Current Affairs 8th July 2016

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