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3 Months Current Affairs (Aug to Oct.)

August

Book Bebak Baat, authored by Vijay Goel (Minister of State for Parliamentary

Affairs and Statistics & Programme Implementation) has been released.

Book Weather Information Portal for Indian Power System, developed by

POSOCO in collaboration with IMD has been released. It aims to facilitate

enhanced utilization of Weather Portal in all spheres of Power Sector.

Book on Life of Former PM who passed away recently, Shri Atal Bihari

Vajpayee, titled Atal Ji Ne Kaha has been released. It is Authored by

Brijendra Rai.

Oil and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched Odia edition of

book ‘Exam Warriors’ written by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in

Bhubaneswar (Odisha).

Sea Prayer, new book of writer Khaled Hosseini has been released.



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Autobiography of Shane Warne "No Spin" released.Autobiography of VVS Laxman "281 and beyond" to be released in November 2018.Book “Feisty At Fifty” authored by Sudha Menon has been released.Congress leader Shashi Tharoor introduced his new book The Paradoxical Prime Minister.Noted cricket statistician Vijayan Bala's new book Indian Sports: Conversations and Reflections has been released.

Kashi: Secret of the Black Temple, final book of Vineet Bajpai’s Harappa trilogy has been released. First 2 books of series are Harappa: Curse of the Blood River and Pralay: The Great Deluge.A coffee-table book titled Narendra Modi: A Charismatic & Visionary Statesman written by BJP president Amit Shah has been released.Author Preeti Shenoy’s new book named The Rule Breakers has been released.Author Sundeep Misra will write a book on life of Indian Female Sprinter Dutee Chand, who rose from abject poverty to become one of India’s biggest sprinting stars. Title of book will be titled Story so Far.Book Constitutionalizing India: an Ideational Project, authored by Bidyut Chakrabarty has been released.New Book Shades of Truth: A Journey Derailed, written by Former Congress MP Kapil Sibbal has been released.PM Narendra Modi released book Moving On, Moving Forward – A Year in Office, written by Vice President VenkaiahNaidu to mark his 1 year in office.

September

October



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August 1 Earth Overshoot Day

August 6 Hiroshima Day

August 6 Anti Nuclear Day

August 7 4th National Handloom Day

August 8 Anniversary of Quit India Movement

August 9 International Day of the World’s Indigenous

Peoples

Indigenous peoples’ migration and movement

August 9 Nagasaki Day

August 10 World Biofuel Day

August 12 International Youth Day Safe Spaces for Youth

August 12 World Elephant Day

August 15 India's Independence Day

August 19 World Photography Day

August 19 World Humanitarian Day Not A Target

August 20 World Mosquito Day

August 20 National Sadbhawna Diwas

August 21 UN International Day of Remembrance of and

Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism.

August 21 World Senior Citizens Day

August 23 International Day for the Remembrance of the

Slave Trade and its Abolition

August 26 World Sanskrit Day

August 29 National Sports Day

August 30 Small Industry Day

August 30 International Day of the Victims of Enforced

Disappearances



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September 2 World Coconut Day

September 5 National Teachers Day

September 5 International Day of Charity

September 8 International Literacy Day Literacy and skills development

September 9 Himalaya Day

September 10 World Suicide Prevention Day

September 12 International Day for South-South Cooperation.

September 14 National Hindi Divas

September 15 Engineers' Day

September 15 International Coastal Cleanup Day

September 15 International Day of Democracy Democracy under Strain: Solutions for a Changing

World

September 16 UN International Day for the Preservation of the

Ozone Layer

September 21 International Day of Peace The Right to Peace

September 23 International Day of Sign Languages With Sign Language, Everyone is Included

September 26 International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear

Weapons

September 27 World Tourism Day Tourism and the Digital Transformation

September 27 World Maritime Day IMO 70: Our Heritage – Better Shipping for a Better

Future.

September 28 World Rabies Day Rabies: Share the message. Save a life.

September 29 World Heart Day

September 30 International Translation Day Translation: promoting cultural heritage in changing

times.



