August 1
1. “SlutWalk Delhi” – also known as Besharmi Morcha – originated in Toronto, Canada – a police officer remarked that women should avoid dressing up as sluts in order not to be victimised – Aim – unequal, unfair and the stereotyped treatment of women in society”
2. Winner, Hungarian Grand Prix 2011 – Jenson Button – McLaren
3. CONCACAF – North, Central American and Caribbean Zone
4. Country which is currently undergoing huge debt crisis – United States of America
5. Governor, RBI – D. Subbarao
6. Outgoing Indian Ambassador to USA – Meera Shankar – to be succeeded by Nirupama Rao
7. N.A.K. Browne – 23rd Indian Air Force Chief
8. Vayu Bhavan – Headquarters, Indian Air Force, New Delhi
9. Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple – was in news recently because of the valuables found in the temple – two committees have been appointed by the Supreme to look into this matter – One headed by C.V. Ananda Bose(5 member) and another by Justice M.N. Krishman(3 member)
10. ASHA – Accredited Social and Health Activist – ANM – Auxiliary Nurse-Midwife and Anaganwadi – All these organisations are directly responsible for the actual administration of vaccines against deadly diseases like polio, tuberculosis etc under National Rural Health Mission(NRHM)
11. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan – started in the year 2001-02
12. “Super 30” – started by Anand Kumar which food, lodging, coaching to talented students from unprivileged section of the society for IIT-JEE – started in the year 2003
August 2
1. Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha – Arun Jaitely
2. R. Balasubramaniam Committee - appointed by the Karnataka Lokayukta in to investigate irregularities and corruption in the PDS in the state
3. IMD – Indian Metrological Department
4. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister – Jayalalithaa
5. NMDC - National Mineral Development Corporation
6. United Nations Security Council, President – India – for August 2011 – assumed this position after 19 years – last assumed in 1992
7. Sinohydro - China's biggest State-run hydropower firm - signalled interest in supporting the construction of a major dam project in the Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK)
8. ‘Nizhalkuthu' - Adoor Gopalakrishnan's movie - selected for screening in the retrospective of all-time best films of India at the 63rd Locarno (Switzerland) Film Festival
9. National Institute of Virology – Pune
10. BJP president - Nitin Gadkari
11. Chairman, Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) – C. Rangarajan
12. Japan- Country with whom India has entered into Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) recently
13. Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) – Lausanne, Switzerland
14. Ronjan Sodhi – Indian Shooting Player - ranked No.1 in the world, as per the latest rankings released by the ISSF
August 3
1. ICC- in association with Sri Lanka Cricket and Ten Sports – to conduct first ever stimulated television umpire technology training course – Galle, Sri Lanka
2. National Football Academy – to be set up in Palin, Kolkata
3. NMDC – National Mineral Development Corporation – Chairma – Rana Som
4. Justice Foundation Kashmir Centre – London based group – Syed Ghulam Nadi (American Lobbyist accused of being ISI agent in USA) – he was associated with this group
