ONE LINERS CURRENT AFFAIRS 9th to 18th JULY 2016

Keeping yourself abreast with the latest happenings is not only important for enhancing our awareness but it also plays a pivotal role in any Competitive Exams, be it IAS, KAS, Bank PO, SSC, JKSSB and any other. It is a scoring subject and one can easily get above 90% in this which can be a game changer. But, to do so it requires incessant serious efforts. Reading regularly is impertinent, but it is such a subject which is time consuming and there are other important subjects as well to deal with.

ONE LINERS CURRENT AFFAIRS 9th to 18th JULY 2016

• Maharashtra Tourism has announced that the state’s Aurangabad town will host India’s first SAARC Tourism Summit in October.
• Maharashtra Tourism also announced that it is planning to set up a Buddhist Centre at Ellora during the SAARC Tourism Summit.
• The Kerala govt. announced a Pension Scheme for transgenders above 60 years of age. 
• Kerala because the first state in India to announce a Transgender Welfare Board that aims to end stigma towards the Sexual Minority group.
• Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar are the worst states for women, according to an India spend survey that analysed the demographic data and eight social Indicators of Indian States.  
• A three-day Woodpecker Environment and Wildlife Film Festival has begun at historic Gaiety Theatre in Shima.
• Gambia's President Yahya Jameeh issued a statement after Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations banning Child Marraiges in the country.
• Serena Williams has won her 22nd Grand Slam after beating Germany's Angelique Kerber in Straight sets.
• Captain Radhika Menon will become the first ever women in the world for exceptional Bravery at sea from the International Maritime Organisation. 
• 27th Warsaw Summit of the NATO was concluded at National Stadium in Warsaw Poland.
• The 2-day long 2016 Warsaw Summit of the NATO was concluded at National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland.
• The Bangladesh government today banned the broadcasting of Mumbai-based Islamic Cleric Zakir Naik's Peace TV.
• India and Tanzania signed 5 bilateral agreement during PM Narendra Modi's visit to the African country.
• Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh announced that a National Research centre for Banana will be set up in Bihar.
• Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das approved the setting up of 38 degree level colleges in the state with one each in the 35 constituencies where no such college exists. 
• With an average of 5.6 people in each household, Uttar Pradesh has the largest household size in the country, according to a survey by India spend. 
• The Hemis Festival will be held between July 14 and July 15 at the Hemis Monastery in Ladakh.
• The Memorial of Late President APJ Abdul Kalam will open to the Public on July 27, which marks his first death anniversary.
• Tathagata Roy sworn in as Governor of Arunachal Pradesh Sh. Dr Joram Begi was also sworn-in as the Chief information officer of Arunachal Pradesh.        
• World number two Andy Murray won his second Wimbeldon Men's singles title defeating Canadian Milos Raonic. 
• Serena Williams and Venus Williams won their Sixth Wimbledon doubles title after defeating Babos of Hungary and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan. 
• 11th July is World Population Day-Theme for 2016: Investing in teenage girls.  
• India and Kenya signed 7 agreements and MOUs including in the field of defense cooperation, to strengthen institutional cooperation between respective defence establishments.
• Meghalaya Governor V. Shanmuganathan inaugurated the launch of Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) in the East Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya.   
• Sanjay Gupta has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing director of Kankan Railway Corporation limited (KPCL). He is the youngest ever CMD of KPCL.  
• Former Indian footballer and the country's first full time 'diamond' coach Amal Dutta (86) passed away. 
• Portugal has won the 2016 UEFA European football Championship (Euro Cup 2016) by defeating host France.
• Lewis Hemilton won the British Grand Prix.
• President Pranab Mukherjee today conferred the 51st Jnanpith Award on renowned Gujarati Writer Dr Raghuveer Chaudhari.      
• Singer Taylor Swift has been named the world's highest-paid celebrity of 2016 as part of the 'celebrity 100' list by 'Forbes' having earned $ 170 million from June 2015 to June 2106.
• Portuguese Captain Cristiano Ronaldo is currently the most liked Person on Facebook with over 114 million likes. 
• Home Secretary Theresa May will become the second female Prime Minister to lead the United Kingdom.  
• The Union Government appointed Utpal Bora, as the full-time Chairman of Oil India Ltd. 
• Indian Hockey 'Mens and Womens' squads for Rio 2016 Olympics announced.

