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Award Winner
Arjuna Award
Ravichandra Ashwin
Mathematician Amalendu
Krishna
Raghavendra Gadagkar
Zhanna Nemtsova
International Space
Settlement Design
Competition
Royal Society Fellow
Veerappa Moily
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He is a Physics Professor at
the Indian Institute of
Science (IISc).
Given for his epic Sri
RamayanaMahanveshanam
written in Kannada..
Suhasini is from The Hindu
and Priyanka is from Times
of India.
Award Winner
Lionel Richie
1. Pradeep Goyal
2. Vivekanand Kain
3. Gankidi Madhusudhan
Reddy
Lionel Messi
He is a Commander-In-Chief
of Israeli Navy.
They are selected for their
contributions in the field of
materials science and
engineering.
Messi last won the award in
2011
Sunhak Peace Prize was
founded earlier in 2015 by
South Korean religious
leader Dr Hak Ja Han Moon.
Discipline
Naval Singh
Anoop Singh
Harbans Singh
Swatnagar Raj Singh
Nihar Ameen
Athletics-Para-Sports
Wrestling
Athletics Lifetime
Boxing Lifetime
Swimming Lifetime
Discilpine
Hockey
Tennis
Volleyball
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P R Sreejesh (Hockey)
Dipa Karmakar (Gymnastics)
Jitu Rai (Shooting)
Sandeep Kumar (Archery)
Mandeep Jangra (Boxing)
Babita (Wrestling)
Bajrang (Wrestling)
Rohit Sharma (Cricket)
K Srikanth (Badminton)
Swarn Singh Virk (Rowing)
Satish Sivalingam (Weightlifting)
Santhoi Devi (Wushu)
Sharath Gaekwad (Para-sailing)
M R Poovamma (Athletics)
Manjeet Chhillar (Kabaddi)
Abhilasha Mhatre (Kabaddi)
Anup Kumar Yama (Rollerskating).
Punjabi University, Patiala, was conferred the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy.
Tennis star Sania Mirza, conferred with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the country's
highest sporting honour.
Kirti Chakra
Shauyra Chakra
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Posts/Departments
Chairman of Delhi Development of authority
Vice Chief of Army Staff
Governor of Bihar
Governor of Himachal Pradesh
Maharashtras Tiger Ambassador
Googles CEO
President of Gymnastics Federation of India
Election Commissioner
Chairman of the Public Enterprises Selection
Board (PESB)
World Athletics Chief
Chief of Staff Northern Command
Chief of Enforcement Directorate (ED) for
the period of three months.
MD and CEO of National Housing Bank
Director General of Council of Scientific &
Industrial Research
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
Greeces First Female Prime Minister
Lokayukta of Maharashtra
Chairman of Indias Oscar Jury
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
CMD of Air India Ltd
Chairperson of Accentures India Operations
US Ambassador to Maldives and Sri Lanka
Snapdeals Vice President Engineering
Gillette Indias Managing Director
President of Association of Indian
Statisticians
Secretary, Coordination and Public
Grievances
Secretary in the Department of Economic
Affairs
Secretary in the Department of Financial
Services
Secretary in the Department of Revenue
Secretary of AYUSH
Secretary of the National Commission of
Minorities
Chairman of National Highways Authority of
India
Secretary in the Department of Sport
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INDIAN AFFAIRS
1. India ranks 14th among 22 high
Tuberculosis burden countries globally and
the country has 2.6 million cases of
Tuberculosis as per the WHO Global
Tuberculosis Report 2014.
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FOREIGN RELATIONS
1. For the first time ever, the Chinese
Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) has hosted
an Indian Army delegation in the Daulat Beg
Oldie (DBO) area along the Line of Actual
Control (LAC) in Ladakh sector of Jammu and
Kashmir. The Indian delegation was led by
Colonel BS Uppal and the Chinese delegation
by Colonel Song Zhoanli. The proceedings
reflected the mutual desire of maintaining
and improving relations at a functional level
at the border.
2.
Indo-UK
bilateral
Air
Exercise
Indradhanush between Indian Air Force (IAF)
and British Royal Air Forces (RAF) has been
Exercise
Indradhanush
concluded. The
started in Britain on 21 July 2015. During the
10-day exercise different elements of the IAF
contingent operated from separate RAF
bases.
