Current Affairs 18th July 2017
NATIONAL
- Government setting up passport centre every 50 kilometres in the country
- Matunga railway station in Mumbai becomes India’s first railway station run by women
- Mumbai railway is going to introduce a software to book tickets through USSD
BANKING & ECONOMY
- Government has launched a GST training programme to skill around two lakh youths in six months
AWARDS
- 18th edition of the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) 2017
- Patanjali Ayurved has been featured among the Top 10 most influential brands in India
- San Miguel de Allende in Mexico has been named the World’s Best City
APPOINTMENT
- Justice Gopal Prasad Parajuli will be the new Chief Justice of Nepal
- Shri R K Pachnanda takes charge as Director General, ITBP
- Superwoman Lilly Singh appointed UNICEF’s Global Goodwill Ambassador
SPORTS
- Roger Federer won a record eighth Wimbledon title
- Harinder Pal Sandhu wins Victorian Open squash tournament held at Melbourne, Austraila
- I H Manudevhas won the first National Masters snooker tournament title in Chennai
- Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton won the British Grand Prix for the fifth time
- Garbine Muguruza of Spain won Wimbledon 2017
OBITUARY
- Former Sikkim CM Nar Bahadur Bhandari passes away
