Current Affairs July, 2016

The Union Cabinet has extended numerous facilities to persons from minority communities of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh namely Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, Sikhs, Parsis and Christians staying in India on Long Term Visa (LTV).

• INS India, base depot ship of Indian Navy at New Delhi celebrates Platinum Jubilee
• Union Government Arvind Subramanian committee to tackle the shortage of pulses
• Union Government notifies AADHAR Act giving UIDAI legal basis

Conservative party leader Theresa May (59) became Prime Minister of United Kingdom after meeting Queen Elizabeth II.

INS India, the base depot ship of Indian Navy at New Delhi celebrated its 75th anniversary (Platinum Jubilee) on 13 July 2016.

The Union Government has recently constituted a high-level committee headed by Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian to tackle the shortage of pulses in India.

The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in Hague, the Netherlands has rejected China̢۪s claims to economic rights across large swathes of South China Sea.

The Union Government has notified the UIDAI (Terms and Conditions of Service of Chairperson and Members) Rules, 2016 to give legal status to Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).

The Supreme Court has ordered the restoration of former Chief Minister Nabam Tuki̢۪s Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh.

Technocrat D Rajkumar was appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL).

• Mahindra Aerostructures bags supply contract from Airbus
• SBI inks MoU with IIT Bombay to promote startups in financial sector
• Bangladesh, India sign agreement for joint coal fired power plant

Indian Navy has commissioned INS Karna, an independent base of Marine Commandos (MARCOS) at Bheemunipatanam Naval Base, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

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