Current Affairs 8th July 2016

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National News:

  • Union Government constitutes Shankar Acharya Committee to examine desirability and feasibility of new financial year
  • Goa government to distribute 15 lakh free LED bulbs
  • Union Government launched National Green Highways Mission
  • 231 Projects under Namami Gange launched all over country
  • The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon and photographer Aditya Arya are set to launch the world’s largest camera museum in Gurgaon on August 19, World Photography Day

International News:

  • S&P cuts Australia’s credit rating outlook to negative
  • Liberty Park opens at World Trade Center in NY

New Appointments:

  • Deepak Singhal appointed as the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh
  • Zee Learn appoints Debshankar Mukhopadhyay as CEO
  • R Thiruppathi Venkatasamy appointed as Accountant General of Tamil Nadu

Banking:

  • The State Bank of India (SBI) launched SBI Mingle, a social media banking platform for Facebook and Twitter users

Business and Economy:

  • India ranks 91 in Networked Readiness Index 2016
  • Avast acquires antivirus maker AVG for $1.3 bn
  • India tops air passenger growth globally in 2015
  • Royal Enfield to hold 1st women Himalayan Odyssey
  • Google buys image recognition startup Moodstocks

Awards and Honours:

  • Shusmita Neog from Assam has broken a 50-year-old Delhi University record by scoring 91.8% in the recently declared MA results in Geography from Delhi School of Economics

Science and Technology:

  • New Tarantula species named after Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Sports:

  • Dipa becomes India’s first ‘World Class Gymnast’
  • Federer sets record for most wins in Grand Slam