Weekly The HINDU Review : 27th July 2015 – 2nd August 2015

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The Hindu Current Affairs from 27th July to 2nd August  for the purpose of providing the only useful information for General Exam Aspirants.

Abbreviation

ISKON- International Society for Krishna Consciousness

CCTNS- Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System

LBMA- London Bullion Market Association

IBJA-India Bullion and Jewellers Association

ASHA- Accredited Social Health Activists

RAW- Research & Analysis Wing

GCTOC- Gujrat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime

CBFC- Central Board of Film Certification

NTRO- National Technical Research Organization

ITPO- India Trade Promotion Organisation

ARTRAC- Army Training Command

TUFS- Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme

IPTL- International Premier Tennis League

Personalities

NALCO CMD- Shri T.K. Chand

India’s First Transgender College Principal- Manabi Bandopadhyay

High Commissioner of Bangladesh- Syed Muazzem Ali

Russian Ambassador to India – Alexander Kadakin

Mexican Ambassador to India- Melba Pria Olavarrieta

Governor of Tripura- Tathagata Roy

President of Uber India- Shri Amit Jain

Chairman of ITC- Shri Y.C. Deveshwar

Union Sports Minister- Shri Sarbananda Sonowal

New Appointments

New TRAI Chairman- R.S.Sharma

New MD & CEO of National Housing Bank- Shri Sriram Kalyanaraman

New Chairman of ITPO- Shri Ajay Kumar Bhalla

New Chief of ARTRAC- Lt. General P.M.Hariz

Book & author

“Steve Jobs: Man in The Machine” directed by- Alex Gibney

“Sleeping on Jupiter” written by- Anuradha Roy

“Death of a Gentleman” directed by- Sam Collins and Jarror Kimber

Sports

Kush Kumar related to- Squash

All India Police Water Sports Championship 2015- Sri Nagar

Tour De France 2015 Winners- Yellow Jersey (Overall Champion)- Chris Froome

                                                   Green Jersey (Top Sprinter)- Peter Sagan

                                                   Polkadot Jersey (King of the Mountains)- Chris Froome

                                                  White Jersey (Best Young Rider)- Nairo Quintana

                                                  Yellow Helmets (Best Team)- Movistar

National & International Days

Vijay Diwas- 26th July

CRPF Foundation Day- 27th July

Awards

Raman Magsaysay Award 2015- Anshu Gupta (India)

                                                      Sanjeev Chaturvedi (India)

                                                      Kommaly Chanthavong (Laos)

                                                      Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa (Philippines)

                                                      Kyaw Thu (Myanmar)

Arjun Award- R. Ashwin

Business & Economy

Budget of National Infrastructure and Investment Fund- Rs.20,000 Crore

Place

National Highway-1—Delhi to Panipat

Eravikulam National Park- Kerala

Chris Froome belonges to- Britain

Nairo Quintana belonges to- Colombia

Nandankanan Zoological Park- Bhubaneswar

National Affairs

Bengaluru is the first city to set online Police Verification for Passport.

Topic of last Lecture of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam- Making The World More Livable

India’s First Municipality to Give Free Wi-Fi to all its Population- Malappuram

International Affairs

Sanjeev Sahota (British Indian) & Anuradha Roy (Indian) nominated for Man Booker Prize 2015.

Total No. of Enclaves from Bangladesh Merged with India Under LBA- 51

Death

Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam- Fromer President and Scientist

Bijoy Krishna Handique- Former Union Minister

Dr.P.Hariharan- Eminent Physicist

Dr. Suniti Solomon- Microbiologist & Crusader against HIV

Now the time has come, Only one and half month approx is there to start the IBPS Exam fair, so now there is no time to rest, work hard as much as you can so that you can achieve the success in your style.

All The Best.

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