Sunday 25 August 2024

19TH TO 25TH AUGUST WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 2024

World Photography Day - 19th August 

Theme 2024 - An Entire Day 

World Humanitarian Day - 19th August 

Theme 2024 - Act For Humanity 

1) The Indian Student Team Has Won 3 Gold, 2 Silver And 3 Bronze Medals At 17th International Earth Sciences Olympiad (IESO) In Beijing, China.

2) Dubai Has Officially Approved Bitcoin And Crypto For Salary Payment.

3) BrahMos Aerospace To Rename The BrahMos-NG Missile As BrahMos-MA 

4) Professor C S Narayanmurthy, Dean (R &D) IIST Received The 2022 International Commission For Optics (IOC) GALILEO GALILEI Medal From The Secretary Of ICO, Professor Humberto Michinel, At International Conference AOP 2024.



5) Social Media Platform X Officially Shut Down In Brazil.

6) 7.0 Magnitude Earthquake Recorded At Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula.

7) Karnataka Governor Granted Its Permission To Prosecute Karnataka CM Siddharamaih In MUDA Land Scam Case.

( MUDA - Mysuru Urban Development Authority) 

8) A Research Team At Central University Of Kerala Has Achieved A Milestone, in Chemical Sensing, 

( The Team created A material Capable Of Detecting Toxic Cyanide At Low Concentration, 

( TEAM LED By Dr. Ravi Kumar Kanaparthi) 

Promising To Enhance The Safety Of Drinking Water And Food Products)



9) Kerala Government Postpone The Release Of Hema Committee Report On Women's Working Condition In Malayalam Film Industry.

10) Canara Bank Has Launched It's 150 Branches In FY 2024.

11) Pranav Kumar & Noah Schachter Runners Up At ITF M25 Peru Doubles.

12) Russia's Shiveluch Vlocano Erupts Due To Earthquake Of Magnitude 7.0 Occurred In Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky Region.



13) Maaya Rajeshwaran Has Won Double Gold Medal At National Tennis Championship 2024. 

( Win in Under 18 Singles And Doubles Event)



14) Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) Has Imposed A Penalty Of Rs 3 Lakh On SriRam's IAS For Advertising Misleading Claims Regarding Results Of UPSC Civil Service 2022.

15) A New Book Titled Minimum Floor Price Has Launched In Guwahati.( Assam Tea Industry )



16) Indian Referee Dhar Riiohlang Will  officiate In The FIFA UNDER 17 Women's World Cup 2024.



17) 9Days  Of Chinar Book Festival Organised In Jammu and Kashmir.

18) Sudan Declared Cholera Outbreak In Country. 

19) Nepal Academy And BHU (Banaras Hindu University) Signed MoU To Foster Research And Exchange In Nepali Language And Culture.

20) Union Home Minister Amit Shah Has Inaugurated The OXYGEN Park In Ahmedabad 

21) FSSAI Launched The Projects To Address Microplastic Contamination In Indian Food.

22) Sriram Balaji And Fernando Romboli Runners Up At ATP 125' Santo Domingo Open.

23) 2005 Batch IAS OFFICER Mandip Singh Brar Has Been Appointed As The New Home Secretary To Chandigarh.

24) Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Has Inaugurated The India Coast Guard's Maritime Rescue Coordination Center MRCC At Chennai.

* Also Inaugurated The Regional Marine Pollution Response Centre RMPRC At Chennai Port. And A Coast Guard Air Enclave In Puducherry.



25) Researchers Have Found a New Plant Species GONGRONEMA SASIDHARANII In iddukki District Kerala. 

( Genus - Gongronema)



26) Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Along With Tamilnadu CM MK Stalin Has Unveiled The 100 Rupee Coin In Commemorative Birth Centenary To Late Former Chief Minister M Karunanidhi in Chennai.



27) Professor Subhangi Digamber Chikte And Professor Jayshree Agarkhed Have Been Honoured With  The Professor Satish Dhawan Award For Engineers For 2022.



28) Union Home Minister Amit Shah Has Addressed During The Tree Plantation Programme Under The Mission 3 Million Tree Scheme At Ahmedabad.

