Important Current Affairs 30th July 2018

Important Current Affairs 30th July 2018

Current Affairs 30th July 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

Shripad Yesso Naik laid the foundation stone for the second phase of construction work of North Eastern Ayurveda and Homeopathy Institute in Shillong
●        Union Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik laid the foundation stone for the second phase of construction work at the North Eastern Ayurveda and Homeopathy Institute in Maavdiyanyadi, Shillong.
●        The construction cost of 10481.53 sq. Km area will be around 40.80 crores.
●        This new campus of the institute will also accommodate students, doctors, employees and guests.
 
 
 
CIL coal production increased 105 MT in last 4 years
●        In the last four years, coal production of Coal India Limited has increased by 105 MT.
●        During the four years, the increase of CIL coal production was 31 MT.
●        Similarly, the rise of coal from the CIL has increased from 109.12 MT in the last four years.

Government constitutes National Testing Agency
●        The Government has constituted a National Examination Organization, a Self-Examination Examination Organization for conducting entrance examinations in higher education.
●        The first entrance examinations were organized by the Central Board of Secondary Education and the All India Council for Technical Education.
●        The objective of the formation of this agency is to create an expertise and dedicated organization to organize the prestigious entrance examinations and to free the CBSE from liability so that the CBSE can fulfill its assigned work.

Establishment of display boards and announcement machines in passenger trains
●        In the prestigious trains like EMU and Humsafar, Tejas, arrangements have been made to display board and public announcement system.
●        Apart from this, the GPS based passenger information system has been arranged on the LCD screen in the Cognition coach.
●        Available stations, destination stations, train status updates and security information will be available on the LCD screen.
 
 
Indian Railways Launches Mission Integrity
 
●        Indian Railways Launched Mission Satisfaction for Ethics in Public Administration on July 27, 2018 in National Rail Museum, New Delhi.
●        This was the first such program organized by a government organization.
●        During this program discussions about maintaining high level of integrity in the work were discussed.
 

National Citizen Register issued in Assam
 
●        The second and final draft of the National Civil Register of Assam has been released between the security of the Assam government.
●        It has been released so that people living illegally in Assam can be traced.
●        The Central Government has also sent 220 companies of paramilitary forces to maintain security in Assam and the surrounding states.

Death penalty for rape of girls below 12 years
 
●        The Lok Sabha has cleared the important bill in the country for the punishment of rape of a girl below the age of 12 years to the death penalty .
●        Under this, strict punishment has been made to punish those who have been under the age of 16 years.
●        The Lok Sabha passed a bill by rejecting amendments to some members on the Bill and passed the Penal Amendment Bill 2018 in a nutshell.

Current Affairs 30th July 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

Third BRICS Film Festival concluded with India Day
●        The third BRICS Film Festival concluded on 22-27 July, 2018, with the International Durban Film Festival in Durban, South Africa.
●        The last day of the celebration was celebrated as India Day.
●        After that the award was given and the closing ceremony was held.
●        Best Actress: Bhanita Das, Village Rock Stars
●        Best Film: Amit Masurkar Newton
●        Special Jury Award: Village Rock Stars of Reema Das

Harley Davidson will launch electric bike
 
●        Harley Davidson, the US's leading motorcycle company, is preparing to launch four new bikes, including an electric motorcycle.
●        This information was given by the company while disclosing the details of development details 'More Roads to Harley-Davidson' for the year 2022 on Monday.
●        New bikes will be launched in 2019-20 and 2022.

Current Affairs 30th July 2018: SPORTS
Prime Minister meets Commonwealth Games 2018 table tennis medalist
 
●        Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Commonwealth Games 2018 medalist table tennis players.
●        These medal winners met the Prime Minister in Parliament House.
●        Prime Minister congratulated medal winners for exemplary performance in the international arena.
 
 
Saurabh Verma created history by winning the Russian Open title
 
●        Indian badminton player Saurabh Verma won the Russia Open title on July 29, 2018.
●        Before them, Ruthika Shivani won the title in 2016 in the women category.
●        World number-65 Saurabh defeated Koki Watanabe of Japan in the men's singles title.

Current Affairs 30th July 2018: ECONOMY

Investment in the field of logistics will reach $ 500 billion by 2025
●        Union Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu today said that by the year 2025, annual investment in the field of logistics will reach $ 500 billion.
●        Prabhu said that this would create lakhs of jobs in the country and create barriers to domestic and international level in India's business activities.

Prime Minister Modi laid the foundation of Rs 60,000 crore projects in Lucknow
 
●        Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for industrial projects of 60 thousand 228 crores in Lucknow, capital of Uttar Pradesh on July 29, 2018.
●        In the program organized by Indira Gandhi Foundation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for projects to be set up by 81 industrial houses in Uttar Pradesh.
 

Reliance plans to raise $ 2.7 billion 
 
●        Mukesh Ambani's company Reliance Industries is preparing to raise capital of $ 2.7 billion from overseas market for refinancing high-cost loans .
●        The outstanding debt of the company increased from Rs. 2,18,763 crore till the end of March 2018 to Rs 2,42,116 crore in the quarter ending June 2018.
 

Indian companies record 67 trillion dollar worth deal in one year
 
●        Indian companies have recorded $ 67 trillion deals this year.
●        According to top banker JP Morgan, there may be more buying in the tech, media and telecom sector.
●        In the biggest $ 16 billion acquisition, Wal-Mart bought a large stake in the Indian e-commerce company Flipkart.

Surendra Rosha became CEO of HSBC India
●        Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation has appointed Surendra Rosha as Chief Executive Officer of HSBC India.
●        He will replace Jayant Rikhye, who is going on holiday for health reasons.
●        Rosha was associated with the Indian operations of HSBC in 1991.