August 2015 Events - Week 1
Hindi litterateur Kashinath Singh chosen for Bharat Bharti
literary award 2014
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Ramanaujan Prize for 2015 was
won by Amalendu Krishna of TIFR, Mumbai
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Indian Army and Chinese Army hold their first personnel meeting
in Ladakh
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USA likely to be 20th country to sign up with ISRO to launch its
satellite from Sriharikota
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India and Mozambique signed MoU in the field of renewable
energy, defence, maritime security, agriculture, railways and ocean economy
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HDFC Bank has launched 'Dhanchayat', an
educational fill to raise awareness on the dangers of borrowing money from
unorganised sectors
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HDFC Bank ties up with Snapdeal for co-branded credit card
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Bharti Airtel acquired YTS Solutions for mobile payment
solutions
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Britannia plans 2 units in South India (one near Erode in TN and
other near Bengaluru in Karnataka)
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IDFC Bank is set to start lending operations from Oct 01
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A total of 202 SEZs are being functioned in India; TN leads with
36 SEZs followed by Karnataka and Telangana (26 each)
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FICCI, ILO signed MoU to establish National Coordination Centre
for SCORE Training
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SBI Life Insurance launched Smart Humsafar Plan
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Government clears NTPC (11.36%), NHPC (5%) stakes sale; could
fetch Rs. 8247 crore
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Foxconn to invest $5 billion in Maharashtra for 'Make in India'
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Chennai City garners Rs. 237 crore MSME (Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises) investment pacts ahead of TN's GIM (Global Investors Meet)
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Operation Muskaan, a
month-long nationwide drive to trace missing and runaway children
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SC's observation prompt Centre to block 857 porn sites
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Kerala: IIT Palakad opened
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Union Government signed a historic peace accord with Nagaland's
insurgent group NSCN (I-M)
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa inaugurated separate
enclosures for lactating mothers in 352 busstand across TN
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Odisha: to launch "Onion Mission"
to aid farmers
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Jharkhand empowered ACB to arrest Ministers & civil servants
in bribery cases without permission
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Delhi government decided to run trams in several walled city
areas
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Rural Development Minister launched ‘SAMANVAY’
for Gram Panchayats
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Rs. 120 crore for AMRUT scheme; money will be directly
transferred to municipal councils; total of 482 cities for AMRUT; UP - 60
cities; WB - 59 cities; Maharashtra - 43 cities
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31 cities from Tamil Nadu for Central Government's AMRUT scheme
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e-Netra mode
for Assembly polls in Bihar (first time used in RK Nagar Assembly by-election
in TN)
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“Gramsat Scheme’: ISRO’s contribution
is to provide the necessary satellite bandwidth to respective State
Governments.
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Government is creating a "Uranium Reserve" by
importing uranium to ensure our atomic power reactors under International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards
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Lok Sabha passes SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities)
Amendment Bill
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Uttar Pradesh government decided to rename UPTU as APJ Abdul
Kalam Technical University
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25 people killed and 50 injured when coaches of two trains
derailed in Harda (Madhya Pradesh)
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Union Agriculture Minister launched 3 web portals – Soil Health
Card portal, Fertilizer Quality Control System portal and Participatory
Guarantee System India portal.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated first National Handloom Day (August 07) at
Chennai, where he also unveiled 'India Handloom' brand; three products have
been chosen for the India Handloom Brand certificate.
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Southern states to set up Inter-State Coordination Council to
resolve forest-related issues
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Ministry of Environment and UNESCO to establish a Centre for
World Natural Heritage Management and Training for the Asia and Pacific
Region at Dehradun
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Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated an International Conference on
‘Inclusive Museums’ at Rashtrapati Bhavan
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Union Government rejects Kerala's plea for study of new dam near
to Mullaiperiyar
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526 harassment cases at workplaces in 2014
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Tripura Assembly passed a resolution requesting the Centre to
abolish death penalty
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Bihar: Ram Nath Kovind is the new Governor
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Himachal Pradesh: Acharya Dev is the new Governor
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Indian-American Atul Keshap appointed as the US Ambassador to
Sri Lanka and Maldives
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World's first ant map was launched by University of HongKong
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The World's Largest Radio Telescope, Five-hundred-meter
Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), is being constructed in
Guizhou province of south west China,
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Asia’s biggest telescope MAST
inaugurated at Udaipur Solar Observatory in Rajasthan
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A global satellite for earth observation and disaster risk
reduction — GlobalSat for DRR — proposed under the UN framework is to be
dedicated to A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
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Rajat Chauhan earned India its first ever
individual medal in the World Archery Championships (held at
Copenhagen); won Silver medal
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Union Sports Ministry recommends Sania Mirza for Rajiv Gandhi
Khel Ratna Award
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Golfer Ranveer Singh Saini becomes the first Indian to win a
Gold medal at the Special Olympics World Games at Los Angeles.
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Joshna Chinappa won the Victorian Open 2015 Squash
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World Archery Championships: Indian women's recurve team
(Deepika Kumari, Laxmirani and Rimil Buruily) won Silver medal
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South Sudan becomes 206th Olympic Nation
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Dipa Karmakar won bronze medal at 6th Senior ART Gymnastics
Asian Championships
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The August edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings was
released; Argentina at No:1 followed by Belgium and Germany respectively;
India is ranked at 156th position
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Ryon Lochte of the US made history by winning his fourth
straight 200m individual medley Gold at the World Swimming Championships
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Mysuru emerges cleanest in Swachh Bharat Rankings of Indian
cities; Tiruchy, Navi Mumbai and Kochi follows the order
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Pakistan becomes Associate Member State of CERN
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193 UN members reached agreement on sustainable development
agenda
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Debris of Malaysian Airlines MH370 was found in Reunion Islands
(in Indian Ocean)
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Egypt unveiled a major expansion of the new Suez Canal
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Bangladesh: 4th Bangla blogger (Niloy Chakrabarti) hacked to
death
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Typhoon Soudelor in
Taiwan
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August
2015 Events
Week 01 (Aug 01-Aug
08) [You are Here]
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16) [Click Here]
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23) [Click Here]
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