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Abbreviation
PETA- People for Ethical Treatment of Animals
FDA- Food and Drug Administration
WANA- West Asia and North Africa
FIPIC- Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation
IFC- Indian Financial Code
MACT- Motor Accident Claims Tribunal
IAAF- International Association of Athletics Federation
WADA- World Anti-Doping Agency
EWS- Economically Weaker Section
NDRF- National Disaster Relief Force
TIFR- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
NHCCI- National Highway Construction Cost Index
IFTU- Indian Federation of Trade Unions
IWAI- Inland Waterways Authority of India
UNCLOS- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
EPFO- Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation
IRDAI- Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India
EMA- European Medicines Agency
CPU-Commonwealth Parliamentary Union
UIDAI- Unique Identification Authority of India
NAMCABS- National Mission for Capacity Building of Bankers for Financial MSME Sector
UNGA- United Nations General Assembly
ODIs- Overseas Derivative Instruments
Personalities
Chief Election Commissioner- Nasim Zaidi
Founder of Non-Aligned Movement- Gamal Abdel Nasser
– J.L.Nehru
– Josip Tito
President of International Olympic Committee- Thomas Bach
President of IAAF- Lamine Diack
Chief of WADA- Craig Reedie
Prime Minister of Malaysia- Najib Razak
Co-Founder & CEO of SnapDeal- Shri Kunal Bahl
Delhi University Vice-Chancellor- Shri Dinesh Singh
Chef Floyd Cardoz-Nominated for James Beard Award
Election Commissioner- Shri A.K.Joti
Director General of UNESCO- Irina Bokova
New Appointments
New CEO of Mercedes-Benz—Roland.S.Folger (From 1st oct 2015)
Anglo-Indian Lok Sabha Member (Nominated)- Richard Hay
New Governor of Bihar- Shri Ram Nath Kovind
New Governor of Himachal- Shri Acharya Dev Vrat
Book & author
“Bitter Chocolate” written by- Pinki Virani.
“Bajrangi Bhaijaan” directed by- Kabir Khan
Sports
India’s Rank in New Issued FIFA ranking- 156th
First Rank in FIFA Ranking- Argentina
National & International Days
Hiroshima Day- 6th August
National Handloom Day- 7th August
Nagasaki Day- 9th August
Awards
Ramanujan Prize- Amalendu Krishna (From TIFR)
Business & Economy
RBI Deputy Governor, Shri S.S.Mundra launched a RBI sponsored Program named NAMCABS for MSME Sector growth.
Place
Constituency of NC President Omar Abdullah- Beerwahvn
Constituency of BJP MP Vinod Khanna-Gurdaspur
Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary situated at- Mumbai
World’s largest Robot Market- China
Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary- Kakinada
Attempt : Computer Practice Test On MS Excel
National Affairs
NRIs,PIOs & OIC’s can enroll Aadhaar Number now.
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Ranking- 1st – Mysuru (Karnataka)
International Affairs
Host Country of 14th FIPIC Meeting in 2015- India (21st Aug 2015)
Death
Arnold Ssaasi- Fashion Designer
All The Best.
