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Note:  July 1 is the birth anniversary of B C Roy  B C Roy – Bidhan Chandra Roy

Attorney General:  K K Venugopal is the new Attorney General of India  Mr Venugopal had served as the Additional Solicitor General in the Morarji Desai government. He assisted the Supreme Court in a number of cases and was amicus curiae in the 2G spectrum scam case.

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This is a surface to air short range missile Its range 25 to 30 Kms It was tested from ITR (Integrated Test Range) at Chandipur (Odisha) It was developed by DRDO It was first test fired on June 4, 2017 It engages multiple targets It involves an all-weather weapon system capable of tracking and firing

USA:  America is celebrating its independence day.  The President of India greeted the government of USA and the citizens of USA  USA got independence in the year 1776

Check Posts:  22 states have abolished check posts after the implementation of GST  Remaining states are on the verge of the same.  It reduces travelling time for the trucks (waiting time in long ques at the check posts) Cabinet Secretary:  Cabinet Secretary Shri P.K. Sinha reviewed the status of GST with the Secretaries of various Ministries / Departments of Government of India and senior officials.

ICAI:  Institute of Charted Accountants of India  ICAI is located in New Delhi  July 1 is celebrated as CA’s day

Cabinet decision:  The Union Cabinet on June 28, 2017 approved signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between India and Israel on National Campaign for Water Conservation in India.  This will benefit the country in conserving water for future generations. www.OnlineIAS.com

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 The two countries shall work to enhance cooperation at the national, regional and international level to design, implement and monitor a professionally-designed National Water Conservation campaign in India. The Ministries agree to jointly work on the water conservation campaign to achieve the following objectives: a. b. c. d. e.

Put water conservation on the national agenda in India Encouraging every citizen to save water in everyday life Generating awareness about water Promoting Re-use, Recharge and Recycling of water Development of digital tools such as websites, mobile applications on the subject of water conservation.

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Chief Election Commissioner Achal Kumar Joti is appointed as the new CEC He takes the charge on July 6, 2017 His appointment was announced by the Law Ministry. Mr Nasim Zaidi retires on July 6, 2017 Mr Joti is an IAS (1975) Gujarat Cadre He served as the Chief Secretary of Gujarat

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Law Commission:  It recommended for compulsory registration of marriages  This is the 21st law commission and the chairman is Justice B S Chauhan (Balbir Singh Chauhan)  The main function of law commission on to work for legal reforms  This is an advisory body of Ministry of Law and Justice  First law commission of India was established in the year 1954 and the chairman was M C Setalvad  Note: M C Setalvad was the first Attroney-General of India

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COMMIT:  The Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (I/C), Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh launched a new training programme Comprehensive Online Modified Modules on Induction Training (COMMIT) for State Government officials.  The objective of this training programme is to improve the public service delivery mechanism and provide citizen centric administration through capacity building of officials who interact with the citizens on day-to-day basis.  Secretary, DoPT, Shri B P Sharma said that COMMIT will be launched in 6 States of Assam, Haryana, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and West Bengal initially on pilot basis during the current financial year 2017-18 and within next year it is expected to cover all India level. He said that the COMMIT has been designed in such a way that it allows to translate the content in local/regional languages.  The COMMIT programme, developed by DoPT in collaboration with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), will supplement the existing 12-Day ITP launched in 2014-15 for newly recruited state Government officials to develop in them Generic & Domain specific competencies. The programme will cover approximately 74,000 State Government officials in the financial year 2017-18.  It’s a 28 hour duration program

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S – Psychology H – Hearing A – Appendages P – Physical E – Eye Sight The Union Home Ministry sought the opinion of states on the physical and metal fitness for IPS officers to be promoted.  This is already applicable to BSF and CISF personnel

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Note:  Under section 26 of AP Reorganisation act in order to increase the number of assembly seats of Andhra Pradesh and Telengana, Constitution should be amended

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 The L-G can nominate three MLAs to the Assembly. Under the Union Territories Act, the oath is/can be administered by the Administrator.  Note: Generally Puducherry cabinet takes a call on the nomination of three MLAs to the legislative assembly. The exercise is seen as the privilege of the single largest party to nominate their representatives or recommend representatives of its alliance parties to the assembly. The cabinet will send its recommendations to the Union government through the Lt. governor and the Union government makes the final announcement in this regard.     

