Important Current Affairs July 24 2018 – One liner
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- The Kerala government aims to accelerate production and ensure maximum working days for the labourers by giving public sector cashew factories.
- Karnataka registered the biggest increase in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) last year, as inflows from overseas jumped 300% in the 12 months ended March 2018.
- Taiwan-based company Wistron Technologies has come forward to invest Rs.3,000 crore in Narasapura industrial area of Kolar.
- As Punjab struggles to check the menace of drugs, the State government has asked the Centre to grant it special category status under the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Swasthya Suraksha Mission.
- The Stanley Reservoir in Mettur achieved its full reservoir level (FRL) of 120 ft, marking the 39th time the water level at the dam has reached full capacity in its 85-year history.
- The UN Security Council has urged Myanmar’s government to step-up efforts to create conditions that will allow Rohingya Muslims who fled a violent crackdown to safely return to the country from neighbouring Bangladesh.
- Scientists have developed the fastest man-made rotor in the world, which they believe will help them study quantum mechanics.
- India extended $200 million lines of credit to Rwanda to boost the bilateral strategic ties by strengthening cooperation in trade and agriculture sectors.
- The Indian Railways global tender worth Rs.2,500 crore for the supply of long rails will open to meet the shortfall of supply from the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).
- This is the first time in three decades that rail procurement has been opened for the private sector.
- Government to continue Nutrient Based Subsidy and City Compost Scheme till 2019-20.
- The Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018 (SSG 2018) announced by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation on July 13th, 2018, was launched in UP, Jharkhand and Maharashtra
- The Lok Sabha passed the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 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.
- UPSO-II (IOCL) signed an MoU with Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO) & dedicates Rs. 1 crore for the benefit of Divyangjans by under CSR scheme.
- Indian Air Force Participates for the First Time in Exercise Pitch Black – 18 with Royal Australian Air Force
11th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK)
- ‘Up, Down and Sideways’ – Best Long Documentary award
- Maruti Suzuki unveiled Suzuki Connect, a solution aimed at giving customers access to services such as emergency alerts, vehicle tracking and car assistance.
- Defending champion India will clash with Pakistan in the Asia Cup on September 19, a day after opening its campaign against a qualifier in Dubai.
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