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1. Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation

(HSBC) has appointed Surendra Rosha as
Chief Executive Officer for HSBC India.

2.  The National Green Tribunal formed a

monitoring committee of two members B S
Sajwan and former Delhi chief secretary
Shailaja Chandra for Yamuna Rejuvenation
Project.

1. The Prime Minister laid the foundation of

India’s first Mobile Open Exchange Zone
(MOX) at World Trade Centre, Noida.

2. Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers

Welfare Radha Mohan Singh launched the
Rs. 215 crore Meghalaya Milk Mission in
Shillong. 

3.  The IT ministry launched a desktop software e-Aksharayan in a

conference for Indian Languages Technology Industry ‘Bhashantara’, in New
Delhi.

4.  Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik released the first tribal atlas of
Odisha consisting of a set of maps and statistics highlighting the
tribal demography of Odisha.

5. Under the Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, the government has cut the
minimum annual deposit requirement for accounts to Rs 250 from Rs
1,000 earlier.

5.  A Scheme named ‘Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage

and Diverse Cultural Traditions of India’ is implemented by the
Ministry of Culture.

6.    Arvind Kejriwal launched the ‘Mukhyanmantri Kisan Aaye

Badhotri Solar Yojna’. It aims to increase the income of farmers by three
to five times in the national capital.

1.  HDFC has received the best performing

primary lending institution in Credit Linked
Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) for the EWS
(Economically Weaker Section) and LIG (Low
Income Group) category.

2.  Oxigen and Fincare Small Finance Bank

signed an agreement to start Branchless
Banking services, using Oxigen’s flagship Point of Sale device called the
Oxigen Micro ATM Super PoS.

3. NABARD has launched first of its kind in South Asia in Centre for
Climate Change in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

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1. According to Japanese rating agency

Nomura, GDP growth to peak to 7.8% in
the April-June quarter and then moderate to
7.2 percent in the second half of 2018.

2.  RIL surpassed TCS to become the most

valued firm by market capitalization (m-
cap). 

3.  #InnovateIndia Platform”, a collaboration between the Atal

Innovation Mission and MyGov was launched by NITI Aayog to create
and encourage a structured ecosystem for innovation in India.

4.  A 16-member committee IRDAI member – P.J. Joseph has been

formed by Insurance regulator IRDAI to examine motor third party
insurance pricing and make recommendations on the premium rates for
2019-20.

5.  Invest India which is an official Investment Promotion and Facilitation

Agency of the Government of India and “Business France” have signed
a MoU to promote investment and cooperation between start-ups
of India and France.

5. Fortune released its The Ledger ’40 Under 40′ list and 4 persons of India-
origin, including three women have been named on it.

6.  The government gave the final approval for the merger of Vodafone
and Idea Cellular that will result in the creation of India’s largest
mobile operator with 35% market share and nearly 430 million
subscribers.

7.  Five central oil PSUs – IOCL, ONGC, GAIL, OIL, and NRL have
signed agreement for executing 1500 Km North-East Natural Gas
Pipeline Grid. 

1. India ranks 96th in the bi-annual United

Nation’s E-Government Index 2018 among
193 countries released by UN.  Denmark is the
world leader, both on E-Government index and
E-Participation sub-index.

2.  Gopal Krishna Gandhi has been chosen

for the 24th Rajiv Gandhi National
Sadbhavana Award for his contribution in
promoting communal harmony, peace and goodwill.

3.  Public Affairs Centre (PAC), released Public Affairs Index (PAI) for
2018. Kerala has topped the Public Affairs Index (PAI) for 2018 as
the best-governed state in India.

4. Canadian author Michael Ondaatje has again made the Man Booker
Prize list with his latest novel “Warlight”.

5.  Two Indians Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk were named
winners of 2018 Ramon Magsaysay Award.

6.  India has fallen out of top 10 destinations for Foreign Direct
Investments (FDI) in terms of its attractiveness according to 2018
Kearney FDI Confidence Index, in which it was ranked 11th, down from
8th in 2017 and 9th in 2016.

