AVIC TA-600
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China has
introduced World’s largest seaplane AG600 aircraft which is suited for both
land and water.
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AG600
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Which country has become India’s top crude
oil supplier by overtaking Saudi Arabia.
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Iraq
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The IMF has
called G20 nations for speeding up
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Government Expenditure.
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China has
discovered a rare 3,000 year old yew tree that is used to treat cancer.
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yew tree
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Who was elected as the first woman governor
of Tokyo on 31st July 2016.
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Yuriko Koike
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The Postal
Department of which state will deliver holy water, Pushkarajalam, of Krishna
River in a bottle to facilitate the devotees who cannot make it possible to
attend the approaching Krishna Pushkaralu.
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Andhra Pradesh
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The first virtual
3D Zebra crossing is made at Rajaji Marg in
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New Delhi.
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Which government
has classified dengue as a ‘notified disease’.
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Maharashtra
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The Child Labour
(Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2016 passed in Parliament
recently. It mainly seeks to alter the
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Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation)
Act, 1986.
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The Container
Corporation of India (Concor) has been opened a new port side container
facility at
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Krishnapatnam Port.
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On 26th July
2016, which government has passed a
Bill mandating that those aspiring to contest Panchayat elections must have
toilets with flush in their homes.
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Madhya Pradesh
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The West Bengal
Tourism department has launched a mobile App recently based on its theme of
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‘Experience Bengal’.
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On 31st July
2016, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has flagged off maiden broad-gauge train
service ‘Tripura Sundari Express’ between
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Agartala and Delhi.
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Union Minister of
Human Resource Development Shri Prakash Javdekar inaugurated Indian Institute
of Technology, Goa on
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30th July 2016.
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Vladimir Angelov,
a Russian nuclear industry officer said that this plant is’ the safest
nuclear plant in the world’.
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Kudankulam
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Which government
has planned to recruit members of transgender community as warders in jails.
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Odisha
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which bank has
received approval from the capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange
Board of India (SEBI) to sponsor a mutual fund.
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Yes Bank
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Who has signed an
agreement with Axis bank as its bancassurance partner wherein the bank can
distribute LIC’s products to its customers.
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LIC
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SBI and Oracle
joint together to support
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Digital India.
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The World Bank
has approved $100 million credit to support the Sri Lanka’s economic reforms
programme from the
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International Development Association (IDA).
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The bank which
has tied up with a fintech start-up Fisdom for personal wealth management is
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Bank of Baroda.
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Who has started
working on certification programme for loan sanctioning officials.
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SBI
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World’s biggest
private employer in the world is
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Walmart.
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Hinduja National
Power Corporation Limited (HNPCL) has started its 1,040 MW coal fired thermal
power project in
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Visakhapatnam.
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Pharmaceuticals
sectors of Indian Economy received FDI of Rs.4,975 crore rupees in
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2015-16.
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India’s digital
payments platform Freecharge has partnered with the leading payment gateway
solution provider, PayUbiz, to help consumers to move from cash to
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digital payments.
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Abdul Wahid
Tanveer has won 2016 MRF Rally of
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Coimbatore.
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China will
send athletes to Rio 2016 Olympics.
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416
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Misbah-ul-haq
becomes the oldest captain to score
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Test hundred.
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The first person
to jump from 25000 feet without a parachute or wing suit is
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Luke Aikins.
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India to host the
2016 Kabaddi World Cup Which is scheduled to be held in
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October 2016.
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Lewis Hamilton
has won the
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2016 German Grand Prix.
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Patna Pirates has
won Pro Kabaddi League Season 4 by defeating
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Jaipur Pink Panthers.
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Serbian Novak
Djokovic and Simona Halep of Romania has won men’s and women’s singles title
in the
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2016 Rogers Cup.
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On 2 August 2016,
Sports Minister inaugurated ‘Wall of
Wishes’ at India Gate Lawns in New Delhi to celebrate Olympic mood in the
country.
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Vijay Goel
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Astronomers have
detected the Great Red Spot on one of the planet that is the region behind
heating of the planet. The planet is
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Jupiter.
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Scientists have
developed “artificial leaves” that converts CO2 into usable hydrocarbon fuel
using
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sunlight.
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