August 2016 QUICK REVIEW

1-7 August - World Breastfeeding Week

2nd August - Friendship Day
6th August - Hiroshima Day
7th August - 2nd National Handloom Day
1st Sunday of August - International Friendship Day
8th August - World Senior Citizen Day
8th August - International Cat Day
9th August - 74th Anniversary of the Quit India
Movement
9th August - Nagasaki Day
9th August - International Day of the World's
Indigenous Peoples
10th August - International Biodiesel day
11th August - Daughters' Day
12th August - International Youth Day
12th August - World Elephant Day
13th August - Organ Donation Day
13th August - International Lefthanders Day
14th August - Independence Day of Pakistan
15th August - 70th Independence Day of India
17th August - Independence Day of Indonesia
17th August - Independence Day of Gabon
(Gabonese Republic)
19th August - World Humanitarian Day
19th August - World Photography Day
20th August - National Sadbhavna Divas (Harmony
Day)
20th August - World Mosquito Day
23rd August - International Day for the
Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
26th August - Women's Equality Day
29th August - National Sports Day
29th August - Sanskrit Diwas
29th August - Telugu Language Day (Telugu Bhasha
Dinotsavam)
29th August - International Day Against Nuclear
Tests
30th August - International day of the victims of
enforced Disappearances

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Air Marshal S. Neelakantan - Air Officer

Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Air Command
Aishwaryaa R Dhanush - UN Womens Advocate for
Gender Equality and Womens Empowerment in
India
Akhil Joshi - Director (Power), Bharat Heavy
Electricals limited (BHEL)
Amit Chandra - Member, Non-Executive Director,
Tata Sons
Anand Sinha - Independent Director, IDFC Bank
Board
Anant Maheshwari - President, Microsoft India
Angela Ruggiero - Head, International Olympic
Committee (IOC)s Athletes Commission
Ashok Chawla - Chancellor, The Energy and
Resources Institute (TERI)
Ashok Chawla - Non-Executive Part-time Chairman,
YES Bank
Ashok Kumar Pradhan - Chief General Manager,
State Bank of Travancore (SBT)
Banwarilal Purohit - Governor, Assam
Barack Obama - Guest Editor, Wired (Technology
Magazine)
Bhaskar Khulbe - Secretary, Prime Minister Narendra
Modi
Birender singh yadav - High Commissioner of India to
Ghana
Chaminda Vaas - Fast Bowling Consultant, Sri Lanka
Cricket
D.K. Gayen - General Manager, East Central Railway
(ECR)
Deepika Padukone - Brand Ambassador, Indian
Psychiatric Society
Deepika Padukone - Brand Ambassador, Vistara
Dinesh Kumar Khara - Managing Director (MD), State
Bank of India
Edgar Lungu - President, Zambia
Gopal Murli Bhagat - Executive Director, Corporation
Bank
Jagdish Mukhi - Lieutenant Governor, Andaman and
Nicobar Islands

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K.M. Hanumantharayappa - Chairman, Central Silk

Board
Ketan Mehta - Head, Jury to select Indias official
Oscar entry
KK Khurana - Head, BHEL Corporate R&D
Manish Tandon - CEO, CSS Corp
Manjula Chellur - Chief Justice, Bombay High Court
Michael Jopp - Head of Sales and Marketing,
Mercedes-Benz India
Michel Temer - President, Brazil
Mukesh Mehta - President, India Bullion and
Jewellers Association (IBJA)
Najma Heptullah - Governor, Manipur
Nita Ambani - 1st Indian woman member,
International Olympic Committee
P D Gupta - Vice Chancellor, Homi Bhabha National
Institute (HBNI)
Pawan Munjal - CMD, Hero MotoCorp
Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' - 39th Prime
Minister, Nepal
R.S. Sodhi - Independent Director, India Post
Payment Banks (IPPB) Board
Rajeev Krishnan - Managing Director (MD), Max
Hypermarkets India
Rajesh Mokashi - MD & CEO, Credit Analysis and
Research Ltd (CARE Ratings)
Rani Singh Nair - Chairperson, Central Board of
Direct Taxes (CBDT).
S.N. Subrahmanyan - MD & CEO, Larsen & Toubro
Sakshi Malik - Haryana's Brand Ambassador for Beti
Bachao, Beti Padao campaign
Sharmila Tagore - Member, Broadcasting Content
Complaints Council (BCCC)
Sitaraman Shankar - MD, Network18
Sriram Rajamani - MD, Microsoft India
Sudhanshu Mani - General Manager, Integral Coach
Factory
Sunil Mittal - Chairman, Bharti Airtel
Takehiko Nakao - President, Asian Development
Bank
Umang Vohra - MD & Global CEO, Cipla Ltd
Urjit R Patel - 24th Governor, Reserve Bank of India
(RBI)

