Daily Current Affairs 10 July 2019

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National News

1. Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express

Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express is set become first train to be operated by Private Companies.
Indian Railways is India’s national railway system operated by the Ministry of Railways. It manages the fourth largest railway network in the world by size, with a route length of 67,368-kilometre and total track length of 121,407-kilometre as of March 2017.
Indian Railways is the world’s eighth-largest employer by number of employees (1.4 million).

2. NHAI with NIIF

National Highways Authority of India and National Investment and Infrastructure Fund have signed an MoU for funding highway projects.
National Investment and Infrastructure Fund is India’s first sovereign wealth fund that was set up by the Government of India in February 2015.
The National Highways Authority of India is an autonomous agency of the Government of India, set up in 1988.

3. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

Deposits in bank accounts under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana have crossed Rs 1 lakh crore mark.
Jan Dhan accounts: Over 36.06 crore
Balance in the accounts over Rs 1,00,495.94 crore

4. Bonalu festival

The annual Bonalu festival has started at Jagadamba temple in Golconda Fort, Hyderabad Telangana.
Bonalu or Goddess Mahankalibonalu is a Hindu Festival, Goddess Mahakali is worshiped.
It is celebrated in the month of Ashada Masam, in July/August.
Bonalu is an annual festival of Telangana celebrated in Twin Cities Hyderabad, Secunderabad and other parts of Telangana.
Telangana: Chief Minister: K Chandrashekhar Rao || Governor: ESL Narasimhan.

International News

1. UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

Egypt was elected as the member of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission.
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO was established by resolution 2.31 adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO.
It first met in Paris at UNESCO’s Headquarters from 19 to 27 October 1961. Initially, 40 States became members of the Commission.

2. Sharjah’s first Golden Card visa

First Golden Card Visa of Sharjah was issued to an Indian expat businessman Lalu Samuel.
The Golden Card Visa is a 10-year long-term visa eligible for investors and entrepreneurs
Sharjah is a United Arab Emirates city on the Arabian Gulf.

3. NASA’s PUNCH mission

PUNCH means ‘Polari meter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere’ image of Sun.
Objective: Understanding the transition of particles from outer corona of Sun to solar wind that fills interplanetary space.
Physicist Dipankar Banerjee was selected by NASA for its PUNCH mission.
Dipankar Banerjee is a solar physicist from Indian Institute of Astrophysics Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Business News

1. Sportswear Brand Vector X’s New Brand Ambassador

Sportswear Brand Vector X has appointed Footballer Dalima Chhibber as its Brand Ambassador.
Dalima Chhibber is an Indian footballer who plays for the India women’s national football team. She currently plays for Gokulam Kerala FC in Indian Women’s League.

2. ISRO with Russia’s Glavkosmos

ISRO has signed a pact with Glavkosmos of Russia for space training of Indian astronauts.
It also includes selection support and medical examination for the same.
Glavcosmos is a Russian launch service provider and subsidiary of the state corporation Roscosmos.
The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is a state corporation responsible for the wide range and types of space flights and cosmonautics programs for the Russian Federation.
The Indian Space Research Organisation is the space agency of the Government of India headquartered in the city of Bengaluru.

3. 2019 Technology Pioneer Award by World Economic Forum

World Economic Forum has awarded QuantelaInc with a 2019 Technology Pioneer Award.
Quantela is a digital technology solutions company focused on Iot. It provides a comprehensive, customizable, scalable platform.
‘Atlantis’ is the product of Quantela which helps cities to proactively predict and solve social, economic and environmental problems.
The World Economic Forum, based in Cologny-Geneva, Switzerland, was founded in 1971 as a not-for-profit organization.

4. WEF’s Global Lighthouse Network

Tata Steel Kalinganagar has been included in Global Lighthouse Network of World Economic Forum.
Global Lighthouse Network is a community of manufacturers showing leadership in Industrial Revolution technologies.
Tata Steel Kalinganagar is the first and the only Indian manufacturing plant in Global Lighthouse Network of WEF.
Tata Steel Kalinganagar is located in Jajpur district of Odisha.

Sports News

1. Head of Cricket at National Cricket Academy

BCCI appoints Rahul Dravid as Head of Cricket at National Cricket Academy.
The National Cricket Academy located in Chinnaswamy Stadium Bengaluru, Karnataka in India. The NCA was the brainchild of cricket administrator and former BCCI President Raj Singh Dungarpur.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India is the national governing body for cricket in India. The board was formed in December 1928 as a society, registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act.

2. Commonwealth Chess Championship 2019