5. Mossad – Israeli Spy Agency
6. Prime Minister, Nepal – Jhalanath Khanal
7. Chairman, Department Related Parliamentary Committee on HRD – CNR Rao
8. New Chairman, National Commission for Women – Mamta Sharma
9. Chairman, Central Board of Film Certification – Leela Samson
10. Union Minister for Roads and Highways – C.P. Joshi
11. CIDC – Construction Industry Development Council – established by Planning Commission
12. GTA – Gorkha Territorial Administration
August 4
1. Chief, Central Board Of Direct Taxes – M.C. Joshi
2. IMD – Indian Metrological Department
3. Ian Bell – England Cricketer who was in news recently because the run-out incident during India-England Test Series
4. New Chief Minister, Karnataka – Sadananda Gowda
5. Delhi Government and Shiela Dixit – indicted by CAG as regards CWG issue and money loss in it.
6. Right to Education Act – 2009
7. President, BCCI – Shashank Manohar
8. Hosni Mubarak – former Egypt President facing criminal charges including state sponsored state violence which killed 850 people
9. Chairman, Coal India Limited – N.C. Jha
10. Report on “Costumer Services in Banks” – Chaired by M. Damodaram, former chairman SEBI – under RBI
11. K.M. Mathew – former Editor Chief of Malayala Manorama – postage stamp picturing him has been released by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
12. Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh – N. Krian Kumar Reddy
13. Chief Minister, West Bengal – Mamta Banerjee – former Union Railway Minister
August 5
1. Governor, Karnataka – H.R. Bharadwaj
2. Food Safety and Standards Act of 2006 - came into force on August 5, 2011
3. m.v. Rak Carrier - sank nearly 20 nautical miles off the Mumbai coast – was transporting around 60,000 tonnes of coal
4. NAC training programme - with the Rajiv Education and Employment Mission (REEM) - provide jobs to 15 lakh youth during the next three years by developing their skills – Andhra Pradesh
5. (BIS) - Bureau of Indian Standards
6. Dr. AR. Lakshmanan, former Supreme Court Judge and former Law Commission chairman, - Appointed as Chairman of Indian Court of Arbitration for Sports (ICAS) – set up by The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) - eight member court
August 6
1. Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General of India – Rekha Gupta – released performance audit report of the Commonwealth Games 2010
2. Special Stamp released to mark 80th Anniversary of Rashtrapati Bhawan
3. Director, National Book Trust – M.A. Sikandar
4. Chairman, National Thermal Power Coroporation – Anup Roy Chowdhary
5. Raj Rajaratnam – accused in Hedge Fund Scam
August 7
1. Times Square - is a major commercial intersection in New York City
2. August 6 – Date when Nuclear Bomb was illuminated on Hiroshima – 66th Anniversary in 2011
3. NETA – North East Tea Association
4. 38th National Junior Aquatic Championship – Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
5. India’s biggest Car maker – Maruti Suzuki
6. Infosys – Country’s 2nd largest software exporter
7. Kingdom Tower –World’s tallest tower to be built in Saudi Arabia -1001 m
Burj Khalifa – at present it is the world’s tallest tower – 828 m
8. New Prime Minister, Thailand – Yingluck Shinawatra
9. Coast Guard – established in the year 1978
10. DCWA – Delhi Commonwealth Women’s Association
11. Chief Minister, Maharashtra – Prithviraj Chavan
12. 1st US-Japan-India Trilateral meeting – to be held in the year 2011 – November
13. Director, Aarakshan – Prakash Jha
14. ULFA – United Liberation Front of Asom – Chairman – Arabinda Rajkhowa
15. Subhash Chandra Agrawal – RTI activist who filed RTI application because of which Supreme Court Judges declared their assets publicly
16. NRHM – National Rural Health Mission
17. Rajasthan – state which has bagged award for e-district initiative and e-governance in rural areas at the e-World Forum 2011 – organised in New Delhi by Centre for Science Development and Media Studies (CSDMS)
August 8
1. Toronto Star – Canadian Newspaper which published the report recently accusing Chhattisgarh Minister for asking bribe from a contractor to build a road – Contractor – Mir Ali – Superbuild India
2. 64th Locarno Film Festival – 2011 – Switzerland
3. GAIL – Gas Authority of India Limited – A Navaratna Company
4. President of G-20 group for the year 2011 – France – represented by its President Nikolas Sarkozy
5. ISAF – International Security Assistance Force – NATO led security mission in Afghanistan
6. Chairman, Prime Minister Economic Advisory Council – C. Rangarajan
7. Management Effectiveness Evaluation of Tiger Reserves in India : Process and Outcomes 2010-11 – by Wildlife Institute of India and National Tiger Consevration Authority – lists major threat to three tiger reserves
8. “1298 Ambulances” – service providing emergency medical care to poor in Mumbai
9. Husk Power Systems –supply round-the-clock electricity generated from agricultural wastes – in the state of Bihar
10. Microblogs or “Weibos” – online platform used by Indian Embassy in China to reach out to young and Middle Class Chinese to present“modern” image of India.
11. Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission – Montek Singh Alhuwalia
12. Chief Minister, Rajasthan – Ashok Gehlot
August 9
1. Oommen Chandy – Special Vigilance Investigation court has ordered inquiry against him as regards financial irregularities in Palmolein Deal in the year 1992
2. Chairperson, National Commission for Minorities – Wahajat Habibullah
3. Union Minister for Rural Development – Jairam Ramesh
4. OECD – Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation – Headquarters – Paris
5. Hindustan Motors – manufactures Ambassador
6. SLR – Statutory Liquidity Ratio
7. The Goldman Sachs Group - an American investment banking and securities firm.
8. Chairman, Mahindra and Mahindra – Keshub Mahindra
9. “White Mouse” – code name for Nancy Wake – known for Allies’ (France, Poland, the United Kingdom etc.) servicewoman for her role in the French resistance during World War II
10. G-7 – Group of Industrialised Countries
11. VCAB – Vigilance and Anit-Corruption Bureau
12. Samacheer System – Uniform System of School Education – in the state of Tamil Nadu – disputed issue.
13. Secretary of State, United States – Hilary Clinton
14. Head, Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice – Abhishek Manu Singhvi
15. Chief Minister, Bihar – Nitish Kumar
16. Mission Mode Project – launched to implement an e-procurement for purchases made by various departments – by Union Ministry of Commerce – to be started in 10 states
17. 70th death Anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore celebrated in Kolkata
August 10
1. HRLN – Human Rights Law Network
2. London – City currently facing violence because of racial issues.
3. DMRC – Delhi Metro Rail Corporation – CMD – E. Sreedharan
4. Lt. Col. Prasad Purohit – Prime accused in 2008 Malegaon Blast
5. Karnataka – Champion, 38th National junior aquatic championship – held in Bhopal
6. Winner, Hash10 World Sim Championships – Aditya Mehta – held in Chennai – snooker
7. OVL – ONGC Videsh Ltd.
8. Sanjeev Bhatt – IPS officer suspended by Gujarat government in relation to 2002 Godhra Riots
9. “Aarakshan” – Movie which was in recent controversy in relation to its alleged significance with reservation issue.
10. B. Ramalinga Raju – Former Chairman, Satyam Computers – arrested since Satyam Fraud issue
11. Banswara – propose location of the Nuclear Power Plant to be built in the state of Rajasthan
12. BSF – Border Security Force
August 11
1. Mohammad Afzal Guru – covict of conspiracy in the case of the attack on the Indian Parliament in the year 2001
2. Antrix Corporation – Commercial Arm of Indian Space Research Organisation
3. “Reliance Tab” – a 3-G and Wi-Fi enabled android tablet – launched by Reliance Communications
4. Chairman, Committee to review the facilities for individuals under FEMA, 1999 – K.J. Udeshi – FEMA – Foreign Exchange Management Act
5. Mercedes-Benz – German luxury car maker
6. India’s biggest petroleum products retailer – Indian Oil Corporation – Chairman – R.S. Butola
7. Shi Lang – China’s Navy first aircraft carrier – named after admiral Shi Lang – bought from Ukraine
8. Prime Minister, England – David Cameron
9. Prime Minster, Pakistan – Yusuf Raza Gilani
10. CPI – Consumer Price Index
11. NICRA – National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture – to enhance the resilience of agriculture through development and application of improved production and risk management
12. Endosulfan - an off-patent organochlorine insecticide and acaricide – was in controversy because of its toxic nature and potential for bioaccumulation
13. Civil Aviation Minister – Vayalar Ravi
14. Article 300A, Indian Constitution – Right to property
15. Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy – was in controversy for gathering assets illegally – CBI inquiry has been ordered by the Andhra Pradesh High Court
16. P.C. Alexander – noted civil servant and administrator under the regime of Indira Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi – passed away recently
17. Alia – a cyclone which villages in Sundarbans in 2008 – in the State of West Bengal
18. Registrar General of India/ Census Commissioner – C. Chandramouli
19. IBSA – India, Brazil and South Africa
20. National Solidarity Day – to be celebrated on August 16 – for Senior Citizens
August 12
1. Chief Minister, Karnataka - D.V. Sadananda Gowda – Governor – H.R. Bharadwaj
2. Aarakshan – Movie recently banned by the state of Uttar Pradesh along with Punjab and Andhra Pradesh
3. Sarabjit Singh – Indian who was sentenced to death in 1991 over alleged involvement in bomb attacks in Lahore and Multan in 1990 – in Pakistan
4. Justice P.D. Dinakaran – Disputed Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court who resigned from his post – seeks to withdraw his resignation.
