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1. Rajasthan will soon have its first ' cow sanctuary' , a shelter for 10,000 bovines spread over an area of more than 220 hectares in Bikaner district.  2.A team of doctors, from the Blood Bank of Kasturba Medical College (KMC) Mangalore, came across a rare blood group and identified it as 'pp' or 'P null' phenotype . This is the first time that the P blood group null phenotype has been detected in India. 3.The Lok Sabha has passed the  Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2018 .  It provides for  stringent punishment   including death penalty for those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years. 4.The  Ministry Of Earth Sciences Plans Rs 8000 Crore  ‘Deep Ocean Mission’ To Boost India’s Sea Exploration Capabilities .  The   focus of the mission   will be on deep-sea mining, ocean climate change advisory services, underwater vehicles and underwater robotics related technologies. 5.Invest India and the UAE Minister for Artificial Intellig

1. The former Pakistani cricketer Imran Khan has claimed victory in Pakistan's Election of 2018 who has been elected as the next Prime Minister Pakistan. 2.International Tiger Day is being celebrated every year on 29 July to raise awareness about tiger conservation.As per latest tiger counting (in 2014), Madhya Pradesh has 308 big cats. India's track record with tiger populations has been encouraging. India is home to 70% of tigers in the world. 3.Gujarat state government launched the 'Urban Sanitation and Cleanliness Policy' for  better management of solid and liquid waste in cities.One of the mains objectives of the policy is complete abolition of manual scavenging.  4. Ace Indian shuttler Sourabh Verma has lifted the 2018 Russian Open Badminton trophy at Vladivostok on July 29.  5.Noted litterateur Ramakanta Rath has been conferred with the Odisha’s highest literary award ‘Atibadi Jagannath Das Samman’ for 2018 for his life time contribution to Odia

1. The Gujarat government came out with an 'Urban Sanitation and Cleanliness Policy' for better management of solid and liquid waste in cities. Among other things, the policy aims at complete abolition of manual scavenging. 2.A National Viral Hepatitis control programme aimed at eliminating the deadly condition by 2030 was launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in collaboration with the World Health Organisation.The programme was launched on World Hepatitis Day July 28. 3.July 28 marks World Hepatitis Day 2018, organized by the World Health Organization (WHO).WHO will focus on the theme: "Test. Treat. Hepatitis" for World Hepatitis Day 2018 events. 4. Shivangi Pathak, from Haryana  became the youngest Indian woman to reach the peak of Mount Everest, has added another feather to her cap by scaling Africa's highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro in 3 days.  5.The Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) has been selected for the

1. This month marks the 100th year of the publication of the ‘Report on Indian Constitutional Reforms’, commonly known as the Montagu-Chelmsford Report (MCR)   1919   .It relaxed the central control over the provinces by  demarcating and separating the central and provincial subjects .  2.Union Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) had recently organized 2nd meeting of  National Council on India’s Nutrition Challenges under POSHAN Abhiyaan  in New Dehli. POSHAN Abhiyaan (National Nutrition Mission) was launched on 8thMarch, 2018 to reduce stunting, under-nutrition, anemia, reduce low birth weight. 3.  2018 Earth Overshoot Day will fall on August 1 , I t is date when  humanity annual demand on nature exceeds what Earth can regenerate over the entire year . It is  calculated by Global Footprint Network and World Wide Fund  for Nature (WWF). 4.Two Indians Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk were named winners of 2018 Ramon Magsaysay Award.  Bharat Vatwani is awarded f

1. The 3rd edition of Kabira festival 2018 will be held in Varanasi on November 16 to celebrate the spirit of 15th-century mystic poet Kabir. 2. Ireland will organize the international conference of female parliamentarians named "The International Congress of Parliamentary Women's Caucuses" at Dublin. 3.Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik launched the 'Green Mahanadi Mission '. The CM launched the mission to stop soil erosion on river banks and recharge the groundwater reserve. 4.Thaawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment attended the Global Disability Summit held in London, UK. The main motto of the Conference is to firm up the commitments of the country leaders towards the cause of persons with disabilities. 5.Narendra Modi has adopted Jayapur village in Uttar Pradesh under 'Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna'. All villages adopted by the Member of Parliaments (MPs) under 'Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna' wi

1. India and United Kingdom  signed an MoU to obtain help in improving overall public transport system in India.The MoU was signed by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, India, and Transport for London (TFL) to develop public transport in India. 2.The first international festival of Mizoram "Mizo Hnahthlak" was organized at Dengthuama Hall in Aizawl, Mizoram. It saw huge participation from the Mizo tribal community living in different places and region.The Chakma and Hmar communities of Mizoram portrayed their agricultural dances. 3. Lewis Hamilton secured the first position in the German Grand Prix 2018.  4.Ministry of Women and Child Development had organized the 2nd meeting of National Council on India's Nutrition Challenges under POSHAN Abhiyaan in New Dehli under the Chairmanship of Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar, NITI Aayog. It was declared that the month of September will be celebrated as National Nutrition Month every year.  5. Kargil Vi

