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Current Affairs
July 2015
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Contents Month Highlights ...................................................................................................................................................... 9 July 1, 2015 ................................................................................................................................................................. 25 Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu Inaugurates Integrated Security System (ISS) in Mumbai ................ 25 15-Year-Old Byron Wake becomes Britain’s Youngest ‘Cyborg’ ............................................................. 26 Literacy rate 71% in rural areas, 86% in urban areas: NSSO survey ......................................................... 26 Abhijeet Gupta wins 19th Commonwealth Chess Championship ........................................................... 26 Madhya Pradesh government starts e-registration of property all districts ............................................ 27 Elephant population rises in Odisha: 2015 Census .................................................................................... 27 First potential treatment for deadly MERS virus identified by scientists ................................................ 28 Matti Makkonen, Father of SMS technology passes away ........................................................................ 28 July 2, 2015 ................................................................................................................................................................. 29 World Bank approves $650 million loan for Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor ................................ 29 Greece becomes first developed nation to default IMF debt .................................................................... 30 Iran, P5+1 extend interim nuclear deal for more talks .............................................................................. 30 Union Cabinet gives nod to Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) ................................. 31 Prof. Sanjeev Galande selected for G D Birla Award for Scientific Research 2014 ................................ 32 Cuba becomes first nation to eliminate mother-to-child HIV and syphilis: WHO ............................... 32 Union Government opens compliance window for black money disclosure ......................................... 33 Union Cabinet gives nod for setting up of Online National Agriculture Market .................................. 33 July 3, 2015 ................................................................................................................................................................. 34 Union Government launches web portal for issuing green clearance Category B projects .................. 34 Indian-American teacher Darshan Jain receives US Presidential Award ................................................ 34 Union Government launches App to know gram panchayats assets ....................................................... 35 Indian-American professor R Paul Singh named for 2015 World Agriculture Prize laureate.............. 35 Fazle Hasan Abed, founder of Bangladesh-based poverty alleviation NGO wins World Food Prize 2015 ......................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Haryana Government launches ‘Mhara Gaon, Jagmag Gaon’ scheme ..................................................... 36 C Ramakrishnan appointed as Group CFO of Tata Motors Limited ...................................................... 37 India’s Seafood exports touch all time high of Rs 33,441 crore ................................................................ 37 July 4, 2015 ................................................................................................................................................................. 38 Guinness Book Recognises Madhya Pradesh’s World Record in Washing Hands ................................ 38 Nationwide Mobile Number Portability becomes operational ................................................................. 39 4 Indian-Americans honoured with Great Immigrants award 2015 in United States ........................... 39 New Ebola cases found once again in Liberia ............................................................................................. 40 BSNL launches mobile wallet service ‘Speed Pay’ ...................................................................................... 40 Airbus, Mahindra Group ink MoU to form joint venture company ....................................................... 40 July 5, 6, 2015 ............................................................................................................................................................. 41 Chile wins Copa America title 2015 of football for first time ................................................................... 41 India retains South Asian Basketball Championship ................................................................................. 41 FDI in manufacturing of tobacco products prohibited: RBI ..................................................................... 42
Lewis Hamilton wins 2015 Birtish Grand Prix of F1 ................................................................................ 42 Acclaimed Pakistani Urdu novelist Abdullah Hussain passes away ......................................................... 43 Renowned US actress Diana Douglas passes away .................................................................................... 43 US wins Women’s FIFA World Cup for 3rd time .................................................................................... 43 Adani Group inks MoU with Tamil Nadu Government to set up 650 MW solar power plant ........... 44 Microsoft to develop digital villages, cyber-security centre in Maharashtra .......................................... 44 Union Government releases first ever Socio-Economic and Caste Census in 80 years ......................... 45 July 7, 2015 ................................................................................................................................................................. 46 India, Uzbekistan ink pacts to boost cooperation ...................................................................................... 46 Meiji Period Sites of Japan gets UNESCO World Heritage Site Status ................................................... 46 Kamal Bawa elected as Fellow to Royal Society ......................................................................................... 47 Floyd Mayweather stripped of Welterweight World title 2015 .............................................................. 