Current Affairs August 2010 - Part 3 ( August 22- 31)

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National
  1. Harishankar Brahma appointed as the new Election Commissioner of India.
  2. Nuclear Liability Bill passed - liable only if supplier intentionally caused the accident.
  3. The centre has decided to use tribal's as seasonal forest guards under Green India Mission, especially in naxal affected areas. Chhatisgarh alone to get 1.2 lakh people.
  4. Yamuna river crossed the danger level due to the heavy rain.
  5. UK based Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to collaborate with Indian institutions for research in applied and pure sciences.
  6. Income tax exemption limit will be raised to Rs.2 lakhs. There is no separate scaling for women stating gender equity.
  7. Mother Theresa's biography has been published and the first copy has been given to Prathiba patil.Navin Chwala is the biographer of the centenary edition.


International
  1. India and Switzerland signed a protocol to amend "Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement", which would enable the government to get information about some of the wealth illegally accounted in Swiss banks.
  2. Mongolian Cabinet held its meeting in Gashuunii Khoodoi, a sand valley to draw attention to climate change.
  3. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin opened the Russia-China oil pipeline.
  4. India and Japan to make Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). 
  5. Iran started loading its first Nuclear plant.The 1000 MW plant has been partnered by Russia.
  6. United States has announced to host peace talks between Palestine and Israel.
  7. NATO has offered airlift and sea lift facilities to flood hit districts of Pakistan.
  8. Russian opened its short cut route to Asia along the Northern sea which has been considered  faster and cheaper than Suez route.


Sports
  1. Pakistan cricketers caught for match fixing scam. They have been playing against England at that time.
  2. Chen Jin of China won the world badminton championship.
  3. Arjun Atwal creates history to be the first Indian to win the US PGA tour.
  4. Caroline Wozniacks claimed the women's title in Rogers cup tennis tournament.


People on News
  1. Miss Mexico Jimena Navarreta has been crowned Miss Universe in Las Vegas. 
  2. Ali Akbar Salehi - Chief of Atomic Energy organisation of Iran.


Others
  1. Mona Lisa's smile have been unravelled. The smoky effect (Sfumato) is because of 40 layers of extremely thin glaze applied on it.
  2. The secret of Agastha Christie's play, " Mouse Trap" has been revealed in Wikipedia.
  3. February-13 - Celebrated as people's War Day in Nepal. It was the same day in 1996 the Maoist have started their so called people's war.

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