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CONTENTS

Current Affairs Bullets………..2

Assam NRC Final Draft……….3

Latest in General Knowledge…5

Appointments

Awards & Honors

Books & Authors

Constitutional/Law

Defense

Economic Scenario

Ecology & Environment

Places

Report & Index

Software & Telecom

Current Topics – India………..10

Current Topics – World……....14

Persons in News………………17

Latest in Sports………………..19

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Current Affairs MCQs………...25

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Current Affairs Bullets

The dimension, colour and motif on the reverse

of the new Rs 100- denomination banknotes in

the Mahatma Gandhi (new) series – 66 mm x

142 mm, lavender colour and Rani ki Vav

Winner of the gold medal at the badminton

Asian Junior Championships 2018 held in

Jakarta – Lakshya Sen

The mascots of 2020 Tokyo Olympic and

Paralympics games respectively Miraitowa

and Someity

The Internet satellite which Facebook is going

to launch in 2019 – Athena

The country which joined the International

Solar Alliance (ISA) as the 68th

member

recently – Myanmar

India‘s Chef de Mission for Asian Games Brij

Bhushan

India‘s growth rate in 2018-19 as estimated by

the Asian Development Bank recently – 7.3%

The head of the four-member committee set up

to suggest measures to effectively deal with the

incidents of lynching – Rajiv Gauba

Winner of the ‗2017 Player of the Year‘ award

at All Indian Football Federation (AIFF)

awards – Sunil Chhetri

Winner of the ‗2017 Woman Footballer of the

Year‘ – Kamala Devi

The state which has topped Public Affairs

Index 2018 released by the think tank Public

Affairs Centre (PAC) – Kerala

The state which has topped among small states

(with population less than two crore) –

Himachal Pradesh

The state-of-the-art Air Quality and Weather

Forecast System launched by the govt recently

– SAFAR

The new reduced minimum annual deposit

requirement for Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana

accounts – Rs 250 (carlier Rs 1,000)

Winner of the 2018 German Grand Prix F1

championship – Lewis Hamilton

The new fair and remunerative price (FRP) of

sugarcane for the marketing year starting Oct

2018 – Rs 275 per quintal

India‘s GDP growth rate in 2018 as predicted

by the IMF in its recent World Economic

Outlook forecast – 7.3 per cent

The person who became the rickets man in

modern history with a net worth of $150 bn

recently – Jeff Bezos

The country which has topped the 2018 ‗Soft

Power 30‘ index – UK

The person who has topped the Forbes‘ 20th

annual Celebrity 100 ranking – Floyd

Mayweather

The state where the foundation stone of country

first skill training institute at Barang was laid

recently- Odisha

Winner of the men‘s singles title of the 2018

Wimbledon – Novak Djokovic

Winner of the women‘s singles title –

Angelique Kerber

Winner of the women‘s singles title of the 2018

Thailand Open badminton – Nozomi Okuhara

The country which recently declared a 60- day

state of emergency on its border with Colombia

– Peru

The city where the US President Donald Trump

and the Russian President Vladimir Putin held a

historic summit recently – Helsinki (Finland)

India‘s GDP growth in 2018-19 as per the new

report by the OECD Development Centre – 7.4

per cent

The country which defeated Croatia to win the

FIFA World Cup 2018 played in Moscow –

France

The country where a new state-of-the-art

integrated Indian Visa Application Centre

(IVAC) was inaugurated recently –

Bangladesh

The state which has constituted a ‗Heritage

Cabinet‘ headed by the Chief Minister –

Odisha

The athlete who scripted history by becoming

the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at

the world level in 400m at the IAAF World

Under-20 Athletics Championships – Hima

Das

The country which has topped 2018 Global

Innovation Index (GII) – Switzerland

India‘s position on the 2018 GII – 57th

The firm which has unveiled the country‘s first

internet telephony service to dial any telephone

number in India through its mobile app

―Wings‖ – BSNL



The country with which the Rajya Sabha has

entered into an MoU for the first time for

promoting inter-parliamentary dialogue –

Rwanda

The venue of the recent North Atlantic Treaty

Organization (NATO) Summit – Brussels

(Belgium)

India‘s position as the world‘s biggest economy

according to the World Bank figures for 2017 –

Sixth

The country whose data protection watchdog

has slapped a fine of $ 662.501 on Facebook

over the Cambridge Analytica data leak scandal

– UK

The state which has topped the ease-of-doing-

business rankings as per the State Business

Reform Assessment 2018 released recently by

the DIPP – Andhra Pradesh

The city where the Airports Authority of India

(AAI) will set up a Civil Aviation Research

Organisation (CARO) at Begumpet Airport –

Hyderabad

The place in Uttar Pradesh where the world‘s

largest mobile factory set up by Samsung was

inaugurated recently – NOIDA

The gymnast who won a gold medal at the

World Challenge Cup at Mersin in Turkey

recently – Dipa Karmakar

The city where the 17th

World Sanskrit

conference was held recently – Vancouver,

Canada

The state govt which has launched ‗Purna‘

project to eliminate malnutrition among girls in

the age group of 14 to 18 – Gujarat

The state where the high court has declared the

entire animal kingdom as a legal entity having

rights of a ―living person‖ – Uttarakhand

The new head of the UN mission for

monitoring the ceasefire line between India and

Pakistan – Jose Eladio Alcain

The state which has launched ―Happiness

Curriculum‘ for school students – Delhi

Assam NRC Final Draft Released

The second and final draft of the National

Register of Citizens (NRC), released on July

30, 2018 didn’t include the names of around

40 lakh people of the 3.29 crore who had

submitted their documents to the government

of Assam. The first draft of the NRC, which

had the names of 1.9 crore people, was

released in December, 2017.

The five year exercise was completed at a cost

of Rs 1220 crore. The draft NRC was released

in Guwahati by Registrar General of India

Sailesh and NRC State Coordinator Prateek

Hajela in the presence of Joint Director

(Northeast) in the Ministry of Home Affairs

Satyendra Garg.

Apply for Citizenship

Those who have been left out will have to

apply in their respective Sewa Kendras, in the

prescribed from, which is available from

August 7 to September 28, 2018.

In the Lok Sabha, Home Minister Rajnath

Singh informed that the first complete draft of

the NRC published is not the final list. The list

has been published on the directions of the

Supreme Court and that the Centre has no role

in it.

Eligibility Condition

The updated NRC includes names of

persons or their descendants whose names



appeared in the NRC, 1951 or in any of the

electoral rolls up to March 25, 1971 or in any

other admissible documents issued up to

midnight during the same period, which would

prove their presence in Assam.

In The absence of electoral rolls, other

documents up to March 24 (midnight) 1971 can

also be submitted. These other documents

include land and tenancy records, citizenship

certificates. Permanent residential certificates

and passports.

In case of an applicant born after 1971,

documents pertaining to one‘s ancestor, namely

father, mother, and so on can be subhmitted

Additionally, documents proving the

relationship, such as a birth certificate or land

documents, will also have tobe attached. Those

residents who have been declared as D-voters

(doubtful voters) and termed foreigners by the

tribunals or have been referred to the

Foreigners‘ Tribunal by Assam Border Police a

have not been included in the list.

National Register of Citizens

In 1951 the first census of Independent

India was conducted The original NRC was a

register prepared after the 1951 Census. Which

recorded the particulars of those who belonged

to Assam.

This list was compiled with data from each

village showing the houses or holdings in a

serial order and indicating against each house

or holding the number and names of persons

who were staying there at the time.

These registers were kept in the offices of

deputy commissioners and sub-divisional

officers, but in the 1960s these registers were

handed to the police The Center and the State

of Assam are currently in the process of

updating the NRC for Assam.

Citizenship in India

Citizenship in India used to be purely a

matter of birth as per the Constitution and the

Citizenship Act 1955, with exceptions for

children of foreign diplomats and enemy aliens.

Those domiciled in India before January 26,

1950 (when the Constitution came into force)

were Indian citizens and those born after this

date in India were also citizens.

The Citizenship Amendment Act of 2003,

however, changed the position on citizenship

by birth so that in addition to the old

exceptions, citizenship is determined on the

basis of a three-tier system. Based on the

person‘s date of birth.

According to the law currently in force, if a

person is born

From January 26, 1950, June 30, 1987-

They are a citizen by birth.

From July 1, 1987, December 2, 2004 They

are a citizen if born in India and either parent is

a citizen of India at the time of the person‘s

birth.

From December 3, 2004 onwards They are

a citizen if born in India and either both parents

are born in India, or one parent is a citizen and

the other is not an illegal migrant at the time of

birth.

Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016

Assam has seen many protests over the

proposed citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016

With the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016,

the government plans to change the definition

of illegal migrants.

The Bill introduced in the Lok Sabha on

July 15, 2016, seeks to amend the Citizenship

Act, 1955 to provide citizenship to illegal

migrants, from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and

Pakistan, who are of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist Jain

Parsi or Christian extraction.

However the Act doesn‘t have a provision

for Muslim sects like Shias and Ahmediyas

who also face persecution in Pakistan.

The Bill also seeks to reduce the

requirement of 11 years of continuous stay in

the county to six years to obtain citizenship by

naturalization.



Latest In General Knowledge

Anniversaries & Days

July 1 -- Doctor's Day

July 4 -- American Independence Day

July 11 -- World Population Day

July 26 -- Kargil Victory Day

Appointments

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador elected

President of Mexico: Riding a wave of

populist anger fuelled by rampant corruption

and violence, the leftist Mr. Andres Manuel

Lopez Obrador was elected President of

Mexico on July 1, 2018, in a landslide victory

that upended the nation's political establishment

and handed him a sweeping mandate to reshape

the country. Mr. Lopez Obrador, 64, won in

what authorities called the largest election in

Mexican history, with some 3,400 federal, state

and local races contested in all. He won by

capturing more than half the votes, higher than

any candidate since the nation began its

transition to democracy nearly 20 years ago.

Major General Jose Eladio Alcain to head

UNMOGIP: Major Genera! Jose Eladio Alcain

of Uruguay was appointed as the Head of

Mission and Chief Military Observer for the

United Nations Military Observer Group in

India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), on July 3,

2018. His appointment was announced by the

United Nations Secretary General Mr. Antonio

Guterres. Major General Alcain will succeed

Major General Per Gustaf Lodin of Sweden,

who completed his two-year assignment in July

2018. The UNMOGIP, based in Rawalpindi,

Pakistan, is composed of 43 military observers

and 23 international civilian personnel.

Dr. T.C.A. Raghavan appointed as DG of

Indian Council of World Affairs: Dr. T.C.A.

Raghavan was appointed as the Director-

General (DG), ex officio member-Secretary of

the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) by

President of ICWA, Mr. M. Venkaiah Naidu on

July 15, 2018. The post of DG is equivalent to

the rank of Secretary to Government of India.

Dr. T.C.A. Raghavan has served as India's High

Commissioner to Islamabad and Singapore

besides serving in India's missions at London,

Thimphu, and Kuwait.

Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel appointed NGT

Chairperson: Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel,

who retired from the Supreme Court of India,

took charge as the new Chairperson of the

National Green Tribunal (NGT) on July 9,

2018.

He has been appointed to the position for a term

of five years. The post of the NGT Chairperson

had been lying vacant for more than six mosiths

after the retirement of Justice Swatanter Kumar

on December 20, 2017. Following Justice

Kumar's retirement, Justice Umesh Dattatreya

Salvi was appointed as the acting Chairperson

of the NGT. After Mr. 'Salvi's retirement,

Justice Jawad Rahim was appointed as the

acting Chairperson.

Prof. Anil D. Sahasrabudhe reappointed

AICTE Chairman: The Central Government

renewed the appointment of Prof. Anil D.

Sahasrabudhe as the Chairman of the technical

and professional education regulator All India

Council for Technical Education (AICTE) on

July 17, 2018. Prof. Sahasrabudhe, who was a

Professor of Mechanical Engineering at IIT-

Guwahati, joined AICTE as Chairman on July

17, 2015. The Appointments Committee of the

Cabinet has approved the renewal of

appointment of Prof. Sahasrabudhe till he

attains the age of 65 years.

Arman Ali appointed as Executive Director

of NCPEDP: The National Centre for

Promotion of Employment for Disabled People

(NCPEDP) announced the appointment of Mr.

Arman Ali as its Executive Director on July 19,

2018. He would assume charge from October 1,

2018. Disability rights activist Mr. Javed Abidi,

who was the Director of the NCPEDP, had

passed away on March 4, 2018. Mr. All is the

Executive Director of Shishu Sarothi, the

Centre for Rehabilitation and Training for

Multiple Disability since 2009.



