Dus Ka Dum| Monthly Current Affairs|11th to 20th July 2018

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The Most Important Events Happened: 11th to 20th July 2018 ................................................................................... 2
South Korean President Moon Jae-In's Visit to India: Complete Highlights .......................................................... 2
FIFA World Cup 2018 Concludes | France Emerged as Champions ....................................................................... 2
Wimbledon Championships 2018: Complete List Of Winners ................................................................................. 3
Finance Ministry Approves Infusion of Rs. 11,336 Crore In 5 PSBs ......................................................................... 3
RBI To Issue New Design Rs100 Denomination Banknote ........................................................................................ 3
Current Affairs in Brief: 11th to 20th July 2018 ............................................................................................................ 3
One Liners Questions from July 11th to 20th 2018 .................................................................................................... 10
Important Static General Awareness from July Current Affairs ............................................................................. 13
Static Points from Banks in News ................................................................................................................................ 14
Static Points from States in News ................................................................................................................................ 14
International Organizations/Companies in News from July Current Affairs ...................................................... 14
Countries in News from July Current Affairs ............................................................................................................ 14

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The Most Important Events Happened: 11th to 20th July 2018
South Korean President Moon Jae-In's Visit to India:
Complete Highlights
South Korean President Moon Jae-in visited India.
This was his first visit to India. He was accompanied
by First Lady Kim Jung-sook.
The main events that took place during the visit:
President Moon attended the India-Korea business
forum: Korean President Moon Jae-in spoke at
the India-Korea Business Forum. This was organized
by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce
and Industry (FICCI).
Inaugurated World's Largest Mobile Factory In
Noida: PM Narendra Modi and South Korean
President Moon Jae-in visited Noida and inaugurated
the New Mobile Manufacturing Plant of Samsung at
Noida. Notably, it is the world's largest mobile
factory. Samsung has Invested close to 5,000 Crore
Rupees in this plant and aims to Manufacture 12 Crore
Mobile Handsets annually which will result in massive
job creation.
India & South Korea Signed 5 MoUs In Field Of
Science and Technology: India and South Korea have
signed five MoUs in the field of Science and
Technology in New Delhi. Science and Technology
Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan and his South Korean
counterpart You Young Min signed three MoUs which
are Programme of Cooperation 2018-21, Establishment
of Future Strategy Group and Cooperation in
Biotechnology and Bio-economy.
India, South Korea Ink 11 MoUs: India and South
Korea signed 11 MOUs during South Korean President
Moon Jae-in's visit to India.
India-Korea Technology Exchange Centre
Inaugurated: The India-Korea Technology Exchange
Centre was inaugurated by the Minister of State (I/C)
MSME Giriraj Singh and Minister of SMEs and Start-
ups of Republic of Korea, Hong Jong- hak in New
Delhi. The purpose of the Technology Exchange Centre
is to create a platform for micro, small and medium
enterprises of India and Korea where they can be
assisted to identify and exchange latest technologies,
share management expertise, product development and
technology applications for product development.
Note| South Korea Capital- Seoul, Currency- South
Korean won.
32 nations, divided into eight groups, battled it out for
the coveted trophy in the quadrennial month-long
event.
France emerged as the champion team of the FIFA
World Cup 2018. It has defeated Croatia in a thrilling
final by 4-2. It was the second world cup win for
France, it first won in 1998.
Important Highlights and Special Awards of the FIFA
2018 World Cup
1. Golden Ball Award: Croatian captain Luka Modric.
2. Golden Glove Award: Belgium's Thibaut Courtois.
3. Golden Boot Award: England's Harry Kane.
4. Young Player Award: France's Kylian Mbappe.
5. Fairplay Award: Spain was awarded the Fairplay
Award for being the most disciplined team in the
tournament.
6. Man of the Match in Final: Antoine
Griezmann (France).
Quick Facts:
1. The Prize money for the champion team was 38
million US Dollars.
2. Zabivaka was the official mascot of the 2018 FIFA
World Cup.
3. The official song of the tournament was "Live It
Up", with vocals from Will Smith, Nicky Jam and Era
Istrefi.
4. First time in the history of world cup VAR (Video
Assistant Referee) system was used.
5. FIFA World Cup 2022 will be held in Qatar.

FIFA World Cup 2018 Concludes | France Emerged as

Champions
The 21st edition of the FIFA World Cup concluded
in Luzhniki Stadium in the Russian capital of
Moscow.

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Wimbledon Championships 2018: Complete List Of
Winners
The 2018 Wimbledon Championships is a Grand
Slam tennis tournament which takes place at the
All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in
Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. It was the
132nd edition of the Championships.
Novak Djokovic won the men's singles Title for the
fourth time.
Angelique Kerber won the Women's Singles title.
1. Punjab National Bank: Rs 2,816 crore (Highest
Amount),
2. Allahabad Bank: Rs 1,790 crore,
3. Andhra Bank: Rs 2,019 crore,
4. Indian Overseas Bank: Rs 2,157 crore,
5. Corporation Bank: Rs 2,555 crore.
RBI To Issue New Design Rs100 Denomination
Banknote

Category Winner Runner Up

Men's Singles Novak Djokovic Kevin Anderson
(Serbia) (South Africa)
Women's Angelique Kerber Serena Williams
Singles (Germany) (USA)
Men‟s Mike Bryan Michael Venus
Doubles (USA) and Jack (New Zealand)
Sock (USA) and Raven
RBI will shortly issue Rs100 denomination
Klaasen (South
banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series,
Africa)
bearing the signature of Dr Urjit R. Patel, Governor,
Women's Barbora Nicole Melichar
Reserve Bank of India.
Doubles Krejcikova (Czech (USA) and Kveta
The new denomination has Motif of “RANI KI
Republic) and Peschke (Czech
VAV” on the reverse, depicting the country‟s cultural
Katerina Republic)
heritage.
Siniakova (Czech
Republic) The base colour of the note is Lavender.
The dimension of the banknote will be 66 mm × 142
Mixed Alexander Peya Victoria Azarenka
mm.
