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Top Curren Affairs, August Month
Ø NITI Aayog to establish 500 ATLs across J&K
Ø To nurture the innovative mindset among high school students across the
length and breadth of Jammu and Kashmir, Atal Innovation Mission and NITI Aayog
is establishing more than 500 Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs) here under the Atal
Innovation Mission (AIM).
Ø The NITI Aayog has declared holy city of Haridwar in Uttarakhand as the
best aspirational district on five parameters, thereby providing an additional
allocation of three crore rupees.
Ø Lt Governor inaugurates 8th India International MSME Start-up Expo &
Summit 2022 at New Delhi
Ø After August 2019, J&K's economy has been living up to the
expectation. In FY 2021-22, MSMEs export registered 54% growth &
importer-exporter registration has gone up by 173%. Strategic focus on food
processing, handicraft & organic products has stimulated the economic
growth: LG
Ø Divita Rai (23-year-old ) from Karnataka has won the prestigious title of
Miss Diva Universe 2022.
Ø The National Sports Day or Rashtriya Khel Divas is celebrated on 29th
August in India. It was first designated and celebrated in 2012 as India’s National Sports Day.
Ø The 13th edition of the 21-day India- USA Joint Exercise Vajra Prahar
culminated at Bakloh in Himachal Pradesh.
Ø Famous classical dancer and activist Mallika Sarabhai bares it all in her
upcoming self-help memoir, “Free Fall: My Experiments with Living”. The book
will hit the stands on August 30 and it is published by Speaking Tiger.
Ø UP government has decided to develop Kannauj as a perfume tourism
destination
Ø Red Bull’s driver Max Verstappen has won the Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix
2022.
Ø James Anderson of England has become the first-ever fast bowler to
complete 950 wickets in international cricket.
Ø German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz has named Santosh Iyer as the
Managing Director & CEO of the Indian operations with effect from January
1, 2023.
Ø Rohit Sharma overtook New Zealand’s Martin Guptill to become the leading
run-scorer in men’s T20 Internationals.
Ø Ananth Narayan Gopalakrishnan, an associate professor at SP Jain
Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), was on August 27, appointed a
whole-time member of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
Ø PM Modi will inaugurate Smritivan at Bhuj in Kutch region of Gujarat on
August 28th. Smritivan celebrates the spirit of resilience shown by the people
of Gujarat following the 2001 earthquake.
Ø Lt Gen Nav K Khanduri inaugurated the Taurus Sainik Aramgrah at Delhi
Cantt. The facility is constructed by Indian Army in collaboration with Delhi
Metro Rail Corporation as an Equal Value Infrastructure Project.
Ø Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel received the 2022 Peace Prize “in
recognition of her efforts to welcome refugees,” according to UNESCO.
Ø On 26 August, International Dog Day is celebrated to promote the adoption
of dogs instead of buying them from pet shops.
Ø The Karnataka government and ‘Isha Outreach’ have signed a MoU to work
together and achieve synergy between ‘Cauvery Calling’ and various
government-based agroforestry promotion schemes in the districts which form
part of the Cauvery basin.
Ø International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances is observed
globally on the 30th of August every year by United Nations.
Ø The 2022 Liberty Medal will be awarded this fall to Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The National Constitution Center announced that Zelenskyy
will be honored in a ceremony in October for what it called “his heroic defense
of liberty in the face of Russian tyranny.”
Ø Royal Enfield has partnered with UNESCO (the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization) to promote and safeguard the ‘Intangible
Cultural Heritage of India.
Ø The central government August 22, 2022 launched the Rashtriya Puruskar
Portal to bring together all the awards of various ministries, departments,
agencies of the Government of India under one platform to ensure transparency
and public partnership.
Ø Former Chief Economic Adviser, KV Subramanian was appointed as the
Executive Director for India at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Ø According to the website of National Mission on Monuments and
Antiquities, Tradition ascribes this tank to a Tomar King, Anang Pal II, the
builder of Lal Kot. The Anangtal lake is situated in Mehrauli, Delhi.
Ø Indian men’s volleyball team has won the bronze medal by defeating Korea
3-2 in the 14th Asian U-18 Championship in Tehran.
Ø Pragnya Ayyagari of Telangana was declared Miss Diva Supranational 2022.
Ø A 17-year-old British-Belgian boy has become the youngest person to fly
solo around the world on a five-month journey that has seen him face monsoons,
scorching heat, and frustrating bureaucracy.
Ø The board of IDFC Limited has approved the appointment of Mahendra N Shah
as its Managing Director in August 2022.
Ø Union Minister Anurag Thakur has launched “Azadi Quest”, a series of
online educational games based on India’s freedom struggle, developed in
collaboration with Zynga India.
Ø Former Vice President, M Venkaiah Naidu has released a book titled “A New
India: Selected Writings 2014-19”, a compilation of selected articles of former
Union Minister and Padma Vibhushan Arun Jaitley on his death anniversary.
Ø Bangladesh-born Fahmida Azim wins Pulitzer Prize; brings laurels to
sub-continent. Bangladesh born illustrator and author Fahmida Azim who works in
the USA has been selected for the 2022 Pulitzer prize under the category of
“Illustrated Reporting and Commentary.”
