Current Affairs - August 2015

TNPSC Current Affairs August 2015
Miscellaneous 

• Important Days
• August 1 to 7 - World Breastfeeding Week
• August 5 - Putlibai Day [Putlibai was the mother of Mahatma Gandhi]
• August 7 - National Handloom Day[PM Modi Declared 7th August as the National Handloom day ]
• August 10 - World Bio fuel Day
• August 29 - National Sports Day [Birth Day of Dyan Chand, former Indian hockey Player]
• Important Persons in News
• K. Bhavaneeswari - First Chief Security officer of Chennai Metro Rail.
• Sundar Pichai - appointed as the new CEO of Google.
• Amitabh Bachan - became the Tiger Ambassador of Maharashtra.
• Ashwani Lohani - appointed as the new chairman of Air India
• Parveen Sultana - Bangladeshi actress who had undergone a surgery for removing tumor in a hospital in chennai.
• Sachin Tendulkar - Green Army Chief [Maharashtra]
• Sofia Asraf - Indian Rapper famous for her 'Kodaikanal Won't ' Video.
• H N Girisha - Paralympian who challenged the selection of Sania Mirza for the Rajiv Ghandhi Khel ratna award (2015) in Karnataka High Court.
• Hardik Patel - who led the agitation demanding reservation for patels in Gujarat.
• Cho Ramasamy - editor of 'Thuglaq', a tamil Magazine.
• Gangadhara Tilak Katnam - also called as 'Road doctor' was a former Indian Government employee who has got the world wide attention for his social work in filling the pot holes in the roads. 

• Sasi Perumal - Social activist who died during the anti-liquor protest.
• Kayyara Kinhanna Rai - Kannada poet and freedom fighter who died recently.
• Khaled al Asaad - an archaeologist who was beheaded by the IS militants.

• Gandhi Nagar 4th avenue to B Ramachanra Adityanar Salai
• The Gandhi Nagar 4th Avenue Road in Adyar was renamed as B Ramachanra Adityanar Salai.
• He was the former editor ot Malai Murasu.
• Awards
• Poet Sella Ganapathy won the Bal Sahitya Puraskar Award for this year from Sahitya Academy.
• Zaina Erhaim of Syria won the Peter Mackler Award 2015 for courageous journalism.
• Sports Awards
• Rajiv Ghandhi Khel Ratna Award 2015 - 
• Sania Mirza
• Arjuna Awards 2015 (For Members)
• Rohit Sharma (Cricket)
• Bajrang (Wrestling)
• P R Sreejish (Hockey)
• Naib Subedar Sandeep Kumar (Archery)
• M R Poovamma (Athletics)
• Kidambi Srikanth Nammalwar (Badminton)
• Mandeep Jangra (Boxing) 
• Dipa Karmakar (Gymnastic) 
• Sreejesh P R ( Hockey) 
• Manjeet Chhillar ( Kabaddi) 
• Abhilasha Shashikant Mhatre (Kabaddi) 
• Sawarn Singh (Rowing) 
• Anup Kumar Yama (Roller Skating) 
• Jitu Rai (Shooting) 
• S Sathish Kumar (Weightlifting) 
• Babita Kumari (Wrestling) 
• Yumnam Sanathoi Devi (Wushu) 
• Sharath M Gayakwad (Para-Swimming)
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• Doordarshan Chennai celebrated its 40th anniversary of inauguration (started in 15th August 1975).
• Dahihandi
• It is a sport in which human pyramids are formed and they try to break the pot hanging above.
• Recently Maharashtra government announced Dahihandi as an adventure sport.
• Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
• It is the world's third largest mosques which is located in Abu dhabi(UAE).
• The grand old baobab Tree
• The grand old baobab tree which is the heritage tree of Vijayapura(Karnataka) fell down after getting damaged of infections. 
• It is more than 600 years old.
• Important books in News:
• Mrs Funnybones - written by Twinkle Khanna (Bollywood actress)
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• The toll free number service started by Indian Railway for Security related issues.
• Yakshagana - Folk dance of Karnataka
• Tree of Life
• An Artificial tree in Apollo hospital, which bears the name of the organ donors.
• WIFI at the Mamallapuram Shore Temple
• BSNL recently installed its wifi hotspot service at the Mamallapuram Shore Temple.
• Asphyxiation
• It means severe deficient supply of required oxygen to the body for normal breathing.

