Daily Current Affairs Updates

Retired star Marat Safin will become the first Russian to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Bollywood actor Rajesh Vivek, mainly known for his roles in superhits like ‘Lagaan’ and ‘Swades’, died due to a heart attack in Hyderabad. He was 66.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the end of Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa after all known chains of transmission have been stopped.

Union Government has inaugurated the first phase of permanent campus of the Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER) at Vithura in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

British actor Alan Rickman passed away in London, England. He was 69 and was suffering from cancer.

Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has announced that India̢۪s grid-connected solar power generation capacity has crossed the 5,000 Mega Watt (MW) mark.

The indigenously-built third generation anti-tank missile Nag was successfully test fired at Mahajan Field Firing Range in Rajasthan.

The 15th edition of bilateral exercise by the Indian Coast Guard and its Japanese counterpart titled ‘Sahayog-Kaijin 2016’ has begun off the coast of Chennai, Tamil Nadu in the Bay of Bengal.

• Sikkim becomes India’s first organic state.
• World record by Sania-Martina as they win 29th match on trot.
• SBI enters into wealth management space; opens branch for start-ups.

India̢۪s Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis broke a 22-year-old world record by winning their 29th women̢۪s doubles match in a row en route to their entry into the women̢۪s doubles final of the WTA Sydney International, in Sydney.

State Bank of India today became the first public sector lender to launch wealth management service, a space dominated by private and foreign players, to cater to fast-growing affluent segment of the country.

Sikkim has become India̢۪s first fully organic state by implementing organic practices on around 75,000 hectares of agricultural land.