Current Affairs Revision Class: August

October 6, 2015    

1) Which Bank has raised raised Rs.315 crore through the issue of Green Infrastructure Bonds to International Finance Corporation (IFC), Washington, on a private placement basis?
2) Who will will host the heads of 14 island nations at the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC)?
3) Name the personalities from India won the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2015?

4) Name the former President of India who passed away recently?
5) Name the scheme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in rural areas with a view to ensuring round the clock electricity supply to farmers and rural households.
6) Who won the pretigious the prestigious Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) award?
7) US defence major Boeing has terminated a contract with which firm for the component supplies and commercial planes?
8) India is expected to surpass China to become the world’s most populous nation by which year, according to the United Nations?
9) Greece received how much amount in its first bail-out package in August 2015?
10) Which country agreed to enhance its investments in India to USD 75 billion (about Rs 5 lakh crore) including through a dedicated infrastructure fund?
11) What is the new name given to Seven decade-old Agriculture Ministry?
12) Enthused by the success of direct benefit transfer (DBT) for LPG, the Narendra Modi government has set an ambitious target to roll out DBT for disbursing which items subsidies across the country latest by April 1, 2016?
13) Name the city in UP for which the Uttar Pradesh government got the clearance from the Union ministry of finance’s Public Investment Board (PIB) for its Metro Project in that city?
14) In August 2015, the government has estimated capital requirement of PSU banks over four years till 2018-19 is?
15) Which scheme was discontinued by the the Narendra Modi government?
16) How much amount was received by India as FDI from 12 countries visited by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in financial year 2014-15, accoding to the estimates given by Indian Parliament in August 2015?
17) PM Narendra Modi led Cabinet approved a new bill that seeks to replace a 29-year-old law and proposes to set up a regulatory  authority which will have powers to recall products and initiate class class suit against defaulting companies, including e-tailers. Name the bill.
18) In August 2015, Indian High Commissioner to Islamabad TCA Raghavan and his wife Ranjana , the hearing and speech impaired girl of Indian origin who has been living in Karachi for over 15 years after she strayed into Pakistani territory. Name the Girl.
19) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav announced that the film Manjhi: The Mountain Man starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui would be exempted from entertainment tax.Name the director of the movie?
20) Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) lifted the 5-year ban from which  Bollywood superstar on entering Wankhede Stadium?
21) Union Government decided declared which day as National Handloom Day every year beginning from year 2015?
22) Which state government recently launched scheme named Thari Pension Thare Pass?
23) The Union Cabinet approved release of wages directly to the accounts of the workers engaged under which scheme?
24) Who has been elected as the president of the Gymnastics Federation of India (GFI)?
25) Who was appointed as the chairperson of Accenture India?
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