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NATIONAL AFFAIRS
ICRISAT launched the Green Phablet, priced at $300
1. New agricultural institute in Jharkhand at Barhi in
(about Rs 18,600), for farmers in Telangana.
Hazaribagh district.The institute, which will offer14. E-filing of ITR through Aadhaar . Finance ministry
post graduate and doctoral courses, will have three
announced the commencement of the electronic filing
major schools focusing on natural resources
of income tax returns for 2015-16.The ITR forms now
management, crop improvement and protection and
have a space for Aadhaar card holders to provide their
horticulture and forestry.
Unique Identification Numbers (se. Linking Aadhaar
2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the
with your ITR will eliminate the need of posting the
Digital India Week on July 1 in the national capital
duly signed ITR-V form to CPC, Bengaluru, after e-filing
aiming to encourage involvement and creating
of the income tax.
awareness about the field.
15. As part of Digital India Week, the Centre for
3. The Modi Government intends to spend Rs 50,000
Development of Telematics (C-DOT) launched four new
crore in five years (2015-16 to 2019-20) to provide
products, including solar powered Wi-Fi hotspots and
irrigation facilities in all agricultural lands. This will be
long distance Wi-Fi.
part of a new scheme, the Pradhan Mantri Krishi16. Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation
Sinchayee Yojana, approved by the Cabinet.
(UPSRTC) has become the first State transport
4. Govt launches mob app
to account Gram
corporation to have a vehicle tracking system for interPanchayat."m-asset" can be used by citizens to
city buses, which has led to a reduction in accidents
capture photographs and geographical coordinates of
and deaths as drivers are wary of crossing the speed
various assets available at Gram Panchayat level.
limits.
5. Haryana Govt launches Mhara Gaon, Jagmag17. Haryana Govt. Launches
Digital India With
Gaon, aimed at providing 24-hour uninterrupted
Laado. Other Initiatives of Haryana Govt. are Beti
power supply to rural domestic consumers and
Bachao-Selfie Banao , SelfieWithDaughter.
improving electricity bill collections in order to reduce18. Union Railway minister Suresh Prabhu has launched a
huge accumulated losses of power utilities.
new mobile ticketing app that will now facilitate
6. Hansal Mehta to Direct Sanjay Gandhi Biopic
hassle-free travel for around 35 lakh daily suburban
7. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Union Minister
railway commuters using the Western Railway.
of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking19. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched digital ration
Water Supply and Sanitation Chaudhary Birendra
cards under the National Food Security Act.
Singh on 3 July 2015 released the provisional data20. India's first community skill park opens in Kerala
th
from the Socio Economic and Caste Census21. Goa hosts 12 ISAES International Symposium on
Antarctic Earth Sciences.
(SECC) 2011 for Rural India.
8. Foreign direct investment (FDI) is prohibited in the22. PM Modi unveils statue of Mahtama Gandhi in Bishkek
manufacturing of cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and23. Sinhastha Kumbh Mela begins in Nashik
24. PM Modi launches 'Skill India' campaign
cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes, RBI
25. PM Modi unveils bust of Tagore in Dushanbe
said in a notification.
26. India's longest road tunnel, being built on Jammu9. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar called
Srinagar National Highway, will be opened for general
meeting to review the progress of physical
traffic in July next year and would reduce the distance
demarcation of Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA) in
between the two cities by 30 kms.
Western Ghats region and also discussed further27. The website of Indian Space Research Organisation's
course of action for its protection and conservation.
(ISRO) commercial arm Antrix was hacked on 12th
10. President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurates 'Nakshatra
July. The website - www.antrix.gov.in - redirected to a
Vatika' on the premises of Rashtrapati Nilayam,
sports merchandise webpage.
Bolarum. The garden has been modelled on the lines28. Indias first railway-line built under PPP (private
of the Nakshatra Vatika at Mughal Gardens,
sector
participation)
model
inaugurated
in
Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Ghandhidham.
11. Impressed with the progress of Maharashtra's 'Jal29. HIV infections down by 20 percent in India
Yukt Shivar Abhiyan,' Rajashtan is also going to30. Advertising Standard Council of India (ASCI)
adopt the state's flagship water conservation and
launched its consumer complaint mobile application
Integrated water management scheme.
ASCIonline, to provide consumer complaint services on
12. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Kazakhstan premier
a mobile app besides providing the facility online.
Karim Massimov launched the first exploratory31. The government will set up a Trade Facilitation
drilling of the Satpayev oil block by India's OVL and
Council with representations from states and Union
KazMunaiGaz.
territories to mainstream them in the process of
13. Farmers now can have customised tips on their
international trade and assist them with their
phablet on the kind of agricultural inputs they might
infrastructural needs.
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32. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 20 launched the
National Career Counselling Portal as part of an
endeavour
to
modernise
all
government-run
employment exchanges.
33. Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh
on 15 July 2015 launched 3 web portals viz. Soil Health
Card portal, Fertiliser Quality Control System (FQCS)
portal and Participatory Guarantee System (PGS)
India portal.
34. Mobile World Congress (MWC), an annual event
organised by Groupe Speciale Mobile Association
(GSMA) in Barcelona, is turning to India and China
which has lately seen explosive growth in the mobile
telephony sector.
35. Nabakalebar Rath Yatra Starts In Puri.
36. Union Government launched Deendayal Upadhyaya
Gram Jyoti Yojana (DUGJY) in Patna, Bihar. The
flagship scheme was launched by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi with an aim to provide 247
uninterrupted electricity supply to each rural
household across the country by 2022.
37. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
has cancelled licence of Sahara asset Management
Company (AMC).
38. India's population set to top China's by 2022.

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Bonn, Germany, inscribed 24 new sites into the World
Heritage List.
Newly Added World Heritage Sites are:-Blue and
John Crow Mountains (Jamaica); Tusi sites
(China); Christiansfeld, a Moravian Church
Settlement (Denmark); Par Force Hunting
Landscape in North Zealand (Denmark); Climats,
terroirs of Burgundy (France); Champagne
Hillsides,
Houses
and
Cellars
(France);
Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with
Chilehaus (Germany);
Susa (Iran); Cultural
Landscape of Maymand (Iran); Necropolis of
Beth Shearima Landmark of Jewish Revival
(Israel);
Arab-Norman
Palermo
and
the
Cathedral Churches of Cefal and Monreale
(Italy);
Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and
Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (Japan);
Baptism Site Bethany Beyond the Jordan (AlMaghtas) (Jordan); Baekje Historic Areas (South
Korea); Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque Hydraulic
System (Mexico); Great Burkhan Khaldun
Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape
(Mongolia)
;
Rjukan-Notodden
Industrial
Heritage Site (Norway); Rock Art in the Hail
Region (Saudi Arabia);
Singapore Botanical
Gardens
(Singapore);
Ephesus
(Turkey);
Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural
Landscape (Turkey); Fray Bentos CulturalIndustrial Landscape (Uruguay); The Forth
Bridge (United Kingdom); San Antonio Missions
(United States).

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
1. Cuba First Nation to Eliminate Mother-to-Child
HIV
2. Japans 23 Meiji period (1868-1912) sites get
UNESCO World Heritage Status
Yemen and Iraq were listed as endangered world
3. India's rural employment guarantee programme
heritage due to damages or threat from the ongoing
MNREGA
(Mahatma
Gandhi
National
Rural
armed conflicts in the two countries.The World
Employment Gurantee Act) has been ranked as the
Heritage Committee also announced that its next
world's largest public works programme, according to
annual meeting would be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from
World Bank.
July 10 to July 20 in 2016.
4. India's Mid-day meal scheme has been classified as
11. Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta has been
biggest school feeding programme benefiting 105
charged in a wide-ranging corruption investigation.
million beneficiaries.
12. Asia has overtaken Europe as the world's second5. The World Bank ranked the Janani Suraksha
richest region, according to an annual report by the
Yojna with 78 million beneficiaries as the top-most
Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
social security programme with conditional cash13. Six world powers adopt nuclear deal with Iran.
transfers.
The deal is the culmination of years of delicate
6. The World Bank ranked the Indira Gandhi National Old
negotiations between formerly bitter enemies U.S. and
Age
Pension
Scheme
as
the
second-largest
Iran, as well as negotiators from China, France, Russia,
unconditional cash transfer social security progamme
the United Kingdom and Germany.
in the world.
