On Sundays (as yesterday), no daily current affairs will be published, instead revision current affairs of previous months shall be published. (Yesterday post: November – 2015)
Further, in preparation of any competitive exam, whether, UPSC/RAS/UPPCS ,the most important factor is revision. Hence, we recommend Sunday as REVISION DAY, aspirants should revise weekly and at-least one previous month current affairs. Current Affairs of Sunday shall be included on Current Affairs of Monday.
Current Affairs – 11th July
- Winners of 2016 Wimbledon: Tennis
- Singles Men: Andy Murray
- Singles Women: Serena Williams
- Location: Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom
- Pakistani philanthropist, social activist, humanitarian and ascetic Abdul Sattar Edhi passed away.
- Edhi Foundation: Humanitarian work in Pakistan, South Asia and across the World.
- Abdul Sattar Edhi, an autobiography: A mirror to the blind”
- DRDO has signed Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with IIT-Bombay and Madras to establish a bi-nodal ‘Centre of Propulsion Technology’ (CoPT) at the two institutions.
- Captain Radhika Menon became the first woman in the world to receive the Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea,from the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) for the year 2016.
- IMO – Head Quarter – London.
- Union Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) has constituted a cyber-cell to check the online abuse and harassment of women and children on social media platforms.
- International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) has declared Bornean orangutan, a primate species as critically endangered.
- 4 New train design types – of Indian Railways
- Tejas – high-tech entertainment units, wi-fi facility and integrated braille displays, water level indicators for bio-toliets, CCTV, fire & smoke suppression system.
- Hamsafar – CCTV, smoke & fire suppression system
- Deen Dayalu – improved facilities for general class passengers
- Antodaya – fully unreserved passenger train.
- Telecom ministry is learnt to have cleared the Rs.3,500-crore 4G spectrum trading deal between service providers Bharti Airtel and Aircel.
- Russia has offered Indian oil companies a stake in the second phase of Yamal LNG, the biggest project to produce liquefied natural gas in the Arctic.
- Thousands flee S. Sudan fighting
- Civil War in Sudan – South Sudan declares independence.
- UN/Countries – recognize as independent country – Capital Juba
- Now Conflict with Sudan for Abyei region & Nuba mountains.
- December 2013, internal conflict started in South Sudan between President Kiir (Dinka Tribe) and his former deputy Riek Machar (Neur Tribe)
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