• The first death
anniversary of former President was observed on July 27 who died at the Indian
Institute of Management, Shillong where he had gone to deliver a lecture - Dr.
APJ Abdul Kalam
• India wrestler
who was named as a replacement for dope-tainted wrestler Narsingh Yadav for Rio
Olympics in the 74kg freestyle category is - Parveen Rana
• The state that
has announced 60 lakh rupees cash special incentive for six sportswomen of the
state who have qualified for the Rio Olympics is - Odisha
• The Union
Government approved nearly 1600 crore rupees for Jammu and Kashmir under skill
development initiative - 'Himayat'
• Lok Sabha on 26
July 2016 passed the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill,
2016 to amend - the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) (CLPR) Act,
1986
• India off-spinner
who surged to the top of the ICC player rankings for Test bowlers after a
superb outing in the first Test against the West Indies in Antigua is -
Ravichandran Ashwin
• Government of the
country has asked electoral authorities to declare illegal the opposition
coalition seeking to oust President Nicolas Maduro via a recall vote, accusing
them of committing massive fraud is - Venezuela
• The American soprano and playback singer, best known for dubbing the singing voices of the leading actresses in films, who passed away recently is - Marni Nixon
• The former Indian
athlete who will be honoured with the Bharat Gaurav Award by the East Bengal
Football Club is - Milkha Singh
• The institute
that was ranked World’s No. 1 Government Institute as per the Scimago
Institutions Rankings is - National Centre for Scientific Research, France
• The Indian
government institute ranked World’s 12th Best Government Institute by the
Scimago Institutions Rankings is - Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research
• The World Health Organization has recently
declared Brazil free from - Measles
• The Indian
diplomat, famous for heading the Indian delegation at the Conference on
Disarmament in Geneva, who died recently is - Arundhati Ghose
• The country that
has recently been declared free from measles by the World Health Organization
is - Brazil
• She won the
Democratic nomination for the US President elections scheduled to take place on
8 November 2016 - Hillary Clinton
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