IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF AUG 29, 2016

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF AUG 29, 2016

• Mountain Echoes Literary Festival, 2016 
• The 7th edition of the Mountain Echoes Literary Festival 2016 Kicked off in the capital city of the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan Thimbu on 26 August 2016.
• The festival was inaugurated by Queen Mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck, (Royal Patron) which aims to provide a platform for the greatest literary minds to engage in a cultural dialogue.
• ISRO tests Scramjet Rocket engine
• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today successfully test-fired its Scramjet Rocket Engine.
• which will use oxygen from the atmosphere thereby reducing launch cost, from the spaceport of Sriharikota.
• Sania wins Connecticut Open doubles title
• Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Romanian partner Monica Niculescu defeated Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine and Chuang Chia Jung of Taiwan in the final.
• The Indo-Romanian pair won 7-5, 6-4.
• This is a major confidence booster for Sania ahead of the US Open Grand Slam tournament.
• India captain MS Dhoni sets world record in USA
• India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has set a world record, he captained India in a record 325th game (most by a player in history), across all three formats, to break Australian skipper Ricky Ponting's mark.
• Dhoni was leading India in 71st T20I. 
• He has already captained the side in 60 Tests and 194 ODIs.
• Lalita Babar, chessplayer Shardul Gagare to get SJAM awards
• Maharashtra’s sixth Chess GM Shardul Gagare, and steeplechase specialist Lalita Babar, who finished a creditable 10th in the Rio Olympics, have been chosen for the Sports Journalists Association of Mumbai’s (SJAM) Golden Jubilee Annual Awards 2016.
• Ahmedanagar-based Gagare will receive the Sportsman of the year award and the Satara-based Lalita, the Sportswoman of the year award, said a media release from SJAM.
• PM Modi announces Task Force to prepare India for next three Olympics
• After India’s dismal show in the concluded Rio Olympics 2016 Prime Minister Narendra Modi said about constituting a task force, which will make various suggestions to the roadmap for the next three quadrennial Games 2020 (Tokyo), 2024 and 2028.
• The PM announced that the task will be announced over the next few days at a meeting of the Council of Ministers held in New Delhi.
• Sharmila Tagore appointed as a new member of the BCCC
• Film actress Sharmila Tagore, theatre activist Arundhati Nag and film studies academician Ira Bhaskar have been appointed new members of Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC). 
• The Board of Directors of Indian Broadcasting Federation (IBF) headed by Star India chairman Uday Shankar has approved these appointments for a term of three years in the eminent persons.
• Himachal Health Minister launches ambulance mobile app
• Himachal Pradesh Health Minister Kaul Singh Thakur has launched a mobile application called '108 HP' to facilitate efficient access to ambulances for medical emergencies.
• On this occasion, he also flagged off five new ambulances under 108- National Ambulance Service from the historic Ridge Maidan. Quoting sources, our correspondent reports that now the number of ambulances under the service has increased to 199.
• Punit Misra named CEO of Zee Entertainment domestic broadcast biz 
• Zee Entertainment Enterprises has appointed Punit Misra as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for its domestic broadcast business.
• Earlier Misra was Executive Director-Sales and Customer Development at Hindustan Unilever and joined HUL as a management trainee in 1996.
• India's first textile university to come up at Surat
• Gujarat government is planning to set up India's first textile university at Surat.
• The main aim of the university is to provide all kind of support including technology, research and development (R&D), skilled manpower etc. The university will build on over 250 acre land in Surat and it is expected to get operational in the next one and a half years.