Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 1st Week of July 2018. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBI Clerk 2018 and other competitive exams can make use of it.
Important Weekly Current Affairs 1st Week of July 2018
- Andhra mulls issuing bonds for Rs.42,000 crore to fund construction of – Amravati
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| Andhra Pradesh Capital | Hyderabad (Future-Amaravati) |
| CM | Chandra Babu Naidu |
| Governor | ESL Narashiman |
- The country which conducts drill in Tibet 1st time since Doklam standoff is – China
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| China Capital | Beijing |
| Currency | Yuan |
| President | Xi Jinping |
- Aadhaar, PAN Linking Deadline Extended To – March 31 2019
- Government forms panel to upgrade norms for state, district level economic data collection is headed by – Ravindra H Dholakia.
- The 63rd foundation day of the State Bank of India was celebrated on – July 1st.
- First Transgender Lawyer of India is – Sathyasri Sharmila
- The First Assamese Woman to scale Mount Kanchenjunga is – Monti Rajkhowa.
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| Assam Capital | Dispur |
| CM | Sarbananda Sonowal |
| Governor | Jagdish Mukhi |
- Nissan signs MoU with Kerala government for – Digital hub.
- The state which plans to repeal anti conversion law – Arunachal Pradesh
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| Arunachal Pradesh Capital | Itanagar |
| CM | Pema Khandu |
| Governor | B. D. Mishra |
- FPI outflows hits 10-year high at – Rs48,000 cr
- Rank of India in Swiss banks money is – 73rd place.
- Government notifies Electoral Bond Scheme 2018 via – Gazette Notification
- India increases Global Environment Facility (GEF) grants to – 15 million dollar from 12 million dollar
- Suresh Prabhu addressed Renewable Energy Dialogue 2018 in – New Delhi
- New Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) Secretary – Alka Tiwari.
- The next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Costa Rica – Ravi Thapar
- Irrfan Khan honoured with Icon Award at the – London Indian Film Festival
- Chennai airport could soon lose 4th busiest tag to – Hyderabad
- Integrating yoga into regime is won by – INS Sahyadri
- Asian Games gold medalist Mary Kom to skip – 2018 Asian Games
- The Kabaddi Masters Dubai 2018 title is won by – India
- Rahul Dravid becomes the fifth Indian cricketer to be inducted into the – ICC Hall of Fame.
- The data collected during the 2021 Census will be stored – Electronically
- India to provide tariff concessions on 3,142 items to – APTA members
- Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador Elected – Mexico’s President
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| Mexico Capital | Mexico City |
| Currency | Mexican peso. |
| President | Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador |
- Interpol issues Red Notice against – Nirav Modi
- Delhi launches Happiness Curriculum for – government schools
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| Delhi Capital | New Delhi |
| CM | Arvind Kejriwal |
| Governor | Anil Baijal |
- 9L saplings planted in Jharkhand as part of governments – green drive
- Jharkhand to set up country’s 1st – Khadi Mall
- ‘Himachal gets national award for best performance under – PMSMA’
- Bhitarkanika National Park became largest habitat of – Endangered Estuarine Crocodiles
- Bharti Infratel Gets CCI Nod For Merger With – Indus Towers
- National Workshop on Skill Development for Persons with Disabilities
- 5th RCEP intersessional ministerial meeting held in – Tokyo, Japan
- Vijay Srinivas appointed Director and GM of – United India Insurance
- Indian American Seema Nanda named CEO of – Committee of United States
- Artist Anjolie Ela Menon and Ramachandran conferred the – Kalidas Award
- “Victorian and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai” has been inscribed on UNESCO’s World – Heritage list
- 1st Oil PSU To Introduce Online Legal Compliance is – NRL
- Indian para-athlete Yogesh Kathuniya sets world record in – Discus throw
- Max Verstappen won the Austrian Grand Prix
- The Election Commission on Tuesday launched an Android-based mobile application named – “cVigil”
- Nipah outbreak from fruit bats, says – ICMR
- President Ram Nath Kovind has launched Solar Charkha Mission under which Govt will disburse subsidy of – Rs 550 crore to thousands of artisans.
- Hindi is the most spoken language in – India
- India, Pakistan exchange lists of – Civilian prisoners and fishermen
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| Pakistan Capital | Islamabad |
| Currency | Rupee |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
- Sri Lanka moves its naval base to China run – Hambantota port
- Odisha govt signs MoU with – RIMES
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| Orissa Capital | Bhubaneswar |
| CM | Naveen Patnail |
| Governor | Ganeshi Lal |
- Maharashtra Government singed an MoU with India’s largest commodities exchange platform, Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited (MCX) to launched – Cotton Mission.
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| Maharashtra Capital | Mumbai |
| CM | Devendra Fadnaves |
| Governor | Chinamani Vidyasagar rao |
50. Chhattisgarh govt to set up a tribal museum in – Naya Raipur
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| Chhattisgarh Capital | Raipur |
| CM | Raman Singh |
| Governor | Balram Das Tandon |
- World Union of Wholesale Markets Conference is hosted by –
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| Haryana Capital | Chandigarh |
| CM | Manohar Lal Khattar |
| Governor | Kaptan Singh Solanki |
- India’s first government run eWaste recycling plant established in – Bangalore
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| Karnataka Capital | Bangalore |
| CM | Kumaraswamy |
| Governor | Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala |
- CCEA approves capital infusion in – ECGC.
