Current Affairs Recap of the Day: 23 July 2016

• The BJP Lok Sabha member who has been appointed as the new Chairperson of Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the Land Acquisition Bill is – Ganesh Singh

• The Lok Sabha recently passed a bill to establish a new National Institute of Technology in the state of – Andhra Pradesh

• The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi recently unveiled a foundation stone for revival of a fertilizer unit located in – Gorakhpur


• India’s Test team Captain who has become the first Indian Test Captain to score a double century outside India is – Virat Kohli

• The Indian state that won two Gold Awards at the Pacific Asia Travel Association Awards is – Kerala

• Facebook recently successfully completed test flight of its Internet drone. The name of the drone is – Aquila

• The fourth edition of the Brahmaputra Valley Film Festival 2016 recently began in – Guwahati

• The annual electronic music festival that recently commenced in Boom, Belgium is –
Tomorrowland

• The golfer that won the KGA women's Pro Championship held in Bengaluru is – Amandeep Drall

• The veteran journalist associated with Marathi daily newspaper Tarun Bharat who died recently is – Anil Shinde

• Meenakshi Lekhi has recently been appointed as the Chairperson of - Lok Sabha Privileges Committee

• Former professional football player who has been appointed as the Manager of the football team of England is - Sam Allardyce

• Suresh Angadi has been recently appointed as the Chairperson of - Parliament House Committee

• The eminent Journalist and Doordarshan News Correspondent who passed away recently is - Sanjiv Thomas

• The number of Public Sector Banks in India that have posted losses in the 2015-2016 financial year is – Fourteen