29) According To Visa Guide Passport Index Top 5 Ranked Country's - 

* Singapore 

* Germany

* Italy 

* Spain

* France 

30) Director General Of Indian Coast Guard Shri Rakesh Pal Passed Away Due To Cardiac Arrest.



31) London Spirit Are The Champions Of The Hundred (Women's) 2024 Title.

32) Anahat Singh Has Won The Reliance PSA Challenge 3 Tournament (Squash) Beat Srilanka in Srilanka. 


World Sanskrit Day - 19th August

Theme 2024 - Vedic Heritage & Transition 

1) 37 Years Old Paetongtarn Shinawatra Became The Youngest Prime Minister Of Thailand. 

( 31st Prime Minister Of Thailand) 

( 2nd Woman Prime Minister Of Thailand)

2) Pankaj Advani Wins The Western India Billiards And Snooker Championship 2024.

3) Oval Invincible Are The Winners Of Men's Hundred Title 2024.

4) Former Indian Army Chief General Soundararajan Padmanabhan Passed Away.

( He Served As 19th Chief Of Army Staff For India) 

( He Was Part Of Operation Parakram ( Parliament Attack On 2001) 


5) N Muruganandham Has Been Appointed As The New Chief Secretary Of Tamilnadu.

6) Ashok Kumar Singh Has Been Appointed As The Director General Of Employee State Insurance Corporation (ESIC).

7) 28 Years Old Pune Based Diana Pundole Became The First Indian Woman To Claim The Indian National Car Racing Championship 2024 ( MRF SALOONS Category)



8) Shri M Nagaraju Has Taken Charge As Secretary Of Department Of Financial Services (DFS)

9) Delhi Host The 3rd 2+2 India- Japan ( Foreign & Defense Minister).

10) Anil Kumar Prabhakaran  Has Been Appointed As The New General Secretary Of All India Football Federation (AIFF).



11) Shiv Walia Has Been Appointed As The New Chief Financial Officer Of HCl Tech From 6th September 2024.

12) Former Director General Of CSIR Girish Sahani Passed Away.



13) Environment Activist 12 Years Old Licypriya Kangujam Has Been Awarded With International Young ECO Hero Award By Action For Nature.



14) HDFC Finance Launched New Trading Application HDFC SKY.

15) Harun Rasid Khan Has Been Reappoint As Part Time Chairman And Independent Director Of AU Small Finance Bank.

16) Khiroda Jena Has Appointed As CFO Of Bombay Dyeing.

17) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Has Launched The MUKHYAMANTRI YUVA UDYAM Vikas Yojana On The Occasion Of 78th Independence Day.

( Employment Opportunities In States Youth) 

* Government Will Set Up 10 Lakh NSME Small Industries In State 

* Will Support Financial Support To Youth Of State.

18) Maharashtra State Launched The First Solar Village With Manyachiwadi.( Satara District) 



19) CAG Of India And Uzbekistan Chamber Of Accounts Signed MoU.

20) ISRO Chairman Dr S Somnath And DRDO Chairman Dr Samir V Kamat Have Been Awarded With Lifetime Fellowship Awards From IIT Kharagpur.

21) Nepal Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba Has Visited India For The First Time.

22) Hyderabad Based Zen Technology Has Received A Patent For It's Indigenous Mine Detection System, Which Uses GPS/GIS To Log And Navigate To Mine Coordinate Through Map.


World Mosquitos Day - 20th August 

Theme 2024 - Accelerating The Fight Against Malaria For a More Equitable World

National Radio Day - 20th August 

National Renewable Energy Day - 20th August 

World Senior Citizen Day - 21st August 

1) Pakistan Conducted The Training Launch Of Surface To Surface Ballistic Missile Saheen-II. 

2) A 90 Feet Tall Hanuman Statue Has Inaugurated In Houston, Texas USA. 



3) India And Malaysia Have Signed 7 MoU In Different Projects. 

( PM Of Malaysia - Anwar Ibrahim) 

* MOU Between The Government Of India & The Government Of Malaysia On The Recruitment, Employment And Repatriation Of Workers. 

* MoU On Cooperation In The Field Of Ayurveda And Other Traditional Systems Of Medicine. 

*MoU On Cooperation In The Field Of Digital Technologies. 

* MoU On Field Of Culture And Arts. 

* MoU In Cooperation In The Field Of Tourism. 