- India’s No. 1 investment bank for Fiscal Year 2017 to 2018 is –
- 42nd session of World Heritage Committee has been concluded in – Manama, Bahrain.
- The first meeting of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) held in – New Delhi
- NITI Aayog to organise India’s First Global Mobility Summit held in – New Delhi
- Justice Indira Banerjee to head inquiry panel to probe allegations of impropriety against sitting – HC judges.
- Novel ‘Eleventh Hour’authored by – Hussain Zaidi
- The first Indian Army officer to complete world’s toughest Ironman Triathlon – Vikram Dogra
- Election Commission launches Braille-enabled Voter IDs for – Vishually Impared
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| Chief Election Commissioner | Sh. Om Prakash Rawat |
| Election Commissioner | Sh. Sunil Arora. |
| Election Commissioner | Sh. Ashok Lavasa |
- Sunil Mehta led panel suggested 5 pronged strategy to tackle – NPA
- HEFA to allot Rs.1lakh crores for – Education
- Epidiolex is the world’s first medicine made from –
- 500 Fine for open defecation in – Sambalpur
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| Orissa Capital | Bhubaneswar |
| CM | Naveen Patnaik |
| Governor | Ganeshi Lal |
- Behdienkhlam Festival held in – Meghalaya
- Punjab CM orders mandatory dope test for all – Government Employees
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| Punjab Capital | Chandigarh |
| CM | Amarinder Singh |
| Governor | P Singh Badnore |
- RBI issued license to Bank of China to operate in – India
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| The Bank of China (BoC) Headquarters | Beijing. |
- IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company Limited has announced its tie-up with – Oxigen
- Google aims to add 40 million WiFi users in India by – 2019
- Minimum support price for paddy hiked by – 200 a quintal
- P K Shrivastava is appointed as the new DG of – OFB
- ISRO to test its astronaut – Escape Feature
- Tejas fighter aircraft begins operations from Sulur station, – Tamilnadu
- Australia’s Fleet Space to launch first 2 satellites with – ISRO, SpaceX
- Sports Authority of India to be renamed – ‘Sports India’
- World kayaking tourney is held in – Kerala
- Global Forgiveness Day is observed on – July 07
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| Theme | Sustainable consumption and production of goods and services |
- Four critically endangered species has been added in recovery programmed by – NWBL
- 1st Central Force To Opt For E-Ticketing Instead Of Railway Warrant – NSG
- Test-tube embryos may save the northern white rhinos from – Extinction
- Turkey to sell four corvette warships to – Pakistan
- Nepal, India To Jointly Promote – Tourism
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| Nepal Capital | Kathmandu |
| Currency | Rupee |
| President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
- India to develop ‘World’s emptiest airport’ in – Sri Lanka
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| Sri Lanka Capital | Colombo, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. |
| Currency | Rupee |
| President | Maithripala Sirisena |
- CEAT signed a MoU with the Tamil Nadu to invest Rs.4,000 crore in a – Greenfield Plant
- West Bengal chief minister cuts luxury travel for ministers, announces – ‘one person, one car’ policy.
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| West Bengal Capital | Kolkata |
| CM | Mamata Banerjee |
| Governor | Keshari Nath Tripathi |
- Uttar Pradesh orders plastic ban from – July 15.
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| Uttar Pradesh Capital | Lucknow |
| CM | Yogi Adityanath |
| Governor | Ram Naik |
- AAI to set up Civil Aviation Research Organization at –
- Tata Power to Connect Two 50 MW Solar Power Projects at – Andhra Pradesh
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| Andhra Pradesh Capital | Hyderabad (Future: Amravathi) |
| CM | N Chandrababu Naidu |
| Governor | ESL Narashiman |
- ICICI Bank’s Mortgage Portfolio Crosses – 5-Trillion
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| ICICI bank Headquarters | Mumbai |
| COO | Sandeep Bakhshi |
- Finance Ministry Keeps small savings schemes Interest Rates Unchanged For – July-September Quarter
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Schemes | Interest rate (in %) |
| 1. | 5 yr Senior Citizen Savings Scheme (Paid Quarterly) | 8.3 |
| 2. | Savings Deposits | 4 |
| 3. | Public Provident Fund (PPF) | 7.6 |
| 4. | National Savings Certificate (NSC) | 7.6 |
| 5. | Kisan Vikas Patra (maturity in 11 months) | 7.3 |
| 6. | Sukanya Samriddhi Account (SSA) | 8.1 |
| 7. | Term Deposit (1-5 years) | 6.6-7.4 |
- Cabinet approved Umbrella schemes for relief and rehabilitation of Migrants and repatriates to continue up to – 2020
- SC judge who appointed as New Chairman of National Green Tribunal is – AK Goel
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