ONE LINERS CURRENT AFFAIRS 8th JULY 2016

Keeping yourself abreast with the latest happenings is not only important for enhancing our awareness but it also plays a pivotal role in any Competitive Exams, be it IAS, KAS, Bank PO, SSC, JKSSB and any other. It is a scoring subject and one can easily get above 90% in this which can be a game changer. But, to do so it requires incessant serious efforts. Reading regularly is impertinent, but it is such a subject which is time consuming and there are other important subjects as well to deal with.

ONE LINERS CURRENT AFFAIRS 8th JULY 2016

• In Nigeria India has set up an apparel training centre to support textiles industry of the West African Country. This is first of its kind centre in Nigeria set up in partnership with their government. The centre is aimed to support and catalyze the initiative to rebuild the cotton and textile value chain and address the need for the skilled workforce for domestic as well export oriented apparel industry in the west African region. 
• Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has inducted 10 new faces in his cabinet while one existing minister was elevated to Cabinet rank with this, the total strength of Maharashtra Ministers in the Cabinet has become 39 now. 
• According to Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, the government will carry out a drive to clean ten iconic places in the country as part of a pilot project under the Swachh Bharat Mission. Once this pilot project is completed, the government will carry out a similar cleanliness drive at the remaining 90 places (100 places has been chosen under this drive).
• The 2nd phase of Haritha Haram Programme of Telangana government has launched today. The Haritha Haram programme aimed to plant 46 crore plants to improve green belt. The plantation programme which is two weeks long includes both the sides of over 163 kilometers long National Highway between Hyderabad-Vijayawad.
• West Bengal Government has decided to set up three biotechnology hubs. The three proposed biotechnology hubs will come in Bardaman, Kalimpoong and Medinipur districts. They will help in the coordination of various departments with the Biotechnology Department in a better way.
• Shri Rajnath Singh, the Union Home Minister, has inaugurated the 2nd anti-drug Working Group Meeting of Heads of Drug control Agencies of BRICS countries in New Delhi. The meet is organized by the Narcotics control Bureau (NCB) and the Indian delegation will be headed by Shri Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Director General, Narcotics Control Bureau.
• The IMF has announced a $ 5.34 billion programme for Iraq to help strengthen the country's finances, hit by the crash in oil prices and the fight against the Islamic State. 
• Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh has launched an online portal designed to monitor the functioning of nearly 645 Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs), known as Farm Science Centres, spread across the country.
• Nasscom (National Association of Software and Services Companies) has unveiled India's first centre of excellence focused on Internet of Things (CoE-IoT) at its startup warehouse in Bengaluru which is inaugurated by Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister for Electronics, IT, Law and Justice. 
• S K Kohli, a Senior bureaucrat, has been appointed as controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA). The CGDA is mandated to audit, payment and accounting of all charges pertaining to the armed forces, including bills for supplies and services rendered and for construction and repair works, pay and allowances and pensions, among others. 
• Vishal Kapoor, has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of IDFC Mutual Fund.
• Consumer business director of Bharti Airtel Mr. Srini Gopalan has quit the company and is all set to join Deutsche Telekom from October 1st as a member of new board management for Europe business. 
• Om Prakash Sonik, a veteran music director, passed away. He was 77 years old. 

Today's Word:

Shrap-nel (noun)

: small metal pieces that scatter awards from an exploding bomb, shell, or mine 

Example:

When bomb exploded his body riddled with the shrapnel.