Sunday, 14 August 2022

WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 8TH To 14TH AUGUST 2022

WEEKLY CA (8TH AUGUST -14TH AUGUST 2022) 

1) Indian Chess Legend Viswanathan Anand Elected As Deputy President Of International Chess Federation (FIDE). 

2) Amit Panghal Wins Gold Medal I 51 kg Category Boxing Event By Beating English Pugilist In CWG 2022, Birmingham. 

3) Nitu Ghyanghas Wins First Gold Medal In 48kg Category Boxing Event  Beats England's Demie Jade Resztan In CWG 2022, Birmingham. 

4) Indian Women's Hockey Team Clinched Bronze Medal By Beating New Zealand Team In CWG 2022, Birmingham. 

5) MoS EAM Meenakashi Lekhi Unveiled 2 Books - Heartfelt- The Legacy Of Faith And Modi @20 Depicting Prime Minister (Modi's Relationship With Sikhs, Minorities And The People Centric Governance Model). 

6) Sharath Kamal & Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Wins Silver Medal In Table Tennis Men's Double Category After Losing From Drinkhall And Pitchford Of England At CWG 2022, Birmingham.

7) Nikhat Zareen Wins Gold In Women's 50kg Category In Boxing By Beating Carly MC Naul Of North Ireland in Final At CWG 2022, Birmingham. 

8) Indian Women Cricket Team Beaten From Australia Women By 9 Runs In The Final, Settled With Silver  At CWG 2022, Birmingham. 

9) Sandeep Kumar Wins Bronze Medal In Men's 10,000m Race walk At CWG 2022, Birmingham. He Took 38:49.18 Minutes To Complete. 

10) Annu Rani Wins Bronze In Women's Javelin Thrown (First Indian Female To Win ) At CWG 2022, Birmingham. 

11) Eldhose Paul Wins Gold Medal In Men's Triple Jump Category At The CWG 2022, Birmingham. 

12) Abdullah Aboobacker Wins Silver In Men's Triple Jump Category At CWG 2022, Birmingham. 

13) Magnum P I Actor Roger E Mosley Passed Away At The Age Of 83. 

14) Indian Shuttler Kidambi Srikanth Clinched Bronze Defeats Singapore's Jia Heng Teh At CWG 2022, Birmingham. 

15) Indian Pugilist Sagar Ahlawat Wins Silver In Men's 92kg  Defeat Against England's Orie In Final Category In Final At CWG 2022,. Birmingham. 

16) Indian Paddler Sharath Kamal &  Sreeja Akula Clinched Gold In Mixed Double Final At Table Tennis Event In CWG 2022, Birmingham. Win Over Javen Choon & Karen Lyne Of Malaysia. 

17) India's Saurav Ghosal And  Dipika Pallikal Wins Bronze Medal In Mixed Double Squash At CWG 2022, Birmingham. 

18) V Pranav BecaME The India's 75th Grand Master Win Limpedea Open. 

19) Belagavi Smart City Of Karnataka State Has Won The Top Award In The Inclusiveness Category In The Prestigious United Nations And National Institute Of Urban Affairs Smart Solution Challenge For Inclusive Cities. 

20) 19 Years Old Gayatri Gopichand & Treesa Jolly Win Bronze In Women's Double In Badminton Win Over Australia's At CWG 2022., Birmingham. 

International Day Of World's Indigenous Peoples - 9th August 

Nagasaki Day - 9th August

World Tribals Day - 9th August 

21) Former Srilankan Cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya Has Appointed As Tourism Brand Ambassador Of Sri Lanka. 

22) The 12th Edition Of Defense Expo India's Exhibition On Land, Naval And Homeland Security Systems Will Held In Gujarat Gandhinagar On 18th to 22nd October 2022. 

23) The 13th Edition Of India-US Joint Special Forces Exercise VAJRA PRAHAR Commenced, At The Special Forces Training School, Bakloh In Himachal Pradesh. 

24) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Inaugurated An Exhibition On Horrors Of Partition At Parliament Library Building. 

25) Nick Kyrgios Beat Japanese Yoshihito To Win Men's Single First ATP CITI Open Or So Called Washington Open 2022. 

26) Pop Star And Actor Olivia Newton John Dies At The Age Of 73. 

27) Former Indian Cricketer Manoj Prabhakar Has Been Appointed As The Head Coach Of Nepal National Cricket Team. 

28) Lok Sabha Passed New Delhi International Arbitration (Amendment) Bill. 

29) Abhishek Bachchan To Honoured With The Leadership In Cinema Award At IFFM 2022. 

30) Rajya Sabha Passes The Central Universities Amendment Bill 2022. 

31) The Lok Sabha Passes The Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill 2022. 

