Thursday, 10 August 2017

THE HINDU VOCABS WITH MNEMONICS PART-25

1) BABBLER (noun) (बकवादी/ गप्पी)
Meaning: an obnoxious and idle talker
Key word: Bla bla + Babble (suppose it’s a name)
Mnemonics: Babble always talks constantly Bla bla bla.
Synonyms: Loquacious, Chatterbox, Gabbler
Antonyms: Silent, Quiet, Untalkative
Use: Sometimes babbler types people irritates too much.

2) EMACIATED (adjective) (दुर्बल/ पतला)
Meaning: abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.
Key word: Mac (Apple)
Mnemonics: I would like to buy Mac and iPhone because it is too Thin and attractive
Synonyms: Thin, Feeble, Slim
Antonyms: Fat, Heavy, Thick
Use: He became emaciated due to starvation and malnourishment.

3) IMPUTED (verb) (आरोपित/ लांछित)
Meaning: represent (something, especially something undesirable) as being done,
caused, or possessed by someone; attribute.
Key word: I M PUT
Mnemonics: I am (M) PUTTING this Charge on you.
Synonyms: Accused, Claimed, Charged
Antonyms: Release, Admire
Use: This crime imputed to Ravi.

4) MOLLIFY (verb) (शांत करना)
Meaning: appease the anger or anxiety of (someone).
Key word; MALL or Moli (assume it’s a name of a girl)
Mnemonics: Mall k owner ne Moli ka Gussa shaant kiya.
Synonyms: Soothe, Calm, Pacify
Antonyms: Aggravate, Intensify, Irritate
Use: My cheerful nature can mollify anyone’s anger.

5) EXPATRIATE (noun) (प्रवासी) 
Meaning: a person who lives outside their native country.
Key word: EX PATRIOT
Mnemonics: Harry is expatriate earlier he lived in our country but now
he shifted in foreign.
Synonyms: Migrant, Emigrant, Exile

6) MULTIFARIOUS (adjective) (विविध) 
Meaning: many and of various types.
Key word: Multi or Various
Synonyms: Various, Varied, Different
Antonyms: Homogenous, Uniform
Use: Nowadays in schools there are multifarious activities available for students.

7) GOAD (verb) (उकसाना/ प्रेरित करना)
Meaning: provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate some action or reaction.
Key word: Goa
Mnemonics: To see my friend’s reaction I said to him I am going Goa you stay
here and follow your boring schedule.
Synonyms: Provoke, Spur, Stimulate
Antonyms: Discourage, Inhibit
Use: A teacher always find new positive ways to goad his students into reading more.

8) ABYSMAL (adjective) (बहुत बुरा/ अति गहन)
Meaning: 1) extremely bad; appalling./ 2) Very deep
Key word: 1) Ab Ye Smell / 2) Abey ye small nahi bht deep hai.
Mnemonics: Ab ye gandi c (bad) smell kaha se AA Rahi hai.
Synonyms: Awful, Disgraceful, Terrible/ Broad, Wode
Antonyms: Good, Low, Shallow
Use: The thoughts of a writer is always abysmal you can't think like them.

9) ABSCOND (verb) (भाग जाना/ फरार होना)
Meaning: leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection of or arrest for
 an unlawful action such as theft.
Mnemonics: A & B thiefs seconds mai bhaag Gaye or police dekhti reh gayi
Synonyms: Run away, Leavant, Escape
Antonyms: Give up, Stay, Stop
Use: Robberes absconded with the remaining jewellery and cash.

10) BURNISH (adjective) (चमकना)
Meaning: the shine on a highly polished surface.
Mnemonics: aag mai tapne k Baad hi Sona chamakta hai. Gold shines after
burning in the fire.
Synonyms: Shines, Gloss, Glow
Antonyms: Dull
Use: Silver utensils burnish after polishing.


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Wednesday, 9 August 2017

THE HINDU VOCABS WITH MNEMONICS PART-24

1) DISTRAIT (adjective) (असावधानबेपरवाह)
Meaning: distracted or absentminded
Key word: Di + Straight (Strait)
Mnemonics: Di was going Straight and did not noticed that there was a pole and
she impinged with that.
Synonyms: Inattentive, Incautious, Perfunctory, Distracted
Antonyms: Attentive, Alert, Heedful
Use: I am talking to you but you are looking distraited today.

2) MISCREANT (noun) (नीचपाखंडी)
Meaning: a person who behaves badly or in a way that breaks the law.
Key word: Misuse Of Creation
Mnemonics: It’s illegal to Misuse of any Creation.
Synonyms: Criminal, Offender, Malefactor
Antonyms: Innocent, Saint
Use: He supports tough penalties against corporate miscreants.
  
3) COUP (noun) (तख़्ता पलटआकस्मिक राज्य परिवर्तन))
Meaning: a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.
Key word: Soup and Couch
Mnemonics: when my brother went to make Soup I sat on his Couch it’s called Coup.
Synonyms: Takeover, Seizure of power
Antonyms: Failure, Election
Use: Victory of BJP in elections was the political coup.

 4) AFFABLE (adjective) (मिलनसार)
Meaning: friendly, good natured or easy to talk to
Key word: AFF = BFF (Best Friends Forever)
Mnemonics: My BFF’s (AFF) are very friendly and Affable.
Synonyms: Amiable, Cordial, Congenial
Antonyms: Irritable, Discourteous, Impolite

 5) PLUMMET (verb) (तेज़ी से गिरना)
Meaning: let or make (something) fall vertically; to fall rapidly
Key word: Plum + Met
Mnemonics: Plum tree se tezi se gira Dusre Plum se Milne (Met) k liye.
Plum Plummeted from tree to meet another Plum which is already fell down.
Synonyms: Drop, Fall, Descend
Antonyms: Rise, Increase, Grow up

 6) PHLEGMATIC (adjective) (आलसीसुस्त)
Meaning: (of a person) having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition.
Key word: Phleg sounds like Flag + Mat
Mnemonics: Ravis’s friend is emotionless who, threw his Flag on Mat but Ravi reacted Phlegmatically.
Synonyms: Cold-blooded, Cool, Calm
Antonyms: Emotional, Hot-blooded, Passionate

 7) APPROBATION (noun) (समर्थनप्रशंसा)
Meaning: praise or approval
Key word: Approve + Promotion
Mnemonics: My promotion is approved.
Synonyms: Acceptance, Approval, Appreciation
Antonyms: Denial, Disfavor
Use: Still, the approbation for the bill was not universal.

 8) ABSTINENCE (noun) (परहेज़)
Meaning: the fact or practice of restraining oneself from indulging in something, typically alcohol.
Key word: Abs
Mnemonics: If you want 6 pack Abs then you’ll have to control your daily diet and be an Abstemious.
Synonyms: Teetotalism, Abstemiousness
Antonyms; Drunkenness, Intoxication
Use: I started drinking again after six years of abstinence.

 9) CHASTEN (verb) (सज़ा देना)
Key word: Hasten
Mnemonics: Traffic police should Punish them who drives Hastily
Synonyms: Penalized, Reprimand
Antonyms: Encourage, Reward
Use: the director was somewhat chastened by his recent flops.

 10) VANTAGE (noun) (लाभसहूलियत)
Meaning: a place or position affording a good view of something.
Key word: Advantage
Synonyms: Convenience, Facility
Antonyms: Disfavor, Inconvenience, Hindrance



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FIRST IN INDIA

• Governor-General of Independent India—Lord Lewis Mountbatten
• Indian Governor-General of Independent India—Chakravarti  Rajgopalachari
• Indian Commander-in-Chief of Free India —General Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, 1949
• Field Marshall—General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
• Speaker of loksabha—Shri G.V. Mavalankar (15 May 1952- 27 February 1956).
• President—Dr. Rajendra Prasad
• Vice-President—Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan

• Prime-Minister—Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
• Home Minister—Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
• Finance Minister of India—R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
• Auditor General of India—V. Narahari Rao
• Director of CBI— DP Kohli
• National Security Adviser— Brijesh Mishra
• Governor of RBI— Sir Osborne Smith
• Non-Congress Prime-Minister— Morarji Desai from Janata Party in 1977-79.

