Current Affairs Update – 23rd July, 2016

Hello and welcome to exampundit . Here are the important Current Affairs for 23rd July, 2016. These are important for the upcoming UBI PO PGDBF and RBI Grade B 2016 Exams.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
  22 July 2016 unveiled the foundation stone for the revival of gas based
  Gorakhpur Fertilizer Plant at Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.
• The plant is implemented by
  Hindustan Urvarak Rasayan Limited, which is a joint venture between the Coal
  India Limited (CIL) and the NTPC Limited.
• The revival of the plant entails
  an investment of 6000 crore rupees in the equity pattern of 50 per cent each
  between both the Central Public Sector Enterprises.

• The Lok Sabha on 21 July 2016
  passed the National Institute of Technology, Science, Education and Research (Amendment)
  (NITSER) Bill, 2016.
• The bill seeks to establish a new
  National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Andhra Pradesh as an institute of
  national importance under the NITSER Act, 2007 with an effect from August 2015.

• The Bill is in keeping with the
  Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, which provides for a NIT for the state
  after its bifurcation as the existing NIT went to Telangana.
• It amends the NITSER Act 2007 so
  as to establish an additional NIT in Andhra Pradesh.
• 40 crore rupees have been
  allocated for the establishment of the new NIT in the current financial year.
• An outlay of 226 crore rupees has
  been made for the institute over the next three years.

• India test team captain Virat
  Kohli on 22 July 2016 became the first Indian captain to score a double century
  outside India.
• Kohli scored 200 runs against
  West Indies on day two of the first Test at the Sir Vivian Richards stadium in
  North Sound.
• With his double century, Kohli
  entered the list of visiting captains with highest scores in West Indies. The
  list includes name like Sir Leonard Hutton, Steve Waugh, Andrew Strauss and
  Ricky Ponting.
• It is the highest score by an
  Indian skipper away from home. Mohammad Azharuddin had scored 192 against New
  Zealand in Auckland in 1990.

• BJP Lok Sabha member Ganesh Singh
  on 22 July 2016 was appointed the new Chairperson of the Joint Committee of
  Parliament examining the Land Acquisition Bill.
• Singh replaced S S Ahluwalia, who
  became Minister of the State for Parliamentary Affairs in reshuffle of the
  council of ministers on 5 July 2016.
• After the appointment, Singh will
  have to move a resolution in the Lok Sabha seeking the seventh extension of the
  term of the panel.

• Kerala Tourism on 21 July 2016
  won two Gold Gongs at the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Awards.
• Kerala Tourism bagged the award
  in recognition of its trend setting marketing initiatives, which have given a
  boost to the state’s profile as a must-visit destination.
• The awards were in the categories
  of Travel Advertisement Broadcast Media and E-Newsletter, which were grabbed by
  the successful Visit Kerala television commercial campaign and the popular
  Kerala Tourism E-Newsletter, respectively.
• The awards will be presented at
  the PATA Gold Awards Luncheon and Presentation on 9 September 2016 in Jakarta,
  Indonesia.
• In 2015, Kerala Tourism was also
  awarded PATA Gold in the Heritage and Culture category for Muziris Heritage
  Project.

• Facebook Inc on 22 July 2016
  announced the successful completion of test flight of a solar-powered drone
  named Aquila.
• The social media giant believes
  that Aquila will help to extend Internet connectivity to every corner of the
  planet.
• The company ultimately hopes to
  have a fleet of Aquilas that can fly for at least three months at a time at
  60000 feet and communicate with each other to deliver internet access.

• Modern Indian artist S H Raza
  died here today following a prolonged illness.
• He was 94. Raza was suffering
  from old-age related ailments and was in the ICU of a private hospital for the
  last two months.
• An internationally acclaimed
  painter, Raza was honoured with the Padma Shri.
• He was elected as fellow of the
  Lalit Kala Akademi in 1983.

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