Current Affairs : August 15, 2011

Celebrations of Independence Day across the nation

India Celebrates its 65th Independence Day on August 15, 2011

Sena medal awarded to 114 Army personnel

3 Army doctors honoured with the Sena Medal

for gallantry

for taking on terrorists and saving the lives of their colleagues during an

attack on Indians in Kabul last year A total of 114 Army personnel

awarded the Sena Medal for gallantry on Independence Day for their acts

of valour in different operations across the country

Platinum Jubilee of Gold Medal Win of Indian Hockey Team celebrated in

MP

To celebrate the platinum jubilee of gold

medal win of Indian hockey team in

Berlin Olympics on August 15, 1936, a

special programme organized in Madhya

Pradesh

With this win in 1936, India

completed the hat trick of gold

medal haul in the Olympics

India won the gold medal in Berlin

Olympics on August 15, 1936, in the

presence of the then ruler of

Germany, Adolf Hitler

Our team had created a world record in hockey by remaining champion

from 1928-1959 in the Olympics and the country had not lost a single

match during those 31 years

Chief Minister of MP, Shivraj Singh Chouhan honoured hockey players including

Olympians at the function organised by the State Sports and Youth Welfare

Department

‘Yaad-e-Berlin Olympic 1936′, a short film screened on the occasion

People who were honoured include hockey Olympians Lieutenant Haripal Kaushik,

Inamur Rehman, Aslam Sher Khan, Dhanraj Pillai and Ashok Dhyanchand

40th anniversary of fall down of Bretton Woods currency regulation system

August 15, 2011 marks the 40th anniversary of the breakdown

of the Bretton Woods currency regulation system

set up after the Second World War

The system fixed the value of the dollar against the

value of gold

United States in 1971 left the system due to domestic troubles

with high inflation

The moves ignited global economic uncertainty and to oil prices

Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams win Rogers Cup Tennis Title

Serbian, Novak Djokovic won the Rogers Cup Men’s

Singles Tennis Title

American Serena Williams won the Rogers Cup Women’s Singles Tennis Title

“Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman”

The President confered prestigious Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman to 8 scholars

in Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic and Pali languages

The distinction is conferred once a year on the Independence Day in

recognition of substantial contribution in the field of Sanskrit,

Pali/Prakrit, Arabic and Persian

SANSKRIT

Dr. Braj Bhushan Ojha, Dr. Somanath Dash, Dr. Sampadananda Mishra, Dr.

Veernaryana N.K. Pandurangi, Dr. Dharmendra Kumar Singhdeo

PERSIAN

Dr. Shahid Naukhez Azmi

ARABIC

Dr. Mujeebur Rahman

PALI

Dr. Mahaveer Prabhachandra Shastri

The President also awarded Certificate of Honour to twenty three scholars

Bangladesh observes National mourning Day

Bangladesh observed National mourning Day on August 15,

2011 to mark the 36th Death Anniversary of the country’s

Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rehman

On August 15, 1975 Sheikh Mujibur Rehman and all his family members

except current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and his younger daughter

Sheikh Rehana were assassinated