TNPSC Current Affairs July 11, 2018

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs July 11, 2018 (11/07/2018)

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Topic : New Appointments, Persons in News

Next Ambassador of India to the Democratic Republic of Congo

Ms. Nina Tshering La, presently Deputy Chief of Mission, Hanoi has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Topic : Places in News, Profile of States

Marshall Islands

The Union Minister of State (MoS) for Human Resource Development Shri Upendra Kushwaha is on an Official Visit to the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI).

This is the first ever ministerial visit from India to Majuro, Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI).

Key facts:

It is a country in the central Pacific Ocean. It consists of some of the easternmost islands of Micronesia.

The Marshalls are composed of more than 1,200 islands and islets in two parallel chains of coral atolls—the Ratak, or Sunrise, to the east and the Ralik, or Sunset, to the west.

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Topic : General Administration, Latest Diary of Events

First Chairman of Rajya Sabha to sign an MOU

Rajya Sabha has, for the first time in 76 years since it came into being, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a foreign counterpart for promoting inter-parliamentary dialogue.

Shri Venkaiah Naidu, has, in the process, become the first Chairman of Rajya Sabha to sign such an agreement when he inked an MOU with the visiting President of the Senate of the Republic of Rwanda, Mr. Bernard Makuza.

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Topic : World Organizations, Reports and Summits, Latest International Events

Lonely Planet’s top five “2018 Best in Asia” list

It is a collection of 10 of the best destinations to visit in the continent for the year. It is considered a Bible by travellers worldwide.

Top destinations:

Busan, South Korea.

Ancient cities and jewelled architecture of Uzbekistan.

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Western Ghats, India.

From India:

Older than the Himalayas and well known for its rich and unique flora and fauna, the Western Ghats has figured in Lonely Planet’s top five “2018 Best in Asia” list.

One of the Hottest Biodiversity Hotspots and UNESCO World Heritage site, the Western Ghats has came fourth in the list of the Lonely Planet.

Neelakurinji (Strobilanthes kunthiana), which has started blooming after 12 years in the famed hill station of Munnar.