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Contents:
Important Dates and events3

Appointments ..4

Awards and Honors...5

Agreements6

Other Important Updates.6

National News..7

International News....10

Business News...12

Defence News.14

Science and Technology News...15

Sports News.15

Resignations and Retirements17

Obituary News18

Current Affairs 2017 PDF Collection...19

More Current Affairs....19

More Important GK Sections...19

Recommendations..19

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Important Dates and Events

1st August is celebrated as World Breastfeeding Week.

Dukpa Tse Shi is celebrated on August 3rd.

Seoul International Youth Film Festival is celebrated on 5th August

6th August is celebrated as the International Friendship Day.

Hiroshima Day is celebrated on 6th August.

On 6th August Leicester Caribbean Carnival took a kick start.

International Forgiveness Day is celebrated on August 6th.

7th August is celebrated as the Raksha Bandhan.

World Cat Day is Celebrated on August 8th.

9th August is celebrated as Quit India Movement Day.

Nagasaki Peace Day is celebrated on 9th August.

International Lefthanders Day is celebrated on August 13th.

13th August is celebrated as the International Youth Day.

August 15th is celebrated as Indian Independence Day.

Liberation Day of Korea is observed on 15th August.

17th August is the Parsi New Year.

World Photography Day is celebrated on August 19th.

21st August is the Ninoy Aquino Day.

Womens Equality Day is celebrated on 26th August.

29th August resembles the Telugu Language Day.

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National Sports Day of India is observed on August 29th.

Appointments

Kelly sworn takes charge as Trumps second chief of staff.

Sameer Garde takes the position of Cisco president.

Bombay Stock Exchange appoints Dhirendra Swarup as their new chairman.

PAYBACK India appoints Gautan Kaushik as their new CEO.

Punjab Government appoints Indian women cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur as the new DSP in the
state police.

Small Industries Development Bank of India appoints Mohammad Mustafa as their new
Chairman and Managing Director (CMD).

Rajiv Kumar the next vice chairman of NITI Aayog.

Akshay Kumar the Bollywood actor is the brand Ambassador of the Swachh Bharat Mission in
UP.

World Bank appoints IAS Officer from Gujarat S. Aparna as Executive Director.

Dilip Chauhan the Indian-American takes the appointment as the Deputy of Comptroller of
Minority Affairs of Newyork Nassau Country.

Manju Deshbandhu Gupta takes the appointment as the chairman of Pharmaceutical company
Lupin.

IFS Officer Reenat Sandu is the new ambassador of San Marino.

Ian Narev, CEO of Commonwealth Bank of Australia will retire in June 2018.

Earthport appoints Sandeep Gupta as the new India head.

Tata motors appointment of P B Balaji as the new Chief Financial Officer.

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General Motors India appoints Sanjiv Gupta as the president and MD.

Rear Admiral Travis Sinniah takes the appointment as the chief of Sri Lankas naval forces.

Russia President Vladimir Putin appoints Nikolay Kudashev as Russia New Envoy to India.

CTS Appoints Ramkumar Ramamoorthy in the newly created role of executive director of India.

Dharmendra Kumar takes the appointment as the director general of Railway Protection Force.

Ashwani Lohani takes the appointment as the new Railway Board Chairman.

Rajiv Bansal takes the appointment as Air Indias Interim Chairman after Ashwani Lohani.

Vishal Sikka will join Hewlett Packard Enterprise as its CTO.

Union Minister Smriti Irani and Amit Shah took oath as Rajya Sabha MPs.

Air India appoints Rajiv Bansal as its interim chief.

Dara Khosrowshahi is the new CEO of Uber.

Justice Dipak Misra takes oath as Chief Justice of India.

Dara Khosrowshahi is new CEO of Uber.

Taj appoints Puneet Chhatwal as new CEO.

Awards and Honors


East Bengal Football Club honours Dhanraj Pillay with Bharat Gaurav award.

Dev Patel to get an honour with Asia Society Game Changers Award at New York.

The Kalpana Chawla award is given to the former State under-19 cricket captain Preethi
Srinivasan.

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Agreements

ISRO to Sign MoU to Sync desi GPS with IST.

