Current Affairs Recap of the Day: 27 July 2016

• The American soprano and playback singer, best known for dubbing the singing voices of the leading actresses in films, who passed away recently is - Marni Nixon

• The former Indian athlete who will be honoured with the Bharat Gaurav Award by the East Bengal Football Club is - Milkha Singh

• The institute that was ranked World’s No. 1 Government Institute as per the Scimago Institutions Rankings is - National Centre for Scientific Research, France

• The Indian government institute ranked World’s 12th Best Government Institute by the Scimago Institutions Rankings is - Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

• The World Health Organization has recently declared Brazil free from - Measles

• The Indian diplomat, famous for heading the Indian delegation at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, who died recently is - Arundhati Ghose

• The country that has recently been declared free from measles by the World Health Organization is - Brazil

• The state that has announced 60 lakh rupees cash special incentive for six sportswomen of the state who have qualified for the Rio Olympics is - Odisha

• The Union Government approved nearly 1600 crore rupees for Jammu and Kashmir under skill development initiative - 'Himayat'

• India wrestler who was named as a replacement for dope-tainted wrestler Narsingh Yadav for Rio Olympics in the 74kg freestyle category is - Parveen Rana

• Lok Sabha on 26 July 2016 passed the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2016 to amend - the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) (CLPR) Act, 1986

• She won the Democratic nomination for the US President elections scheduled to take place on 8 November 2016 - Hillary Clinton

• The first death anniversary of former President was observed on July 27 who died at the Indian Institute of Management, Shillong where he had gone to deliver a lecture - Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

• India off-spinner who surged to the top of the ICC player rankings for Test bowlers after a superb outing in the first Test against the West Indies in Antigua is - Ravichandran Ashwin

• Government of the country has asked electoral authorities to declare illegal the opposition coalition seeking to oust President Nicolas Maduro via a recall vote, accusing them of committing massive fraud is - Venezuela