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Banking, SSC, UPSC, RRB & Competitive
Exam
Current Affairs 30.08.2017
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Indian Events
- US Weather Experts say rains that
followed the Hurricane Storm that hit the United States were "unseen
in 500 years".
- The Queensferry Crossing Bridge
(two-quarters of a kilometer long) on Fortress River connecting Scotland
and Edinburgh
- Oishi Akbi of Nigeria has found a
new computer to detect the smell of bombs.
- Sam Wan Acken, a botanist professor
at the University of Syracuse in the United States, has created a
marvelous tree that produces 40 varieties of the same tree.
- Wonder mountain in the world with
900 temples - Shrirunjayi mountain of Gujarat in India
- Based on the trade with Iraq,
Jordan will open its territory next year after 2015
- UN North Korea again reacts to a
powerful new missile test yesterday (29.08.2017)
National News
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will
join the BRICS conference on September 3 in China.
- Mumbai Meteorological Center has
reported that rains have not been recorded since 12 years in Mumbai.
- Smriti Irani, Minister of
Information and Publicity, awarded 12 women across India with the award of
"Women Transmission India".
- Union Minister of State for Labor
Bonduru Dattatreya said that the federal government is working towards
setting up all the houses by 2022.
- The federal government has
announced a new law that the family members of the family will be able to
get the same for the organ donors.
- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has
promised to create jobs for 70 lakh youth in UP in the next five years.
- District Law Commission
Commissioner Neelu Meinwal said that the District Lok Sabha level Courts
will be held at the National Lok Adalat (Tribunal) since 17th of
September.
- The Central Policy Committee
(Financial Finance) has recommended that private schools be handed over to
non-functional government schools in the draft three-year draft report
issued on behalf of the Central Policy Committee.
- Judicial Member of South Indian
Green Solutions Jothimani said that the e-Filing filed by the National
Green Tribunal and Green Tribunals is on September 2.
- All state voter list information in
the country is brought under the Information Commission of the Election
Commission of the ERO - NET. Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer Rajesh
Lakhani has said that it can easily be added and removed from any state.
Sports
- The Indian government has been
awarded the Kel Ratna and Arjuna awards annually for the Indian athletes
in international sports. President Ramnath Govind has presented the awards
this year (August 29).
- American Open tennis player Venus
Williams is in the US Open tennis tournament and completes the 20th year.
(1997 US Open at the age of 17 in the US Open tennis tournament)
- The Indian batsman has won the
bronze medal in the 19th World Boxing Championship
- Russia's Maria and Williams in the
US Open tennis tournament in the United States have advanced to the 2nd
round.
- West Indies won the 2nd Test
against England.
- The tennis student Rajesh Kannan
won the bronze medal in the Asian championships in Asian Games between
August 21 and 28 in Indonesia.
Business News
- GSTC has earned only Rs 92,283
crore in the month of July, according to Union Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley.
- NTPC, a public sector power
company, has hired 5 per cent stake in the central government to raise Rs
7,800 crore.
- MRF, the mainstream tire
manufacturer, has introduced the newly introduced Pfifenza premium tire
tire.
- The Financial Aid for the Job
Opportunity to announce its final report to the Government on August 31.
- The Reserve Bank has issued a list
of companies that do not repay the loan. It has the names of 40 companies
including Videocon, JB, Cause Tex, Unity Infra Projects.
- The Income Tax Department has
imposed a penalty of Rs. 7,900 crore for