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Quick Review

July -2016

IMPORTANT DAYS

1st July - National Doctor's Day 1st July - International Joke Day 2nd July - International Sports Journalists Day 2nd July (1st Saturday) - International Day of Cooperatives 4th July - American Independence Day 6th July -World Zoonosis Day 7th July - Global Forgiveness Day 7th July - World Chocolate Day 10th July - Independence Day of The Bahamas 11th July -World Population Day 12th July - Malala Day 12th July - 34th Foundation Day of NABARD 15th July -World Youth Skills Day 17th July -World Day for International Justice 17th July -World Emoji Day 18th July - International Mandela Day 19th July - Burmese Martyrs' Day 20th July - Colombian Independence Day 21st July - Belgian National Day 22nd July - Pi Approximation Day 23rd July - National Broadcasting Day 26th July - 17th Kargil Vijay Diwas 28th July -World Hepatitis Day 29th July - International Tiger Day

30th July -World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

NEW APPOINTMENTS Ajay Bhushan Pandey - CEO, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Ananth Narayanan - CEO, Jabong Aruna Sundarajan - Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and IT (MEIT) Ashok Patnaik - CEO, National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) Boris Johnson - Foreign Secretary, Britain Buddha Rashmi Mani - Director General, National Museum

C.K.Mishra - New Health Secretary

D Rajkumar - Head, Bharat Petroleum DebshankarMukhopadhyay - CEO, Zee Learn Deepak Singhal - Chief Secretary, Uttar Pradesh Dr. Budha Rashmi Mani - Director General (DG), National Museum Dr. J.N. Singh - Chief Secretary, Gujarat Dr. Kinshuk - Dean, University of North Texas College of Information Dr. Sanjiv Misra - Additional Director and the Non-Executive (Part-Time) Chairman, Axis Bank Ganesh Singh - Chairman, Joint Committee of Parliament (JPC) for Land Acquisition Bill GurdasMaan - Icon, Punjab Assembly polls Guruprasad Mohapatra - Chairman, Airports Authority of India (AAI) Indrajit Coomara Swamy - Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) José Manuel Barroso - Advisor & Non-Executive Chairman, Goldman Sachs

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Justice D.B. Bhosale - Chief Justice, Allahabad High Court Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale - Chief Justice, Allahabad High Court Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari - 39th Chief Justice of Patna High Court K B Koliwad - Speaker, Karnataka Asembly K V R Murthy - CMD, Jute Corporation of India Limited K.B. Koliwad - Speaker, Karnataka Legislative Assembly Kudsi Erguner (Turkish musician) - UNESCO Artist for Peace KVR Murthy - CMD, Jute Corporation of India Limited (JCIL) Linda Burney - 1st Indigenous woman elected to the House of Representatives (lower house), Australia M V Dhekane - Director, ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU) M. Sathiyavathy - New Union Labour Secretary Madhav Dhekane - Director, ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU) Mahendra Singh Dhoni - Brand Ambassador, Craig McDermott International Cricket Academy (Australia) Malcolm Turnbull - Prime minister, Australia Maria GraziaChiuri - First woman Creative Director, Christian Dior Marissa Mayer - President & CEO, Yahoo Michel Barnier - Chief Brexit Negotiator Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi - Minority Affairs Minister Nabam Tuki - Chief Minister, Arunachal Pradesh Paul Romer - Chief Economist, World Bank (WB) Pema Khandu - Chief Minister, Arunachal Pradesh PT Usha - Advisory Head Coach, Fitso (Fitness App) R. Thiruppathi Venkatasamy - Accountant General, Tamil Nadu Raghu Reddy - Head of online sales, Xiaomi India Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi - Chairman, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Ramesh Negi - Acting Chief Secretary, Delhi (till 25th July) Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar - Chairman, Maharashtra Legislative Council Rani Nair - Chairperson, Central Board of DirectTaxes (CBDT) Rudra Gaurav Shresth - High Commissioner of India to the Kingdom of Swaziland S K Kohli - Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) Sanjay Gupta - CMD, Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) Sanjiv Misra - Additional Director & Non-Executive(Part-Time) Chairman, Axis Bank Sanjiv Puri - Chief Operating Officer, ITC Ltd Sarvita Sethi - Vice-President (Finance) for India and SouthWest Asia, Coca Cola Satish Mathur - Director General of Police (DGP),Maharashtra Shambhu Singh Yadav - Deputy Lokayukta, Uttar Pradesh Sohini Rajola - Vice-President (for South Asia), Western Union Steve Elworthy - Managing Director, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Sudarshan Sen - Executive Director (ED), RBI Sushila Karki - 1st woman Chief Justice of Nepal Tathagata Roy - Governor, Arunachal Pradesh Theresa May - 76th Prime Minister, United Kingdom (UK) [2nd Female Prime Minister] Tim Cook - Lead Independent Director, Nike's Board Utpal Bora - Chairman, Oil India Ltd Vijay Ghadge - COO, Vulcan Express Vishal Kapoor - CEO, IDFC Mutual Fund

Wiranto - Chief Security Minister, Indonesia

DEATHS Abbas Kiarostami - Iranian Director Abdul Sattar Edhi - Noted Pakistani philanthropist Abu Omar al-Shishani - Islamic State's "minister of war" Alvin Toffler -Writer and Futurist Amal Dutta - Former Indian Footballer

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Amar Gopal Bose - Bose Corporation Arundhati Ghose - Eminent Diplomat Bernardo Provenzano - Italian mafia boss Dominique Arnaud - Former French Cyclist Elie Wiesel-Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust survivor James Alan McPherson - Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Joe Antic-India's Olympic Silver Medalist (Hockey) Lachu Maharaj-Noted Tabla Maestro Mahasweta Devi-Writer and Activist (Hajar Churashir Maa) Michael Cimino-, The Deer Hunter (Vietnam War classic) Michel Rocard - Former French Prime Minister Mohammad Hashim Ansari - Oldest litigant in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri masjid dispute Mohammed Shahid - Member, 1980 Moscow Olympics gold-winning Indian hockey team Mubarak Begum Shaik - Legendary Bollywood playgback & Ghazal singer Neelamraju Ganga Prasada Rao - Father of Hybrid Sorghum Noel Neill-First Actress to Play Lois Lane Om Prakash Sonik - Noted music director

