Friday, 5 August 2022

Daily Current Affairs One Liner August 2022 Part 5

 

Daily Current Affairs One Liner

August 2022 Part 5

Important Facts

 

*   122.69 lakh houses sanctioned under the ‘Housing for All’ Mission period till 31 March 2022 under

*   1st Session of India-Mauritius High-Powered Joint Trade Committee, under the India-Mauritius Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement, successfully held

*   3 important railway projects recommended by Network Planning Group

*   353 spot checks undertaken by DGCA as special drive from 2 May 2022 to 13 July 2022

*   58 airports are covered under Krishi Udan 2.0 till now

*   84th CRPF Raising Day: July 27, 2022

*   A Book titled ‘Do Different: The Untold Dhoni’ by Joy Bhattacharjya & Amit Sinha Launch

*   Academic session begins in 9 new Sainik Schools approved by Ministry of Defence (MoD)

*   Activities undertaken for the development of North Eastern Region

*   Applications invited for National Intellectual Property (IP) Awards 2021 & 2022 and WIPO Awards

*   Appointment of 420 coaches on contract/deputation basis has been recently undertaken in the Sports Authority of India: Shri Anurag Thakur

*   As on 27.07.2022, 6,973 applications received for participation under Land Pooling Policy

*   Astronomy lab in Bihar College Enters the Unesco Heritage List

*   Augmentation of City Bus Service Scheme

*   Auguste Tano Kouamé takes over as World Bank’s Country Director for India; Succeeds Junaid Kamal Ahmad

*   Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav: Archaeological Survey of India announces free entry at all monuments from August 5-15

*   Birmingham Commonwealth Games: Malaysia win gold in mixed team badminton by beating India 3-1 in final

*   BoB to Divest 12.5% stake in its Insurance arm IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company

*   Breaking Barriers - Indian Navy's All Woman Aircrew Creates History

*   Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approves highest ever Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of 305 rupees per quintal of sugarcane for sugar season 2022-23 (October-September)

*   Casper Ruud Wins 2022 Swiss Open Gstaad in Switzerland

*   CCI clears Rs 4,500cr deal between BFHL consortium & IDFC; Approves Amalgamation between Shriram Group Companies

*   Central Consumer Protection Authority passes order against Amazon for allowing sale of domestic pressure cookers in violation to mandatory standards on its e-commerce platform

*   Centre announces free entry for visitors at all protected monuments from 5th to 15th August.

*   Centre approves highest ever Fair and Remunerative Price of 305 rupees per quintal for Sugarcane farmers.

*   Centre launches State University Research Excellence scheme to create robust Research and Development Ecosystem

*   Congress-promoted Young Indian Private Limited owns the National Herald

*   Consultative Committee attached to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs meets;

*   Consumption of petroleum products and natural gas in the country, during FY 2021-22, was 204.23 MMT and 63.91 Billion Cubic Meters (BCM) respectively

*   CSMOP 2022 to be Launched by Dr. Jitendra Singh on August 5, 2022, to Enable the March to Digital Central Secretariat

*   Digitalization of Supreme Court & High Court Record

*   DRDO successfully test fires indigenously developed laser-guided ATGMs

*   DRI (Directorate of Revenue Intelligence) detects customs duty evasion of 2,217 crore rupees by Vivo Mobile India Private Limited

*   Enforcement Directorate seals premises of Congress-owned Young Indian in Delhi in National Herald money laundering case.

*   Enforcement Directorate seals Young India office at Herald House in New Delhi

*   E-surveillance systems installed at tiger reserves

*   Expansion of forests outside forest area

*   External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar participates in ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers' Meeting at Phnom Penh in Cambodia, Issues of digital, health, agriculture education and green growth figure in the meeting.

*   Foolproof land management must for India to become a global manufacturing hub: Raksha Mantri to Central & State Government departments during DGDE webinar on Land Utilisation Software

*   GoI Formulates NAMASTE Scheme for Cleaning of Sewers, Septic Tank

*   Gorkha Development Council (GDC), Assam

*   Government says, India’s satellite-based navigation system, NavIC, is as good as GPS of the United States in terms of position accuracy and availability in its service region

*   Government sets target of increasing Natural Gas in primary energy mix by 15 per cent by 2030.

*   Government to introduce new technologies to replace toll plazas in the country to ensure smooth movement of vehicles.

*   Government to set up ‘Indian Institute of Heritage’ (IIH) as a Deemed to be University

*   Government withdraws Data Protection Bill, 2021 from Parliament

*   GST E-Invoicing Mandatory for Entities with Rs.10 Crore Turnover from October 1, 2022

*   Harnessing Ocean Resources

*   Humpy, Vaishali help India beat Georgia in women’s section at 44th Chess Olympiad

*   I&B Minister Releases Three Books; Presents First Copies to Former President Ram Nath Kovind

*   In Commonwealth Games, Indian Judoka Tulika Maan claims Silver; India's Tejaswin Shankar bags historic bronze in Men’s high jump; Saurav Ghosal becomes first Indian squash player to clinch an individual medal at the Games; India wins two more bronze in weightlifting.

*   In Commonwealth Games, Pugilists Amit Panghal, Sagar Ahlawat and Jasmine Lamboriya assure India bronze medals; Hima Das enters semifinal of women's 200 metre run.

*   Incentive programmes for afforestation

*   India and US to hold mega military exercise in Uttarakhand's Auli in October.

