Important Current Affairs 1st July 2018

Important Current Affairs 1st July 2018

Current Affairs 1st July 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

Kiren Rijiju will lead a high level delegation to participate in AMCDRR, 2018
●        Union Minister of State for Home, Mr. Kiren Rijiju will lead a high level ministerial delegation to participate in an Asian Ministerial Conference 2018 on the reduction in disaster risks being held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 03 to 06 July 2018.
●        in 2018, more than 3,000 delegates and participants from the Asian and Pacific countries, government and intergovernmental organizations, United Nations and international organizations and national societies of Red Cross and Red Crescent organizations, stakeholder groups, children and youth, civil society and community practitioners, Women, lawmakers, local officials, science and technology And academics, the private sector, is expected to attend the media, Diwyangajnon.
 
Conference of State Power Ministers will be held in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
●        The Conference of Power, New and Renewable Energy Ministers of States and Union Territories will be held in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh on July 3.
●        The conference will be inaugurated by the Minister of State for Power, New and Renewable Energy, RK Singh.
British Minister Baroness Williams met the Minister of State for Home, Mr. Kiren Rijiju
●        A delegation led by Britain's Equality Minister Baroness Williams held a meeting with the Indian delegation led by the Union Minister of State for Home, Mr. Kiren Rijiju here today.
●        During the discussions, several important issues were covered in cooperation matters, dealing with extremism, extradition, sharing criminal records, etc.

5000 digital villages in India
●        People from 5000 villages are now enjoying internet connectivity with WiFi facility.
●        With the help of optic fiber cable, WiFi Choupal has set a target to add 2.5 lakh gram panchayats to the Internet.
●        Addressing the 3000 gm entrepreneurs from all over the country, the Union Minister of Information Technology said that all WiFi Choupals in India will become centers of knowledge.
 
 Union Railway and Coal Minister Shri Piyush Goyal launches new Mobile App 'Menu on Rails'
●        Union Railway and Coal Minister Shri Piyush Goyal launches a new mobile app 'Menu on Rails' developed by IRCTC, to create awareness amongst the passengers about the food or food items served during the rail travel.
●        This mobile app gives comprehensive information about the menus (dishes) that are served on all types of trains.

TRAI imposes penalty on Jio, Airtel, Idea, Vodafone
 
●        Major telecom companies Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel , Vodafone and Idea Cellular have not been able to meet the various quality standards of service.
●        Telecom Regulator TRAI has fined these companies for this.
●        TRAI has taken this step on the non-compliance of service quality standards during the December quarter.
●        He said that a penalty of around Rs 31 lakh was imposed on Reliance Jio .
 
 
Vijay Mallya's luxury jet auctioned in 35 crores
 
●        After at least four failed attempts, the service tax authority has got the buyer of liquor businessman Vijay Mallya's luxury jet .
●        Last Friday, the Aviation Management Company of Florida made the biggest bid of Rs 34.8 crore.
●        The service tax authority had decided to sell Mallya A319 jet plane.
●        Mallya used to travel from one country to other countries to deal with business from this plane.

Current Affairs 1st July 2018: DEFENSE

Golden Globe Race 2018
●        Indian Navy Commander Abhilash Tomy is ready to make a unique sea voyage.
●        This official is the only Asian invited to participate in the Golden Honor Globe race, which started today in France with Les Sables de Lone Harbor.
●        The Golden Globe Race is being operated by Sir Robin Knox Johnston, UK, in memory of the world's first non-stop cascading navigation, started in 1968.
●        Commander Abhilash Tomy is one of the most prominent sailors in India.

India to buy S-400 missile system from Russia
 
●        India is moving forward towards achieving five state -of -the - art S-400 Triumf Air Defense missile systems from Russia .
●        Despite the fears of a ban from the United States , the Ministry of Defense has been working to remove the impediment of the deal of about Rs 39,000 crore.
●        Under the proposed deal from Russia, 24 months after the final contract, the IAF will get the first S-400 aircraft with the Battle Management System, Radar and Launcher Weekly.
●        Within the next 60 months, that is, within 5 years, India will get the remaining S-400 squadrons, each with two firing units. I
 
Indian Army will soon have the Agni-V missile
●        India is preparing to join the First Batch Fire-V in the first interstate ballistic missile.
●        The significance of Agni-V is that the missile of this missile will remain directly to China.
●        India's military power will get more strength through this missile.
●        The missile capacity of the missile system is 5000 km. And it is able to kill with nuclear weapons.

Current Affairs 1st July 2018: RANKING

India ranks 73rd in ranking of Swiss banks
 
●        In the case of Swiss banks depositing money by citizens and companies of any country, India reached 73 in 2017 .
●        In this case Britain remains on top.
●        In 2016, India's position was 88th in this case.
●        The Indians' wealth has increased by 50% in Swiss banks to about 7,000 crore rupees.

Current Affairs 1st July 2018: SPORTS

Australia 15th time champion in Champions Trophy
●        India's dream of winning the Champions Champions Trophy was not completed and the team lost to defending champions Australia 1-3 in a penalty shootout.
●        This is the second consecutive time when India beat Australia in the Champions Trophy trophy final.
●        This is Australia's 15th Champions Trophy title, while India could not even win this title once.
●        This was the 37th and final season of the tournament.

Current Affairs 1st July 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

All CSCs in the country will act as commercial correspondents of banks
 
●        Union Electronics and Information Technology and Law and Justice Minister Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad today launched several major services at a conference organized by CSC SPV.
●        In this conference, the progress and effect of the development of rural wifi network infrastructure by village level entrepreneurs was displayed.
●        Union Finance, Railways and Coal Minister Shri Piyush Goyal said that 2.90 lakh shared services will now be able to work as a business representative.
 

 16 different countries will make the world's largest business group
 
●        By the end of the year, the world's largest trading group can come into being.
●        On Sunday, the business ministers of Asian countries made one more step in this direction.
●        There can be a consensus on the free trade agreement in the next few months .
●        As Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnerships, Ministers of 16 countries met in Tokyo on Sunday and efforts were made to overcome mutual differences.
●        The special thing is that this group includes India , China, Japan while the US is not.

Pakistan lists 471 Indian prisoners to India
 
●        On Sunday, Pakistan handed over a list of 471 Indian prisoners lodged in Indian jails to the Indian High Commission.
●        The Pakistan Foreign Ministry issued a statement in this regard and said that the list is in line with the provisions of the Consular Access Agreement between Islamabad and New Delhi on May 21, 2008.
●        The list contains 418 fishermen and other prisoners who were arrested for allegedly being illegally entering the Pakistani waters.
 

Saudi Arabia to earn 90 billion dollars allowing women to drive
 
●        The historic decision to give women rights to driving in Saudi Arabia has been implemented on Sunday.
●        The decision alone alone will make Saudi Arabia a billion dollar earner.
●        By the year 2030, alone, there is hope of earning so much as the government company is going to sell 5% of Aramco.
●        With this decision, Saudi could earn more than $ 90 billion by 2030.