Page-3 of Current Affairs - July, 2018

Government notifies ethanol-making directly from sugarcane juice, B-molasses

July 28, 2018

Union Food Ministry has notified decision to allow sugar mills to manufacture ethanol directly from sugarcane juice or an intermediate product called B-molasses. In this regard, Sugarcane Control Order, 1966 has been amended. The move would help mills divert cane ..

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July 28: World Hepatitis Day

July 28, 2018

The World Hepatitis Day is being observed every year on July 28 around the globe to spread awareness about viral hepatitis. Observance of the day seeks to encourage diagnosis, prevention and treatment of Hepatitis. It also seeks to provide single ..

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Blood Moon 2018: Century’s longest lunar eclipse of 1 hour 43 minutes seen

July 28, 2018

Blood Moon 2018 or century’s (2001 AD to 2100 AD) longest total lunar eclipse of 1 hour 43 minutes occurred on July 27-28, 2018. The rare celestial event was visible from all parts of India. It was majorly seen in ..

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Bombali: New strain of Ebola virus discovered in Sierra Leone

July 27, 2018

Researchers working in joint US-West African study funded by USAid have discovered new strain of Ebola virus in bats in northern Bombali region of Sierra Leone. It has been named as Bombali virus strain, after district where it was found. ..

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2nd Young Superintendent of Police Conference held in New Delhi

July 27, 2018

The 2nd Young Superintendent of Police Conference was held in New Delhi on July 26, 2018. The 2-day conference was inaugurated by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. The conference was organized by Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D). Young ..

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West Bengal Assembly passes resolution to rename state as Bangla

July 27, 2018

West Bengal state assembly dominated by Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress Government has unanimously passed resolution to change state’s name to ‘Bangla’ in all three languages – Bengali, Hindi and English. The name change will only become official when resolution gets ..

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Lok Sabha passes Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill 2018

July 27, 2018

The Lok Sabha has passed the Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018.  The Bill provides for the prevention, rescue, and rehabilitation of trafficked persons and seeks to establish National Anti-Trafficking Bureau to investigate trafficking cases.  It also ..

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Government extends Prime Minister’s Research Fellows Scheme all potential researchers

July 27, 2018

Union Government has announced that Prime Minister’s Research Fellows (PMRF) Scheme will be open to all potential researchers from 2019 and not limited to candidates from IISc, IITs, NITs, IIEST and IISERs. The decision was made after Government failed to ..

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Atal Innovation Mission: NITI Aayog and MyGov launches Innovate India Platform

July 27, 2018

NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission and MyGov has jointly launched ‘#InnovateIndia Platform’ (https://innovate.mygov.in/innovateindia/). It is citizen centric platform that aims to serve as common point for all innovation happening across the nation. Innovate India Platform It creates much-needed innovations platform ..

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Google unveils two new AI chips

July 27, 2018

Internet search engine giant Google at its Cloud Next 2018 conference held in San Francisco unveiled two new Artificial Intelligence (AI) chips aimed at helping customers develop and deploy intelligent connected devices at scale. They are Edge TPU and Cloud ..

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