Wednesday, 27 July 2016

Current Affairs 27th July 2016

1. Abdul Kalam’s statue unveiled in Rameswaram
i. Union Ministers Venkaiah Naidu and Manohar Parrikar unveiled a life-size statue of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam at Peikarumbu, his burial site in Rameswaram on the occasion of his first death anniversary.

2. Manipur becomes fourteenth State to join ‘UDAY’
i. Manipur has joined the Ujwal DISCOM (distribution company) Assurance Yojana (UDAY) scheme meant for revival of debt-stressed power distribution utilities and will get benefits of around Rs 263 crore.


3. RBI slaps penalty on UCO Bank, Allahabad Bank, Bank of India and canara bank

4. Lok Sabha passes Child Labour Amendment Bill

5. Haryana To Open Yoga Centres At Municipal Level

6. Odisha approves 3 investment projects worth Rs 874 cr

7. Brazil free of measles: WHO

8. Centre Approves Rs. 1601 Crore For Skill Development Programme
i. The Union Government has approved nearly 1600 crore rupees for Jammu and Kashmir under skill development initiative 'Himayat'.

9. Bezwada Wilson and T.M. Krishna win Ramon Magsaysay Award

10. IOM becomes part of United Nations
i. The UN General Assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution approving an agreement to make the International Organisation for Migration part of the UN as a related organisation.

11. Leeco acquires Vizio for $2 Billion
i. Chinese electronics firm LeEco is buying American TV manufacturer Vizio for $2 billion.

12. Former diplomat Arundhati Ghose passes away

13. India's CSIR ranked world's 12th best government institute
i. The Council of Scientific Industrial Research (CSIR) has been ranked world's 12th best government institution.

14. Muttaiah Muralitharan to enter ICC Hall of Fame

15. BCCI chief Anurag Thakur to join Territorial Army

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