WHAT
TO STUDY IN JULY 2015 CURRENT AFFAIRS
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New Schemes
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Deendayal
Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana
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Surakshit
Khadya Abhiyan
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Skill
India Vision [Click More for Skill India]
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Digital
India [Click More for Digital India]
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Pradhan
Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana
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Rashtriya
Avishkar Abhiyan
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Awards
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Ramon Magsaysay Award 2015
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2 Indians won
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World Food Prize 2015
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Bangladeshi won
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UN’s Mandela Prize (first time)
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2 persons
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Copley Medal
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Peter Higgs
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Others
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Pamarthy Shankar: Grand Prix World Cartoon 2014 Award
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Sayed Haider Raza: painter won the France’s de la Lgion
dHonneur
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India’s
Bilateral
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India to give Rs. 1000 crore for Bangladesh [Railways]
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India and Armenia on Agricultural cooperation
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Electoral Pact signed between India and Georgia
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Bilateral air force exercise between India and UK
[Exercise Indradhanush]
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Modi’s
visit to central Asian countries
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To Kyrgyzstan
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President: Almazbek Atambayev
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Capital: Bishkek
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To hold joint military exercise
(KHANJAR)
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4 agreements signed
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To Kazakhstan
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President: Nursultan Nazarbayev
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Capital: Astana
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Launched first drilling at Satpayev
Oil Block
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5 agreements signed
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To Uzbekistan
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President: Islam Karimov
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Capital: Tashkent
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To Tajikistan
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President: Emomali Rahman
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Capital: Dushanbe
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INSTC (International North South
Transport Corridor)
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2 agreements signed
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To Turkmenistan
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President: Berdimuhamedov
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Capital: Ashgabat
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7 agreements signed
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Summits
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BRICS
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@ Ufa, Russia
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Theme: “Powerful factor for Global Development”
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India to contribute $18 bn to BRICS
Forex Reserves Pool
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Next Summit @ New Delhi, India
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SCO
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@ Ufa, Russia
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India and Pakistan granted full
membership from next year; India was an observer status of SCO for the past
ten years
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Next Summit @ Tashkent
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Around
India
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Setting up of NIIF (National
Investment and infrastructure Fund); Rs. 20000 crore; announced in the Union
Budget; will raise debt to invest in the equity of infrastructure finance
companies such as IRFC and NHB
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Intra State transmission system in 7
States (Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra and Rajasthan)
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Redevelopment of 400 railway
stations
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Arvind Panagariya to chair the
expert group formed to classify the caste names
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World Bank to assist the National
Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project phase – II (Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala,
Maharashtra and West Bengal)
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High Thrust Cryogenic rocket test
fired by ISRO
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PSLV – C28 launched successfully; 5
satellites for UK [second launch of ISRO in 2015]
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GAGAN satellite based navigation
system launched
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Jagannath Rath Yatra
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Union Government released the Socio
Economic and Caste Census 2011
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National Handloom Day on August 07
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e-tourist visa extended to 77
countries; 9 airports in India to handle this
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India ranks 12th position in nuclear
energy
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Pam
Rajput Committee: to empower women
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A
K Bhargava Committee: on net neutrality
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The first ‘One Stop Centre (OSC) for
Women’ of the Ministry of Women & Child Development was inaugurated at
Raipur
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Scheme Tejaswini – Chhattisgarh -
for adolescent girls
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Scheme Navaajatan – Chhattisgarh -
for malnourished newborns
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Mhara Gaon-
Jagmag Gaon scheme - Harayna - aimed at providing 24 hour uninterrupted power
supply to rural domestic consumers
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Shyamprasad
Mukherjee Jan Van Vikas scheme – Maharashtra – to create comprehensive
development of villages in the buffer zones of tiger reserves
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Tamil Nadu
retained the top spot in attracting both domestic and foreign tourists during
2014.
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Union Ministry of Urban Development
launched the National Heritage Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY)
for 12 cities in the country from Amritsar in Punjab [Click more for HIRDAY]
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The Union Ministry of Women and
Child Development launched the #100Women Initiative in collaboration with
Facebook to select 100 women achievers of India.
