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 Daily News Highlights : 3rd August, 2016

 Daily Current Tablet: 2nd August, 2016
 WEF India Economic Summit in Delhi on October 6-7
 Former Ferrari driver Chris Amon dies aged 73
 3,000 Jan Aushadhi Stores to be opened across India
 Infosys invests $4 million in Israeli firm Cloudyn
 Khandu expands cabinet, inducts 10 ministers
 Nobel Laureate Ahmed Zewail has passed away
 Pushpa Kamal Dahal elected as new Prime Minister of Nepal
 Neyveli Lignite plans to buy 1200 MW Raghunathpur Thermal Power Project
 Kerala cabinet appoints Achuthanandan head of administrative reforms panel
 BHEL commissions 500 Mw Marwa Thermal Power station in Chhattisgarh
 Angela Ruggiero appointed IOC’s Athletes’ Commission chair
 Six New IITS Get Parliament Nod
 AXA, Alibaba, Ant Financial have tied up in global strategic partnership
 SBI launches cheaper home loan schemes for beneficiaries under 7th Pay Commission
 L&T-Mitsubishi Hitachi JV bags Rs 3,860 crore order for power project in UP
 ‘Wall of Wishes’ inaugurated to celebrate Olympic mood
 BCCI appoints Katju to head legal panel to help implement Lodha report
 Anant Maheshwari named as President of Microsoft India
 Lok Sabha passes bill to fast track debt recovery
 Anita Gopalan wins 2016 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants
 Indian-American Named New York's Chief Digital Officer
Daily News Highlights : 3rd August, 2016

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 06:30 AM PDT
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So now you can easily visit all day CA in the more accessible manner at one place. So just go
through this initiative and make the best use of it.
1. SBI launches cheaper home loan schemes for beneficiaries under 7th Pay Commission
2. L&T-Mitsubishi Hitachi JV bags Rs 3,860 crore order for power project in UP
3. ‘Wall of Wishes’ inaugurated to celebrate Olympic mood
4. BCCI appoints Katju to head legal panel to help implement Lodha report
5. Anant Maheshwari named as President of Microsoft India
6. Lok Sabha passes bill to fast track debt recovery
7. Indian-American Named New York's Chief Digital Officer
8. Anita Gopalan wins 2016 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants
9. Infosys invests $4 million in Israeli firm Cloudyn
10. Khandu expands cabinet, inducts 10 ministers
11. Nobel Laureate Ahmed Zewail has passed away
12. Pushpa Kamal Dahal elected as new Prime Minister of Nepal
13. Neyveli Lignite plans to buy 1200 MW Raghunathpur Thermal Power Project
14. Kerala cabinet appoints Achuthanandan head of administrative reforms panel
15. BHEL commissions 500 Mw Marwa Thermal Power station in Chhattisgarh
16. Angela Ruggiero appointed IOC’s Athletes’ Commission chair
17. Six New IITS Get Parliament Nod

18. AXA, Alibaba, Ant Financial have tied up in global strategic partnership
19. 3,000 Jan Aushadhi Stores to be opened across India
20. Former Ferrari driver Chris Amon dies aged 73
21. WEF India Economic Summit in Delhi on October 6-7
Daily Current Tablet: 2nd August, 2016

Dear Reader,
easily accessible format. So whatever going around in the world we will provide you in one Daily
News Highlights post. With the help of this post, you will able to revise day wise current
affairs in an easy manner.
1. Name the space craft, which has awarded an operating license for ‘SpaceShipTwo’ which
will take passengers for a tour in the outer space?
2. The government has launched a performance and credit rating scheme for which
segments?
3. Name the bank, which has announced a 0.05% reduction in its marginal cost of funds
based lending rate (MCLR)?
4. Name the state which is going to recruit the transgenders as Jail wardens?
5. Name the Twitter account, which has launched by Minister of Communications Sh. Manoj
Sinha?
6. Name the player who has won the 2016 Rogers Cup women's single title recently?
7. Who has defeated Kei Nishikori to win the Rogers Cup men's single title recently?
8. Freecharge has partnered with which leading payment gateway solution provider?
9. The PM Modi will launch the -70 Saal Azadi- Zara Yaad Karo Kurbani programme on
which date?
10. Who is the Information and Broadcasting minister?
11. A high-level panel of the NGRBA has approved various projects worth approximately
________ for development.
12. Name the person who has been appointed as the secretary to Prime Minister Modi?
13. Name the country which is going to host the International summit on tobacco-control?
14. Expand the term COP and WHO-FCTC.
15. Name the bank, which has ties up with Apollo India Credit Opportunity Management LLC
and AION Capital Management to set up an asset reconstruction company?
16. Name the Indian-American Professor who has passed away recently?
17. Name the bank, which has tied up with a fintech start-up Fisdom for personal wealth
management services?
18. Name the person, who has assumed charge as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of
Southern Air Command?
19. Name the person, who has took over as the chairman of National Dairy Development
Board (NDDB)?
WEF India Economic Summit in Delhi on October 6-7

The World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, will host its annual India Economic
Summit on October 6-7 in New Delhi, which would be attended by over 500 business and
political leaders including top policymakers and CEOs. This year's meet will be convened
under the theme, 'Fostering an Inclusive India through Digital Transformation'.
This year's summit comes at an important juncture as India is the fastest-growing G20 economy
just as the world is entering the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Three main themes for this year's
programme are: Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution; Driving Sustainable and
Equitable Growth and improving the Ease of Doing Business.
So let's do
1. Name the country, which will host the annual Economic Summit on October 6-7?
Source - The Hindu

Former Ferrari driver Chris Amon dies aged 73
Former Ferrari driver Chris Amon, often described as one of the best in Formula One never
to have won a race has passed away after a battle with cancer. He was 73 years old. He was
the part of a well-known trio of New Zealand drivers competing in Formula One in the 1960s
and early 70s alongside Bruce McLaren and Denny Hulme, who both enjoyed more successful
careers in the sport’s premier series.
Amon was born in Bulls and learned to drive at the age of six, taught by a farm worker on the
family farm. Apart from driving, Chris Amon also ran his own Formula One team for a short
period in 1974. Away from Formula One, Amon had some success in sports car racing, winning
the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 1966.
So let's discuss some questions related to this post:

1. Name the Former Ferrari driver of New Zealand who has passed away recently?
Courtesy: The Guardian

3,000 Jan Aushadhi Stores to be opened across India
Under Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana (PMJAY), the government has decided to
open 3000 Jan Aushadhi Stores (JAS) under the Yojana across the country by the end
of March 2017.
According to Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh L. Mandaviya, In order to open JAS

proposed within Government hospital premises, a one-time financial assistance is provided to
the extent of Rs. 2.50 lakh (Rs. 1 Lakh for furnishing, Rs. 50000/- for computer and
peripherals, refrigerator etc and another Rs. 1 Lakh worth medicines to commence
operation). The margin available for the retailers is 20% so as to ensure a reasonable level
of profitability for them.
So let's do:
1. Under Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana (PMJAY), the government has decided to
open how many Stores by the end of March 2017?
Source - The Hindu
Infosys invests $4 million in Israeli firm Cloudyn

Infosys Limited is an Indian multinational corporation has announced investing $4 million (Rs.27
crore) in Cloudyn, an Israeli corporation, providing software as a service (Saas) solutions for the
management and optimization of hybrid, multi-cloud deployments.
The investment in Cloudy is part of CEO Vishal Sikka's strategy to look at investments in high
technology startups in US and Israel, which it can leverage to offer its services to its global
customers. Cloudy is the seventh investment for Sikka, who has built a $500 million war chest to
invest in startups to access technologies that would help Infosys grow in a non-linear way to
achieve his vision 2020 target.
So let's do:
1. Name the software company, which has annound investing $4 million (Rs.27 crore) in
Israeli firm Cloudyn?
2. Who is the CEO Infosys Limited?
Source - Economic Times

Khandu expands cabinet, inducts 10 ministers
In its first expansion of the cabinet, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu today
expanded his cabinet by inducting 10 ministers including former Speaker Nabam
Rebia. Governor Tathagata Roy administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly
appointed ministers at Darbar Hall of the Raj Bhavan.
Khandu was sworn in as the Chief Minister on July 17, ending months of political instability
in the hilly state. The same day, senior Congress leader Chowna Mein was sworn in as Deputy
Chief Minister. Those included in the cabinet are: Tanga Byaling, Rajesh Tacho, Nabam
Rebia, Honchun Ngandam, Wangki Lowang, Kamlung Mossang, Tapang Taloh, Kumar Waii,
Takam Pario and Jomde Kena. All of them were sworn in as cabinet ministers.
So let's do:
1. Who is the Chief Minister and Governor of Arunachal Pradesh?
2. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu today expanded his cabinet by inducting
how many ministers?
Source - The Hindu

Nobel Laureate Ahmed Zewail has passed away
Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian-American chemist Ahmed Zewail, a science and technology

advisor to President Barack Obama and the first U.S. science envoy to the Middle East, has
passed away in the United States. He was 70 years old. He was a member of the California
Institute of Technology (Caltech) faculty and was the sole recipient of the Nobel chemistry
prize in 1999 for his pioneering work in femtochemistry, the study of chemical reactions in
ultra-short time scales.
Mr. Ahmed was born in Cairo and studied at Alexandria University. He later moved to the
United States and earned his PhD at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. After
conducting postdoctoral research at the University of California at Berkeley, he joined the
Caltech faculty in 1976, where he was a professor of chemistry and physics. He became a
naturalized U.S. citizen in 1982. In April 2009, Obama appointed Zewail to the President's
Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, and in November of that year he was named the
first U.S. science envoy to the Middle East.

1. Name the Nobel prize winning Egyptian-American who has passed away recently?
2. Mr. Ahmed Zewail had received the Nobel prize for his contribution in which segments?
Courtesy: BBC News
Pushpa Kamal Dahal elected as new Prime Minister of Nepal

Nepal's parliament elected former Maoist rebel chief Prachanda as prime minister
today after predecessor KP Oli resigned rather than face defeat in a vote of no confidence.
The Parliament elected him with 363 in favour and 210 against it. Dahal who will be heading
a coalition government comprising Nepali Congress, the largest party in parliament.
Speaker Onsari Gharti who declared the results said a total of 573 members out of total 598
(including the speaker) cast their votes. The Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist
Leninist (CPN-UML) led by outgoing Prime Minister K P Oli and Rastriya Prajatantra Party-
Nepal voted against the motion.
So let's do:
1. Name the person, who has been elected as new Prime Minister of Nepal?
Source - The Hindu

Neyveli Lignite plans to buy 1200 MW Raghunathpur Thermal Power
Project
Neyveli Lignite (NLC) is planning to acquire a 1200 MW Raghunathpur Thermal Power

Project (RTPP) of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC). The proposed acquition will be
done through a joint venture company (JVC) of NLC and Damaodar Valley Corporation DVC with
an equity shareholding of 74:26. RTPP consists of two units of 600 MW each and both the units
have been commissioned during March 2016.
As per the proposal, the project cost as determined by Central Electricity Regulatory
Commission (CERC) / Appellate Tribunal For Electricity (APTEL) for the purposes of arriving
at the final cost as mutually agreed between NLC and DVC would be the consideration value for
the transfer of RTPS project assets to the JVC.

1. Name the company which is going to acquire a 1200 MW Raghunathpur Thermal Power
Project?
2. Expand the term NLC, DVC, CERC and APTEL.
Courtesy: Business Standard

Kerala cabinet appoints Achuthanandan head of administrative reforms
panel
The Kerala cabinet has decided to appoint veteran CPI-M leader V.S Achuthanandan as the
chairman of the Kerala Administrative Reforms Commission with cabinet rank. Former chief
secretaries Neela Gangadharan and C.P Nair will be the other members of the three-member
panel headed by Achuthanandan.
The Kerala Assembly had earlier passed an amendment bill to pave way for his
appointment. According to the Legislative Assembly (Removal of Disqualifications), in the
event any MLA is appointed as chairman of the Administrative Reforms Commission, such
appointment would entail his being disqualified as MLA.
So let's do:
1. Name the person, who has appointed as the Kerala chairman of Administrative Reforms
Commission with cabinet rank?
Source - The Hindu Business line
BHEL commissions 500 Mw Marwa Thermal Power station in

Chhattisgarh
State-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has commissioned the second 500 Mw
(megawatt) thermal unit at Marwa Thermal Power Station in Janjgir-Champa district
of Chhattisgarh. The first unit of Marwa TPS was also commissioned earlier by BHEL. Marwa
TPS has been set up by Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Company (CSPGCL). In
Chhattisgarh, BHEL has contributed a total of 12,500 MW to the state's installed power
generation, including central and private sector utilities.
BHEL has been associated with power projects of CSPGCL, from the time when the 120 MW
Korba TPS extention-1 was commissioned in March 1976. So far the BHEL has commissioned 11
thermal sets and three hydro sets for the state utility. It has a share of 94% in the installed
capacity of CSPGCL.

1. The BHEL has commissioned 500 Mw Marwa Thermal Power station at which place?
2. Expand the term BHEL and CSPGCL.

Angela Ruggiero appointed IOC’s Athletes’ Commission chair
American Ice hockey Olympic champion Angela Ruggiero has been elected as the new chair of
the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes’ Commission,replacing the
outgoing Claudia Bokel and citing tackling "doping" as her priority over the next two years.
Ruggiero, a former U.S. national defenseman, was a four-time Winter Olympic Games
medalist, capturing one gold, two silvers and one bronze during her tenure with the red,
white and blue. After previously serving as the vice chair of the Athletes’ Commission—which
acts as the voice for Olympic athletes within the IOC—Ruggiero is now set to replace current
chair Claudia Bokel following the conclusion of the Rio Games later this month.
So let's do:
1. Name the person, who has been elected as the new chair of the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) Athletes’ Commission?
Source - olympic.org
Six New IITS Get Parliament Nod

The Parliament has approved the establishment of six new IITs across the country by
passing the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2016 in the Rajya Sabha. IITs will
also be started in Palakkad (Kerala), Goa, Dharward (Karnataka), Bhilai (Chhattisgarh),
Jammu and Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh). The Lok Sabha had passed on July 25 the Bill which
also seeks to bring the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, within the ambit of the proposed Act.
This bill aims at amending the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and
Research Act of 2007 and proposes the establishment of a NIT in Andhra Pradesh with
effect from August 20, 2015 which has already been set up as registered society.
So let's do:
1. The Parliament has approved the establishment of how many IITs across the country?
Source - Daily pioneer
AXA, Alibaba, Ant Financial have tied up in global strategic partnership

AXA, Alibaba, and Ant Financial Services have stated that they have agreed to engage in a
global strategic partnership to explore opportunities to distribute AXA's insurance
products and services through Alibaba's global e-commerce ecosystem. This agreement will
support the company to work together to co-innovate and to develop value-added products and
services to customers around the world as well as to mutually support each other in developing
and exploring new markets and segments.
The AXA Group is a worldwide leader in insurance and asset management, serving 103
million clients in 64 countries and as on December 31, 2015, the company had Euro 1,363 billion
assets under management. While the Alibaba Group is the largest retail commerce
company in the world in terms of gross merchandise volume. Through Ant Financial Services
(an Alibaba-affiliate which provides financial services), AXA would offer travel insurance
products for Chinese travelers going overseas.

1. Name the companies which have tied up with AXA group in a global strategic
partnership?
2. The AXA Group is associated with which segments of the industry?
Courtesy: The Hindu

SBI launches cheaper home loan schemes for beneficiaries under 7th
Pay Commission
India's largest public secter bank, State Bank of India (SBI) has launched 2 new schemes of
loans for the employees of central as well as state government, public sector undertaking
employees and Defence personnel. According to new schemes borrowers will enjoy cheaper
interest rates and government employees with installment tenure extending up to 75 years of
age.
The bank has introduced ‘Privilege Home Loan’ for government employees and ‘Shaurya Home
Loan’ for Defence Personnel with pensionable service. Under the new schemes, loans will be
available without any processing fees. The interest rates will be 0.05 % less than current
interest rates on home loans. Notably, SBI launched new plans considering the implementation
of 7th pay commission which will lead to increase in the salary and wages of central and
state government employees. This step of SBI will lead a good opportunity for loan borrowers
to avail home loans on less interest rate and to buy their dream home.
So let's do:
1. Name the Bank, which has launched 2 new schemes of loans for the employees of central
as well as state government, public sector undertaking employees and Defence personnel?
Source - The Hindu
L&T-Mitsubishi Hitachi JV bags Rs 3,860 crore order for power project in

UP
Posted: 02 Aug 2016 11:50 PM PDT
L&T-MHPS Boilers Private Limited (LMB), a joint venture (JV) between Larsen & Toubro
Limited (L&T) and Japan’s Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS),has secured an order
of Rs 3,860 crore from Neyveli Uttar Pradesh Power Limited (NUPPL). The LMB contract
includes design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of 3 x 660 MW
Ghatampur Thermal Power Project - steam generator and auxiliaries package for NUPPL at
Ghatampur Tehsil, Uttar Pradesh.
Larsen & Toubro Limited, also known as L&T is an Indian multi-national conglomerate
headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was founded by Danish engineers taking
refuge in India, as well as an Indian financing partner. The company has business interests in
engineering, construction, manufacturing goods, information technology, and financial
services, and also has an office in the Middle-East and other parts of Asia.
So let's do:
1. L&T-Mitsubishi Hitachi JV bags _____ order for power project in UP.
Source - The Hindu
‘Wall of Wishes’ inaugurated to celebrate Olympic mood

Sports Minister Vijay Goel and Olympian Boxer M C Mary Kom inaugurated ‘Wall of Wishes’
at India Gate Lawns in New Delhi to celebrate the Olympic mood in the country. As Rio
Olympics is scheduled to be held from 5 August to 21 August 2016. Apart from this Mr. Goel has
also launched Digital Campaign for general public to wish Indian team for the Rio Games. The
Minister urged the people especially students and youth to visit India Gate in large numbers to
sign their wishes at the Wall to cheer the Indian players.
The Wall was inaugurated after the RUN FOR RIO, which was organised on 31 July 2016 by the
Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs to connect public at large, with the Olympic spirit and
power of sports. This year India is sending its largest ever contingent to participate in the
Rio Olympic.

1. Name the place where ‘Wall of Wishes’ has inaugurated to celebrate Olympic mood?
2. Who has inaugurated ‘Wall of Wishes’ to celebrate Olympic mood?
Courtesy: PIB
BCCI appoints Katju to head legal panel to help implement Lodha report
The BCCI has appointed former SC judge Markandey Katju as the head of a 4-member legal
panel to help it understand the implications of the Justice Lodha Committee reforms. This
panel will be a single point interface for the BCCI to interact with the Justice Lodha
Committee.
Justice Markandey Katju is the former Chairman, Press Council of India. Prior to his
appointment as Chairman, Press Council of India, he served as a Judge at the Supreme Court of
India. Before being elevated as a judge to the Supreme Court, he had earlier served as the
Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, Madras High Court, and as acting Chief Justice of
Allahabad High Court.
So let's do:
1. The BCCI has appointed former SC judge _________ as the head of a 4-member legal
panel to help it understand the implications of the Justice Lodha Committee reforms.
Source - The Hindu

Anant Maheshwari named as President of Microsoft India
Software major company Microsoft has named Anant Maheshwari as the next President of

Microsoft India. He will join Microsoft India as president on September 1st and take over the
operations of the company on January 1st. He will succeed Bhaskar Pramanik, who retires in
March 2017. As president, Maheshwari will be responsible for all of Microsoft’s product,
service, and support offerings across India.
Presently, Mr. Maheshwari is working as the President of Honeywell India, a Fortune 100
company. Prior to Honeywell India, Maheshwari was with McKinsey & Company for six years
where he worked with clients across multiple industries including telecom, IT and e-commerce,
private equity, engineering equipment, automotive, steel, and pharmaceuticals.