Doubles (Austria) and (Belarus) and
Nicole Melichar Jamie Murray
(USA) (United Current Affairs in Brief: 11th to 20th July 2018
Kingdom) Rajya Sabha has, for the first time in 76 years since it
came into being, entered into a MOU with a foreign
Finance Ministry Approves Infusion of Rs. 11,336 Crore counterpart for promoting inter-parliamentary
In 5 PSBs dialogue. Venkaiah Naidu become the first Chairman
of Rajya Sabha inked with the visiting President of the
Senate of the Republic of Rwanda, Bernard Makuza.
The India-Korea Technology Exchange Centre
inaugurated by the Minister of State (I/C) MSME
Giriraj Singh and Minister of SMEs and Start-ups of
Republic of Korea, Hong Jong- hak in New Delhi. The
purpose this is to create a platform for micro, small and
medium enterprises of India and Korea.
Microsoft signed an MoU with the Rajasthan
government to provide free digital training to 9,500
college students in one year.
Satyarup Siddhanta become the second Indian
The finance ministry has approved an infusion of Rs mountaineer after Malli Mastan Babu to climb Mt Ojos
11,336 crore in five state-owned lenders including PNB, del Salado, the highest volcano in the world. Ojos del
Corporation Bank and Andhra Bank to help them meet Salado is a stratovolcano (a volcano built up of
the regulatory capital requirement. alternate layers of lava and ash) in the Andes on the
This is the first ever capital infusion in the current Argentina-Chile border.
fiscal and the remaining amount of Rs 53,664 crore India‟s first private sector unit for manufacturing
would be disbursed during the course of the year. Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV) and light bulletproof
Which bank will get how much? vehicles (LBPV) will be set up by DCM Shriram

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Industries Group on the campus of Shriram Rayons in
Kota, Rajasthan.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) unveiled the
country‟s first internet telephony service that will allow India Women's Cricket Team Coach Tushar Arothe has
users to dial any telephone number in India through its
mobile app. Now BSNL customers will be able to make
calls using the company‟s mobile app “Wings” to any
phone number in the country.
World Population Day was established by the then-
governing Council of the United Nations Development
Programme in 1989. The theme of WPD 2018 is 'Family
Planning is a Human Right'.
Global Innovation Index (GII) has ranked India as the
57th most innovative nation in the world. The country
has improved its ranking from 60th position in 2017.
GII is being developed jointly by Cornell University,
the Paris-based business school Insead and the World
Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in Geneva.
The Top 3 Countries in Global Innovation Index are: 1.
Switzerland, 2. The Netherlands, 3. Sweden.
For the second year in a row, Andhra Pradesh has been
ranked as the easiest Indian state to do business in,
according to a survey. The state took the pole position
in the rankings for Ease of Doing Business that was
released by the Department of Industrial Policy and
Promotion and Ministry of Commerce and Industry in
Delhi. Telangana came second. Meghalaya was ranked
lowest at 36th.
India has become the world's sixth-biggest economy,
pushing France into seventh place, according to
updated World Bank figures for 2017. India's gross
domestic product (GDP) amounted to $2.597 trillion at
the end of 2017, against $2.582 trillion for France. The
world's top 3 economies are: 1. The United States, 2.
China, 3. Japan.
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Dhanlaxmi Bank Limited has appointed T Latha as the
Managing Director & CEO. She has taken over from G
Sreeram.
stepped down from the role citing personal reasons, as
per BCCI.
Video sharing platform YouTube has announced the
investment of $25 million to counter the spread of fake
news on its platform.
PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the new Headquarters
building of the Archaeological Survey of India in New
Delhi.
Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani given in-principle approval
for the 39-crore rupees „Seema Darshan‟ project for
developing more infrastructure facilities from T-
Junction to Zero Point at Nadabet near Suigam in
Banaskantha district to instil patriotism through a
unique Gujarat initiative for border tourism.
The first India Tourism Mart will be organized in New
Delhi in September 2018 to create a global tourism mart
for India on lines of major international travel marts.
An MoU was signed between the Indian Army and
State Bank of India on the Defence Salary Package.
Forbes released its fourth annual list of America‟s
Richest Self-Made Women. These 60 women, who have
a record combined net worth of $71 billion, up 15%
from $61.5 billion in 2017. Diane Hendricks, co-founder
and chairman of ABC Supply, the nation‟s largest
roofing distributor, reclaims the top spot, with a net
worth of $4.9 billion. Marian Ilitch, worth $4.3 billion,
falls to the No. 2 spot.
UN Security Council adopted a resolution 2427, aimed
at a framework for mainstreaming protection, rights,
well-being and empowerment of children throughout
the conflict cycle. Resolution 2427, strongly condemns
the recruitment and use of children by parties to armed
conflict as well as their re-recruitment, killing and
maiming, rape and other forms of sexual violence,
abductions.
India and the United Kingdom signed an agreement on
the exchange of experience by legal professionals and
government functionaries for resolution of disputes
before various courts and tribunals. The MoU sought to
enhance bilateral cooperation in legal affairs which
would provide a framework for promoting greater
cooperation between the judicial and legal
professionals in both countries through the exchange of
expertise and training.
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
(NABARD) has completed 36 years of service to the
nation and celebrated the 37th Foundation Day on 12th
July.
HDFC securities announced the launch of Mutual
Funds transactional capabilities on Facebook
Messenger through their virtual assistant, Arya.
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Airtel Payments Bank received requisite approvals
from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to begin taking
new customers. Also, Aadhaar-issuing authority UIDAI
has allowed it to use the 12-digit unique identification Member-Secretary of the Council, ICWA.
number-based e-KYC.
India has become the 69th shareholder of the European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
This move paved the way for more joint investment
with Indian companies across the bank‟s regions of
operation.
India bagged four medals in the Asia Cup World
Archery Ranking Tournament Stage 3 in Taipei,
Taiwan. The feat comprised 3 silver medals and a
bronze. India also finished joint third with Iran in the Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme, rewarding the
championship. India ended their campaign behind
toppers Korea and hosts Chinese Taipei. Korea topped
the tally with 14 medals, 8 of them being gold.
Spiritual leader Dada Vaswani passed away at the age
of 99 in Pune, Maharashtra. He was chief of Sadhu
Vaswani Mission in Pune that is named after his uncle
TL Vaswani.
