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Bankers Adda August 2016 Current Affairs Pdf

One liners news for August month 2016.41st '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. ThisCommittee 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 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
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 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
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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.
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.
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.
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
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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 witnessed its highestever 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) atGhatshila in Jharkhand.
Indian Railways has announced the commencement of the world's tallest girder rail bridge on the
Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal 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.
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
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).

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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.
Maharashtra became the first state in the country to draft its own internal security legislation The
Maharashtra Protection of Internal Security Act (MPISA), 2016.
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.
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
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.

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Putting an end to a 92-yearold 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.
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.
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
multibillion dollar port city project in capital Colombo.
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 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 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
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The first South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Youth Parliamentarians Conference
on `Peace and Harmony for development
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 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 CIIIIEST 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 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 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
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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 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 fifthgeneration 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 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 ebidding web portals.
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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