★☆★ IMP #Current #Affairs ★☆★ ----------------------------------------- ✔ Dinesh K Sarraf Recommended to be Next ONGC Chief. ✔ Nobel Laureate Irish writer Seamus Heaney died ✔ Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana Appointed New Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. ✔ Justice K.N.Basha Appointed as Chairman of the Intellectual Property Appellate Tribunal. ✔ 30 August was declared as the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances by the UN General Assembly. ✔ Robert Mugabe sworn in for 7th term as President of Zimbabwe. ✔ Telugu writer, novelist and columnist, Malathi Chandur, died in Chennai on 21 August 2013. ✔ 30-AUG-2013: GSAT-7, the first Indian defence satellite was launched by the European Arianespace’s Ariane 5 Rocket from the Kourou Spaceport of French Guiana. ✔ Typhoon Trami affected 3.61 Lakh People in China ✔ Scientists discovered new Super-Heavy Element with Atomic Number 115. The scientists have not named it yet but for time being it will be referred as, Ununpentium. ✔ Yasin Bhatkal, the Co-Founder of Indian Mujahideen, Arrested From Bihar. ✔ China and Pakistan to hold Joint Air Exercise called Shaheen (Eagle)-2. ✔ China rejected the proposal of Japan to hold talks on disputed Sekaku and Diaoyu islands. ✔ National Sports Day Observed on 29 August ✔ Nelson Mandela became the First Recipient of the Mahathir Award for Global Peace. ✔ Kerala state government laid the foundation stone of a Life Sciences Park, called Bio 360. ✔ Kapil Parakh Selected for White House Fellowship 2013-14. ✔ Former athlete Henry Rebello died in Gurgaon. ✔ Rajasthan Government Laid Foundation Stone for Worlds Largest Solar Park. ✔ Indian Weightlifting Federation President Birendra Prasad Baishya was appointed as the chairman of the Ethics Commission of the International Weightlifting Federation in Beijing. ✔ Malala Yousafzai won 2013 International Childrens Peace Prize. ✔ England cricket team won Ashes Test Series-2013 against Australia. ✔ National Food Security Bill passed in Lok Sabha on 26 August 2013. ✔ Banglades released the worlds first zinc- enriched rice variety capable of fighting diarrhoea and pneumonia-induced childhood deaths and stunted growth. ✔ Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi, the Eminent Indian Classical Singer Passed Away. ✔ Indian Weightlifting Federation President Birendra Prasad Baishya was appointed as the chairman of the Ethics Commission of the International Weightlifting Federation in Beijing. ✔ Thousands Killed in Toxic Gas Attack on Syrian Capital, Damascus. ✔ According to a survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit, the Australian city of Melbourne is the most liveable city in the world while conflict battered Syria‘s capital Damascus is the least liveable city. ✔ The government has set up a 7-member Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC) which will be headed by Parthasarathi Shome. ✔ Brigalia Bam, former head of South Africa’s election body, received the prestigious Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation ✔ The Government of India has decided to include Hysterectomies as a component in the National Family Health Survey-4. ✔ India overtakes Japan to become world’s 3rd largest Internet use. ✔ Amitabh Bachchan joined UN Campaign The World Needs More. The campaign seeks to turn words into real assistance for communities affected by humanitarian crises. ✔ J&K Government appointed One-man Commission to probe Kishtwar Communal Clashes. ✔ US Scientists Created the Most Precise Clock of the World. The clock is made up of the element ytterbium. Dont forget to like & share ! AdMiN»RAJ THE Knowledge Enhancer
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