Daily Current Affairs Updates

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani jointly inaugurated the Afghan-India Friendship Dam in Herat province in Western Afghanistan.

Novak Djokovic joined the tennis greats when he downed British second seed Andy Murray 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 to claim his maiden French Open title and hold all four Grand Slams at the same time.

India and Qatar signed seven agreements, including one facilitating Qatari institutional investments in India̢۪s National Infrastructure Investment Fund and another on the exchange of information on terrorist financing and money laundering.

The Ministry of Urban Development announced a package of Rs. 19,762 crore for decongestion of the national capital and recommended a set of stringent measures, including the introduction of a Congestion Tax.

• Haryana Government launches Asia’s first Gyps Vulture Reintroduction Programme
• Assam Assembly passes Ease of Doing Business Bill, 2006
• India ranks 70th on 2015 Good Country Index

In recently released 2015 Good Country Index (GCI), India has been placed at 70th position in the list of 163 countries.

India and Singapore have agreed to enhance the scale of existing bilateral military interaction and decided to expand the interaction between the armed forces.

Haryana Government has launched Asia’s first ‘Gyps Vulture Reintroduction Programme’ at the Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre at Pinjore.

American boxing icon Muhammad Ali passed away after 32-year battle with Parkinson̢۪s disease in Phoenix, Arizona. He was 74.

Assam Assembly has passed Assam Ease of Doing Business Bill, 2016 to facilitate ease of doing business in the state.

A team of scientists from Harvard University (United States) has created a unique bionic leaf that uses sunlight (solar energy) to split water molecules into oxygen and hydrogen and hydrogen-eating bacteria to produce liquid fuels from CO2.

NASA scientists using a new satellite-based method have located 39 unreported and major human-made sources of toxic sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions that cause pollution.