Days Current Affairs Quiz - July 2019

1. _______________ - World Population Day. It was established by Governing Council of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 1989. It was inspired by public interest in Five Billion Day on this day in 1987, approximate date on which world’s population reached 5 billion.

2. __________ - World Day for International Justice. It marks adoption of Rome Statute in 1998. With help of this treaty International Criminal Court (ICC) was established.

3. July 1 is Observed as GST (Goods & Services Tax) Day.

1. GST regime came into Force on July 1 ________________, unifying indirect taxes in India into One.
2. Several GST Reforms proposed–
   1. Introduction of New return system - Sahaj & Sugam returns for small taxpayers.
   2. Rationalisation of Cash Ledger System - Govt. will rationalise ledger in a manner that earlier 20 heads are merged into 5 major heads.
   3. Single Refund-Disbursing Mechanism will come into play wherein government which sanctions refund disburses all four major heads of refunds namely CGST, SGST or IGST and Cess.
   4. Introduction of ComPostscheme - Threshold limit of Rs.40 lakh is offered of suppliers of goods as per choice of states. Finance ministry propose introducing comPostscheme for small service providers up to an annual turnover of 50 lakh with a tax rate of 6%.

4. _______________ is observed as Doctors Day in India. 2019 Theme is Zero tolerance to violence against doctors and clinical establishment. This day honours legendary physician and second Chief Minister of West Bengal, Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy. This day is also observed as Chartered Accountants Day In India.

5. July 14 is observed as National Day of France, also known as Bastille Day. It is commemorated the anniversary of Storming of the Bastille during French Revolution on 14 July ________________. July 14 is also observed as Shark Awareness Day Globally.

6. ______________________- World Youth Skills Day. 2019 theme is Learning to learn for life and work. On 18 December 2014, UN General Assembly (UNGA) declared it as World Youth Skills Day. Sri Lanka initiated this resolution.

1. This day also marks 4th Anniversary of Skill India Mission, in which over 1 crore youth join skilling ecosystem every year.

7. ________________ - UN Nelson Mandela International Day, proclaimed by United Nations in 2009, and first UN Mandela Day held in July 2010.

8. _________________ is observed as World Sports Journalists Day. On this occasion, Sports Journalists Federation of India 2019 Awards announced -

1. SJFI Medal (Highest Honour) - Prakash Padukone (Badminton).
2. Sportsperson of the Year - Pankaj Advani (Billiards and Snooker)
3. Bajrang Punia (Wrestling).
4. Emerging Talent - Saurabh Choudhary (Shooting).
5. Team of the Year Award - Vidarbha Cricket Team.

9. _________________ observed as World UFO (Unidentified Flying Objects) day, observed since 2001. On some places, it is observed on June 24, the date on which 9 unusual objects were saw flying over Washington (USA) in 1947.

10. _____________ Is Observed as -

1. International Chess Day, marks founding of International Chess Federation in 1924.
2. ___________, 2019 marks 50th Anniversary of NASA's Apollo 11 Mission, which was spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin formed American crew that landed Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on this day in 1969.
   1. They spent about two and a quarter hours together outside the spacecraft, and collected 47.5 pounds (21.5 kg) of lunar material to bring back to Earth.

11. _________________ is observed as National broadcasting Day in India. On this day in 1927, 1st ever radio broadcast in country went on the air from Bombay Station under a private company called Indian Broadcasting Company (IBC). This day is also birth anniversary of Legendary Indian Freedom Fighters Chandra Shekhar Azad and Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

12. __________________ is Observed by Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) as Income Tax Day (Aayakar Diwas). On this day in 1860, Income Tax was introduced for first time in India by James Wilson.

13. ______________________ marks Kargil Vijay Diwas. On this date in 1999, India took command of high outposts which were captured by Pakistanis.

1. On this occasion, book Kargil: Untold stories from the War authored by Rachna Bisht Rawat has been released.
2. Theme of 20th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas is Remember, Rejoice and Renew.
3. Samir Rawat, a military psychologist who was also in ‘operation Vijay’ conducted by Indian army in Kargil, has been invited as keynote speaker at 32nd International Congress of Psychology(ICP) in Prague (Czech Republic).

14. ___________________ is observed by World Health Organization as World Hepatitis Day. 2019 theme is Invest in eliminating hepatitis. Host country for World Hepatitis Day 2019 is Pakistan. It is also observed as World Nature Conservation Day.

1. DD News (Doordarshan) has been awarded “Champions of Empathy Award” for spreading awareness about hepatitis.

15. _________________ is observed as World Tiger Day. It was proclaimed in 2010 at Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit in Russia where signatories declared an agreement that the governments of tiger populated counties would double the tiger population by 2022, termed as TX2. On this occcasion, results of 4th cycle of All India Tiger Estimation 2018 were announced. Key points -

1. Count of tigers in India rose to 2967 in 2018. India achieved its 2022 target of doubling tiger population four years before deadline. Count grew from 1,411 in 2006 to 2,226 in 2014 and to 2,967 in 2018.
2. In 2014, there were 692 protected areas, which increased to more than 860 in 2019. Community Reserves also grew from 43, in 2014, to more than 100.
3. Top 5 States - Madhya Pradesh saw highest number at 526, followed by Karnataka (524), Uttarakhand (442), Maharashtra (312) and Tamil Nadu (264).
4. States that saw Decline in Tiger Population - Chhattisgarh and Mizoram.
5. Pench sanctuary (MP) and Periyar sanctuary of Kerala emerged as best managed tiger reserves in country.
6. Dampa Reserve (Mizoram) and Rajaji reserve (Uttarakhand) with score of 42.97% and 44.53% respectively were left at bottom of ladder.

16. ________________ is observed as UN World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. 2019 theme is Human Trafficking: Call Your Government To Action. This day was proclaimed by UN General Assembly in 2013.

1. This day is also birth anniversary of Muthulakshmi Reddi, India's first female  legislator and also known as a woman of many firsts. Tamil Nadu Government declared that every year hospitals will celebrate her birth anniversary as ‘Hospital Day.' Google honored by creating a doodle on her 133rd birth anniversary in 2019.

17. _________________ is observed as World Ranger Day. It is also birth aniversary of Noted Indian Writer Munsi Premchand.

18. ____________________, 2019 observed as International Day of Cooperatives. It is Observed by United Nations on first Saturday of July every year. Theme for 2019 is COOPS 4 DECENT WORK. This day is also observed as World Zoonoses Day.

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