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Daily G.K. - Top Stories

27 Jul 2016

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Hillary Clinton First Woman White House Nominee

  • Hillary Clinton made history by clinching the Democratic White House nomination, becoming the first woman to lead a major party in the US Presidential race.
  • Clinton, who has been Secretary of State, First Lady and Senator from New York, secured her nomination at the Democratic National Convention after a majority of the 4,764 party delegates formally backed her.

Further Nuclear Test Depends on the US

  • As per North Korea any decision to stage a further nuclear test would depend on the United States, as North Korea holds Washington responsible for scuppering denuclearisation efforts on the Korean peninsula.
  • This comment came just hours after US Secretary of State, who was attending the same forum in Vientiane, warned of real consequences.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

Forbes India's Super 50 List

  • Software majors TCS and Infosys, pharma giants Sun Pharma and Lupin and private sector lenders HDFC Bank and Axis Bank feature in Forbes India's Super 50 List this year, while biggies like Tata Motors and HUL have been dropped.
  • The list also features 14 newcomers, including Infosys, Maruti Suzuki, Bharat Forge, Alembic Pharma, Gillette India, HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finance, Kansai Nerolac and LIC Housing Finance, among others.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

NASA Discovers Alien Solar System

  • NASA's exoplanet hunter has found a bizarre alien solar system that has tiny spaced planets with unique orbits. The system, dubbed as Kepler-80 after its discoverer, is located about 1000 light years away from the Earth.
  • The study reveals that Kepler-80 consists of four exoplanets and a dwarf star that orbit around the same star with years equivalent to one, three, four, seven and nine Earth days.
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SPORTS

Praveen Rana to Replace Narsingh Yadav

  • The Wrestling Federation of India announced Praveen Rana as the replacement of Narsingh Yadav at the Rio Olympics in the 74 kg freestyle category. Narsingh, who was previously selected to represent India, failed the dope test.
  • Freestyle wrestler Rana had earlier won a gold medal in the 74 kg category at the Dave Schultz Memorial wrestling tournament in USA in 2014.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

Irom Sharmila to End 16-year Fast

  • Leading human rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila, popularly known as Manipur's 'Iron Lady', will reportedly end her 16-year long fast in August and contest the upcoming polls in this north-eastern state.
  • Irom has been on a hunger strike since November 2000, demanding the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA).
  • Irom Sharmila had earlier rejected Aam Aadmi Party's offer to contest Lok Sabha elections under its banner from the inner Manipur Lok Sabha seat in 2014.
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