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Usain Bolt - Chief Speed Officer, Digicel

V.P. Singh Badnore - Governor, Punjab
Vijay Rupani - Chief Minister, Gujarat
Youssef Chahed - Prime Minister, Tunisia
Yuriko Koike - 1st woman elected governor, Tokyo

Newly Appointed Executive Directors in various banks

Ashok Kumar Garg - ED of Bank of Baroda

Raj Kamal Verma - ED of Union Bank of India
Gopal Murli Bhagat - ED of Corporation Bank
Himanshu - ED of Oriental Bank of Commerce
Ravindra Prabhakar Marathe - Managing Director
(MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of Bank of
Maharashtra

A.R. Kidwai - Former Governor of Bihar, West Bengal

and Haryana
Ahmed Zewail - Nobel Laureate (Chemistry)
Arthur Hiller - Versatile Director (Love Story)
Bernard Farrelly - Surfing's First World Champion
Chris Amon - Former Formula One driver
David Huddleston - Actor (The Big Lebowski)
Dinanath Pathy - Eminent Painter, Writer and Art
Historian
Edward Daly - Famous for 'Bloody Sunday' massacre
Gene Wilder - Actor (Willy Wonka)
Gobind Tej - Veteran filmmaker and actor
Gurdial Singh - Padma Shri awardee Punjabi writer
Hanif Mohammad - Former Pakistani cricket legend
Joao Havelange - Former FIFA president
Joyce Carol Thomas - Prize-winning Children's Author
(Marked by Fire)
Jyothilakshmi - Popular Southern Actress
K.K. Sreedharan Nair - Former editor of Malayalam
daily "Mathrubhumi"
Kalikho Pul - Former Arunachal Pradesh Chief
Minister
Kenny Baker - Actor (Starwars - R2-D2)
Mahim Bora - Assamese Litterateur
Mohammad Shafi Qureshi - Former Madhya Pradesh
Governor

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Na. Muthukumar - National Award-winning Lyricist

Panchu Arunachalam - Veteran Tamil writerproducer
Pramukh Swami - Founder of Akshardham Temples
S.P. Sarguna Pandian - Former minister
S.R. Nathan - Indian-origin former Singapore
President
Subrata Banerjee - Former International Umpire
Sudhanshu Bhusan Mishra - Former Odisha Chief
Secretary
T.A. Razaq - Malayalam screenwriter
Vietnam Veedu Sundaram - Tamil Writer and
Director

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Indian Film Festival (IFF) of Melbourne 2016 Awards

A.R. Rahman - Tamil Ratna Award

Anita Gopalan - 2016 PEN/Heim Translation Fund
Grant
Bhutan - world's 1st Carbon Negative Country
Bibhuti Lahkar - Heritage Heroes Award (1st Asian to
be nominated)
Cristiano Ronaldo - UEFA Best Player in Europe
award
G. Satheesh Reddy - first IEI-IEEE Award
Goa Tourism - 'Film Tourism Destination of the Year'
Award
Havildar Hangpan Dada - Ashok Chakra
(Posthumously)
Kamal Haasan - Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et
Lettres (Knight in the National Order Arts and
Letters)
Madhya Pradesh - 1st Prize, Best State/Union
Territory for Comprehensive Development of
Tourism
MS Swaminathan (Father of the Green Revolution) 'Time 20' list of the most influential Asian people of
the 20th century
N. Ramachandran - Olympic Order award
P. Shanmugam - A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award
Padma Sachdev - Saraswati Samman 2015
Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma - Sangeet Martand Ustad
Chand Khan Lifetime Achievement Award

PV Sindhu - Honorary Commandant, CRPF

S.K. Sharma - Most Enterprising CEO in Electronics
Sector by IGBC
Sakshi Malik - Rani Laxmi Bai award
Shubha Mudgal - 23rd Rajiv Gandhi National
Sadbhavana Award 2016
Steve Jobs - International Photography Hall of Fame
Sunita Jain (Kshama) - 25th Vyas Samman 2015
Telangana Aarogyasri Trust - FICCI healthcare
excellence award
Vin Diesel (Actor) - 1st Actor to reach 100 Million
Likes in FB

Theme of the year 2016 : Women Empowerment.

