TNPSC Current Affairs July 08, 2019

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs July 08, 2019 (08/07/2019)

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Topic: Cultures of India, Latest Diary of Events

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

India gets its 38th UNESCO World HERITAGE SITE as Pink City Jaipur.

With Successful inscription of Jaipur City, India has 38 world heritage sites, that include 30 Cultural properties, 7 Natural properties and 1 mixed site.

Babylon Heritage Site:

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has listed Iraq’s “Babylon” as a World Heritage Site.

This ancient Mesopotamian city was developed as a walled city of mudbrick temples and towers, constituting the Tower of Babel, and the Ishtar Gate.

It was the centre of the ancient Babylonian empire more than 4,000 years ago.

Famous rulers who ruled from Babylon include Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar.

Babylon is world famous for its Hanging gardens.

The other recently selected list of World Heritage sites are:

Ancient Ferrous Metallurgy Sites of Burkina Faso

Paraty and Ilha Grande, Brazil

Vatnajokull National Park, Iceland

French Austral Lands and Seas, France

UNESCO world heritage site:

A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a place that is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as of special cultural or physical significance.

The list is maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 UNESCO member states which are elected by the General Assembly.

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Topic: Places in News, Latest Diary of Events

World’s largest burn and plastic surgery institute inaugurated in Dhaka, Bangladesh

The world’s largest burn and plastic surgery institute named Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute started its functioning in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Outpatient Department (OPD) of the institute was inaugurated by the Health and Family Welfare Minister of Bangladesh Zahid Maleque.

It is a 500-bed hospital with 50 Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and 12 operation theatres. It will provide advanced treatment to burn patients in Bangladesh.

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Topic: Sports and Medals, Latest Diary of Events

Canada Open 2019 (Badminton Tournament)

Canada Open 2019, officially known as the YONEX Canada Open 2019, held in Markin-MacPhail Centre.

Key facts:

Li Shi Feng of China won the Men’s Singles title after defeating India’s Parupalli Kashyap.

2019 Canada Open is the 3rd Super 100 tournament of the 2019 BWF World Tour. It is organized by the Badminton Alberta and sanctioned by the BWF and Badminton Canada.

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Topic: Cultures of India, Profile of States, International Events

World Tamil Conference – Chicago

The 10th World Tamil Conference was held in Chicago from July 4 to July 8. The ninth edition was held at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia in 2015. The International Association of Tamil Research (IATR) organised the event. It was held in USA for the first time.

Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America (FeTNA) will concentrate on “Keezhadi – Nam Thaai Madi (Keezhadi Excavations – in our Tamil Mother’s lap) and would be dedicated to the late Tamil scholar, Rev GU Pope, during his 200th birth anniversary.

New historicist, scientific and comparative study of the antiquity, Tamil language, literature, culture, civilisation, modern literature and Tamil computing is the overall theme of the conference.

The theme is based on the eight research subjects:

Classical Tamil literature (Sangam literature),

Ancient Tamil civilisation,

Tholkappiyam,

Thirukkural,

Contributions of Tamil scholars,

Tamil music and performing arts,

Modern Tamil literature and

Tamil language and linguistics.

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Topic: General Administration, Latest Diary of Events

Budget 2019-2020

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the maiden budget of Narendra Modi 2.0 government in the Lok Sabha on July 05, 2019.

“Gaon, Garib and Kisan”(Village, Poor and Farmer) is the centre of all policies of the Modi 2.0 Government.

This is the 89th Union Budget.

Excluding interim budgets, it is the 29th budget post economic liberalisation in 1991.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman became only the second woman in the history of independent India to present the Union Budget.

Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was the first and only woman till now to have presented the Union Budget.

In 1970, she presented the Union Budget of India for 1970-71, after she took over the finance portfolio following the resignation of Morarji Desai as finance minister.

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Topic: New Economic Policies in India, General Administration

Economic Survey

The Economic Survey was tabled in Parliament by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 04. The Survey was authored by the Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy V. Subramanian.

As per the survey, India now stands at 4th in wind power, 5th in solar power and 5th in renewable power installed capacity.

Key facts:

Sustained real GDP growth rate of 8% needed for a $5 trillion economy by 2024-25. It aims for the following targets:

Moving From ‘Beti Baco Beti Padhao’ to ‘BADLAV’ (Beti Aapki Dhan Lakshmi Aur Vijay Lakshmi).

Moving From ‘Swachh Bharat’ to ‘Sundar Bharat’.

Moving From ‘Give it up” for the LPG subsidy to ‘Think about the Subsidy’.

Moving From ‘Tax evasion’ to ‘Tax compliance’.

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Topic: International Organizations, Latest Diary of Events

International Sunflower Seed and Oil Conference 2019

India will host the 3rd International Sunflower Seed and Oil Conference (ISSOC) 2019 on July 19 and 20 in Mumbai, Maharashtra with the aim to encourage better communications among sunflower oil producers, industry groups, academic researchers and local governments.

First 2 conferences were held by China and Ukraine respectively.

India is the largest importer of sunflower oil. The International Sunflower Oil Association (ISOA) was established in 2015 in Rome by National Associations and Companies from China, Ukraine, Russia, Hungary, Spain and Argentina.

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Topic: Sports and Medals, Persons in News

World Youth Cup 2019

A 10-year old Karate girl, Arinjeeta Dey (Barasat, West Bengal) has won a silver medal in the under 12 age category in the World Youth Cup 2019 which was held in Umag, Croatia (from July 1 to July 5, 2019).

It was organized by World Karate Federation affiliated to the International Olympic Association. A total of 35 countries had participated in this competition.

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Topic: Indian Army, Anti terrorism Activities

Operation Sudarshan launched by BSF to fortify the anti-infiltration grid along Pakistan border

The operation, code named ‘Sudarshan’ was launched by the Border Security Force (BSF) to fortify Anti-Infiltration Grid along the Pakistan border in Punjab and Jammu. The massive exercise commenced on July 1, 2019.

Key facts:

The commanders of the force will prepare their watch towers and sentry posts better, replenish arms and ammunition dumps, strengthen artillery positions, check and plug border fence breaches, detect underground and cross-border tunnels and make all operational and logistical arrangements to strengthen the vigil along the sensitive and infiltration-prone border.