1. Union
Government have launched a mobile app “ Aarambh “ for performance
of rural roads.The mobile phone app aims at use of GIS based mapping for
making road inventories, condition surveys,etc
2. Freedom fighter K.E. Mammen
(96) passed
away. He
participated in the Quit India Struggle. In recent years, he was an active
social worker, forefront in the anti-liquor campaign in Kerala.
3. The Food Safety and
Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has banned the use of stapler pins in tea
bags from January 2018. FSSAI ban order issued under
Section (15) FSS Act, 2006 has deemed that any loose staple pin consumed
inadvertently with tea may cause a serious health hazard.
4. Lucknow metro was named as India’s
first metro to have its own FM radio station.
5. The book titled “
Indira: India’s Most Powerful Prime Minister “ was written
by Sagarika Ghose
6. The Madras High
Court have ruled out that “ Vande Mataram “ should be
made compulsory in educational institutions and offices of the state of
Tamil Nadu
7. The Canadian Woman
Swimmer Kylie Masse had won the 100 m backstroke gold in
a new world record at the World Aquatics Championship held
at Budapest.
8. The martial law on
restive Mindanao Island was extended until 31 Dec 2017 by
Philippines.
9. Men’s World Boxing
Championship 2021 will be hosting by India.
10. The GST council recently constituted
a selection committee to identify members and head of the
National Anti- Profiteering Authority . PK Sinha will be
the Chairman of the Committee.
11. The Parliament of Zimbabwe has passed a bill giving
its President the power to appoint the country’s top judges without
consulting any other institutions.
12. Sri Lankan cabinet has recently revised
the agreement for Hambantota Port built by China.
13. Parliament has passed The
Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Bill, 2016.
Admiralty laws deal with cases of accidents in navigable waters or involve
contracts related to commerce on such waters.
14. Professor Yash Pal (90) has passed
away in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. He is a globally renowned
physicist, academic and higher education reformer. He was known for his
contributions to the study of cosmic rays, as well as for being an
institution-builder. He had served as the first Director of the newly set up
Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad, in 1973.
15. The world’s first
full—scale floating wind farm is being built off the coast of
Scotland in the North Sea. The wind farm, known as Hywind is a
trial project which aims to bring power to 20,000 homes.
16. Under Pradhan Mantri Awas
Yojana (Urban),
the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has approved construction
of 30,000 affordable houses in Maharashtra’s Sholapur district for
the urban poor on private land. It is first such project to
be taken up on private land under PMAY(U).
17. Scientists for the first time have produced human
antibodies in the laboratory. They are produced by body’s B cells (B lymphocytes). They
have developed revolutionary technique which can help in rapid development of
new vaccines to treat a wide range of infectious diseases.
18. July 26 –Kargil Diwas was celebrated every year. The
18th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas was celebrated across India to commemorate
the success of Operation Vijay and remember brave sacrifice of Indian
soldiers during the 1999 India-Pakistan Kargil War.
19. Reliance Defence and
Engineering Limited (RDEL) launched the first two Naval Offshore Patrol
Vessels (NOPVs) — Shachi and Shruti at their shipyard in Pipavav,
Gujarat. These two NOPVs are the first warships to
be launched by a private sector shipyard in India. These ships are
part of a five-ships being constructed for the Indian Navy under
the P-21 project.
20. The International Monetary
Fund (IMF) in
its July World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update has retained India’s
projected GDP growth rate at 7.2% for 2017-18, slightly up from 7.1% in the
previous year.
21. India was ranked 132nd in
the new global Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index.
22. India won maximum gold
medals in Tennis at the 6th Youth
Common wealth Games 2017 held in England.
23. Dubai was selected by the UN
as the Local Data Hub for Middle East, North Africa and South Asia region.
24.The
state of Haryana have
announced to set
up Vegetable Price stability fund
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