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*Current Affairs*
~A total of 14 lakhs Aaganwadi Centres sanctioned in various states and Union Territories under Integrated Child Development Services Program.
~Karnataka Bank integrated its education loan scheme with Vidya Lakshmi portal of government of India.
~Lok Sabha passed National Sports Bill to set up country's first National Sports University in Imphal,Manipur.
~PM's Ujjwala Yojana achieved 5 crore mark.The 5th crore LPG connection was given to Takrdiran by Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan.
~Centre dropped the idea of Social Media Hub.
~Kadaknath Chicken from Jabhua, Madhya Pradesh got GI tag.
~Australian-Indian Akshay Venkatesh got prestigious Fields Medal(Nobel Prize of Maths) with 3 others.

*Current Affairs*
~July,2018 lunar eclipse is the longest eclipse of 21st century (1hour and43 minutes).
~Centre decided to set up a Domestic Council for Gold to aid export of jewellery.
~Manipur has enacted Manipur's people protection Bill to regulate the entry and exit of outsiders on the line of inner line permit system.
~National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme has been started by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare under National Health Mission.
~Ministry of Civil Aviation launched DigiYatra Initiative in line with Digital India programme. Passenger needs to enrol into DigiYatra Program through AirSewa app.
~Delhi Government launched Mukhyamantri Kisan Aaye Badhotri Solar Yojna. Farmers will lease out a part of their agricultural land for setting up of solar panels.
~Kerala Tourism Development Corporation built a all woman hotel 'Hostess', first in country.

*Current Affairs*

*Current Affairs*
~New strain of Ebola virus-Bombali has been found in Sierra Leone.
~Government extended the scope of PM's Research Fellows Scheme.It will be open for all potential candidates from 2019.
~First dedicated freight corridor for Indian Railways will open to use between Dadri(U.P.) and Phulera(Rajasthan).
~A Committee headed by BN Srikrishna recenty gave its recommendations for a draft law of Personal Data Protection Bill,2018.
~India has been designated as a nodal centre for preparing flash-flood forecasts by World Meteorological department.

*Current Affairs*
~Rajiv Gauba Committee has been formed to scrutinize the cases of mob lynching. Presently,India doesn't have any law for this.
~Lok Sabha passed Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill,2018. Punishment has been increased from min. 6 months to 3 years upto 7 years.
~PM Modi gifted 200 cows to villagers of Rweru village as part of the Rwanda's Government Girinka Programme to reduce child malnutrition.
~More than 50 Banks entered into Inter-Creditor Agreement to speed up the resolution of stressed assets of Rs 50 crore and above.
~World's fastest spinning object has been made from silica(tiny dumbbell) to study Quantum Mechanics.

*Current Affairs*
~904.8 lakhs has been received as part of the corporate social responsibility under National Culture Fund.
~Government reduced minimum yearly deposit under Sukanya Samriddhi Yojna from 1000rs to 250 Rs.
~A statement of Intent was agreed between NiTi AAYOG and Lupin Foundation for Aspirational Districts Programme.
~Government is looking forward for reform initiative for Indian Army recommend by Shekatkar Committee.
~Iran becomes India's no 2 oil supplier.
~Odisha government released Tribal Atlas of Odisha.

*Current Affairs*
~Bhiku Ramji Idate Commission gives its recommendation on commission for Denotified,Semi-Nomadic,Nomadic Tribes backed by Niti AAYOG.
~Five Public Sector Oil& Natural Gas companies have signed the joint venture agreement to implement Gas Pipeline Grid Project in Northeast under Urja Ganga Project.
~Kerala tops as best governd state in Public Affairs Index 2018 by think tank Public Affairs Centre (Bengaluru).
~Myanmar joined as 68th signatory to the framework agreement of International Solar Alliance.
~Goverment starts 'Rent-A-Lab' policy to hire out to researchers all lab equipments that cost more than 10 lakhs.
~Nasa comes up with 'Remote Sensing Toolkit' programme to promote commercial use of satellite data.
~Ministry of Earth sciences begins SAFAR(system of air quality & weather forecasting) developed by Institute of Tropical Meteorology,Pune.