Friends..Here is the Daily Current Affairs
Updates for 22 July 2015. We haven’t updated the daily Current Affairs for last
few days as there were not much news important from the competitive exam
perspective. However we have covered the maximum in Current Affairs PDF July 2015 (Second Week). Hope you have already checked that.
1) BRICS bank began operations in China:
--> New Development Bank (NDB) floated
by the BRICS nations, including India, to step up infrastructure funding in the
emerging economies formally started its operations at its headquarters in
Shanghai, China on 21 July 2015.
--> The bank is to start out with a
capital of $50bn (£32bn) though the amount is to be doubled in the coming
years.
--> The banks is expected to issue its
first loans early next year.
--> Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei,
Shanghai Mayor Yang Xiong and the bank’s President K V Kamath attended the
opening ceremony held in a hotel in Shanghai.
--> The bank is seen as an alternative
to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund and will lend money to
BRICS nation to help finance infrastructure projects.
2) CCEA extended CCTNS deadline to March 2017:
--> The deadline for implementation of
an ambitious online system, which will help in police verification for issuing
passport, among others, was on 21 July 2015 extended till March 2017 by the government.
--> Cabinet Committee of Economic
Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the
proposal of the Union Home Ministry to extend the deadline for implementation
of Crime and Criminals Tracking network and Systems (CCTNS) project.
3) Union Government launched Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan:
--> Union Government has launched a
national campaign Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan in a bid to create awareness and
capacity building on Safe and Hygienic food for all.
--> It was launched by Union Minister of
Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan in New Delhi.
4) Naomi Klein won 2015 American Book Award:
--> Noted Canadian author Naomi Klein
has won the 36th edition of American Book Award 2015.
--> She has won this award for her
environmental work This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate
published in 2014.
5) ISRO successfully test-fired GSLV-Mark III rocket engine:
--> ISRO has successfully test-fired
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark III project’s high-thrust
cryogenic rocket engine.
--> It is India’s first indigenously
designed and developed high-thrust cryogenic rocket engine capable of
generating a nominal thrust of 19 tonnes.
6) Narendra Modi launched National Career Counselling
Portal:
--> Narendra Modi launched India's
biggest job portal called National Career Counselling Portal for the job
seekers.
--> It has been done as a part of an
effort to modernise all government-run employment centres.
--> Initiated by the Union Government,
the project aspires to become one stop solution for the job seekers and
providers.
--> The portal has been set up under the
National Career Service (NCS) project.
7) Amelie Mauresmo inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame:
--> France`s tennis legend Amelie
Mauresmo was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame by the
Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
--> She is a two-time Grand Slam winner
viz. Australian Open (2006) and Wimbledon (2006).
--> She is also former world number one
and had spent a total of 39 weeks atop in the rankings in 2004 and 2006.
8) Bhanu Pratap Sharma given additional charge as FSSAI
chairperson:
--> Health and Family Welfare Secretary
Bhanu Pratap Sharma was given additional charge of Food Safety and Standards
Authority of India ( FSSAI), Chairperson, for three months.
9) Sangram Singh becomes the first Indian to win WWP
Heavyweight Championship:
--> Indian wrestler, Sangram Singh won
the World Wrestling Professionals (WWP) Commonwealth Wrestling Heavyweight
Championship on July 18.
--> The championship was held at Nelson
Mandela Bay in Port Elizabeth in South Africa.Check & Read Daily Current Affairs 2015
