Current Affairs of August 2012

The state in which the Department of Posts has launched 'Night post office services' (NPOS)	Jammu and Kashmir
The Chairman of the Expert Committee on General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR) which submitted its its draft report after analysis of the GAAR provisions and noting the concerns expressed by various shareholders on 30 Aug 2012.	Mr. Parthasarathi Shome
The new Chief of Naval Staff who took over the command of Indian Navy from Admiral Nirmal Verma	Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi
The former Indian cricket captain who has been conferred the Castrol Cricket Lifetime Achievement Award	Ajit Wadekar
The Hindi writer who has been chosen for the 2nd Sita Smriti Award for her book "Kitne Shahron Mein Kitni Baar" instituted in the memory of Late Dr. Sita Srivastava, a renowned educationist and scholar of Political Science	Smt. Mamta Kalia
The venue of Nehru Cup Football tournament being held from 22 Aug 2012	New Delhi
The JNU Professor who has been awarded the V.V. Giri Memorial Award 2011, (instituted by the V.V. Giri National Labour Institute) in recognition of her outstanding contributions to labour studies	Prof. Utsa Patnaik
The place in Rajasthan where uranium deposits have been discovered by the Atomic Energy Commission	Rohil, Sikar dist.
The international footballer and a member of gold medal winning team at 2011 SAFF Games who has been awarded the Dilip Sardesai Sports Award 2011-12 by the Goa Government	Sameer S Naik
The South African cricketer who has become the fastest to complete 3000 runs in 57 one day internationals (surpassing Vivian Richards record of 69 matches)	Hashim Amla
The pollution control vessel of the Coast Guard which has been stationed permanently at Visakhapatnam is named	Samudra Pehredar
Amuay refinery, at which a blast resulted in ferocious killing several people on 25 Aug 2012 is located in	Venezuela
The venue of XVI Non Aligned Summit being held from 26 Aug 2012	Tehran, Iran
The state which has been awarded as the 'Best State for Pilgrimage Tourism' by Safari India, a prestigious regional tourism magazine	Odisha
Northern Railway's first AC Double Decker train which was flagged off on 24 August 2012 will run between Sarai Rohilla and	Jaipur
The company which has updated its logo for the first time in 25 years	Microsoft
The international cycling icon who has been stripped of seven Tour de France titles slapped with a lifetime ban from competition.	Lance Armstrong
Meles Zenawi, who died on 20 August 2012, after serving as the Prime Minister of his country fro 17 years was the Prime Minister of	Ethiopia
The new Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha elected unanimously by the members	PJ Kurien
The Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs who has taken over the new Minister for Science and Technology, previously held by Late Vilasrao Deshmukh	Vayalar Ravi
The Chinese contestant who has won the Miss World 2012 title at the Miss World pageant at Ordos, China	Yu Wenxia
The Indian contestant who won the "Beauty with a Purpose" title and the 1st ever "Multimedia Award" at the Miss World 2012 pageant at Ordos, China	Vanya Mishra
The Pakistan air base which has been attacked by militants raising concerns about safety of nuclear arsenal in the country	PAF Minhas
The bird which has been declared State Bird of Delhi by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit as part of a new campaign to save the species	House Sparrow
The former World Boxing Association boxing champion (nicknamed Dynamite) who died of liver cancer in Aug 2012	Michael Dokes
The Serbian tennis player who has won the Rogers Cup for the second time in a row	Novak Djokovic
The state which has become the first in the country to issue bio-metric identity cards to its fishermen	Kerala
The fourth Indo-Russia joint military exercise to be held from Aug 07 in Siberian republic of Buryatia is named	Indra 2012
The eighth Indo-Mangolian joint military exercise being held in Belgaum district of Karnataka is named	Nomadic Elephant 2012
The new web mail service launched by Microsoft providing virtually unlimited storage and integrating Skype is named	Outlook
The three-day operation launched by security forces against Maoist camps located on the Jharkhand-Chhatisgarh border is named	Rainstorm
The country with which India has signed Tax Information Exchange Agreement on 01 Aug 2012	Monaco
The country whose citizen's or incorporated entities have been recently permitted to invest in India through Government route	Pakistan