22nd August 2016 - Important Current Affairs updates

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International Affairs

• Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ashraf Ghani have jointly inaugurated the renovated Stor Palace in Kabul through video conferencing.
• About Afghanistan :
• Capital : Kabul
• President : Ashraf Ghani
• Chief Executive Officer : Abdullah Abdullah
• Currency : Afghani
• Official language : Pashto Dari
  
• Nepal's new Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' will embark on a 3-day official visit to India on 15th September 2016.
• Important Note : This will be Prachanda's first foreign visit after assuming office earlier this month.
• About Nepal :
• Capital : Kathmandu
• President : Bidhya Devi Bhandari
• Prime Minister : Pushpa Kamal Dahal
• Official language : Nepali
• Currency : Nepalese Rupee
• BRICS Women Parliamentarians forum has unanimously passed the Jaipur Declaration on the concluding day of the Forum’s meeting held in Jaipur. 
• The 19-point declaration was adopted at the two-day meeting of BRICS Women Parliamentarians forum held in Jaipur, Rajasthan. 
• The meeting was attended by heads and members of delegation from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

New Appointments

• Dr. Najma Heptulla was sworn-in as the 18th Governor of Manipur. 
• She replaced Shanmuganathan who was holding the dual charge of Governor of Meghalaya and Manipur. 
• Mr. VP Singh Badnore took oath as the new Governor of Punjab and also as Administrator of Chandigarh today. 
• Vistara, the joint venture between Tata Sons Ltd and Singapore Airlines, has announced Deepika Padukone as its Brand Ambassador.
• Amul Managing Director R S Sodhi has been appointed as Independent Director on the board of India Post Payment Banks (IPPB) -- the payments bank arm of postal department.
• Note : Sodhi is one of the five independent members to be appointed on the board.
• Eminent scientist P D Gupta has been appointed as the new Vice Chancellor of Mumbai-based Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI). 

Awards & Honors

• Actor Kamal Haasan will be awarded the Chevalier de L'Ordre Arts etLettres (The Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) by the French government. 
• The Order is part of France’s premier award, the Legion of Honor.

Sports

• Wrestler Sakshi Malik, who won India's first medal in the Rio Olympics, will be the country's flag bearer at the Summer Games Closing Ceremony.
• Important Note : Sakshi, had become the first woman wrestler in India to win an Olympic medal with her bronze in the 58kg freestyle.

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