48 SC issue notices to Centre, ECI to bring political parties under RTI Act ............................................... 48 July 8, 2015 ................................................................................................................................................................. 49 MoEFCC holds meeting with 6 states to review ESA demarcation progess in Western Ghats ........... 49 India, Kazakhstan launch first drilling at Satpayev oil block of OVL ...................................................... 50 Telangana government, ICRISAT ink MoU to promote IT-based information for farmers ............... 50 MGNREGA world’s largest public works programme: World Bank Report ......................................... 51 Pune’s Fergusson College wins heritage status of UGC ............................................................................ 52 Union Government decides to develop villages within 10 km of IB on priority .................................... 52 Indian Railway’s launches Mobile ticketing app for suburban commuters in Mumbai ......................... 53 Union Government declares whole of Nagaland as ‘disturbed area’ ........................................................ 53 July 9, 2015 ................................................................................................................................................................. 54 India, Kazakhstan sign five key pacts including deal on uranium supply ................................................ 54 eMudhra launches eSign Services ................................................................................................................ 55 UNESCO names 24 new world heritage sites ............................................................................................ 56 Vadodara, China’s Xinjinag province ink MoU to develop twin cities ................................................... 57 Lord Kamlesh Patel becomes first British-Asian appointee to ECB Director ......................................... 57 China nominates Jin Liqun for President of AIIB...................................................................................... 58 India, US ink inter-governmental agreement to implement FATCA ..................................................... 58 Notable Urdu poet Bashar Navaaz passes away .......................................................................................... 59 July 10, 2015 ............................................................................................................................................................... 59 Rahul Bhatnagar named as new MD and CFO of Bharti Enterprises ...................................................... 59 Healthcare firm Practo acquires tech start-up Genii ................................................................................. 60 MoUs inked to address Chemical Industry’s need of Skilled Manpower................................................. 60 Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka sets record for spending longest time in space .......................... 60 Uttarakhand gets India’s first earthquake early warning system .............................................................. 61 Indigenously developed surface-to-air Akash Missile inducted in IAF ................................................... 61 Legendary Egyptian actor Omar Sharif passes away ................................................................................. 62 July 11, 2015 ................................................................................................................................................................ 63 Prince Saud al-Faisal, World’s longest serving Foreign Minister passes away ....................................... 63 Typhoon Linfa hits Southern Chinese province of Guangdong .............................................................. 63
ISRO successfully launches PSLV-C28 carrying 5 UK satellites .............................................................. 64 India accorded full membership of SCO at Ufa summit 2015 ................................................................... 65 Serena Williams wins sixth Wimbledon Women’s Single title ............................................................... 66 Sunita Williams among 4 astronauts chosen to fly NASA’s first commercial space vehicle ................. 66 India imposes anti-dumping duty on phenol imports from South Africa ............................................... 67 US approves major Non-NATO Ally status to Tunisia ............................................................................ 67 New butterfly species named ‘Banded Tit’ found in Arunachal Pradesh ................................................. 68 July 12, 13, 2015 .......................................................................................................................................................... 68 India, Turkmenistan ink 7 pacts to enhance regional cooperation & connectivity ................................ 68 NABARD to provide Rs 30,000 crore credit to farmers for irrigation .................................................... 69 India, Kyrgyzstan ink 4 pacts during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit .......................................... 70 ‘Buddha In A Traffic Jam’ wins best original screenplay award at the Madrid Film Festival ................ 71 Winners of 2015 Wimbledon Championship Titles of Tennis ............................................................... 71 India, US ink MoU to establish PACESetter Fund .................................................................................... 72 Skill Development Ministry inks MoU with Health & Family Welfare Ministry on skill development72 Four Indian scientists receive William Harvey Award 2015 .................................................................... 73 July 14, 2015 ............................................................................................................................................................... 73 China sets up world’s largest Cancer Registry System .............................................................................. 73 Lt Gen Man Mohan Singh Rai appointed as new Vice-Chief of Army ................................................... 73 India, Georgia ink MoU on electoral cooperation ..................................................................................... 74 India, Tajikistan ink 2 pacts to strengthen bilateral relations ................................................................... 74 Nag anti-tank missile tested from helicopter platform.............................................................................. 