Current Affairs 13th July 2015

Men singles title of Wimbledon was won by - Novak Djokovic

Serbian professional tennis player Novak Djokovic won men's singles title of Wimbledon. He defeated Roger Federer of Switzerland in the final clash in London. Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer by 7-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-3.

Do You Know : 

Novak Djokovic is currently also ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals.

Mixed dobule title at Wimbledon was won by - Paes-Hingis

 Indo-Swiss pair of Leander Paes and Martina Hingis won mixed doubles title at Wimbledon. They defeated Austrian-Hungarian team of Alexander Peya and Timea Babos in an easy match by 6-1, 6-1.

Paes and Hingis had already won Australian Open in February 2015. 

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This was 16th Grand Slam trophy and eighth mixed doubles title of Leander Paes.

Wimbledon Boys Doubles title 2015 was won by - Sumit Nagal-Nam Hoang Ly

, Indo-Vietnamese pair Sumit Nagal-Nam Hoang Ly clinched Boys Doubles title. They defeated Opelka and Akira Santillan in the final clash by 7-6 (4) 6-4.

After this win Sumit Nagal became sixth Indian to win a Grand Slam junior title. Before him five other Indian who have won Grand Slam junior title are :

• Ramanathan Krishnan in 1954 (Wimbledon), 
• Ramesh Krishnan in 1979 (French Open and Wimbledon), 
• Leander Paes in 1990 (Wimbledon and 1999 U.S. Open), 
• Sania Miraza in 2003 (Wimbledon Girls Doubles) and 
• Yuki Bhambri in 2009 (Australian Open)

Green Signals: Ecology, Growth, and Democracy in India is written by - Jairam Ramesh

Book written by former Union Environment and Forest Minister (Independent Charge) Jairam Ramesh titled  "Green Signals: Ecology, Growth, and Democracy in India" was released. 

It unveils the story of environmental policy making in India from the perspective of a pivotal decision maker.

It chronicles India's environmental decision-making since the 1991 movement, telling the story of how, for the first time, the doors of the environment ministry were opened to voices, hitherto unheard, into the policy-making process.

Golden Peacock Environment Management Award 2015 was confered to - Tata Steel's West Bokaro Division

Golden Peacock Environment Management Award (GPEMA) 2015 was conferred to Tata Steel's West Bokaro Division in New Delhi. Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar presented this award to General Manager of West Bokaro, Tata Steel of Jharkand Sanjay Rajoria.

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Golden Peacock Environment Management Award is an annual award which is presented for attaining significant achievements in the field of Environment Management during the previous year and this award was instituted by the World Environment Foundation (WEF) in 1998.

Name of India's longest road tunnel which will open in 2016 - Patnitop Tunnel

 India's longest road tunnel Patnitop Tunnel was in news when Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari attended a ceremony when the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) engineers drilled a hole through the final section of the tunnel between Chenani and Nashri.

This tunnel is also famous with the name of Chenani-Nashri Tunnel. This tunnel is scheduled to open for traffic in July 2016. 

Do You Know : 

Length of Patnitop Tunnel is 9.2 Km. This tunnel is a part of 286 km-long four-laning of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway which is being constructed to reduce the distance between two cities Jammu and Srinagar. As it will reduce from 41 Km to 10.89 Km.