Current Affairs 5th July 2016

1. New 19 Ministers inducted and 1 elevated to the Cabinet rank into PM Modi's Cabinet 

2. Centre to allot Rs 400 Crore for developing airports in UP

i. The Centre government has released an official statement that it will provide an assistance of 400 crore rupees for developing airports at Agra, Allahabad, Kanpur and Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh. 

3. National mineral exploration policy unveiled

i. The National mineral exploration policy has been unveiled to adopt comprehensive exploration of non-fuel and non-coal mineral resources.

4. Jawaharlal Nehru Port becomes India’s first port to implement Logistics Data Tagging of Containers

5. Mission Indradhanush to next cover 13 MP districts

Mission Indradhanush' was launched by Union Health Minister J P Nadda last year, aiming at immunising all children against seven vaccine preventable diseases namely diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, measles and hepatitis B by 2020.

6. Centre nod for renaming of Mhow railway station after B R Ambedkar

7. The Online pharmacy 1mg acquires lab aggregator Medd

8. NASA's Juno successfully enters Jupiter's orbit

9. Sudarshan Sen appointed Executive Director of RBI

10. MFIN elects R Baskar Babu as new president 

i. Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN),an industry association and Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO) for the microfinance industry in India, has announced R Baskar Babu, CEO of Suryoday Micro Finance as its new President of the Board in the wake of the previous President retiring. 

11. K B Koliwad elected as Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly

12. Veteran communist leader Romesh Chandra passed away

13. First association of Indian Olympians launched

i. The Olympians Association of India (OAI), the first-ever association for Indian Olympians, by the Olympians, was launched.
ii. The Olympians Association of India's official Twitter account, @IndianOlympians

14. Saudi Arabia becomes Associate Member of ICC

15. Niranjan wins eight medals in IWAS World Games

i. Bengaluru para-swimmer Niranjan Mukundan has won eight medals, including three golds, at the recently-concluded IWAS (International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports) U-23 World Games in Prague, Czech Republic.