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• The first Indian track athlete to have won a medal in the history of the IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championships - Hima Das

1.  Capital of Thailand – Bangkok

Currency of Thailand - Thai Baht

• Number  of languages part of The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India – 22
• Ease of doing Business’ report is published by Agency - World Bank

            Banking

• Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer is -Elon Musk
• Electronic Vehicle maker targets production of 5 lakh cars at firm’s first factory outside the U.S. at –Shanghai
• Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines joint venture is -  Vistara

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Gk knowledge punjab

       

Gk knowledge punjab

Century’s Longest Total Lunar Eclipse will occur on - July 27-28

• Highest peak of the world – Mount Averest
• Height of Mount Averest – 8848

 A certain percentage of the total bank deposits has to be kept in the current account with RBI which means banks do not have access to that much amount for any economic activity or commercial activity – Cash Reserve Ratio(CRR)

-          The amount of money that is invested in certain specified securities predominantly central government and state government securities - SLR, statutory liquidity ratio

• Money in a bank that can be withdrawn at any time, that is, on demand - Demand Deposits
• Income that can be spent after taxes - Disposable Income
• Policy enacted by the government that increases output. Examples include lowering taxes and increasing government spending -Expansionary Fiscal Policy

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Current affairs world

National and International

• Police Antarik Suraksha Seva Padak is medal to be awarded to each police or security personnel of the Central or State forces  for duty in Jammu & Kashmir, North-East and Left-Wing Extremism affected districts for duration of – 2 years
• The Startup India Yatra’s technology partner- Shrofile
• The States Startup Ranking Framework was launched by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) in  - February,2018
• Indian rank in biggest economy in World Bank Ranking pubsidhed by World Bank-2017
• State government has started ‘Seema Darshan’ project - Gujarat
• The combined operations of Idea and Vodafone will create the country's largest telecom operator worth over -  1.5 lakh crore

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GK knowledge punjab

• Capital city of the Seychelles – Victoria.
• Capital city of Maldives – Male.
• National currency of Maldives - Maldives Rufiyaa.
• United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) was founded in year - 1949.
• National currency of China - Renminbi (CNY).
• First World MSME Day was observed on - 27 June 2017.
• International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is observed on – 26 June.  
• The constitution of India came into force in year – 1950.
• Tribal Co-operative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) is working under the administrative control of - Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
• Vienna-based United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) was established in year - 1997.
• National currency of Seychelles - Seychellois Rupee.
• National currency of Bangladesh - Bangladeshi Taka.

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National and International news

National and International

• Under the National Food Security Act the mandated amount of foodgrains  to be provided by Government to per person per month at subsidised price - 5 kg
• Chaired the first meeting of the task force on e-commerce held recently in July 2018 - Rita Teaotia.
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) will be setting up a 'Design University for Gaming' -  Visakhapatnam
• According to Supreme Court of India’s who is the master of roster  - Chief Justice of India
• Country won men’s team gold medal in the World ranking para archery championship-2018 – India
• In July, 2018, RBI issued licence to Chinese Bank to launch operations in India - Bank of China

Sports

• Para Asian Games 2018 will be held at -  Jakarta
• Player played maximum matches for India in all International formats of Cricket - Sachin Tendulkar

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Tania Sachdev wins Commonwealth Chess Championship

• Grandmaster and former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta has added another feather to his cap by retaining the Commonwealth Chess championship crown in Colombo, Sri Lanka, while International Master Tania Sachdev also finished with a gold medal.
• In fact, all the medals in the senior category were won by the Indians players.
• Grandmasters S L Narayanan and Deep Chakkravarthy got the silver and bronze medals respectively in the open section, while Mary Ann Gomes and Kiran Manisha Mohanty reached the podium in the women's section.
• Despite finishing a very impressive overall fourth in the event, Nandhidhaa had to be content with the gold medal in junior girls' category.

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Gk knowledge India

General Knowledge 

• The Goods and Services Tax (GST) has been implemented all over India on dated - 1 July 2017.
• The first country in the world who implemented goods and services tax (GST) regime - France.
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is headquartered in - Paris, France.
• Ottawa is the capital city of country - Canada 

  All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was established in year - 1956.

  National Informatics Center (NIC) was established in year - 1976.

  In India, the Representative of People Act was enacted in - 1951.

  International Monetary Fund (IMF) is headquartered at - Washington D.C. (US).

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Daily current affair 2018

National

• "ReUnite" App are launched to search for lost children by social organization – Bachapan Bachao Andolan.
• 'National Aging Center' (NCA) is being set up at - AIIMS, New Delhi.
• National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS) was launched on experimental basis in 3 states - Punjab, Rajasthan, Maharashtra.
• NITI Aayog’s First Delta Ranking of Aspirational Districts topped by - Dahod, Gujarat.
• On June 29, 2018, direct international air services were started between Varanasi (India) and city - Kathmandu (Nepal).