1. Name the person who has been appointed as the next President of Microsoft India?
2. Who will be replaced by Mr. Maheshwari as the next President of Microsoft India?
Courtesy: Economic Times
Lok Sabha passes bill to fast track debt recovery

The Lok Sabha has passed the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws
and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Bill, 2016.The bill was passed by a voice
vote and bill aims to improve ease of doing business and facilitate investment leading to
higher economic growth and development.
The changes will strengthen the insolvency framework that is being implemented through
the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code passed by Parliament in May."One of the big challenges
that we face is with regard to the enforcement of securities and the recovery of debt by
financial institutions," Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said moving the Bill in the Lok Sabha,
which later passed it by a voice vote. The Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial
Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002,The Recovery of Debts due to Banks
and Financial Institutions Act, 1993,The Indian Stamp Act, 1899,The Depositories Act, 1996
So let's do:
1. The_________ has passed a Bill that amends four different Acts, seeking to expedite
disposal of debt recovery applications that can take many years under the current regime.
Source - Economic times

Anita Gopalan wins 2016 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants
Translator and artist Anita Gopalan has awarded with the 2016 PEN/Heim Translation
Fund Grants for her English translation of Hindi novel Simsim by Geet Chaturvedi. Gopalan
is the second Indian translator to be selected for the grant. Her novel Simsim was first
published in 2008. It is recognized for its groundbreaking contribution to contemporary Hindi
fiction. The book narrates the clash between two Indias, that is one old and traditional, and the
other driven by consumerism and corporate greed.
Ms. Gopalan, is from Bengaluru and graduated from BITS Pilani in Computer Science and
Mathematics, has worked in the banking technology sector for many years. Her translations
have appeared in several international journals. She will be honoured at the 2017 PEN Literary
Awards Ceremony in New York in February. The PEN America is a renowned literary
organisation of the United States which was established in 2003. IT has been renamed in the
honour of Heim. The Grants are awarded each year to a select number of literary translators
based on quality of translation as well as the originality and importance of the original work.

1. Name the person who has won the 2016 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants?
2. For which novel Ms. Anita has awarded with the PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants?
Courtesy: The Hindu
Indian-American Named New York's Chief Digital Officer

An Indian-American digital media expert has been named by New York Mayor Bill de Blasio
as the city's new Chief Digital Officer to focus on promoting access to local government
through technology and support its tech ecosystem. In his new role, Sreenivasan will work to
increase access to city-led technology initiatives and direct citywide digital policy.
Prior to his work at City Hall, Sreenivasan served for three years at the Metropolitan Museum,
where he led a 70-person team to increase the museum's digital presence. Before that he spent
20 years as a member of faculty of the Columbia Journalism School and a year as Columbia
University's first Chief Digital Officer.
So let's do:
1. Name the person, who has appointed as New York's Chief Digital Officer?

3 August 2016 at 09:16

 Daily News Highlights : 2nd August, 2016

 Daily Current Tablet: 1st August, 2016
 West Bengal to Change Name to Banga or Bangla, Mamata Govt Gives Nod
 Deepak Iyer appointed as Managing Director of Mondelez India
 Virgin Galactic gets its spaceship license
 Government launches credit rating scheme for MSMEs
 ICICI Bank reduces MCLR by 0.05%
 Odisha government to recruit transgenders as jail warders
 ‘Twitter Sewa’ launched to address comman man’s concerns
 Simona Halep wins Rogers Cup women's single by defeating Madison Keys
 Freecharge inks partnership with PayUbiz
 PM to launch 70 Saal Azadi-Zara Yaad Karo Kurbani programme on Aug 9
 Central body approves Rs 400 crore for Ganga rejuvenation projects
 Bhaskar Khulbe appointed as Secretary to Prime Minister
 Resolution for renaming of Madras High Court passed
 India to host international summit on tobacco-control
 ICICI Bank ties up with Apollo India to form ARC
 Indian-American Professor Emeritus Braj B Kachru passes away
 Bank of Baroda ties up with start-up Fisdom
 Air Marshal Neelakantan takes charge of Southern Air command
 RBI releases Guidelines for ‘on tap’ Licensing of Universal Banks in the Private Sector
 Dilip Rath assumes additional charge as NDDB chairman
Daily News Highlights : 2nd August, 2016

Dear Reader,
As most of you have continuously asked for something more in GA so here is the good
news guys. As now we are going to provide you a full day current affairs in One post
and in more easily accessible format. So whatever going around in the world we will
provide you in one Daily News Highlights post. With the help of this post, you will
able to revise day wise current affairs in an easy manner.
So now you can easily visit all day CA in the more accessible manner at one place. So
just go through this initiative and make the best use of it.
1. Virgin Galactic gets its spaceship license
2. Government launches credit rating scheme for MSMEs
3. ICICI Bank reduces MCLR by 0.05%
4. Odisha government to recruit transgenders as jail warders
5. ‘Twitter Sewa’ launched to address comman man’s concerns
6. Simona Halep wins Rogers Cup women's single by defeating Madison Keys
7. Freecharge inks partnership with PayUbiz
8. PM to launch 70 Saal Azadi-Zara Yaad Karo Kurbani programme on Aug 9
9. Central body approves Rs 400 crore for Ganga rejuvenation projects
10. Bhaskar Khulbe appointed as Secretary to Prime Minister
11. Resolution for renaming of Madras High Court passed
12. India to host international summit on tobacco-control
13. ICICI Bank ties up with Apollo India to form ARC

14. Indian-American Professor Emeritus Braj B Kachru passes away
15. Bank of Baroda ties up with start-up Fisdom
16. Air Marshal Neelakantan takes charge of Southern Air command
17. RBI releases Guidelines for ‘on tap’ Licensing of Universal Banks in the Private
Sector
18. Dilip Rath assumes additional charge as NDDB chairman
19. Deepak Iyer appointed as Managing Director of Mondelez India
20. West Bengal to Change Name to Banga or Bangla, Mamata Govt Gives Nod
Daily Current Tablet: 1st August, 2016

Dear Reader,
As most of you have continuously asked for something more in GA so here is the good
news guys. As now we are going to provide you a full day current affairs in One post
and in more easily accessible format. So whatever going around in the world we will
provide you in one Daily News Highlights post. With the help of this post, you will able
to revise day wise current affairs in an easy manner.
1. Name the software company, which has announced a corporate citizenship

collaboration with State Bank of India (SBI) and launched the 'D-Change'
programme?
2. Name the bank, which has announced raising of USD 1 billion (about Rs 6,700
crore) by selling bonds to overseas investors?
3. Name the team which has won the 4th season of Pro Kabaddi League?
4. Which team has won the Women’s Pro Kabaddi League by defeating Fire Birds?
5. Prakash Javdekar, Union Minister of Human Resource Development inaugurated

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in which city,recently?
6. SEBI's first phase of new enterprise portal goes live is developed by which IT
firm?
7. Who has won the 2016 German Grand Prix title of Formula One?
8. Lewis Hamilton, a formula one racing driver is from which country?
9. Name the person who has been conferred with the Mohun Bagan Ratna award?
10. The Mohun Bagan Ratna award is related to which field?
11. Name the person, who has won the fourth Rogers Cup championship?
12. Name the country which is going to host the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup?
13. Total how many countries are going to participate in 2016 Kabaddi World Cup?
14. Name the person, who was elected Tokyo governor?
15. Name the Mobile payments company, which has announced the partnership
with IRCTC's app?
16. Name the person, who has submitted his resignation as chief minister of
Gujarat?
17. Name the bank, which approved a $100 million credit from the International
Development Association (IDA) to support the Government of Sri Lanka's economic
reform program?
West Bengal to Change Name to Banga or Bangla, Mamata Govt

Gives Nod
The Mamata Banerjee cabinet today gave a nod to change West Bengal's name to
'Bengal' in English and State will be named either 'Banga' or 'Bangla' in Bengali.
The state government's cabinet today okayed a proposal to this effect, and that
proposal will be forwarded to the Centre after it's ratified by the West Bengal
Assembly, in a special session that is expected to be held soon.The state Assembly is
very likely to ratify this proposal because the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC)has a
majority in the House.
So let's do:
1. West Bengal to Change Name to _________, Mamata Govt Gives Nod.
Source - NDTV
Deepak Iyer appointed as Managing Director of Mondelez India
Confectionery major Mondelez International has appointed former Bharti Axa

General Insurance Company CEO and MD Deepak Iyer as Managing Director of its
India operation. He succeeds Chandramouli Venkatesan, who led the business as
Managing Director of India operations for two years and was with the company for more
than a decade.
Iyer, as Managing Director of Mondelez India Foods, will be part of the Asia Pacific
Leadership Team and report into Maurizio Brusadelli, President of Asia Pacific,
Mondelez International. Prior to Bharti Axa, Iyer was the CEO and managing director of
Wrigley India. He has also worked with PepsiCo for 17 years across different roles and
in different markets.

1. Name the person who has been appointed as the Managing Director of Mondelez
India?
2. Who has been replaced by Deepak Iyer as Managing Director of Mondelez India
recently?
Virgin Galactic gets its spaceship license

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space

Transportation (FAA-AST) awarded Virgin Galactic an operating license for
‘SpaceShipTwo’ which will take passengers for a tour in the outer space.
The license award comes as the new vehicle, VSS Unity, begins to stretch its legs
with the first tests conducted out of the hangar. Unity conducted the first taxi test
to evaluate and calibrate the navigation and communications, telemetry systems.
Unity was pulled by a Range Rover Autobiography provided by Virgin Galactic’s
automotive partner Land Rover, the same vehicle that will be used to tow Unity off the
runway after flight tests. The license award, which will ultimately permit commercial
operations of the vehicle, was the culmination of several years of in-depth interaction
with the FAA.
So let's do:
1. Name the space craft, which has awarded an operating license for
‘SpaceShipTwo’ which will take passengers for a tour in the outer space?
Source - The Hindu
Government launches credit rating scheme for MSMEs

The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises has launched a performance
and credit rating scheme to assess the capabilities and creditworthiness of
industries in the sector. The 'Performance and Credit Rating Scheme' will provide
"trusted" third party opinion to create awareness about the strengths and weaknesses
of enterprises' existing operations.
As per officials, a new scheme of Financial Support to MSMEs in Zero Defect Zero
Effect Certification has been approved in which the MSMEs will be assessed on ZED
Maturity Model on 50 parameters which will strengthen or facilitate the Make in India
initiative. The government has also encouraged MSMEs by organising awareness
programmes, providing financial assistance for product certification as per national and
international standards to ensure quality production.

1. The government has launched a performance and credit rating scheme for which
segments?

ICICI Bank reduces MCLR by 0.05%
Country's largest private sector lender ICICI Bank today announced a 0.05%
reduction in its marginal cost of funds based lending rate (MCLR). The overnight
MCLR will be 8.90% under the revised rate structure which is effective from today. The
one-year MCLR, to which the home loans are linked, has moved down to 9.10%, they
said, adding that the reductions are across tenors.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) introduced the MCLR from April 1 this year for
faster transmission of its policy actions into actual lending rates by the banks. Lenders
are given the leeway to review their MCLR once in a month and it is the hope of the
RBI that the competition will help them act faster. The MCLR replaced the base rate
system and so far the banks, lenders have been very quick to react to competitive
forces in making marginal rate adjustments.
So let's do:
1. Name the bank, which has announced a 0.05% reduction in its marginal cost of
funds based lending rate (MCLR)?
Source - Business-Standard
Odisha government to recruit transgenders as jail warders
The Odisha government has decided to recruit members of transgender community

persons as warders in jails of the State as per the directive of the Supreme
Court. The home department has issued instructions to the Odisha Sub-ordinate Staff
Selection Commission (OSSC) to include the gender category. This is for the first time
the state government will mention the third gender as a separate category in any of
the recruitment process.
As per the direction of the Directorate of Prison, members of the transgender

community could apply for 185 warder's posts in jails. The physical standards stipulated
for transgender who will apply for the post of jail warders will be same as prescribed
for women candidates. The transgender community in the state welcomed the step and
said this is the first step towards mainstreaming of the transgender.

1. Name the state which is going to recruit the transgenders as Jail wardens?
Courtesy: The Hindu
‘Twitter Sewa’ launched to address comman man’s concerns

Hon’ble Minister of Communications Sh. Manoj Sinha has launched “Twitter Sewa”
for addressing the complaints and concerns of common man and other stake-holders in
the telecom and postal sectors. The twitter handle of the Minister will be
@manojsinhabjp.
Twitter is an online social networking service that enables users to send and read
short 140-character messages called "tweets". Registered users can read and post
tweets, but those who are unregistered can only read them. Users access Twitter
through the website interface, SMS or mobile device app. Twitter Inc. is based in
San Francisco and has more than 25 offices around the world.
So let's do:
1. Name the Twitter account, which has launched by Minister of Communications
Sh. Manoj Sinha?
Source - The Hindu

Simona Halep wins Rogers Cup women's single by defeating
Madison Keys
The 24-year old Romania's Simona Halep has won the Rogers Cup women's singles
title after beating American Madison Keys 7-6, 6-3 in the final Montreal. This is
her 14th WTA title. But overall this is her third title of the year. Simona has also
won the titles in Bucharest and Madrid earlier this season.
While in men's title Serbian Novak Djokovic has defeated Kei Nishikori (Japan) to

won this title. Apart from this, in Men’s doubles- Ivan Dodig (Croatia) and Marcelo
Melo (Brazil) defeated Jamie Murray (Scotland) and Bruno Soares (Brazil) and
in Women’s doubles- Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina (Russia)
defeated Simona Halep and Monica Niculescu (Romania). The Rogers Cup is one of
the biggest tennis tournaments held in Canada and also known as the Canadian
Open. The competition is played on hard courts. The Cup is one of the oldest
tournaments of the world. Only Wimbledon and the US Open have longer histories than
this Tour event.

1. Name the player who has won the 2016 Rogers Cup women's single title recently?
2. Who has defeated Kei Nishikori to win the Rogers Cup men's single title recently?
Courtesy: Indian Express
Freecharge inks partnership with PayUbiz

India's digital payments platform Freecharge has partnered with the leading
payment gateway solution provider, PayUbiz, to further strengthen its merchant base
and help consumers move from cash to digital payments.
This integration allows Freecharge to tap PayUbiz's more than 10, 000 online
merchants. Furthermore, the latter's wide assortment of merchants across sectors will
also be accessible to Freecharge patrons. The partnership draws Freecharge closer its
vision of creating an ecosystem where organized and unorganized merchant networks
can accept electronic payments through one secure platform.
So let's do:
1. Freecharge has partnered with which leading payment gateway solution
provider?
Source - The Hindu

PM to launch 70 Saal Azadi-Zara Yaad Karo Kurbani programme
on Aug 9
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the programme - 70 Saal Azadi - Zara
Yaad Karo Kurbani - on the 9th of August announced by the Information and
Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu. The campaign is aimed at developing a
feeling in every person that nation is first and individual is secondary, which
also provide an opportunity for the people to recall the supreme sacrifice made by
freedom fighters during freedom struggle.
The Minister also stated, a week-long Tiranga Yatra to evoke nationalism and
patriotism will also be undertaken from the 15th of this month on the occasion of
Independence Day. He also said that MPs and MLAs have been asked to take part in the
Yatra carrying the Tricolour and visit their constituencies to remind people how the
country was freed.
1. The PM Modi will launch the -70 Saal Azadi- Zara Yaad Karo Kurbani programme
on which date?
2. Who is the Information and Broadcasting minister?
Central body approves Rs 400 crore for Ganga rejuvenation

projects
A high-level panel of the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) has
approved various projects worth approximately Rs 400 crore for development of
ghats (river fronts) and crematoria at different places along the river Ganga from
Uttarakhand to West Bengal under the Centre’s ambitious Namami Gange
programme.
The projects include development of ghats and crematoria in the stretch from
Rudraprayag to Guptkashi (Uttrakhand), rehabilitation/development works of ghats
and crematoria at Kanpur, interception and diversion of flow of sisamau and other
nalas of Kanpur city, development of ghats and crematoria in Bijnor on Ramganga,
Uttar Pradesh.
So let's do:
1. A high-level panel of the NGRBA has approved various projects worth
approximately ________ for development.
Source - Times of India

Bhaskar Khulbe appointed as Secretary to Prime Minister
Bhaskar Khulbe, a Senior IAS officer of 1983 batch of West Bengal cadre has been
appointed as Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He was Additional
Secretary in Prime Minister's Office. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has
approved the appointment of Khulbe with effect from 7th August. He will look after
work related to Cabinet Secretariat and thrust areas of the government.
Among the other appointments cleared by ACC are - by temporarily upgrading the posts
held by 1983 batch officers empanelled to secretary level or equivalent are Arun Kumar
(ministry of social justice and empowerment), Jagdish Prasad Meena (food processing
ministry), Jatinder Bir Singh (Punjab & Sind Bank, ministry of finance), Preeti Sudan
(WCD ministry), Asha Ram Sihag (UPSC), Yudhvir Singh Malik (NITI Aayog), Sanjeevanee
Kutty (MHA), K P Krishnan (rural development ministry), Injeti Srinavas (Sports
Authority of India, ministry of youth affairs and sports), Seema Bahuguna (ministry of
rural development), Bharati S Sihag (ministry of steel), Dinesh Sharma (department of
economic affairs), R Sridharan (ministry of mines), Rajani Ranjan Rashmi (ministry of
environment), Alka Panda (food and public distribution), Anjali Prasad (ambassador,
WTO) and Bhagwati Prasad Pandey (power ministry).

1. Name the person who has been appointed as the secretary to Prime Minister
Modi?
Resolution for renaming of Madras High Court passed

The Tamil Nadu Assembly has passed a unanimous resolution that the Madras High
Court be renamed as Tamil Nadu High Court and not as High Court of Chennai as
proposed by the Centre, with Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa knocking on the Modi
government's doors with the proposal. Jayalalithaa moved the resolution in
the AIADMK dominated state Assembly which was welcomed by the main Opposition
DMK, and others, including Congress.
The Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha by the Minister of Law and Justice, Ravi Shanker
Prasad with an aim to modify the names of the High Court’s (HCs) of Bombay, Calcutta
and Madras. The High Courts of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras will be known as the
High Courts of Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai respectively.
So let's do:
1. Resolution for renaming of _______ High Court passed.
Source - The Hindu

India to host international summit on tobacco-control
India is going to host a crucial global summit in November to eliminate the illicit
trade of tobacco products. The summit is scheduled from November 7-12 at the
Indian Exposition Mart in Noida. In this summit delegates from 180 countries will take
part. This is the 7th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP7) to the WHO
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC).
In an another statement released by the officials, the Indian Council of Medical

Research -National Cancer Registry data has estimated the number of cancer cases in
the country which stood at 14.5 lakh in 2016. Based on this report, the percentage of
tobacco-related cancers is 43.8 among males, 16.0 among females and 30.1 of the
population as a whole.

1. Name the country which is going to host the International summit on tobacco-
control?
2. Expand the term COP and WHO-FCTC.
ICICI Bank ties up with Apollo India to form ARC

ICICI Bank has inked an MoU with Apollo India Credit Opportunity Management LLC
and AION Capital Management to set up an asset reconstruction company.The MoU
is subject to regulatory approvals, acquisition of debt exposures from lenders and
equity stakes in companies.
The collaboration seeks to streamline the operations of borrowers, facilitate

deleveraging and arrange additional funding on a case-by-case basis. The motive is to
revitalise distressed assets and maximise their economic value. The transactions
contemplated by the MoU are subject to the negotiation and execution of definitive
documentation and customary closing conditions.
So let's do:
1. Name the bank, which has ties up with Apollo India Credit Opportunity
Management LLC and AION Capital Management to set up an asset reconstruction
company?
Source - The Hindu

Indian-American Professor Emeritus Braj B Kachru passes away
Noted Indian-American Professor Emeritus of Linguistics Braj B Kachru has passed

away in Urbana. He was 84 years old. He was a Jubilee Professor Emeritus of
Linguistics, faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign. He was born on May 15 in 1932 in Srinagar.
He was a member of the Indian Cultural Society, The Linguistic Society of America and
the founder of the International Association of World Englishes. At the Linguistic
Institute of the Linguistic Society of America, he was appointed director in 1978. He
was named Jubilee Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Illinois in 1992. He coined
the term World English and published extensive studies on Kashmiri.

