DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS: 30 JULY 2015
(DAILY NEWS IN INDIA)
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1. WORLD HEPATITIS DAY OBSERVED ON 28TH
JULY
i. World Hepatitis Day
observed on 28th July with the theme ‘Prevent Hepatitis , act now’.
ii. It is observed for
raising awareness about Hepatitis B and C.
iii. According to a survey
1.4 million people die every year because of Hepatitis B and C.
Hepatitis is
caused through contaminated water and food as well as contact with blood or
bodily fluids, through unsafe infections or transfusions. Infections are also
occur from a matter to a child or through sexual contact.
2. EMINENT VOCALIST VASUNDHARA
KOMKALI DIED:
i. Eminent musician
Vasundhara Komkali died. She is the wife of musician late Pandit Kumar Gandhran.
3. INTERNATIONAL TIGER
DAY OBSERVED ON 29TH JULY:
i. International Tiger Day is observed on 29th
July .
ii. The day is observed to promote the protection
and expansion of the wild Tiger habitats and to gain support through awareness
for tiger Conservation.
The tiger
count has fallen from 100,000 to 3200 in 2014. Tigers lost their natural
habitat due to expansion of cities and agriculture by humans.
4.
DR. SUNITI SOLOMON, PIONEERING INDIAN HIV/AIDS RESEARCHER, PASSED AWAY
i. The first person in India who documented the nation’s first HIV/AIDS
case in 1986. Dr. Suniti Soloman Passed Away.
HIV: Human
Immune Deficiency Virus
AIDS:
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
HIV is
transmitted through unprotected sexual inter course, contaminated blood
transfusions, hypodermic needles and from mother to child during pregnancy etc.
5. KOTAK BANK LAUNCHES
‘KOTAK BHARAT’ APP:
i. Kotak Mahindra Bank
launched a mobile banking app. Kotak bharat aiming to provide mobile banking
services to customers in the remote region of India.
6. SANJIV CHATURVEDI,
ANSHU GUPTA WON RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD 2015
i. Two Indian Sanjiv
Chaturvedi and Anshu Gupta have been awarded prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award.
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Ramon Magsaysay award is Asia’s highest honor
and regarded as equivalent to Nobel Prize.
·
It is started in 1947 in the memory of
Philippines 3rd President Ramon Magsaysay.
·
It is awarded annually to individuals or
organization from Asia region for their altruistic and Philanthropic service.
