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July 7th Current Affairs

1)UttarPradesh State Government has announced ban on plastic bags, cups and glasses across the state from July 15 onwards.After Maharashtra, the Uttar Pradesh government has banned the use of several plastic products.
2)The Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 8th International Convention of Saurashtra Patel Cultural Samaj through video conference which was held in California, United States of America.
3)Union Minister of Coal, Railways, Finance & Corporate Affairs, Piyush Goyal has launched the Coal Mine Surveillance & Management System (CMSMS) and Mobile Application Khan Prahari.
4)The Central Board of Indirect Taxes  and  Customs (CBIC) has developed a mobile app GST Verify to protect interest of consumers.It was developed by B Raghu Kiran joint commissioner GST Hyderabad.
5)India’s first biofortified sorghum (jowar) named Parbhani Shakti containing higher iron and zinc than regular sorghum was formally launched.
6)Nepal and India has decided to jointly promote historically and culturally important tourism circuits like the Ramayana and Buddhist Circuit and adventure tourism.
7)The UN member states approved a USD 6.69 billion dollar budget for 13 peacekeeping operations for the year 2018-19.
8)National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) launched a Centre of Excellence for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (CoE DSAI) in collaboration with the Government of Karnataka, in Bengaluru.
9)To cut costs of the travel expenses incurred by the state West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee set a one person one car policy for ministers and bureaucrats.
10)The Muthoot Pappachan Group has named actress Vidya Balan as its brand ambassador for 2 years.
11)Justice L Narasimha Reddy who retired as the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court in July 2015 has been appointed the Chairman of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).
12)Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel has been appointed the chairperson of National Green Tribunal.


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