Current Affairs 23rd July 2016

National News:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit the Gorakhpur city where he will fulfil two promises made by him during the 2014 Lok Sabha polls – setting up an AIIMS hospital and second revival of the fertilizer unit
Odisha to Set Op Judicial Commission to Reform Jagannath temple
The history of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, from its construction to the lives of its occupants, will be on display in a high-tech story-telling museum (Garages Museum)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina jointly dedicated the Petrapole Integrated Check Post through video-conferencing
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje launched mMitra, a mobile voice message service that delivers weekly messages to families about pregnancy, family planning, nutrition, childbirth, and maternal and child care
Mumbai Railway Police has successfully traced as many as 4,804 “missing” children and reunited 4,386 of them with their family under ‘Operation Muskan’
The Kerala State Government constituted a State Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (STAGI) on the lines of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI)
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to develop 12 sewage treatment plants (STP)
India was ranked 110 out of the 149 nations assessed on where they stand with regard to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, as per a Sustainable Development Solutions Network and Bertelsmann Stiftung index
Andhra to distribute 42 lakh more LED bulbs
The Karnataka government has imposed an “unconditional” ban on the sale, and possession of Chinese ‘manja’ and other non-biodegradable threads used to fly kites

International News:

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) announced that global temperatures for the first six months of 2016 broke many records. It means that 2016 is on the track to be the world’s hottest year on record

New Appointments:

Roger Ailes resigned as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fox News Channel, putting an end to his 20-year reign over America’s powerful cable news channel for conservatives
Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been named brand ambassador of the Craig McDermott International Cricket Academy in Australia
The Union Government appointed Ajay Bhushan Pandey as the Chief Executive Officer of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)

Awards & Honours :

West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels was named Cricketer of the Year and ODI Player of the Year at the West Indies Cricket Board annual awards’ function in Antigua
New Zealand diver William Trubridge has set a new world record of 102 metres for the deepest unassisted freedive

Banking :

Reserve Bank will shortly start monitoring banks on issues relating to customer rights in five broad areas.The areas on which the regulator will be conducting surveys and supervision at various banks are –Right to privacy,Right to fair treatment & transparency,Fair and honest dealing,Right to suitability and Right to grievance redress & compensation
Federal Bank has signed an agreement with Reliance Jio Money for one-click payment service
IRCTC joins hands with SBI to promote rail ticketing

Business & Economy :

US-based retail giant Walmart has emerged on top of the latest Fortune Global 500 list, which ranks the world’s biggest companies in terms of their revenues
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has awarded a Rs 533 crore contract for widening of Salasar-Nagaur Section of national highways 65
Ford Motor Company is in the process of setting up a Research and Development (R&D) centre in Tamil Nadu, the first such facility to be located outside of the US

Science & Technology :

NASA celebrated a historical milestone on July 20, the 40th anniversary of the first U.S. spacecraft to land on Mars
New ‘giant thief’ dinosaur found in Argentina

Sports:

Spain announces Lopetegui as Del Bosque’s replacement for head coach position
Sam Allardyce is set to be hired as the New England manager at a Football Association board meeting at Wembley