A Memorandum of Association (MoA) has signed to set up a regional center of the global rice
research institute IRRI in Varanasi.

Patanjali to teams up with Facebook, Google to push online advertisement.

Indonesia and Russia sign a new deal.

Amazon India signed MoU with Telangana State Handloom Department.

A power purchase agreement deal has linked with Amplus Energy Solutions and Honda
Motorcycle.

During Deubas Delhi Visit India and Nepal will Sign a MoU Worth $250m.

Other Important Updates


Top 10 Best Airports in the World according to Business Insider

1. Singapore Changi International Airport (SIN)


2. Tokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)
3. Incheon International Airport (ICN)
4. Munich Airport (MUC)
5. Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)
6. Doha Hamad International Airport (DOH)
7. Central Japan International Airport (NGO)
8. Zurich Airport (ZRH)
9. London Heathrow Airport (LHR)
10. Frankfurt Airport (FRA)

Worlds Top 10 Cleanest Airports according to Skytrax

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1. Tokyo Haneda
2. Seoul Incheon
3. Centrair Nagoya
4. Taiwan Taoyuan.
5. Tokyo Narita
6. Singapore Changi.
7. Hong Kong
8. Zurich
9. Kansai Osaka
10. Doha Hamad

Worlds Busiest airports in World according to Business Insider.

1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

2. Beijing Capital International Airport.

3. Dubai International Airport.

4. Los Angeles International Airport.

5. Tokyo International Airport.

6. Chicago O'Hare International Airport.

7. Heathrow Airport.

8. Hong Kong International Airport.

9. Shanghai Pudong International Airport.

10. Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.

National News

National Mission for cleaning Ganga has approved 7 projects.

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Ministry of Health and Family welfare has made a release to the operational Guidelines for
planning and implementation of FPC.

The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs made a launch to Jiyo Parsi Publicity Phase-2 in Mumbai,
Maharashtra under the Jiyo Parsi scheme.

Jammu and Kashmir government begins building of 100 bunkers along LoC in Rajouri.

RC Khuntia will replace Digvijaya Singh as Congress Telangana in charge.

Modi launches the third cleanliness survey which is called Swachh Survekshan.

Senior bureaucrats and Central Ministers to move in electric vehicles from November.

The Union Cabinet gave an approval for the completion of North Koel Reservoir Project.

To suggest Data Protection Frame work Government forms Panel.

e- RaKAM Portal is launched by the government for selling agri produce.

Modi the PM of India announces Rs 2,350 crore relief package for floods in North East region.

The railway Projects worth Rs 3,600 crore got approval by CCEA.

India to construct hydro electric power by world bank approval.

T K Vishwanath made a committee on Fair Market conduct which is a set up of SEBI.

NCTL has approved the merger of two telecommunication company Bharti Airtel and Telenor
India.

In New Delhi, the Government of India launches the 2nd AGRI-UDAAN program.

From 1st October Aadhaar number is mandatory for the registration of death.

For Development of North-Eastern Region, the first meeting of the Japan-India Coordination
forum took place in New Delhi.

Maharastra Government dedicates 10 motorbike ambulances.

Jayanth Sinha in Bengaluru launches the Indias First Heli-taxi service.

GST Shiksha hub for small enterprise announced by TCS.

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Britannia to set up its largest plant in Maharastra.

Bombay High court issued that 14 years below children are not allowed to participate in
Dahi Handi.

From Green Climate Fund the Maharastra Government is likely to raise $270m.

In Mumbai, the Inaguaration of Dawn of Cruise Tourism in India has taken place.

As per Oxford Economics Asia fastest growing city is Delhi.

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Launches Day care facility.

The 15th Vice President of India was sworn in at Rashtrapati Bhawan.

Bhopal will host the India ASEAN Youth Summit.

A video of the Indian National Anthem in sign language is released by Union Minister of State
for HRD Mahendra Nath Pandey.

The Jharkhand Assembly passed the anti-conversion Bill.

Union Minister DharmendraPradhan commissioned Indian Coast Guard ship Shaurya in Goa.

Indias No.1 retailer Defence Canteen to go Online.

PM Modi pays tribute to Sri Aurobindo on his 145th birth Anniversary on 16 th August 2017.

In West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress has made a clean sweep in civic polls.

