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July 2018 current affairs GK and GS

Question 1 Which country will operate the Mantala Rajapakse International Airport, which runs in deficit in Hambantota, Sri Lanka?
Answer - India will operate the Mantala Rajapaksa International Airport in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, which runs in deficit. The city of Hambantota is 241 kilometers from Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka. This airport, built at a cost of $ 250 million, is said to be the world's most blank airport due to fewer flights. It is named after former President Mahindra Rajapakse. This airport was funded through the high interest of Chinese commercial loans. The Hawai Adada was officially opened in March 2013. It has the capacity to handle one lakh passengers annually and is expected to handle five million passengers, 50,000 tonnes of cargo and 6,250 air traffic operations by 2028 every year.

Question 2 Which state government has launched 'Potion campaign' to eliminate malnutrition?

Answer  - The Gujarat State Government has also started a 'complete' project to eliminate malnutrition amongst girls between the age group of 14 to 18 years. Under the 'complete' nutrition prevention and adolescence is the reduction in nutrition related anemia among girls. Nationwide National Nutrition Mission (Nutrition Campaign) was started by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan on March 8, 2018.

Question 3 Which railway division ended all unmanned crossing gates

Answer  - Eastern Railway Railway (ECR) of Indian Railways has created history by making six Subways in the short-term period of four and a half hours in the Sambalpur Division on 05 July 2018.
The construction of six underbridge in Sambalpur division is the first attempt in itself. This is not only in the East Coast Railway but for the first time in Indian Railways. 6 There were many challenges in launching LHS and despite the monsoon season, the Sambalpur division changed the challenge into opportunity and the work of launching 6 LHSs was completed at one go. This step will prove to be milestone in the history of Indian Railways.