Daily Current Affairs of 1 July 2017

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Here is the Daily Current Affairs of 1st July 2017.



1. 1st July: National Doctor’s Day.

2. Reliance Jio has announced the launch of Asia-Africa-Europe submarine cable system. It is the longest 100Gbps tech based submarine system that will stretch over 25,000 km from France to Hong Kong, with 21 cable landings across Asia and Europe.

3. Goods and Services Tax (GST) roll out, the tax rate on fertiliser to 5 percent from previously decided 12 per cent.

4. GST Council, also cut the tax rate on exclusive parts of tractors from 28 per cent to 18 per cent.

5. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has entered into a technology collaboration agreement with Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd (KHI) of Japan for manufacturing of stainless steel coaches and bogies for metros.

6. The growth of eight core sectors slowed to 3.6% in May due to fall in output of coal and fertilisers.

7. Press Information Bureau (PIB) has launched a special page for the Goods and Services Tax.  The web page on GST is a one-stop platform for all information on the new tax regime. It contains press releases issued till date on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in both Hindi and English. The web page also contains various presentations and FAQs on GST.

8. Mahesh Bhagwat IPS officer has won the U.S. government’s 2017 Trafficking in Persons Hero award.

9. Health Ministry’s mobile app Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (eVIN) has won the GSMA Asia Mobile Award 2017 for outstanding contribution to the UN’s sustainable development goals in Asia. eVIN is an online real-time vaccine logistics management system developed and implemented by Ministry of Health and UNDP.

10. Senior diplomat Shamma Jain has been appointed as India’s ambassador to Greece.

11. R K Pachnanda, Senior IPS officer  took charge as the chief of the Indo-China border guarding force ITBP.

12. Infosys has appointed TVS Capital Funds Vice Chairman and MD D Sundaram as an independent Director of the company, with effect from July 14.

13. SN Subrahmanyan will take charge as the chief executive officer(CEO) and managing director of Larsen & Toubro.

14. Japan has plans to put an astronaut on the Moon around 2030.

15. India has contributed 5 lakh US Dollars to the UN Peace Building Fund.


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