1. The government has slashed the minimum annual deposit requirement for accounts under the Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (SSY) to Rs 250 from Rs 1,000.Sukanya Samriddhi scheme was launched in January 2015, under which a parent or legal guardian can open an account in the name of the girl child until she attains the age of ten years. The account opened under the scheme will be valid for 21 years from the date of opening, after which it will mature and the money will be paid to the girl child in whose name the account is opened. 2.The first meeting of the India-Bangladesh Joint Committee on Border Haats concluded in Agartala, Tripura. 3. Typhoon Ampil hit Chinese financial hub Shanghai that brought heavy rainfall and disrupted transport and shipping. 4.The official mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been unveiled during a ceremony in the Japanese capital Tokyo. The Olympic mascot “Miraitowa” is a blue-checked pointy-eared figure. 5.  Iran was th

1. India's Muhammad Anas Yahiya broke his own national record to win the 400 metres race at the Cena Noveho Mesta nad Metuji meet in Czech Republic. He became the second Indian sprinter to reach the finals of the one-lap event at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast after Milkha Singh. 2.The All India Football Federation (AIFF) named  Indian football Captain Sunil Chhetri as the AIFF Player of the Year 2017. Kamala Devi bagged the 2017 AIFF Woman Player of the Year. 3.India has planned to buy environmentally friendly TaxiBots, which can be used at the airports, developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). These Pilot-controlled and semi-robots will allow pilots to switch on the plane's engines only when it reaches the starting point of the runway hence reducing carbon emissions. 4.NABARD launched the Centre for Climate Change in  lucknow. It is  for designing climate related projects and take up collaborative studies and action research projects in area of

1. The Cabinet approved Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2018, to set up  new Central University in Andhra Pradesh . 2.Minister for Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan has unveiled the first of a kind Air Quality and Weather Forecast System, SAFAR at Chandni Chowk in New Delhi. It can track UV-Index, PM1, Mercury and Black carbon in real time and will provide health advisory and related precaution. 3.The 8th BRICS Health Ministers' Meeting was held at Durban, South Africa on July 20, 2018. In it, J P Nadda (the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare) highlighted the achievements of India in the health sector. India has started a unique initiative called AMRIT Deendayal pharmacy Centres that provide medicines for cancer & cardiovascular diseases and cardiac implants at significantly reduced prices. 4.Indian badminton player Lakshya Sen bagged the gold medal after defeating world no. 1 Kunlavut Vitidsaran in the final match of the Badminton Asia Junior Champ

1. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh announced a Chhattisgarh Online Pension Management System (OPMS) . Through this application, 80,000 pensioners of the state will now get all the information related to pension and payment online.It is under e-governance, fulfilling the dream of Digital India. 2.Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has named Indian Athlete Hima Das as the first sports ambassador of Assam. This announcement has been made after Hima Das became the first Indian woman to win gold medal in the women's 400 m final race at IAAF World U-20 Athletics Championships held in France. 3.Chief Minister of Andhra pradesh N.Chandrababu Naidu launched e-Pragati core platform, a forward-looking digital initiative, at Undavalli, Amaravati. It is aimed at connecting the citizen to 34 departments, 336 autonomous organisations and 745-plus services.  The e-Pragati authority will achieve the goals of the project by supporting the seven development missions launched in

1. India's first government sponsored 'Transgender Poets' meet held in Kolkata. This Meet was chaired by India's first transgender college principal Manabi Bandopadhyay.Event was organised by the Sahitya Akademi. 2. The Delhi Dialogue is a premier annual event to discuss politico-security, the economic and socio-cultural engagement between India and ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations). The theme of 10th edition of Delhi dialogue meeting is, 'Strengthening India-ASEAN Maritime Cooperation'. 3.RBI has approved the appointment of Girish Chandra Chaturvedi as non-executive (part-time) Chairman of the ICICI bank till June 30, 2021.  4.As part of Indo-US Bilateral Defence Cooperation, the 7th Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) meeting was held between India and the US delegation in New Delhi. The aim is to bring sustained leadership focus to the bilateral defence trade relationship and create opportunities for co-production an

