CURRENT AFFAIRS JULY 2016 BSNL TTA MATCH POINT

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·        Name of Indigenously built LCA inducted in IAF – Tejas

·        Second Shijian-16 series satellite launched by –China

·        Name of Indigenous Heavyweight Torpedo inducted by Indian Navy – Varunastra

·       Who sworned in as new president of Philippines – Rodrigo Duterte

·        Which court ruled that Lesbians, gays and bisexuals are not third gender – Supreme Court

·        Name of teacher education portal launched by Union HRD Ministry – Prashikshak

·        In which state Rapid Rural Police Response System was launched – Punjab

·        B C Roy National Awards were presented by – President Pranab Mukherjee

·        Name of Fast Attack Craft launched by Indian navy – INS Tarasa

·        National Doctors Day 2016 was observed in India on – 1st July 2016

·        For solar photovoltaic projects how much money SBI got from World Bank – $625 mn

·        Which country became Associate Member of ICC – Saudi Arabia

·        Who became new Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka – Indrajit Coomaraswamy

·        Who won 2016 Canada Open Grand Prix Badminton Men’s Singles title – B Sai Praneeth

·        What is the name of a former French Prime Minister who died recently – Michel Rocard

·        Which state is all set to develop new Industrial Township at an expense of $5 billion – Haryana

·       BRICS Working Group Meeting on Energy Saving and Energy Efficiency begins in – Visakhapatnam

·        Who relaxes Decision Review System for LBWs – ICC

·        Eelectronic Cigarettes has been decided to be banned by – Kerala government

·        Rapid Rural Police Response System launched by – Punjab Government

·        Who becomes first Indian to play in Europa League – Gurpreet Singh Sandhu

·        NASA’s Juno spacecraft successfully begins orbit of – Jupiter

·        How many numbers of new Ministers of State inducted in Union council of Ministers – 19

·        Para swimmer Niranjan Mukundan wins eight medals in – IWAS World Games

·        Logistic Performance Index 2016 released by – World Bank

·       Who takes over as Director of IISU – MV Dhekane

·      Hero MotoCorp inked 3-year wage agreement with – Gurgaon Workers

·        Who is appointed as Accountant General of Tamil Nadu – R Thiruppathi Venkatasamy

·        Union Cabinet approves Interest Subvention Scheme for – Farmers

·        Aditya Birla Fashion acquires global clothing brand- Forever 21

·        SC appointed Green Panel recommends high pollution cess of 20-22% on – Diesel Vehicles Union Cabinet approves National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme

·        Who was named as World Class Gymnast by International Gymnastics Federation – Dipa Karmakar

·        National Green Highways Mission launched by – Union Government

·        Who has been appointed as the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh – Deepak Singhal

·        Social media banking platform SBI Mingle launched by – SBI

·        Myspeed App to measure real time mobile internet speed was launched by – TRAI

·        Which two countries signed MoUs on drug trafficking, pulse trading & sports – India, Mozambique

·        Which tech gaint acquired Paris-based startup Moodstocks – Google

·        Whose drug control meeting begins in New Delhi – BRICS

·        India’s first Centre of Excellence on Internet of Things is unveiled by – NASSCOM

·        Which state govt proposed 14.5 per cent fat tax on junk food – Kerala Govt

·        India inked MoU’s in four areas of cooperation with – South Africa

·        Who resigned as Chief Operating Officer of Microsoft – Kevin Turner

·        Name of noted Pakistani philanthropist who passed away – Abdul Sattar

·       Where was NATO Summit 2016 concluded – Warsaw

·        Football cup Euro 2016 won by – Portugal

·       Wimbledon cup won by – Andy Murray

·    Name of organization which has its 2nd Anti-Drug Working Group meeting of Heads of Drug Control Agencies – BRICS

·        Nepal’s first woman Chief Justice – Sushila Karki

·        Which nuclear power plant attains criticality – Kudankulam

·        India, Tanzania signed how many agreements – Five

·        NBAGR confers rare and singular species genetic recognition tag to – Kendrapara Sheep

·        Which tennis player won the title 2016 British Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton

·        Six more Indians qualify for – Rio Olympics

·       Which two countries signed seven agreements todeepen cooperation – India, Kenya

·        Who is appointed as CMD of Konkan RailwayCorporation Limited – Sanjay Gupta

·        India’s first Centre of Excellence on Internet of launched in – Bengaluru

·        President conferred 51st Jnanpith Award to – Dr. Raghuveer Chaudhari

·        Test, ODI, and T20I Rankings are released by – ICC

·        which organization released the list of World’s Highest-Paid Celebrities of 2016 – Forbes

·        Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled in favor of The Philippines on – South China Sea

·        SBI inks MoU with which institution to promotefintech start-ups – IIT Bombay

·        Which two countries signed deal for construction of coal fired power plant – India & Bangladesh

·        Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana has been approved by – Union Cabinet

·      Which operation is launched to evacuate Indian citizens from South Sudan – Sankat Mochan

·       Who has been appointed as CEO of NATGRID – Ashok Patnaik

·        Who has been appointed as Prime Minister of United Kingdom – Theresa May

·        India-born Kinshuk appointed as Dean of University of – North Texas College of Information

·        India, ADB sign 100 Million US dollar loan agreement for which project in Tamil Nadu – Cauvery Delta

·        11th ASEM summit begins in – Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

·    Which bank sets up Sudarshan Sen-headed Inter-regulatory Working Group on Fin Tech and Digital Banking – RBI

·        Fide Women’s Grand Prix trophy won by – Harika Dronavalli

·        On 15 July 2016 which day is observed globally – World Youth Skills Day

·        Who has been appointed as Chairman of CBSE – Rakesh Kumar Chaturvedi

·        Tata Advanced Systems signs deal with – Bell Helicopter

·        Which month begins in Kerala – Ramayana Month

·        Which university enters UNESCO’s World Heritage Site list – Nalanda Mahavihara

·       Which state becomes first state to approve setting up of Happiness Department – Madhya Pradesh

·       Who sworned in as new Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh – Pema Khandu

·        Yatra Online acquired by Terrapin 3 Acquisition Corporation for – $218 mn

·        Who has been appointed as Chairman of Airports Authority of India – Guruprasad Mohapatra

·        Unmanned Dragon cargo capsule to International space station launched by – SpaceX

·         Nelson Mandela International Day 2016 observed on – 18th July

·        India’s first e-court opened at – Hyderabad High Court

·        Regional Centre for Biotechnology Bill, 2016 passed by – Parliament

·        Who sworn in as Australia’s PM for another term -Malcolm Turnbull

·        Report of 2015 Non-communicable Diseases Global Survey released by – WHO

·        SC accepts Lodha panel recommendations on structural reforms in – BCCI

·        Which Indian hockey player recently passes away – Mohammed Shahid

·        Which country to conduct world’s first Zika vaccine test on humans – Canada

·         Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2012 passed by – Rajya Sabha

·         Chennai’s Advay Ramesh wins which award from Asia – Google Community Impact Award

·         Which state government to celebrate bicentenary of 1817 Paika revolt – Odisha