Dear Readers, Here we have given the list Important Current Affairs Weekly Revision Tit-Bits (1st to 7th July 2017). Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming IBPS PO/Clerk 2017-18 can make use of it.
· Chartered Accountants’ Day is observed on – 1st July
· Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus is now turned into - “Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj”
· The country which extends ban on Western food imports for another 18 months – Russia
· India has contributed to the UN Peace building Fund of – USD 500,000
· The government has lowered interest rate on small saving schemes for the July- September quarter by - 0.1 per cent
· Two Indian-Americans to be honoured with Great Immigrants award - Shantanu Narayen & Vivek Murthy
· The new CEO and MD of Larsen & Toubro - S.N. Subrahmanyan
· US President Donald Trump has nominated Krishna R. Urs to be the ambassador to – Peru
· Rahul Dravid has extended his contract as the coach of the U-19 and ‘A’ teams for – Two Years
· BHEL has entered into a technology collaboration agreement for manufacturing of stainless steel coaches and bogies for metros with - Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd
· The state which have a separate budget for Agriculture from next year – Telangana
· GST Council has reduced the tax rate on fertiliser to 5 percent from previously decided - 12 per cent
· The government has imposed basic customs duty on mobile phones and certain parts with immediate effect to boost domestic manufacturing is - 10 per cent
· The state recently conduct a massive plantation campaign to save the environment and conservation of the Narmada River - Madhya Pradesh
· Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajeev Pratap Rudy and MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan laid the foundation stone of the country’s biggest Global Skill Park in – Bhopal
· The university which has announced exemption of fees for its transgender students - Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
· The Bank which has commenced operations as a payments bank with effect from 30th June 2017 – FINO Payments Bank
· The new Prime Minister of Serbia - Ana Brnabic
· The agency/department which has been rated as the best service at Delhi airport by World Quality Congress – CISF
· The country which has won their maiden Confederation Cup Football title 2017 – Germany
· The traditional slush-track buffalo race of coastal Karnataka are cleared with the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Karnataka Amendment) Bill, 2017 – Kambala
· The institution which has been ranked as the second best climate think tank in the world – TERI (The Energy Resources Institute)
· The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has released a photo book about Pranab Mukerjee - "President Pranab Mukherjee - A Statesman"
· Reliance Corporate Advisory Services Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Capital, has invested 7 crore rupees in - Billionloans Financial Services
· Nandan Nilekani and Helion Venture’s Sanjeev Aggarwal have launched an investment fund called Fundamentum with a corpus of – USD 100 million
· The Centre and Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a loan amount for improving connectivity as well as transport efficiency and safety on State Highways of Rajasthan - 220 million dollar
· The last state to pass the GST bill in their state – Jammu & Kashmir
· The 10TH India-Jordan Trade and Economic Joint Committee (TEJC) Meeting was held in – New Delhi
· The person who has inaugurated the 9th edition of Delhi Dialogue recently - Sushma Swaraj
· The theme for 9th edition of Delhi Dialogue - 'India-ASEAN relations: Charting the Course for the Next 25 Years'
· 5th Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Education was held recently in – Beijing, China
· The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) signed an agreement with four private banks for collection of provident fund dues from employers and payments to its subscribers – ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank
· China based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) announced its approval to a $329 million loan to build access roads across 4,000 villages in – Gujarat
· The new DGP of Himachal Pradesh - Somesh Goyal
· The next Ambassador of India to Indonesia - Pradeep Kumar Rawat
· India won the Asian snooker team championship held at – Kyrgyzstan
· The electronic giant recently plans to launch a standalone smart speaker powered by its own voice assistant technology 'Bixby' – Samsung
· The Tech Giant recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with National Independent Schools Alliance (NISA) to equip 55,000 schools across 23 Indian states with digital classrooms – Microsoft India
· The taxation system under GST will soon be part of the commerce and management curriculum in higher education institutes of – Uttar Pradesh
· The state government recently signs Expression of Intent (EOI) with IAAF & AFI to establish High Performance Academy – Odisha
· The country has declared itself free from highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1 and H5N8) – India
· The rank of India among 165 nations in cyber security index released recently – 23rd
· The European Parliament has approved a first-ever cooperation deal between the EU and – Cuba
· Indus OS to launch OS-integrated UPI platform with partnership of – YES Bank
· Pakistan has successfully test-fired short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile – Nasr
· In the FIFA World Ranking India have moved four places up to the - 96th position
· India’s Manpreet Kaur claimed the gold medal in Asian Athletics Championships 2017 in the - women’s shot put
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