14. Japan to pledge 20% CO2 cut
7. Myanmar will go to the polls on 8 November in its first15. United Nations Organization for Education,
general election in 25 years.
Science and Culture (UNESCO) has named Conakry,
the Capital city of the Republic of Guinea as the World
8. Ms. Tashi and Nungshi Malik became World's first
Book Capital for year 2017.
female twins to successfully climb Mount Everest.
16. India ranks 12th in nuclear power generation
9. Tunisia in State of Emergency
17. Kazakhstan, a member of the Russia-led economic
10. The
UN
Educational,
Scientific
and
Cultural
blocks became 162th member of World Trade
Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee on
Organization (WTO).
9th July, at the conclusion of its annual meeting in

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18. Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion

professional boxing in the country with one of the
(DIPP) has given nod to Asian Development Banks
oldest world bodies in the sport WBA offering
(ADB) and Japan International Cooperation Agency
membership to it.
(JICA) for their conceptual development plan (CDP)12. Amelie Mauresmo, the two-time Grand Slam winner
and former number one tennis player of France, was
report on Vizag Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC) and
on 18 July 2015 inducted into the International Tennis
Chennai-Bengaluru
Industrial
Corridor
(CBIC)
Hall of Fame.
respectively.
13. Indo-American Amitoj Chhabra wins junior title in
Powerlifting.
14. Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany won the
SPORTS
2015 Hungarian Grand Prix of Formula One (F1).
1. All India Football Federation kicked off the first
ever FIFA Live Your Goals at the new-look Cooperage in15. Chris Froome of Britain wins 102nd Tour de France
Mumbai. The programme which aims to extend the
outreach of Womens Football in India.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2. Grandmaster and former world junior champion1. The first humanoid robot in space, Robonaut 2, has
Abhijeet Gupta won the Commonwealth Chess
been selected as the NASA Government Invention of
Championship.Amongst the women, WGM Soumya
the Year for 2014.
Swaminathan won the silver medal while national2. First 3D heart printed using imaging technique
women's champion Mary Ann Gomes won the bronze.3. Byron Wake becomes Youngest Cyborg part-human,
part machine.
The gold in this category went to International Master
4.
NASA has unveiled a boomerang-shaped aircraft that
Jovanka Housak of England.
could be the first to take flight on Mars to look for
3. Lewis Hamilton won the 2015 British Grand Prix in a
potential landing sites for future manned mission to
3rd consecutive win.Williams Massa and Bottas finish
the red planet.
in 4th and 5th respectively after being 1-2 for a
5.
Union Government launches GAGAN. The system
significant portion during the early laps of the race.
known as Gagan or global positioning system (GPS)
4. India retains Basketball Championship
5. US wins Womens FIFA World Cup
aided geo-augmented navigation system is
6. Chile wins Copa America title 2015
intended to provide accurate navigation services over
7. Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. has lost his
the Bay of Bengal, Southeast Asia, Indian Ocean,
welterweight world title after failing to meet a
Middle East and African regions.
deadline to pay a US$200,000 "sanctioning" fee to the6. Indian American Sunita Williams is among four
World Boxing Organization (WBO) for his "fight of the
astronauts who have been selected by NASA for
century" against Manny Pacquiao.
commercial flights to the International Space Station
8. Goa will host the fifth Youth Delphic Games in (ISS) from US soil.
February 2016.
7. New Horizons spacecraft fly by Pluto
9. Indian athletes put up an impressive show at the 20158. ISRO rocket PSLV-C28 (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle)
World Police & Fire Games, winning more than 150
with 5 British satellites has been lifted off into space
medals.The stars of the Games for the country were
from Sriharikota. This launch is Indian space agency's
Kulwinder Kaur and Richa Mishra, who won a
heaviest commercial launch ever.
combined 11 gold and 2 silver medals.Kaur, an9. The LHCb experiment at CERNs Large Hadron
assistant sub inspector with Punjab Police, earned 5
Collider has reported the discovery of a class of
gold medals in the track and field events, winning
particles known as pentaquarks.
10.
Volcanic Eruptions Slow Down Global Warming
every event she competed in.
10. Wimbledon Championship 2015: Novak Djokovic11. New species of songbirds evolving in Western Ghats
of Serbia won the 2015 Mens Singles Wimbledon Title,12. A new cyprinid fish, Puntius Dolichopterus has been
discovered in Keralas Kayamkulam city.
