Daily Current Affairs 6 August 2017

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National News

1. I-T raid on Karnataka Minister ends after 3 days

IT raid on 6 locations linked to Karnataka Minister DK Shivakumar lasted for 72 hours
Rs.300 crore has been found as undisclosed income.

2. India will have 100% literacy rate in next 5 years

Union HR Development Minister Prakash Javedkar said class 6 to 12 students are being trained to educate illiterate members of their families.
He added that India’s literacy rate of 18% in the post-independence era has gone up to 80% now.

3. Boy gives a unique gift to sister on the occasion of Rakshabandhan

A boy in UP’s Gonda gifted a toilet to his sister to mark the occasion of Rakhshabandhan.
Pindra district has launched SwachhataBandhan and Bhai No 1 campaigns under which men are motivated to build toilets for their sisters.

4. India’s top 3 citizens from BJP

The country’s top three citizens come from BJP and RSS background.
Ram Nath Kovind(President) is the 1st citizen of India, Venkaiah Naidu(Vice-President) is the 2nd citizen and Narendra Modi(Prime Minister) is the 3rd citizen of India.

International News

1. India to witness partial lunar eclipse tomorrow

The eclipse is also visible in Europe and Africa.
However, India will miss the solar eclipse that covers US’ entire width on August 21.

2. Japan marks 72 years since world’s first atomic bomb attack

US dropped an atom bomb on the city of Hiroshima in 1945 at the end of World War II.
The bomb claimed the lives of 1.4 lakh people followed by another bombing in Nagasaki three days later.

3.Trump appreciates Russia and China

Donald Trump has appreciated Russia and China for voting in favour of the US-drafted resolution in the UN to ban primary exports from N Korea .
This is in response to North Korea’s latest ballistic missiles test.

4. US to join climate talks despite quitting Paris accord

The country would continue to participate in the UN climate change meetings .
The State Department said that they will try to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through innovation and technology breakthroughs.

Business News

1. 400 executives accept Cognizant’s voluntary separation package

The move will help the company save $60 million annually.
The IT giant started the programme in May offering up to nine months of salary to some top level executives.

2. Rajiv Kumar to be the new Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog

He will succeed Arvind Panagariya who stepped down recently.
Kumar previously served as the Secretary General of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

3. Jaitley launches new exchange-traded fund

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley launched ‘Bharat 22’ to divest govt assets in 22 state-run and private firms .
The fund will have diversified portfolio of companies from 6 sectors with 20% cap on each sector and 15% cap on each stock.
ICICI Prudential will manage the fund.

Sports News
1. India beat Sri Lanka in Test Series

India defeated Sri Lanka by 53 runs in the second Test to clinch 8th successive Test series win .
Virat Kohli has surpassed Steve Waugh’s record of 7 consecutive Test series wins as captain and is behind Ricky Ponting who won 9.

2. Mo Farah wins 6th world championship gold