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Current Affairs August 2017 Pdf CURRENT AFFAIRS AUGUST 2017 PDF AWARDS AND HONOURS NAME OF THE AWARD AWARD WINNER KEY POINTS TO NOTE Bharat Gaurav – East Bengal’s Dhanraj Pillay He is Former India hockey captain highest honour National Geographic Sergio Tapiro Velasco For photographing Mexico’s Colima Photographer of The Year volcano Prem Nazir’ award Actor Sharada She is national award winner World’s Highest Paid Author by JK Rowling ─ Forbes Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Sardar Singh (Hockey awards player) ─ Devendra Jhajharia (Paralympian) Asia Society Game Changers Dev Patel He is Indian-origin actor Award Best Skilling India award on ASSOCHAM NACER Indian of the Year Debraj Shome India Leadership Conclave Title of National Champion Sravanth Malla 2017 South Asian Spelling Bee Hindu Playwright Award 2017 Gerish Khemani and Akshat In Search of Dariya Sagar Nigam Hugo Award for Best Novel N.K. Jemisin For her work “The ObeliskGate”. 2017 Green Marketer’ Award Hindustan Unilever Marquee Awards 2017 AAAI Lifetime Achievement Roda Mehta Award 2017 Environment Excellence National Aluminium Appreciation Award in large mines Awards 2016-17 Company (NALCO) category Marconi Lifetime Award Thomas Kailath He is Pune -born Stanford Professor Kesari Media Award T J S George Veteran journalist Sena Medal Gallantry award Major Mitali Madhumita The first woman officer to receive Best performance Corporation Bank Conferred by NABARD Best performer award Karnataka Vikas Grameen Conferred by NABARD bank 7th Dr. Ambedkar award Bappi Lahiri ─ Prestigious Agriculture Telangana Chief Minister K For his innovative services rendered Leadership Award 2017 Chandrashekhar Rao to the welfare of farmers Arjuna Award 2017 Oinam Bembem Devi Durga of Indian football Miss India America 2017 LaRoda Los Angeles, California 2017 Biju Patnaik Award Digambar Behera. For Scientific Excellence 2017 DigitAnalysis’ award Tata Docomo For best Wi-Fi services in North India Women Transforming India Laxmi Agarwal, Safeena NITI Aayog, in partnership with Awards 2017 Husain, Kamal Kumbhar, MyGov and the United Nations, Subasini Mistry, Arunima announces winners Sinha, Jamuna Tudu 1 | Page www.DayTodayGK.com CURRENT AFFAIRS AUGUST 2017 PDF Saraswati Samman Mahabaleshwar Sail Eminent Konkani writer Dhyan Chand Award 2017 Samurai Tete Former India Women’s Hockey captain APPOINTMENTS NAME DEPT/ FIELD Sameer Garde President for SAARC operations Dhirendra Swarup Chairman of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Sanjaya Baru secretary general of FICCI Devendra Chawla COO of Walmart India Harmanpreet Kaur DSP of Punjab government Hassan Rouhani President of Iran S Aparna Executive Director of World Bank Rajiv Kumar Vice-Chairperson of NITI Aayog Akshay Kumar Brand ambassador of the Swachh Bharat Mission in UP Air Marshal Hemant Narayan Bhagwat Air Officer-In-Charge Administration Of Indian Air Force Prabhat Kumar Ambassador of India to the Republic of Kazakhstan Mohammad Mustafa CMD of SIDBI Ushanath Banerjee Chairman of Transfers Dispute Committee Venkaiah Naidu 13th Vice President of India Woody Johnson US Ambassador to UK Justice Dipak Misra Next Chief Justice of India Madan Lal Head of DDCA Cricket Affairs Committee Indian American Dilip Chauhan Deputy Comptroller for Minority Affairs in New York Vinay Dube CEO of Jet Airways Uhuru Kenyatta Kenya President Prasoon Joshi Censor board chief I V Subba Rao Secretary to Vice President David Rasquinha MD of Exim Bank Milkha Singh WHO’s goodwill ambassador SY Quraishi Administrator of Archery Association of India P.B. Balaji CFO of Tata Motors Group Shashi Shekhar Vempati Chief of Rajya Sabha TV Santosh Sharma CMD of Hindustan Copper Limited Sankara Rao IFCI Chief Executive Neil Chatterjee Chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Sankara Rao Chief Executive of IFCI Sandhu-Rojon UN deputy representative for West Africa Neymar da Silva Santos Goodwill ambassador of Handicap International Nikolay Kudashev Russia’s envoy to India Vishpala Reddy Chief People’s Officer of Uber Dharmendra Kumar DG of Railway Protection Force Sohail Mahmood Pak’s High Commissioner to India Sanjiv gupta President and MD of General Motors India Dr. Mamta Suri Executive director of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) Ajay Vipin Nanavati Chairman of Syndicate Bank N B Gupta Director of Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC) 2 | Page www.DayTodayGK.com CURRENT AFFAIRS AUGUST 2017 PDF Rajiv Bansal Interim Air India CMD Ashwani Lohani CMD of Railway Board Chairman Nandan Nilekani Chairman of Infosys Board Justice Dipak Misra 45th Chief Justice of India Roopa Purushothaman Chief Economist & Head of Policy Advocacy Mohammad Mustafa Chairman of SIDBI Ashish Chauhan CEO of BSE Board Dara khosrowshahi CEO of Uber Surina Rajan Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards Rajiv Kumar