25 July 2015 Current Affair Updates Download | Daily GK Updates
1.
NITI Aayog has constituted an expert panel to suggest ways to promote
innovation and entrepreneur friendly ecosystem for pushing job growth.
The group will also workout the detailed contours of Atal Innovation
Mission (AIM) and Self-Employment & Talent Utilisation (SETU). The
Expert Committee has been constituted under the Chairmanship of Prof.
Tarun Khanna, Director, South Asia Institute, Harvard University and
Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School, USA.
2.
10-year-old Shubham Jaglan created history by winning the
International Junior Golf Academy World Stars event in Las Vegas. He
brought home a score of 106 in three rounds to win by five strokes,
ahead of two Americans Justin Dang and Sihan Sandhu and Thailand's
Pongsapak Laopakdee for the Boys 9-10 years category title at the Angel
Park. Less than a week back, the son of a milkman from rural Haryana,
scripted a scintillating one-stroke win at the Junior World Golf
Championships being played at Welk Resort Fountain Course in
California.
3.
The hunt for India's most desirable man by country's oldest and most
prestigious pageant for men came to its end with Rohit Khandewal from
Hyderabad being announced Provogue Personal Care Mr India 2015. Rohit
Khandewal from Hyderabad was announced Mr India 2015 winner, Rahul
Rajasekharan from Bangalore was announced 1st Runner up and Prateek
Gujaral from Mumbai was announced 2nd Runner up.
4.
China announced to provide cash assistance of $10 million to help
quake-ravaged Nepal in its reconstruction process. Nepal and China
signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on this following a bilateral
meeting on Post Disaster Reconstruction Plan at Nepal's finance
ministry.
5.
First All Women Trans Continental Road Expedition from Delhi to
London was flagged off. The expedition, which started from Major
Dhyanchand Stadium of New Delhi, was flagged off by Union Minister of
Chemical and Fertilizers, Ananth Kumar and Minister of State
(Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports Sarbananda Sonowal.
The three woman participants, namely Nidhi Tiwari, Rashmi Koppar and
Soumaya Goel, will reach United Kingdom in 55 days.
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6.
Puducherry became the first city to send its nomination for the
“Smart City” mission as the Union Territory of Puducherry nominated its
capital city for inclusion in this ambitious project. Puducherry which
has a population of 6,57,209 has done well in respect of several Stage-1
evaluation criteria and scored 75 of the possible 100 marks.
7.
India climbed up a rung to occupy the eighth spot in the men's
section, while the eves remained static at 13th position in the latest
International Hockey Federation (FIH) rankings issued. The FIH released
the latest world rankings following the completion of four events
comprising the Hockey World League Semi-Finals in Buenos Aires and
Antwerp (men); Valencia and Antwerp (women). World Cup holders Australia
men and the Netherlands women remain at the top of the chart.
8.
Pulitzer winning Indian-born American doctor Siddhartha Mukherjee has
been nominated for an Emmy Award for the documentary series on cancer
based on his book 'The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer'.
The six-hour programme based and titled after Mukherjee's Pulitzer
Prize-winning 2010 book Produced and co-written by US filmmaker Ken
Burns, the documentary titled "Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies" is a
six-hour series for American TV channel PBS and is based on Mukherjee's
book.
9.
Ravi Kailas, Chairman and CEO, Mytrah Energy, was named the ‘Wind
Power Person of the year 2015’ at the 3rd World Renewable Energy
Conference in New Delhi. The award was conferred on him by the Renewable
Energy Expert Committee headed by Dr. Praveen Saxena, Former Advisor,
Ministry of New & Renewable Energy.
10.
Pakistan will buy eight submarines from China in a multi-billion
dollar deal that will boost Pakistani navy's maritime capabilities. An
agreement was reached during a meeting between Pakistan Finance Minister
Ishaq Dar and Xu Ziqin, President of state-owned China Shipbuilding
& Offshore International Company Limited (SCOC)-- the trade arm of
China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation. The two sides in-principle
agreed on the sale of eight submarines that China will provide to
Pakistan Navy.