32) First Flight Of Akasa Air From Mumbai To Ahmedabad Launched. 

33) Non Indian Residents (NRI) Now Can Pay Through Bharat Pay Bill. 

34) Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath To Launch Radio JAIGHOSH A Community Radio Channel To Promote Folk Arts, Performing Arts, Regional Delicacies Of State And Gallantry Award Winners. 

35) 2nd Edition Of Dostas International Maritime Seminar Organized By Department Of Ship Technology Alumni Society (DOSTAS) Of Cochin University Of Science & Technology (CUSAT) To Be Held At Crowne Plaza Kochi On 9th & 10th August. 

36) Aarya Walvekar Indian-American Crowned Miss India USA 2022. 

37) Dalai Lama Awarded With dPAL rNGAM Duston Award. 

38) India End Their Campaign With 22 Gold Medals, 16 Silver And 23 Bronze Medals At CWG 2022, Birmingham. With 61 Medals India Stood At 4th Position In Medal Tally, Australia Topped The Table With 178 Medals. 

39) PV Sindhu Wins Gold Beat Canadian Li In The Women's Single Final Badminton At CWG 2022, Birmingham. 

40) Lakshya Sen Wins Gold In Men's Single Badminton Final At CWG 2022, Birmingham. 

41) Sathyan Gnanasekaran Wins Bronze In Men's Single Table Tennis By Beating England's Drinkhall At CWG 2022, Birmingham. 

42) Australia Wins Gold Medal By Beating India's Hockey Male Team By 7-0 In The Finals At The CWG 2022, Birmingham. (India Silver) 

43) Satwik & Chirag Sethy Beat Ben Lane & Sean Vendy Of England In The Final Of Men's Double Badminton Wins Gold At CWG 2022, Birmingham. 

44) Sarath Kamal Wins Gold In Men's Single Table Tennis Finals By Beating England's Liam Pitchford At CWG 2022, Birmingham. 

45) India Completed Overall 200 Medals At Commonwealth Games History. Became The Fourth Country To Get 200+ Medals. 

46) Indian Paddler Sarath Kamal And Boxer Nikhat Zareen Were The Flag Bearer Of India At Closing Ceremony At CWG 2022, Birmingham. 

World Biofuel Day - 10th August 

Theme 2022 - Developing Alternate Energy Sources Is The Need Of The Hour & Biofuels Could Be a Good Option To Explore 

World Lion Day - 10th August 

Theme 2022 - Celebrating Royalty Is In Human Nature 

47) The Famous Tirangi Barfi Of Kashi (a Sweet Weapon) Used During Quit India Movement Is All  Set  To Get  Geographical Indication Tag (GI). 

48) British Athletics Coach Minichiello Gets Life Ban For Sexual Misconduct. 

49) Indian B Team & Indian Women A Team Won Bronze At 44th Chess Olympiad Chennai. 

50) Former South African Umpire Rudi Koertzen Dies In A Car Accident. 

51) Assam Power Distribution Co. Limited And NLC India Limited Signed An MoU fOR 1000 MW Renewable Power Projects In Assam. 

(Union Coal Minister - Pralhad Joshi) 

51) Indian Male Football Star Sunil Chhetri And Women Footballer Manisha Kalyan Named As AIFF Footballer Of The Year Individually. 

52) Lisa Keightley Steps Down As England Women's Cricket Coach. 

53) Veteran Actor Pradeep Patwardhan Passed Away At The Age Of 64. 

54) US Announced USD 89 Million For Demining Assistance In Ukraine. 

55) American Tennis Legend Serena Williams Announced Her Retirement. 

56) Uzbekistan To Host 45th Chess Olympiad. 

57) PM Narendra Modi To Dedicate 2nd Generation  (2G) Ethanol Plant At Panipat In Haryana. 

58) Uttar Pradesh Appointed Deloitte India As Its Consultant. 

59) Rasthriya Portal Is The Official Portal For Recommendation And Nominations Of All Official Awards. 

60) Gusavo Petro Became The First Leftist President Of Colombia. 

61) Government Launched PARVAZ Scheme To Improve Economic Conditions In Jammu & Kashmir. 

National Sons & Daughters Day - 11th August 

62) India's Bhavani Devi Clinched Gold By Beating Australia's Vasileva (15-10) In The Sabre Final At Commonwealth Fencing Championship 2022. 

63) Prominent Odi Screenplay Writer Ranjit Patnik Passed Away. 

64) ISRO Unveiled The Virtual Space Museum SPARK. Showcasing Interactive Digital Content Pertaining To Various Missions. 

65) Gianni Infantino Set To Appoint As New FIFA President. 

66) 2nd India Bangladesh Tri Services Staff Talks Held In New Delhi. 

67) Nitish Kumar & Tejaswi Yadav Sworn As Chief Minister & Deputy CM Of Bihar Respectively. 

68) Uday Umesh Lalit Appointed As 49th Chief Justice Of India. 

69) Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Launched The Book SHABANSH Written By Shivanand Diwedi, a Compilation Of Selected Speeches Of Home Minister Amit Shah. 

70) BJP National President JP Nadda Appoints Sunil Bansal, General Secretary Of BJP Uttar Pradesh. 

71) Haryana Government Announced Free Bus Travel For Women On The Occasion Of Raksha Bandhan. 

72) Commissioner Of Police V Balakrishnan's First Book TRAVEL TALES Of a Cop Launched At Coimbatore Book Festival. (This Book Comparison Of Policing Systems In The UK & India). 

73) Real Madrid Beat Eintracht Frankfurt By 2-0 Goals Wins The UEFA Super Cup Title. 

74) World's First Science Sanskrit Film On MANGALYAAN MISSION Set To Enthral On 21st August.

75) India's First Underwater Metro Will Be Inaugurated In Kolkata. 

76)  Andhra Pradesh Introduced The Constitution Amendment Bill 2022 For Insertion Of a New Article 3A. 

77) Indian Army Launched The Him Drone-a-thon Programme. 

78) Professor Ramadhar Singh Became The First Indian Social Psychologist ON US Heritage Wall Of Fame. 

International Youth Day - 12th August 

Theme 2022 - Intergenerational Solidarity Creating a World For All Ages 

World Elephant Day - 12th August 

World Sanskrit Day - 12th August 

79) Odisha's Debabrata Das, Digaraj Brahma And Hrushikesh Mallick Will Be Awarded With Sahitya Academy Yuva Puraskar, Bal Puraskar And Academy Puraskar For 2021 Respectively. 

80) Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar Launched Indigenous Vaccine Lumpi- Pro Vacind To Protect Livestock From Lumpy Skin Disease. 

81) Alberto Razzetti Claimed Gold In  European 400m Meadley Gold At European Swimming Championship. 

82) Cricketer Rishab Pant Named As Uttarakhand's Brand Ambassador. 

83) AC Milan Win SerieA Crown. 

84) Delhi Football Team Wins Shaheed Bhagat Singh Football Cup 2022. 

85) Real Madrid Beat Eintracht Frankfurt By 2-0 Goal To Wins UEFA Super Cup. 

86) Uzbekistan Wins Gold At 44th Chess Olympiad 2002, Chennai. 

87) Tamim Iqbal Became The First Bangladeshi Cricketer To Get 8000 Odi Runs. 

88) National Award Winning Singer Shivamogga Subbanna Passed Away. 

89) 4th India Bangladesh Annual Defense Dialogue Held On 11th August. 

90) Meghalaya To Host 2nd Edition Of North East Olympic From 30th October To 6th November In Shillong. (4000 Participants, 18 Disciplines 8 North east States, 13 Venues) 

91) Nehru Institute Of Mountaineering To Host National Sports Climbing Championship Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand From 12-14 August. 

92) First Khelo India Women's Hockey League U16 To Be Held In New Delhi From 16th August. 

93) India's Men team (Chingakham Singh, Sunil Kumar, Udaivir Singh And Sathasivan Nirmala) Defeated Scotland In The Finals And Clinched Gold At Commonwealth Fencing Championship, London 2022. 

94) Telengana State Launched Nethanna Bima Scheme For Weavers (5 lakh Insurance). 

95) Microsoft Is The First Global Big Tech Company To Join The Open Network For Digital Commerce  (ONDC). 

96) Langya Henipavirus First Time fOUND in China. 

97) Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) Developed The 2nd Generation (2G) Ethanol Plant In Haryana. 

98) Maharashtra Governor Inaugurated The 22nd Bharat Rang Mahostav In Mumbai. 

99) Purushottam Rupala Released The Book FISH AND SEAFOOD. 

100) Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Released a Report Titled Threatened Animals Of Kerala On 18th August. 

Cabinet Approved Audio Visual Co- Production Treaty Between India And Australia. 

101)Uzbekistan And Ukraine Emerged As The Champions In  The Open And Women's Section Respectively At The 44th Chess Olympiad. 

102) James Marape Sworn In As The New Prime Minister Of Papua New Guinea. 

103) FAO Launched a Project To Digitally Map Soil Nutrient In Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) And Central America. 

104) Australia Central Bank Will Launch a Digital Currency Pilot Project. 

105) AIIMS To Develop An Anti Gravity Body Suit To Perform Yoga In Space. 

International Left Handers Day - 13th August 

World Organ Donation Day - 13th August 

Theme 2022 - Thank Blood Donors, World Wide And Increase Public Awareness Of The Importance Of Consistent Unpaid Blood Donation. 

