Current Affairs Recap of the Day: 17 August 2016

Aug 17, 2016, 20:01 IST

The recap of the day covers important current affairs of the day like First National Conference of Investigating Agencies, ICC Rankings and corruption probe against Dilma Rousseff among others.

The recap of the day covers important current affairs of the day like First National Conference of Investigating Agencies, ICC Rankings and corruption probe against Dilma Rousseff among others.

•    These many cities were selected for infrastructure development under the Smart Ganga City Scheme of the Union Government – 10 cities

•    He headed the NGT committee to assess the damage caused by the World Culture Festival of Art of Living Foundation to the Yamuna flood plain in March 2016 - Shashi Shekhar

•    This city is hosting the SAARC Youth Parliamentarians Conference on Peace and Harmony for Development 2016 - Islamabad

•    The only Indian cricketer who figured in the Top 10 Test Player Rankings of the ICC - Ajinkya Rahane

•    A Federal Supreme Court justice authorized corruption probe against Dilma Rousseff. She is the president of – Brazil

•    This city hosted the 1st National Conference of Investigating Agencies – New Delhi

•    Malayalam script writer who died in August 2016 and won the state film award for best screenplay in 1996 for the film Kanakkinavu- T A Rasaq

•    Unilever, the parent company of Hindustan Unilever (HUL), in August 2016 acquired- Blueair

•    Person who bagged the APJ Abdul Kalam Award for meritorious services in the Higher Education Department of Tamil Nadu- P Shanmugam

•    Hollywood actress who starred as Eva in 1958 film The Gun Runners and passed away in August 2016- Gita Hall

•    The renowned Punjabi writer and Jnanpith awardee who passed away recently is - Gurdial Singh

•    The Indian music composer who was recently honoured with the Tamil Ratna Award is - A R Rahman

•    The former FIFA president and IOC member who died recently is - Joao Havelange

•    The American artistic gymnast who won gold in the Floor Exercise event at Rio Olympics is - Simone Biles

•    The Indian tennis doubles pair who won the Abierto Mexicano Los Cabos title is - Purav Raja and Divij Sharan

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