Current Affairs Update – 11th July, 2015

Hello and welcome to ExamPundit. Here are the Important Current Affairs of 11th July, 2015. These are very Important for the upcoming SBI PO Mains and RBI Assistant 2015.

• India and Turkmenistan on 11 July 2015 signed eight
  agreements/ Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) to deepen bilateral cooperation
  between the two nations. They discussed ways to increase regional cooperation
  and connectivity.
• The agreements were inked during the two-day visit of Prime
  Minister Narendra Modi to Turkmenistan from 10 July to 11 July 2015. Modi paid
  an official visit to Turkmenistan at the invitation of the President of
  Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

• MoU on supply of chemical products between the Indian Public
  Sector Undertaking (PSU) ‘Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited’ and the
  Turkmen State concern ‘Turkmenhimiya’
• MoU between the Foreign Service Institute of the Ministry of
  External Affairs of the Republic of India and the Institute of International
  Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan
• Agreement between the ministry of youth affairs and sports
  of India and the state committee for sport of Turkmenistan on cooperation in
  the field of sports
• Programme of cooperation in science and technology between
  India and Turkmenistan for the period of 2015-2017
• MoU between India and Turkmenistan on cooperation in Yoga
  and Traditional Medicine
• MoU on cooperation in the field of tourism
• Agreement on cooperation in the field of Defence

Besides, the two nations also released an Indo-Turkmen Joint
Statements after PM Modi and President Berdimuhamedov held extensive
discussions on bilateral relations as well as regional and international issues
of mutual interest.

• India and Pakistan on 10 July 2015 issued a Joint Statement
  (JS) in the Russian city of Ufa after a bilateral meeting between the Prime
  Ministers Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif. The meeting between the two Prime
  Ministers took place on the sidelines of the BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation
  Organisation (SCO) summits.
• The JS was issued by the Foreign Secretaries of India and
  Pakistan, S Jaishankar and Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry.

• The two leaders exchanged views on issues of bilateral and
  regional interest and condemned terrorism in all its form and agreed to
  cooperate with each other to eliminate its menace from South Asia
• The two nations agreed to have a collective responsibility
  to ensure peace and promote development.

• India today recorded a population of 127,42,39,769, which is
  growing at a rate of 1.6 per cent a year, and could make the country the most
  populous in the world by 2050.
• At 5 pm today, the World Population Day, the number of
  Indians hit 127,42,39,769, and is 17.25 per cent of the global population, as
  per Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh or National Population Stabilisation Fund (NPSF),
  an autonomous body under the Union Health Ministry which has raised concerns
  about over-population related problems, if the rate persists.
• Noting that India’s population was growing at a faster rate
  than China, which is now the world’s most populous country at around 1.39
  billion, an official of the Fund said that the country could become the most
  populated one by 2050.
• At a function today, Health Minister J P Nadda stressed on
  the involvement of development partners and NGOs in assisting government to
  achieve population stabilisation goals.
• According to data from NPSF, the total fertility rate (TFR)
  in India has seen a decline and stood at 2.3 in 2013 although the decline is
  not consistent.
• The data suggests that a high percentage of female (21-26
  per cent) are married below 18 years of age in states like Rajasthan, Jharkhand
  and Bihar.
• The population of India, at 1.21 billion as per the 2011
  Census, is almost equal to the combined population of USA, Indonesia, Brazil,
  Pakistan, Bangladesh and Japan put together.
• Also, the population of several states match, and in some
  cases, exceed that of several large countries. For example, the population of
  Uttar Pradesh is almost that of Brazil, the fifth most populous country in the
  world.

• Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 10 July 2015
  successfully launched five British satellites into space from the first launch
  pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikotta.
• These satellites are three identical DMC3 optical earth
  observation satellites and two auxiliary satellites, viz., CBNT-1 and
  De-OrbitSail.
• These all satellites, built by Surrey Satellite Technology
  Limited (SSTL) and weighing 1440-kg, were launched aboard the 13th flight
  (PSLV-C28) of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).
• The three DMC3 satellites, each weighing 447 kg was placed
  into a 647 km Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) using the high-end version of PSLV
  (PSLV-XL). PSLV-C28 is the ninth flight of PSLV in ‘XL’ configuration.
• These international customer satellites are being launched
  as part of the arrangement entered into between DMC International Imaging
  (DMCii), a wholly owned subsidiary of SSTL, UK; and Antrix Corporation Limited
  (ANTRIX), the commercial arm of ISRO.

• Former President of India Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam on 9 July 2015
  launched the Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan (RAA) in New Delhi. The abhiyan aims to
  inculcate a spirit of inquiry, creativity and love for Science and Mathematics
  in school children.
• Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan is a concept developed by the
  Ministry of Human Resource Development.
• Under Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan, government schools will be
  mentored by Institutes like IITs/IIMs/IISERs and other Central Universities and
  reputed organisations through innovative programmes, student exchanges,
  demonstrations, student visits, etc to develop a natural sense of passion
  towards learning of Science and Maths.
• Besides, the Union Minister for Human Resource Development
  Smriti Irani announced that Phase II of RAA will be launched in January 2016
  for higher education under which model science labs will be established in all
  districts of the North Eastern States.