75 Union Government launches GAGAN, aviation navigation system ....................................................... 75 Noted artist Sayed Haider Raza conferred with France’s de la Lgion dHonneur .................................... 76 Union Government clears defence proposals worth Rs 30,000 crore ..................................................... 77 July 15, 2015 ............................................................................................................................................................... 77 CSK, Rajasthan Royals suspended for two years from IPL ....................................................................... 77 Legendary music director MS Viswanathan passes away ......................................................................... 78 Krishnapatnam Port receives Golden Peacock award for environment management .......................... 78 Volcanic eruptions slow down Global Warming: Study........................................................................... 79 CERN’s LHC discovers new class of particles called Pentaquarks ............................................................ 80 Sinhastha Kumbh Mela begins in Trimbakeshwar, Nashik ...................................................................... 80 Ajay Kumar Pandey appointed as MD and group CEO of GIFT City ..................................................... 81 Rakesh Sahni appointed chairman of NVDA ............................................................................................. 81 July 16, 2015 ............................................................................................................................................................... 82 Home Ministry gives nod to Huawei to set up unit in Tamil Nadu ......................................................... 82 IIT Bombay, Nehru Science Centre launch ‘Internet for All’ Mobile Science Exhibition...................... 82 Tata, Boeing ink Strategic framework Agreement in lines with Make in India ..................................... 83 Champions League T20 of Cricket scrapped with immediate effect ....................................................... 83 Union Government approves Transit Oriented Development policy for Delhi .................................... 84 RBI constitutes Deepak Mohanty Committee to frame action plan on financial inclusion .................. 84 CCEA approves creation of Intra State Transmission System in 7 States ............................................... 85
INSTC, India’s strategic gateway to Central Asia and Eurasia .................................................................. 85 July 17, 2015 ............................................................................................................................................................... 87 Union Cabinet gives nod to Composite Foreign Investment Cap ........................................................... 87 Union Cabinet gives nod to redevelop 400 major railway stations .......................................................... 87 INS Astravahini decommissioned after 31 years of service ...................................................................... 88 Indian-American woman Sunita Viswanath honoured with Champion of Change .............................. 88 India inks $250-million loan pact with World Bank for Andhra Pradesh Disaster Recovery project . 89 Mindtree acquires 2 Companies from UK and US .................................................................................... 89 Union Government brings 39 more Pharmaceutical drugs under price control .................................... 90 RBI, Central Bank of Sri Lanka ink currency swap agreement ................................................................ 90 IIS officer Prashant Pathrabe appointed FTII Director ............................................................................. 91 Ottappalam in Kerala to have India’s first Defence Industrial Park ......................................................... 91 July 18, 2015 ............................................................................................................................................................... 92 Uruguay’s soccer legend Alcides Ghiggia passes away ............................................................................... 92 Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez suspended from Bowling in International Cricket for 1 Year .............. 92 Veteran Telugu playback singer V Ramakrishna passes away.................................................................. 92 EU approves 7 Billion Euro Short-Term Loan to Greece ......................................................................... 93 India and Myanmar to strengthen Defence ties ......................................................................................... 93 Two new plant species discovered in Western Ghats ............................................................................... 94 July 19, 20, 2015 ......................................................................................................................................................... 95 Annual Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra begins in Puri, Odisha ...................................................................... 95 Indian-origin doctor Shiv Pande receives honorary fellowship in UK ................................................... 95 Union Home Ministry approves 17 new police battalions for J&K, Naxal-hit states ............................. 96 India, Russia sign customs pact to boost trade ........................................................................................... 96 Indo-Bangla joint survey in LBA enclaves over nationality preference concludes................................. 96 Japan pledges 26% emissions cut by 2030 ................................................................................................... 97 Union Agriculture Ministry launches PGS-India, Soil Health Card and FQCS Web Portals ............... 97 Kerala Tourism’s Muziris Heritage Project wins 2015 PATA Award ..................................................... 98 July 21, 2015 ............................................................................................................................................................... 99 Bhanu Pratap Sharma appointed as Chairperson of FSSAI ...................................................................... 99 French tennis legend Amelie Mauresmo inducted in International Tennis Hall of Fame .................... 99 Union Government launches National Career Counselling portal ........................................................ 100 New fish species named Puntius Dolichopterus discovered in Kerala ................................................... 