Best Actor (Male) NawazuddinSiddiqui for Raman
Raghav
Best Actor (Female) SonamKapoor for Neerja
Best Film Kapoor& Sons
Best Indie Film Thithi
Best Director Shakun Batra

Teen Choice Awards 2016

Choice Female Artist Award - Selena Gomez

Choice Male Artist Award - Justin Bieber
Choice Movie Award (Action/Adventure category) Deadpool
Choice Movie Actor Award (Drama) - Leonardo
DiCaprio (for 'The Revenant')
Choice TV Show Award (Drama) - Pretty Little Liars

UEFA Best Player in Europe awards 2015-16

Cristiano Ronaldo - UEFA Best Player in Europe

award 2015-16.
Ada Hegerberg - UEFA Best Womens Player in
Europe Award 2015-16.
Lionel Messi - UEFA Goal of the Season award 201516.

ATP Toronto Masters (Rogers Cup) Winners List 2016

Men's Singles : Novak Djokovic (Serbia) by beating

Kei Nishikori (Japan)

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Womens singles : Simona Halep (Romania) by Top 10 Wealthiest Countries in the world
beating Madison Keys (US)
1. US
Mens doubles : Ivan Dodig (Croatia) and Marcelo
2. China
Melo (Brazil) by beating Jamie Murray (Scotland) and
3. Japan
Bruno Soares (Brazil)
4. United Kingdom
Womens doubles : Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) and
5. Germany
Elena Vesnina (Russia) by beating Simona Halep
6. France
(Romania) and Monica Niculescu (Romania)
7. India
8. Canada
National Sports Awards
9. Australia
10. Italy
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2016
o P.V. Sindhu - Badminton
o Sakshi Malik - Wrestling
o Dipa Karmakar - Gymnastics
o Jitu Rai - Shooting
o Dronacharya Award 2016
o Nagapuri Ramesh - Athletics
o Sagar Mal Dhayal - Boxing
o Raj Kumar Sharma - Cricket
o Bishweshwar Nandi - Gymnastics
o S. Pradeep Kumar - Swimming (lifetime)
o Mahabir Singh - Wrestling (lifetime)
Arjuna Award 2016
o Rajat Chauhan - Archery
o Lalita Babar - Athletics
o Sourav Kothari - Billiards and Snooker
o Shiva Thapa - Boxing
o Ajinkya Rahane - Cricket
o Rani - Hockey
o Subrata Paul - Football
o V R Raghunath - Hockey
o Gurpreet Singh - Shooting
o Apurvi Chandela - Shooting
o Soumyajit Ghosh - Table Tennis
o Vinesh Poghat - Wrestling
o Amit Kumar - Wrestling
o Sandeep Singh Mann - Para-Athletics
o Virender Singh - Wrestling (deaf)
Dhyan Chand Award 2015
o Satti Geetha - Athletics
o Sylvanus Dung Dung - Hockey
o Rajendra Pralhad Shelke - Rowing

Top 6 Countries in terms of Fixed Broadband Adoption

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Hong Kong,
New Zealand,
Japan,
Macao,
Australia
Singapore
o India's Rank - 39th

Top Countries in Global Innovation Index (GII) 2016

1. Switzerland (retains the top position for the 6th
consecutive year),
2. Sweden,
3. United Kingdom,
4. United States of America,
5. Finland
6. Ireland
7. Denmark
8. Netherlands
9. Germany
India's Rank - 66th
Misery Index 2016

