AUGUST NEWS PART 1

1. Make in India Conference- Bhubaneswar, Odisha
2. The new Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) - Rani Nair (succeeded Atulesh Jindal)
3. 2016 Kabaddi World Cup will be hosted by - India
4. “zero tolerance to corruption” policy - Kerela
5. Which state government will launch its Anti Corruption Index to measure the graphs of corruption in all spheres of society?- Kerela
6. The Pashudhan Bima Yojana has been launched by - Haryana Govt in Jhajjar
7. India has recently set up military hotlines at 3-border locations with - China at Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) 
8. The new chief justice of Allahabad High Court - Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale 
9. . The United Nations’ World Day against Trafficking in Persons - 30 July
10. The 2016 International summit on tobacco-control will be hosted by - India
11. The 2016 joint military exercise “Maitree” has been conducted between - India and Thailand at Karabi
12. Theme of recently launched “Mission Harita Andhra Pradesh” - Green cover for a happy living
13. The International Tiger Day - 29 July
14. The new Chief Justice of Patna High Court - Iqbal Ahmed Ansari 
15. The Union Government will constituted the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DDCMC), which will be known as - “Disha”
16. The World Nature Conservation Day (WNCD) - July 28 
17. The 2015 All India Coordinated Rice Improvement Project Award has won by - West Bengal
18. ISRO will launch weather satellite “INSAT-3DR with its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark II in August 2016 from - The Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
19. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has recently tied up with which mobile wallet company, to enable railway passengers to make e-cash payments on the IRCTC’s e-catering app “Food on Track” - MobiKwik, the Gurgaon-based mobile wallet company
20. The Andhra Pradesh government has recently signed pact with which country to develop food value chain in the state? - Japan
21. The newly appointed chairman of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) - Dilip Rath 
22. The new Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi - Bhaskar Khulbe 
23. The 2016 SAARC Home Ministers’ conference will be held in - Islamabad
24. The Aadi Perukku festival, the thanksgiving festival to rivers, has celebrated in - Tamil Nadu
25.  The traditional farm festival of "Hareli" has celebrated in - Chhattisgarh 
26. Who will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award at the 2016 Goa State Film Festival? - N Chandra, the bollywood film-maker
27. Which country has been hit by severe tropical Typhoon Nida? - China
28. The newly elected Prime Minister of Nepal - Pushpa Kamal Dahal
29. Manoj Sinha, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Communications, has recently launched a service to address the common man’s complaints regarding telecom and postal services -Twitter Sewa
30. The first Indian state to approve sewage and waste water policy - Rajasthan
31. The new President of Microsoft India, a subsidiary of US based software giant Microsoft Inc. - Anant Maheshwari 
32. The 2016 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants  has won by - Anita Gopalan
33. The citizen governance mobile App "HIM TCP" launched by - Himachal Pradesh
34. The World Economic Forum (WEF) India Economic Summit will be held in - New Delhi 
35. The theme of the World Economic Forum (WEF) India Economic summit is - “Fostering an Inclusive India through Digital Transformation”
36. The Shaurya Home Loan for Defence Personnel has been launched by - SBI
37. India’s first underground museum will be opened in - New Delhi
38. .Indian Railways will build India’s longest tunnel and World’s tallest girder rail bridge on the Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal new broad gauge railway line in - Manipur
39. The newly appointed Prime Minister of Tunisia - Youssef Chahed 
40. The festival titled “Amazing North-East…Paradise Unexplored” to promote the rich folk culture of North-East India will be held in - New Delhi 
41. The flag bearer from India in the 2016 Rio Olympics - Abhinav Bindra
42. Sachet portal, to curb illegal money pooling by firms, has been launched by - Reserve Bank of India (RBI)  
43. A ccording to study published in the journal BioScience, which animals are going to extinct by 2100 - Mammoth
44. Which company has come up with the new online abuse detector for detecting and eventually curbing rampant online abuse? - Yahoo
45. Tata Capita Housing Limited announced a Comprehensive Housing finance scheme with an attractive 4% interest rate called - Prapti
46. Which bank has tied up with a fintech start-up Fisdom for personal wealth management services - Bank of Baroda 
47. Oracle India has joined with which babk to corporate citizenship collaboration - SBI
48. The prestigious All India Coordinated Rice Improvement Award for the year 2015 - West Bengal
49. Who has offered to resign from the post of Chief Minister due to completion of 75 years? - Anandiben Patel, CM of Gujrat
50. Who has taken over the charge of Air Officer Commanding-in-chief of the southern Air Command? - S Neelakantan