• The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) on 11 August 2016 approved construction of over 37013 houses for the urban poor with an investment of 1491 crore rupees in - Karnataka and Haryana
• The legendary
Pakistani cricketer, often dubbed as Little Master, who passed away recently is
- Hanif Mohammad
• The Maternity
Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 that was passed by Rajya Sabha increases the availability
of the maternity benefit by how many weeks from the date of expected delivery –
Eight
• The Maternity
Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 that was passed by Rajya Sabha wants to amend
the Maternity Benefit Act of the year – 1961
• Sri Lanka's
parliament approved the establishment of office of missing persons (OMP) to
investigate incidents of people reported missing during and soon after - the
war against LTTE
• The first state
to ratify The Constitution (122nd Amendment) (GST) Bill, 2014 is - Assam
• The Chinese
player who won gold medal in Table Tennis at Rio Olympics and also became the
fifth male player to complete the Grand Slam is – Ma Long
• The country’s Anti-monopoly
watchdog ruled that Google would have to pay a 6.8 million dollar fine, for
pre-installing applications on mobile devices running its Android operating
system – Russia
• Consortium of the
government entities that made the proposal of R&D project for development
of Advanced Ultra Super Critical (AUSC) Technology for Thermal Power Plants
are - BHEL, NTPC and IGCAR
• The swimmer who
became the first swimmer to win four consecutive gold medals in same event is -
Michael Phelps
• Sriram Rajamani
is appointed as the Managing Director of Microsoft India Research Lab, which is
located in - Bengaluru
• Theme of the
International Meeting on Counter Terrorism held in Bali, Indonesia was -
Countering Cross Border Movement of Terrorism
• The Authority
that has decided to create a Special Purpose Vehicle SPV for operation and
maintenance of its green projects including those related to parks, nature
reserves and eco-friendly corridors - Delhi Development Authority
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