Important Current Affairs July 23 2018 – One liner
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- Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, will pay a State Visit to Republic of Rwanda, Republic of Uganda and Republic of South Africa. This will be the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Rwanda and the first visit by our Prime Minister to Uganda in over 20 years.
- The Bihar government has decided to grant reservation in promotions to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
- The country’s first public bicycle sharing (PBS) system Trin Trin has clocked 10,000 registrations in Mysuru.
- Shri Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation inaugurated/ laid the foundation for 5 National Highways projects in Madhya Pradesh.
- Vocational Training Centres (VTCs) have been established under the name ‘Kalyan Gurukul’ under Welfare Department, Government of Jharkhand.
- To curb incidents of lynching and violence due to fake news on social media, the Uttar Pradesh police will set up ‘Digital Armies’ of prominent residents to keep a vigil on inflammatory posts and rumour-mongering.
- Iran was the second-biggest oil supplier to Indian state refiners between April and June.
- The first meeting of the India-Bangladesh Joint Committee on Border Haats was held on 22-23 July 2018 in Agartala, Tripura.
- Government set up high level committee chaired by Union Home Secretary to check mob lynching.
- Shri S.N. Agrawal – New Member Staff Railway Board
- Rakesh Sharma – First chief commercial officer (CCO) of Bajaj Auto Ltd.
- The master planning of two nodes of Visakhapatnam-Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC) is under way namely (i) Visakhapatnam and (ii) Yerpedu-Srikalahasti.
- The Government has successfully launched Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0 with the vision of transformational change in rural development processes.
- The Government has signed a MoU with United Kingdom for seeking help in improving overall public transport system in the country.
- A Statement of Intent (SoI) was signed between NITI Aayog and Lupin Foundation to collaborate in Aspirational Districts Programme.
- The Lok Sabha passed the National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment) Bill to grant retrospective recognition to Central/State institutions that are conducting teacher education courses without NCTE approval.
- Upgraded version of ‘Delhi Metro Rail’ App launched to enable users in finding Shortest Route.
- India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan lost to American Steve Johnson at the Hall of Fame Open Tennis finals.
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