RRB English Current Affairs 2nd July 2018

Indian Affairs

1. 42^ndsession of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO at Manama in Bahrain , India’s nomination of the “Victorian and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai ” was inscribed on  UNESCO’s World Heritage list.
2. Fourth National Consultation Meeting of Ministers of States & UTs, in-charge of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs was held in New Delhiand was chaired by Shri Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, and Food & Public Distribution.
3. Union Minister of State for Agriculture Gajendra Singh Shekhawatannounced  that 22,000 rural markets would be linked to the Electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) by 2020 as part of its drive to double the income of farmers.
   This was announced the “AgriVikas 2018”, a conclave on agriculture and allied sectors in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
4. Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Raolaid foundation stone for Gattu irrigation project in Jogulamba Gadwal district, Telangana.
5. Odisha government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (RIMES)for effective management of disasters.
6. The Central Reserve Police Forcelaunched ‘Madadgaar Helpline’, a distress helpline for the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
7. The Minister of State (I/C) for Tourism Shri. K.J. Alphonsinaugurated the Institute of Hospitality Management in Jodhpur .
8. Bhitarkanika national park in Odisha has become the largest habitat of the endangered estuarine crocodilesin India with a record number of 101 nesting sites.
9. Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, the second busiest in India, has been ranked as the fifth least punctual airport in the world, as per a study conducted by OAG, a global leader in providing flight information.

Banking And Finance

10. Premier stock exchange BSEhas entered into an agreement with the Bombay Metal Exchange (BME) for the growth and systematic development of commodity derivatives markets.

Business And Economy

11. Tata Steel agreed to a 50-50joint venture with Germany’s Thyssenkrupp to create Europe’s second-largest steel company after Lakshmi Mittal’s ArcelorMittal.

Appointments

12. Imran Khwaja, Mahinda Vallipuram and Tony Brianwere elected as the associate member directors on the International Cricket Council (ICC) board at the ICC annual conference.
13. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) of United States has appointed Indian American Seema Nanda as its new CEO.
14. Harmeet Singh has become the first Sikh man to be hired as an anchor by a news channel in Pakistan.
15. Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) MD and CEO Ravindra Marathe andexecutive director R K Gupta have been divested of all their functional responsibilities with immediate effect.
16. United India Insurance Company announced that it has appointed K B Vijay Srinivas as its Director and General Manager with effect from 1^stJuly 2018.

Sports

17. The 58^thNational Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships (NISSAC) was held at the Sarusajai Sports Complex in Guwahati, Assam from June 26 to June 29.

Important Days

18. National Doctors’ Day: ‘zero tolerance to violence against doctors and clinical establishment’.
19. International Joke Day
20. 1st July 2018, Indian Government celebrated the 1st Anniversary of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) as GST day.