Important Current Affairs Daily Updates 18th July 2017 - Specially for Upcoming Exams 2017

Important Current Affairs Daily Updates 18th July 2017 - Specially for Upcoming Exams 2017:

Dear Readers, Daily Current affairs News Updates about the National and International events were listed here. Candidates those who are preparing for IBPS/SBI/PO/Clerk exam and all other competitive exams can use this.

IMPORTANT DAYS

Nelson Mandela International Day (or Mandela Day) – 18^th July

Nelson Mandela International Day (or Mandela Day)is an annual international day in honour of Nelson Mandela, celebrated each year on 18 July, Mandela's birthday. The Nelson Mandela Foundation is dedicating this year's Mandela Day to Action Against Poverty, honouring Nelson Mandela's leadership and devotion to fighting poverty and promoting social justice for all.

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Noble peace prize 1993 – The Nobel Peace Prize 1993 was awarded jointly to Nelson Mandela and Frederik Willem de Klerk "for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa".

The Mandela Day was officially declared by the United Nations in November 2009.

The first UN Mandela Day held on 18 July 2010.

Nelson Mandela was the first democratically elected president of a free South Africa.

Jammu & Kashmir government launches weekly festival ‘Cultrue of Cruise' at Dal Lake

The spectacular Dal Lake here hosted first ever 'Cultrue of Cruise', a weeekly cultural programme organised by the Jammu and Kashmir government aimed to bring artists from various fields on one stage. The innovative programme series brings writers, performance artistes, musicians, poets and academics together and offers a program of performances, workshops, talks, forums and debates.

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State – Jammu & Kashmir

Capital –Srinagar (Summer), Jammu (Winter)

CM - Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed

Governor –Narendra Nath Vohra

The Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC), in association with the West Bengal government to host global business meet in November 2017

The Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC), in association with the West Bengal government, will host Horasis Asia Meeting, a global business meet, in the city in November. The two-day business meet, starting November 26, will focus on sustainable business practices in various areas, including power and energy.

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ICC - Indian Chamber of Commerce

President of ICC - Shashwat Goenka

State – West Bengal

Capital – Kolkata

CM – Mamata Banerjee

Governor – Keshari Nath Tripathi

Madhya Pradesh government is setting up 'astro-OPDs' in Bhopal

Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led Madhya Pradesh government is setting up 'astro-OPDs' in Bhopal where astrologers and such soothsayers will provide consultation to patients facing diverse problems.

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State – Madhya Pradesh

Capital – Bhopal

CM - Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Governor - Om Prakash Kohli (Additional charge)

A museum in honour of late President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam in Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu

A museum in honour of late President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam will be inaugurated on July 27 in Tamil Nadu's Rameshwaram. The museum will come up on a 3.45-acre site and will also house a planetarium.

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Rameshwaram – Birth Place of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

State – Tamil Nadu

Capital – Chennai

CM – Edappadi K. Palaniswami

Governor – C.Vidyasagar Rao (additional charge)

Earlier, another museum in memory of Dr Kalam was opened in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram.

Nobel Laureate Professor Amartya Sen released a book titled "Future of Indian Universities: Comparative and International Perspectives" at Rashtrapati Bhavan

Nobel Laureate Professor Amartya Sen released a book titled "Future of Indian Universities: Comparative and International Perspectives" at Rashtrapati Bhavan. President Pranab Mukherjee, who received the first copy of the book. The book ‘Future of Indian Universities: Comparative and International Perspectives’ has been complied by Professor (Dr.) C. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor of JGU University and is published by Oxford University Press.

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Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 and India's Bharat Ratna in 1999 for his work in welfare economics.

Additional Charge of Ministry: Narendra Singh Tomar gets Urban Development ministry and Smriti Irani gets Information & broadcasting

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave the Information and Broadcasting portfolio to Smriti Irani. The Urban Development Ministry, which was also being handled by Naidu, has been given to Narendra Singh Tomar. This announcement came after BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu, who is the government's nominee for the position of Vice-President, resigned from his ministerial responsibilities.

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BJP’s vice President Candidate – M Venkaiah Naidu

Union Minister of Textiles and Information & Broadcasting – Smriti Irani

Constituency –Gujarat, Rajya Sabha

Union Minister of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking water and sanitation, Urban development – Narendra Singh Tomar

Constituency – Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh)

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued instructions to all states to stop using bouquets to visit PM Modi

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday issued instructions to all states to stop using bouquets during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tours within India. Instead of bouquets, states can offer PM Modi a flower along with a Khadi handkerchief or a book to welcome him.

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Union Minister of Home Affairs – Rajnath Singh

Constituency –Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

BJP Leader Venkaiah Naidu files his nomination for Vice President

Senior BJP Leader, M Venkaiah Naidu today filed his nomination for the post of Vice President of India. Talking to media after filing his nomination, Mr Naidu expressed confidence that he will be able to do justice to the august post. He thanked all parties who supported his candidature and said India's strength lies in Parliamentary system.

INTERNATIONAL

Indonesia has renamed part of South China Sea

Indonesia has named waters in its exclusive economic zone that overlap with China’s expansive claim to the South China Sea as the North Natuna Sea. The part of the renamed area falls in China’s “nine-dash line” waters extending hundreds of miles to the south and east of China’s island province Hainan.

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Country –Indonesia

Capital – Jakarta

Currency - Indonesian rupiah

BANKING & ECONOMY

GST to be positive for auto, retail sector: Fitch

New indirect tax regime Goods and Services Tax (GST) is likely to be beneficial for auto, cement and organised retail sectors, but will have a negative impact on oil and gas, and SME sectors, Fitch Ratings.

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Fitch Ratings -credit rating agency

HQ –New York, USA

CEO -Paul Taylor

Founder -John Knowles Fitch

Founded - 1914

Agreement between Erode-based Five P Venture India Private Ltd and Central Silk Board (CSB)

Erode-based Five P Venture India Private Ltd and Central Silk Board (CSB) inked an agreement for development and commercialisation of handloom silk products. This MoU signed at the first-ever mega trade fair for the textile sector organised by the Ministry of Textiles at Gandhinagar. This step will also help revive the heritage skills of the handloom weavers in Chennimalai belt.

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Central Silk Board (CSB) HQ – Bengaluru

Digital payments company MobiKwik has partnered with Samsung Pay

Digital payments company MobiKwik has partnered Samsung Pay, under which consumers will be able to make payments with a single tap using select Samsung handsets. Samsung had unveiled a 'Mini' version of the platform that integrates UPI and mobile wallets to work on mid-range priced smartphones.

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Samsung HQ –Seoul, South Korea

Mobikwik HQ –Gurugram

Mobikwik CEO -Bipin Preet Singh

131st edition of the Wimbledon Championships tennis tournament – Winners List

131st edition of the Wimbledon Championships tennis tournament took place at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom from 3rd – 16th July 2017. It was played on grass courts, organised by the All England Lawn Tennis Club and the International Tennis Federation and is part of the ATP World Tour, the WTA Tour, the ITF Junior tour and the NEC Tour. Here is the complete list of all the winners in different categories of Wimbledon 2017.

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Wimbledon - The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, and is widely regarded as the most prestigious.

Founded – 1877

Neel Joshi, Ananya Dabke win Dutch Open Junior Squash Championship

Mumbais Neel Joshi and Ananya Dabke bagged the under-15 boys and girls titles respectively in the Dutch Open Junior Squash Championship in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Country –Netherland

Capital –Amsterdam

Currency - Euro