Current Affairs Recap of the Day: 15 July 2016

• K V R Murthy was recently appointed the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of - Jute Corporation of India Limited

• The author of the book titled Who Moved My Interest Rate? - Duvvuri Subbarao

• The cricketer who became the oldest captain to score a century in a Test match - Misbah-ul-Haq


• India signed 100 Million US dollar Loan with this multilateral agency for Cauvery Delta project in Tamil Nadu with- Asian Development Bank

• Nasdaq-listed Terrapin 3 Acquisition Corp (TRTL) in July 2016 acquired- Yatra Online

• Person appointed as Chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in July 2016- Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi

• Theme of the World Youth Skills Day 2016-
Skills Development to Improve Youth Employment

• This country was declared as Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus free in July 2016 by the World Health Organization - India

• He will head the RBI constituted inter regulatory Working Group that will study the entire gamut of regulatory issues relating to Fin Tech and Digital Banking in India - Sudarshan Sen, Executive Director of RBI

• The Union Government revised the time schedule for making payments under the Income Declaration Scheme 2016 by - 30 September 2017

• The Rare Marbled Map butterfly (Cyrestis cocles) was sighted in PM Kota village of Maredumilli mandal in East Godavari district of - Andhra Pradesh

• The SC-constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money that submitted its fifth report to the apex court has suggested capping cash holding up to - 15 lakh rupees

• The SC-constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money that submitted its fifth report to the apex court has recommended ban on Cash transactions above - 3 lakh rupees

• He headed the SC-constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money who submitted its fifth report to the apex court – Justice MB Shah

• India's Grand Master who won the Fide Women’s Grand Prix trophy in Chendu, China is - Harika Dronavalli

• India's all women naval team completes 5000 nautical mile voyage on sail boat - Mhadai

• Riding on their back-to-back wins over Laos in June 2016, India made a big leap of 11 places to occupy this place in the latest world football rankings issued by FIFA - 152

• In France, at least 60 people were killed and many injured in the French Riviera city of Nice when a truck ploughed into crowds watching a fireworks display on - Bastille Day National holiday