Books And Authors

India Moving: A History of Migration – By

Chinmay Tumbe, Penguin

Blessings from Beijing: Inside China’s

Softpower War on Tibet – By Greg Bruno,

The University Press of New England

Infinite Variety: A History of Desire in India

– By Madhavi Menon, Speaking Tiger

Dare I Question? Reflections on

Contemporary Challenges – By Hamid

Ansari, Former Vice-President of India,

India and Its Contradictions – By Nobel

Laureate Amartya Sen Co-authored with

economist Dean Dreze

The Unending Game: Insights into

Espionage – By Vikram Sood, Penguin

Adi Shankaracharya: Hinduism’s Greatest

Thinker – By Pavan K. Verma, Tranquebar

Devil’s Advocate: The Untold Story – By

Karan Thapar, Harper Collins, India.

Points of Entry; Encounters at the Origin-

sites of Pakistan – By Nadeem Farooq

Paracha, Westland

Defense

DAC approves Implementation Guidelines

of Strategic Partnership Model: The Defence

Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by

Defence Minister Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman

approved the Implementation Guidelines for the

'Strategic Partnership t: Model' on July 30,

2018, to ensure timely delivery of equipment to

all the Armed 'Forces. The Strategic Partnership

Model aims to revitalise Defence Industrial

Ecosystem and progressively build indigenous

capabilities in the private sector to design

develop and manufacture complex weapon

systems for the Armed Forces. The guidelines

Cay emphasis on incentivisation of transfer of

technology and Global Majors, who in

collaboration with Indian Partners, are ready to

make India a regional and global manufacturing

hub. This will encourage self-reliance and align

the defence sector with the 'Make in India'

initiative of the Government.

‘Made in India' tank engines handed over to

the Army: Defence Minister Ms. Nirmala

Sitharaman handed over two fully indigenous

battle tank engines, V-46-6 and V92S2, that

power the T-72 Ajeya tank and the T-90

Bhishma tank, produced by the Engine Factory

Avadi (EFA), a unit of Ordnance Factory

Board, to the Vice Chief of Army Staff U. Gen.

Devraj Anbu on July 28, 2018. The effort has

resulted in savings for the exchequer to the tune

of Rs. 33 lakh for the T-90 engine and Rs. 9.75

lakh for the T-72 engine. Speaking on the

importance of improving the manufacturing

sector in the country, Ms. Sitharaman said that

India has the capability and talent to produce

and manufacture its own products. This is why

Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi started

'Make In India', she added.

19th

anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas

observed: India celebrated the 19th anniversary

of Kargil Vijay Diwas on July 26, 2018 to mark

the success of `Operation Vijay' and to

remember the supreme sacrifice of the Indian

soldiers who lost their lives during the 1999

India-Pakistan Kargil War. Defence Minister

Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman paid homage to the

martyrs on Kargil Vijay Diwas at Amar Jawan

Jyoti in New Delhi. Armed Forces personnel

and families of soldiers, who lost their lives in

1999 Kargil War, paid their tributes at the Dras

War Memorial in Jammu and Kashmir to

commemorate the historic win. The memorial

was fully lit on the eve of the day. To mark the

day, Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi took to

Twitter and praised the exemplary courage and

sacrifices made by the Kargil War martyrs and

acknowledged the leadership of the then PM

Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee for the success of

Operation Vijay.

India, Japan hold, 4th round of Maritime

Affairs Dialogue: India and Japan held the

fourth round of Maritime Affairs Dialogue in

New Delhi on July 19, 2018. During the

dialogue, key issues related to the Indo-Pacific

region and maritime security were discussed.

The Indian delegation at the dialogue was led

by Mr. Pankaj Sharma, Joint Secretary

(Disarmament and International Security

Affairs) in the External Affairs Ministry, while

the Japanese side was led by Ambassador Mr.

Kansuke Nagaoka, Policy Planning and

International Security Policy in the Ministry of

Foreign Affairs. The dialogue meet provided a

platform to India and Japan to exchange views



on various topics of mutual interest including:

The Indo-Pacific region; Maritime security;

Cooperation in Humanitarian Assistance and

Disaster Relief; and Search and Rescue.

Ecology & Environment

NGT forms monitoring committee for Clean

Yamuna Project: The National Green Tribunal

formed a monitoring committee on the cleaning

of the Yamuna River on July 26, 2018. The

tribunal headed by National Green Tribunal

(NGT) Chairperson Mr. A. K Goel directed the

committee to develop an action plan and submit

it by September 2018 and a detailed report on

the issue by December 31, 2018. The green

panel has' appointed retired expert member Mr.

B. S. Sajwan and former Delhi Chief Secretary

Ms. Shailaja Chandra as members of the

committee. The NGT has asked the State

governments of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to

assist the committee on Yamuna rejuvenation.

The tribunal directed the authorities to take

strict action against the, encroachments on the

Yamuna floodplains.

Environment Minister inaugurates advanced

system of air quality `SAFAR': Union

Environment Minister Mr. Harsh Vardhan

unveiled a state-of-the-art Air Quality and

Weather Forecast System—`SAFAR' (System

of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting) in

New Delhi on July 21, 2018. First of its kind in

the country, the system was developed

indigenously in record time by Indian, Institute

of Tropical Meteorology, Pune and

operationalised by India Meteorological

Department. The giant true. colour LED display

will give out real-time air quality index on 24x7

basis with colour coding along with 72-hour

advance weather forecast. The new system

would also be able to measure Sun's UV-Index

and track ultrafine particles such as PM1,

mercury and black carbon in real time, which

have a direct relevance to human health.

Top beverage companies launch buyback

programme for PET bottles in Maharashtra: Top beverage companies including Coca-Cola,

PepsiCo and Bisleri, have initiated a buyback

programme lot, all PET bottles sold in

Maharashtra, Under the programme, a

predefined buyback price will have to be

mandatorily printed on the larger PET/ PETE

bottles. Most companies have set the buyback

.value at Rs. 15 per kg for PET botdes and Rs 5

per kg for shrink wraps. The beverage

companies have already started prin. ting the

buyback value on all the PET bottles sold in the

State. The companies are working with Gem

Enviro to set up reverse vending machines,

collection points and collection centres for PET

waste bottles at several locations across the

State to make the buyback programme

successful.

Economic Scene

US elevates India's status to ease export

controls for high-tech product sales: The

United States has eased export controls for

high-technology product sales to India by

elevating its status to a Strategic Trade

Authorisation-1 (STA-1) country. The

information was shared by the US Commerce

Secretary Mr. Wilbur Ross on July 30, 2018.

Mr. Wilbur said that this is a very important

change in India's status in the export control

regime. With the move, the US has granted

India the same access as NATO allies,

Australia, Japan and South Korea. The

designation of STA-1 country' will enable India

to buy more advanced and sensitive

technologies from the US, at par with the

closest US allies and partners and ensure

enduring cooperation in future. It will authorize

the export, re-export and transfer of specified

items on the Commerce Control List (CCL) to

destinations posing a low risk of unauthorized

or impermissible uses.

Parliament passes Bill for merger of five

subsidiary banks with SBI: The Parliament

passed the State Banks (Repeal and

Amendment) Bill, 2017 that merges the

subsidiary banks with the State Bank of India

(SBI), on July 30, 2018. The Bill was

introduced in Lok Sabha by the then Union

Minister of Finance Mr. Arun Jaitley on July

21, 2017. The merger of these subsidiary banks

is already in effect from April 1, 2017. The

merger was approved by the Union

Government in February 2017. The Bill seeks

to repeal the State Bank of India (Subsidiary

Banks) Act, 1959, the State Bank of Hyderabad

Act, 1956. These Acts established the State



Bank of Bikaner, State Bank of Mysore, State

Bank of Patiala, State Bank of Travancore and

State Bank of Hyderabad, the subsidiaries of

the SBI.

Invest India, Business France sign MoU to

promote investment: Invest India and

Business France signed an MoU to promote

investment facilitation and cooperation between

startups of India and France on July 25, 2018.

The MoU aims to facilitate direct foreign

investment by providing practical investment

information to enterprises. It will also support

the companies pursuing those opportunities

which contribute positively to economic growth

of the two countries. Invest India and Business

France will collaborate to promote business and

startup ecosystem cooperation through joint

activities and exchange experiences to

strengthen institutional knowledge. The

partnership will strengthen the existing business

relations between India and France.

GST Council cuts rate on 88 items: The GST

Council in its 28th meeting held under the

Chairmanship of Mr. Piyush Goyal, Union

Minister for Railways, Coal, Finance &

Corporate Affairs, reduced the Goods and

Services Tax (GST) rates on various goods and

rationalised the rates on various services, on

July 21, 2018. Some items like Sanitary

Napkins, Rakhi, Stone/Marble/ Wood Deities

etc. have been totally exempted from GST. The

GST Council also announced exemptions and

changes in GST rates on various services in

sectors like agriculture, education and social

security. Now, only 35 items are left in the 28

percent GST slab.

Honours & Awards

NATIONAL

2018 Sangita Kalanidhi Award: Prominent

Carnatic vocalist Aruna Sairam has been

selected for this year's Sangita Kalanidhi

Award, instituted by the Music Academy,

Chennai. The executive committee of the

academy unanimously selected her for the

award on July 15, 2018. With an illustrious

career spanning decades, she is known for her

collaborative exercise in music with artistes of

other countries and genres. The award will be

conferred on her on January 1, 2019.

Mridangist Thanjavur R. Ramadoss 'will

receive the Sangita Kala Acharya Award. The

T.T.K. Awards will be conferred on veena

player Kalyani Ganesan and nagaswaram

player S.R.G. Rajanna. Dr. Premeela

Gurumurthy, the Vice-Chancellor of the Tamil

Nadu Music and Fine Arts University, will

receive the Musicologist Award. Dancer Shanta

Dhananjayan will receive the Nritiya Kalanidhi

Award.

INTERNATIONAL

2018 Ramon Magsaysay Award: Two

Indians, namely, Dr. Bharat Vatwani and Mr.

Sonam Wangchuk, won the 2018 Ramon

Magsaysay Award, the Asian version of the

Nobel Prize, on July 26, 2018. Dr. Bharat

Vatwani is a psychiatrist who works for the

mentally-ill street persons, while Mr. Sonam

Wangchuk works to harness science and culture

creatively for economic progress that has

improved the lives of the Ladakhi youth.

Dr. Vatwani and Mr. Wangchuk are among the

six individuals who were declared as the

winners of this year's Ramon Magsaysay

Award. The other winners are Mr. Youk

Chhang from Cambodia, Ms. Maria de Lourdes

Martins Cruz from East Timor, Mr. Howard

Dee from the Philippines and Ms. Vo Thi

Hoang Yen from Vietnam.

Fields Medal 2018: Indian-origin

Mathematician Mr. Akshay Venkatesh, 36, of

the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton,

won Fields Medal 2018 at the International

Congress of Mathematicians in Rio de Janeiro

on August 1, 2018. The other Fields medalists

of 2018 are Mr. Caucher Birkar, 40, of the

University of Cambridge in England; Mr.

Alessio Figalli, 34, of the Swiss Federal



Institute of Technology in Zurich; and Mr.

Peter Scholze, 30, a Professor of Mathematics

at the University of Bonn. Mr. Peter Scholze is

the youngest ever to receive the coveted award.

The award is considered to be the Nobel Prize

of Mathematics.

Lisbon Physics Olympiad: Five students from

India bagged gold medals at the 49th

International Physics Olympiad (IPhO 2018) in

Lisbon, Portugal, between July 21 and 28,

2018. This is India's best ever performance in

the IPhO in 21 years of participation. Lay Jain,

Pawan Goyal, Bhaskar Gupta, Nishant Abhangi

and Siddhartha Tiwari bagged gold for India.

India and China topped the medals tally with

five golds each among 86 countries that

participated. According to a statement from

Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education

(HBCSE)-the national centre of the Tata

Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR),

which is the nodal centre in the country for all

science Olympiads, a total of 396 students from

across the world took part in the Olympiad.

The Golden Man Booker Prize: Sri Lanka-

born Canadian literary icon Michael Ondaatje's

'The English Patient' has won the special one-

off Golden Man Booker Prize to mark the 50th

anniversary of the prestigious literary award.