* Cooperation In Youth And Sports. 

* MoU On Cooperation In The Field Of Public Administration And GOVERNANCE Reforms. 

* MoU Between International Financial Centre Services Authority ( IFSCA) With Labuan Financial Services Authority (in Relation To Mutual Cooperation. 

4) The 3rd Annual Meeting Of Indian Space Association ( ISPA) Held. 

* Indian Space Association ( ISPA) Signed MoU With All India Council For Technical Education ( AICTE) To Fostering The Collaborative Development Of Space Education In India. 

5) Chinese Shuttler Liu Yu Chen Has Announced Retirement From International Badminton. 

6) Copiapoa Cacti Species Are Listed In IUCN Red List. 



7) Dr. D Nageshwar Reddy, Chairman Of The Asian Institute Of Gastroenterology Hospital, Hyderabad Has Been Appointed As The One Of 7 Members Of National Task Force On Safety Of Doctors. 

( Announced By CJI D Y Chandrachud On 20th August 2024) For Kolkata Rape And Murder Case. 

8) Aryna Sabalenka Has Won Women's Single Title At CINCINNATI Open 2024. ( Her 6th WTA 1000 Title)



* Jannik Sinner Has Won Men's Single Title At CINCINNATI Open 2024. 


9) India's First Tagging Of Horseshoe Crabs Kicked Off By Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) At Odisha Coast. 

* ZSI Team Has Collaboration With The Odisha Forest Department 



( The Horseshoe Crabs Is Known For Its Strong Immune System, And Its Blood Is Crucial For Preparing Rapid Diagnostic Reagents. 

10) Mangal Credit And Fincorp Limited Gets Listed On The National Stock Exchange ( NSE). 

11) The Appointment Committee Of Cabinet Has Appointed Sanjiv Ranjan ( IFS Officer) As The Secretary General At The Indian Ocean Rim Association ( IORA) Secretariat In Mauritius. 



12) Anant Darshan Shankar Has Been Honoured With M Swaminathan Environmental Protection Award. 


13) ISRO Chairman Dr S Somnath And Other Launched AICTE Model Curriculum For Space Technology. 

14) Hyundai Motor India Foundation ( HMIF) Has Introduced The Hyundai Hope Scholarship Programme. ( Aim To Support Underprivileged Students Across India). 

15) 2012 IAS Amit Kumar Has Been Appointed As Private Secretary To Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal. 

16) Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) IN Partnerships With CSIRO, Australia (  ) Is Now Accepting Applications From Start-ups And MSMEs In India And Australia For The Climate Smart Agritech Cohort Of The India-Australia Rapid Innovation And Startup Expansion ( RISE). 

17) NPCI Launched UPI Circle For Secure Delegate Payment.

18) BPCL Launched India's First Biofuel Blend HFHSD Bunker At Mumbai Port.



19) World's Oldest Person Spain's Maria Branyas Morera Passed Away At The Age Of 117.



20) 19th Confederation Of Indian Industry (CII) India AFRICA Business Conclave Held At Delhi.

21) Sitar Artiste, Hindustani Music In Gujarati Manju Mehta Passed Away.



22) Satya Prakash Sangwan Has Been Appointed As The Chef De Mission For Para Olympic 2024.



23) Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Has Launched Online Portal DRIPS ( Disaster Resilient Infrastructure For Power Sector) 

24) For The 2nd Consecutive Year RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das Has Been Rated A+ In The Global Finance Central Banker Report Cards 2024.

25) Union Health Minister JP Nadda Inaugurated The First Policy Maker's Forum 

26) A MoU Signed Between PetroNet LNG Limited And Srilanka Private Company For Infrastructure Development And Supply Of LNG In Colombo.

27) Russia And Azerbaijan Signed 7 Documents During The Russian President Putin Visit To Theirs Country.

28) Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Launched Portal For Online Monitoring Of Project's - Thermal (PROMPT).

 1) KIA Bengaluru Became The First Airport In Asia To Recive Level 5 Accreditation Of ACI. 

2) Andhra Pradesh Wins Indian Wind Power Association's Green Energy Champion Award 2023/24. 

3) Former Kerala Acting Chief Judge VP Mohan Kumar Passed Away. 


