Current Affairs Recap of the Day: 28 July 2016

• The former French Financial Services Commissioner appointed as the European Union’s Chief Negotiator with the United Kingdom over leaving the European Union is - Michel Barnier

• The first Sri Lankan player to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame is - Muttiah Muralitharan

• The World Hepatitis Summit will be held from 29 March to 31 March 2017 at - Sao Paulo

• The theme of the World Hepatitis Day 2016 is – Elimination

• Agricultural scientist fondly referred to as the Father of Hybrid Sorghum who died in July 2016- Neelamraju Ganga Prasada Rao

• Union Cabinet in July 2016 approved the establishment of a All India Institute Of Medical Science (AIIMS) at- Bhatinda \

• A Joint expedition by India and the United States have resulted in the discovery of large, highly enriched accumulations of natural gas hydrate at- Indian Ocean

• The Lokpal and Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill, 2016 that was passed by Lok Sabha seeks to amend the existing Lokpal and Lokayukta Act of the year - 2013

• The long-range maritime surveillance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft for which India signed a one-billion dollar deal with the US defence and aerospace major Boeing is - Poseidon-8I

• Lok Sabha passed the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, 2016 that seeks to amend the Benami Transactions Act of the year - 1988

• The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 27 July 2016 announced that it will launch the Olympic Channel on - 21 August 2016, at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games Rio 2016

• The 14th US-India counter-terrorism Joint Working Group meet started in - Washington

• The Union Cabinet has cleared changes to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Constitutional Amendment Bill, dropping 1 percent manufacturing tax and providing guarantee to compensate - states for any revenue loss in the first five years of rollout of the proposed indirect tax regime

• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed 27 crore rupees penalty on 13 public and private sector banks for - Foreign Exchange Management (FEMA) Act violations and Know your customer (KYC) lapses

• The airlines that has decided to start an inter-State flight service from Bhubaneswar on 15 August 2016 is - Air Odissa