Sunday, 21 August 2022

WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 15TH TO 21ST AUGUST 2022

 WEEKLY CA (15TH-21ST AUGUST 2022) 

75th Independence Day Of India - 15th August 


1) Hyderabad Scientist Developed India's First 3D Printed Cornea. 

2) Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne Wins FIA Formula E World Championship Title 2022. 

3)  Veteran Investor And Founder Of Akasa Air Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Passed Away At The Age Of 62. 

4) India Ranks Fourth With 24 Firms In Forbes Asia Best Under a Billion. 

5) Flt Lt. D Ravindra Rao Conferred With Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry) For Saving Life Of a Fellow Jaguar Fighter Aircraft Pilot. 

6) Andhra Pradesh's Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan Unveiled The 30 Feet Tall Mural Statue Of Mahatma Gandhi At The Freedom Fighters Building In Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. 

7) Stand Up Comedian Teddy Ray Passed Away At The Age Of 32. 

8) Indian Army Dog Bajaj Has Been Awarded The Chief Of Army Staff Commendation On Independence Day. 

9) To Commemorate Historic 75 Years Of Independence, Government Of India Has Instituted 75th Independence Anniversary Medal Through Presidential Notification For All Armed Force. 

10) Calicut University To Launch Internet Radio On 15th August. 

11) 17th Edition Of World Cyber Security Summit To Be Held On 15-16th August At Ritz- Carlton In Amman. 

PARSI NEW YEAR (NAVROJ) - 16TH August 

4th Death Anniversary Of PM Atal Bihari Bajpayee - 16th August 

12) Veteran Cricketer, Ian Chappell Retires From Cricket Commentary After 45 Years.

13) Former Bihar Minister And BJP MLA Subhash Singh Passed Away. 

14) FIFA Banned AIFF (All India Football Federation) 

15) Ministry Of Home Affairs Grants Sanction To Village Defense Guards Scheme (VDGS) 2022 For Jammu & Kashmir. 

16) UP JUDO Association (UPJA) To Organize Senior National Judo Championship At Lucknow. 

17) Bihar's Langat Singh College Astronomy Lab Included In The UNESCO Heritage List. 

18) One MLA One Pension Scheme Launched By Punjab Government. 

19) West Indies Cricketer Kieron Pollard Became The First Cricketer To Played 600 T20 Games. 

20) Pawan Kumar Borthakur Has Been Appointed As The New Chief Secretary Of Assam. 

21) Navi Mutual Fund To Launch India's First Manufacturing Index Fund. 

22) Santosh Kumar Singh Has Been Appointed As The Vice Chancellor Of Rajasthan Technical University. 

23) Hyderabad University Ranked First In The Nature Index 2022 Ranking. 


24) Guillermo Pablos Rios Has Been Appointed As The Head Of United Nations Military Observer Group In India And Pakistan (UNMOGIP). 

25) Amit Burman Has Resigned As Chairman Of DABUR. 

26) Arjun Ranatunga Has Been Appointed As The Chairman Of Sports Council Of Sri Lanka. 

27) Former BCCI Acting Secretary Amitabh Chaudhary Passed Away. He Had Working As President Of Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA). 

28) Gopal Vittal Has Been Reappointed As Managing Director Of Airtel. 

29) Indian American Journalist Uma Pemmaraju Passed Away At The Age Of 64.

30) 1082 Police Personnel Have Been Awarded The Police Medals On The Occasion Of 75th Independence Day. 

(Azadi Ka Amrit Mahastov Began On 12th March 2021). 

31) World's Highest Railway Bridge Was Inaugurated On Chenab River In Jammu & Kashmir. 

(Golden JOINT Has Been Termed The Bridge ) 

* It Is Situated In Reasi District Of Jammu & Kashmir. 

32) Ireland's Cricketer  Kevin O Brien Announced Retirement From International Cricket After 16 Years.

33) Congress President Of Jammu & Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad Has Resigned From His Post. 

