Current Affairs Dated-July 25-31, 2010

National


55th National Development Council was held in New Delhi, holistic development for Maoist affected area was the major topic of concern.

Chhattisgarh receives the maximum fund for socio economic development in the seven Left Wing Extremism affected districts in the 55th National Development Council.

National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) to provide better health care facilities for Urban Slum dwellers. It is an Rs.33000 crore project.

Rashtrapathi Bhavan was presented with ISO 14001:2004 certificate.

An interceptor missile has been successfully test-fired which destroyed a ballistic missile (modified prithvi) over the Bay of Bengal. It has been test fired in Wheeler Island in Orissa.

Rajasthan becomes a Plastic Carry Bag free Zone from August 1. Violators will be prosecuted under section 15 of the Environmental Protection Act.

West Bengal has passed Clinical Establishment Bill according to which private hospitals and nursing homes have to admit patients without waiting for them to pay.

Unique Identification Authority (UIDAI) and Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas signed a MoU to curb pilferage of Kerosene and LPG

International

The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has decided to expand the East Asia Summit (EAS) to include United States and Russia.


Britain Prime Minister James Cameron signed for a deal to supply 57 Hawk AJT Aircraft to IAF and Navy

Sikorsky X2 becomes the fastest helicopter with 463Km/h. It has a coaxial rotor.

Arundhati Roy and Indra Nooyi among 30 most inspiring women –as released by the Forbes magazine.

Lord Bhikhu Parekh has been named one of the greatest political philosophers of Britain.

Sports

ONGC won the MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup hockey tournament in Chennai.

Business

RBI hiked its lending rate by 25 basis points from 5.5 percent to 5.75 percent and borrowing rate by 50 basis point from 4 to 4.50 percent.

Secirities and Insurance Laws Bill, 2010 have been passed in the Lok Sabha to replace the ordinance allowing the insurers to sell ULIPs (unit –linked insurance plans) without seeking the market regulators SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India).

People on News

Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi – New Election Commissioner of india