Current Affairs at Glance From (06-07-2014 to 12-07-2014): -------------------------------------------------------------- World’s Second most populous city after Tokyo is Delhi in 2014. Arun Mishra, Rohington and Adarsh assumed charges as Supreme Court Judges. Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women is Emma Watson. Union Railway Minister Sadanand Gowda Presented Rail Budget for the year 2014-15. Economic Survey of India 2013-14 presented in Lok Sabha by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely. Union Budget 2014-15 presented in Lok Sabha by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely. New Chief Justice of Pakistan is Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk. Nagaland Governor Vakkom B. Purushothaman Resigned. Air India Joins Star Alliance. Pinky Anand appointed Additional Solicitor-General in the Supreme Court. 2014-15 GDP Growth Rate at 5.4-5.9%: Economic Survey. FDI’s Mooted, Bullets Trains… Railway Budget. India, UK to set up financial partnership. China, US sign agreements to cope with climate change. President appointed Governors for Mizoram and Nagaland. SC ruled Shariat Courts are illegal. Poverty line redrawn, 3 in 10 Indians are poor: report. Immunisation Scheme to Cost Rs. 3, 500 crore. Men’s Wimbledon Tennis Open won by Novak Djokovic. Petra Kvitova beats Eugenie Bouchard to win second Wimbledon title. Contactless Payment Cards required to travel in London Buses. New Chief of Madras Management Association is Raju Venkatraman. New CEO of Reliance Infrastructure is MS Mehta. Pakistanis who comes to India can use their telephones to connect with Pakistan. This proposal of Commerce Ministry was accepted by Home Ministry. Sunburn plans to create Guinness Word Record of the Largest Human Logo Formation. New Asset Manager of ONGC is Yash Malik. New VP Marketing of Dish TV is Sandeep Bajpai. Indian Brand Ambassador of Philips is Arjun Kapoor. F-Cube Technology launched to promote football. Advanced version of 290KM range BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile test fired. One Rupee Reconstructive Surgery Campaign launched by Aakar Asha. Industrial Production created a record by increasing 4.7%. Yale University astronomers discovered 7 new dwarf galaxies. Football App launched by Nike Football. Web portal for unemployed skilled people by MSME Ministry.Website address for this portal is niesbudnaukri. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to participate in VIth BRICS Summit in Fortaleza and Brasilia, Brazil from 14 to 16th of July. World Population Day was observed across the world on 11 July 2014. The theme of World Population Day 2014 was Investing in Young People. President Pranab Mukherjee has removed Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, Virendra Kataria from his post. The Indian Navy will formally receive the first fully ingeniously built anti-submarine warfare (ASW), INS Kamorta, at Visakhapatnam. Union Ministry of Railways launched Social Media Platform for the Indian Railways on 7 July 2014. With this, customers can connect with the Railways through Facebook and Twitter. Besides, all the important announcements of Railways starting with Rail Budget 2014-15 will be available to the customers on 24×7 basis. World Cup champions to get $35 mn from FIFA.
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