'The English Patient' is a tale of love and

conflict during World War II. The 74-year-old

author beat the Man Booker Prize's previous 51

winners including Indian-origin V. S. Naipaul

for his 1971 winner 'In a Free State'; Salman

Rushdie for `Midnight's Children' (1981),

Arundhati Roy for 'The God of Small Things'

(1997); Kiran Desai for 'The Inheritance of

Loss' (2006); and Aravind Adiga for `The

White Tiger' (2008).

Inventions & Discoveries

AIIMS-led team develops highly sensitive,

portable test for TB meningitis: A diagnostic

test for TB meningitis (the most severe form of

TB) with nearly 100% sensitivity and about

91% specificity has been developed by a multi-

institutional team led by Prof. Jaya Sivaswami

Tyagi from the Department of Biotechnology at

AIIMS.

The performance of the diagnostic test was

evaluated in 87 cerebrospinal fluid samples

obtained from paediatric subjects (39 TB

meningitis patients and 48 controls). The results

of the study were published recently in the

journal Tuberculosis. The diagnostic test is

based on a derivative of a DNA aptamer (a

small single-stranded DNA molecule that binds

to a specific target molecule and is a chemical

rival of antibodies) that shows high binding

affinity in nanomolar range and high specificity

to a TB antigen (HspX).

Scientists discover fossils of plant-eating

dinosaurs: Chinese scientists announced the

discovery of `Lingwulong shenqi', an early

member of the well-known group of plant-

eating dinosaurs called Sauropods, on July 24,

2018. The dinosaurs had long necks, long tails,

small heads and pillar-like legs. Lingwulong

lived 174 million years ago during the Jurassic

Period. Its name means "amazing dragon from

Lingwu", the closest city to the site where a

farmer spotted the fossils while herding sheep.

The scientists excavated bones from at least 8

to 10 Lingwulong individuals, the largest of

which was about 57 feet long, said

paleontologist Mr. Xing Xu of the Chinese

Academy of Sciences, who led the study

published in the journal Nature

Communications.

Places

Helsinki, Finland: US President Mr. Donald

Trump held first-ever one-to-one talks with

Russian President Mr. Vladimir Putin on July

16, 2018 in Helsinki, Finland. The historic

summit opened with Mr. Trump promising an

`extraordinary relationship' and Mr. Putin

saying that it was high time to thrash out

disputes around the world. Mr. Putin stated that

the Cold War was a thing of the past and today

both Russia and the US face a whole new set of

challenges. Mr. Trump said that the US

relationship with Russia had "never been

worse" than it was "until four hours ago," just

before the two spoke. Helsinki is known for

hosting many international summits between

Russia and the US since the Cold War days and

has acted as a bridge between the Communists

and the West.

Tham Luang Nang Non Cave, Thailand: The

12 boys of Thailand's `The 12 Wild Boars'



Football team and their coach were rescued

from the flooded Tham Luang Nang Non Cave

in northern Thailand on July 12, 2018, after

being trapped for 18 days, bringing an end to

the ordeal that prompted a huge international

rescue effort. The rescue operation that began

as a local search for the missing but turned into

a complex mission, involving hundreds of

experts who flew in from around the world to

help. The 12 young footballers, aged between

11 and 16, and their 25-year-old coach got

trapped on June 23, 2018 while exploring the

Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai province of

northern Thailand after soccer practice and a

rainy season downpour flooded the tunnel. The

boys were found inside the cave by British

rescue divers about 4 km from the cave mouth.

Thirteen foreign cave diving experts and five

Thai Navy rescuers conducted the rescue

operation that lasted four days.

Reports & Indexes

India breaks into top 100 in UN's E-

Government Index: India has jumped 22

places to break into the top 100 of the United

Nation's E-Government Index 2018. The E-

Government survey is released by the United

Nations in every two years. The 2018 edition:

`Gearing E-Government to Support

Transformation towards sustainable and

resilient societies' was launched on July 19,

2018. India, which was ranked 118 in 2014,

jumped 11 places to be ranked 96 in 2018. The

jump shows how digital technologies and

innovations are impacting the public sector and

changing people's everyday lives. The E-

Government Development Index (EGDI) is a

composite index based on the weighted average

of three normalised indices:

Telecommunications Infrastructure Index;

Human Capital Index; and Online Service

Index. It mainly assesses e-government

development at the national level. India scored

well on the Online Services sub-index with a

score of 0.9514. However, it performed poorly

in the Telecommunication Infrastructure Index,

with a score of 0.20091. On Human Capital

Index, India scored far below the world average

with a score of 0.6627. India's overall score was

0.5484.

CURRENT TOPICS: INDIA

Over 40 Lakh Left Out Of Draft NRC In

Assam

More than 40 lakh of the 3.29 crore applicants

in Assam were left out of the complete draft

National Register of Citizens (NRC), which

was published on July 30, 2018. The five-year

exercise was completed at a cost of Rs. 1,220

crore. The draft NRC was released in Guwahati

by Registrar General of India Mr. Sailesh and

NRC State Coordinator Mr. Prateek Hajela in

the presence of Joint Director (Northeast) in the

Ministry of Home Affairs Mr. Satyendra Garg.

While the publication of the list triggered a

political row in the Parliament, the situation in

Assam remained largely peaceful, with

thousands lining up at NRC Nagrik Seva

Kendras (NSKs) to check their status.

As many as 3,29,91,384 people had applied and

the applications of 2,89,83,677 were accepted,

said Mr. Sailesh. The final draft included the

names of 1.9 crore applicants who were listed

in the first draft published on December 31,

2017. The remaining 40,007,707 applicants,

whose names did not figure in the list will be

given ample opportunity through a process of

claims and objections till September 28, 2018,

and their citizenship status will not be

questioned till the final, error-free draft is

prepared, Mr. Sailesh said. Mr. Sailesh and Mr.

Hajela, however, did not specify when the final

draft would be prepared. But they indicated the

period for claims and objections could be

extended by a month. Those not on the list

include 2.48 lakh Doubtful-voters (D-voters)

and their siblings and descendants. Mr. Sailesh

said that the process has been completely

transparent, fair, objective and meticulously

carried out. Reiterating that the list released

was only a draft and not the final one, he said

that those not in the draft will get many

opportunities with adequate time to establish

their citizenship claim. People who lack

knowledge will be provided assistance and full

justice will be meted to all, Mr. Sailesh added.



Lok Sabha Passes National Sports University

Bill, 2018

A Bill to establish a National Sports University

in Manipur to promote sports education was

passed by the Lok Sabha on August 3, 2018, as

several members sought the inclusion of sports

as a part of a comprehensive education

curriculum. The National Sports University

Bill, 2018, which seeks to replace an ordinance

promulgated on May 31, 2018, was passed by a

voice vote. During the debate on the Bill, which

was introduced two days earlier, Mr. N.K.

Premchandran of RSP questioned the need for

bringing an Ordinance. He said that a university

has to be autonomous in character but the

provisions of the Bill defy this. He also noted

that the Central Government had the full

authority and control over the institution which,

therefore, will not be autonomous. Replying to

the debate, Sports Minister Mr. Rajyavardhan

Singh Rathore said that the university would be

set up in Manipur at a cost of Rs. 524 crore to

promote sports coaching and research. The

legislation was earlier introduced in the Lok

Sabha in August 2017, but could not be passed.

Hence, the government had to come out with an

ordinance, the Minister said. A sportsperson

will be the University's Vice Chancellor, while

its academic council will also comprise sports

personalities, Mr. Rathore said.

President Gives Assent To Fugitive

Economic Offenders Bill

Hon'ble President Mr. Ram Nath Kovind gave

his assent to a law that will deter fugitive

economic offenders to evade legal process in

India and flee the country, on August 5, 2018.

A fugitive economic offender is any individual

against whom warrant for arrest is issued for

his involvement in select economic offences

involving amount of at least Rs.100 crore or

more and has left India so as to avoid criminal

prosecution. The new legislation will prevent

big economic offenders like Vijay Mallya and

Nirav Modi from fleeing the country and

evading the law. Both Mallya and Nirav Modi,

wanted in cases being probed by the Central

Bureau of Investigation (CBI), are out of India.

The new law allows designated special court to

declare a person as fugitive economic offender

and to confiscate his property including

`benami' ones. According to the Act, all the

rights and title in the confiscated property shall,

from the date of the confiscation order, vest in

the Central Government, free from all

encumbrances. The Fugitive Economic

Offenders Bill, 2018 has been passed by Rajya

Sabha and Lok Sabha. Justifying the financial

limit of Rs.100 crore for invoking the

provisions of this new law, Finance Minister

Mr. Piyush Goyal had recently said in

Parliament that it was being done to "catch the

big offenders and not to clog the courts".

Rajya Sabha Passes Bill To Give

Constitutional Status To NCBC

The Bill extending constitutional status to the

National Commission. for Backward Classes

(NCBC) -was cleared unanimously by the

Rajya-Sabha-on August 6, 2018. In the Upper

House, the Constitution (123rd Amendment)

Bill, 2017, was adopted by all the present 156

members, incorporating: certain amendments

made by the Lok Sabha. Earlier the Lok Sabha

had passed unanimously the Bill on August 2,

2018, with over two-thirds majority. The Lower

House had passed the Bill superseding the

amendments by the Rajya Sabha, with all 406

present voting in favour after an almost five-

hour debate in which more than 30 members

participated. During the debate on the

Constitution (123rd Amendment) Bill 2017,

several members demanded a census to

ascertain the population of Other Backward

Classes (OBCs) while some others pressed for

making public the socio-economic survey of

2014. Over two-thirds majority voted in favour

of the Bill, which is a necessity for amending

the Constitution. Replying to the debate in Lok

Sabha, Empowerment Minister Mt Thaawar

Chand Gehlot said that the government was

committed to the upliftment of the

downtrodden and backward classes of the

society. He said that the Union Cabinet had

decided to amend the SC/ST Act to further

strengthen the law to protect their rights.

India To Buy Missile Shield NASAMS-II

From US In a bid to protect Delhi and other cities from

missiles, drones, India is set to buy air missile

shield system from the United States. The new

missile shield, which costs around $1 billion,

will replace the older one. The decision to buy

National Advanced Surface to Air Missile



System-II (NASAMS-II) was taken by the

Defence Acquisitions Council (DAC), chaired

by Defence Minister Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman

on July 29, 2018. NASAMS-II is equipped with

three-dimensional Sentinel radars. Not just

radars, it is also armed with short and medium-

range missiles, launchers, fire-distribution

centers and command-and-control units. The

command-and-control units have the ability to

shoot down missiles, drones and other airborne

threats. These units have been shielding

Washington, Moscow and several other Israeli

cities.

Lok Sabha Passes Anti-graft Amendment

Bill

The Lok Sabha passed the Prevention of

Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2018 on July 24,

2018, that seeks to punish bribe-givers and

bribe-takers. The Bill provides for jail terms of

three to seven years, besides fine, to those

convicted of taking or giving bribes to public

officials. The Bill also extends the ambit of

public servants who will be protected by the

provision of a prior government sanction for

prosecution. There is also a provision now to

get prior permission for starting an

investigation and that has prompted many to

say that the law has been "diluted" from its

original draft.

India Elected As President Of Asia-Pacific

Institute For Broadcasting Development

India was elected as the President of the Asia-

Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development

(AIBD) for a period of two years on August 3,

2018. India got elected against Iran during

voting which took place at the 44th annual

gathering of AIBD in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The

three-day gathering was inaugurated by Sri

Lankan Minister of Finance and Mass Media

Mr. Mangala Samarweera. On the same

occasion, Director-General of All India Radio,

Mr. Faiyyaz Sheheryar was re-elected as Chair

of the Executive Board of the AIBD, while Sri

Lanka was elected as Vice-chair.

Established in 1977 under the auspices of

UNESCO, AIBD is a unique regional inter-

governmental organisation servicing countries

of the United Nations Economic and Social

Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-

ESCAP) in the field of electronic media

development. It currently has 26 member

countries, represented by 34 organisations, and

67 affiliate member organisations with a total

membership of 101, representing 48 countries

and regions and over 50 partners. It is hosted by

Malaysia and its secretariat is located in Kuala

Lumpur.

Supreme Court Lifts 'Blanket Ban' On

Peaceful Protests At Jantar Mantar

In a much-awaited judgement, Supreme Court

lifted the blanket ban imposed on protests

around Delhi's furious Jantar Mantar on July

23, 2018. In its decision, the court said that

protesters are allowed to organise peaceful

protests in the area. There cannot be a

"complete ban" on holding protests and sit-ins

at Jantar Mantar and Boat Club in New Delhi,

the court said. The court has ordered the Delhi

Police to prepare rules in accordance with the

areas around the buildings where the people c

an peacefully hold such events. Also, the

guidelines for the protests will specify the

occasions when these demonstrations cannot be

held. A bench comprising Justice A.K. Sikri

and Justice Ashok Bhushan said that there is a

need to maintain a balance between conflicting

rights such as the rights of citizens to live

peacefully and the right to protest.