National

• India - Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement
• India transferred 111 Indian enclaves to Bangladesh.
• Bangladesh transferred 51 Bangladeshi enclaves to India.
• GI Status for Chengalikodan, a variety of nendran banana
• The Geographical indication status was given to the 'Chengalikodan', a variety of banana.
• It is mostly found in the Thrissur and Thalappilly region of Kerala.
• Highest number of UAPA Cases
• The highest number of cases under the UAPA act has been filed in the state of Manipur in 2014.
• Mann Ki Baat
• Indian radio program hosted by the PM Narendra Modi to address the people.
• It was started on 3rd October, 2014.
• The Cheraman Juma Masjid
• It is the first Mosque built in India in 629 AD.
• It is in Kodungallur in the Trissur District of Kerala.

Polity

• Tamil Nadu  government has announced that the Birthday of APJ Abdul Kalam that is October 15th will be observed as Youth Awakening day.
• Important Appointments
• Ram Nath Kovind - appointed as the new governor of Bihar
• Acharya Dev Vrat - appointed as the new governor of Himachal Pradesh.
• K Ramanujam - appointed as the State Chief Information Commissioner of Tamil Nadu.
• The Practice of Santhara, Banned by the Rajasthan high Court.
• Santhara is a kind of practice followed by Jains, which involves a voluntary fasting till death.

Economics

• China Devalues its Currency
• China devalued its currency Yuan (renminbi) by 1.9%.
• Assocham report
• Tamil Nadu tops with 15.2% of India's manufacturing sector jobs in the year 2012-13.
• Next to Tamil nadu is Maharastra(13.8%) and Gujarat(10.5%).
• U.K Sinha - Chairman of SEBI.
• T. S Vijayan - Chairman of IRDAI
• Hindustan Shipyard Limited - is in Visakhapatnam

Science and Technology

• GSAT 6
• On 27th August 2015, GSAT 6 (Satellite) was launched by GSLV-D6 launch Vechicle from Sriharikota.
• It has a 6 metre diameter antenna, which is the largest antenna that the ISRO has ever made.
• This GSAT 6 communication satellite is used for the country's Stategic purpose.
• 1 Billion Facebook Logins
• Recently the facebook, social network website made a record with 1 billion users logged on to their site in a single day.

Environment

• Coringa Wildlife Santuary
• It is in Andhra Pradesh.
• It is the second largest mangrove forest in India after Sundarban. 
• Swach Bharat Rankings
• It was published by the Ministry of Urban Development.
• Mysuru bagged the first rank followed by Trichy(Second Rank), Navi Mumbai (Third).
• Damoh in Madhya Pradesh was last in the list.
• Mudumalai Tiger Reserve:
• It is in Nilgiri District of Tamil Nadu.
• Mudumalai Tiger Reserve was announced as a wildlife in 1972.
• In 2007, it was declared as a Tiger Reserve. 
• Kawal Tiger Reserve:
• It is in Telangana.
• It was declared as a Tiger reserve in 2012.
• Green Army Chief: Sachin Tendulkar
• Green Army is an initiative of Maharashtra Government, involving school children for promoting environment conservation.
• Sachin Tendulkar was named the chief of the Green Army.

World

• National Emergency Declared in Myanmar
• Myanmar's President declared national emergency after the devastating floods affected over 1 lakh people.
• FIPIC 2015 
• India to host the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation in August.
• Indian Government removed Iran from the list of restricted visa nations.
• Now the 3 categories like Employment, Conference and Students and research visa policies are liberalised.
• Iran is no longer in the PRC prior referral category now.
• Ranil Wickremesinghe
• Became the Prime Minister of Srilanka for the Fourth time.
• He Belongs to the United National Party.
• Two US Journalists Shot Dead
• Reporter Alison Parker and Cameraman Adam Ward was shot dead during a live Program.
• The gunman was identified as Vester Lee Flanagan.
• 50 Migrants were found dead in a truck on a highway in Austria.

Sports

• World Badminton Champianship
• World Badminton Champianship 2015 was held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
• Carolina Marin (Spain) defeated Saina Nehwal (India) in the final.
• Micheal Clarke
• Australian Cricket Player who retired from test matches recently.

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