• British Governor-General of Bengal—Warren-Hastings
• Space traveller—S. Leader-Rakesh Sharma
• C. S.—Satendra Nath Tagore
• Woman IAS—Anna Ranjan George, 1950
• Sportsperson to received Bharat Ratna—Sachin Tendulkar
• Swimmer who crossed over the English channel by swimming—Mihir Sen
• Woman to swim across the English Channel—Arati Saha, 1959
• Raman-Magsaysay awardee—Acharya Vinoba Bhave
• Novel prize winner—Rabindra Nath Tagore

• Nobel Prize in Physics—C. V. Raman in 1930
• President of National Congress—Vyomesh Chand Banerjee
• Chairman of Lok Sabha—G. B. Mavlankar
• First Woman Chief Minister—Sucheta Kriplani
• Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha—Smt. Meira Kumar, 2009
• Chief Election Commissioner—Sukumar Sen
• Indian Chairman in International Court—Justice Dr. Nagendra Singh
• Foreigner awardee of Bharat Ratna—Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
• Leader of the Indian Antarctica Mission—Dr. Syed Zahuv Quasim
• Chief Justice of Supreme Court—Justice Hiralal J. Kaniya
• Awarded with ‘Bharat Ratnas’—Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, Chakravarti Rajgopalachari, Sir C. B. Raman
• Woman Awarded with ‘Bharat Ratnas’— Indira Gandhi
• Commandeur of the Order of Arts and Letters— Mrinal Sen
• Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letter—Sivaji Ganeshan
• Posthumally Bharat Ratna Awardee—Lal Bahadur Shastri
• Person awarded Bhartiya-Gyan-Peeth Purskar—G. Shankar Kurup (Malayalam–1965)
• Woman awarded with Bhartiya-Gyan-Peeth Purskar—Ashapurna Devi, 1976
• Woman Sahitya Akademi Award Winner—Amrita Pritam, 1956
• Woman Honours Graduate—Kamini Roy
• Woman Director General of Police—Kanchan C Bhattacharya
• Successful Surgeon who transplanted heart—Dr. P. Venugopal

• Woman to received Nobal Prize— Mother Teresa
• Woman Governor—Sarojini Naidu
• Licensed Pilot— J R D Tata
• Woman Air Pilot—Durba Banerjee
• Woman Teacher—Savitribai Phule
• Successful heart transplanted person—Devi Ram (1994)
• President of National Human Rights Commission—Justice Rangnath Mishra
• Hindi Literature person-awarded Bhartiya Gyan Peeth Purskar—Sumitra Nandan Pant (1968)
• Indian who won the World Billiard award—Wilson Jans
• Indian who won the Grammy award—Pt. Ravi Shankar
• Person delivered the Lecture in Hindi in U.N.O.— Atal Bihari Bajpai (1977)

• Indian member in British House of Commons— Dada Bhai Naoroji (1892)
• First President of Indian Science Congress—Sir Asutosh Mukherjee
• Mountaineer who scaled Mount Everest 8 times—Sherpa-Augarita
• Writer who was awarded ‘Vyas Samman’—Ramvilas Sharma
• Indian Managing Director of World Bank—Gautam Kazi
• Player awarded ‘Padam Bhusan’—C. K. Naidu
• Actress to win Padma Shri Award—Nargis Dutt, 1958
• Indian players played Davis Cup—M. Salim and S. M. Jacob (Singles), A. A. Faiyaz and L. S. Dare (Doubles) (1921)
• Tennis Grandslam title winner—Mahesh Bhupati
• Indian player who played the test cricket—K. S. Ranjeet Singh (from England)
• Scientist elected for Lok Sabha—Dr. Meghnad Saha
• Scientist awarded Ghanshyam Das Birla award—Prof. Ashish Datta (1991)
• Literature who was awarded Murti Devi Purskar—C. K. Nagraj Rao (1993)
• Person, who became High Commission in Great Britain—V. K. Krishna-Menon
• Indian who was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize—Dr. Safuddin Kichlu (1952)
• First Indian who contested the election for British Parliament—Lal Mohan Ghose
• Woman Graduates—Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883
• Woman Chief Justice of High Court—Leila Seth, Himachal Pradesh, 1991
• An Indian, appointed the judge of High Court, during the British period—Ram Prasad Ram
• Indian member of Viceroy Executive Council—Sir. S. P. Sinha