Telecom Commission approved the Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India's (TRAI) net neutrality
recommendations that bar service providers from
discriminating against internet content and services by
blocking, throttling or granting them higher speed
access.
Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan
inaugurated state-run power giant National Thermal
Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) 250 MW Solar
Power Plant in Mandsaur.
Railways launched its first consolidated Bridge
Management System, a web-enabled IT application to
store data on its one lakh 50 thousand bridges.
Reliance Industries Chairman and India's richest
person Mukesh Ambani dethroned Chinese e-
commerce company Alibaba's Co-founder Jack Ma to
become Asia's richest person as RIL shares hit an all-
time high, according to Bloomberg.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
constituted a High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation.
The panel will be co-chaired by Melinda Gates, Co-
Chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and
Jack Ma, Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group.
Industrial production growth slipped to a seven-month
low of 3.2% in May mainly due to sluggish
performance of manufacturing and power sectors and
other reasons, according to the data released by the
Central Statistics Office.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made it compulsory to
incorporate purchaser‟s name on the face of payment
instrumentalities like demand draft, pay order,
banker‟s cheques and other instruments to prevent
money laundering.
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VP, India and the President of Indian Council of World
Affairs (ICWA), M. Venkaiah Naidu has appointed Dr.
T.C.A. Raghavan as the Director General, ex officio
18-year-old Indian runner Hima Das created history by
becoming the first-ever Indian woman to win an
athletics gold on the international stage. Hailing from
Assam, Hima finished on top of the podium in the
women‟s 400m event at the IAAF World U20
Championship in Tampere, Finland, clocking 51.46
seconds.
In a departure from the norm, the Mission Olympic
Cell included the entire Indian hockey team in the
players for their silver medal-winning performance at
the Champions Trophy.
Ministry of Mines organized the 4th National Conclave
on Mines & Minerals at Indore, Madhya Pradesh. CM
of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chauhan was the
chief guest of the conclave.
Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation launches the
Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018 (SSG 2018) in the
Delhi. An independent survey agency will conduct the
survey in all districts and the results will be announced
in the form of a ranking of all districts and states on the
basis of quantitative and qualitative sanitation
parameters.
Archaeological Survey of India decided to allow
photography within the premises of all centrally
protected monuments/sites. However, the 3
monuments/sites in which the photography would not
be permitted are Ajanta Caves and Leh Palace having
paintings, and Mausoleum of Taj Mahal, Agra.
Odisha Government constituted Heritage Cabinet
headed by CM Naveen Patnaik to preserve the history
and culture of Odisha. Its aim is to spread and preserve
history and culture of Odisha and enrich Odia language
further.
A new integrated state-of-the-art integrated Indian Visa
Application Centre (IVAC) was jointly inaugurated by
Home Minister Rajnath Singh and his Bangladeshi
counterpart Asaduzzaman Khan at Dhaka's Jamuna
Future Park. Rajnath Singh is presently in Bangladesh
on a three-day visit. He also inaugurated the
Bangladesh-India Friendship building in Bangladesh
Police Academy in Sardah.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj embarked on
a two-day visit to Manama, to co-chair the second High
Joint Commission meeting with her Bahraini
counterpart.
Haryana topped other states in per capita revenue
collection under GST and is also the fourth highest
generator of e-way bills in the country. The Finance
Minister of Haryana Capt. Abhimanyu claimed
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Haryana has widened the tax base by 82.22% and
logged 19% hike in revenue collections.
Mohammad Kaif announced his retirement from all
forms of competitive cricket. The 37-year-old Kaif
played 13 Tests and 125 ODIs for India and will always
be remembered for his match-winning knock of 87 at
the Lord's during the epic NatWest Trophy final in
2002.
PM Modi laid the foundation stone of important
projects, cumulatively worth over Rs. 900 crore in
Varanasi. Among the projects inaugurated are the
Varanasi City Gas Distribution Project and the
Varanasi-Ballia MEMU train. He also laid the
Foundation Stone for an International Convention
Centre in Varanasi. He also laid the Foundation Stone
of the 340 km long Poorvanchal Expressway in
Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh.
India become the Vice-Chair (Regional Head) of the
Asia Pacific Region of World Customs Organisation
(WCO) for a period of two years (from July 2018 to June
2020). The underlying Theme of the Inaugural
Ceremony is “Customs – Fostering Trade Facilitation”.
PM Modi dedicated the Bansagar Canal Project to the
Nation in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. This project will
provide a big boost to irrigation in the region, and will US President Donald Trump and his Russian
be greatly beneficial for the farmers of Mirzapur and
Allahabad districts of Uttar Pradesh.
India's supersonic cruise missile (SCM) BrahMos was
test fired from Odisha's Chandipur range launch pad
under extreme conditions. The test was conducted in
order to increase the longevity of its life. The missile External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj co-chaired the
can cruise at speeds of up to Mach 3.0, or three times
the speed of sound.
Union minister for electronics and IT and law and
justice Ravi Shankar Prasad unveiled the Goa IT Policy
2018 at the Inox complex in Panaji on the final day of
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Goa IT Day celebrations. It focuses on infrastructure
development, fiscal incentives, governance and human
resource development.
University of Houston, Texas signed an MoU with the
Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE) to build
scientific and technical knowledge through joint
research.
The first of world‟s cheapest drinking water project
launched in Darbhanga district, Bihar. It would be
managed by Self Help group of Darbhanga Nagar
Nigam.
Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has constituted a
10 Member Committee, headed by the Secretary of
Ministry of Corporate Affairs Mr Injeti Srinivas, for
review of the penal provisions in the Companies Act,
2013. It has been setup to examine „de-criminalisation‟
of certain offences.
Militaries of India and Pakistan will be part of a mega
anti-terror drill in Russia named "Peace Mission" in
August 2018 which is being organised by the Shanghai
Cooperation Organisation (SCO). It will be joined by all
SCO member countries including Russia, China,
Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and
Uzbekistan.
counterpart Vladimir Putin held the first summit at
Helsinki in Finland. Host Finland President Sauli
Niinisto met Trump before Trump and Putin sit down
to a bilateral meeting first without aides and then with
their teams of support staff.
second joint commission meeting with her Bahraini
counterpart Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohamed
Al Khalifa. Issues of trade, investment and counter-
terror cooperation discussed at the joint commission
meeting. She jointly inaugurated impressive Embassy
of India Complex in Manama.
