Important Current Affairs 27th July 2018

Important Current Affairs 27th July 2018

Current Affairs 27th July 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

All India Survey 2017-18 report on Higher Education released
 
●        On the occasion of Guru Purnima, the Human Resource Development Ministry organized a National Conference of Directors of VCs and Higher Education Institutes in New Delhi today.
●        The conference was chaired by Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Prakash Javadekar and Minister of State for Human Resource Development and Higher Education Dr. Satyapal Singh was also present on this occasion.
●        This three-day conference began on 26th July and concluded on July 28, 2018.
 
Army Hospital will be inaugurated with special facilities in Udhampur: Dr. Jitendra Singh
●        In Jammu and Kashmir, Udhampur will soon be inaugurating a military hospital with special facilities.
●        In this hospital, along with state-of-the-art health facilities, DM and MCH trained highly specialized doctors will provide their services.
 
 
Divyangjan Empowerment Department initiated Accessibility Test for 70 Railway Stations
●        A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Divyajanjan Empowerment Department and the School of Planning of Architecture, Delhi today.
●        The Memorandum of Understanding for the 10% of the accessible railway stations of this accessible railway station is given by the Secretary of the Department of Empowerment, Mrs. Shakuntala D. Gamlin and Director of School of Planning and Architecture Dr. P.S. En Rao signed.

Proposal passed in the assembly to change the name of West Bengal
 
●        The West Bengal Legislative Assembly has passed a resolution in the House on July 26, 2018 to change the name of the state.
●        The proposal for the change of name of the state by the West Bengal Government to 'Bengali' has been approved.
●        This proposal has been sent for acceptance of the Home Ministry.
●        This name can only be changed when the Home Ministry will give its approval on this proposal.

Bill to prevent human trafficking passes in the Lok Sabha pass 
 
●        The Lok Sabha passed passively on human trafficking and human trafficking related to rehabilitation of victims Bill, 2018, on July 26, 2018.
●        India will join the few countries of South Asia after the legislation becomes law, in which strict action has been taken to prevent the smuggling of persons - especially women and children - and misbehavior with them.
●        This bill also discusses relief and rehabilitation for the victims of smuggling, but initially a provision of Rs 10 crore has been made for this.
 
 
Central Government final approval for proposed merger of Vodafone and Idea
 
●        The central government has given its final approval to the proposed merger of Vodafone India and Idea Cellular on July 26, 2018.
●        With this, the way to become the country's largest mobile operator company has become clear.
●        The telecom department has given final approval to the merger of Vodafone and Idea Cellular, when the two companies jointly paid 7,268.78 crores.

Current Affairs 27th July 2018: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIP

Investment Advisory and UAE Ministry of Mines signed MoU for Technology Cooperation
●        Between India and the United Arab Emirates, a MoU was signed between Invest Intelligence and the Artificial Intelligence Minister of the United Arab Emirates in New Delhi for cooperation in the field of artificial technology.
●        This partnership will be the means of economic benefits of about 20 billion dollars for the two countries in the next decade.
●        This will lead to faster growth in blockchain and artificial intelligence and analytics.

India and China agree to keep peace on the border
 
●        India and China held bilateral meetings during the BRICS summit on July 26, 2018.
●        In order to maintain the momentum of the negotiations initiated in recent days and to keep peace on the border, agreed to give appropriate instructions to the stakeholders concerned.
●        India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and China's President Xi Jinping agreed to consolidate and develop close partnership partnership between the two countries during this period.

Current Affairs 27th July 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

Pakistan Elections 2018: Imran Khan's party PTI emerged as the largest party in the general elections
 
●        Imran Khan, who came to politics from cricket, has been very close to power.
●        PTI has won 119 out of 269 seats.
●        But for the majority, 137 seats are necessary.
●        In the elections, the Sharif family's party Pakistan Muslim League got 56 seats.
●        Third place is Pakistan People's Party, which has won 36 seats.

Decrease in Facebook's User Growth
 
●        Facebook , which has been in dispute over content policy for a long time, has suffered a loss in the second quarter.
●        On Wednesday, Facebook informed that in the second quarter the cell and user growth has come down.
●        Along with that, this year is not expected to have good results.
●        After this fall, Zuckerberg suffered a loss of $ 168 million in 2 hours.
●        According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Zuckerberg has come in sixth place.

BRICS Summit 2018
 
●        The 10th edition of the BRICS Summit begins in Johannesburg, South Africa on 25 July 2018.
●        This is a 3-day long summit and all the BRICS leaders will be involved in it.
●        The issue of terrorism being raised internationally at the BRICS Summit was raised by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Columbia Asia Hospital, Ahmedabad will be sold
 
●        Ahmedabad's famous Columbia Asia Hospital is on the verge of selling.
●        Hospital management has given this information to the staff.
●        Columbia Asian American Investment Fund is the Hospital Chain of Columbia USA LLC.
●        There are a total of 30 hospitals in this chain, including 12-12 in India and Malaysia, and 3 in 3 hospitals in Vietnam and Indonesia.
 

Novelis bought Ellery's for $ 2.58 billion
 
●        Aditya Birla group company, the US subsidiary of Novelis, Hindalco entered into an agreement on Thursday to buy 2.58 billion US company Eleris Corporation making aluminum products.
●        Novelis leadership position in Aluminum's value-added business from this deal is expected to be stronger.
●        Under this deal Novelis will contribute 77.5 million dollars of equity.
●        Ellery's $ 1.8 billion loan will also be registered by Novellis in his book.

Current Affairs 27th July 2018: ECONOMY

Reliance earns net profits of Rs 9,459 crore in first quarter
 
●        Due to almost double revenue in petrochemical business, Reliance Industries has earned a net profit of Rs 9,459 crore in April-June.
●        In the first quarter of fiscal year 2019-19, Reliance has got a profit of Rs 16 per share.
●        Geo's net profits increased 20 percent to Rs 612 crore in the April-June quarter.

Current Affairs 27th July 2018: RANKING

Indian women's compound team topped the rankings
 
●        The Indian women's compound archery team made history by reaching the first place in the newly released world rankings.
●        He will be encouraged by the Asian Games next month in the Asian Games.
●        For the first time in the compound category, the Indian team has reached the top.

Current Affairs 27th July 2018: AWARDS

Raman Magsaysay award for two Indian social workers Bharat Batwani and Sonam Wangchuk
 
●        Two Indian social workers Bharat Batwani and Sonam Wangchuk have been selected for Raman Magsaysay Award.
●        These awards were announced on July 26, 2018.
●        Raman Magsaysay Award is called the Asian version of the Nobel Prize.
●        Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk are among the 6 people who won this award this year.
●        Both the social workers were selected for outstanding contribution to society.