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October 1 World Habitat Day Municipal Solid Waste Management

October 1 The International Day of Older Persons Celebrating Older Human Rights champions

October 4 World Animal Day

October 5 World Teachers’ Day The right to education means the right to a qualified

teacher

October 8 Indian Air Force Day

October 9 World Post Day Imagine you are a letter travelling through time.

What message do you wish to convey to your

readers?

October 10 World Mental Health Day 'Young People and Mental Health in a Changing

World

October 11 International Day of The Girl Child With Her: A Skilled Girl Force

October 13 The International Day for Disaster Reduction Reducing Disaster Economic Losses

October 14 International Standards Day

October 15 The International Day of Rural Women Sustainable infrastructure, services and social

protection for gender equality and the

empowerment of rural women and girls

October 15 Rashtriya Mahila Kisan Diwas

October 16 World Food Day

October 17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Coming together with those furthest behind to build

an inclusive world of universal respect for human

rights and dignity

October 20 World Osteoporosis Day

October 21 Police Commemoration Day

October 24 World Polio Day

October 24 United Nations Day Traditions of Peace and Non-violence

October 24 World Development Information Day

October 31 World Savings Day



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Name of the Person Designation/Appointed as

Balesh Sharma Vodafone Idea's first CEO.

Economist Satya S TripathiAssistant Secretary-General and Head of the New York Office of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Dr G Satheesh ReddyChairman of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Secretary in Department of Defence Research & Development (DDR&D).

Uday Kumar Varma Assocham Secretary General

Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice S J VazifdarHead of a three-member committee to decide mining company Vedanta's plea challenging closure of its Sterlite copper plant at Tuticorin by The National Green Tribunal (NGT)

Treasurer Scott Morrison New Prime Minister of Australia

Arun Jaitley Resumes Charge As Finance And Corporate Affairs Minister

•Newly appointed governors:Satya Pal Malik - Jammu & Kashmir•Tathagata Roy – Meghalaya•Lalji Tandon – Bihar•Ganga Prasad – Sikkim•Kaptan Singh Solanki –Tripura•Satyadev Narayan Arya –Haryana•Baby Rani Maurya -Uttarakhand

Governors.

SS Mundra Independent Director Of Indiabulls Housing Finance

K S Srinivas Chairman of Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA).

Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (Re-Elected) Mali President

Mario Abdo Benitez New President Of Paraguay

Former India spinner, Ramesh Powar Head Coach Of Women’s National Team

Justice Manjula Chellur New Chairperson Of Appellate Tribunal For Electricity

Justice Rajendra Menon New Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court

Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet UN’s new human rights chief

Ivan Duque President of Colombia

S Gopakumar Director And General Manager In United India Insurance Company

C B Ananthakrishnan Director (Finance) of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)



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NAME OF THE PERSON DESIGNATION

Sunil Mehta Chairman , Indian Banks Association

Dinabandhu Mohapatra Deputy Chairman , Indian Banks Association

R. Madhavan Chairman and MD, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

Justice Tahira Safdar First Woman Chief Justice, Pakistan’s Baluchistan High Court

Arif Alvi 13th President of Pakistan

Ashwini Bhatia MD, CEO , SBI mutual fund

Anshula Kant MD, SBI

Amitabh Chaudhary CEO, MD , AXIS Bank

L.K Advani Chairman , Ethics Committee , LOK SABHA

D. Shiva Kumar Chairman , Advertising Standards Council of India

Moutaz Mousa Abdallah PM, Sudan

Prashant Kumar CFO , SBI

Tejinder Mukherjee MD & Chairman, National Insurance Co. Ltd.

Anindo Majumdar Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission

Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy and Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission

Mrutyunjay Mahapatra MD, CEO Syndicate Bank

Padmaja Chundru MD, CEO Indian Bank

Pallav Mohapatra MD, CEO Central Bank Of India

J.Packirisamy MD, CEO Andhra Bank

Karnam Shekhar MD, CEO Dena Bank

S.S. Mallikarjuna Rao MD, CEO Allahabad Bank

A.S Rajiv MD, CEO Bank Of Maharashtra

Atul Kumar Goyal MD, CEO UCO Bank

S. Hari Sankar MD, CEO Punjab and Sind Bank

Ashok Kumar Pradhan MD, CEO United Bank Of India

D. Purandeswari Independent Director, Air India

Kalraj Mishra Chairman, Parliamentary Committee on defence

Gitesh Sharma Secretary, Ministry of external affairs

Jaya Prada Goodwill ambassador for Nepal tourism

Ibrahim Mohammad Salih President Maldives

B.S Mubarak India’s ambassador to the Republic of Guatemala

Anil Khosla Vice Chief, Air Force

Rajnikant Misra Director General Of BSF

Vikram misri India’s Ambassador to China

N.Ravi Chairman, Press Trust of India

Vijay Kumar Chopra Vice Chairman, Press Trust of India

Jayant Mamman Mathew President, Indian Newspaper Society



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Justice Ranjan Gogoi has sworn-in as new Chief Justice of India. President Ram Nath Kovind administered him the oath of office at a function in Rashtrapati Bhawan. He succeeded Justice Dipak Misra who retired as Chief Justice of India recently. Justice Gogoi is the 46th Chief Justice of India. He will have a tenure of a little over 13 months and will retire on November 17, 2019.

The Centre has appointed former IAS officer Rangachari Sridharan as chairperson of the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA).

India-born Harvard University professor Gita Gopinath has been appointed as the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by IMF's Managing Director Christine Lagarde.

Iraq's Parliament has elected a veteran Kurdish Politician Barham Salih as the country's new President. He has named Shiite Adel Abdul Mahdi as Prime Minister of the country.

Chanda Kochhar has quit as CEO of ICICI Bank with immediate effect. The private lender has appointed Sandeep Bakhshi as managing director and chief executive officer for five years.

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi became the first person to be stripped of the honorary Canadian citizenship for her role in gross human rights violations against the Rohingya people.

The National Stock Exchange’s (NSE) MD and CEO Vikram Limaye has been appointed the chairman of the working committee and director on the board by the international industry body–World Federation of Exchanges (WFE).

Pankaj Sharma has been appointed as the ambassador and India’s permanent representative to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament (UNCD) in Geneva, Switzerland. Mr Sharma will replace Amandeep Gill.

Brett Kavanaugh sworn in as US Supreme Court Chief Justice. Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as the 114th Justice of the Supreme Court. He replaced Chief Justice John Roberts.

Indian-American Nikki Haley has resigned as the US Ambassador to the United Nations. Rakesh Sharma has taken charge as the managing director and chief executive officer of the bank. He has replaced B Sriram.



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PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) has announced that Mahesh Y Reddy has taken over as its Secretary General with immediate effect.

The government has appointed 58-year-old Pravin Srivastava, a senior officer with the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), as the Chief Statistician of India (CSI).

Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta has been appointed as the new Solicitor General of India. Solicitor General is the second highest ranking law officer of the government after the Attorney General.Previous Solicitor General was RanjitKumar.

Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt appointed as the Brand Ambassador of Nokia Brand. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved Sandeep Bakshi's appointment as Managing Director and CEO of the bank for

three years. Welspun Group Chairman Balkrishan Goenka is new Assocham president. Global body World Steel Association (worldsteel) has elected JSW Steel CMD Sajjan Jindal as its treasurer. The association has also appointed Tata Steel MD T V Narendran and ArcelorMittal Chief L N Mittal as its members. TVS Motor Company has elevated K N Radhakrishnan as Director and CEO of the company for a period of five years. M Nageshwar Rao has been appointed as the interim director of CBI. US President Donald Trump designated Indian-American Neil Chatterjee as chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (FERC). The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering has elected Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw as its first female Foreign

Fellow. Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa became the new Prime Minister of the country. Justice Ajjikuttira Somaiah Bopanna was sworn in as Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court. RBI had approved the re-appointment of Aditya Puri as managing director of the bank for another two years.



