Current Affairs Recap of the Day: 14 July 2016

The recap of the day covers important current affairs of the day like Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana, Arvind Subramaian panel on pulses and CEO of NATGRID among others.

•    India's Olympic Silver Medalist who passed away recently is - Joseph Antic

•    William H McNeill recently passed away at the age of 98. He was a - Historian

•    The author of the famous book The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community who died recently is - William H McNeill

•    The bank that has recently signed a share purchase agreement to acquire micro lender Grama Vidiyal is - IDFC Bank

•    Indian-American professor who was on 12 July 2016 appointed as the Dean of University of North Texas College of Information in the United States- Kinshuk

•    Scheme approved by Union Cabinet in July 2016 to impart fresh training to 60 lakh youths and certify skills of 40 lakh persons acquired non-formally- Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana

•    Person appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) in July 2016- Ashok Patnaik

•    The operation that was started to evacuate Indian citizens stranded in South Sudan's capital Juba - Sankat Mochan

•    CCEA has given its approval for disinvestment of a percent of paid up equity of National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC) - 15%

•    He will head the high-level committee that was constituted to review the minimum support price (MSP) and bonus for pulses - Arvind Subramanian

•    Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari left to the country to lead the Indian delegation at the 11th Asia -Europe Meeting - Mongolia

•    Backed by Supreme Court's order, former Arunachal Pradesh's Chief Minister who resumed his duty as the Chief Minister of the state is - Nabam Tuki

•    In an effort to recognise the contribution of veteran crime reporter Jyotirmoy Dey, Mumbai’s civic body renamed a city square near Hiranandani Garden in suburban Powai to - Jyotirmoy Dey Chowk

•    The country that declared Zika emergency in the northern half of the country – Peru

•    The Department of Posts and Telegraph in association Andhra Pradesh will deliver holy water, Pushkara jalam, of this river to the devotees for festival Pushkaralu – Krishna River

•    This train clocked 180 km per hour to become the fastest train of India – Spanish-made Talgo train