1. Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt's bronze medal from the 2012 London Olympics was upgraded to silver on 30 August 2016. The medal was upgraded after second-place finisher late Besik Kudukhov of Russia was stripped off his medal for failing a dope test.
4. Hindi author Sunita Jain conferred with 25th Vyas Samman award.
5. Kamal Haasan chosen for France’s Chevalier de L’Ordre Arts et Lettres
6. Sania Mirza becomes World No 1 in ATP Women’s Doubles Tennis rankings
As per Russian agency, flowrestling.org, Kudukhov, who had died in a car crash in 2013 in southern Russia, was found to have used a banned substance in a test conducted by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
2. West Bengal State Assembly passed a resolution to change the name of the state from West Bengal to Bangla in Bengali, Bengal in English and Bangal in Hindi.
3. Awarded the prestigious Saraswati Samman for the year 2015 and Author of the autobiography 'Chitt-Chete' written in Dogri language is - Padma Sachdev.
2. West Bengal State Assembly passed a resolution to change the name of the state from West Bengal to Bangla in Bengali, Bengal in English and Bangal in Hindi.
3. Awarded the prestigious Saraswati Samman for the year 2015 and Author of the autobiography 'Chitt-Chete' written in Dogri language is - Padma Sachdev.
4. Hindi author Sunita Jain conferred with 25th Vyas Samman award.
5. Kamal Haasan chosen for France’s Chevalier de L’Ordre Arts et Lettres
6. Sania Mirza becomes World No 1 in ATP Women’s Doubles Tennis rankings
7. National Sports Day is observed across India on 29 August to commemorate birth anniversary of - Dhyan Chand
8. Nico Rosberg won the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix of Formula One (F1)
9. Indian paramilitary force that has decided to appoint Olympic Silver medalist PV Sindhu as its brand ambassador and bestow the honorary rank of Commandant to her - Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
10. ISRO to launch 68 satellites in one mission by next year. Earlier in June ISRO launched 20 satellites in a single mission.
11. Union Government launches 'Sugamya Pustakalaya' an e-Library for Persons with print Disabilitie.
12. Bombay High Court on 26 August 2016 ruled that women should be permitted to enter the sanctum sanctorum of Haji Ali Dargah set in the heart of Mumbai.
8. Nico Rosberg won the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix of Formula One (F1)
9. Indian paramilitary force that has decided to appoint Olympic Silver medalist PV Sindhu as its brand ambassador and bestow the honorary rank of Commandant to her - Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
10. ISRO to launch 68 satellites in one mission by next year. Earlier in June ISRO launched 20 satellites in a single mission.
11. Union Government launches 'Sugamya Pustakalaya' an e-Library for Persons with print Disabilitie.
12. Bombay High Court on 26 August 2016 ruled that women should be permitted to enter the sanctum sanctorum of Haji Ali Dargah set in the heart of Mumbai.
The 15th century dargah of the Sufi saint, Haji Ali Shah, is located on an islet off the coast of Worli in the southern part of Mumbai.
16. Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Sanjay Gandhi launched Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses, POCSO e-box.
16. Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Sanjay Gandhi launched Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses, POCSO e-box.
POCSO e-box is a platform where a child victim of sexual abuse can report such cases online. It is initiative of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, for direct online reporting of child sexual abuse.
17. Turkey launched Operation Euphrates Shield in Syria to end the rule of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) as well as against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
17. Turkey launched Operation Euphrates Shield in Syria to end the rule of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) as well as against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
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