Serena Williams of United States has won Womens
13.
2 New Plant Species Vellithumpa (silver flower)
Singles Wimbledon title, Sania Mirza (India) and
and Anisochilus shoolamudianus Discovered in
Martina Hingis (Switzerland) pair won the 2015
Western Ghats.
womens Doubles Wimbledon Title, Jean-Julien Rojer
DEATH AND OBITUARY:
(Netherlands) and Horia Tecu (Romania) pair
1.
Matti
Makkonen,
known
as the father of SMS after
won
the
2015
mens
Doubles
Wimbledon
developing the idea of sending messages via mobile
Title,Leander Paes (India) and Martina Hingis
networks, has died.
(Switzerland) pair won the 2015 Mixed Doubles
2. Actress Diana Douglas, mother of 70-year-old actor
Wimbledon Title,Sumit Nagal (India) and L Hong
Michael Douglas, had died at age 92.
Nam (Vietnam) pair won the 2015 Boys Doubles3. Novelist Abdullah Hussain passes away
Wimbledon Title.
4. Urdu poet Bashar Navaaz passed away. His Famous
11. The recently-launched Indian Boxing Council (IBC) gazals are Bazaar, Jaane vafaa, Loree, Tere Shahar me
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from film Bazaar is all time hit song. He was honored
with Galib award of Galib Academy New Delhi,6.
Maharashtra State Urdu Academy award, Iftekhaar E
Adab award, Pulotsav Samman for his contribution to
7.
Urdu literature.
MS Viswanathan, famous music composer, passed8.
away
Mexican singer Joan Sebastian dies at 64
Godfather actor Alex Rocco dies at 79
Legendary Uruguayan forward Alcides Ghiggia died
at the age of 88.
Acclaimed US novelist EL Doctorow passes away
9.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam passes away. He was the Former
President of India
Awards and Honours: Bharat Ratna (1997), Padma
Vibhushan (1990), Padma Bhushan (1981). He has10.
unique honour of receiving honorary doctorates from
30 universities and institutions. United Nations had
recognised his 79th birthday as World Student Day.
Switzerland has declared 26 May as Science Day to11.
commemorate visit of A P J Abdul Kalam to the country
in 2005.
His famous books:
India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium
1.
(1998),Wings of Fire: An Autobiography by A P J Abdul
Kalam (1999), Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power
Within India (2002), The Luminous Sparks (2004),
Mission India (2005), Reignited: Scientific Pathways to2.
a Brighter Future (2015) etc.
Eminent
Indian
physicist
Dr
Parameswaran3.
Hariharan passed away in California, United States.
Dr Suniti Solomon, pioneer of HIV/AIDS research in
India passes away.
Former South African all-rounder cricketer Clive Rice
passed away in Johannerburg, South Africa.
4.
Veteran Sri Lankan historian Santasilan Kadirgamar
passed away in Colombo after a brief illness.
BOOKS AND AUTHOR:
The Emergency by Coomi Kapoor launched
Harper Lees New Book "Go Set a Watchman"5.
launched
Modi - Incredible emergence of a star by Tarun
Vijay
6.
BANKING AND FINANCE:
Private insurer Bajaj Allianz has launched a weatherbased crop insurance scheme for orange crops in7.
Nagpur, Hingoli and Washim districts of Maharashtra. 8.
The World Bank said it has approved a $650 million
debt funding for a part of the eastern arm of the
9.
ambitious Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) project.
State-run IDBI Bank has signed an agreement with
Mudra Bank for refinancing of loans given to small
10.
enterprises.
SBI partners with MakeMyTrip to capitalise on the
business opportunities of the booming e-commerce
and m-commerce ecosystem. It also includes
partnership with SME & Acquiring Business -- MMT11.
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HDFC Bank has become the first bank in India to
launch Watch Banking for Apple Watch.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued Rs 100
denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi
Series-2005 with a new numbering pattern.
India's Economic Growth to Beat China's in 2016
In a row of recently passed Insurance Act, the
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of
India (IRDAI) have constituted three committees(The
life insurance committee, The general insurance
and Reinsurance committee) for review of
regulations in insurance sector.