Rajjat Barjatya-MD & CEO of Rajshri Productions

Ramchandra Chintaman Dhere - Renowned Marathi writer Romesh Chandra-Veteran communist leader S.H. Raza-Legendary Artist Syed Haider Raza-Modern Indian artist

William HMcNeill-Historian

AWARDS & HONORS Aditya Puri (MD of HDFC) - Best banking CEO in Asia Advay Ramesh - Google Community Impact Award from Asia Akinyelure (Nigerian journalist) - 2nd BBC World News Komla Dumor Award Apple -World's Favourite company AR Rahman - 2nd Indian to perform at United Nations General Assembly Avasarala Kanyakumari (Renowned violinist) – 2016 Sangita Kalanidhi Award Aziz Ansari - 1st Indian-American to bag Emmy Nomination Bapi Lahiri - Mahanayak award (West Bengal Government) Captain Radhika Menon - Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea (first ever woman) Charleston (a city in the United States) - World's Best City Cristiano Ronaldo - Most Liked Person on Facebook Dakshayani (86) - Guinness World Records (oldest living elephant) Didi Akinyelure - 2nd BBC World News Komla Dumor Award Dipa Karmakar (Indian gymnast) - Gymnaste de Classe Mondaile' (World class gymnast) Dr. Raghuveer Chaudhari - 51st Jnanpith Award Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson - World's highest paid actor Emirates - world's Best Airline in 2016 Indian team - Most Followed Cricket team in the world on social media Kerala Tourism - Gold, Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) awards Liduduma lingani (Memories We Lost) - Caine Prize 2016 Masjid al-Haram (Saudi Arabia) - World's Most Expensive Building Milkha Singh - Bharat Gaurav Award 2016 Muttiah Muralitharan - 1st Sri Lankan to be inducted ICC Hall of Fame Nalanda University (Bihar) - UNESCO World Heritage Site Nasser Hussain (former England Captain) – Guinness World Record for the highest catch of a cricket ball New Zealand's $5 currency note - Banknote of 2015 Nihiwatu -World's Best Hotel Nimi Sunilkumar -Gourmand World Cookbook Award for 2015-16 Oberoi Hotels & Resorts -World's Best Hotel Brand

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Palawan province (Philippines) -World's Best Island PK - The most searched Indian film in the last 10 years. Pokémon Go - Biggest ever mobile game in the US history Radhika Menon - 2016 International Maritime Organization (IMO) Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea Rohit Khandelwal - 1st Indian to win the 'Mr World' title Rohit Khandelwal - MrWorld (first Indian, Asian) Siam Park (Spain) -World's BestWaterpark Srinivasan K. Swamy (famous adman) - Life Time Achievement Award, The Advertising Agencies

Association of India (AAAI) Suleiman (13yr flute player) - Winner, 7th Season of India's Got Talent Syed Nayeemuddin (Indian Footballer) – Mohun Bagan Ratna Award Talgo - Fastest train in India Tamil Nadu - Top tourist destination in India Taylor Swift -World's highest-paid celebrity of 2016 The Deathly Hallows - Fastest selling book of fiction in 24 hours The Romance of Indian Coffee (P T Bopannas) - Worlds Best Book on Coffee West Bengal - All India Coordinated Rice Improvement Project Award 2015.

Ramon Magsaysay Award winners 2016 T. M. Krishna (India - Chennai) : for social inclusiveness in culture Bezwada Wilson (India - Karnataka) : for asserting the inalienable right to a life of human dignity Conchita Carpio-Morales (Philippines) : for her work in “restoring faith in the rule of law” Dompet Dhuafa (Indonesia) : for “expanding the transformative impact of zakat”, which in Islam is a form of

alms-giving and religious tax. Vientiane Rescue (a group from Laos) : its volunteering to save lives at risk. Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers Building : for contributing “to the reconstruction and progress

of developing countries” towards the goal of building a world of genuine solidarity. Mahanayak Awards (Bengal)

Bapi Lahiri (Misic Director) Goutam Ghose (Film Maker) Kaushik Ganguly (Director)

Bharatiya Jnanpith's 11th Navlekhan Awards Amlendu Tiwari (Parityakt) Balram Kawant (Sara Morila) Om Naagar (Nib Ke Chire Se) Tasneem Khan (Yeh Mere Rahnuma)

Dr. B.C. Roy National Awards Winners List 2008, 2009 and 2010.

List of awardees for the year 2008

o Dr. Mammen Chandy o Prof. Rajeshwar Dayal o Dr. Rohit V. Bhatt o Dr. Neelam Mohan o Prof. Mohan Kameswaran o Dr. Harsha Jauhari o Dr. Gopal H. Badlani o Dr. Yash Gulati

List of awardees for the year 2009

o Dr. K.H. Sancheti o Dr. Atul Kumar o Dr. Renu Saxena o Dr. Kanan A. Yelikar o Dr. A.K. Kriplani o Dr. G.V. Rao o Dr. H.S. Bhanushali

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o Dr. Moti Lal Singh o Dr. C.N. Purandare o Dr. C.V. Hari Narayan

