Current Affairs Today SSC, Banking, Railways & All Govt Exams - PDF

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1 Current Affairs Tday SSC, Banking, Railways & All Gvt Exams - PDF If yu are appearing fr any Gvernment Recruitment Exam, it is imprtant that yu are familiar with the happenings arund the wrld. Current Affairs is an imprtant part f yur syllabus apart frm English, Quantitative Aptitude r Lgical Reasning! Thus, we bring yu the Imprtant General Awareness in PDF. Nw, Banking, SSC and Insurance aspirants can read the update cntaining all the Imprtant Current Affairs 28th July Yu can als attempt yesterday's current affairs quiz: Current Affairs Quiz - 27th July 2018 Imprtant Current Affairs 28th July 2018 Odisha t implement its wn fd security act Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has annunced that the state gvernment wuld implement its wn fd security act frm Octber 2 this year. Odisha s wn fd security act wuld cver nearly lakh peple wh have been left ut frm the Natinal Fd Security Act (NFSA). Earlier, Odisha had launched a scheme t prvide rice t pr at Rs 2 per kg in 'Made in India' engines fr the Army Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has frmally handed ver tw types f indigenusly built high-pwer multi-fuel engines t the Army. The first engine V92S2 engine pwers T-90 Bhisma Tank, the secnd engine V-46-6 engine pwers the T-72 Ajeya Tank and its variants. 1 P a g e

2 The Engine Factry under the Make in India prgramme manufactured the tw engines with 100 percent lcal parts. Nepal-India Think Tank Summit The first 'Nepal-India Think Tank' summit will begin in Kathmandu t fster greater knwledge-sharing amng the think tanks f the 2 cuntries. The summit, prpsed t becme an annual feature fr the participating rganisatins, will be hsted alternatively each year in Nepal & India. The summit aims t supprt netwrks & prmte mutual understanding thrugh institutinal cllabratin. Paytm Payments Bank CEO Renu Satti resigns Paytm Payments Bank CEO Renu Satti has resigned frm the rle and will nw head Paytm's new retail initiative. In the past, she has built businesses grund up that include marketplace, mvie ticketing and Paytm Payments Bank. Under the 'New Retail' mdel, cnsumers will sn be able t discver nearby pharmacies, grceries and ther shps t place an rder and get instant deliveries. ONGC presented with INFRA Icn Award ONGC has been bestwed with INFRA Icn Award in the 'Glbal Energy' categry at the mid-day 'INFRA Icns'. ONGC has received the tp crprate level award in recgnitin f its valuable cntributin in upgrading the cuntry as a whle. ONGC is the secnd largest explratin and prductin (E&P) cmpany in the wrld. Cherkallam Abdullah passes away Senir IUML leader and frmer Kerala Minister, Cherkallam Abdullah, passed away after a prlnged illness. He was 76 and was underging treatment fr heart ailment. 2 P a g e

3 He was a prminent leader f the Oppsitin Cngress-led UDF in nrth Kerala and is survived by wife, tw sns and tw daughters. He entered the parliamentary plitics in BRICS natins adpt Jhannesburg Declaratin The heads f state and gvernment f all five BRICS natins cnvened fr the 10th BRICS Summit in Jhannesburg, Suth Africa. The BRICS leaders came tgether and discussed varius internatinal and reginal issues f cmmn cncern and adpted the 'Jhannesburg Declaratin' by cnsensus. The declaratin cmes as the United States and China remain deadlcked in a trade war ver tariffs. HRD minister releases AISHE Reprt The Ministry f HRD rganized a Natinal Cnference f Vice Chancellrs & Directrs f Higher Educatin Institutins f India in New Delhi n Guru Purnima. The theme f the cnference was "Research and innvatin in Higher Educatin". The Minister released the All India Survey f Higher Educatin (AISHE) Reprt , Higher Educatinal Prfile , and Swachh Campus Manual. Shivangi scales Munt Kilimanjar Shivangi Pathak has scaled the Africa's highest peak, Munt Kilimanjar in 3 days. Tanzania's Munt Kilimanjar measures 5,895 meters in height. She is frm Haryana and is als the yungest Indian wman t reach the peak f Munt Everest. Natinal Viral Hepatitis Cntrl Prgramme 3 P a g e