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Akshay Venkatesh, a renowned Indian-Australian mathematician, won prestigious Fields medal, known as the Nobel prize for math. The Fields medals are awarded every four years to the most promising mathematicians under the age of 40.Arvind Kumar, writer of Hindi Samantar Kosh and famous journalist has been awarded with the 'Hindi Ratna' award.Indian-American high school student Avi Goel has won the world championship at the International Geography Bee's junior varsity division held in Berlin, Germany.Gopalkrishna Gandhi has been chosen for the 24th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award. GopalkrishnaGandhi is a former governor of West Bengal.Outstanding Parliamentarian Awards.1. Dr Najma Heptullah (for year 2013),2. Hukum Dev Narayan (for year 2014),3. Ghulam Nabi Azad (for year 2015),4. Dinesh Trivedi (for year 2016),5. Bhartruhari Mahtab (for year 2017)Three US scientists James Allison, Carl June and Steven Rosenberg were declared winners 2018 Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research. They were awarded in recognition of their research in immunology. It is United States’ second-highest value prize in medicine and biomedical research, awarded by the Albany Medical Center. The United States government has awarded the Legion of Merit (Degree of Commander) to General Dalbir Singh Suhag (Retired), of the Indian Army, for exceptionally meritorious service as chief of the Army staff, Indian Army. S. K. Arora has been awarded the prestigious WHO World No Tobacco Day 2018 Award.



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Chairman and MD, JK Tyre & Industries Ltd., Dr Raghupati Singhania has been conferred with 'Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle', the highest honour accorded to non-nationals by the Government of Mexico.Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been awarded with the UN’s highest environmental honour.

Emmy Awards 2018Best Comedy - “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon)Best Drama - “Game of Thrones” (HBO)Best Limited Series - “The Assassination of Gianni Versace - American Crime Story” (FX)Best Actress, Comedy - Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”Best Actor, Comedy - Bill Hader, “Barry”Best Actress, Drama - Claire Foy, “The Crown”Best Actor, Drama - Matthew Rhys, “The Americans”Supporting Actress, Drama - Thandie Newton, “Westworld”Supporting Actor, Drama - Peter Dinklage, “Game of Thrones”Supporting Actress, Comedy - Alex Borstein, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”Supporting Actor, Comedy - Henry Winkler, “Barry”



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Prime Minister Narendra Modi was honoured with United Nations' highest environmental award- UNEP

Champions of the Earth, along with French President Emmanuel Macron in New Delhi. The award was

presented by UN Secretary-Antonio Guterres.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave awards to top Ranked State, District and State with maximum citizen

participation based on the National Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018 commissioned by Ministry of Drinking

Water and Sanitation. Haryana was ranked as the best State while Satara District of Maharashtra was ranked as

the best district as per the ranking undertaken by Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018.

(A) Top 3 States-

1. Haryana,

2. Gujarat,

3. Maharashtra.

(B) Top 3 Districts-

1. Satara, Maharashtra,

2. Rewari, Haryana,

3. Pedapalli, Telangana



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Reliance Industries’ Chairman Mukesh Ambani has emerged as the richest Indian for the 11th consecutive year with a net

worth of USD 47.3 billion, according to Forbes magazine.

Apple displaced Google to become the top brand in the world in 2018 while Facebook, mired in data breach controversies, fell

to ninth place in the top 100 brands globally. According to global brand consultancy Interbrand's "Best 100 Global Brands 2018"

report, Amazon achieved a 56% growth to become the third top brand globally. Apple went on to become the first company in

the US to hit the $1 trillion market cap. Google stood at second place while Amazon is third.

The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has won the ‘ISSA Good Practice Award’ for Administrative Solution for

Coverage Extension at the “Regional Social Security Forum for Asia and the Pacific” held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Japan's passport has been named the most powerful in the world, overtaking Singapore, according to the Henley Passport

Index 2018. The Indian passport has secured the 81st rank.

Top 3 on Henley Passport Index Power Ranking 2018:

1. Japan, 2. Singapore, 3. Germany, France, South Korea.

Indus Towers, world's largest telecom tower company (outside China), won the Deming Prize for 2018, being the first Indian

company in the service sector and the fifth in the world to achieve this.

Nobel Prize Winner Malala Yousafzai will be honoured with the Gleitsman Award by Harvard University for her work promoting

girls' education.

An Indian-American couple- Marie and Vijay Goradia has been honoured with the Roy M Hiffington Award in the US for making

significant contributions to the areas of literacy, education and healthcare in India.



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Minister of Railways and Coal Piyush Goyal received the University of Pennsylvania's top prize in energy policy, Carnot Prize.

Author Anna Burns has won the Man Booker Prize for her novel ‘Milkman’, becoming the first author from Northern Ireland to win the most prestigious English-language literary award.

Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) has been awarded with the first National Award for Excellence in Cost Management.

Minal Patel Davis, Special Advisor on Human Trafficking to Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, received the ‘Presidential Medal for Combating Human Trafficking’ in the White House.

Grammy-winning Hindustani classical music instrumentalist Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt will be honoured with the annual Ustad Chand Khan Lifetime Achievement Award.

Prominent Bollywood singer Asha Bhosle was conferred the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' for her outstanding contributions in the field of singing at the first Kumar Sanu Award function organized by Kumar Sanu Vidya Niketan

The Seoul Peace Prize Committee has decided to confer the 2018 Seoul Peace Prize on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Invest India, the country's investment promotion body, has won the UN Award for excellence in promoting investments in sustainable development.

Malayalam author Benyamin has bagged the inaugural JCB Prize for literature for his book 'Jasmine Days'. Manipuri dance doyen Rajkumar Singhajit Singh, Bangladeshi cultural organisation Chhayanaut and sculptor Ram

Vanji Sutar have been selected for the prestigious Tagore Award for the year 2014, 2015 and 2016, respectively. Pakistan's iconic human rights activist and lawyer Asma Jahangir was posthumously awarded the 2018 UN Human

Rights Prize.



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S. No. Field Winner Description

1. Physiology or Medicine James P Allison (USA) and Tasaku Honjo (Japan)“for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative

immune regulation”

2. PhysicsArthur Ashkin (USA), Gerard Mourou (France)

and Donna Strickland (Canada)"for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics"

3. Chemistry

(a) one half to Frances H. Arnold (USA)

(b) other half jointly to George P. Smith (USA) and Sir Gregory P.

Winter (UK)

(a) "for the directed evolution of enzymes"

(b) "for the phage display of peptides and antibodies"

4. Peace Denis Mukwege (Congo) and Nadia Murad (Iraq)“for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of

war and armed conflict”

5. Economic Sciences(a) William D. Nordhaus (USA)

(b) Paul M. Romer (USA)

(a) “for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic

analysis”

(b) “for integrating technological innovations into

long-run macroeconomic analysis.”



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Eleider Alvarez won the World Boxing Organization light heavyweight title. Sergey Kovalevwas runner up.Dustin Johnson won the 2018 RBC Canadian Open Golf Title at the Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville in Canada. He is currently in world number one position. In Women’s Hockey World Cup 2018, the Netherlands has been crowned the world champions for a record eighth time. Japan has won the 2018 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup in Vannes, France. World Junior Squash Championships 2018 was held in Chennai, India.


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The 2018 BWF World Championships is a badminton tournament which was held at Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Sports Park Arena in Nanjing, China.



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Asian Games as on 1 September 2018India- 13 Gold, 23 Silver, 29 Bronze= 65Jinson Johnson- Athletics (Men’s 1500m)India Women’s Team- Athletics (Women’s 4X400m Relay)Arpinder Singh- Athletics (Men’s Triple jump)Swapna Barman- Athletics (Women’s Heptathlon)Manjit Singh- Athletics (Men's 800m)Neeraj Chpra- Athletics (Men's Javelin throw)Tajinderpal Singh Toor- Athletics (Men's Shot put)Rohan Bopanna/Divij Sharan- Tennis (Men's Doubles)India Men's team- Rowing (Men's Quadruple sculls)Rahi Jeevan Sarnobat- Shooting (Women's 25m Pistol)Saurabh Chaudhary- Shooting (Men's 10m Air Pistol)Vinesh Phogat- Wrestling (Women's Freestyle 50 kg)Bajrang Punia- Wrestling (Men's Freestyle 65 kg)

Vinesh Phogat has become the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold medal at the Asian Games.

Rahi Sarnobat became the first Indian woman shooter to win an Asian Games gold medal.

Neeraj Chopra has become the first Indian Javelin-thrower to win a Gold Medal in Asian Games.

Arpinder Singh clinched India’s first men’s triple jump gold in 48 years in the Asian Games.

Swapna Barman became the first Indian to win a gold medal in Women's Heptathlon in 2018 Asian Games.