34) Tej Pratap Yadav Took Charge Of Ministry Of Environment, Forest And Climate Change Bihar. 

35) Sanjay Kumar Jha Took Charge Of Ministry Of Water Resource Department, Bihar. 

36) Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pande released A Book Titled MEN OF STEEL On Leadership In The Armed Forces. 

37) BSF & IRCTC Signed An MoU On Air e Ticket Service (Provide Dedicated Online Portal With Credit Facility Of 60 Days). 

38) Film Critic LM Kaushik Passed Away. 

39) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Coined a Slogan PADAK LAOO, PADAK BADHAO (Win Medals, Increase Medal Tally). 

40) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel Hike 3% In The Dearness Allowance For Government Employees And Expansion Of Welfare Schemes Under The National Food Security Act (NFSA). 

41) Bakshi Stadium Created a National Record By Flagging 1850 Meters Long Tiranga. 

42) William Ruto Has Been Appointed As The President Of Kenya. 

43) Kolkata To Host 23rd Edition Of International Seafood Show (IISS). 

44) Ministry Of Science And Technology Organized The DST Start Up Ustav. 

45) 347 Police Personnel Received Gallantry Medals On The Occasion Of Independence Day. 

46) India Delivered First Ever Dornier Surveillance Aircraft To The Sr Lankan Navy. 

47) Dadabhai Naoroji's London Home Gets Blue  Plaque Honour. 

48) Agasthyamalai Has Been Added As The New Elephant Reserve. 

49) 131st Edition Of Durand Cup (Football) Is Going To Held In Kolkata.

50) Space KIDZ India Unfurled The Indian Flag 30 Km Above The Earth On Independence Day. 

51) State Bank Of India Has Launched USTAV FIXED DEPOSIT Scheme. 

52) Odisha State Government Has Signed An MoU With The National Institute Of Ocean Technology (NIOT) For The Protection Of Its Coasts.

53) Bharat Biotech Has Completed Its Clinical Trials For India's First Intranasal Vaccine.  

54) Assam State Government Has Rolled Out Nearly 1000 Model Anganwadi Centres Conducted Across State. 

55) Razor Pay The First Indian Company To Be Named In The Forbes Cloud 100 List. 

56) The Statue Of Warriors Veer Durgadas Rathore Was Unveiled In Rajasthan. 

 World Photography Day - 19th August 

57) Union Home Minister Amit Shah Inaugurated 2 Day National Security Strategies (NSS) Conference 2022, At Delhi. 

58) 13th India- Philippines Foreign Office Consultation Held In Manila. 

59) IAS Officer Sunil Kumar Gupta Appointed As Secretary To Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar. 

60) Chandrakant Pandit Named As Kolkata Knight Riders Head Coach For IPL. 

61) Gurdeep Singh Randhawa Elected As First Representative Of Indian Community In Germany. 

62) Indian Coast Guard And IDFC First Bank Signed An MoU For Offering a Customized Salary Account For The Indian Coast Guard Personnel. 

63) DCGI Chief Dr. Venugopal G Somani's Tenure Extended By 3 Months. 

DCGI - Drug Controller General Of India 

64) Bhubaneswar Airport To Become a World Class Green & Carbon Neutral Airport. Chosen As Cost -Effective And Environment Friendly Traffic Management Systems. 

65) Government Of India Unveiled The MANTHAN Platform. 

The Platform Aims To Promote Collaboration At Scale Between Industry And Development Ecosystem. 

66) Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) To Launch DIGIYATRA From 18th August For Three Months. 

67) 24th St Stephens Carrom Ranking Tournament To Be Organized At Chandigarh. 

68) SUTR SANTATI An Exhibition Of Heritage Textile To Inaugurate In Janpath, Delhi. 

69) Simon Stiell Has Been Elected As The New UNFCCC Executive Secretary. 

70) Rajasthan Government Implements The Mukhyamantri ANUPRATI Coaching Yojana. 

