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Daily GK Dose July 18th
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Daily GK Dose July 18th
1. Nelson Mandela Day: 18 July
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Nelson Mandela International Day (or Mandela Day) is an annual international day in honour of Nelson Mandela, celebrated each year on 18 July, Mandela's birthday.
- The day was officially declared by the United Nations in November 2009.
- Mandela Day is a day to honour the legacy of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's former President.
Daily GK Dose July 17th 2018
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Daily GK Dose July 17th
1. 8th India-Oman Joint Commission Meeting Begins in Muscat
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The Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, today co-chaired 8th session of India-Oman Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) along with Minister of Industry, Investment, Trade and Digital Economy of Oman, Dr. Ali bin Masoud Al Sunaidy.
- Addressing the Joint Commission Suresh Prabhu invited Omani companies to build on their success in India and make investments to benefit from ‘Make in India’ and ‘Invest India’ programmes which are aimed to encourage manufacturing.
- Areas of discussion in the JCM include cooperation in space, renewable energy, start-up, SMEs, food security, including durable foods and packaging, services sector, tourism sector, exchange of ideas and visit of young entrepreneurs.
Daily GK Dose July 16th 2018
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Daily GK Dose July 16th
1. India becomes Vice Chair of the Asia Pacific Region of World Customs Organisation
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India has become the Vice-Chair (Regional Head) of the Asia Pacific Region of World Customs Organisation (WCO) for a period of two years, from July, 2018 to June, 2020.
- The WCO has divided its Membership into six Regions. Each of the six Regions is represented by a regionally elected Vice-Chairperson to the WCO Council.
- Being the Vice Chair of AP Region of WCO will enable India to take on leadership role.
- WCO represents 182 Customs administrations across the globe that collectively process approximately 98% of world trade.
Daily GK Dose July 15th 2018
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Daily GK Dose July 15th
1. India unveils world's largest visa centre in Bangladesh
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Visiting Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the world's largest state-of-the-art visa centre in Dhaka with modern facilities.
- Singh inaugurated the integrated centre at Jamuna Future Park (JFP) along with his Bangladeshi counterpart Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.
Daily GK Dose July 14th 2018
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Daily GK Dose July 14th
1. One-day meeting of VCs, Directors and Heads of 19 Central Institutes of Higher Learning
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Rashtrapati Bhavan hosted a one-day meeting of Vice Chancellors, Directors and Heads of 19 Central Institutes of Higher Learning on July 13, 2018.
- This is the part of regular interactions of the President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, with the heads of Central Universities and institutions of higher learning in his capacity as visitor to 146 Central Universities and institutions of higher learning.
- Speaking at the concluding session, the President said that each of these institutes has a rich history. Each of these is instrumental to the realisation of social and economic goals that India has set itself as it strives to eliminate poverty and become a middle-income country.
Daily GK Dose July 13th 2018
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Daily GK Dose July 13th
1. Shri Piyush Goyal gives away awards for beautification of stations premises
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The Union Minister of Railways & Coal, Shri Piyush Goyal distributed awards to winning stations of Station Beautification competition in Rail Bhawan.
- This innovative competition was organized among Zonal Railways in December 2017.
- Balharshah & Chandrapur Railway Stations of Central Railway have been awarded the first prize while Madhubani station of East Central Railway & Madurai station of Southern Railway were the co-winners of the second prize.
- Gandhidham station of Western Railway, Kota station of West Central Railway & Secunderabad station of South Central Railway were joint winners of the third prize.
Daily GK Dose July 12th 2018
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Daily GK Dose July 12th
1. Nepal to host BIMSTEC Summit on Aug 31
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Nepal is set to hold a two-day Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit, starting from August 31, in Kathmandu.
- Nepal, the host nation and the current chair of the BIMSTEC, has made preparations to discuss over the trans-border crimes, terrorism, natural calamities, extremism, and illegal trade of arms, ammunition and drugs.
Daily GK Dose July 11th 2018
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Daily GK Dose July 11th
1. World Population Day: 11 July
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World Population day is an annual event, observed on July 11 every year, which seeks to raise awareness of global population issues.
- The event was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989.
- World Population Day 2018 observes the theme, "Family planning is a human right."
Daily GK Dose July 10th 2018
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Daily GK Dose July 10th
1. ISCF and ISCI Program Launched
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Sh. Hardeep S Puri, MoS(I/C), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has stated that Smart cities fellowship and internship program will provide the youth an opportunity to experience the aspects of Urban planning and governance.
- Announcing the launch of the Smart cities digital payment award, Sh. Puri said that it is intended to promote ‘Digital India’ and ease of living for India’s urban residents by promoting digital payments and encouraging Smart Cities to adopt innovative digital payments initiatives.
- Sh. Puri launched several new initiatives under AMRUT and the Smart Cities Mission.
- These include the India Smart Cities Fellowship (ISCF) Program, India Smart Cities Internship (ISCI) Program and The Smart Cities Digital Payments Awards 2018 and the ‘CITIIS’ challenge under the Smart Cities Mission and the Local Area Plan (LAP)/Town Planning Scheme (TPS) to be implemented in 25 cities on pilot basis under AMRUT.
- The India Smart Cities Fellowship Program is designed to provide valuable experience to the youth interested in smart cities specifically
Daily GK Dose July 9th 2018
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Daily GK Dose July 9th
1. Prakash Javadekar to inaugurate 17th World Sanskrit Conference
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Human Resource Development Minister Shri Prakash Javadekar will inaugurate the 17th World Sanskrit Conference to be held at Vancouver, Canada from 9th July to 13th July, 2018.
- More than 500 scholars and delegates from over 40 countries will be participating in this conference and exchange their knowledge by presenting papers on various subjects followed by discussions from amongst the members.
- There will be a special panel discussion on over a dozen topics like; History & Education of Women in Vedic Literature; Sanskrit Buddhist Manuscripts; Mimamsa Beyond the Yagasala; The Yuktidipika Forging a Place for Sankhya; Introducing Bhagavata Purana Commentaries; Research on the Gargiyajyotisa.
- Over 500 papers on various themes are likely to be presented during the 5-day conference.
- The purpose of this conference is to promote, preserve and practice the Sanskrit language all over the world by the people.
- The World Sanskrit Conference is being held in various countries across the globe once in every three years and so far it has been held thrice in India.
Daily GK Dose July 8th 2018
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Daily GK Dose July 8th
1. International Day of Cooperatives 2018: 7 July
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The United Nations' (UN) International Day of Cooperatives is observed on the first Saturday of July each year.
- Some of the day's goals are to increase awareness on cooperatives, as well as strengthen and extend partnerships between the international cooperative movement and other supporting organizations including governments.
- The theme for the 2018 International Day of Cooperatives (IDC) is "Sustainable consumption and production".
