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AWARDS AND HONOURS
India’s Majuli world’s largest river island: Guinness
Majuli Island on the Brahmaputra in Assam was declared the largest river island in the world, toppling Marajo in Brazil, by Guinness World Records. The river island covers an area of around 880 km2. According to Guinness World Records, the island lost around one-third of its area in the last 30-40 years due to frequent flooding of the river.
Quick Link – world’s largest river island: Guinness
Sudarsan Pattnaik wins prize in Moscow sand art show
Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the people’s choice prize for his sand sculpture titled “Mahatma Gandhi- World Peace” at the ninth Moscow Sand Sculpture Championship 2016. Sudarsan has already won a gold medal for the 15-foot-high sculpture which he created at the championship held in April 2016. The sand art depicted the message of non-violence and peace.
Quick Link – Moscow sand art show
India Jumps 19 places to 35 in World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index
India has now been ranked 35 amongst 160 countries compared to rank of 54 in Logistics Performance Index (LPI) 2016. This is a jump of 19 places.The World Bank has recently released a Logistics Performance Index (LPI) 2016 report titled “Connecting to Complete 2016”. The Logistics Performance Index Report is published by World Bank every two years.
Quick Link – World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index
APPOINTMENTS
Maharashtra, Gujarat governors given additional charge
• President Pranab Mukherjee gave Maharashtra Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao additional charge of Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat Governor Om Prakash Kohli of Madhya Pradesh.
• The tenure of Tamil Nadu Governor K. Rosaiah ended while that of Madhya Pradesh Governor Ram Naresh Yadav will come to an end on September 7.
Quick Link – Governors given additional charge
Michel Temer sworn in as Brazil’s new president after Dilma ousted by Senate
Michel Temer has been sworn in as the new president of Brazil after Dilma Rousseff was stripped of the presidency by the Senate in an impeachment trial. Temer took an oath of office a few hours after the Senate voted 61-20 to remove Rousseff from office for breaking fiscal laws in her management of the federal budget.
Quick Link – Brazil’s new president
INDIAN AFFAIRS
Goa becomes 15th state to ratify GST bill
Goa became the 15th state to ratify the goods and services tax (GST) constitutional amendment bill passed by Parliament. This means the bill is one short of the 16 states that need to ratify it before it can be sent for presidential assent. The 40-member legislative assembly passed the 122nd constitutional amendment bill.
Quick Link – Goa became the 15th state to ratify GST
Shri Madhukar Gupta Committee submits report to the Union Home Minister
The Ministry of Home Affairs had constituted a Committee under the Chairmanship of Shri Madhukar Gupta, Retd. Home Secretary in April, 2016, for strengthening border protection and addressing the issue of gaps and vulnerability in border fencing along Indo-Pakistan Border.The Committee has made a detailed study through discussions on threat perception, field visits and detailed discussion with stakeholders.
Quick Link – Shri Madhukar Gupta Committee
Govt and Amar Chitra Katha signs MoU to publish and distribute comic book on Swachh Bharat Mission
The Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Amar Chitra Katha to publish and distribute a special edition of the comic book, focusing on Swachh Bharat Mission. The 32-page comic book will carry messages pertaining to sanitation and solid waste components of Swachh Bharat Mission.
Quick Link – Amar Chitra Katha
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Buddhists in Nepal celebrated Pancha Daan
Buddhists in Nepal celebrated Pancha Daan, or the festival of five summer gifts, on August 30.Pancha Daan is known as the festival of five summer gifts, which include rice grains, unhusked rice grains, salt, money and pulses – all of which are needed for one’s daily life. These gifts are all donated to the gods and in the name of charity. This can be the five traditional gifts to gifting people some very unusual things.
Quick Link – Pancha Daan
La Tomatina festival celebrated in Spain
The Spanish town of Bunol celebrated one of the world’s most popular food fights, La Tomatina festival in the town of Bunol on August 31.Thousands of people have pelted each other with tons of ripe tomatoes, creating a red, mushy mess in the annual “Tomatina” street battle in eastern Spain.At the fiesta in Bunol August 31, 160 tons of tomatoes were offloaded from six trucks into the crowd packing the town’s streets for the hour-long battle that attracts many foreigners.
Quick Link – La Tomatina
BRICS Convention on Tourism to begins
The two-day “BRICS Convention on Tourism” will begin at world heritage site Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh. Union Culture Mahesh Sharma will inaugurate the convention. Delegations from the BRICS countries India, Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa will participate in it.The convention is being organised as a precursor to ‘The BRICS Summit’ to be held in Goa in October this year.
Quick Link – BRICS Convention on Tourism
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Xiaomi launches its own mobile payment service
Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has finally launched its own mobile payment service. Just like Samsung, Google and Apple, Xiaomi can also boast of its own payment service, ‘Mi Pay’. This ensures it can now compete actively with the likes of Android Pay, Apple Pay and Samsung Pay.The Mi Pay is as per now only available in China and not as widespread as the other mobile payment services.
Quick Link – Mi Pay
SPORTS
Courtney Walsh joins Bangladesh as bowling coach
West Indies great Courtney Walsh is set to take over as bowling coach of the Bangladesh cricket team on a three-year contract. Walsh, who was the first bowler to take 500 test wickets, has worked as a West Indies selector since he retired as a player but has not held a senior coaching role at the international level.
Quick Link – Courtney Walsh
