Current Affairs Update – 6th July, 2015

Hello and welcome to ExamPundit. Here are the Important Current Affairs of 6th July, 2015. These are Important for SBI PO Mains 2015 and RBI Assistant 2015.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream project Digital India
  now has a brand ambassador. Kruti Tiwari, a IIT-JEE topper from Indore was
  handpicked by the Prime Minister himself and she will be associated with the
  campaign for the next one year.
• Kruti will be travelling extensively across the country
  spreading the message of Digital India.
• On July 1, Modi launched the ambitious Digital India mission
  at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in the national capital. Addressing the
  gathering, which included the who’s who of India Inc, the Prime Minister said
  that the government initiative will ensure an investment of Rs 4.5 lakh crore
  and jobs for at least 18 lakh people.
• As part of the initiative, the Prime Minister announced an
  array of products such as Bharat Net, Digital locker and National Scholarship
  Portal.
• A Digital India book and Digital India policy document were
  also unveiled by the Prime Minister at the onset of the event at the Indira
  Gandhi indoor stadium.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi today left on an eight-day
  visit to five Central Asian countries as also Russia, aiming to enhance
  strategic, economic and energy ties besides attending the summits of BRICS and
  the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
• The Prime Minister’s visit will start with Uzbekistan from
  where he will go to Kazakhstan tomorrow. He will then travel to Russia on July
  8, before flying to Turkmenistan on July 10, Kyrgyzstan on July 11 and
  Tajikistan on July 12.
• The SCO Summit, to be held in Ufa in Russia, may see India
  getting membership of the six-nation grouping comprising China, Russia,
  Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, which could be a major
  highlight of the visit. As of now, India has only observer status.
• The Summit of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South
  Africa), the important economies across the world, will focus on discussions on
  enhancing cooperation in the economic field, including the possibility of trade
  in the local currency.
• With the BRICS Development Bank already set up, the summit
  could look at the possibility of starting credit facilities in the local
  currency. The first head of the bank is Indian banker K V Kamath.

• Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) has
  become the first State transport corporation to have a vehicle tracking system
  for inter-city buses, which has led to a reduction in accidents and deaths as
  drivers are wary of crossing the speed limits.
• Mukesh K Meshram, Managing Director, said they now have a
  control centre wall where all buses and their speeds can be tracked.
• In a passenger-friendly IT initiative, UPSRTC is also in
  talks with Delhi Transport Corporation and State transport undertakings in
  Haryana, Rajasthan and Himachal to have a common bus travel card, apart from
  Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.
• This is to ensure that the smart cards used by UPSRTC
  passengers (issued by State Bank of India and ICICI Bank) become interoperable
  with these Metro rail systems and buses, said Meshram at a PHDCCI event here.
  UPSRTC has 9,600 buses and 51,000 employees, including on contract.

• Bangalore has been ranked 12th in the list of top 20
  technology-rich cities in the world, according to a survey conducted by global
  property consultant Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL).
• “Bangalore has helped India debut on the ‘City Momentum
  Index’ Top 20 list –- an annual survey carried out by JLL globally. Reinforcing
  the city’s status of being one of India’s premier technology centres, Bangalore
  figures at No. 12 in the Top 20 technology-rich cities globally,” JLL
  India Chairman and Country Head Anuj Puri said in a statement.
• London, San Jose and Beijing are top three cities on the
  list.
• Good economic growth, investments in infrastructure,
  presence of startups and significant supply of prime office space are some of
  the factors that contributed in Bangalore’s strong performance in the survey.
• Puri said the economic as well as real estate momentum in
  Bangalore has gained pace as tech-industry majors line up to enter the market
  or expand in the city.

• As part of the ‘Digital India Week’, Centre for Development
  of Telematics (C-DOT) on Monday launched four new products including solar
  powered Wi-Fi and long distance Wi-Fi.
• The solar powered Wi-Fi hotspots can be used for smart
  cities, rural schools or panchayats, extending broadband connectivity remote/
  unconnected places. It can also be used in ship to ship communications in deep
  seas.
• Such technology can also be used for remote video
  surveillance and site monitoring, meteorological applications, sensor networks
  and disaster management networks, said C-DOT.
• The state-of-the-art telecommunication technology developer
  that launched long-distance Wi-Fi, said such technology can be used for
  operator sharing, support to link redundancy in case of failure of one radio/
  link.
• It has some benefits like dual power feed, ensuring
  reliability of system; uses power over Ethernet to save cost of running a
  separate power cable to terminal; uses spectrum sensing to choose from channel
  with minimum interference and encryption on per link basis.
• Apart from these, C-DOT also launched Next Generation
  Network solution that will address the needs of the changing telecom scenario
  and would enable smooth transition from Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) to
  Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).

• India and Bangladesh today launched a joint survey to record
  the “choice of nationality” of 51,584 people in 162 enclaves in each
  other’s territories ahead of the July 31 integration of the land with the
  respective mainland under the historic Land Boundary Agreement (LBA).
• Officials said 50 teams began the survey in 111 Indian
  enclaves in Bangladesh while 25 teams went inside India to carry out the
  identical task in 51 enclaves in India.
• They are expected to complete the survey by July 23.
• The launch of the survey comes exactly a month after the two
  neighbours sealed the landmark deal to settle the 41-year- old land boundary
  dispute through exchange of territories, removing a major irritant in bilateral
  ties.

• Korean electronics major Samsung is setting up a Digital
  Academy to train the youth in software development and testing tools. The
  mobile major, which launched a smart phone based on open source-based, will
  train the youth in the Tizen Operating System.
• The company signed an agreement with the TASK (Telangana
  Academy for Skill and Knowledge) here on Monday in this regard. This pact is
  part of a few MoUs signed by the Telangana Government with different corporates
  and institutes as part of the Digital Telangana campaign held at Madhapur.

