Current Affairs 24th July 2016

Current Affairs 24th July 2016

Current affairs play crucial role in almost all the competitive exams like government, bank, and railway exams.  As most of the graduates and post graduates are dreaming to settle in jobs that are more secured, they are giving their best shot for the competitive exams.  Current affairs have a big platform laid for them in all the competitive exams of present day time.  Candidates who are preparing for competitive exams must and should follow everyday current affairs in order to attain good score in the exams.  We, in our page will update current affairs of everyday.  We suggest the candidates to visit our page frequently to get aware of daily current affairs.

Lok Sabha passes bill for new NIT in Andhra Pradesh

Lok Sabha has passed the National Institute of Technology, Science, Education and Research Bill, 2016 to establish a National Institute of Technology in Andhra Pradesh.  The bill is in keeping with the Andhra Pradesh reorganization act, 2014, which provides for a NIT for the state after its bifurcation as the exiting NIT went to Telangana.  A total of Rs. 226 crore has been allocated for the institute establishment.

Current Affairs 23rd July 2016

India to become Daimler’s mobility strategy hub

Daimler has announced plans to multiply the engineering workforce at its Bengaluru research facility.  The facility that has Daimler’s second biggest team of dedicated software professionals will now become strategy hub for testing Daimlers’ plans for becoming a mobility services company.

Solar power tree developed for generation of electricity

The ministry of Science and Technology has come up with a ‘Solar Power Tree’ to generate electricity using solar power in a limited space.  This is quite an innovative way to generate electricity.  This Solar tree was developed by Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI), Durgapur, a laboratory of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).

Jeff Bezos beats Warren Buffett as world’s third richest

Jeff Bezos has beaten Warren Buffett to become the third-richest person in the globe.  The Amazon founder net worth was $65.1 billion which has topped Buffett by $32 million on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Madeira airport renamed after Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo was honoured by his hometown.  The international Santa Catarina airport was renamed after EURO 2016 winning Portugal captain and Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo.  President of Regional Government has made this announcement after Portugal’s triumph at EURO 2016.

Neeraj Chopra wins Javelin gold with new U-20 World record

Neeraj Chopra won the Javelin throw gold in the IAAF World U-20 Championships in Bydgoszcs, Poland setting a new world record of 86.48m.  South African Johan Grobler took the silver and Anderson Peters made it to Bronze.

China builds world’s largest Seaplane

China has completed building of the world’s largest amphibious aircraft after seven years of work.  This seaplane is meant to perform marine rescue missions and fight forest fires.  The Seaplane is named as AG600, which is about the size of Boeing 737 and was developed by state aircraft maker Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC).

Indian railway to introduce rail radio service on 1000 trains

Indian railways is soon going to introduce rail radio service on over 1000 trains.  Now passengers will not only get to hear popular songs and music, but also will be updated on train-related info on hourly basis.  The system will be used to issue alerts in case of an emergency.

61 sports parks to come up in Ludhiana town

61 sports parks will soon come up in Ludhiana town for all age groups. Just ahead of assembly polls, around 61 parks are being constructed in the town that comprises just over 100 villages.  Around Rs. 60 lakh is being spent on each of these parks.