• Goalkeeper PR Sreejesh will captain the Men's team.
• Sushil Chanu will lead the Women's squad.
• Indian Golfers, Anirban Lahiri, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chawrasia, and Aditi Ashok will be representing India at the 2016 Rio Olympics based on their rankings. 

• Israel passed a law requiring NGOs that receive over half of their funding from foreign government or bodies, including the EU, to provide details of their donations.
• 82 year old Japanese emperor Akihito has announced that he is going to step down in the coming years 
• The first direct bus service between Pokhara (Nepal) and New Delhi (India ) was launched to connect South Asia’s two important cities. 
• Bangladesh and India signed an agreement for the construction of a 1320 megawatt (MW) coal fired power plant near plant near Sundarbans. 
• The state bank of India signed a memorandum of understanding with the society for innovation and entrepreneurship (SINE) at IIT Bombay to promote innovation by start-ups in the financial sector. 
• The Arunachal Pradesh Government has decided to setup Women police station across the state and create 400 new posts to run these police stations. 
• Indian navy has commissioned INS Karna an independent base of Marine commandos (MARCOS) at Bhemunipatanam Naval Base, Vishakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh. 
• The cabinet agreed to a proposal for transfer of shares by communication equipment manufacturer Indian Telephone Industries Fund to meet SEBI’s minimum public share holding requirements. 
• The cabinet committee on economic affairs approved disinvestment of 15 % paid up equity in Nation buildings construction corporation of India .of government’s 90 % holding. 
• Theresa may, the new conservative party leader, became Britain’s 2nd female prime minister. 
• Vijay Ghadge, the former chief executive officer of ecommerce logistics company GO-Javas, has joined Vulcun express, the captive logistics unit of Snapdeal, as COO. 
• K V R Murthy has been appointed as chairman cum managing Director of the jute corporation Indian limited. 
• Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptullah resigned and President Pranab Mukherjee assigned the ministry’s independent charge to MOS Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. 
• Following the resignation MoS of heavy industries and public Enterprises GM Siddeshwara Babul Supriyo was given the portfolio and was relieved as the MoS of Urban Development and Housing & urban poverty Alleviation Ministry. 
• Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan will be launch tennis player Sania Mirza autobiography ‘Ace against Odds ‘ which was released last week. 
• Italian mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano (83), undisputed head of the Sicilian Cosa Nostra Mafia, has died in a prison hospital. 
• William H McNeill (98) ,the prize-winning scholar who wove the stories of civilizations worldwide into the landmark ‘The rise of the west ‘ and helped pioneer the history the disease and epidemics in ‘Plagues and people ‘ has passed away. 
• The first Fifa World Cup match was played on 3th July in the year 1930 in Uruguay. 
• The US Tennis Association announced that the total price money for the 2016 US Open will be around $46.3 million ,the biggest price in the history of the game. 
• The union government has launched ‘operation Sankat Mochan’ to evacuate Indian nations from violence hit South Sudan. 
• The union government has approved various facilities for minority communities of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan residing in India on the long term visa. 
• The union government has approved the Pradhan Mantra Koushal Vikas Yojna (PMKVY) with an outlay of 12000 CRORE RUPEES TO IMPART skilling to one crore people the next four years (2016-2017).]
• Spanish made Talgo trains has become the fastest train in India. 

• In the trail run conducted by the railways on the Mathura-Palwal route, Talgo clocked the speed of 180 kms per hour and covered 84 kms in 34 minutes 

• A book on Beijing Olympics medallist pugilist Vijender Singh was recently released online 

• The title of the book is ‘Ringside with Vijender’ 
• The book is penned by senior journalist Rudraneil Sengupta 

• Switzerland based UBS retained its position as the world’s largest private sector bank in 2015, a study by wealth management researcher Scorpia partnership has stated

