Sunday, 28 August 2022

WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 22ND AUGUST TO 28TH AUGUST 2022

WEEKLY CA 22ND AUGUST-28TH AUGUST 2022 

 International Day Of Remembrance And Tribute To Victims Of Terrorism - 21st August 

Madras (Chennai) Foundation Day - 22nd August 

1) Maharashtra Government To Take 4000 Crores Loan From Asian Development Bank To Set Up Medical Colleges In 12 Districts. 

2) India's First Fully Indigenous Developed Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus By KPIT- CSIR in Pune Was Inaugurated By Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh.

3) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Unveiled The Statue Of Former State CM Kalyan Singh In Lucknow.

4) Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sharma Distributed 6670 Scooters To Bank Sakhis, Bima Sakhis And Jeevika Sakhis Under Assam State Rural Livelihood Mission Sakhi Express Scheme.

5) Union Minister Of Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda On 20th August Launched The Grameen Udyami Project In Ranchi To Promote Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Among Tribal Youths.

6) Vijaya Shekhar Sharma Reaapointed As MD and CEO Of Paytm.

7) Legendary Pakistani Singer Nayyara Noor Passed Away.

8) Ex Pitch Black 2022 The Exercise Between Indian Airforce and Australia Commenced On 19th August.

9) Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel Unveiled The Statue Of Lokmata Ahilyabai Holkar In Ahmedabad, Gujarat. 

10) 23 AIIMS Hospital To Be Renamed After Freedom Fighters. 

11) External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar Unveiled a Bust Of Mahatma Gandhi In Asuncion, Paraguay. 

12) Paralympian Rahul Jakhar Has Won Gold In The WSPS Shooting World Cup 2022, Changwon, South Korea. 

13) Rajnath Singh, Defense Minister Inaugurated National Seminar On Introspection : Armed Forces Tribunal In New Delhi. 

14) Bengaluru Will Host FIBA U18 Women Asian Basketball Championship On September 2022. 

15) Jharkhand Became The First State To Implement Blockchain Technology To Track Seed Distribution. 

16) Madam Sir - Autobiography  By Manjari Jaruhar. 

17) Ministry Of Jalshakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Has Presided The Yamuna Par Azadi Ka Amrit Mahastov. 

18) Italy's Francesco Bagnaia Won The Australian MotoGP Title 2022. 

19) South Korea's Tae Hoon Wins The International Series Korea Of Golf 2022. 

* India's Gaganjeet Singh Bhullar Came Fifth. 

20) Jacintha Kalyan Became The First Women Pitch Curator In India, That BCCI Qualified. 

21) India's First Monkeypox Kit Launched In Visakhapatnam. 

22) R Praggnanandhaa Defeats World Champion Magnus Carlsen At The FTX Crypto Cup. 

23) Kriti Sanon Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of Campaign India.

24) Veteran Bollywood Producer Abdul  Gaffar  Nadiadwala Passed Away At The Age of 92.

25) Indian Men's Volleyball Team Wins Bronze In Asian U18 Championship. 

26) Major General Praveen Chhabra Appointed As Inspector General (Ops) In National Security Guard (NSG). 

27) Dr. Debasisa Mohanty, Staff Scientist VII (NII) , New Delhi Appointed As The Director Of National Institute Of Immunology (NII), New Delhi. 

28) India's High Commissioner Handed Over 21,000 Tonnes Of Fertilizers Supplied Under India's Special Support To The People Of Sri Lanka. 

29) Music Director R Somasekharan Passed Away. 

30) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Co- Chaired The 6th Meeting Of The Australia India Education Council With The Higher Education Minister Of Australia Jason Clare. 

31) India Signed Pact Granting Coalition For Disaster Resilient Infrastructure Status Of Independent International Organisation. 

32) Antony Fauci Will  Steps Down As Chief Medical Advisor To Joe Biden In December. 

33) Union Minister Amit Shah Chaired The 23rd Central Zonal Council Meeting At Delhi. 

34) The Asian Development Bank (ADB)  And The Government Of India Signed a $ 96.3 Million Loan Agreement To Provide Safe Drinking Water And Improve Water Supply And Sanitation Services In Himachal Pradesh. 

35) Tarun Bajaj Secretary, Department Of Revenue Ministry Of Finance Given Additional Charge Of The Post Of Secretary, Ministry Of Cooperative Affairs. 

