One Liner 12 July 2018

National

• State has topped the third edition of the government’s ‘Ease of Doing Business’ index for States in 2018 - Andra Pradesh
• The first-ever Indian warship to enter port of Sabang in Indonesia - INS Sumitra
• The first Chairman of Rajya Sabha to sign an memorandum of understanding (MOU) - Venkaiah Naidu

International

• Asian Archery Championships was first organized in – 1980
• The First Industrial Revolution took place from the - 18th to 19th centuries
• The most powerful leader of the world according to the Forbes list 2018 – Xi Jinping
• Country has started  "oil and gas plus" model with Arab countries to spur economic  growth in the region- China
• The most followed foreign minister in the world on Twitter - Sushma Swaraj
• Won the special one-off Golden Man Booker Prize to mark the 50th anniversary of the prestigious literary award - 'The English Patient'

Sports

• Medals were won by India at Asia Cup Archery in July 2018 - four medals
• Cristiano Ronaldo moves from Real Madrid to -  Juventus

Person in news

• Appointed as Head of Mission and Chief Military Observer for UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan - Major General José Eladio Alcain

General Knowledge

• Capital of Thailand – Bangkok
• Currency of Thailand - Thai baht
• The Man Booker Prize for Fiction (formerly known as the Booker–McConnell Prize and commonly known simply as the Booker Prize -  literary prize
• Number  of languages part of The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India – 22
• Ease of doing Business’ report is published by Agency - World Bank