India signed a revised travel agreement with
Bangladesh to ease visa restrictions for citizens from the
neighbouring country. Under the Revised Travel
Arrangement (RTA)-2018, freedom fighters and elderly
Bangladeshi nationals will get five-year multiple visa
from India.
According to the data of the commerce and industry
ministry, India's wholesale inflation grew 5.77% in
June, a four-and-half-year high, driven by some food
items and fuel price.
The board of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)
has approved the proposal for the insurer to hold a 51%
stake in IDBI Bank. The announcement was made by
Subhash Chandra Garg, Secretary, Department of
Economic Affairs. The life insurer has around 7.5%
stake in LIC at present and will acquire the remaining
stake from the government.
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State Bank of India and National Bank for Agriculture rising demand for skilled manpower in the country. He
and Rural Development (NABARD) have joined hands laid the foundation stone of country‟s first such skill
to provide collateral-free credit through Joint Liability training institute in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
Groups (JLGs) in Telangana. Defence public sector undertaking Bharat Electronics
Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki was given the Limited (BEL) has signed an MoU with Saab, Sweden,
additional charge of Himachal Pradesh by President for jointly marketing the L-Band 3D Air Surveillance
Ram Nath Kovind. Radar, RAWL-03, co-developed by BEL and Saab. BEL
Bhushan Steel has approved the appointment of TV joined hands with Saab, Sweden and the US, to market
Narendran as Chairman and Non-Executive Additional the Long Range Air Surveillance Radar, a cost-effective
Director of the company. L Band three dimensional radar.
An eight-year-old Indian-origin schoolboy Ishwar IIT Madras launched “world‟s first” remotely
Sharma, who is the under-11 UK national yoga operatable microscope that would enable a precise
champion has been named the 'British Indian of the atom-by-atom view of a material. The 'Local Electrode
Year' in the young achiever category for his Atom Probe' (LEAP) was developed in a collaborative
accomplishments in the field. exercise involving eight top research institutions
The Indian team won four silver medals and five headed by IIT Madras.
bronzes (total 9 medals) at the 7th World Junior Wushu Ministry of Steel agreed to the proposal received from
Championships in Brasilia, Brazil. various Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs)
Indian boxers ruled the ring at the 36th Golden Glove under its control to introduce the pension scheme with
of Vojvodina youth tournament, ending with seven effect from 1st January 2007 in case of executives and
gold medals to claim the overall top spot in the event in 1st January 2012 in case of non-executives or from a
Subotica, Serbia. Four men and three women clinched subsequent date as decided by the company.
gold medals at the tournament, which featured 17 Govt. decided to set up a committee under the
countries. India finished first with 17 medals, including Chairmanship of Mr Anil Swarup, former Secretary,
six silver and four bronze. School Education, with suitable representations from
Former world number one Angelique Kerber defeated NCC, M/o Youth Affairs and Ministry of HRD to
seven-time champion Serena Williams in the women's suggest measures to strengthen National Cadet Corps
singles final to clinch her first-ever Wimbledon title. (NCC) and National Service Scheme (NSS).
Angelique Kerber hails from Germany.
Kannada poet and film song lyricist M.N. Vyasa Rao
passed away in Bengaluru, Karnataka. He was 73.
President Ram Nath Kovind approved the Assam
Witch Hunting (Prohibition, Prevention and Protection)
Bill, 2015, converting it to an Act, almost three years
after it was passed by the state Assembly. It aimed at
eliminating the superstition from the society, imposes a
punishment of up to seven years and a fine of up to Rs.
5 lakh.
Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar launched the
'Paudhagiri' campaign with an aim to increase the
green cover in Haryana. CM Khattar launched the
'Paudhagiri' campaign by planting a 'maulsari' sapling
in the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex premises of
Gurgaon.
With an aim of upgrading quality of education,
research, hospital care facilities in the national AYUSH One of the country‟s first Defence incubators will come
institutions throughout the country and develop them up in Hyderabad, which is India‟s missile development
as light house institutions, All India Institute of centre and fast emerging the hub for aerospace
Ayurveda (AIIA) under Ministry of AYUSH organized industries. The incubator will be housed at T-Hub. It
two days Conference of Heads of AYUSH National will be funded through the Ministry‟s Innovation for
Institutes in New Delhi. Defence Excellence (iDEX) scheme. Under the scheme
Union Minister for Skill Development & research in the fields of Aerospace & Defence by
Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan announced MSMEs, start-ups, research institutions, educational
that the Centre is planning to set up one National Skill institutions are to be funded.
Training Institute (NSTI) in every State to meet the

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JK Rowling will come out with the fourth novel titled
'Lethal White' in the series about the exploits of private India.
investigator Cormoran Strike in September 2018 under
her pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil
Aviation, Suresh Prabhu co-chaired 8th session of
India-Oman Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) along
with Minister of Industry, Investment, Trade and
Digital Economy of Oman, Dr Ali bin Masoud Al
Sunaidy.
Forbes has Released the 'Celebrity 100' list of World's
Highest-Paid Entertainers. Boxer Floyd Mayweather
captures the top spot on Forbes‟ 20th annual Celebrity
100 ranking of the world‟s highest-paid celebrities.
From India, Akshay Kumar (40.5 million dollars) is
ranked 76th while Salman Khan (37.7 million dollars) is
on the 82nd spot.
UK topped an annual global ranking of nations' soft
power, with France placed second on the list of 30
countries which does not feature India. The 2018 'Soft
Power 30' index, published by UK-based strategic
communications consultancy firm Portland and the
University of Southern California Center on Public
Diplomacy, ranked Germany as third.
IMF cut India‟s GDP growth forecast by 10 basis points
to 7.3% in the year 2018 and by 30 basis points to 7.5%
in 2019, as the international body expects the central
bank to tighten the monetary policy faster.
India has been elected new President of Asian Tug of
War Federation. India's Gautam Kaul won the
prestigious post in the Federations' Executive
Committee elections held in Kathmandu, Nepal. This is
the first time when India has been elected to lead the
organisation.
