Current Affairs 15th July 2017
NATIONAL
- Railways Ministry launches RailCloud Project, NIVARAN-Grievance Portal and CTSE Scheme
- J P Nadda launched the National Strategic Plan for Malaria Elimination (2017-22)
- India is set to get its first high-speed rail training center at Gandhinagar, Gujarat
- Delhi Police will be the first state police in India who will get ‘super cop belt’
- The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) to set up India’s first TISC in Punjab
- Maharashtra has become the first state to make social boycott
- Union cabinet has approved to set up ISARC in varansi
- Maharashtra government has launched a medical insurance scheme up to 10 lakh rupees
INTERNATIONAL
- 22nd World Petroleum Congress (WPC) International Conference held in Istanbul, Turkey
- Malta became the 24th country to legalise same-sex marriage
DEFENCE
- Chinese troops are headed to Djibouti to set up China’s first overseas military base
OBITUARY
- China’s most famous political prisoner, the Nobel laureate and democracy icon Liu Xiaobo, has died
