Current Affairs for UPSC Exams | 27 July 2019

1) Researchers of Queen’s University Belfast found that the scaly-foot snail is the first species to be declared endangered as a result of deep-sea mining.
2) The government has approved to dissolve National Institute of Miners’ H…

1) Researchers of Queen’s University Belfast found that the scaly-foot snail is the first species to be declared endangered as a result of deep-sea mining.

2) The government has approved to dissolve National Institute of Miners’ Health (NIMH) and merge it with Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH), Ahmedabad.

3) Pakistan Cricket Board’s chairman Ehsan Mani has been appointed as the head of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) influential Finance and Commercial Affairs committee.

4) North Korea successfully test-fired two short-range missiles from its eastern coastal city of Wonsan on 25 July. The missiles flew about 430 km and reached an altitude of 50 km.

5) The National Green Tribunal has approved an ambitious plan of the Delhi government to tap the Yamuna rainwater by building a 1,000 acre mega reservoir on 25 July.

6) Kerala Minister of Tourism presented the inaugural Nishagandhi Sangeetha Puraskaram to musicians Parassala B. Ponnammal and T V. Gopalakrishnan in the Nishagandhi Monsoon Ragas Music Festival.

7) China in its white paper released renounce the use of force in efforts to reunify Taiwan with the mainland and vowed to take all necessary military measures to defeat separatists.

8) Maldives extended support to India for its successful launch of Chandrayaan 2. India’s mission to the moon received widespread applause and adding to this list is the Maldives.

9) India enhanced with Atomic energy and replacing fossil fuel. Nuclear power is the fifth-largest source of electricity in India after coal, gas, hydroelectricity and wind power.

10) All India Council for Technical Education declared that Engineering placements have reached a seven-year high. According to the figures, 25% of all students admitted to undergraduate.