Current Affairs 18th July 2018

Current Affairs 18th July 2018

NATIONAL

• T-Hub To Host Country’s 1st Defence Incubator
• Committee Set Up To Synergise NCC and NSS
• Steel CPSE Employees Pension Scheme Announced
• IIT-Madras Unveils World’s 1st Remote LEAP Microscope
• BEL Signs MoU With Saab For Surveillance Radar
• Odisha To Get Country’s 1st Skill Training Centre
• Prakash Javedkar Inaugurates Conference Of Heads of AYUSH National Institutes
• Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar Launches ‘Paudhagiri’ Campaign
• President Gives Nod To Assam’s Anti-Witch Hunting Bill

INTERNATIONAL

• IMF Cuts India’s GDP Growth Forecast To 7.3% in 2018
• UK Tops Global Ranking Of Nations’ Soft Power
• Forbes Releases 2018 ‘Celebrity 100’ List Of World’s Highest-Paid Entertainers
• 8th India-Oman Joint Commission Meeting Begins In Muscat
• JK Rowling To Release Next Book ‘Lethal White’

APPOINTMENTS

• Gautam Kaul Won Prestigious Post In Federations’ Executive Committee Elections

AWARDS

• Indian Experts Get Oxford Awards For Arsenic Poisoning Research

SPORTS

• Vinesh Phogat Wins Gold At Spanish Grand Prix
• Marc Marquez Wins German Grand Prix
• Thailand Open 2018: Nozomi Okuhara Beats PV Sindhu Win Maiden Title

OBITUARY

• Actor Rita Bhaduri Passes Away