5. Nanavati Commission – Post Godhra Riots – in the year 2002
6. Chinese Premier – Web Jiabao
7. MD and CEO, Tata Motors – Carl Peter Forster
8. Justice Soumitra Sen – Calcutta High Court – found guilty of misbehaviour - Head, Committee to inquire to charges – Justice B. Sudarshen Reddy
- Rajya Sabha to consider impeachment motion against him
- guilty of collecting money from a purchaser of goods
- Proceedings under Article 124(4) read with Article 217(1)(b) of the Indian Constitution
9. 1991 – year when former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated
10. C
11. hairman, Public Accounts Committee – Murli Manohar Joshi – under Indian Constitution PAC chairman examines the CAG reports
12. NALSA – National Legal Service Authority – Executive Chairman, Justice Altamas Kabir
13. ENR – Enrichment and Reprocessing Technology
August 13
1. New CMD, Air India – Rohit Nandan
2. Justice Ranjana Desai – her name clear for the appointment as Supreme Court Judge – Presently only one woman judge is present in the Supreme Court – Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra – Other two judges whose names have been cleared by the Supreme Court Collegiu – Justice S.J. Mukopadhaya and Justice J.S. Khehar
3. Hasan Ali – person recently arrested for money laundering scam
4. 12th Five Year Plan – 2012-2017
5. National Human Rights Commission – established in the year 1993 – Present Chairman – Justice K.G. Balakrishnan
6. PAKSAT-1R – Pakistan’s 1st Communication Satellite – launched from China’s Sichuan Province
7. Durand Line – Separates Pakistan and Afganistan
August 14
1. Rahul Sharma – IPS officer chargesheeted by Gujarat government recently for not submitting the original CDs containing mobile phone call recordings relating to 2002 communal riots
2. SWAT – Special Weapons and Tactics
3. Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce – Shanta Kumar – recommended export of food grains to fetch farmers remunerative prices for their produce
4. GIMA – Global Indian Music Academy Award
5. England Cricket Team – recently gained number 1 Test spot from India after defeating the former in the test series
6. HPCL – Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
7. ONGC – Oil and Natural Gas Corporation – spread over 14 countries – celebrated 56th ONGC day recently
8. CSTO – Collective Security Treaty Organisation
9. Berlin Wall – constructed in the year 1961 between East Berlin and West Berlin - was destroyed in the year 1989 – 50th Anniversary to be celebrated in 2011 of its construction
10. Nepal – country which is currently facing political turmoil – Prime Minister – Jhalanath Khanal
11. Lt. Commander Firdaus Darabshah Mogal – awarded Shaurya Chakra recently – Navy office who died while saving six officers on the board
12. Union Rural Development Minister – Jairam Ramesh
13. Ram Jethmalani – prominent lawyer who filed a special leave petition which resulted into the formation of SIT on Black Money Issue – committee is headed by Justice B.P. Jeevan Reddy – Justice M.B. Shah is its vice- chairman
14. Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh – state from whom status of Tax Free Zone has been withdrawn recently by the Union Finance Ministry – Sikkim is the only the state to have this status till 2017
August 15
1. Fujia Plant – Dalian, China – recently it was in dispute for manufacturing Paraxylene chemical (PX) – safety issue
2. Aung San Suu Kyi – Myanmar political leader who was under house arrest for a long period of time – released recently
3. Shammi Kapoor – renowned Bollywood actor – passed away recently
4. Indian Independence Day 2011 – 65th anniversary
5. Lokpal and Jan Lokpal Bill - two versions of Lokpal bill which were in controversy recently
6. Nao Sena Medal – awarded for anti piracy operations
7. Bihar – State enacted Right to Service Act recently – “Adhikar” – software being used for this purpose
August 16
1. “Nafis-1” – Highjacked Iranian flagged ship captured by Indian Navy recently
2. Chief Minister, Gujarat – Narendra Modi
3. Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan – persons sentenced to death for Rajiv Gandhi assassination case
4. NSS – National Service Scheme – program under Department of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India – started in 1969
5. Shugnu Committee – appointed by the Prime Minister of India – to look into the matter of Commonwealth Games
6. President, Palestine – Mahmoud Abbas
7. Secretary General, United Nations – Ban-ki-Moon
8. ISI – Inter Services Intelligence – Pakistan’s intelligence Agency – formed in 1948 – Director – Ahmad Shuja Pasha
9. Google – American multination public corporation – internet search, cloud computing and advertising technologies – Chairman – Eric Schmidt –CEO – Larry Page – plans to acquire Motorola Mobility Holdings
10. ICC Mace – it is presented to the captain of No. 1 Cricket Test Team – handed over by M.S. Dhoni to Andrew Strauss
August 17
1. Attorney General – G.E. Vahanvati
2. MAKS 2011 – Moscow Air Show
3. Movieplex – a video destination allowing user to enjoy licensed full-length movie for free on Internet – launched by Yahoo India.
