Page-6 of Current Affairs - July, 2015

Teva to buy Allergan generic drug business for USD 40.5 billion

July 28, 2015

Israel’s largest drug maker Teva Pharmaceutical agreed to buy generic drugs business of Allergan Plc for USD 40.5 billion. According to the agreement Teva will make cash payment of USD 33.75 billion and USD 6.75 billion of its stock for Allergan. This is ..

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A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, ‘People's President’ and ‘Missile Man’ passes away

July 28, 2015

Former President of India A.P.J. Abdul Kalam passed away due to massive cardiac arrest in Shillong, Meghalaya. He was 83. He was widely acclaimed as the ‘People’s President’ and the ‘Missile man’ of India. He was was one of India’s ..

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Chris Froome of Britain wins 102nd Tour de France

July 28, 2015

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

July 28, 2015

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

July 28, 2015

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

July 28, 2015

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

July 28, 2015

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

July 28, 2015

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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