Current Affairs. 27th August 2015.

Current Affairs. 27th August 2015.

-Serbian Novak Djokovic appointed as UNICEF goodwill ambassador.

-Rajendra Singh, Waterman of India, conferred Stockholm Water Prize 2015.

-Kazakhstan to host first IAEA-managed nuclear fuel bank.
_Kazakhstan is also world's number largest producer of Uranium.
_SYMBOLIC MEANING
The bank will be located at the Ulba Metallurgical Plant in the northeastern industrial city of Ust-Kamenogorsk. The plant has handled and stored nuclear material, including LEU(Low enriched Uranium) , safely and securely for more than 60 years:IAEA.

-ISRO'S GSLV-D6 successfully launched GSLV-D6 from Sriharikota in coastal Andhra Pradesh.
_It is a satellite launcher ,powered by the indigenously developed upper cryogenic stage .
_Conceived as INSAT 4E in 2005 to provide entertainment and information services to consumers in a 1000 crore Antrix -Devas deal, but government later assigned the satellite for military use, prompting Devas to take Antrix to court.

-Champ is always Champ. Usain Bolt beats American Justin Gilatin in 200m Final at World Athletics Championships 2015, BEIJING, CHINA.
_Created history by finishes 200m in 19.55 seconds.
_Back to Back Gold medals for Jamaican Usain Bolt at World Athletics Championships 2015. 100m Final and Now 200m Final.

- Valarmathi The ISRO scientist, Ms. N. Valarmathi has conferred with the first Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award 2015.
_Ms. Valarmathi is the project director of India's first indigenously-developed Radar Imaging Satellite.
_The award is instituted by the Government of Tamil Nadu in honour of the former president Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in 2015

-South Korea and Taiwan India has imposed definitive anti-dumping duty for period of 5 years on Potassium Carbonate imports from Taiwan and South Korea.

-National Sports Day. 29th Aug.
_Celebrated in dedication of Dhyan Chand.
_Dyan Chand mentor Subhedar Major Bale Tiwari
_Pankaj Gupta was the first coach of Dhyan Chand whotaught him the game and this made Dhyan Chand a master in ball dribbling and goal scoring.
_Dhyan Chand Award (Initiated 2002)
_Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi.
_On August 29 the President of the country gives away honorable sports awards such as the Arjuna Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Dhronacharya Award at the President's house.

-Union Cabinet gave its nod to amend the Central List of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) for Gujarat and Uttarakhand for inclusion of Sipai and Patni Jamat or Turk Jamat (all Muslims) from Gujarat and Kahar, Tanwar Singhariya from Uttarakhand in the list.

-Karnataka to get Rs. 800 crore under DDUGJY for the setting up of separate feeder line to provide 24 hours quality power supply.
_DDUGJY Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana.
_Karnataka has bigger plans for the new and renewable energy sector as the state is embarking on setting up of Asia's largest Solar Park of 2,000 MW, at Tumkur, with the help of Government of India .

-Government of India will replace all street lights of the country with LED bulbs in next 24 months.
_Under Union Ministry's Motto during  first Foundation Day of the Association of Renewable Energy Agencies of the States (AREAS) in Bengaluru.

-DRDO collaborates with Patanjali Ayurved for marketing Seabuckthorn based products.
_One of the Life Science laboratories of DRDO,Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR)  successfully developed technologies based on Seabuckthorn that has found to be having high nutritional values.
_M/s Patanjali Ayurved Ltd.
has taken Transfer of Technologies (ToT) through a ''Non Exclusive'' license from DRDO for five of the Seabuckthorn based products namely:
Seabuckthorn Beverage, Seapricot Beverage, herbal Tea, Seabuckthorn Oil Soft Gel Capsules and Seabuckthorn Jam.

-Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus
has been eliminated from India-Call To Action Summit 2015, India.