India This Week: 7 July-13 July 2014

India this week brought to you by Jagranjosh.com intends to equip the students and aspirants of various competitive exams with calendar of most important events that has happened in India in the week 7 July – 13 July 2014. It will help them revise and recollect the important news and events just before the exam.

7 July 2014
• IMG constituted to examine potential of GAGAN in Non-Aviation Sectors
• M S Mehta appointed as CEO of Reliance Infrastructure
• Union Ministry of Railways launched Social Media Platform for Indian Railways
• Law Commission submitted a report titled Manpower Planning in Judiciary: A Blue Print to Union Government
• SC ruled Shariat Courts are illegal
• Sania Mirza ranked career-best fifth in WTA doubles rankings
• Telecom Consumers Complaint Redressal (Third Amendment) regulations, 2014

8 July 2014
• Union Health Ministry constituted a core group to eradicate Kala Azar by 2015
• India State of Forest Report 2013 released by Union Environment Minister
• India successfully test-fired BrahMos supersonic cruise missile
• Union Rail Budget 2014-15 was presented in Parliament
• F-Cube Technology to promote Football at ground level launched

9 July 2014
• Central Ground Water Board & IIRS signed MoU
• Economic Survey of India 2013-14 released

10 July 2014
• Veteran actress Zohra Sehgal died at 102
• Union Budget 2014-14 presented in the Parliament by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

11 July 2014
• SC ordered Union Government to bring MGNREGS's wage rates on par with minimum wages
• Air India formally joined global airline group Star Alliance

12 July 2014
• India's first indigenous anti-submarine warship INS Kamrota handed over to Indian Navy

13 July 2014
• Post recovery of four bodies from River Beki, tensions rise in Assam’s Baksa district
• INS Kuthar Warship damaged in mishap, 15th such incident since August 2013
• Senior VHP leader Giriraj Kishore died at 94
• Inter-island air service to start in Andaman & Nicobar from 24 July
• Railways register 9.48 percent increase in its earning