GA One Liner Of 11th July 2018

• World Population Day – July 11

• Approval for additional Rs 39-cr for phase 2 of ‘Seema Darshan’ project: Gujarat CM

• First-ever metal craft exhibition inaugurated in Leh

• The Union Minister of State (MoS) for Human Resource Development Shri Upendra Kushwaha’s visit to Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI)

• Resolution 2427: to protect children in armed conflict adopted by UN Security Council

• Library for Nepali academicians inaugurated by PM of Nepal KP Sharma Oli

• India named world's sixth largest economy by surpassing France: World Bank data

• HDFC securities launched MF transactions on Facebook messenger through Arya

• BSNL starts first internet telephony service in India

• PM Modi third most followed leader on Twitter, Sushma Swaraj most followed female world leader

• Olympian Dipa Karmakar to be named Tripura's brand ambassador

• Nina Tshering La appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Democratic Republic of Congo

•  At least 51% stake in PNB Housing Finance sold by PNB and Carlyle Group

•  Aurobindo Pharma gets USFDA nod for Azithromycin tablets

• India finished joint-third with Iran at Archery Asia Cup Stage 3 in Taipei, bag three silver medals and one bronze.

GA One Liner Of 10th July 2018

• Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu becomes first Chairman of Rajya Sabha to sign an MOU with Rwanda.


• ‘One farmer one transformer': scheme launched to reduce electricity losses from Aug 15.


• Gujarat's government gives religious minority status to its Jewish community


• Varanasi would be the host of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2019


• ADB , Power Ministry and Finance Ministry approve lining project of the Son canal in Shahabad – Bhojpur region of Bihar


• Dr Ravi Mehrotra receives lifetime achievement award at Seatrade 30th Anniversary Awards Event


• India's Satyarup Siddhanta scales world's highest volcano, Mt Ojos del Salado


• Dhanlaxmi Bank appointed T. Latha as MD and CEO.


• Vodafone-Idea merger gets govt's conditional approval


•Asian Games 2018: Goalkeeper PR Sreejesh to lead Indian hockey team


• India's Jhilli Dalabehera bags bronze in 2018 IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships at Tashkent


• Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram finishes runner-up at White Nights International Challenge


• Anju Khosla - Oldest Indian woman to complete Ironman Triathlon


• “Winning Like Sourav: Think & Succeed Like Ganguly” by Abhirup Bhattacharya

GA One Liner Of 9th July 2018

• NITI Aayog released the ‘Strategy and Approach paper on the National Health Stack’(NHS)’, terming it as ‘the blueprint for India’s futuristic digital health system’.


• 5 initiatives launched under AMRUT and Smart Cities Mission by the Minister of State (i/c) of Housing and Urban Affairs Shri Hardeep Singh Puri .



• South Korean President Moon Jae-in to attend India-Korea Business Forum in New Delhi.


• World's largest mobile manufacturing factory of Samsung to be inaugurated in Noida.


• 6 public and private institutes granted the title of 'Institutions of Eminence' status :HRD (IIT-Delhi, IIT-Bombay and the Bengaluru-based Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in the public sector, and Manipal Academy of Higher Education, BITS Pillani and Jio Institute by Reliance Foundation in the private sector.)



• Global Housing Construction Technology Challenge under PMAY-U to be launched.


• CIPET: Centre for Skilling & Technical Support (CSTS) and Foundation Stone of new CIPET Building at Doiwala, Dehradun laid by Shri Ananthkumar


• 2 day International Round Table Conference is organized by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) in New Delhi.


• Global Travel Mart India (GTMI):1st India Tourism Mart to be organized in New Delhi from 16th-18th of Sept 2018.


• HCL Technologies gets government's nod to set up SEZ in Andhra Pradesh.


• Indian Railways Introduces First Double Stack Dwarf Container Service from Rajkot Division, Western Railway.


• Michael Ondaatje's 'The English Patient' wins Golden Booker Prize.


• Sun Pharma signs Akshay Kumar as brand ambassador for Revital H.


• Panasonic appoints Vivek Sharma as new MD for Indian Electricals Business.

• Brexit Secretary David Davis resigns .


• 2 satellites PRSS-1 and PAK-TES-1A were launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.

GA One Liner Of 6th, 7th & 8th July 2018

• Minister of State for Culture (I/c) Dr. Mahesh Shrama Inaugurates exhibition titled "Arth - art for earth" at IGNCA, New Delhi

• Design University for Gaming to come up in Vishakhapatnam: UNESCO


•  Release of Rs 500 cr to SCI to promote cruise tourism under Centre’s ‘Sagarmala Project’: Nitin Gadkari


• Civil Aviation Research Organization (CARO) to be set up in Hyderabad by AAI for Rs.1200 crore


• Telangana allots 200 acres to women entrepreneurs


• MORI Building Digital Art Museum in Tokyo: World’s First All-Digital Psychedelic Art Museum



• Mattala International Airport the world’s emptiest airport to operate through India-Sri Lanka joint venture



• Code name Train 18: Made-in-India by Integral Coach Factory to run from September 2018


• Rani Rampal to lead Indian women's hockey team in Asian Games

• Bajrang Punia claims gold at Tbilisi Grand Prix, Deepak wins bronze

•  World Zoonoses Day – July 6






• India gets its first biofortified sorghum (jowar) - Parbhani Shakti



• Highest ever 06 Limited Height Subways (LHS) between two stations in Sambalpur Division launched by the East Coast Railways in one day sets record



• Declaration of entire animal kingdom as ‘legal entities’ after Ganga and Yamuna : Uttarakhand HC.


