STUDYBIG Current Affairs

1)Government of India has approved a new scheme namely Mahila Shakti Kendra for implementation during 2017-18 upto 2019-20 to empower rural women through community participation. 2)Minister of State for Defence , Dr. Subhash Bhamre inaugurated a two-day Air Defence India – 2018 Seminar & Exhibition in New Delhi.It was organised by Centre for Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS) . 3)All the 13 lakh employees of the Indian Railways will take turns to swear an oath publicly to “bring about integrity” and “eradicate corruption”. Termed “Mission Satyanishtha”, the program will involve railwaymen attending formal training course on probity and integrity in public life. 4)The Gauhati High Court has declared the Arunachal Pradesh Parliamentary Secretaries (Appointment, Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2007 as “unconstitutional” in line with Supreme court’s judgement. 5)Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the Rs 300 crore...

1)The 19th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas is being celebrated on 26th July 2018. The day marks India’s victory over Pakistan in the 1999 Kargil War and remembers those who sacrificed their lives for the country. 2)To enhance the economic ties with Vietnam and enable government’s Act East Policy an international conference on India-Vietnam  economic ties was held in New Delhi. 3)R Ramanan, Mission Director, Atal Innovation Mission and Arvind Gupta CEO, MyGov launched the “#InnovateIndia Platform”, a collaboration between the Atal Innovation Mission and MyGov, a citizen-centric platform of the Government of India. 4)The Meghalaya Cabinet approved the convergence of phase 4 of Meghalaya Health Insurance Scheme (MHIS) with the centre’s  Ayushman Bharat Yojana. 5)West Bengal assembly passes bill to change the state’s name from West Bengal to ‘Bangla’. 6)Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the Rs 300 crore Rukura Medium Irr...

1)Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced to build a Gandhi Heritage Centre in Uganda’s Jinja, where a statue of Mahatma Gandhi now stands. 2)Chief Minister of Delhi Mr. Arvind Kejriwal launched the ‘Mukhyanmantri Kisan Aaye Badhotri Solar Yojna’.It aims to increase the income of farmers by three to five times in the national capital. 3)2nd meeting of National Council on India’s Nutrition Challenges under POSHAN Abhiyaan was held in New Dehli. 4)Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that Indian Government has decided to gift a cancer therapy machine to the Uganda Cancer Institute in Kampala, which will not only serve the people of Uganda but also the people of many East African countries. 5)Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje said that, ‘Bijli Mitra’ Mobile app is launched on a pilot basis from Jhalawara, Rajasthan, to help farmers to get their defunct transformers replaced within 6 hours of registering a complaint through the a...

1)Lok Sabha passed the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2017, which aims to reduce delays in resolution of cheque bouncing cases. 2)India has extended lines of credit (LoCs) worth $200 million to Rwanda as Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the first Indian diplomatic mission will be opened in the East African nation.Prime Modi also visited a village in Rwanda and donated 200 cows for an economic development project of the East African nation. 3)Lok Sabha passed the National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment) Bill 2017 to grant retrospective recognition to Central/State institutions that are conducting teacher education courses without NCTE approval. 4)To mark World Day against Trafficking in Persons on July 30, The Ministry of Women and Child Development launched a contest named – “ #Childline1098”.Spot the Logo and Suggest a Tagline’. 5)Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje said the process of replacing transformers used to consume a lo...

1)The Centre has set up a high-level committee headed by Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba to formulate steps to check mob lynchings and directed it to submit the recommendations within four weeks. 2)Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari launched the foundation for National Highways projects in Guna district of Madhya Pradesh. 3)To improve the livelihood of people on the border, India and Bangladesh will set up six more “border haats” (markets) in addition to the existing four.The India-Bangladesh Joint Committee on ‘Border Haat’ would finalise the places and related issues for six more such haats by March next year. 4)NITI Aayog and Lupin Foundation signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) to collaborate and improve indicators in education, health & nutrition, financial inclusion and skill development, agriculture and water resources and basic infrastructure in Aspirational Districts(in the backward disticts) of India. 5)Minister of State for Railways Ma...

1)The Environment Ministry re-introduced the ‘Medini Puraskar Yojna’– a scheme that awards Indian authors for their original work in Hindi on environment, pollution and climate change subjects. 2)Minister for Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan has unveiled the first of a kind Air Quality and Weather Forecast System, SAFAR (System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting) at Chandni Chowk in New Delhi. 3)Odisha will be the host to the Odisha Triennial of International Art (OTIA), India’s first private sector triennial, in December-January which will be a 40 day event. 4)A countrywide initiative called Student Police Cadet (SPC) programme, which aims to build a bridge between the police and young students by educating them in crime prevention and ethics through classes at school and outside, was launched by home minister Rajnath Singh.  5)The first international festival of Mizoram ‘Mizo Hnahthlak’ was organized Dengthuama...