President Ram Nath Kovind to took a day long trip to Leh on 21st August.

To make Money off Assets Air India to Sell 41 Flats in Mumbai.

A new 50 Rupee Note will be introduced by RBI.

From next year IIT Exam will completely online say the officials.

9 Cities in India will get an extra 313km of Metro lines say the officials.

Bharatiya Janatha Party plans Sushasan Yatra.

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IS announces the death of chief recruiter of India Yousuf Al Hindi in Syria.

Government launches global hunt worth over $5 billion for 234 naval helicopters.

Worlds Largest March Against Child Trafficking to Host by India.

BJP Resolve To Launch State Wide Campaign Against The Mining Scam In Odisha.

Amit Shah took oath As Rajya Sabha MP on 25th August.

PM Modi, Shashi Tharoor Feature In LinkedIn 2017 Power Profiles List.

Cabinet Approves New Bridge At Indo-Nepal Border.

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik launched the grid connected rooftop solar project.

Arun Jaitley in Hyderabad at BDL inaugurates Rocket Motor Test Facility.

On his 67th birthday PM Modi to kick off Gujarat poll campaign.

Karnataka govt to bring in universal health cover.

Ruling parties BJP, TDP and AAP won in all four Assembly by polls.

Niti Aayog Awards 12 Women For Transforming India.

From West Bengals Ishapore India Gets Its Own Sniper Rifle.

Yogi Govt Forms Three-Minister Panel to Help Home Buyers.

To attend Eastern Economic Forum Sushma Swaraj to visit Russia.

Raju Shetti leaves NDA.

UP-100, the most ambitious police project is now ISO certified.

International News

Longest Pedestrian Suspension Bridge in the World has open in Switzerland.

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India Bhutan new agreement on trade & Transit came into force.

Indian and China are the home of Internet says the UN Report.

For Qatari Pilgrims, for Haj, the Saudi Arabia government will open Salwar Border Point.

India and Turkmenistan will hold a meeting to enhance trade and boost scientific and
technological cooperation.

In South America Venezuela the Zoo animals are stolen and eaten says the Police

Pakistan celebrated its 70th Independence day on 14th August 2017.

Christopher Wary will lead the FBI.

Vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Lee Jae-Yong convicted of bribery.

India and Russia will hold war games in October.

In Japan Wood is the new steel to make ever lighter vehicles.

The US Says to Americans to leave North Korea before the ban kicks in on September 1.

Itay and Qatar Sign nearly $6 billion deal for Warships.

Iranian President threatens for the new restart of the nuclear program.

To enhance the business relations between US and India, US- India Strategic Partnership Forum
(USISPF) is being set up.

Qatar becomes first Arab Country to offer permanent residency to noncitizens.

Al-Jazeera the news network is ready to ban by Israel.

Along the India Pakistan Border, Government plans for the installation of the 24X7 virtual
fence.

India and Iran made a commitment for early completion of Chabahar Port.

A bill for transgenders is made to introduce in Pakistan Parliament.

Malala Yousafzai the Noble Laureate will study at Oxford.

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In Belgian, the sale of petrol car sales has over taken diesel for the first time in 20 years.

The Chief architect of President Donald Trump Stephen Bannon leaves the White House.

A new level of bilateral ties will be taken by India and US.

The US President Trump will address Nation on New Afghan Strategy.

India and Russia will have a talk at Doklam before Brics summit in China.

China wants to go back to 1959 Line of Actual Control (LAC).

Donald Trump wants India to help the US in Afghanistan.

Nepal PM expands his cabinet to 15 State Ministers which is Third Largest Ever.

On his first official visit abroad Pakistan PM travels to Saudi Arabia.

North Korea fires the missile over Japan in the aggressive test.

Japan Finance Minister Taro Aso to Meet Mike Pence in Early September to Discuss Economy,
Trade.

Kenya plastic bag ban comes into force after years of delays.

Sri Lankas Jagath Jayasuriya faces war crimes in Latin America.

For BRICS summit China invites 5 countries as guests.

The US conducts missile defense test off Hawaii Coast.

Business News

Max India has withdrawn the proposal to merge an agreement between Max life and Max
Financial Services.

