Daily Current Affairs Updates

The Union Commerce Ministry has launched an e-marketplace portal for online purchase of goods and services by various central government ministries and departments.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the UN cultural agency added nine new sites on its World Heritage List. Decision in this regard was taken at the 40th session of The World Heritage Committee meeting in Istanbul, Turkey.

• Lifeline Express: World’s first hospital on a train completes 25 years of service
• Tata Advanced Systems signs deal with Bell Helicopter
• 11th ASEM Summit issues Ulaanbaatar Declaration

The Lifeline Express, the world̢۪s first hospital on a train of Indian Railways has completed 25 years of service to the poor and underprivileged masses of rural India.

The Union Government has launched Transforming India Website (www.transformingindia.mygov.in), a repository for sharing the impact of various governance initiatives with citizens in real-time.

Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL) and US-based Bell Helicopter have signed a deal to jointly develop the helicopter market in India.

The eleventh edition of the Asia-Europe Meeting Summit (ASEM11) or ASEM2016 has issued Ulaanbaatar Declaration.

The ruins of ancient Nalanda Mahavihara (also known as old Nalanda University) of Bihar has been included in the Tentative List of UNESCO̢۪s World Heritage Site.

Madhya Pradesh became the first state in India to have ‘Happiness Department’ that will work as knowledge resource centre on the subject of happiness on the lines of Bhutan.

• DRDO successfully tests New Advanced Towed Artillery Artillery Gun System
• Rakesh Kumar Chaturvedi appointed as Chairman of CBSE
• 15 July: World Youth Skills Day

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set up an inter-regulatory Working Group to study the regulatory issues relating to Financial Technology (Fintech) and Digital Banking in India The inter-regulatory Working Group will be headed by RBI̢۪s Executive Director Sudarshan Sen and consist of 12 members.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified India as Yaws, Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus free country.