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India and Netherlands:  The Union Cabinet on June 22, 2017 has approved Amendment of the bilateral Social Security Agreement (SSA) between India and the Netherlands by incorporating the “Country of Residence” Principle into the said SSA.  The amended SSA between India and the Netherlands, when operational from the third month from the date of notifying the said Amendment to the Netherlands by India, will strengthen the ties between the two countries, and continue to favourably impact the profitability and competitive position of Indian and Dutch companies with foreign operations in either country by reducing their cost of doing business abroad. The SSA will also help promote more investment flows between the two countries

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GST: Goods and Services Tax. Good and Simple Tax – Modi July 1, 2017 July 1 – GST day

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Goods and Services Tax GST was first recommended in the year 2003 by Kelkar Task Force on indirect taxes. GST is a tax levied on goods and services. This would be a single and comprehensive tax and will subsume all other indirect taxes 122nd Constitution amendment bill ………101 amendment act GST is a destination based tax (place of supply) Only value addition will be taxed The final tax burden is borne by the consumer 3 types of GST CGST – Levied by centre on intra-state supply of goods and services SGST - Levied by states on the supply of goods and services IGST - Levied by centre on inter - state supply of goods and services

 UTGST - GST Council has introduced the UTGST Act, to levy a tax, in the union territories of Chandigarh, Lakshadweep, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. UTGST will be levied in place of SGST in these union territories.     

CGST and IGST is levied and administered by the central government SGST is levied and administered by the State government CGST and SGST are taxed simultaneously GST council quorum – ½ Weightage of votes – Central government 1/3rd and states 2/3rd

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Central Excise Duty, Additional Excise Duty, Service Tax, Additional Customs Duty commonly known as Countervailing Duty, and Special Additional Duty of Customs.

At the State level a. Value Added Tax/Sales Tax, b. Entertainment Tax (other than the tax levied by the local bodies), Central Sales Tax (levied by the Centre and collected by the States), c. Octroi and Entry tax, d. Purchase Tax, e. Luxury tax, and f. Taxes on lottery, betting and gambling.

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This is a tax reform Ease the tax burden Make compliance simple Reduces the multitudes of taxes levied by both the governments Streamlining and modernising the tax administration Business entities can take credit for taxes paid along the supply chain to pevent the cascading effect

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One Nation, One Market, One Tax There are 4 slabs 5, 12, 18 and 28 % 0 rate on articles of mass consumption 3 percent rate on bullion Sin cess on articles such as tobacco products Crude petroleum and its products which contribute more than 1/3rd of all tax revenues in India are out of GST regime.

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Note:  Originally it was decided to have only 2 tax regimes  One for raw materials and inputs  Other for goods and services meant for final consumption

Q: In which of the following countries the G 20 summit was held in July 2017? a. Paris (France) b. Rome (Italy) c. Berlin (Germany) d. Hamburg (Germany) Answer: D Note:             

First summit was held in 2008 in USA (Washington DC) 2016 summit was held in China (Hangzhou) 2018 will be held in Argentina (Buenos Aires) 2019 will be in Japan (Tokyo) 2020 will be in Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) USA is the only country to host G 20 summit twice so far ( till the year 2017). 2008 and 2009 In 2009 and 10 2 summits were held each year Since 2011 the summit is being held once a year Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany This is the first G 20 summit in Germany This is a group of 19 countries plus European Union EU is represented by European Commission and European Central Bank The G20 is an international forum that brings together the world's 20 leading industrialised and emerging economies.

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19 nations are divided into 5 groups with maximum of 4 nations in a group The chair is rotated among the five groups India is in Group 2 Other nations in Group 2 – Russia, South Africa and Turkey Group 2 will be hosting the G 20 summit in the year 2021 Russia – 2013 Turkey – 2015 Argentina Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa South Korea, Turkey, UK, USA.

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Q: In which year India hosted G 20 Summit? a. b. c. d.