71) Ratan Tata Launches India's First Companionship Startup For Senior Citizens. (GOODFELLOWS Startup) 

72) US President Joe Biden Signed The Landmark Climate Change And Health Care Bill. 

73) Former Deutsche Bank CEO Anshu Jain Passed Away At The Age Of 59. 

74) Indian Railway Launched Operation YATRI SURAKSHA To Improve The Security Of Passengers. 

75) IAS Piyush Goyal Has Been Appointed As The CEO Of NATGRID. 

76) Beta Version Of DIGIYATRA app Launched By Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL). 

77) UK Become The First Country To Approved The OMICRON Vaccine Called Moderna 

78) Researchers Of IIT Hyderabad And CCMB Developed India's First 3D Printed Cornea. 

79) Delhi Government Has Announced Make India No 1 Mission. 

80) School Hygiene Education Programme Has Been Launched By Uttarakhand. 

81) IRDAI Launched First Hackathon BIMA Manthan 2022 With The Theme Innovation In Insurance. 

82) Bengaluru State Bank Of India Has Launched Its First State To Art Branch. 

83) Rajkiran Rai G Has Been Appointed As The Managing Director Of NaBFID. 

84) Odisha Government Has Approved 2808.39 Crores For Millets Mission. 

85)  Jammu & Kashmir Police Has Received Most Awards At Indepence Day (347) 

86) NIPUN Is The India's Domestically Manufactured Anti Personnel Mine. 

87) Pakistan Cricketer Babar Azam Honoured With Sitara-e-Imtiaz Samman. 

88) 6 Crores Selfies Were Uploaded In Har Ghar Tiranga Campaign On The Occasion Of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahastov 2022. 

89) BRO Is Planning To Build First Steel Slag Road In Odisha. 

90) Scotland Become The First To Provide Free Sanitary Products To All Women.

World Humanitarian Day - 19th August 

Theme 2022- Pandemic Lockdown Through The Lens 

World Photography Day - 19th August 

Theme 2022 - To Show The Importance, Effectiveness And Positive Impact Of Humanitarian Work 

91) Odisha Cadre IAS Officer Rajesh Verma Appointed Secretary To President Droupadi Murmu. 

92) Pistol Shooter Rahul Jakhar Wins Gold At Shooting Para Sport Changwon, South Korea. 

93) India Vietnam Bilateral Army Exercise VINBAX 2022 Concluded At Chandimandir, Haryana. 

94) Indian Cricketer Signed With Warwickshire To Play Last Three County Matches. 

95)Union Transport Minister Unveils The India's First Electric Double Decker Bus  At Mumbai. 

96) Hanae Mori, a Japanese Designer Dies At The Age Of 96. 

97) HAL Has Signed An MoU With Malaysia To Establish an Office At Kuala Lumpur. 

98) Bihar CM Nitish Kumar Laid Foundation Stone Of Patna's Underground Metro Project. 

99) Indian Coast Guard Signed MoU With 8 Banks Including IDFC First Bank. 

100) IIT Bombay And JSW Group Have Set To Establish A First Of Its Kind JSW Technology Hub In India For Steel Manufacturing. 

101) India Ranked Fourth In Forbes Asia Best Under a Billion With 24th Firms. (1st Taiwan With 30, Japan Second With 29, South Korea Third With 27). 

102) Amitabh Chaudhary Has Topped The Highest Paid Bank CEO Of India. He Is Managing Director And CEO Of Axis Bank. 

103) Mandla Has Become India's First Fully Functionally Literate District Of Madhya Pradesh. 

104)  Sikkim Chief Minister PS Tamang Has Launched Two Welfare Schemes For Women - Aama Yojana And Vatsalya Yojana. 

(For Unemployed Women, Will Provide Upto 3 Lakh To Their Accounts) 

105) Kerala State Has Launched An app Named Lucky Bill App To Curb Goods And Service Tax. 