• In another agreement, C R Rao Advanced Institute of
  Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science (AIMSCS) would help the government
  to set up a Cyber Security Academy to create ‘Cyber Warriors’. The institute
  would train youth in various aspects of cyber security, opening up employment
  opportunities in private and public sectors.
• Economist and former RBI Governor C Rangarajan said cyber
  security was very important and, if not guarded against well, cyber crimes
  could cause damage. “Besides securing the systems, we need to create strengths
  in early warning and abilities to counter the attacks. It is imperative for us
  to get ready,” he said.

• The Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars of France were
  on 5 July 2015 granted with the World Heritage Status by United Nations
  Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
• The decision to grant the status was given during the 39th
  session of the World Heritage Committee held in Bonn, Germany. The Committee
  was chaired by Maria Bohmer, Minister of State at Germany’s Federal Foreign
  Office
• The Champagne World Heritage status covered the places where
  sparkling wine was developed using a second fermentation method in the bottle
  from the beginning of the 17th century until its early industrialisation in the
  19th century.
• Besides, another cultural site in France – The Climats,
  terroirs of Burgundy – was declared as World Heritage Site.

• The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
  Organization (UNESCO) and the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
  on 1 July 2015 signed an agreement to protect cultural heritage sites with the
  latest geo-spatial technologies.
• The agreement was signed at the annual meeting of the World
  Heritage Committee in Bonn, Germany.

• It is part of the UNESCO’s Unite for Heritage framework
  under which UNESCO enters into agreements with sister UN Agencies to protect
  cultural heritage sites across the world.
• It will enable both the organizations to work together
  during conflict situations and following natural disasters by sharing their
  respective expertise and collaborating on prevention and capacity development.

• Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, whose forceful
  denunciations of creditors alienated many of his euro zone colleagues, resigned
  on Monday, saying Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras believed it would help smooth
  the path to a new aid deal.
• His resignation comes after Greeks delivered a resounding
  ‘No’ to the conditions of a rescue package with international creditors.
• In a statement, Mr. Varoufakis said he had been “made
  aware” that some members of the euro zone considered him unwelcome at
  meetings of Finance Ministers, “an idea the Prime Minister judged to be
  potentially helpful to him in reaching an agreement”.

• The World Bank on 1 July 2015 released the annual revised
  classification of the world’s economies based on estimates of gross national
  income (GNI) per capita for 2014. The GNI calculations are based on World Bank
  Atlas method.
• The revision in the classification was done on the basis of
  the 2015 edition of World Development Indicators (WDI) report released on 15
  April 2015 by the bank.
• Bangladesh, Kenya, Myanmar and Tajikistan moved from the low
  income group to the lower-middle income group.
• Maldives and Mongolia were the highest movers in the rankings
  – up 13 and 8 places, respectively.
• Though India’s average per capital GNI reached 1610 US
  dollars or around 101430 rupees, it continues to be in the lower middle income
  category.
• With the addition of one trillion US dollars during the past
  seven years, India’s GDP reached 2 trillion US dollar mark in 2014. In 2013 it
  was 1.861 trillion US dollars.

• United States of America (USA) on  July 2015 won the FIFA Women’s World Cup. In
  the final played at Vancouver, Canada, US defeated Japan, 5-2.
• This was third world cup title for the USA and first since
  1999.
• In the semi-finals, while US defeated Germany, 2-0, Japan
  beat England, 2-1.
• The player of the match was Carli Lloyd of US.

• adidas Golden Ball: Carli Lloyd (midfielder of USA)
• adidas Golden Boot: Celia Sasic (forward of Germany)
• adidas Golden Glove: Hope Solo (Goalkeeper of USA)

• India on 5 July 2015 won the South Asian Basketball (SABA)
  Championship title. In the final played at the Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru,
  Karanataka, India defeated Sri Lanka 93-44.
• It was 4th edition of the championships. India was the
  winner of third SABA Championship.
• With this win, India qualified for the FIBA Asia
  Championship in China. FIBA Asia Championship will be played in September 2015.
• The winning team was given a cash prize of 35000 rupees as a
  personal gesture of Basketball Federation of India President K Govindraj.

• Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain on 5 July 2015
  secured the 2015 Formula 1 British Grand Prix title by winning the final race
  held at the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire, England.
• While his team Nico Rosberg stood second, Ferrari driver
  Sebastian Vettel was in the third position. Both the drivers belong to Germany.
• In the final race, Nico Hulkenberg (Germany) and Sergio
  Perez (Mexico) of Force India stood at seventh and ninth positions
  respectively.

• The book titled Modi’s World: Expanding India’s Sphere of
  Influence authored by C Raja Mohan was published on 19 June 2015 by Harper
  Collins.
• The focus of the book is on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s
  foreign policy.
• In the book, the author presented a sharp analysis of
  India’s challenges in navigating a rapidly transforming regional and
  international landscape under Narendra Modi.
• C Raja Mohan is one of India’s highly respected foreign
  policy analysts and commentators.

• Renowned Urdu novelist from Pakistan Abdullah Hussain died
  on 4 July 2015 in Lahore after battling with blood cancer. He was 84.He is
  survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.
• He authored the bestseller and critically acclaimed novel
  Udas Naslain, it is considered as a masterpiece of Urdu literature. His other
  famous novels are Baagh, Nadaar Loag and short stories Faraib and Nashaib.
  Hussain was also awarded with the Prime Minister’s Lifetime Achievement Award
  in 2015 for his work.

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