1)Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launch of emergency ambulance service for Sri Lanka from New Delhi.The inaugural function was scheduled in Jaffna, Srilanka in the presence of Sri Lankan Prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. 2)Odisha will host the India’s first private sector triennial in December-January that will see the convergence of artists from the national and international scene.Named the Odisha Triennial of International Art , the events under it will take place in Bhubaneshwar, Puri and Konark. 3)To instill values and ethics to students through classes in schools and outside,Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh launched The Student Police Cadet (SPC) Programme nationally. 4)NABARD has launched a centre for accelerating concerted action on climate change by various stakeholders including government, private and financial sectors.The Centre for Climate Change has been set up in Lucknow. 5)The 7th An...

1)Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will host the US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and US Secretary of Defence James Mattis, in New Delhi on 6th September this year for the inaugural 22 dialogue. 2)The government is planning to build 1,911 kilometres of international connectivity roads over the five year period ending 2022 under its flagship Bharatmala scheme. 3)The Ministry of External Affairs announced the fourth round of Maritime Affairs Dialogue between India and Japan that was held in New Delhi. 4)Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu launched ‘e-Pragati portal’, a digital platform for governance in the state, would help to connect all the state government departments and act as a stand-alone to resolve the issues. 5)A 2 day International conference on “Empowering Women: Fostering Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainability” was organized by NITI Aayog’s Women E...

1)The government will print and hand-deliver about 110 million ‘family cards’ for the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme in a major public contact programme by organising ‘Ayushman Pakhwaras’ in villages. 2)National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) organised “Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan” in five main stem Ganga basin states – Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal 9thJuly to 15th July 2018 was observed as ‘Shubharambh Saptah’ . 3)In a move to put a check on vehicle thefts, the government will soon notify a new standard for automobile industry named MicroDots. 4)Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh launched an online portal and mobile app called ‘Aabhaar-Aapki seva ka’ for the online pensioners of the state. 5)In partnership with global consultancy firm EY, also known as Ernst & Young, the Andhra Pradesh government launched the ePragati Core Platform, a new initiative to accelerate the digital transformation...

1)The government has formed a committee comprising officials of the environment ministry, experts from NEERI, IITs and various other forums to look into the issue of industrial pollution around the iconic Taj Mahal.The committee will be headed by C K Mishra, Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. 2)The ministry of Defence announced that Indo-US Bilateral Defence Cooperation, the 7th Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) meeting was held between India and the US delegation in New Delhi. 3)Indian Railways is set to get its first publicly-owned dedicated corridor for freight trains on August 15.Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to dedicate to the nation a 190-km railway line between Dadri in Uttar Pradesh and Phulera in Rajasthan, which fall under the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC). 4)First commercial flight to Eritrea in 20 years departed from Addis Ababa, in Ethiopa, after Ethiopia and Eritrea ended...

1)Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan laid the foundation stone of India’s first National Skill Training Institute (NSTI) in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. 2)The National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation, NMDFC, organized a workshop on financial management in New Delhi. 3)Union Home minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the largest Indian visa centre in the world in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 4)Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, co-chaired the 8th session of India-Oman Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) in Muscat,Oman. 5)All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) under Ministry of AYUSH is organizing two days Conference of Heads of AYUSH National Institutes in New Delhi. 6)Yes bank announced that it would unveil the 7th edition of ‘Transformation Series Challenge’.The theme is ‘Tech for Urban Development’. 7)Defence manufacturer Bharat Electronic Limited (BEL) signed an MOU with Swedish firm SAAB to market ...

1)One of the country’s first Defence incubators will come up in Hyderabad, which is India’s missile development centre and fast emerging the hub for aerospace industries. 2)Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar launched the ‘Paudhagiri’ campaign, aimed at increasing the green cover in the state. Under this campaign all government and private schools in Haryana will plant a sapling each during three months of monsoon. 3)The Gujarat government launched a measles-rubella vaccination drive with the help of Centre’s Rs.300 crore financial assistance.This campaign is aimed at protecting children from measles and rubella. 4)Pakistan Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk inaugurated the Pakistan-China Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) project that will be the first land-based communication link between Pakistan and China. 5)In order to promote the Sanskrit language, the Gujarat state government has decided to form the Sanskrit Bhasha Vikas Board. 6)ISRO successfully conducted a ground...