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24-August-2018 Current Affairs

Scott John Morrison; 30th New Prime Minister of Australia

Scott John Morrison; 30th New Prime Minister of Australia

1. Scott John Morrison (50-years-old) elected as a new 30th Prime Minister of Australia. He is an Australian politician, Former Acting Minister for Home and Affairs, and leader of the Liberal Party since 24-08-2018.
- The Capital of Australia:- Canberra,
- The Currency of Australia:- Australian Dollar.

2. The Airport Authority of India has allotted space at Ahmedabad, Udaipur and Kolkata airports for an opening of Tribes India outlets. Besides, TRIFED has been offered spaces at International Airports at Dehradun, Varanasi, Pune, Goa, Coimbatore, Lucknow, Amritsar and Gangtok for setting up of Tribes India Outlets. Presence of Tribes India Outlets at these Airports will not only be a good opportunity to market tribal products but also would help promote “Tribes India” as a brand among target customers.

TRIFED has established a network of 89 Outlets i.e. 42 own Sales outlets, 33 outlets on consignment sale and 14 franchisee outlets located across the country in comparison to 29 own outlets and 13 consignment outlets as on 30.07.2017.

3. Indian Rowing Team: Sawarn Singh, Dattu Baban Bhokanal, Om Prakash and Sukhmeet Singh wins a Gold medal in Rowing Men's Quadruple Sculls event at the 18th Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta - Palembang, Indonesia.

4. Indian Tennis players Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan win a Gold medal in Men’s Doubles Tennis event at the 18th Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta - Palembang, Indonesia. R. Bopanna & D. Sharan defeated Aleksander Bublik and Denis Yevseyev of Kazakhstan in the final match

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