Current Affairs 13th & 14th July 2017

Physical education for girls in state schools approved by - Saudi Arabia

• Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Education (MoE) finally approved a physical education program at girls’ schools starting in the coming academic year in July 2017. 
• Education Minister Ahmed Al-Issa issued a decree .

Growing threat of Malaria in India launched - The National Strategic Plan

• Malaria and its growing threat in India were recently in news as Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on 12th July 2017 launched the National Strategic Plan for Malaria Elimination for 2017-22. 
• This Strategic Plan has year wise removal targets in different parts of the country depending upon the menace of malaria in the coming 5 years.

Justice Vikramajit Sen has been appointed as Chairperson of BCCC

• Justice Vikramajit Sen is appointed as the Chairperson of the Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC) . By Board of Directors of Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF).
•  He will be succeeding Justice Mukul Mudgal, former Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice, whose three-year term as BCCC Chairperson came to an end.

LIFE program at Songsak launched by - Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma

• Meghalaya Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma launched a flagship program ‘Livelihood Intervention and Facilitation of Entrepreneurship’ (LIFE) at Songsak in East Garo Hills on 12th July 2017.
•  Songsak is about 210 kilometer west of the capital of the state, Shillong.

China's Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo passed away on - 13th July 2017

• China's Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo passed away on 13th July 2017 after battling with cancer while still in custody. 
• He was 61 at the time of death. Liu has became the second Nobel Peace laureate who died in custody after Ossietzky who died in a Nazi concentration camp.

India’s first TISC in Punjab to be set up by - DIPP

• Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) will be establishing India’s first Technology and Innovation Support Center (TISC) at Patent Information Center of Punjab.
• TISC will be going to be established in Punjab under the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) TISC program. 
• In this regard, DIPP signed an Institutional agreement with the Punjab State Council of Science and Technology (PSCST) on 13th July 2017.

Compulsory Registration of Marriages stated by - Union Ministry of Law and Justice

• Union Ministry of Law and Justice received a report on compulsory registration of marriages from the Law Commission of India in early July 2017. 
• For the welfare of women and children this reform was much needed.

8th edition of Theatre Olympics to be hosted by - India

• India will be hosting the 8th edition of the greatest carnival of theatre in the world, Theatre Olympics, for the first time ever from 17th February to 8th April 2018 simultaneously in 15 cities across the country. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State (Independent charge) for Culture and Tourism made this announcement on 12 July 2017.

100m area from edge of Ganga as No-development Zone declared by - NGT

•  The National Green Tribunal (NGT) passed a few directions to rejuvenate the Ganga river and declared 100 metres from the edge of the Ganga river between Haridwar and Unnao as “No-Development Zone” on 13th July 2017. NGT bench headed by NGT chairperson Swatanter Kumar passed these directions.

Mithali Raj becomes first player to score 6000 runs in - women’s ODI cricket

• India captain Mithali Raj scripted history on 12th July 2017 as she became the only female cricketer to surpass the 6000 run mark in One-Day Internationals (ODI).
• She overtook Charlotte Edwards who had the highest score of 5992 after scoring her 34th run against Australia in Bristol.

RailCloud Project, NIVARAN-Grievance Portal and CTSE Scheme launched by - Railways Ministry

• Railways Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu launched various initiatives namely RailCloud Project, NIVARAN-Grievance Portal and Cashless treatment Scheme in Emergency (CTSE) Scheme on 12th July 2017.

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