July 30, 2013 Current Affairs

Name the political party launched by Julian Assange, Wiki Leaks founder on July 25th 2013?

a)Wiki leaks Party

Which Cuban Revolutionist leader's manuscripts were added to UNESCO's memory of World Register?

a)Cheguvera

On 9th July, European Union states approved the adoption of the euro by a country as of January 2014. This country will be the 18th member of the European Monetary Union. Which country?

a)Latvia

___ has overtaken the US as the top buyer of Nigerian Crude oil.

a)India

India was ranked ___ th in 'Global Innovation Index', published by Cornell University, INSEAD, WIPO, and confederation of Indian Industries (CII).

a)66

Which three countries signed Tripartite Maritime security Agreement on July 8th?

a)India, Sree Lanka and Maldives

On July 11th, cabinet approved first ever all-women university and aviation university. Which constituency got it?

a)Raebareli, the constituency of Sonia Gandhi

On July 11 govt cleared a proposal to replace Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGCA) with a new aviation regulator. Name it?

a)Civil Aviation Authority

Name the fully indigenous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) developed for the Indian Army by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)?

a)Lakshya-1

Under the Janani Suraksha Yogana, govt has decided to provide free medical care and ambulance facility to _________?

a)Pregnant Women

On July 17, name of the Bengaluru International Airport was renamed. What is the new name?

a)Kempagowda International Airport

On July 18th, Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India, promulgated a law which will grant SEBI (Securities Exchange Board of India), the power to regulate any pooling of funds under an investment contract involving a corpus of 100 crore rupees or more and attach assets in case of non-compliance. Name the law?

a)Securities Law Amendment Ordinance 2013

On July 24th, who launched 'Clean India Campaign' and where?

a)Tourism minister (Former) K.Chiranjeevi at Taj Mahal. It is the second heritage site in this project. The first is Qutab Minar

Which state has declared itself as the first Smoke Free state in India?

a)Himachal Pradesh

Which state launched 'Anna Bhagya' scheme which ensures everyone under BPL, 30 KG of rice for Rs.1 per KG?

a)Karnataka. It was launched in Bangalore

Name the hockey legend who was nominated by sports ministry for Bharat Ratna?

a)Dhyan Chand

On July 26th who became the first batsman to hit 600 sixes?

a)Shahid Afreedi (Pakistan)

Where the world’s largest offshore wind farm was inaugurated which will be capable of producing electricity to 500,000 houses?

a)UK

Which country has proposed a bill for establishing a national park on moon? The bill seeks the creation of Apollo Lunar Landing Sites as National Historical park.

a)USA. The bill is named as 'Apollo Lunar Landing Legacy Act'

Name the virus founded by French Scientists which is considered to be the biggest one ever found (1 Micrometer big)?

a)Pandora Viruses

ISRO in association with _______ developed first hydrogen powered bus on 28th July 2013

a)TATA motors Limited

Awards

IIFA 2013 Award winners

Best Actor : Ranbir Kapoor (Barfi)

Best Female Actor : Vidya Balan (Kahaani)

Best Film : Barfi

Best Story : Tani and Anurag Basu (Barfi)

Best Director : Anurag Basu (Burfi)

Best supporting Actor : Anushka Sharma (Jab Tak Hai Jaan)

Best Music director : Pritam (Barfi)

Other Awards

UN Special Envoy for Global Education's Youth Courage Award (As part of Malala Day) - 2 Indians out of seven recieved the award. Ashwini from Bangalore and Razia from UP are the two.

Whistling Woods International Award 2013 - Amitabh Bachan, Hariprasad Chaurisa and Ace Santoor

Asian Business Leaders award 2013 - Azim Premji, Wipro Chairman

Lokamanya Tilak Award 2013 - Metro man E Sreedharan

Sports & Games

Continental Chess Open - Parimarjan Negi

Wimbledon women's singles - Marion Bartoli (France)

Wimbledon women's Doubles - Hsieh su-wei (Taiwan) and Peng Shuai (China)

Wimbledon men's singles - Andy Murray (Britan)

Wimbledon men's doubles - Bob Bryan (US) and Mike Bryan (US)

Shooting World cup - Lajja Goswami (India) won Silver medal

Swedish Open Tennis Title - Serena Williams

Hungarian Grand Prix - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes Benz)

New Governor's and Lieutenant Governor's

Najeeb Jung - Lt Governor of Delhi (Vice Chancellor of Jamia Milia university)

K K Paul - Meghalaya Governer (Former Delhi police Commissioner)

A K Singh - Lt. Governor of Andaman & Nicobar

Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil - Sikkim Governor

Other News

Poverty In India Drops to 21.9% in 2011-12. The new 'Poverty Estimates' released by Planning commission shows that poverty in India dropped from 37.2% (in 2004-05) to 21.9% in 2011-12. The survey was conducted by National sample Survey Organisation (NSSO). Planning commission updated the poverty estimates for the year 2011-12 as suggested by Tendulkar Committee. According to the new estimates, those who have income less than Rs.816 in villages and Rs. 1,000 per month in cities will be considered as poor.

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