Current Affairs: Daily GK Update 29th August 2017

ii. On this occasion, President Ram Nath Kovind will give away the Sports Awards. A total of 29 players have been selected to receive the honors from President. The President will confer Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award and Dronacharya Award at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi.

• Vijay Goel is the Union Sports Minister of India.
• M Venkaiah Naidu is the 13th Vice President of India.

ii. The main objective of this program component is to improve the sector framework and conditions for grid integration of renewable energy.

• Berlin is the Capital of Germany.
• Angela Merkel is the Chancellor of Germany.

ii. There are two more producers of Sodium Nitrite in the country – National Fertilisers Ltd and Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers Limited.

• Sodium Nitrite is an oxidizing and also a reducing agent.
• It is a white crystalline powder mostly used in the pharmaceutical and dye industries, lubricants, lubricants, construction chemicals, rubber blowing agent, meat processing, and textiles.

ii. The East African nation joins more than 40 other countries that have banned, partly banned or taxed single use plastic bags, including China, France, Rwanda, and Italy.

• Uhuru Kenyatta is the President of Kenya.
• Nairobi is the Capital of Kenya.

ii. Vodafone had in 2007 acquired 67% stake in the mobile-phone business owned by Hutchison Whampoa, now part of CK Hutchison.

ii. On the other hand, Manipur’s Loiloi was crowned the first runner-up. Biswas will now go to Thailand for Miss International Queen, while Loiloi will compete at Miss Transsexual Australia.

• Miss TransQueen India 2017 is the first ever transgender beauty contest of the country.

ii. The International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM) Sweden honored Purushotham with the IAAM Medal 2017 for his outstanding R&D contributions in the Advanced Materials Science & Technology during its award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.

• Dr. H. Purushotham is the Chairman & Managing Director of NRDC.
• National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) was established in 1953 by the Government of India.

ii. The tournament will be hosted in the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium of the city. In October 2016, Kochi became the first Indian city to be officially declared as one of the venues for hosting the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

• The Official Mascot of the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 is a clouded leopard called Kheleo.
• This is the first FIFA tournament hosted by India.
• The final will be held at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on 28 October 2017.

ii. India beat Nepal by 2-1 in the final and the match took place at ANFA Complex, Lalitpur in Nepal.

ii. He has replaced Travis Kalanick. Khosrowshahi received nearly $95 million in pay in 2015, making him one of the most highly paid leaders in corporate America.

• Uber Technologies Inc. is an American technology company headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

ii. Khan, who played in the 1948 and 1952 Olympics, was one of the most famous of the legendary quintet of forwards called the “Five Pandavas” who played for East Bengal in an India that had just become an independent nation.

• He made his debut against France in the London Olympics.

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