4 A Natinal Viral Hepatitis cntrl prgramme was launched by the Ministry f Health and Family Welfare in cllabratin with the Wrld Health Organisatin. The prgramme was launched n Wrld Hepatitis Day with an aim t cmbat viral hepatitis and reduce mrtality and mrbidity assciated with it. It has been launched in accrdance with Sustainable Develpment Gals (SDG), Lngest Lunar eclipse f the century Skywatchers arund the wrld have witnessed the lngest "bld mn" eclipse f the 21st Century. The eclipse lasted fr ne hur 43 minutes, and was visible in Eurpe, West Asia, Africa, Australia, mst f Asia and Suth America. A ttal lunar eclipse takes place when the Earth cmes between the Sun and the Mn, and cvers the Mn with its shadw. Wrld Hepatitis Day 2018 Every year n 28 July, the wrld cmes tgether t cmmemrate Wrld Hepatitis Day. Wrld Hepatitis Day is an initiative f the WHO t spread awareness abut this liver disease and minimise the burden f hepatitis glbally. Viral hepatitis, be it hepatitis A, hepatitis B, r hepatitis C, are a grup f diseases that affect the liver. Indians n lnger require airprt transit visa France has annunced that Indian passprt hlders will n lnger require an airprt transit visa while transiting thrugh the cuntry. An airprt transit visa is applicable fr the peple wh are just transiting the Schengen territry and wh will nt leave the transit area f the airprt. France frms part f the Schengen Area cmprising 26 Eurpean states. 4 P a g e

5 HCL Tech tpples Wipr HCL Technlgies has surpassed Wipr t becme India s third biggest sftware services prvider. HCL Technlgies rise has cme n the back f years f underperfrmance by Wipr and a mre aggressive apprach in acquisitins. TCS and Infsys are the tw larger Indian IT services firms with revenues f $5.05 billin and $2.83 billin, respectively in the June 2018 quarter. BN Srikrishna cmmittee submits reprt A cmmittee headed by retired Supreme Curt Judge Justice BN Srikrishna has submitted its reprt n "Data Prtectin Framewrk". Cmmittee has prpsed a draft Persnal Data Prtectin Bill that culd frm the basis f India s first data privacy law. The prpsed bill makes individual cnsent the centrepiece f data sharing, awards rights t users & impses bligatins n data fiduciaries. Law t tackle prblems in NRI marriages Centre is in the prcess f framing a new law t tackle prblems in NRI marriages. Gvernment will make a law, 'Summns and Warrants Against Indian Peple Living Abrad', which will make prvisin f cnfiscating prperty f NRIs wh have abandned their wives in India & illegally married abrad. It will enable nline serving f summns/warrants against NRIs wh have abandned their wives. India t give flash fld warning India has been designated as a ndal centre fr preparing flash-fld frecasts by the Wrld Meterlgical Organizatin. 5 P a g e

6 India will have t develp a custmised mdel that can issue advance warning f flds in Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand. The prpsed mdel wuld prvide frecasts by cmputing the likelihd f rainfall and the sil misture levels t warn f pssible flds. ICICI Bank reprts lss fr the first time ICICI Bank, India s largest private sectr lender by assets, has reprted a net lss f 120 crre n a stand-alne basis fr the June quarter. This is the first time that the bank has reprted lsses frm its India peratins. The bank had taken a mark-t-market hit f 218 crre n its investments in gvernment securities during the quarter. Invest India and UAE Ministry sign MU Invest India & UAE Minister fr Artificial Intelligence has signed a MU fr India - UAE Artificial Intelligence Bridge in New Delhi. The MU will spur develpment acrss areas like Blckchain, AI and Analytics as data and prcessing will be a catalyst fr innvatin and business grwth. It will generate an estimated $20 billin in ecnmic benefits during the next decade fr bth cuntries. ITC becmes India s 4th mst valued firm ITC has went past Hindustan Unilever t becme the cuntry's furth mst valued firm in terms f market valuatin. Led by the sharp rally in the stck, the cmpany s market valuatin rse t 3,69, crre. With this, ITC als became the mst valued FMCG cmpany. TCS is the cuntry s mst valued firm with a market cap f 7,43, crre fllwed by RIL and HDFC Bank. 6 P a g e Attempt Daily Current Affairs Quiz