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Sunday, July 1
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Wednesday, July 26
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- LCU Mark VI L52
- It is the second ship of the 8 LCU Mark VI series vessels built at Garden reach Ship builders and engineers limited Kolkota.
- These series of ships are built for amphibious operations held by Indian navy and Army.
- Pradan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana
- It is a new pension scheme launched by the Union govt for the senior citizens aged above 60 years.
- Chennai Open - Pune Open
- Chennai Open ATP Tennis is now moved to Pune and here after the tournament will be held in Pune.
- Mesoamerican Reef
- It is also known as Great Mayan Reef or Great Maya reef located off the Mexico coast.
- Swiss Re, an insurance company has planned to insure this reef to make it a first of its kind to insure a natural structure.
- Brende Hale
- She became the first female president the UK Supreme Court.
- Global Conference of Cyber Space 2017
- The 2017 edition of this conference is to be held at New Delhi in India.
- USS Gerald R Ford
- It is the world's largest aircraft carrier launched by the USA.
Thursday, July 20
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- Vice President candidate
- Venkaiah Naidu of BJP was selected by the NDA as its candidate for the Vice President.
- Anayoottu
- It is a festival celebrated in Kerala in which the devotees feed the elephants.
- Malabar 2017
- A trilateral exercise among India, Japan and the United States came to an end successfully.
- North Natuna Sea
- It is the new name given by the Indonesia for the part of South China Sea in its exclusive economic zone.
- New 9 Judge Bench
- A new 9 Judges bench which also included CJI J S Khehar would consider whether right to privacy is a fundamental right or not.
- 85% reservation in MBBS cancelled
- The Madras High Court's Madurai bench cancelled the GO of TN Govt which provides 85 % reservation for TN State board students in MBBS seats.
- New Nagaland CM
- T R Zeliang was appointed as the new chief minister of Nagaland.
- He succeeded the former CM Shurhozelie Liezietsu who failed to face the trust vote.
- Governor of Nagaland: P B Acharya.
- State Flag
- Karnataka has proposed to have its own state flag.
- The proposed karnataka's state flag was designed by Ma. Ramamoorthy.
- Zion Harvey
- He is a child on whom the world's first child hand transplantation was done.
- Telengana
- Telengana govt issued Go to put cap on weight of school bags.
- It also banned giving homework for primary classes from 1 to 5.
Monday, July 17
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- Veera Santhanam
- Renowned painter and actor who passed away recently.
- 1st Cow Urine panel
- It is headed by Harsh Vardhan.
- It will evaluate the role of cow urine , cow dung, milk, curd and ghee in medicine and other utility products.
- G20 2019
- India has planned not to host the upcoming G20 summit in 2019.
- Wimbledon Result 2017
Sunday, July 16
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- Mithali Raj
- She is the Indian Women Cricketer who became the first women cricketer to score over 6000 runs in ODIs.
- Gopalkrishna Gandhi
- He is the an retired IAS Officer, Professor, former Governor of West Bengal who was nominated as the Vice President candidate by the Opposition party.
- Maharashtra
- Maharashtra became the first state to have a law against Social Boycott.
- It recently passed the Maharashtra Prohibition of People from Social Boycott Act, 2016 and also got president's assent.
- Larsen C Ice Shelf
- A trillion tonne iceberg has broke from the Larsen C Ice shelf of Antarctica.
- Antara
- It is a family planning programme of Maharashtra.
- Under this scheme, the state will provide free injectable contraceptives to female.
- Smallest Star Discovered So far
- EBLM J0555-57ab - It is the smallest star discovered so far by the scientists.
- Malta
- It became the 24th country to legalise same sex marriage.
Wednesday, July 12
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- Joint Fund for Research and Development or 14F
- India and Israel signed agreement to set up a 40 Million USD Joint fund for research and development in Innovation.
- Chief Resilience Officer
- Krishna Mohan Ramachandra was appointed as the first Chief Resilience Officer of Chennai corporation.
- 22nd Asian Athletics Championships
- It was held at Bhubaneshwar of Odisha.
- Logo: Olly the olive ridley turtle.
- Maitree Exercise 2017
- It is a bilateral army exercise between India and Thailand.
- It began in Himachal Pradesh.
- Nasr
- It is the short range ballistic missile test fired by Pakistan.
