International Affairs
India
was
ranked 110 out of the 149
nations assessed on where they stand with regard to achieving the Sustainable
Development Goals, as per a Sustainable
Development Solutions Network and Bertelsmann Stiftung index.
Countries
were ranked on their performance across 17 goals, which are to be achieved by
2030.
Note
: Sweden topped this index followed by Denmark and Norway.
PM
Narendra Modi and Bangladesh's PM
Sheikh Hasina have jointly inaugurated a land port at the India-Bangladesh border, Petrapole Integrated
Check Post through video-conferencing.
Important
Points to Note :
The
check post will be the biggest land
port in South Asia.
Over
50% of the trade, worth more than ₹15,000 crore, between the two countries passes through
Petrapole.
National Affairs
The Karnataka government
has imposed an "unconditional"
ban on the sale, and possession of Chinese 'manja' and other
non-biodegradable threads used to fly kites.
The
threads, coated with finely crushed glass and other harmful substances, are
blamed for causing injuries and claiming lives of birds.
Reportedly,
268 birds entangled in Chinese 'manja' in Bengaluru were rescued between
2010-2014.
The Lok Sabha has today passed the National Institute of Technology, Science, Education and Research
(Amendment) (NITSER) Bill, 2016.
The
bill seeks to establish a National
Institute of Technology (NIT) in Andhra Pradesh as an institute of
national importance under the NITSER
Act, 2007 with an effect from August 2015.
The Union Cabinet has given its approval for establishment
of new All India Institutes of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS) at Gorakhpur in
Uttar Pradesh.
It
will be established under Pradhan
Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) which aims at correcting
imbalances in the availability of affordable healthcare facilities in different
parts of country and also augmenting facilities for quality medical education
in under-served states.
MOUs & Agreements
The New Delhi
Municipal Council (NDMC) has signed a MoU with National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to
develop 12 sewage treatment plants
(STP).
NEERI
will provide its expertise in this field and the treatment plants to help NDMC
to irrigate its parks in a bid to develop green areas and revamp big and small
parks.
The
12 STP projects of NDMC will also help increase the green cover in NDMC areas
and curb dust pollution.
Books & Authors
Writer Amitav Ghosh’s
latest book, The
Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable, was recently
released.
The
book addresses the challenges of representing the complexity of climate change
in literature and the responsibility of writers to document the extreme reality
humans are now facing.
Awards & Honors
Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has toppled Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett to
become the third richest person in the
world with a net worth of $65.05 billion, according to Bloomberg
Billionaires Index.
Bezos
has surpassed Buffett's wealth by $32 million.
Important
Note : Currently, the world's richest person is Microsoft
Co-founder Bill Gates with a net worth of $89.1 billion.
Business & Ecomomy
7
Indian companies have featured in the latest Fortune 500 list of the world’s biggest corporations in terms of
revenue.
Indian
Oil Corporation, having a revenue of $54.7 billion, was ranked the highest
among Indian firms at 161.
Reliance
Industries was the top-ranked private Indian firm at 215.
Further,
US-based Walmart topped the global rankings with $482 billion in revenue.
General Knowledge
The National Flag of
India was adopted in its present form during the meeting of Constituent
Assembly held on this day (22nd July)
in the year 1947, a few days
before India's independence from the British on August 15, 1947.
The
national flag contains three equal strips of saffron, white and green, with a
navy blue chakra having 24 spokes.
The Guinness World
Record for the largest human
national flag involved 43,830
participants when they gathered to form the Indian National Flag.
The
record was set on 7th December 2014 at the YMCA Grounds in Chennai.
New Appointments
Senior IAS officer Ajay
Bhushan Pandey was today appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
Beverages
company Coca-Cola appointed Sarvita Sethi as the new Vice-President (Finance) for India and South
West Asia.
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