Current Affairs [ 8 Sep ]

The recap of the day covers important current affairs of the day:

* World’s oldest cricketer who hails from South Africa and died in September 2016
--- Lindsay Tuckett

* Nuakhai festival is celebrated in
--- Odisha

* Fast Attack Craft that was recently handed over to Indian Navy by Garden Reach Ship builders and Engineers Limited
--- Tihayu

* Urja Mitra Helpline number that was recently launched by Union Government
--- 14401

* The former IAS officer who was recently appointed the part-time chair-person of Unique Identification Authority of India is
--- J Satyanarayana

* The veteran film director who won the 2015 J.C. Daniel Award is
--- K.G. George

* The movie that won the Best Film Award at the first BRICS Film Festival that recently concluded in New Delhi is
--- Thithi

* Dharmendra Pradhan recently launched #Gas4India campaign to
--- promote use of natural gas

* The indigenous Light Utility Helicopter recently successfully completed its test flight in Bengaluru. The helicopter is developed by
--- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

* The first edition of Nomad Film Festival 2016 began recently in
--- New Delhi

* The tennis star who set a new record of most number of Grand Slam matches wins is
--- Serena Williams

* Complying with the Supreme Court direction, the state that released Kaveri water to Tamil Nadu is
--- Karnataka

* Union Government approved 450 crore rupees for Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Sikkim under
--- the Swadesh Darshan scheme

* Maharashtra Government announced a cash reward of 75 lakh rupees for a steeplechase specialist from the state
--- Lalita Babar, who finished a creditable 10th at the Rio Olympics

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