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7 July 2018 current affairs GK and GS

1. Which identity certificates are considered valid for traveling in any reserved category of Indian Railways in the Railways at present?


ans. Currently, the following identity certificates are considered valid for traveling in any reserved category of Indian Railways in the Railways:

- Photo ID with photo issued by Election Commission

-Passport

-Piccard issued by Income Tax Department

- Driving license issued by RTE

- Photo ID with serial number issued by Central / State Government

- Recognized school / college photo identity card for students for their students

- Nationalized bank passbook with photos


-Credit cards issued by banks with -mammited photo

-Based, M-base and e-Aadhar card

State / Central Government Public Sector Undertakings, District Administration, Municipal Administration and Panchayat issued photo identification card along with the order are accepted.


In case of reserved tickets booked by computerized passenger reservation system (PRS) centers, photographs of ration cards, photocopies and photographs of nationalized bank will be accepted with photographs for traveling in sleeper and second reserved seating categories.



2. Which country is hosting the 8th International Conference of Saurashtra Patel Cultural Society of 2018?

   ans   India is doing - 8th International Conference of Saurashtra Patel Cultural Society 2018 started on July 5 in California, United States. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the International Conference on July 6  video conferencing. He appealed to the NRI community that at least five foreign families are motivated to come to India for India's philosophy every year. He also explained how NRI can contribute to the success of Mahatma Gandhi, clean India. He also appealed to the NRI community to work towards the dream of creating a new India.



3. What will be the first central paramilitary force to choose e-tickets instead of railway warrants?

ans. National security guard

4. Which state government has made an agreement with UNESCO to develop a designing university for gaming?

ans. Andhra Pradesh- The Government of Andhra Pradesh and the representatives of UNESCO have recently signed an agreement to set up a gaming digital learning hub in the state. According to the agreement, UNESCO will soon set up a university for gaming in Visakhapatnam. For the establishment of the University, UNESCO has asked the state government to allocate 100 acres of land in Visakhapatnam so that the city can be developed as an international gaming and digital learning hub. The Hub is being seen as a potential medium to build approximately 50,000 jobs in 10 years. UNESCO representatives said that gaming technology will be the best source of income in the future and IT ready to set up its center at IT veteran Visakhapatnam, such as UBsoft, Samsung, Microsoft.

5. Which state high court has declared the entire animal kingdom as a legal entity in the state?

ans. In a unique verdict, the Uttarakhand High Court has recently declared "living and entire auspicious empire including aquatic and aquatic animal" as legal entities with a person's specific personality and related rights, duties and liabilities. A Division Bench of Justice Rajiv Sharma and Lokpal Singh issued a series of guidelines for preventing cruelty against animals and provided unique status on the animal kingdom. In Uttarakhand state, all citizens are thus declared as human faces for the welfare / protection of animals in the parents. The court also declared the guardians of all native animals of Uttarakhand and done them with duty to ensure welfare and security.