CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2018- CLASSES IV & V
1.) Apple Inc. became the first $ 1trillion publicity listed US company in the world. 2.) Justice Geeta Mittal has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, becoming the first women Judge in the history of the world. 3.)India has become the first South Asian to get the Stratic Trade Authorisation- 1 (STA- 1) status. This status will pay the way for high- technology products sales to India, India particularly in civil space and defence sector. 4.) Indian- Origin Mathematician Akshay Venkatesh gets prestigious Field Medal. 5.) India became home to the World's first ever thermal battery plant, that was inaugurated in Andhra Pradesh. 6.) This year India celebrated its 72nd Independence Day. 7.) Former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna Sh. Atal Bihari Vajpayee passed away at the age of 93. 8.) Imran Khan elected as the next Prime Minister of Pakistan by Pakistan lawmakers in the National Assembly. 9.) The 18th Asian Games started in Indonesia with