2010 2014 2015 Never hosted

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District Collector and MLA  The ruling TRS MLA has been arrested for his alleged misbehaving with a woman collector in Telengana state  The MLA from Mahabubabad, B Shankar Nayak, allegedly behaved in a rude manner with the collector at a public meeting organised during the programme to launch 'Harita Haaram'.  The collector later complained to police. www.OnlineIAS.com

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India ranked at 39/46 in Laziness:  As per the study conducted by Stanford University the least lazy country is Hongkong  Hongkong – 6880 steps a day o 39. Inida – 4297steps a day o 46. Indonesia – 3513 Q: Which of the following day is observed as World Population day? a. b. c. d.

June 11 July 11 July 13 August 11

Answer: B

Note:  This is to raise the awareness regarding global population issues  Five billion day – July 11, 1987  World Population Day aims at increase people's awareness on various population issues such as the importance of family planning, gender equality, poverty, maternal health and human rights.  The world population reached 7.4 billion on February 6, 2016  The World population will reached 7. 5 billion on April 24, 2017

Galaxy Saraswati:  A team of Indian scientists discovered a galaxy  It is on the direction of constellation Pisces and 400 light years away from earth  What is a light year? www.OnlineIAS.com

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Nagaland: Governor P B Acharya Capital Kohima  In January 2017 there was a civil unrest in the state.  The NPF government's — then headed by Zeliang — move to hold civic polls with 33 percent reservation for women.  The tribal bodies in the state almost unanimously opposed the reservation to women leaders, stating that the government order was in contrast to their traditions, which do not allow women to take up leadership roles.  There were violet protests which led to the death of three persons in police firing.  The deaths resulted in a state-wide bandh, with a demand for the then chief minister Zeliang’s resignation.  Following this, the ruling NPF's MLAs elected Liezietsu as a non-MLA chief minister and new leader of the legislative party on 22 February.  Current Status  The CM has been accused of indulging in nepotism by appointing his son Khriehu as advisor with Cabinet status and pay.  Amid the hue and cry over his appointment, Khriehu even declined the Cabinet post, apparently to bail his father out. However, the warring factions have shown no signs of relenting.  The Governor asked the CM to prove majority on July 15, 2017 www.OnlineIAS.com

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Q: Vande Mataram was originally written in? Note:  It was composed by Bankim Chandra Chatopadyay in 1870  It was included in his novel ‘Anandmath’ in the year 1881  It was first sung in the year 1896 at Calcutta

Roopa DIG:

 Divakar Roopa Moudgil is an IPS officer who has blew the whistle against her own senior police officers. In a stinging report, she didn’t mince any word in blaming the Director General of Police (DGP) Mr. Satyanarayana Rao that he was on the payroll of convicted Sasikala, who is imprisoned in a Bangaluru jail. She has written that the DGP accepted Rs. 2 Crores from Sasikala to allow her operate a personal kitchen and other amenities in the jail. This is being termed as one of the biggest whistleblowing incidents in the history of Indian police.  Central Prison, Bangalore: This is also called Bangalore Central Jail and Parappana Agrahara Central Prison  This is the largest prison in the Indian state of Karnataka  Subrata Roy – Tihar Jail  Sanjay Dutt – Yerwada Jail  Lalu Prasad – Birsa Munda Jail  Asaram – Jodhpur Jail www.OnlineIAS.com

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Q: National Strategic Plan for Malaria Elimination that was launched on July 12, 2017 is for the period of a. 2017 – 2020 b. 2017 – 2021 c. 2017 - 2022 d. 2017 – 2023 Answer: C Q: Which of the target year of GOI for the elimination of Malaria? a. 2022 b. 2025 c. 2027 d. 2030

Answer: D Note:  In the year 2016 WHO declared Sri Lanka as Malaria free

Q: In which of the following years PRAGATI was launched by the Prime Minister? a. 2014 b. 2015 c. 2016 d. 2017

Answer: B Note:  Prime Minister of India launched his ambitious multi-purpose and multi-modal platform PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance And Timely Implementation). PRAGATI is a unique integrating and interactive platform. The platform is aimed at addressing common man’s grievances, and simultaneously monitoring and reviewing important programmes and projects of the Government of India as well as projects flagged by State Governments.

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Q: Which of the following countries became the members of SCO in the year 2017? a. b. c. d.

