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• Aug 5, 2016

•  RBI Launches Portal to Curb Illegal Money [ Policies & Governance ]

  Reserve bank of India launches the portal to curb illegal and unauthorised pooling of funds by unscrupulous firms. This portal will help people to obtain information about entities allowed to collect deposits.

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• Aug 4, 2016

•  India and Lao‘S Signing of Air Services Agreement Approved by Union Cabinet [ International Relations & Organizations ]

  Union cabinet given approval for signing of Air Services Agreement between India and Lao. Union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. This agreement is expected to greater trade, investment, tourism and cultural exchange between the two countries.

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• Aug 3, 2016

•  West Bengal Wins All India Coordinated Rice Improvement Project Award 2015 [ Awards ]

  West Bengal has been selected for the All India Coordinated Rice Improvement Project Award 2015. This will be the first time the state will be receiving this award. It was selected by the 51^st committee from the Indira Gandhi Krishi Bikash Kendra, for its achievement in the four …

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•  Adman Srinivasan Swamy Conferred with AAAI Lifetime Achievement Award [ Awards ]

  Srinivasan K. Swamy was conferred the Lifetime Achievement award by Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) . Popularly known as Sundar, he is a veteran of almost four decades in the advertising industry.

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•  Rio Olympics 2016 Starts from 5^th August [ Sports ]

  Rio Olympiad 2016 is a major international multi sports events. This event organised by International Olympiad committee. This event held in Rio de Janerio, Brazil from 5 August to 21 august.

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•  Novak Djokovic Wins 2016 ATP Toronto Masters [ Sports ]

  Novak Djokovic won the 2016 ATP Toronto Masters title by the Association of Tennis Professionals. He became the world no. 1 men՚s singles tennis player and he gets 30 ATP World tour masters 1000 titles.

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• Aug 2, 2016

•  Railway Ministry Launches Agartala to Delhi Broad Gauge Train Service [ Policies & Governance ]

  The Union Railway Ministry has flagged off the broad gauge train service dubbed as ‘Tripura Sundari Express’ from Agartala (Tripura) to Delhi. Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off it. With this, the landlocked north eastern state of Tripura entered the broad gauge rai…

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•  Forces Command Exempted from Ambit of RTI [ Policies & Governance ]

  In 2005, the Strategic Forces Command (SFC) , which is part of the National Command Authority (NCA) , has been added to the Second Schedule of the Right to Information Act (RTI) . A government notification said the Strategy Forces Command was being brought under sub-section (2) o…

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•  Union Government Constitutes DISHA for Implementation of Central Schemes [ Policies & Governance ]

  The Centre has announced the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DDCMC) for effective development and coordination of Central Government՚s programme. It will be known as DISHA and first meeting will be held on August 13,2016.

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• Aug 1, 2016

•  Michel Barnier Appointed as Chief Brexit Negotiator by European Union Commission [ Government Schemes/Projects ]

  The European Union ′ s executive on Wednesday tapped former French financial services commissioner Michel Barnier as its chief negotiator for the U. K. ′ s exit from the bloc. The European Commission is the EU ′ s executive body. It represents the interests of the European Union …

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