- Asian Snooker Championship 2017
- India won the title against Pakistan in the final.
- India's Largest Global Skill Park
- The India's Largest Global Skill Park is to be set up in Bhopal of Madhya Pradesh with support from Singapore.
- Modi Flower
- Israeli Crysanthumun flower is renamed as MODI flower by the Israeli's officials to mark the visit of Prime Minister Modi's Visit.
- Sanjay Kumar
- He was appointed as the New Director General of National Disaster Response Force.
- Last State to Implement GST
- Jammu and Kashmir became the last state to pass the GST bill in its state Assembly.
- First State: Assam.
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- Rajasthan
- Rajasthan became the first state in India to prescribe minimum education qualifications for the state cooperative society polls.
- The qualification ranges from Std V to Std VIII for various posts.
- Malabar exercise
- It is the joint naval exercise among India, US and Japan.
- P Chandra Sekharan
- He is a forensic expert, who helped in cracking the Rajiv Gandhi assasination case.
- He passed away recently.
- Amarnath Yathra Pilgrims Attacked
- Militants attacked the bus travelled by the Amarnath pilgrims.
- Salim Sheikh, the courageous driver of the bus saved the life of over 50 passengers.
- Sainthood
- The Pope Francis added one more category to get the sainthood status.
- Earlier there were 3 category through which one will be given sainthood.
- Now according to the 4th category, people who gives lives to save others can also get the sainthood status.
Wednesday, July 5
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- A Book for every Hand
- A new scheme launched by the National Book Trust, in which people can donate book to children by paying online to snapdeal.
- Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971.
- It bars abortion of the foetus if it crosses the 20 week period.
- The SC allowed to abort foetus over 20 weeks if a registered medical practitioner certifies that the pregnancy is life threatening to either the mother or the baby.
- Google Electric Map
- It is a prototype of a mobile app developed by Kilaru Nageswara Rao from Telengana.
- This prototype is useful for speedy repair of faults in electric lines.
- QRSAM
- QRSAM - Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile
- It was test fired from Integrated test range in Chandipur near orissa coast.
- NMCE and ICEX Merger
- NMCE - National Multi Commodity Exchange
- Setup in October 2002.
- India's first Demutualised online multi commodity exchange in India
- ICEX - Indian Commodity Exchange
- The board of these to exchanges have planned to merge.
- The Merger of these two will make it the third largest commodity exchange in India.
- Indian PM Visited Isreal
- Indian PM Narendra Modi visite Israel in an official tour.
- Narendra Modi became the first Indian PM to visit Israel.
- Prime Minister of Israel : Benjamin Netanyahu
- High Level Committee to oversee education reforms and implementation of Quality education practises
- Head: K A Sengottaiyan (Minister of School education and Youth and Sports Welfare).
- TN Curriculam Framework Committee
- M Anandakrishnan was appointed as the head of the TN Curriculam Framework Committee to oversee syllabus revision and implementation for Classes 1 to 12 std.
- Year of Revision of Syllabus
- Academic Year 2018-2019 for Class 1,6,9,11
- Academic Year 2019-2020 for Class 2,7,10,12
- Academic Year 2020-2021 for Class 3,4,5,8
- New CEC
- Achal Kumar Joti to be appointed as the New Chief Election commissioner of India succeeding Nizam jaidi.
- Hwasong 14
- It is the first Intercontinental ballistic missile of North Korea which was claimed to be test fired by N Korea recently.
Monday, July 3
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- Operation Hamla
- It is a mock security drill conducted by the police and the security personnel in the coastal districts of Tamil nadu.
- Swiss bank Money Hoarders
- India ranks 88th place in the list of value of money hoarded by its citizens in Swiss banks.
- UK was in the First place.
- 999
- It is the emergency number used in UK.
- It is also the oldest helpline emergency number used in the world.
- It started its operation in 1937.
- Textiles India 2017
- It is India's first ever mega trade event for textiles launched by PM Narendra Modi at Gandhi Nagar of Gujarat.
- World Book Capial 2019
- Sharjah was named the world Book capital for the year 2019 by the UNESCO.
- India's First Blood Bank for Cattle
- Odisha State became the first state in India to set up blood bank for the cattle.
Sunday, July 2
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- July 1 - National Doctor's Day
- GST came to Effect
- The Goods and Services Tax came to effect from July 1, 2017 onwards.
- Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway station renamed
- It is now renamed as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.
- New ITBP Chief
- R K Pachnanda was appointed as the New Chief of ITBP
- ITBP - Indo Tibetian Border Police
- Germany Legalises Same Sex Marriage
- German parliament passed a bill legalising the marriages between same sex people.
- Ireland - First Country to legalise same sex marriage.
- India Donated Books
- India Donated nearly 16000 books to Jafna Library in Srilanka.
- Bagan Ratna Award
- Subrata Bhattacharya (Football) was awarded the Bagan Ratna award.
- New Attorney General
- K K Venugopal was appointed as the new Attorney General of India.
Saturday, August 20
Current Affairs - July 2016 - Current Affairs for TNPSC Exams - TNPSCGURU.in
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Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
- Important Days
- July 1 - National doctor's day
- July 11 - World Population Day
- July 18 - Nelson Mandela Day
- World's Largest Spinning Wheel
- The World's largest Spinning wheel (Chakra in Hindi) was unveiled at Indira International Airport in New Delhi.
- Important Awards
- Lidudumalingani - South African writer who won the Caine Prize 2016 for his book 'Memories We Lost'
- Raghuveer Chaudhari - Gujarathi writer who was awarded the 51st Jnanpith Award.[Very Important]
- Captain Radhika Menon
- She became the first women in the world to receive the award for exceptional bravery Bravery at sea from the International Maritime Organisation (HQ: London, UK)
- She is also the first women captain of India's Merchant Navy.
- Lifeline Express
- It is the world's first hospital on a train launched by Indian Railways in 1991 and it completed 25 years of its services to the nation.
Polity
- Minimum Wage for Part time Workers
- Rajasthan Became the first state in India to implement the minimum wage for the part time workers.
- Happiness Department
- Madhya Pradesh state became the first state in India to create a new department called as Happiness department that evaluates and formalates the measure to raise the state's happiness index.
- Important Appointments
- Pema Khandu
- He was appointed as the new Chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh.
- He also set a new record by becoming the youngest Person to be appointed as the chief minister of any Indian state.
Economy
- Important Committies
- Shankar Acharya Committee
- The Union Govt has formed a new committee to examine the feasibility of new financial year for India under the Chairmanship of Shankar Acharya
- Arvind Subramaniam Committee
- Central Govt has appointed a committee to suggests measures to tackle the supply shortage and high prices of pulses under the chairmanship of Arvind Subramaniam.
Environment and Health
- E-cigarette Banned
- Kerala became the fourth state in India (first - Rajasthan) which banned the usage of electronic cigarette citing ill effects of its usage.
- Fat Tax
- Recently the Kerala State Government announced 14.5 % fat tax
Science and Tech
- Nivaran Portal
- This portal was launched by the Railway Ministry for online registration of complaints by the railway employees including their former employees.
- JUNO Spacecraft
- It is a spacecraft sent by NASA in 2011 to Jupiter.
- It reached the orbit of the Jupiter Planet on 4th July 2016.
- RFID Tagging of Containers
- Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Maharashtra became the first port in India to tag the container with RFID tags.
- Through this the container's movement can be tracked at several places.
- Myspeed App
- It is a mobile application launched by TRAI for the consumers to check their Internet speed.
World
- 2nd BRICS Youth Summit 2016
- It was held at Guwahati in Assam.
- Y-20
- It is the largest transport Military plane constructed by china which was inducted to its army recently.
- It has the capability to lift 200 tonnes of weigth.
- Big Brother Law
- It was a nick name given to the controversial anti terror amendments passed by the Russian Parliament.
- The nick name became popular after the condemnation of the law by Edward Snowden.
- This law gives more surveillance powers to the security agencies.
- Sushila Karki [Very Important for Upcoming Exams]
- She was appointed as the first Women Chief Justice of Supreme court of Nepal.
- Theresa May
- She was appointed as the New Prime Minister of Britain UK.
- She is also the second women to become the Prime Minister of Britain.
- Sankat Mochan
- It is the name of the operation taken by Indian govt to rescue the stranded Indian Citizens from South Sudan
Sports
- Gurpeet Singh Sandhu
- He is an Indian Football player named to play in the UEFA Europa League thus becoming the first Indian player to play in this europa league.
