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Daily Current Affairs One Liner August 2022 Part 10

 

Daily Current Affairs One Liner

August 2022 Part 10

Important Facts

 

*   44th Chess Olympiad comes to a close at Mamallapuram.

*   8th National Handloom Day – August 07, 2022

*   Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sreeja Akula wins gold in mixed doubles Table Tennis

*   Achanta Sharath Kamal wins gold men’s singles Table Tennis

*   Andhra Pradesh Renames Newly Created Konaseema District

*   Australia beat India by nine runs to win gold medal in the women’s cricket

*   Australia win gold in men’s hockey by beating India 7-0 in the final.

*   Australia’s Nick Kyrgios wins Citi Open 2022; Russia’s Liudmila Samsonova won Women’s Title

*   Both houses of Parliament adjourned sine die concluding the Monsoon Session

*   Cease-fire between Palestinians, Israel takes effect in Gaza after 3 days

*   Centre offers use of indigenous 5G Test Bed free of cost to start-ups and MSMEs for next six months.

*   Chennai Prodigy Pranav Becomes India’s 75th Grandmaster

*   Chess: 15-year-old V. Pranav becomes India’s 75th Grandmaster

*   Chess: Arkady Dvorkovich re-elected as FIDE President; India’s Viswanathan Anand elected as FIDE Deputy President

*   Curtains come down on 22nd Commonwealth Games with glittering closing ceremony in Birmingham; India finish fourth overall with 61 medals, including 22 gold.

*   Delhi LG Launches NDMC’s ‘One Road-One Week’ Initiative

*   Experts discussed best plans for Indo-US joint research projects to be implemented through TIHs

*   First Meeting of Advisory Committees for Integrated Steel Plants and Secondary Sector industry held under Chairpersonship of Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Minister of Steel & Civil Aviation

*   Global Pay: American Express launches Cross Border Payments

*   HDFC Bank Raises up to USD 300 million in NRE deposits

*   Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah appeals to cooperatives to join the Government e-Marketplace

*   Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah to e-launch onboarding of cooperatives on GeM portal.

*   In Maharashtra, new Cabinet of the Shiv Sena-BJP Government sworn-in.

*   India (22 Gold, 16 Silver, and 23 Bronze) finish 4th in medals tally behind Australia, England and Canada

*   India and US begin joint Special Forces exercise at Bakloh in Himachal Pradesh.

*   India beat West Indies by 88 runs in fifth and final T20 International at Lauderhill in Florida (US) to win five-match series 4-1

*   India’s squad for upcoming Asia Cup Cricket Tournament announced; Rohit Sharma named Captain while KL Rahul returns as Vice-Captain.

*   Indian Army launches Him Drone-a-thon programme in collaboration with DFI (Drone Federation of India) to develop drone capabilities for meeting requirements of frontline troops

*   Indian Army’s ADB & DFI Sign MoU to Develop High-Impact Drones; Launches ‘Him Drone-a-thon’ Programme

*   Indian Bank & SRM University-AP signs MoU to lend ~Rs 50 crore for start-ups

*   Intellecap & TRIF Launch Carbon Finance Platform for 1 Million Smallholder Farmers

*   ISRO’s 1st Small Satellite Launch Mission carrying EOS-02 & AzaadiSAT faces Anomaly

*   Jagdeep Dhankhar Elected as 14th Vice President of India

*   Kerala Govt to Launches Online Cab Service “Kerala Savari”

*   Ladakh honoured 14th Dalai Lama with its Highest Civilian Award ‘Ladakh dPal rNgam Dusdon Award 2022

*   Lakshya Sen wins gold in men’s singles badminton

*   Lok Sabha passes Bill to rename the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre as the India International Arbitration Centre

*   Lok Sabha passes Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022

*   Lok Sabha recommends Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2022 to Parliamentary Standing Committee for further examination

*   Maharashtra Governor inaugurates the 22nd ‘Bharat Rang Mahotsav’ at Rabindra Natya Mandir in Mumbai

*   Mastercard to replace Paytm as title sponsor for BCCI matches

*   Ministry of Education holds inter-ministerial meeting for seeking inputs for reconfiguring curricular and pedagogical structure under NCF

*   Ministry of Tribal Affairs organizes ‘Samvaad’ a virtual interaction of EMRS students of 378 schools with Union Minister Shri Arjun Munda

*   MoCA Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia First Flight of Akasa Air from Mumbai to Ahmedabad inaugurated

*   Monsoon Session comes to end as both Houses of Parliament adjourned Sine Die.

*   Muharram being observed today with due reverence and solemnity in different parts of the country.

*   Muharram observed with reverence and solemnity in different parts of the country.

*   Nallathamby Kalaiselvi Becomes First Women Director General of CSIR

*   Nitish Kumar to form a grand alliance government in Bihar; Oath taking ceremony to be held

*   NIXI offers domain names for Rs 75 under ‘Har Ghar Digital, Har Jeevan Digital’ campaign

*   Parliament passes Central Universities (Amendment) Bill 2022; seeks to convert the National Rail and Transportation Institute at Vadodara into the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya which will be a central university

*   PM Anguished by the loss of lives due to a tragic accident in West Bengal

*   PM congratulates all those who took oath as Ministers in Maharashtra Government

*   PM recalls the sacrifices of Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS) on the day of Ashura

*   PM remembers all those who took part in Quit India Movement under Bapu's leadership

*   Prime Minister Narendra Modi hails outgoing Vice President Venkaiah Naidu's contribution in promoting regional languages.

*   Prime Minister Narendra Modi invites people to share ideas and suggestions for the next episode of Mann ki Baat.

*   PV Sindhu wins gold in women’s singles badminton

*   Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty win gold in men’s doubles badminton

*   Shri Anurag Thakur urges youth to hoist Tiranga at their homes from 13-15th August

*   Silver Jubilee of WIPS (Forum for Women in Public Sector) formation day celebrated at Visakhapatnam Steel Plant

*   Telangana Introduces First-Of-Its-Kind Insurance Scheme “Nethanna Ku Bima” For Weavers

*   The Union Minister for Home & Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah e-launched the onboarding of cooperatives on the Government e Marketplace (GeM) portal in New Delhi today

*   The US National Science Foundation Director meets Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, expresses keenness to enhance collaboration with India

*   The world sees India as an engine of economic growth: Shri PiyushGoyal

*   Union Bank sets up “RACE” as its goal of 2022; plans to be among top 3 PSBs

*   Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs

*   US delegation of the premier National Science Foundation (NSF) called on Dr Jitendra Singh and discussed bilateral collaboration between the two countries as well as the ways to carry this collaboration to the next level

*   Vice President emphasizes the need for constant dialogue between the people and the governments

*   Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi recall the contribution of freedom fighters on the anniversary of Quit India Movement.

 

Compiler
PrabhuNath Singh (PNS)

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