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August 2015 Events: Week 4
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Syrian woman Journalist Zaina Erhaim awarded with Peter Mackler
Award 2015
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Noted Indian agricultural scientist Dr. Modadugu Vijay Gupta
(along with Anote Tong, Pres of Kiribati) will receive the first Sunhak Peace Prize
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National Sport Awards given; Sania Mirza gets
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna; 17 sport persons gets Arjuna Award
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India and Nepal signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for
constructing a Petroleum Product Pipeline which will be built from Raxaul in
India to Amlekhgunj in Nepal.
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India and Egypt signed two Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs)
to enhance bilateral cooperation.
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Australia has agreed to include Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas
(JNVs) in the BRIDGE programme (Building Regional
Intercultural Dialogue and Growing Engagement programme) run by Australian
Schools in collaboration with Indian Schools
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India has begun preparations for infrastructure development on
the Assumption Island in Seychelles.
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Union Cabinet has given its approval for signing and
ratification of the agreement on mutual legal and judicial cooperation in
civil and commercial matters with Oman.
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Union Cabinet approved signing of the agreement between India
and Afghanistan on legal and judicial cooperation in civil and commercial
matters for the service of summons, judicial documents, commissions,
execution of judgments and arbitral awards.
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Decks cleared for India’s role in Iranian port (Chabahar)
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Germany have agreed to share tax related information and revise
bilateral tax pact
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Sixth Joint Military Training Exercise between the Indian Army
and the Maldives National Defence Forces (EXERCISE EKUVRIN
– VI) will be held at Kerala
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Rupee hits fresh two - year low (Aug 24, 2015), closes at Rs.
66.65 / dollar; Rs. 7 lakh crore of investor wealth gone
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Forward Markets Commission (FMC) to merge with SEBI (on Sep 28)
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PayU India tied-up with RedBus to attract customers to use its
wallet PayU Money
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Long way to go for India to become global growth engine:
Raghuram Rajan
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Global Investors Meet: Tamil Nadu inks MoUs worth over Rs. 2
lakh crore
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Reliance Group to set up Rs. 6500 crore aerospace
project in Mihan SEZ (Maharashtra)
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PMJDY celebrates its first anniversary; Close
to 18 Crore (180 Million) Bank Accounts Opened Under the PMJDY
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RBI declares SBI, ICICI Bank systemically important banks
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NITI Aayog decided to set up expert group to draft Model Land
Leasing Law
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Justice ML Tahaliyani sworn-in as Lokayukta of Maharashtra
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Union Government released Postal stamp on Ashoka
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RGI releases Census 2011 data on Population by Religious
Communities (Hindus - 79.8%; Muslims - 14.2%; Christians - 2.3%; Sikhs -
1.7%; Buddhists - 0.7%; Jains - 0.4%; Others - 0.7%; not stated - 0.2%)
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UN tribunal asks India to stop trial in marines case
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Can't bring political parties under RTI: Centre told SC
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PM inaugurates birth centenary celebrations of Rani Gaidinliu
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Dr Girish Sahni has been selected as the director general of the
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
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Rajasthan State Food and Civil Supplies Corporation (RSFCSC) and
Kishore Biyani-led Future Consumer Enterprise Ltd (FCEL) inked an agreement
to launch the Annapurna Bhandar Yojna, which is a
Public Private Distribution Scheme, the first-of-its kind in India.
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Rajasthan State Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Vasundhara
Raje approved the launch of Arogya Rajasthan campaign.
The campaign will be held from December 2015 to March 2016.
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Indian Army inaugurated Jaisalmer War Museum and Laungewala War
Memorial
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Union Government launched 'Sehat' to provide
healthcare facilities in rural areas
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BJP wins BBMP polls: A vote against Siddaramaiah and his neglect
of Bengaluru; women take 105 seats out of 198 in all
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
and the Chennai-based MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) agreed to
work together for the conservation of coastal resources in Andhra Pradesh.