On 29 July, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has
decided to sell its private banking business in India to
Sanctum Wealth Management, in line of its prior
decision to exit the Indian market.
Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB) launched a mobile
banking app Kotak Bharat aiming to provide mobile
banking services to customers in the remotest regions
of India.
The Reserve Bank will soon issue Rs. 10
denomination coins to commemorate the International
Yoga Day.
BUSINESS:
Facebook has launched its Facebook Lite app for
Android users, now available in India. Its a free app
with the download at 435KB in size, and its
compatible with devices running Android 2.2 or later.
Bharti Airtel has become the third-largest mobile
operator in the world in terms of subscribers.
State-run operator BSNL has launched The wallet
service, Speed Pay, which allows a customer to load
money even if he does not have a bank account. BSNL
also launched entertainment service BSNL Buzz in
partnership with Celltick.
The countrywide Mobile Number Portability
(MNP), which allows customers to keep their existing
mobile phone numbers while shifting between states
and circles, became operational.
The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)
on 7 July 2015 launched a mobile application named
Pashu Poshan that will boost dairy farmers' income by
raising milk yield and cutting feed cost.
eMudhra Limited, a certifying firm in the country for
digital signatures, has launched eSign services.
Essar Oil to sell 49% stake to Russia's Rosneft
Loan
distributor
Andromeda
has
acquired
apnapaisa.com, an online loan solutions provider, in
a stock and cash deal.
BSNL will set up 40,000 WiFi hot spots across the
country and the project is likely to be completed by
2018.
Indian pharmaceutical major Lupin has acquired US
based Gavis Pharmaceuticals in cash-free and
debt-free transaction for 880 million dollars (around
5,606 crore rupees).
Mashable, a New York-based news and blogging
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Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) sponsored4.

website for the launching of its Indian version in India.
KFC and the Indian Railway Catering and
Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) have entered into
partnership to launch a delivery system for commuters
on trains.
Microsoft launches Windows 10
5.
The Kolkata-based private sector wagon manufacturer
Titagarh Wagons Ltd (TWL) has acquired Italian
coach manufacturing company Firema Trasporti6.
for 25 million Euros.
The two leading financial news operations from Europe
and Asia are now together, as Nikkei Japanese
media group buys the Financial Times from
Britains Pearson in a $1.3 billion.
7.
App based Cab service provider Ola has made entry
into on-demand grocery delivery service by launching
a new app named Ola Store.
DEFENCE:
Inshore patrol vessel Rani Durgavati was inducted
into the Coast Guard.Rani Durgavati is the third in a
series of five inshore patrol vessels of the Coast
Guard.
India has test-fired its indigenously developed antitank guided missile Nag, which can hit a target upto
7 km, from a helicopter at a firing range in Jaisalmer in
8.
Rajasthan.
Indias first indigenously designed and developed
high-thrust cryogenic rocket engine generating a
nominal thrust of 19 tonnes was successfully
endurance hot tested for a duration of 800 seconds.
India and Myanmar to strengthen Defence ties. India
has offered to help Myanmar augment the forces'
Information Technology edge.
Indias Kalyani Group and Israels Rafael have
partnered to produce Spike Anti-Tank Guided Missiles
(ATGM) in India.
LEGAL:
The Supreme Court issued notices to the Central
Government, Election Commission of India and
the six National Political Parties - BJP, Cong, BSP,
CPI, CPI(M) and NCP, while admitting a petition1.
filed by the Association for Democratic Reforms2.
(ADR) and Mr. Subhash Chandra Agrawal on
19th May 2015 to declare all the six national
3.
political parties as "public authorities".
unwed mother can be sole guardian of a child :
SC. Following this decision by a Supreme Court bench,4.
5.
led by Justice Vikramajit Sen, an unwed mother is no
longer required to disclose the father's name.
Govt. declares Nagaland as disturbed area.
Declaring whole of Nagaland as a "disturbed" area
6.
under Section 3 of the Armed Forces (Special Powers)
Act, 1958 will give the armed forces powers to search,
7.
raid and arrest without a warrant. Also, it would allow
use of force by the Army personnel even to the extent8.
of causing death, against one who puts law and order
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In a landmark judgement, the Lodha panel, which
was appointed by the Supreme Court of India,
suspended the owners of IPL franchises Chennai Super
Kings and Rajasthan Royals for a period of two years in
connection with the betting and spot-fixing scandals in
the IPL.
