Current Affairs 17th &18th July 2017

Wimbledon Women’s Singles title clinched by - Garbine Muguruza

• Spanish Garbine Muguruza defeated Venus Williams 7-5 6-0 grab the Wimbledon Women’s Singles title on 15th July 2017. 
• Muguruza is the second Spanish woman to claim the world’s most important title.

Farooq Abdullah, PK Kunhalikutty took oath as Member of Lok Sabha 

• National Conference patron and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah and Indian Union Muslim League’s PK Kunhalikutty  on 17th July 2017 took oath as the Member of Parliament (MP) in the Lok Sabha.

8th Wimbledon title record beating Marin Cilic in Men's singles by - Roger Federer

• Roger Federer won a record eighth Wimbledon title with a straight-sets victory over Marin Cilic on 16th July 2017.
• 36-year old Federer also became the tournament’s oldest champion after this win.

Maryam Mirzakhani, Fields Medal winner, passed away on - 15th July 2017

• Maryam Mirzakhani, the first and only woman to receive the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for mathematics, died on 15th July 2017 after battling with breast cancer.
• The Tehran-born Mirzakhani is the first and to-date only female winner of the Fields Medal since its starting in 1936.

Lilly Singh has been appointed UNICEF’s Global Goodwill Ambassador

• Indian-origin Canadian YouTuber Lilly Singh has been appointed by UNICEF as its newest Global Goodwill Ambassador on 15th July 2017.
• As the UNICEF ambassador, Singh will be using her channel to showcase the organisation’s work and urge millions of her followers to work for children’s rights.

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft to flyby Jupiter's Great Red Spot on - 10th July 2017

• NASA’s unmanned spacecraft Juno became the first space probe to complete flyby of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot on 10 July 2017. 
• The spacecraft peered into the Jupiter’s giant storm known as the Great Red Spot. 
• The Great Red Spot on Jupiter is a massive storm or cyclone measuring about 16000 km in diameter.

Right of Children to Free & Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill scheduled for consideration in Lok Sabha 

• The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, 2017 is scheduled to be brought up for consideration and passage in the Lok Sabha on 18th July 2017.
• The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Bill 2017 is also scheduled for consideration and passing in the lower house.

Venkaiah Naidu as Information and Broadcasting Minister replaced by - Smriti Irani

• Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani on 18th July 2017 was given additional charge of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry. 
• Venkaiah Naidu resigned from the post to contest for the Vice-President election as the candidate of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

Panel to design its own state flag appointed by - Karnataka government

• The Congress-led Siddaramaiah government in Karnataka has constituted a nine-member committee to check the possibility of designing its own ‘state flag’.
• Principal Secretary, Department of Kannada and Culture headed the panel is expected to prepare a design for a separate state flag and soon submit a report looking into the legal sanction of the same to the state government.

“Sohum” an innovative newborn hearing screening device launched by - DBT

• SOHUM, an indigenous developed newborn hearing screening device, was formally launched on 17TH July 2017 by the Minister of State for Science and Technology & Earth Sciences, YS Chowdary at Prithvi Bhavan, New Delhi.  
• School of International Biodesign (SIB), a startup M/S Sohum Innovation Labs India Pvt. Ltd, developed this device.

Nelson Mandela International Day celebrated across the world on - 18th July 2017

• Nelson Mandela International Day was observed across the world on 18th July 2017, the day the great South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist, Nelson Mandela, also the late President of Africa, was born. 
• The day is observed every year with the slogan “Take Action! Inspire Change.”

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