Daily Current Affairs Update August-15 2017
1. African country, The Republic of Chad will release a limited edition Lord Krishna silver coin on Janmashtami in commemoration of the 5,244th birth anniversary of the Hindu God.
#Numismatist Alok K Goyal, the designer of the coin
2. As per new study published in The Astrophysical Journal, researchers have found that the TRAPPIST-1 star is between 5.4 and 9.8 billion years. This is up to twice as old as our own solar system, which formed some 4.5 billion years ago.
3. Santosh Sharma was appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of HindustanCopper Limited (HCL).
4. The Social Security day is being observed on 14th of August 2017.
5. Home Minister Rajnath Singh has launched the live twitter wall for promoting Bharat Ke Veer portal on the eve of 71st Independence Day.
6. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a website http://gallantryawards.gov.in to honour all the gallantry award winners since Independence.
7. Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) Ltd, a government company, is set to have a new Managing Director & CEO in E Sankara Rao
8. India paid tributes to Sri Aurobindo on his 145th Birth Anniversary.
9. World Player of the Year, Cristiano Ronaldo was banned for five-match by the Spanish football federation. He has been banned for pushing the referee after being sent-off in Real Madrid's 3-1 win over Barcelona in the First Leg of Spanish Super Cup.
10. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government, seeking a detailed report on the death of children at BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur in four weeks.
#Numismatist Alok K Goyal, the designer of the coin
2. As per new study published in The Astrophysical Journal, researchers have found that the TRAPPIST-1 star is between 5.4 and 9.8 billion years. This is up to twice as old as our own solar system, which formed some 4.5 billion years ago.
3. Santosh Sharma was appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of HindustanCopper Limited (HCL).
4. The Social Security day is being observed on 14th of August 2017.
5. Home Minister Rajnath Singh has launched the live twitter wall for promoting Bharat Ke Veer portal on the eve of 71st Independence Day.
6. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a website http://gallantryawards.gov.in to honour all the gallantry award winners since Independence.
7. Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) Ltd, a government company, is set to have a new Managing Director & CEO in E Sankara Rao
8. India paid tributes to Sri Aurobindo on his 145th Birth Anniversary.
9. World Player of the Year, Cristiano Ronaldo was banned for five-match by the Spanish football federation. He has been banned for pushing the referee after being sent-off in Real Madrid's 3-1 win over Barcelona in the First Leg of Spanish Super Cup.
10. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government, seeking a detailed report on the death of children at BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur in four weeks.
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