Current Affairs August/September 2016


Who Won in Rio Olympics 2016?
USA

2020 Olympics will be held at
Tokyo Japan

Women’s record for most grand slam singles wins - Serena Williams

Two Pakistani sisters’ first sisters to pilot a Boeing 777 jet together - Maryam Masood, Erum Masood

Brazil's Senate Votes To Impeach President Dilma Rousseff
Brazil's New Presiden - Michel Temer



India in Rio Olympics medal
Sindhu - badminton – silver
Sakshi – kushti – brass

India at the 2016 Summer Paralympics winners
Rio Paralympics Gold medal winners – Mariyappan Thangavelu (high jump), Devendra Jhajharia (javelin throw)
Deepa Malik - Silver - Women's Shot Put- F53
Varun Singh Bhati - Bronze - Men's High Jump T42

500th test cricket of India against
New Zealand (at Kanpur)

Fastest Indian bowler to get 200 Test wickets (Second-fastest to 200 Test wickets)
R Ashwin, (37th Test)

 Indian cricket team selection committee chairman
M. S. K. Prasad

Mother Teresa canonized as Saint Teresa of Calcutta by Pope Francis

Who designed the capital city of Chandigarh
Le Corbusier

New reserve bank governor
Urjit Patel

New Ambassador to the US
Navtej Sarna

Recently listed in world heritage site of India
Kanjanjanga
Nalanda
Capital complex

Who won the first Indian premier futsal league?
Mumbai fives

Airports Authority of India chairman
Guruprasad Mohapatra

Who is the new chief executive officer of unique identification authority of India?
Ajay Bhushan Pandey

CPRF brand ambassador - PV Sindhu

India's official entry for Oscars 2017 in Foreign Language
"Visaranai" (language: Tamil) directed by Vetrimaaran



Kerala


New Kerala high court chief justice
Mohan Shantanagoudar


Kerala Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi chairperson
K. P. A. C. Lalitha

Envisioned Youth for Enriched Society (EYES) launched in Idukki – a programme to direct the young generation to the possibilities of modern education

State sports council president
TP Dasan

K G George - wins 2015 J C Daniel Award
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