Current Affairs 29th August 2017
NATIONAL
- IRDAI Launches Central Database of Insurance Sales Persons
- External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj inaugurated the country’s first ‘Videsh Bhavan’ in Mumbai
- Goa CM Manohar Parrikar wins Panaji Assembly by-election
INTERNATIONAL
- Sushma Swaraj participate in the two-day Indian Ocean Conference to be held in Colombo
- India and China have agreed to withdraw their troops from Doklam
- Dhruv Garg, 13-year-old Indian-origin boy in UK gets top score in Mensa IQ
BANKING & ECONOMY
- HDFC Bank announced a software upgrade to create a single point-of-sale (PoS) machine
- Banks importing gold and precious metals have to pay 3 per cent tax under the GST
APPOINTMENT
- CISF ADG Dharmendra Kumar has been appointed as Director General of the Railway Protection Force
- Justice DipakMisra was sworn in as the 45th Chief Justice of India
AWARDS
- Biju Patnaik Award for Scientific Excellence for the year 2016 presented to Prof DigambarBehera
DEFENCE
- Indian Coast Guard Training Ship Varuna Decommissioned
- Defence Minister Arun Jaitley handed over the Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM) to Indian Navy
SPORTS
- Messi Becomes First Ever Player to Score 350 La Liga Goals
- PV Sindhu won the Silver medal in World Badminton Championship 2017
- Lewis Hamilton Wins Belgian Grand Prix 2017
- Sports Minister Mr. Vijay Goel announced that the first edition of Rural Games or Grameen Khel Mahotsav will start from Delhi
