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July 26th Current Affairs

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 Irrigation Dam project in Sundargarhdistrict.
7)Bowing to the pressure and sustained protests by ‘shiksha mitras’ across the state, the Uttar Pradesh government has constituted a committee to look into their demands and suggest a suitable action plan.
8)West Bengal Governor K N Tripathi inaugurated the 18th International Children’s Film Festival.
9)The Haryana government has constituted an inter-district council, under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, to identify the developmental priorities of the state.
10)India captain Virat Kohli was presented with the International Player of the Year award for 2017-2018 by England’s Barmy Army .
11)Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu laid the foundation stone of Amaravati International Sports Complex worth Rs 60 crore in Vijayawada.Chandrababu Naidu also launched  ‘Project Gandiva’. As per this project, government will choose students aged between 10-16 years and offer them international level facilities and coaching with an aim to secure medals in Olympic Games in a period of 10 years.
12)"Gaj Yatra” exhibition will be conducted to raise awareness about conservation of elephants at the Mandi House metro station in Delhi.
13)Invest India and Business France have signed an MoU to promote investment and cooperation between startups of India and France.
14)Two Indians Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk were named winners of 2018 Ramon Magsaysay Award.

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