• West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee announces ‘one person, one car’ policy for ministers and bureaurates


• Kathmandu : Conclusion of 2nd meeting of India & Nepal joint working group on tourism



• Dr. T.K Chand gets Knowledge Excellence Award for Outstanding Contribution in Aluminium Knowledge domain


• Muthoot Pappachan Group appoints Vidya Balan as its brand ambassador


• Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel appointed Chairperson of National Green Tribunal



•  NASA's Parker Solar Probe gets 'revolutionary' heat shield


• Mahendra Singh Dhoni reaches coveted milestone of playing 500 international matches .

• Kumaoni folk singer Kabutari Devi dies


• World Chocolate Day – July 7


• International Day of Cooperatives - July 7



• British Council & West Bengal govt. sign MoU on cultural, edu exchange


• Meghalaya CM releases policy document on jackfruit mission


• Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar to inaugurate 17th World Sanskrit Conference in Vancouver, Canada

• RBI cancels licence of Alwar Urban Co-operative Bank


• United Bank of India to raise equity capital of Rs 1,500 crore


• Infosys foundation to contribute Rs. 200 Cr for Bengaluru metro work


• Swedish intellectuals form new literature prize . Over 100 Swedish intellectuals have joined together and formed The New Academy a new prize-giving body to award a new literature prize as this year’s Nobel Literature Prize has been postponed.

• Uday Kumar Varma appointed Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC) member .


• Dipika Pallikal (Squash Player)  to represent Asia in Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Athletes Advisory Commission.


• Dipa wins gold in Gymnastics World Challenge Cup at Mersin, Turkey.


• Senior Congress leader M M Jacob passes away .

GA One Liner Of 5th July 2018

• 3 day long 9th Heads of Mission Conference themed 'Unprecedented Outreach:Unparalleled Outcomes' inaugurated by MEA Sushma Swaraj


• Process to empanel hospitals under Ayushman Bharat launched by National Health Agency(NHA)


• NSG to be first central force to opt for e-ticketing instead of railway warrant


• Karnataka budget announces Rs 34,000 crore farm loan waiver, increase in taxes on fuel


• Bank of China soon to operate in India;RBI gives nod to the second bank from China

• SBI Card launches AI enabled Electronic Live Assistant (ELA) for customer support and interaction


•  Yes Asset Management (India) Limited (YAMIL): Yes Bank’s new Mutual Fund business to operate after Sebi’s final nod


• ICICI Bank crosses Rs. 1.5 trillion milestone in mortgage loan and become largest private player to do so


• Major General VD Dogra becomes first serving Indian Army officer to complete Ironman competition


• Rajat Sharma becomes Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) president


• ISRO’s first PAT (pad abort test) announced test was performed successfully on 5th July 2018 at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.

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

GA One Liner Of 4th July 2018 .

• India’s First Global Mobility Summit to be organized by NITI Aayog in 7th-8th September 2018


• Nitin Gadkari flags off taxi ambulance services in New Delhi

• The International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) in association with Indian National Science Academy (INSA)announced the 5-day 19th edition of its prestigious global event to be held in Navi Mumbai,

• Meghalaya’s annual "Behdienkhlam" festival attended by DoNER DR. Jitendra Singh at Jowai, Meghalaya


• Mukhyamantri Jan Kalyan (Sambal) Yojana 2018 : scheme to provide subsized power launched by Madhya Pradesh govt


• ‘POSHAN ABHIYAN’: special drive against malnutrition launched by Gujarat CM


• Agartala Airport to be named after Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Kishore



• Maharashtra government allocates Rs 15 crore for Acharya Balshastri Jambhekar Sanman Yojana


• “cVIGIL” : app to enable citizens to report on violation of election code of conduct launched by Election commission of India



• World Bank arm International Finance Corporation (IFC) invests $100 mn in Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd. (M&M).


• Two 50MW Solar Projects in Ananthapuramu Solar Park commissioned by Tata Power


• IndiaFirst ties up with Oxigen to sell its insurance products at Oxigen retail outlets



• Milan Shankar Tare selected for the 2018 National Maritime Search and Rescue Award


• Vishwas Patel appointed as Chairman of Payments Council of India


• Indian-American Uttam Dhillon appointed the Acting Director of Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), United States.

• America Independence Day – July 4

GA One Liner Of 3rd July 2018.

• MOD approves construction of 17 New Baffle Firing Ranges in Military Stations/Cantonments/Training Establishments at an estimated cost of Rs. 238 crores.


• M/o Social Justice & Empowerment organizes “National Workshop on Skill Development for Persons with Disabilities” in Delhi



• 'Happiness Curriculum' for Delhi government schools launched by Delhi CM and Dalai Lama


• 1st meeting of Cauvery Water Management Board held in Central Water Commission, Delhi


• Country's first Khadi mall to come up in Jharkhand


• Tribal museum to be set up to exhibit culture of SCs in Naya Raipur: Chhattisgarh Govt


• Madhya Pradesh govt to implement Ayushman Bharat Yojana under PMRSS (Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Swasthya Suraksha) Mission on Independence day


• Country’s first e-waste recycling unit to come up in Bengaluru


• Bangladesh bagged World Bank’s support on management of Rohingya crisis


• China approves $1 billion aid to Pak after its selection in FATF’s grey list.


• 5th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional Ministerial Meeting held in Tokyo, Japan


• NABARD sanctions Rs.735 Cr for 86 projects in West Bengal under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund(RIDF)


• IIFL is India's No. 1 banker for equity issuance for private sector companies in FY18: Prime Database Investment Bankers League table for FY 2017-18.


• Rahul Dravid inducted into ICC Hall of Fame .


• Manappuram Finance to acquire 85% stake in ISFC for Rs 212 crore .


• ‘Epidiolex’ – world’s first medicine made from marijuana .


• Australia wins Champions Trophy 2018 (hockey)


• Ex Navy chief Admiral JG Nadkarni Passed away .