• UBS has $ 1737.5 BILLION MANGED assets by the end of 2015

• The cabinet committee on economic affairs has approved the disinvestment of 15% paid up equity of National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited 
• Congress leader Nabam Tuki took charge as chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh at Arunachal Bhavan in New Delhi 
• Boris Johnson , the former London Mayer and “Leave” campaign figurehead in Britain s EU referendum, was appointed Foreign secretary in new Prime minster Theresa May’s government 
• The Election Commission of India selected Punjab singer and actor n Gurdas Maan as the icon for the upcoming Punjab Assembly polls 
• The union government has appointed senior IPS officer Ashok Patnaik as the chief Executive officer of the National Intelligent Grid (NATGRID) 
• Pokemon Go has become the biggest ever mobile game in the history in The US history by beating candy crush with nearly 21 million daily active users. 
• Mumbai’s civic body has renamed a city square near Hiranandani Garden in Suburban Powai to Jyotirmoy Dey Chowk 
• Abu Umar ai-shishani, who is described as Islamic state’s minister of war by the US Department of defence was killed during combat in Iraq’s Shirkat 
• India’s young grand master Harika Dronavali has won her first fide women’s grand prix chess title at Chengdu in china 
• The Chinese Football Association has struck deal with FIFA to host the China cup in January 2017 a competition that will involve its nation side against three international ‘First Class’ teams 
• 15th July is World Youth Skill Day. Theme for 216: Skills Development to improve youth Employment 
• Francois Hollande announced the extension of state emergency in the country by another three months following an attack in Nice, in which a truck rammed into people, killing at least 84 
• The World Health organization declared India as Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus free 
• Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan spoke about forming a Happiness Ministry, the state cabinet cleared the proposal finally calling it the Happiness Department 
• The government has approved the fourth phase of Delhi Metro which constitute six proposed lines and is expected to add 105 km to the metro network. 
• The Mizoram government launched the New Economic Development Policy to the boost the state’s economy and livelihood of the people 
• New Delhi government has launched 3D Zebra crossing at the Rjaji Marg 
• India and the Asian Development Bank have signed a 100 million dollars loan agreement for irrigation projects, drainage system and water management in Vennar sub basin of Cauvery delta in Tamil NADU 
• The Reserve Bank of India constituted a 13 member inter working Group to study the entire gamut of regularity issues relating to Fin Tech (financial technology) and Digital Banking in INDIA 
• Japanese adventurer Yuuichiro Miura, aged 80 then, was recognised by the Guinness World Records as the oldest person to climb the mt Everest in 2013 
• The government has received deposits of 3.1 tonnes of gold under the Gold Monitisation scheme since its launch in November 2015 
• RBI asked banks to exchange up to 20 pieces of soiled currency notes with a maximum value of 5000 Rs over the counter free of charge 
• The RBI extended the dead line for payment of Tax and penalty under the black money Disclosure scheme to 30 September 2017 
• The Supreme Court constituted special Investigation Team on the black money submitted its fifth report to the apex court 
• Deffence Research and development organization successfully test fired the fully indigenous 155 mm x 52 caliber Advanced Towed Artillery GUN System 
• Former Reserve bank of India Governor D Subbarao’s new book titled ‘Who Moved My Interest Rates’ Gas Been Released 
• Dwayne ‘The Rock Johnson’ has been declared the world’s highest paid actor by Forbes in its Celebrity 100 list 
• Playing test in England, Pakistan captain Misbah-ul –Haq became the oldest player to score a Test century since 1934, after hitting a ton at Lord’s 
• Prime Minister Narender Modi chaired the 11th meeting of Interstate council in Delhi 
• The world’s first hospital on train the Lifelong Express completed 25 years of service to the poor and underprivileged masses of the rural India 
• The cabinet committee on parliamentary Affairs has been reshuffled, with Smriti Irani being dropped as special invitee and HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar elevated as member 
• According to the recent data released by the ministry of petroleum and Natural Gas, over 14 lakh LPG connections has been released to women of BPL families under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) 
• The union government has launched transforming India Website a repository for sharing the impact of various governance initiative with citizens in real time 
• UNESCO declared the Nalanda University in Bihar a World Heritage site. 
• Google has named the Amir Khan starrer ‘PK’ as the most searched Indian FILM in the last 10 years 