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ISRO successfully launched GSLV - D6; 25th geostationary
communication satellite of India (12th in the GSAT series)
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Extension of the term of the 7th Central Pay Commission
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Haryana: Government to open Women Police Stations, one in each
of the 21 districts of the State
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Madhya Pradesh: a mass campaign will be started in the State
capital to ensure that all signboards are in Hindi in view of the upcoming
Vishwa Hindi Sammelan (World Hindi Meet)
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India to implement Sendai framework for Disaster
Reduction 2015 – 2030
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98 Smart Cities
announced by the Government; Of these 24 are Capital cities; Uttar Pradesh
gets the maximum number of Smart Cities (13 - one to be nominated still),
followed by Tamil Nadu with 12 and Maharashtra with 10
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Global ‘Call to Action’
Summit 2015 in New Delhi (for the first time, the Global Call to Action
Summit is being held outside USA); for maternal and child health
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Maternity leave should be increased to 8 months - Maneka Gandhi
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‘The Google Cultural Institute’: an
initiative to make India’s heritage accessible for global audiences and to
preserve it digitally for generations to come
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State Cabinet of Tripura decided to implement the National Food Security Act (NFSA)
from Sep 01, 2015
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50th year of 1965 India - Pakistan
war; veterans boycott the celebrations event citing OROP
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Indian Army has released a book on 1965 Indo Pak War (“1965 : Stories from the Second Indo-Pak
War”) by Rachna Bisht Rawat
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“Delhi Declaration” signed at the end
of Global Call to Action Summit 2015: ending preventable maternal and child
deaths
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Delhi's Aurnagazeb Road to be renamed as APJ Abdul Kalam Road
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Centre may declare 'dwarfism' as disability
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'Sports on Wheels': hi - tech bus that
will tour all the 32 districts of the state to create awareness about the
importance of sports
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Government won't promulgate land ordinance but include 13 points
to reform land law: Modi
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DRDO-Patanjali deal to fetch business for Leh people: Manohar
Parrikar
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45 Infant Deaths in 10 Days at Odisha's Health Centre
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131 mercy petitions have been rejected by the Presidents of India
from Jan 26, 1950
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Modi released the digital version of Ramcharitmanas, as a set of
digital CDs produced by All India Radio.
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The taxonomists from eBird India reclassified some of the famous
India bird species.
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Tennis Player Novak Djokovic is appointed as Goodwill Ambassador of UNICEF
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Kolkata Port adjudged as 'Best Major Port of 2014-15'
in India
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Proposals are being considered to declare 'twin heritage sites'
for Hampi and Machu Pichhu in Peru
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Nomophobia: a person who can't live without phone
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August 29 - National Sports Day
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The Muziris Heritage Protect, also known as the 'Pattanam
excavations', that began in 2007 has found conclusive evidence of what was
once a flourishing trade port on the spice route.
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Rajiv Mehrishi is new Union Home Secretary
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Ratan Watal is new Union Finance Secretary
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Stephen Hawking speech software [Assistive Context-Aware Toolkit
(ACAT)] on web
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FB launches its virtual assistant 'M'
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Indian Bank has launched 'IndPay', a mobile app that offers
digital banking solution for its customers
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Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser retained Women’s 100 meters gold at
World Championships in Athletics
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Cincinnati Masters (Tennis): Roger Federer won Men's Singles and
Serena Williams won the Women's Singles titles respectively
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Lalita Babar qualifies for 3000m steeplechase final; becomes the first Indian woman to qualify for a track
event final in the elite competition
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The Sports Authority of India (SAI) launched the School Sports
Promotion Foundation with an aim to tap the sporting talent at the school
level.
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Dronacharya Awards 2015 to 5 perosns: Naval Singh (Athletics
Para); Anoop Singh (Wrestling); Harbans Singh (Athletics); Nihar Ameen
(Swimming) and Swatantar Raj Singh (Boxing)
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World Athletics Championships 2015: Men's 800m won by Kenya's
David Rudisha; Women's 1500m won by Genzebe Dibaba
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IAAF 2015: Men's 200m won by Usain Bolt; it is his 10th Gold
medal in World Championships
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Messi named UEFA player of the season
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India's women hockey team bags historic Olympic berth on
National Sports Day (women hockey lastly qualified for Olympics in 1980)
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BCCI and Cricket South Africa (CSA) have announced that they
will title all future bilateral test series between the two countries as 'the Mahatma Gandhi - Nelson Mandela series' (Freedom
Trophy)
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ISIS destroys ancient temple of Baalshamin in Syria
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Saudi Arabia to trim budget by billions of dollars
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Kosovo and Serbia agreed to implement the 2013 Brussels
Agreement paving the way for normalizing the relations between both the
countries
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In 10 years, Pakistan will have largest nuclear stockpile after
US and Russia
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Greece named its top judge (Ms. Vassiliki Thanou) as caretaker
Prime Minister
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MERS virus killed 19 persons in Saudi Arabia
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Court sentences 10 terrorists of Boko Haram to death
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Turkey: gets its first woman minister - Ms. Aysen Gurcan (Family
and Social Policies)
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Mt. McKinley:
highest mountain in North America to be renamed as 'Denali'
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August
2015 Events
Week 01 (Aug 01-Aug
08) [Click Here]
Week 02 (Aug 09-Aug
16) [Click Here]
Week 03 (Aug 17-Aug
23) [Click Here]
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