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- Union Coal Minister of India: Prahlad Joshi.
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- Union HRD Minister of India: Ramesh Pokhriyal.
- Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh: Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy; Governor: E.S.L. Narasimhan.
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i. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will launch a Jan Jagrukta Abhiyaan in Delhi to accelerate measures for prevention and control of Vector Borne Diseases like Malaria, Dengue and Chikungunya.
ii. It will start from 17th to 19th July, 2019 in Delhi through active involvement of people’s representatives, officers from Government of India, Government of NCT Delhi, all three Delhi Municipal Corporations, New Delhi Municipal Council, Railways and Cantonment board and other stakeholders to combat malaria, dengue and chikungunya.
Static/Current Takeaways Important For RRB NTPC/IBPS RRB Main:
- Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare: Dr Harsh Vardhan.
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i. Union Health Minister released National Digital Health Blueprint, bringing in the National Digital Health Eco-system that can ensure the availability of healthcare services on a wider scale.
ii. The objective is to establish state-of-the-art digital health systems, for managing the core digital health data, the infrastructure required for its seamless exchange.
Static/Current Takeaways Important For RRB NTPC/IBPS RRB Main:
- Union Health Minister of India: Dr Harsh Vardhan.
International News
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- China Capital: Beijing; Currency: Renminbi.
- Sri Lanka Capitals: Colombo, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte; Currency: Sri Lankan rupee.
6. Centre cuts interest on GPF by 10 bps
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- Finance Ministry of India: Nirmala Sitharaman.
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- Chief of the Naval Staff: Admiral Karambir Singh.
- Capital of Israel: Jerusalem; Currency: Israeli new shekel.
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Static/Current Takeaways Important For EPFO/LIC ADO Main:
- DIPP HQ: New Delhi; DIPP Established in: 1995.
- European Union Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium.
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Static/Current Takeaways Important For SBI PO/Clerk Main:
- CocaCola President and COO: Brian Smith.
- Cocacola HQ: Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
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Static/Current Takeaways Important For SBI PO/Clerk Main:
- CM of Chhattisgarh: Bhupesh Baghel; CM of Andhra Pradesh: Jaganmohan Reddy.
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Static/Current Takeaways Important For EPFO/LIC ADO Main:
- Capital of Singapore: Singapore City; Currency of Singapore: Singapore dollar.
- President of Singapore: Halimah Yacob.
Awards
- Zakhir Hussain, Sonal Mansingh, Jatin Goswami and K Kalyanasundaram Pillai have been selected in the Akademi Ratna category.
- Diwan Singh Bajeli and Puru Dadhich have been selected for the Akademi Award 2018 in the field of Overall Contribution/Scholarship in the Performing Arts.
- The honour of Akademi Award has been conferred since 1952.
- The honour of Akademi Fellow carries purse money of Rs.3,00,000 and Akademi Award carries Rs 1,00,000 , besides a Tamrapatra and Angavastram.
- Sports and Youth Affairs Minister: Kiren Rijiju.
Summits & Conferences
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- Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Railways: Piyush Goyal.
- Secretary of State for International Trade of the UK: Liam Fox.
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- Chief Minister of Odisha: Naveen Patnaik; Governor: Ganeshi Lal.
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- National Rifles Association of India President: Shri Raninder Singh.