10th August 2017 Current Affairs for Upcoming Exam Check Here

National Current Affairs

• On 09th August 2017, The nation is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Quit India Movement.

• BJP National President Amit Shah who has been elected as the member of Rajya Sabha, has resigned as MLA from Gujarat Assembly.

• On 09th August 2017, BJP’s Member of Parliament from Ajmer and former Union minister Prof Sanwar Lal Jat passed away in New Delhi at his age 62.

• National Deworming Day to be held between 10 & 23 August 2017.

• On 09th August 2017, Upendra Kushwaha, Minister of State for Human Resource Development launched the NCERT’s Web portal for supply of textbooks to schools and individuals at a function in New Delhi.

• The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is observed on August 9.

International Current Affairs

• Iranian President Hassan Rouhani appointed two female vice presidents name Massoumeh Ebtekar & Laya Joneydi.

States Current Affairs

• In Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party MLC Ashok Bajpai resigned from the State Legislative Council in 09th August 2017.

• Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is all set to launch wi-fi hotspots in ten areas of Shillong, Meghalaya.

• The Quit India Movement or the India August Movement, was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All-India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942.

• PV Sindhu joins as deputy collector in AP government.

Business Current Affairs

Sports Current Affairs

• India’s Kynan Chenai and Shreyasi Singh have won bronze in mixed team trap event in Asian Shotgun Shooting Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan.