Current Affairs 15th August 2017
NATIONAL
- 3 Indian firms, Hindustan Unilever, Asian Paints and Bharti Airtel are among Forbes’ list of the world’s 100 most innovative companies
- India’s First Online Course on Infusion Therapy for nurse has been Launched
- Make in India Seminar Held in New Delhi
- A three-day annual cultural festival named ‘Fete de Puducherry’ begins in Puducherry
- ‘Sankalp Se Siddhi Program’ organized in Coimbatore, Tamilnadu by Ministry of Culture
INTERNATIONAL
- World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Somalia free of polio
AWARD
- Veteran journalist T J S George has been chosen for the first Kesari Media Award
APPOINTMENT
- Shashi Shekhar Vempati CEO of Prasar Bharati has been appointed as the chief of Rajya Sabha TV
- Indian-American appointed to chair US energy commission
- Gaitri Issar Kumar accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Grand Duchy Luxembourg
- David Rasquinha has been appointed as EXIM Bank MD
DEFENCE
- Indian Coast Guard Ship ‘Shaurya’ was commissioned in Goa by Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan
SPORT
- 65th edition of the prestigious Nehru Trophy won by Gabriel Chundan
- Mairaj-Rashmmi pair bags gold at Asian Shotgun Championship