India, Pakistan and Afghanistan India, Pakistan and Bangladesh India and Pakistan India, Pakistan and Japan

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SCO: Shangahi Cooperation Organisation It was created in the year 2001. Originally it was called Shanghai five created in the year 1996 SCO is a political, Economic and security organization Original members – China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan Uzbekistan became a member in the year 2001 India and Pakistan became the members in the year 2017 Russia has pushed for India’s membership into the grouping in the last few years while China backed the entry of its ally Pakistan. Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran and Mongolia are the observer states What is observer status? This is a privilege granted to the non-members to give them an ability to participate in the activities. But they do not have the right to vote The first summit was held in 2001 in Shanghai, China The 2017 summit was held in 2017 in Asthana, Kazakhstan. In the year 2018 the summit to be held in China. SCO focussed its attention in combating terrorism in Central Asia and especially at the borders of Xinjiang, China’s Uygur Muslim province where Beijing is battling against separatist East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM). “Now the member states of the SCO are accelerating the legal process on the MOU implementation. Everything is going on smoothly. Now the SCO completed the first membership expansion since its establishment. It will become regional organisation with largest coverage involving the biggest population” with the admission of India and Pakistan

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Q: Which of the following ministries observed Swachhta Pakhwada observed from July 1, 2017 to 15, 2017? a. b. c. d.

Ministry of Rural Development Ministry of Urban Development Ministry of Railways Ministry of Communications

Answer: D

Note:  The Minister of Communications Mr Manoj Sinha said that the Swachhta

Campaign always gets a boost if large Departments like Posts, Telecom and its PSUs carry out intensive exercise of not only cleaning their offices, its premises, colonies but also work along with the society and community through shramdan and tree plantation activity to promote Green and clean India.  Swachhta Pakhwada observed in the Ministry from 1st to 15th July.  Such large scale activity always plays an important role in spreading awareness on cleanliness in the remotest parts due to the vast reach of Postal and BSNL networks in every nook & corner of the country.  The Minister expressed the hope that as a result of this widespread and intense activity throughout the country, a strong message has been sent to the citizens about the importance of cleanliness and they will keep up the good work throughout the year.

Q: The Swachh Bharat Mission was launched on a. October 2, 2013 b. October 2, 2014 c. November 14, 2014 d. October 2, 2015

Answer: B Q: Which of the following year is the aim to make India clean and open defecation free?

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India and Portugal:  The Union Cabinet on June 22, 2017 has approved the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India, and Ministry of the Presidency and of Administrative Modernization, Government of Portuguese Republic, for ‘Cooperation in the field of Public Administration and Governance Reforms’.   The MoU will help in understanding the system of customer oriented public service delivery in Portugal with reference to rapidly changing environments in the area of public service management and enable in replicating, adapting and innovating some of the best practices and processes in the Indian Public Service Delivery System, leading to improved public service delivery in India.  The areas of co-operation under this MoU may include, but shall not be limited to: (a) Digital transformation of Government (b) Administrative simplification and process re-engineering

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Right to privacy:  The Supreme Court on July 18, 2017 set up a 9-judge bench to examine whether right to privacy is a fundamental right under Constitution.  The SC decision to form the 9-judge bench came while hearing petitions on linking of PAN card with Aadhaar  The government argues that it is common law right and not Constitutional right  An 8-judge bench in 1954 and a 6-judge bench in 1962 had ruled that right to privacy is not a fundamental right.  The Centre relied on these two verdicts and had taken a stand that no PIL could be filed to challenge validity of Aadhaar on ground of violation of fundamental rights.

Q: Which of the following is the only Indian state permitted to hoist state flag along with the national flag? a. b. c. d.

Karnataka Manipur Arunachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir

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Q: ‘Vidya Lakshmi’ is a. A scheme that allows all the students below the age of 25 years to pursue higher education of their choice b. A scheme that allows poor and middle class girl students to pursue higher education of their choice c. A scheme that allows poor and middle class students to pursue higher education of their choice d. A scheme that allows poor students to pursue higher education of their choice

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Authority to administer and monitor Scholarship as well Educational Loan Schemes, through the Pradhan Mantri Vidya Lakshmi Karyakram.  It ensures that no student misses out on higher education for lack of funds.  The IT based mechanism under the Pradhan Mantri Vidya Lakshmi Karyakram is expected to provide to students a single window electronic platform for Scholarships and Educational Loans."  Vidya Lakshmi is a first of its kind portal for students seeking Education Loan.  This portal has been developed under the guidance of Department of Financial Services, (Ministry of Finance) , Department of Higher Education (Ministry of Human Resource Development) and Indian Banks Association (IBA).

