Current Affairs 9th July 2016

1. India, S Africa sign MoUs in four areas of co-operation

i. India and South Africa have signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) in four areas of co-operation.
ii. The MoUs have been signed after a delegation-level talks headed by Prime Minister Narendara Modi and South African President Jacob Zuma in Pretoria, South Africa.
iii. The first MoU is on cooperation in the area of information and communication technology. Another MoU calls for cooperation in the tourism sector and is being seen as an important bid to improve people-to-people ties. A third MoU calls for cooperation in grassroot innovation in the science and technology sector. While the fourth agreement has been signed for a programme of cooperation in arts and culture. The two countries have also agreed to cooperate in combating terrorism, regionally and globally.

2. India gives SUVs to Mozambique, completes delivery of $4.5 mn grant

i. Coinciding with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Mozambique, India has handed over 30 SUVs to Mozambique. 

3. NATO Summit begins in Warsaw 

i. The NATO summit has begun in Warsaw, Poland with leaders of 28 allies countries.

4. Nirmala Sitharaman to lead business delegation to Russia

i. Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will lead a delegation of over 110 Indian companies that will showcase their engineering prowess at a trade fair in Russia.

5. Kerala Government imposes 14.5 per cent fat tax on Junk Food

6. Chief Operating Officer of Microsoft Kelvin Turner has resigned

7. Radhika Menon: First woman to receive Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea

8. Phiroz Vandrevala steps down as TCS director

9. Sanjay Gupta named CMD of Konkan Railway

10. Ad award for Srinivasan K Swamy

i. The Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) has announced that Srinivasan K Swamy, Chairman of R K Swamy Hansa, would be the recipient of this year’s AAAI Lifetime Achievement Award. 

11. Noted Pakistani philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi has passed away