Current Affairs 31st August 2016

Current Affairs 31st August 2016

National News:

• Centre moves to raise minimum wage for workers, labour unions unimpressed
• 2nd US-India Strategic & Commercial Dialogue to be held in New Delhi today
• Centre to launch ‘AsliTarakki campaign to promote awareness about sanitation
• India’s first military heritage website launched
• Madhukar Gupta Committee on border protection submits report to MHA
• Odisha govt launches Municipal Cadre for urban local bodies
• Five towns each in Maharashtra, Telangana declared Open Defecation Free
• PM Modi launches first phase of SAUNI project in Jamnagar, Gujarat; Stresses upon conservation of water

International News:

• India-US sign military logistic agreement
• Pakistan foreign debt soars to Rs 74 trillion
• India and Myanmar sign four agreements

New Appointments:

• CRPF ropes in PV Sindhu as its brand ambassador

Banking:

• Doha Bank opens first branch in Kerala

Business & Economy:

• CBDT signs 20 Unilateral Advance Pricing Agreements with Indian taxpayers
• Amazon launches online Telugu book store
• RBI Forecasts 7.6 percent GDP growth for this fiscal

Awards & Honour:

• Padma Sachdev gets Saraswati Samman for year 2015

Sports:

• Western Railway wins all India railway athletic championship
• Nico Rosberg wins Belgian Grand Prix’16
• Wrestler YogeshwarDutt’s London Olympics bronze medal upgraded to silver

Obituary:

• Veteran painter Dinanath Pathy passes away