Nagaland:  The Govenor dismissed Shurhozelie Liezietsu as the Chief Minister on July 19, 2017  Governor PB Acharya appointed TR Zeliang, Naga People's Front (NPF) legislator, as Nagaland Chief Minister.  Mr Zeliang, has been directed to prove majority on the floor of the House on or before July 22.  The Governor invited Mr Zeliang, to form government after Mr Liezietsu did not show up for the floor test this morning.  Mr Liezietsu, who is facing a rebellion in his Naga People's Front Party, was ordered by Governor Acharya to face a floor test after his petition challenging it was rejected by the Gauhati High Court on July 18, 2017  The court said, "The matter is left to the wisdom of the governor to take a decision on the same after proper application of mind."

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 L.K. Advani on July 19, 2017 received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions as a parliamentarian in the Lok Sabha.  JD-U leader Sharad Yadav also received the Lifetime Achievement Award as a Rajya Sabha representative.  The function was organised by the Lokmat Media Group to honour distinguished Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members The other awardees from the Lok Sabha included  Revolutionary Socialist Party MP N.K. Premachandran - Best Parliamentarian  Congress leader Kumari Sushmita Dev - Best Woman Parliamentarian and  BJP leader Meenakshi Lekhi - Best Debut Woman Parliamentarian

The awardees from the Rajya Sabha included  CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury - Best Parliamentarian  Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan - Best Woman Parliamentarian and  Congress MP Rajni Patil (Best Debut Woman Parliamentarian).

CUNPK The Centre for United Nations Peacekeeping is conducting jointly with the US, the second edition of United Nations Peacekeeping Course for African Partners (UNPCAP-02) in New Delhi from 17 July to 04 Aug 2017.

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 The course is aimed to build and enhance the capacity of the African Troop Contributing Countries to the UN and to further train the trainers from these countries.  The course, which revolves around the concept of training the trainers, as stated by the UN, is one of the many steps that India has initiated towards active contribution to peace support activities. Course is being attended by officers from 19 countries including India. The students include officers who are currently employed in their respective peacekeeping training centres in African peacekeeping training institutions.

Ramnath Kovind:  October 1, 1945  Birth: Paraukh, Kanpur Dehat district, UP  Member of Parliament from 1994 to 2006  Governor of Bihar – 2015 to 2017  14th President of India  Assumes office on July 25, 2017  Law practitioner  Selected for civil services but did not join  He served as the PA to Moraraji Desai  He joined BJP in 1991 Criticism:  In 2010, Kovind courted controversy by saying that Islam and Christianity were alien to India.  This comment was made in response to the Ranganath Misra Commission which recommended 15 percent reservation for religious and linguistic minorities in government jobs 2017 election:  Election was held on July 17, 2017  Counting – July 20, 2017  Ramnath Kovind defeated Meira Kumar www.OnlineIAS.com

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 Election result was announced by Lok Sabha Secretary General Anoop Mishra  Total votes – 4896 (Ramnath Kovind – 2930 (702044), Meira Kumar – 1844 (367314))  Left over 122. Few did not vote, and other invalid  Altogether there were 77 invalid votes (Parliament 21 and assemblies 56). West Bengal 10, Delhi 6, AP, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, 3 from each state  What are invalid votes?  Marking same preference number to both the candidates  No marking of first preference  Writing some other mark on the ballot paper (Ex: In AP 2 MLAs wrote their names on the ballot paper)

Miscellaneous:  Electoral College – Elected members of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, State Legislative Assemblies and legislative assemblies of Delhi and Pondicherry  Term – 5 years  Qualification  Oath of office - By the CJI.  Resignation – Submits to the Vice President  So far 15 times election was held  Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy was the only President who was elected unopposed  What is cross Voting?  Can the whip be issued?