• Leanin Peace Prize— Saifuddin Kitchlew
• Chairman of Finance Commission—K. C. Niogi
• Woman Doctorate of Science—Asima Chatterjee (1944)
• Woman IPS—Kiran Bedi
• Woman Supreme Court judge—Kumari Fathima Beevi
• Indian member of American Congress—Deleep Singh
• Editor of Time Magazine—Bobby Ghosh
• Director of CBI becoming Governor—Ashwani Kumar
• Person to reach the North Pole—Squadron Leader Sanjay Thapar
• Person to reach the South Pole—Col Jatinder Kumar Bajaj
• Nishan-e-Pakistan—Morarji Desai, 1990
• Magsaysay Award—Vinoba Bhave, 1958

• Miss World—Reita Faria in 1966
• Miss Asia Pacific—Zeenat Aman in 1970
• Miss Universe—Sushmita Sen in 1994
• Miss Earth—Nicole Faria in 2010
• Place to get electricity—Darjeeling in 1897
• Sound film—Alam Ara (1931) directed by Ardeshir Irani
• Colour film—Kisan Kanya (1937), directed by Moti B. Gidvani
• Oscar winner—Bhanu Athaiya for Best Costume Design for Gandhi (film) in 1982.
• Dadasaheb Phalke Award—Devika Rani in 1969
• Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters—Sivaji Ganesan
• Test-tube baby—Durga Agarwal, born 1978
• Newspaper—Hickey's Bengal Gazette started in 1760

• First Lady Doctor—Anandibai Joshi
• Satellite—Aryabhata, launched on 19 April 1975
• Man to climb Mt Everest—Tenzing Norgay
• Man to climb Mt Everest without oxygen—Phu Dorjee, 1984
• Woman to climb Mt everest—Bachendri Pal
• District to achieve 100% literacy rate—Ernakulam district, Kerala, 1990
• Captain in Tests—C. K. Nayudu for the 1932 tour of England
• ODI captain—Ajit Wadekar
• Bowler who made hat-trick in Test Cricket—Harbhajan Singh
• Batsman who made 300 runs in test Cricket—Virendra Sehwag
• First Marshal of Indian Air Force—Arjan Singh
• Individual Medal in Olympic games—KD Jadhav
• Grandmaster— Viswanathan Anad
• Woman Grandmaster—Koneru Humpy
• First Indian who individually won the Gold medal in Olympic games—Abhinav Bindra
• First Indian who won the Bronze medal in Boxing in Olympic games—Vijendra Kumar
• Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge—Srinivasa Ramanujan
• Fellow of the Royal Society—Ardaseer Cursetjee
• Woman External Affairs Minister—Sushma Swaraj



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Monday, 7 August 2017

JULY PART 1 (13-18 JULY) CURRENT AFFAIRS

3D PRINTED ARTIFICIAL HEART

This heart was created by using 3D-printed method by the scientist of ETH Zurich University, Switzerland.
Material: Silicon
Weight: 390 Gram (13.8 ounce) (Slightly heavier than original heart)
Volume:  679 Cubic (41 cubic inches)
Other points to remember:
{FIFA HQ is also in Zurich. President is “Gianni Infantino”. Motto: “For the game, for the world”}


MODERN ORNAMENTAL FISH HATCHERY IN JHAJJAR

Haryana govt has decided to set up an ornamental fish hatchery in Jhajjar district at a cost of Rs. 13.68 cr nad 16000 acre water logged land.
  •          Agriculture and Fisheries Minister- Om Prakash Dhankar
  •          Governor: Kaptan Singh Solanki
  •          CM: Manohar Lal Khattar


SWAMI VIVEKANANDA AIRPORT TOPPED CUSTOMER SATISFACTION INDEX SURVEY

Swami Vivekananda Airport, Raipur, Chhattisgarh,  once again ranked first in Customer Satisfaction Index Survey among 49 Airports in the Country.
  •          It has topped third time in two years.
  •          SVA has the highest score 4.84 and it is followed by Udaipur, Amritsar and Dehradun which have scored 4.75, 4.74 and 4.73 respectively.
  •          This survey covers a wide range of parameters like transportation, parking, facilities and cleanliness etc.
  •          Raipur is the Capital City of Chhattisgarh.
  •          Chhattisgarh Governor is Balram Das Tondon and CM is Dr. Raman Singh (BJP)


