Current Affairs 24th August 2016

Telangana govt to create 17 new districts in October
Maharashtra became the first state in the country to draft its own internal security legislation
The Chhattisgarh Assembly unanimously ratified the Goods and Service Tax (GST) constitution amendment bill becoming the fifth state to pass the bill
President Pranab Mukherjee today launched Kolkata Akashvani Kendra’s Moitree Service in Bangla for listeners in Bangladesh
Azadi Sattar saal-Yaad Karo Kurbani to conclude today
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Monday launched a mobile app ‘Kisan Suvidha’ for farmers

Prof. Jagdish Mukhi assumed office as the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Former CCI head Ashok Chawla will take over as Non-Executive Part-time Chairman of YES Bank from October as the lender has received approval from the Reserve Bank for this appointment
Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court Ajit Singh administered the oath of office and secrecy to Purohit at the Raj Bhavan

Anand Krishnamurthy, Managing Director and Chief Executive of Kerala-based Catholic Syrian Bank, has submitted his resignation, a year after taking over the posts
State-owned Union Bank of India raised Rs 1,000 crore through bonds to fund business growth

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust to sign agreement with bankers for External Commercial Borrowing
Transactions over Rs 3 lakh to be illegal as government turns heat on cash stashers

For the first time, researchers have decoded and predicted the brain activity patterns of word meanings within sentences
Scientists have discovered a new species of eel, a snake-like fish, from the northern Bay of Bengal along the West Bengal coast

The 2016 Kabaddi World Cup will be hosted in Ahmedabad, Gujarat between October 7 and 22, the International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) announced
Sindhu, Sakshi, Dipa, Jitu Rai to get Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award