DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 9
AUG 2015
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1. INDIA SOCIO BIOLOGIST RAGHAVENDRA GADAGKAR
AWARDED GERMANY’S HIGHEST CIVILIAN AWARD
i. Raghavendra Gadagkar
Indian Sociobiologist honoured with Germany’s highest civilian honour ‘Order of
the Merit’ at German Consulate in Bengaluru.
ii. He is honoured for his
contribution in the field of behavioral Ecology and Sociology.
‘Order of Merit’ award is presented by President of Germany for
outstanding achievement in political, economical, cultural, intellectual and
voluntary fields.
2. 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF
ATOMIC BOMB DROPPING ON NAGASAKI OBSERVED:
i. Atomic Bomb named ‘Fatman’
was dropped on Nagasaki by USA on 9th August 1945.
ii. This bomb killed 70,000
people.
iii. ‘Little boy’ named Atomic
Bomb dropped on Hiroshima by USA on 6th August 1945.
3. ‘SURAKSHA BANDHAN DRIVE’ MISSION INITIATED BY UNION
GOVERNMENT
i. Union Government launched Surakha Bandhan
Drive with insurance companies and banks.
ii. The objective is to create a universal social
security system in the country
iii. The scheme is launched to include all poor
and under privileged section of society into insurance.
4.
‘PATWA AWARD’ TO GOA TOURISM MINISTER D PARUKKAR
i. Dilip Parukkar Tourism Minister of Goa conferred with ‘PATWA’ Award
in the category of Best Tourism Minister.
PATWA: Pacific Area Travel Writer
Association.
Headquarter : Colombo, Sri Lanka
CM of Goa – Laximi Kant Parsekar
5. GLOBAL SATELLITE TO BE NAMED
AFTER FORMER PRESIDENT DR APJ ABDUL KALAM
i. Global Satellite called as Global Satellite
for DDR to be named after former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam .It will be a
tribute to him.