SoftBank may invest in Flipkart through the fund.

Flipkart completes an eBay merge.

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Mukesh Ambani the second richest man in Asia.

Airtel Payments Bank made a tie up with HPCL for ATM Services.

Reliance Communications posted its third quarterly loss.

Indus Bank became the 6th Indian Bank whose market capitalisation score past the Rupee 1
Lakh crore-mark.

Arun Jaitley the Finance Minister announces new ETF Bharat -22 Sectoral Cap set at 20%.

Facebook has overtaken Microsoft & Alphabet in securing maximum profit per employee in the
2nd quarter of 2017.

Bajaj Auto ties up with Triumph which is a British Firm.

ONGC planning to invest $150 million in Colombia, Kazakhstan and Bangladesh.

Facebook to stop charging money for the accidental advertisement clicks.

Life stage app which is for the teens will be shut down by Facebook.

Soft bank Vision Fund invests in Flipkart.

The partnership between Tata motors and Skoda auto has come to an end.

Flipkart became the worlds third most funded private company.

Watch, a new video section was launched by Facebook.

GMR to sell Kakinada Powerplant for a huge amount of $63m.

The Central government plans to sell generic Medicines at all the fuel stations in India.

The largest Crude Unit Shell Deer Park has shut down for 1 week.

Russian Oil Company Rosneft announced the completion of the deal with Essar Oil.

Honda Cars got a green signal for Rs 1,577 cr expansion project in Rajasthan.

Paytm Mall is making an Invest of Rs 225 crores in Logistics Business.

169 outlets over all India will be shut down by McDonalds.

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India becomes largest 2 wheeler market for Honda globally beating Indonesia.

Qatar Airways has a new partnership with Vistara.

General Electric South Asia CEO Agrawala to join Tata Group.

Infosys out of top 10 BSE most valued companies.

Finance Ministry gave a Knot to RBI to issue Rs 200 notes.

Nandan Nilekani the co founder of Infosys is to return as Infosys nonexecutive chairman.

The CEO of Western Digital in Japan to finalise Toshiba chip deal.

Ikea to make India manufacturing hub for sofas, furniture.

Tata Motors DVR, 3 more to exit Nifty.

Worlds first diamond F&O trade launch took place in Mumbai.

Dr. Reddy Labs launches Suprax generic in the US.

With Rs 100 crore investment Infosys finally comes to West Bengal to Start the Company.

Burger King launches Whopper Coin crypto-cash in Russia.

Amitesh Jha Flipkarts old timer to head Ekart.

Defence News

In Djibouti China formally opens first overseas military base.

DRDO Develops a self Ejects black box for Aeroplanes.

North Korea is planning to launch missiles towards Guam.

Jaguar fighter plane flies for the first time with advanced radar.

Indian Army to get 6 Apache Choppers from U.S.

Lockheed Martin the American global aerospace offers to Export F-16 Jets From India Plant.

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Science and Technology News

The scientist made a creation to a flexible bio glue for healing wounds

Worlds Smallest Space craft takes a launch by Indian Rocket.

China Quantum Satellite sends an unbreakable code from space.

To help astronauts talk to the Earth NASA launches a new Satellite.

A new Spacesuit got unveils by SpaceX.

As temperatures rise the Caspian Sea is evaporating says the study.

Indias First Private Sector Satellite took launch on 31st August by ISRO.

Cassini spacecraft will end its 13-year mission to Saturn.

ISRO opens up satellite making to the industry.

NASAs Next Mars Mission to take launch Next year.

Sports News

Katerina Sinakova Beats Caroline Wozniacki to take her second Swedish Open title.

Shiva Thapa and Manoj Kumar wins the gold medal at Czech Republic boxing tournament.

Caeleb Dressel wins the 7 golds and set a world record.

Los Angles will host 2028 Olympic summer games and Paris will host it in 2024.

Indian Air Force felicitates the Indian Women Cricketer Shikha Pandey.

Neymar becomes the world greatest person to receive a huge record transfer money.

Indian Wrestler, Manju Kumari clinched the bronze medal in womens Junior World Wrestling
Championship.

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Vijender Singh beats Zulipkar Maimaitiali to win WBO Oriental Super Middleweight title.

