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§ The
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campus started functioning from a
temporary campus at which place recently?
Valayar,
Palakkad (Kerala)
§ The
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) signed first rollback unilateral advance
pricing agreement (APA) on August 3, 2015 with a US firm for how many days?
Nine
Years
§ Who
has notified that Social Security Agreement (SSA) signed with Canada in 2013
has come into force with effect from August 1, 2015?
Employees
Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)
§ Who
launched the second version of the India Energy Security Scenarios 2047
calculator (IESS 2047), an open source Web-based tool which can be used to
explore different energy scenarios?
NITI
Aayog
§ The
Union Minister for Information Technology and Telecom, Ravi Shankar Prasad
launched an unique telemedicine initiative for health care in India. What is
that?
SEHAT
§ Whose
decadal population as per religion in India grew by 24.6% between 2001 and
2011?
Muslims
§ The
Andhra Pradesh government entered into an agreement with which trust for
community empowerment and improvement of overall living standards of people in
246 villages in the Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituency?
Tata
Trusts on August 24, 2015
§ Which
State has launched Rajiv Gandhi Illuminating Scheme for Hill Town Advancement
(RISHTA) an efficient smart street lighting project recently?
Himachal
Pradesh
§ Which
High Court stayed implementation of Compulsory Voting in local polls recently?
Gujarat
High Court
§ The
Union government approved signing and ratification of the agreement between
India and which Island country for exchange of information with resoect to
taxes to check black money generation?
Seychelles
INTERNATIONAL
§ Egypt’s
government has inaugurated an $ 8 billion expansion of the Suez canal on August
6, 2015. The project, dubbed as the New Suez Canal, was started in August, 2014
for the expansion of which Bypass?
Ballah
Bypass
§ A
ceremony is observed to mark the 70th anniversary of the Nagasaki
atomic bombing in Nagasaki, Southern Japanese city. What was the name of the
atomic bomb that was dropped from a US Boeing B-29 Super fortress bomber named
the Enola Gay on Nagasaki?
Fat
Man
§ Which
radical militants of Sunni seized key towns in Central Syria after heavy
clashes with country’s military forces?
Islamic
State Group
§ India
formally gifted which Indian Coast Guard Vessel to the Sri Lanka Navy at a
ceremony held at the port of Colombo on August 28, 2015 according to naval
customs and traditions?
Varaha
§ Minister
of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan and Minister of
Commerce and Supplies of Nepal Sunil Bahadur Thapa signed an MoU recently on
which cooperation?
Petroleum
Product Pipeline
§ Which
British was elected as new International Association of Athletics Federation
(IAAF) President at the 50th IAAF Congress?
Sebastian
Coe
§ Which
party has emerged as largest group by winning 106 seats in a 225 member Sri
Lankan parliamentary election 2015?
United
National Front
§ The
Financing Agreement for World Bank (IIDA) assistance of $ 104.00 million and $
308.40 million for Additional Financing under National Cyclone Risk Mitigation
Project – I & II (NCRMP – I & II) was signed between whom?
Government
of India and World Bank
§ The
report ‘World Population Prospects : The 2015 Revision’, released by the United
Nations revealed that which country is expected to surpass China by 2022 to
become the world’s most populous nation?
India
§ Rafael
of Israel and India’s which group are forming a manufacturing Joint Venture
(JV) to produce Spike Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGM) in India?
Kalyani
Group
§ Which
country received $ 336 million from the USA for its ongoing role in combating a
Taliban insurgency in neighbouring Afghanistan?
Pakistan
§ Which
Bank has signed $ 300 million loan pact with the government of India to support
the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM)?
Asian
Development Bank
§ A
Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) was signed between which government and
Google to launch the Google Loon broadband floating towers ECONOMYNEXT project
in Sri Lanka?
Sri
Lanka
ECONOMY & BANKING
§ Which
advertising agency has bagged the Tourism Ministry’s Incredible India
advertising campaign for the period of three years, recently?
McCann
India
§ Google
has unveiled a surprise restructuring on August 10, 2015 by creating a new
parent company. What is its name?
Alphabet
§ The
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has amended income tax rule to provide
reporting of information with regards to financial assets and accounts to
comply with which pact?
Foreign
Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)
§ As
per the data released by the US Department of Agriculture, which country
retains its top spot as the world’s largest exporter of beef and has extended
its lead over the next highest exporter, Brazil?
India
§ Which
board has launched a raft of measures on August 2, 2015 to support farmers by
offering various subsidies and sensitise them on the need to enhance the
quality of spices through post-harvest improvement techniques, as a part of
boosting spices production in India?
Spices
Board
§ Which
cycles picked up majority stake in UK-based Avocet Sports in its first overseas
acquisition and marked entry into high-end bicycle market in Europe?
Hero
Cycles
§ Which
Hyderabad-based renewable energy company has agreed to sell its India assets to
Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), recently?
Greenko
§ Who
allowed banks in India to tie-up with more than one insurer i.e., 9, from life,
non-life and standalone health insurance segments?
IRDAI
§ Which
scheme has been acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records for being
the largest cash transfer programme (households)?
Pahal
SCIENCE & TECH
§ India
successfully launched its latest communication satellite GSAT-6 on August 27,
2015 by the indigenously built Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV)-
D6 from which station?
Satish
Dhawan Space Centre (Sriharikota)
§ A
team of chemists at George Washington University, United States have developed
recently a technology to economically convert atmospheric CO2
directly into highly valued carbon nanofibres for which use?
Industrial
and Consumer Products
§ Which
State government announced that 15 gharials, the last surviving species of the
family-Gavialidae will be released in the Beas belt near HarikePatan as part of
its plan to make it a habitat of the species?
Punjab
§ Which
country recently, declared the effective end to a deadly outbreak of
Middle-East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)?
South
Korea
§ China
launched two new satellites into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center
in South-Western Sichuan province on July 25, 2015 as it develops its domestic
navigation system. What is the name of that system?
Beidou
or Compass
§ Union
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and State governments of
Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra collaborated for artificial breeding of
which bird?
The
Great Indian Bustard
§ Indian
Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully test-fired Geosynchronous
Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark III on ground CE-20 at the ISRO Propulsion
Complex at which place?
Mahendragiri
(Tamil Nadu)
SPORTS
§ Who
on August 2, 2015 fully recognised the World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF),
ultimate frisbee’s governing body, during its 128th session in Kuala
Lumpur (Malaysia)?
International
Olympic Committee (IOC)
§ Which
Indian women’s recurve archery team had claimed silver as they defeated in the
World Championship final by Russia held in Copenhagen (Denmark)?
Team
of DeepikaKumari, LamiraniMajhi and RimilBuriuly
§ Who
has won world both 100 and 200 m title by outstripped his rival Justin Gatlin
of US who won silver medal in the World Athletics Championships held in Beijing
(China)?
Usain
Bolt
§ Which
team won the Guru Tegh Bahadur Hockey title by defeating defending champions
Army XI?
Air
India
§ Who
won the 2015 Hungarian Grand Prix of Formula One (F1)?
Sebastian
Vettel
§ Which
Young Indian golfer has won the junior world golf title on July 22, 2015 held
in Las Vegas?
ShubhamJaglan
Miscellaneous
§ Which
senior IPS officer has been given the charge the Chief of the Enforcement
Directorate (ED) by the government?
Karnal
Singh
§ Global
technology and consultancy giant Accenture appointed whom as Chairman of its
India operations, recently?
RekhaM.Menon
§ Who
has been awarded with the PATWA an affiliate of United Nations WTO i.e., Safari
India South Asia Travel Award for the year 2015 under the category of Best
Tourism Minister?
DilipParulekar
(Minister, Goa Tourism)
§ Who
has sworn-in as the Head of a caretaker government of Greece, recently?
VassilikiThanou
§ Which
former India captain has been elected recently as the President of the
Association of Indian Statisticians and Scorers of India at its Annual General
Meeting (AGM)?
DilipVengsarkar
§ Which
Syrian-based journalist has been named for the recipient of the 2015 Peter
Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism?
ZainaErhaim
§ Which
Greek Prime Minister resigned with a hope to strengthen his hold on power in
snap elections after seven months in office in which he fought Greece’s
creditors for a better bailout deal but had to cave in?
Alexis
Tsipras
§ In
order to minimise the systemic risk at Reserve Bank of India panel has recommended
about the conversion of Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs), which have a revenue of
more than Rs. 20000 crores into regular banks. Who headed that panel?
R.Gandhi
§ Which
Malayalam actor known for his comedic roles and last seen on-screen in ‘Changathikoottam’
in 2009 has died recently?
ParavoorBharathan
§ Which
eminent Historian writer of Maharashtra has been conferred with Maharashtra
Bhushan Award 2015 in literature category?
BalwantMoreshwarPurandare
§ Which
Bangladesh novelist has been awarded with Britain’s oldest literary prize, the
James Tait Black award, at the Edinburgh International Book Festival?
Zia
Haider Rahman
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