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July 24th Current Affairs

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 lot of time, therefore, the government decided to introduce mobile app ‘Bijli Mitra’ so that farmers can register their complaint.
6)3 states namely, UP, Jharkhand and Maharashtra launched the Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018 (SSG 2018) announced by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation on July 13th, 2018.
7)Myanmar will host the next Asean Education Ministers Meeting (ASED) in October through which it seeks to boost its education sector by cooperating with India, China and the US among others.
8)Ireland will hold an international conference of female parliamentarians at Dublin in September.  Named “The International Congress of Parliamentary Women’s Caucuses”,
9)Union Agriculture Minister Shri Radha Mohan Singh announced that the government has sanctioned Rs 1,754.14 crore under National Dairy Plan (NDP).
10)Indian banks and financial institutions (FIs) have entered into an inter-creditor agreement (ICA) to expedite the resolution of banks’ non-performing assets (NPAs), or bad loans, and ensure smooth credit flow, acting Finance Minister Piyush Goyal announced.
11)A Scheme named ‘Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage and Diverse Cultural Traditions of India’ is implemented by the Ministry of Culture.
12)India ranks 11 in the 2018 AT Kearney FDI Confidence Index, down from 8 in 2017 and 9 in 2016.
13)The Men’s team event of the World Junior Squash Championships has begun in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. A total of 24 countries, divided into eight groups, are taking part.
14)Ramachandra Guha has penned a new book on the father of the nation.The upcoming book is titled “Gandhi: the years that changed the world (1914-1948)” and will be published by Penguin Random House India.
15)Canadian author Michael Ondaatje has again made the Man Booker Prize list with his latest novel “Warlight”.
16)Justice Tahira Safdar was made the Chief Justice of the Balochistan high court, Pakistan, by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar. This makes her the first woman chief justice of any court in Pakistan.

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