Japanese swimmer Ikee Rikako has been named as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the 18th edition of the Asian Games. The 18-year-old, who bagged six gold and two silver medals in the tournament, became the first female athlete to win the MVP title.



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Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric has been named UEFA Men's Player of the Year for 2017/18.Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid & Portugal) was the UEFA Men's Player of the Year for 2016/17.

India Blue thrashed defending champion India Red by an innings and 187 runs in the final to win the 57th Duleep Trophy at NPR College ground, in Dindigul,Tamil Nadu.

India’s ace sprinter Hima Das was appointed as Sports Ambassador of Assam. Indian five-time world boxing champion M C Mary Kom clinched her third gold medal of the year in 48 kg

category in Silesian Open boxing Tournament for women in Gliwice, Poland. Maldives have lifted the 2018 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Cup. The Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) confirmed that Hangzhou in China will host the fourth edition of Asian

Para Games in 2022. India Defeats Bangladesh To Win 7th Asia Cup Title. Liton Das was the Player Of The Match and Shikhar

Dhawan was declared as the Player Of The Series. Vikram Malhotra has won the Aspin Cup Squash Tournament 2018. Hockey player Lilima Minz has been selected for the prestigious Eklavya Puraskar, 2018.

Japan Open 2018Men's Singles- Kento Momota (Japan)---Khosit Phetpradab (Thailand)Women's Singles- Carolina Marin (Spain)---Nozomi Okuhara (Japan)

China Open 2018Men's Singles- Anthony Sinisuka (Indonesia)---Kento Momota (Japan)

Women's Singles- Carolina Marin (Spain)---Chen Yufei (China)



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Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2018

S. No. Name of the Sportsperson Discipline

1. Ms. S. Mirabai Chanu Weightlifting

2. Shri Virat Kohli Cricket

Dronacharya Awards 2018

S. No. Name of the Coach Discipline

1. Subedar Chenanda Achaiah Kuttappa Boxing

2. Shri Vijay Sharma Weightlifting

3. Shri A. Srinivasa Rao Table Tennis

4. Shri Sukhdev Singh Pannu Athletics

5. Shri Clarence Lobo Hockey (Life Time)

6. Shri Tarak Sinha Cricket (Life Time)

7. Shri Jiwan Kumar Sharma Judo (Life Time)

8. Shri V.R. Beedu Athletics (Life Time)



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Arjuna Awards 2018


1. Shri Neeraj Chopra Athletics

2. Naib Subedar Jinson Johnson Athletics

3. Ms. Hima Das Athletics

4. Ms. Nelakurthi Sikki Reddy Badminton

5. Subedar Satish Kumar Boxing

6. Ms. Smriti Mandhana Cricket

7. Shri Shubhankar Sharma Golf

8. Shri Manpreet Singh Hockey

9. Ms. Savita Hockey

10. Col. Ravi Rathore Polo

11. Ms. Rahi Sarnobat Shooting

12. Shri Ankur Mittal Shooting

13. Ms. Shreyasi Singh Shooting

14. Ms. Manika Batra Table Tennis

15. Shri G. Sathiyan Table Tennis

16. Shri Rohan Bopanna Tennis

17. Shri Sumit Wrestling

18. Ms. Pooja Kadian Wushu

19. Shri Ankur Dhama Para-Athletics

20. Shri Manoj Sarkar Para-Badminton

Dhyan Chand Award 2018


1. Shri Satyadev Prasad Archery

2. Shri Bharat Kumar Chetri Hockey

3. Ms. Bobby Aloysius Athletics

4. Shri Chougale Dadu Dattatray Wrestling

Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2018

S. No. Category Name of the entity

1. Identification and Nurturing of Budding & Young Talent Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited

2. Encouragement to Sports through Corporate Social Responsibility JSW Sports

3. Sports for Development Isha Outreach

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2017-18

1. Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar



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Yuvraj Wadhwani has won the 25th Asian junior individual squash championship title. He defeated Anas Ali Shah of Pakistan in the final in Chennai. Yuvraj has become the second Indian to win the Under-13 title after Veer Chotrani, who had won the title in 2014 in Iran.