3. India and Mozambique have signed an
Memorandum of understanding (MoU) to
strengthen the cooperation in New and
Renewable Energy Sector. The agreement
was signed during the official visit of Filipe
Nyusi, President of Mozambique to India.
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SPORTS
Name of the Winner
Ranveer Singh Saini
Rajat Chauhan
Joshna Chinappa
Swedens Sarah Sjostrom
Indian Womens Team
Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar
Chinas long-distance expert Sun Yang
England defeated Australia in Ashes
An Indian under-12 team
Japans Kei Nishikori beats American John
Isner
Gayathri Gopichand
Pankaj Advani
Ethiopias Mare Dibaba
Indian Wrestler Anil
Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt
Discipline/Venue
Gold medal at Special Olympics World
Games/Los Angeles
Silver at World Archery Championship/
Copenhagen, Denmark
WSA Squash Title/Melbourne
100m butterfly swimming event/2015 FINA
World Championships in Kazan(Russia)
Silver in World Archery Championship
Bronze at Senior ART Gymnastics Asian
Championships/Hiroshima, Japan
800 m freestyle title at World Swimming
Championships/Kazan
Cricket
Finished second in the Asian Youth Football
Festa 2015 held at Anseong, South Korea
Tennis/Citi Open in Washington
Youngest player to win two U-17 girls
doubles titles/Andhra Pradesh
Won Gold medal at the 13th World Snooker
Championship/Karachi
Won Gold at the World Athletics
Championships/Beijing, China
Won gold at Cadet Wrestling World
Championship/Bosnia
Won world a00 and 200 metre title in the
World Athletics hampionships/Beijing
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Football Player Di Maria will join Paris Saint-Germain on a four-year deal to become
the second most expensive player in the French league history.
Indian womens hockey teams forward Rani Rampal was on 4th August 2015 offered
the post of assistant coach by the Sports Authority of India (SAI).
Indias Ajinkya Rahane became the first fielder in Test history to take eight catches,
achieving the feat in the ongoing first cricket match against Sri Lanka in Galle.
Dale Steyn became the 13th bowler to join the 400-wicket club in Test cricket. Steyn
dismissed Tamim Iqbal (6) caught by Hashim Amla at first slip in the fifth over on
day one on the opening day of what is his 80th Test match.
Beijing is set to become the first city to have hosted both the Summer and Winter
Olympics after it was chosen to stage the 2022 Winter Olympics Games.
The sport of flying disc, was officially recognized as an Olympic sport by the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 2nd August 2015.
Indian womens hockey team has qualified for 2016 Rio Olympics and now joining
nine other teams.
Former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe from United Kingdom has been elected as
President of International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
Chess prodigy Aryan Chopra who resides in Delhi has become Indias second
youngest International Master.
Michael Clarke and Chris Rogers made an emotional farewell to international cricket
after helping Australia win the fifth and final Ashes Test against England at The Oval.
South African Batsman AB de Villiers has created a record by scoring the fastest 8000
ODI runs during the third ODI against New Zealand in Durban. He has surpassed the
likes of Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara.
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Associated Field
US Country Singer (Grammy Award Winner)
Journalist. Known for Voice of Racing.
Poet and Freedom Fighter
Marathi Stage Actor
Hero Group Founder
US civil rights activist
Malayalam Actor
Syrias Antiquities Expert (ISIS beheaded
him)
Eminent Sanskrit Scholar and Indologist
Australian Test cricket legend
British driver
Legendary NBA Player
Senior Kannada Writer. (He was shot dead)
Uttar Pradesh Minister
Indias First Lady (Presidents Pranab
Mukherjees Wife)
World War II Veteran
BJP Senior Leader from Madhya Pradesh
Observed Day
International Friendship Day
International Forgiveness Day
Hiroshima Day
Nagasaki Peace Day
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
International Youth Day
Pakistans Independence Day
Indias Independence Day
Victory over Japan Day, UK
World Humanitarian Day
World Photography Day
World Mosquito Day
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade
and Its Abolition
Womens Equality Day in US
International Day Against Nuclear Tests
National Sports Day
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
THANK YOU
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