Current Affairs Update – 22nd July, 2015

Hello and welcome to ExamPundit. Here are the Important Current Affairs of 22nd July, 2015.

• Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
  Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan on 21 July 2015 launched the Surakshit Khadya
  Abhiyan, a countrywide campaign, to create mass awareness and capacity building
  for safe and hygienic food.
• The initiative complements the widely popular multi-media
  campaign Jago Grahak Jago which empowers the consumers of its rights and
  demands. This campaign, planned by CII and Consumer Organization VOICE, and
  National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI), is an effort towards
  building a culture of food safety in the country.
• Under the campaign, nationwide sensitisation sessions on
  cleaning, hygiene & sanitation for safe food, Walkathons and Media
  dissemination programmes for Consumers, Street Food Industries will be organized
  across the country.
• The ministry also launched a website and a logo of the
  campaign and also signed a pledge for adopting safe food practices.

• State Government of Manipur on 21 July 2015 constituted a
  five-member committee to draft a bill for the protection of indigenous people
  of the state. The committee will be headed by State Law Minister Thoudam Debendra
  Singh.
• Other members of the committee will include three MLAs
  namely Dr Bijoy Singh, N Biren and RK Anand. Special Secretary (Home) M Yaiskul
  will be the convener.
• The committee has been asked to submit the draft bill at the
  earliest so that state government may introduce the bill in the state
  legislative assembly within one month.
• The committee may co-opt representatives of the Joint
  Committee on Inner-Line Permit System (JCILPS) as its members.

• India has earned about USD 100 million launching 45 foreign
  satellites till date and revenue from its commercial space missions is poised
  to grow with another 28 foreign satellites planned to be put into orbit between
  2015 and 2017.
• This information was given by Science and Technology
  Minister Jitendra Singh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday while
  providing details of revenue earned by Antrix — the commercial arm of the
  Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) — from launch of foreign satellites.
• Mr. Singh said Antrix has signed agreements for launching 28
  satellites of six countries — Algeria, Canada, Germany, Indonesia, Singapore
  and the US during 2015-17.
• Until now, 45 satellites from 19 countries have been
  launched by the ISRO and the income generated through this amounts to around 17
  million USD and 78.5 million Euros(85 million USD), he said.
• Singh also informed that the government has sanctioned 15
  smaller PSLV launchers worth Rs 3,090 crore which would be built during
  2017-2020.

• The Supreme Court of India on 21 July 2015 quashed pleas of
  Union Government and Jat organizations asking the court to reconsider its
  verdict that had scrapped the March 2014 notification to include Jats in the
  central list of the Other Background Classes (OBC) category in nine states.
• The two petitioners were seeking to declare the Jat
  community as socially and economically backward class to grant them OBC
  reservation.
• A bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi and comprising
  Justice Rohinton F Nariman dismissed the plea and declared Union Government
  decision to grant OBC status to JAT community as unconstitutional.
• Earlier in March 2015, Supreme Court had struck down the
  Union Government’s decision to grant Jat community reservation in jobs and
  educational institution, terming it as a reflection of negative and retrograde
  governance.

• Former McKinsey director Ananth Narayanan on 21 July 2015
  was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Flipkart-owned
  fashion store Myntra. He will assume the charge on 1 October 2015.
• He will succeed Myntra’s co-founder Mukesh Bansal who is
  presently serving as the head of Flipkart’s commerce platform.
• With the appointment of Narayanan, Bansal will assume the
  role of Chairman of Board of Myntra and will contribute to Myntra’s vision,
  strategy and overall direction.
• Prior to this appointment, he was leading McKinsey’s product
  development in Asia and its Automotive Practice in India. He has worked with
  McKinsey for 15 years across four offices, namely Chicago, Shanghai, Taipei and
  Chennai.

• Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited Director (Commercial) T.K.
  Chand has been appointed Chairman-cum-Managing Director of National Aluminium
  Company Ltd. (NALCO).
• In a brief interview with The Hindu, he said that he would
  lay emphasis on product diversification and take up expansion project of the
  NALCO. He said he would initiate measures for globalisation of operations of
  the Navratna company.
• The NALCO is a Bhubaneswar-headquartered public sector
  company with integrated and diversified operations in mining, metal and power
  and with a turnover of Rs.7,024 crore during 2013-14.
• Mr. Chand will take charge on July 27. The Department of
  Personnel issued the appointment order on Tuesday evening. Mr. Chand, 55,
  earlier served as the Director of Central Coalfields Limited. He began his
  career in the RINL as a management trainee in 1983.

• In an effort to enhance communication skills of the umpires,
  the BCCI, as part of the Umpire Development Programme has decided to host an
  English language upskilling course.
• The course will be conducted for the first batch of 20
  umpires by a trainer from the British Council from July 23.
• The duration of the course has been slated for a period of
  10 days and will come to an end on 1st August.
• The course has been designed by the International Cricket
  Council (ICC) along with the British Council and will be held at the BCCI
  headquarters in Mumbai. Richard John Cox will be the trainer at the workshop.

• Hisao Tanaka on 21 July 2015 resigned as Chief Executive
  Officer (CEO) and President of Toshiba. He will be succeeded by Masashi
  Muromachi, who is presently the Chairman of Toshiba.
• Moreover, Toshiba’s other officials Norio Sasaki and
  Atsutoshi Nishida also resigned as Vice Chairman and Advisor, respectively.

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