Manipur Celebrates Patriots Day - 13th August 

106) IAS Officer Roopa Roshan Sahoo Who Is Special Secretary To Odisha CM With Additional Charge Of Director Of TE & SCERT, Appointed As Director Of English Language Training Institute Bhubaneswar. 

107) Namgya C Khampa, Deputy Chief Of Mission In Embassy Of India, Kathmandu, Has Been Appointed As The Next High Commissioner Of India To The Republic Of Kenya. 

108) BJP Appoints MLC Chandrasekhar Bawankule Its Maharashtra Unit President & MLA Asish Shelar Its Mumbai City Chief. 

109) Indian Air Force & Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Will Participate In a Bilateral Exercise Named UDARSHAKTI. (First Bilateral Exercise). 

110) Second Edition Of Legends Cricket League Is Kick Off At Eden Garden, Kolkata. 

111) Social Justice & Empowerment Ministry Launched SMILE-75 Initiative For Comprehensive Rehabilitation Of Persons Engaged In Begging In  75 Identified Municipalities As a Part Of The Celebration Of 75 Years Of Independence. 

112) Kalinga Institute Of Social Science (KISS), Bhubaneswar Has Been Selected BY UNESCO As One Of The Winners Of The UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize 2022. 

113) Latvia And Estonia Withdrew From The China And Central And Eastern European Countries Cooperation Group. 

14) NHIDCL And NSDC Signed An MoU To Collaborate On Skill Development Initiatives. 

115) Union Home Minister Amit Shah Inaugurated Day Long National Conference Of Rural Cooperative Banks In New Delhi. 

116) Indian VISA Application Centre (IVAC) In Bangladesh Will Be Managed By SBI For Two More Years. 

117) Indian Government Approves Corbevax As Booster  Dose For Adults. 

118) Mexican President Proposed Commission For World Peace Which Would Be Headed By 3 Leaders Including PM Modi. 

119) Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy Released 694 Crores Under VIDYA DEEVENA At Baptla.

120) Sashi Tharoor To Be Conferred With France's Highest Civilian Award Chevalier De Legion d' Honneur.  

Partition Horrors Remembrance Day - 14th August 

121) India Added 11 New Ramsar Sites, Now 75 Total Ramsar Sites In Country. Covering Area Of 13,26,677 Hectare Area In The Country. 

1) Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary (Maharashtra) 

2) Chitrangudi Bird Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu 

3) Vaduvur Bird Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu 

4) Kanjirakulam Bird Sanctuary,  Tamil Nadu 

5) Suchindram Theroor Wetland Complex,  Tamil Nadu 

6) Ansupa Lake, Odisha 

7) Hirakud Reservoir, Sambalpur. Odisha 

8) Tampara Lake, Bhadrak Odisha 

9) Yashwant Sagar, Madhya Pradesh 

10) Shallbugh Wetland Conservation Reserve Jammu & Kashmir 

11) Hygam Wetland Conservation Reserve Jammu & Kashmir 

122) A Guinness World Record Registered By Chandigarh, By Making Human Image Of a Waving National Flag. Total Of 5885 People Involved. 

123) Popular AIR News Reader Saroj Narayanaswami Passed Away At The Age Of 86. 

124) Asia's Largest Compressed Biogas (CBG) Plant Is Set To Install In Punjab, Claimed State's New And Renewable Energy Sources Minister AmAN aRORA. 

125) Global Virtual Education Summit Held At Hyderabad. 

126) 27th Hind-Pak Dosti Mela (India-Pakistan Friendship Fair) To Be Held In Amritsar. 

127) 1st Edition Of Women's IPL To Be Held On March 2023. 

128) Union Minister Jitendra Singh Unveils India's First Saline Water Lantern, Which Uses The SSea Water As The Electrolyte Between Specially Designed Electrodes To Power LED Lamps. (ROSHNI)

129) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan And Anurag Thakur Addressed YUVA SAMVAD India @2047 In New Delhi. 

130) Tamara Walcott Broke The Guinness Powerlifting World Record By Lifting 737.5 Kg. 

131) Marina Tabassum Became The First South Asian To Win Lisbon Triennale Millennium bcp Lifetime Achievement Award. 

132) Ministry Of AYUSH And The Ministry Of Electronics And Information Technology (MeitY) Signed An MoU For The Digitalisation Of The AYUSH Sector. 

133) India's Afreen Hyder (Female 62 kg Category) & Shivansh Tyagi (Male 74 kg ) Wins Bronze Medals At Isra Open G2 Taekwondo. 

134) Shah Faesal Appointed As The Deputy Secretary In Tourism Ministry. 






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