Current Affairs 16^th July 2014 | New Chairman of IOC is Ashok

New Gujarat Governor is Om Prakash Kohli

16.07.2014: New Gujarat Governor is Om Prakash Kohli. He took oath on 16^th July 2014. Earlier Kamla Beniwal acted in this place. He transferred to Mizoram. Oath ceremony was administered by Gujarat High Court Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya.

New Chairman of IOC is Ashok

16.07.2014: New Chairman of IOC (Indian Oil Corporation) is Ashok. He had taken charge from 16^th July 2014. Earlier he acted as Executive Director Retail Sales and Executive Director in the Corporate Office which is located at New Delhi.

New CEO of Balaji Telefilms is Sameer Nair

16.07.2014: New CEO of Balaji Telefilms is Sameer Nair.

First India Factory of the US Firm inaugurated in Andhra Pradesh

16.07.2014: West Pharmaceutical Services Company inaugurated Sri City Special Economic Zone in Andhra Pradesh. Headquarters of this company is located at Philadelphia. Main of establishing this company is roll out 1.6 billion drug packaging seals a year by 2018. Investment to this company is nearly Rs.90 crores.

10 % increase in Exports in June

16.07.2014: For the third month also exports increased by 10.22 % in the June and reached to $ 26.47 billion. Imports also increased by 8.33 % and reached to $ 38.24 billion.

Rahul Dravid, Indian Cricketer, elected as member of Laureus World Sports Academy

16.07.2014: Rahul Dravid, Indian Cricketer, elected as member of Laureus World Sports Academy. He is the 47^th Academy member. Other Indian cricketer became the member of the Academy is Kapil Dev.

First Meteorite discovered on Red Plant

16.07.2014: First Meteorite discovered on Red Plant by NASA’s Mars rover. This is a huge shiny and lumpy rock. It is expecting that it was made up of Iron. The rock is an iron meteorite whose name is called Lebanon which is about 2 meters wide. One more piece also discovered but it is so small which was named as Lebanon B.

BRICS 7^th summit will be done at Russian city

16.07.2014: BRICS 7^th summit will be done at Russian city of Ufa. On the sidelines of 6^th summit this declaration was made in Fortaleza.

95^th Garo Labour Corps day observed

16.07.2014: 95^th Garo Labour Corps day observed. This day celebrated in Meghalaya to salute and paid homage to the heroes of World War I.

3 agreements between Brazil and India

16.07.2014: During the 6^th BRICS Summit in Fortaleza Brazil, 3 agreements were signed between India and Brazil. On behalf of Brazil agreements were signed by Dilma Rousseff Brazilian President and on behalf of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed the agreement. Those 3 agreements were MoU on Cooperation in the Establishment of a consultation mechanism on mobility and consular issues, An agreement regarding the space, MoU in the field of Environment on cooperation.