Current Affairs Update – 25th July, 2015

Hello and welcome to ExamPundit. Here are the Important Current Affairs of 25th July, 2015. These are important for the second phase of RBI Assistant 2015 Exam.

• The Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi on 25 July 2015
  launched Deendayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) along with various other
  development projects in Patna.

• Inaugurated the Daniawan-Bihar Sharif new railway line
• Flagged off the Rajgir-Bihar Sharif-Daniawan-Fatuha
  passenger train and Patna-Mumbai AC Suvidha Express
• Inaugurated campus of IIT Patna
• Laid the foundation stone for Incubation Centre for Medical
  Electronics, Patna
• Inaugurated the construction of the first phase of the
  Jagdishpur-Haldia pipeline project
• These projects will provide development and improve the
  quality of life of the people in the State.

• To provide electrification to all villages
• Feeder separation to ensure sufficient power to farmers and
  regular supply to other consumers
• Improvement of Sub-transmission and distribution network to
  improve the quality and reliability of the supply
• Metering to reduce the losses
• The Scheme has an outlay of 76000 crore rupees for
  implementation of the projects under which Union Government shall provide Grant
  of 63000 crore rupees.

• All villages and households shall be electrified
• Increase in agriculture yield
• Business of Small and household enterprises shall grow
  resulting into new avenues for employment
• Improvement in Health, Education, Banking (ATM) services
• Improvement in accessibility to radio, telephone,
  television, internet and mobile
• Betterment in social security due to availability of
  electricity
• Accessibility of electricity to schools, panchayats,
  hospitals and police stations
• Rural areas shall get increased opportunities for
  comprehensive development

• The President has nominated two Anglo-Indians as members of
  Lok Sabha. They are: George Baker and Prof Richard Hay.
• George Baker, age 69, is an actor who has worked in Assamese
  and Bengali films. He worked in the Assamese film Chameli Memsaab, which won the
  Best Assamese Feature Film award. He also played the role of Sir William Eckhardt
  in the 2005 film Parineeta.
• Baker joined the BJP last year, contested the Lok Sabha
  elections from Howrah, West Bengal, but lost.
• With the nomination of two members from Anglo-Indian
  community, the present strength of Lok Sabha has reached 545.

• India’s ODI cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was named
  the ninth most marketable sportsperson in the world ahead of the likes of football
  superstar Lionel Messi in a list prepared by London School of Marketing.
• Dhoni also pipped football star Cristiano Ronaldo and Andy
  Murray in the list of the world’s 20 most marketable sportspersons.
• While compiling the list, LSM researchers looked at the
  brand value of the individuals along with their current income from sponsorship
  and the percentage of their total earnings it accounted for. Their social media
  presence was also taken into consideration.
• Swiss tennis master Roger Federer was named as the most
  marketable sports star in the world, followed by Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson
  at second and third respectively.
• The Swiss, who has 17 Grand Slam singles titles to his
  credit, missed his chance to grab his eighth Wimbledon title recently.
• Tennis stars dominate the power list with Djokovic seventh
  on the list, followed by Rafael Nadal. Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams —
  the only two women to make it into the top 20 — claim the 12th and 20th spots,
  respectively.

• The Union Government on 24 July 2015 constituted All India
  Council of Sports as an advisory body for the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs
  and Sports. The advice rendered by the council will be duly considered by the
  government, but it will not be binding and obligatory on the government.
• The Council will be headed by a President in the rank of
  Minister of State and will include four Members of Parliament, Sports
  personalities, coaches, sports experts, sports administrators, D-G of Sports
  Authority of India, D-G of National Anti Doping Agency, Vice Chancellor of
  LNIPE, officials from Sports Ministry, representatives from  National Sports Federations, Indian Olympic
  Association and NGOs.

• Popularizing sports amongst the youth as a way of life
• Increasing outreach of sports to rural and tribal areas,
  areas affected by left wing extremism, north east and Jammu & Kashmir
• Implementation of policies for promotion of sports and games
  in the country
• Matters relating to promotion of inclusiveness in sports
  with special focus on women, differently-abled, tribals etc

• Slapped with charges including that of organised crime,
  India’s test discard S Sreesanth and two other cricketers Ajit Chandila and
  Ankeet Chavan, were today discharged in the sensational 2013 IPL-6 spot-fixing
  case by a court here which held that police has failed to make out a case
  against them.
• The three cricketers, who were banned for life from the game
  by BCCI immediately after police action in the alleged scam two years ago, were
  clubbed with underworld fugitive dons Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Shakeel. They
  were accused of involvement in organised crime syndicate run by the dons.
• But the court, which was to decide whether to frame charges
  in the case, however, said the police was also unable to substantiate charges
  under MCOCA and also under the Indian Penal Code. Six accused including Ibrahim
  and Shakeel were declared proclaimed offenders.
• It was of the view that there was no evidence in the case to
  frame charges in which the Delhi police had first filed a 6,000-page charge
  sheet against various accused and later came out with a supplementary charge
  sheet.

• Helena Ndume of Namibia and Jorge Sampaio of Portugal were
  on 24 July 2015 awarded with the first-ever Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize by
  the United Nations (UN) at the UN Headquarters in New York.
• Ndume, a female ophthalmologist, was awarded for treating
  blindness and eye-related illnesses in Namibia and throughout the developing
  world.
• While Sampaio, the former president of Portugal from 1996 to
  2006 and also the former mayor of Lisbon from 1989 to 1995, was awarded for his
  contribution to his country for his struggle for the restoration of democracy
  in Portugal.
• The award ceremony was a part of the annual commemoration of
  Nelson Mandela International Day, which is observed on 18 July every year.

• Former Governor of Kerala and Bihar R S Gavai died this
  afternoon after a prolonged illness at a private hospital here. He was 86.
• Gavai is survived by wife Kamal and two sons. The elder son
  Justice Bhushan Gavai is a Bombay High Court judge of Nagpur bench and younger
  son Rajendra is leader of RPI (Gavai faction).
• The body was taken to Justice Bhushan Gavai’s residence in
  the city and later kept at Deekshabhoomi for his followers to pay the last
  respects, his family said.
• The funeral will take place at his native village in
  Daryapur in Amravati district tomorrow, they said.
• Gavai was a former Chairman of the State Legislative Council
  and Lok Sabha member from Amravati Constituency.

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