HiFiRE HYPERSONIC MISSILE
  •          HiFire hypersonic missile is the joint operation of The United States and Australia.
  •          It was successfully launched from a remote rocket range near Woomera, in South Australia.
  •          Capacity: capable of travelling at Mach8 from between 6200 kmph to almost 13,000 kmph. (8 times faster than the speed of sound)
  •          Capital of Australia: Canberra
  •          Currency: Australian Dollar
  •          Prime Minister: Malcolm Turnbull
  •          Capital of US: Washington D.C.
  •          Currency: US Dollar
  •          President: Donald Trump


SOYUZ ROCKET

A Russian Soyuz 2-1A Rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodome in Kazakhstan on a complex mission to deploy 73 satellites into three different orbits, including a Russian spacecraft to locate forest fires, 48 CubeSats for Planet’s global Earth observation fleet and 8 nanostaellites for Spire Global’s commercial weather network.
  •          Russia Capital - Moscow; Currency - Russian Rubel; President: Vladimir Putin
  •          Kazakhstan Capital – Astana; Currency – Tenge; President – Nursultan Nazarbayev


HIGHLY EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCE FOUND INSIDE UP ASSEMPLY

Substance name: Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN)
Weight:  100-150 gram.
It was found near the chair of Mr. Ram Govind Chaudhary.


SAARTHI APP

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu launched an integrated mobile application, SAARTHI APP, to cater to various requirements of passenger including, ticket booking, inquiry, on-board cleaning and ordering meal on a single platform.
SAARTHI: Synergized Advanced Application Rail Travel Help and Information
  •          Suresh Prabhu announced a quota facility to Differently-abled people in a 3AC coach earlier it was only in the sleeper class, 2 berths.
  •          He extended the advance booking period for foreigners from 120 days to 365 days


NATIONAL MASTERS SNOOKER TOURNAMENT

This tournament was held in Chennai. Karnatak’s H Manudev grabs this title by defeating Alok Kumar, who is the Asian Champion. He not only grab this title but also qualifies for the World Snooker Championship which will be held in Malta.
  •          Capital of Malta: Valletta
  •          Currency of Malta: Euro


2017 WIMBLEDON CHAMPION

Place: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom
Winner Men’s Single: Roger Federer (Gentlemen’s Single Title for a record 8th time), he is from Switzerland
Loser: Andy Murray, he is from Scotland
Winner Women’s Single: Garbine Muguruza, she is from Spain
Loser: Serena Williams, she is from US


“GANGA AVAHAN BOOK”

“Ganga Avahan – The Epic Tale of a Historic Swim” book was released by Defence Minister Mr. Arun Jaitely. This was a historic open –water swim campaign on the Ganga River. This was the First ever Human Effort to swim down the entire stretch of the river.
A 9 member team of 3 swimmers and 6 rafters, which was led by acclaimed International Open-Water Swimmer Wg Cdr Paramvir Singh, was flagged-off in New Delhi on 1st Oct 2015


“PRESIDENT’S LADY (PRANABER PREYOSI) BOOK

This book was dedicated to Late Smt. Suvra Mukherjee w/o President Shri Pranab Mukherjee. President said that he was grateful to Mr. Sangeeta Ghosh, author of the book and all those who have brought out the publications.


GSI DISCOVERED PRECIOUS METALS & MINERALS

  •          Scientists from Geological Survey India have discovered millions of tons of precious metals and minerals deep under the water surrounding of the Indian peninsula.
  •          GSI complied the data after surveying of 1, 81,025 square kilometers of seabed.
  •          Indian research vessels name: Samudra Ratnakar, Samudra Kaustabh, Samudra Saudikama
  •          Coasts: Mangaluru, Chennai, Mannar Basin, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and around Lakshadweep. (In short, Indian Waters)
  •          Metals & Minerals
a)    presence of Phosphate sediment off Karwar, Mangaluru and Chennai coasts,
b)   gas hydrated in the Mannar Basin off the Tamil Nadu Coast,
c)    Ferro-manganese crust from Andaman Sea and,
d)   Micro-manganese around Lakshadweep Sea.