List of awardees for the year 2010

o Dr. Nikhil C. Munshi o Dr. Tejinder Singh o Prof. O.P. Kalra o Dr. Amrinder Jit Kanwar o Dr. Subash Gupta o Dr. Rajendra Prasad o Dr. Glory Alexander Top 6 Countries in UNESCO'sWorld Heritage list 1. Italy (51 sites) 2. China (50 sites) 3. Spain (45 sites) 4. France (42 sites) 5. Germany (41 sites) 6. India (35 sites) 7 Indian Companies in Fortune Global 500 list 1. Indian Oil Corporation (161) 2. Reliance Industries (215) 3. Tata Motors (226) 4. State Bank of India (232) 5. Bharat Petroleum (358) 6. Hindustan Petroleum (367) 7. Rajesh Exports (423) Top 10 Companies in the list and their annual revenues 1. Walmart ($482,130 million) 2. State Grid ($329,601 million) 3. China National Petroleum ($299,271 million) 4. Sinopec Group ($294,344 million) 5. Royal Dutch Shell ($272,156 million) 6. Exxon Mobil ($246,204 million)

7. Volkswagen (236,600 million)

8. Toyota Motor ($236,592 million) 9. Apple ($USD 233,715 million) 10. BP ($225,982 million) 2016 Canada Open Grand PrixWinners o Men's Singles - B. Sai Praneeth (India) o Women's Singles - Michelle Li (Canada) o Men's Doubles - Manu Attri (India) and B. Sumeeth Reddy (India) o Women's Doubles - Setyana Mapasa (Australia) and Gronya Somerville (Australia) o Mixed Doubles - Do Tuan Duc (Vietnam) and Pham Nhu Thao (Vietnam)

2016Wimbledon ChampionshipsWinners List o Men’s Singles : Andy Murray (Britain) by beating Milos Raonic (Canada). o Women’s Singles : Serena Williams (US) by beating Angelique Kerber (Germany) o Men’s Doubles : Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France) and Nicolas Mahut (France) by beating Julien

Benneteau (France) and Édouard Roger-Vasselin (France) o Women’s Doubles : Serena Williams (US) and Venus Williams (US) by beating Tímea Babos (Hungary)

and Yaroslava Shvedova (Kazakhstan) o Mixed Doubles : Henri Kontinen (Finland) and Heather Watson (United Kingdom) by beating Robert Farah

(Colombia) and Anna-Lena Grönefeld (Germany).

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JULY 2016 (QUICK-REVIEW) o 12 Indian students have been selected to participate in the prestigious "International Space Settlement Design

Competition" (ISSDC) at National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA) in Florida, US.

o 32-year-old Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest among the world's ten richest people.

O 34th Foundation Day of NABARD was observed on on 12th July 2016.

o 61st State Bank Day (formation day of SBI) was observed on 2nd July 2016.

o A book on Beijing Olympics bronze medallist pugilist Vijender Singh was recently released online. The title of

the book is 'RingsideWith Vijender'.

o A leap second will be added to the leap year 2016, which means clocks on December 31, 2016 at 23:59:59 will

read 23:59:60 before ticking over to midnight 00:00:00.

o According to government data as of March 2016, Tamil Nadu had the maximum number of urban internet

subscribers in India, accounting for over 21 million of a total 231 million urban subscribers in the country.

o According to the latest tourism statistics by the government, Jharkhand is the fastest growing tourist

destination in India.

o Aditya Puri, the Managing Director of HDFC bank, is the highest paid banker in India with a total package of

₹31.53 crore, according to VCCircle's analysis.

o AFSPA activist Irom Chanu Sharmila (44) has announced to end her 16-year-long fast on August 9, stating she

would now contest 2017Manipur elections.

o After staying on top for two quarters, India slipped to the third position globally on the scale of Business

Optimism because of delays in key reforms like the GST and bad loans facing state-owned banks, says a report.

o Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh has announced that a National Research Centre for Banana will be

set up in Bihar.

o 'Amudham Thaippal Maiyam' (ATM), a bank which offers mother's milk, has been opened in Puducherry.

o Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman, State Bank of India, on the occasion of 61st State Bank Day, launched a

social media banking platform for Facebook and Twitter users, called ‘SBI Mingle’.

o Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull declared victory in the national election.

o Bangladesh and India have signed an agreement for the construction of a 1,320 megawatt (MW) coal fired power

plant near Sundarbans.

o Belarus has recently wiped four zeroes off its Ruble, redenominating its currency for the third time since 1992.

o Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has commissioned a 250 MW thermal power project based on

ecofriendly Circulating Fluidised Bed Combustion technology, using low quality lignite, in Gujarat.

o China has started a year-long campaign this month to stop violence targeting medical staff in overcrowded

hospitals by angry patients.

o China has unveiled AG600, the world's largest aircraft which can land on both water and land.

o China inducted its largest indigenously-built transport aircraft named as Y-20, marking a crucial step in its Air

Force history for improving its strategic power projection capability.

o Current national champion Joshna Chinappa became the 2nd Indian in history to enter into the top 10 in PSA

World Squash Rankings.

o Defending champion SerenaWilliams has won her 22nd Grand Slam after beating Germany's Angelique Kerber

in straight sets.

o F1 driver Lewis Hamilton won the Hungarian Grand Prix to top the drivers’ championship table for the first

time this season.

o Flipkart has announced the acquisition of fashion e-commerce platform Jabong through its unit Myntra for an

undisclosed amount.

o Former England captain Nasser Hussain has set a GuinnessWorld Record for the highest catch of a cricket ball.

o Former Rajasthan governor Margaret Alva's autobiography titled "Courage & Commitment" was recently

released.

o Former Reserve Bank of India governor D Subbarao's new book titled "Who Moved My Interest Rates" has been

recently released.

o Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh issued a statement after Eid ul-Fitr celebrations banning child marriages

in the country, where around 30% underage girls are married.

o German automaker Volkswagen AG is the world's largest automobile manufacturer as per data available for

the first half of 2016.

o Germany's football captain Bastian Schweinsteiger, who won the 2014 FIFA World Cup with the team, retired

from international football.

