Current Affairs Blog: July 2016

Wednesday, 6 July 2016

Prakash Javadekar elevated as Human Resource Department Minister.
Juno enters Jupiter: After a five year long journey from Earth, NASA's solar-powered spacecraft Juno entered Jupiter's orbit.
Post introduction of 8% tax on food items with energy density of over 275Kcal/100g in Mexico, household purchases of nonessential energy-dense foods (salty snacks, chips, pastries and frozen desserts) has decreased.
Mobile mosque in Jakarta.
Supreme Court sets a deadline of 10 days for Internet search companies Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to block sex selection ads. SC had asked it in Jan, 2015 and expressed dismay that nothing has been done till that.
Hungary offers to incentivize Indian Companies that might leave UK in the wake of Brexit.
Supreme Court holds Railways reliable for deaths on train roof.
Maldives Foreign Minister, Dunya Maumoon, resigns over difference in opinion on implementation of death penalty. The new policy came when questions were being raised over delivery of justice in the country.
Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail acquired Indian business of "Forever 21" from Diana Retail P Ltd for over 175 crore ($26million).
Panel set up under Chief Economic Adviser Shankar Acharya to explore options for January to December Financial Year instead of current April to March.
Lionel Messi and his father sentenced to 21 months jail for tax fraud.

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A sensitive electronic nose with metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) to detect pesticides and nerve gas even in very low concentrations has been built by researchers from University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium.
Nigel Farage, leading Brexit campaigner, has stepped down as leader of UK Independent Party saying that his political ambition has achieved with "yes" vote on Brexit.
Ling Jihua, an ex-aide of former Chinese president Hu Jintao, has been jailed for corruption, illegal procurement of state secrets and abuse of power.
OPPO Electronics Ltd, Chinese mobile manufacturer, has become the first company to file an application for opening wholesale and single-brand retail stores.
Telecom companies are likely to shell about Rs.1 trillion in upcoming spectrum auction - Crisil.
Hero Motocorp signs 3 year wage agreement with Gurgaon workers.
Narendra Modi reshuffles cabinet. The big change is Smriti Irani is no longer HRD minister.
BookMyShow raises over 550 crores INR in its fourth round of funding. Investors are US based Stripes Group, Network 18, Accel Partners, and SAIF Partners.

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Maruti Suzuki India Ltd's domestic sales in June fell 10.2% over last year, to 92,133 units.
The Nikkei/Markit Manufacturing Purchasing Manager's Index rose to 51.7 in June 2016, highest in three months. This is the sixth month the index is above 50 - the mark which separates growth from contraction.
Indian Air Force inducts indigeneous Light combat aircraft (LCA) "Tejas" into its 45 squadron "Flying Daggers". Tejas, the first advanced fly-by-wire, was developed by Aeronautics Development Agency and manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.
Only transgenders would be considered third gender - Supreme Court. It was in reply to a clarification sought from the court on whether lesbians, gay and bisexuals qualify as transgenders.
US ends ban on transgender troops.
Google announced the name of next version of its Android mobile operating system as Android Nougat.
Died: Alvin Toffler - Author of Future Shock and The Third Wave

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