Current affairs notes on 06/07/2018

1. The Uttarakhand High Court accorded the status of 'legal person or entity' to the animals in the state. The HC stated that "they have a distinct persona with corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person".

2.YES Bank announced has received final regulatory approval from the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to start mutual fund business. This approval is subsequent to the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) approval. 

3.UNESCO has come into an agreement with the Andhra Pradesh government to set up a 'Design University for Gaming' in Visakhapatnam. 

4.Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia from India has clinched gold in the 65kg category at the 2018 Tbilisi Grand Prix tournament by defeating Iranian wrestler Mehran Nasiri. Punia is the 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medallist.

5.The National Security Guard (NSG) will be the first central paramilitary force to opt for e-ticketing instead of the railway warrant under an agreement signed with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC).

6.The 8th International Convention of Saurashtra Patel Cultural Samaj 2018 has started in California, United States on July 5. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed International Convention through video conferencing on July 6.

7.NASA puts finishing touches to 4,30,000mph Parker Solar Probe that will launch next month to help predict devastating solar storms.NASA’s historic Parker Solar Probe mission will revolutionize our understanding of the sun, where changing conditions can propagate out into the solar system, affecting Earth and other worlds. 

8.ISRO recently conducted the first ‘pad abort’ test critical for a future human space mission. pad abort test is  the first in a series of tests to qualify a crew escape system technology of a manned mission in the future.

9.National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) recently added four species into the center’s recovery Programme for critically endangered species. The species are Northern River Terrapin, Clouded Leopard, Arabian Sea Humpback Whale and Red Panda.


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