Most Miserable Countries in the List

1. Venezuela
2. Bisnia
3. South Africa
Least Miserable Countries in the List
1. Thailand
2. Singapore
3. Japan

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41st 'Twins Days Festival', the largest gathering of twins in the world, was recently held in United States' Ohio.
A 2 day meeting of BRICS Women Parliamentarians forum was recently held in Jaipur.
A book titled R D Burmania: Panchamemoirs authored by senior Bollywood film and music-biz journalist
Chaitanya Padukone was recently released.
A Reserve Bank of India (RBI) committee on Capacity Building, has recommended that Banks should identify
specialized areas for certification of staff manning key responsibilities. This Committee was headed by : G
Gopalakrishna (former executive director)
A total of 5 Indian companies have made it to the Forbes list of 'World's Most Innovative Companies' of 2016.
India's largest paint company Asian Paints was ranked 18, the highest among Indian firms.
According to an Assocham study, Delhi has the highest percentage (42.5%) of people with diabetes among Indian
cities, followed by Mumbai (38.5%), Ahmedabad (36%).
After Punjab National Bank and the United Bank of India, more banks are likely to start a facility wherein an
account holder can electronically verify his Income Tax Returns (ITR) without having a netbanking account.
Andhra Pradesh became the first state in the country to launch DNA Index System (DIS) for DNA
(Deoxyribonucleac acid) profiling of criminals.
Assam became first state in India to ratify The Constitution (122nd Amendment) (GST) Bill, 2014.
Australia has recently announced that it is going to close the controversial Asylum seeker detention centre in
Papua New Guinea (PNG).
Australia won the 2016 Quidditch World Cup held in the German city of Frankfurt.
Automobile manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd (M&M) has introduced DiGiSENSE, a cloud based
technology solution to track vehicle information in real time.
Bhutan is the world's first carbon negative country, meaning that the country's forests absorb more carbon
dioxide each year than it produces.
By pumping 100 cusecs of water from tubewells into a dug-up channel, the Haryana government has recently
recreated the lost river Saraswati.
China and India held their 8th high-level Financial and Economic Dialogue to strengthen trade and economic
cooperation between the two Asian economies.
China and ten member countries of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed to form a
framework for a code of conduct to ease tension in disputed South China Sea.
China has launched a cargo train service to Russia in an attempt to improve trade and commerce with the
country.
China has launched its first Tibetan-language search engine 'Yongzin'.
China has successfully launched the first satellite dubbed as The Tiantong-01 for mobile telecommunication.
China is going to launch the worlds first quantum communication satellite which boasts of hack-proof ultra high
security features to prevent wiretapping and intercepts.
China joins the ranks of the world's 25 most-innovative economies in Global Innovation Index (GII). Switzerland
topped the list.
Coastal state of Goa has been given the opportunity to host the BRICS summit.
Cricket icon and Rajya Sabha MP Sachin Tendulkar has selected Donja village in Osmanabad district for
development under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna.

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Current Olympic and Wimbledon champion Andy Murray will become the first tennis player to carry Team Great
Britains flag at the Olympics.
Doha Bank, one of the prominent banks in Qatar, is formally inaugurated its first branch in Kerala.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi will visit India from 1st to 3rd September 2016.
England captain Wayne Rooney has confirmed his international retirement after the 2018 football World Cup in
Russia.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is going to address the 71st session of the United Nations General
Assembly (UNGA) on September 26 in New York.
Food and beverages brand Nestl has topped Fortune Magazine's list of the 'Most Admired Food Companies' for
11 consecutive years, since 2006.
Forbes has recently announced the '100 Richest Tech Billionaires in the World in 2016'. Microsoft founder Bill
Gates has topped this list. Two Indians Azim Premji and Shiv Nadar made it to the list.
Former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju will head a legal panel which will advise and guide BCCI in
adopting the Lodha Committee recommendations.
Gujarat has become the first state in the country to distribute two crore LED bulbs under the Centres UJALA
scheme.
Health insurance arm of Aditya Birla Financial Services Group (ABFSG) has received the final regulatory approval
from sector watchdog IRDAI and it is likely to begin operations in the last quarter of 2016.
Human rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila has ended her 16-year-long fast against Armed Forces (Special
Powers) Act, 1958 and was granted bail by an Imphal court on 10,000 personal bond.
In a major administrative revamp, the two-year-old Telangana government has issued draft notification on
rearranging district borders to create 17 new districts. After the completion of the process, the number of
districts in the State will go up to 27 from the present 10.
India and Bangladesh have agreed to jointly produce a documentary on the 1971 War which led to
independence for Bangladesh.
India and Bangladesh have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Route Permit for carrying
Petroleum Goods to Tripura via Bangladesh.
India and Germany have signed an agreement on vocational training that aims to foster conditions to create and
improve workplace-based vocational training in Indias industrial clusters.
India and Myanmar have signed four Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance cooperation and
bilateral relations between the two countries.
India and the United States have signed Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) that will
enable both countries to use each others bases for repair and replenishment of defence supplies.
India and the US have agreed on a $30 million joint research initiative on Smart Grid and Energy Storage
Technology.
India approves $318 million loan for Sri Lanka Railways to upgrade its communications system and rolling stock
in the Tamil-dominated north.
India has announced financial assistance worth Nepali Rs 3.9 crore for the construction of a new building and a
hostel facility at a Sanskrit school in eastern Nepal.
India has been ranked 77th on the World Risk Index 2016. This list was topped by Island state of Vanuatu.
India has figured among the top 10 wealthiest countries in the world with a total individual wealth of $5,600
billion while the United States topped the chart.
India has jumped 15 spots to become 2nd most innovative middle income economy in world.
India has provided One million US Dollars grant to Zimbabwe in the wake of El Nino induced drought disaster.

