DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 24-25 JULY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 24, 25 JULY 2015

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1.  NATIONAL BROADCASTING DAY:

i.   National Broadcasting Day was observed on 23^rd July 2015 across the country.

ii.  On this day, the Indian Broadcasting Company stated radio broadcasting from Bombay station.

iii. To mark the day, All India Radio (AIR) organized a symposium on the subject Creation of New India and Broadcasting medium in New Delhi.

2.  WORLD BOOK CAPITAL 2017:

i.   CONAKRY is named as World Book Capital for 2017 by UNESCO.

ii.  CONARKY is the capital city of the Republic of Guinea.

iii.  This is the 17^th World Book Capital.

Note: World Book Capital for 2015- Incheon

World Book Capital for 2016 – Wroclaw

3.  FORTUNE 500 LIST RELEASED:

i.  61^st Edition of Fortune 500 list 2015 is released

ii.  Fortune 500 list 2015 includes 7 Indian Companies in the list:

iii.  Retail giant Walmart topped the list.

Note: Indian Companies included in the list are: Indian oil, Reliance Industries, Tata Motors, State Bank of India, Bharat Petroleum, Hindustan Petroleum and ONGC.

4. INDIA RANKED 12^TH IN TERMS OF POWER GENERATION FROM NUCLEAR SOURCE;

i. India is placed at 12^th position in terms of power generation from nuclear source.

ii.  India’s total power generation from nuclear reactor is 5308 MW.

iii.  USA topped the list followed by France and Japan.