4. Competition Commission of India – established in the year 2003 – consists of 6 members
5. Knesset – Israeli’s Parliament – Prime Minister – Benjamin Netanyahu
6. Union Home Minister – P. Chindambaram
7. Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting – Ambika Soni
8. Prashant Bhushan – prominent lawyer who has been supporting Anna Hazare for Jan Lokpal Bill
9. Chairman, Competitive Appellate Tribunal – Justice Arijit Pasayat
10. Supreme Court of India – established on 26th January, 1950 – started its functioning on 28th January, 1950
11. Original strength of Supreme Court – Chief Justice of India and 7 other judges
August 18
1. Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha – Arun Jaitely
2. Chairman, Rajya Sabha and Vice President of India – Hamid Ansari
3. Sheila Masood – RTI activist who was shot dead in the city of Bhopal
4. C.K. Valson – to be honoured by the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) with Veteran Pin Award – for administrative and technical skill besides commitment, dedication and outstanding performance in the field of Athletics.
5. NADA – National Anti Doping Agency
6. MD and CEO, Maurit Suzuki India – Shinzo Nakanishi
7. Torami Nuclear Plant – Hokkaido, Japan – was in news because of the damage caused to it after earthquake
8. T- 50 – Sukhoi’s 5th Generation stealth fighter – jointly developed by Russia and India – regarded as a challenger to U.S. developed F-22 raptor
9. CEO, BhraMos – A. Sivathanu Pillai
10. M.B. Shah Commission – appointed by Gujarat Government to look into the corruption charges against it.
11. Radhakrishan Commission – on University Education
12. Justice P.B. Sawant Commission report – it held Social activist Anna Hazare guilty of corrupt practices.
13. Sharmila Tagore – she is a goodwill ambassador of the United Nation’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
August 19
1. Justice Soumtria Sen – Calcutta High Court judge against whom Rajya Sabha had successfully passed impeachment motion – 1st time in the history when a judge has been held culpable for charges against him
2. Rajiv Khel Ratna Award(2010-11) – Gagan Narang – Click here for full list of awards
3. World Athletics Championship, 2011 – Daegu, South Korea
4. Airtel – will be the title sponsor of Indian Grand Prix – CEO, Formula One – Bernie Ecclestone – CEO, Airtel – Sanjay Kapoor
5. Chairman and MD, Coal India Limited – N.C. Jha – Headquarters - Kolkata
6. Essar – company which has entered into an agreement with Bihar government to provide the former electricity through its power station located at Tori
7. President, Nepal – Ram Baran Yadav
8. 1991 – year when Soviet Union was destroyed – Mikhail Gorbachev – last leader of Soviet Union
9. Bashar-al-Assad –President, Syria who was recently asked by the U.S. President Barak Obama to resign from the post - for ferocious brutality against peaceful demonstrators by Syrian Forces
10. “10 percent” – maximum difference in marks which can be availed to OBC candidates under reservation system with respect to General Category
11. BRAI – Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India Bill, 2011
August 20
1. Forward Bloc – political party formed by Subhash Chandra Bose in the year 1939 – this part emerged out of Indian National Congress
2. PaschimBanga – New proposed Name of West Bengal
3. Infosys – India’s 2nd Largest Information Technology Company – co-founded by N.R. Narayana Murthy – in Pune – in the year 1981- Headquarters – Bangalore (Electronics City)
4. Sahitya Akademi Award – instituted in the year 1954
5. Aung San Suu Kyi – awarded Nobel Peace Prize in the year 1991
6. President, Myanmar – Thein Sein
7. UNIDO – United Nations Industrial Development Organisation – Headquarters – Vienna, Austria
8. National Manufacturing Policy –organisation of mega industrial zones with world class infrastructure facilities in various parts of India
9. Chairman, Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council – C. Rangarajan
10. GST – Goods and Services Tax
11. Rajiv Gandhi Action Plan for Disarmament – unveiled in the year 1988
12. National Security Advisor of India – Shiv Shankar Menon
13. Justice Nirmal Yadav – former Punjab and Haryana High Court Judge – was in dispute in relation to Cash-at-Door Scam – in the year 2008
14. Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana – launched in the year 2005
August 21
1. Manjit Bawa – famous Indian Painter who died in the year 2008
2. “INS Satpura” – indigenously built stealth frigate recently commissioned into the Navy – Navy Chief – Nirmal Verma
3. National Development Council – India’s Highest Policy Making Body
4. Supreme Court/High Court Judges submit their resignation to the President of India – recently Justice P.D. Dinakaran had submitted his resignation to the President Smt. Pratibha Patil
5. Praja Rajyam – party formed by famous South India Actor Chiranjeevi
6. Dispute Related to Posco Steel Project – in the state of Orissa
7. President, Russia – Dimitry Medvedev
8. Pope Benedict XVI – Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger – Nationality – German
9. 1979 Peace Treaty – between Israel and Egypt
10. Samsung – South Korean Company
11. Tiwa – Tribe in the state of Assam
August 22
1. 12th Five Year Plan – 2012-2017
2. Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice – Abhishek Manu Singhvi – currently looking into the issue of Lokpal Bill
3. Chief Minister, Bihar – Nitish Kumar
4. R.S. Sharma – Eminent Marxist Historian and Indologist – known for trenchant observations on ancient Indian society – passed away recently
5. EPZ – Export Processing Zone – Asia’s 1st EPZ was started in Kalanda(1965) – Special Economic Zone Policy was announced in the year 2000
6. President, Sri Lanka – Mahinda Rajpaksha
7. Hamas – Palestinian Sunni Islamic Political party which governs Gaza Strip
8. Dominique Strauss Kahn – Former Managing Director, International Monetary Fund – had to leave the post folling sexual assault charges against him
9. Under-20 Football World Cup – held in Bogota, Colombia – won by Brazil
August 23
1. Arvind Kejriwal, Shanti Bhushan, Prashant Bhushan – Civil Society Members who is supporting Jan Lokpal Bill
2. Tripoli – Capital, Libya – Libya is the country which is currently undergoing huge political chaos – Munammar Gaddafi – leader of Libya who was in news in this bedlam
3. Chief Election Commissioner – S.Y. Quraishi
4. Union Minister for Corporate Affairs – M. Verappa Moily
5. National Aerospace Laboratories – Bangalore
6. “Ramlila Maidan” – Place in New Delhi where Social Activist Anna Hazare had fasted for Jan Lokpal Bill
7. MSME – Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
8. Chairman and Group CEO, Bharti Enterprises – Sunil Mittal
August 24
1. Kanimozhi – politician accused in 2-G spectrum scam
2. State of Victoria, Australia – recently announced to set up its representative office in Mumbai
3. Jammu & Kashmir – state which was recently in news in relation to unmarked graves
4. CEPA – Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
5. Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar 2011 – N. Ramachandran – President, World Squash Federation
6. Union Commerce and Industry Minister – Anand Sharma
7. Chairman, All India Confederation of SC/ST organisations – Udit Raj – will present another version of Lokpal Bill to the Union Government – “Bahujan Lokpal Bill”
August 25
1. United Nations Convention against Torture – 1984
2. New Chairman, Press Trust Of India – M.P. Veerendrakumar
3. INS – Indian Newspaper Society
4. Baichung Bhutia – famous India Football player
5. Lamine Diack – re-elected as President of International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF)
6. Georgia – country with whom India has recently inked Document Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA)
7. CBDT – Central Board of Direct Taxes – Chairman, M.C. Joshi
8. Chairman, SBI – Pratip Chaudari
9. Moody’s Corporation – Global rating Agency – recently cut down rating of Japan from “Aa3” to “Aa2”
10. Secretary, BCCI – N.Srinivasan – to take over as President of BCCI in the month of September
August 26
1. BSNL – CBI has registered a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) against its officers in relation to Wimax ( Worldwide Interoperability microwave access)
2. Attari-Wagah Border – International Border between India and Pakistan
3. INS Kaurava – recently commissioned into Indian Navy – built by Garden Beach Shipbuilders and Engineers