• Indian-origin Sunita Williams is among four
  “veteran” astronauts picked by NASA to fly the first commercial space
  vehicles, a part of the space agency’s ambitious plan to put a man on Mars by
  2030.
• Williams, 49, accompanied by Robert Behnken, Eric Boe and
  Douglas Hurley, will train and prepare for commercial spaceflights that will
  return American launches to the US soil and further open up low-Earth orbit
  transportation to the private sector.
• The four astronauts will work closely with the Boeing
  Company and SpaceX to develop their crew transportation systems and provide
  crew transportation services to and from the International Space Station (ISS),
  NASA said.
• A veteran of two long-duration spaceflights, Williams spent
  a total of 322 days in space and currently holds the record for total
  cumulative spacewalk time by a female astronaut (50 hours and 40 minutes).
• She now ranks sixth on the all-time US endurance list and
  second all-time for a woman astronaut. NASA chose her for the astronaut
  programme in 1998.

• World Population Day was observed on 11 July 2015 with theme
  Vulnerable Populations in Emergencies.
• The theme focuses on the record number of people displaced
  by crises – some 60 million according to the latest UN figures.
• At present, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is
  working around the globe to respond to the rights and needs of women and girls,
  and help them to maintain their dignity by securing their safety, and restoring
  their access to sexual and reproductive health care.
• The event was established by the Governing Council of the
  United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 1989, through its decision
  89/46. The UNDP in its recommendation for the day asked to focus attention on
  the urgency and importance of population issues in the context of overall
  development plans and programmes and the need to find solutions for these
  issues.

• Serena Williams claimed a sixth Wimbledon title and fourth
  successive grand slam crown by suppressing the spirited attacking instincts of
  20th-seeded Spaniard Garbine Muguruza to win Saturday’s final 6-4 6-4.
• American Williams reinforced her stranglehold on the women’s
  game by overcoming an early wobble and resisting a battling fightback to claim
  a 21st grand slam title that leaves her one behind German Steffi Graf’s record
  haul of professional era majors.
• The world number one was simply too powerful and too
  consistent for surprise 21-year-old finalist Muguruza, who began with a valiant
  positive approach but could not maintain her early high level.
• After losing a close first set and battling bravely to come
  back from 5-1 down in the second, the Spaniard was eventually downed after one
  hour and 23 minutes of combat, to leave Williams to receive the acclaim of the
  Centre Court crowd.
• Williams now holds all four majors at the same time — the
  so-called ‘Serena Slam’ — having also won the U.S., Australian and French Open
  titles.

• South Africa debutant Kagiso Rabada on 10 July 2015 became
  only the second cricketer in the history of One Day International (ODI) cricket
  to claim a hat-trick on ODI debut.
• 20-year-old Johannesburg-born fast bowler claimed a
  hat-trick in only his second over in a one-day international against Bangladesh
  in Mirpur. He also recorded the best debut figures in an ODI with 6-16.
• His hat-trick helped South Africa (Proteas) to bowl out the
  hosts for a score of 160, which was chased easily by Proteas, at a loss of 2
  wickets and more than 18 overs to spare.
• Bangladesh spinner Taijul Islam was the first debutant to
  take an ODI hat-trick. He achieved the fete in 2014 at Mirpur.

• NRI entrepreneur Lord Karan Bilimoria has been appointed as
  the President of the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA).
• He will replace Baroness Usha Prashar as she steps down,
  having served the maximum term of nine years. This is the latest in a string of
  higher education roles held by him.
• Bilimoria, the founder of Cobra Beer, is also Chancellor of
  the University of Birmingham, a Member of the Advisory Boards of the Judge
  Business School at the University of Cambridge as well as the Cranfield School
  of Management, and was previously Chancellor of Thames Valley University.
• Born in Hyderabad, 53-year-old Bilimoria was the youngest
  university Chancellor in the UK when he became Chancellor of Thames Valley
  University, now the University of West London.

• Former Tamil Nadu Minister and AIADMK MLA P Chendur Pandian
  died here today following a prolonged illness, the party said.
• Pandian (64), representing the Kadayanallur Assembly
  constituency, was undergoing treatment at a private hospital here and breathed his
  last this morning, it said.
• He is survived by his wife, two sons, and a daughter.
• Pandian was the minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable
  Endowments till he was admitted to hospital early this year, when it was handed
  over to his Cabinet colleague R Kamaraj. He was a minister without portfolio
  since then.

• The South African cricket fraternity mourned the death of
  one of its oldest Indian-origin veterans, Abdul Samed Bulbulia, who passed away
  at the age of 82.
• Popularly known as Sam, Bulbulia represented Transvaal
  province under the auspices of the South African Cricket Board of Control
  (SACBOC), when the sport was divided on racial lines through apartheid
  legislation.
• Bulbulia played as an opening batsman for two decades and
  was still playing when the Dadabhai Trophy matches were first granted
  first-class (three-day) status in 1971.
• He was part of the golden era of SACBOC cricket in the 1950s
  and represented their national side, under the captaincy of Basil d’Oliveira
  against the Kenyan Asian team that toured South Africa in the 1956/57 season.

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