PM Modi Launches Projects Worth Rs.

60,000 Crore In Lucknow Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi launched 81

projects worth Rs. 60,000 crore in Lucknow,

Uttar Pradesh on July 29, 2018. All these 81

projects are a part of the 1,045 MoUs that were

signed at the Uttar Pradesh Investors‘ Summit

that was held in February 2018. Within a few

months of the Investors‘ Summit, the

investment proposals for 81 projects amounting

to investment of about Rs. 60,000 crore have

now materialized. The event was attended by

Home Minister Mr. Rajnath Singh, Uttar

Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and

business tycoons like Adani Group Chairman

Mr. Gautam Adani, Chairman of Aditya Birla

Group Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla, Essel

Group Chairman Mr. Subhash Chandra and

ITC Ltd. Managing Director Mr. Sanjeev Puri.

Government Sets Up High-level Committee

And GoM To Frame Law Against Lynchings The Central Government set up a high-level

committee and a Group of Ministers headed by



Home Minister Mr. Rajnath Singh to check

mob lynchings, on July 23, 2018. The officials‘

committee will be headed by Home Secretary

Mr. R.K. Gauba and have Secretaries of the

Departments of Justice, Legal Affairs,

Legislative and Social Justice and

Empowerment as its members. The committee

will deliberate and make recommendations

within four weeks. The government also

decided to constitute a Group of Ministers

(GoM) headed by Mr. Rajnath Singh to

consider the committee‘s recommendations.

External Affairs Minister Ms. Sushma Swaraj,

Minister for Road Transport and Highways Mr.

Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Law and Justice Mr.

Ravi Shankar Prasad and Minister for Social

Justice and Empowerment Mr. Thaawar Chand

Gehlot are members of the GoM. The GoM will

submit its recommendations to Prime Minister

Mr. Narendra Modi.

No-confidence Motion Against Modi

Government Defeated The first no-confidence motion brought against

the Narendra Modi government in four years by

the opposition parties was defeated in the Lok

Sabha on July 20, 2018 after a debate that

lasted 12 hours. The no-confidence motion was

brought by the Telugu Desam Party (TDP),

Congress and other opposition parties. With the

proceedings going on late in the night, Lok

Sabha Speaker Ms. Sumitra Mahajan put the

motion to vote. While the motion was defeated

in the voice vote itself, the division of votes

showed that the NDA had won 325 votes while

the Opposition garnered 126 votes and none of

the 451 members present had abstained. The

535-member Lok Sabha has 313 MPs

belonging to the NDA while 222 belong to the

opposition parties. Shiv Sena and Biju Janata

Dal walked out of no-confidence motion

proceedings in Lok Sabha.

India, South Korea Sign 11 Pacts To

Enhance Cooperation In Various Fields The President of South Korea, Mr. Moon Jae-

in, was on a four-day visit to India from July 8

to 11, 2018. His visit was a landmark in

providing a new impetus to India-South Korea

relations. This was Mr. Moon‘s first official

visit to India. South Korean President Mr.

Moon and First Lady Ms. Kim Jung-sook got

ceremonial reception on their arrival. They

kicked-off their visit with a tour of the

Akshardham temple in New Delhi. During his

visit, Mr. Moon attended an India-Korea

Business Forum. Prime Minister Mr. Narendra

Modi and Mr. Moon together visited the

Gandhi Smriti. Thereafter, they visited a

Samsung plant in Noida, UP. Mr. Moon Jae-in

inaugurated the world‘s biggest mobile factory

in Noida. Mr. Moon was accorded a ceremonial

reception at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.

India and South Korea signed 11 pacts in New

Delhi in the presence of PM Mr. Narendra

Modi and South Korean President Mr. Moon

Jae-in on July 10, 2018. The 11 MoUs will

enhance cooperation between India and South

Korea in various fields including trade, culture,

and science and technology, trade remedies for

cooperation in the areas like anti-dumping,

subsidy, countervailing and safeguard measures

a pact between the Research Design and

Standards Organisation (RDSO) and the Korea

Railroad Research Institute (KRRI) was signed

for cooperation in railway research, exchange

of railway-related experience and development

of railway industries.

An MoU on Future Strategy Group was inked

between the two sides for cooperation in

development of cutting edge technologies for

commercialization to reap benefits of the 4th

Industrial revolution. Thrust areas under this

include Internet of Things (IOT), Artificial

Intelligence (AI), Big Data, Smart Factory, 3D

Printing, Electric Vehicle, Advance Materials

and Affordable Healthcare for the elderly and

disabled.

10th

Edition Of ASEAN Delhi Dialogue Held

In New Delhi The 10

th edition of the ASEAN Delhi Dialogue

(DD X) was held in the national capital from

July 19 to 20, 2018. External Affairs Minister

Ms. Sushma Swaraj hosted the DD X. The

theme of the 2018 DD X was ―Strengthening

India-ASEAN Maritime Cooperation‖.

At the Delhi Dialogue, Ms. Sushma Swaraj

spoke of India‘s vision for the Indo-Pacific

region. She said that the region must be a free,

open and an inclusive region. It should allow

use of common spaces on sea and in the air, she

added, in a possible reference to China

aggressively claiming large parts of the South

China Sea as its territorial waters and imposing

restrictions against navigation and overflight in



the region. ASEAN groups together comprise

Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao

PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines,

Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. India

launched its ―Look East Policy‖ aiming to forge

closer economic and political links with the

ASEAN in 1992 and became a dialogue partner

of the grouping in 1996.

CURRENT TOPICS: WORLD

Imran Khan’s PTI Emerges As Single

Largest Party In Pakistan Elections Former Cricketer Imran Khan‘s Pakistan

Tehreek-e-Insaf emerged as the single largest

party, winning 116 of the 270 contested seats,

as revealed in the final results released by

Election Commission of Pakistan on July 28,

2018. The party, however, is short of the 137

needed for simple majority. The final results

were announced more than two days after the

conclusion of voting for the 11th

general

elections held on July 25, 2018. According to

the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP),

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led the National

Assembly tally with 116 seats whereas, jailed

former Prime Minister Mr. Nawaz Sharif‘s

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)

stood second with 64 seats; former President

Mr. Asif Ali Zardari‘s Pakistan Peoples Party

(PPP) was at the third spot with 43 seats.

Muttahida Majlis-e-Aml Pakistan (MMAP) was

at fourth position with 13 seats. The PTI is on

the top with 16,857,035 votes, followed by the

PML-N with 12,894,225 and the PPP with

6,894,296 votes. The independent candidates

are the fourth largest group in terms of votes

cast with a total of 6,011,297 votes received,

the ECP said. Thirteen independent candidates

have also won and would play an important

role as the PTI needs their support to form the

government at the Centre. The Karachi-based

Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan

(MQMP), which ruled the city for decades,

managed to win just six seats.

The election marks the second democratic

transition of power in the 70-year history of

Pakistan. The military has ruled Pakistan

through various coups for nearly half of the

country‘s history since independence in 1947.

Asian Nations Slam US-China Trade War Asian countries have voiced their concern on

the potentially devastating impact of a US-

China trade war, with Ministers calling for the

acceleration of talks for a gigantic Beijing-

backed free-trade deal that excludes the United

States. Fear that a simmering trade spat

between the world‘s top two economies could

spiral into a full-blown trade war-with painful

consequences for China‘s neighbors – was on

among the topics dominating discussion at

ASEAN Foreign Ministers‘ meeting held in

Singapore on August 2, 2018. Tit-for-tat tariffs

have fuelled months of tensions that were

notched up as Beijing threatened to impose

levies on $60 billion of American goods. The

measures, which the White House ridiculed as

weak but China said were fully justified, came

after Washington said that it would increase the

rate of additional tariffs on Chinese goods

worth $200 billion.

BRICS Summit 2018 Defends

Multilateralism, Opposes Trade

Protectionism The 2018 BRICS Summit was held in

Johannesburg, South Africa from July 25 to 27,

2018. The three-day summit, centered around

the theme ―BRICS in Africa: Collaboration for

Inclusive Growth and Shared Prosperity in the

Fourth Industrial Revolution‖, witnessed the

discussion of core areas of cooperation and

mutual interest of BRICS – which included,

economic concerns, trade and investments,

international security and peace and global

governance. The summit also included a

BRICS-Africa Outreach Session. During this

session the leaders from Angola, Gabon,

Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo, and Uganda

engaged themselves in effective dialogues with

BRICS heads of state.

The ‗Johannesburg Declaration‘ was adopted at

the summit, mapping out a blueprint for the

emerging-market bloc‘s second ―Golden

Decade‖. The international community highly

regarded the outcomes of the summit, saying

that the summit marks the BRICS countries that

are taking new steps in strengthening

innovation and industrialization, thus, sending a

clear message for defending multilateralism and



opposing trade protectionism. It will further

strenghthen BRICS cooperation and play a key

and positive role in boosting the world

economic growth and improving global

governance. The 10th

edition of the BRICS

Summit took place in the backdrop of

increasing trade tensions that had gripped major

trading countries, including the United States,

China, Russia and the European Union nations.

Donald Trump And Vladimir Putin Meet At

Helsinki Summit A long-awaited summit between US President

Mr. Donald Trump and Russian President Mr.

Vladimir Putin took place in the presidential

palace of Finland in Helsinki on July 16, 2018.

The summit marked the first official meeting

between the two leaders after previous

unofficial talks between Mr. Trump and Mr.

Putin at the G20 Hamburg and APEC Vietnam

Summits held in 2017. The summit was

officially called the #HELSINKI2018 Meeting

by the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and

was hosted by the President of Finland, Mr.

Sauli Niinisto. The bilateral discussions

between the Russian and American Presidents

took place in the Gothic Hall of the Presidential

Palace. Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin met with only

interpreters present and were accompanied by

no aides or note takers. The two leaders then

joined aides for a working lunch in the former

Hall of Mirrors of the Russian imperial palace

and hosted a joint news conference. No agenda

was published for their discussion, and no

communiqué was issued afterwards.

North Korea Has Not Stopped Nuclear,

Missile Programme: Confidential UN Report North Korea has not stopped its nuclear and

missile programmes in violation of United

Nations sanctions, according to a confidential

UN report accessed by Reuters. The six-month

report by independent experts monitoring the

implementation of UN sanctions was submitted

to the Security Council North Korea sanctions

committee on August 3, 2018. According to the

149 page report, North Korea has not stooped

its nuclear and missile programmes and

continued to defy UN Security Council

resolutions through a massive increase in illicit

ship-to-ship transfers of petroleum products, as

well as through transfers of coal at sea during

2018 The North Korean mission to the United

Nations did not respond to a request for

comment on the report. The UN report said that

North Korea is cooperating militarily with

Syria and has been trying to sell weapons to

Yemen‘s Houthis. Pyongyang also violated a

textile ban by exporting more than $100 million

in goods between October 2017 and March

2018 to China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Sri

Lanka, Thailand, Turkey and Uruguay, the

report said. The report comes as Russia and

China suggest the Security Council discussions

easing sanctions after US President Mr. Donald

Trump and North Korean leader Mr. Kim Jong-

un met for the first time in June 2018 and Mr.

Kim pledged to work towards denuclearization.

The United States and other Council members

have said that there must be strict enforcement

of sanctions until Pyongyang acts.

PM Modi Visits Uganda, Adresses Ugandan

Parliament

Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi visited

Uganda from July 24 to 25, 2018, on the second

leg of his three-nation Africa tour after

Rwanda. India and Uganda signed four MoUs

in various fields including the areas of defence,

diplomatic ties, cultural exchange and material

testing laboratory. The agreements were signed

following the delegation-level talks between

PM Mr. Narendra Modi and Ugandan President

Mr. Yoweri Museveni in Kampala. The MoUs

signed between India and Uganda include

MoUs on Defence Cooperation; Visa

Exemption for Diplomatic and Official Passport

Holders; Cultural Exchange Programme; and

Material Testing Laboratory. PM Mr. Modi

also announced two Lines of Credit worth

nearly $200 million to Uganda in energy,

infrastructure, agricultural and dairy sectors.

India will continue to play as a stable partner in

the country‘s journey towards development.

India will also render vehicles, ambulances and

cancer therapy machine to Uganda. Mr. Modi

also offered to build a commemoration centre

in Kampala in memory of Mahatma Gandhi.

Both the countries would work together in

trade, investment and tourism sectors,

supporting mutual prosperity through

reciprocity.

India, Rwanda Review Bilateral Ties, Sign 8

MoUs



Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi was on a

two-day visit to Rwanda from July 23 to 24,

2018. Mr. Modi is the first Indian Prime

Minister to visit Rwanda. Rwandan President

Mr. Paul Kagame personally received PM Mr.

Modi at the airport. Mr. Modi and Mr. Kagame

held wide-ranging talks and discussed a host of

measures to boost bilateral strategic ties.

Agreements in the area of trade, defence, dairy

cooperation, agriculture, culture, leather and

allied sectors and two lines of credit worth

$200 million for expansion of the special

economic zone and irrigation scheme were

signed between the two nations.

UAE Launches Amnesty Scheme For

Overstayers The UAE launched a landmark three-month

visa amnesty programme on August 1, 2018,

that will benefit hundreds of illegal foreign

workers, including Indians, who are

overstaying their permits. The programme

allows the workers to leave the country without

paying penalty and also gives them six months

to find a job. The UAE is home to 2.8 million

Indian expatriates, the largest expatriate

community in the country.

This is the third such amnesty announced by

the UAE government in just over a decade.

Overstaying residents have the option of exiting

the country without facing punishment.

Alternatively, they can also rectify their status

by getting a new sponsored, valid visa.

Israel Adopts Jewish Nation-state Law

Giving Special Status To Jews

The Parliament of Israel adopted a law defining

the country as the nation-state of the Jewish

people on July 19, 2018, provoking fears that it

could lead to blatant discrimination against

Arab citizens. Arab lawmakers and Palestinians

called the law racist and said that it legalized

apartheid following a tumultuous debate in

Parliament. Others said that it neglects to

specify equality and the democratic character of

Israel, implying that the country‘s Jewish

nature comes first. The European Union

expressed concern and called for the rights of

minorities to be respected. The legislation,

adopted by 62 votes to 55, makes Hebrew the

country‘s national language and defines the

establishment of Jewish communities as being

in the national interest. Arabic, previously

considered an official language, was granted

only special status. The law speaks of Israel as

the historic homeland of the Jews and says that

they have a ―unique‖ right to self-determination

there, according to its final text. The legislation

becomes a part of the country‘s basic laws,

which serves as a de facto constitution. Prime

Minister of Israel Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu said

after the vote on the legislation, backed by his

right-wing government that the country is a

Jewish state, but in recent years some have tried

to question that as well as the principles of

existence and rights of Jews. He called its

approval a ―decisive moment‖ in the history of

Israel.

Emergency Lifted In Turkey After Two

Years The state of emergency in Turkey, which was

imposed after the failed 2016 coup, came to an

end on July 18, 2018. President of Turkey Mr.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan had declared the state of

emergency on July 20, 2016, five days after

warplanes bombed Ankara and bloody clashes

broke out in Istanbul in a doomed putsch bid

that claimed 249 lives. The measure, which

normally lasts three months but was extended

seven times, ended after the government

decided not to ask that it be extended for an

eighth time. The state of emergency saw the

detention of some 80,000 people and about

double that number sacked from jobs in public

institutions. The biggest purge of Turkey‘s

modern history has targeted not just alleged

supporters of Fethullah Gulen, the US-based

preacher blamed for the coup, but also Kurdish

activists and leftists. The former leaders of the

opposition pro-Kurdish Peoples‘ Democratic

Party (HDP) – Mr. Figen Yuksekdag and Mr.

Selahattin Demirtas – are still languishing in

jail following their arrest in November 2016 on

charges of links to Kurdish insurgents. During

the presidential election campaign, which he

won, Mr. Erdogan pledged that the state of

emergency would end. But the opposition has

been angered by the government‘s submission

of new legislation to Parliament that apparently

seeks to formalize some of the harshest aspects

of the emergency. The main opposition,

Republican People‘s Party (CHP), said that the

new measures would amount to a state of

emergency on their own.



Britain’s Brexit And Foreign Ministers

Resign The Brexit Minister of Britain, Mr. David

Davis, resigned on July 9, 2018, two days after

the cabinet approved a plan to retain strong

alignment with the European Union even after

leaving the bloc. The resignation was a blow to

Prime Minister Ms. Theresa May, who was

trying to win over Brexit hardliners in her own

Conservative Party ahead of a fresh round of

negotiations with Brussels. A long-time

eurosceptic, Mr. Davis was appointed in 2016

to head up the newly-created Department for

Exiting the European Union after Britain voted

to leave the European Union in a historic

referendum. He became the face of Brexit,

leading the British delegation in talks with

Brussels, although his role was overshadowed

in recent months as Ms. May and her aides took

an increasingly key role in the negotiations. Mr.

Davis had reportedly threatened to quit several

times over a perceived lack of firmness in

Britain‘s negotiating stance but had remained

strictly loyal to the Prime Minister in public.

The resignation came just hours before Ms.

May was due in Parliament to explain her plan

for Britain to adopt EU rules on goods after

Brexit, amid anger from MPs in her own party

who want a cleaner break. Mr. Davis was

replaced a day later with Mr. Dominic Raab, a

lawmaker who strongly supports the exit of

Britain from the European Union. Mr. Raab,

44, was elected to Parliament in 2010 and has

served in a range of different junior ministerial

roles.

Persons in News

Moon Jae-in President of South Korea Me.

Moon Jae-in was on a four-day visit to India

from July 8 to 11, 2018. This was Mr. Moon‘s

first official visit to India. During his visit, Mr.

Moon attended an India-Korea Business

Forum. He inaugurated the world‘s biggest

mobile factory of Samsung in Noida, UP. Mr.

Moon was accorded a ceremonial reception at

the Rashtrapati Bhawan. Prime Minister Mr.

Narendra Modi Held official talks with the

South Korean President in Hyderabad House in

New Delhi, India and South Korea signed 11

pacts in New Delhi in the presence of PM Mr.

Modi ;and Mr. Moon Jae-in

Narendra Modi Prime Minister Mr. Narendra

Modi was on three-nation tour of Rwanda,

Uganda and South Africa from July 23 to 27,

2018. Mr. Modi is the first Indian Prime

Minster to visit Rwanda. During his visit, India

and Rwanda signed 8 MoUs. Mr. Modi gifted

200 dairy cows to Rwera Model Village as a

part of the Rawandan government‘s Girinka

programme for economic development. PM Mr.

Modi visited Uganada on the second leg of his

tour. India and Uganda signed four MoUs in

various fields. Mr. Modi addressed the

Ugandan Parliament in capital Kampala, the

first such address by an Indian PM. Mr. Modi,

who attended the BRICS Summit during the

third leg of his tour in South Africa, addressed

the preliminary session of the Summit. He

highlighted the importance of industrial

technology, skill development and multilateral

cooperation in creating a better world.

Imran Khan Former cricket star-turned-

politician Imran Khan‘s Pakistan Tehreek-e-

Insaf‘s (PTI) emerged as the single largest

party, winning 116 of the 270 contested seats in

the Pakistan‘s general elections whose results

were announced on July 28, 2018, Pakistan



Tehreek officially no9minated Imran Khan as

the party‘s Prime Ministerial candidate on

August 6, 2018. The election marks the second

democratic transition of power in the 70-year

history of Pakistan. The military has ruled

Pakistan through various coups for nearly half

of the country‘s history since independence in

1947.

Tshering Tobgay Bhutanse Prime Minster Mr.

Tshering Tobgay was on a three-day visit to

India from July 5 to 7, 2018. He met with

Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi and the two

leaders resolved to enhance India-Bhutan ties in

all areas of mutual interest. The two Prime

Ministers also reviewed bilateral economic and

hydropower cooperation, including the progress

in implementation of the India-assisted hydro-

electric projects in Bhutan. Mr. Tobgay also

called on Hon‘ble President Mr. Ram Nath

Kovind.

Sushma Swaraj External Affairs Minister Ms.

Sushma Swaraj visited Bahrain from July 14 to

15, 2018. During her visit, Ms. Swaraj co-

chaired the second high joint commission

meeting with the Foreign Minister of Bahrain

Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa. She also

inaugurated a new chancellory complex and

addressed a gathering of the Indian community

residing there. Ms. Swaraj also had a series of

meetings with the Bahraini political leadership.

Apart from this, according to a study by a

global communications agency Burson Cohn &

Wolfe (BCW), Ms. Sushma Swaraj is not only

the most followed female world leader but also

the most followed Foreign Minister in the

world on Twitter.

Akshay Venkatesh Australian Mathematician

of Indian origin Mr. Akshay Venkatesh, 36, of

the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton

won Fields Medal 2018 at the International

Congress of Mathematicians in Rio de Janeiro

on August 1, 2018. He got the award for his use

of dynamics theory, which studies the equations

of moving objects to solve problems in number

theory. Mr. Venkatesh was born in New Delhi

but his family moved to Perth when he we was

two-years old. He earned his PhD degree at the

age of 20. He currently teaches at Stanford

University.

Seema Nanda Indian-American Ms. Seema

Nanda took over as the CEO of the opposition

Democratic National Committee of US on July

23, 2018. She has become the first Indian-

American ever to be the Chief Executive

Officer of either the Democratic National

Committee or the Republican National

Committee. In this capacity, she is responsible

for the day-to-day operations of the powerful

Democratic National Committee (DNC).

Jeff Bezos Amazon.com Inc. Founder Mr. Jeff

Bezos‘ net worth cracked $ 150 billion in New

York on July 17, 2018, according to the

Bloomberg Billionaires Index. That‘s about $

55 billion more than Microsoft Corp. co-

founder Mr. Bill Gates, the world‘s second-

richest person. Mr. Bezos, 54, also has topped

Mr. Gates in inflation-adjusted terms. The $

100 billion mark that Mr. Gates hit briefly in

1999 at the height of the dotcom boom would

be worth about $ 149 billion in today‘s dollars.

That makes the Amazon chief executive office

richer than anyone else on earth since at least

1982, when Forbes published its inaugural

wealth ranking.

Hima Das Ace athlete Hima Das of Assam

created history by winning the gold medal in

the women‘s 400-metre event at the IAAF

World U-20 Championships held at Tampere,

Finland on July 12, 2018. Hima clocked 51.46

seconds in the final at the Ratina Stadium to

become the first Indian athlete to win gold in a

world championship across all age groups.

From Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi to

Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri, Hima‘s

historic achievement garnered praise from all

quarters.



Latest in Sports

ATHLETICS

Dipa Karmakar becomes first Indian

gymnast to win gold in global event: Dipa

Karmakar on July 8, 2018 Scripted history by

becoming the first Indian gymnast to clinch a

gold medal at a global event, announcing in

style her comeback from a career-threatening

injury, at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World

Challenge Cup in Mersin, Turkey.

Returning to action after a lay-off of nearly two

years due to a knee injury, Dipa emerged

triumphant in the vault event. The 24-year-old

from Tripura, who had finished fourth in vault

event at the 2016 Rio Olympics, scored 14.150

to clinch gold. She had topped the qualification

with a score of 13.400.

Anju Khosla becomes Oldest Indian woman

to complete lronman Triathlon: At an age

when most people begin to plan for retirement,

Anju Khosla is revving up life chasing fresh

adventures.

At 52, she has just become the oldest Indian

woman to complete an Ironman Triathlon- one

of the toughest one day sporting events. The

New Delhi resident completed her first full

Ironman Triathlon, in Carinthia, Austria, in 15

hours, 54 minutes and 54 seconds.

It comprises 3.86 km swimming leg, 180.25 km

bike leg followed by a marathon (42.2km), to

be completed. without a break.

Neeraj Chopra clinches gold medal in

Sotteville Athletics meet in France: India‘s

star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra comfortably

won the gold at the Sotteville Athletics meet in

France, beating a competitive filed which

included 2012 London Olympics gold-medallist

Keshorn Walcott.

Chopra‘s throw of 85.17m put him way ahead

of the field, including Moldova‘s Andrian

Mardare (81.48m) and Lithuania‘s Edis

Matusevicius (79.31m), who finished second

and third respectively.

Waclott of Trinidad and Tobago came up with

a throw of 78.26m, which was only enough for

fifth place.

The 20-year-old Indian from Panipat had first

made headlines when he won the gold in the

2016 World Junior Championship with a record

throw of 86.48m.

He also won the gold at the Commonwealth

Games in Gold Coast earlier this year before

breaking the national record with a 87.43m

effort at the Doha Diamond League, where he

finished fourth.

Hima Das becomes first Indian woman to

win gold in World Jr Athletics

Championships: Sprinter Hima Das on July 1,

2018 scripted history by becoming the first

Indian woman athlete to win a gold at the world

level as she clinched the top spot in the

woman‘s 400m final race in the IAAF World

Under-20 Athletics Championships here.

The 18 year-old Das, a pre-tour-nament

favourite, clocked 51.46s to win the gold,

which triggered a wild celebration at the Indian

camp. This was though not her personal best as

she had clocked 51.13 last month in Guwahti at

the National Inter State Championships.

No woman before Das has won a gold medal in

a World Championship at any level, be it youth,

junior or senior. She is also the first Indian,

men or women, to have won a gold in a track

event at the world level.

Mansi Ahlawat settles for silver at junior

Asian wrestling: Mansi Ahlawat‘s dreams of

claiming the gold were crushed as she lost to

Japan‘s Akei Hanai in the finals of the Asian

Wrestling to land herself a silver. As a national

champion in the 57 kg category, Mansi wanted

to establish her influence at the continental

level through the Asian Wrestling.

Throughout the event, Mansi was a dominating

force with her father Pawan Ahlawat and coach

Mandeep by her side. However, her dream of

conquering the finale was dropped as she

remained incapable of subduing Japan‘s Akei

Hanai to whom she lost 10-0, via technical

superiority.

BADMINTON



Lakshya Sen clinches Gold at Asia Junior

Badminton Championship: Rising shuttler

Lakshya Sen stunned reigning world junior

champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand in

straight games to become only the third Indian

player to clinch a gold medal at the Asia Junior

Championships in Jakarta on July 22, 2018.

The sixth seeded Indian from Uttarakhand, who

had won a bronze medal in the last edition of

the competition, notched up 21-19, 21-18 upset

win over Vitidsarn in the summit clash that

lasted for 46 minutes.

Russia Open: Sourabh Verma bags gold in

men’s singles, Rohan Kapoor and Kuhoo

Garg cliam silver in mixed doubles: Indian

shuttler Sourabh Verma on July 29, 2018

bagged the gold medal in the men‘s singles

event, with the young mixed doubles duo of

Rohan Kapoor and Kuhoo Garg bringing home

the silver medal in the Russia Open. This

follows Lakshya Sen‘s recent gold medal-

winning performance at the Asian Juniors in

Jakarta.

The Indian shuttlers continued to put up a

stellar display, which was capped by sixth-

seeded Sourabh, scripting a comeback win to

triumph over Japan‘s Koki

Watanabe in the summit clash. Having lost the

first game 18-21, he prevailed in the following

two registering a 21-12, 21-17 scoreline to

clinch his first title of the season in a thriller

that lasted exactly an hour.

In the first game, a lackluster beginning saw

Sourabh trailing 5-11, even though Watanabe

managed only a slender lead initially. Yet, the

former national champion showed great

character and leveled at 18-18 before the world

No 119 Japanese finished emphatically.

Sourabh, eager to keep himself in the hunt for

the medal, looked much more composed and

with his effective half-court smashes and an

equally strong net play, maintained the lead to

take the second game 21-12.

CRICKET

MS Dhoni becomes third Indian cricketer to

play 500 international matches: MS Dhoni

added yet another milestone to his glittering

career after completing 500 international games

when playing in the second T201 against

England at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. Dhoni is

now the ninth player in the history of cricket

and only the third Indian Player, after Sachin

Tendulkar (664 matches) and Rahul Dravid

(509), to complete 500 international games.

Some of the other names to feature on this list

are – Mahela Jayawardene (652), Ricky

Ponting (560), Shahid Afridi (524) and Jacques

Kallis (519). Incidentally, Dhoni‘s fastest ODI

fifty also came at the Sophia Gardens, thus

making it a special venue for the Indian

wicketkeeper.

So far Dhoni has featured in 92 T20ls, 90 Test

matches and 318 One Day Internationals.

Rahul Dravid, Ricky Ponting inducted into

ICC Cricket Hall of Fame: Former India

captain Rahul Dravid and Australian legend

Ricky Ponting have been inducted into the ICC

Cricket Hall of Fame for their stupendous

achievements in international cricket.

Along with Dravid and Ponting, retired

England woman wicketkeeper batter Claire

Taylor was also named in the ‗Hall of Fame‘

during a ceremony in Dublin on July 1, 2018.

Dravid became only the fifth player from India

to be named in the elite list.

The other four Indians are former skippers

Bishan Singh Bedi, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev

and Anil Kumble. Ponting is the 25th

from

Australia to receive the honour.

Rohit Sharma’s Century helps India seal

T20 win against England: A 199-run target

was no mean feat during India‘s series decider

against England on July 8, 2018. But opener

Rohit Sharma made it seem like a cake-walk, as

he smashed an unbeaten century and guided the

visitors to a seven wicket win in Bristol. With

this, India sealed the three-match T20 series 2-

1.

Opening batsman Jason Roy rained sixes in his

blistering innings of 67 off just 31 balls, but

India put up a superb fight on the back of

Hardik Pandya‘s four-wicket haul to restrict

England to 198/9. The visitors then reached

their target with seven wickets in hand and

eight balls remaining

With the win in the three-match T201 series

against England, the Indian team extended its

streak of consecutive series wins in T20

Internationals to six.



Joe Root hits century as England beat India

to win third ODI and series: England thrashed

India by eight wickets with 33 balls to spare, a

victory far more straightforward than anyone

could have expected and one of the most

rewarding since the last World Cup. This win

secured the series 2-1 against the No 2 side in

the world in the sort of conditions India would

have welcomed: a dry surface offering some

turn to their spin bowlers.

England restricted India to 256 for eight, a

target which is deemed to be a doddle in this

era. But this match had the feel of a final,

which made it all the more intriguing, and at

the start there was more tension around as a

consequence. That all vanished as rapidly as

some of the Indian supports in the last hour as

Joe Root and Eoin Morgan calmly cruised to

their goal in an unbroken partnership of 186.

Root hit his 13th

ODI century from the last ball

of the match to become England‘s most prolific

ODI centurion, surpassing Marcus Trescothick.

Fakhar Zaman becomes fastest batsman to

score 1000 ODI runs: Fakhar Zaman has been

making headlines with his batting in the

ongoing series against Zimbabwe. During the

5th

ODI in Bulawayo on July 22, 2018, the left-

handed Pakistan opener etched his name in

history for a new world record as he became the

fastest batsman to score 1000 ODI runs. He

took 18 innings to achieve the feat and broke

West Indies great Viv Richards‘ record.

Richards completed 1000 ODI runs in 21

innings.

On July 20, 2018, Fakhar Zaman became the

first Pakistan batsman to score a double ton in

ODI cricket history and also stitched a world

record partnership of 304 runs for the opening

wicket with Imam-ul-Haq.

FOOTBALL

France crowned World Cup 2018

Champions after beating Croatia in Final:

France overwhelmed Croatia 4-2 in the World

Cup final at Moscow‘s Luzhniki stadium on

July 15, 2018 to lift the trophy for the second

time in 20 years.

The Les Blues proved superior to their Croatian

counterparts in the final game played at the

Luzhniki stadium.

At the end of proceedings, France put four

goals past Croatia, whiles the Croats could only

manage to score twice.

The win means Didier Deschamps, captain of

the 1998 side, becomes the third man to lift the

World Cup as player and coach after Brazil‘s

Mario zagallo and Germany‘s Franz

Beckenbauer.

After an early own goal by Mario Mandzukic

France‘s big guns delivered on the biggest stage

of all as Antoine Griezmann-with a penalty

awarded after a VAR review-Paul Pogba and

teenage tyro Kylian Mbappe all hit the target.

lvan Perisic and Mandzukic replied for Croatia,

who ended beaten but unbowed after making

much of the running in their first appearance in

the final.

It was the highest-scoring decider since

England beat West Germany 4-2 after extra-

time in 1966 and the highest in normal time

since Brazil defeated Sweden 5-2 60 years ago.

There were as many goals in 90-action-packed

Moscow minutes as in the last four finals

combined, and three of those went to extra

time.

FIFA Golden Boot:Harry Kane (6 goals)

FIFA Golden Ball: Luka Modric

FIFA Silver Ball: Eden Hazard

FIFA Bronze Ball: Antoine Griezmann

FIFA Golden Glove: Thibaut Courtois

FIFA Fair Play Award: Spain

FIFA Young Player Award: Kylian

Mbappe

HOCKEY

Australia wins 15

th Hockey Champions

Trophy: The Australian men‘s hockey team

have triumphed in the Netherlands, winning a

nailbiting extra-time final against India-to claim

their 15th

Champions Trophy.

In fact, the match was too close to be decided in

regular time-the teams were tied 1-1 at full-



time. Australia managed to get the better of

India in the shootouts, scoring 3-2 for the win.

WEIGHTLIFTING

Jhili Dalabehera wins Bronze in Junior

Weightlifting Championship: Jhilli

Dalabehera bagged the bronze medal in the

2018 IWF Junior World Weightlifting

Championships. She lifted 167 kg (75 kg + 92

kg) in 48 kg to finish third.

She is the second female lifter after Saikhom

Mirabai Chanu (in 2013) to win a medal in the

Junior World Championships.

MISCELLANEOUS

Tokyo 2020 committee officially unveils

Olympic mascots: The Tokyo 2020 Organising

Committee officially presented its Olympic

mascots Miraitowa and Someity at a massive

event in Tokyo on July 22, 2018.

The ceremony, which was attended by Tokyo

Governor Yuriko Koike and organising

committee president Yoshiro Mori, was held at

a popular mall where hundreds of children and

spectators had gathered.

The name of the blue-checked Olympic

mascotMiraitowa is derived from a

combination of the Japanese words for future

and eternity and seeks to ―promote a future full

of eternal hope in the hearts of people all over

the world‖.

Someity, the pink-checked Paralympic mascot

which owes its name to a type of cherry tree

blossom, ―exhibits enormous mental and

physical strength‖ and represents paralympic

athletes, ―who overcome obstacles and redefine

the boundaries of what is possible,‖ according

to the committee.

734 youngsters shortlisted for Khelo India

scholarship program: Sports Authority of

India (SAI) has cleared the names of 734

players for a scholarship programme under

Khelo India Talent Identification Development

scheme for development of sports in the

country.

The high-powered committee, which approved

the names of the players, claimed that the

scholarship program is designed to take care of

the expense of the players.

The selected players will be eligible for an

annual stipend of Rs. 1.2 lakhs on a quarterly

basis to meet their out of pocket expense,

treating injuries and even smaller elements like

local travel.

Static GK Capsule

Indian Polity and Constitution

Which article of the Constitution says that the

council of ministers shall be collectively

responsible to the Lok Sabha? Article 75

Which Bill can be introduced only in the lok

sabha? Money Bill

Who was elected the President of the

Constituent Assembly on December 11, 1946?

– Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Who was the Chairman of the Provincial

Constitution Committee? Sadar Vallabhbhai

Patel

Where have the words ‗We the people of India‘

been used in the Constitution of India? –

Preamble to the Constitution

Which Constitutional Amendment Act added a

new fundamental duty under Article 51 A to

provide opportunities for education to his child

between the age of 6 to 14 years? – The 86th

Constitutional Amendment Act, 2002

Which Article of the Indian Constitution deals

with the removal and suspension of a member

of a Public Service Commission? – Article 317

Although the chairman and members of State

Public Service Commission are appointed by

the Governor, they can be removed from their

post only by – The President of India



Part XVII of the Indian Constitution deals with

the official language in – Articles 343 to 351

Which kind of Panchyati Raj System was

recommended by the Balwant Rai Mehta

Committee? – Three-tier system

Indian History & National Movement

The Cabinet Mission of 1946 was headed by

– Sir Pettrick Lawrence

Which two provinces had totally non-

Congress ministries after the 1937 elections? –

Bengal and Punjab

The Royal Indian Navy revolted in 1946 in –

Bombay

Who founded India Home Rule Society (India

House) in London? – Shyamji Krishna Verma

Parallel government thus were established in

some places like Balia, Tamluk, Satara and

Talchar in during – Quit India Movement

Which Mandala of the Rigveda contains the

Purushasukta? – Tenth Mandala

George Yule was the first European to be

elected as President of the Indian National

Congress in – Allahabad Session, 1888

The two great leaders who launched

(separately) the Home Rule Movement in

Indian in 1915-16 were – Annie Besant and B.

G. Tilak

Mahatma Gandhi launched the Non-

Cooperation Movement on August 1, 1920. The

same day a great nationalist leader passed

away. He was – Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Who was the Chief Advocate of the INA Trial

in November 1945 at the Red Fort, Delhi? –

Bhulabhai Desai

Which Indian leader was popularly known as

‘Andhra Kesari’?- T. Prakasam

Who is the author of the book, ‗India for

Indians‘? – C.R. Das

Economic Affairs Of India

Meeting point of aggregate demand and

aggregate supply is called – Equilibrium

demand

Fiscal policy refers to – Government taxes,

expenditure and borrowings

The Reserve Bank of India launched a portal to

curb illegal collection of money by companies.

Its name is – Sachet

‗Primary Deficit‘ refers to Fiscal deficit minus

– Interest Payments

Interest Rate Policy is a part of – Monetary

Policy

What is India‘s rank in the 2016 Global

Innovation Index – 66th

rank

Who is the new Governor of the Reserve Bank

of India? Urjit Patel

When an asset (loan) stops generating income

for the bank, it becomes a – Non-Performing

Asset (NPA)

Which bank is limited to the needs of

agriculture and rural finance only? NABARD

Geography (India AND World)

Benguela current is a cold ocean current of –

The Atlantic Ocean

Which is the deepest lake of the world? Lake

Baikal

The Bhakhra-Nangal Dam is located on the

river – Sutlej

In India Chilka and Pulicat Lakes are examples

of – Lagoons

The cool temperate grasslands of South

America are Known as – Pampas

Which country is popularly known as Island of

Clove‘s? Madagascar

Niti-La and Lipulekh-La passes are located in –

Uttarakhand

Which county shares the longest land frontier

with India? Bangladesh

The highest mountain peak of South India is –

Anai Mudi

Dul Hasti Power Project and Salal Project are

built on the – Chenab river

Berlin is located on the bank of -

The Spree river

Which current is also known as the Humbolt

current? – Peru current



Science & Technology

Who discovered ultra-violet rays? – Ritter

Which solutions of electrolytes are generally

used in the car battery? – Sulphuric acid

The major function of haemoglobin in the

human body is – To transport oxygen

The smell due to leakage from LPG cyclinder is

because of – Ethyl mercaptan

An artificial satellite can be tracked very

precisely from the earth by using – Doppler

effect

Ammonia is manufactured from nitrogen and

hydrogen by – Haber Process

Which vitamin is a crucial factor in calcium

metabolism, including the growth and structural

maintenance of bone?- Vitamin ‘D’

The study of cells specially their formation,

structure and functions is called – Cytology

A gas will behave as an ideal gas at – Very low

pressure and high temperature

Darwin‘s theory of evolution is – Survival of

the fittest and natural selection

Sports

Who became the fastest bowler of the world to

achieve 300 Test wickets mark? – R. Ashwin

Who emerged champion of IBSF World

Billiards (150-up) and World Snooker

Championship 2017 titles? –Pankaj Advani

Which team clinched Women‘s Asia Cup

Hockey title 2017? India

The number of players in the ‗Rugby Football‘

team is – 15

Who clinched the first gold medal of the 31st

Rio Olympics? – USA’s Shooter Virginia

Thrasher

The 32nd

Olympic Games in 2020 will be

organized in – Tokyo (Japan)

Gabba Cricket Stadium is located in –

Brisbane (Australia)

Vellodrome is the playing field or campus of –

Cycling

Joshna Chinappa, Dipika Pllikal and Harinder

Pal Sandhu are famous Indian player of –

Squash

Holkar Cricket Stadium is located in - Indore

‗Ant rubber‘, ‗Pitcher‘ and ‗Home run‘ are

terms associated with the game of – Baseball

Miscellaneous

Burning leaf of litchi plant is caused due to the

deficiency of – Potassium nutrient

White bud in maize is caused due to the

deficiency of – zinc

Cotton grown in India is mainly of

Environment, Biodiversity, Climate Change

etc. – Long staple

Minimata disease is caused due to the pollution

of – Mercury

World Water Day is observed on – March 22

Who was crowned Miss Universes 2017 –

Demi Leigh Nel-Peters of South Africa

‗Nautanki‘, Raslila‘, ‗Jhojra‘, Jaita‘ are famous

folk dances of – Uttar Pradesh

Which nutrient is considered essential for

growing pulse crop? – Cobalt

Ammonium phosphate is a – Complex

fertilizer

Rust of wheat is a disease caused by – Fungi

Puccinia

‗Fly ash‘ is pollutive combustion product of

burning – Coal

A population of living beings in a definite

geographical region is called – Biotic

Community

Which state is called the ‗Tiger State‘ in India –

Madhya Pradesh

Dudhwa National is located in Lakhimpur

Khiri (U.P.)

The biggest producer of saffron in India is

Jammu & Kashmir

The ‗Yellow Revolution‘ is associated with –

Oilseeds production

The micro-nutrient which is most deficient in

Indian soil is – Zinc



Current Affairs MCQs

1. Myanmar has become the 68th

signatory to

the Framework agreement of the International

Solar Alliance (ISA). Where is the

Headquarters of ISA?

(a) Australia (b) France

(c) Belgium (d) India

2. As per latest UN World Economic Situation

and Prospects (WESP) report 2018. What is the

Indian‘s GDP growth forecast for 2018-19?

(a) 6.6% (b) 6.9%

(c) 7.6% (d) 7.9%

3. The ‗Chhatra Parivahan Suraksha Yojana‘ is

a unique scheme to ensure safety of girl

students. This scheme has been launched by

which of the following states?

(a) Bihar (b) Jharkhand

(c) Kerala (d) Haryana

4. The BRICS Ministerial on Environment in

2018 has agreed to include which Indian

societal movement in its official agenda?

(a) Green Revolution

(b) Sustainable development

(c) Green Good Deeds

(d) None of the above

5. NITI Aayog in 2018 organised a Venture

Capital Symposium to deepen the economic

relationships between India and which country?

(a) The USA (b) France

(c) Israel (d) Turkey

6. European Union has honored which among

the following Bollywood personality for

strengthening Europe-India cultural ties in

2018?

(a) Irfan Khan

(b) Kareena Kapoor

(c) Amitabh Bachchan

(d) Ajay Devgan

7. Who among the following has been

appointed as the new Chairman of Lalit Kala

Akademi?

(a) Pawan Nayar (b) Pankaj Paswan

(c) Amit Jambekar (d) Uttam Pacharne

8. India‘s first advisory Centre for Energy

Regulation (CER) has been established at

which IIT institute?

(a) IIT Kharagpur (b) IIT Patna

(c) IIT Kanpur (d) IIT Varanasi

9. The winner of the 5th

Women‘s Asian

Champions Trophy 2018 is?

(a) South Korea (b) Afghanistan

(c) Nepal (d) Pakistan

10. What is theme of the 2018 International

Bio-diversity Day (IBD)?

(a) Sustainable Bio-diversity

(b) Bio-diversity and Sustainable Environment

(c) Celebrating 25 Years of Action for Bio-

diversity


11. Which among the following has been

elected as the new President of Venezuela?

(a) Hugo Chaveg (b) Javier Bertucci

(c) Henri Falcon (d) Nicolas Maduro

12. The 71st World Health Assembly (WHA

2018) has been hosted by

(a) Brazil (b) Switzerland

(c) Turkey (d) France

13. The prestigious Man Booker International

Prize 2018 for fiction has been won by?

(a) Virginie Despentes (b) Han Kang

(c) Ahmad Saddawi (d) Olga Tokarczuk

14. The Smart Cities India Expo 2018 was

hosted by which among the following cities?

(a) New Delhi (b) Bengaluru

(c) Kolkata (d) Pune

15. After approval of the Union Cabinet in

2018 India‘s first national sports university will

come up in which State?

(a) Haryana (b) Kerala

(c) Manipur (d) Telangana

16. The new chairman of the Press Council of

India (PCI) is



(a) CK Prasad (b) Karan Thapar

(c) Sudhir Chaudhary (d) Subhash Chandra

17. To examine strengths, weaknesses for

enabling balanced expansion of health sector a

high level group has been constituted by the

15th

Finance Commission under?

(a) Randeep Guleria (b) Navneet Sharma

(c) Shrikant Gauda (d) TK Prasad

18. The Ministry of HRD has launched which

scheme for holistic development of school

education?

(a) Shiksha Sabka Adhikar

(b) Samagra Shiksha

(c) Deen Dayal Rashtriya Siksha Yojana

(d) Atal Siksha Abhiyan

19. The 2018 Uber Cup which is also called the

Women‘s World Badminton Championship has

been won by

(a) Japan (b) India

(c) Russia (d) China

20. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has

approved Nepal for having eliminated from

which disease as a public health problem?

(a) AIDS (b) Trachoma

(c) Asthama (d) Cancer


awarded the Most Valuable Player in the 2018

Indian Premier League (IPL-11)?

(a) Chrish Gale (b) Suresh Raina

(c) Sunil Narine (d) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

22. ‗Drink Move Be Strong‘ was the theme of

which of the following event in 2018?

(a) World Water Conservation Day

(b) World Milk Day

(c) World Breast Feeding Day


23. To offer digital literacy programme for

women National Commission for Women

(NCW) has partnered with which social

networking giant?

(a) Whatsapp (b) Linkedln

(c) Twitter (d) Facebook

24. To encourage simple, affordable, qreliable,

clean and environmentally fit sustainable means

of transportation the first ever World Bicycle

Day (WBD 2018) was observed on.

(a) June 12 (b) June 01

(c) July 15 (d) June 03

25. The ‗End of Childhood Index 2018‘, has

been issued by global child rights group ‗Save

the Children‘, Which rank has been secured by

India in this Index?

(a) 136th

(b) 125th

(c) 109th

(d) 113th

26. Timothy Pereira, who passed away was

popularly associated with?

(a) Cricket (Australia)

(b) Football (India)

(c) Tennis (Switzerland)

(d) Badminton (France)

27. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has

launched the 2018 Financial Literacy Week It

was part of which of the following scheme?

(a) Digital Literacy (b) Customer Protection

(c) Digital Safety (d) Consumer‘s Liability

28. Which one of the following Indian beaches

has become the Asia‘s first beach to get the

Blue Flag certification?

(a) Kovalam Beach (Kerala)

(b) Chandrabhaga Beach (Odisha)

(c) Palolem Beach (Goa)


29. For prestigious Atal Bhujal Yojana

(ABHY) of Government of India (Gol) the

World Bank has approved how much amount?

(a) Rs 6000 Crore (b) Rs 90000 Crore

(c) Rs 2000 Crore (d) None of these

30. The author of the book ―Kitchen

Confidential Adventures in the Culinary

Underbelly‖ is?

(a) Mario Batali (b) Sanjeev Kapoor

(c) Nisha Madhulika (d) Anthony Bourdain

31. To give a big push towards the ease of

doing business in the State which State

government has launched a ‗Business First

Portal‘?

(a) Haryana (b) Punjab

(c) Bihar (d) Kerala



32. Which rank has been secured by India in

the Global Peace Index 2018?

(a) 120th (b) 136th

(c) 142nd

(d) 152nd

33. The winner of the women‘s singles French

Open tennis tournament 2018 is

(a) Angelique Kerber (b) Serena Williams

(c) Simona Halep (d) None of these

34. Which country has become the 68th

signatory to the International Solar Alliance

(ISA)?

(a) France (b) Kenya

(c) Bhutan (d) Myanmar


crowned as Femina Miss India World 2018?

(a) Anukreethy Vas (b) Priyanka Basu

(c) Veenita Mishra (d) Parimita Chaudhary

36. Which among the following countries has

legalized recreational use of marijuana

nationwide?

(a) Germany (b) Russia

(c) France (d) Canada

37. 7-Star Gram Panchayat Rainbow Scheme to

rank panchayats on the basis of social

parameters has been launched by

(a) Haryana government

(b) Bihar government

(c) Uttar Pradesh government

(d) Punjab government

38. With which theme International Yoga day

was observed on June 21, 2018?

(a) Yoga for Peace

(b) Yoga for World

(c) Yoga for Harmony and Peace

(d) Yoga for Peaceful Mind

39. In India the main event of International

Yoga Day 2018 was held in which of the

following cities?

