Current affairs notes on 15/07/2018

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 Iceland to take a seat on the 47-member Human Rights Council. They will replace USA.

6.President Ram Nath Kovind has nominated 4 Rajya Sabha members they are Ram Shakal,sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra, classical dancer Sonal Mansingh and Founder of Delhi-based 'India Policy Foundation' Rakesh Sinha. 

7.South Africa has unveiled MeerKAT- a super radio telescope, It will be the world’s largest telescope in a project to try to unravel the secrets of the universe.

8.The 354-km Purvanchal Expressway project, the country’s longest, is on stream with the Uttar Pradesh government.It will connect Lucknow with Ghazipur, The Project is being implemented on Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Mode. EPC is a model of contract between the government and private sector players for public infrastructure building. Under this system, the entire project is funded by the government.

9.'Shwet Ashwa' is the elite motorcycle display team of the Corps of Military Police. It has commenced a motorcycle expedition from Bengaluru to Drass as a tribute to the soldiers who laid down their lives during the Kargil war.


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  1. rjluttz18 July 2018 at 07:20

    purvanchal expressway is 340 km sir

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    1. Current affairs Daily18 July 2018 at 21:11


      it was firstly proposed for 354 km, then changed to 340 km..
      Now it runs for 340 km..

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