Current Affairs 18th July 2017

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