• Veteran Sri Lanka batsman who announced retirement from international cricket is - Tillakaratne Dilshan
• The programme under which all bank has been asked to provide loans to women self-help groups (SHGs) in rural areas at 7 percent for 2016-17 financial year is - Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM)
• Olympian, who returned from the Rio Games with fever and body ache last week, has been hospitalised after she was tested positive for Swine Flu is - OP Jaisha
• Two parties that signed an indefinite ceasefire deal to facilitate peace talks aimed at ending one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies are - Philippine and Communist guerrillas
• The online complaint management system that was launched where child victim of sexual abuse can report is - POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses) e-box
• Highest-ranked Indian company in the Forbes list of The World's Most Innovative Companies 2016- Asian Paints
• World's first self-driving taxi service was in August 2016 launched in- Singapore
• South Indian city that inaugurated the first Children's Court in August 2016- Hyderabad
• The player who won the UEFA Best Player in Europe award for 2015-16 is - Cristiano Ronaldo
• The famous golfer who was voted the Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of the Month for July 2016 is - Thongchai Jaidee
• The number of breeds of livestock and poultry recently been registered with the National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources is – Nine
• The famous painter from the Bengal school of painting who passed away recently is - Dhirendranath Brahma
• The scientist who was recently conferred the first IEI-IEEE Award for engineering excellence 2015 is - G. Satheesh Reddy
• He will chair the five-member review committee that was constituted by NRAI to probe the shooters' Rio Games debacle - Abhinav Bindra
• The country that launched large-scale snap military drills, putting its troops on full combat readiness in districts bordering country and the Baltic States is – Russia
• To expand the state’s green cover, the state that fixed a target of planting over one crore saplings over an area of 15000 hectares in 2016 is – Himachal Pradesh
• The country that overtook India as the most common non-UK country of birth for people living in the UK is – Poland
• Former editor of Mathrubhumi magazine who died recently is - K K Sreedharan Nair
• State in which a Mega Food Park was inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee recently- West Bengal
• Company that topped the Forbes list of The World's Most Innovative Companies 2016- Tesla Motors
• Highest-ranked Indian company in the Forbes list of The World's Most Innovative Companies 2016- Asian Paints
• World's first self-driving taxi service was in August 2016 launched in- Singapore
• South Indian city that inaugurated the first Children's Court in August 2016- Hyderabad
• The player who won the UEFA Best Player in Europe award for 2015-16 is - Cristiano Ronaldo
• The famous golfer who was voted the Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of the Month for July 2016 is - Thongchai Jaidee
• The number of breeds of livestock and poultry recently been registered with the National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources is – Nine
• The famous painter from the Bengal school of painting who passed away recently is - Dhirendranath Brahma
• The scientist who was recently conferred the first IEI-IEEE Award for engineering excellence 2015 is - G. Satheesh Reddy
• He will chair the five-member review committee that was constituted by NRAI to probe the shooters' Rio Games debacle - Abhinav Bindra
• The country that launched large-scale snap military drills, putting its troops on full combat readiness in districts bordering country and the Baltic States is – Russia
• To expand the state’s green cover, the state that fixed a target of planting over one crore saplings over an area of 15000 hectares in 2016 is – Himachal Pradesh
• The country that overtook India as the most common non-UK country of birth for people living in the UK is – Poland
• Former editor of Mathrubhumi magazine who died recently is - K K Sreedharan Nair
• State in which a Mega Food Park was inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee recently- West Bengal
• Union Government launched ‘Sugamaya Pustakalaya’ online library to serve – Persons with print disabilities
• This city is hosting a 2-day SAARC Finance Ministers’ Conference – Islamabad
• He was appointed as the head of the task force by the Union Government to study the structure of organised Group A Central services – T Jacob
• This company acquired the cement business of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd – Birla Corporation Limited
• Indian-origin politician Sellapan Ramanathan died recently. He was the former president of – Singapore