*   India Will Host 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup

*   India wins one silver and four bronze medals on day 6 at CWG 2022

*   India’s April-June 2022 Fiscal Deficit at Rs 3.52 lakh cr, 21% of FY23 target

*   Indian Oil signs MoU with NTCA for Transcontinental Relocation of Cheetah in its Historical Range in India

*   IndusInd Bank Partners Rupyy to Offer Paperless Loans for Used-Cars

*   Infrastructure and medical facilities in esi run hospitals

*   InsuranceDekho partners Future Generali to offer pet insurance

*   International Day of Friendship 2022 – 30th July

*   ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun 2022 held in Changwon, South Korea; India tops Medal Tally with 15 medals

*   It is the responsibility of us all to bring women's power in the country to the fore front in the form of national power in Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, says Prime Minister.

*   Lok Sabha passes Central Universities (Amendment) Bill 2022; Provides for establishing Central universities in various States

*   Ministry of Culture releases the third Comic book on stories of 20 Tribal Freedom Fighters

*   Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has NIPUN , as part of Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods Mission

*   Ministry of Jal Shakti
Declining water levels in wells
Anti-Erosion Measures
Submerged villages due to floods
Flood Affected Area
Pollution of Ground Water
Linking of crop pattern with ground water Availability
Contaminated Water Flow In Drains
Conservation of water bodies
PMKSY Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana
Dam Safety Committee
Extraction of ground water
Flood pattern
Water Shortage in Cities
Depleting ground water level
Compulsory Water Treatment Plant
Loss due to floods
Local Plan for Water Resources
Pollution in rivers
Mekedatu multi purpose project
Tap water connections under jal jeevan mission
Open defecation free villages
Per capita availability of drinking water

*   Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
Udyam Sakhi Portal
Digital Solution
Centre of Excellence for Khadi
E-Commerce Marketing Platform

*   Ministry of Minority Affairs
Funds for Various Minority Communities
Beneficiaries under Minority Schemes
Funds and Projects under PMJVK
PM’s New Welfare Programme for Minorities
Welfare Schemes

*   Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Institute of Driving Training and Research
Battery Powered Vehicles

*   Ministry of Tourism under its Swadesh Darshan Scheme has sanctioned 76 projects for Rs. 5399.15 crores for development of tourism infrastructure in the country: Shri G. Kishan Reddy

*   Monitoring water quality of major rivers by cpcb

*   MoWCD Issues Guidelines of ‘Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0′

*   NASHE SE AZAADI - National Youth and Students Interaction Program

*   National Health Authority (NHA) joins hands with Quality Council of India (QCI) to accredit ABDM compliant healthcare solutions like HMIS/LMIS

*   National Virtual Library of India (NVLI), has a total of about 3.04 lakh digital artefacts, and more than 34.91 lakh bibliographic entries: Shri G. Kishan Reddy

*   Parliament passes National Anti-Doping Bill, 2022 that seeks to provide a statutory framework for the functioning of the National Anti-Doping Agency and the National Dope Testing Laboratory

*   PM congratulates Gurdeep Singh on winning the Bronze medal in weightlifting at the CWG 2022 in Birmingham

*   PM congratulates Tejaswin Shankar for winning India’s first High Jump medal

*   PM lays foundation stone of various projects of Shrimad Rajchandra Mission, Dharampur, Gujarat

*   President of the Republic of Maldives Ibrahim Mohamed Solih along with senior dignitaries visits JNPA

*   Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurates and lays foundation stones of various projects of Shrimad Rajchandra Mission worth more than 300 crore rupees in Gujarat.

*   Production of Petroleum and Natural Gas

*   Rajya Sabha passes Family Courts (Amendment) Bill 2022 with a voice vote.

*   RBI’s Financial Inclusion Index rose to 56.4 in March 2022

*   REC sanctions ₹22,000 crore under new LPS Rules

*   Scheme for upliftment of daily wage workers

*   SEBI Restructures Market Data Advisory Committee

*   Settling of cases through Lok Adalat and Arbitration

*   Since 2014, a total of about 548 kms of metro rail network has been built/operationalized in the country

*   Special FTCs in the Country

*   Sports Fraternity lauds NADA Bill; says it strengthens India's commitment to Clean Sport

*   Status of Mediation Centres

*   Suresh N. Patel sworn in as Central Vigilance Commissioner

*   Tamil Nadu CM Launches Initiatives for Startups

*   The Government continues to modulate the effective price to consumer for domestic LPG

*   The ultimate aim of governance should be to empower the people – Vice President

*   Union Cabinet approves India’s updated NDC (Nationally Determined Contribution) to be communicated to UNFCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)

*   Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah addressed the third edition of 'Sankalp Se Siddhi' conference in Bengaluru today

*   Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh informs that Government has increased annual intake of IAS officers to 180 through Civil Services Examination (CSE) since CSE-2012 and that of IPS to 200 from CSE-2020

*   Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said, North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC), Shillong, will execute 110 projects in Eight North Eastern States by 2024

*   Union Minister Shri Anurag Thakur addressed the youth participants and official representatives from the BRICS countries at the Opening Ceremony of the II BRICS Youth Camp

*   US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives in South Korea after concluding historic visit to Taiwan; Says, America is determined to preserve democracy in Taiwan and around the world.

*   US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan ‘dangerous and stupid’, says China

*   World Lung Cancer Day 2022- August 1

 

Compiler
PrabhuNath Singh (PNS)

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