100 ISRO successfully test-fires GSLV-Mark III rocket engine .................................................................... 101 BRICS bank starts its operations from Shanghai, China ......................................................................... 101 July 22, 2015 ............................................................................................................................................................. 102 United Nations Security Council adopts resolution endorsing Iran nuclear deal ................................. 102 BCCI constitutes IPL working group to study Justice Lodha committee verdict ................................. 103 Naomi Klein wins 2015 American Book Award ...................................................................................... 103 Pipavav Defence inks pact with Russian firm Zvyozdochka to refit submarines ................................. 104 Union Government launches Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan ...................................................................... 104 CCEA extends CCTNS deadline to March 2017 ...................................................................................... 105
14 States, UTs achieve literacy rate of 80%: Government ....................................................................... 106 July 23, 2015 ............................................................................................................................................................. 106 Ananth Narayanan appointed as CEO of Myntra .................................................................................... 106 SC rejects Centre’s review plea seeking OBC status for Jats ................................................................... 107 Puducherry city first to get Smart city nomination ................................................................................. 107 Acclaimed US novelist EL Doctorow passes away ................................................................................... 108 India earns $100 million by launching 45 foreign satellites: Government ............................................ 108 India ranks 12th in terms of power generation from nuclear source .................................................... 109 UNESCO names Conakry as World Book Capital for 2017 ................................................................... 110 July 23: National Broadcasting Day ........................................................................................................... 110 July 24, 2015 .............................................................................................................................................................. 111 7 Indian companies among World’s 500 largest companies: Fortune Magazine .................................. 111 Indian-American Amitoj Chhabra wins junior title at US Powerlifting Championships ................... 112 Lupin acquires US pharmaceutical firm Gavis ......................................................................................... 112 Ajay Mathur appointed as Director-General of TERI ............................................................................. 112 President nominates 2 members of Anglo-Indian Community to Lok Sabha ...................................... 113 Maharashtra cabinet approves Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Jan Van Vikas Scheme .............................. 114 July 25, 2015 .............................................................................................................................................................. 114 KFC partners IRCTC, to serve meals on trains ....................................................................................... 114 US-Based Top website “Mashable” joins hand with India.com for its launch in India ........................ 114 MCX to partner CME group for international exchange at GIFT City ................................................ 115 Irdai sets up 3 committees to review regulations in insurance ............................................................... 116 M Damodaran former Chairman of SEBI sets up trust for non-executive directors ........................... 117 Times Group to buy 4 FM radio stations of India Today Group ........................................................... 117 Former Bihar, Kerala Governor R.S. Gavai passes away ........................................................................ 118 China successfully tests 5th generation Long March carrier rocket ...................................................... 118 Union Government, 3 states to start artificial breeding of Great Indian Bustard ................................ 118 Union Government launches Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana in Patna .............................. 119 Tunisia’s Parliament adopts New Anti-terror Law.................................................................................. 120 WTO members reach landmark $1.3 trillion IT trade deal to cut tariffs .............................................. 121 Union Government constitutes All India Council of Sports as an advisory body ................................ 121 Delhi Court discharges all 36 accused in IPL 2013 spot fixing scandal .................................................. 122 China launches two new Navigational Satellites into space.................................................................... 123 July 26, 27, 2015 ....................................................................................................................................................... 123 Cyient acquires Singapore based Global Services Engineering from Pratt & Whitney ....................... 123 Anand Krishnamurthy appointed CEO and MD of CSB bank ............................................................... 124 Indian women wrestling team wins silver medal in the Kazakhstan Presidential Cup........................ 124 Etienne Benet Nestle India’s MD steps down ........................................................................................... 124 EU bans marketing of around 700 generic medicines of GVK Biosciences .......................................... 125 Former Union Minister Bijoy Handique passes away ............................................................................. 125 CSC and HCL forms joint venture to provide technology services, solutions to banks ...................... 126 Sebastian Vettel wins 2015 Hungarian Grand Prix of F1........................................................................ 126