The Supreme Court on 13th july rejected a plea
of UB Group chairman Vijay Mallya to scrap
Enforcement Directorate proceedings against him.
Maharashtra legislative assembly on 14 July 2015
passed the Maharashtra Guarantee of Public
Services Bill, 2015. The bill was unanimously passed
by the assembly in the absence of Congress and NCP
members.
SC Slams Collegium System. During hearing of a
bunch of petitions challenging the validity of the NJAC,
the Centre and states have slammed the collegium's
nontransparent and non-accountable manner of
appointing judges to the Supreme Court and high
courts. Attorney-General Mukul Rohatgi handed over
to a five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Justice
J.S. Khehar a note in a sealed cover, containing names
and details of judges considered bad appointments
made on the recommendation of the Supreme Court
Collegium in the last 20 years.
Ministry of Tribal Affairs has revised the Central Sector
Scheme known as Development of Particularly
Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs), w.e.f. 1st April,
2015, under which the Ministry will provide 100%
financial assistance through State Governments for
activities including housing, land distribution and land
development,
agricultural
development,
animal
husbandry, construction of link roads, installation of
non-conventional sources of energy or other
innovative activity, for the comprehensive socioeconomic
development
of PVTGs,
based
on
Conservation-cum-Development (CCD) Plan prepared
by the concerned State Governments on the basis of
assessment of their requirements.
APPOINTMENTS:
Rahul Agarwal has been made Lenovo India MD
Infrastructure financing firm IDFC today appointed
Vinod Rai, former Comptroller and Auditor General of
India (CAG), as independent director.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani nominated Anisa
Rasouli, first female judge to the Supreme Court.
Dr Anup K Pujari joins as Secretary, MSME.
Former Finance Minster of China Jin Liqun has been
nominated by China to be the first president of the
Beijing-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
(AIIB).
Indian operator Tata Teleservices has appointed
Anuraag Srivastava as its chief Financial officer.
IIT-JEE topper Kruti Tiwari appointed as ambassador
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executive Sriram Kalyanaraman as Managing
Director and CEO of National Housing Bank.
10. Professor Lord Kamlesh Patel of Bradford OBE was on
8 July 2015 appointed as an independent member on29.
the 14-member board of the England and Wales
Cricket Board (ECB).
11. Senior IAS officer SN Sahai has been appointed the
new Home Secretary of Delhi, ending the bitter row1.
between Lt Governor Najeeb Jung and Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal over the top post.
12. Credit Information Bureau India Ltd (CIBIL), Indias
leader in credit information, has appointed Satish2.
Pillai as its new Managing Director and Chief
Executive Officer on 9th July.
13. Lt Gen Man Mohan Singh Rai has been appointed as
the next Vice-Chief of the Indian Army. He is presently3.
posted as the Eastern Army Commander at Kolkata.
14. Rakesh Sahni appointed chairman of Narmada Valley
Development Authority (NVDA).
15. Ajay Kumar Pandey was appointed as new Managing
Director and Group CEO of Gandhinagar based Gujarat4.
International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City).
16. Srinivasan re-elected President of Tamil Nadu Cricket
Association (TNCA).
17. Centre has appointed 1980-batch IPS officer Archana5.
Ramasundaram of the Tamil Nadu-cadre as Director
of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
18. Health and Family Welfare Secretary Bhanu Pratap
Sharma has been given additional charge of Food6.
Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI),
Chairperson, for three months.
19. President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed 2 members7.
of Anglo-Indian Community to Lok Sabha as per the
provisions of Article 331 of Indian Constitution.
Nominted Persons are: Professor Richard Hay
and George Baker
20. Ananth Narayanan appointed as CEO of Myntra
21. Ajay Mathur appointed as Director-General of (TERI)
The Energy and Resources Institute.
22. Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung approved appointment
of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Swati Maliwal as
Chairperson of Delhi Commission for Women (DCW).
23. Nestle Indias MD Etienne Benet has step down from8.
his post, he will be replaced by Nestle Philippines
Chairman and CEO Suresh Narayanan.
