Current Affairs 30th August 2016

Current Affairs 30th August 2016

National News:

• The Tourism Ministers of BRICS countries will meet in Madhya Pradesh’s temple city Khajuraho for a two-day long conference from September 1
• Govt may relax ‘creamy layer’ norms for OBCs
• India has been ranked 77th among the 171 countries in the 2016 World Risk Index (WRI)
• Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has launched the Centre’s UJALA scheme in the state with the distribution of LED bulbs to the people
• President Pranab Mukherjee to present national sports awards at Rashtrapati Bhawan- 4 Khel Ratnas awarded in a year for the first time
• HRD Minister Javadekar inaugurates IIT-Dharwad
• President re-promulgates Ordinance to amend Enemy Property Act
• Maharashtra legislature to ratify GST Constitution Amendment Bill

International News:

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held bilateral talks with Myanmar President Htin Kyaw, assuring him that 1.25 billion Indians will always stand by Myanmar as partners and friends
• India, US targeting trade worth $500 bn
• North Korea warns US over ‘deliberate provocations’
• China launches state-owned aircraft engine maker
• Turkish army kills 35 civilians in Syria
• Russia lifts ban on charter flights to Turkey
• China starts cargo train service to Russia

New Appointments:

• Usain Bolt was appointed as ‘Chief Speed Officer’ by Digicel

Banking:

• ‘RBI, Sebi should intervene to stop SBI merger’

Business & Economy:

• Big Bazaar’s e-commerce platform to shut down
• Tata launches research alliance with global institutes
• Bharti Airtel cuts 3G and 4G prices by up to 80%
• LIC to fill posts for 2 MDs, yet to name chairman
• Morgan Stanley sees 40 million users of Reliance Jio next fiscal

Obituary:

• Russian journalist Alexander Shchetinin who has been critical of President Vladimir Putin was found shot in the head in his apartment in Kiev

Science and Technology:

• NASA ends year long Mars simulation on Hawaii
• Indian startup to launch smartphone at Rs.501

Sports:

• Former hockey players protest, demands Bharat Ratna for Major Dhyan Chand
• Rain ruins Final T-20 international between India, West Indies