Daily Current Affairs 8 July 2017

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This post contains important current affairs of 8 July 2017. It includes all Major National, International, Business and Sports related current affairs of 8 July 2017. A brief explanation of every current affair is provided to further enhance your general knowledge. Once you have gone through these current affairs we would recommend to you to try 8 July 2017 Current affairs test.

National News

1. India to invite all ASEAN heads to Republic Day parade next year

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said that efforts were being taken to strengthen ties with the ASEAN(Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam are the members of ASEAN.

2. Sonia Gandhi to inaugurate Dalit outreach program on July 21

The Opposition Party Congress is set to organise Dr. B.R.Ambedkar National Conference 2017 from July 21 to July 23 in Bengaluru.
The event named Quest4Equality will have scholars from around the world who will focus on principles of democracy and importance of social justice.

3.TN Government buses to have CCTV Cameras

State run Transport corporations will add CCTV cameras to ensure safety of women and children while travelling.
Transport Minister Mr.Vijaybhasker said that this move will reduce incidents of crime.

4. Modi meets May, seeks UK’s help

PM Narendra Modi met British Prime Minister Theresa May on the sidelines of G20 summit and sought UK’s help in extradition of Vijay Mallya and other economic offenders.
Vijay Mallya has been in UK for months escaping arrest warrants.

International News

1.UN adopts global treaty for nuclear weapons, first of its kind

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons has been adopted by the United Nations despite Netherlands opposition and Singapore abstention.
India and eight other nuclear armed nations skipped the talks.

2.“Tremendous meeting with Putin”

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Mr.Trump and Mr.Putin had a robust discussion regarding Russia’s involvement in U.S. Elections but Mr.Putin denied.
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Mr.Trump accepted Mr.Putin’s assurance that they did not interfere in the elections.
Both of them gave different explanations of what took place.

3.U.S. Bombers hold firing drills with South Korean forces

The B-1B bombers conducted a live fire exercise in South Korea’s Gangwon Province dropping weapons on a simulated attack on a missile launcher.
These strike drills are aimed at attacking enemy targets hidden underground.

4. LeT, JeM have different names but same ideology : PM Modi

PM Modi leads fight against terror at G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany.
He said that the terrorist organisations work with different names around the world but their ideology is the same.

5. China issues safety advisory to its citizens in India

The advisory which is not a travel advisory tells Chinese citizens in India to pay close attention to the local security situation, improve awareness of protecting themselves, strengthen security and many more.
This is the latest move by Beijing to increase pressure over the stand-off at Doklam region.

Business News

1 .Charges at Delhi airport to cut by 89%

Post GST, the Union Government has ordered a reduction of tickets by 89.40% for the passengers travelling in and out of Delhi.
This new tariff structure will be effective from July 7 and will be fixed for five years.

2. Microsoft to cut up to 4000 jobs

Technology giant Microsoft led my Satya Nadella is focusing on reorganisation in sales and marketing units that may result in re-deployment of 3000-4000 people outside U.S
The sales and the marketing units currently consists of 50,000 people worldwide.
Microsoft has 71,000 employees in the U.S and 121,000 employees worldwide.

3. Jaguar Land Rover sales rise by 11%

Tata Motors owned Jaguar Land Rover has reported sales of 51,591 units in June that indicates an increase by 11% over June last year.

Sports News
1. Tintu Luka in Asian Athletics’ final

The 22nd Asian Athletics Championship is being held at Bhubaneswar.
Defending Champion Tintu Luka has reached the 800 m finals.< li>

2. Roger Federer against Mischa Zverev

Federer has faced the Russian-born German, Zverev on a couple of occasions earlier
But Federer is unclear on what to expect from his third round opponent as it can stop him from reaching final 16 at Wimbledon 2017.

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