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July 6th Current Affairs

1)United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) entered into an agreement with Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board (APEDB) for setting up a Design University for Gaming in Visakhapatnam
2)A division bench of Justices Rajiv Sharma and Lokpal Singh of Uttarakhand High Court has  accorded the status of a “legal person or entity” to animals in the state.
3)Union Minister of State for Culture (I/c)  
Dr. Mahesh Shrama inaugurated an exhibition named Arth – art for earth at IGNCA, New Delhi.
4)The Kerala government set up panel comprising
eminent writers and language experts with the task of choosing a Kerala Ganam official song for the state.
5)The Haryana Health Department announced the launch of an intensive diarrhoea control campaign from July 15 to 30.
6)The National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has given its nod to include four diverse species Northern River Terrapin (riverine turtle), Red Panda, Clouded Leopard and Arabian Sea Humpback Whale for critically endangered species.
7)The Airport Authority of India is going to set up Civil Aviation Research Organization (CARO) at Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad.
8)MORI Building Digital Art Museum in Tokyo Japan has become the world’s first all-digital Psychedelic Art museum.
9)Under Sagarmala project Centre will provide 500 crore rupees to Shipping Corporation of India  to promote cruise tourism.
10)India goes on a joint venture to operate the loss making world’s emptiest airport Mattala international airport in southern Sri Lanka with the Sri Lankan government.
11)HDFC Bank is the most valuable bank in the emerging market outside China among the World’s 500 biggest companies.
12)Reliance Industries by paying Rs.9844 crore in FY18 becomes India’s largest tax payer in the private sector.
13)Integral Coach Factory (ICF) of Chennai  announced the launch of indigenously manufactured semi high speed train,named  
Train 18 in September.



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