Current Affairs 8th July 2016

1. Govt rolls out KVK portal for monitoring of farm centres

i. Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh has launched an online portal designed to monitor the functioning of nearly 645 Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs), known as farm-science centres, spread across the country. 

2. India and Mozambique sign three agreements during PM visit

i. During the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the South African country Mozambique, India and Mozambique have signed three agreements in the area of drug trafficking (1st), pulse trading (2nd) and youth affairs & sports (3rd). 

3. India sets up apparel training centre in Nigeria

i. India has set up an apparel training centre in Nigeria to support textiles industry of the west African country. 

4. Maharashtra CM inducts 11 ministers including 10 news faces in Cabinet

i. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has inducted 10 new faces in his cabinet today while one existing minister was elevated to cabinet rank. With this, the total strength of Maharastra ministers in the cabinet has become 39 now. 

5. Govt to clean 10 iconic places under Swachh Bharat Mission

i. As per Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, the government will carry out a drive to clean ten iconic places in the country as part of a pilot project under the Swachh Bharat mission, Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.
ii. The places which have been selected are Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir, Taj Mahal in Uttar Pradesh, Tirupati temple in Andhra Pradesh, Golden Temple in Punjab, Ajmer Sharif in Rajasthan, Jagannath temple in Orissa, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Maharashtra, Manikarnika Ghat in Uttar Pradesh, Meenakshi Temple in Tamil Nadu and Kamakhya Temple in Assam.

6. The second phase of Haritha Haram programme launched today

i. The second phase of Haritha Haram programme of Telangana government has launched today. The  Haritha Haram programme aimed to plant 46 crore plants to improve green belt. The plantation programme which is two weeks long includes both the sides of over 163 kilometers long national highway between Hyderabad - Vijayawada. 

7. West Bengal to set up three biotechnology hubs 

8. Rajnath Singh has inaugurated the BRICS drug control meeting in New Delhi.

9. IMF sets $5.3 billion programs for Iraq

10. Nasscom unveils India's first IoT-focused centre

i. National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) has unveiled India’s first centre of excellence focused on Internet of Things (CoE- IoT) at its Startup Warehouse in Bengaluru which is inaugurated by Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister for Electronics, IT, Law & Justice. 

11. S K Kohli appointed chief defence accounts auditor

12. Vishal Kapoor to be the new CEO of IDFC MF

13. Srini Gopalan quits Bharti Airtel and going to join Deutsche Telekom

14. Veteran music director Om Prakash Sonik passes away

15. Dipa Karmakar named as the World Class Gymnast by International Gymnastics Federation