TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - July 11, 2018 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.in 2018

TNPSC Current Affairs - July 2018 by TNPSC Guru

1.UNSC Resolution 2427. 

• The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has adopted Resolution 2427 to protect children in Armed conflict by providing a legal framework for mainstreaming the rights, protection, wellbeing and empowerment of children.
• The resolution was approved by 15 members of the council.
• It also condemns the recruitment and use of children by non-state armed forces and killing, raping and other form of sexual abuses.

2.The Eat Right Movement. 

• The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has launched National Campaign to improve public health and combat lifestyle disease called “The Eat Right Movement”.
• The movement aims to engage, excite and enable citizens to improve their health and wellbeing.

3.Rajya Sabha Signed first MoU. 

• Rajya Sabha has signed its first Memorandum of Understanding with foreign country, Rwanda for promoting inter parliamentary dialogue.
• Venkaiah Naidu became the first Rajya Sabha Chairman to sign such an agreement with Foreign country. 

4.Global Innovation Index (GII) 2018 – India Ranks 57. 

• India has ranked 57^th in the latest Global Innovation Index 2018 Ranking.
• Switzerland tops the list followed by Netherlands in 2^nd and Sweden in the 3^rd Position.

5.RS can use 22 languages. 

• Members of Rajya Sabha can use 22 scheduled languages from the monsoon season of Parliament.
• 8^th schedule of Indian Constitution listed 22  official languages of India , they are mention in Article 344 and 351 of Constitution.
• The 22 official languages are Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu

 6.Western Ghats- 4^th best tourist spot. 

Western Ghats has been listed as 4^th best tourist spot in Asia in lonely planet’s top five 2018 Best in Asia list.