4) Beypore Responsible Tourism Project In Kerala Bagged ICRT Gold Award. 

5) India's Designated Authority For Cross-Border Trade Has Approved An Additional 251 MW Of Power Exports From 12 Hydropower Projects In Nepal. '

6) Ronak Dahiya Wins Bronze Medal At The U17 Wrestling World Championships For Greco-Roman. ( Host Jordan) 

* His 2nd Consecutive Medal ( 2023 In Turkey He Won Silver) 

7) A Special Court On The POCSO Act In Ajmer Awarded Life Sentences To 6 Persons In The Sensational Sex Scandal Of 1992. 

8) The 9th ICC Women's T20i World Cup Shifted To UAE From Bangladesh. 

9) The US-India Business Council (USIBC) Appoints Rahul Sharma , a Former Journalist And Public Relation Executive As Its Managing Director. 



10) Senior Journalist Of Odisha Aneel Prasad Mishra Passed Away. 


11) Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Has Launched JAL VIDYUT DPR Portal. 

12) India- Japan 2+2 Meeting Concluded As - 

* Both Countries Agreed To Prepare a New Framework For Security Cooperation In Line With The Desire To Further Expand The Overall Strategic Ties. 

* India Has Called On Japan To Remove Regulatory Bottlenecks That Exits In Sharing Of Critical Technologies. 

13) The Prestigious DNB India PSU Award In Power Transmission Category Was Bestowed By Dr. Bibek Debroy, Chairman Economic Advisory Council To PM (EAC-PM)

14) The New Species Of Bat Discovered In Papua New Guinea. 

Chalinolobus orarius, or the coastal lobe-lipped bat.

15) Indian Army Signed MoU With BEML To Drive The Indigenisation Of Marine Equipment And Systems. 

16) The Appointment Committee Of Cabinet (ACC) Has Appointed Anil Kumar Jadli As Director (HR) Of NTPC Limited. 

17) India Installed 5000 Solar Panels At Around 5000 Temples And Pirivenas Across Srilanka. 

18) A New Anthurium ( Araceae) Species With Silver Leaves Has Been Discovered In Bahia Atlantic Forest, Brazil. 



19) Former Bangaldesh Skipper Faruque Ahmed Has Been Elected As The President Of Bangaldesh Cricket Board.

20) 2nd Edition Of National Conference Of Enforcement Chiefs Of State And Central GST Formation Held In Delhi.

21) Uzbekistan Launched Its Cargo Container Transportation From India Via north South Corridor.

22) China Approved 11 Nuclear Reactors Worth Rs $31 Billion.

23) Indian Railways Introduced Advanced Water Levels Monitoring System In The Brahmaputra Mail Express At Kamakshya Railway Station.

24) Chief Justice Of India And Seychelles Inaugurated The International Conference On Law And Technology At Kerala.

25) Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhu Has Launched Mukhyamantri Bal Paushtik Aahar Yojana.

( Provide Free Tablets To Primary School Teacher To Boost Digitalisation)

26) Samoan Cricketer Darius Visser Set A New Record By Scored 39 Runs In An Over Against 

27) ICGS Sujay Visit, Jakarta, Indonesia For Bilateral Cooperation From 21st To 23rd August.

28) Former Kerala High Court Judge Justice N Anil Kumar Sworn In As Kerala Lokayukta 



29) Praveen Kumar Took Charge As Managing Director Of DFCCIL.

30) DMRC Signed MoU With NCRTC For Integrated QR Ticketing.

31) IAS Sukhbir Singh Has Been Appointed As The Chief Electoral Officer Of Madhya Pradesh.



32) Arvindar Singh Sahney Has Been Selected As The Next Director Of ( Planning & Business Development) Of INDIAN Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL).



33) Professor Ajay Kumar Sood Has Launched The Advisory Document Titled Bharat Zero Emission Trucking ( ZET) At New Delhi.

34) Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research (CSIR) And Laghu Udhyog Bharati Signed MoU To Transfer Of CSIR Technology To Micro And Small Entrepreneur.

35) Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar Has Released The English-Sanskrit Dictionary In New Delhi.



36) Sainath Pardhi Has Won Bronze Medal At Men's GR 51 Kg Category (15 Years Old).

37) Seyed Abbas Aragchi Has Been Appointed As The Foreign Minister Of Iran.



