Important Updates
- Niti Aayog Awards 12 Women For Transforming India.
- From West Bengal’s Ishapore India Gets Its Own Sniper Rifle.
- Yogi Govt Forms Three-Minister Panel to Help Home Buyers.
- Lockheed Martin the American global aerospace offers to Export F-16 Jets From India Plant.
- ISRO opens up satellite making to the industry.
- Sri Lanka’s Jagath Jayasuriya faces war crimes in Latin America.
- Burger King launches Whopper Coin crypto-cash in Russia.
- NASA’s Next Mars Mission to take launch Next year.
- Olympic runner David Torrence passes away.
- Bengaluru FC sign Venezuelan striker Miku.
- Taj appoints Puneet Chhatwal as new CEO.
- With Rs 100 crore investment Infosys finally comes to Bengal to Start the Company.
Current Affairs Today August 30 2017 – National Updates
Niti Aayog Awards 12 Women For Transforming India.
- Union minister Smriti Irani and Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya gave awards to 12 women.
- They gave awards based on the transformational impact of work undertaken by them across India’s villages, towns, and cities.
- Women Transforming India Awards was launched by Niti Aayog last year in partnership with the UN in India and MyGo.
- The awards received 3,000 entries from across the country.
From West Bengal’s Ishapore India Gets Its Own Sniper Rifle.
- The indigenous sniper rifle took a launch at the Rifle Factory, Ishapore, just outside Kolkata.
- The Ordnance Board factory in 1998, has brought out the Insas Rifle.
- The Ishapore sniper costs Rs. 2.5 lakh plus tax, has a caliber of 7.62 mm, weighs 6.7 kg and can kill at 800 meters.
- Now Indian Police can buy this Indian made sniper rifles at one-third the price.
Yogi Govt Forms Three-Minister Panel to Help Home Buyers.
- UP government lead by Yogi Adityanath forms a three minister panel to help flat buyers in Ghaziabad, Noida, and Greater Noida.
- Presently, there are around 100 to 160 housing projects in Noida.
International News – 30th August 2017 Current Affairs
Sri Lanka’s Jagath Jayasuriya faces war crimes in Latin America.
- Human rights groups have filed a case in Brazil and Colombia against Sri Lanka’s ambassador Jagath Jayasuriya in Latin America, accusing him of war crimes.
- He was in charge of troops in the north-east of the island.
- He was accused of having done attacks on hospitals and abducted, killed and tortured thousands of civilians.
Business Events – Current Affairs Today August 30 2017
With Rs 100 crore investment Infosys finally comes to West Bengal to Start the Company.
- Infosys will set up its first campus in the West Bengal with an initial investment of Rs 100 crores.
- It ends a nine-year deadlock for the IT giant’s maiden venture in Bengal.
Burger King launches Whopper Coin crypto-cash in Russia.
- Fast-food chain Burger King has launches its own cryptocurrency, called Whopper Coin, in Russia.
- Customers will be able to claim one coin for every rouble (1.3p) they spend on the Whopper sandwich.
- Burger King has partnered with crypto-cash start-up Waves to create and run the scheme.
August 30 2017 Current Affairs – Science and Technology News
ISRO opens up satellite making to the industry.
- The Indian Space Research Organisation opens the door to domestic entities that can give it up to 18 spacecraft a year starting mid to late 2018.
- The Bengaluru based ISRO Satellite Centre is inviting industries to apply for this opportunity.
- ISAC would sign a three-year contract with the finalists.
NASA’s Next Mars Mission to take launch Next year.
- On examining the deep interior of the red planet NASA to launch a mission to Mars in Next year.
- The mission will place a stationary lander near Mars’ equator.
Appointments News – Current Affairs 30th August 2017
Taj appoints Puneet Chhatwal as new CEO.
- Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL), operator of the Taj chain, chose Puneet Chhatwal, the chief executive of Steigenberger Hotels AG.
- The 53-year-old Chhatwal will have the task of strengthening and expanding Taj’s position in its home.
- From the last four years, Chhatwal is running Steigenberger Hotels which is a German chain.
Current Affairs Today August 30 2017 – Defence News
Lockheed Martin the American global aerospace offers to Export F-16 Jets From India Plant.
- Lockheed is offering to make India the sole F-16 production center.
- So it will make the planes not just for India, but also for other countries.
- Lockheed is closing its F-16 production line at Forth Worth, Texas and will supply new orders from a new facility in Greenville, South Carolina
Sports News – Gk Today Current Affairs
Bengaluru FC sign Venezuelan striker Miku.
- Bengaluru FC signs Venezuelan International striker Nicolas Miku Ladislao Fedor Flores.
- He helped his team to a fourth-place finish at the 2011 Copa America in Argentina.
- The 32-year-old signs a two-year deal, and arrives in India from the Spanish side Rayo Vallecano.
Current Affairs Today August 30 2017 – Obituary News
Olympic runner David Torrence passes away.
- Olympic middle distance runner David Torrence was found dead in Arizona.
- 31 year Torrence represented Peru in last year Olympics.
- Torrence finished in 15th and last place in the final of the 5,000 meters in Rio last year.
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