The recap of the week covers important

current affairs of the week like programme

for promoting breastfeeding, 31st Summer
Olympic Games officially began and
European Road Cycling Championships
among
others.
Health Minister J P Nadda on 5 August
2016 launched a nation-wide programme for
promoting breastfeeding - MAA - Mothers
Absolute Affection
Indias flag bearer during parade at 2016
Rio Olympics opening ceremony - Abhinav
Bindra

The 31st Summer Olympic Games

officially began on 5 August 2016 with
inaugural ceremony held at - the Maracana
Stadium in the Brazilian city of Rio de
Janeiro

He lit the 2016 Olympic cauldron Vanderlei de Lima

They were elected as the Chief Minister
and Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat - Vijay
Rupani and Nitin Patel respectively


Chinas first satellite for mobile
telecommunication that was launched is Tiantong-01

The state launched a unique Water

Resources Information System to assess
accurate reserves of water in thousands of
Tanks and reservoirs across the state Telangana

The Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre

(EZCC), an autonomous organization under
Government of India's Ministry of Culture,
has organized a 64-day-long theatre festival
in - Kolkata
The country that has decided not to host
the European Road Cycling Championships,
planned for 14 to 18 September 2016, for
security reasons is - France
Olympics 2016 opens with a glittering
ceremony in Rio De Janerio, with the theme
- Peace and Environment
The country banned the Pokemon Go
app because of unspecified security
concerns - Iran
The theme of the World Breastfeeding
Week 2016 is - Breastfeeding: A key to
Sustainable Development

 Former Meghalaya Chief Secretary who

waas appointed as the Chief Information
Commissioner of Meghalaya is - P B O
Warjri
The founder of Slingbox, a TV streaming
media device, who died recently is - Blake
Krikorian

The portal launched by the Reserve

Bank of India to check illegal money
collection is -Sachet

The former Comptroller and Auditor

General of India who stepped down from
private sector lender IDFC Banks board is Vinod Rai
The state that was exempted from the
purview of compulsory Aadhaar number
which is required for availing the University
Grants Commission scholarships for higher
education is -Assam
The United Nations' top human rights
official accused this countrys government
troops and rebels of ethnically targeted
atrocities, during renewed fighting over the
last month - South Sudan
Five new sports that will be added to the
progaramme for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

include
-Baseball/Softball,
Karate,
Skateboard, Climbing Sports and Surfing
She became first women to be member
of International Olympic Committee (IOC)
Nita Ambani

Person who has assumed charge of

General Manager of East Central Railway in
August 2016- D K Gayen
Person appointed as the Prime Minister
of Tunisia in August 2016- Youssef Chahed
Committee constituted by RBI in August
2016 to look at various facets of household
finance
in
India- Tarun
Ramadorai
Committee on Household Finance
Geologists have found the first evidence
for China's Great Flood, a 4000-year-old
disaster that led to birth of the Xia dynasty
and modern Chinese civilization happened
in this river Yellow River
The Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs (CCEA) approved a new formula to
calculate production subsidy for Sugar
Mills

The name of the frozen nutritional

dessert developed by CSIR- Central Food

Technological Research Institute (CSIRCFTRI) Mysuru - Nutrice

This country has shown its intention to
revive
Comprehensive
Economic
Cooperation and Partnership Agreement
(CECPA) with India recently Mauritius
This Pakistan-based organization was
designated by the United States as a terror
group
Jamaat-ur-Ahrar
The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist
Chairperson who has been elected the 39th
Prime Minister of Nepal is - Pushpa Kamal
Dahal
Ahmed Zewail, the Egyptian-American
scientist who died in the United States on 2
August 2016 won the Nobel Chemistry Prize
in 1999 for - his pioneering work in
femtochemistry
Union Cabinet on 3 August 2016 gave its
approval to Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill,
2016 that seeks to improve - Road Safety
in the country
The Olympic Participant from India whos
named was cleared for participation in Rio

Olympics by United World Wrestling (UWW)

Narsingh Yadav

The 7th meeting of SAARC Interior

Minister's Conference has started in Islamabad
The singer who will be awarded with the
Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award is
-Shubha Mudgal
The 7th SAARC Immigration Authorities
meeting was recently held in - Islamabad,
Pakistan

Person who resigned as Managing

Director of JM Financial Ltd in August 2016Nimesh Kampani
Sudhanshu Mani has been appointed as
the General Manager of - Integral Coach
Factory
Bill passed by Rajya Sabha in August
2016 to introduce the goods and services
tax- The Constitution (122nd Amendment)
(GST) Bill, 2014
Facility launched by Union Government
in August 2016 that allows people to sign
documents digitally from remote placeseSignDesk

