Current Affairs 20th July 2016

1. Rohit Khandelwal becomes first Indian to win Mr. World title

2. NITI Aayog & Intel India Sign SOI to Kick-off Atal Tinkering Lab Initiative for Young Innovators 

i. NITI Aayog and Intel India sign Statement of Intent (SOI) to start Atal Tinkering Laboratories (ATL) Initiative for Young Innovators as a part of its flagship programme the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM). 

3. ECI Launches SVEEP portal in Hindi

i. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has launched the SVEEP Portal in the Hindi language along with two other releases in the sidelines of the Conference of Chief Electoral Officers of States by the Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi.

4. SC accepts structural reforms in BCCI recommended by Lodha Committee.

5. SBI launches Rs 7,000 crore stressed assets fund with Brookfield

6. Paytm ties up with grocery retailer Heritage Fresh

7. Russian PM suspends sports minister Yuri Nagornykh

8. Nigerian journalist Didi Akinyelure wins BBC World News Komla Dumor Award

9. Steve Elworthy appointed as the Managing Director of 2019 World Cup

10. Indian boy’ project to safeguard fishermen bags Google Community Impact award in Asia region

i. An Indian boy from Tamil Nadu has won the community impact awards from Google for his project of mobile GPS that keeps fishermen safe from invisible maritime boundaries. 14-year old Advay Ramesh won the mentioned prize for Asia-Pacific region in the Google Science Fair of 2016. 

11. The Western Union appoints Sohini Rajola as new Vice-President

12. Sarvita Sethi appointed Coca-Cola VP-Finance for India and South West Asia

13. Oldest litigant of Ayodhya dispute Mohammad Hashim Ansari passes away

14. Hockey legend Mohammed Shahid passes away