1. Name the Indian-American Professor who has passed away recently?

Bank of Baroda ties up with start-up Fisdom
India's leading public sector bank, Bank of Baroda has tied up with a fintech start-
up Fisdom for personal wealth management services. Besides, the bank has entered
into pact with six other fintech companies, proficient in different areas. Fisdom app
helps users make financial investments in an easy and paperless manner by blending
cutting-edge technology with personalised financial advice. It helps people manage
their money with the help of a robo-advisor.
Bank of Baroda is an Indian state-owned banking and financial services company

headquartered in Vadodara (earlier known as Baroda) in Gujarat, India.It is the second
largest bank in India, next to State Bank Of India. Its headquarters is in Vadodara, it
has a corporate office in the Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai. Bank of Baroda is
one of the Big Four banks of India, along with ICICI Bank, State Bank of India and
Punjab National Bank.
So let's do:
1. Name the bank, which has tied up with a fintech start-up Fisdom for personal
wealth management services?
Air Marshal Neelakantan takes charge of Southern Air command
Air Marshal S Neelakantan assumed charge as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of

Southern Air Command. The traditional Guard of Honour was presented to him by the
'Air Warriors.'
Air Marshal Neelakantan, who was commissioned as a fighter pilot in the Indian Air
Force on December 28, 1977, is an alumni of National Defence Academy, Defence
Services Staff College, Wellington and Tactics and Combat Development Establishment,
a defence press release said. He is a Qualified Flying Instructor and has flown over 3100
hours on various types of aircrafts and has commanded a frontline fighter squadron
and two flying bases. He also led the IAF contingent in Congo as part of the UN
Mission in 2006-07.
So let's do:
1. Name the person, who has assumed charge as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief
of Southern Air Command?
Source - The Hindu

RBI releases Guidelines for ‘on tap’ Licensing of Universal Banks
in the Private Sector
Norms for 'on-tap'' licensing of Universal Banks in the Private Sector has been
released by the Reserve Bank of India. RBI also stated that the validity of the in-
principle approval issued by the RBI will be 18 months from the date of granting in-
principle approval. As earlier in 2015, RBI approved the formation of 20 new
institutions (small and payments banks) — to improve disbursal of small-ticket loans
and services such as remittances.
Some of the key aspects of the Guidelines include: (i) resident individuals and
professionals having 10 years of experience in banking and finance at a senior level
are also eligible to promote universal banks, (ii) large industrial houses are excluded as
eligible entities but are permitted to invest in the banks up to 10 %, (iii) Non-
Operative Financial Holding Company (NOFHC) has been made non-mandatory in case
of promoters being individuals or standalone promoting/converting entities who/which
do not have other group entities, (iv) Not less than 51 % of the total paid-up equity
capital of the NOFHC shall be owned by the promoter/promoter group, instead being
wholly owned by the promoter group, (v) Existing specialised activities have been
permitted to be continued from a separate entity proposed to be held under the
NOFHC subject to prior approval from the Reserve Bank and subject to it being ensured
that similar activities are not conducted through the bank as well, (vi) The initial
minimum paid-up voting equity capital for a bank shall be 500 crore rupees.
Thereafter, the bank shall have a minimum net worth of 500 crore rupees at all times,
(vii) The bank shall get its shares listed on the stock exchanges within six years of the
commencement of business by the bank, (ix) Foreign shareholding in the bank would be
as per the existing foreign direct investment policy subject to the minimum promoter
shareholding requirement. At present, the aggregate foreign investment limit is 74 per
cent, (x)The bank shall open at least 25 per cent of its branches in unbanked rural
centres and should comply with the priority sector lending targets and sub-targets as
applicable to the existing domestic scheduled commercial banks.
Dilip Rath assumes additional charge as NDDB chairman

Dilip Rath, took over as the chairman of National Dairy Development Board
(NDDB), after the department of personnel and training (DoPT), Government of
India gave him the additional charge of the post until the appointment of a regular
incumbent. The chairman’s post fell vacant last week after T Nandakumar resigned
before his five-year term ended.
Rath is currently the managing director of NDDB, an organisation he joined in 2011

after taking premature retirement from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS).
Holding a MA degree in economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Rath
went on to complete MSc from the London School of Economics. He joined the IAS in
1979 and served in different capacities under the state governments of West Bengal
and Odisha. He was also the joint secretary in the Department of Animal
Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, GoI from 2008-10.
So let's do:
1. Name the person, who has took over as the chairman of National Dairy
Development Board (NDDB)?

2 August 2016 at
09:07
 Daily News Highlights : 1st August, 2016
 Daily Current Tablet: 29th July, 2016
 IRCTC's app ties-up with Mobikwik for e-cash payments
 Anandiben Patel resigns as Gujarat chief minister
 Supporting Sri Lanka's Economic Reforms with $100 Million
 3,000-year-old tree found in China
 Darren Lehmann handed two-year extension as Australia coach
 Oracle India Joins SBI To Foster Digital Skills Initiative
 Exim Bank raises USD 1 billion from overseas bonds
 Patna Pirates wins 4th season of Pro Kabaddi League
 Javadekar inaugurates IIT Goa temporary campus
 Gold bond scheme sees record Rs. 919cr in 4th tranche
 SEBI's first phase of new enterprise portal goes live
 Lewis Hamilton wins 2016 German Grand Prix title of Formula One
 IRCTC to launch travel insurance facility at Re 1
 Syed Nayeemuddin conferred Mohun Bagan Ratna
 Novak Djokovic wins fourth Rogers Cup championship
 Justice DB Bhosale sworn-in as Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court
 Suresh Prabhu flags off Agartala-Delhi train 'Tripura Sundari Express'
 India to host Kabaddi World Cup in October
 Yuriko Koike Elected Governor of Tokyo, First Woman in Post
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IRCTC's app ties-up with Mobikwik for e-cash payments

Anandiben Patel resigns as Gujarat chief minister
Supporting Sri Lanka's Economic Reforms with $100 Million
3,000-year-old tree found in China
Darren Lehmann handed two-year extension as Australia coach
Oracle India Joins SBI To Foster Digital Skills Initiative
Exim Bank raises USD 1 billion from overseas bonds
Patna Pirates wins 4th season of Pro Kabaddi League
Javadekar inaugurates IIT Goa temporary campus
Gold bond scheme sees record Rs. 919cr in 4th tranche
SEBI's first phase of new enterprise portal goes live
Lewis Hamilton wins 2016 German Grand Prix title of Formula One
IRCTC to launch travel insurance facility at Re 1
Syed Nayeemuddin conferred Mohun Bagan Ratna
Novak Djokovic wins fourth Rogers Cup championship
Yuriko Koike Elected Governor of Tokyo, First Woman in Post
Justice DB Bhosale sworn-in as Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court
Suresh Prabhu flags off Agartala-Delhi train 'Tripura Sundari Express'
India to host Kabaddi World Cup in October

Daily Current Tablet: 29th July, 2016
Dear Reader,
easy manner.
1. Name the Skydiver, who has Sets Record For Highest Jump Without Parachute?
2. Name the state, which has directed all the district collectors to extend Madhu Babu
Pension Scheme to three lakh more beneficiaries from August 15?
3. Name the state tourism, which has bagged Tourism awards for 2014-15?
4. Name the person, who has the recipient of this year’s AAAI Lifetime Achievement Award
2014-15?
5. Name the space agency, who has ordered a second mission from SpaceX to take
astronauts to the ISS?
6. Business software maker Oracle has announced that it has entered into a definitive
agreement to acquire which firm?
7. Name the person, who has flagged off the Run for Rio event in New Delhi ?
8. Name the state, which has signed a MoU with NTPC and NHPC for setting up Hydro
Engineering College in the State?
9. Name the bank, which has signed an agreement with LIC as bancassurance partner?
10. Name the state, which has launched ‘Pashudhan Bima Yojana’?
11. US-based A10 Networks has announced the acquisition of which company?
12. Name the state, which has a projecct to increase the green cover in the state to 50 % by
the year 2029?
IRCTC's app ties-up with Mobikwik for e-cash payments
Mobile payments company MobiKwik and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation

(IRCTC) have announced an exclusive partnership, wherein MobiKwik will power e-cash
payments on IRCTC's e-catering app, Food on Track. The app allows passengers to book and
get food from their preferred restaurants, delivered right at their train coaches. MobiKwik is
also powering payments for IRCTC Connect, which allows users to book train tickets instantly.
MobiKwik is a mobile wallet and online payment system where a user can store money to
make mobile and DTH recharge, pay utility bills and shop using wallet with over 50,000
merchants.[citation needed. The MobiKwik wallet has to be loaded with money once before it can
be used across functions. MobiKwik provides users the option to add money using their debit or
credit card, net banking, and ‘cash pay’, a doorstep cash collection service.
So let's do:
1. Name the Mobile payments company, which has announced the partnership with IRCTC's
app?
Anandiben Patel resigns as Gujarat chief minister
Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel today submitted her resignation. The resignation comes in the
wake of extensive Patidar and Dalit protests in the state.
The state has been facing extensive Dalit protests after four Dalit youths were brutally beaten for
skinning a dead cow. Another Dalit youth committed suicide on Sunday after consuming poison to
protest the Una beatings. At least 18 Dalit youth have attempted suicide in the state
following the attacks. Anandiben Patel (born 21 November 1941) is an Indian politician and the
incumbent Chief Minister of Gujarat, a western state of India. She is the first woman Chief
Minister of the state.
So let's do:
1. Name the person, who has submitted his resignation as chief minister of Gujarat?
Source - Indianexpress
Supporting Sri Lanka's Economic Reforms with $100 Million

The World Bank Board has approved a $100 million credit from the International Development
Association (IDA) to support the Government of Sri Lanka's economic reform program.
Sri Lanka has been making steady progress on economic reforms, with the government aiming
to create one million new jobs through a reform package focused on improving the country’s
competitiveness, transparency and macroeconomic stability. A recent World Bank study, the
Systematic Country Diagnostic, highlighted the need for Sri Lanka to move from a largely inward
looking and public sector driven economy to one that is capable of unleashing the potential of the
private sector – leading to post-conflict economic growth and creating more and better jobs
for Sri Lankans.
So let's do:
1. Name the bank, which approved a $100 million credit from the International Development
Association (IDA) to support the Government of Sri Lanka's economic reform program?
3,000-year-old tree found in China
A rare Chinese yew tree, believed to be about 3,000 years old, was discovered in northeast
China's Jilin Province. The living tree is located in Huanggou Forest. It is more than 40 meters
tall and has a diameter of 1.68 meters, said Yang Yongsheng, head of the forest
administration.
The tree was among more than 30 Chinese yew trees discovered earlier this week in the
forest. It is the oldest and the best-preserved Chinese yew in Jilin, according to the provincial
forestry department. Called a "living fossil" of the plant world, the Chinese yew has existed for
2.5 million years. Since many of the trees have been harvested to extract taxol, used to treat
cancer, the species is now under first-grade national protection for endangered plants.
So let's do:
1. A rare Chinese yew tree, believed to be about _______ years old, was discovered in
northeast China's Jilin Province.
Source - The Hindu

Darren Lehmann handed two-year extension as Australia coach
Darren Lehmann will continue as head coach of Australia until October 2019, after receiving a
two-year contract extension. The 46-year-old's contract was due to expire in June 2017, but has
now been extended to cover home and away Ashes series and the 50-over World Cup in 2019.
The extension was long rumoured with many in Australian cricket circles believing Justin Langer,
Western Australia's coach, being the hot favourite to succeed Lehmann in 2019. Langer was
Australia's interim coach in the Caribbean during the tri-series in June when Lehmann
rested. Darren Scott Lehmann (born 5 February 1970) is a former Australian cricketer and the
current coach of the Australian cricket team. Lehmann made his ODI debut in 1996 and Test
debut in 1998.
So let's do:
1. Name the person, who will continue as head coach of Australia until October 2019?
Source - The Hindu
Oracle India Joins SBI To Foster Digital Skills Initiative

Global software major, Oracle India has announced a corporate citizenship collaboration
with State Bank of India (SBI) and launched the 'D-Change' programmewhich will
support education and learning, women's empowerment and rural skills development in the
country. The initiative will merge SBI's financial expertise and expansive reach with Oracle's
technology leadership to help local communities drive substantial change and develop a skilled
economy.
Oracle Database (commonly referred to as Oracle RDBMS or simply as Oracle) is an object-

relational database management system produced and marketed by Oracle Corporation. Larry
Ellison and his two friends and former co-workers, Bob Miner and Ed Oates, started a
consultancy called Software Development Laboratories (SDL) in 1977.
So let's do:
1. Name the software company, which has announced a corporate citizenship collaboration
with State Bank of India (SBI) and launched the 'D-Change' programme?
Source - The Hindu

Exim Bank raises USD 1 billion from overseas bonds
Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) has announced raising of USD 1 billion (about Rs
6,700 crore) by selling bonds to overseas investors. Initially announced for USD 500
million, the issue was upsized to USD 1 billion based on strong demand from the investors. The
issue attracted a total order book in excess of USD 2.50 billion from over 157 investors.
This was the largest issuance ever for Exim Bank and also the largest single tranche issuance out
of India in 2016.Export–Import Bank of India is the premier export finance institution in India,
established in 1982 under the Export-Import Bank of India Act 1981. Since its inception, Exim
Bank of India has been both a catalyst and a key player in the promotion of cross border
trade and investment.
So let's do:
1. Name the bank, which has announced raising of USD 1 billion (about Rs 6,700 crore) by
selling bonds to overseas investors?
Source - The Hindu

Patna Pirates wins 4th season of Pro Kabaddi League
The Patna Pirates have won the fourth edition of STAR Sports-ProKabaddi League by
defeating Jaipur Pink Panthers in the final match played at Gachibowli Stadium, Hyderabad
(Telangana). Patna, who were the champions of season 3, dominated the game right from the
first whistle. With this Patna, the unit made history as they became the only team to lift the
trophy twice in the tournament’s history of four editions. The Puneri Paltan was placed at the
third place in this edition after they defeated Telugu Titans.
PKL is a professional Kabaddi (indigenous sport) league based on the format of the Indian Premier
League (IPL) T20 cricket tournament. The first edition of the tournament was played in 2014 with
eight franchises representing various cities in India. It was won by Jaipur Pink. But this season
was unique as for the first time women’s teams locked horns in the Women’s Pro Kabaddi
League. In this section Storm Queens have won inaugural edition of the Women’s Challenge of
Pro Kabaddi League. In the final match they defeated Fire Birds by 24-23 score.

1. Name the team which has won the 4th season of Pro Kabaddi League?
2. Which team has won the Women’s Pro Kabaddi League by defeating Fire Birds?

Javadekar inaugurates IIT Goa temporary campus
Prakash Javdekar, Union Minister of Human Resource Development inaugurated Indian

Institute of Technology (IIT) in Goa and he also laid the foundation stone for IIT Goa students'
hostel. The newly set up IIT Goa shall function from temporary campus at Goa Engineering
College, Farmagudi and will be mentored by IIT Mumbai.
The temporary campus of IIT Goa at GEC is fully equipped with class rooms, laboratories and
modern hostel buildings. This campus is expected to serve the needs of IIT Goa for the first
couple of years. The campus for the Indian Institute of Technology Goa (IIT Goa) will be
developed at Loliem, a quiet town in Canacona taluka in the southernmost tip of Goa. It is
bounded by Galgibag River in the North, village of Poinguinim along the East, Uttar Kannada
district of Karnataka state in the South and Arabian Sea to the West
So let's do:
1. Prakash Javdekar, Union Minister of Human Resource Development inaugurated Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT) in which city,recently?
Source - The Hindu

Gold bond scheme sees record Rs. 919cr in 4th tranche
The government's collections under the Sovereign Gold Bond scheme realised through the
fourth tranche reached around Rs. 919 crore, the highest achieved yet. With issue price fixed
at Rs. 3,119 per gram, the amount was mobilised through over 1.95 lakh applications representing
around 2.95 tonnes of gold. The SGB scheme was launched as an alternative to keeping
physical gold.
In Union Budget for 2015-16, Sovereign Gold Bond scheme was proposed as an alternative to
physical gold and the scheme was launched in November 2015 with an aim to reduce physical
demand for gold including through imports. Three tranches of the scheme were floated in
2015-16 and the fourth tranche was launched from July 18-22, 2016 by the government in
consultation with the RBI.
So let's do:
1. Gold bond scheme sees record ________ in 4th tranche.
Source - The Hindu

SEBI's first phase of new enterprise portal goes live
Markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has initiated the first phase of
its new enterprise portal to facilitate accurate and timely circulation of information to internal
and external stakeholders. The portal, developed by IT firm Tech Mahindra, provides an e-
platform to registered and prospective intermediaries to interact in a secure, transparent,
and paperless manner with SEBI.
The new portal, which would replace the regulator's existing portal in a phased manner, went live
on July 29 and is being developed by IT major Tech Mahindra. The first phase of the project
provides the employees of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) and some of its
market intermediaries with an interactive portal.
So let's do:
1. SEBI's first phase of new enterprise portal goes live is developed by which IT firm?
Source - The Hindu
Lewis Hamilton wins 2016 German Grand Prix title of Formula One
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has won the 2016 German Grand Prix title of Formula One . It
was his fourth consecutive win in the 2016 season and overall fifth title of the 2016 season. Prior
to this he has also won the German Grand Prix of F1 in the year 2008 and in 2011. This is his third
win of the German Grand Prix of Formula One. Earlier in 2016 season, he had won Monaco (May
2016), Canadian (June 2016), Austrian (July 2016), British (July 2016) and Hungarian (July
2016) Grand Prixes.
Lewis Hamilton is a British Formula One racing driver from England, currently racing for the
Mercedes AMG Petronas team. While German Grand Prix was the twelfth race of the 2016 season
and was held in Germany. The German Grand Prix is an annual automobile race that has been held
most years since 1926, with 75 races having been held.

1. Who has won the 2016 German Grand Prix title of Formula One?
2. Lewis Hamilton, a formula one racing driver is from which country?
Courtesy: BBC News
IRCTC to launch travel insurance facility at Re 1

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is set to launch the facility of
travel insurance for passengers who book tickets on its website. The service, scheduled to come
into effect from September, can be availed at a premium of Re 1.
According to IRCTC, the scheme offers passengers or their families compensation of up to Rs 10

lakh in the event of death or permanent total disability, Rs 7.5 lakh for permanent partial
disability, up to Rs 2 lakh for hospitalisation expenses. The scheme also include compensation
of Rs 10,000 for transportation of mortal remains in the event of death or injury from a train
accident or other untoward incident, including terrorist attacks, dacoity, rioting, shoot-out or
arson, as well as for short termination, diverted route and Vikalp trains.
So let's do:
1. IRCTC to launch travel insurance facility at _____.
Source - The Hindu

Syed Nayeemuddin conferred Mohun Bagan Ratna
The Mohun Bagan FC has conferred club’s highest decoration Mohun Bagan Ratna (jewel) on
legendary Indian Footballer Syed Nayeemuddin. With this, he became the 16th recipient of the
prestigious award, which is bestowed upon a person for making a seminal contribution to the
success of the club. He is also the only sportsperson awarded with the prestigious Arjuna and
Dronacharya Awards for football.
Syed Nayeemuddin is former football player and Indian football team coach. He had captained the
Indian national football team which had won the bronze medal at the 1970 Asian Games. He was
appointed as the coach of India football team in 1997. Under his guidance, India had won South
Asian Football Federation Cup. The award Mohun Bagan Ratna has presented annually on 29
July on Mohun Bagan Day to the winners. In 2015, Karuna Sankar Bhattacharya was
posthumously honoured with this award.
1. Name the person who has been conferred with the Mohun Bagan Ratna award?
2. The Mohun Bagan Ratna award is related to which field?
Courtesy: DNA
Novak Djokovic wins fourth Rogers Cup championship

Posted: 31 Jul 2016 11:45 PM PDT
World number one Novak Djokovic defeated Japan's Kei Nishikori in the final of the Rogers
Cup in Toronto. Djokovic secured a 6-3 7-5 victory against Nishikori. Djokovic, a 12-time grand
slam champion, will now turn his focus to the Rio Olympics.
In his first tournament since an upset third-round loss to Sam Querrey on the grass of
Wimbledon four weeks ago, Djokovic returned to his winning ways and became the first four-time
winner of the Rogers Cup. The 29-year-old Serb seized the opening set in just over 30 minutes,
and then had to dig deep during a spirited back and forth in the final stages of the hardcourt
match.
So let's do:
1. Name the person, who has won the fourth Rogers Cup championship?
Source - The Hindu

Justice DB Bhosale sworn-in as Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court
Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale has sworn-in as the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High
Court. His oath of the office was administered by Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik. The post
had been vacant since May this year when Justice Bhosale's predecessor, Justice D Y
Chandrachud, was elevated to the Supreme Court.
Mr. Bhosale was born on October 24, 1956 in Mumbai, and belongs to a family of freedom fighters
and his father Babasaheb Bhosale had served as Chief Minister of Maharashtra. After obtaining his
law degree from Government Law College, Mumbai, Justice Bhosale began legal practice in
1980. During his illustrious career as a lawyer, he served as Chairman of the Bar Council of
Maharashtra and Vice-Chairman of Bar Council of India. He was elevated as a judge of the Bombay
High Court in 2001. Prior to his appointment as Chief Justice of Allahabad HC, he was serving
as acting chief justice of High Court of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
1. Name the person who has been sworn in as the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court?
2. Mr. Bhosale has succeed whom as the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court?
Suresh Prabhu flags off Agartala-Delhi train 'Tripura Sundari Express'

Union Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off between Agartala-Delhi train 'Tripura
Sundari Express' in the presence Bangladesh Railways Minister Md. Mazibul Hoque.
Mr. Prabhu and Mr. Hoque also laid foundation stone of India–Bangladesh Board Gauge Rail link
between Agartala and Akhaura in Bangladesh, in the historic event overseen by Tripura Governor
Tathagata Roy, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, MoS for Railways Rajen Gohain, host of Tripura
State ministers and top rail officials of both countries. The weekly Tripura Sundari Express to
Anand Vihar station of New Delhi would run from Agartala on Thursdays and would make return
journey on Mondays. It would make 18 stoppages in 48 hours-long journey.
So let's do:
1. Union Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off between _________ train 'Tripura
Sundari Express'.
Source - The Hindu
India to host Kabaddi World Cup in October

International Kabaddi Federation has announced the selection of India for hosting "The 2016
Kabaddi World Cup". The World Cup is featuring 12 countries namely USA, Canada, UK, Australia,
Iran, Poland, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Korea, Japan, Kenya, and India. The event is scheduled to be
held in October 2016 but the dates for the event will be announced later.
Kabaddi originated from India and is the one of the most popular games of Asia. It became a part
of Asian Games in the year 1990 while women Kabaddi was included in Asian Games during
16th Asian Games at Guangzhou in 2010. The Star Sports will be the official broadcaster of the
2016 Kabaddi World Cup. All matches will be telecast exclusively on the Star Sports network and
Hotstar.