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o Global payments leader SWIFT has announced that ICICI Bank and Axis have become the first domestic

lenders to sign up for its global payments innovation initiative, which already has over 70 other leading banks

globally.

o Google has announced 'Nougat' as the name for the upcoming Android version 'Android N', continuing the

dessert-themed names for the operating system.

o Google has named the Aamir Khan starrer 'PK' as the most searched Indian film in the last 10 years.

o Gymnast Dipa Karmakar became the first Indian to be certified as 'World Class Gymnast' by the Fédération

Internationale de Gymnastique.

o Haryana Government has launched Pashudhan Bima Yojana, an insurance cover scheme for cattle breeders in

the state.

o ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has filed for an initial public offering of shares, this will be India's first

insurance sector IPO. o In order to hunt for extraterrestrial life and explore space, China has built the world's largest radio telescope,

named FAST (Five Hundred Metre Aperture Spherical Telescope).

o India and Japan have signed a Social Security Agreement (SSA). This agreement will come into force on 1st

October 2016.

o India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a 100 million dollars loan agreement for irrigation

projects, drainage system and water management in Vennar sub-basin of Cauvery delta in Tamil Nadu.

o India has 33,000 atheists out of the total population of 1.2 billion, revealed a Census 2011 data released earlier

this week. While nearly 50% of these atheists were females, 70% of all the atheists were from rural parts of the

country.

o India has hosted the meet of the heads of Anti-Narcotics agencies of BRICS nations to discuss issues related to

narco-terrorism and money laundering. This one day meeting was held on 8th July 2016.

o India has ranked lowest among the 43 nations listed in the Natixis Global Asset Management's 2016 Global

Retirement Index (GRI), making it the worst country to retire.

o India has set up an apparel training centre in Kaduna, Nigeria to support textiles industry of the West African

country.

o India has signed a deal worth about $1 billion with US-based aerospace company Boeing for four P-8I submarine

hunter planes.

o India has the highest number of stunted children in the world owing to 'severe' sanitation crisis due to lack of

clean toilets and water, according to a report by international development charityWaterAid.

o India is going to host 2016 Kabaddi World Cup scheduled to be held in October 2016.

o India is going to host the International Summit on Tobacco-Control in the month of November to eliminate the

illicit trade of tobacco products.

o India is hosting the United Nation Peacekeeping Course for African Partners-1, (UNCAP - 1). This will be held

from 25th July to 12th August 2016.

o India ranked 35th among 160 countries in the recently released bi-annual Logistics Performance Index (LPI)

2016 of World Bank Group.

o India ranked 91 among 139 countries, in terms of readiness for transition to a digitised economy and society.

o India was placed at 91st position in the recently released 2016 Networked Readiness Index (NRI) by the Geneva

based World Economic Forum (WEF).

o 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. Sweden topped this index followed by Denmark and Norway.

o India will host the world’s first Mixed Martial Arts League. This league is going to be held from 26th August

2016 to 1st October 2016.

o India’s first Centre of Excellence on Internet of Things (CoE– IoT) was launched in Bengaluru, Karnataka by the

National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM).

o India’s first Commercial Court and Commercial Disputes Resolution Centre was inaugurated at Raipur, capital

of Chhattisgarh.

o Indian dairy cooperative, Amul is going to sponsor the Indian contingent for the Rio Olympics.

o Indian footballer Gurpreet Singh Sandhu became the first Indian to start in a Europa League match, when he

appeared for Stabæk againstWales’ Gap Connah’s Quay in the first qualifying round inWales yesterday.

o Indian Navy has commissioned INS Karna, an independent base of Marine Commandos (MARCOS) at

Bheemunipatanam Naval Base, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

o Indian professional boxer Vijender Singh became the WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight champion after

defeating Australia’s Kerry Hope in New Delhi by unanimous decision.

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o Indian tennis player Sania Mirza’s autobiography ‘Ace Against Odds’ has been released. The book has been

coauthored by Sania's father Imran Mirza, and features anecdotes from her professional and personal life.

o India's first Commercial Court and Commercial Disputes Resolution Centre has been inaugurated at Raipur, the

capital of Chhattisgarh.

o India's first paperless court was inaugurated at the Hyderabad High Court by Justice Madan B Lokur, who

heads the Supreme Court's e-Committee.

o India's young Grand Master Harika Dronavali has won her first Fide women’s Grand Prix chess title at

Chengdu in China.

o Israel has recentlyh passed a law requiring NGOs that receive over half of their funding from foreign

governments or bodies, including the EU, to provide details of their donations.

o ISRO and NASA are jointly working to develop a Satellite for mapping natural resources. The satellite, named

NISAR, is expected to be completed and launched by 2021. NISAR - NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar

o Kerala Government has launched Kochi Water Metro project, the first everWater Metro project in the country.

o Maharashtra Tourism has announced that the state's Aurangabad town will host India's first SAARC Tourism

Summit during the second week of October.

o Meghalaya Governor V. Shanmuganathan has recently inaugurated the launch of Pradhan Mantri Surakshit

Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) in the East Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya.

o Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton from Great Britain has won the 2016 German Grand Prix title of Formula One.

o Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton won the British Grand Prix for the third year in a row by beating team-mate Nico

Rosberg, who finished second.

o Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency (MUDRA) CEO Jiji Mammen has announced that the

government has set a target for banks to disburse ₹1.8 lakh crore as loans under the MUDRA scheme during

2016-17.

o Mumbai’s Siddhivinayak Temple has opened a demat account to enable its devotees to offer shares of listed

companies as donations.

o NASA’s Jupiter mission, Juno spacecraft is the fastest human made object ever.

o NASA's $1.1 billion Juno spacecraft has successfully entered the orbit of Jupiter, the largest planet of the solar

system.

o Parliament has passed the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill,2016 with Lok Sabha

approving it. The bill seeks to prohibit the employment of children below 14 in all occupations and enterprises,

except those run by his or her own family.

o Playing in his first Test in England, Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq (42) became the oldest player to score a

Test century since 1934.

o PM Narendra Modi and Bangladesh's PM Sheikh Hasina have jointly inaugurated a land port at the India-

Bangladesh border, Petrapole Integrated Check Post through video-conferencing.

o Portugal has won the 2016 UEFA European football championship (Euro Cup 2016) by defeating host France.

o Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently chaired the 11th meeting of the Inter-State Council (ISC) in Delhi.

