Current Affairs August 2010 - 3

People

Mr.Ratan Tata conferred as 'Businessman of the Decade Award' on behalf of Indo-Israeli Chambers of Commerce

Priyanka Chopra has been appointed as the National Ambassador of UNICEF and would support in promoting child rights

Tejaswini Sawant becomes first Indian woman shooter to win a gold medal at World Championships


Business

Tata Docomo launches pay per site data plan at Rs.10 per siteand Rs.25 per month

Wipro Infotech launches FluidState Data Centre targetting small, medium and enterprise businesses

Heading towards Silver jubilee of the Elite School of Optometry(ESO), Sankara Nethralaya has launched a distance mode course for opticians


Discovery/Innovation

V-invertor, a matchbox-sized device that can power homes during power cuts has been invented by Mr.Subrata Datta, an employee at the R&D center of CMC Ltd.

Amnajot Singh and Sahil Wadhwa students of Ryan International School in Delhi have created history by discovering the main belt asteroid named 2010 PO24 participating in the "All-India Asteroid Search Campaign"


Science

Iran's first atomic power plant gets ready for activation outside the port city of Bushehr


Sports

A split innings 12-a-side one-day cricket format to be trailled in Australia's National one-day cup


Technology

Dell's Android based tablet launched on AT&T carrier

SHQ3000 SHQ4000 are the two new range of waterproof and sweat proof sports headphones priced at 1,999 and 2,499 have been launched by Philips