1. Name the country which is going to host the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup?
2. Total how many countries are going to participate in 2016 Kabaddi World Cup?

Yuriko Koike Elected Governor of Tokyo, First Woman in Post
Former environment minister Yuriko Koike of the Liberal Democratic Party was elected Tokyo
governor, winning a landslide victory to become the first capital’s female leader.
Despite defiantly running without the LDP’s consent, Koike, 64, defeated her two top rivals and
will now oversee a city of more than 13 million residents.Koike is a former TV anchorwoman,
defence minister and environment minister. Koike claimed victory and addressed supporters
shortly after the media declared her the winner.
So let's do:
1. Name the person, who was elected Tokyo governor?
Source - Japantimes
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Madras Crocodile Bank Trust open
i. The Madras Crocodile Bank Trust and Centre for Herpetology

opened its doors for the public.
ii. Started in 1976, the crocodile bank has grown from a place that had only a trickle of visitors,
to one of the main attractions of tourists who come to Chennai.
iii. As the croc bank celebrates their eventful journey of 40 years, we join them on a trip down
memory lane, and also get a low-down on their current activities.
IMD to soon decide on forecasting model

i. The Union Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) in the last week of
July 2016 announced that India Meteorological Department (IMD) will use supercomputer to
forecast India’s annual summer monsoon.
ii. The forecast made by a supercomputer will be based on a dynamical monsoon model. It will be
operational from 2017.
iii. IMD has been using the ensemble statistical model to predict monsoon since 2007.
India, U.S. Discover Major Natural Gas Reserve in Indian Ocean
i. A joint expedition by India and the U.S. discovered a major

deposit of natural gas in the Indian Ocean, offering the potential to significantly expand energy
production in a region that’s currently a big importer.
ii. India’s Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and the U.S. Geological Survey struck a large,
highly enriched deposit of natural gas hydrate -- an icy form of the fuel -- in the Bay of Bengal off
the country’s east coast, potentially the first producible reserve of its kind in the waters
India's first water metro project launched

i. In a first, the Kerala government launched a water metro project.
ii. The chief minister of the state, Pinarayi Vijayan launched the project at Kochi.
iii. The Water Metro project, India's first of its kind, has been initiated with the aim of providing
water connectivity to people living between islands in the Kochi agglomeration area and the city.
iv. The metro network through inland waterways will provide last-mile connectivity to islanders
and leisure travel to visitors. The Water Metro will provide Kochi with 78 modern boats.
Oil-degrading bacteria to undergo field trials

i. The Malabar Botanical Garden and Institute of Plant Sciences,
Kozhikode, and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has joined hands to launch field
trials of oil-degrading bacteria in Kochi.
ii. The scientists will undertake the trail to establish the oil-degrading properties of three new
strains of bacteria.
iii. The oil-degrading properties of these bacteria will pave the way for the development of
bioremediation agents to clean up petroleum pollutants from the environment.
Committee constituted for Desiltation of Ganga
i. The water resources, river development and Ganga

rejuvenation ministry has constituted a committee to prepare guidelines for desiltation of river
Ganga from Bhimgauda (Uttarakhand) to Farakka (West Bengal).
ii. Madhav Chitale member,National Ganga River Basin Authority has been appointed as chairman
of the committee.
iii. It will provide guidelines for desiltation of river Ganga from Bhimgauda (Uttarakhand) to
Farakka (West Bengal). It will establish difference between desilting and sand mining in the river.
Cabinet raises FDI limit threefold to 15% in stock exchanges
i. The Union Cabinet has approved raising of the foreign

shareholding limit to 15 per cent from the existing five per cent in Indian stock exchanges.
ii. A depository, a banking or insurance entity or a commodity derivative exchange will be among
those allowed to raise stake.
iii. The Cabinet has also approved the proposal to allow foreign portfolio investors to acquire
shares through initial allotment, besides the secondary market, in stock exchanges.
iv. The approval follows the Budget announcement by the finance minister earlier this year,
concerning reforms in foreign direct investment policy with respect to enhancement of the limit
in bourses.
8 PENGUINS CHECK INTO BYCULLA ZOO
i. Eight young Humboldt penguins — checked into Byculla zoo

after a seven-hour flight from the South Korean capital of Seoul.
ii. The penguins, aged between 1 year and 3 years, travelled in four wooden boxes with
temperature control and were driven to the zoo in a refrigerated van (pictured right).
iii. They didn't show any signs of jet lag and dived into a pool the moment the boxes were opened
inside an 800-sq ft quarantine room at the zoo, formally known as Veermata Jijabai Bhosale
Udyan.
‘Feed the future’ programme launched
i. The Union Agriculture Ministry and the U.S. Agency for

International Development (USAID) launched the second phase of the “Feed the Future” India
triangular training programme.
ii. U.S. Ambassador Richard R. Verma and Agriculture Secretary S.K. Pattanayak launched the
programme together at the national agriculture science complex. The programme builds upon five
decades of joint work utilising science and technology to bring innovative solutions to the
challenges facing farmers.
India - Japan Social Security Agreement to come into Force from 01st October 2016
i. The Agreement on Social Security between India and Japan

shall come into force with effect from 1st October 2016. With this addition number of Social
Security Agreement (SSA) that would become operational would be sixteen.
ii. The Ministry of External Affairs, along with Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) -
the competent authority for negotiating and concluding SSAs have completed the formalities for
the Agreement to enter into force.
iii. The Social Security Agreement between India and Japan was signed in Tokyo on November 16,
2012.
Russian swimmers challenge Rio Olympics ban
i. Seven Russian swimmers have been barred from the Rio de

Janeiro Olympics, including three linked to recent allegations of a major doping cover-up by
Russian authorities.
ii. The swimmers have been banned because they previously served doping bans.
iii. Reigning world 100-meter breaststroke champion Yulia Efimova is among 4 Russian swimmers
who FINA says were withdrawn.
China shuts down online news operations
i. China has shut down several portals including Sina, Sohu,

Netease and iFeng.
ii. The move comes after Beijing's internet control department 'harshly criticised' their 'huge
amount of activities violating the law and regulations'.
iii. Officials said some sites are also facing fines.
NASA images show new worlds discovered beyond Neptune

i. Scientists have discovered two small 'worlds' far outside the
orbit of Neptune.
ii. The new objects are located beyond the Kuiper Belt, which is a region of small icy objects just
beyond Neptune, of which Pluto is a member.
iii. They have the third and fourth most-distant perihelia.
Sharmila Tagore, Shekhar Kapur get Icon Award in London
i. Indian actress Sharmila Tagore and director Shekhar Kapur

were honoured with the Icon Awards at Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival.
ii. The festival showed films in venues across London and Birmingham in 15 different languages..
Madeira airport to be named after Cristiano Ronaldo
i. Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo will soon have an airport

named after him in his native island of Madeira.
ii. The announcement was made by Miguel Albuquerque, President of the Regional Govt of
Madeira.
iii. Ronaldo already has a bronze statue, a museum and a hotel bearing his name in Funchal.
India receives $5.34 billion FDI in April-May
i. India received $ 5.34 billion foreign direct investment in the

first two months of current financial year.
ii. During April-May India attracted $ 4.76 billion FDI under automatic route.
iii. USD 582 million came through approval route.
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 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child book launched
 Skydiver Luke Aikins Sets Record For Highest Jump Without Parachute
 Centre to organise ‘Make in India’ conference in Bhubaneswar
 Rani Nair set to be new CBDT Chairperson
 Odisha CM directs DCs to extend Madhu Babu Pension Scheme
 Kerala Tourism bags six National Tourism awards
 AAAI confers Lifetime Achievement Award on adman Srinivasan Swamy
 SpaceX wins another contract from Nasa
 Oracle to Buy NetSuite for $9.3 Billion
 PM Modi flags off 'Run for Rio'
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Daily News Highlights : 31th July, 2016
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1. PM Modi flags off 'Run for Rio'
2. Oracle to Buy NetSuite for $9.3 Billion
3. SpaceX wins another contract from Nasa
4. AAAI confers Lifetime Achievement Award on adman Srinivasan Swamy
5. Kerala Tourism bags six National Tourism awards
6. Odisha CM directs DCs to extend Madhu Babu Pension Scheme
7. Rani Nair set to be new CBDT Chairperson
8. Centre to organise ‘Make in India’ conference in Bhubaneswar
9. Skydiver Luke Aikins Sets Record For Highest Jump Without Parachute
10. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child book launched

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child book launched
The book based on the script of the play 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' launched today
globally. This is JK Rowling’s eighth Harry Potter story written along with Jack Thorne and John
Tiffany. Thorne scripted the two-part play based on the original story, which begins 19 years after
'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows', which was published in 2007.
Harry Potter is a series of fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels
chronicle the life of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley,
all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story arc concerns
Harry's struggle against Lord Voldemort, a dark wizard who intends to become immortal, overthrow
the wizard governing body known as the Ministry of Magic, and subjugate all wizards and non-
magical people (Muggles).
So let's do:
1. The book based on the script of the play __________ launched globally.
Source - The Hindu

Skydiver Luke Aikins Sets Record For Highest Jump Without Parachute
Skydiver Luke Aikins, became the first to jump from a height of 25,000 feetwithout a parachute,
landing in a net in southern California. He has completed the jump in Simi Valley, west of Los Angeles.
He had made his first tandem jump when he was 12.
the 42-year-old daredevil leaped 25,000 feet to Earth setting the world record for the highest jump.
To accomplish this feat, Aikins had to direct his body in free fall using only the air currents around
him to land safely on the high-tech 10,000-square-foot net (about a third the size of a football
field) laid out to catch him.
So let's do:
1. Name the Skydiver, who has Sets Record For Highest Jump Without Parachute?
Source - The Hindu
Centre to organise ‘Make in India’ conference in Bhubaneswar

Centre has decided to organise a Make in India conference in Bhubaneswar in December this
year. The conference would be organised by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
(DIPP) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to attract investment in the state as well as the
country. The Odisha government has requested the ministry to hold the conference in the first
week of December.
Make in India is an initiative launched by the Government of India to encourage multi-national, as well
as national companies to manufacture their products in India. It was launched by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on 25 September 2014. India hoped to emerge, after initiation of the programme in
2015 as the top destination globally for foreign direct investment, surpassing the United States of
America as well as the People's Republic of China. In 2015, India received US$63 billion in FDI.
So let's do:
1. Centre has decided to organise a Make in India conference in _________ in December this year.
Source - The Hindu
Rani Nair set to be new CBDT Chairperson

Senior IRS officer Rani Singh Nair is set to be appointed as the new Central Board of Direct Taxes
(CBDT) Chairperson with incumbent Atulesh Jindal retiring. Nair, a 1979-batch Indian Revenue
Service officer of the Income Tax cadre, is presently working as Member (Legislation and
Computerisation) in the Central Board of Direct Taxes, the policy-making body of the I-T
department.
Nair has been instrumental in framing the procedures and protocols that led to the roll out of the IDS
on June 1 this year that aims to fish out black funds from the domestic arena. CBDT has six members
apart from the Chairperson and is responsible for framing policy and administrative issues
related to direct taxes and the Income Tax department.
So let's do:
1. __________ set to be new CBDT Chairperson.
Source - The Hindu

Odisha CM directs DCs to extend Madhu Babu Pension Scheme
Odisha Chief minister Naveen Patnaik has directed all the district collectorsto extend Madhu Babu
Pension Scheme to three lakh more beneficiaries fromAugust 15. While 47 lakh people have already
been covered under the Madhu Babu Pension Scheme, the number of beneficiaries will increase to 50
lakh from August 15.
The social security scheme ensures that the eligible elderly people get pension varying from Rs. 300
to Rs. 500 per month. The government of Odisha has named its state pension scheme with a peculiar
name and would be now known as Madhu Babu Pension Yojana. The scheme would provide pension to
additional three lakh people in the state of Odisha. This would be effective the year 2008.The
pension under the scheme would be provided to handicapped, widows and old age people.
So let's do:
1. Name the state, which has directed all the district collectors to extend Madhu Babu Pension
Scheme to three lakh more beneficiaries from August 15?
Source - The Times of India

Kerala Tourism bags six National Tourism awards
Kerala Tourism has bagged six National Tourism awards for 2014-15 in the marketing category for
states. It received two more awards, including the one for its Responsible Tourism (RT) initiative in
Wayanad. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan presented the awards to Principal Secretary Venu
V and Director U V Jose in the presence of Union Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma at a function
at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi.
Kerala Tourism received three out of the six awards for states in the Tourism Promotion and Publishing
category, including the one for ‘Most Innovative use of Information Technology’ – social
media/mobile app. The Wayanad initiative, which has transformed the hilly district’s economy
through intensive participation of the local people, was selected for the award in the ‘Responsible
Tourism’ category.
So let's do:
1. Name the state tourism, which has bagged Tourism awards for 2014-15?
Source - The Hindu

AAAI confers Lifetime Achievement Award on adman Srinivasan Swamy
The Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) announced the recipient of this year’s AAAI
Lifetime Achievement Award as Srinivasan K Swamy popularly known as Sundar Swamy. This Award is
the highest honour to be given to an individual in India for his/her outstanding contribution to the
Advertising Industry. This award was instituted in 1988 by AAAI and so far 23 persons have been
bestowed with it earlier.
Swamy is the chairman of R K Swamy Hansa , a prominent and well-diversified marketing
communications group. Since inception in 1973 as an advertising agency, the Group interests currently
include creative & media, interactive & digital, healthcare communications, social & rural sector,
communication, human resources communication, marketing analytics, market research, events &
activation, retail identity, public relations, continuing medical education, global language work etc.
So let's do:
1. Name the person, who has the recipient of this year’s AAAI Lifetime Achievement Award 2014-
15?
Source - The Hindu
SpaceX wins another contract from Nasa

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has ordered a second mission from
SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies Corporation) to take astronauts to the International Space
Station (ISS). The Hawthorne space company received its first order from NASA in November. Both
SpaceX and Boeing Co. now each have two orders from the space agency to ferry as many as four crew
members and about 220 pounds of cargo at a time to the space station.
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft will launch on one of the firm’s Falcon 9 rockets from Launch
Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. SpaceX has said its first manned test flight to the space
station will be in 2017. Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, better known as SpaceX, is an
American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne,
California, United States.
So let's do:
1. Name the space agency, who has ordered a second mission from SpaceX to take astronauts to
the ISS?
Source - The Hindu

Oracle to Buy NetSuite for $9.3 Billion
Business software maker Oracle has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to
acquire NetSuite, the very first cloud company. The transaction is valued at $9.3 billion . The deal
would help Oracle gain market share in the fast-growing cloud computing business.
Oracle Database (commonly referred to as Oracle RDBMS or simply as Oracle) is an object-relational

database management system produced and marketed by Oracle Corporation. Larry Ellison and his two
friends and former co-workers, Bob Miner and Ed Oates, started a consultancy called Software
Development Laboratories (SDL) in 1977. SDL developed the original version of the Oracle
software. The name Oracle comes from the code-name of a CIA-funded project Ellison had worked
on while previously employed by Ampex.wa
So let's do:
1. Business software maker Oracle has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement
to acquire which firm?
Source - The Hindu

PM Modi flags off 'Run for Rio'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the Run for Rio event in New Delhi today to celebrate the
Olympic mood in the country. Around 20,000 schoolchildren participated in the event, which
commenced from Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in Delhi.

Similar runs, albeit on smaller scale, will be held at the regional centres of Sports Authority of India
(SAI) in Sonipat, Kolkata, Bhopal, Gandhinagar and Thiruvananthapuram.
So let's do:
1. Name the person, who has flagged off the Run for Rio event in New Delhi ?
Source - The Hindu

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 Daily Current Tablet: 29th July, 2016
 Centre sanctions nearly Rs. 620 crore to UP as drought assistance
 Bilaspur to get its first hydro engineering college
 LIC signs up Axis Bank as bancassurance partner
 Aruna Sundarajan made new Secretary of ministry of IT
 Insurance scheme for cattle launched in Haryana
 A10 Networks acquires cloud firm Appcito
 CM Chandrababu Naidu launches 'Mission Harita Andhra Pradesh'
 Cochin Chamber launching Aadhaar-based e-certificate of origin
 Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari sworn in as the Chief Justice of Patna High Court
 James Alan McPherson Passed Away
 L&T Infotech and GE Digital join hands to develop digital industrial solutions
 Rajjat Barjatya, MD & CEO of Rajshri Productions, passed away
 BCCI chief Anurag Thakur joins Territorial Army as Lieutenant

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1. Bilaspur to get its first hydro engineering college
2. LIC signs up Axis Bank as bancassurance partner
3. Aruna Sundarajan made new Secretary of ministry of IT
4. Insurance scheme for cattle launched in Haryana
5. A10 Networks acquires cloud firm Appcito

6. CM Chandrababu Naidu launches 'Mission Harita Andhra Pradesh'
7. Cochin Chamber launching Aadhaar-based e-certificate of origin
8. Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari sworn in as the Chief Justice of Patna High Court
9. James Alan McPherson Passed Away
10. L&T Infotech and GE Digital join hands to develop digital industrial solutions
11. Rajjat Barjatya, MD & CEO of Rajshri Productions, passed away
12. Bilaspur to get its first hydro engineering college
13. Centre sanctions nearly Rs. 620 crore to UP as drought assistance
Daily Current Tablet: 29th July, 2016

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Daily News Highlights post. With the help of this post, you will able to revise day wise
1. The International Tiger Day is observed on which date every year?
2. The International Tiger Day was founded in which summit?
3. Name the bill, which has approved by Union Cabinet, recently?
4. Name the country with which India has agreed on anti-terror cooperation?
5. Who is the National security advisor of India?
6. Name the company which has installed more than 600 recycling ATMs for State Bank
of India?
7. The payment company OKI has its headquarter in which country?
8. Name the footballer, who has retired from the German national team?
9. Name the country with which China is going to hold a joint naval exercises in
September?
10. Name the place where China and Russia will hold a routine joint naval exercise in
September?
11. Name the country, where is the Zika-transmitting mosquito identified?
12. Name the state, which has launched a app based on the theme of "Experience
Bengal"?
13. Name the person, who has appointed as Deputy Lokayukta of UP?
14. India has approved a $318 million loan for which country, recently?
15. Name the person, who has appointed as Brand Ambassador of Intex Technologies?
Centre sanctions nearly Rs. 620 crore to UP as drought assistance
Centre has sanctioned nearly Rs. 620 crore to Uttar Pradesh as assistance for the recent
drought situation in the state. It also approved almost 80 crores for Rajasthan which was
affected by hailstorm and 15 crores to Manipur affected by earthquake.
A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting in New Delhi chaired by Union Home
Minister Rajnath Singh. The meeting was attended by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and
Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh among others. The funds were cleared after
examining the report of a central team which visited these states.
So let's do:
1. Centre has sanctioned nearly ______ to Uttar Pradesh as assistance for the recent
drought situation in the state.
Source - The Hindu

Bilaspur to get its first hydro engineering college
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed today in New Delhi between Himachal