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India has ranked 66th in the 2016 Global Innovation Index (GII).
India has witnessed its highest-ever tea production during 2015-16, at 1233.14 million kilograms.
India ranks a low 39th in terms of fixed broadband adoption in the list of 53 Asia Pacific countries.
Indias first ever BIO-CNG plant producing CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) from agricultural residue was
inaugurated in Pune, Maharashtra.
Indias first facility to produce Nickel was launched by the Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) at its Indian Copper
Complex (ICC) at Ghatshila in Jharkhand.
Indian boxer Vijender Singh broke into the World Boxing Organisation's top-10 rankings for the first time, after
being ranked 10th following his Asia Pacific super middleweight title win last month over Australian Kerry Hope
in New Delhi.
Indian Martial artist Vivek Teja won the Martial Arts Championships in Sydney, Australia, to become the World
Karate Champion.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ashraf Ghani have jointly inaugurated the renovated Stor
Palace in Kabul through video conferencing.
Indian Railways has announced the commencement of the world's tallest girder rail bridge on the Jiribam-TupulImphal railway line in Manipur.
Indian Railways has launched 'Rail Geet', a three-minute song with moving trains visuals, as an ode to its
employees and to establish a connect with the public. Titled 'Indian Railways, we love Indian Railways', the song
will be played now at every railway function's beginning.
Indian state-owned telecommunications company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is going to launch its 4G
service during the next financial year.
Indian tennis player Sania Mirza along with her Romanian partner Monica Niculescu, won her 7th title of the
year and 39th title overall after clinching her career's third Connecticut Open.
Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt's bronze medal from the London Olympics 2012 has upgraded to Silver after the
silver medallist from the 2012 Games, deceased Besik Kudukhov of Russia, has been stripped off his medal for
using banned substance.
India's first tiger cell will be set up in Dehradun to aid the tiger conservation efforts.
Iran has launched the first phase of the country's own national internet network to provide high speed and
quality connections at low costs.
Israeli Parliament has passed the 'Youth Bill' amid a surge in attacks by young Palestinians. This bill allows
imprisoning children under the age of 14 convicted of "terrorist offences".
Jack Ma, Founder of Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba, is the richest Asian in the '100 Richest Tech
Billionaires in the World in 2016' list.
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe's cabinet has approved fiscal stimulus worth around $277 billion, which is about 6% of
their GDP.
Japan's largest public broadcaster NHK has started the world's first 8K resolution regular TV satellite broadcast,
which is 16 times as sharp as 1080p and allows 22.2-channel audio.
Karnataka Bank has launched KBL-SMARTz, a mobile application (app) built on the unified payments interface
(UPI) platform of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
London-based risk analysis firm Verisk Maplecroft has ranked India the fourth riskiest in a list of 198 countries
losing out on business opportunities due to civil unrest. War-torn countries Syria, Yemen and Libya took the first
three spots on the list.
Maharashtra and Telangana states have signed agreement for three irrigation projects to be constructed on
Godavari, Pranahita and Painganga rivers.

