Olympics

2016:

31st edition of Olympics
games declared open by- Michel temer
first south American country to host Summer Olympics
duration- 16 days
New sports- golf and rugby
Rio Olympics theme song- Alma e Coracao
Official mascot- vinicius (summer Olympics) and tom (para Olympics)
Official slogal- a new world
Official theme- world peace and environment
Indian flag bearers:
o Opening ceremony- Abhinav Bindra
o Closing ceremony- Sakshi malik
Indian medals-
o Wrestling 58 kg women- sakshi malik (bronze)
o Badminton singles women- P V Sindhu (silver)
Rajiv Gandhi khel ratna award to be given to 4 athletes:
o P V Sindhu
o Sakshi Malik
o Dipa Karmakar (gymnastics)
o Jitu Rai (shooter)
Indian flunking in DOPE TEST- Narsingh Yadav (74 kg wrestling)
Famous Gymnastics vault done by Dipa karmakar- Produnova. It is the toughest vault in
gymnastics.
Maximum medals-
o Michael phelps (USA)
o Usain Bolt (Jamaica)
Tennis gold- Andy Murray
Countries which took part in Olympics for the first time- Kosovo and South Sudan
Medals tally- USA > Britain > China
Indias rank- 67th
2016 para Olympics- RIO
2018 winter Olympics- Pyeong Chang (South Korea)
2020 summer Olympics- Tokyo (japan)
International Olympic committee:
o Headquarters- lausanne, Switzerland
o President- Thomas Bach
o Founded- 1894
sports included in 2020 olympics
o karate
o surfing
o skateboard
o baseball/ softball
o climbing







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August 2016 current affairs:
Lifetime achievement award at Goa state film festival- N Chandra
Typhoon Nida- China
Typhoon Carina- Phillipines
New PM of Nepal- Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda
Union ministry which launched twitter sewa for addressing complaints in telecom and postal
sector- Ministry of Communications (Manoj Sinha)
First Indian state to approve sewage and waste water policy- Rajasthan
o Cities with population more than 1 lakh
o They will use treated water for agriculture etc
New President of Microsoft India- Anant Maheshwari
President of Microsoft global- Satya Nadella
2016 PEN/ Heim Translation Fund Grants- Anita Gopalan (She Translated SimSim novel)
Book- until the lions- Echoes from Mahabharata- Karthika Nair
WEF India economic summit to be hosted by which city- New delhi (Digital Transformation)
Shaurya home Loan for Defence personnel- State bank of India
Associate banks which will be merged with SBI: (effective from April 2017)
o State bank of Travancore
o State bank of bikaner and Jaipur
o State bank of mysore
o State bank of Patiala
o State bank of Hyderabad
o Bharatiya Mahila Bank- not an associate bank
International Olympic committee atheletes commission chairperson- angela Ruggiero
First underground museum in India- new Delhi
Worlds tallest rail bridge- Manipur
Winner of 2016 world martial arts championship- Vivek Teja
New PM of Tunisia- Youssef Chahed
Festival called Amazing North East- Paradise Unexplored celebrated in which city- New delhi
Portal launched by RBI to curb illegal pooling of money by firms- Sachet
2016 Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavna Award (communal harmony, peace)- shubha Mudgal
state which will organize freedom ride on 15th aug 2016- Goa
Indias first Tiger cell- Dehradun
BSE cyber security MOU with IIT- IIT Kanpur
Committee to study household finance in India- Tarun Ramadorai
Hiroshima Day- August 6
National Handloom day- august 7
Daughters day- Aug 11
World Youth day- 12th Aug (national youth day- 12th Jan)
Organ donation day- 13th Aug
National Sports day- 29th Aug
MOU with ISRO for water resources Informational system- Telangana
New president of Asian development bank- Takehiko Nakao
New CM of Gujarat- Vijay Rupani
First Mobile telecom Satellite tiantong-01- China
MD and CEO of CARE ratings- Rajesh Mokashi
2016 Make in india conference- Bhubaneswar
New chairperson of CBDT- Rani Nair
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Book Tipu sultans search for legitimacy: Islam and Kingship in a hindu domain writte by
KATE Brittlebank
2016 F1 German grand prix- lewis Hamilton
Indian state to launch anti-corruption index- Kerala
Only floating park in the world- Keibul Lamjao National Park (Manipur)
Indian Railways has tied up with a mobile wallet company for food delivery in trains-
mobikwik
2016 Mohun Bagan Ratna- Syed Nayeemuddin
Book India rising, fresh hopes new fears- Ravi Velloor
2016 SAARC home ministers conference- Islamabad
Mission bhagiratha- started by Telangana Government
o To provide 100 liters of clean drinking water in rural households and 150 liters per
person in urban households
First nuclear security emergency drill Fengbao-2016 to expand nuclear power generation-
CHINA
Swachh Survekshan- municipal solid waste management of 500 cities
Rank of India in civil unrest Index- 4th
Freecharge tie up with the bank- AXIS BANK for Unified Payments Interface (UPI) App
IBM and APPLE have launched a global development hub called GARAGE in which indian city-
Bengaluru (for iOS)
Which association has announced that winner of medals at Olympics will be given 500 grams
sovereign gold bonds- Indian Bullion and Jewellers Association
Operation Vishwas- Launched by UP police for safety of women
Theme of Swachh Bharat Special Campaign August 2016- Freedom from open defecation
New CM of arunachal Pradesh- Pema Khandu
Panel Head for indian cricket body BCCI- Markandey Katju
State which is recruiting transgenders as prison wardens- Odisha
Which high court has been renamed- High court of Madras renamed as HC of tamil nadu
Housing finance scheme called PRAPTI- started by TATA CAPITAL HOUSING
Corporate Citizenship Collaboration between ORACLE and SBI: D-CHANGE is the name of the
program
2016 Australian Open squash winner- Dipika Pallikal
Indian film festival 2016- to be held in Melbourne, Australia
Co-Branded Credit card of SBI and- South Indian Bank
NPCI has tied up with which bank to launch *99# mobile app for customers- Union Bank of
India
Counter-terrorism financing summit 2016- Bali, Indonesia
33% reservation for women in Urban local bodies- Nagaland
First touch and feel garden for visually impaired- Kerala
Which bank has tied up with FLIPKART- kotak Mahindra bank
Which ready to assemble furniture appliance company laid its foundation in Hyderabad- IKEA
New chairman of Saraswat bank- Gautam Eknath Thakur
New Chief Justice of Bombay high court- Manjula Chellur
SBI has collaborated with which bank to develop corporate finance, project finance and asset
finance- Korea Development Bank
Committee to restructure central water commission and central ground water board- Mihir
Shah committee
Maternity leave as per new maternity bill- 26 weeks
Rural Infrastructure Development fund of 26 crore given by NABARD to- PUNJAB
Which district in Gujarat has been declared OPEN DEFECATION FREE- narmada district
Apple has acquired which machine learning startup- TURI

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Which company has purchased MONSTER.COM- RANDSTAD

Maharashtra has launched a movement against social evils- quit india movement 2
Two insurance companies have merged recently- MAX group and HDFC
Reliance General Insurance and Shamrao vitthal cooperative bank have tied to spread reliance
insurance on a pan india basis
20th commonwealth chess championship won by- Abhijeet Gupta
governments first online portal to sell goods and services by government departments- emarketplace
company MELGAIN acquired by- ZYDUS group
first indian state to earn carbon credits- Himachal Pradesh
worlds first quantum communication satellite with hackproof high security features- China
Coach of Dipa Karmakar- Bisheshwar nandi
2 PSBs have started a facility wherein an account holder can verify his income tax refunds
without internet facility- PNB and United bank of India
Japan has committed an investment of 25 billion in India in various sectors
First ever BIO-CNG project in India- PUNE
First state to ratify GST- Assam
Second state to ratufy GST- Bihar
Countrys first crime criminal tracking network system (CCTNS) launched by which state-
Maharashtra
BRICS summit 2016- Goa
21-led consortium of banks was involved in giving loans to REI agro, a rice trading firm
involved in frauds. The consortium was led by- UCO bank
Mobile Banking App that can be used online and offline- kotak Mahindra bank
APJ Abdul kalam Award- awarded to P Shanmugam
The state which has approved 7th pay commission recommendations and it will cost 8513
crores annually- Gujarat
Theme of Global Innovation Index (GII) 2016- winning with global innovation. GII is released
by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Indias rank in Global Innovation Index- 66
Tata power solar and NTPC commissioned 100 MW project in which state- Andhra Pradesh
New governor of Manipur- Najma Heptullah
New governor of Assam- Banwarilal Purohit
E-bidding web portal for bidding in power transmission sector- TARANG mobile app, e-trans
and DEEP
Federal Bank has partnered with which mobile banking application for cashless transactions-
CHILLR
I-Mobile Smartkeys, Asias first payment service using smartphone keyboard launched by-
ICICI
Which bank has tied up with MMTC to offer Indian gold coin- Federal Bank
SBI will merge with 5 associate banks Bharatiya Mahila Bank. It will gain- $120 billion
Indian American woman academic who will be inducted in texas womens hall of fame- Renu
Khator
BRICS women parliamentarians meet- JAIPUR
Microsoft and BSNL have signed an MOU to offer telecom and IT solutions for big businesses
BOOK- a book of light- when a loved one has a different mind- by Jerry Pinto
2016 mountain echoes literary festival- to be held in Thimpu
Book- the orphanage of words- by Shinie antony
2016 youth voters festival- Nagaland
rani laxmi bai award- Sakshi Malik

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