Weekly The Hindu Review : 6 July 2015 – 12 July 2015

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Abbreviation

RSOC- Rapid Survey on Children

UNICEF- United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund

MDGs- Millennium Development Goals

SCO- Sanghai Cooperation Organization

IBC- Indian Boxing Council

FATCA- Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act

MPEDA- The Marine Products Export Development Authority

UAPA- Unlawful Activities Prevention Act

PSLV- Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

OECD- Organization for Economic Cooperation

Personalities

NITI Aayog Vice Chairman- Shri Arvind Panagariyar

Former Finance Minister of Greece- Yanis Varoufakis

Palestinian Ambassador to India- Adnan Abu Alhaija

President of Uzbekistan- Islam karimov

Prime Minister of Kazakhstan- Karim Massimov

President of Iran- Hassan Rouhani

Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises- Shri Anant Geete

Revenue Secretary of India- Shri Shaktikanta Das

U.S. Ambassador to India-Richard Verma

Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir

Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Caste- Shri P.L.Punia

Governor of Madhya Pradesh- Shri Ram Naresh Yadav

Chief of United Nations refugee agency- Antonio Guterres

President of European Council- Donald Tusk

President of  New Development Bank- Shri K.V. Kamath

Pakistan Foreign Secretary- Aizaz Chowdhury

National Security Advisor of Pakistan- Sartaj Aziz

Chief Minister of Tripura- Shri Manik Sarkar

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New Appointments

AIIB Nominated Chief (By china) – Jin Luqun

Chairman of Bandhan Bank Board- Shri Ashok lahiri

MD & CEO of Bandhan Bank – Shri Chandra Sekhar Ghosh

Book & author

“Green Signal: Ecology, Growth and Democracy in India” written by- Shri Jairam Ramesh

Sports

Copa America Championship 2015 Winner- Chile (1st time winner)

Runner Up- Argentina

South Asian Basketball Championship (SABA) Winner- India

Women Football World Cup 2015 Winner- USA

Runner Up-Japan

Golden Ball- Carli Lloyd

Wimbledon 2015 Women Winner- Serena Williams (1st Rank Holder)

Runner Up- Gabriele Muguruza

Tintu Luka relate to- Track & Field Athelete

National & International Days

World Population Day- 11th July

Business & Economy

India & U.S. agreed over FATCA Agreement.

Budget Allotted for Supplementary Nutrition Program- Rs.8000 Crore

RBI issued a new series of Rs. 100 notes as Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005. Numbers are in ascending order on the new issued series.

Bandhan Bank new logo designed by- Ogilvy and Mather

Total No. of Members in Bandhan Bank Board- 10 Members

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Place

Copa America Championship 2015 held at- Chile

BOKO HARAM Terrorist Group active in- Nigeria

Kaziranga National Park Situated at- Assam

Constituency of BJP MP Hema Malini- Mathura

BRICS Summit held at- UFA, Russia

SCO held at- UFA, Russia

SAARC Summit 2016 will be held at- Islamabad, Pakistan

National Affairs

Actor Sahid Kapoor married with Meera Rajput.

International Affairs

India and Pakistan agreed on full membership of SCO at Ufa.

India’s rank in Survey of Trust on National Govt. conducted by OECD- 2nd

1st Rank in Survey of Trust on National Govt. conducted by OECD- Switzerland.

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