Current Affairs 25th July 2017

Current Affairs 25th July 2017

NATIONAL

• India is going to host Global Conference on Cyber Space (GCCS) 2017 in New Delhi, November 2017
• Union Ministry of Rural Development is going to launch Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana (AGEY)
• The Lok Sabha has passed The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, 2017
• Mukul Sangma launched ‘Mission Football’ at a grand ceremony at JN Sports Complex, Shillong

BANKING & ECONOMY

• Vondaraguppe village in Karnataka’s Ramanagara district has transitioned to a completely cashless system

AGREEMENT

• India and Bangladesh have signed a pact to connect both the countries by waterways

APPOINTMENT

• UK government appointed Brenda Marjorie Hale as the first female President of the Supreme Court

DEFENCE

• Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba had begun an eight-day-long two-nation tour of Mozambique and Tanzania

SPORT

• India lose to England by 9 runs in ICC Women’s World Cup final 2017 at Lord’s, London

OBITUARY

• Former ISRO Chairman Udupi Ramachandra Rao passed away