• The Indian Railways has launched a special train for freight called ‘Auto Express’ currently available from Gurgaon to Nidvanda , the train can run at 100 kmph, reducing travel time to 57 hours from the current 70 hours 
• Former Rajasthan Governor Margaret Alva’s autobiography titled ‘Courage & Commitment’ was recently released 
• Singer Kety Perry has released her new single ‘Rise’ which has been chosen as the official anthem to be played during the Rio Olympics broadcast by the American television network ‘NBC’ 
• 17TH July is celebrated as the World day for International Justice and also World Emoji day is celebrated on this day 
• Pakistan announced that it is going to move to the Permanent Court of Arbitration against India over water sharing of the Kishanganga and Rattle rivers in Jammu and Kashmir 
• The board of Excise and Customs announced that it is going to move to a paperless and integrated customs system by 2017 for fast tracking consignment clearance 
• To ensure garbage free Puducherry, the government is going to form ‘Swachh Bal Senas’ to make children the watchdogs of cleanliness and prevent elders from littering 
• The ‘VIT Fashion Institute of Technology’ was inaugurated as a part of the Vellore Institute of Technology in its Chennai campus 
• Three indigenous developed 155 mm ‘Dhanush’ artillery guns have been handed over to the Indian Army for user trial by the Jabalpur based Gin Carriage factory 
• Women central government employees who have filed complaints of sexual harassment can now get a paid leave of 90 days during the pendency of the inquiry 
• The Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry has launched an online portal ‘India Skills Online’ and four other initiative under the skill India campaign 
• Congress leader Pema Khandu, son of late Chief minister Dorjee Khandu, was sworn in as the 9th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh 
• Indian origin UK MP Priti Patel has been appointed as the International Development Secretary in PM Theresa May’s cabinet reshuffle 
• Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited has commissioned a 250 MW thermal power project based on eco friendly Circulating Fluidised Bed Combustion technology, using low quality lignite, in Gujarat 
• UNESCO listed Chandigarh and Sikkim’s national park home to the world world’s largest peak Mountain Khangchendzonga among its world heritage sites, approving all the three nominations linked to India this season 
• Jeff Bezos, CEO and founder of Amazon.com, is the 4th richest person in the world with net worth of $63.9 billion 
• Indian professional boxer Vijender Singh became the WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight champion after defeating Australia’s Kerry Hope in New Delhi by unanimous decision 
• 18th July is Nelson Mandela International day 
• India is hosting the United Nation Peacekeeping Course for African partners -1 
• Tamil Naidu Chief minister Jyalalitha launched the free bus pass scheme for school and college going students for 2016 -2017 
• The centre as on 12th July 2016 has released 28022.87 crore rs to states under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 
• The National Green Tribunal order immediate banning of Diesel vehicles more than 10 years old in Delhi to deal with population 
• To prevent a clique from dominating the official cultural space ,the culture minister has decided to rate Indian artists and writers, on the basis of which they will be sent to represent India 
• To reduced paper work the Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has launched an “e-portal” enabling online interaction with various branches of the secretariat 
• The union Railway Minister has launched a project to Install Solar Penals in all Railway Buildings in order to reduce expenditure on electricity 
• Kushal Poul , a 17 years old singer from Kolkata, has won the singing reality show ‘sa re ga ma pa’ for this year 
• The fourth tranche of Sovereign Gold Bond scheme has opened for subscription through which the government aims to curb the demand for physical gold 
• ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has filed for an initial public offering of shares this will be India’s first insurance sector IPO 
• The Asian Development Bank trimmed its 2016 growth forecasts for developing economies in Asia Pacific region to 5.7% 
• India and the Asian Development Bank signed a $100 million loan agreement for strengthen irrigation, drainage and water management in the Vennar subbasin of the Cauvery delta in Tamil Nadu 
• The Uttar Pradesh government has signed a MOU with the Netherlands to set a skill development center to help farmers 
• Reliance Jio, the digital service wing of Reliance Industries has signed up as ‘Principal partner’ of India contingent at the Rio Olympics which begin on August 5 
• The 73rd Senior National championship was recently held in Mumbai Maharashtra
  

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Today’s word
Swamp (noun) : land that is always wet and often partly covered with water

Example

• The area is mostly swam
• The agency has been swamped by requests for assistance

Synonyms: bog , fen, marsh, marshland, wetland 

Antonyms: drain