sukanya
Samriddhi Yojana to Rs 250 from Rs 1,000
earlier.
a. This
has been lowered to enable more people to enjoy benefits of this scheme.
b. In this
regard, Government has amended Sukanya Samriddhi Account Rules, 2016.
15.
Banks and financial institutions,
including State Bank of India (SBI), Punjab National Bank
(PNB) and the Life Insurance Corporation of India
(LIC) today entered into an overarching Inter-Creditor
Agreement (ICA) to fast track resolution of stressed assets of
Rs 50 crore or more which are under consortium lending.
a. The ICA
is being signed by 22 public sector banks (including India
Post Payments Bank), 19 private sector banks and 32
foreign banks.
b. Besides,
12 major financial intermediaries, like LIC, HUDCO, PFC and REC are also
signatories to the pact, according to the agreement.
16.
NITI Aayog has
signed Statement of Intent (SoI) with Lupin
Foundation to collaborate in Aspirational Districts
Programme to create templates for concerted development policy.
a. Under
this collaboration, both parties will partner to improve indicators in
education, health and nutrition, financial inclusion and skill development,
agriculture and water resources and basic infrastructure in Aspirational
Districts.
17.
Justice Tahira
Safdar was today nominated as the 1st woman chief justice of
a Pakistani high court.
a. She is
going to replace Muhammad Noor Meskanzai who is going to
retire on 31st August 2018.
18.
British cyclist Chris Froome won
his third consecutive and fourth overall Tour de France title in
Paeis.
a. The
3540km 23 days long Grand Tour featured a total of 198 riders this year (2018).
19.
The Indian contigent at
the World Para Athletics Championship ended its campaign with
5 medals (1 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze medals) in London finishing at 32nd
place.
20.
In its all India final of US Open, HS
Pranoy defeated P Kashyap to lift his 3rd US Open Grand
Prix Gold Tournament.
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