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Apple Becomes 1st US-Based Company With Market Value of $1 trillion

Apple Inc. became the first US-based company with a market value of $1 trillion, four decades after it was co-founded by Steve Jobs in a Silicon Valley garage. The consumer-technology giant briefly touched the milestone in New York, based on share count data the company disclosed in a recent regulatory filing. 
PetroChina Co. briefly crossed that valuation in late 2007 but slumped quickly as oil prices collapsed in the financial crisis. Since its inception in 1976, Apple has consistently re-imagined what a computer can be and defined how humans interact with devices and software. 

Source- The Livemint

NDA Act 2019 Passed, Capping US Aid To Pakistan To $150 million

The United States Congress has passed the National Defense Authorisation Act-2019 (NDAA-19) which capped its security-related aid to Pakistan to $150 million, significantly below the historic level of more than $ 1 billion to $750 million per year. 
This year’s defence legislation removes certain conditions like action against Haqqani network or Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) as was the case in the past few years for disbursement of US aid to Pakistan. 
Source- The Hindu

Government Sets Up High Level Committee To Check Mob Lynching

Considering the increasing incidents of mob lynching, the Union Government constituted a High-Level Committee chaired by the Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba to deliberate in the matter and make recommendations. 
The Secretary, Department of Justice; Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs; Secretary, Legislative Department; and Secretary, Social Justice and Empowerment are the members of the committee. The committee will submit its recommendations to the Government by August 2018. 
Source- The Quint

Static/Current Takeaways Important for SBI PO/Clerk Exam 2018- 

  • Mob Lynching is an act to punish (a person) without legal process or authority, especially by hanging, for a perceived offence or as an act of bigotry.

Historic Win: Lakshya Sen Wins Badminton Asian Junior Championships Title

Indian badminton player Lakshaya Sen bagged the gold medal after defeating Indonesia’s top-seeded Kunlavut Vitidsaran in the final match of the Badminton Asia Junior Championship in Jakarta, Indonesia. 

The 16-year-old thrashed his Indonesian opponent to win gold for the country at the mega-event after a gap of six years. The feat is only the second for India in the men’s singles category since Gautam Thakkar’s gold way back in the 1965 edition of the tournament. 
Other Indian shuttlers who have previously won a medal at the Asian Junior Championships include Gautam Thakkar (gold in 1965), Pranav Chopra and Prajkta Sawant (bronze in 2009), Sameer Verma (silver) and PV Sindhu (bronze) in 2011, Sindhu (gold) and Sameer Verma (bronze) in 2012. 
Source- Hindustan Times

Static/Current Takeaways Important for SBI PO/Clerk Exam 2018- 
  • Indonesia Capital- Jakarta, Currency- Indonesian rupiah. 

All India Football Federation Awards 2017 Announced: Complete List of Winners

The All India Football Federation (AIFF), the governing body of football in India named India and Bengaluru FC Captain Sunil Chhetri as the AIFF Player of the Year in the Federation’s Executive Committee Meeting in Mumbai. The meeting was chaired by AIFF President Praful Patel. The All India Football Federation has announced several other awards as well in the Meeting. Kamala Devi bagged the 2017 AIFF Woman Player of the Year. 
Here is the complete list of 2017 AIFF Award Winners:


Sl
No		 Award For Winner
1. Player of the Year Sunil Chhetri
2. Woman Player of the Year Kamala Devi
3. Best Grassroots Development Programme Kerala FA
4. long-time contribution to Indian Football Hero Motocorp
5. Best Referee CR Srikrishna
6. Best Assistant Referee Sumanta Datta
7. Emerging Player of the Year Anirudh Thapa
8. Emerging Woman Footballer of the Year E Panthoi

Source- Sportskeeda.com

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. 
Source- BBC News

FIFA World Cup 2018 Concludes | France Emerged As Champions

The 21st edition of the FIFA World Cup concluded in Luzhniki Stadium in the Russian capital of Moscow. 32 nations, divided into eight groups, battled it out for the coveted trophy in the quadrennial month-long event. France emerged as the champion team of the FIFA World Cup 2018. It has defeated Croatia in a thrilling final by 4-2. It was the second world cup win for France, it first won in 1998. 
Here are some Important Highlights and Special Awards of the FIFA 2018 World Cup: 

1. Golden Ball Award: Croatian captain Luka Modric won the Golden Ball for the World Cup’s Best Player. Modric won Man-Of-The-Match three times in Croatia’s seven games in Russia.
2. Golden Glove Award: Belgium’s Thibaut Courtois won the Golden Glove award for the best goalkeeper.
3. Golden Boot Award: England’s Harry Kane won the World Cup Golden Boot. He was the top scorer with six goals.
4. Young Player Award: France’s Kylian Mbappe won the Young Player award. He scored the game’s finest goal and became the first teenager to register in the final since Pele in 1958. 
5. Fairplay Award: Spain was awarded the Fairplay Award for being the most disciplined team in the tournament.
6. Man of the Match in Final: Antoine Griezmann (France).

Quick Facts: 
1. The Prize money for the champion team was 38 million US Dollars.
2. Zabivaka was the official mascot of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. 
3. The official song of the tournament was “Live It Up”, with vocals from Will Smith, Nicky Jam and Era Istrefi.
4. First time in the history of world cup VAR (Video Assistant Referee) system was used.

NOTE-
FIFA World Cup 2022 will be held in Qatar. 

Angelique Kerber Wins Maiden Wimbledon Title

Former world number one Angelique Kerber defeated seven-time champion Serena Williams in the women’s singles final to clinch her first-ever Wimbledon title. Angelique Kerber hails from Germany.

Overall, it was the 30-year-old’s third Grand Slam title after having won the Australian Open and US Open in 2016. Despite the defeat, 181st-ranked Serena will move 153 places to rank 28.
Source- DD News

Static/Current Takeaways Important for SBI PO/Clerk Exam 2018- 
  • The Championships Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world.
  • It is held in London, UK. 

PM Modi Inaugurated Several Development Projects in Madhya Pradesh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a bouquet of development projects in Madhya Pradesh on his visit. In the first leg of his visit, PM Modi was in Rajgarh where he dedicated the Mohanpura Dam Project to the nation. The dam in Mohanpura has been constructed at a cost of 3800 crore rupees.
Besides that, he addressed a public meeting in Rajgarh to lay the foundation stone of various drinking water schemes and inspect an exhibition on development projects in Rajgarh. In the second leg of his visit, the PM arrived in Indore where he attended the Madhya Pradesh Shehari Vikas Mahotsav and remotely inaugurate various urban development projects worth over 4000 crore rupees.
He also distributed the Swachh Survekshan-2018 Awards and launched the Swachh Survekshan-2018 results dashboard. It is to be noted that Indore city has won the distinction of being the cleanest city in India for the second time in a row.

Source- DD News

Static/Current Takeaways Important for SBI PO/Clerk Exam 2018-
  • Madhya Pradesh CM- Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Governor- Anandiben Patel.

Know How The Trump-Kim Summit Took Place

The historical Trump-Kim summit meeting was the first of its kind between a sitting American president Donald Trump and a leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un. It’s been a rather long journey of mistrust, war and skirmishes that finally culminated in the historic summit in Singapore. Let us take a brief look at the recent events that finally lead to the signing of the agreement. 

After an unusually provocative 2017 during which North Korea tested a thermonuclear warhead and three intercontinental ballistic missiles, Kim Jong Un initiates diplomacy in his annual New Year address. He called for improved relations and engagement with South Korea but added he has a nuclear button on his desk. Trump responded that he has a bigger and more powerful nuclear button adding “And my Button works”. North and South Korean officials meet at a border village and agree on North Korea sending athletes and delegates to the Winter Olympics in the South.
In March 2018, South Korean envoys meet Trump in Washington and delivered an invitation from Kim to meet. Trump accepted the invitation. Trump confirmed that Mike Pompeo, then the CIA chief, had met Kim secretly in North Korea and said “a good relationship was formed” heading into the anticipated summit. North Korea suspended nuclear and Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) tests and planned to close its nuclear test site as part of a shift in its national focus to developing its economy. Pompeo, US Secretary of State, made another visit to Pyongyang to prepare for the Trump-Kim summit. North Korea released three Americans who had been imprisoned.
In May 2018, Trump announced he will meet with Kim in Singapore on June 12. After few days, North Korea abruptly cancelled a high-level meeting with the South and threatened to cancel the Summit with Trump too in protest over U.S.-South Korean military exercises and U.S. commented that the North should follow the “Libya model” of denuclearization by eliminating everything upfront.
North Korean envoy Kim Yong Chol, the most senior North Korean official visited the United States. He arrived in New York for pre-summit negotiations with Pompeo. After meeting Kim Yong Chol at the White House, Trump announced that his meeting with Kim Jong Un is back on for June 12. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders tweeted that the Trump-Kim meeting will be held at Singapore’s Capella Hotel. Trump and Kim arrive in Singapore for the first meeting between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader on 12th of June.
The Outcome of Kim-Trump Summit-
US president Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Unsigned a document pledging to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in return for US providing security guarantees to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).