A team comprising experts from the Indian Institute of
Technology-Kharagpur and the University of Oxford
has been selected for an award for exceptional research-
led innovation to mitigate arsenic poisoning in the
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Ganga-Brahmaputra delta in the north and northeast
India's star shuttler PV Sindhu (seeded second)
suffered a defeat to fourth seed Nozomi Okuhara of
Japan in straight games inside 50 minutes to settle for
runners-up spot in the Thailand Open at the Nimibutr
Stadium in Bangkok. In men's singles, Kanta
Tsuneyama (Japan) was the winner and Tommy
Sugiarto (Indonesia) was runner up.
Honda's Marc Marquez (of Spain) cruised to his ninth
consecutive German Grand Prix victory to extend his
MotoGP lead.
Wrestler Vinesh Phogat won gold at the Spanish Grand
Prix in Madrid, conceding just one point in five bouts
en route to the title victory in the women's 50kg
freestyle category. The 23-year-old outclassed Canada's
Natasha Fox 10-0 in the final.
Veteran actor Rita Bhaduri passed away after fighting a
kidney-related ailment for many days. She was 62 years
old.
As part of Indo-US Bilateral Defence Cooperation, the
7th Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI)
meeting held between India and the US delegation in
New Delhi. It was co-chaired by, Secretary (Defence
Production), Dr Ajay Kumar & under Secretary of
Defence for Acquisition and Sustainment, DoD, US
Government Ms Ellen M Lord.
European Union (EU) & Japan signed an Economic
Partnership Agreement (EPA). It was signed at EU-
Japan summit in Tokyo by EU Presidents Jean-Claude
Juncker and Donald Tusk and Japanese PM Shinzo
Abe. It is biggest ever trade deal negotiated by the EU
& creates free trade zone covering nearly third of the
world‟s GDP.
UN Environment Programme (UNEP) entered into a
partnership with Google to monitor the impacts of
human activity on global ecosystems by using
sophisticated online tools. It was launched during a
High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable
Development at United Nations (UN) headquarters in
New York.
Nelson Mandela International Day 2018 is observed
internationally on 18th July. This year marks 100 years
since the birth of Nelson Mandela (18 July 1918). This
year's Mandela Day is dedicated to 'Action Against
Poverty'.
Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij
Bhushan Saran Singh is set to be named the Chef de
Mission of the Asian Games-bound Indian contingent.
The four deputy Chefs de Mission are BS Kushwaha,
RK Sacheti, DK Singh & Colonel RK Swain.
Microsoft and Walmart are teaming up for a strategic
partnership that will take on rival Amazon in both
technology and retail. The five-year agreement will see
Walmart use Azure and Microsoft 365 across the
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company, alongside new projects focused on machine US State Department announced that the inaugural
learning, artificial intelligence, and data platforms. „two-plus-two dialogue‟ between India and the United
Flipkart‟s digital payment subsidiary PhonePe has States will be held in New Delhi on September 6.
acquired Zopper Retail – a hyperlocal Point of Sale Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary
(POS) platform for small and medium businesses. James Mattis will travel to India for the dialogue with
Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has clinched a gold External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Defence
medal at the Sotteville Athletics Meet in France. The Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
Indian youngster secured the top spot in the podium Hindi poet Gopal Das Neeraj passed away in New
with an 85.17m throw. Delhi last evening after a prolonged illness. He was 94.
Cabinet approved the signing of MoU amongst BRICS His famous poetic works include Asawari, Lahar
Nations on the Regional Aviation Partnership Pukare and Paran Geet.
Cooperation. The objective is that BRICS countries will Oil and Natural Gas Corporation- ONGC- the premier
benefit from the establishing of an institutional Public Sector Natural gas Company approved exiting
framework to cooperate in the field of civil aviation. its helicopter service provider Pawan Hans by selling
10th edition of the Delhi Dialogue held in New Delhi. its entire 49%.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj delivered the Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh announced a
key-note address of the event. The theme is, Chhattisgarh Online Pension Management System.
„Strengthening India-ASEAN Maritime Co-operation‟. Chhattisgarh Online Pension Management System
Planning for its next three Olympic Games, the launched an app called “Abhar aapki sewa ka”.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) added seven Through this application, 80,000 pensioners of the state
medal events to the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, will now get all the information related to pension and
published a 2020 Tokyo Olympics schedule with no payment online.
agreement on when to race swimming finals, and set a
timetable to add new sports to the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The next Winter Olympics will now include: women‟s
monobob, Big Air freestyle skiing for men and women,
plus mixed team events in short track speed skating, ski
jumping, ski aerials and snowboardcross.
In a major farmer outreach, Kisan Mela is being
organised at SBI's rural and semi-urban branches across
the country to impart financial literacy to farmers. It is
one-of-its-kind initiative to develop connect with
farmer customers, resolve their grievances and educate
them about their various rights and bank's initiatives.
As a step towards women empowerment, the state's
first all-women branch of Jammu and Kashmir Bank
was inaugurated. First Lady Usha Vohra e-inaugurated
the first 'All-Women Branch of Jammu and Kashmir
Bank'. The chairman of JK Bank is Parvez Ahmad.
Jana Small Finance Bank on Wednesday announced the
commercial launch of its banking operations, the last
microfinance company to convert itself into a small
finance bank (SFB), three years after the Reserve Bank
of India (RBI) gave its in-principle approval.
European Union regulators have slapped Alphabet-
owned Google with a record 4.34 billion euro ($5 India & Ghana signed two agreements in an effort to
billion) antitrust fine for abusing the dominance of its enhance the bilateral cooperation between the two
Android mobile operating system, which is by far the countries. The two MOUs on Cultural Exchange
most popular smartphone OS in the world. Programme and on cooperation between Bureau of
E-commerce giant Amazon briefly crossed $900-billion Indian Standards and Ghana Standards Authority were
market cap for the first time in its history on signed.
Wednesday, becoming only the second company after Repco Micro Finance Ltd, a non-banking finance
Apple to achieve this milestone. Apple is currently the company promoted by Repco Bank, received Nabard
world's most valuable company with a market cap of 2018 award for its service to self-help group (SHG)
$935 billion. linkage in Tamil Nadu for the fiscal year 2017-18.