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Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
- Important Days
- July 1 - National doctor's day
- July 11 - World Population Day
- July 18 - Nelson Mandela Day
- World's Largest Spinning Wheel
- The World's largest Spinning wheel (Chakra in Hindi) was unveiled at Indira International Airport in New Delhi.
- Important Awards
- Lidudumalingani - South African writer who won the Caine Prize 2016 for his book 'Memories We Lost'
- Raghuveer Chaudhari - Gujarathi writer who was awarded the 51st Jnanpith Award.[Very Important]
- Rohit Khandelwal - became the first Indian to win the Mr. World title (2016).
- TM Krishna (Musician) and Bezwada Wilson (Social activist) - won the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2016.
- Captain Radhika Menon
- She became the first women in the world to receive the award for exceptional bravery Bravery at sea from the International Maritime Organisation (HQ: London, UK)
- She is also the first women captain of India's Merchant Navy.
- Lifeline Express
- It is the world's first hospital on a train launched by Indian Railways in 1991 and it completed 25 years of its services to the nation.
Polity
- Minimum Wage for Part time Workers
- Rajasthan Became the first state in India to implement the minimum wage for the part time workers.
- Happiness Department
- Madhya Pradesh state became the first state in India to create a new department called as Happiness department that evaluates and formalates the measure to raise the state's happiness index.
- Important Appointments
- Pema Khandu
- He was appointed as the new Chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh.
- He also set a new record by becoming the youngest Person to be appointed as the chief minister of any Indian state.
- India's First e-Court
- India's first e-court was opened in the High court of Hyderabad.
Economy
- Important Committies
- Shankar Acharya Committee
- The Union Govt has formed a new committee to examine the feasibility of new financial year for India under the Chairmanship of Shankar Acharya
- Arvind Subramaniam Committee
- Central Govt has appointed a committee to suggests measures to tackle the supply shortage and high prices of pulses under the chairmanship of Arvind Subramaniam.
- Sustainable Development Index
- India ranks 110th in the recently published sustainable development index for 149 countries.
- Top 3 Countries
- Sweden
- Denmark
- Norway
- Pashudhan Bhima yojana
- It was an insurance sheme for cattles launched by the Haryana Government.
Environment and Health
- E-cigarette Banned
- Kerala became the fourth state in India (first - Rajasthan) which banned the usage of electronic cigarette citing ill effects of its usage.
- Fat Tax
- Recently the Kerala State Government announced 14.5 % fat tax
- India's First Green Rail Corridor.
- The railway department has launched India's first green rail corridor between rameshwaram and mana madurai.
- Trains running through this corridor will have bio toilets and also does not discharge toilet wastes in the tracks as like the other trains.
Science and Tech
- Nivaran Portal
- This portal was launched by the Railway Ministry for online registration of complaints by the railway employees including their former employees.
- JUNO Spacecraft
- It is a spacecraft sent by NASA in 2011 to Jupiter.
- It reached the orbit of the Jupiter Planet on 4th July 2016.
- RFID Tagging of Containers
- Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Maharashtra became the first port in India to tag the container with RFID tags.
- Through this the container's movement can be tracked at several places.
- Myspeed App
- It is a mobile application launched by TRAI for the consumers to check their Internet speed.
- Aquila
- It is a Internet drone developed by facebook.
- Aquila was tested successfully recently.
- It is very similar to the google's loon project, instead of balloon aquila project uses drones.
World
- 2nd BRICS Youth Summit 2016
- It was held at Guwahati in Assam.
- Y-20
- It is the largest transport Military plane constructed by china which was inducted to its army recently.
- It has the capability to lift 200 tonnes of weigth.
- Big Brother Law
- It was a nick name given to the controversial anti terror amendments passed by the Russian Parliament.
- The nick name became popular after the condemnation of the law by Edward Snowden.
- This law gives more surveillance powers to the security agencies.
- Sushila Karki [Very Important for Upcoming Exams]
- She was appointed as the first Women Chief Justice of Supreme court of Nepal.
- Theresa May
- She was appointed as the New Prime Minister of Britain UK.
- She is also the second women to become the Prime Minister of Britain.
- Sankat Mochan
- It is the name of the operation taken by Indian govt to rescue the stranded Indian Citizens from South Sudan
Sports
- Gurpeet Singh Sandhu
- He is an Indian Football player named to play in the UEFA Europa League thus becoming the first Indian player to play in this europa league.
