31 August 2014 Current Affairs
Carolina Marin Won World Badminton Championship
Carolina Marin became the first Spaniard to win World Badminton Championship. The World Badminton Championship was held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Carolina won women’s singles titles by defeating world number one Li Xuerui of china. China’s Chen Long won the men’s singles titles of the World Badminton Championships.
Renowned Telugu Filmmaker Sattiraju Lakshminarayana Died
Renowned Telugu filmmaker Sattiraju Lakshminarayana nicknamed Bapu died on 31 August 2014 in Chennai. He was 80. He was born on 15 December 1933. Bapu begun his film career as a director in 1967 with Sakshi, the film that was screened at the international film festival at Tashkent in 1968. He directed his last film Sri Rama Rajyam in 2011 and had a special screening at International Film Festival of India on 18 November 2011. He also directed few Hindi and Tamil language. In 2013, he won the Padma Shri award. He was the winner of five Nandi Award of Andhra Pradesh government . Apart from this, Bapu received several coveted honours like two National Film Awards, two Filmfare Awards South, and a Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South for the year 2012.