Current Affairs Recap of the Day: 2 August 2016

The 1979-batch IRS officer of the I-T cadre who taken over as the Chairperson of Central Board of Direct Taxes is - Rani Singh Nair

The Indian translator who won the 2016 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants for English translation of Hindi novel Simsim by Geet Chaturvedi is - Anita Gopalan

Person named as the President of Microsoft India by the parent company Microsoft Inc in August 2016 - Anant Maheshwari

Person appointed as the Managing Director of Mondelez International's India Business in August 2016 - Deepak Iyer

Bill passed by Lok Sabha in August 2016 for reconstruction of Financial Assets - Enforcement of Security Interest & Recovery of Debts Laws & Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Bill, 2016

National Disaster Response Force Director General, OP Singh laid the foundation stone for a permanent NDRF station at Sudumbare village of - Pune

The far eastern border district of Afghanistan that was declared free of Islamic State militants after a month long offensive is - Kot district in Nangarhar province

Aadi Perukku festival, celebrated on 18th of Aadi month in Tamil calendar year in gratitude to water bodies especially Cauvery River, is being celebrated today with traditional gaiety in - Tamil Nadu

The country that enforced a new legislation that grants sweeping powers to its National Security Council (NSC) is – Malaysia

The National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Bill, 2016 that was passed in Parliament wants to establish the National Institute of Technology in - Andhra Pradesh

Book R D Burmania: Panchamemoirs is authored by - Chaitanya Padukone

The Olympic bound wrestler who was given clean chit by National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) and can now participate in Rio Olympics beginning on 5 August 2016 is - Narsingh Yadav

She won the women’s singles title in the 2016 Rogers Cup - Simona Halep

He won the men’s singles title in the 2016 Rogers Cup - Novak Djokovic

The team defeated by Patna Pirates that won the fourth edition of Pro Kabaddi League is - Jaipur Pink Panthers

The team that won the fourth edition of Pro Kabaddi League is - Patna Pirates