- Neeraj Chopra
- He was an Indian Athlete who set a new world record in Javelin in the Under 20 category by throwing the javelin to 86.48 m distance and winning the gold medal in Under 20 world athlete chaimpionship held in Poland.
Saturday, August 1
Current Affairs - August 2015
TNPSC Current Affairs August 2015
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
- Important Days
- August 1 to 7 - World Breastfeeding Week
- August 5 - Putlibai Day [Putlibai was the mother of Mahatma Gandhi]
- August 7 - National Handloom Day[PM Modi Declared 7th August as the National Handloom day ]
- August 10 - World Bio fuel Day
- August 29 - National Sports Day [Birth Day of Dyan Chand, former Indian hockey Player]
- Important Persons in News
- K. Bhavaneeswari - First Chief Security officer of Chennai Metro Rail.
- Sundar Pichai - appointed as the new CEO of Google.
- Amitabh Bachan - became the Tiger Ambassador of Maharashtra.
- Ashwani Lohani - appointed as the new chairman of Air India
- Parveen Sultana - Bangladeshi actress who had undergone a surgery for removing tumor in a hospital in chennai.
- Sachin Tendulkar - Green Army Chief [Maharashtra]
- Sofia Asraf - Indian Rapper famous for her 'Kodaikanal Won't ' Video.
- H N Girisha - Paralympian who challenged the selection of Sania Mirza for the Rajiv Ghandhi Khel ratna award (2015) in Karnataka High Court.
- Hardik Patel - who led the agitation demanding reservation for patels in Gujarat.
- Cho Ramasamy - editor of 'Thuglaq', a tamil Magazine.
- Gangadhara Tilak Katnam - also called as 'Road doctor' was a former Indian Government employee who has got the world wide attention for his social work in filling the pot holes in the roads.
- Sasi Perumal - Social activist who died during the anti-liquor protest.
- Kayyara Kinhanna Rai - Kannada poet and freedom fighter who died recently.
- Khaled al Asaad - an archaeologist who was beheaded by the IS militants.
- Gandhi Nagar 4th avenue to B Ramachanra Adityanar Salai
- The Gandhi Nagar 4th Avenue Road in Adyar was renamed as B Ramachanra Adityanar Salai.
- He was the former editor ot Malai Murasu.
- Awards
- Poet Sella Ganapathy won the Bal Sahitya Puraskar Award for this year from Sahitya Academy.
- Zaina Erhaim of Syria won the Peter Mackler Award 2015 for courageous journalism.
- Sports Awards
- Rajiv Ghandhi Khel Ratna Award 2015 -
- Sania Mirza
- Arjuna Awards 2015 (For Members)
- Rohit Sharma (Cricket)
- Bajrang (Wrestling)
- P R Sreejish (Hockey)
- Naib Subedar Sandeep Kumar (Archery)
- M R Poovamma (Athletics)
- Kidambi Srikanth Nammalwar (Badminton)
- Mandeep Jangra (Boxing)
- Dipa Karmakar (Gymnastic)
- Sreejesh P R ( Hockey)
- Manjeet Chhillar ( Kabaddi)
- Abhilasha Shashikant Mhatre (Kabaddi)
- Sawarn Singh (Rowing)
- Anup Kumar Yama (Roller Skating)
- Jitu Rai (Shooting)
- S Sathish Kumar (Weightlifting)
- Babita Kumari (Wrestling)
- Yumnam Sanathoi Devi (Wushu)
- Sharath M Gayakwad (Para-Swimming)
- Doordarshan Chennai celebrated its 40th anniversary of inauguration (started in 15th August 1975).
- Dahihandi
- It is a sport in which human pyramids are formed and they try to break the pot hanging above.
- Recently Maharashtra government announced Dahihandi as an adventure sport.
- Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
- It is the world's third largest mosques which is located in Abu dhabi(UAE).
- The grand old baobab Tree
- The grand old baobab tree which is the heritage tree of Vijayapura(Karnataka) fell down after getting damaged of infections.
- It is more than 600 years old.
- Important books in News:
- Mrs Funnybones - written by Twinkle Khanna (Bollywood actress)
- 182
- The toll free number service started by Indian Railway for Security related issues.