Ø A first-of-its-kind, Composite Indoor Shooting Range (CISR) was
inaugurated by Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta at INS Karna. The CISR is a
state-of-the-art, self-contained, 25 m, six-lane, live firing range for all
primary and secondary weapons in the Navy.
Ø TP Renewable Microgrid (TPRMG), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Power
and Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), have partnered with to
launch an innovative program that will see 1,000 green energy enterprises
established throughout the nation.
Ø The cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath approved
the proposal of the Uttar Pradesh Tourism Department to start the country’s
first night safari in the capital Lucknow.
Ø The arrangement was formalised on August 19 at a transfer of ownership
ceremony at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in the presence of Acting
Indian High Commissioner to the U. K. Sujit Ghosh.
Ø Seven artefacts, including a stone door jamb stolen from a Hindu temple
in Uttar Pradesh, has been transferred back to India by Glasgow’s museums as
part of Scotland’s “largest-ever” repatriation of objects from a single
collection.
Ø Transgenders will be brought under the ambit of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan
Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY).
Ø Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre at Mullanpur, Mohali. The
hospital has been built at a cost of over 660 crore rupees by Tata Memorial
Centre, an aided institute under the Department of Atomic Energy.
Ø Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital
and Research Centre
Ø Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has launched the ‘Vidya Rath -School
on Wheels’ project.
Ø Godrej Agrovet has signed MoUs with Assam, Manipur, and Tripura
governments for the development and promotion of oil palm cultivation under a
central scheme.
Ø The Punjab and Haryana governments have agreed to name the Chandigarh
International Airport in Mohali after Shaheed Bhagat Singh. The decision was
taken during a meeting between Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann & Haryana deputy CM
Dushyant Chautala. The Punjab government has already declared a state holiday
on March 23, the martyrdom day of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.
Ø 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference to be held in Canada. An
Indian Parliamentary delegation led by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will be
attending the 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPA) at Halifax in
Canada.
Ø In Mali, the military has appointed Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga as interim
Prime Minister after the country’s civilian PM Choguel Kokalla Maiga was
admitted to hospital.
Ø 17-year-old Indian chess master Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa defeated world
champion Magnus Carlsen in the FTX Crypto Cup in Miami, an international chess
Championships.
Ø Former India football team captain Samar ‘Badru’ Banerjee, who led the
country to a historic fourth-place finish in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, has
passed away recently.
Ø Dr Jitendra Singh launched India’s first truly indigenously developed
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus developed by KPIT-CSIR in Pune.
Ø Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu will publish his new autobiography on
November 22. The former prime minister’s book “Bibi: My Story”.
Ø International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its
Abolition is an international day celebrated on August 23 of each year.
Ø World Water Week 2022 takes place from 23 August to 1 September. The
World Water Week is an annual event organized by Stockholm International Water
Institute (SIWI).
Ø The theme of the 2022 World Water Week is: “Seeing the unseen: The value
of water”, which helps us view water in new and fascinating ways.
Ø Union Home Minister Amit Shah led the 23rd Central Zonal Council Meeting
in Bhopal. Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, and
Pushkar Singh Dhami, the chief minister of Uttarakhand, attended the meeting.
Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, and Bhupesh Baghel, the
chief minister of Chhattisgarh, participated virtually due to poor weather.
Ø In a move aimed to strengthen the rural economy and make the “gauthan”
(cattle shed) a centre of livelihood, the Chhattisgarh government will set up
rural industrial parks in the state. In the first year of the project, there
will be 300 such parks.
Ø In a first, the Uttar Pradesh government is planning to build an
education township in the state. As per the Yogi Adityanath government, the
education township will be developed on the idea of 'Single Entry, Multiple
Exit'.
Ø The Government’s objective behind the education township is to provide
high-quality education to the youth and equip them with a variety of professional
skills in one place.
Ø New Delhi, Aug 22 (PTI) Senior scientist Debasisa Mohanty was appointed
as the director of the National Institute of Immunology (NII), according to a
Personnel Ministry order.
Ø New Delhi , August 19, The
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Thursday appointed Rajesh Verma as
secretary to President Droupadi Murmu.
Ø Abdul Gaffar Nadiadwala who passed away recently was known for backing
over 50 Hindi films including 1965 film “Mahabharat” and hit comedies in the
2000s such as “Hera Pheri” and “Welcome”.
Ø Adidas CEO Kasper Rorsted will step down next year, the sports apparel
maker, and the company has started looking for a successor.
Ø World Gujarati Language Day 2022 is celebrated every year on 24 August.
This day is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of the great writer
of Gujarat ‘Veer Narmad’.
Ø World Gujarati Language Day 2022 is celebrated every year on 24 August.
World Gujarati Language Day 2022 is celebrated every year on 24 August. This
day is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of the great writer of
Gujarat 'Veer Narmad'. Poet Veer Narmad was born on August 24, 1833 in Surat,
Gujarat.
Ø Vikram K. Doraiswami was appointed India’s new High Commissioner to the
United Kingdom, considered an important posting in view of growing strategic
ties between the two countries.
Ø State-run Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited on Tuesday commenced
its Cowdung to Compressed Biogas Project at Sanchore, Rajasthan.
Ø Greece was hit with pension cuts, spending curbs, tax increases after it
sought its first bailout in 2010
Ø Greece's exit from the European Union's so-called enhanced surveillance
framework for its economy ends 12 years of pain and allows the country greater
freedom in policy making, its prime minister said.
