GA One Liner 28th June 2018

»TECH-THON: Seminar on Technology Partnership for POSHAN Abhiyaan in New Delhi; organized by WCD Ministry.


»Ecotourism policy 2017: a community based tourism policy released by Tamil Nadu Govt.


»India increases grants to $15 million to handle global environment crises


»India Pledges $5 Million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for the welfare of Palestinian refugees


»Cost of Living Survey published by Mercer: Mumbai costlier than Washington and Melbourne


»PASSEX 2018: Passage exercise untaken by Indian and Indonesian navies.


»FATF placed Pakistan in ‘grey list’ during its plenary session in Paris


»6 reactors for Jaitapur nuclear plant to be built by France’s EDF and General Electric


»Kanwaljeet Jawa becomes 1st Indian to be appointed as board member of Daikin


»Anoop Kumar Pandey to replace Rajiv Kumar as UP's Chief Secretary


»Madhav Kalyan, CEO and MD, JPMorgan Chase Bank in India, to become the head of corporate banking in South and South East Asia


»Mumbai based Swadhaar FinServe has been acquired by RBL Bank


»Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ) to acquire Marine Infrastructure Developer Private Limited (MIDPL) for Rs 1,950 crore


»Jai Hind 1-S: World’s lightest satellite.


» Punjab Congress leader Surinder Singla passes away.


» India's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) is in the process of closing down 9 foreign branches as part of rationalisation of overseas operations.
Note : SBI has over 190 foreign offices spread across 36 countries.


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GA One Liner 27th June 2018

» Rs 15 cr released for Bonalu festival :- Telangana government


» Centre releases Rs 340 crore for flood relief in Assam: Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Jitendra Singh


» 2 projects worth Rs.116.6 crores approved by NCMG for setting up of community toilets, procurement of dustbins for Kumbh Mela-2019


»Passport Seva app launched on Passport Diwas: Ministry of External Affairs


» MoU for upgrade of Construction of Amravati between Andhra Pradesh and Singapore has been signed.


» 6 MW small Hydro-electric power project inaugurated by Arunachal Pradesh CM in Gongkhar village.


» 26th edition of world's largest multilateral naval exercise RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific) has begun in Hawaii from June 27 to Aug 2 2018


» Exim Bank of India extends $10 mn loan facility to Seychelles for healthcare .


» Pallavi Darua crowned as India's first 'Tribal Queen'', She is from Odisha.


» Social activist Pushpa Bhave selected for Rajarshi Shahu award.


» ‘Sagarmala’ receives Gold Award at the 52nd Skoch Summit 2018

» Anant Barua is new SEBI whole-time member.


» Uddhav Thackeray's younger son Tejas Thackeray discovers 11 rare species of crabs.

» Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day - 27 June


» The Union Finance Ministry has given "in-principle" approval to proposed Metro Rail projects in Indore, Bhopal, Kanpur, Agra and Delhi.
The estimated cost of the projects is ₹1.07 lakh crore.

» The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is aiming to make India the first nation to land a rover near Moon's south pole .


» Bollywood actor Prem Chopra was honoured with the Living Legend Prize.

GA One Liner 26th June 2018

» Government proposes to set up 3000 Van Dhan Kendras involving 30,000 SHGs across the country under the Van Dhan Scheme of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. This initiative has an estimated value: Rs.2 Lakh Cr. per year. 


» Maharashtra government set up a committee to study issues related to the development of a 1,000-MW floating solar power plant at Ujani dam in Solapur district of Maharashtra.


» 'Paani Bachao, Paise Kamao’, for checking depletion of underground water, was launched in Jalandhar, Punjab.


» "No toilet, no bride’ resolution"
The Godikan panchayat in Haryana has become the first panchayat in India to pass a resolution to marry girls only to families that have a toilet in their house.

» RBI has proposed to set up a board of management for the urban co-operative banks. The guidelines have been recommended by committee headed by former deputy governor of RBI R Gandhi.

» World Food Prize 2018 awarded to Lawrence Haddad and Dr. David Nabarro.

» S Ramesh has been appointed the chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC).

» International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking – 26 June

Theme --  “Listen First – Listening to children and youth is the first step to help them grow healthy and safe.”

» India has topped the list of the most dangerous countries in the world for women, according to a survey conducted by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. 

» Seychelles has gifted pair of Giant Aldabra tortoise to India as a goodwill gesture.

» Egyptian goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary, aged 45 years and 161 days, has become the oldest player to play a FIFA World Cup match. 

GA One Liner 25th June 2018

» An anti-doping sports conference named “Clean Sport=Fair Outcome?” was conducted to address the issue of doping, at Oslo, Norway.

» The traditionally strong bond between the navies of India and Bangladesh , the two navies have joined forces to institute a Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT). ( This is first edition between this two country) 

» India is the largest borrower from Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank with borrowed grants worth $4.4billion .

» AIIB to invest $200 million into an NIIF fund of funds for infrastructure projects.

NIIF-- National Investments & Infrastructure Fund

» Cooperative bank SVC Bank announced that it has implemented Digital Hexa.

» Kalki Koechlin will be conferred with the French distinction of Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) for her contribution in enhancing Indo-French ties in cinema.

» IIFA Awards 2018:

i.Following is the list of award winners:

• Best Picture: Tumhari Sulu
• Best Director: Saket Chaudhary (Hindi Medium)
• Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female): Sridevi (Mom)
• Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male): Irrfan Khan (Hindi Medium)
• Best Supporting Actor (Female): Meher Vij (Secret Superstar)
• Best Supporting Actor (Male): Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Mom)

» Sumadhura Group, a Realty firm announced that, it has appointed cricket player MS Dhoni as its brand ambassador.

» Recep Tayyip has been re-elected as President of Turkey.

» Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes team won the French Grand Prix.

» On 25th June 2018, Day of the seafarer was celebrated throughout the world.