1. Union Minister  for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship   Dharmendra Pradhan laid the foundation stone of India's first  greenfield  Skill Training Institute in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha. The aim of the state-of-the-art institute will be to impart training to the trainers & create a skill-based ecosystem to meet expectations of the industry.  2.State Bank of India (SBI) announced that it would launch a kisan Mela outreach program for farmers to help in imparting financial literacy to the farmers, on July 18,2018 .The bank will also issue Kisan Credit Card (KCC) with 10% of enhancement on their credit limit.  3. abivaka - "the one who scores" (in Russian) is a wolf who radiates fun, charm and confidence was the Official mascot of FIFA World Cup 2018. 4.India's star shuttler PV Sindhu (seeded second) suffered a defeat to fourth seed Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the Thailand Open in Bangkok. 5. Nelson Mandela International Day 2018 is observed i

1. China plans to launch 300 low-orbit satellites to provide worldwide communication services, with the first in the series to be launched later this year. The first in the 300-satellite array - known as the Hongyan constellation - is set to be launched by the end of this year. China is already developing BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) to rival America's Global Positioning System. 2.American Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather has been named the world's highest paid celebrity by Forbes with earnings of $285 millio. 3.IIT Madras launched  "world's first" remotely operable Local Electrode Atom Probe (LEAP) microscope,that would enable precise view of atoms of a material. 4.The 2018 Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit is to commence from August 30, 2018 in Nepal. This is the fourth summit of BIMSTEC since its formation in 1997. Nepal is hosting it for the first time. It will see the he

11. World Youth Skills Day is celebrated on 15th July every year.   The United Nations General Assembly decided in resolution A/RES/69/145 to depute 15 July as World Youth Skills Day.       2.NITI Aayog has proposed a new integrated digital healthcare system titled 'National Health Stack (NHS) ' which could become the country's first future-ready healthcare information system available for use by both the Centre and states across public and private sectors.   33.   ISRO  joined hands with J&K Govt to set up a telemedicine center at an altitude of 12,700 feet to provide service to pilgrims en route to the Amarnath shrine.   44. Sulabh International introduced the concept of 'Sulabh Sauchalya' in India, which is cost-effective innovative water project to provide the cheapest drinking water in the world, only in 50paisa/litre. The first of such a water project was launched in Bihar's Darbhanga district, Haribol Pond. The 'Sulabh Jal'

1. D C Raina  appointed as the advocate general of Jammu and Kashmir, Advocate general is the highest law officer in the state. 2. A new integrated state-of-the-art integrated Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) was Inaugurated in Bangladesh,Rajnath Singh also inaugurated the Bangladesh-India Friendship building in Bangladesh Police Academy in Sardah. 3. As per the Census 2011 data, 24,821 people in India have registered Sanskrit as their mother tongue.Sanskrit is one of the languages in the Eighth Schedule and is also an official language in Uttarakhand. 4. ISRO successfully tested the high thrust version of the Vikas Engine at its Propulsion Complex (IPRC) in Tamil Nadu’s Mahendragiri. Vikas Engine is the workhorse liquid rocket engine powering the second stage of India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), second stage and the four strap on stages of  GSLV and the twin engine core liquid stage (L110) of GSLV Mk-III. 5.The UN members have unanimously elected

1. The Second India-China Maritime Affairs Dialogue was held in Beijing, China. India and China exchanged views on various topics of mutual interest like perspectives on maritime security and cooperation, blue economy, and further strengthening of practical cooperation. 2.India's Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) project has bagged World Bank's internal award for exceptional performance in achieving many development goals. 3. Haryana has topped other states in per capita revenue collection under GST and is also the fourth highest generator of e-way bills in the country.  4. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has constituted a 10 Member Committee, headed by the Injeti Srinivas (Secretary of Ministry of Corporate Affairs), for review of the penal provisions in the Companies Act, 2013 . 5.India has become the Vice-Chair (Regional Head) of the Asia Pacific Region of World Customs Organisation (WCO) for a period of two years, from July 2018 to June

1. Hima Das ,  who is from Dhing village in Assam’s Nagaon distrist  bagged the gold at the IAAF World U20 Championship in the 400m event. She became the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at a track event on the world stage. 2.UN Security Council has adopted resolution 2427 aimed at a framework for mainstreaming protection, rights, well-being and empowerment of children throughout the conflict cycle.The resolution strongly condemns the recruitment & use of children by parties to the armed conflict as well as their re-recruitment. 3.The first-ever metal craft exhibition was held in Chilling village, Leh, to promote and preserve the metal craft tradition of Ladakh. 4.National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has completed 36 years of service to the nation and celebrated the 37th Foundation Day on 12th July. 5.India and South Korea have signed 11 MoU's during South Korean President Moon Jae-in's visit to India.  A MoU on trade remed