38) To Mark 165 Years Of Income Tax, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Has Released MY STAMP.

( The Stamp Illustrate The Evolution Of Taxation From Chanakya Arthasashtra To Now's Development).



39) NMDC Steel Limited Achieved The Milestone By Successfully Producing 1 Million Ton Of Hot Rolled Coil (HRC).


National Space Day - 23rd August (First Anniversary) 

Theme 2024 - Touching Lives While Touching The Moon: India's Space Saga, Which Emphasize The Profound Impact Of Space Exploration On Society And Technology

1) BCCI Secretary Jay Shah Has Received The Honorary Excellence In Sports Administration Award By CEAT.

2) Tamil Actor Vijay Unveiled Its Party Flag At Chennai.( Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam Party) 



3) Assam Cabinet Approved Bill To Abolish Assam Muslim Marriage And Divorce Registration Act And Rules Of 1935.

4) Madhya Pradesh Became The First State To Formalise Rules Allowing The Digital Issuance Of Summons And Warrants.

5) 24 Years Old Table Tennis Player Archana Kamath Quit Table Tennis.

6) 1991 Batch Odisha IAS OFFICER Satyabrata Sahu Has Been Appointed As The New Home Secretary Of Odisha.



7) India Will Not Take Part In Flag Football Championship.

8) Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (Gujarat) Unit 4 Has Successfully Commenced Operation (7000 MWe).



9) Odisha Becomes The First Indian State To Launch Digital Survey Of Agriculture Lands And Crops Grown Across The State.

( Portal- echasa.odisha.gov.in) 

10) Soham Kamotra Became The First Player From Jammu and Kashmir To Achieved IM Title.



11) A New Study Found That The Magnetic Field At Different Layers Of The Solar Atmosphere Using Data From The Kodaikanal Tower Tunnel Telescope.



12) Mine Minister Of Odisha Bibhuti Jena Announced The Odisha's New Gold Mine At Adasa-Ramapalli Area At Deogarh District In Odisha BY GSI. 



13) ISRO's Chandrayaan 3 Maps The Lunar Surface Composition At The High Latitude Southern Hemisphere For The First Time.



14) Gujarat Assembly Unanimously Passed The Gujarat Prevention And Eradication Of Human Sacrifice And Other Inhuman Evil And Aghori Practices AND Black Magic Bill 2024.

15) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Has Accepted The Credentials Of The Taliban's Ambassador To The Oil Rich Gulf Arab State.

16) Google Has Announced A New Gmail Feature POLISH.

17) Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma Has Inaugurated The Wipro's Hydrulic Plants In Jaipur.

18) Dabur Has Signed MoU With Tamilnadu State Government ( CM MK Stalin) To Set up New Consumer Goods Manufacturing Facility In State ( By 400 Crores Investment).

19) Dr. Subasish Chakroborthy Has Been Appointed As The New Principal Of R G Kar Hospital, Kolkata.

20) Jawaharlal Nehru Centre For Advanced Scientific Research ( JNCASR) Joins Hand With HZL To Scale Up Indigenous Zn- Ion Battery Technology.

21) Researcher At IISC BENGALURU Have Developed A Fluorescence Based Technique To Distinguish Between  Antibiotics Sensitive And Antibiotics Resistant Pathogens, With Accuracy.



22) Mazagon Dockyard Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) Has Received The Dun & Bradstreet Public Sector Excellence Award 2024 Under Defense Production (CPSU) Category.

23) Amul Has Been Ranked As Strongest Brand In World ( By Brand Finance Food & Drink 2024 Report ).

24) Biomedical Researcher Leonard Hayflick Passed Away.

( Who Discovered The Normal Somatic Cells Can Divide And Thus Reproduce ).



25) German Football Captain llkay Gundogan Announced Retirement.

26) The Joint Training Between India And Tanzanian People's Defense Forces ( TPDF) At The Mechanised Infantry Center And School In Ahmednagar, Maharashtra.

27) Aditi Kumari (Women's 43 Kg), Neha Sangwan (Women's 57 Kg), Pulkit ( men's 65 Kg Category) Mansi (Women's 73 kg) Won Gold Medal For India In Under 17 Category Wrestling.