This is the first Inter-State Council meeting since 2006.

o Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on 4 African Nation visit (Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, and Kenya)

from 7th to 11th July 2016.

o Professional cyclist, Chris Froome became Britain's first three-time winner of the Tour de France after finishing

the 21-stage race in Paris. o Punjab Government has launched Rapid Rural Police Response System (RRPRS) to ensure prompt and effective

police response in 12,000 villages across the state.

o Punjab's Beas railway station was ranked the highest in cleanliness in a passenger feedback survey carried out

by the Railway Ministry.

o Railway minister Suresh Prabhu has recently inaugurated India’s first 'green train corridor' – a 114-km stretch

between Rameswaram and Manamadurai in Tamil Nadu.

o Rajasthan became first state to introduce minimum wages for part time workers..

o Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs 2 crore on HDFC Bank for lapses in adhering to Know

Your Customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) norms.

o Rufus the hawk, is the official bird scarer at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club's Wimbledon tennis

championships each year.

o Russian 800-metre runner Yuliya Stepanova, who helped expose the Russian athletics' systematic doping, will

be the first neutral athlete to compete at the Rio Olympics.

o SBI launched an updated version of mobile wallet State Bank Buddy allowing direct payments for Railway

tickets, and for shopping at Madura Fashion and Lifestyle.

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o Serena Williams and Venus Williams won their sixth Wimbledon doubles title after defeating Tímea Babos of

Hungary and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhsta.

o Seventeen-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer surpassed Martina Navratilova’s record for the most

number of wins in Grand Slam singles matches, after beating Marin Cilic inWimbledon quarter-final.

o Sikkim's Khangchendzonga National Park has been designated as India's first “Mixed" site on the UNESCO

World Heritage List, by fulfilling the criteria under both Natural and Cultural heritage.

o Singer Katy Perry has released her new single 'Rise', which has been chosen as the official anthem to be played

during the Rio Olympics broadcast by the American television network 'NBC'.

o Skydiver Luke Aikins (United States) created history by becoming the first person in the world to jump from

25,000 feet (mid-tropospheric altitude) without a parachute and landing safely in a net.

o South Pacific island nation Tuvalu will have the smallest contingent at the 2016 Rio Olympics, consisting of only

one member in 100-metre sprint.

o Spanish-made Talgo has became fastest train in India.

o State Bank of India (SBI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Canada-based Brookfield Asset

Management Inc to form a joint venture which will independently evaluate and invest in various stressed assets

in the country.

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o Switzerland-based UBS retained its position as the world’s biggest private bank in 2015, a study by wealth

management researcher Scorpio Partnership has stated.

o Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has launched the Free Bus Pass Scheme for school and college students

for 2016-17.

o Telecom-to-energy conglomerate Reliance Industries (RIL) and India’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI)

have signed Subscription and Shareholders’ Agreement to set up payments bank.

o The 1st meeting of the BRICS Working Group on Energy Saving and Energy Efficiency was recently held in

Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

o The 2-day long 2016 Warsaw summit of the NATO was recently held at National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland. It

was the 27th summit biannual summit of NATO since its inception in 1949.

o The 2nd BRICS Youth Summit was recently held in Guwahati. Theme of this year : "Youth as bridge for intra-

BRICS exchanges". o The 73rd Senior National Squash Championship was recently held in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Women's Category

Winner : Dipika Pallikal Karthik ;Men's CategoryWinner : Saurav Ghosal .

o The Arunachal Pradesh government decided to set up 21 Women Police Stations across the state and create 400

new posts to run these police stations.

o The Bank of England has kept its interest rate unchanged at 0.5%, a record low maintained since March 2009,

amid market expectations of a rate cut.

o The book titled "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" was recently released. This is the official script book for the

play of the same name by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne.

o The Central Board of Excise and Customs has announced that it is going to move to a paperless and integrated

customs system by 2017, for fast-tracking consignment clearances.

o The Centre and the Bihar government have signed a $290 million credit agreement with the World Bank under

the state's rural development project 'JEEViKA-II'.

o The Centre has created a new Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology by bifurcating the erstwhile

Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

o The Chinese Football Association has struck a deal with FIFA to host the first 'China Cup' in January 2017, a

competition that will involve its national side against three international “first-class” teams.

o The Corporation Bank has launched a new facility called “Green PIN,” an online module for generation of PIN

for credit card holders.

o The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test-fired the fully indigenous

155 mm x 52 calibre Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System.

o The Election Commission of India (ECI) has launched National Electoral Roll Purification (NERP) 2016 across

the country. ECI's Motto of the year 2016 : “No voter to be left behind”.

o The first-ever meeting of BRICS Employment Working Group (BEWG) was held in Hyderabad, Telangana from

July 27 to 28, 2016.

o The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has inked a MoU with Advertising Standard Council

of India (ASCI) to check misleading advertisements in the food and beverages sector.

o The government has allowed the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to handle Aadhaar enrolment

in 10 states where it was being done by the Registrar-General of India until now.

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o The government has changed the tagline of Aadhaar from ‘Aam Aadmi ka Adhikar’ to ‘Mera Aadhaar, Meri

Pehchaan’.

o The government has extended the deadline for payment of tax and penalty under the Black Money Disclosure

Scheme to 30th September 2017.

o The government has received deposits of 3.1 tonnes of gold under the Gold Monetisation Scheme since its launch

in November 2015.

o The Haryana government is planning to set up Satkar Bhojan canteens, that provide subsidised food to people,

across the state by 1st November 2016.

o The Indian Railways has decided to procure a radar-based device to alert drivers of physical obstructions on

railway tracks. The accident protection system, called 'Tri-Netra’, will use infra-red signals to sense obstructions

up to 2-3 km ahead of the trains.

o The Indo-Thailand Military Exercise MAITREE concluded on 29 July 2016 at Krabi, Thailand.

o The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded its growth forecast for the Eurozone stating that

"negative impact of the UK referendum” will dent the region's economic recovery over the next two years.

