Current Affairs [ 25 August ]

* Famous political leader who served as Governor of several States for a record period of 17 years and died in August 2016
---Akhlaq Ur Rahman Kidwai

* Actress who topped the list of The World's Highest-Paid Actresses 2016
---Jennifer Lawrence

* Indian actress who made her entry in the Forbes list of World's Highest-Paid Actresses 2016
---Deepika Padukone

* BRICS Countries adopted which declaration during the second meeting of BRICS Ministers for Disaster Management in August 2016
---Udaipur Declaration

* The 8th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit will be held in
---Goa

* The woman wrestler and bronze medalist at 2016 Rio Olympics who was named as Haryana’s brand ambassador for "Beti Bachao, Beti Padao" campaign is
---Sakshi Malik

* Union Government launched accessible E-Library 'Sugamya Pustakalaya' for Divyang under Prime Minister’s
---Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan)

* Union Cabinet approved revised Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) for avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income with
---Cyprus

* The country that signed a historic peace accord to end more than five decades of conflict with rebel group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) is
---Colombia

* The new Air Services Agreement (ASA) between India and Fiji that was approved by Union Cabinet seeks updation of the existing Air Services Agreement (ASA) that was signed on
---28 January 1974

* State in which a special pink colour envelop under speed post was launched byJustice Virender Singh with a purpose to expedite judicial process
---Jharkhand

* Country struck by a high-intensity earthquake of magnitude 6.2 on the Richter Scale which led to death of about 150 people
---Italy

* Union Cabinet enhanced the compensation to victims of terror and left extremism from three lakh rupees to
---Five lakh

* 1st BRICS Film Festival will be hosted in September 2016 in
---Delhi

* High Court of which state cancelled the recruitment process of about four thousand police sub inspectors initiated by the state government
---Uttar Pradesh

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