(a) Jaipur (b) Pune

(c) Dehradun (d) New Delhi

40. Researchers of USA have developed the

‗Michigan Micro Mote‘ which is?

(a) World‘s smallest computer

(b)World‘s smallest mobile

(c) World‘s lightest mobile


41. Gautam Kanjilal, who passed away he was

pioneer in which field?

(a) Rock Climbing (b) Golf

(c) Tamil Poet (d) Cricket

42. Which State Chief Minister has been

conferred with ‗Chief Minister of the Year‘

award at the 52nd

Skoch Summit 2018?

(a) Nitish Kumar

(b) Vasundhara Raje

(c) Yogi Asditya Nath

(d) None of these

43. The Central Government has launched the

Mohanpura Irrigation Project in which of the

following States?

(a) Bihar (b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Rajasthan

44. Which movie has won the Best Picture

Award at the International Indian Film

Academy (IIFA) awards 2018?

(a) Newton (b) Hindi Medium

(c) Tumhari Sulu (d) Madari

45. ‗No Toilet, No Bride‘ is a unique resolution

passed by the panchayat of which one the

following states?

(a) Haryana (b) Punjab

(c) Rajasthan (d) Himachal Pradesh

46. Which country will host the 2018 ICC

Women‘s World T20 tournament?

(a) India (b) West Indies

(c) Australia (d) New Zealand

47. Who has been crowned as the India‘s first

Tribal Queen 2018?

(a) Pallavi Durga

(b) Tulasi Munda

(c) Rashmirekha Hanshdah


48. ‗RIMPAC 2018‘ is a

(a) bilateral military exercise between India and

France

(b) bilateral military exercise between India and

Russia

(c) multilateral naval exercise




49. Who among the following have won the

World Food Prize 2018?

(a) Lawrence Haddad and David Nabarro

(b) BR Barwale and Surinder K. Vasal

(c) Hans Rudolf Herren and Gurdev Khush


50. ‗Women in Prisons‘ Report presented by

which of the following ministries?

(a) Ministry of Tribal Affairs

(b) Ministry of Women and Child Development

(c) Ministry of Home Affairs

(d) Ministry of Social Justice and

Empowerment

51. The book ‗Ahimsa‘, which sheds light on

India‘s freedom struggle. has been written by?

(a) Nandi Katheria (b) Supriya Kelkar

(c) Priyanka Gupta (d) Nandini Guha

52. Yousaf Saleem was in news because

(a) he is the first ever visually impaired judge

of Pakistan

(b) he created history by scaling Mt. Everest as

the oldest person

(c) He scored fasted century in test cricket


53. ‗Kanya Van Saruddhi Yojana‘ is a unique

scheme of which of the following State

government?

(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Chhattisgarh

(c) Maharashtra (d) Odisha

54. Which of the following State government is

developing the floating solar power plant?

(a) Punjab (b) Rajasthan

(c) Maharashtra (d) Telangana

55. Which district has been ranked first in the

NITI Aayog‘s Delta ranking of Aspirational

Districts Programme?

(a) Dahod district in Gujarat

(b) Gorakhpur district in Uttar, Pradesh

(c) Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh


56. Which State government has been awarded

for reducing maternal mortality under Prime

Minister‘s Safe Motherhood Campaign?

(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Rajasthan

(c) Gujarat (d) Chhattisgarh

57. Which country will host the 2018 Women‘s

Hockey World Cup tournament?

(a) Iran (b) Saudi Arabia

(c) Australia (d) England

58. What is the India‘s rank in the 2018 Global

Real Estate Transparency Index (GRETI)

(a) 37th

(b) 45th

(c) 35th

(d) 20th

59. The Union government has launched a

mobile application ‗ReUnite‖ for which

purpose?

(a) To track and trace bank defaulters

(b) To track and trace missing children

(c) To track and trace Sagarmala project

(d) To track and trace Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

60. As per Mercer‘s 24th

annual Cost of Living

Survey 2018, which is the India‘s most

expensive city?

(a) Bengaluru (b) Mumbai

(c) New Delhi (d) Indore

61. Who is the author of the book ‗Vedvigan

Alok‘ which has received by M. Venkaiah

Naidu, the Vice-President of India?

(a) Agnivarat Naishthik

(b) Vilas Nayak

(c) Alok Srivastav

(d) Indu Taneza

62. In 2018 which of the following states in

India has maximum number of UNESCO

World Heritage Sites?

(a) Rajasthan (b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Maharashtra

63. Who has been elected the new Director

General (DG) of International Organisation for

Migration (IOM)?

(a) Christine A Elder (b) Abraham Hanson

(c) Antonio Vitorino (d) George Crennan

64. The Victorian Gothic and Art Deco

Ensemble of which Indian city has declared as

a UNESCO World Heritage Site?

(a) Jaipur (b) Vadodara

(c) Ahmedabad (d) Mumbai

65. Who among the following has taken over

charge as the new chairman of the Central

Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)?



(a) PK Srivastava (b) Bhavna Singh

(c) RK Singh (d) S. Ramesh

66. Which Kabaddi team has clinched the 2018

Kabaddi Masters Dubai title?

(a) Pakistan (b) Afghanistan

(c) India (d) China

67. Which Indian journalist has authored the

book ‗Eleventh Hour‘?

(a) Karan Thapar (b) Arun Shourie

(c) Hussain Zaidi (d) Madhu Trehan

68. As per US State Department‘s 2018

Trafficking in Persons Report, which country

has been tagged ‗worst human trafficking

nation‘?

(a) Syria (b) Tasmania

(c) North Korea (d) Nigeria

69. NITI Aayog has partnered with GNFC

Limited to implement fertiliser subsidy

disbursement through which technology?

(a) Internet of Things (b) Blockchain

(c) Cryptocurrency (d) Counterparty

70. Which country‘s team has won the 2018

Men‘s Hockey Champions Trophy?

(a) Finland (b) Australia

(c) New Zealand (d) Bangladesh

71. The National Kalidas Samman 2018 in

visual arts by the Madhya Pradesh government

has been conferred to

(a) Anjolie Ela Menon (b) Puttaraj Gavai

(c) Kalamandalam Gopi (d) None of the above

72. Which of the following National parks has

become the largest habitat of the endangered

estuarine crocodiles in India?

(a) Jim Corbett National Park

(b) Bhitarkanika National Park

(c) Ranthambore National Park

(d) Nagarhole National Park

73. Who has been selected for the 2018

National Maritime Search and Rescue Award?

(a) Milan Shankar Tare

(b) Rutv Thakur

(c) Radhika Sharma


74. Which Indian stock exchange has tied up

with Bombay Metal Exchange (BME) to

develop commodity derivatives markets?

(a) Bombay Struck Exchange

(b) National Stock Exchange

(c) Multi Commodity Exchange of India

(d) Delhi Stock Exchange

75. Who among the following has won the

2018 men‘s singles Malaysian Open Badminton

tournament?

(a) Srikanth Kidambi (b) Tommy Sugiarto

(c) Kento Momota (d) Lee Chong Wei

76. ‗Happiness Curriculum for students up to

class 8 is a scheme of

(a) Bihar government

(b) Uttar Pradesh government

(c) Delhi government

(d) Uttarakhand government

77. India‘s first-ever state of the art e-waste

recycling unit will come up in which city?

(a) Bengaluru (b) Indore

(c) Guwahati (d) Hyderabad

78. Who has become the first serving Indian

Army officer to complete Ironman

competition?

(a) Ajay Shankar (b) Birendra Kushwaha

(c) Vikram Dogra (d) Udit Shekhar

79. Which unique app has been launched by the

Election Commission of India (ECI) for people

to report model code violations?

(a) cVIGIL (b) people VIGIL

(c) election VIGIL (d) national VIGIL

80. The Khadi and Village Industries

Commission (KVIC) launched its e-marketing

system ‗KIMIS‘ in New Delhi. What does

‗KIMIS‘ stands for?

(a) Khadi Institution Management and

Information System

(b) Khadi Institution Management and

Industrial System

(c) Khadi Institution Management and

Infographic System


81. The world‘s first all-digital art museum has

opened in which county?

(a) Japan (b) India



(c) Canada (d) The USA

82. Adaersh Kumar Goel was appointed as

(a) the Chairman of the National Green

Tribunal

(b) the Chairman of the Railway Board

(c) the CEO of the State Bank of India


83. Who has become the 3rd

Indian cricketer to

reach the coveted milestone of playing 500

international matches?

(a) MS Dhoni

(b) Virat Kohli

(c) Rohit Sharma

(d) Ravichandran Ashwin

84. The Union Government has declared the

area around Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR)

as an Eco-Sensitive zone (ESZ) which is

located in

(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Telangana

(c) Kerala (d) Andhra Pradesh

85. Which Indian gymnast has clinched Gold

medal in the vault event of FIG Artistic

Gymnastics World Challenge Cup 2018 in

Turkey?

(a) Ankita Kumari (b) Aruna Reddy

(c) Dipa Karmakar (d) None of these

86. The 17th

World Sanskrit Conference (WSC

2018) was hosted by

(a) Canada (b) Mauritius

(c) Australia (d) Malaysia

87. Who authored the book ‗Winning Like

Sourav : Think & Succeed Like Ganguly‘?

(a) Mihir Bose (b) Sundeep Misra

(c) Abhirup Bhattacharya (d) None of the above

88. Which of the following novel has won the

2018 Golden Man Booker Prize?

(a) In a Free State (b) The English Patient

(c) Wolf Hall (d) Moon Tiger

89. Anju Khosla was in news because she

(a) became the oldest Indian woman to

complete an Ironman Triathlon

(b) became the youngest Indian woman to

complete an Ironman Triathlon

(c) was appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the

BHU



appointed as the skipper of Indian men‘s

hockey squad in the 18th

Asian Games 2018?

(a) PR Sreejesh

(b) Chinglensana Singh Kangujam

(c) Rupinder Pal Singh

(d) Birendra Lakra

91. In July, 2018 which company has set-up the

world‘s largest mobile phone factory in Noida?

(a) Apple (b) Samsung

(c) Xiaomi (d) Oppo

92. The Union Environment Ministry has

approved the proposal for the expansion of

which airport?

(a) Kempegowda International Airport

(b) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport

(c) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

(d) Indira Gandhi International Airport

93. The Centre of Excellence in Maritime &

Shipbuilding (CEMS) will set-up first of its

kind 24 Labs in Mumbai and

(a) Vizag (b) Kolkata

(c) Cochin (d) Hyderabad

94. Which State government has decided to

paternity leave to all its male government

employees?

(a) Haryana (b) Gujarat

(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Uttar Pradesh

95. What is the full form of SIDBI?

(a) Simple Industries Development Bank of

India

(b) Small Industry Developmental Bank of

India

(c) Small Industries Development Bank of

India

(d) Small Industrial Developing Bank of India

96. What is the full form of MSME?

(a) Medium, Small and Micro Enterprise

(b) Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise

(c) Mini, Small and Medium Enterprise

(d) Macro, Simple and Medium Enterprise

97. The Union Cabinet has approved proposal

for enactment of which bill?

(a) Water Management Bill, 2017



(b) Dam Safety Bill, 2018

(c) Farmer Grievance Bill, 2018

(d) Agriculture Education Bill, 2018

98. Name the Veteran writer, novelist of Telugu

language who heralded a new era in Telugu

fictional literature who passed away recently at

California.

(a) P Lalita Kumari

(b) Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani

(c) Ampasayya Naveen

(d) PV Narasimha Rao

99. Which task force was constituted by the

Union government to study use of Artificial

Intelligence (AI) in military?

(a) Sitharaman task force

(b) Natarajan Chandrasekaran task force

(c) Parrikar task force

(d) Baldev Singh task force

100. What is the theme of 20th

conference of

the Commonwealth Education Ministers 2018?

(a) Linguistic diversity and multilingualism

count for sustainable development

(b) Quality Education for Equitable

Development

(c) Performance Paths and Productivity

(d) Sustainability and Resilience Can Education

Deliver?



Answer Key CLATFOCUS July - 2018

Q. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Ans. D C D C B C D C A C

Q. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Ans. D B D A C A A B A B

Q. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

Ans. C B D D D B B B A D

Q. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.

Ans. B B C D A D A A C A

Q. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.

Ans. A B B C A B A C A B

Q. 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

Ans. B A C C A A D C B B

Q. 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70

Ans. A D C D D C C C B B

Q. 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80

Ans. A B A A D C A C A A

Q. 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90

Ans. D A A A C A C B A A

Q. 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

Ans. B D A A C B B B B D

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