106) Anuj Poddar Has Been Appointed As MD & CEO Of Bajaj Electricals Elevates. 

107) Karnataka Bank Has Launched a New Term Deposit Scheme Named KBL Amrit Samridhi. 

108) Axis Bank Has Signed An MoU With FCI To Provide Ultima Salary Package. 

109) Mohammad Mustafa Has Been Recommended By FSIB For The Post Of NABARD Chairman. 

110) Badminton Players Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth And Chirag Shetty Signed As The Brand Ambassador Of Mastercard. 

111) Vladimir Putin's Biography - PUTIN - His Life And Times Has Been Written By - Phillip Shot 

112) Karnataka State Government Will Provide 2/% Reservation In All State Departments Sportsperson And Employees. 

113) Uttar Pradesh State Cabinet Approves NIGHT SAFARI Park In Kukrail Forest Area. 

114) Arunachal Pradesh CM Prema Khandu Launched The First SKY Flight Drone Service Medicine From The Sky. 

115) Chandigarh State Will Rename 16 Parks In Honour Of Unsung Heroes Of The Freedom Struggle. 

116) Paalan 1000 National Campaign Launched To Focus On Development Of Children In First Two Years. 

117) INDIA'S MOST FEARLESS 3 - BOOK - Author By Shiv Aroor And Rahul Singh 

(Book About New Military Stories Of Unimaginable Courage And Sacrifice). 

118) 75 Years Of INDIAN SPORTS - Book By Chandresh Narayan 

119) PM Narendra Modi Called For PANCH PRAN Of Amrit Kaal. 

120) Government Launched NAMASTE ( National Action For Merchanized Sanitation Ecosystem) Scheme. 

121) Union Cabinet Give Its Approval To The Indian France Transport Sector Pact. 

122) Ranveer Singh Won The Best Actor Awards At The 13th Edition Of The Indian Film Festival Of Melbourne. 

123) Government To Release a Commemorative Postal Stamp On Freedom Fighter Ondiveeran. 

124) Cabinet Approves Interest Subvention Of 1.5% Per Annum On Short Term Agriculture Loan Upto Three Lakhs To Ensure Adequate Credit Flow To Farmers. 

125) Maruti SUZUKI Has Signed An Agreements With Haryana Government For Allotment Of 800 Acre Land In IMT Kharkhoda, To Manufacture Facility For Maruti Suzuki. 

126) Goa Became First Har Ghar Jal Certified State & Dadra & Nagar Haveli And Daman Diu Become The First HAR GHAR JAL Certified UT In India. 

127) Government Widens Access Of The Traditional Knowledge Digital Library Database (TKDL) To Users, Besides Patent Offices. 

World Mosquito Day - 20th August 

Theme 2022 - Harness Innovation To Reduce The Malaria Disease Burden And Save Lives 

Sadbhavna Diwas - 20th August 

National Renewable Energy Day - 20th Aug 

128) Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla Gets One Year Extension. 

129) South African Cricketer AB De Villiers Has Collaborated With Make a Difference (MAD) A Leading Indian NGO For Underprivileged Children. 

130) Sridharan Sriram Appointed As Bangladesh Coach For Asia Cup And T20 World Cup. 

131) Indian Manisha Kalyan Becomes First Indian To Play In UEFA Women's Champions League. 

132) US Open To Award Record Of $60.1 million Prize Money. 

( Australia Open $52 Million, Wimbledon $49 Million, French Open $49 Million) 

133) 16th Foreign Office Consultation Between India And Singapore Held In Singapore On 19th August. 

134) Sachin Tendulkar To Flag Off Fifth Edition Of Mumbai Half Marathon. 

135) Zoya Agarwal , First Indian Female Pilot Gets Place In US Based Aviation Museum For Record Breaking Flight Over North Pole. 

136) Om Birla To Lead Indian Parliamentary Delegation At 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference In Halifax, Canada.