7. The Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) has been selected

for the Champion of Earth Prize-2018. It is the highest environmental
honour instituted by the United Nations.

8.  Eminent Poet Ramakanta Rath was conferred with Odisha’s

highest literary award Atibadi Jagannath Das Samman for 2018.

9. Assamese film “Xhoihobote Dhemalite” (“Rainbow Fields”) won 3

top awards at the 3rd Love International Film Festival in the United
States.

1. The first meeting of the India-Bangladesh

Joint Committee on Border Haats was held
in Agartala, Tripura.

2. The 3rd BRICS Film Festival was held in

Durban, South Africa, along with the
International Durban Film Festival (DIFF). The last day of the festival was
celebrated as India Country Day.

3.  Thaawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister for Social Justice &

Empowerment attended the Global Disability Summit 2018 held in
London, United Kingdom.

4.  Indian Air Force (IAF) contingent will participate in the Pitch
Black – 2018 exercise in the Darwin Air Force Base, Australia.

5.  Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, laid the foundation stone of National

Skill Training Institute (NSTI) for Women at Mohali, Punjab.

3. World Day against Trafficking in Persons: July 30, 2018.

Theme: ‘Responding to the trafficking of children and young people’. 

4. World Ranger Day:  July 31, 2018.  

5. 8th International Tiger day: July 29, 2018

The World Hepatitis Day: July 28, 2018.

Theme: “Test. Treat. Hepatitis”.

1. Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha

inaugurated Regional Rail Training
Institute (RRTI) in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh.

2. The government set up a High-Level

Empowered Committee headed by Cabinet
Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha to address
the issues of Stressed Thermal Power
Projects.

3. A rare blood group named “pp” or “P null” phenotype has been
identified by doctors from Kasturba Medical College (KMC) in Mangaluru,
Karnataka.

4.IIT Kanpur has created an online tool named TreadWill, to help

people overcome issues related to mental health.

5. The Government set up a four-member committee headed by Home

Secretary Shri Rajiv Gauba, to suggest measures and legal framework to
effectively deal with incidents of mob violence.

6. Karnataka has become the leading State for renewable energy in

India, according to the report released by the Institute for Energy
Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).

7. NCERT has initiated the process of introducing QR code in their

textbooks which is aimed at helping students understand chapters better
by watching film or reading additional content on laptops and digital boards.

8. Indian Railways organized a programme on Ethics in Public Governance

and Launched “Mission Satyanishtha” at National Rail Museum, New
Delhi with an aim to bring transparency and ethics in the work culture and
among all railway employees.

1. The US has elevated India’s status in the

export control regime and designated it as a
Strategic Trade Authorization-1 (STA-1)
country.

2.  Indian Government has signed a MoU

with the United Kingdom to obtain help in
enhancing overall public transport system
in India.

3.  Justice Tahira Safdar is the first woman chief justice of any court
in Pakistan, recently she was made the Chief Justice of the Balochistan
high court, Pakistan. 

4.  Former cricketer Imran Khan is set to become the next PM of

Pakistan. He belongs to Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI).

1.  Sourabh Verma beat Koki Watanabe to

clinch the 2018 Russian Open badminton
tournament which took place in Vladivostok,
Russia.

2.  International Army Games 2018 was

 inaugurated by Russian Defence Minister Sergei
Shoigu, at Patriot Park in Moscow, Russia.

3.  Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri

was named the 2017 All India Football
Federation (AIFF) Player of the Year.

4. Lewis Hamilton won the German Grand

Prix 2018 held at Hockenheimring track in
Germany.

5.  15th National Youth Athletics Championships were held at

Manjalpur Sports Complex in Vadodara

1.  Bengali writer Ramapada Chowdhury,

whose story ‘Abhimanyu’ was made into an
award-winning Hindi movie named ‘Ek doctor
ki maut’ in 1990 died due to cardiac arrest.

2.  Filmmaker and former director of Film and

Television Institute of India (FTII), John
Sankaramangalam recently passed away.

3. Bengali actress Basabi Nandi passed away recently.

4. Sports journalist Swapan Sarkar died due to diabetic complications.

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