Daily Current Affairs, 26th July 2018

1) India Celebrates 19th Anniversary Of Kargil Vijay Diwas

•India on July 26 celebrated the 19th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas to mark the success of ‘Operation Vijay’ and to remember the supreme sacrifice of the Indian soldiers who lost their lives during the 1999 India-Pakistan Kargil War. The Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman paid homage to the martyrs on Kargil Vijay Diwas at Amar Jawan Jyoti in New Delhi. 

•Armed Forces personnel and families of soldiers who lost their lives in 1999 Kargil War paid their tributes at the Dras War Memorial in Jammu and Kashmir to commemorate the historic win. Operation Safed Sagar was successfully launched by Indian Air Force during Kargil war. 

•Four Param Vir Chakras were awarded to:
1. Captain Vikram Batra, 13 JAK Rifles, Posthumous,
2. Lieutenant Manoj Kumar Pandey, 1/11 Gorkha Rifles, Posthumous,
3. Rifleman Sanjay Kumar, 13 JAK Rifles,
4. Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav, 18 Grenadiers.

2) Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog & MyGov Launches 'Innovate India Platform'

•R Ramanan, Mission Director, Atal Innovation Mission and Arvind Gupta CEO, MyGov launched the “#InnovateIndia Platform”, a collaboration between the Atal Innovation Mission and MyGov, a citizen-centric platform of the Government of India. The #InnovateIndia portal will serve as the common point for all the innovation happening across the nation.

•The #InnovateIndia MyGov-AIM portal creates the innovations platform for registering both grassroots and deep-tech innovators at a national level. Those searching for a critical innovation can leverage the portal advantageously for the benefit of the economy as well as national social needs. 

3) KTDC Launches Country's 1st State-Run All-Woman Hotel

•The hotel named 'Hostess' was launched by Kerala Tourism minister Kadakampally Surendran. A flagship project of the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC). The hotel will come up within six months at the KTDC complex.

•Work on India's public sector hotel run entirely by women for women is claimed to be the first such in the country. The project was a 'milestone initiative' of KTDC, considering its purpose, security features and facilities of global standards at affordable rates. 

4) Thaawarchand Gehlot Attends Global Disability Summit 2018 In London

•Thaawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment attended the Global Disability Summit held in London, UK. The motto of the Conference was to firm up the commitments of the country leaders towards the cause of persons with disabilities. 

•The Global leaders expressed their commitments towards elimination stigma and discrimination, promoting inclusive education, economic empowerment, technology and innovation in assistive devices, data desegregation etc.

5) Ramachandra Guha Pens Book Titled 'Gandhi: The Years That Changed The World (1914-1948)'

•Renowned historian and author of several bestselling books Ramachandra Guha has penned a new book titled "Gandhi: The years that changed the world (1914-1948)" on the father of the nation. 

•Billed as the most definitive new biography of Gandhi, the upcoming book will be published by Penguin Random House India and will be released in September 2018. 

6) Invest India And Business France Sign MoU To Promote Investment

•Invest India and Business France have signed an MoU to promote investment facilitation and cooperationbetween startups of India and France. The goal will be to facilitate direct foreign investment by providing practical investment information to enterprises and support the companies. 

•Invest India and Business France will collaborate to promote business and startup ecosystem cooperation through joint activities and exchange experiences to strengthen institutional knowledge and identify opportunities between businesses in the French and Indian private sector, creating a dedicated support structure to facilitate inbound companies and startups.