O The International Space Station (ISS) is the world's most-expensive man-made object, with a total cost of over

$100 billion. o The Italian Cricket Board President Simone Gambino, has revealed that Cricket will be a part of the 2024

Olympics if Rome gets to host the tournament.

o The Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) at Nhava Sheva in Raigad District of Maharashtra has become the first port

in India to implement logistics data bank tagging system of containers.

o 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.

o The Kerala government has announced a Pension scheme for transgenders above 60 years of age.

O The Kerala government has decided to ban the production, sale, and advertisement of e-cigarettes in the view of

studies claiming that its use can cause health issues like cancer and heart ailments.

o The Kerala govt has imposed a ‘fat tax’ of 14.5% on branded restaurants that sell junk food like burgers, pizzas,

and pasta.

o The Lodha Committee has confirmed that office-bearers of the BCCI and state cricket associations who have

completed nine years in office, stand disqualified.

o The Lok Sabha has passed Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2016 for opening six new IITs. They are,

Bhilai (Chhattisgarh), Dharwar (Karnataka) , Goa, Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir), Palakkad (Kerala) and

Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh).

o The Lok Sabha has passed the Benami Transaction (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, 2015. The amendments will

allow the government to confiscate benami properties, referring to deals where the owner of a property denies

knowledge of ownership, after due procedure.

o The Madhya Pradesh state cabinet gave its nod to a proposal for imposing entry tax on online shopping.

o The main Opposition in Mongolia, the Mongolian People's Party (MPP) has returned to power after 4 years by

winning 65 seats in the 76-member parliament.

o The mean age of females at marriage in West Bengal is 19.3 years, the least in the country, as per a survey by

IndiaSpend. Uttar Pradesh has largest number of females married between 10-19 years of age (2.1 million).

o The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has signed a MoU with National Environmental Engineering

Research Institute (NEERI) to develop 12 sewage treatment plants (STP).

o The NITI Aayog has signed Statement of Intent (SoI) with tech giant Intel India to set up Atal Tinkering

laboratories (ATL) under the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM).

o The official theme song of the Rio Olympics, titled ‘Alma e Coração’ (Heart and Soul), was released.

o The oldest living male twins in the world, Pieter and Paulus Langerock from Belgium have turned 103.

o The Oxford English Dictionary has added the words ROFL (Rolling on Floor Laughing) and tl;dr (too long;

didn’t read) in its June 2016 update.

o The Pacific military exercise, RIMPAC 2016 (Rim of the Pacific Exercise), was recently held at Hawaii with 26

nations participating in the war games that will cover the Hawaiian Island and southern California.

o The Parliament has passed the Regional Centre for Biotechnology Bill, 2016 to provide statutory status to the

existing Regional Centre for Biotechnology in Faridabad, Haryana.

o The Patna Pirates have won the 4th edition of STAR Sports-ProKabaddi League by defeating Jaipur Pink

Panthers.

o The Pharmaceuticals Sector received FDI of ₹4,975 crore in 2015-16, down from ₹9,052 crore in 2014-15.

o The private sector lender HDFC bank has launched an SME Bank which will provide full-fledged digital

banking service to small and medium sector enterprises.

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o The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) constituted a 13 Member inter regulatory Working Group (WG) to study the

entire gamut of regulatory issues relating to Fin Tech (financial technology) and Digital Banking in India.

Headed by : Sudarshan Sen (Executive director of RBI). o The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹5 crore on Bank of Baroda in the alleged ₹6,000 crore

forex related irregularities that were observed in October last year.

o The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has removed the seven-year-old restriction on fresh purchase of state-owned

Punjab National Bank's shares by foreign investors.

o The Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University, the 1st Women's University in India, has

celebrated 100 years (started on July 2, 1916).

o The Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry has launched an online portal 'India Skills Online', and

four other initiatives under the 'Skill India' campaign.

o The State Bank of India (SBI) and the World Bank have signed agreements for a $625 million (around ₹4,200

crore) facility to support Grid Connected Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic (GRPV) programmes in India.

o The State Bank of India (SBI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Society for

Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE) at IIT Bombay to promote innovation by start-ups in the financial

sector.

o The Supreme Court-constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money submitted its fifth report to

the apex court. The SIT was headed by : MB Shah (retired justice)

o The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has launched "TRAI MySpeed", a mobile app to help

consumers check the internet speed on their smartphones.

o The two day BRICS Policy Planning Dialogue was recently held in Patna, Bihar.

o The Union Cabinet has approved a National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) for providing

apprenticeship training to over 50 lakh youngsters in order to create more jobs.

o The Union Cabinet approved the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016. The main aim of this

bill is to protect the community from discrimination.

o The Union Finance Ministry has constituted 4 Member Committee to examine the feasibility and desirability of

having a new financial year. Head : Dr. Shankar Acharya (former Chief Economic Adviser)

o The Union Government has approved nearly 1,600 crore rupees for Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) under skill

development initiative ‘Himayat’ programme.

o The Union Government has launched 'Operation Sankat Mochan' to evacuate Indian nationals from violence-hit

South Sudan. The operation has been carried out by the Indian Air Force and will be led by General VK Singh.

