Current Affairs 11 August 2015

Current Affairs 11 August 2015 

National

• Sri Lanka releases all 40 Indian fishermen in its custody ahead of I-Day
• Government launches School Nursery Yojana to bring students closer to nature
• Freedom fighter, author and poet Kayyar Kinhanna Rai passes away
• The Hindu’s Suhasini Haidar wins Prem Bhatia Award for Excellence in Political Reporting and Analysis, 2014
• India on top in exporting beef
• Indigenous Titanium Sponge Plant operational

International

• Nepal parties sign 6-province model deal in new constitution
• Disney apologizes over tweet on Nagasaki A-bomb anniversary
• Iraq PM rolls out reforms to rein in corruption
• Soudelor typhoon death toll rises to 18 in China
• Anti-Hauti fighters seize districts in central Yemen

Politics

• Parliament adjourned for day over Lalit Modi controversy & Vyapam scam
• Land bill not to come before Winter Session
• Dayanidhi Maran aces arrest, court cancels bail plea
• No work until Sushma answers questions: Rahul Gandhi
• Nitish to Modi : will send you 50 lakh samples of DNA form Bihar

Business

• Global crude oil futures touch several month lows
• No plans to allow FDI in retail trade as of now: Rajnath
• OTP-based ITR filing system for taxpayers starts on high note
• Government caps kerosene subsidy at Rs 12/ ltr and LPG at Rs 18/ltr
• Greenpeace India seeks remittance of foreign donation money from IDBI

Defense

• Wreckage of missing Pawan Hans helicopter found in Arunachal Pradesh
• Pakistan’s Geo TV claims Udhampur militant Usman is an Indian
• Plea against special rights to Kashmiris puts Centre, Jammu and Kashmir Government in a fix
• India, Vietnam potential buyers of Mistrals- Russian expert
• India boosting securities for independence day

Sports

• P Kashyap, H S Prannoy enter 2nd round of World Badminton Championship
• Hockey: Indian men’s team to take on Spain in three match series
• Joe Root jumps two places to top ICC Test Ranking
• Asian continental chess championship: Vijayalakshmi beats top seed Tan Zhongyi; back in joint lead
• Hockey India bans Gurbaj Singh for 9 months for groupism and creating disharmony in team.