36) Kerala State Has Launched KERALA SAVARI , Country's First Online Taxi Service Owned By State Government. 

37) India And Iran Signed An MoU On Recognition In Unlimited Voyages To Help Seafarers Conventions On Standard Of Training, Certification And Watchkeeping Seafarers. 

38) India's First Commercial Space Situational Awareness Observatory Will Be Set Up In The Garhwal Region Of Uttarakhand. 

39) A Group Of Scientists Has Discovered New Species Of Bent Toed Gecko From Agasthyamalai Hills In The Western Ghats. 

* The Species Has Been Given The Common Name Arvind's Ground Gecko After Noted Malacologist N A Arvind. 

40) IIT Bombay  Becomes The First National Institutes To Awards 400+ Phd's In a Year. 

41) IREDA Signs MoU With MAHAPREIT To Provide Loans For Green Energy Projects & Techno Financial Consultancy. 

42) Former Governor Of Assam & Jharkhand  Syed Sibtey Razi Passed Away. 

Calcutta Foundation Day - 24th August 

43) Mizoram Police Awarded World Book Of Record For Disposal Of Drugs Rackets.

44) Asish Dhawan Has Been Appointed As The New CEO Of Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation.

45) Dr. N V Sundara Chary Has Been Elected As The Fellow Of American Academy Of Neurology (FAAN).

46) 10th National Conference Of Women Police Inaugurated In Himachal Pradesh.

47) Central Government Plans To Work With Arunachal Pradesh Government To Develop District Good Governance Portal.

48) Artemis III Is The Crewed Moon Landing Mission Of USA.

49) Actress ,S Politician Sonali Phogat Passed Away Due To Heart Attack.

50) DRDO Successfully Tested Vertical Launch Short Range Surface To Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) From Chandipur, Balasore.

51) All India Chess Federation (AICF) Appoints Vipnesh Bharadwaj As Its Interim Secretary. 

52) Adani Group Purchase The NDTV Media Group. 

53) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Will Dedicate The Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital And Research Centre To The Nation At Mullanpur, New Chandigarh, Cost Estimated Over 660 Crores. 

54) Vikram K. Doraiswami IFS 1992 Has Been Appointed As The Next High Commissioner Of  India To The United Kingdom.

55) Dr. Arvinder Singh From Jaipur Won The World Book Of Records, He Has 123 Degrees With Him.

56) India's First Indigenously Built IAC Vikrant Is Equipped With Automated Galley, Capable of Producing 5000 Meals A Day At Kochi, Kerala.

57) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Will Dedicate The Smtitivan, A Museum At Kutch, Of Gujarat.

58) Ministry Of Social Justice & Empowerment Signed An MoU With NHA, Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare, On The Composite Health Package For Transgender People.

59) External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar And Julio Cesar Jointly Inaugurated The New Indian Embassy At Paraguay.

60) Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur To Be Launched The Programme Grihini Suvidha Yojana At Dhalpur, Kullu.

61) PM Narendra Modi To Inaugurate State Of The Art Amrita Hospital In Faridabad, 

62) Garba Dance Of Gujarat Nominated By Government Of India To Be Inscribed As UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage Sites.

63) Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar Inaugurated The 11th National Seed Congress In Gwalior Madhya Pradesh. 

64) Rajasthan State Has Inaugurated Rajiv Gandhi Center Of Advanced Technology (R-CAT).

65) Egypt Has Released A Commemorative Stamp To celebrated 75 Years Of Diplomatic Relations With INDIA.

66) Union Minister of State For Textiles Darshana Jardosh Has Inaugurated Silk Mark Expo In New Delhi.

67) HDFC Ergo Has Launched India's First Electric Vehicle Ecosystem All Things EV.

68) Fahmida Azim Has Been Selected For The 2022 Pulitzer Prize Under The Category Of Illustrated Reporting And Commentary.

69) A New Book Titled NETAJI : Subash Chandra Bose's Life Politics And Struggle Author By Krishna Bose.

70) A First of its Kind Composite Indoor Shooting Range (CISR) Has Been Inaugurated By INS Karna.

71) India's Young Table Tennis Player Hansini Rajan Wins Fourth WTT Contender Title. 

72) Vijaya Kumar Sinha Elected As Legislative Party Leader Of BJP & Samrat Chaudhary Elected As Legislative Council Leader Of Party. 

