China launches which revolution to meet UN targets of requiring 75 per cent of rural areas to have sanitary toilets by this year?: Toilet revolution
Explanation: From 2004 to 2013, China's central government earmarked 8.27 billion yuan to build toilets in rural areas. Farmers who have agreed to build new toilets are eligible to receive the funds. However, officials claim convincing rural residents to change their toilets is a challenge. However, Toilets in the Chinese countryside have earned a nasty reputation, with some little more than ramshackle shelters surrounded by bunches of cornstalk and others just open pits next to pigsties. China's national standard requires "sanitary" toilets in rural homes to have walls, roofs, doors and windows and to be at least two square meters in size. They may be flush toilets or dry toilets with underground storage tanks.
What is the name of top Indian-origin cancer surgeon who has been sacked by the UK's government-funded National Health Service (NHS) on 13 July 2015 as police investigate high patient death rates?: Sudip Sarker
Explanation: The 46-year-old Sudip Sarker had been suspended from practicing medicine in the UK by the General Medical Council (GMC) since June last year. The announcement of his dismissal comes as West Mercia Police continues a criminal investigation into the deaths of a number of patients treated by the consultant. Sarker carried out work at both the NHS trust's Worcestershire Royal and Alexandra Hospitals, as well as private practice.
What is the name of the NRI entrepreneur who has been appointed as the president of the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) on 11 July 2015?: Lord Karan Bilimoria
Explanation: Born in Hyderabad, 53-year-old Bilimoria is the founder of Cobra Beer and also chancellor of the University of Birmingham, a member of the advisory boards of the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge as well as the Cranfield School of Management, and was previously chancellor of Thames Valley University. He is the youngest university chancellor in the UK when he became chancellor of Thames Valley University, now the University of West London. He will replace Baroness Usha Prashar as she steps down, having served the maximum term of nine years.
What is the name of the super typhoon that struck Eastern China on 11 and 12 July 2015?: Chan-hom
Explanation: Super Typhoon name is Chan-hom which was expected to be the most powerful typhoon to hit China in recent decades. On 11 July 2015 it has shown hints of changed course and lost much of its strength shortly after making landfall near Shanghai late on 11 July 2015. The Chan-hom typhoon was packed with winds of 162 kph (101 mph) as it landed on the coast of Zhejiang Province. However, it was downgraded to a tropical storm on 12 July as it moved across the Yellow Sea but have forced the evacuation of 1.1 million people and flooded cities in Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui provinces.
What is the name of world's longest-serving foreign minister with 40 years in the post until his retirement this year, has died at the age of 75 on 10 July 2015?: Saudi Arabia's Prince Saud al-Faisal
Explanation: Saud was the son of Saudi Arabia's third king, Faisal, who ruled from 1964 until he was assassinated in 1975. Prince Saud, who had a bachelor's degree in economics from Princeton University and had been deputy petroleum minister, was soon after appointed to the foreign minister post in 1975 during his father regime. Prince Saud was a fixture of Mideast diplomacy, thus often known as “Pillar of Mideast diplomacy” representing the oil-rich Gulf powerhouse as it wielded its influence in crisis after crisis shaking the region — from Lebanon's civil war in the 1970s and 1980s, through multiple rounds of Arab-Israeli peace efforts, the 1990 Iraqi invasion of neighboring Kuwait and the subsequent Gulf War, al-Qaida's 11 September, 2001, attacks in the United States, the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq to the current day's tensions between the Arab Gulf bloc and Iran, Arab Spring uprisings, Syria's civil war and the spread of Islamic State group extremists.
The actor, best known for his portrayal of Doctor Zhivago in the hit 1966 film and for his work in "Lawrence of Arabia", at Hollywood died of a heart attack at the age of 83 on 10 July 2015. What was the name of this Arab Actor?: Actor Omar Sharif
Explanation: Omar Sharif died in Cairo of a heart attack in the afternoon of 10 July 2015. Born Michel Shalhoub on April 10, 1932, to a wealthy family in Alexandria, Egypt, Sharif became interested in acting while studying mathematics and physics at university in Cairo. After working with his father in Timber business, he started his career with a role in an Egyptian movie, "The Blazing Sun," in 1954 opposite the Middle East's biggest female star, Faten Hamama. Raised as a Roman Catholic, Sharif converted to Islam and married Hamama in 1955, taking on his new name. They had a son, Tarek, who at age 9 played Yuri in "Doctor Zhivago", but the couple divorced in 1974. Thereafter he moves for the Hollywood where he had done very dignified movies. Sharif won international fame and an Oscar-nomination for best supporting actor for his role in "Lawrence of Arabia" with Peter O'Toole. He later became a huge star in his own right for his portrayal of the title character in the film based on Boris Pasternak's novel "Doctor Zhivago".
A court in Naples on 8 July 2015 sentenced which former Italian premier and media tycoon to three years in prison for bribing a senator as part of a plot to destabilise a 2006-08 centre-left government?: Silvio Berlusconi
Explanation: The case centred around bribes totalling three million euros (USD 3.3 million) that were paid, through an intermediary, to Senator Sergio De Gregorio in order to get him to leave the coalition of then premier Romano Prodi. However, Berlusconi, 78, will not however have to serve the sentence as the case's statute of limitations expires later this year, well before any final ruling will have been reached on appeal.
World's oldest man dies in Japan at the age of 112 years. What was his name?: Sakari Momoi
Explanation: Momoi was born in February 1903 and named the world's oldest man in August 2014. Momoi was born in the year in which the teddy bear was introduced and Orville Wright carried out the first powered, heavier-than-air flight. The world's oldest man is now likely to be Japanese Yasutaro Koide, born in March 1903, a little over a month younger than Momoi. US resident Susannah Mushatt Jones, 116, is the world's oldest person.
What is the name of Greece Finance Minister, who has stepped down after the country decisively rejects the terms of an international bailout?: Yanis Varoufakis
Explanation: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras notified late on 5 July 2015 that Greeks had voted for a "Europe of solidarity and democracy" as thousands of government supporters gathered in central Athens in celebration, waving Greek flags and chanting "No, No, No." Varoufakis also blamed Eurozone partners 'seeking his absence during the Eurozone nations meeting to be held on 7 July 2015 to discuss the referendum result. As result Banks have been shut all week, and it is uncertain when they will reopen. Large lines once again formed at ATMs.
The heat wave blanketing wide parts of Europe has pushed temperatures in Germany to 40.3°C on 5 July 2015 highest since recordings began in which year?: 1881
Explanation: The town of Kitzingen in Bavaria recorded a temperature of 40.3° Celsius on 5 July 2015 afternoon, beating the previous record of 40.2°C last reached in 2003. These high temperatures in 2003 resulted in over 14,000 deaths in France and 7,500 in Germany, and caused losses in billions for Europe's agriculture and forest industries. Germany after the 2003 heat wave introduced a warning system that sends out heat alerts to institutions like nursing homes and schools.