 Person appointed as the Chairman of the

Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC)
of Kerala- VS Achuthanandan
The Union Government has decided to
raise a CRPF battalion consisting of
scheduled tribe candidates from - Bijapur,
Dantewada, Narayanpur and Sukma
districts in Chhattisgarh
The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist
Chairperson who has been elected the 39th
Prime Minister of Nepal is - Pushpa Kamal
Dahal
Ahmed Zewail, the Egyptian-American
scientist who died in the United States on 2
August 2016 won the Nobel Chemistry Prize
in 1999 for - his pioneering work in
femtochemistry
Union Cabinet on 3 August 2016 gave its
approval to Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill,
2016 that seeks to improve - Road Safety
in the country
The Olympic Participant from India whos
named was cleared for participation in Rio
Olympics by United World Wrestling
(UWW) Narsingh Yadav


Following Constitutional Article was
referred by Delhi High Court to hold that Lt.
Governor is the administrative head of the
National Capital Territory - Article 239 &
239AA

The 7th meeting of SAARC Interior

Minister's Conference has started in Islamabad
The 1979-batch IRS officer of the I-T
cadre who taken over as the Chairperson of
Central Board of Direct Taxes is - Rani
Singh Nair
The Indian translator who won the 2016
PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants for
English translation of Hindi novel Simsim by
Geet Chaturvedi is - Anita Gopalan

Person named as the President of

Microsoft India by the parent company
Microsoft Inc in August 2016 - Anant
Maheshwari

Person appointed as the Managing

Director of Mondelez International's India
Business in August 2016 - Deepak Iyer
Bill passed by Lok Sabha in August 2016
for reconstruction of Financial Assets Enforcement of Security Interest &

Recovery of Debts Laws & Miscellaneous

Provisions (Amendment) Bill, 2016
The team defeated by Patna Pirates that
won the fourth edition of Pro Kabaddi
League is -Jaipur Pink Panthers
The team that won the fourth edition of
Pro Kabaddi League is - Patna Pirates

National Disaster Response Force

Director General, OP Singh laid the
foundation stone for a permanent NDRF
station at Sudumbare village of - Pune

The far eastern border district of

Afghanistan that was declared free of
Islamic State militants after a month long
offensive is - Kot district in Nangarhar
province
Aadi Perukku festival, celebrated on 18th
of Aadi month in Tamil calendar year in
gratitude to water bodies especially Cauvery
River, is being celebrated today with
traditional gaiety in -Tamil Nadu

The country that enforced a new

legislation that grants sweeping powers to
its National Security Council (NSC) is
Malaysia

 The National Institutes of Technology,

Science
Education
and
Research
(Amendment) Bill, 2016 that was passed in
Parliament wants to establish the National
Institute of Technology in -Andhra Pradesh
Book R D Burmania: Panchamemoirs is
authored by - Chaitanya Padukone
The Olympic bound wrestler who was
given clean chit by National Anti Doping
Agency (NADA) and can now participate in
Rio Olympics beginning on 5 August 2016 is
- Narsingh Yadav
She won the womens singles title in the
2016 Rogers Cup - Simona Halep
He won the mens singles title in the
2016 Rogers Cup - Novak Djokovic

The Air Marshall who has recently

assumed the charge of Air Officer-in-Charge
Personnel is -B Suresh
The former Japanese Defence Minister
who has been elected as the first woman
governor of Tokyo is - Yuriko Koike
The F1 racer who won 2016 German
Grand Prix is - Lewis Hamilton

 The 2016 Mohun Bagan Ratna has been

conferred on - Syed Nayeemuddin
Person appointed as the Head of Online
and E-commerce of Lenovo India in August
2016-Rajesh Thadani
Indian State that signed MoU with Japan
to develop food value chain in the stateAndhra Pradesh
Book titled India Rising: Fresh Hope,
New Fears is authored by- Ravi Velloor
Intelligence and security agency of India
that was added to the Second Schedule of
the RTI Act, 2005 leading to its exemption
from the purview of the Act- Strategic
Forces Command (SFC)
International Kabaddi Federation on 31
July 2016 selected a country to host The
2016 Kabaddi World Cup India
He was sworn-in as the Chief Justice of
the Allahabad High Court - Justice Dilip
Babasaheb Bhosale

A skydiver with 18000 jumps, who

became first person to jump from 25000 feet
(7620 meters) without a parachute or a wing
suit - Luke Aikins

 Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged

off maiden broad-gauge train service
between Agartala and Delhi - Tripura
Sundari Express

The 47-day-long annual monsoon

trawling ban from venturing into the Arabian
Sea was lifted midnight 31 July 2016 in Kerala
The Tamil Nadu Assembly on 1 August
2016 unanimously passed a resolution to
rename the Madras High Court as - the
Tamil Nadu High Court
The typhoon that is expected to hit south
China's Guangdong Provinceis - typhoon
Nida
The AIADMK Member of Parliament in
Rajya Sabha who was expelled from the
primary membership of the party by
AIADMK Chief Jayalalithaa is - Sasikala
Pushpa

The states Board of Secondary and

Higher Secondary education has decided to
delete a lesson based on Russian tennis
star Maria Sharapova from the next edition
of a school textbook is - Goa