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1.
Stephen Hawking, the eminent British scientist launched a whopping
USD 100-million project to search for aliens in association with
Russia's billionaire entrepreneur Yuri Milner. This is a 10 year
project. This project was launched at the Royal Society in London and
characterised as the biggest scientific search ever undertaken for study
of aliens.
2.
Bhanu Pratap Sharma was given additional charge of Chairperson
of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). Sharma is an
IAS officer of 1981 batch from Bihar cadre. Sharma was given this
additional charge of FSSAI for three months or till the appointment of a
regular incumbent. Currently, he is the Secretary of Union Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare.
3.
The International Monetary Fund named Maurice Obstfeld, a widely
respected economist known for his work on how policies spill over into
the global economy, as the emergency-lender’s next chief economist.
Obstfeld, a University of California, Berkeley, professor and a member
of the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers, will replace Olivier
Blanchard in September.
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4.
Actress-politician Hema Malini has been honoured with a Lifetime
Achievement Award for Art and Cinema. The 66 years old actress was
honoured by the Bank of Baroda on the occasion of its 108th Foundation
Day on July 20.
5.
The British government has decided to honour India's greatest hockey
player Major Dhyan Chand with 'India Pride Award'. In British
Parliament's House of Commons this award will be presented to him on
25th July. On behave of Dhyan Chand, his son Ashok Chand and former
captain of Indian hockey Ashok Kumar has been invited to London for the
award. One of the world's best hockey players Dhyan Chand won Gold
medals in three Olympics: 1928, 1932, 1936. In 1956 he was awarded the
country's third highest civilian honor, the Padma Bhushan.
6.
Indian wrestler Sangram Singh made history by defeating Canada's
Joseph Edward to win the WWP Commonwealth Championship at Nelson
Mandela Bay Stadium in South Africa. He had signed the death contract
that clearly stated no owning up by organizers if either of the two
fighters are fatally hurt in the process. Sangram is said to be the
first Indian wrestler to sign such an agreement.
7.
An Indigenous Visibility Measuring System “Drishti” has been
installed at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport with which
the airport has become the first Airport in the country to have 10
indigenous systems operating in all its three runways. It that has been
designed and developed by CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories
(CSIR-NAL), Bengaluru. It is primarily used for reporting the runway
visual range, which is a critical parameter for safe landing and
take-off of aircraft in poor visibility conditions.
8.
Model-actor Milind Soman (49) has won the Ironman title at a
triathlon held in Zurich in Switzerland. Milind Soman, who took part in
the race, which is said to be the toughest triathlon, for the first
time, took 15 hours and 19 minutes to finish it. The triathlon,
organised by World Triathalon Corporation, includes a 3.8 km swim, 180.2
km cycle ride and 42.2 km run and is widely regarded as the world’s
toughest race, which has to be completed in 16 hours by participants for
an Ironman title.
9.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the National Career Service
(NCS) Portal at the 46th session of Indian Labour Conference as part of
an endeavour to modernise all government-run employment exchanges. This
portal aims to create a direct market place for workers and employers.
The portal aims to bring on board around 20 million job seekers already
registered with employment exchanges across India. It also aspires to
bring 900,000 establishments and companies on the portal. The NCS will
offer registration for job aspirants and employers for free.
10.
Pankaj Munjal was appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD)
of Hero Motors Group. He succeeded O.P. Munjal, who was elevated to the
position of Chairman Emeritus. Pankaj Munjal joined the Hero group in
1988 as a trainee and was appointed as its Co-Chairman and Managing
Director in December 2011.