General Awareness- One Liners-Aug 30, 2017

 

1-Hyderabad city in India organized 19th RCEP Trade Negotiating Committee Meeting.

2-Bhutan has signed an agreement with India in Trade and Development, that has come into force

3-Los Angeles is going to host the 2028 games for Summer Olympics.

4-Swachh Survekshan-2018 is the name of the scheme that was launched to assess sanitation in all 4,041 cities and towns of the country.

5-Sameer Garde is named Cisco President for India SAARC region.

6-Arvind Panagariya has resigned from the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog team of members.

7-Delhi Metro Station was declared as World’s first Green Metro.

8-Four agreements are agreed with Unilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (UAPAs) with Indian taxpayers

9-The Supreme Court has banned Lithium metal.

10-President Donald Trump gave the First Medal of Honor to Vietnam Army Medic recently.

 

11-The Europabrücke (Europe Bridge)is the name of the World’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge that has been opened in Switzerland recently.

12-India won 24 medals at Jordan Open Table Tennis Tournament

13-Mukesh Ambani has become the Asia’s Second-Richest Person recently.

14-Portal scheme e-Rashtriya Kisan Agri Mandi was launched by Union Government recently.

15-SUV vehicle Jeep Compass was launched in India recently

16-World Breastfeeding Week is observed from August 1st to August 7th all across the world.

17-Shri Abhay Krishna has been appointed as the new Eastern Command chief recently.

18- Somalia has signed agreement with India on transfer of sentenced persons recently

19-Airtel Payments Bank has tied up with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL).

20-Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Amendment Bill was passed by the Union Parliament recently for children Welfare.