International

• A bilateral meeting of Australia-India Ministerial Dialogue on 'Education Co-operation' was concluded in Adelaide Australia

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Banking Gk Material

National

• Theme of National Statistics Day 2018 - Quality Assurance in Official Statistics.
• It has been proposed to set up India’s first center for excellence for 'blockchain' technology in city - Hyderabad, Telangana.
• According to the World Bank report, due to changes in the environment, India's GDP could be loose by - 2.8%.
• The ban on the plastic packaging for retailor was lifted from June 28 in a state - Maharashtra.
• United Arab Emirates (UAE) will open its consulate in city - Hyderabad, Telangana.

International

• Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has decided to keep this country in its 'Gray List' in june 18 - Pakistan.
• According to the World Bank's 'The start of a new poverty narrative' report, Maximum no. of poor people live in country – Nigeria.
• Large complex organic molecules found by astronomers on 'Enceladus': moon of planet - Saturn.
• The researchers from the University of Michigan have developed only 0.3 mm sized world's smallest "computer" and its name is - Michigan Micro Mote.

Banking

• India's rupee has this much historic downturn compared to the dollar on June 28, 2018 to - Rs 69.1.
• ICICI Bank has appointed this person as non-executive part time chairman and an independent director of the board from July 1 - G.C. Chaturvedi.

Sports

• This Indian pair qualify for the men's doubles event in the London Wimbledon 2018 tournament - Vishnuvardhan and N. Shriram Balaji.

Persons in News

• This first Indian-American woman to be elected to the House of Representatives, was arrested during a protest against the Trump administration’s “inhumane” “zero-tolerance” border policy - Pramila Jayapal.

General Knowledge

• National Statistical Day is observed in India on 29th June in the memory of - Prof. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis.
• Paris (France) based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) was established in year- 1989.
• The national currency of the United Arab Emirates - Dirham.
• In 2005, A spacecraft was sent to discover Saturn and its "Enselladus" moon named - Cassini.
• The name of the mineral derived from the meteoroid on the Mars - Zircon.

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Banking Gk Material

National & International

• Ministry of Women and Child Development launches report on ‘Women in Prisons’, under which it contains this no. of recommendation – 134.
• India handed over this maritime reconnaissance aircraft to Seychelles - Dornier.

• Students form Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science (HITS) has developed 33.39 grams satellite named -

• This state government signed an MoU with US-based Flextronics Technologies (India) for setting up a plant in Chittoor district for making "intelligent products" - Andhra Pradesh.
• ‘Nissan Knowledge City’, a digital innovation hub of Japanese Nissan Motors, will establish in state - Kerala.
• Pakistan’s this project have been planted planted more than 9,00,000 trees - Billion Tree Tsunami.
• This country granted EU (Withdrawal) Bill-2018 – Britain.
• From July 1, China will cut import tariffs on soybean from India and four other Asian nations to – 0%.
• Ruling party in this country proposes two regarding the Presidential elections amendment act – Maldives.
• India has pledged this much amount to United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees - USD 5 million.

Banking & Sports

• This Private sector lender is acquiring brokerage business of IL&FS Securities Services - IndusInd Bank.
• Shareholders of telecom operator Idea Cellular approved the new name for the company as -  Vodafone Idea Limited.
• This telecom company will connect Andaman and Nicobar Islands with optical fibre cables which will provide initial capacity of 400 gigabit per second - BSNL.
• 58th National Interstate Senior Athletics meet start in – Guwahati, Assam.

Person in News

• 2018 IIFA Best Actor winner - Irrfan Khan.
• 2018 IIFA Best Actress Award (posthumously) winner - Sridevi.
• New director and CEO of Bharti Airtel’s Airtel Business - Ajay Chitkara.

General Knowledge

• Capital city of Maldives – Male.
• National currency of Maldives - Maldives Rufiyaa.
• United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) was founded in year - 1949.
• National currency of China - Renminbi (CNY).

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Daily current affair & Gk updates

National & International

• Govt proposes to set up this no. of Van Dhan Kendras across country - 3,000.
• Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has become India's partner in oil refinery project at – Ratnagiri (Maharashtra).
• India has signed six MoUs to further expand bilateral ties with this island nation which is near Africa - Seychelles.
• NASA will send this mission to correct agricultural water imbalances on June 29 -  ECOSTRESS.
• Bangladesh navies will institute Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) from June 24 to 29 with - India.
• On June 22, 2018, India launched a technology and talent exchange program called 'Take-Change' for startup with country - Britain.
• Theme of International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2018 - Listen First - Listening to children and youth is the first step to help them grow healthy and safe.

Banking & Sports

• RBI proposed that this type of Banks will have to set up a Board of Management - Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs).
• Indian Government testing this big data system that will assist banks in assessing credit risk - Credit Rating Model.
• In the 2018 World Stage 3 Archery Championship in the United States, this Indian woman archer has won the gold medal in women's recurve event - Deepika Kumar.
• England beat this country to complete ODI series whitewash in the 140-year cricket history – Australia.

Persons in News

• The presence Seychelles President is - Danny Faure.
• New MD and CEO of Manipal Global Education Services (MaGE) is - Ravi Panchanandan.

General Knowledge

• International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is observed on – 26 June.  
• The constitution of India came into force in year – 1950.
• Tribal Co-operative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) is working under the administrative control of - Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
• Vienna-based United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) was established in year - 1997.
• National currency of Seychelles - Seychellois Rupee.
• National currency of Bangladesh - Bangladeshi Taka.

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