Prithvi Shaw has become the youngest Indian to score a century on Test debut, achieving the feat aged 18 years and 329 days against West Indies in Rajkot, Gujarat. The opener is also the fourth youngest player of all time to hit a debut ton and the second youngest Indian to make a Test century after Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin Tendulkar Age- 17 Years 107 Days Prithvi Shaw Age- 18 Years 329 Days

Manu Bhaker was named as the flag-bearer of the Indian contingent for the 3rd Youth Olympic Games to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The 36th National Games will be held from March 30 to April 14 in Goa.

India’s Keerthana Pandian Wins Girls’ Title in IBSF World U-16 Snooker Championships while Belgium's Ben Marten won the Boys' Title.

Indian under-19 cricket team has defeated Sri Lanka by 144 runs in the summit clash of the 2018 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Sixteen-year-old shooter Manu Bhaker has become the first-ever Indian woman to win gold at Youth Olympics.

Britain beats India to win Sultan Johar Cup Junior Hockey in Malaysia.

Bajrang Punia settled for a silver medal in the World Wrestling championship.

India's Sourav Kothari defeated Peter Gilchrist of Singapore to clinch the 2018 WBL World Billiards Championship title.

Indian golfer Khalin Joshi clinched his maiden Asian Tour title, claiming the Panasonic Open India title.

India and Pakistan share Asian Champions Trophy hockey title, Akashdeep Singh named best player.

Tata Steel named as official sponsor of men's hockey World Cup.



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Grand Prix 2018 Circuit Winner Runner Up

Australian Albert Park Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Lewis Hamilton (UK)

Bahrain BIC Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Valtteri Bottas (Finland)

Chinese Shanghai Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) Valtteri Bottas (Finland)

Azerbaijan Baku Lewis Hamilton (UK) Kimi Raikkonen (Finland)

Spain Catalunya Lewis Hamilton (UK) Valtteri Bottas (Finland)

Monaco Monaco Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) Sebastian Vettel (Germany)

Canadian Gilles Villeneuve Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Valtteri Bottas (Finland)

French Le Castellet Lewis Hamilton (UK) Max Verstappen (Belgium)

Austrian SpielBerg Max Verstappen (Belgium) Kimi Raikkonen (Finland)

British Silverstone Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Lewis Hamilton (UK)

German Hockenheim Lewis Hamilton (UK) Valtteri Bottas (Finland)

Hungarian Hungaroring Lewis Hamilton (UK) Sebastian Vettel (Germany)

Belgian Spa Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Lewis Hamilton (UK)

Italian Monza Lewis Hamilton (UK) Kimi Raikkonen (Finland)

Singapore Singapore Lewis Hamilton (UK) Max Verstappen (Belgium)

Russian Sonchi Lewis Hamilton (UK) Valtteri Bottas (Finland)

Japanese Suzuka Lewis Hamilton (UK) Valtteri Bottas (Finland)

USA Austin Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Sebastian Vettel (Germany)

Mexican Mexico City Max Verstappen (Belgium) Sebastian Vettel (Germany)



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Title Winner Runner up

Men’s Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Juan Martín del Potro

(Argentina)

Women’s Singles Naomi Osaka (Japan) Serena Williams (USA)

Men’s Doubles Mike Bryan (USA)

Jack Sock (USA)

Łukasz Kubot (Poland)

Marcelo Melo (Brazil)

Women’s Doubles Ashleigh Barty (Australia)

CoCo Vandeweghe (USA)

Tímea Babos (Hungary)

Kristina Mladenovic (France)

Mixed Doubles Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)

Jamie Murray (United

Kingdom)

Alicja Rosolska (Poland)

Nikola Mektić (Croatia)

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Men’s Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Kevin Anderson (South Africa)

Women’s Singles Angelique Kerber (Germany) Serena Williams (USA)

Men’s Doubles Mike Bryan (USA)

Jack Sock (USA)

Michael Venus (New Zealand)

Raven Klaasen (South Africa)

Women’s Doubles Kateřina Siniaková (Czech

Republic)

Barbora Krejčíková(Czech Republic)

Nicole Melichar (USA)

Kveta Peschke (Czech Republic)

Mixed Doubles Alexander Peya (Austria)

Nicole Melichar (USA)

Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)

Jamie Murray (Britain)

Wimbledon 2018

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