Search your Topic HERE....

July 12, 2017

12th July 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

Wednesday, July 12, 2017 , Leave a Comment

sponsored links

Dear Great Ambitionists, here are today's (12th July 2017) Important Current Affairs updates. Happy Reading :)

Daily Current Affairs of 12th July 2017

International Current Affairs
  • The United States has deployed anti-aircraft missiles for the first time in the Baltics for use in NATO military drills in Lithuania. 
    • This comes ahead of the Zapad exercise by Russia and Belarus, which NATO allies believe could increase Russian presence. 
MOUs & Agreements
  • The United States and Qatar today signed an agreement on combating terrorism and terror financing. 
    • Note : Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, and Egypt had imposed sanctions on Qatar last month accusing it of financing extremist groups.
National Current Affairs
  • The Telecom department has made it mandatory for all phones, including feature phones, to install Global Positioning System (GPS) from January 1, 2018. 
    • The order aims to ensure consumers' safety as GPS can help locate them in emergency situations.
  • To create awareness about Aadhaar number, the government has started a story-telling contest named 'Aadhaar Hai To Aasaani Hai'. 
    • People willing to participate can send in a 200-500 word-long story about Aadhaar till August 8 midnight. 
    • The top five stories will be awarded ₹20,000 each, while the next 20 stories will be awarded ₹5,000 each.
  • The Telangana government has issued an ordinance to curb the "social evils" caused by online rummy card games.
    • Note : Online gaming is an offence as per the provisions of another ordinance issued by the state a month ago.
  • The National Zoological Park, New Delhi is going to launch an Animal Adoption Scheme.
    • Citizens would be able to adopt an animal after paying a fixed amount of money, usually spent on food and medicines for the animal. 
    • The adopter would have free entry for a year and their name will be displayed on the cage.
  • The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today directed a complete ban on 'manja' (kite strings) made of or coated with any synthetic material that is non-biodegradable. 
  • Maharashtra has become the first Indian state to provide free injectable contraceptives to women under the state's family planning programme, Antara. 
    • The injection contains a female birth-control hormone, which prevents pregnancy for three months.
  • Rajasthan has become the first State to lay down the minimum educational qualifications for contesting elections to village cooperative societies and various other cooperative bodies. 
    • In this regard, state government has amended State Cooperative Societies Rules, 2003. 
Places in News
  • A total of 36 places in India are recognised as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO, with the latest addition being the city of Ahmedabad. 
    • With four of its sites recognised, Maharashtra tops the list in India. 
    • India's World Heritage Sites include West Bengal's Sundarbans, Maharashtra's Ajanta and Ellora Caves, UP's Taj Mahal, Goa's Churches and Convents, among others.
Banking, Business & Economic Affairs
  • 5 Indian States (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Telangana and Arunachal Pradesh) and a Union Territory (PUducherry) have formally adopted the Centre’s Government e-Marketplace (GeM) initiative. 
    • In this regard, these states/UT have signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) to join GeM initiative. 
    • 4 more states including Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand and Haryana, will ink such MoU soon.
    • What is Government e-Marketplace (GeM) initiative ?
      • GEM Initiative is an Online Market platform to facilitate procurement of goods and services by various Ministries and agencies of the Government. 
      • It aims to enhance transparency, efficiency and speed in public procurement of goods and services and eliminate corruption. 
  • The government has approved e-commerce giant Amazon's proposed $500 million (over ₹3,200 crore) foreign direct investment (FDI) in retailing of food products in India. 
    • As per the proposal, the company will sell food products online via its wholly-owned subsidiary. 
    • Note : The government allows 100% FDI in food retail, including e-commerce, provided the items are produced or manufactured in India.
  • Traders and businesses will have to display the Goods and Services Tax (GST) registration number on their business sign boards and the registration certificate on the premises. 
    • This is to ensure that a citizen can easily find out whether a business is registered or not. 
    • The GSTIN is a 15-digit number which taxpayers get after registering with GST Network portal.
New Appointments
  • Ned Segal, a longtime Goldman Sachs banker and the former Senior Vice President of Finance at Silicon Valley's financial software company Intuit, has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer at Twitter. 
    • He will take over the CFO role from Anthony Noto, who was promoted to COO post last November. 
Science & Technology
  • NASA's James Webb Telescope, the largest space telescope ever built, has been locked in a vacuum vault for testing at sub-zero temperatures to simulate its working in deep space. 
    • The 6.5-metre diameter telescope has 18 gold-coated mirrors and a tennis court-sized sunshield to gather light and protect its instruments. 
    • The $8.8 billion telescope took 20 years to build.
  • The Chinese government has ordered telecommunications firms to completely block access to Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) by February 2018, in a crackdown aimed at suppressing dissent over the legitimacy of the ruling Communist Party. 
    • Note : China operates the world's largest Internet censorship regime and has banned several social networking sites including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Sports Current Affairs
  • Indian women's cricket team captain Mithali Raj has became the all-time highest run-scorer in women's ODI cricket.
    • She also became the second player after Charlotte Edwards to score over 500 runs in four different calendar years in women's ODI cricket.
  • Following Angelo Mathews' resignation as Sri Lanka's captain from all three formats, the country's cricket board has named :
    • Dinesh Chandimal as the Side's Test captain.
    • Upul Tharanga as the limited-overs captain.
sponsored links

0 Responses:

Post a Comment

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...