Current affairs 26th and 27th august 2018

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1)

In a Historic day for the country's aviation and energy sector, India's first biofuel-powered flight landed in Delhi,covering the distance between Dehradun & Delhi.
The biofuel is developed by CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP), Dehradun. The flight test was successfully completed by SpiceJet. 

Jayant Sinha is the present Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

2)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami laid the foundation stone for setting up of a Special Investment Region (SIR) in northern Krishnagiri district to attract investments.

The foundation stone for the Rs 2,420 crore project was laid through video conferencing from the State Secretariat.

Banwarilal Purohit is the present Governor of Tamil Nadu.

3)

The Statistics from 14 cities across India have been analysed by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), the New Delhi-based think tank, to check how some cities, which hold size-able shares of India’s urban population are positioned in the race for clean and low carbon mobility.  

Top 3 in Overall emissions and energy consumption: 

Bhopal

Vijayawada

Chandigarh.

Top 3 in Per-travel trip emissions and energy consumption: 

Kolkata

Mumbai

Bhopal.

4)

India Banking Conclave 2018 was held in New Delhi. The India Banking Conclave 2018 was organized by Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). 

5)

"Atal Ji Ne Kaha" is the latest of the books on the BJP patriarch and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee launched with a message by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 

The book is Authored and compiled by Brijendra Rehi. Mr Rehi is noted Doordarshan producer,  and senior journalist. The book has been published by Darpan Publication. 

6)

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj begun her four-day tour of Vietnam and Cambodia, with an aim to deepen India’s strategic cooperation with the two key nations in the ASEAN region. She will inaugurate the 3rd Indian Ocean Conference in Hanoi

In Vietnam, she will co-chair the 16th meeting of the Joint Commission along with her Vietnamese counterpart, Pham Binh Minh.

Vietnam Capital: Hanoi,  Currency: Vietnamese dong. 

Cambodia Capital: Phnom Penh,  Currency: Cambodian riel. 

7)

In Sri Lanka, the fourth Asian electoral stakeholders forum (AESF-IV) begins in Colombo to discuss the state of elections and democracy in the region. The two-day forum is being held for the first time in South Asia with support from the Election Commission of Sri Lanka and the Asian network for free elections (ANFREL).

The AESF will be attended by more than 250 delegates from 45 countries. The theme is, ‘Advancing Election Transparency and Integrity: Promoting and Defending Democracy Together’. India is being represented by Chief Electoral Officer of Maharashtra Ashwini Kumar and an NGO.

Sri Lanka Capitals: Colombo, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Currency: Sri Lankan rupee, President: Maithripala Sirisena. 

8)

The 8th meeting of India-Kenya Joint Trade Committee was held in Nairobi, Kenya. The meeting was co-chaired by Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu and Mr Peter Munya, Cabinet Secretary (Minister) for Industry, Trade and Cooperatives, Government of Kenya.

9)

Asia Society To Honour PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi As 'Game Changer of The Year'in recognition of her business achievements, humanitarian record and advocacy for women and girls around the world. 

10)

Reliance Power Unit Wins $56-million International Arbitration Award against Prestige Capital Holdings (a Seychelles-based company) and Kokos Jiang. 

Kokos Jiang is the owner of Sugico Group in Indonesia, from whom Reliance Power had acquired the entire economic interest in three coal mining concessions in Indonesia in 2010.

11)

G. Satheesh Reddy Appointed New DRDO Chairman

The topmost post of the DRDO was lying vacant when the then chief Dr S Christopher stepped down. 

Defence Secretary Sanjay Mitra was then given additional charge of the organisation. 

DRDO Headquarters in: New Delhi, Founded in: 1958.

12)

Japan Wins 1st Ever Title at FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup France 2018 

Takarada Saori was named as the Player of the match with her goal and an assist. Takarada was also awarded the Adidas Bronze Boot as well as the Adidas Silver Ball, while Minami was awarded the Bronze Ball.

Japan Capital- Tokyo, Currency- Japanese yen.

13)

Union Minister of Steel, Chaudhary Birender Singh, unveiled the corporate sports policy for Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) under the Ministry of Steel. 

14)

India's Tejinder Pal Singh Toor wins the Gold medal in Men's Shot Put final at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia. He brought India its seventh gold medal with an Asian Games record throw of 20.75 meters in Jakarta.

The Host cities for Asian Games 2018 are Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia. 

Bhin Bhin, Kaka, and Atung are the mascots of the 2018 Asian Games. 

15)

18-year-old Hima Das won the Silver medal in 400-meter race in ongoing Asian Games 2018, Indonesia. 

Hima clocked 50.79 seconds to complete her race.


16)

US Senator John McCain Passes Away At 81 

That's all for the today's important current affairs.

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