Over 150 Indians returned safely from South Sudan to Delhi as part of this operation.

o The Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has launched ‘Prashikshak’- an online teacher

education portal for District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs).

o The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched a nationwide Intensified Diarrhoea Control

Fortnight (IDCF) to check child diarrhoeal deaths.

o The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has setup a 7 Member expert committee for exploring the other

possible alternatives to pellet guns as non-lethal weapons. The Committee will be headed by : T V S N Prasad

(Joint Secretary in the MHA)

o The Union Ministry of Science and Technology, has launched a ‘Solar Power Tree’ in Delhi to generate electricity

in a limited space.

o The Union Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation has constituted a 4

Member Committee to prepare guidelines for desiltation of Ganga River. The committee will be headed by :

Madhav Chitale (ExpertMember of NGRBA)

o The Union Railway Ministry has flagged off the maiden broad gage train service dubbed as ‘Tripura Sundari

Express’ from Agartala (Tripura) to Delhi.

o The US government has arrested Artem Vaulin, the alleged founder of the torrent site 'KickassTorrents'.

o The US Tennis Association has recently announced that the total prize money for the 2016 US Open will be

around $46.3 million, the biggest prize in the history of the game.

o The Uttar Pradesh government has signed a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with the Netherlands to set

up a skill development center to help farmers.

o TheWorld Health Organization (WHO) declared India as Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus free.

o The world's first hospital on a train, the Lifeline Express, has completed 25 years of service to the poor and

underprivileged masses of rural India.

o The world's largest 'charkha' (spinning wheel) was unveiled at Terminal-3 of Delhi’s Indira Gandhi

International Airport by BJP President Amit Shah.

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o Three months after Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan spoke about forming a Happiness Ministry,

the state cabinet has cleared the proposal, finally calling it the Happiness Department.

o To ensure a garbage-free Puducherry, the government is going to form 'Swachh Bal Senas' to make children the

watchdogs of cleanliness and prevent elders from littering.

o TripAdvisor has ranked Mumbai the second cheapest city for travellers, with an estimated cost of $767 for a

three-night stay in a four-star hotel, tourist activities and food. The Vietnamese capital of Hanoi has topped the

list with an estimated cost of $674.

o Triple Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton won the Austrian Grand Prix.

o UNESCO has declared the Nalanda University in Bihar aWorld Heritage Site.

o Union Tourism Ministry is going to extend its electronic visa (e-visa) service to 36 more countries including

Italy, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

o United States President Barack Obama has signed into law measures to give the public greater access to

government documents and records under the Freedom of Information Act.

o US internet firm Yahoo is being acquired by American telecoms giant Verizon Communications for nearly $5bn

(£3.8bn) in cash.

o Uvena Fernandes becomes 1st Woman Referee from INDIA to get selected to officiate in FIFA U-17 Women’s

World Cup

o 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.

o With 1,263 bird species, India is home to nearly 12% of the total number of 10,135 bird species in the world,

according to a study published in the journal 'Indian BIRDS'.

o With 35 sites in UNESCO's World Heritage list, India has the sixth highest number of culturally and

historically important places in the world.

o With a user base of more than 335 million globally, Airtel is currently world's 3rd largest telecom provider.

o Women central government employees who have filed complaints of sexual harassment can now avail a paid

leave of 90 days during the pendency of the inquiry.

o World number two Andy Murray won his second Wimbledon men’s singles title by defeating Canadian Milos

Raonic.

o Writer Amitav Ghosh’s latest book, The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable, was

recently released.

o Yes Bank has announced that it has got an in-principle approval from capital markets regulator SEBI to sponsor

a mutual fund and to set up an AssetManagement Company (AMC) and a trustee company. 7th Pay Commission : Highlights

The Union cabinet on 29th June 2016 has accepted the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission, giving

a substantial raise to the salaries and pensions of central government employees. This going to be a hot topic for

upcoming competitive exams (especially for bank exams). So here are some important points and highlights you

should know about the 7th Pay Commission.

What is a Pay Commission?

The Pay Commission is an administrative system/mechanism that the government of India set up in 1956 to

determine the salaries of government employees.

The First Pay Commission was established in 1956, and since then, every decade has seen the birth of a

commission that decides the wages of government employees for a particular time-frame.

The Second Pay Commission was set up in August 1957 and gave its report in two years.

The Third Pay Commission, set up in April 1970, submitted its report in March 1973.

The recommendations of the Fourth Pay Commission covered the period between 1986 and 1996.

The Fifth Pay Commission covered the period between 1996 and this year.

The Union Cabinet, under the stewardship of then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, approved the setting up of

the 6th Pay Commission to revise the payscales of central government employees in July 2006.

o The 6th Pay Commission is headed by its Chairman Justice B N Srikrishna, and has Ravindra Dholakia, J S

Mathur and Sushama Nath as its other members.

The 7th Pay commission was approved on 29th June 2016.

7th Pay Commission :

People Behind 7th Pay Commission

o Chairman : aJustice Ashok Kumar Mathur

o Members :

o Full Time : Vivek Rae

o Part Time : Rathin Roy

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o Secretary :Meena Agarwal

Key Highlights of the 7th Pay Commission

o Minimum pay of Rs 18,000 has been recommended against the existing Rs 7,000 per month

o The rate of annual increment is being retained at 3 per cent

o The commission has recommended abolishing 52 allowances altogehter

o Another 36 allowances have been abolished as separate identities, but subsumed either in an existing allowance

or in newly proposed allowances

o Gratuity ceiling doubled from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 lakh and housing loan allowance hiked from Rs 7.5 lakh to Rs

25 lakh

o Two dates of increments in place of existing one – 1st Janunary and 1st July

o Ex-gratia lump sum compensation and military service pay increased

o Existing rates of monthly contribution towards Group Insurance to continue

o Grade Pay & Pay Band structure to be replaced by Pay Matrix, comprising 19 Levels

o Total annual burden of pay, pensions and arrears of 7th Pay Commission recommendations stands at Rs

1,02,100 crore.

o The total financial impact in the FY 2016-17 is likely to be ₹1,02,100 crore

o Rs 2,25,000 per month is the maximum pay for apex scale and Rs 2,50,000 per month for Cabinet Secretary and

others presently at the same pay level

o Based on the minmum pay, a fitment factor of 2.57 is being proposed to be applied uniformly for all employees.