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Maharashtra became the first state in the country to draft its own internal security legislation The Maharashtra
Protection of Internal Security Act (MPISA), 2016.
Maharashtra Government has unveiled ambitious Mumbai-Nagpur Super Communication Expressway project in
Mumbai.
Maharashtra has became the first state to sign an agreement with the Civil Aviation Ministry to develop 10
almost non-functional regional airports/airstrips helping move closer to reality the Centre's ambitious regional
connectivity plan.
Man Kaur, a 100-year-old sprinter from Chandigarh, finished a 100-metre sprint in one minute and 21 seconds,
to win Gold at the American Masters Games in Vancouver.
Marking the National Handloom Day, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has launched Baristha Bunakar
Sahayata Yojana, a pension scheme for the weavers in the state.
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg (Germany) has won the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix of Formula One.
'Motorcycle ambulance' is an initiative currently functional in Chhattisgarh, which helps save lives in remote
regions in India where four-wheelers can't reach.
Mumbai has been named the most expensive city in India for travellers but the second least expensive city in the
world after Hanoi in Vietnam by TripAdvisor.
Mumbai-born Chetna Gala Sinha, an economist-turned-farmer, had founded Indias first rural financial
institution for women, called the Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank in 1997.
Myanmar has officially announced to support for Chinas ambitious One Belt and One Road (OBOR) connectivity
initiative along the ancient Silk Road.
Nalanda University, one of the India's oldest institutes, conducted its first convocation in nearly 800 years on
28th August 2016.
Nepal's new Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' will embark on a 3-day official visit to India on 15th
September 2016.
Odisha Cabinet has approved the Odisha Startup Policy 2016. The aim of this policy is to promote
entrepreneurship for start-up ventures with provision of govt incentives.
Orkut Bykkkten, creator of Google's social networking platform Orkut, has launched a new social network
'Hello' to connect people who share the same passions across the world.
Pakistan is going to host the 19th SAARC Summit in Islamabad and Murree during 9th & 10th November
2016.
PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated the first phase of the 12,000-crore Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran for
Irrigation (SAUNI) project in Gujarats Jamnagar.
Policy think tank Niti Aayog has inked a pact with the US Energy Information Administration to set up a portal
which will constitute all data related to the energy sector.
Prime Minister Modi has officially launched the first phase of 'Mission Bhagiratha' in Telangana's Medak district
to provide piped drinking water to every household in Telangana.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the 1st phase of SAUNI-Saurastra Narmada Avataran Irrigation
yojana at Sanodara of Jamnagar district of Gujarat.
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has inaugurated the state's first 'Sewa Kendra' where people will be
able to avail 243 services under one roof.
Putting an end to a 92-year-old tradition of the colonial era, the Railway Budget will be merged with the General
Budget from 2017-18 onwards.
Qatar National Bank (QNB) has obtained an approval from the Indian regulatory authorities to open a branch in
India to offer banking services.

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Rajasthan has become the first state in the country to approve sewage and waste water policy.
Russia has lifted its ban on charter flights to Turkey.
Season-3 of the Indian Super League (ISL) Football would be held from 1st October 2016 to 18th December 2016,
with the opening game scheduled in Guwahati and the venues of the two-legged semi finals to be decided later.
South American nation Venezuela, with a score of 188.2%, has been ranked 'most miserable' in the world by the
Misery Index (computed by adding inflation to the unemployment rate), out of 74 economies surveyed by
Bloomberg.
South Indian Bank, leading private sector bank, and SBI Card, one of India's leading Credit Card issuers,
announced the launch of co-branded credit cards for the customers of South Indian Bank.
Space-exploration startup Moon Express has became the first ever private company to receive permission by the
US government to travel to the moon.
Sri Lanka and China have signed a tripartite agreement to proceed with the construction of a mega multi-billion
dollar port city project in capital Colombo.
Sri Lankan spinner Rangana Herath (38) became the oldest player to take a Test hat-trick, when he achieved the
feat against Australia in Colombo.
Swimmer Michael Phelps will be the flag bearer of the USA contingent at the Rio Olympics opening ceremony on
5th August 2016.
Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa has announced 500 Amma gymnasiums and parks for as many as 1,000 villages in
the state.
Thailands tallest building (314 metres tall), the 'MahaNakhon' was officially inaugurated.
The 2 day SAARC Finance Ministers Conference was recently held at Islamabad.
The 2016 Kabaddi World Cup will be hosted in Ahmedabad, Gujarat during 7th to 22nd October 2016.
The 300 residents of the Australian village of Tyalgum have backed a plan to switch off the national power lines
and set up their own solar power supply.
The 6th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) was recently held in Kenyan capital
Nairobi.
The 7th meeting of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Immigration Authorities was
recently held in Islamabad, Pakistan.
The Assam Assembly has passed the Assam Amusements and Betting Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2016 to give a fillip
to the local film industry by reducing the service charge of cinema tickets.
The autonomous apex statutory body Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI) has imposed Rs
35 lakh fine on Bharti Axa General Insurance Co Ltd for violation of various norms including outsourcing activities
and corporate governance guidelines.
The Bank of England has cut its benchmark interest rate to the lowest in its 322-year history at 0.25%, its first cut
since 2009.
The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) has developed a kit for onsite determination of toxic Hexavalent
Chromium Cr (VI) in drinking water.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal to offer Permanent Residency Status (PRS) to foreign investors meeting
minimum investment and employment generation criteria.
The Cabinet has recently approved the Surrogacy Regulation Bill, 2016. The main aim of this bill is to ban
commercial surrogacy but permitting altruistic surrogacy under strict rules.
The Children's Film Society of India (CFSI) has organised a film festival in Nagaland. Titled CFSI Film Bonanza, the
week-long festival will cover all major cities like Kohima, Wokha, and Dimapur.

