Dear Readers, Here we have given the list Important Current Affairs Weekly Revision Tit-Bits (8th to 14th July 2017). Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming IBPS PO/Clerk 2017-18 can make use of it.
· A student- scientist connect program was jointly launched by CSIR & KVS in New Delhi – JIGYASA
· Twelfth G20 Summit held in - Hamburg, Germany
· France will end sales of petrol and diesel vehicles by – 2040
· The fourth-largest foreign investor into the UK – India
· The country which has topped the foreign investor into the UK – USA
· Finance Minister has launched an app to verify the accurate tax rate on commodity and services under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime - GST Rates Finder
· Oracle picks the city for its first digital hub in Asia-Pacific – Bengaluru
· The person who has been appointed as WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Autism in South Asia - Saima Wazed Hossain
· The inaugural flight of SriLankan Airlines was flagged off from – Visakhapatnam to Colombo
· Indian city which has been declared as a World Heritage City at the 41st session of UNESCO's world heritage committee – Ahmedabad
· 41st session of UNESCO's world heritage committee being held at - Krakow in Poland
· India and Bangladesh have decided to construct a bridge over - Khawthlangtuipui river (also known as Karnaphuli river)
· Canara, HSBC, Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance ties up for marketing bancassurance with - Dhanlaxmi Bank
· China's biggest banks, including Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) and Agricultural Bank of China, lost a combined amount in value in a week - $15 billion
· Indian-origin man who got the Australia’s highest civilian award - Guruswamy Jayraman
· The organization which has bagged Prime Minister’s trophy for ‘Best Performing Integrated Steel Plant’ - Tata Steel Ltd
· The winner of the South Australian Open squash title - Harinder Pal Sandhu
· The First edition of WINGS 2017 – “Sab Uden, Sab Juden”- Expanding Regional Connectivity was hosted in - New Delhi
· Anti-Copying bill will be introduced to check for cheating in the state examinations by - Uttar Pradesh government
· President Pranab Mukherjee has launched digital initiatives over e-education - Swayam, Swayam Prabha and National Academic Depository
· The First International Aviation Security seminar in Manesar Haryana organized by - National Security Guard (NSG)
· India is going to invite the 10 leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as Chief Guests for - 2018 Republic Day celebrations
· Nepal SBI launches first paperless Banking services - SBI Intouch
· The person who has been appointed as Director General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence (DG GSTI) - John Joseph
· The winner of the Austrian Grand Prix 2017 - Valtteri Bottas
· World Population Day is being observed globally on - 11th July
· The theme of the World Population Day 2017 - 'Family Planning- Empowering People, Developing Nations'
· The state which has announced the implementation of strict ban on sale of tobacco – Punjab
· The state government which has announced a 3-day global conference on social justice – Karnataka
· The government of India will organize a global food fairin – November 2017
· The person’s whose Blue-Bordered Sari declared as an Intellectual Property - Mother Teresa
· External Affairs Ministry is going to make its website available in – Arabic Language
· The Reserve Bank of India has amends order on bankruptcy action on – 12 NPAs
· Finance Minister Arun Jaitley launched an e-initiative to enhance the E-Access of Taxpayers - 'Aaykar Setu'
· The new president of Mongolia - Khaltmaa Battulga
· Malala day is celebrated on - July 12th
· GMR Goa International Airports Ltd gets a loan for developing Mopa airport - Rs. 1,330 crore
· GMR Goa International Airports Ltd gets a loan for developing Mopa airport from – AXIS Bank
· The next tranche of sovereign gold bond (SGB) scheme was launched. This time the percentage of annual interest will be provided to investors - 2.5 %
· The company which has been conferred with the ‘Golden Peacock Award’ for Environment Management – Danfoss India
· The former Indian Ambassador to U.S who died recently - Naresh Chandra
· President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurates ‘Ashiana Annexe’ in - Dehradun, Uttarakhand
· The first state in the country to launch free injectable contraceptive for women – Maharashtra
· The state government recently constituted a 9-member committee to study the possibility of designing a separate state flag – Karnataka
· The Bank which has entered into collaboration with Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) to facilitate trade with Latin America and the Caribbean - Axis Bank
· The Ministry of Defence has signed an MoU for the financial year 2017-18 with - Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
· The new CEO of Vistara airline - Leslie Thng
· The new head coach of Indian cricket team - Ravi Shastri
· The new Bowling coach of Indian cricket team – Zaheer Khan
· The new Batting coach of Indian cricket team – Rahul Dravid
· Ornamental fish hatchery to be set up in - Jhajjar district, Haryana
· Mukul Sangma has recently launched an ambitious flagship program titled “LIFE” - “Livelihood Intervention and Facilitation of Entrepreneurship”
· The minister will lead a high-level Central team to assess the rescue and relief operations in the flood-affected areas of the north-east - Kiren Rijiju
· The country will host 8th edition of Theatre Olympics in 2018 – India
· The Telecom department has made GPS mandatory for all phones from - January 1, 2018
· To create awareness about Aadhaar number, the government has started a story-telling contest named - 'Aadhaar Hai To Aasaani Hai'
· A Model United Nations (MUN) Regional Conferenceis being held at – Kathmandu
· The bank recently waives charge on IMPS fund transfer of up to Rs 1,000 – SBI
· Iran has appointed a female CEO to lead its national airline Iran Air for the first time since it was established in the 1940s - Farzaneh Sharafbani
· The person takes charge as new Economic Affairs Secretary - Subhash Chandra Garg
· The first country to host the Theater Olympics was – Greece in 1995
· The new director-general of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DG-DRI) - Debi Prasad Dash
· The first women’s player to reach 6000 ODI runs - Mithali Raj (India)
· India is set to get its first high-speed rail training center at - Gandhinagar, Gujarat
· The state police become the first state police in India who will get ‘super cop belt' - Delhi police
· The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) to set up India’s first TISC in – Punjab
· The state which has become the first state to make social boycott a crime – Maharashtra
· Union cabinet has approved to set up ISARC in – Varanasi
· Maharashtra government has launched a medical insurance scheme for legislators and their families up to - Rs10 lakh
· 22nd World Petroleum Congress (WPC) International Conference held in - Istanbul, Turkey
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