Daily Current Affairs - August - 2016

1st August:

• Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off ‘Tripura Sundari Express’
• IRCTC's tie-up with Mobikwik for e-cash payments

2nd August:

• Parliament today passes Indian Medical Council (Amendment Bill), 2016
• Central body approves Rs 400 crore for Ganga rejuvenation projects

3rd August:

• Pushpa Kamal Dahal elected as Prime Minister of Nepal

4th August:

• Rajya Sabha passes The Constitution (122nd Amendment) (GST) Bill

5th August:

• Vijay Rupani will be new Chief Minister of Gujarat

6th August:

• China launches 'Tiantong-01'its first mobile telecom satellite

7th August:

• Vijay Rupani takes oath as Gujarat Chief Minister
• Prime Minister Modi Launches PMO App At MyGov Anniversary Event
• Telangana signs MoU with ISRO for water resources info system

8th August:

• First-ever 'Pizza ATM' opens in the US

9th August:

• RBI keeps key policy rate unchanged

10th August:

• PM Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin jointly dedicated Kudankulam Nuclear Plant Unit-I to the nation

11th August:

• Bill Gates tops Forbes richest tech tycoons list
• Extension of maternity leaves increases from 12 weeks to 26 weeks
• Intel buys AI startup Nervana Systems

12th August:

• Assam becomes the first state to ratify GST
• Phelps third to win Gold in the same event at four Olympics

13th August:

• China’s Ma Long becomes fifth male Grand Slam winner at Rio Olympics

14th August:

• 6,900 km gas pipelines to connect India, Bangladesh, Myanmar
• Railway Budget set to be merged with Union Budget from next fiscal
• Nawazuddin won best actor award at IFF Melbourne

15th August:

• Microsoft acquires gaming startup Beam

16th August:

• China successfully launches world’s first quantum satellite

17th August:

• A R Rahman honoured with Tamil Ratna Award
• Gurdial Singh, an eminent Punjabi writer, passes away

18th August:

• Sakshi Malik becomes first female Indian wrestler to win Olympic medal
• Airlander 10: World’s largest aircraft embarks maiden flight

19th August:

• SBI board approves merger of 5 associate banks, BMB with itself