4. Friends of Libya Meet – 2011 – Paris, France – President, France – Nocolas Sarkozy – intended to speed up humanitarian aid, medical supplies and other assistance to Libya
5. Best Risk Master Award – Indian Bank – under Public Sector bank category
6. Tim Cook – New CEO, Apple Inc. – Former CEO and Present Chairman – Steve Jobs – established in 1976
August 27
1. Justice R.A. Mehta – newly appointed Lokayukta of the state of Gujarat
2. Santhan, Murugan and G. Perarivalan – convicts to be hanged for Rajiv Gandhi assassination case – Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in the year 1991 – these convicts were sentenced to death in the year 1999
3. MCOCA – Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act
4. Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan – Indian players included in the Test Team of the year 2011 – Chairman, Selection Committee – Clive Lloyd
5. Sir Garfield Sobers Award – Awarded to the ICC Cricketer of the Year
6. Indian Players shortlisted for ICC awards –
Ø Sachin Tendulkar – for ICC Cricketer of the year – He won this award for the year 2010
Ø Gautam Gambhir – for ODI Player of the year
Ø M.S. Dhoni – for ICC Spirit of Cricket Award
7. World Athletics Championship 2011 – Daegu, South Korea
8. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) – Ranked as No. 1 in Tennis (Men’s) since July 2011
9. IBSF World Billiards Championship 2011 – Carlow, Ireland
10. 1st Test Cricket Championship – to be held in the year 2013
11. Naoto Kan – Japanese Prime Minister who had resigned recently
12. Prime Minister, England – David Cameron
13. “Report on Military and Security Development in China” – recently published by U.S. Defence Ministry – stated that China had been putting in place more advanced and solid-fuelled missiles to strength its border security
14. Pentagon – Headquarters of U.S. Department of Defence – located in Virginia
15. Mummar Gaddafi – autocratic ruler of Libya from 1969-2011 – abolished Libyan Constitution of 1951 – rebels who have been fighting against him have announced a price of $ 1.7 million to be given to the person who will bring him dead or alive to the rebels.
16. Wipro BPO – Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) arm of Wipro Technologies – opened its first Rural Centre in Manjakuddi Village (Tamil Nadu)
17. European Union – largest market of Indian Seafood exports
18. Federal Reserve System – Central Banking system of United States – Chairman – Ben Bernanke
19. Chairman, Committee to examine the BSNL’s action to shortlist bidders for WiMAX franchise (BSNL was in news recently in relation to 2-G scam) – Vijayalakshmi Gupta
20. Newly Appointed Governors –
Tamil Nadu – K. Rosaiah
Kerela – M.O.H. Farook
Goa – K. Sankaranarayanan
Madhya Pradesh – Ram Naresh Yadav
21. CERN – European Organisation for Nuclear Research – located in Geneva – Director-General – Rolf Heuer – CERN recently entered into a pact with Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata for scientific collaboration – Rolf Heuer was also honoured by the Saha Institute
22. Leader of House, Lok Sabha – Pranab Mukherjee
23. New Lokayukta, Bihar – Justice Chandra Mohan Prasad
August 28
1. “Iron Lady of Manipur” or “Mehgnaboi” – Irom Sharmila – has been fasting since 2000 for the revocation of Armed Forces Special Power Act, 1958
2. Indira Awas Yojana – to meet the housing demand of rural poor – lauched in the year 1985 – implemented as an independent scheme since 1996
3. “Irene” – Hurricane which created havoc in USA recently – North California Coast, New York City
4. Chairman and MD, ONGC – A.Z. Hazarika – Headquarters – Dehradun
5. TISCO – Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited – former name of Tata Steel – Headquarters – Mumbai
6. Agni-II – Intermediate range ballistic missile – developed by Advanced Systems Laboratory, Hyderabad – ranger – 2500 km –
7. Range of Agni-V – 5000 km – to be launched in December, 2011
8. Jaitapur – located in Maharashtra where nuclear plant is to be set up – Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission – Srikumar Banerjee
9. NRDWP – National Rural Drinking Water Programme
August 29
1. Most Favoured Nation status – to be conferred on India by Pakistan
2. Newly elected Prime Minister, Nepal – Baburam Bhattarai
