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SSC General Duty Constable Reasoning Question Papers

Staff Selection GD Constable Previous Papers – Mathematics

SSC Constable GD Model Papers – English Language

Staff Selection Commission GD Constable Solved Papers – GK

Daily Current Affairs,21st July 2018

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1) 28th Meeting Of GST Council Held In New Delhi

•The 28th meeting of the GST Council chaired by interim finance minister Piyush Goyal was held in New Delhi. The Council was deliberated upon a number of key issues on its agenda which includes rate revision on a number of items, amendments to the GST law, simplification of return, and the setting up of a National Appellate Tribunal in Delhi.

•The GST Council has exempted sanitary napkins from Goods and Services Tax. Earlier, there was a 12% levy of tax on sanitary napkins. It has also recommended reduction in the GST slab for lithium-ion batteries used in electronic items from the current 28% to 18% along with a slew of reductions in other items like bamboo flooring, ice making machines, vending machines, water coolers etc.

2) Andhra Pradesh Launches E-Pragati Core Platform

•Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu launched ‘e-Pragati core platform’ at Undavalli. e-Pragati, a forward-looking digital initiative, is aimed at connecting the citizen to 34 departments, 336 autonomous organisations and 745-plus services.

•Through this project, the State government intends to realise the vision of ‘Sunrise AP 2022’. The e-Pragati authority will achieve the goals of the project by supporting the seven development missions launched in the areas of e-Governance, Social Empowerment, Skill Development, Urban Development, Infrastructure, Industrial Development and the Services sector.

3) 8th BRICS Health Ministers’ Meeting Held At Durban

•The 8th BRICS Health Ministers’ Meeting was held at Durban, South Africa. Indian deligation was led by Mr J P Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare. He stated that India is committed to eliminating TB by 2025.

•Highlighting the accomplishments of India in the health sector, he stated India's achievement in reducing the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) by 77%, from 556 per 1,00,000 live births in 1990 to 130 per 1,00,000 live births in 2016, was commended by the Regional Director of WHO South-East Asia Regional Office (SEARO).

4) 4th BIMSTEC Summit To Be Held In Kathmandu

•The 4th BIMSTEC Summit will be held in Kathmandu, Nepal. The announcement in this regard was made by Nepal’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali. The main focus of the summit will be to increase connectivity between the BIMSTEC nations including roads, airways and transmission lines.

•The BIMSTEC is a regional economic bloc comprising seven member states lying in the littoral and adjacent areas of the Bay of Bengal constituting a contiguous regional unity.

5) Facebook To Launch Satellite 'Athena' In 2019

•Facebook has confirmed it is working on a new satellite project, named Athena, that will provide broadband internet connections to rural and underserved areas.

•The company aims to launch satellite in early 2019. In 2016, Facebook's internet satellite for Africa was lost when SpaceX's rocket exploded.

6) Alisson Becker Becomes World's Most Expensive Goalkeeper

•Alisson Becker of Brazil has become the World's most expensive goalkeeper while transferring clubs from Italy's Roma to England's Liverpool for a world record £56 million. The 25-year-old Brazilian has beaten Ederson Moraes (£34.7 million, Benfica to Manchester City).

•The deal could rise to as much as £65 million, with a further £10 million in add-ons, which are dependent on Liverpool's qualification for the UEFA Champions League and wins in various competitions in the future.

The HINDU Notes – 21st July 2018

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📰 Fault lines in a ‘landmark’ judgment

SSC GD constable recruitment 2018: 54, 953 vacancies announced, check details here

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The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has issued a notification for recruitment of Constable General duty (GD) in Border Security Force (BSF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Indo-Tibetan Border Force (ITBP) Sahastra Seema Bal (SSB), National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Secretariat Security Force (SSF) and rifleman (GD) in Assam rifles. The commission will fill tentatively 54,953 (47,307 males and 7646 females) posts through this recruitment process.

Candidates will be selected on the basis of Computer Based Test (CBE), Physical Efficiency Test (PET), Physical Standard Test (PST) and Medical Examination.