Secretary, Department of Financial Services N. Baijendra Kumar Chairman & Managing Director, National Mineral Development Corporation Anita Karwal Chairperson of Central Board of Secondary Education Ranjan Kumar Ghose Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General Sunil Arora Election Commissioner R.K. Raghavan High Commissioner of India to Cyprus Rajiv Gauba Union Home Secretary INDIAN AFFAIRS NITI Aayog Vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya steps down Niti Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya has resigned from his position and said he will return to academia. He said he has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to relieve him of his duties by August 31 as he was not getting an extension of leave from Columbia University. The 62-year-old Panagariya is an Indian-American economist and Professor of Economics at Columbia University. It is known for his market-friendly views and is a close associate of well-known trade economist Jagdish Bhagwati. ‘RAJASWA GYANSANGAM’ scheduled to be held at vigyan bhawan in New Delhi ‘Rajaswa Gyansangam’ is going to be held on 1st and 2nd September, 2017 at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate this two day Conclave on the 1st day of September, 2017. The main reason of this inauguration will be on GST as well as on unearthing black money. The Tax Officers of the State Governments will also be invited for discussion for the first time on the GST related issues during the 1st day of the two day Conclave SWACHH SURVEKSHAN-2018 launched toassess sanitation in all 4,041 cities, towns Union Government launched ‘Swachh Survekshan-2018’ to rank all the 4,041 cities and towns in the country based on infrastructure development for improved sanitation services and their sustainability, outcomes, citizen connects and visible impact on the ground. Under the survey launched by Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, 500 cities withmore than 1 lakh population and state and UT capitals will have all-India ranking. Also, 3,541 cities with less than 1 lakh population will have state and zonal rankings. 3 | Page www.DayTodayGK.com CURRENT AFFAIRS AUGUST 2017 PDF Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi launches Jiyo Parsi Publicity Phase-2″ in Mumbai Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Minority Affairs & Parliamentary Affairs Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi that the NDA Government has been working with commitment to “inclusive growth” and “Antyodaya” to ensure prosperity, security and dignity of the last person of the society. The main objective of the “Jiyo Parsi” scheme is to reverse the declining trend of Parsi population by adopting a scientific protocol and structured interventions, stabilize their population and increase the population of Parsis in India. Supreme Court no to use of heavy metals in firecrackers Citing health hazards, the Supreme Court asked firecracker manufacturers not to use heavy metals like lithium, antimony, mercury, arsenic and lead and chemical elements like antimony “in any form whatsoever” in their products. The apex court held that it is the responsibility of the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO) toensure compliance with ban order particularly in Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu where there are a large number of firecracker manufacturers. Mukesh ambani Asia’s second richest with $34.8 bn Mukesh Ambani is Asia’s second-richest man second-richest man and the chairman of Reliance Industries Limited(RIL) added $12.1 billion to his wealth in 2017. Jio Network took just nine months after launching with a free introductory offer to rope in 117.3 million users and become India’s fourth-largest operator, according to Government data. Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) was established in 1966 in Maharashtra. Government Forms Panel To Suggest Data Protection Framework The government has constituted a 10-member committee to recommend a framework for securing personal data in the increasingly digitised economy as also address privacy concerns and build safeguards against data breaches. The formation of the panel comes amid concerns over personal information being compromised with increasing use of biometric identifier Aadhaar in an array of services – from filing tax returns to availing government doles. Govt launches e-RaKAM portal for selling agri produce The government has launched a portal, e-RaKAM, to provide a platform to sell agricultural produce. The portal is a joint initiative by state-run-auctioneer MSTC and Central Warehousing Corporation arm CRWC. Launching the portal with Steel Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said the effort should be to auction 20 lakh tonnes of pulses in the first phase through the platform. 4 | Page www.DayTodayGK.com CURRENT AFFAIRS AUGUST 2017
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