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Daily Current Affairs of 18th July 2017

International Current Affairs

In Nov 2009, the United Nations General Assembly declared xviii July "Nelson Mandela International Day" inwards recognition of the sometime South African President’s contribution to the civilization of peace too freedom.

Mandela was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna inwards 1990 for his purpose inwards the anti-apartheid movement.
Apart from Islamic Republic of Pakistan national Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, he is the entirely non-Indian to have got received the award.
He was honored alongside the Nobel Peace Prize inwards the twelvemonth 1993.

Somalia has entered the 4 calendar week of mesh blackout afterwards a send cutting an undersea cable connecting the province to global information networks.

With this, the Somalian economic scheme has been losing $10 1000000 a 24-hour interval inwards concern without internet.

Thailand has amended a violet belongings police pull to formally reach King Maha Vajiralongkorn full command of the means which manages violet assets worth to a greater extent than than $30 billion.

The amendment, which is the first legislation concerning crown belongings inwards decades, besides empowers the King to appoint whatever private or means to arrive at out the assets too properties.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte today offered self-rule to the country's Muslim minority in an attempt to defeat militants loyal to Islamic State who have got besieged the urban nub of Marawi for well-nigh 2 months.

National Current Affairs

The Karnataka government has ready a 9-member committee to pattern a province flag (an identity symbol unique to the state).

Important Note : As of now, Jammu too Kashmir is the entirely province that has its ain flag.

While hearing petitions challenging Aadhaar, the Supreme Court today appointed a 9-judge bench to arrive at upwards one's hear whether privacy is a primal correct or non nether the Constitution.
The Delhi government has released ₹100 crore for the completion of the Signature Bridge, which is twice the pinnacle of the Qutub Minar.

The brace was supposed to survive cook yesteryear 2010 Commonwealth Games, but its structure was slowed downward due to insufficient funds.

Science & Technology

The United States and Australia have jointly test-fired a hypersonic missile capable of moving at a speed 8 times faster than audio as business office of a $54-million interrogation project.
The Union Ministry of Science too Technology has launched SOHUM, an indigenously developed low-cost hearing screening device for newborns.

The portable Sohum hearing screening device measures auditory encephalon waves via 3 electrodes placed on the baby’s head.
When stimulated, they discovery electrical responses generated yesteryear the brain’s auditory system. If in that location is no response, the nipper cannot hear.

New Appointments

The BJP-led NDA today announced Union Information too Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu equally its candidate for the upcoming Vice Presidential elections.

He volition challenger against the Congress-led Opposition's candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi's grandson).

Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani was given the additional accuse of the Information & Broadcasting Ministry after M Venkaiah Naidu resigned.
Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar gets additional accuse of Urban Development Ministry.
Tesla has added 2 novel independent directors to its board, namely James Murdoch, CEO of 21st Century Fox, too Linda Johnson Rice, Chairman of Johnson Publishing.
Vikram Limaye has taken over equally the Managing Director too CEO of the National Stock Exchange.

He volition have got a term of v years at the telephone substitution too volition survive paid ₹8 crore a year.

Britain's 1st adult woman Sikh MP, Preet Kaur Gill elected to influential cross-party panel inwards Britain Parliament that examines workings of Home Office.

Banking, Business & Economic Affairs

The State Bank of Republic of Republic of India (SBI) today launched SBI Realty, a dedicated portal that volition assist habitation buyers to select flats from its 3,000 approved projects across the country.

SBI Realty volition survive a 1 halt integrated website for habitation buyers.
It volition assist customers to select their dream habitation from 3,000 SBI approved projects, which are spread across thirteen states/UTs roofing xxx cities.

India has ranked 4th among world's fastest growing economies. according to lately released World Bank's Global Economic Prospects.

Note : Republic of Republic of India has been placed behind smaller economies of Estonia, Uzbekistan, too Nepal inwards increment rate.

SBI Life Insurance, a unit of measurement of State Bank of India, has filed for an Initial Public Offering (IPO), that volition reportedly heighten over $1 billion (over ₹6,400 crore).

Note : SBI Life volition survive the instant Indian life insurer to become public.

Sports Current Affairs

The BCCI today named sometime Indian cricketer Bharat Arun as the Indian cricket team's bowling coach.

Note : Sanjay Bangar too R Sridhar volition stay the batting too fielding coach respectively.

Italian football game legend Francesco Totti today anounced his retirement from football game afterwards spending his 25-year-long playing career alongside Seria Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 guild Roma.
Former national-level hockey actor Amit Saroha, who met alongside an accident inwards 2007, clinched the Silver medal in the guild throw final result inwards the F-51 category at the World Para Athletics Championships.

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