DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 30 AUG 2015
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1. MOUNTAINEER
JOT SINGH HONOURED WITH TENZING NORGAY NATIONAL ADVENTURE AWARD
i. President Pranab Mukherjee honoured
Indo-Tibetan Border Police Officer and mountaineer Jot Singh with The Tenzing
Norgay National Adventure Award.
i) Tenzing Norgay National Adventure award is
named after Indian Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay
ii) It is given by Union Minister of Youth
Affairs and Sports
2. KANNADA WRITER DR.M.M KALBURGI DIED
i. Senior
Kannada writer and former Vice Chancellor of Kannada University Dr. M.M.
Kalburgi was shot dead by unidentified persons.
ii.
He was conferred with the Sahitya Academy Award.
3. INDIAN BANK LAUNCHED
INDPAY APPLICATION
i. Indian
Bank has launched IndPay mobile application service for customers to operate
Bank accounts anytime from anywhere.
i) Indian Bank was formed in 1907 as private
bank but nationalized in 1969 by the government
ii) Headquarter’s at Tamilnadu