Current Affairs 15th August 2017

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