3. Chief Minister, Jammu and Kashmir – Omar Abdullah
4. Jyoti Basu Nagar – new name of New Town, Kolkata – named after former Chief Minister of West Bengal Jyoti Basu
5. Usian Bolt – was in news recently leading his disqualification from in 100 m race at World Athletics Championships – held in Daegu, South Korea – consequently this race was won by Yohan Blake (Jamaica)
6. Winner, Belgium Grand Prix 2011 – Sebastin Vettal
7. General Parvez Musharaf – former President of Pakistan – declared as absconder by an anti-terrorism court of Pakistan
8. Tony Tan – newly elected President of Singapore
9. National Security Advisor – Shiv Shankar Menon
10. Salwa Judum - refers to Special Police Officers (SPO) appointed under Chhattisgarh Police Act, 2007 under a state sponsored counterinsurgency campaign started in Dantewada district of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh in 2005, which involved vigilante gangs accompanied by state security forces burning villages, killing people and forcing them into camps, as part of an effort to counter Naxalites
11. Chairman, Central Water Commission – A.K. Bajaj
12. Sunderbans – located in the state of West Bengal – World Bank has recently take up a mega project on Sunderbans for conserving its rich biodiversity and boasting socio economic development – Sunderbans is the largest single block of tidal of halophytic mangrove forest in the world
August 30
1. Koyna Hydroelectric Project – Largest Completed Hydroelectric Power Plant in India
2. LEED – Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design – Internationally recognized greed building certification system
3. Vikas Gowda – Indian Athlete (Discuss Throw)
4. President, FIFA (International Federation of Association Football) – Sepp Blatter – Headquarters – Zurich, Switzerland
5. Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata – friendly football match between Argentina and Venezuela will be held here
6. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award – carries prize money of Rs. 7.5 lakh – awarded to Gagan Narag for the year 2010-11
7. VSNL – former name of Tata telecommunications
8. Digital Mandi – Mobile Application developed by BSNL and IIT Kanpur
9. India-Africa CEO Forum 2011 – New Delhi
10. NFBC – Non-banking Finance Company
11. Indian Economic Services – celebrated its golden jubilee recently
12. Capital, Iran – Tehran
13. G.T. Nanvati- Akshay Mehta Judicial Inquiry Panel – probing into 2002 Gujarat Communal Riots
14. Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha – K. Rehman Khan
15. Fodder Scam – related to fraudulent withdrawal of money from government treasuries in the state of Bihar – 1995-96 case
August 31
1. Ram Jethmalani – prominent lawyer who appeared before Madras High Court in order to stay the Death Sentence of the convicts charged for Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case – hanging has consequently been stayed by the High Court
2. Suresh Kalmadi – Former President, Indian Olympic Association – Member of Parliament from Pune
3. Enforcement Directorate or Directorate General of Economic Enforcement – headquarters – New Delhi
4. David Rudisha (Kenya) – won 800 m men’s race at World Athletics Championships 2011 – Daegu, South Korea
5. Hockey World Cup – started in the year 1971 – Pakistan has won Hockey World Cup 4 times and it is the highest number.
6. Yoshihiko Noda – Newly elected Prime Minister of Japan - 6th Prime Minister of in last 5 years
7. BHEL – Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited – Union Government has recently 5 % of its stake in this Enterprise - Headquarters – New Delhi – Chairman and M.D. – B Prasad Rao
8. Union Law Minister – Salman Khursheed
9. Secretary General, Lok Sabha – T.K. Vishwanathan
10. Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice – Abhishek Manu Singhvi
11. Gujarat – State currently facing political turnmoil because of the appointment of new Lokayukta by the governor – Governor, Gujarat – Kamla Beniwal
12. Chairman, Tata Group – Ratan Tata
13. Tata Global Beverages – new name of Tata Tea Limited – also known as Tata Teltey – Tata Tea is world’s 2nd largest manufacturer and distributor of Tea
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