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Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic arm of IT major,
Infosys signed MoU with the Bangalore Metro Rail
Corporation Limited (BMRCL) for the construction of a
station at Konappana Agrahara in Electronics City.
An agreement signed between IIT Delhi and the All
India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) under which
projects would be launched that would aim to give
“scientific validation” to the ancient medical science
and integrate it with technology.
India and Japan held the fourth round of Maritime
Affairs Dialogue in New Delhi. During the dialogue,
key issues related to the Indo-Pacific region and
maritime security were discussed.
Myanmar joined the India-initiated International Solar
Alliance (ISA), thus, becoming the 68th signatory to the
Framework Agreement of the ISA that aims for
optimum utilisation of solar energy.
One Liners Questions from July 11th to 20th 2018
1. India and South Korea have recently signed five
MoUs in the field of ___________ in New Delhi.
Answer. Science and Technology
2. Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved 503-
million US Dollar lining project of the Son canal in
which state that would benefit the agriculture sector
immensely in the region?
Answer. Bihar
3. British PM Theresa May appointed __________ as
Foreign Secretary after Boris Johnson resigned from
the post in protest at the government's Brexit plan.
Answer. Jeremy Hunt
4. Scientists have discovered the world's oldest
colours. 1.1 billion-year-old bright pink pigments,
extracted from rocks deep beneath which desert?
Answer. Sahara desert
5. The telecom ministry approved the merger of
Vodafone India and _____________ that will create
the country‟s largest mobile services operator.
Answer. Idea Cellular Ltd
6. What is the theme of World Population Day 2018?
Answer. Family Planning is a Human Right
7. Venkaiah Naidu has become the first Chairman of
Rajya Sabha to sign an agreement with a foreign
counterpart for promoting inter-parliamentary
dialogue. He inked an MOU with which country?
Answer. Republic of Rwanda
8. India has become the world's sixth-biggest
economy, according to updated World Bank figures
for 2017. It has replaced _____________.
Answer. France
9. Name the Indian who has become the second
Indian mountaineer after Malli Mastan Babu to
climb Mt Ojos del Salado, the highest volcano in
the world.
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Answer. Satyarup Siddhanta
10. Dhanlaxmi Bank Limited has appointed __________
as the Managing Director & CEO.
Answer. T Latha
11. Name the state that has been ranked as the easiest
Indian state to do business in the 'Ease of Doing
Business Index' that was released by the
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion.
Answer. Andhra Pradesh
12. Name the India Women's Cricket Team Coach who
has recently stepped down from the role citing
personal reasons.
Answer. Tushar Arothe
13. The Global Innovation Index (GII) has ranked
India as the ______________ most innovative nation
in the world.
Answer. 57th
14. Name the telecom firm that has unveiled the
country‟s first internet telephony service that will
allow users to dial any telephone number in India
through its mobile app.
Answer. BSNL
15. India and ____________ have recently signed an
agreement on the exchange of experience by legal
professionals and government functionaries for
resolution of disputes before various courts and
tribunals.
Answer. The United Kingdom
16. Name the country that has become the 69th
shareholder of the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
Answer. India
17. Which state government has given in-principle
approval for the 39-crore rupees „Seema Darshan‟
project for developing more infrastructure facilities
border tourism across the state?
Answer. Gujarat
18. India has bagged four medals in the Asia Cup
World Archery Ranking Tournament Stage 3. The
tournament was held in ______________.
Answer. Taipei
19. Name the veteran Spiritual leader of India who had
passed away at the age of 99 in Pune, Maharashtra.
Answer. Dada Vaswani
20. Forbes released its fourth annual list of America‟s
Richest Self-Made Women. This list was topped by
_____________.
Answer. Diane Hendricks
21. Name the Payments Bank that has received
requisite approvals from the Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) to begin taking new customers.
Answer. Airtel Payments Bank
22. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development (NABARD) has recently celebrated its
37th Foundation Day it was on ____________.
Answer. 12 July
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23. European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development is a multilateral development bank
set up in 1991 after the fall of the Berlin Wall. It Answer. 3
headquarters in ____________.
Answer. London
24. With which bank, the Indian Army has signed an
agreement on the Defence Salary Package?
Answer. State Bank of India
25. India has bagged four medals in the Asia Cup
World Archery Ranking Tournament Stage 3 and
finished third. Which team topped the medal tally?
Answer. Korea
26. The Railways has launched its first consolidated
BMS, a web-enabled IT application to store data on
its one lakh 50 thousand bridges. BMS stands for
____________.
Answer. Bridge Management System
27. Name the Indian runner who created history by
becoming the first-ever Indian woman to win an
athletics gold on the international stage in Tampere,
Finland.
Answer. Hima Das
28. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made it
compulsory to incorporate purchaser‟s name on the
face of payment instrumentalities. The Payment
instruments include ___________.
Answer. Demand draft, pay order & banker‟s cheques.
29. In which states, the state-run power giant National
Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC)
opened its 250 MW Solar Power Plant at an
investment of about Rs 1,500 crore?
Answer. Madhya Pradesh
30. In a departure from the norm, the Mission Olympic
Cell included the entire ___________ team in the
Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme.
Answer. Indian Men's hockey
31. The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio
Guterres constituted a High-Level Panel on Digital
Cooperation. The panel will be co-chaired by
_______________.
Answer. Melinda Gates & Jack Ma
32. Reliance Industries Chairman and India's richest
person Mukesh Ambani dethroned Chinese
business man Jack Ma. Jack Ma is _____________.
Answer. Alibaba's Co-founder
33. Name the Under-19 World Cup winning captain (in
2000) who has announced retirement from all forms
of competitive cricket.
Answer. Mohammad Kaif
34. Which state has topped other states in per capita
revenue collection under GST and is also the fourth
highest generator of e-way bills in the country?
Answer. Haryana
35. The Archaeological Survey of India decided to
allow photography within the premises of all
centrally protected monuments/sites. But, it has
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restricted the photography in how many
monuments/sites?
36. In which country, a new integrated state-of-the-art
integrated Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC)
has been recently inaugurated by Home Minister
Rajnath Singh?
