Current Affairs Day Wise- August 31, 2017

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Current Affairs Day Wise- August 31, 2017


 

 

1-Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh said that 30 per cent of his ministry’s budget will be used for the country’s women farmers.


2- The regional air connectivity fund (RCF) levy will be implemented from September 1, 2017, said by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).


 

3- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein.

Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein

 

4-Salman bin Abdel Aziz is Saudi King


 

5- A college student Vignesh in Madurai is the first victim of online game Blue Whale in Tamil Nadu.


 

6- A visa-on-arrival facility for Pakistani passport holders has been introduced by Qatar.


 

7- President of the Swiss Confederation is Doris Leuthard and he came on a four-day visit to India.


 

8-Senior IAS officer Rajiv Gauba became the new Union Home Secretary.


 

9-Pusarla Venkata Sindhu is the full name of PV Sindhu.

PV Sindhu
PV Sindhu

 

10- Badminton Association of India (BAI) President is Himanta Biswa Sarma.


 

11-International Literacy Day on September 8.


 

12-Unesco Confucius Prize for Literacy is sponsored by China


 

13- The King Sejong Literacy Prize is sponsored by South Korea.


 

14-The 2017 International Literacy Prizes will be handed out to five laureates from Canada, Colombia, Jordan, Pakistan and South Africa.


 

15-AIIB- The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank  


 

16-NIIF- National Investment and Infrastructure Fund 


 

17-Microsoft, Amazon agreed to integrate Cortana, Alexa capabilities


 

18-Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra featured in Forbes magazines list of top 10 Bollywood’s highest paid 2017 list.


 

19- DSPORT is a premium sports TV channel.Discovery Communications India has launched it.


 

20-An Anti-terrorism court at Rawalpindi in Pakistan has declared former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf as an absconder in the assassination case of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.


 

21- Britain has observed Princess Diana’s 20th death anniversary.


 

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