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A .R . Rahman
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The annual World
Bio-Fuel Day was celebrated on
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12
August 2016
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• The 2016
International Youth Day was celebrated on 12 August with the theme
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- The Road to 2030: Eradicating Poverty
and Achieving Sustainable Consumption and Production
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• This State
Government decided to implement 33 percent reservation for women in urban
local bodies
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Nagaland
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• This State
Government made Aadhar mandatory for procurement of paddy from farmers
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Odisha
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• The legendary
Pakistani cricketer, often dubbed as Little Master, who passed away recently
is
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- Hanif Mohammad
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• The swimmer who
became the first swimmer to win four consecutive gold medals in same event is
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Michael Phelps
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• Sriram Rajamani
is appointed as the Managing Director of Microsoft India Research Lab, which
is located in -
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Bengaluru
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• The first state
to ratify The Constitution (122nd Amendment) (GST) Bill, 2014 is
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- Assam
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• The Chinese
player who won gold medal in Table Tennis at Rio Olympics and also became the
fifth male player to complete the Grand Slam is
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Ma
Long
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• Theme of the
International Meeting on Counter Terrorism held in Bali, Indonesia was -
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Countering Cross Border Movement of
Terrorism
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• The Authority
that has decided to create a Special Purpose Vehicle SPV for operation and
maintenance of its green projects including those related to parks, nature
reserves and eco-friendly corridors -
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Delhi Development Authority
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• Sri Lanka's
parliament approved the establishment of office of missing persons (OMP) to
investigate incidents of people reported missing during and soon after -
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the war against LTTE
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• The country’s
Anti-monopoly watchdog ruled that Google would have to pay a 6.8 million
dollar fine, for pre-installing applications on mobile devices running its
Android operating system
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Russia
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• The Ministry of
Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) on 11 August 2016 approved
construction of over 37013 houses for the urban poor with an investment of
1491 crore rupees in -
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Karnataka and Haryana
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• Consortium of
the government entities that made the proposal of R&D project for
development of Advanced Ultra Super Critical (AUSC) Technology for Thermal
Power Plants are-
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BHEL, NTPC and IGCAR
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• The Maternity
Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 that was passed by Rajya Sabha increases the
availability of the maternity benefit by how many weeks from the date of
expected delivery
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Eight
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• The Maternity
Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 that was passed by Rajya Sabha wants to amend
the Maternity Benefit Act of the year
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1961
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• Unit 1 of
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant was recently dedicated to nation. The reactors
of the plant are built jointly by -
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Russia’s Atomstroyexport company and
India’s Nuclear Power Corporation of India
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• Kazakhstan’s
swimmer who won men's 200m breaststroke swimming event at the Rio Olympics is
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Dmitriy Balandin
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• Indian music
composer will honour legendary carnatic vocalist M. S. Subbulakshmi at the
United Nations on 15 August 2016 at the United Nations General Assembly is -
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A.R. Rahman
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• Kazhakstan’s
weightlifter who won gold medal of the men's 77kg weightlifting class at the
Rio Olympic Games is -
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Azerbaijan
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