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SOHUM:  This is a hearing device  The newborn hearing screening device developed by School of International Bio design (SIB) startup M/s Sohum Innovation Labs India Pvt. Ltd  This innovative medical device has been developed under Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India supported (SIB).  SIB is a flagship Program of the DBT aimed to develop innovative and affordable medical devices as per unmet clinical needs of India and to train the next generation of medical technology innovators in India, it is a valuable contribution to the Make in India campaign of the Government.  One of the most common birth disorders – congenital hearing loss – is a result of both genetic and non-genetic factors  Globally, 8,00,000 hearing impaired babies are born annually of which, nearly 1,00,000 are in India. And all this preventable damage needs is early screening, which can facilitate timely treatment and rehabilitation.  The portable Sohum Hearing Screening measures auditory brain waves via three electrodes placed on the baby’s head. When stimulated, they detect electrical responses generated by the brain’s auditory system. If there is no response, the child cannot hear.  The battery-operated device is non-invasive, which means babies do not need to be sedated, which is the current, and risky, testing in process at present. Another key advantages over other testing systems is the patented, in-built algorithm that filters out ambient noise from the test signal. This is important because health clinics can be incredibly crowded and noisy. The device has been installed in five clinical centers who are currently running the hearing screening program.  The aim is to screen two percent of hospital-born babies in the first year, before scaling up. The project has ambitious plans – to help every baby born in India be screened.

Nagaland:  Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang has won the trust vote with the support of 47 out of 59 MLAs on July 22, 2017. Friday.  The CM belongs to Nagaland People’s Front 

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Anti-Dumping Duty: An anti-dumping duty is a protectionist tariff that a domestic government imposes on foreign imports that it believes are priced below fair market value. Dumping is a process where a company exports a product at a price lower than the price it normally charges on its own home market. To protect local businesses and markets, many countries impose stiff duties on products they believe are being dumped in their national market. The Government had imposed anti-dumping duty ranging from 4.58% to 57.39% of landed value on Cold Rolled Flat Products of Stainless Steel from China, Korea, European Union, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand and USA on 17.04.2014. Anti-dumping duty on the above items were further extended by five more years as per Government notification dated 11.12.2015. After a sunset review, it was found that:(i) (ii) (iii)

There is continued dumping of these goods from above mentioned countries though the volume of imports has declined; The performance of the domestic industry has deteriorated in the current injury period due to the impact of the dumped imports from these countries; and The dumping is likely to continue and the performance of the domestic industry is likely to deteriorate, if the anti-dumping duty is revoked.

Anti-dumping duty is imposed on the basis of margin of dumping which can vary across countries, producers or exporters. Accordingly, there are variable rates of anti-dumping duty on different exporting countries, producers or exporters. Details of country-wise duty imposed are given belowS. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Country People’s Republic of China Korea RP Chinese Taipei South Africa Thailand USA European Union

ADD as % of landed value 57.39% 5.39% to 13.44% 15.93% 12.34% to 36.91% 4.58% to 5.39% 9.47% 29.41% to 52.56%

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Women’s cricket World cup It was first held in 1973 in England Note: Men’s cricket World cup was first held in 1975 This is held every four year England was the first winner (1973) and defeated Australia Australia won for 6 times England 4 times (including 2017) New Zealand won one time India reached finals two times On July 23, 2017 India lost by 9 runs Anya Shrubsole - the player-of-the-match for 6/46 (9.4) She took six wickets besides bringing off a run-out Tammy Beaumont – The Player of the tournament (410 runs) England’s superior fitness gave them the critical edge in running between wickets and saving runs in the field

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Took birth on December 11, 1935 He is popularly known as Man of all seasons and a trouble shooter He was first elected to Rajya Sabha in the year 1969 He formed his own party Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress and merged with Congress in 1989  He got elected to the Lok Sabha in 2004  He served as Minister for Defence, External Affairs and Finance  In 2012 he defeated P A Sangma (NDA candidate) in the race to Rashtrapati Bhavan

U R RAO:  UDIPI Ramachandra Rao  Genial genius of ISRO  Regarded as the Father of Indian Satellite Technology  He was born on March 10, 1932 near Udipi  He passed away on July 24, 2017  He gave India the country’s first spacecraft Aryabhatta  Note: Aryabhatta was launched in the year 1975  He was the first Director of ISRO’s satellite centre.  In 1984 he was appointed as the Chairman of ISRO and Secretary Department of Space  As the chairman of Advisory committee on space sciences he finalised, shaped, refined the Chandrayaan -1 (2008), MOM (2013), upcoming Chandrayaan 2 (to be launched in 2018)

