Current Affairs 18th August 2016

Current Affairs 18th August 2016 - Important Points

• Who won first Medal for India at Rio Olympics - Wrestler Sakshi Malik
• Los Cabos Open Men’s Doubles title lifted by - Purav Raja and Divij Sharan
• Name of World's largest aircraft which embarked maiden flight - Airlander 10
• Assam Amusements and Betting Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2016 passed by - Assam Assembly

Current Affairs 18th August 2016 - Details

Who won first Medal for India at Rio Olympics - Wrestler Sakshi Malik

Among Important Sports Current Affairs, Freestyle wrestler Sakshi Malik won first medal at 2016 Rio Olympic Games. She won Bronze medal in 58kg category.
Important to mention here that she is first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal.
Sakshi Malik defeated Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan by 8-5 points to won this medal.
 
Do You Know :
First Indian wrestler to win a medal in Olympics was KD Jadhav, as he got bronze at the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games.

Los Cabos Open Men’s Doubles title lifted by - Purav Raja and Divij Sharan

Among Sports Current Affairs, On 16th August 2016, Purav Raja and Divij Sharan won Abierto Mexicano Los Cabos title in Mexico.
They defeated Jonathan Erlich (Israel) and Ken Skupski (England) to won this title.
Los Cabos title is a men's tennis tournament. It started in 2016 only and Ivo Karlovic was winner of Single's title of this series.

Name of World's largest aircraft which embarked maiden flight - Airlander 10

Airlander 10 which is world's largest aircraft has made its maiden flight at an airfield in Cardington in central England. It has been created by Hybrid Air Vehicles and it is a hybrid airship. This plane is important in current affairs as it is partly plane and partly airship which is filled with helium gas. It is total 43.5 m wide and 92 m long. It is capable to fly upto 4880 metres and can achieve a speed of 148 kilometres per hour.

Assam Amusements and Betting Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2016 passed by - Assam Assembly

Among Important Financial Current Affairs, On 13th August 2016, Assam Assembly passed Assam Amusements and Betting Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2016. After this bill cinema ticket rates will slash down which will boost local film industry.