• This State Government issued a draft notification for creation of 17 new districts – Telangana
• This Indian tennis player topped the WTA women’s doubles ranking – Sania Mirza
• Airport Authority of India in August 2016 signed a MOU with which state for successful launch of the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) of the Union Government- Maharashtra
• International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition is observed globally on- 23 August
• India is ranked at which place in The W10 report 2016 released by New World Wealth- Seventh
• State that launched the DNA Index System for DNA profiling of criminals in August 2016- Andhra Pradesh
• This country launched the KN-11 ballistic missile from a submarine in Sea of Japan – North Korea'
• The country that will not compete at September’s Paralympics in Rio after losing an appeal against a ban imposed for state-sponsored doping – Russia
• Telangana and Maharashtra government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to start work on three barrages at - Tummidi Hatti on Pranhita River, Medigadda on Godavari River and Chanaka-Korata on Painganga River
• State government that made available online A2 milk of indigenous cows in North India through Vita Milk Plants on demand of general public is - Haryana
• V P Singh Badnore has been recently appointed the Governor of - V P Singh Badnore
• Banwarilal Purohit has been recently appointed the Governor of - Assam
• The journalist, considered the ‘dean of black press columnists’, who passed away recently is - George E. Curry
• The Belgian jazz musician, mostly known for harmonica playing, who died recently is - Toots Thielemans
• The scientist who has been appointed the Vice Chancellor of the Homi Bhabha National Institute is - P D Gupta
• The city that will host the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup is - Ahmedabad
• Indian-origin President of Singapore who died in August 2016 and was the sixth and longest-serving President of Singapore- S R Nathan
• Person sworn in as the Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in August 2016- Jagdish Mukhi
• India in August 2016 signed agreement with which country to foster conditions that will help create and improve workplace-based vocational training in India's industrial clusters- Germany
• Typhoon that made landfall near Tateyama City in Chiba Prefecture south of Tokyo, Japan is - Mindulle
• Three states that ratified the Goods and Services Tax Constitutional amendment bill 2016 after Assam, Bihar and Jharkhand are - Himachal Pradesh, Chhatisgarh and Gujarat
• The state that decided to engage retired teachers in government high schools under “Teacher on Call” scheme to meet the shortage of teaching faculty is – Odisha
• The state that proposed to create 17 new districts in the state is – Telangana
• President Pranab Mukherjee launched Kolkata Akashvani Kendra’s Moitree Service in Bangla for listeners in - Bangladesh
• This country accounted for the highest share of tourist arrival in India – Bangladesh
• 1000 MW Turga hydel project that was approved by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) will be located in – West Bengal
• Former international umpire who passed away in August 2016- Subrata Banerjee
• The Odia actor and director who died in August 2016 and began his career with the movie Kedar Gouri in 1954- Gobind Tej
• Person appointed as India's Ambassador to Georgia in August 2016- Yogeshwar Sangwan
• Author awarded with the prestigious 25th Vyas Samman 2015- Sunita Jain
• BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) women parliamentarians’ forum on 21 August 2016 ended at Jaipur with the passage of - the Jaipur Declaration
• He was appointed as the 24th governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) - Dr. Urjit R Patel
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani today jointly tele-inaugurated the Stor Palace in Kabul that was renovated under a tripartite agreement between - Aga Khan Development Network, Government of Afghanistan and the Union Government
• The President of Indian Olympic Association was recently awarded the Olympic Order for his outstanding services to the Olympic movement is - N. Ramachandran
• The Indian actor chosen for the prestigious Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres (Knight in the National Order Arts and Letters) is - Kamal Haasan
• The country that topped the medal table at the 2016 Summer Olympics recently concluded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is - The United States
• Name of the all-in-one virtual reality solution launched by Intel to create merged reality is - Alloy
• A group of researchers discovered a new species of eel, Gymnothorax indicus, from - Bay of Bengal
• Pink Bollworm pest that has been in news primarily affects – Cotton
• He authored the book Life In Diplomacy - M K Rasgotra
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