- Yakshagana - Folk dance of Karnataka
- Tree of Life
- An Artificial tree in Apollo hospital, which bears the name of the organ donors.
- WIFI at the Mamallapuram Shore Temple
- BSNL recently installed its wifi hotspot service at the Mamallapuram Shore Temple.
- Asphyxiation
- It means severe deficient supply of required oxygen to the body for normal breathing.
National
- India - Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement
- India transferred 111 Indian enclaves to Bangladesh.
- Bangladesh transferred 51 Bangladeshi enclaves to India.
- GI Status for Chengalikodan, a variety of nendran banana
- The Geographical indication status was given to the 'Chengalikodan', a variety of banana.
- It is mostly found in the Thrissur and Thalappilly region of Kerala.
- Highest number of UAPA Cases
- The highest number of cases under the UAPA act has been filed in the state of Manipur in 2014.
- Mann Ki Baat
- Indian radio program hosted by the PM Narendra Modi to address the people.
- It was started on 3rd October, 2014.
- The Cheraman Juma Masjid
- It is the first Mosque built in India in 629 AD.
- It is in Kodungallur in the Trissur District of Kerala.
Polity
- Tamil Nadu government has announced that the Birthday of APJ Abdul Kalam that is October 15th will be observed as Youth Awakening day.
- Important Appointments
- Ram Nath Kovind - appointed as the new governor of Bihar
- Acharya Dev Vrat - appointed as the new governor of Himachal Pradesh.
- K Ramanujam - appointed as the State Chief Information Commissioner of Tamil Nadu.
- The Practice of Santhara, Banned by the Rajasthan high Court.
- Santhara is a kind of practice followed by Jains, which involves a voluntary fasting till death.
Economics
- China Devalues its Currency
- China devalued its currency Yuan (renminbi) by 1.9%.
- Assocham report
- Tamil Nadu tops with 15.2% of India's manufacturing sector jobs in the year 2012-13.
- Next to Tamil nadu is Maharastra(13.8%) and Gujarat(10.5%).
- U.K Sinha - Chairman of SEBI.
- T. S Vijayan - Chairman of IRDAI
- Hindustan Shipyard Limited - is in Visakhapatnam
Science and Technology
- GSAT 6
- On 27th August 2015, GSAT 6 (Satellite) was launched by GSLV-D6 launch Vechicle from Sriharikota.
- It has a 6 metre diameter antenna, which is the largest antenna that the ISRO has ever made.
- This GSAT 6 communication satellite is used for the country's Stategic purpose.
- 1 Billion Facebook Logins
- Recently the facebook, social network website made a record with 1 billion users logged on to their site in a single day.
Environment
- Coringa Wildlife Santuary
- It is in Andhra Pradesh.
- It is the second largest mangrove forest in India after Sundarban.
- Swach Bharat Rankings
- It was published by the Ministry of Urban Development.
- Mysuru bagged the first rank followed by Trichy(Second Rank), Navi Mumbai (Third).
- Damoh in Madhya Pradesh was last in the list.
- Mudumalai Tiger Reserve:
- It is in Nilgiri District of Tamil Nadu.
- Mudumalai Tiger Reserve was announced as a wildlife in 1972.
- In 2007, it was declared as a Tiger Reserve.
- Kawal Tiger Reserve:
- It is in Telangana.
- It was declared as a Tiger reserve in 2012.
- Green Army Chief: Sachin Tendulkar
- Green Army is an initiative of Maharashtra Government, involving school children for promoting environment conservation.
- Sachin Tendulkar was named the chief of the Green Army.
World
- National Emergency Declared in Myanmar
- Myanmar's President declared national emergency after the devastating floods affected over 1 lakh people.
- FIPIC 2015
- India to host the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation in August.
- Indian Government removed Iran from the list of restricted visa nations.
- Now the 3 categories like Employment, Conference and Students and research visa policies are liberalised.
- Iran is no longer in the PRC prior referral category now.
- Ranil Wickremesinghe
- Became the Prime Minister of Srilanka for the Fourth time.
- He Belongs to the United National Party.
- Two US Journalists Shot Dead
- Reporter Alison Parker and Cameraman Adam Ward was shot dead during a live Program.
- The gunman was identified as Vester Lee Flanagan.
- 50 Migrants were found dead in a truck on a highway in Austria.
