• Highest-ranked
Indian company in the Forbes list of The World's Most Innovative Companies
2016
- Asian Paints
• World's first
self-driving taxi service was in August 2016 launched in
- Singapore
• South Indian city
that inaugurated the first Children's Court in August 2016
- Hyderabad
• The player who
won the UEFA Best Player in Europe award for 2015-16 is
- Cristiano Ronaldo
• The famous
painter from the Bengal school of painting who passed away recently is
- Dhirendranath Brahma
• The scientist who
was recently conferred the first IEI-IEEE Award for engineering excellence 2015
is
- G. Satheesh Reddy
• He will chair the
five-member review committee that was constituted by NRAI to probe the
shooters' Rio Games debacle
- Abhinav Bindra
• The country that
launched large-scale snap military drills, putting its troops on full combat
readiness in districts bordering country and the Baltic States is
– Russia
• To expand the
state’s green cover, the state that fixed a target of planting over one crore
saplings over an area of 15000 hectares in 2016 is
– Himachal Pradesh
• The country that
overtook India as the most common non-UK country of birth for people living in
the UK is
– Poland
• Former editor of
Mathrubhumi magazine who died recently is
- K K Sreedharan Nair
• State in which a
Mega Food Park was inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee recently
- West Bengal
• Company that
topped the Forbes list of The World's Most Innovative Companies 2016
- Tesla Motors
• Highest-ranked Indian company in the Forbes list of The World's Most Innovative Companies 2016
- Asian Paints
• World's first
self-driving taxi service was in August 2016 launched in
- Singapore
• South Indian city
that inaugurated the first Children's Court in August 2016
- Hyderabad
• The player who
won the UEFA Best Player in Europe award for 2015-16 is
- Cristiano Ronaldo
• The famous golfer
who was voted the Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of the Month for July 2016 is
- Thongchai Jaidee
• The number of
breeds of livestock and poultry recently been registered with the National
Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources is
– Nine
• The famous
painter from the Bengal school of painting who passed away recently is
- Dhirendranath Brahma
• The scientist who
was recently conferred the first IEI-IEEE Award for engineering excellence 2015
is
- G. Satheesh Reddy
• He will chair the
five-member review committee that was constituted by NRAI to probe the
shooters' Rio Games debacle
- Abhinav Bindra
• State in which a
Mega Food Park was inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee recently
- West Bengal
• Union Government
launched ‘Sugamaya Pustakalaya’ online library to serve
– Persons with print disabilities
• This city is
hosting a 2-day SAARC Finance Ministers’ Conference
– Islamabad
• He was appointed as the head of the task force by the Union Government to study the structure of organised Group A Central services
– T Jacob
• This company
acquired the cement business of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd
– Birla Corporation Limited
• Indian-origin
politician Sellapan Ramanathan died recently. He was the former president of
– Singapore
• This State
Government issued a draft notification for creation of 17 new districts
– Telangana
• This Indian
tennis player topped the WTA women’s doubles ranking
– Sania Mirza
• Airport Authority
of India in August 2016 signed a MOU with which state for successful launch of
the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) of the Union Government
- Maharashtra
• International Day
for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition is observed globally
on
- 23 August
• India is ranked
at which place in The W10 report 2016 released by New World Wealth
- Seventh
• State that
launched the DNA Index System for DNA profiling of criminals in August 2016
- Andhra Pradesh
• This country
launched the KN-11 ballistic missile from a submarine in Sea of Japan
– North Korea
• The country that
will not compete at September’s Paralympics in Rio after losing an appeal
against a ban imposed for state-sponsored doping
– Russia
• Telangana and
Maharashtra government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to start work
on three barrages at
- Tummidi Hatti on Pranhita River, Medigadda on Godavari River and Chanaka-Korata on Painganga River
• State government that made available online
A2 milk of indigenous cows in North India through Vita Milk Plants on demand of
general public is
- Haryana
• V P Singh Badnore
has been recently appointed the Governor of
- V P Singh Badnore
• Banwarilal
Purohit has been recently appointed the Governor of
- Assam
• The journalist,
considered the ‘dean of black press columnists’, who passed away recently is
- George E. Curry
• The Belgian jazz
musician, mostly known for harmonica playing, who died recently is
- Toots Thielemans
• The scientist who
has been appointed the Vice Chancellor of the Homi Bhabha National Institute is
- P D Gupta
• The city that
will host the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup is
– Ahmedabad
• Three states that
ratified the Goods and Services Tax Constitutional amendment bill 2016 after
Assam, Bihar and Jharkhand are
- Himachal Pradesh, Chhatisgarh and Gujarat
• The state that
decided to engage retired teachers in government high schools under “Teacher on
Call” scheme to meet the shortage of teaching faculty is
– Odisha
• The state that
proposed to create 17 new districts in the state is
– Telangana
• BRICS (Brazil,
Russia, India, China and South Africa) women parliamentarians’ forum on 21
August 2016 ended at Jaipur with the passage of
- the Jaipur Declaration
• He was appointed
as the 24th governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
- Dr. Urjit R Patel
• Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani today jointly
tele-inaugurated the Stor Palace in Kabul that was renovated under a tripartite
agreement between
- Aga Khan Development Network, Government of Afghanistan and the Union Government
• The President of
Indian Olympic Association was recently awarded the Olympic Order for his
outstanding services to the Olympic movement is
- N. Ramachandran
• President Pranab
Mukherjee launched Kolkata Akashvani Kendra’s Moitree Service in Bangla for
listeners in
- Bangladesh
• Indian-origin President
of Singapore who died in August 2016 and was the sixth and longest-serving
President of Singapore
- S R Nathan
• Person sworn in
as the Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in August 2016
- Jagdish Mukhi
• India in August
2016 signed agreement with which country to foster conditions that will help
create and improve workplace-based vocational training in India's industrial
clusters
- Germany
• Typhoon that made
landfall near Tateyama City in Chiba Prefecture south of Tokyo, Japan is
- Mindulle
• This country
accounted for the highest share of tourist arrival in India
– Bangladesh
• 1000 MW Turga
hydel project that was approved by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) will
be located in
– West Bengal
• Former
international umpire who passed away in August 2016
- Subrata Banerjee
• The Odia actor
and director who died in August 2016 and began his career with the movie Kedar
Gouri in 1954
- Gobind Tej
• Person appointed
as India's Ambassador to Georgia in August 2016
- Yogeshwar Sangwan
• Author awarded
with the prestigious 25th Vyas Samman 2015
- Sunita Jain
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