Current Affairs of August, 2011

This time I'am presenting some current affairs of August, 2011. Though these are very few in number, still I hope viewers may like these. Please send us various informations on current affairs.

• Champion double-trap shooter and Asian Games gold medalist Ronjan Sodhi, ranked No.1 in the world, as per the latest rankings released by the International Shooting Sport Federation on 1 August 2011.
• The Veteran fighter pilot Air Marshal Kishan Kumar Nohwar took over as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS).
• Union government accorded a two-year extension to Reserve Bank of India Governor D. Subbarao beyond his term ending September 2011.
• Shammi Kapoor, the veteran actor and leading star of Bollywood of the 1960s died on 14 August 2011.
• Chairman & MD of Mathrubhoomi group of newspapers, M.P. Veerendrakumar elected chairman of the Board of Directors of Press Trust of India (PTI).
• Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah was appointed as the new Governor of Tamil Nadu on 26 August 2011.
• Ustad Azizuddin Khan, the exponent of Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana (school of music), passed away on 23 August 2011.
• Haryana Government declared the constitution of State Innovation Council headed by State Chief Secretary Urvashi Gulati for promotion of innovations.
• Dadar & Nagar Haveli celebrated its 58th liberation day on 2 August 2011.
• Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) scaled down its projection for the growth rate of the economy in 2011-12 to this percent.- 8.2%
• Sexual-assault case against this former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was dismissed by Justice Michael J. Obus of State Supreme Court in Manhattan.
• Lamine Diack from Senegal was reelected unopposed as president of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) on 24 August 2011.
• Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan announced his resignation after almost 15 months in office.
• Red Bull member Sebastian Vettel returned to the highest step of the podium for the first time in four races after he won the Belgian Grand Prix on 28 August 2011.
• Novak Djokovic defeated American Mardy Fish to win the Montreal Masters.
• The European country Spain won the tenth edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship title in Romania.
• U.N. declared three regions of Somalia to be famine hit.
• Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s trial was televised on 3 August 2011.
• Yashwant Sinha headed the parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance that presented its recommendations on the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill, 2011.
• This former director general of the Railway Protection Force (RPF), Ranjit Sinha was selected to head the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
• The first gold index in India with a base date of 2 January 2007 was launched on 29 August 2011 by CRISIL.
• The foreign minister of Libya, Abdel Aati Al Obeidi visited India on 22 July 2011 to brief about latest developments.
• India –Japan comprehensive economic partnership agreement entered into force on 1^st August, 2011.
• Hina Rabbani Khar, the first woman foreign minister of Pakistan to visit India from 26 to 28 July 2011.
• The food safety and standards Act of 2006 became effective from the date- 5 August 2011.
• The oldest known fossil of an African Ape discovered in the African country Uganda.
• The fossil of an African Ape was discovered in Uganda, which is considered to be 20 million years old.
• Foreign direct investment into India grew to the amount of 5.65 billion US dollarin June 2011.
• Lobsang Sangay took oath as the Kalon Tripa( Prime Minister) of Tibetans in exile.
• US credit rating downgraded to AA+ from AAA by a United States-based financial services company Standard and Poor’s (S&P).
• In Nepal, ban on smoking in public places comes into effect from the date 7^th August 2011.
• The Indian Government Set up NATGRID to Access all Intelligence Data. NATGRID stands for National Intelligence Grid.
• In Afghanistan, a probe was launched to determine the exact cause of the chopper crash by the security agency called International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
• To cure influenza US scientists found an antibody called CH65.
• British scientists developed a new device called EndoBarrier to cure diabetes.
• The Indian state, Jharkhand launched Dal Bhat scheme on Independence day.
• Google to buy Motorola Cell unit for the amount 12.5 Billion Dollars.
• Fossils of largest cheetah was found in the country Georgia.
• The Ace Indian discus thrower Krishna Poonia won the gold medal in the Annual Athletic Meet at Portland in USA.
• Scientists recently estimated that the age of the moon is 4.36 billion years.
• Scientists discovered a natural preservative called Basin.