Important Current Affairs 15th July 2018

Important Current Affairs 15th July 2018

Current Affairs 15th July 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

Prime Minister dedicates the Bansagar canal project to the nation in Mirzapur
●        Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today dedicated the Bansagar Canal Project to the nation in Mirzapur.
●        This project will promote irrigation in the area and it will prove beneficial for the farmers of Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur and Allahabad districts.
●        Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Mirzapur Medical College.
●        He also inaugurated 100 public drug centers in the state.
 
 
India became the Vice President of the Asia Pacific region of the World Customs Organization for two years.
●        India has become the Vice President of the Asia Pacific region of the World Customs Organization for two years.
●        WCO has divided its membership into six areas.
●        Each of the six areas is represented by the regional elected vice-president in the WCO Council.
●        Being the vice president of WCO Asia Pacific region will enable India to lead the role.
 
 
Social Security to get 10 crores workers next year
 
●        The government can declare a social security plan in 2019 for its 10 crore workers at its expense.
●        In 2012, 475 million people were employed in the country.
●        On this basis, social security scheme can be announced for 22% of the workforce next year.
 
 
Mobile Association questions Jio Phone's 'import' 
 
●        Reliance Jio is trying to have denied allegations that he 4G jio phones resort to avoid paying import duty from other trade routes to bring.
●        jio said that it makes all these handsets in India only.
●        In the lead, the mobile association led by Indian Mobile Handset companies had alleged that Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries is not making jio phone in India.
 

Tata Starbucks sales up by 28%
 
●        Joint world's largest coffee retailer, Starbucks and Tata Venture Tata Starbucks has recorded the first positive EBITDA during fiscal 2017-18.
●        Tata Global said in its annual report that in the financial year 2017-18, sales of Tata Starbucks increased by 28%.
●        With the good performance of existing stores, the addition of new stores helped increase sales.
 

121.75 million people have a Aadhaar
●        The number of Indians holding the Aadhaar card is increasing rapidly.
●        According to the latest figures, their number in the country has crossed the 2011 population.
●        If compared to the estimated population of the country in 2018, today nearly 92% people and almost all adults have the Aadhaar .
●        According to the 2011 census, the country's population was 121.08 crores.
●        By July 15 this year, 121.75 million people had enrolled for the Aadhaar .

Niti Aayog is going to bring cooking subsidy
 
●        The Government think tank policy commission is considering proposal to replace the LPG subsidy with 'cooking subsidy' so that its benefits are also benefited by cooking people using piped natural gas and biofuel.
●        Rajeev Kumar , Vice Chairman, Policy Commission said that subsidies should be provided on all types of fuel used for cooking.
●        At this time the government gives subsidies for LPG use.
 
  
natural gas and aircraft fuels can be brought under GST 
 
●        The GST Council, which decides to take decisions related to Goods and Services Tax, can consider bringing the fuel in the realm of GST this week , but the tax slab is working to hinder it.
●        When GST was implemented on July 1, 2017, five products - crude oil, natural gas, gasoline, diesel and aircraft fuel were excluded from its scope.
●        He said that due to the loss of the Central and the States, the delay in bringing them under the purview of GST is being delayed.
 

India's first supercar launched
 
●        India's first eco-friendly Hypercar, Shool has been introduced in the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
●        This hypercar has an 'eco-friendly' turbine electric powertrain that is not normally seen in cars.
●        This has been prepared by Chunky Vazirani, who is the co-founder and chief designer of the new Indian company Vazirani Automotive.
 

50 rupees fee for door step delivery of government services
 
●        If you want home delivery of 100 services like home-based driving license, ration card, residence certificate, marriage certificate, RC, then you have to pay 50 rupees extra for this.
●        This decision has been taken in the Cabinet of Delhi Government .
●        The Delhi Government is going to start this facility from next month. According to this scheme, Delhi government will provide 100 different types of public services to the homes of the citizens of Delhi.

Current Affairs 15th July 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

F-35 fighter aircraft cost decreased
 
●        America has a $ 13 billion deal to buy F- 35 jet with Lockheed Martin .
●        Due to this deal, the price of the jet can come up to $ 80 million by 2020.
●        With the 141 F-35 deal, the price of this fighter jet has come down to about $ 9 million, which is already 6 percent less.
 
 

No claims for the 300 crores in Swiss bank accounts of Indians
●        There is no claimant even after three years of issuing notice to some of the inactive accounts of Indians on the issue of black money deposited in Switzerland's banks.
●        For the first time in December 2015, the organization overseeing the banking system in Switzerland issued a list of some inactive accounts.
●        These accounts the citizens of Switzerland as well as many foreign nationals, including some people of India.

Trump broke protocol in UK
 
●        For the first time, the US President Donald Trump, who was making an official visit to Britain for the first time, missed a big mistake.
●        During the meeting with the Queen, he broke the imperial protocol, which saw the eyes of all the people present there.
●        Trump and First Lady Melania Trump reached Windsor Castle on a four-day tour on Friday and during the meeting with Queen Elizabeth II, broke a number of protocols.

Current Affairs 15th July 2018: ECONOMIC

Foreign direct investment in services sector decreased by 23%
 
●        Foreign direct investment in the country's services sector fell by about 23 percent to $ 6.7 billion in 2017-18
●        This was $ 8.68 billion of investment through FDI in the previous financial year (2016-17).
●        Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion has informed this information.
●        The services sector includes finance, banking , insurance , outsourcing, research and development, courier, technical testing and analysis.

Current Affairs 15th July 2018: SPORTS

 England's Harry Kane gets Golden Boot
 
●        England's captain Harry Kane managed to score a maximum of six goals in the tournament and get a golden boot.
●        England had not been considered as a big contender before the start of this great football, but Ken made the team's morale up with their performance in the semi-finals.
●        He played six matches and scored so many goals. Ken is the second England player to win the Golden Boot in the Football World Cup.
 
 
France became second time champions by defeating Croatia  
●        In the final match of the FIFA World Cup, France defeated Croatia by 4-2.
●        After the second half, France was completely dominated.
●        After scoring two more goals, he scored 4-1.
●        However, Croatia's team scored another goal to make the difference 4-2.
●       This is the first time in the World Cup since 1974, where in the final three goals were scored before the midfield.