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The Committee on Border Protection has submitted its report to the Home Minister Rajnath Singh. The
committee has made a detailed study on threat perception, field visits and made a detailed recommendations
pertaining to strengthening of border protection on Indo-Pakistan Border. The Committee was headed by :
Madhukar Gupta (former Home Secretary)
The first Children Court of South India was launched at the Nampally Criminal Courts Complex in Hyderabad,
Telangana to fast disposal of cases related to children.
The first National Conference of Investigating Agencies was held from August 12 to 13, 2016 at Vigyan Bhawan in
New Delhi.
The first South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Youth Parliamentarians Conference on
`Peace and Harmony for Development was recently held in Islamabad, Pakistan.
The Gujarat high court has quashed 10 percent reservation quota for the Economically Backward Classes (EBCs).
The Indian government is going to launch AsliTarakki (Real development) campaign in the five cities of the
National Capital Region to promote awareness about the need for sanitation.
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kanpur has adopted five villages in Uttar Pradesh under the Namami
Gange programme.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to launch a record 68 satellites in one mission by early
next year.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully tested its Scramjet (Supersonic Combusting Ramjet)
engine from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
The International Olympic Committee has unanimously agreed to add karate, skateboarding, surfing, sports
climbing and baseball/softball to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The Maharashtra Government became first state in the country to launch Indias first comprehensive Crime
Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS) in Mumbai.
The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions has accepted the 7th Pay Commission's
recommendation of increasing the minimum monthly pension for retired central government employees by
157.14%, from 3,500 to 9,000.
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and the Ministry of Textiles have signed a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) in a bid to "bring a paradigm shift in the handloom industry".
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has announced that Unified Payments Interface (UPI)
application has become operational.
The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has constituted five-member review committee to probe the Indian
shooters Rio Games debacle. The committee will be headed by : Abhinav Bindra (Indias first and only individual
Olympic gold-medallist).
The only underground museum in India will open at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi on 2nd October 2016.
The Parliament has passed Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2016 to conduct of uniform entrance
examination for admission to all medical educational institutions.
The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated a CII-IIEST Conference in Kolkata, West Bengal. Theme of
this conference : Enabling Make in India through Industry Academia Innovation Platform.
The Rajya Sabha has passed the Goods and Services Tax (Amendments) Bill with most of the political parties,
except the AIADMK, voting in its favour.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced bi-monthly monetary policy review on 9th August 2016. In this
review, the RBI kept the rates unchanged.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that they had set up a committee to study why Indians spend a
large sum of money on gold and also understand their household financing patterns. The Committee will be
chaired by : Tarun Ramadorai (Professor of Financial Economics, University of Oxford).
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked banks to provide loans up to Rs 3 lakh at 7 per cent interest rate to
Women Self-Help Groups (SHG). This loan scheme must be provided under the National Rural Livelihoods
Mission (NRLM)-Aajeevika scheme during 2015-16.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed penalty on two cooperative banks in Chhattisgarh under the
Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched a website 'Sachet' to identify instances of illegal acceptances of
deposits, and provide timely information to the public.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set up a committee to look at the various facets of household finance in India
and to benchmark the countrys position vis--vis both peer countries and advanced countries. The committee
will be headed by : Tarun Ramadorai (professor of Financial Economics, University of Oxford)
The Rio Olympics, are the first Summer Olympics to be held during the host country's winter season.
The State Bank of Indias (SBIs) board of directors has approved merger of its five associate banks and Bharatiya
Mahila Bank (BMB) with itself.
The state-owned telecommunications company, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Microsoft India have
signed a Memorandum of Understanding to offer telecom and IT solutions for big businesses to meet the
demand for IT and cloud services.
The tallest moving observation tower in the world, the 'British Airways i360' opened in Brighton city, United
Kingdom.
The Telangana government has signed an MoU with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for setting up
a Telangana Water Resources Information System (TWRIS) on ISROs geo-portal Bhuvan (similar to Google Earth).
The Tourism Ministers of BRICS countries will meet in Madhya Pradesh's temple city Khajuraho for a two-day
long conference from 1st September 2016.
The Tunisian Parliament has voted to approve the new government led by Prime Minister-designate Youssef
Chahed, who backs the implementation of an austerity programme.
The UN General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution approving an agreement to make the International
Organisation for Migration (IOM) part of the UN (United Nations) as a related organisation, underlining a closer
legal and working relationship between them is needed more than ever
The Union Cabinet has given its approval for signing of new Air Services Agreement (ASA) between India and Fiji.
The Agreement is for updation of the existing ASA between the two countries which was signed in January, 1974.
The Union Cabinet has given its approval to create a Project Development Fund (PDF) for catalysing Indian
economic presence in the CLMV countries viz. Cambodia, Laos Myanmar and Vietnam. It will be operated
through the EXIM Bank.
The Union Finance Ministry has constituted 11 members high-level committee to suggest steps to promote card
payments with an aim to discourage cash transactions. The committee will be headed by : Ratan P Watal
(Principle Adviser for social sector in NITI Aayog and former Finance Secretary).
The Union Government has allowed online authentication using Aadhar for new mobile connections.
The Union Government has constituted a National Committee on Trade Facilitation (NCTF) to develop the panIndia road map for trade facilitation. This Committee will be headed by : Pradeep Kumar Sinha (Cabinet
Secretary of India).