28) Neeraj Chopra Wins Silver Medal By Throwing 89.49 meter At Lausanne DL 2024.

* Anderson Peters - 90.61m ( GOLD) 

* Neeraj Chopra - 89.49m ( SILVER) 

* Julian Weber - 87.08m ( BRONZE) 

(29) Srilanka Announced Visa Free Access To INDIA With 34 Other Countries.

30) India Overtook China As Largest Importer Of Russian Oil.


1) The Department Of Empowerment Of Persons And Disability Organised a Special Screening Of The Film Srikanth In Indian Sign Language In Delhi.

2) DRDO Successfully Conducted a Night User Trial Of Nuclear Capable Ballistic Missile Prithvi-II From Odisha Coast. (Range 350 Km).



3) India Express Support To Laos For Their Chair ship Of ASEAN 

4) Ministry Of Skill Development And Entrepreneurship (MSDE) Has Inked MOU With Flipkart Supply Chain Operations Academy ( SCOA) To Up skill Thousand Of Employable Youth Across India.

5) PM Narendra Modi Visit Concluded In Poland ( Two Days) 

( Capital Of Poland - Warsaw) 

* Establishment Of Strategic Partnership 

* Two Nations Reinforces Their Commitment To Free, Open And Rules Based Indo-pacific 

* Joint Working On Defense Cooperation

* Cooperation In Agriculture, Green Energy ETC 

* Will Expand Both In Climate, Energy, Mining, Science, Technology, 

* Will Cooperate In Cyber Security. 

6) A Volcano In South Western Iceland Erupted. 

7) India And US Have Entered Into a Bilateral, Non Binding Security Of  Supply Arrangement ( SOSA) 

( It Will Enable Both Countries To Acquire The Industrial Resources ) 

8) The First IMO Oil Preparedness Response & Cooperation ( ORPC) Course For Friendly Foreign Countries Held On 19th August 2024 At Indian Coast Guard Regional Marine Pollution Response Center (RMPRC) In Chennai. 

( 7 ASEAN Nations Participated) 

9) Former Kerala State Hockey Player A V Rajagopal Passed away. 



10) The Khelo India ASMITA Wushu League ( West Zone) Set To Begin In Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. 

11) SEBI Banned Industrialist Anil Ambani And 24 Other Entities. 

( SEBI Penalties 25 Crores On Anil Ambani) 

12) HDFC Bank's  Jagdishan Highest Paid Bank CEO In FY 2023. 

13) Soumya Swaminathan Has Released Autobiography Of Activist Kalpana Shankar 

( BOOK - The Scientist Entrepreneur: Empowering Millions Of Women) 



14) Airtel Payments Bank Launched AI Facial Recognition Tool FACE MATCH. 

15) Uttarakhand Became The First Indian State To Launch a Gross Environment Product Index. 

( 4 pillars - Air, Soil, Tree, Water) 

16) The Directorate General Of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Imposed A Penalty Of Rs 90 Lakh On Air India Limited For Operating Flights With Non Qualified Crew Members.

17) Union Minister J p Nadda Has Launched National Medical Register Portal Of National Medical Commission 

18) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Has Visited To Ukraine, Indian PM Visit To Ukraine After 1992.

* Indian PM Narendra Modi Has Hands Over Medical Assistance To Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelwnskyy. ( The Bharat Health Initiative For Sahyog Hita And Maitri BHISMA) Medical Boxes.

* Few MoU Signed Between India And Ukraine - 

* MoU On Cooperation In The Field Of Agriculture And Food Industry 

* MoU Between Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation, Government Of India And State Service Of Ukraine On Medicine & Drugs Control 

* MoU On Regarding INDIAN Humanitarian Grant Assistance For Implementation Of High Impact Community Development Projects.

* MoU On Cultural Programme.

19) INDIAN Olympian Bhawna Jat Has Gets 16 Months Ban By NADA.

20) INDIA Banned 156 Commonly Used Combination Drugs, Which Risks To Human.

21) Centre Approved Rs 40 Crores For Flood Affected People Of Tripura.

22) IAS Sarada G Muraleedhran Has Been Appointed As The Chief Secretary Of Kerala.



23) The Food Safety And Standards Authority Of INDIA (FSSAI) Asks Food Business Operator & e Commerce To Remove A1 & A2 Type Of Milk Branding In Milk Item's.

