•    Health Minister J P Nadda on 5 August 2016 launched a nation-wide programme for promoting breastfeeding - MAA - Mothers’ Absolute Affection


•    The 31st Summer Olympic Games officially began on 5 August 2016 with inaugural ceremony held at - the Maracana Stadium in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro

•    The 2016 Mohun Bagan Ratna has been conferred on - Syed Nayeemuddin

•    The far eastern border district of Afghanistan that was declared free of Islamic State militants after a month long offensive is - Kot district in Nangarhar province

•    Aadi Perukku festival, celebrated on 18th of Aadi month in Tamil calendar year in gratitude to water bodies especially Cauvery River, is being celebrated today with traditional gaiety in - Tamil Nadu

•    The country that enforced a new legislation that grants sweeping powers to its National Security Council (NSC) is – Malaysia

•    The National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Bill, 2016 that was passed in Parliament wants to establish the National Institute of Technology in - Andhra Pradesh

•    He was sworn-in as the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court - Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale

•    A skydiver with 18000 jumps, who became first person to jump from 25000 feet (7620 meters) without a parachute or a wing suit - Luke Aikins

•    India’s flag bearer during parade at 2016 Rio Olympics opening ceremony - Abhinav Bindra

•    Person appointed as the Head of Online and E-commerce of Lenovo India in August 2016 - Rajesh Thadani

•    Indian State that signed MoU with Japan to develop food value chain in the state - Andhra Pradesh

•    Book titled India Rising: Fresh Hope, New Fears is authored by - Ravi Velloor

•    Intelligence and security agency of India that was added to the Second Schedule of the RTI Act, 2005 leading to its exemption from the purview of the Act - Strategic Forces Command (SFC)

•    International Kabaddi Federation on 31 July 2016 selected a country to host The 2016 Kabaddi World Cup – India

•    Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off maiden broad-gauge train service between Agartala and Delhi - ‘Tripura Sundari Express’

•    The 47-day-long annual monsoon trawling ban from venturing into the Arabian Sea was lifted midnight 31 July 2016 in - Kerala

•    The Tamil Nadu Assembly on 1 August 2016 unanimously passed a resolution to rename the Madras High Court as - the Tamil Nadu High Court

•    The typhoon that is expected to hit south China's Guangdong Provinceis - Typhoon Nida

•    The AIADMK Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha who was expelled from the primary membership of the party by AIADMK Chief Jayalalithaa is - Sasikala Pushpa

•    The state’s Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary education has decided to delete a lesson based on Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova from the next edition of a school textbook is - Goa

•    He lit the 2016 Olympic cauldron - Vanderlei de Lima

•    They were elected as the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat - Vijay Rupani and Nitin Patel respectively

•    The Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC), an autonomous organization under Government of India's Ministry of Culture, has organized a 64-day-long theatre festival in - Kolkata

•    The country that has decided not to host the European Road Cycling Championships, planned for 14 to 18 September 2016, for security reasons is - France

•    Olympics 2016 opens with a glittering ceremony in Rio De Janerio, with the theme - Peace and Environment

•    The country banned the Pokemon Go app because of unspecified security concerns - Iran

•    The theme of the World Breastfeeding Week 2016 is - Breastfeeding: A key to Sustainable Development

•    Former Meghalaya Chief Secretary who Was appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner of Meghalaya is - P B O Warjri

•    The founder of Slingbox, a TV streaming media device, who died recently is - Blake Krikorian



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