Current Affairs Recap of the Day: 13 July 2016

• Raj Babbar was recently appointed the Chief of Congress party in the state of - Uttar Pradesh

• Navy Chief recently commissioned INS Karna, which is a dedicated base for - Marine Commandos

• India and Bangladesh recently signed a deal for the construction of coal fired power plant named - Rampal Power Station


• The State Bank of India signed an MoU with the Indian Institute of Technology Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to - promote fintech start-ups

• The author of the book titled Ringside With Vijender that was released recently is - Rudraneil Sengupta

• The Indian celebrities who are included the list of World's Highest-Paid Celebrities of 2016 released by Forbes are – Shahrukh Khan and Akshay Kumar

• The celebrity who topped the list of World's Highest-Paid Celebrities of 2016 released by Forbes is - Taylor Swift

• The nations party to the dispute in South China Sea are – China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Malaysia, Brunei

• The rank of Indian cricket team in the recently released ICC test rankings – Second

• This Indian cricketer topped the list of all-rounder in the recently released ICC rankings –
Ravichanndran Ashwin

• He was given the charge of Union Ministry of Minority Affairs following the resignation of Najma Hepatullah – Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

• She will become the second woman to become the Prime Minister of Britain following the resignation of incumbent David Cameron – Theresa May

• Targeting 25 per cent rail share in automobile traffic, railways on launched time-tabled Auto Express to ensure faster delivery of cargo from - Gurgaon to Nidvanda

• The country's industrial production grew at this percentage rate in May 2016 - 1.2%