Pradesh government, NTPC and NHPC for setting up Hydro Engineering College in the
State. This is first of its kind joint venture in the Country. The MoU was signed in the
presence of Union Health Minister Sh. J.P. Nadda, Union Minister of State (Power) Sh.
Piyush Goyal and HP Transport and Technical Education Minister Sh. G.S. Bali.
This ambitious project with the financial support of NHPC and NTPC would be set up at
Bandla in Bilaspur District at the cost of Rs. 125 crores for which both the Corporations
have committed to contribute Rs. 37.50 crores each in the first phase and Rs. 25 crores
each in the second phase.
So let's do:
1. Name the state, which has signed a MoU with NTPC and NHPC for setting up Hydro
Engineering College in the State?
Source - Times of india
LIC signs up Axis Bank as bancassurance partner

India's largest insurer Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has signed an agreement
with private sector lender Axis Bank as its bancassurance partnerwherein the bank will
distribute LIC's products to its customers. In the preliminary phase, the bank will distribute
LIC’s life insurance products across its branches in West Bengal, Bangalore and Haryana –
Panchkula.
Axis Bank Limited is the third largest private sector bank in India. Axis Bank's stake holders
include prominent national and international entities. As of 31 Dec. 2013, approximately
43% of the shares are owned by Foreign Institutional Investors.
So let's do:
1. Name the bank, which has signed an agreement with LIC as bancassurance partner?
Source - The Hindu
Aruna Sundarajan made new Secretary of ministry of IT

The newly formed ministry of electronics and IT (MEIT) has got a new Secretary. In a
swap, Kerala cadre IAS officer Aruna Sundarajan has been appointed Secretary of the
ministry while the current Secretary Aruna Sharma has been moved to the ministry of
Steel. Sharma's deployment comes barely six months after she was given charge of the
ministry.
The department which has been recently broken away from the ministry of communications
and IT and has been designated as an independent ministry handles some marque
projects of the Narendra Modi government including Digital India and Aadhaar and plays a
key role in others such as Make in India with its push on electronics manufacturing.
So let's do:
1. Aruna Sundarajan made new Secretary of ministry of ________.
Source - The Hindu

Insurance scheme for cattle launched in Haryana
The Haryana Government has launched ‘Pashudhan Bima Yojana’ in the State. The State
Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister, OP Dhankar launched the scheme at a function in
Jhajjar. He also presented documents of the Pashudhan Bima Yojana to cattle breeders and
urged them to take maximum benefit of this scheme.
Under the ‘Pashudhan Bima Yojana’, insurance cover would be provided for cows,
buffaloes, bulls, camel at a premium of Rs 100 and for sheep, goat, pig at Rs 25 for a
period of three years. The insurance companies would give compensation in case of death
of an animal. The scheme is free of cost for cattle breeders belonging to Scheduled Castes
therefore no premium would be charged from them.
So let's do:
1. Name the state, which has launched ‘Pashudhan Bima Yojana’?
Source - The Hindu

A10 Networks acquires cloud firm Appcito
US-based A10 Networks, an application networking and security company has announced
the acquisition of Appcito -- a provider of Software-As-A-Service (SaaS)-based, multi-
cloud Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) solutions.The acquisition positions A10
Networks as a comprehensive secure application services leader and will help customers
become more secure as they bridge traditional and cloud application environments.
A10 Networks is a U.S. public company specializing in the manufacturing of application

delivery controllers (software and hardware). Founded in 2004 by Lee Chen, co-founder of
Foundry Networks, A10 originally serviced just the identity management market with its
line of ID Series products. In early 2007 they added bandwidth management appliances
(EX Series). The company had its initial public offering on March 21, 2014, raising $187.5
million.
So let's do:
1. US-based A10 Networks has announced the acquisition of which company?
Source - The Hindu
CM Chandrababu Naidu launches 'Mission Harita Andhra Pradesh'

Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has launched 'Mission Harita Andhra Pradesh', with
the theme 'green cover for a happy living', by planting saplings at Sunkollu village under
Nuzividu mandal in Krishna district.
Interestingly, Harita Andhra Pradesh was a pet project of late chief minister Y S
Rajasekhara Reddy but Chandrababu has now made it a 'mission' with a new slogan Vanam-
Manam (forest and we). The objective of the mission is to increase the green cover in
the state to 50 per cent by the year 2029. Andhra currently has 23 per cent green cover
(forest area) and another 3 per cent non-forest, besides 13 lakh hectares of degraded
forest.
So let's do:
1. Name the state, which has a projecct to increase the green cover in the state to 50
per cent by the year 2029?
Source - The Hindu

Cochin Chamber launching Aadhaar-based e-certificate of origin
The Cochin Chamber of Commerce & Industry (CCCI) is launching an Aadhaar based e-
Certificate of Origin service. A certificate of origin, a critical document in the course of
export, is issued to exporters by the Chamber of Commerce to avail duty benefits
under Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) or prove from where the goods originated.
Chambers of Commerce in countries like Australia, Belgium, UK & U.S already provide
online certificates of origin to speed up the application, issuance process and provide a
more secure documentation environment. It also saves time, costs and increases
transparency. This user-friendly online solution enables the Cochin Chamber of Commerce&
Industry to manage digital requests and digitally sign off electronic certificates of origin
on behalf of exporters and freight forwarders.
So let's do:
1. Name the state, which is launching an
Aadhaar based e-Certificate of Origin service?
Source - The Hindu

Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari sworn in as the Chief Justice of Patna
High Court
Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Patna High Court by
Bihar Governor Ramnath Kovind at a function herein Raj Bhawan. Justice Ansari, the 39th
Chief Justice of the Patna HC, would retire on October 29, 2016.
Born on October 29, 1954, Justice Ansari did his B.Sc. from Darrang College, Tezpur and
completed graduation in law from Tezpur Law College. After joining Assam Judicial
Service in 1991, he had been District & Sessions Judge, at Karimganj, Dibrugarh and
Nagaon. He also worked as Registrar General of Gauhati High Court.
So let's do:
1. Name the person, who was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Patna High Court?
Source - Indianexpress
James Alan McPherson Passed Away

Pulitzer Prize-winning author James Alan McPherson has passed away at 72. His
anthology Elbow Room won the Pulitzer for fiction in 1978. He was one of the first
individuals to receive a genius grant from the MacArthur Foundation.

Born on 16 September 1943, James Alan McPherson was an American short story writer and
essayist. He graduated from Harvard Law school, but instead decided to pursue writing and
later earned an MFA from the Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa, where he
was a professor emeritus.
So let's do:
1. Name the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, who was passed away,recently?
Source - The Hindu

L&T Infotech and GE Digital join hands to develop digital industrial
solutions
Larsen & Toubro Infotech, a global information technology services & solutions
company, announced a strategic partnership with GE Digital combining LTI's diverse
industrial capabilities with GE's Predix cloud-based operating system for the Industrial
Internet.
LTI and GE Digital will collaborate to develop innovative digital-industrial solutions

powered by Predix analytics and real-time insights to enhance competitiveness and
transform the way companies manage their assets and workforce.
So let's do:
1. L&T Infotech has announced a strategic partnership with which firm?
Source - The Hindu

Rajjat Barjatya, MD & CEO of Rajshri Productions, passed away
MD and CEO of Rajshri Media, Rajjat Barjatya has passed away in Mumbai after losing a
battle to cancer. He was the cousin of film maker of Sooraj Barjatya.Barjatya had been
fighting with cancer since the last three months and as per sources.
Rajjat Barjatya hailed from a filmy background and the roots of her family were embedded
in the entertainment industry since 1947. Rajjat himself created a path breaking
progress in the digital medium for Rajshri. In fact, the digital promotions of Prem Ratan
Dhan Payo was his brainchild.
So let's do:
1. Name the MD & CEO of Rajshri Productions, who has passed away, recently?
Source - The Hindu
BCCI chief Anurag Thakur joins Territorial Army as Lieutenant

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Himachal Pradesh and Board of Control for Cricket
in India (BCCI) president Anurag Thakur was commissioned into theTerritorial Army as a
Lieutenant by the Chief of Army Staff General Dalbir S Suhag.
Lt. Thakur became the first serving BJP Member of the Parliament to join the military
force. The Territorial Army is the second line of defence after the Indian Army. It is
composed of volunteers who receive military training for about a month in a year so
that in case of an emergency they can be mobilised for the defence of the country.
So let's do:
1. Name the person, who was commissioned into the Territorial Army as a
Lieutenant by the Chief of Army Staff General Dalbir S Suhag

 Intex Ropes in Madhuri Dixit as Its Brand Ambassador
 India approves $318 million loan for Sri Lanka Railways
 Shambhu Singh Yadav appointed as Deputy Lokayukta of UP
 WB tourism department launches app
 Brazilian scientists discover another type of Zika-transmitting mosquito
 Railway Board Chairman, AK Mital, gets 2-year extension
 China, Russia to hold joint naval exercises in SCS
 Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger retires from international football
 OKI installs more than 600 recycling ATMs for State Bank of India
 First woman head of aviation regulator moves out
 India and Bangladesh agree on anti-terror cooperation
 Parliament passes bill for afforestation fund
 Four new writers get Jananpith 'Navlekhan' award
 Union Cabinet approves key changes to GST Bill
 International Tiger Day being observed today
 Subhash Ghai,Kamal Haasan to inaugurate cine expo in Chennai
 Government forms 'Disha' for timely implementation of Central Schemes
 CK Mishra Appointed New Health Secretary
 T Nanda Kumar resigns as NDDB chairman

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Daily News Highlights post. With the help of this post, you will able to revise day wise current
affairs in an easy manner.
1. Shambhu Singh Yadav appointed as Deputy Lokayukta of UP
2. WB tourism department launches app
3. Brazilian scientists discover another type of Zika-transmitting mosquito
4. Railway Board Chairman, AK Mital, gets 2-year extension
5. China, Russia to hold joint naval exercises in SCS
6. Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger retires from international football
9. OKI installs more than 600 recycling ATMs for State Bank of India
10. India and Bangladesh agree on anti-terror cooperation
11. Parliament passes bill for afforestation fund
12. Four new writers get Jananpith 'Navlekhan' award
13. Union Cabinet approves key changes to GST Bill
14. International Tiger Day being observed today
15. Subhash Ghai,Kamal Haasan to inaugurate cine expo in Chennai
16. Government forms 'Disha' for timely implementation of Central Schemes
17. CK Mishra Appointed New Health Secretary
18. T Nanda Kumar resigns as NDDB chairman
19. India approves $318 million loan for Sri Lanka Railways
Intex Ropes in Madhuri Dixit as Its Brand Ambassador

Intex Technologies has announced cinestar Madhuri Dixit as Brand Ambassador for its new
range of consumer durable products. Dixit will endorse the new range of Washing Machines
and Refrigerators, which are the latest additions to the already diverse portfolio of Intex's
consumer durable products.
The actor has been signed for a period of two years. During this period, Dixit will be seen in
the company's television commercials besides being the face of the company for a series of
brand promotions and activations. Intex has always been a firm believer in celebrity brand
endorsements as it creates a strong brand recall besides highlighting the products special
attributes.
So let's do:
1. Name the person, who has appointed as Brand Ambassador of Intex Technologies?
Source - The Hindu

India approves $318 million loan for Sri Lanka Railways
India has approved a $318 million loan for Sri Lanka Railways to upgrade its
communications system and rolling stock in the Tamil-dominated north.
It will also be used to buy six power sets with air-conditioned carriages, 10 engines and
160 carriages, 30 wagons with oil tanks and 20 container carrying wagons. The Cabinet had
approved a proposal by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to enter into an agreement
with Exim Bank of India for the loan.
So let's do:
1. India has approved a $318 million loan for which country, recently?
Source - The Hindu

Shambhu Singh Yadav appointed as Deputy Lokayukta of UP
Shambhu Singh Yadav, a retired IAS officer and secretary to Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Akhilesh Yadav was appointed as the Deputy Lokayukta of the state.
Shambhu Singh Yadav is a 1997-batch IAS officer. He served as special secretary to
former Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav government in 2003 and also Akhilesh yadav’s
secretary since 2012. UP governor Ram Naik appointed Shambhu Singh Yadav as the new
Deputy Lokayukta (Up-Lokayukta) of the state following the retirement of Swatantra Singh
in 2015.
So let's do:
1. Name the person, who has appointed as Deputy Lokayukta of UP?
Source - The Hindu
WB tourism department launches app

West Bengal Tourism Department has launched a mobile app based on

the theme of "Experience Bengal" aiming to attract the travelers across the world. Alongside
information on places of tourist interest, the app would be loaded with other facilities like
maps and directions.
The sight would be powered by information on each and district of the state and the
various places that can be visited and activities that can be taken up.There would also be
information on the various festivals of the state. Through some related links on the app, the
users can also get access to Facebook, Twitter Page of West Bengal Tourism Development
Corporation and Bengal cuisine website. Online booking facilities would also be available
through the app available on android.
So let's do:
1. Name the state, which has launched a app based on the theme of "Experience Bengal"?
Source - The Hindu
Brazilian scientists discover another type of Zika-transmitting mosquito

Brazilian scientists have identified another type of Zika-transmitting mosquito, responsible
for over 1,700 cases of microcephaly in newborns in the South American country since
October 2015.
The public Brazilian laboratory Fundacion Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) announced that researchers
found the presence of the Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito infected by the Zika virus in
three out of 80 groups of mosquitoes analyzed up until now. The 80 groups were from the
metropolitan area of Recife, regional capital of Pernambuco in the northeast.
So let's do:
1. Name the country, where is the Zika-transmitting mosquito identified?
Source - The Hindu

Railway Board Chairman, AK Mital, gets 2-year extension
The current Chairman of the Railway Board, AK Mital, has got an extension to continue for
2 more years. Mital was supposed to superannuate on July 31, and today would have been
his last working day. Also, the Railway Board's Advisor, Finance, P.V. Vaidialingam, has been
given additional charge as Managing Director,Indian Railway Finanace Corporation Ltd.
(IRFC).
Born on 7th July 1956, Shri Mital is a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons.). An Officer of 1976
batch of Indian Railways Service of Stores (IRSS), Shri A.K. Mital has worked on various
important posts on Indian Railways. He was Director/Stores, Executive Director/Vigilance
and Executive Director/Stores in Railway Board,Ministry of Railways. He has worked as Chief
Material Manager in Northern Railway.
So let's do:
1. Name the person, who has appointed as Chairman?
Source - The Hindu

China, Russia to hold joint naval exercises in SCS
China and Russia will hold routine joint naval exercises in the South China Sea in
September this year. This is being done after when recently court in the Hague ruled stated
that China does not have historic rights to the SCS. But China rejected the ruling and refused
to participate in the case.
China claims most of the SCS, through which more than five trillion dollars of trade moves
annually. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam have rival claims. Russia has
been a strong backer of China's stance on the arbitration case, which was brought by the
Philippines. China rejected the ruling and refused to participate in the case.
For this exercise, China has built a series of artificial islands on rocks and reefs in the area
hosting facilities capable of supporting military operations, widely seen as an attempt to
bolster its control of the strategically vital waters.

1. Name the country with which China is going to hold a joint naval exercises in
September?
2. Name the place where China and Russia will hold a routine joint naval exercise in
September?

Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger retires from international
football
Bastian Schweinsteiger has retired from the German national team, marking the end of a

glittering international football career. The 31-year-old midfielder was an instrumental
player for Germany when they won the World Cup in 2014, and earned 120 caps for his
nation - scoring 24 goals.
Bastian Schweinsteiger is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder

for English club Manchester United and the German national team. A right-footed player, he
usually plays as central midfielder. Earlier in his career, he primarily played as a wide
midfielder. On 2 September 2014, Schweinsteiger was named captain of the national team
following Philipp Lahm's international retirement
So let's do:
1. Name the footballer, who has retired from the German national team?
Source - The Hindu

OKI installs more than 600 recycling ATMs for State Bank of India
Japanese payments company OKI has installed 600 automatic teller machines with cash
recycling abilities for country's largest lender State Bank of India across the country. The
payments company OKI has manufacturing of ATM business in India which works with
recyclable cash and has both cash acceptance mechanism along with cash dispensing in their
teller machines.
The Japanese company has tied up with SBI decided to procure OKI’s cash recycling ATMs in
2015 and deploy them in four of its designated regions across India. While OKI has been
serving the Indian market since 2013 and its ATMs are deployed for other government-owned
banks, private and co-operative banks as well.

1. Name the company which has installed more than 600 recycling ATMs for State Bank of
India?
2. The payment company OKI has its headquarter in which country?
First woman head of aviation regulator moves out

The first woman chief of aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) M
Sathiyavathy was named as new Union Labour Secretary. The Appointments Committee of
Cabinet has approved her appointment as Officer on Special Duty in the Ministry of Labour
and Employment with immediate effect, an order issued by Department of Personnel and
Training (DoPT).
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is the Indian governmental regulatory body
for civil aviation under the Ministry of Civil Aviation. This directorate investigates aviation
accidents and incidents. It is headquartered along Sri Aurobindo Marg, opposite Safdarjung
Airport, in New Delhi. The Government of India is planning to replace the organisation with
a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), modelled on the lines of the American Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA).
So let's do:
1. Expand the term DoPT and DGCA?
Source - The Hindu

India and Bangladesh agree on anti-terror cooperation
India and Bangladesh have agreed to enhance cooperation on anti-terror efforts with

Dhaka saying that New Delhi will be "side-by-side" with it in fighting terrorists. National
Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrish and Director Generals of
Border Security Force and Narcotics Control Bureau participated in the talks. Leaders from
both the country concurred on the need to immediately operationalise the Agreement on
Combating Terrorism and Organised Crime and Illicit Drug Trafficking between the two
countries.
During the Home Minister-level bilateral talks between India and Bangladesh in New Delhi, the
ministers also agreed on the need to sign a Repatriation Treaty to simplify and expedite the
process of repatriation of each other's nationals. Other issues which figured in the meeting
include enhancement of security along the international border, visa, infiltration, smuggling
of narcotics and cattle, etc.

1. Name the country with which India has agreed on anti-terror cooperation?
2. Who is the National security advisor of India?
Courtesy: PTI News
Parliament passes bill for afforestation fund

Rajya Sabha has passed the ‘Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill’ which seeks to unlock
more than Rs. 41,000 crore earmarked for afforestation works but is lying unspent since
the last four years. The passing of the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and
Planning Authority (CAMPA) Bill will lead to setting the process to unlock Rs. 42,000 crore to
be utilised by the States for afforestation.
The Lok Sabha had passed the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill during May this year
which envisages the establishment of a National Compensatory Afforestation Fund and also a
State Compensatory Afforestation Fund. This fund has been accumulated out of money
received for diversion of forest land towards industrial use across the states.
So let's do:
1. Expand the term CAMPA?
Source - The Hindu

Four new writers get Jananpith 'Navlekhan' award
Four new writers have got the Bharatiya Jnanpith's 11th Navlekhan award for the year
2015 in a ceremony held in New Delhi. Out of these four, three are from Rajasthan. The
awardees were chosen by a selection panel headed by senior writer and journalist
Madhusudan Anand, comprising eminent literary figures Vishnu Nagar, Govind Prasad and
Om Nischal.
Amlendu Tiwari and Balram Kawant were awarded for their novels 'Parityakt', and 'Sara
Morila,' while Om Naagar and Tasneem Khan were awarded for their non-fictions 'Nib Ke
Chire Se' and 'Yeh Mere Rahnuma' respectively. However additionally, Amlendu Tiwari and
Om Nagar would be given a cash awards of Rs. 50,000 each along with a certificate of merit
and an idol of Vagdevi. While, the Bharatiya Jananpith will publish the works of all the four
awardees.

1. Name the four persons who have got the Bharatiya Jnanpith Navlekhan award recently?
Courtesy: NDTV
Union Cabinet approves key changes to GST Bill
The Union Cabinet has approved changes to the Goods and Services Tax Constitutional
Amendment Bill, dropping the extra 1% levy on sales made between states. It provides the
guarantee to compensate states for any revenue loss in first 5 years of rollout of the proposed
indirect tax regime. The Bill could come up in Rajya Sabha next week.
The GST Bill seeks to bring in a single tax rate to replace India’s complicated current rules,
which include Central excise duty, service tax, additional customs duties, value added tax,
entertainment tax and so on. The Centre believes this will help create a unified market in the
country, avoiding double taxation and increase compliance.
So let's do:
1. Name the bill, which has approved by Union Cabinet, recently?
Source - The Hindu
International Tiger Day being observed today

Every year 29th July is celebrated as the International Tiger Day. The day is celebrated
to raise awareness for tiger conservation and to give worldwide attention to
the reservation of tigers. It was founded in 2010 at the St. Petersburg Tiger Summit, with
the aim to double the big cat population by 2022.
Till now, the world has lost 97 per cent of all wild tigers in a little over 100 years. But now
due to continuous efforts, according to the World Wildlife Fund and the Global Tiger Forum,
the number of wild tigers has gone up to 3,890 from the earlier 2010 estimate of 3200.
Although, India leads tiger population countries with an estimated population of 2,226. While
countries such as Nepal, Russia, and Bhutan registering a rise in tiger population, the status of
the animal remains endangered.