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President:  Ramnath Kovind took oath on July 25, 2017  Oath of office is administered by the CJI Jagdish Singh Khehar Indira Gandhi Prize:  Indira Gandhi prize for popularisation of science  The Indira Gandhi Prize for popularisation of science was established by the INSA in 1986.  INSA: Indian National Science Academy  This is to encourage and recognise public awareness of science  More than a thousand persons of INSA collectively choose once in every three years the best populariser of science in the country.  It is awarded to Pallava Bagla  Bagla is the Science Editor with the NDTV and a science columnist with the Press Trust of India (PTI).  Note: INSA was established in the year 1935  The Indian National Science Academy (INSA) is located in New Delhi.  This the apex body of Indian scientists representing all branches of science and technology  The current President is Ajay K Sood Amitab Bachchan:  He served as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Polio in India.  His ambassadorship for Unicef extended for another two years after success of polio drive, now working for MR inoculation for kids (sic).  MR - measles and rubella infections Note:  UNICEF: United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund.  It was created in 1946

Professor Yashpal  Eminent scientist Professor Yash Pal, noted for his contribution to the study of cosmic rays as well as for being an institution builder, died.  Birth November 26, 1926  Died on July 24, 2017  Started career in TIFR (Tata Institute for Fundamental Research)  He also served as the Chairman of UGC  He was awarded ‘Padma Vibushan’ in the year 2013  Note: Padma Vibushan is the second highest civilian award in India www.OnlineIAS.com

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Q: Which of the following state’s population is non-veg, the highest in the country? a. b. c. d.

Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra Rajasthan Telengana

Answer: D Note:  98.7 percent

Q: Which of the following state’s population is vegetarian, the highest in the country? a. b. c. d.

Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra Rajasthan Telengana

Answer: C Note:  74.9 percent

Q: Kaziranga National park, a UNESCO World Heritage site that contains largest population of one horned rhinoceros in the world is located in the state of a. b. c. d.

Meghalaya Mizoram Arunachal Pradesh Assam

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Note:  In the recent floods 60 people died  Thousands displaced  70 animals drowned

Q: Which of the following year is the target year for ‘Housing for all’? a. b. c. d.

2019 2020 2021 2022

Answer: D

Note:  The building and construction sector was brought under Environment Impact Assessment (EIS) in the year 2004  Construction activities were generating waste and dust  On December 9, 2016 environment ministry exempted the building and construction sector from the requirements of environment clearance en masse  The Supreme Court fined the environment ministry Rs 50000/- for not complying with its directions to notify the revised rules to protect the wetlands

Q: Doordarshan was established in the year? a. b. c. d.

1956 1957 1958 1959

Answer: D

Note:  September 15, 1959

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Bihar Crisis:  Tejaswi Yadav: The FIR was lodged in connection with a private party allegedly giving three acres of land in 2004 in Patna to them in return of getting licence to run two IRCTC hotels at Ranchi and Puri when Lalu Prasad was the railway minister.  Nitish Kumar resigned  Bihar Governor – Keshri Nath Tripati  Elected as the leader of NDA  Will be sworn in as the CM  Is it a secular fabric of Nitish Kumar?

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 The CJI JS Khehar has recommended the name of Justice Dipak Misra, the second senior most judge of the Supreme Court, to take over the mantle of CJI.  The CJI has written to the Law Minister recommending Justice Misra’s name for the highest judicial office in the country.  Justice Khehar will retire from office on August 27 this year. Justice Dipak Misra will be the 45th Chief Justice of India.  Justice Dipak Misra enrolled as an Advocate on February 14, 1977.  He was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Orissa High Court in 1996 and was transferred to the Madhya Pradesh High Court in 1997. He became permanent Judge in December, 1997. Justice Misra assumed charge of the office of Chief Justice, Patna High Court in 2009 and later became the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court in 2010. He was elevated to the Supreme Court on October 10, 2011.  Justice Misra will have a tenure of nearly 14 months as the CJI. He will retire on October 2, 2018

Q: Which of the following High Courts ordered that ‘Vande Mataram’ must be sung in all the educational institutions and government offices at least once in a week?

a. b. c. d.

