Daily Current Affairs Updates

The world̢۪s first public dengue vaccination programme was launched in the Philippines with a French drug Dengvaxia (world̢۪s 1st dengue fever vaccine) to combat mosquito-borne disease.

World̢۪s first White Tiger Safari was inaugurated at Mukundpur in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh. It was inaugurated and opened to public by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Tran Dai Quang has sworn in as the ninth President of Vietnam after he was elected by country̢۪s National Assembly. He succeeds Truong Tan Sang and shall have term of five years.

Renowned Latin jazz saxophonist Leandro Gato Barbieri passed away in New York, US due to pneumonia. He was 83.

Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed (56) took oath as the first woman Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, bringing to an end the three-month Governor̢۪s Rule in the state.

India and Saudi Arabia have singed five agreements to boost the bilateral cooperation between the two nations. The agreements were signed during the two day official visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Saudi Arabia in Riyadh.

• PM Narendra Modi conferred Saudi Arabia’s highest civilian honour
• Indian Scientists develop biopolymer for water purification
• IT dept launches tax calculator; e-filing begins this week

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred Saudi Arabia̢۪s highest civilian honour- the King Abdulaziz Sash.

West Indies has won the ICC Cricket World Men̢۪s T-20 Cup 2016 by defeating England by 4 wickets in the final match played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

Scientists fear that ballast water carried by ships is providing a vehicle to bring in exotic invasive species across the Indian Coast.

India has been ranked sixth among the world̢۪s Top-Ten largest manufacturing countries in the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) 2015 Yearbook report.

Indian scientists have developed an eco-friendly biopolymer using nanotechnology for water-softening and water purification applications.