Ravichandran Ashwin the Indian Spinner joins Worcestershire Country.

BCCI ordered to lift the lifetime ban on Cricketer Sreesanth by Kerala HC

Russian Player Ekaterina Makarova wins the Citi Open in Washington DC.

Ronaldo the Real Madrid football player is banned for five matches by Spanish football
federation.

Arsenal won against Chelsea to win the Community Shield.

Netherlands is the new European champions in Womens International Football Tournament.

Russian Player Ekaterina Makarova wins the Citi Open in Washington DC.

To make her seventh appearance at China open in Beijing Maria Sharapova has accepted the
wild card.

Southampton pays a huge record club fee to sign Juventus player Lemina .

Govindan Lakshmanan gets his personal best but fails to reach the final in World Athletics
Championship in London.

Venezuela International Star Cichero is the new signing by Delhi Dynamos.

Shooter Maheshwari Chauhan won the Bronze medal at Asian Shotgun Championship.

American Athlete Brittney Reese won her 4th gold at the IAAF World Championship.

Pawel Fajdek from Poland, became the first man to win three successive world championship
titles in the hammer throw.

Ines Henriques smashed her own record to win womens 50-kilometer race walk at the World
Championships.

Alexander Zverev defeated Roger Federer to win his fifth title at the Montreal Masters.

Real Madrid won over Barcelona in a Supercopa de Espana and secured their fifth title on 17th
August.

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Bengaluru FC enters an agreement with India No 1 keeper Gurpreet.

In World Dwarf Games Indian athletes ended up making history.

To Buy Colombian Star Davinson Sancher Tottenham Hotspur pays a Club record fee.

Jinder Mahak, Brock Lesnar retains titles in Summer Slam 2017.

At world Police and Fire Games India won 321 medals.

After consecutive draws, Harika the Indian Grandmaster bounces back with a win over CM
Suleymali Aydin of Azerbaijan.

Sports Ministry announces Khel Ratna, Dronacharya, Arjuna and Dhyan Chand awards for the
year 2017.

Graeme Smith the former South Africa Skipper turns as T20 Coach.

Gayle, Sehwag to play a Ten Cricket league in UAE.

Hamilton wins Belgian Grand Pix.

P V Sindhu lost the final in the World Championships 2017.

India wins U-15 SAFF football Championship.

Shillong Lajong signs six foreign players for I-League.

Tottenham sign Juan Foyth the Argentina defender.

Arsenal left-back Kieran Gibbs is signed by West Brom.

Bengaluru FC sign Venezuelan striker Miku.

Resignations and Retirements News

Arvind Panagariya resigns as the Vice Chairman of Niti Aayog.

Mohammad Hamid Ansari the vice president left his office on August 10 th.

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Ravi Karunanayaka the Sri Lanka Foreign Minister resigns over corruption.

Rajya Sabha TV CEO, Gurdeep Singh Sappal has resigned.

Ian Narev, CEO of Commonwealth Bank of Australia will retire in June 2018.

Vishal Sikka the Chief Executive officer of Infosys has resigned on 19th August.

Wayne Rooney the England Foot ball player announces retirement from international football.

Obituary News

Dhrupad Maestro Ustad Sayeeduddin Dagar dies at the age of 78.

Former Union minister Santosh Mohan Dev Passes away.

Spanish Motorcycling legend Angel Nieto died at 70.

Harry Potter actor Robert Hardy dies at the age of 91.

BJP MP and the Former Union Minister Sanwar Lal Jat passed away.

Vishal Kumar Verma the National Level Wrestler dies in a stadium in Ranchi.

Mother Teresa of Pakistan Dr Ruth Pfau passes away.

Vijay Nambisan, Tamil poet, and writer passed away.

Veteran Tamil actor Shanmuga Sundaram passes away.

The Comedy legend Jerry Lewis dies at the age of 91.

Former Manipur Chief Minister Rishang Keishing passes away.

Ramananda Sengupta, Countrys oldest cinematographer has passed away at the age of 101.

Ahmed Khan the Indian Gold winning football team player passes away.

Olympic runner David Torrence passes away.

Sumiteru Taniguchi, Postman who survived Nagasaki atom bomb dies at 88.

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