Daily Current Affairs: August 20, 2016, Saturday

• P V Sindhu youngest Indian to win at Olympics
• Badminton player P V Sindhu made history by being youngest Indian sportsperson to win a medal at the quadrennial Olympics. Sindhu won the Silver medal in women’s singles badminton event at Rio Olympics 2016.
• She is also the first women to win a Silver in Badminton events at Olympics. Saina Nehwal won a Bronze medal at London Olypmics in 2012.
• Sindhu is the fourth Indian to win a silver at the Olympics after shooters Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (2004, Athens) and Vijay Kumar (2012, London) and wrestler Sushil Kumar (2012, London).
• Moreover, she became the fifth woman player from India to win a medal in Olympics.
• August 19 observed as World Humanitarian Day 
• The theme this year is One Humanity.
• It is observed to honour a resolution passed by United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
• It is dedicated to recognize humanitarian personnel and those who have lost their lives working for humanitarian causes.
• It is also pays homage to a 2003 airstrike in Iraq which killed UN Special Representative to Iraq, Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 of his colleagues. 
• Sangeet Marthand Ustad Chand Khan Lifetime Achievement Award for Pandit Shivkumar Sharma
• Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma has been awarded Ustad Chand Khan Lifetime Achievement Award by the Delhi Gharana.
• Pandit Shivkumar Sharma is an exponent of the Santoor, a string instrument and has its origins in Kashmir.
• Pandit Sharma started his career as a musician at the All India Radio (AIR), which helped make the instrument popular among people at large.
• The Delhi Gharana to which Ustad Chand Khan belongs is associated with Amir Khusro.   
• Global Innovation Index 2016- India ranks 66th
• India has made a jump of 15 places from rank 81 in 2015 to 66 in 2016
• Global innovation Index is released by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) andFrance based interantional business school INSEAD.
• Switzerland ranks number one in the list, India is placed fourth among BRICS countries after China, Russia and South Africa.
• the rankings were started in 2007. Countries are marked on the basis of 80 parameters.
• Indian National Defence University (INDU) to be established at Gurugram, draft bill in public domain
• It will be a world class institution for higher defence studies.
• INDU seeks to address challenges emanating from strategic environment driven by political, social and economic factors which affect character of warfare and security. 
• These challenges can be addressed through education of military officers to think and act independently of formulaic guidelines.
• INDU will augment existing professional military education (PME) and enhance jointness among different services.