Current affairs notes on 24/07/2018

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 the second-biggest oil supplier to Indian state refiners between April and June. India is now Iran’s top oil client after China.

6.Odisha Government has unveiled first-ever ‘Tribal Atlas of Odisha’, a compilation of demographic and cultural information of the tribal population in the state. As per Census 2011, Odisha has the second highest tribal population in the country after Madhya Pradesh.

7.Deshna Jain (20), who is from Tikamgarh in Madhya Pradesh, has been crowned the 2018 Miss Asia (Deaf) title contest held in Taipei, Taiwan. It's the first time since 2009 that an Indian has won any title in the much coveted Miss and Mister Deaf International pageants. 




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