SBI Launched 3 New Digital Offerings on 61st State Bank Day

On the occasion of 61st State Bank Day, SBI Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya has launched 3 New Digital

Offerings of the State Bank of India, Including the social media banking platform "SBI Mingle".

SBIMingle

o This is a social media banking platform for Facebook and Twitter users. Using SBI Mingle, the SBI customers

can do a host of banking services on their Facebook or Twitter at their own convenience.

o The customers have to register for this service through a simple one time registration process using either their

account number or their ATM/Debit Card details.

o After registering they can undertake the various banking facilities available on the platform.

o Currently balance enquiry, mini statement, funds transfer within SBI as well as inter-bank and beneficiary

management services are available for Facebook.

o On Twitter, using hashtags the customers can find out their account balance and view mini statements.

o The Bank is offering its millennial customers a new digital experience allowing them to do banking as part of

their everyday lives.

SBI Digital Villages

o This initiative aimed at transforming villages into cash less eco-system by adopting them.

o In its first leg the bank has adopted 21 villages to be moved on the digital platform and plans to bring 100

villages under this initiative across the country by the end of the financial year 2017.

Pre-approved EMI Facility

o The bank has also partnered with Indian e-commerce company Flipkart to offer its consumers the facility of

preapproved EMI Facility on purchases.

o Under this partnership SBI will provide overdraft facility to pre-qualified set of customers for transacting on

Flipkart for a minimum purchase of Rs. 5000.

o The EMI facility will be available in 3 tenures - 6, 9 and 12 months.

o The bank will not charge any fees to process the facility.

Ministers of India and their Portfolios 2016 Prime Minister Narendramodi today (5th July 2016) reshuffled Council of Ministers for the second time since

2014. Here is the complete list of ministers and their portfolios. (as on 5th July 2016).

Cabinet Ministers

Cabinet Ministers Portfolios Rajnath Singh Home Affairs

Sushma Swaraj External Affairs

Arun Jaitley Finance and Corporate Affairs

M. Venkaiah Naidu Information &Broadcasting Urban Development, Housing

& amp; Urban Poverty Alleviation

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Nitin Jairam Gadkari Road Transport and Highways Shipping

Manohar Parrikar Defence

Suresh Prabhu Railways

D. V. Sadananda Gowda Statistics & Programme Implementation

Uma Bharati Water Recourses, River Development & Ganga

Rejuvenation

Dr. Najma A. Heptulla Minority Affairs

Ramvilas Paswan Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

Kalraj Mishra Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises

Maneka Sanjay Gandhi Women & Child Development

Ananthakumar Parliamentary Affairs, Chemicals & Fertilisers

Ravi Shankar Prasad Law & Justice, Electronics & Information Techology

Jagat Prakash Nadda Health & Family Welfare

Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati Civil Aviation

Anant Geete Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises

Harsimrat Kaur Badal Food Processing Industries

Narendra Singh Tomar Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water &

Santation

Chaudhary Birender Singh Steel

Jual Oram Tribal Affairs

Radha Mohan Singh Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

Thaawar Chand Gehlot Social Justice and Empowerment

Smriti Zubin Irani Textiles

Dr. Harsh Vardhan Science & Technology, Earth Sciences

Prakash Javadekar Human Resource Development

Ministers of State (MOS)

Ministers of State Portfolios

Rao Inderjit Singh Planning (Independent Charge) Urban Development Housing &

Urban Poverty Alleviation

Bandaru Dattatreya Labour & Employment (Independent Charge)

Rajiv Pratab Rudy Skill Development & Enterpreneurship (Independent Charge)

Vijay Goel Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge)Water Resources,

River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation

Shripad Yesso Naik AAYUSH (Independent Charge)

Dharmendra Pradhan Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge)

Piyush Goyal Power (Independent Charge) Coal (Independent Charge) New and

Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) Mines (Independent

Charge)

Dr. Jitendra Singh Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge) Prime

Minister’s Office Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space

Nirmala Sitharaman Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge)

Dr. Mahesh Sharma Culture (Independent Charge) Tourism (Independent Charge)

Manoj Sinha communications (Independent Charge) Railways

Anil Madhav Dave Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge)

General V. K. Singh External Affairs

Santosh Kumar Gangwar Finance

Faggan Singh Kulaste Health & Family Welfare

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Minority Affairs Parliamentary Affairs

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S S Ahluwalia Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Parliamentary Affairs

Ramdas Athawale Social Justice & Empowerment

Ram Kripal Yadav Rural Development

Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises

Giriraj Singh Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises

Hansraj Gangaram Ahir Home Affairs

G. M. Siddeshwara Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises

Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi Drinking Water & Sanitation

Rajen Gohain Railways

Parashottam Rupala Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Panchayati Raj

M. J. Akbar External Affairs

Upendra Kushwaha Human Resources Development

Radhakrishnan P Road Transport & Highways Shipping

Kiren Rijju Home Affairs

Krishan Pal Social Justice & Empowerment

Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor Tribal Affairs

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation

Vishnu Deo Sai Steel

Sudharshan Bhagat Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Y. S. Chowdary Science & Technology Earth Science

Jayant Sinha Civil Aviation

Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Information & Broadcasting

Babul Supriyo Urban Development Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation

Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Food Processing Industries

Vijay Sampla Social Justice & Empowerment

Arjun Ram Meghwal Finance Corporate Affairs

Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey Human Resource Development

Ajay Tamta Textiles

Krishna Raj Women & Child Development

Mansukh L. Mandaviya Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Chemicals & Fertilizers

Anupriya P atel Health & Family Welfare

C. R. Chaudhary Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

P. P. Chaudhary Law & amp; Justice Electronics & Information Technology

Dr. Subhash Ramrao Bhamre defence