Current Affairs 29th August 2017

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