TRAVEL + LEISURE SURVEY


Top 10 International Airlines:

  1.  Singapore Airlines (score 90.56 , Rank 1, highest score)
  2. Emirates (score 90.24, Rank 2)
  3.  Qatar Airways ( score 87.22, Rank 3)



World’s Top 15 Cities:

1. San Miguel de Allende, Mexico (score 92.12, Rank 1)
14. Udaipur India (score 89.52 Rank 14)


Top 10 Islands:

1.   Palawan, Philippines


SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDG) INDEX AND DASHBOARDS REPORT

Rank 1- Sweden (Capital- Stockholm, Currency- Swedish Krona)
Rank 116- India (Capital – New Delhi, Currency- Rupee)



FALUN GONG, 15 JULY 2017

Falun Gong, the ancient Chinese holistic system that is banned in China was celebrated in India on 15th July by Falun Dafa Association of India. “On this occasion over 200 practitioners of Falun Dafa from India and other countries will participate in a Peace Parade and Human Word Formation at Connaught Place to spread the message of Truth, Compassion and Tolerance which are the basic principles of Falun Dafa,” said a release from the Falun Dafa Association of India.

18TH IIFA AWARDS 2018
Best Actor: Shahid Kapoor – Udta Punjab
Best Actoress: Alia Bhatt – Udta Punjab
Best Film: Neerja (Director: Ram Madhvani)
Star Debut of the Year Male: Dilijit Dosanjh - Udta Punjab
Star Debut of the Year Female: Disha Patani – MS Dhoni
Best Director: Aniruddha Roy Chowdhary – PINK


IMPORTANT POINTS

  •         FIFA lifted ban from Sudan (reason of ban was – the govt was interfering in FIFA)

·         {Sudan capital is Khartoum and currency is Sudanese Pound}
  •          India has 2nd highest number of adults who wants to migrate in USA, according to ‘Measuring Global Migration Potential Report’ (NO. 1 Nigeria)
  •          India recently contributed to UN partnership fund for Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States – 1 million $
  •         Mumbai’s Matunga Railway Station becomes the first railway station which was run by women. (30 staff members)
  •        Minister of State fo External Affairs MJ Akbar said that government is working on vision to set up one passport center in every 50 km range in the country in future.
  •         Nepal’s First Woman President – Bidhya Devi Bhandari
  •          (PM : Sher Bahadur Deuba)



APPOINTMENTS

1) New Members of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)
Arbind Modi
Bajrang Dass Vishnoi
Chairman of CBDT: Sushil Chandra

2) Next High Commissioner of India to Niue: Sanjiv Kohli (New Zealand’s High Commissioner)
{Niue Capital : Alofi and Currency- New Zealand Dollar}

3) 16th President of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission - Swami Smarananandaji Maharaj

4) President of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore- Subra Suresh

5) First Sikh woman MP in Britain selected as a member of parliamentary select committee of Human Affairs Preet Kaur Gill

6) New Chief Justice of Nepal: Gopal Prasad Parajuli
7) Next High Commissioner of India to Montserrat: Bishwadip Dey
(Capital of Montserrat: Plymouth, Currency: Eastern Caribbean Dollor)


MOU’s
  1.  Bihar and Center Government - to promote regional Air Connectivity
  2. UP Government and Central Government - to set up an AIIMS in Gorakhpur (1750 Cr)
  3.   DEPT. of Defence Production and BEL – for the FY 2017-18 (targeted revenue-9000 cr) (Secretary of D.P - Mr. Ashok Kumar Gupta; MD of BEL – Mr. MV Gowtama)



IMPORTANT DAYS

15th July: World Youth Skills Day observed by UN.
(Theme) “Skills for the Future of Work”
(Points to remember: 100 GST Centers, 51 Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra and 100 Yoga Training Centers were inaugurated on the 2nd anniversary of Skill India Mission.)

17th July: International Justice Day
(Int, Criminal Court Hq- Hague, Netherland)

18th July: Nelson Mandela International Day
(Celebrated by UN, UN’s Headquarter is in New York City, UN General Secretary: Antonio Guterres, UN president: Peter Thomson)


OBITUARIES

LIU XIAOBO:  Chinese Nobel Peace Prize Winner who recently passed away. He was incarcerated as a political prisoner in Jinzhou. On 26 June 2017, he was granted medical parole after being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer and he died in hospital on 13 July 2017.
China’s Capital: Beijing (It is hq of AIIB)
Currency: Renminbi or Yuan

MARTIN LANDAU: an American actor who recently passed away. (Golden Globe Award for best supporting actor, Emmy Award – “Mission Impossible television series”, Oscar Award- “Ed wood”)

NAR BAHADUR BHANDARI: He was the former CM of Sikkim (Capital-Gangtok).






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