24. Anand Krishnamurthy is now the new MD and CEO
of Catholic Syrian Bank (CSB) replacing Rakesh Bhatia
9.
who had quit due to personal reason.
25. Anil Ambani led Reliance Group Oil & Gas Business10.
appointed Ashok Kumar Balyan as its new CEO by
on 27 July 2015.
26. The IT Secretary Ram Sevak Sharma was appointed11.
as the chairman of telecom regulator Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on 27 July 2015.
27. Union Government has appointed former IAS officer
Ashish Bahuguna as the chairman of the Food Safety
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Debjani Ghosh took charge as new president of MAIT
(the Manufacturers Association for Information
Technology), the apex body of Indias Information
technology hardware industry.
Procter & Gamble (P&G) has appointed its company
veteran David Taylor as the new CEO by replacing A G
Lafley on 29 July 2015.
AWARDS AND HONOUR:
West Bengals Nadia district for improving heath
by providing sanitary toilets and promoting their use
has won a first place UN award for innovative public
services.
Noted scientist Sanjeev Galande has been selected
for the prestigious G D Birla award for 2014 for his
pioneering research in the field of epigenetics and
molecular cell biology.
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder of Brac, the
largest non-governmental organisation on the planet,
has been awarded the 2015 World Food prize for his
unparalleled
work
on
reducing
poverty
in
Bangladesh and 10 other countries.
Indian-American professor R. Paul Singh has been
named as the 2015 Global Confederation for Higher
Education Associations for Agriculture and Life
Sciences World Agriculture Prize laureate.
Darshan Jain, an Indian-American teacher from
Illinois, has been named by U.S. President Barack
Obama for prestigious Presidential Award for
Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.
The Guinness Book of World Records has recognised a
record created in Madhya Pradesh on 'World Hand
washing Day' on October 15, 2014.
Four Indian Americans were on 4 July 2015 honoured
with the 2015 Great Immigrants: The Pride of
America award by Carnegie Corporation of New York.
These Indian-Americans are among 38 individuals that
were honoured for having enlightened the society,
culture, and economy. Preet Bharara, United States
Attorney, Southern District of New York, Rakesh
Khurana,
Professor,
Dean,
Harvard
College,
Madhulika Sikka, Vice President, Executive Editor,
Mic, Abraham Verghese, Physician and Writer
Kamal Bawa, India's most prominent biologist and an
evolutionary ecologist, has been elected to the
prestigious Royal Society in recognition of his
pioneering contributions in the area of conservation
science.
'Buddha In A Traffic Jam' wins at Madrid Film Fest
Tata Steel's West Bokaro Division has been
awarded
the
'Golden
Peacock
Environment
Management Award' for the year 2015.
Well known painter Sayed Haider Raza has been
conferred with highest French Civilian Award
Commandeur de la Lgion dHonneur (the Legion of
Honour).Awards Won: 1956: Prix de la critique, Paris,
1981: Padma Shri the Government of India, 1981:
Fellowship of the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 1981:
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2007: Padma Bhushan the Government of India,
2013: Padma Vibhushan the Government of India
In 2014 Shahrukh Khan and on 10 June 2015 Yashwant
Sinha were conferred with this award.
12. Krishnapatnam Port in Andhra Pradesh has received
the Golden Peacock environment management award
for its initiatives and achievements in the field of
environment.
14.
13. Forbes List 2015
World Billioniers list 2015 tops China
Forbes 50 power full women list India women 615.

people
Arundhati bahattchary(SBI)
Chandra Kochar(ICICI)
16.
Akhila Srinivasan (SHRIRAM CAPITAL)
Kiran mazumdar shah(biocoin)
Shikashama(AXIS)
17.
Ushasnagwan(LIC)
Forbes-Bussiness person of year 2014 Larry
Page
Fortune The 100 Best Workplaces for Millennials18.
in 2015 Top-5
19.
Power home remodelling group
David weekly homes
Allied wallet
Pinnacle finance partner
20.
Acuity
Fortune 500 companies _ 2015
Wall mart
Exxon mobile
Chevron
Bershire hathway
Apple
Fortune Worlds Greatest Leaders-2015
Tim Cook
Mario Draghi
21.
Xijiping
Pope Francis
Narendra Modi
Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For.*Top -5
1.
