Current Affairs Current Affairs July 2019

 President Ram Nath Kovind has transferred 2 Governors and made 4 new appointments across 6 States.
New appointments are as follows:
  • Madhya Pradesh: Lalji Tandon will replace Anandiben Patel.
  • Uttar Pradesh: Anandiben Patel will replace Ram Naik.
  • West Bengal: Jagdeep Dhankhar will replace Keshari Nath Tripathi.
  • Bihar: Phagu Chuhan will replace Lalji Tandon.
  • Nagaland: R.N. Ravi will replace P.B. Acharya.
  • Tripura: Ramesh Bais will replace Kaptan Singh Solanki.
Source: The Hindu

  Lieutenant-General M.M. Naravane, has been appointed as the next Vice-Chief of the Army Staff. He will replace Lt. Gen. D. Anbu. He is currently serving as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Army Command. 
Source: The Hindu

  Government of India will provide 10,000 scholarships for heirs of the liberation war fighters of Bangladesh called ‘Muktijodhas’ over the next five years under the Nutan India-Bangladesh Maitree Muktijodha Sontan Scholarship Scheme.
Source: The DD News

 Mohan Bagan club to confer awards  in Various Disciplines.
The Awardees are:
  • Mohan Bagan Ratan: Keshav Dutt (Hockey).
  • Mohan Bagan Ratan: Captain Prasun Banerjee (Football).
  • Club felicitates Indian Peacer: Mohammed Shami (Cricket).
  • Lifetime Achievement award: Ashok Chatterjee (Football).
  • Best Football Player for the season 2018-19: Arijit Bagui (Football).
On July 29 Mohun Bagan Club celebrates the ‘Mohun Bagan Day’. Dutt will be the first sportsperson from outside the football fraternity to be bestowed with the Ratna. This is also the first time that there will be 2 Mohun Bagan Ratna recipients.
Source: The Hindu

  L&T Technology Services has been selected as a strategic partner by United Technologies Corporation for Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of UTC. Collins Aerospace is one of the leading providers of intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industries. L&T Technology Services has been a long-standing engineering partner for UTC.
Source: The Hindu

  Life Insurance Corporation of India has agreed to offer Rs 1.25 trillion Line of Creditby 2024, to fund highway projects. LIC has offered Rs 25,000 crore in a year and Rs 1.25 trilion in five years. The borrowings will be in the form of bonds to be issued by the National Highways Authority of India.
Source: The Business Standard

 “Inter-Ministerial Committee” on legality of cryptocurrencies and blockchain has submitted its report to the Finance Ministry.
The Committee recommends that:
  • All private cryptocurrencies, except any cryptocurrency issued by the state, be banned in India.
  • It has also drafted a law, the ‘Banning of Cryptocurrency & Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2019’, which mandates a fine and imprisonment of up to 10 years for offences.
The committee was set up under the Chairmanship of Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg in 2017.
Source: The Hindu

Indian sprinter Hima Das extended her sensational run by claiming her fifth gold of the month as she returned to her pet 400m competition with a season-best time of 52.09 seconds in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic. She is fondly called the ‘Dhing Express’.
Source: The Economics Times

Shiva Thapa became India’s first gold-medallist at the President’s Cup boxing tournament after getting a walkover in the finals in Astana, Kazakhstan. Making his international debut in the newly-introduced Olympic category of 63kg. Thapa was to fight Kazakhstan’s Zakir Safiullin in the summit clash.
Source: The Hindu

  Indian bodybuilder Ravinder Kumar Malik has clinched Mr. South Asia title. He has crowned the overall champion at 12th South Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship in Kathmandu. Malik, the winner of 80 kg category, Afghanistan won team championship by securing a top position with 535 points. Host Nepal finished second with 445 points, while Indiaremained third with 380 points.
Source: The News on AIR


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