Answer. Bangladesh
37. British PM Theresa May appointed __________ as
Foreign Secretary after Boris Johnson resigned from
the post in protest at the government's Brexit plan.
Answer. Jeremy Hunt
38. Name the country that has topped the list of Global
Innovation Index (GII) released by the World
Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).
Answer. Switzerland
39. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has
constituted a 10 Member Committee for review of
the penal provisions in the Companies Act, 2013.
The committee will be headed by ____________.
Answer. Secretary of Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Injeti
Srinivas & Minister of Corporate Affairs, Piyush
Goyal
40. Name the country that has recently become the
Vice-Chair (Regional Head) of the Asia Pacific
Region of World Customs Organisation (WCO) for
a period of two years.
Answer. India
41. Name the country with which India signed a
revised travel agreement to ease visa restrictions for
citizens from the neighboring country.
Answer. Bangladesh
42. The 21st edition of the FIFA World Cup concluded
in Luzhniki Stadium in the Russian capital of
Moscow. France emerged as the champion team of
the FIFA World Cup 2018. It has defeated
____________.
Answer. Croatia
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43. In which country, the External Affairs Minister
Sushma Swaraj co-chaired the second joint
commission meeting with her counterpart Shaikh
Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohamed Al Khalifa?
Answer. Bahrain
44. The World Customs Organization (WCO)
headquarters in __________.
Answer. Brussels
45. India's supersonic cruise missile (SCM) BrahMos
was test fired from Odisha's Chandipur range
launch pad under extreme conditions. The test was
conducted in order to increase ______________.
Answer. longevity of its life
46. Name the country in which the US President
Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart
Vladimir Putin held the first summit.
Answer. Finland
47. The Indian team won four silver medals and five
bronzes at the 7th World Junior Wushu
Championships. The Championship was held in
________________.
Answer. Brazil
48. Bhushan Steel has approved the appointment of
___________ as Chairman and Non-Executive
Additional Director of the company.
Answer. TV Narendran
49. In which state, the first of world‟s cheapest
drinking water project was launched?
Answer. Bihar
50. Indian boxers ruled the ring at the 36th Golden
Glove of Vojvodina youth tournament, ending with
seven gold medals to claim the overall top spot in
the event. This tournamnet was held in which
country?
Answer. Serbia
51. Name the bank with which the National Bank for
Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
has joined hands to provide collateral-free credit
through Joint Liability Groups (JLGs) in Telangana.
Answer. State Bank of India
52. For the first time after independence, Militaries of 65. Name the shuttler who won the Thailand Open
India and Pakistan will be part of a mega anti-terror
drill named "Peace Mission" in August 2018. This
drill will be held in ___________.
Answer. Russia
53. Name the Governor who has been given the
additional charge of Himachal Pradesh by President
Ram Nath Kovind.
Answer. Kaptan Singh Solanki
54. M.N. Vyasa Rao passed away recently. He was poet
and film song lyricist in which language?
Answer. Kannada
55. The board of Life Insurance Corporation of India
(LIC) has approved the proposal for the insurer to
hold a __________ stake in IDBI Bank.
Answer. 51%
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56. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut
India‟s GDP growth forecast to ______________in
the year 2018.
Answer. 7.3%
57. Rita Bhaduri passed away recently. She was
_____________.
Answer. Actor
58. Name the Union Minister who co-chaired 8th
session of India-Oman Joint Commission Meeting
(JCM) in Muscat, Oman.
Answer. Suresh Prabhu
59. Which state government has launched the
'Paudhagiri' campaign with an aim to increase the
green cover across the state?
Answer. Haryana
60. One of the country‟s first Defence incubators will
come up in Hyderabad, which is India‟s missile
development centre and fast emerging the hub for
aerospace industries. The incubator will be funded
through which scheme?
Answer. iDEX scheme
61. Name the Wrestler who won gold at the Spanish
Grand Prix in Madrid, conceding just one point in
five bouts en route to the title victory in the
women's 50kg freestyle category.
Answer. Vinesh Phogat
62. JK Rowling will come out with the fourth novel
titled ___________ in the series about the exploits of
private investigator Cormoran Strike in September
2018.
Answer. Lethal White
63. The Forbes has released the 'Celebrity 100' list of
World's Highest-Paid Entertainers. This list was
topped by ____________.
Answer. Floyd Mayweather
64. IIT Madras has launched world‟s first remotely
operatable microscope "LEAP" that would enable a
precise atom-by-atom view of a material. The
„LEAP‟ stands for ____________.
Answer. Local Electrode Atom Probe
2018 in women's category after defeating PV
Sindhu.
Answer. Nozomi Okuhara
66. The government has decided to set up a committee
under the Chairmanship of ____________ to suggest
measures to strengthen National Cadet Corps
(NCC) and National Service Scheme (NSS).
Answer. Anil Swarup
67. Nelson Mandela International Day 2018 is observed
internationally on ____________.
Answer. 18 July
68. Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has clinched a gold
medal at the Sotteville Athletics Meet in
____________.
Answer. France
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69. Name the Wrestling Federation of India's (WFI)
president who is set to be named the Chef de
Mission of the Asian Games-bound Indian
contingent.
Answer. Brij Bhushan Saran Singh
70. Name the digital payment company that has
acquired Zopper Retail – a hyperlocal Point of Sale
(POS) platform for small and medium businesses.
Answer. PhonePe
71. UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has entered
into a partnership with which company to monitor
the impacts of human activity on global ecosystems
by using sophisticated online tools?
Answer. Google
72. With which country, European Union (EU) has
signed Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
which is biggest ever trade deal negotiated by the
EU?
Answer. Japan
73. UN Environment Programme (UNEP) was founded
as a result of United Nations Conference on Human
Environment in June 1972. It is headquartered in
______________.
Answer. Nairobi
74. The Union Cabinet has approved the signing of
MoU amongst BRICS Nations on the RAPC. RAPC
stands for _________.
Answer. Regional Aviation Partnership Cooperation
75. Recently, the International Olympic Committee
(IOC) has added how many medal events to the
2022 Beijing Winter Games?
Answer. 7
76. Name the bank that has organized the Kisan Mela
at its rural and semi-urban branches across the
country to impart financial literacy to farmers.
