Daily Current Affairs One Liner
August 2022 Part 13
Important
Facts
43-day long annual Amarnath yatra concludes in Jammu
and Kashmir; More than three lakh people take part in the pilgrimage.
44th Chess Olympiad 2022
held in Chennai, TN; Uzbekistan won Open Section
7.3% Of Indians Owned
Digital Currency in 2021, 7th Highest in World: UNCTAD
BCCI clears skipper KL Rahul to play in upcoming
three-match ODI series in Zimbabwe.
Cabinet Approves
Continuation of PMAY-U up to Dec 31st, 2024; Indo-Australia Audio Visual
Co-Production Treaty also Approved
China
and Nepal agree on building Trans-Himalayan Multi-Dimensional Connectivity
Network
China Launches 16 New
Satellites into Orbit
China
shields Pakistan based global terrorist – Abdul Rauf Azhar from UN sanctions
Corbevax to be available as Covid booster dose at
vaccination centres from today.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh urges students to
strike a balance between bravery and wisdom and work in unison to take the
nation to newer heights.
Department of Consumer Affairs asks all states and
Union Territories to enforce stock disclosure of Tur pulse under Essential
Commodities Act.
Dr Mansukh
Mandaviya reviews progress of Nano Urea production and sales for FY 2022-23
First Khelo India Women's Hockey League under-16 to be
held in New Delhi from 16 to 23rd of this month.
Former West Indies
cricketer Kieron Pollard becomes first ever to play 600 T20 matches
Gaganyaan
project: ISRO successfully carries out test-firing of Low Altitude Escape Motor
(LEM) of Crew Escape System, from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh
Government
of India celebrates Har Ghar Tiranga program
Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah to inaugurate National
Conference of Rural Cooperative Banks in New Delhi today.
ICCR Distinguished
Indologist for 2021 awarded to Canadian Scholar Jeffrey Armstrong
Income
tax payers barred from enrolling in Atal Pension Yojana (APY) from October 1
India and Malaysia conduct first bilateral air force
exercise.
India and UK conclude 5th round of talks on Free Trade
Agreement; Deal likely by October this year.
India calls for de-escalation of tensions and
maintenance of peace and stability in Taiwan region; Also expresses
dissatisfaction over China's technical hold in the UN Security Council to
designate Abdul Rauf Asghar as a global terrorist.
India Could Emerge as
Asia’s Strongest Economy in 2022-23: Morgan Stanley
India expresses concern over shelling near Ukraine's
Zaporizhzhia nuclear nuclear plant;
UN Secretary-General calls for immediate end to all military activity
around the nuclear power plant.
India ranks third in Start-Up ecosystem and in terms
of number of Unicorns in the world, says Science and Technology Minister Dr.
Jitendra Singh.
India Sets Target to
Raise Share of Natural Gas in Energy Mix to 15% by 2030
INDIAN AIR
FORCE TO PARTICIPATE IN BILATERAL EXERCISE HOSTED BY MALAYSIA
Indian-American
journalist, Fox News host Uma Pemmaraju dies at 64
Initiative 'SMILE launched to make cities, town and
municipal areas begging-free.
International Solar
Alliance floats tender for 1150 MW solar project in Cuba
ISRO Successfully Tests
Gaganyaan Low Altitude Escape Motor
ISRO Unveils India’s
First Virtual Space Museum ‘SPARK
J&K:
3 soldiers martyred & 2 terrorist gunned down in terror attack on army camp
in Rajouri
J&K: LG Manoj Sinha
Inaugurates “UMEED Market Place” under AVSAR Scheme of AAI
Justice Uday Umesh Lalit
Appointed 49th CJI; Takes Oath on 27th August
KEEL
LAYING OF THIRD SHIP - DIVING SUPPORT CRAFT AT M/S TITAGARH WAGONS LTD, KOLKATA
Kotak Mahindra Bank
Launches Lifestyle Focused Corporate Salary Account
Latvia and Estonia withdraw from a cooperation group
between China and over a dozen Central and Eastern European countries.
LIC sold 2% shares in
Mahindra & Mahindra for Rs 2,222.49 Cr
Mexican
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador proposes 3 men commission for world peace
including PM Modi, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, and Pope Francis
Microsoft tie-ups with
MSDE, CBC for capacity building of Civil Servants of India
MoU signed
between Ministry of Ayush and Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology (MeitY)
National Thermal
Engineer Day 2022 – July 24
Nitish Kumar takes Oath
as Bihar CM for 8th time, Tejashwi Yadav as Deputy CM
PM greets on World Sanskrit Day
PM lauds
the efforts of Elephant conservationists on World Elephant Day
PM pays
condolences after the demise of Kannada singer Shivamogga Subbanna
PM shares
glimpses of Har Ghar Tiranga spirit from all over India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to host medal winners of
Commonwealth Games at his official residence in Delhi tomorrow.
Rajiv Gandhi Cancer
Institute gets 1st ever ‘Made In India’ Surgical Robotic System’ – SSI- MANTRA
Raksha
Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh felicitates 25 winners of ‘Veer Gatha’ contest in New
Delhi
Stockholders
to mandatorily disclose stocks of Tur: Centre to States/UTs
Subscribers
of APY get a minimum guaranteed pension of Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000 per month after
attaining 60 years of age depending on their contributions
Tiranga is
our honour, our pride & our symbol of self respect: Shri Sarbananda Sonowal
Union
Cabinet approves continuation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) –
Housing for All Mission up to 31st December 2024
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah stresses
on need for a different strategy to take cooperatives to every Panchayat of the
country.
Union Home
Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation”, 2022 awarded
World
Elephant Day – 2022 celebrated at Periyar
World Elephant Day;Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calls
for commitment to protect elephants.
Yes Bank and IBSFINtech
Partners to Provide Enhanced Digital Services
Compiler
PrabhuNath Singh (PNS)