Sports
- World Badminton Champianship
- World Badminton Champianship 2015 was held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
- Carolina Marin (Spain) defeated Saina Nehwal (India) in the final.
- Micheal Clarke
- Australian Cricket Player who retired from test matches recently.
Sunday, July 5
Current Affairs - July 2015
TNPSC Current Affairs July 2015
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
- Important Persons in News
- Ira Singhal - became the first physically challenged woman to top the UPSC Civil services exam.
- TK 0065
- A Turkish flight made an emergency landing at the India Gandhi International Airport (Delhi) after a bomb alert.
- Youth Delphic Games
- Awards
- Prof. Sanjeev Galande - G D birla Award for Scientific Research 2014.
- Prof R Paul singh - World Agriculture Prize Laureate 2015.
- Fazle Hasan Abed - World food prize 2015
- Krishnapatnam port (Andhra pradesh) - Golden peacock Award 2015.
Economy
- Important Persons in News
- Muhammad Yunus - Founder of Grameen Bank.
- Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee yojana
- Aim: This Scheme aims to provide irrigation facilities to every village in the country by coordinating with the already existing irrigation schemes in the respective region.
- Mhara Gaon, Jagmag Gaon
- It is a scheme launched by Haryana government to provide 24 hour power supply to rural domestic consumers.
- ClapShare
- A new app which helps the users to share their own books to anyone using the app.
- Matti Makkonen
- regarded as the Father of SMS Technology passed away.
- July 3, 2015 - Nationalwide MNP (Mobile Number Portability) became operational.
- Speed Pay
- It is the mobile wallet launched by BSNL.
- Uttarakhand - became the first state in India to install Earthquake early warning system.
Environment and Health
- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome - Discovered in 2012
Sports
- FIFA Women's World Cup (Football)
- Host City: Vancouver of Canada
- United States won the final match against Japan.
- Carli Lloyd became the first women to score a hat trick goal in the world cup final.
- Abhijeet Gupta won gold in the 19th Commomwealth Chess Championship
- Two IPL teams suspended for 2 years 2016-2017
- Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
- Rajasthan Royals
World
- Yanis Varoifakis
- Greece's finance minister who resigned recently.
- PM Narendra Modi visited Kazakhstan
- Karim Massimov - Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
- Greece
- Greece became the first developed country to default IMF Debt.
- It is located in the southeastern Europe.
- Cuba - became the first country to eliminate mother to child HIV transmission.
- Gennady Padalka
- Russian Cosmonaut, who set a record for spending longest time (804 days) in space.
- Astronauts names in different countries
- India,US - Astronauts
- Russia - Cosmonaut
- China -Taikonauts
- France - Spationauts
Tuesday, July 22
Current Affairs - July 2014
Miscellaneous
- Rajasthan Government Officially announced the Camel as its state Animal.
- Mt. Sinha which is located in Antartica was named after the Indian-American scientist named Akhouri A. Sinha.
- Five persons died in the gas leak accident while dismantling the Chemical Tanker MV Perin docked at the Alang Ship Breaking yard (Gujarat).
- The 359 m rail bridge being constructed over the river Chenab will become the world's tallest rail bridge on its completion. It connects Baramula with Jammu. The present Tallest rail bridge is located in China's Guizhou province over Beipanjiang River with 275 metres height.
- World's Tallest rail pillar is to be constructed in Manipur (141 m). The present tallest pillar is in europe 139m height.
- Books in News:
- A room of one’s own - Virginia Woolf
- I am Malala - Yousafzai Malala
- Aurat Ke Haq Mein - Taslima Nasrin
- Viwaah Samasya, Arthat Stri Jiwan- Mahatama Gandhi .
- The Hindus: An Alternative History - Wendy Doniger
- One life is not enough - Natwar Singh
- CBSE issued circular to all its affiliated schools to celebrate 2nd week of August as Sanskrit Week.
- Chandi Prasad Bhatt founder of the Chipko Movement (1973) was awarded the Gandhi peace prize.
- MH17 - a malaysian airline which was shot down near the Russia - Ukraine Border.
- A non stop daily air service between India (New Delhi) and Russia (Moscow) has resumed after 15 years
- Shiksha Bachao Andolan was headed by Dinanath Batra.
- Nandankanan Biological Park located in Odisha became the first zoo in the country to have a black tiger cub born in capitivity.
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