24th August 2015 - Important Current Affairs updates

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International Affairs

Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is on a two-day visit to Egypt.
- Today she held talks on bilateral relations with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and her counterpart Sameh Hassan Shoukry in Cairo.
- Important Note : During this visit, India and Egypt sign MoUs on Scientific and Technical Cooperation and Tourism.

National Affairs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Birth Centenary Celebrations of the legendary woman freedom fighter from the North-east, Rani Gaidinliu, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi today.
- The Prime Minister also issued a commemorative coin of hundred rupees and circulation coin of five rupees on Rani Gaidinliu.

Business & Economy

Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is on a three-day visit to Khatmandu (Nepal).
- During this visit he met Nepalese Minister of Commerce and Supplies Sunil Bahadur Thapa.
- India and Nepal signed an agreement to lay an oil pipeline from Raxaul in Bihar to Amlekhgunj in Nepal to supply petrol, diesel and ATF to the land-locked Himalayan Kingdom.
- The 41 kilometre pipeline - 2 km in India and 39 km in Nepal - will initially supply petrol, diesel and kerosene.
- It will be built by IOC (Indian Oil Corporation) at a cost of Rs 200 crore.
- Note : This will be the first trans-national petroleum pipeline in South Asia.

Awards & Honors

Zaina Erhaim, a Syria-based journalist who has trained citizen reporters in the war-ravaged country has won 2015 Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism.

Sports

India win against Sri Lanka by 278 runs in Colombo cricket test.
Sri Lankan cricketer Kumara Sangakkara bids farewell to International cricket.
- Note : He was immediately offered the post of Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to the UK after his farewell Test match.
Swiss professional tennis player Roger Federer beat world number one Novak Djokovic to win his seventh Cincinnati Masters title.