Current Affairs - July 26, 2017 Current Affairs

Google Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sundar Pichai is going to join the board of directors of Alphabet. Alphabet is the second most valuable United States (US) company behind Apple.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee conferred this year's Mahanayak Samman 2017 to veteran actress Shakuntala Barua for her contribution to the world of cinema.

Aurionpro Solutions a Global leader in digital innovation, enterprise security and banking solutions, announced its Branch-in-a-Box product, the Virtual Teller Machine (VTM) a fully integrated self-service kiosk for automating 90% of banking transactions at the branch level.

The Union Government has launched the mobile phone app "Aarambh" to simplify the maintenance management of rural roads. The purpose of the app is to use of Geographic Information System (GIS) based mapping for making road inventories, condition surveys and producing cost estimates and other relevant data for preparation and monitoring of annual road maintenance plans. Its usage would greatly enhance the service delivery of the state level institutions in planning and implementing performance based rural roads maintenance contracts.

Leading online travel company Yatra has acquired corporate travel service provider company Air Travel Bureau (ATB) for an undisclosed amount. Yatra said ATB is India's 'largest corporate travel services provider' with gross bookings of Rs 1,500 crore and a client base of 400 companies in the country.

Standard Chartered Bank launched a Multi-currency Forex Card for overseas travellers. This will allow customers the convenience of loading up to 20 widely used currencies on one card with an online reload facility during overseas travel. The card will offer travellers protection against the frequent currency fluctuations by locking in the currency exchange rate.

Janalakshmi Financial Services (JFS), the largest micro finance company announced the appointment of its new CEO Ajay Kanwal. Kanwal will replace VS Radhakrishnan, who will take over the role of vice chairman.

Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated on 26 July every year in honour of the Kargil War's Heroes. This day is celebrated in the Kargil - Dras sector and the national capital New Delhi, where the Prime Minister of India, pays homage to the soldiers at Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate every year. Kargil Vijay Diwas, named after the success of Operation Vijay. On this day, 26 July 1999, India successfully took command of the high outposts which had been lost to Pakistani intruders.

The Madhya Pradesh government has announced Rs 50 lakh award for the Indian women's cricket team, which finished as runners-up in the Women's Cricket World Cup.

Indian weightlifter Konsam Ormila Devi has bagged a gold medal at the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships in Kathmandu, Nepal. The weightlifter from Manipur lifted 56kg in snatch and 70kg in clean & jerk for a total effort of 126kg in the 44kg weight category to finish on the top of the podium, according to a release from the Indian Weightlifting Federation.

Smt. Rashmi Verma, Secretary, Ministry of Culture & Tourism inaugurated an exhibition entitled "Traditional Head Gear of India" organised by the National Museum in National Museum Complex, Janpath, New Delhi. It is arranged to showcase printed turban, embroidered dopalli and Maratha stitched cap and zardozi cap.

India will host the elite men's World Championship in 2021 besides conducting the women's World Championship for the second time next year. Both the events will be taking place in the Capital, according to the proposal submitted by BFI president Ajay Singh at the two-day International Boxing Association (AIBA) meeting in Moscow.

India is set to face a massive infrastructure push as the Ministry of Road Tansport and Highways has estimated a fund requirement of about Rs 6.92 lakh to build highways over the next five years. It has set a target to increase the length of the network of highways to 2 lakh km, up from current 1.15 lakh km.

Shri Narendra Modi released the fourth volume of Selected Speeches of Former President Pranab Mukherjee. The book titled- Selected Speeches of President Pranab Mukherjee was released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in presence of President-elect Ramnath Kovind and other dignitaries.

India ended their World Para Athletics Championship campaign with five medals. India collected five medals with a gold, two silver and two bronze medals to finish outside top-30 in the medal standings.