BEL bags Dun Bradstreet’s India’s Top PSUs Awards 2015 .................................................................... 127 IDFC gets banking licence from RBI......................................................................................................... 127 Maharashtra govt to develop six solar cities targeting solar capacity of 7,500 MW ............................ 128 Jorge Sampaio, Helena Ndume awarded with inaugural Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize ................ 129 Delhi Lt Governor approves appointment of Swati Maliwal as Chairperson of DCW ...................... 129 July 28, 2015 ............................................................................................................................................................. 130 IT Secretary R S Sharma appointed as TRAI chairman .......................................................................... 130 FKCCI completed 100 years of service ..................................................................................................... 130 Rajesh Exports buys Valcambi for Rs. 2560 crore ................................................................................... 131 Ashok Kumar Balyan to head Anil Ambani-led Reliance group’s oil & gas business ........................... 131 3rd phase e-auction of FM Radio fetch around Rs 395 cr on day 1 ....................................................... 132 Eminent Physicist P. Hariharan passes away ............................................................................................ 132 28 July: World Hepatitis Day ..................................................................................................................... 133 Chris Froome of Britain wins 102nd Tour de France ............................................................................. 134 A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, ‘People’s President’ and ‘Missile Man’ passes away ............................................... 135 Teva to buy Allergan generic drug business for USD 40.5 billion ......................................................... 136 Maharashtra govt to exempt small vehicles from toll tax ....................................................................... 136 Eminent Sri Lankan historian Santasilan Kadirgamar passes away ....................................................... 137 Ashish Bahuguna appointed as Chairman of FSSAI ................................................................................ 137 South Korea declares end of MERS outbreak .......................................................................................... 138 Sri Lanka inks MoU with Google to launch Project Google Loon ........................................................ 139 Royal Bengal Tiger population falls rapidly in Sundarbans, Bangladesh ............................................... 139 July 29, 2015 ............................................................................................................................................................. 140 Kazakhstan became 162th member of WTO ........................................................................................... 140 CCI imposes Rs. 420 crore fine on Hyundai for anti-competitive practices ......................................... 141 Former South African cricketer Clive Rice passes away ......................................................................... 141 E-tourist visa to Chinese nationals from July 30, 2015 ........................................................................... 142 Dr Suniti Solomon, pioneer of HIV/AIDS research and treatment in India passes away ................... 142 Hero Motocorp to buy assets of bankrupt US Company ........................................................................ 143 IndusInd Bank acquires RBS’ bullion financing business for Rs 4,100 crore ........................................ 143 World’s first diamond exchange at Singapore to go online from September ....................................... 144 Titagarh Wagons buys Italy-based Firema Trasporti ............................................................................. 145 Facebook launches its compressed version ‘Lite’ in India ....................................................................... 145 Sports Ministry constitutes Working Group for Re-drafting of the Sports Code ............................... 146 India ink loan agreement of $300 million with ADB for NUHM .......................................................... 146 July 30, 2015 ............................................................................................................................................................. 147 Debjani Ghosh takes charge as new MAIT President ............................................................................. 147 RBS to sell private banking business in India to Sanctum Wealth ........................................................ 147 Sanjiv Chaturvedi, Anshu Gupta win Ramon Magsaysay Award 2015 ................................................. 148 15 Gharials to be released in Beas belt in Punjab to boost tourism ........................................................ 149 Pakistan receives CSF tranche of $336 million dollars from US ............................................................ 150
Kalyani Group partners with Israel’s Rafael to make Spike Missile ....................................................... 150 GM to invest $1 bn in Talegaon by 2020, shuts down Halol plant in Gujarat ...................................... 150 Microsoft launches Windows 10 ............................................................................................................... 151 July 31, 2015 .............................................................................................................................................................. 151 Delhi government notifies Witness Protection Scheme 2015 ................................................................ 151 RBI to issue Rs 10 coins to mark International Yoga Day ...................................................................... 152 Cyclone Komen makes landfall in Bangladesh ......................................................................................... 153 Government revises scheme for Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups ................. 153 150 Multiple Choice Questions ............................................................................................................................. 154
15-Year-Old Byron Wake becomes Britain’s Youngest ‘Cyborg’ July 1, 2015
He achieved this feat after inserting xNT microchip under the skin using hypodermic syringe. The chip is the size of a grain of rice and is encased in bio-safe glass.
Literacy rate 71% in rural areas, 86% in urban areas: NSSO survey July 1, 2015
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Abhijeet Gupta wins 19th Commonwealth Chess Championship July 1, 2015