RRB English Current Affairs 6th July 2018

INDIAN AFFAIRS

1. Coal Mine Surveillance & Management System (CMSMS) and ‘Khan Prahari’ App launched by Shri Piyush Goyal
2. 3 day long 9th Heads of Mission Conference themed ‘Unprecedented Outreach:Unparalleled Outcomes’ inaugurated by MEA Sushma Swaraj
3. Process to empanel hospitals under Ayushman Bharat launched by National Health Agency(NHA)
4. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has entered into three Unilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (UAPA) in May and June 2018.
5. Centre and the state governments of Tripura and Mizoramsigned an agreement for repatriation of thousands of people belonging to the Bru community from Tripura to Mizoram.
6. National Security Guard (NSG)will be the first central paramilitary force to opt for e-ticketing instead of the railway warrant as per a MoU signed with the IRCTC.
7. The UP Governmentannounced a new Defence Manufacturing policy named ‘UP Defence Aerospace Unit and Employment Generating Policy, 2018’.

9. Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamypresented the Congress-JD(S) coalition government’s first budget, announcing farm loan waiver worth Rs 34,000 crore.

BANKING & FINANCE

10. The main custodian banks shared a list of 25 countries named as “high-risk jurisdictions” with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) recently.
11. The RBI has issued licence to Bank of Chinato launch operations in India.
12. Finance Ministryannounced that it has kept the interest rates on small savings schemes, including NSC and PPF, unchanged for the July-September quarter.
13. Bank of Barodahas increased the marginal cost based lending rates (MCLR) by 0.05 per cent for various tenors of loans
14. SBI Card, the country’s second largest credit card issuer, announced the launch of ELA’ (Electronic Live Assistant), a virtual assistant  for customer support and services.
15. Public sector Indian Bankrevised the interest rates on Foreign Currency Non-Resident (banking) term deposits with immediate effect.
16. Yes Banksaid it has received approval from capital markets regulator SEBI to start mutual fund business after RBI’s approval.
17. Fusion Microfinance has reduced the interest rate for its existing customers by 140 basis points to 23 per cent from 4 per cent.
18. ICICI Bankannounced that its mortgage loan portfolio crossed the Rs 1.5-trillion milestone, making it the largest private player in the segment.

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

19. ICAT has issued the first BS-VI certificationfor a heavy duty engine model for M/s Volvo Eicher Commercial Vehicle Limited.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

20. Major General VD Dograbecame the first serving Indian Army officer and the only General in the world to have completed ‘Ironman’ competition held in Austria.

APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS

21. Journalist Rajat Sharma was elected the President ofDelhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA).
22. Justice L Narasimha Reddyhas been appointed the Chancellor of the University of Hyderabad (UoH) by President Ram Nath Kovind.
23. Wiprohas promoted its head of digital business Rajan Kohli as a 

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

24. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced that, the first ‘pad abort’ test was performed successfully on 5th July 2018 at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.

ENVIRONMENT

25. National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has approved to include 4 species: Northern River Terrapin (riverine turtle), Red Panda, Clouded Leopard andArabian Sea Humpback Whale in the recovery programme for critically endangered species.

SPORTS

26. Shot putter Inderjeet Singh gets 4-year ban for dope violation