Answer. State Bank of India
77. The finance ministry has approved an infusion of
Rs 11,336 crore in five state-owned lenders. Which
banks has got the highest amount from the gross
amount distributed among 5 Banks?
Answer. Punjab National Bank
78. Name the company on which the European Union
regulators have slapped a record 4.34 billion euro
($5 billion) antitrust fine for abusing the dominance
of its Android mobile operating system.
Answer. Google
79. Where is the registered office of Jana Small Finance
Bank?
Answer. Bengaluru
80. Which company has briefly crossed $900-billion
market cap for the first time in its history becoming
only the second company after Apple to achieve this
milestone?
Answer. Amazon
81. The Reserve Bank of India will shortly issue Rs100
denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi
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(New) Series. The new denomination has Motif of
_____________.
Answer. Rani Ki Vav
82. The Union Cabinet has recently approved the
determination of Fair and Remunerative Price
payable by Sugar Mills for 2018-19 sugar seasons at
_____________ for a basic recovery rate of 10%.
Answer. Rs. 275/- per quintal
83. What is the dimension of the new Rs100 banknote
that will be introduced by the RBI shortly?
Answer. 66 mm × 142 mm
Important Static General Awareness from July Current
Affairs
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is a
Government of India (Ministry of Culture) organisation
responsible for archaeological research and the
conservation and preservation of cultural monuments
in the country. It was founded in 1861 by the British
Raj.
General Bipin Rawat is the present and 27th Chief of
Army Staff of Indian Army.
Aruna Sundararajan is the chairman of Telecom
Commission. Manoj Sinha is the Minister of State (I/C)
of the Ministry of Communications.
Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) is an Indian
think tank founded in 1943. It Headquarters in New
Delhi.
John Mathai was the first Railways Minister of
Independent India.
Piyush Goyal is the present Finance Minister of India.
Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is the Minister of
State (I/C) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
Narendra Singh Tomar is the Minister of Mines.
Uma Bharati is the Minister of Drinking Water and
Sanitation.
Nirmala Sitharaman is the present Defence Minister of
India.
IIPE was established in 2016 in Andhra Pradesh
initiated by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
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Mr Piyush Goyal is the Minister of Corporate Affairs. Haryana CM- Manohar Lal Khattar, Governor- Kaptan
Wholesale inflation rate, measured by Wholesale Price Singh Solanki.
Index (WPI), is a marker for price movements in bulk UP CM- Yogi Adityanath, Governor - Ram Naik
buys for traders and broadly mirrors trends in shop- Bihar CM- Nitish Kumar, Governor- Satya Pal Malik.
end prices. Assam CM- Sarbanand Sonowal, Governor- Jagdish
Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Mukhi.
Homoeopathy is abbreviated as AYUSH. Odisha CM- Naveen Patnaik, Governor- Ganeshi Lal.

International Organizations/Companies in News from

July Current Affairs
Microsoft Corporation is an America Based technology
company.
CEO- Satya Nadella, Headquarters- Washington DC.
Antonio Guterres is the Secretary-General of the United
Nations. The UN Headquarters in New York, United
States.
Forbes- American Business Magazine, Founded in-
1917. Headquarters- New York City, USA.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is
a multilateral development bank set up in 1991 after the
fall of the Berlin Wall. Suma Chakrabarti is the
President of EBRD. It headquarters in London, UK.
Static Points from Banks in News World Customs Organization Headquarters in Brussels,
Belgium. Kunio Mikuriya (Japan) is the Secretary-
Dhanlaxmi Bank Headquarters in Thrissur, Kerala.
General of WCO.
NABARD Founded on: 12 July 1982, Headquarters:
Managing Director of IMF- Christine Lagarde,
Mumbai, Chairman: Harsh Kumar Bhanwala.
Headquarters in- Washington DC, USA.
HDFC Bank- India‟s largest private bank by market
UNEP was founded as a result of United Nations
capitalization. HDFC Bank Chairman- Aditya Puri,
Conference on Human Environment in June 1972. It is
Headquarters- Mumbai.
headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.
Reserve Bank of India labelled HDFC Bank as
The Host cities for Asian Games 2018 are Jakarta and
„domestic systematically important bank‟ - in other
Palembang in Indonesia.
words, 'too big to fail'.
BRICS is made up of China, Brazil, Russia, India and
Airtel Payments Bank was the first payments bank to
South Africa.
start operations in India. Anubrata Biswas is the
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of
Countries in News from July Current Affairs
Airtel Payments Bank.
Rwanda Capital: Kigali, Currency: Rwandan franc.
Urjit Patel- 24th Governor of RBI, Headquarters-
South Korea Capital- Seoul, Currency- South Korean
Mumbai, Established on- 1st April 1935, in Kolkata.
won.
IDBI Bank Headquarters in Mumbai. B Sriram was
United Kingdom Capital: London, PM: Theresa May,
appointed as the IDBI Bank's CEO and Managing
Currency: Pound sterling.
Director recently.
Taipei is the capital city of Taiwan. Its currency is New
SBI Chairman- Rajnish Kumar, Headquarters- Mumbai,
Taiwan dollar.
Established on- 01st July 1955.
Bangladesh PM- Sheikh Hasina, Capital- Dhaka,
NABARD Chairman- Harsh Kumar Bhanwala,
Currency- Bangladeshi Taka.
Headquarters- Mumbai, Established on- 12 July 1982.
Manama is the capital city of Bahrain. Bahraini dinar is
the currency of Bahrain.
Static Points from States in News
Russia Capital- Moscow, Currency- Russian ruble,
Om Prakash Kohli is the present governor of Gujarat.
President- Vladimir Putin.
Sardar Sarovar Dam built on river Narmada is the
Manama is the capital city of Bahrain. Bahraini dinar is
largest dam in Gujarat state.
the currency of Bahrain.
Anandiben Patel is the Present Governor of Madhya
Serbia Capital: Belgrade, Currency: Serbian dinar.
Pradesh.
Oman Capital: Muscat, Currency: Omani rial
Ganeshi Lal is the present Governor of Odisha.
Capital of Ghana: Accra, Currency: Ghanaian cedi.

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