The application process starts on July 21 and the last date for receipt of application is August 20. The date of the computer based test will be notified later. The admit card for the examination will not be sent by post and will be uploaded on regional and sub-regional websites of SSC. The admit card will also be available on CRPF’s website crpf.gov.in.

Pay scale: Rs 21,700 to Rs 69,100.

Eligibility: Candidate must be citizen of India and as the vacancies are state/UT wise, they must submit domicle/PRC against his her state/UT.

Age: The candidate must be between 18-23 years of age as on August 1, 2018. There is relaxation of age for SC, ST, OBC, ex-servicemen and some other category candidates.

Educational qualification as on August 1, 2018: Matriculation or Class 10 pass from recognised university or board.

How to Apply: Apply online through ssconline.nic.in or commission’s website ssc.nic.in.

Note: Candidates must check eligibility, application process, examination centres’ list and other details on the official website of SSC.

Click Here to Download SSC GD Constables 2018 Recruitment Notification in PDF

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THE HINDU NEWSPAPER IMPORTANT ARTICLES 21.07.2018

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FRONT PAGE

Trust vote sets the tone for 2019 poll

SC collegium stands firm on Justice Joseph

NATIONAL

Cryptocurrencies will boost illegal transactions: RBI to SC

Packed agenda for PM on Africa trip

INTERNATIONAL

Putin made ‘concrete’ Ukraine offer: envoy

NATO stands by all its allies, says official

OPINION

Counting the tiger

The French connection on and off the pitch

Fault lines in a ‘landmark’ judgment

Onus on the CBI

Ortega’s choice

BUSINESS

SAT refuses to revoke rap against SEBI

GST Council may mull taxing natural gas

LIFE

Spiky-headed dinosaur with menacing tail ate only plants

Daily Current Affairs,20th July 2018

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1) India And Japan Hold 4th Round Of Maritime Affairs Dialogue

•India and Japan held the fourth round of Maritime Affairs Dialogue in New Delhi. During the dialogue, key issues related to the Indo-Pacific region and maritime security were discussed.

•The Indian delegation at the dialogue was led by Pankaj Sharma, Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security Affairs) in the External Affairs Ministry, while the Japanese side was led by Ambassador Kansuke Nagaoka, Policy Planning and International Security Policy in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

2) India, Ghana Ink 2 MoUs

•India and Ghana signed two agreements in an effort to enhance the bilateral cooperation between the two countries.

•Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Raveesh Kumar announced that two MOUs on Cultural Exchange Programme and on cooperation between Bureau of Indian Standards and Ghana Standards Authority were signed.

3) Chhattisgarh Launches 'Abhar Aapki Sewa Ka' App For Pensioners

•Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh announced a Chhattisgarh Online Pension Management System (OPMS). E-payment to e-procurement to provide internet to every village has been done. It is under e-governance, fulfilling the dream of Digital India plan of India and Digital Chhattisgarh.

•The Chhattisgarh OPMS has launched an app called “Abhar aapki sewa ka”. Through this application, 80,000 pensioners of the state will now get all the information related to pension and payment online.

4) Two Plus Two Dialogue Between India And US To Be Held In New Delhi

•US State Department has announced that the inaugural ‘two-plus-two dialogue’ between India and the United States will be held in New Delhi in September 2018. Recently, the US had postponed the dialogue due to ‘unavoidable reasons’.

•Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary James Mattis will travel to India for the dialogue with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

5) Myanmar Joins International Solar Alliance

•Myanmar joined the India-initiated International Solar Alliance (ISA), thus, becoming the 68th signatory to the Framework Agreement of the ISA that aims for optimum utilisation of solar energy.

•Myanmar Minister for International Cooperation, Kyaw Tin handed over the ISA Framework Agreement to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj during a bilateral meeting on Delhi Dialogue 2018.

6) Infosys Foundation, Bangalore Metro Sign MoU For Constructing Station

•Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic arm of IT major, Infosys, signed an MoU with the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) for the construction of a station at Konappana Agrahara in Electronics City.

•The station is under the second phase of Bangalore Metro's expansion plans and the Foundation has committed to maintaining it for the next 30 years. Infosys Foundation would contribute Rs 200 crore to the Bengaluru Metro Rail for the construction of Konappana Agrahara Metro Station and railway track.