Daily Current Affairs Updates

Madhya Pradesh became the first state in India to have ‘Happiness Department’ that will work as knowledge resource centre on the subject of happiness on the lines of Bhutan.

• DRDO successfully tests New Advanced Towed Artillery Artillery Gun System
• Rakesh Kumar Chaturvedi appointed as Chairman of CBSE
• 15 July: World Youth Skills Day

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set up an inter-regulatory Working Group to study the regulatory issues relating to Financial Technology (Fintech) and Digital Banking in India The inter-regulatory Working Group will be headed by RBI̢۪s Executive Director Sudarshan Sen and consist of 12 members.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified India as Yaws, Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus free country.

The eleventh edition of Asia-Europe Meeting Summit (ASEM11) or ASEM2016 began in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia.

The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) successfully conducted proof firing tests of Armament system for 155 mm x 52 calibre New Advanced Towed Artillery Artillery Gun System (ATAGS).

Senior IAS officer Rakesh Kumar Chaturvedi has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

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.

India̢۪s Chess Grand Master Harika Dronavalli has won the Fide Women̢۪s Grand Prix trophy in Chendu, China.

KVR Murthy was appointed as the Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of the Jute Corporation of India Limited (JCIL).

• Peru declares Zika emergency across northern half of the country
• Senior IPS officer A K Patnaik appointed as CEO of NATGRID
• Yojana Union Cabinet allocates Rs 12,000 crore to Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas

The Union Cabinet has given its approval for allocation of Twelve thousand crore rupees to Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY).