IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF
JULY 27th, 2018
1.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran
Khan declared his party's victory in the Pakistan general
elections.
a. He is
expected to be the country's new Prime Minister.
2.
"The International Congress of
Parliamentary Women's Caucuses" will be held at Dublin Castle,
Ireland during 9th and 10th of September 2018.
a. The
event will be attended by an estimated 300 delegates from over 27 countries.
b. This
conference is being organised by the Irish Women's Parliamentary Caucus
(IWPC), a cross-party forum for female parliamentarians within the
Irish parliament.
3.
Today is the Death Anniversary of 11th
President of India, Bharat Ratna Dr Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul
Kalam (A. P. J. Abdul Kalam)
a. He is
known as the 'Missile Man of India' for his work on the development of
ballistic missile.
4.
Tamil Nadu based political party Dravida
Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) President M Karunanidhi today
became the 1st Indian political figure to lead a party for 50 years.
a. Elected
as DMK chief on this day (July 27) in the year 1969, the 94-year-old leader has
served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu five times.
5.
Lok Sabha today passed the Trafficking
of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018.
a. This
bill calls for punishment ranging from 10 years of imprisonment and a fine of
not less than ₹1 lakh to
offenders.
6.
A Museum dedicated to all former
and future Prime Ministers will be built at Delhi's Teen
Murti Bhavan, which served as Jawaharlal Nehru's official residence as PM
until his death in office.
7.
The Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen
Patnaik launched the 'Green Mahanadi Mission'.
a. Objective
of Green Mahanadi Mission : To stop soil erosion on
river banks and recharge the groundwater reserve.
8.
Canada's smartARM has
won Microsoft's global competition Imagine Cup 2018 for
creating an affordable, robotic arm prosthetic.
a. As part
of their winnings, smartARM received ₹58 lakh, a mentoring session with
CEO Satya Nadella, and ₹34.5-lakh Azure
grant.
b. Team iCry2Talk of
Greece earned second place with a low-cost interface that translates a baby's
cry in a text or voice message.
9.
The Ministry of Finance has extended the Deadline
for filing of income tax returns to August 31, 2018, for
categories of taxpayers who were to file their returns by July 31.
a. Note : Until
last assessment year, there was no penalty for filing belated income tax
returns, but a penalty up to ₹10,000 is
applicable this year onwards.
10.
Venezuela is
going to remove five zeroes from its bolivar currency rather
than the three zeroes originally planned.
a. The
announcement comes two days after the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
projected that Venezuela's inflation could top 1,000,000% this year.
11.
Australian investment bank Macquarie
Group today appointed Shemara Wikramanayake as
it's new Chief Execuitive Officer (CEO).
a. With
this, the the 56 year old will become the group's first female CEO.
12.
Two Indians Bharat Vatwani and Sonam
Wangchuk are among the winners of this year's Ramon
Magsaysay Award 2018, regarded as the Asian version of the
Nobel Prize.
a. Bharat
Vatwani is a psychiatrist who works for mentally-ill people living on
the streets.
b. Sonam
Wangchuk is known for his reforms in the education sector in Ladakh,
started a movement to help poor village students clear examinations.
c. Other
Winners of Ramon Magsaysay Award 2018
o
Youk Chhang (Cambodia)
o
Maria de Lourdes Martins Cruz (East
Timor)
o
Howard Dee (Philippines)
o
Vo Thi Hoang Yen (Vietnam)
13.
Indian Women's Compound
Archery Team created history by becoming the World No. 1.
a. The
team, which comprises of V Jyothi Surekha, Trisha Deb, P Lily Chanu,
Muskan Kirar, Divya Dhayal, and Madhumita, reached the top spot with 342.6
points leading Chinese Taipei team by six points.
14.
The Sports Ministry has postponed the National
Sports Day to September 25, 2018.
a. Important
Note : Every year, the Sports Day is traditionally celebrated on 29th
August. But this year, with the Asian Games going on, the
ministry has decided to postpone the event.
b. The
Asian Games are scheduled to be held from August 18-September 2. Hence the
National Sports Day will be held on September 25.
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