Current Affairs Recap of the Day: 13 July 2016

Jul 13, 2016, 18:54 IST

The recap of the day covers important current affairs of the day like INS Karna, World's Highest-Paid Celebrities of 2016 and ICC Test rankings among others.

The recap of the day covers important current affairs of the day like INS Karna, World's Highest-Paid Celebrities of 2016 and ICC Test rankings among others.

•    Raj Babbar was recently appointed the Chief of Congress party in the state of - Uttar Pradesh

•    Navy Chief recently commissioned INS Karna, which is a dedicated base for - Marine Commandos

•    India and Bangladesh recently signed a deal for the construction of coal fired power plant named - Rampal Power Station

•    The State Bank of India signed an MoU with the Indian Institute of Technology Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to - promote fintech start-ups

•    The author of the book titled Ringside With Vijender that was released recently is - Rudraneil Sengupta

•    The Indian celebrities who are included the list of World's Highest-Paid Celebrities of 2016 released by Forbes are – Shahrukh Khan and Akshay Kumar

•    The celebrity who topped the list of World's Highest-Paid Celebrities of 2016 released by Forbes is - Taylor Swift

•    The nations party to the dispute in South China Sea are – China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Malaysia, Brunei

•    The rank of Indian cricket team in the recently released ICC test rankings – Second

•    This Indian cricketer topped the list of all-rounder in the recently released ICC rankings – Ravichanndran Ashwin

•    He was given the charge of Union Ministry of Minority Affairs following the resignation of Najma Hepatullah – Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

•    She will become the second woman to become the Prime Minister of Britain following the resignation of incumbent David Cameron – Theresa May

•    Targeting 25 per cent rail share in automobile traffic, railways on launched time-tabled Auto Express to ensure faster delivery of cargo from - Gurgaon to Nidvanda

•    The country's industrial production grew at this percentage rate in May 2016 - 1.2%

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