RRB English Current Affairs 1st August 2018

INDIAN AFFAIRS

1. Union Ministry of Earth Scienceunveiled a blueprint of Deep Ocean Mission (DOM) to explore deep ocean.
2. IT ministrylaunched a desktop software e-Aksharayan in a conference for Indian Languages Technology Industry ‘Bhashantara’, in New Delhi.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

3. UShas elevated India’s status in the export control regime and designated it as a Strategic Trade Authorization-1 (STA-1) country. 
4. India ranks96^th in the biannual United Nation’s E-Government Index 2018 among 193 countries released by UN.
5. NASAMS-II: India plans to procure advanced air defence system from US worth $1 billion to defend NCR of Delhi.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

6. China successfully launched Gaofen-11 satellite, an optical remote sensing satellite, as part of its high-resolution Earth observation project.

SPORTS

7. Dustin Johnsonwon the 2018 RBC Canadian Open at the Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville in Canada.
8. Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, won a goldmedal in the Savo Games in Lapinlahti, Finland.

OBITUARY

9. former director of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), John Sankaramangalam, died due to age related ailments in Thiruvalla, Kerala.