137) IIT MADRAS Launched Nilekani Centre At AI4 Bharat To Advance Indian Language Technology.

138) Maharashtra State Has Recognized Dahi Handi As Its State's Official Sport.

139) Former Israeli PM Netanyahu's Autobiography Will Be Released On November 2022. (Bibi : My Story)  

140) Assam State Has Launched Vidya Rath School On Wheel Project. 

141) Russia To Host VOSTOK 2022 Military Exercise. This Exercise Held Between Chinese And Russian Militaries. 

142) HDFC Bank Has Opened Its All Women Branch At Kozhikode, North Kerala. 

143) HDFC Bank Has Launched a New Campaign Named VIGIL AUNTY (Social Media). 

144) Alkesh Kumar Sharma Has Been Appointed As The 10 Member Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Leadership Panel. 

145) Vistara Airlines Emerged As 2nd Largest Domestic Airline By Indian Market Share. 

146) United Kingdom Inflation Rose To 10.1% , Highest In Last 40 Years. 

147) Airtel Has Paid 8312.4 Crores To The Department Of Telecommunications For 5G Spectrum. 

148) NIDAAN Is India's First Portal That Contains Data Related To Narcotics Offenders. 

149) India Is Planning To Take Six Tu-160 Long Range Bombers From Russia. 

31st Manipuri Language Day - 21st August 

8th Schedule Of India 

150) Indian Women Wrestler Antim Panghal Creates History, 17 Years Old Girl Win  Gold In 53 Kg Category At World U20 Wrestling Championship, First Indian Women To Do So. 

151) Sanjukta Das Wrote The Book Lockdown Diary Released By Odisha CM Navin Pattnaik. 

152) Punjab CM Bhagwant Singh Mann Announced That Chandigarh International Airport In Mohali To Be Renamed After  Freedom Fighter Bhagat Singh. 

153) Gokulam Kerala FC Will Not Take Part In AFC Women's Club Championships. 

154) Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Inaugurates State BJP Office PANCH KAMAL In Panchkula At Haryana. 

155) Indian Olympic Star Football Player Samar Banerjee (Badru) Passed Away. 

156) Nepalese Mountaineer Sanu Sherpa Sets The Record By Climbing All 14 Highest Peaks In The World,He Climbed All 8 Peaks Of Nepal Above The Heights Of 8000 meter. 

157) Assam Government Has Raised The Retirement Age Of Doctors In Government Medical Colleges Of State From 65 To 70 Years. 

* State Government Also Sanctioned 136.8 Crores For The Implementation Of The Free Drugs And Consumables Schemes For Hospitals. 

158) Uttar Pradesh Unveiled The Draft Of Its Solar Energy Policy 2022 On 19th August, State Will Targeting Generation Of 16000 MegaWatt Renewable Power By 2026-27. 

159) Union Government Award Geographical Indication (GI) Tag To Mithila Makhana. (Bihar). 

160) Tuffman India To Organise First Edition Of 113 km Triathlon In Chandigarh & Mohali. 

161) Second Edition Of The Kashmir MTB Cycling Championship To Be Held From Jamia Masjid Gate Nowhatta To Nigeen At Srinagar. 

162) 9th Governing Body Meeting Of The National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) Held In New Delhi. 

163) Indore Will Host The 17th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas In January 2023. 

164) Tribal Dominated Mandla Region Of Madhya Pradesh Has Become The First Functionally Literate District In The Country. 

165) Aqua Bazaar The Online Marketplace Feature Of The Matsya Setu Mobile App Launched Recently. 

166) Chhattisgarh State Government Set Up Gramin Aajeevika Parks (Rural Industrial Parks). 

167) New Delhi Has The Highest Average Level Of Fine PM 2.5 Among The World's Most Populated Cities, As Per HEI's Recent Report. 

168) Paralympic India Signed An MoU With Maldives Paralympic Committee For Collaborative Work In The Paralympic Movement And Strengthening Ties. 




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