Bombay High Court Madras High Court Calcutta High Court Delhi High Court

Answer: B

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 The court heard the matter on July 7, regarding in which language ‘Vande Mataram’ was originally written  An Additional Government Pleader submitted that the national song was written in Sanskrit and later transcribed into Bengali.  The court then sought the assistance of the advocates from the bar. Three lawyers, S.Sujatha, A.S.Bilal and Annadurai, provided material on the subject. The judge said Ms. Sujatha had taken painstaking effort in collecting materials from the National Encyclopaedia of Bangladesh, extracts from the book interpretation of Vande Mataram and produced other records from the house of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay on the subject.  The materials showed that the song was originally penned as ‘Bondey Matorom’ by the poet in Bengali. It was later translated into Sanskrit as Vande Mataram, the judge noted, while ordering the TRB to award an additional mark for the correct answer to the petitioner.

Q: Who of the following is the National Security Advisor? a. b. c. d.

Subramanyam Jaishankar Rajiv Gauba Ajit Doval Sujata Singh

Answer: C

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 The NSA is the chief executive of the National Security Council  NSA is the primary advisor to the PM on national and international security.  RAW and IB report to NSA

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Nitish Kumar - CM Susheel Modi – Dy CM This is the 6th time that Nitish Kumar took oath as the CM Floor test on July 28, 2017

Symbol for Doctors:  Accepted by IMA

Q: Who of the following is the World’s richest person according to Forbes Magazine? a. b. c. d.

Bill Gates Mark Zuckerberg Jeff Bezos Mukesh Ambani

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Q: Which of the following is the second state in India to set up Happiness Index Department? a. b. c. d.

Madhya Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Andhra Pradesh

Answer: D

Q: Who of the following is the author of ‘The Ministry of utmost Happiness’? a. b. c. d.

Chetan Bhagat Jhumpa Lahiri Anita Desai Arundati Roy

Answer: D

Note:  She won the Booker Prize in the year 1997 for her debut novel ‘The God of Small Things’

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Q: Who is the Director of ‘Indu Sarkar’? a. b. c. d.

Rajamouli Karan Johar Anurag Kashyap Madhu Bhandarkar

Answer: D

P V Sindhu:

 She has been appointed as the Deputy collector by AP government  This is a Group I post  She is the winner of silver medal in Olympics

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Q: Which of the following Indian city has been declared as a World Heritage city, the first city in India? a. Allahabad b. Varanasi c. Gandhinagar d. Ahmedabad

Answer: D Note:  The Walled City of Ahmedabad has joined Paris, Vienna, Cairo, Brussels, Rome and Edinburgh.  Of the 287 world heritage cities across the globe, the only two cities in the Indian subcontinent which enjoy the status are Bhaktapur in Nepal and Galle in Sri Lanka.  For over 600 years, Ahmedabad has stood for peace.  This is the city where Mahatma Gandhi began India’s freedom struggle.  It has stood for unity with its elegant carvings in its Hindu and Jain temples as well as standing as one of the finest examples of Indo-Islamic architecture and Hindu Muslim art.  It epitomizes the United Nation’s objective of sustainable development as it accelerates in its development, chosen to be one of India’s first smart cities, while preserving its ancient heritage.

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 Dwaraka(Gujarat)  Amritsar(Punjab)  Ajmer(Rajasthan)  Kanchipuram(Tamil Nadu)  Vellankani (Tamil Nadu)  Puri(Odisha)  Varanasi(Uttar Prasesh)  Mathura(Uttar Pradesh)  Kedarnath (Uttarakhand) and  Kamakhya (Assam)  have been identified for development under Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spirituality Augmentation Drive (PRASAD) by the Ministry of Tourism.

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 Badami(Karnataka)  Puri (Odisha)  Amritsar (Punjab)  Ajmer(Rajasthan)  Kanchipuram (Tamil Nadu)  Vellankani (Tamil Nadu)  Warangal (Telangana)  Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) and  Mathura (Uttar Pradesh).  The criterion for selection of these cities is their rich heritage and cultural history.

IAS 2017 (Main) – Writing practice from August 15, 2017 IAS 2018 (New batch) commences on October 1, 2017. Admissions from September 1, 2017 APPSC (Group I and II) commences on September 4, 2017. Admissions in progress

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