Current Affairs 28th and 29th July 2013 - Daily GK Updates for UGC NET Exams
1. World Hepatitis Day was observed across the world on 28 July 2013. The theme for the year 2013 is "This is Hepatitis, Know it, Confront it".
2. World Tiger Day observed today in the country as elsewhere in the world underlining the need for protecting the endangered tiger species against total extinction.
3. India's Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher System , the PINAKA , has undergone successful firing trials at Chandhan area in Pokhran field firing ranges.
4. US President Barack Obama has nominated Caroline Kennedy, daughter of former president John F Kennedy, as his next envoy to Japan.
5. Four Indian-American Professors Kannan Soundararajan, Rajeev Alur, Salil P Vadhan and Senthil Todadri in fourth week of July 2013 won Simons Investigators Awards 2013.
6. India and Senegal have signed athree-year pact to further expand cultural exchanges.
7. Reliance Power on Monday said its 45-MW wind power project at Vashpet in Maharashtra has commenced operations.
8. India women finish 7th in World Junior Squash Championships.
9. Punjab has lifted Federation Cup Hockey title.In a final match played at the Shivaji Stadium in New Delhi today, Punjab defeated Uttar Pradeshin penalty shoot out by 5-4.
10. Trinamool MP K D Singh was on Monday named as president of the Indian Hockey Federation after incumbent Dinesh Reddy opted to resign from the position.
11. The decks were on Sunday cleared for President-in-exile N Srinivasan's possible return to the BCCI top post after a two-judge probe panel found no evidence against his team Chennai Super Kings in the T20 spot-fixing and betting scandal which rocked the sixth edition of the event.
12. The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has approved the Jet-Etihad proposal today.
13. Lewis Hamilton won the Hungarian Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday to clinch his first victory of a frustrating season.
14. National Sailing Championship: Jasvir Singh clinches crown in Standard section
15. Top-seeded John Isner won the Atlanta Open on Sunday, beating second-seeded Kevin Anderson of South Africa 6-7 (3), 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2) in the tallest final in ATP history.
1. World Hepatitis Day was observed across the world on 28 July 2013. The theme for the year 2013 is "This is Hepatitis, Know it, Confront it".
2. World Tiger Day observed today in the country as elsewhere in the world underlining the need for protecting the endangered tiger species against total extinction.
3. India's Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher System , the PINAKA , has undergone successful firing trials at Chandhan area in Pokhran field firing ranges.
4. US President Barack Obama has nominated Caroline Kennedy, daughter of former president John F Kennedy, as his next envoy to Japan.
5. Four Indian-American Professors Kannan Soundararajan, Rajeev Alur, Salil P Vadhan and Senthil Todadri in fourth week of July 2013 won Simons Investigators Awards 2013.
6. India and Senegal have signed athree-year pact to further expand cultural exchanges.
7. Reliance Power on Monday said its 45-MW wind power project at Vashpet in Maharashtra has commenced operations.
8. India women finish 7th in World Junior Squash Championships.
9. Punjab has lifted Federation Cup Hockey title.In a final match played at the Shivaji Stadium in New Delhi today, Punjab defeated Uttar Pradeshin penalty shoot out by 5-4.
10. Trinamool MP K D Singh was on Monday named as president of the Indian Hockey Federation after incumbent Dinesh Reddy opted to resign from the position.
11. The decks were on Sunday cleared for President-in-exile N Srinivasan's possible return to the BCCI top post after a two-judge probe panel found no evidence against his team Chennai Super Kings in the T20 spot-fixing and betting scandal which rocked the sixth edition of the event.
12. The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has approved the Jet-Etihad proposal today.
13. Lewis Hamilton won the Hungarian Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday to clinch his first victory of a frustrating season.
14. National Sailing Championship: Jasvir Singh clinches crown in Standard section
15. Top-seeded John Isner won the Atlanta Open on Sunday, beating second-seeded Kevin Anderson of South Africa 6-7 (3), 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2) in the tallest final in ATP history.
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