National
· No-confidence motion in July 2018 was the- 27th in Parliamentary history
· Last time in 2003 when the Congress party moved a no-
confidence motion against prime minister- Atal Bihari Vajpayee
· Rule of the Lok Sabha specifies the procedure for a motion of no-confidence- Rule 198 of the Lok Sabha
International
· The group was formed in 1997 and it brings together - Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand.
· 4th BIMSTEC Summit-2018 will be held at Kathmandu on 30 August
· Great Bareer Reef is located in - Pacific Ocean
· The ‘8th BRICS Health Ministers’ Meeting-2018 is held at -Durban, South Africa
Sports
· International Olympic Committee names Afghan woman among nine candidates for membership to ‘Individual Members" special committee - Samira Asghari
· The International Olympic Committee is a Swiss private non-governmental organisation based in- Lausanne, Switzerland
· The International Olympic Committee was formed in - 23 June 1894
· The President of International Olympic Committee is Thomas Bach
· The Honorary President of International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge
Person In News
· The current president of Colombia who also won Noble peace price for his efforts to end the war - Juan Manuel Santos
Economy
· Non-banking finance company has won the 2018 NABARD award for its service to Self-Help Group (SHG) linkage - Repco Micro Finance Ltd (RMFL)
· Ayshman Bharat Scheme will subsume the - Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) and the Senior Citizen Health Insurance Scheme (SCHIS).
General Knowledge
· Jaffna province recently seen in news is situated in country - Sri-Lanka