1. The International Tiger Day is observed on which date every year?
2. The International Tiger Day was founded in which summit?
Courtesy: DD News
Subhash Ghai,Kamal Haasan to inaugurate cine expo in Chennai
Noted film director-producer Subash Ghai and Actor Kamal Haasan will inaugurate the Big
Cine Expo 2016 to be held in Chennai on August 23 and 24. The expo will showcase the
latest in film industry technologies.
Cine Gear Expo 2016 is the premier annual event for professionals engaged in the technology,
entertainment and media industry. The show lasts four days in Los Angeles this June in
Hollywood, California. Cine Gear features nearly 300 exhibits, new product and service
introductions, 30+ complimentary seminars led by industry leaders, master classes, film
competition, awards ceremony, special screenings in state of the art theaters and ample
opportunity to network with peers within a studio environment.
So let's do:
1. Name the persons, who will inaugurate the Big Cine Expo 2016 to be held in Chennai on
August 23 and 24?
Source - The Hindu
Government forms 'Disha' for timely implementation of Central Schemes

The Centre has announced the formation of District Development Coordination and
Monitoring Committee (DDCMC) in place of the District Vigilance and Monitoring
Committee (DVMC) and to be named Disha for effective implementation of Central
government schemes. Instruction has been issued to hold the first meeting of DISHA on 13th
of next month. The meeting of the committee once in every Quarter has been made
mandatory.
Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation Narendra
Singh Tomar stated that Disha will monitor the implementation of 28 schemes and
programmes of Ministry of Rural Development and other Ministries to promote synergy and
convergence for greater impact. The main purpose of this Disha committee will be to
coordinate with Central and state governments and local Panchayats for successful and timely
implementation of the schemes.

1. The government has formed which committee for timely implementation of Central
Schemes?
2. Who is the Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and
Sanitation and also expand the term DDCMC and DVMC?
Courtesy: Times of India

CK Mishra Appointed New Health Secretary
CK Mishra, a 1983 batch IAS officer of the Bihar cadre, has been appointed the new Health
Secretary. Mr Mishra will replace BP Sharma, a 1981 batch IAS officer of the Bihar cadre,
who has been appointed secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).
NS Kang, a 1983 batch IAS officer of the Punjab cadre, associated with the National AIDS
Control Organisation (NACO) as additional secretary, has been made Secretary and Director
General of the organisation after upgradation of his post.
So let's do:
1. Name the person, who has appointed as Health Secretary
Source - The Times of India

T Nanda Kumar resigns as NDDB chairman
T Nanda Kumar has resigned as chairman of Gujarat-based National Dairy Development

Board (NDDB) from August 1, about 30 months ahead of the end of his tenure.
The National Dairy Development Board's creation is rooted in the conviction that our
nation's socio-economic progress lies largely on the development of rural India. The National
Dairy Development Board was created to promote, finance and support producer-owned and
controlled organisations. NDDB's programmes and activities seek to strengthen farmer
cooperatives and support national policies that are favourable to the growth of such
institutions. Fundamental to NDDB's efforts are cooperative principles and cooperative
strategies.
So let's do:
1. Name the person, who has resigned as NDDB chairman?
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 World Hepatitis Day being observed today
 India signs $1 billion deal with US for procuring four Poseidon-8I aircraft
 Mahasweta Devi, eminent writer and social activist, dies
 Rajnath Singh to visit Pakistan to attend SAARC conference
 Union Cabinet Approval on 27th July, 2016
 East Bengal to honour Milkha Singh with Bharat Gaurav award
 Gujarat govt selects Infibeam for e-com training programme
 Noted Sorghum expert NGP Rao passed away
 Lok Sabha passes Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Bill 2015
 Union Cabinet approves Bilateral Investment Treaty between India and Cambodia
 European Commission appoints chief Brexit negotiator
 Sunil Kant Munjal to Step Down as joint MD from Hero Moto Corp
 Chinese tech giant LeEco to acquire Vizio for $2 billion
 SBI Launches Debit Card-Less Instant Money Transfer Facility
 Lok Sabha passes Lokpal and Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill 2016
 Indo-US counter-terrorism joint working group to meet today
 Cabinet approves setting up of new AIIMS in Bhatinda
 IOC to launch Olympic Channel on Aug 21
 RBI imposes Rs. 27 crore penalty on 13 banks
 BCCI chief Anurag Thakur to join Territorial Army

Dear Reader,
easy manner.
India signs $1 billion deal with US for procuring four Poseidon-8I aircraft
Mahasweta Devi, eminent writer and social activist, dies
Rajnath Singh to visit Pakistan to attend SAARC conference
Union Cabinet Approval on 27th July, 2016
East Bengal to honour Milkha Singh with Bharat Gaurav award
Gujarat govt selects Infibeam for e-com training programme
Noted Sorghum expert NGP Rao passed away
Lok Sabha passes Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Bill 2015
Union Cabinet approves Bilateral Investment Treaty between India and Cambodia
European Commission appoints chief Brexit negotiator
Sunil Kant Munjal to Step Down as joint MD from Hero Moto Corp
Chinese tech giant LeEco to acquire Vizio for $2 billion
SBI Launches Debit Card-Less Instant Money Transfer Facility
Lok Sabha passes Lokpal and Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill 2016
Indo-US counter-terrorism joint working group to meet today
Cabinet approves setting up of new AIIMS in Bhatinda
IOC to launch Olympic Channel on Aug 21
BCCI chief Anurag Thakur to join Territorial Army
RBI imposes Rs. 27 crore penalty on 13 banks

Dear Reader,
easy manner.
1. Name the state, which has announced Rs 60 lakh cash special incentive for six
sportswomen of the state?
2. Name the state, which has joined the Ujwal DISCOM (distribution company) Assurance
Yojana (UDAY), recently?
3. Name the state, which has approved three projects involving investment of nearly 870
crore rupees?
4. Name the diplomat, who has passed away recently?
5. Name the Organisation, which has declared Brazil free of measles?
6. Name the persons, who have unveiled a life-size statue of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam at
Peikarumbu?
7. Name the state, which has approved Rs. 1601 Crore For Skill Development Programme?
8. Veteran politician Sharad Govindrao Pawar to step down from the Mumbai Cricket
Association (MCA) president within ________.1. Name the bank, 9which has engaged
10. Name the bank, which has engaged Indian Oil Corporation's Kisan Seva Kendras as
banking correspondents to extend banking facilities to farmers across the country?
11. Name the organisation, which becomes part of UN, recently?
12. Indian Oil Corporation's Kisan Seva Kendras as banking correspondents to extend

banking facilities to farmers across the country?
World Hepatitis Day being observed today
World Hepatitis Day is being observed today to raise global awareness of hepatitis and
encourage prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. The theme for this year's global campaign
is ‘Elimination’. 2016 is a pivotal year for viral hepatitis. The goal is to eliminate hepatitis as
a public health threat by 2030.
According to WHO Hepatitis affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide, causing acute and
chronic disease and killing close to 1.4 million people every year.The World Hepatitis Day is
one of eight official global public health campaigns marked by the WHO along with World
Health Day, World Blood Donor Day, World Immunization Week, World Tuberculosis Day,
World No Tobacco Day, World Malaria Day and World AIDS Day. Hepatitis is a group of
infectious diseases known as Hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E.

1. The World Hepatitis Day is observed on which date every year?
2. What is the theme for this year's World Hepatitis Day?
Courtesy: DD News
India signs $1 billion deal with US for procuring four Poseidon-8I aircraft
India has signed a 1 billion dollar deal with US defence and aerospace major Boeing for
procuring four long-range maritime surveillance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft,
Poseidon-8I. The acquisition will be an enhancement of the Indian Navy as the country has been
building up its naval surveillance capabilities. The contract is a follow-on order to eight P-81
planes worth 2.1 billion dollars, already bought by India in a direct deal with the firm.
The contract was inked during the visit of the US Under Secretary for Defence on Acquisition
Frank Kendall. The four new P-8I aircraft, with the first to be delivered in 50 months, will join
the first eight such aircraft inducted by the Navy from May 2013 to October 2015 under a $2.1
billion deal inked in 2009. Apart from the 12 P-8Is, the major deals inked with the US include
ones for 13 C-130J Super Hercules aircraft ($2.1 billion), 10 C-17 Globemaster-III giant strategic
airlift aircraft ($4.1 billion) as well as 22 Apache attack and 15 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters
($3.1 billion).

1. Name the country with which India has signed a 1 billion dollar deal for procuring four
Poseidon-8I aircraft?

Mahasweta Devi, eminent writer and social activist, dies
Eminent litterateur and social activist Mahasweta Devi has passed away. The Jnanpith, Padma
Vibhushan and Magsaysay awardee died at a Kolkata hospital following prolonged illness. She was
90. Devi had been suffering from old age-related illness, kidney and lung problems besides
bacteraemia, a bacterial infection in the blood.
Born in Dhaka in 1926, Devi did her graduation and MA from Calcutta University. She retired from
her job as an English lecturer in 1984. Devi was honoured with the Jnanpith Award in 1996.
So let's do:
1. Name the eminent writer and social activist, who has passed away, recently?
Source - The Hindu

Rajnath Singh to visit Pakistan to attend SAARC conference
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Pakistan next week to attend the two-day South
Asian Association for Regional Cooperation’s (SAARC) meeting of Home Ministers. The
conference will be held in Islamabad on Wednesday (3rd August) and Thursday (4th
August). Mr Singh will be accompanied by Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi and senior
officers of the Ministry. Home Minister Singh will raise the issue of cross-border terrorism at the
meeting.
The conference is likely to focus on strengthening networking among police authorities of SAARC
member-countries and enhancing information-sharing among law enforcement agencies. The
first meeting of SAARC Interior/Home Ministers was held in Dhaka on May 11, 2006, followed
by a meeting in New Delhi in 2007. The last conference of SAARC Home Ministers was held in
Kathmandu in 2014.

1. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will visit which country to attend the SAARC
conference?
2. Expand the term SAARC?
Union Cabinet Approval on 27th July, 2016

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to rescind the
earlier decision of the Government to set up the Concurrent Evaluation Office (CEO) for
managing Concurrent Evaluation Network (CENET) in Ministry of Rural Development. The
Cabinet has approved the revised cost estimate for Rs. 3727.30 crore for the National
Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRIP). This approval ensures
completion of the projects under NATRIP which is an important Initiative by the Government of
India for the establishment of the global test centres in India.
The Union Cabinet has approved the amendment in relevant clauses of the
Central Agricultural University Act (CAU), 1992 to include State of Nagaland under the
jurisdiction of CAU, Imphal. The Union Cabinet has also approved abolition of existing
“Guidelines for establishing Joint Venture Companies by Defence Public Sector Undertakings
(DPSUs)”. These guidelines which were notified in February, 2012 will not be required for
separate JV by the DPSUs.
Source - The Hindu

East Bengal to honour Milkha Singh with Bharat Gaurav award
Kolkata's football giants club East Bengal has announced that this year’s Bharat Gaurav
award (Pride of India) will be conferred on legendary athlete Milkha Singh. He will be
honoured with the prestigious award on the East Bengal Foundation Day which occurs on 1st of
August. Along with the award, a cheque of 2 lakh rupees will also be presented to him. West
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be the chief guest at the event which will also be
attended by former players.
Apart from Mr. Singh, a special awards along with a cash prize of 1 lakh rupees each will be
given to East Bengal players Shyam Thapa and Shyamal Ghosh. While the trophy for the best
footballer of the year will be given to South Korean midfielder Do Dong Hyun who will also
receive Rs. 50,000. During the occasion, Veteran sports reporter Debashish Dutta and photo
journalist Rony Roy will be receiving awards too for their contribution over the years.

1. Name the person who will be honoured with the 2016 Bharat Gaurav award (Pride of
India)?
Courtesy: The Hindu
Gujarat govt selects Infibeam for e-com training programme

The Gujarat government’s Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED) has selected
the Ahmedabad-based e-commerce company Infibeam as knowledge partner for its e-
commerce training and development programme, aimed at grooming budding entrepreneurs
and individuals to set up their businesses.
The state government had recently launched an e-commerce workshop programme ‘How To

Start E-commerce Business’ in partnership with Infibeam Incorporation Ltd to create awareness
on e-commerce.
So let's do:
1. Name the state, which has selected the Ahmedabad-based e-commerce company Infibeam
as knowledge partner for its e-commerce training and development programme?
Source - The Hindu

Noted Sorghum expert NGP Rao passed away
Noted agricultural scientist Neelamraju Ganga Prasada Rao has passed away in Hyderabad
following a brief illness. He was 89 years old. He was well-known for basic and applied research
in breeding and agronomy of several dryland crops especially towards sorghum improvement,
hence also earned the title of ‘Father of Hybrid Sorghum’ in India. Due to his efforts
sorghum hybrids, CSH1 CSH5 and CSH9 became very popular and were cultivated. He also made
significant contributions to the improvement of crops like long staple desi cotton, pigeon pea,
castor, and novel cropping systems.
Mr. NGP Rao was born in Korisapadu, Prakasam district (AP), and studied at Agricultural
College, Bapatla, the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi and the Bihar
University. He has about 200 research publications in reputed national and international
journals. He held various positions such as Consultant to the Food and Agricultural Organization
of the United Nations (FAO), Sorghum Botanist and Associate Coordinator, IARI, 1961-68Dr. He
was awarded many recognitions which include the C Subramaniam Gold Medal (1966) for the
development of the first Sorghum Hybrid, SS Bhatnagar Prize for Biological Sciences (1967).
A.P. government also bestowed the Atma Gaurav Award (2003), and the Distinguished
Agricultural Scientist Award (2008).

1. Name the noted Sorghum expert who has passed away recently?
Courtesy: The Hindu
Lok Sabha passes Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Bill

2015
The Lok Sabha has passed the Benami Transactions Amendment Bill, which aims to

effectively prohibit Benami transactions and consequently prevent circumvention of law
through unfair practices.
The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Bill is aimed at curbing domestic black
money. The bill provides for a fine of up to 25% of the fair value of the asset and imprisonment
of up to seven years, unlike an earlier lapsed version of the bill, which stipulated either a fine or
imprisonment. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley tabled the Bill in the Rajya Sabha today. The
Bill empowers the government to confiscate benami property by following due procedure. It,
therefore, promotes equity across all citizens.
So let's do:
1. Name the Transactions Amendment Bill, which has passed in Lok sabha, recently?
Source - The Hindu

Union Cabinet approves Bilateral Investment Treaty between India and
Cambodia
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved Bilateral
Investment Treaty (BIT) between India and Cambodia to boost trade and business. The
Treaty seeks to promote and protect investments in either country. This is the first Bilateral
Investment Treaty (BIT) signed between both countries in accordance with the text of the Indian
Model BIT which was approved by the Union Cabinet in December 2015.
The objective of this treaty is to increase bilateral investment flow which also seeks to
encourage each country to create favorable conditions (climate) for investors of the other
country to make investments in its territory and also to admit investments in accordance with its
laws.

1. The Union Cabinet has approved the Bilateral Investment Treaty between which two
countries recently?
Courtesy: PTI News
European Commission appoints chief Brexit negotiator

Michel Barnier, a former French government minister and ex-European Commission vice-
president has been appointed as Chief Negotiator by the European Commission to negotiate
with Britain over Brexit. Barnier was appointed under Article 50 (Withdrawal of a Member
State from the EU) of the Treaty on the European Union. He will be a prominent figure in the
negotiations over Britain’s exit from the union.
Michel Barnier is a French Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) politician and Vice President
of the European People's Party (EPP). He was appointed Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries
in the French government on 18 June 2007. He stepped down from the position on 7 June 2009
after his election as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).
So let's do:
1. Name the person, who has been appointed by the European Commission to negotiate with
Britain over Brexit?
Source - The Hindu

Sunil Kant Munjal to Step Down as joint MD from Hero Moto Corp
Sunil Kant Munjal, joint managing director at Hero MotoCorp and Chairman of Hero
Corporate Services will step down from his position next month on August 16, 2016, to
‘pursue new business interests’. He is the brother of Pawan Munjal, the chairman, managing
director and chief executive officer of the company.
Sunil Kant Munjal is the youngest son of Brijmohan Lall Munjal. However, the company stated
that his leaving will not impact the overall promoter shareholding, strategic direction or
operational management of the company. As he will continue to work the best interest of all
stakeholders of Hero MotoCorp, including shareholders, employees, suppliers and business
associates.

1. Name the joint MD of the Hero Moto Corp who has decided to step down from his
position?

Chinese tech giant LeEco to acquire Vizio for $2 billion
Chinese electronics firm LeEco to buying American TV manufacturer Vizio for $2

billion. Under the deal, Vizio will be operated as an independent subsidiary, with the company's
current executive team staying in place and working out of its offices in Southern California
— sans Vizio founder and CEO William Wang, who is leaving the company. No replacement
has been named, but Wang will be taking the reins as chairman and CEO of Inscape, Vizio's data
business, which is being spun out into a privately held company.
LeEco will own 49 % of Inscape, with Wang owning the remaining 51 %. The LeEco deal is
expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year. Leshi Internet Information & Technology,
also known as LeEco, is a Chinese technology company, and one of the largest online video
companies in China. It is headquartered in Chaoyang District, Beijing.
So let's do:
1. Chinese electronics firm ______ to buying American TV manufacturer Vizio for $2
billion.
Source - The Hindu
SBI Launches Debit Card-Less Instant Money Transfer Facility

The India's largest public sector bank, State Bank of India has launched a payment system at
its ATMs which will allow the account holders to transfer the money by using the mobile
phone number as an identifier. As this payment facility system works on instant money
transfer (IMT) platform. It will enable a payment of up to Rs 10,000 from any SBI bank account
and the recipient of this payment can withdraw funds instantly from an IMT-enabled ATM
without using a debit card.
The IMT is a unique payment system launched by Eempays Payment Systems Pvt Ltd. The
facility enables a payment to be made to a mobile phone from a bank account without the
beneficiary having a bank account. So by using IMT, the SBI Group will be able to offer a unique
payment option to its customers and expand its reach to those sections of the population who are
either unbanked or do not have access to banking. Additionally, it offers a new form of
convenience payment to the emerging younger generation as SBI seeks to address them through
new options.

1. Name the bank which has launched Debit Card-Less Instant Money Transfer Facility
recently?
2. The Instant money transfer (IMT) platform is a payment system facility launched by which
company?

Lok Sabha passes Lokpal and Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill 2016
The Lok Sabha has passed the Lokpal and Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill 2016 without discussion.
The bill seeks to amend the section 44 of the existing Act, which provided for furnishing of
details of assets and liabilities of public servants within 30 days of joining the government
service.
As per the amendment, the period of 30 days has been removed and now the public servants will
be bound to make declaration of their assets and liabilities in the form and manner as prescribed
by government. Enable the leader of the single largest opposition party in the Lok Sabha in the
absence of a recognised Leader of Opposition to be a member of the selection committee that
would select the ombudsman. Amends section 44 of parent Act that deals with provision of
furnishing of details of assets and liabilities of public servants within 30 days of joining the
government service.
So let's do:
1. Name the bills, which have passed in Lok Sabha without discussion, recently?
Source - The Hindu
Indo-US counter-terrorism joint working group to meet today

The 14th US-India counter-terrorism Joint Working Group will meet today in Washington. As
the United States looks forward to continued counter-terrorism exchanges with India to broaden
and deepen the partnership between the two countries. The Indian delegation will be led by
Ministry of External Affairs Additional Secretary Ravi Thapar and the American delegation
by the acting coordinator for counter-terrorism Justin Siberell.
The US-India counter-terrorism Joint Working Group is a regularly planned policy consultation
designed to advance common agenda and opportunities for cooperation across the full range of
counter terrorism issues. Topics include regional terrorist threats, information sharing, border
security, and efforts to counter violent extremism.

