Uttar Pradesh inks pact with Netherlands to foster Farmer Welfare

• Uttar Pradesh Government signed an Memorandum of Understanding with Netherland in order to set up a new Skill Development Centre for Famers of UP
• This MoU ensures procedure about how modern techniques can be also used for better production of sugarcane, potato,

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Integrated Criminal Justice System (ICJS) to be 1st launched in AP and Telangana

• Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are the first states in the country where Integrated Criminal Justice System (ICJS) will be launched
• Justice Lokur is also inaugurating the first e-court (paperless

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Delhi CM Kejriwal to interact with people through ‘Talk to AK’

• Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched a live interactive programme named TalkToAK, to make directly engaging with the Delhiites

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Fourth tranche of sovereign gold bond scheme from July 18

• The fourth tranche of the government’s sovereign gold bond scheme will open from July 18-22
• Sovereign gold bonds (SGBs) are government securities denominated in grams of gold. They are substitutes for holding

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The Great India Run Marathon Flagged Off At India Gate

The Great India Run Marathon Flagged Off At India Gate

• India's first multi-city marathon 'The Great India Run' was flagged off by Sports Minister Vijay Goel, Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju and former World Championship bronze medallist Anju Bobby George at the India Gate

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Pema Khandu sworn in as Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh

• Pema Khandu was on Sunday sworn in as the ninth Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
• Chowna Mein was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister
• Son of late Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu, 37-year-old Mr.

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Lifeline Express, world's first hospital train, celebrates 25 years of service

• The Lifeline Express, the world's first hospital on a train, also known as the Magic Train of India, today celebrates 25 years of service to the poor and underprivileged masses of rural India.

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UNESCO declares Nalanda Mahavihara(Nalanda University) as World Heritage Site

• The World Heritage Committee on Sunday evening agreed to put 12 new sites on the World Heritage List before ending its 40th session in Turkey's Istanbul city
• From India, Khangchendzonga National Park (KNP) in Sikkim

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Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad Launches Transforming India Website

• Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology and transLaw & Justice launched, a new website “Transforming India” in New Delhi.

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Ansari unveils Gandhi's stone statue in Mongolian monastery

• President Hamid Ansari today unveiled a stone statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Pethub Monastery in the Mongolian capital which is seen as symbol of India-Mongolia cultural and spiritual ties.

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India slips to third place on business optimism index: Grant Thornton

• After staying on top for two quarters, India slipped to the third position globally on the scale of business optimism because of delays in key reforms like the GST and bad loans facing state-owned banks, says a report

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An Autobiography titled “Courage & Commitment” by Margaret Alva

• A book titled Courage & Commitment - An Autobiography by Margaret Alva {Veteran Congress leader} was in news in the second week of July 2016 
• Via this book, Alva narrates her forty-year career under four

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July 15 – World Youth Skills Day

• World Youth Skills Day is celebrated in 15th July
• Theme: "Skills Development to Improve Youth Employment"

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"Who Moved My Interest Rate" authored by Duvvuri Subbarao

• A book titled Who Moved My Interest Rate? written by Duvvuri Subbarao, the former Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was released. 
• The book is a chronicle of Subbarao’s attempts to demystify

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Nabam Tuki takes charge as Arunachal Pradesh CM

• Nabam Tuki took charge as Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister after the Apex Court ordered the restoration of the state government as on 15th December 2015

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MP becomes first state to have 'Happiness Department'

• Madhya Pradesh today became the first state in the country to set up 'Happiness Department'
• It will work to ensure "happiness in the lives of common people" on the lines of Bhutan
• The CM chouuhan will head the department

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India's first 'Women Entrepreneurs Park' to come up in Uttarakhand

• The country's first of its kind industrial park, exclusively for women entrepreneurs, was launched by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat at the Federation House.
• The event was organised by FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO)

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Opeartion ‘Sankat Mochan’ – VK Singh leads in the evacuation of Indians in South Sudan

• VK Singh, Minister of State for External Affairs left for South Sudan leading the government’s Operation Sankat Mochan’ to evacuate over 600 Indians stranded in the war-trapped African country

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Kerala launches ‘world’s first’ digital student incubator

• Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has launched SV.CO, purportedly world’s first digital student incubator, as a digital makeover of the Startup Village in Kochi

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Mumbai square to be named after slain journalist Jyotirmoy Dey

• Mumbai square to be named after slain journalist Jyotirmoy Dey
• “J Dey Chowk” – Newly named square was unveiled by the Mumbai Mayor Snehal Ambekar
• A city square near where noted journalist Jyotirmoy Dey was

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