CURRENT AFFAIRS (AUGUST 2015)

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1.   Indian women hockey team qualified for Olympics after 36 years

2.   National Sports Day celebrated on 29 August to mark the birth anniversary of dhyan chand

 

3.   Usain Bolt won 200 meter title at 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing

4.   Kolkata Port adjudged as the best 'Major Port of 2014-15'

5.   Study titled the Future of Forests: Emissions from Tropical Deforestation, 2016-2050 released- The study says that in next 35 years, an area of tropical forest equivalent to the size of India will be deforested. 

6.   Union Government launched 'Sehat' to provide healthcare facilities in rural areas

7.   105-year-old Urdu copy of Ramcharitmanas written by Shiv Brat Lal found

8.   Union Government released Postal stamp on Ashoka

19.               NASA spacecraft LADEE found presence of neon gas in Moon’s atmosphere

10.               Union Government launched web portal Vidya Lakshmi for Students Seeking Educational Loans

11.               Aditi Chauhan became India's first woman to play in English league football

12.               World Badminton Championship: Saina Nehwal became 1st Indian shuttler to win silver medal

13.               Maharashtra's Dahi Handi granted with the Adventure Sport status

14.               Mathematician Amalendu Krishna won 2015 Ramanujan Prize