Weekly Current Affairs July 2018- Week 3

Banking and Financial Awareness:

RBI to Issue New 100 Rupee Notes in Lavender Colour and the back side features motif of “RANI KI VAV”. The dimension of the new note is 66 mm × 142 mm.
Jana Small Finance Bank announced the commercial launch of its banking operations.
Ajay Kanwal is the MD and CEO.
Jammu & Kashmir's first all-women branch of Jammu and Kashmir Bank was inaugurated.
Piyush Goyal has approved an infusion of Rs 11,336 crore in five banks including for helping them meet the regulatory capital requirement.
SBI and NABARD have joined hands to provide collateral-free credit through Joint Liability Groups (JLGs) in Telangana.
SBI Organised Kisan Mela to Educate Farmers On Financial Literacy.

For the period of two years, India became Vice-Chair or regional head of Asia Pacific Region of the World Customs Organisation (WCO)
Brij Bhushan Saran Singh to Be Named India's Chef De Mission At Asian Games

Ramchandra Singhdeo, former and first Finance Minister of Chhattisgarh, passed away.
Hindi poet Gopal Das Neeraj passed away.
Actor Rita Bhaduri passed away.
Kannada poet and film song lyricist M.N. Vyasa Rao passed away.

Carnatic Vocalist Aruna Sairam Selected for 2018 Sangita Kalanidhi Award for her contribution to Carnatic music.
8 years old Indian-origin schoolboy Ishwar Sharma, who is the under-11 UK national yoga champion has been named the 'British Indian of the Year' in the young achiever category.

For enhancing research in the field of Ayurveda, All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) and IIT Delhi have signed a MoU.
To enhance the bilateral cooperation between the two countries, India and Ghana signed two agreements
The 28th meeting of the GST Council chaired by interim finance minister Piyush Goyal was held in New Delhi.
The 4th BIMSTEC Summit will be held in Kathmandu, Nepal, main focus of the summit will be to increase connectivity between the BIMSTEC nations
2+ 2 Dialogue Between India and US to Be Held in New Delhi.
The 10th edition of the Delhi Dialogue begins in New Delhi; the theme is ‘Strengthening India-ASEAN Maritime Co-operation’.
8th India-Oman Joint Commission Meeting Begins in Muscat, co-chaired by The Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu.

UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and Google have entered into a partnership, for monitoring the impacts of human activity on global ecosystems by using sophisticated online tools.

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Madras has commissioned a remotely operable Local Electrode Atom Probe (LEAP) microscope, which is world’s first remotely operable LEAP microscope.
The foundation stone of country’s first skill training institute was laid by Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan, in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
Minister for Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan has unveiled the first of a kind Air Quality and Weather Forecast System, SAFAR at Chandni Chowk in New Delhi.

Flipkart and Hotstar Join Hands for Ad Platform.
The European Union regulators have slapped Google with a record approx. 5 billion euro ($5 billion) antitrust fine for abusing the dominance of its Android mobile operating system.
Flipkart’s PhonePe Acquires POS Platform Zopper Retail.
Microsoft and Walmart Team Up to Take On Amazon in both technology and retail.

Climate change is threatening the Nilgiri Tahr (State Animal of Tamil Nadu): According to a recent study of Ecological Engineering.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar launched the 'Paudhagiri' campaign to increase the green cover.

France has won 2018 FIFA World Cup Football by defeating Croatia, held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia.
Alisson Becker of Brazil has become the World's most expensive goalkeeper.
Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has clinched a gold medal at the Sotteville Athletics Meet in France.
Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara Beats PV Sindhu to Win Thailand Open 2018.
Spain’s Marc Marquez Wins German Grand Prix.
Indian Wrestler Vinesh Phogat won gold at the Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid.