Current Affairs 5th July 2016

National News:

• Haryana to develop new Industrial Township at an expense of $5 billion
• Kerala government decided to ban ‘electronic cigarettes’
• BRICS Working Group Meeting on Energy Saving and Energy Efficiency begins in Visakhapatnam
• The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert for the next 24 hours in Uttarakhand
• India’s first Integrated Defence Communication Network (DCN) was launched
• Tripura to get food grains, fuel via Bangladesh
• INS Tarasa, Follow-on Water Jet Fast Attack Craft, launched by Indian Navy
• Public canteens to be set up in Haryana by Nov 1

International News:

• Exercise RIMPAC 2016, the Pacific military exercise, began at Hawaii with 26 nations participating in the war games that will cover the Hawaiian Island and southern California
• Abu Dhabi merger to create $175 billion bank
• California signs gun control measures into law
• Paris has banned cars that were registered before October 1997 from its streets during weekdays (Mondays to Friday), starting July 1
• The UN Human Rights Council passed a non-binding resolution which condemns violations, including arbitrary detention and torture, against anyone expressing themselves on the internet
• France offers €1 billion to revive India’s combat jet engine project

New Appointments:

• Marissa Mayer gets re-elected to Yahoo’s board
• Intex Tech mobile business head Sanjay Kalirona resigns

Banking:

• SBI gets $625 mn from World Bank for solar power

Business and Economy:

• India’s rank falls to 75 on money in Swiss banks
• Alibaba launches system to remove fake products

Awards and Honours:

• President Pranab Mukherjee presents B C Roy National Awards for 2008, 2009 and 2010
• 6 Indian amusement parks among Asia’s top 25
• Katy Perry first to cross 90mn Twitter followers
• Sudarsan Pattnaik creating 100 sand raths for new world record

Science and Technology:

• China builds world’s largest radio telescope
• World’s 1st transparent directional speaker made

Sports:

• France through to Euro semis with 5-2 victory
• Lewis Hamilton wins Austrian Grand Prix
• ICC relaxes Decision Review System for LBWs
• Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports grants recognition to Paralympic Committee of India
• Gurpreet Singh Sandhu becomes first Indian to play in Europa League
• Amla, Bravo set highest 5th-wicket stand in T20s
• Chinappa enters top 10 in World Squash Rankings
• India will host the world’s first Mixed Martial Arts League from August 26 to October 1
• Canada Open: B Sai Praneeth, Manu Attri-B Sumeeth Reddy Win Badminton Titles

Obituaries:

• Michael Cimino, director of film The Deer Hunter, died
• Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel passed away aged 87 in New York