• The motto of the Election Commission of India for the year 2016 is - No voter to be left behind

• The Election Commission of India recently launched NERP 2016 programme across the country. What is the full form of NERP is - National Electoral Roll Purification

• Bill passed by the Union Cabinet in July 2016 to evolve a mechanism for social, economic and educational empowerment of the transgenders - Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016

• India on 20 July 2016 signed the Air Services Agreement for the first time with - Mozambique

• The actor who was appointed as the Digital Ambassador of Axis Bank’s new product named Multi-Currency Forex Card is - Purab Kohli

• The former South Africa fast bowler who was appointed the Managing Director of 2019 World Cup is - Steve Elworthy

• The first Indian to win the Mr World title is - Rohit Khandelwal

• Devotees of the temple can now offer donations to Lord Ganesha in the form of shares or stocks of listed entities in addition to traditional offerings in cash and gold - Mumbai's famous Siddhivinayak temple

• The jail’s Directorate of Prisons and Correctional services provided a maiden platform to as many as ten jail inmates to fine-tune their musical skills is - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

• He was elected as President of the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) - Imran Ansari, the state sports minister

• He officially clinched the Republican nomination for the US President after a state-by-state vote at the Party Convention - Donald Trump

• MPs of which country have backed in Parliament the renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons system - United Kingdom

• A university of a country has announced that it will conduct the world's first Zika vaccine test on humans in the near future - Canada

• Deputy Sports Minister of Russia who was suspended by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev after his name occurred in WADA report on the doping of Russian athletes at the 2014 Sochi Olympics is - Yury Nagornykh
• The rider who won the 5th Red Bull Romaniacs title is - Graham Jarvis

• Indian-origin former Singapore President who was conferred with the Outstanding Member of the South Asian Diaspora award 2016 - S R Nathan

• Person appointed as the Vice-President-Finance for India and South West Asia of Coca-Cola in July 2016 - Sarvita Sethi

• India’s first e-court was opened in July 2016 at - High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad

• Person appointed as the Chief Economist of World Bank in July 2016 - Paul Romer

• The state that has decided to celebrate the bicentenary (200 years) of the 1817 Paika revolt against the British Empire in 2017 - Odisha

• The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2012 that was passed by Rajya Sabha seeks to amend - Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) (CLPR) Act, 1986

• The state assembly that passed the Legislative Assembly (Removal of Disqualifications) Amendment Bill 2016 to amend the Section 2 of the 1951 Act is - Kerala

• The Ayurvedic medicine manufacturer that recently inked MoU with DRDO’s Defense Institute of High Altitude Research to promote cultivation of rare medicinal plants is - Dabur India Ltd.

• The multinational telecommunications company that recently agreed to acquire the U.K. based semiconductor firm ARM Holdings is - Softbank

• The winner of the 2016 MRF MoGrip FMSCI National Rally Championship for two-wheelers is - Abdul Wahid Tanveer

• The National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered immediate banning of diesel vehicles more than 10 years old to deal with pollution in - Delhi

• The state government has planned to create 400 hectares of new water area in private land in 2016 – Odisha

• World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has called for a ban on all Russian competitors and officials at the upcoming Rio Olympics and other international sports on the basis of the Investigation Report of - Richard McLaren, the Canadian law professor

• He was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh and is also became the youngest Chief Minister in India - Pema Khandu

• India’s boxing star Vijender Singh defeated him to lift the WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title at Thyagraj Stadium, New Delhi - Kerry Hope of Australia

• The Turkish musician who was appointed as the UNESCO Artist for Peace by the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova is - Kudsi Erguner

• She clinched the 73rd Senior National Squash Championship in women’s segment - Dipika Pallikal

• He clinched the 73rd Senior National Squash Championship in men’s segment - Saurav Ghosal

• India’s site that was listed in UNESCO’s world Heritage sites in mixed category in July 2016 is - Khangchendzonga National Park, Sikkim

• The state that won the champion trophy in All India Electricity Board Kabaddi tournament is - Himachal Pradesh

• System developed by Indian Railways for enhancing the vision of Locomotive Pilots in inclement weather in July 2016 - TRI-NETRA system

• The Supreme Court accepted major recommendations of the Lodha Committee on reforms in BCCI including a bar on ministers and civil servants and those above - 70 years

• Uttar Pradesh signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up a skill development centre to help farmers with - The Netherlands

• Wrist spinner who scaled the number one spot in the ICC Test rankings becoming the first Pakistani bowler to do so since Mushtaq Ahmed in 1996 is - Yasir Shah

• Turkish President who said that he is ready to reinstate the death penalty if the people demand it and Parliament approves the necessary legislation, following the recent coup attempt - Recep Tayyip Erdogan

• This country formally announced its wish to rejoin the African Union (AU) 32 years after leaving the organisation - Morocco



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