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The Union Government has set up a Committee to look at easing the policy regime for e-commerce players,
including the rules for foreign direct investment (FDI). This committee will be headed by : Amitabh Kant (CEO of
NITI Aayog).
The Union Human Resource Ministry has formally launched Indian Institute of Techonogy (IIT) Dharwad in
Karnataka.
The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development has launched Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses
(POCSO) e-box, in New Delhi.
The United Nations has issued a stamp in honour of carnatic music legend, M S Subbulakshmi, on her birth
centenary on August 15th, coinciding with the celebrations of India's 70th Independence Day.
The United States declared Pakistan based Jamaat-ur-Ahrar (JuA) as a terror group by adding it to its list of
global terrorists.
The United States is going to create worlds largest protected marine reserve area named as
Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument off the Hawaiian coast.
The urban development ministry has certified 10 towns - five each in Maharashtra and Telangana - as Open
Defecation Free (ODF).
The US Air Force declared the first squadron of fifth-generation F-35A fighter aircraft as 'Combat Capable'.
The Uttar Pradesh government has increased the House Rent Allowances (HRA) of government employees by
20%.
The West Bengal State Assembly approved a proposal to rename West Bengal as "Bengal" in English and
"Bangla/Banga" in Bengali.
The World Bank has approved a $100 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to
support the Sri Lanka's economic reforms programme.
The worlds first self-driving taxi service was launched in Singapore.
The world's "largest aircraft" the Airlander 10 embarked on its maiden flight, four days after a previous attempt
was abandoned due to technical issues.
The Yemeni government has accepted a UN-proposed peace agreement to end Civil War in the country.
The youth wing of the Congress, called Indian Youth Congress (IYC), has launched Adhikar, a free legal aid
centre for the poor.
To enhance transparency in power transmission sector of the country, the Union Minister of State (IC) for Power,
Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal has launched the TARANG Mobile App, e-Trans
& DEEP e-bidding web portals.
Under the "Campus Carry" law, which was recently passed, students in Texas over 21 years of age, with a
concealed handgun license will be allowed to bring pistols into classrooms.
Union Health Minister JP Nadda has launched a nationwide breastfeeding campaign called MAA (Mother's
Absolute Affection).
United States has announced 138 million dollar new aid to South Sudan.
US Secretary of State John Kerry was on a 3-day visit to New Delhi. During this visit, he co-chaired the 2nd IndiaUS Strategic and Commercial Dilogue along with US commerce secretary Penny Pritzker, Indian External Affairs
minister Sushma Swaraj and Commerce and Industry minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
Uttarakhand has emerged as the top state in India in terms of growth in industry and service sectors during
2004-05 to 2014-15.
Vietnam has the second fastest GDP growth rate per capita in the world since the 1990s, behind only China.
Western Railway won the overall team championship in the 82nd All India Railway athletic Championship held at
Tiruchirapalli Tamil Nadu.

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With a total of 302 weeks as World No 1 in ATP World Rankings, Tennis player Roger Federer holds the record
for most number of weeks at the top spot.
World Breastfeeding Week (WBW), an annual celebration which is observed every year during 1st to 7th August.
World number one Novak Djokovic was elected as the ATP Player Council President, ahead of the US Open.

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