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Current Affairs – August 2016 Current Affairs August 2016 This is a guide to provide you a precise summary and big collection of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) covering national and international current affairs for the month of August 2016. This guide helps you in preparation for Indian competitive examinations like Bank PO, Banking, Railway, IAS, PCS, UPSC, CAT, GATE, CDS, NDA, MCA, MBA, Engineering, IBPS, Clerical Grade, Officer Grade etc. Audience Aspirants who are preparing for different competitive exams like Bank PO, Banking, Railway, IAS, PCS, UPSC, CAT, GATE, CDS, NDA, MCA, MBA, Engineering, IBPS, Clerical Grade, Officer Grade etc. Even though you are not preparing for any exams but you are willing to have news encapsulated in a roll which you can walk through within 30 minutes, then we have put all the major points for the whole month in precise and interesting way. Copyright and Disclaimer Copyright 2016 by Tutorials Point (I) Pvt. Ltd. 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If you discover any errors on our website or in this tutorial, please notify us at [email protected] i Current Affairs – August 2016 Table of Contents Current Affairs August 2016 .............................................................................................................................. i Audience........................................................................................................................................................... i Copyright and Disclaimer .................................................................................................................................. i Table of Contents............................................................................................................................................. ii APPOINTMENTS .......................................................................................................................... 1 AWARDS ................................................................................................................................... 15 BOOKS & AUTHORS ................................................................................................................... 25 COMMITTEES ............................................................................................................................ 28 DEATHS ..................................................................................................................................... 32 DEFENCE ................................................................................................................................... 41 ECONOMIC ............................................................................................................................... 44 ENVIRONMENT ......................................................................................................................... 62 FINANCE.................................................................................................................................... 64 IMPORTANT DAYS ..................................................................................................................... 78 INTERNATIONAL ........................................................................................................................ 82 MISCELLANEOUS ....................................................................................................................... 97 NATIONAL ............................................................................................................................... 103 PERSONS IN NEWS .................................................................................................................. 147 PLACES IN NEWS ..................................................................................................................... 153 ii Current Affairs – August 2016 REGIONAL ............................................................................................................................... 160 REPORTS ................................................................................................................................. 180 RESIGNATIONS & RETIREMENTS ............................................................................................. 187 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ........................................................................................................ 191 SPORTS ................................................................................................................................... 196 iii APPOINTMENTSCurrent Affairs – August 2016 1. Rani Singh Nair appointed as the Chairperson of CBDT Rani Singh Nair took over as the new chairperson of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) after Atulesh Jindal, who was appointed CBDT chief in February 2016, retired. Nair, a 1979-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the I-T cadre. She worked as member (Legislation and Computerisation) at CBDT. She will retire on October 31st, 2016. She is responsible to oversee effective execution of the ambitious one-time domestic black money disclosure programme, also called the Income Declaration Scheme (IDS). IDS is set to close on 30 September. 2. Anant Maheshwari appointed as the President of Microsoft India Anant Maheshwari has been appointed as the head of Microsoft in India. He will succeed Bhaskar Pramanik. Anant will join on September 1 as President and will take over the operations of the company with effect from January 1, 2017. As president, Maheshwari will be responsible for all of Microsoft’s product, service, and support offerings across India. Prior to this appointment, Maheshwari was President of Honeywell in India. Anant worked with McKinsey & Co. for six years where he worked with clients across multiple industries. 1 Current Affairs – August 2016 3. Sudhanshu Mani to take charge as the General Manager of Integral Coach Factory Sudhanshu Mani has been appointed as the General Manager of Integral Coach Factory. Prior to this appointment, he has served as Chief Mechanical Engineer in Rail Wheel Factory of Bengaluru. He has working experience of 36 years in Indian Railways in various fields of workshop management, railway operations, project management, planning and R&D. Owned and operated by the Indian Railways, Integral Coach Factory is the only manufacturer of rail coaches located in Chennai, established in 1952. 4. Deepak Iyer appointed as the MD of Mondelez India Deepak Iyer has been appointed as Managing Director of Mondelez International's India Business and will replace Chandramouli Venkatesan. He will be part of the Asia Pacific Leadership Team and report into Maurizio Brusadelli, EVP & President, Asia Pacific, Mondelez International. Prior to joining Mondelez, Deepak was Chief Executive and Managing Director at Bharti Axa General Insurance Co. Ltd. Before that, Iyer was CEO and Managing Director of chewing gum maker Wrigley India Pvt Ltd. He worked with PepsiCo Inc. for about 17 years across different roles and in different markets. 2 Current Affairs – August 2016 5. Bhaskar Khulbe appointed as the Secretary to the Prime Minister The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved appointment of senior IAS officer Bhaskar Khulbe as the secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He was Additional Secretary in Prime Minister's Office. Mr Khulbe is a 1983 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre. He looks after work related to Cabinet Secretariat and thrust areas of the government, among others. His appointment is effective 7th August. 6. CSS Corp appoints Manish Tandon as its new CEO CSS Corp, a global Technology Support company, has appointed Manish Tandon as its new Chief Executive Officer. He will take over from “Tiger” TG Ramesh. Manish is an IIT Kanpur alumnus and a Gold Medalist from IIM Bangalore. He has spent nearly two decades at Infosys building, delivering value to global clients across the IT-enabled Services value chain. He is currently the head of Healthcare & Life Sciences, Insurance and High- Tech Manufacturing businesses at Infosys. 7. Youssef Chahed elected as the new Prime Minister of Tunisia Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi announced Youssef Chahed as the new Prime Minister of the Tunisia, defeating Habib Essid. The announcement came after parliament removed Habib Essid in a vote of no-confidence because of his inability to handle economic reforms and security threat issues. Prior to this appointment, Youssef Chahed was handling duties minister for local affairs. The parliament took decision to overcome political disputes regarding inefficiency of tackling economic reforms. 3 Current Affairs – August 2016 8. Vijay Rupani elected as the new Chief Minister of Gujarat Vijay Rupani took oath as the 16th Chief Minister of Gujarat while Nitin Patel took oath as Deputy Chief Minister in the presence of Governor O P Kohli. Eight Cabinet ministers and 16 other ministers also took oath during the ceremony