Page-8 of Current Affairs - July, 2015

Chris Froome of Britain wins 102nd Tour de France

Cyclist Chris Froome from Britain of Team Sky has won the 102nd edition Tour de France, an annual three-week multiple stage bicycle race at Champs Elysees in Paris. This is second time Froome has won Tour de France title and for the ..

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28 July: World Hepatitis Day

World Hepatitis Day is being observed every year on July 28 around the globe. Focus of the day: To spread awareness about viral hepatitis, that causes acute and chronic disease and kills around 1.4 million people every year. It also ..

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Eminent Physicist P. Hariharan passes away

Eminent Indian physicist Dr Parameswaran Hariharan passed away in California, United States. He was 89. Physicist career Hariharan had contributed in various researches including in the design of a new 3-beam interferometer, first practical radial-shear interferometer and double passed Fabry-Perot ..

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3rd phase e-auction of FM Radio fetch around Rs 395 cr on day 1

The third phase of e-auction of Frequency Modulation (FM) Radio has fetched around 395 crore rupees of the first day of auction. In this phase, first batch of 135 channels of 69 cities which are part of the private FM ..

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Ashok Kumar Balyan to head Anil Ambani-led Reliance group’s oil & gas business

Anil Ambani led Reliance Group – Oil & Gas Business appointed Ashok Kumar Balyan as its new CEO by on 27 July 2015. Mr. Balyan previously had worked for decades with the public sector giant Oil and Natural Gas Company (ONGC) ..

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FKCCI completed 100 years of service

The Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FKCCI) successfully completed its hundred years of service on 27 July 2015. The hundredth year celebration was inaugurated by Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India, in the presence of many dignitaries ..

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