1. Name the place where India and the US counter-terrorism Joint Working Group are going
to meet today?
2. Who is going to lead the Indian delegation at the 14th US-India counter-terrorism Joint
Working Group?

Cabinet approves setting up of new AIIMS in Bhatinda
The union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the establishment of
a new AIIMS at Bhatinda in Punjab under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY).
The institution shall have a hospital with a capacity of 750 beds which will include
emergency/trauma Beds and AYUSH Beds,private beds and ICU Speciality and Super Speciality
beds.
Under this scheme, similar health facilities have been established in Bhubaneshwar, Bhopal,
Raipur, Jodhpur, Rishikesh and Patna while work on AIIMS, Rae Bareli is in progress. Three
new AIIMS at Nagpur (Maharashtra), Kalyani (West Bengal) and Mangalagiri (Andhra Pradesh) have
been sanctioned last year.
So let's do:
1. The union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the
establishment of a new AIIMS at which city?
Source - The Hindu

IOC to launch Olympic Channel on Aug 21
The International Olympic Committee has announced that it will launch the Olympic Channel
on August 21st, after the Rio Olympics end. The channel will facilitate the as a new media
destination, where fans can experience the power of sport and the Olympic Movement all year
round. The Olympic Channel platform will be available worldwide via a mobile app for
Android, iOS devices, YouTube and at olympicchannel.com.
As per the IOC President Thomas Bach, the Olympic Channel is a free platform that will present
original programming, live sports events, news and highlights offering additional exposure for
sports and athletes all year round. Olympic Channel original programming will include both
short-form and long-form content, focusing on elite athletes, their quest for success and sport
around the world. The Olympic Channel will first be offered in English with an option of
subtitles in nine different languages.

1. The International Olympic Committee is going to start a Olympic Channel from which
date?
2. Who is the International Olympic Committee President?
Courtesy: Olympic org

RBI imposes Rs. 27 crore penalty on 13 banks
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed 27 crore rupees penalty on 13 public and
private sector banks for violations of Foreign Exchange Management (FEMA) Act (Anti-money
laundering) and lapses in Know your customer (KYC) rules. The matter relates to irregularities
on the basis of inputs received from a public sector bank, RBI had undertaken a scrutiny on
advance import remittances in 21 banks in October and November last year. The scrutiny
examined the alleged irregularities in opening and monitoring of accounts including violations
under FEMA provisions. Both CBI and the Enforcement Directorate are currently probing the huge
remittances to Hong Kong from the bank. The amount was allegedly transferred in the garb of
payments for imports that never took place, investigators suspect.
The banks include Bank of Baroda for Rs 5 crore, Punjab National Bank, and Syndicate Bank
have been fined Rs 3 crore each. UCO Bank, HDFC Bank, Allahabad Bank, Canara Bank and
IndusInd Bank have all been fined Rs 2 crore each. While the regulator did not impose any fine
on SBI, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Union Bank of India, among others, it
advised these banks to ensure strict compliance of KYC (know your customer) requirements and
FEMA provisions on an ongoing basis.

1. Total how much amount of penalty has been imposed by the RBI on 13 banks recently?
2. What was the reason of imposing the penalty on banks by the RBI?

BCCI chief Anurag Thakur to join Territorial Army
Anurag Thakur, BJP MP and BCCI President, is set for a new innings as an officer of the
Territorial Army. 41-year-old Thakur will be commissioned into the Territorial Army (TA) as
a regular officer on 29 July to become the first serving BJP Member of Parliament to join the
military force.
Thakur made it to the TA after clearing an exam and a personal interview conducted in
Chandigarh and training held in Bhopal. As a regular officer, the Lok Sabha member from
Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh will have to undergo a mandatory training. The Territorial Army,
the second line of defence after the regular army, is composed of volunteers who receive
military training for about a month in a year so that in case of an emergency they can be
mobilised for the defence of the country.
So let's do:
1. Name the person, who is going to join Territorial Army (TA) as a regular officer 29 July ?
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 Daily News Highlights : 4th August, 2016

 Daily Current Tablet: 3rd August, 2016
 Six-year-old Indian boy enter Guinness World Record
 RBI constitutes a Committee on Household Finance
 UD Min approves investment of Rs 4404 cr to 8 states, UTs
 All you need to know about the GST
 RBI launches new website ’Sachet’
 Raje lays foundation of 14 projects in Jaipur
 Siemens receives Rs 217 cr order for power project in Bangladesh
 Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi has named Youssef Chahed as the new PM
 IOC gives nod to addition of five new sports in Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
 CCEA approves new formula to pay production subsidy to sugar mills
 Shipping Corporation of India Inks MOU amid Growth Plans
 D K Gayen new GM of East Central Railway
 Cabinet approves Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016
 Dr Reddy's completes acquisition of Teva's US portfolio of 8 products
 Cabinet approves signing of Air Services Agreement between India and Laos
 Sudhanshu Mani appointed as new GM for ICF
Daily News Highlights : 4th August, 2016

Dear Reader,
easy manner.
Six-year-old Indian boy enter Guinness World Record
RBI constitutes a Committee on Household Finance
UD Min approves investment of Rs 4404 cr to 8 states, UTs
All you need to know about the GST
RBI launches new website ’Sachet’
Raje lays foundation of 14 projects in Jaipur
Siemens receives Rs 217 cr order for power project in Bangladesh
Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi has named Youssef Chahed as the new PM
IOC gives nod to addition of five new sports in Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
CCEA approves new formula to pay production subsidy to sugar mills
Shipping Corporation of India Inks MOU amid Growth Plans
D K Gayen new GM of East Central Railway
Cabinet approves Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016
Dr Reddy's completes acquisition of Teva's US portfolio of 8 products
Cabinet approves signing of Air Services Agreement between India and Laos
Sudhanshu Mani appointed as new GM for ICF
Daily Current Tablet: 3rd August, 2016

Dear Reader,
As most of you have continuously asked for something more in GA so here is the good news guys. As
now we are going to provide you a full day current affairs in One post and in more easily accessible
format. So whatever going around in the world we will provide you in one Daily News Highlights
post. With the help of this post, you will able to revise day wise current affairs in an easy manner.
1. Name the Former Ferrari driver of New Zealand who has passed away recently?
2. Under Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana (PMJAY), the government has decided to open
how many Stores by the end of March 2017?
3. Name the software company, which has annound investing $4 million (Rs.27 crore) in Israeli
firm Cloudyn?
4. Who is the CEO Infosys Limited?
5. Who is the Chief Minister and Governor of Arunachal Pradesh?
6. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu today expanded his cabinet by inducting
how many ministers?
7. Name the Nobel prize winning Egyptian-American who has passed away recently?
8. Mr. Ahmed Zewail had received the Nobel prize for his contribution in which segments?
9. Name the person, who has been elected as new Prime Minister of Nepal?
10. Name the company which is going to acquire a 1200 MW Raghunathpur Thermal Power
Project?
11. Name the person, who has appointed as the Kerala chairman of Administrative Reforms
Commission with cabinet rank?
12. The BHEL has commissioned 500 Mw Marwa Thermal Power station at which place?
13. Name the person, who has been elected as the new chair of the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) Athletes’ Commission?
14. Name the companies which have tied up with AXA group in a global strategic partnership?
15. The AXA Group is associated with which segments of the industry?
16. Name the Bank, which has launched 2 new schemes of loans for the employees of central
as well as state government, public sector undertaking employees and Defence personnel?
17. Name the place where ‘Wall of Wishes’ has inaugurated to celebrate Olympic mood?
18. Name the person who has been appointed as the next President of Microsoft India?
19. Who will be replaced by Mr. Maheshwari as the next President of Microsoft India?
20. Name the person who has won the 2016 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants?
21. For which novel Ms. Anita has awarded with the PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants?
22. Name the person, who has appointed as New York's Chief Digital Officer?
Six-year-old Indian boy enter Guinness World Record
A six-year-old boy from Karnataka set the world record for covering longest distance by limbo-
skating under cars. Om Swaroop Gowda clinched the Guinness World records title after a
successful attempt to travel a staggering 65.283 metre distance while holding his body just above
ground and maintaining a splits position throughout.
Om managed to clear 36 cars during the incredible challenge at Orion Mall in

Bangalore. Official Guinness World Records adjudicator Rishi Nath attended the event to ensure
that all the rules for were followed correctly. To set this record, the gap between the parked
vehicles can be no more than 20 cm and the gap underneath each car can be no more than 35
cm. Previously, the farthest distance limbo skating under cars was 48.21 metres and was achieved
by Shreeya Rakesh Deshpande of India at at MIDC, Kolhapur in 2012.
So let's do:
1. Name the boy, who has set the Guinness world record for covering longest distance by
limbo-skating under cars?
Source - The Hindu
RBI constitutes a Committee on Household Finance

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set up a committee to look at the various facets of
household finance in India and to benchmark India’s position vis-à-vis both the peer countries
and advanced countries. The Committee will be chaired by Dr. Tarun Ramadorai, Professor of
Financial Economics, University of Oxford and will have representation from financial sector
regulators, namely, SEBI, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI),
Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) apart from Reserve Bank of India
(RBI).
The demand for formal financial market investment product like pension as well as liability
product like the home loan from the Indian household was discussed during the meeting of the
Sub-Committee of Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC-SC) held on April 26, 2016.
It was decided that a committee should be set up to look at various facets of household finance in
India and submit a report. The Committee is expected to submit its report by end-July 2017.

1. Which organization has constituted a committee on Household Finance?
2. Name the person who is going to head the committee on Household Finance?
Courtesy: RBI
UD Min approves investment of Rs 4404 cr to 8 states, UTs
Ministry of Urban Development has approved an investment of Rs. 4,404 crore in augmenting

water supply, sewerage networks, drainage, urban transport and public and green spaces in urban
areas in 8 States and UTs under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
(AMRUT) for the current financial year.
An inter-ministerial Apex Committee chaired by Rajiv Gauba, Secretary (Urban Development) has

approved the State Level Annual Action Plans (SAAP) of these 8 States/UTs.Investments
approved were; Karnataka- Rs.1,625 cr, Andhra Pradesh-Rs.877 cr, Bihar-Rs.775 cr, Telangana-
Rs.555 cr, Haryana-Rs.525 cr, Nagaland-Rs.40 cr, Dadra, Nagar & Haveli-Rs.3.70 cr and Andaman
& Nicobar Islands - Rs.3.18 cr. Total central assistance to be provided to these 8 States and UTs is
Rs.2,085 cr. Under Atal Mission which was launched in June last year, the total investment
approved in basic infrastructure in urban areas in 500 mission cities stands at Rs.44,401 cr
with total central assistance commitment of Rs.20,634 cr.
So let's do:
1. Expand the term AMRUT?
2. The Government has approves Rs.4,404 Cr. for urban infrastructure in how many States/UTs
under AMRUT Scheme?
Source - The Hindu
All you need to know about the GST

Dear Readers,
As all of you know that yesterday night, the Rajya Sabha passed a bill to amend the Constitution to
facilitate the rollout of the historic GST amid government's assurance that the tax rates would be
kept "as low as possible". The Constitution (122nd Amendment) Bill, 2014 was approved by the
Upper House with 203 votes in favour and none against, after a seven-hour debate during which a
rare bonhomie was witnessed among the ruling and the opposition parties. Six official
amendments, including the scrapping of one percent additional tax, moved by the government
were approved with cent percent votes.
Earlier, the bill was passed by the Lok Sabha. It will now go back to the Lower House to
incorporate the amendments approved by the Rajya Sabha. The bill will also have to be approved
by 50 percent of all the state assemblies. AIADMK was the only party to oppose the measure and
its members staged a walkout from the House to register their unhappiness over the bill which
lays the ground for the rollout of uniform Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime that will
subsume all indirect taxes including central excise duty and state VAT/sales tax.
So here is a ready reckoner on the issues surrounding the proposed tax reform and it will mean for
the Indian economy. But first, let's know more -
What is Goods and Services Tax (GST)?
As the name suggests, it is a tax levied when a consumer buys a good or service. It is meant to be a
single, comprehensive tax that will subsume all the other smaller indirect taxes on consumption
like service tax, excise duty etc. This is how it is done in most developed countries. It will be a
comprehensive nationwide indirect tax on the manufacture, sale, and consumption of goods
and services. The aim is to have one indirect tax for the whole nation, which will make India a
unified common market. GST will be levied and collected at each stage of sale or purchase of
goods or services based on the input tax credit method and would make not just manufacturing but
also the interstate transportation of goods more efficient.
How will GST work and what all will it subsume?

GST is a single tax on the supply of goods and services, right from the manufacturer to the
consumer. Credits of input taxes paid at each stage will be available in the subsequent stage of
value addition, which makes GST essentially a tax only on value addition at each stage. The final
consumer will thus bear only the GST charged by the last dealer in the supply chain, with set-off
benefits at all the previous stages.
At the central level, the following taxes will be subsumed: Central Excise Duty, Additional Excise
Duty, Service Tax, Countervailing Duty (Additional Customs Duty), and Special Additional Duty of
Customs.
At the State level, the following taxes will be subsumed: State Value Added Tax/Sales Tax,
Entertainment Tax, Central Sales Tax, Octroi and Entry tax, Purchase Tax, Luxury tax, and Taxes
on the lottery betting and gambling.
How will GST be beneficial?

The benefits of GST can be summarized as under:
• For business and industry
1. Easy compliance
2. Uniformity of tax rates and structures
3. Removal of cascading
4. Improved competitiveness
5. Gain to manufacturers and exporters
• For Central and State Governments

1. Simple and easy to administer
2. Better controls on leakage
3. Higher revenue efficiency
• For the consumer

1. Single and transparent tax proportionate to the value of goods and services
2. Relief in overall tax burden
What are the Earlier Opposition’s objections?
 The opposition party 'Congress' wants a provision capping the GST rate at 18 percent to be
added to the Bill itself. It also wants to scrap the proposed 1 per cent additional levy (over
and above the GST) for manufacturing states. This levy was demanded by manufacturing
states who argued that they needed to be compensated for the investment they had made
in improving their manufacturing capabilities. The Centre had agreed to this demand to
encourage the states to support the GST Bill.
 The next demand by the Congress was to change the composition of the GST council—the
body that decides the various nitty-grittys like rates of tax, period of levy of an additional
tax, principles of supply, special provisions to certain states, etc. The proposed
composition is for the Council to be two-thirds comprised from states and one-third from
the Centre.
 The Congress also wants the Centre’s share to be reduced to one-fourth. This demand,
however, was rejected by even the Rajya Sabha Standing Committee.
By when will it be implemented?

Assuming the Constitution Amendment Bill does pass in the Monsoon Session, GST will still not be in
force before April 1, 2017. And that is putting it optimistically. Apart from the legislative process
mentioned above, the states, India Inc, and industries and service providers big and small, will also
have to prepare themselves for a completely new nationwide tax regime.
How would GST be administered in India?
There will be two components of GST – Central GST (CGST) and State GST (SGST). Both Centre and
States will simultaneously levy GST across the value chain. The tax will be levied on every supply
of goods and services. Centre would levy and collect Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST), and
States would levy and collect the State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) on all transactions within a
State.
The input tax credit of CGST would be available for discharging the CGST liability on the output at
each stage. Similarly, the credit of SGST paid on inputs would be allowed for paying the SGST on
output. No cross utilization of credit would be permitted.
RBI launches new website ’Sachet’
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan has

launched ’Sachet- www.sachet.rbi.org.in’ a web portal to curb illegal collection of
deposits. which will allow members of public would be able to obtain information regarding
entities that are allowed to accept deposits, lodge complaints and also share information
regarding illegal acceptance of deposits by unscrupulous entities. The website would also help
enhance coordination among regulators and State Government agencies and thus be useful in
curbing instances of unauthorised acceptance of deposits by unscrupulous entities.
Sachet is a SLCC (State Level Coordination Committees) website from which the members of
public would be able to obtain information regarding entities that are allowed to accept deposits,
lodge complaints and also share information regarding illegal acceptance of deposits by
unscrupulous entities. SLCCs comprise various regulators, namely, SEBI, National Housing
Bank (NHB), Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), Registrar of
Companies (ROC) and concerned State Government departments, such as, Home Department,
Finance Department, Law Department and various Police Authorities.
So let's do:
1. Name the web portal, which has launched by RBI Governor for RBI launches new website
’Sachet’?
2. Expand the term SLCC?
Source - rbi.org.in
Raje lays foundation of 14 projects in Jaipur
Rajasthan's Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje laid the foundation of 14 projects worth Rs 2,229
Crore and said the city of Jaipur will be a 'wonder city' in next two years. The projects have been
undertaken to make the capital a 'wonder city', Raje said while laying the foundation at Birla
Auditorium.
The projects include converting Amanishah Nala into its original form of Dravyawati river. The
task is being undertaken by Jaipur Development Authority, Tata Projects Limited and Shanghai
Urban construction group with an estimated cost of Rs 1,676 crore. The project aims to make
the 47-km long water body pollution free and beautiful in the next two years. Plantation of
16,000 saplings in 65,000 sq meters will also be a part of the beautification of the river.
So let's do:
1. Name the state which has laid the foundation of 14 projects worth Rs 2,229 Crore, recently?
Source - The Hindu
Siemens receives Rs 217 cr order for power project in Bangladesh

German Engineering major Siemens Ltd. has received an order worth approximately Rs 217
crore for Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Limited (PGCB) project from its parent company
Siemens AG, Germany, to supply 400 kV/230 kV switch yard equipment, reactors, power
transformers, fire fighting systems, air-conditioning systems, auxiliary power system, building
management systems, illumination systems, AC control and protections, engineering for civil and
plant for 500 MW high voltage direct current (HVDC) station.
Siemens Limited is one of the leading producers of technologies for combined cycle turbines for
power generation; power transmission and distribution solutions; infrastructure solutions for smart
cities and transportation; automation and software solutions for industry, and also supplier of
healthcare equipment. As of September 30, 2015, Siemens Limited, a flagship company of Siemens
AG in India that has 22 factories located across the country, had revenue of Rs 10,672.8 crore.
So let's do:
1. Name the German company, which has received an order worth approximately Rs 217 crore
for Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Limited
Source - Business Standard

Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi has named Youssef Chahed as the
new PM
Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi has named Youssef Chahed as the new prime minister
after parliament ousted Habib Essid in a vote of no-confidence because of his handling of
economic reforms and security. Forty-one-year-old Chahed, a former Minister for local affairs,
announced the appointment himself, warning Tunisians to brace themselves for exceptional
sacrifices. His nomination is likely to be approved by a Parliamentary vote, as required.
Mr. Chahed is an agricultural sciences specialist and academic who has taught in France and
Tunisia. He is also part of the Nidaa Tounes secular party and has ties to Essebsi's family, which
has led to some criticism from opposition leaders. Nidaa Tounes and the Islamist Ennahda party,
both part of the ruling coalition, control a majority of the seats in parliament, which means
Chahed's nomination is likely to be accepted by lawmakers when they vote on his approval.

1. Name the Tunisia's President who has announced the name of Youssef Chahed as the
country's new PM?
2. Who is going to replace as the PM of Tunisia by Youssef Chahed?
Courtesy: The Reuters
IOC gives nod to addition of five new sports in Olympic Games Tokyo
2020
The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will now have five brand new games in its contest as the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved the recommendation of
adding Baseball/Softball, Karate, Skateboard, Sports Climbing and Surfing to the sports
programme.
The decision by the 129th IOC Session in Rio de Janeiro was the most comprehensive evolution
of the Olympic programme in modern history. Tokyo 2020’s balanced proposal fulfils all of the
goals of the Olympic Agenda 2020 recommendation that allowed it. Taken together, the five
sports are an innovative combination of established and emerging, youth-focused events that are
popular in Japan and will add to the legacy of the Tokyo Games.”
So let's do:
1. IOC gives nod to addition of how many new sports in Olympic Games Tokyo 2020?
Source - The Hindu
CCEA approves new formula to pay production subsidy to sugar mills

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved a new formula to calculate
production subsidy to sugar mills for the ongoing 2015-16 season after taking into account
lower sugar production and exports. To address liquidity stress in the sugar industry and
facilitate timely payment of cane arrears, the Centre last year had announced a subsidy of Rs
4.50 per quintal of cane crushed during October 2015-September 2016 season. The condition set
was that mills meet the export quota of four million tonnes and ethanol blending target. The
subsidy scheme has now been discontinued and the government is yet to make payments to mills.
So in a view of drought in parts of Maharashtra and Karnataka, the CCEA has approved

the revised formula to determine the production subsidy. The production subsidy was initially
calculated based on the estimated cane crushing of 255 million tonnes in the 2015-16. But the
cane crushing has come down due to drought. Consequently, sugar output is also estimated to be
lower at 25.2 million tonnes this season.