73) Tashkent, Uzbekistan To Host SCO Meeting 2022. 

74) 8th India - Brazil Joint Commission Meeting Held At Brazil. 

75) Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) Lifts Business Restrictions Imposed On American Express Banking Corp. 

76) Uttar Pradesh State Government To Build India's First Education Township. 

77) Shanti Dhariwal Inaugurated Rajasthan's First Well Organized Motor Market At Kota. 

78) Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot Unveiled The Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympic Games Mascot SHERU At The Indoor Hall Of Sawai Mansingh Stadium. 

79) Lucknow To Start First Night Safari Of State. 

80) 12th National Science Film Festival Of India Is Being Organized From 22-26 August 2022 At Bhopal. 

81) Government Extend The Tenure Of Meenesh Shah As NDDB Chairman For Another 6 Months. 

82) India And Australia Navies Concluded Their Maritime Partnerships Exercise (MPX) On 20th August. 

Women's Equality DAY - 26th  August 

Theme 2022 - Gender Equality Today For a Sustainable Tomorrow 

83) Former Indian Cricketer Debasish Mohanty Will Received Biju Pattnaik Sports Award For Lifetime Achievement.

84) Rajasthan Kumbhalgarh And Chittorgarh Fort Received The  Silver Award In The Category Of Best Heritage Destination In INDIA At The Outlook Travellers Award 2022.

85) Veteran Filmmaker Saawan Kumar Tak Passed Away. 

86) Footballer Karim Benzema Of Real Madrid Named UEFA Player Of The Year And Carlo Ancelotti Wins Coach Award. 

87) Jimmy Anderson Of England, First Player To Play 100 Home Test Matches. 

88) Former Chief Economic Adviser Dr. Krishnamurthy Subramanian Appointed As The Executive Director At The International Monetary Fund (IMF) For 3 Years. 

89) Samir V Kamat Has Been Appointed As The DRDO Chief. 

90) Lt General Dhiraj Seth Assumed The Command Of Delhi Area. 

91) Sudan Singh Appointed As Chief Election In Charge And Devendra Singh Rana Appointed As Election Co In Charge For Himachal Pradesh. 

92) Rajib Bhattacharya Appointed As The Tripura BJP President. 

93) Bhupendra Singh Appointed As The Uttar Pradesh BJP President. 

94) India's First Indigenously Built Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant. 

95) Punjab Government Recommends Three Time Olympic Gold Medalist Hockey Legend Balbir Singh Sr. For The Bharat Ratna. 

96) Bangladeshi Fahmida Azim Won The Pulitzer Prize For 2022. 

97) Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel Won The UNESCO's Peace Prize In 2022. 

98) World's First Fleet Of Hydrogen Powered Passengers Train Launched By Germany. 

99) India's First Nocturnal Zoo Set Up In Uttar Pradesh At Kukrail Forest Region. 

100) Seeing The Unseen - Theme Of World Water Week 2022. 

101) James Web Space Telescope Recently Captured New Images Of Jupiter Planet. 

102) Dixit Joshi Has Been Appointed As The CFO Of Credit Suisse. 

103) South Korea Is The Host Of Ulchi Freedom Shield Military Exercise. 

104) IIT Guwahati Has Developed a New Method For The Production Of Sugar Substitute XYLITOL. 

105) MINIOPTERUS PHILIPS A New Species Of Long fingered Bats Has Been Found In India And Sri Lanka. 

106) 4th Edition Of The India Clean Air Summit (ICAS) Held At Bengaluru. 

107) Volodymyr Zelensky Has Been Honored With The Liberty Medal 2022. 

108) Mack Rutherford Become The Youngest Pilot To Fly Solo Around Globe , Who Breaks Guinness World Record. 

109) Anurag Thakur Launched Azadi Quest a Online Educational Game. 

110) Nagaland State Has Launched CM's Micro Finance Scheme. 

111) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited Commenced Its Cow Dung To Compressed Biogas Project At Sanchore, Rajasthan. 

112) As Per National Family Health Survey 2019-21 India's Sex Ratio At Birth is 108. 

113) Saudi Arabia To Host The 2nd Edition Of Global AI Summit. 

114) A New India Selected Writing 2014-19 Book By - M Venkaih Naidu 

115) Sourav Ganguly Has Been Appointed As The First Brand Ambassador Of Dream Set Go. 

116) Sajith Sivanandan Has Been Appointed As The Executive Vice President And Head Of Disney Hotstar. 

117) Colonel Abdoulaye Elected As The Interim Prime Minister Of Mali. 

International Dog Day - 26th August 

118) Neeraj Chopra Wins Javelin Throw Competition At Lausanne Diamond League With Best Throw Of 89.08 Meter. (First Indian To Win) 

119) India's Linthoi Chanambam Wins Gold In Judo At Cadet World Championship In Women's 57kg Category (Under 18 Category). 

120) Wildlife Trust Of India, a Nature Conservation Organization Will Launch a SAVE THE WHALE SHARK CAMPAIGN In Karnataka, Kerala And Lakshadweep On The Occasion Of International Whale Shark Day On 30th August. 

121) Filmmaker Reena Mohan Received The Lifetime Achievement Award At The 14th IDSFFK. 

122) India And Bangladesh Joint 38th Meeting Of The Joint River Commission (JRC) Held In New Delhi. The Meeting For Major 8 Rivers Between Two Nation. 

123) For The First Time Supreme Court Of India Hearing A Case Through Streaming On NIC Web Portal. 

124) 8th International Film Festival Of Shimla Starts From 26th August. 

125) The New BrAND BHARAT Of The Fertiliser Under The One Nation, One Fertiliser Plan. 

126) India's First 3D Printed Post Office Is Set To Come Up In Bengaluru. 

127) India Has Signed A Consultancy Contract For Two Railway Projects With Bangladesh. 

128) Well Known Hindi Writer Asghar Wajahat Has Been Conferred With The 31st Vyas Samman.

* For His Hindi Play Mahabali He Awarded 

* Vyas Samman Is Founded By K K Birla Foundation. 

129) Dr. S Jaishankar Co Chaired The 8th India Brazil Joint Commission Meeting. 

130) New Delhi Host The International Conference On Indian Minerals And Metals Industry. 

131) USA Marked The Ukraine's Independence Day With USD 3 Billion In Security Assistance. 

132) India's First Observatory To Monitor Space Activity To Come Up In Uttarakhand.

133) Arjun Erigaisi Wins The 28th Abu Dhabi Masters Chess Tournament.   

134) India Gifted 7-000 Doses Of Made In India Vaccine To Nauru. 

135) The Inaugural Edition Of Tamil Nadu Cycling League To Begin At Madras International Circuit Chennai. 

136) India's First Of Its Kind Naval Shooting Range Inaugurated At INS Karna. 

137) 3rd India- Mauritius Joint Committee Meeting On Small And Medium Enterprise cooperation Was Organized In New Delhi. 

138) Ministry Of Environment, Forest And Climate Change Has Notified Battery Waste Management Rules 2002 On 24th August 2022. 

139) Disney Star Wins ICC Media Rights For Indian Market. For All Men's And Women's Cricket Broadcast For Four Years. 

140) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated Atal Bridge In Ahmedabad. 

141) Major General Vinod Kumar Nambiar YSM SM Took Over The Reins Of Assam Rifles In Srikona, Sichar As The Inspector General Assam Rifles. 

142) Retired Justice Arumughasamy Commission Appointed To Probe J Jayalalithaa's Death. 

143) Satwik Raj  Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty Won Bronze At BWF  World Badminton Championship.

144) PM Narendra Modi Inaugurated VEER BALAK Memorial In Kutch Of Gujarat. 

145) Union Home Minister Amit Shah Inaugurated The Office Of NIA In Raipur, Chattisgarh. 

146) South Korea Has World's Lowest Fertility Rate (0.81 Children). 

147) HDFC Bank Group's Lead The Credit Card Market In India. 

148) State Bank Of India Leads The Debit Card Market In India. 

149) Bengaluru Ranks The 2nd In Indo Pacific And 6th In The World As Global Tech Hub. 

China's Beijing Topped In Indo Pacific While Amsterdam In World. 

150) Haridwar Has Been Declared As The Best Aspirational District In India By NITI Ayog. 

151) Uttar Pradesh Government Will Develop Kannauj As a Perfume Tourism Destination. 

152) Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga Appointed As Interim PM By The Mali Military. 

153) Government Conducted Door To Door Screening For TB Under The Aashwasan Campaign. 

154) World's First Ever Hydrogen Powered Passenger Train Fleet Launched In Germany. 

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