Current Affairs 31st August 2017

Current Affairs 31st August 2017

NATIONAL

• Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the YUVA – a skill development program
• Centre to extend Aadhaar deadline till December 31
• Haryana CM rules out resignation for violence
• UP government decides to end interview in government jobs
• Bihar govt releases Rs 1935 crore to undertake relief operations in flood affected areas
• Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat flags off run in Dhyan Chand’s memory

INTERNATIONAL

• Narendra Modi to Attend 9th BRICS Summit in China

BANKING & ECONOMY

• Goods and Services Tax Collection for First Month reached Rs 92,283 Crore

APPOINTMENT

• Indian Hotels Company Ltd., (IHCL) names Puneet Chhatwal as CEO & MD

DEFENCE

• Defence Accounts Department (DAD) organized its first Synergy Conference on Defence Pensions in New Delhi