1. The CCEA has approved a new formula to pay production subsidy of which segment?

Shipping Corporation of India Inks MOU amid Growth Plans
Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. has signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with

the Ministry of Shipping for the financial year 2016-17. The MoU was signed by Shri Rajive
Kumar, IAS, Secretary (Shipping) and Capt. B.B. Sinha, Chairman and Managing
Director, Shipping Corporation of India Ltd., at New Delhi.
The MOU, which is based on the MOU guidelines 2016-17 issued by the Department of Public
Enterprises (DPE), consists of parameters drawn on the prescribed evaluation criteria and factors
such as capacity and its expansion, business environment, projects under implementation
have been considered.
So let's do:
1. ___________ has signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of
Shipping for the financial year 2016-17.
Source - The Hindu
D K Gayen new GM of East Central Railway
D K Gayen has assumed charge of new General Manager of East Central Railway (ECR) with
headquarters at Hajipur in Bihar. Earlier, Rajeev Mishra, GM of Eastern Railways, was holding
additional charge of ECR.
Gayen was earlier working as Chief Mechanical Engineer of South Eastern Railway at Kolkata. A
1979 batch officer of Indian Railway Service for Mechanical Engineers (IRSME), he has worked
on several important posts. ECR comprises of five divisions -- Danapur, Dhanbad, Mughalsarai,
Samastipur and Sonepur.
So let's do:
1. Name the person, who has assumed charge of new General Manager of East Central Railway
(ECR)?
Source - The Hindu
Cabinet approves Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval
for Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016 to improve road safety in the country. As every year
5, lakh road accidents are reported in the country in which 1.5 lakh people lose their lives. The
Government has committed to reducing the accidents and fatalities by 50% in five years. So in
order to address the issue of road safety, a draft Road Transport & Safety Bill was prepared soon
after NDA Government came to power. The bill proposes to increase penalties for traffic
violations to as deterrent measure. The bill also has stricter provisions for offenses like juvenile
driving, drunken driving and driving without licence.
In the present Motor Vehicle Act, there are 223 Sections out of which the Bill aims to amend 68
sections whereas Chapters 10 has been deleted and a Chapter 11 is being replaced with new
provisions to simplify third party insurance claims and settlement process. The Bill also proposes
insertion of 28 new sections. The amendments mainly focus on issues relating to improving road
safety, citizens’ facilitation while dealing with the Transport Department. Strengthening rural
transport, last mile connectivity and public transport, automation and computerization and
enabling online services. The important provisions include increase in compensation for Hit & Run
cases from Rs. 25000 to Rs. 2 lakhs. It also has provision for payment of compensation upto
Rs 10 lakh in road accidents fatalities. Driving without insurance will attract 2,000
rupees fine and/or imprisonment, two thousand rupees fine and licence suspension for helmet-
less driving. Besides, for drunken driving steep penalty of up to 10,000 rupees has been
proposed.
Dr Reddy's completes acquisition of Teva's US portfolio of 8 products
Hyderabad based pharmaceutical company, Dr. Reddy's announced that it has successfully

completed the acquisition of eight Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDAs) in the US from
Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries and an affiliate of Allergan Plc. The acquired portfolio consists
of products that are being divested by Teva as a precondition to its closing of acquisition of
Allergan's generics business. In June, the company had entered an agreement with Teva to buy
this portfolio of ANDAs for $ 350 million.
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, is an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company based in Hyderabad,

Telangana, India. The company was founded by Anji Reddy, who previously worked in the mentor
institute, Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited, of Hyderabad, India. Dr. Reddy's
manufactures and markets a wide range of pharmaceuticals in India and overseas.
So let's do:
1. Name the company, which has announced that it has successfully completed the acquisition
of 8 Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDAs) in the US from Teva Pharmaceuticals
Industries?
Source - The Hindu
Cabinet approves signing of Air Services Agreement between India and

Laos
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval
for signing of new Air Services Agreement (ASA) between India and Lao People’s Democratic
Republic (Lao PDR). The agreement is expected to spur greater trade, investment, tourism and
cultural exchange between the two countries bringing it in tune with the developments in the
civil aviation sector.
AS per this agreement, the designated airlines of the two countries shall have fair and equal
opportunity to operate the agreed services on specified routes. The routes and frequencies
shall be decided subsequently. The agreement will also provide an enabling environment for
enhanced and seamless connectivity while providing commercial opportunities to the carriers of
both the sides ensuring greater safety and security. As Air Services Agreement is the basic legal
framework for any air operation between the two countries.
Extra Info: Capital-Vientiane, Currency-Lao kip

1. Name the country with which India has signed the Air Services Agreement?
2. What is the currency of Laos?

Sudhanshu Mani appointed as new GM for ICF
Sudhanshu Mani has been appointed as General Manager, Integral Coach Factory. Prior to
this, he was Chief Mechanical Engineer, Rail Wheel Factory, Yelahanka Bengaluru. Mani belongs
to 1979 batch of Indian Railways Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME). He has over 36 years
of experience in Indian Railways and worked in areas like workshop management, railway
operations, project management, planning and R&D.
In his earlier capacities, he had worked as Advisor (Minister), Berlin, at Embassy of India,
Germany; Divisional Railway Manager, South Western Railway, Bengaluru;Executive Director in
Research Designs & Standards Organisation (RDSO), Lucknow and Chief Workshop Manager,
Lallaguda Workshop, says an ICF release.
So let's do:
1. Name the person, who has been appointed as General Manager Integral Coach Factory?
6 August 2016 at
08:48
 Daily News Highlight : 5th August, 2016

 Assamese Litterateur Mahim Bora passed away
 Odisha opens 100 new multi-purpose calamity shelter units
 Goa to implement 7th Pay Commission from Nov 1st
 Telangana, AP set to launch an awareness campaign against ISIS
 Nitin Patel set to be the next CM of Gujarat
 Vinod Rai steps down from IDFC Bank’s board
 RBI imposes penalty on two cooperative banks of Chhattisgarh
 First Tech Meet of Hydrocarbon Vision 2030
 Corporation Bank launches group credit life insurance scheme
 Nita Ambani elected as the first Indian woman member of IOC
 Shubha Mudgal to get Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award
 IBJA announces awards for Indian medal winners at Rio 2016 Olympics
Daily News Highlight : 5th August, 2016

Dear Reader,
easy manner.
IBJA announces awards for Indian medal winners at Rio 2016 Olympics
Shubha Mudgal to get Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award

Nita Ambani elected as the first Indian woman member of IOC
Corporation Bank launches group credit life insurance scheme
First Tech Meet of Hydrocarbon Vision 2030
RBI imposes penalty on two cooperative banks of Chhattisgarh
Vinod Rai steps down from IDFC Bank’s board
Nitin Patel set to be the next CM of Gujarat
Telangana, AP set to launch an awareness campaign against ISIS
Goa to implement 7th Pay Commission from Nov 1st
Odisha opens 100 new multi-purpose calamity shelter units
Assamese Litterateur Mahim Bora passed away
Assamese Litterateur Mahim Bora passed away

Eminent Assamese litterateur Mahim Bora has passed away due to old age problems. He was
92 years old. He was a Padma Shri (2011) and Sahitya Akademi winner. He had received the
Sahitya Akademi award for his most popular work ‘Edhani Mahir Hanhi’ in 2001 and the Assam
Valley Literary award in 1998.
Mr. Mahim Bora's literary works include ‘Kathanibari Ghat’, ‘Bohubhuji Tribhuj’, ‘Eai Nadir
Sonte,’ ‘Mai Pippali Aru Puja’, ‘Rati Phula Phul’, ‘Barayatri’, ‘Chakravat’, ‘Much aru Manuh’,
‘Top’, ‘Tinir Tini Gol’, ‘Putala Ghaiz’, ‘Herowa Digantara Maya’. His ‘Chinta Bichitra’ is a work
on criticism.

1. Name the Assamese Litterateur who has passed away recently?

Odisha opens 100 new multi-purpose calamity shelter units
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has dedicated 100 multi-purpose shelter houses to the people
of Odisha for use during floods and cyclones with an aim to ensure zero casualties during
calamities. These 100 multi-purpose calamity shelter units have been inaugurated by the CM
across 17 districts of the state which include Puri, Ganjam, Balasore, Bhadrak and Kenrapara,
Malkangiri, Keonjhar and Cuttack, Boudh and Jajpur, besides in Bargarh, Kalahandi, Nayagarh,
and Subarnapur.
The 100 new shelters will add to the state’s existing 526 multi-purpose shelter houses, adding
people can take shelter in these places during calamities like floods and cyclones. The chief
minister also stated that more shelter houses are already under construction and the state will
have 879 multi-purpose shelter houses by the end of this year.
1. Name the state which has opened 100 new multi-purpose calamity shelter units recently?
2. Who is the Chief Minister of Odisha?
Goa to implement 7th Pay Commission from Nov 1st

Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar has stated that the 7th Pay Commission
recommendations would be implemented in the state from November 1. While the pending
arrears from January to October 2016 would be deposited in the employee provident fund (PF)
and National Pension System (NPS). A provision of Rs. 2,553 crore has also been made in the
state budget towards this implementation.
The Goa government also stated that for the implementation of the 7th pay scale, they will have
to spend an additional Rs 72 crore monthly towards salaries and pensions of government
employees for implementation of recommendations of the new commission. As the state
government will have to pay Rs 272 crore per month as against Rs 213 crore per month as per
the existing scale, which will be an additional burden of Rs 59 crore. During 2015-16, Rs 1,946
crore were earmarked for the salaries and pensions, which has now been hiked to Rs 2,553 crore
to make up for the liability created by seventh pay.

1. Name the state which is going to implement the 7th Pay Commission from November 1st?
2. Who is the Chief Minister of Goa?
Telangana, AP set to launch an awareness campaign against ISIS

Telangana and Andhra Pradesh state minorities commission is all set to release an awareness
campaign against ISIS by getting on board Imams of a large number of mosques across the
two states to thwart the attempts of the terror group to lure youths. The Commission will
hold a seminar, awareness programme and interactive session on "ISIS - Interpreting reality",
which would be attended among others by Imams of nearly 300 mosques from the two states.
These Imams are going to listen to all this (speeches by security and legal experts and religious
scholars on perils of ISIS) and they will say the same thing next Friday (Friday prayers) in
mosques. So, that way they will spread the word throughout the states. At the event, they would
discuss ways to wean away people from the violent and ultra-conservative ideology of the terror
group, and educate youth about serious repercussions of getting involved in its activities through
social media.

1. Name the states which are going to launch an awareness campaign against ISIS?
Courtesy: PTI News

Nitin Patel set to be the next CM of Gujarat
After the resignation of Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel, Cabinet Minister for Health
in the Government of Gujarat in India, Nitin Patel is likely to become the next CM. The
official announcement of Mr. Patel's appointment will be made after the BJP legislative party
meeting by evening. This comes after, Gujarat’s first woman Chief Minister Anandiben
Patel on Monday offered to quit in keeping with the BJP’s “laudable tradition” of leaders
vacating their posts as they turn 75 years old.
The 60-year-old Nitin Patel is a Cabinet Minister for Health, Medical Education, Family Welfare,
Road and Building, Capital Project in the government of Gujarat in India. He was formerly a
cabinet minister for water supply, Water Resources, (excluding Kalpsar Division), Urban
Development and Urban Housing. He was elected to Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Mehsana in
2012.

1. Name the person who is going to be the next Chief Minister of Gujarat?
2. Name the first woman CM of Gujarat who has resigned recently?
Courtesy: The Hindu
Vinod Rai steps down from IDFC Bank’s board

Former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India Vinod Rai has stepped down from
private sector lender IDFC Bank’s board. However, he will continue to be the non-executive
independent chairman of IDFC Ltd. The decision has been taken to avoid conflict of interest as Rai
is also the chairman of Bank Board Bureau (BBB). The BBB will not only select board members of
public sector banks but will also devise strategies for them.
Mr. Rai was on Mumbai- headquarter IDFC Bank board since its inception in October 2015. He
was appointed as the Chairman of Bank Board Bureau on 28 February 2016. He is also the current
chairman of UN Panel of External Auditors and Honorary Advisor to the Railways as well as a
member of the Railway Kaya Kalp Council. He obtained a master's degree in Economics from
the University of Delhi, and Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University. He was
the 11th Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India.

1. Name the person who has stepped down from IDFC Bank’s board?
2. Where is headquarter of IDFC Bank?
Courtesy: The Hindu

RBI imposes penalty on two cooperative banks of Chhattisgarh
Reserve Bank has imposed the penalty on two cooperative banks of Chhattisgarh under the
Banking Regulation Act, 1949. The Zila Sahakari Kendriya Bank Maryadit, Raipur, and Raipur
Urban Mercantile Cooperative Bank Limited are the two on which RBI imposed the penalty of five
lakh rupees each.
The Zila Sahakari Kendriya Bank Maryadit was penalised for violation of the

directives/guidelines of the Central Bank on 'Know Your Customer' norms. While theRaipur Urban
Mercantile Cooperative Bank Ltd faced action for violation of the directives on the prohibition
of grant of loans and advances to own directors or their relatives or concerns in which they are
interested. Earlier RBI had issued a show-cause notice to both the banks. But after receiving their
responses, it came to the conclusion that the violations were substantiated.

1. Name the two cooperative bank on which RBI has imposed the penalty?
2. The Zila Sahakari Kendriya Bank Maryadit and Raipur Urban Mercantile Cooperative Bank
Ltd are the cooperative banks of which state?
First Tech Meet of Hydrocarbon Vision 2030

The first technology two-day meet under the Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 for Northeast India
has begun in Guwahati and deliberate various issues regarding implementation of the
document which envisages an investment of Rs 1,30,000 crore. The meet is a stepping stone to
put the north-east region on top of Indian energy map by utilising its hydrocarbon potential in
line with the Hydrocarbon Vision 2030.
The experts from different PSUs and private sector oil firms are attending the two-day technology
meet. The Technology Meet is an initiative of the sub- committee of the upstream sector led
by ONGC and has members from upstream national oil companies as well as private
companies. Under the Hydrocarbon Vision 2030, for the northeast, oil and natural gas output
from the region will be doubled besides ramping up refining capacity entailing an investment of
Rs 1,30,000 crore over the next 15 years. Out of this, Rs 80,000 crore will be required for
upstream activities of existing and new oil and gas blocks for exploration, while Rs 20,000 crore
will be needed for midstream actions, including setting up of four new natural gas pipelines, five
new POL product pipelines and three new LPG pipelines. In the downstream area, three existing
refineries will be expanded, a new bio-refinery will be set up at Numaligarh and CGD network
will be developed across the region at a total investment of Rs 30,000 crore by 2030.

1. Name the place where the first technology meet under the Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 for
Northeast India is going on?
2. What is the investment amount under the Hydrocarbon Vision 2030?

Corporation Bank launches group credit life insurance scheme
Mangalore-based mid-sized public sector bank, Corporation Bank has launched ‘group credit
life insurance scheme’ of LIC of India in Mangaluru. It has been launched by the Jai Kumar
Garg, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Corporation Bank. The scheme has
been made available initially at all the branches of Mangaluru zone. It will later be extended to
all the branches of the bank.
The scheme is available to customers in the age group of 18-60 years who have taken term loan
from the bank. It is a single premium group term insurance plan offering insurance cover to the
loan taken by the customer, in the event of death of the borrower. The scheme covers various
term loans, including retail loans and loans to MSME and agriculture.

1. Name the bank which has launched ‘group credit life insurance scheme’ of LIC of India?
2. Where is the headquarter of the Corporation bank and also name the person who is MD of
the bank?
Courtesy: The Hindu
Nita Ambani elected as the first Indian woman member of IOC

Noted sports promoter and founder chairperson of Reliance Foundation, Nita Ambani has
been elected as an individual member of International Olympic Committee. With this, she
became the first Indian woman to join the prestigious body which governs Olympic sports in the
world. She had been nominated for the same in June by the IOC Executive Board and was elected
by IOC members in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday at the 129th IOC Session.
The 52-year-old Nita is the only individual member from India and her appointment at the world
body is until she attains the age of 70. Besides, former Indian Olympic Association Secretary-
General, Randhir Singh, who served as IOC member from India from 2001-2014, is currently
an honorary member of the IOC world body.

1. Name the person who has been elected as the first Indian woman member of IOC?
2. Name the other Indian who is also a representative for India on the International Olympic
Committee along with Mrs. Nita Ambani?

Shubha Mudgal to get Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award
The advisory committee of the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award announced the
name of Singer Shubha Mudgal as the receiver of the 23rd Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana
Award. She will be bestowed with this award for her outstanding contribution towards the
promotion of communal harmony, peace, and goodwill. She will be presented with this Award on
20 August 2016 at Jawahar Bhawan Auditorium. As this award is given on the occasion of the birth
anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India.
The award was instituted by All India Congress Committee (AICC) of the Indian National
Congress Party in 1992. The award carries a citation and cash award of Rs 10 lakh. It was
instituted to commemorate the lasting contribution made by Rajiv Gandhi to promote peace,
communal harmony and fight against violence. In 2014, the award was given to filmmaker
Muzaffar Ali.

1. Name the person who is going to get the 23rd Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award?
2. Shubha Mudgal is associated with which field?
IBJA announces awards for Indian medal winners at Rio 2016 Olympics
India Bullion and Jewellers Association (IBJA) has announced 500 gms Sovereign Gold Bonds
and silver to the Indian medal winners at the Rio 2016 Olympics. The Sovereign Gold Bonds of
500 gms will be awarded to the Gold Medal winners and 1 kg silver will be awarded to Silver
Medal winners.
As India is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from
5 to 21 August 2016. And this time, the Indian Olympic Association is going to send the nation's
largest ever delegation in Summer Olympic history. Although Indian athletes have appeared in
every edition of the Summer Olympics since 1920, while they had its official debut at the 1900
Summer Olympics in Paris.

1. Name the association which has announced the awards for Indian medal winners at Rio
2016 Olympics?
2. What is the venue of 2016 Summer Olympics?

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 Daily News Highlights : 3rd August, 2016

Daily News Highlights : 3rd August, 2016

2. L&T-Mitsubishi Hitachi JV bags Rs 3,860 crore order for power project in UP

3. ‘Wall of Wishes’ inaugurated to celebrate Olympic mood

5. Anant Maheshwari named as President of Microsoft India

6. Lok Sabha passes bill to fast track debt recovery

7. Indian-American Named New York's Chief Digital Officer

8. Anita Gopalan wins 2016 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants

9. Infosys invests $4 million in Israeli firm Cloudyn

10. Khandu expands cabinet, inducts 10 ministers

11. Nobel Laureate Ahmed Zewail has passed away

12. Pushpa Kamal Dahal elected as new Prime Minister of Nepal

13. Neyveli Lignite plans to buy 1200 MW Raghunathpur Thermal Power Project

14. Kerala cabinet appoints Achuthanandan head of administrative reforms panel

15. BHEL commissions 500 Mw Marwa Thermal Power station in Chhattisgarh

16. Angela Ruggiero appointed IOC’s Athletes’ Commission chair

17. Six New IITS Get Parliament Nod

19. 3,000 Jan Aushadhi Stores to be opened across India

20. Former Ferrari driver Chris Amon dies aged 73

21. WEF India Economic Summit in Delhi on October 6-7

Daily Current Tablet: 2nd August, 2016

10. Who is the Information and Broadcasting minister?

14. Expand the term COP and WHO-FCTC.

WEF India Economic Summit in Delhi on October 6-7

Source - The Hindu

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Courtesy: The Guardian

According to Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh L. Mandaviya, In order to open JAS

Source - The Hindu

Infosys invests $4 million in Israeli firm Cloudyn

Source - Economic Times

Source - The Hindu

Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian-American chemist Ahmed Zewail, a science and technology

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Courtesy: BBC News

Pushpa Kamal Dahal elected as new Prime Minister of Nepal

Source - The Hindu

Neyveli Lignite (NLC) is planning to acquire a 1200 MW Raghunathpur Thermal Power

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Courtesy: Business Standard

Source - The Hindu Business line

BHEL commissions 500 Mw Marwa Thermal Power station in

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Courtesy: Business Standard

Six New IITS Get Parliament Nod

Source - Daily pioneer

AXA, Alibaba, Ant Financial have tied up in global strategic partnership

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Courtesy: The Hindu

L&T-Mitsubishi Hitachi JV bags Rs 3,860 crore order for power project in

Source - The Hindu

‘Wall of Wishes’ inaugurated to celebrate Olympic mood

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