Weekly Current Affairs for CDS & NDA Exams: 8th-15th July 2018!

By Ashish|Updated : July 21st, 2018

Read the important Current Affairs of 8th-15th July 2018 below for the upcoming CDS and NDA exams. You can also go through the previous Weekly Current Affairs for CDS & NDA exams in order to score better in the General Awareness section of these exams!

Weekly Current Affairs for CDS/ NDA Exams

Science & Defence

  • A Memorandum of Understanding signed between Indian Army and State Bank of India for the salary package of the defence sector. 
  • CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) launched the mobile help centre, 'Saathi' to reach out to the people for the Amarnath annual pilgrimage. 
  • INS Sumitra: 1st ever warship to enter Indonesia's Sabang port. 
  • First private sector unit of India for the manufacture of Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV) as well as Light Bullet Proof Vehicles (LBPV) to come up in Kota, Rajasthan. 

Appointments/ Important Persons in News

  • T. Latha appointed as the MD and CEO of Dhanalaxmi Bank. 
  • Justice TBN Radhakrishnan appointed as the Chief Justice of Hyderabad High Court. 
  • Dr Sandeep Sancheti appointed as the 97th president of Association of Indian Universities. 

Important National News

  • World's largest mobile phone factory (35-acre Samsung Electronics facility) inaugurated in Noida. 
  • Asian Development Bank to provide $352 million (out of project cost of $503 million) for the 'Son Canal' project in Bihar. 
  • FSSAI (Food Safety & Standards Authority of India) launched 'The Eat Right Movement' with the aim to improve the health and well-being of the citizens. 
  • India-Korea Technology Exchange Centre established at New Delhi's National Small Industries Corporation premises. 
  • 250 MW Solar Plant of National Thermal Power Corporation inaugurated at Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. 
  • 4th National Conclave of Mines and Minerals held at Indore to strengthen the mineral auction regime. 
  • Odisha government constituted a Heritage Cabinet in order to preserve the culture and history of the state. 
  • Maharashtra government to launch 'One Farmer, One Transformer' scheme to deal with the electricity losses. 

Important International News

  • 17th World Sanskrit Conference inaugurated in Vancouver, Canada. 
  • The 6th edition of the biennial WCS (World Cities Summit 2018) held in Singapore. 

Awards & Honors

  • The novel 'The English Patient' has won 2018 Golden Man Booker Prize. 

Sports

  • Dipa Karmarkar won a gold medal in the vault event of FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup, held in Mersin, Turkey. 
  • Anju Khosla becomes India's oldest woman to complete the Ironman Triathlon in Carinthia, Austria. 
  • Satyarup Siddhanta becomes the 2nd Indian mountaineer to climb World's highest volcano, Mt. Ojos del Salado. 
  • Hima Das: 1st Indian woman to win a gold at IAAF World U-20 Athletics Championship in Tempere, Finland. 
  • Wimbledon Tennis Tournament 2018: Angelique Kerber wins the women's singles title. 
  • India's squash player, Dipika Pallikal, appointed as the representative of Asia in the Athletes Advisory Commission of Commonwealth Games Federation.  

Important Days

  • 11th July: World Population Day. Theme: 'Family Planning is a Human Right'. 

All the best for your exams,

Team gradeup!

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