Current Affairs Recap of the Day: 1 August 2016

The Air Marshall who has recently assumed the charge of Air Officer-in-Charge Personnel is - B Suresh

The former Japanese Defence Minister who has been elected as the first woman governor of Tokyo is - Yuriko Koike

The F1 racer who won 2016 German Grand Prix is - Lewis Hamilton

The 2016 Mohun Bagan Ratna has been conferred on - Syed Nayeemuddin

Person appointed as the Head of Online and E-commerce of Lenovo India in August 2016- Rajesh Thadani

Indian State that signed MoU with Japan to develop food value chain in the state- Andhra Pradesh

Book titled India Rising: Fresh Hope, New Fears is authored by- Ravi Velloor

Intelligence and security agency of India that was added to the Second Schedule of the RTI Act, 2005 leading to its exemption from the purview of the Act- Strategic Forces Command (SFC)

International Kabaddi Federation on 31 July 2016 selected a country to host The 2016 Kabaddi World Cup – India

He was sworn-in as the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court - Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale

A skydiver with 18000 jumps, who became first person to jump from 25000 feet (7620 meters) without a parachute or a wing suit - Luke Aikins

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off maiden broad-gauge train service between Agartala and Delhi - ‘Tripura Sundari Express’

The 47-day-long annual monsoon trawling ban from venturing into the Arabian Sea was lifted midnight 31 July 2016 in - Kerala

The Tamil Nadu Assembly on 1 August 2016 unanimously passed a resolution to rename the Madras High Court as - the Tamil Nadu High Court

The typhoon that is expected to hit south China's Guangdong Provinceis - typhoon Nida

The AIADMK Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha who was expelled from the primary membership of the party by AIADMK Chief Jayalalithaa is - Sasikala Pushpa

The state’s Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary education has decided to delete a lesson based on Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova from the next edition of a school textbook is - Goa