24) The Centre Has Launched A Nation Wide Campaign Information, Education And Communication (IEC) On Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyay Maha Abhiyan ( PM-JANMAN) 

24) Department Of Post And National Remote Sensing Centre ISRO set New Partnerships To Revolutionary Addressing System.

25) Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri Has Launched The ICC Initiative - All India Initiative On Creative Economy ( AIICE).

26) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Released Inaugural Edition Of e-magazine Sapno Ki Udaan On The Occasion Of National Space Day.

27) MoU Between Department Of Administrative Reforms (And Public Service Department And Government Of Malaysia Has Been Signed In The Cooperation In The Field of Public Administration And Governance Reforms For 5 Years.

28) Raj Bala Wins Bronze Medal In Under 17 Wrestling Championship. (40 kg Category) 

1) Harish Muthu Became The First Indian Super To Secure An Asian Games 2026 Quota. 

2) Indian Wrestler For The First Time Champion With 5 Gold, 1 Silver And 2 Bronze Medals At U17 Wrestling Championship At Jordan. ( 8 Medals) 

3) World's First Mobile Hybrid Reusable Rocket Rhumi-1 Has Launched From Chennai. 

( This Rocket Has Developed By Space StartUp Space Zone And Martin Group) ( Launched on 24th August 2024) 

* FEATURE - Has Potential To Reduce The Cost Of Future Space Mission) 

* It Carries a Payload Of 3 Cube Satellites And 50 PICO Satellites 



4) Indian Cricketer Shikhar Dhawan Announced Retirement From International Cricket & Domestic Cricket. 

5) US Approves The Sale Of Anti-Submarine Warfare Sonobuoys To India. 

6) Former Swedish Tennis Player Peter Lundgren, Coach Of Roger Federer Passed Away. 



7) 20th Edition Of Governor's Cup State Level Fencing Championship 2024 Kicked Off At Imphal. Manipur,

8) Thailand Became The First Asian Country To Detect a New Mutated Strain Of Mpox Virus. 

9) World's 2nd Largest 492 Carat Diamond Discovered In Botswana By X-Ray Technique.



10) Bandhan Bank Has Launched Avni Saving Account Scheme For Women Customer.

11) Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Has Inaugurated The Port Projects And Launches Skilling Program At Jawaharlal Nehru Port 

12) Indra Nooi Has Been Appointed As The ICC New Director For Next 6 Years.

( ICC's First Female Independent Director) 



13) M Suresh Has Been Appointed As The New Chairman Of The Airport Authority Of India (AAI).

14) Rajesh Nambiar Has Been Appointed As President Of NASSCOM.

15) Union Cabinet , Chaired By PM Narendra Modi Approved The Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) 

FEATURES OF UPS - 

* Assured Pension 50% Of The Average Basic Pay Drawn Over The Last 12 Months Prior To Superannuation For a Minimum Qualifying Service Of 25 Years. 

( This Pay Is To Be Proportionate For Lesser Service Period Upto a Minimum Of 10 Years Of Service) 

* Assured Family Pension 60% Of Pension Of The Employee Immediately After Her/His Demise. 

* Assured Minimum Pension 10,000 Per Month On Superannuation After Minimum 10 Years Of Service. 

* Inflation Indexation - On Assured Pension, On Assured Family Pension And Assured Minimum Pension. 

* Dearness Relief Based On All India Consumer Price Index For Industrial Workers ( AICPI-IW) As In case Of Service Employees. 

* Lamp Sum Payment At Superannuation In Addition To Gratuity.

16) Union Cabinet Has Approved BioE3 ( Biotechnology For Economy, Environment And Employment) Policy For Fostering High Performance Bio manufacturing. 

17) Union Cabinet Has Approved The Continuation Of 3 Umbrella Schemes Of Department Of Science And Technology, Merged Into a Unified Sector Scheme VIGYAN DHARA 

18) Assamese Singer Zubeen Garg To Recive The Honorary Doctorate From USTM. 

19) India's Esow Alben Has Won Silver Medal In Men's Elite Keirin Event At Korea Track Cup. 

20) According To Knight Frank Report 2024 Mumbai Became The 2nd Globally In Property Price Growth. 



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