Important Current Affairs August 2 2018 – One liner

2018-08-03

World Breastfeeding Week (August 1 to 7)

The United States Congress has passed the National Defense Authorisation Act-2019 (NDAA-19) which capped its security-related aid to Pakistan to $150 million.
Alphabet Inc’s Google is planning a censored version of its search engine for China that will block websites and certain search terms. The project is a code named “Dragonfly”.
India and Pakistan are set to install new gates at the Attari-Wagah border.

List of countries with early initiation of breastfeeding a new report released by UNICEF and the World Health Organisation (WHO)

Sri Lanka 2) Vanuatu 3) Burundi 4) Kazakhstan
India ranks 56th among the 76 countries that were analysed.
Ministry of Textiles and Ministry of Power have joined hands under the initiative SAATHI to sustain and accelerate the adoption of energy efficient textile technologies in the powerloom sector and cost savings due to use of such technology.
MoU Signed between Environment & Skill Development Ministries which jointly undertake upskilling and certification of 100,000 RAC service technicians on good servicing practices and knowledge of alternative refrigerants to ozone-depleting chemicals.
NHAI to Sign MoU with SBI for a Long Term, unsecured Loan of Rs 25,000 Crore.
The Lok Sabha unanimously passed the 123rd Constitutional Amendment Bill providing for a National Commission for Backward Classes as a constitutional body.
DRDO conducted the successful test of the Ballistic Missile Interceptor Advanced Area Defence (AAD), the endo-atmospheric missile, capable of intercepting incoming targets at an altitude of 15 to 25 kms.
Akshay Venkatesh [Indian-Australian mathematician], Caucher Birkar, Peter Scholze, Alessio Figalli – Fields medal, known as the Nobel prize for math.