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Kerala Tourism's Muziris Heritage
Project (MHP) bagged the 2015 Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) award in
the ‘Heritage & Culture’ category
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Uttarakhand is the first state in
India to get earthquake early warning system
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Operation
Talaash: searching of missing Dornier aircraft
near Chennai
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Defence
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Operation Shiva:
for smooth conduct of the Amarnath Yatra by Indian Army
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ICGS Rani Durgavati joins Indian Coast Guard
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INS Astravahini decommissioned after 31 years of
service
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Indigenously developed helicopter launched nag (HELiNA)
missile test fired
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Economics:-
ä Ten
rupee denomination coins to commemorate International Day of Yoga
ä Project
Insight
ä 7
Indian companies among World’s largest companies (Indian Oil > Reliance >
Tata Motors > SBI > Bharat Petroleum > Hindustan Petroleum > ONGC)
ä RBI
signs currency swap agreement with Sri Lanka
ä Committee
on financial inclusion (headed by Deepak Mohanty)
ä Bharti
Airtel is world’s third largest mobile operator
(1 – China Mobile; 2 – Vodafone)
ä Yes
Bank and Federal Bank gets RBI nod for IFSC in GIFT City
ä A
P Shah Committee on Minimum Alternate Tax – report submitted
World:-
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USA and Cuba reopen embassies
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Iran and P5+1 deal
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Cuba: First country in the World to
eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and Syphilis
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President of Tunisia Beji Caid Essebsi
declared state of emergency in the country
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USA: Transgenders allowed in military
service
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ICC: ICC began hearing on the
Nine-dash line of South China Sea (Nine-dash line: Demarcation line initially
used by China to claim major ports of South China Sea)
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The United States of America (USA)
formally designated Tunisia as the 16th Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA).
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Kazakhstan: 162nd member of WTO
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Greece crisis
Science &
Technology:-
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White – Fi Technology
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Breakthrough Listen: 10 year project
by Stephen Hawking for biggest – ever search for alien life
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CERN scientists discover new particle
called pentaquark
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Pashu Poshan: mobile application by
NDDB
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4 world- class broadband products
(Suteerva, NGN, Long distance Wi-Fi and Solar powered Wi-Fi) developed by C –
DOT launched under Digital India programme
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Sports
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Wimbledon 2015
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Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams
are the champions; India’s Sania Mirza
won Women’s Doubles title and Leander
Paes won Mixed Doubles title (for both the partner is Matina Hingis of
Switzerland); Boy’s Singles: Summit
Nagal of India won the title;
India’s Sagar S Kashyap served as line umpire in the men’s singles final
b/w Djokovic and Federer; also another Indian Abhishek Mukerjee served as umpire
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World Cup Football (women)
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Held at Canada
Winner: USA; Runner: Japan
Mascot: Shueme (a female great white
Owl)
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Indian in 2016 Rio Olympics
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Women Archery team found a palc ein
2016 Olympics (Deepika Kumari, Laxmi Rani and Rimil Buiruly)
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2 teams suspended from IPL
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CSK and RR suspended from IPL for
betting scandal
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Justice R M Lodha Panel
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Inderjeet Singh: first Indian to win
a Gold medal at the World University Games (held at Gwangju, South Korea)
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Goa to host Youth Delphic Games in
Feb 2016
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Beijing to host 2022 Winter Olympics
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India won 2015 South Asian
Basketball Championships
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Chile won its first Copa America Cup
by defeating Argentina
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Shubham Jaglan: Won world junior
golf championships
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Lewis Hamilton won British Grand
Prix 2015
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Sebastian Vettel won Hungarian Grand
Prix 2015
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Days
and Theme
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Days
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As
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Theme
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July 30
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World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
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July 29
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International Tiger Day
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July 28
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World Hepatitis Day
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Prevent
Hepatitis. It’s Upto U
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July 23
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National Broadcasting Day
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July 18
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Nelson Mandela International Day
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July 15
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World Youth Skills Day
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Youth
Skills for work and life in the past 2015 agenda
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July 11
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World Population Day
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Vulnerable
Populations in Emergencies
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Miscellaneous:-
Ø World’s
largest flower: Amorphophallus Titanum
Ø New
fish species discovered in Kerala
Ø Varunavat
Mountain in Uttarakhand witnessed crack in its range
Ø 2
new plant species discovered in Western Ghats
Ø New
Butterfly named Banded Tit discovered in Arunachal Pradesh
Ø Patnitop
Tunnel: India's longest road tunnel; Located on Jammu-Sri Nagar National
Highwary (NH1A) in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir
Ø Veteran
mountaineer Nalini Sengupta is set to become the first Puneite (Pune) to have a
Himalyan peak christened in her honour.
Ø Cyclone
Komen: A new tropical cyclone formed over Northern Bay of Bengal
Ø Conakry
(Capital of Guinea): World Book Capital 2017
Ø Russian
cosmonaut Gennady Padalka entered Guinness World Records for spending 804 days
on ISS
Ø Kruti
Tiwari: brand ambassador for Digital India
Ø Mallapuram
in Kerala: India’s first municipality to get free Wi – Fi
Ø Operation
Smile: missing children in Uttarakhand
Ø Ottappalam
in Kerala: India’s first defence industrial park
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