1.IIT Madras has launched “world’s first” remotely operatable microscope that would enable a precise atom-by-atom view of a material.The Local Electrode Atom Probe (LEAP) was developed in a collaborative exercise involving eight top research institutions headed by IIT Madras.It was developed at a cost of Rs 40 crore.
2.Floyd Mayweather with earnings of 285 million dollars topped the Forbes list of world’s 100 highest-paid entertainers.Forbes said the world’s 100 top-earning entertainers pulled in a combined $6.3 billion pretax over the past 12 months.Akshay is ranked 76th on the Forbes list of the World’s Highest Paid Celebrities 2018 while Salman is on the 82nd spot.
3.Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan laid the foundation stone of India’s first National Skill Training Institute in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.The proposed institute will impart training to trainers and create a skill-based ecosystem to meet the industry demands.The Institute costing Rs 160 crore will come up over five acres of land and have state-of-the-art facilities.
4.The Commerce Minister, Suresh Prabhu, co-chaired 8th session of India-Oman Joint Commission Meeting along with Minister of Industry of Oman, Dr. Ali bin Masoud Al Sunaidy.The Commerce Minister launched investment friendly programmes with a business opportunity in the country.JCM include cooperation in space, SMEs, food security, including durable foods and visit of young entrepreneurs.
5.Google celebrated the 124th birth anniversary of Belgian astronomer Georges Lemaitre with a doodle on 17 July 2018.Lemaitre is credited with the Big Bang Theory, which says that the universe originated from a single atom called ‘Cosmic Egg’.
6.PNB has announced opening of second centralised loan processing centre, in a Mumbai branch.The centre aims to strengthen the bank’s internal systems and processes.Under this, the bank will focus on profit maximisation, improvement of asset quality & recovery, and increasing productivity among others.PNB’s first CLPC is located at Connaught Place branch in New Delhi.
7.UK has topped an annual global ranking of nations’ soft power, with France placed 2nd on the list of 30 countries which does not feature India.The 2018 ‘Soft Power 30’ index, ranked Germany as third followed by US.India does not figure on the list, but this year’s report also features a chapter dedicated solely to Asia, listing 10 countries in the region, ranking India’s soft power as 8th.
8.The government has formed a committee comprising officials of the environment ministry, experts from NEERI, IITs and various other forums to look into the issue of industrial pollution around the iconic Taj Mahal.The committee will be headed by C K Mishra, Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
9.All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) under Ministry of AYUSH is organizing two days Conference of Heads of AYUSH National Institutes at India International Centre, New Delhi.Minister of Human Resource Development Shri Prakash Javadekar will inaugurate the conference.Health Universities and research institutes sign MoUs with Sports Authority of India, Indian Institute of Technology.
10.RBI has approved the appointment of Girish Chandra Chaturvedi as non-executive (part-time) Chairman of the ICICI bank till June 30, 2021.Girish Chandra Chaturvedi was previously the petroleum secretary.ICICI Bank announced that Kochhar has decided to go on leave till the completion of an external inquiry into the matter of lending loan to Videocon group.
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