• The Indian port
that became first port in India to implement logistics data tagging of
containers is - Jawaharlal Nehru Port
• India’s rank in
Logistics Performance Index 2016 released by the World Bank is - 35
• Country’s largest
two-wheeler maker that inked a wage settlement pact with its permanent workers
at Gurgaon Plant, entailing a hike of 12500 rupees spread over three years is -
Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (HMCL)
• NASA recently
gave its approval to New Horizons mission to investigate a mysterious object
located deep in - Kuiper Belt
• The country that
topped the Logistics Performance Index 2016 released by the World Bank –
Germany
• The minister who
was elevated to the rank of Cabinet Minister in the Prime Minister Narendra
Modi-led NDA government is - Prakash Javdekar
• Two athletes who
ran the fastest 400 metres in the world in 2016 and made to the US team for the
Rio Olympics at the American trials are- Allyson Felix and LaShawn Merritt
• Union Minister of
State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan launched the
Pradhanmantri Ujjwala Yojna in - Madhya Pradesh at a function held in Shahdol
• Noted scientist
Madhav Dhekane recently took over as the Director of - ISRO Inertial Systems
Unit
• India’s first
commercial dispute resolution centre and commercial court was inaugurated on 2
July 2016 at - Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh
• To adopt
comprehensive exploration of non fuel and non coal mineral resources, Union
minister of steel and mines Narendra singh Tomar unveiled - The National
Mineral Exploration Policy (NMEP)
• The footballer
who recently was conferred Shan-E-Mohammedan is - Prasun Banerjee
• The first actress
to play the role of Lois Lane in Superman who died recently is - Noel Neill
• The Indian
javeline thrower who set a new national record at the 56th National Inter-State
Senior Athletics Championships is - Annu Rani
• World Bank on 1
July 2016 released the Logistics Performance Index 2016 titled - ‘Connecting to
compete: 2016: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy’