Google
The boston consulting group
ACUITY
SAS instutite
Robert.w.baird
Richest person on the planet_2015 Bill Gates
Richest Women In The World 2015Christy
Walton(WALMART)
2.
The Worlds Youngest Billionaires under 402015
Evan Spiegel & Bobby MurphySnapchat cofounders
The Worlds Highest-Paid Superstar Of 2015
Floyd Mayweather
Forbes Asia Richest Person -2015 Wang Jianlin,3.
chairman of the Dalian Wanda Group
The Worlds Highest-Paid Athlete 2015 Floyd
Mayweather
Asias most Powerful Businesswomen2015Lucy
Peng(ALIBABA)
Forbes India rich list 2015 Dilip sangavi

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Richest Indian Celebrity in 2015salman khan
Richest woman in Britain 2015Kirsty Bertarelli
Britain richest sportsperson
2015
Lewis
Hamilton
Wealth-X list-2015 under 40 age billionaire Arun
Pudur (INDIA) cel frame
Luxury publishing group Huran Report world richest
countries USA,China,India
Make in India wins Economic Development
Innovation Award
Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka has set a new
world record for spending more time in space than any
other human, the RIA Novosti news agency reported
13th July.
The Kerala Tourism has bagged 2015's Pacific Asia
Travel Association (PATA) award for its Muziris Heritage
Project in the 'Heritage & Culture' category.
Indian-Origin Doctor Shiv Pande Receives Honorary
Fellowship in UK, for his contribution to the community
as a general practitioner and medical educator.
Jorge Sampaio, Helena Ndume awarded with
Nelson Mandela Prize.
The Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL)
became the front runner in the Dun & Bradstreets
Indias Top PSUs Awards 2015 in the category of
electrical and electronic equipment sector.
As many as 10 Indian companies, including
Aurobindo Pharma, HCL Technologies, Tata
Consultancy Services, and HDFC Bank, have
made it to the Forbes Asia Fabulous 50 list.
Forbes further said that the Fab 50's brightest star,
over the decade, was India's HDFC Bank. The bank has
made to the list nine times, more than any other
company. The other Indian companies on the list
include Lupin, Motherson Sumi Systems, Sun Pharma
Industries, Tata Motors, Tech Mahindra and Titan.
Two Indians Sanjiv Chaturvedi and Anshu Gupta
have been awarded prestigious Ramon Magsaysay
Award for 2015.
MoU:
India sign agreement on China-led AIIB. The 60-article
agreement specified each members share as well as
governance structure and policy-making mechanism of
the bank, which is designed to finance infrastructure in
Asia. China, India and Russia are the three largest
shareholders. The AIIB is designed to finance
infrastructure construction in the continent.
India, Thailand sign double taxation avoidance
treaty. The tax treaty provides for the framework to
avoid double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion
with respect to taxes so as to promote bilateral
economic cooperation.
Airbus Helicopters and Mahindra Defence, a part
of Mahindra Group, have signed a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) to form a joint venture to
produce helicopters in India and jointly bid for defence
contracts in India under the government's Make in
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4. The Tamil Nadu government will sign a power
purchase agreement (PPA) for 2,000 mega watt (Mw)
solar power by the end of 2015.
5. India, Uzbekistan ink pacts to boost cooperation.10.
The pact was signed for supply of 2,000 metric tonnes11.
of the yellow cake.
6. India and the U.S. signed an inter-governmental
agreement to implement the Foreign Account Tax
1.
Compliance Act (FATCA).
7. Vadodara and China's Xinjinag province has signed2.
3.
a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the
4.
development of twin cities.
5.
th
8. India and Georgia on 13
July signed a6.
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation
in
the
field
of
election
management
and
administration.
9. Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems Limited
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in aerospace and defense manufacturing and potential
integrated
systems
development
opportunities,
including unmanned aerial vehicles.
India, Russia sign MoU for hydro-generation
Government of Sri Lanka inked a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with search engine giant Google
to launch the Google Loon project in the country.
IMPORTANT DAYS
United Nation Population Day : 11 July
Republic Day: 14 July
France national pride day: 14 July
Nelson Mandela International Day : 18 July
National Broadcasting Day: July 23
World Hepatitis Day: 28 July