DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 12TH AUGUST 2024

World Elephant Day - 12th August 

Theme 2024 - Personifying Prehistoric Beauty, Theological Relevance And Environmrrntal Importance ( FOCUS) 

1) Former Foreign Minister Of India K Natwar Singh Passed Away. (2004-2005) 

2) Rajnish Sharma Has Assumed As The Director ( Bangalore Complex) Of BEL ( Bharat Electronics Limited). 

3) A New Species Of Ground Dwelling Spider, ASCEUA TERTIA Has Been Discovered In The Verdant Terrain Of Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats. 

( Discovered By Scientists From University Of Kerala) 

( Genus - ASCEUA) 

features - 

* The Male Species Have Yellow Brown Prosoma With Creamy White To Yellow Brown Leg And Palp Segments Featuring Broad Brown Patches And Narrow Longitudinal Stripes. 

* The Female Have a Dark Brown Prosoma And a Wide Oval abdomen With 4 Pairs Of Creamy White Stripes 

4) A Team Of Zoologists From Kerala Have Found The Presence Of Kallar Dancing Frog ( MCRIXALUS HERREI) In The Ranni Forest Division. 

5) India Operationalises Its New Resident Mission In Albania. 

6) India's First Individual Gold Medallist In Olympic, IOC Athlete Commission Vice Chair Abhinav Bindra Has Been Bestowed With The Prestigious Olympics Order. 

7) Odisha State Sonepur District Weaver Rasananda Meher Recived The National Handloom Award For His Exceptional Skill In Weaving Saree That Showcases 17 GI Products Of Odisha. 

8) Former Indian Cricketer Suresh Raina Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of UP T20 League 2.0

9) India Finishes AT 71ST Position In Paris Olympic With Six Medals Including 1 Silver And 5 Bronze Medal.

10) China Registered Their 300th Gold Medal In Olympic Games.

11) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Released 109 High Yielding Climate Resilient And Bio fortified CROP Verities At The Indian Agricultural Research Institute In New Delhi.

12) The Book 75 Great Revolutionaries Of India Launched By Rajya Sabha MP Bhim Singh 

13) Veteran Press Photographer Pradeep Bandekar Passed Away.

14) Bollywood Actor Sharukh Khan Has Honoured With Pardo Alla Carriera Award At Locarno Film Festival 2024.

15) Power Within: The Leadership Legacy Of Narendra Modi Book Author - Dr. R Balasubramaniam 

16) Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Proposed a National Geospatial Data Repository And PPP Model.

17) Syed Refaat Ahmed Sworn In As The New Chief Justice Of Bangladesh.

18) Nand Kumar Velayudhan Taken Charge As The Director Refinery Of ONGC ( Mangalore Refinery And Petrochemicals Limited MRPL).

19) 2008 Batch IAS OFFICER V Lalithalakshmi Has Been Appointed As The New Secretary In The Capacity Building Commission (CBC) And Additional Charge Of CEO Of  Karmyogi Bharat, Under The Department Of Personal And Training 

20) 1994 Batch IAS OFFICER Nidhi Chhibber Has Been Appointed As Additional Secretary Of NITI Ayog.

21) IAS Ravindra Kumar Has Been Appointed As The Private Secretary To The Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan.

22) IAS Baranwal Varun Kumar Jagdish Has Been Appointed As The Officer On Special Duty To The Minister Of Commerce Piyush Goyal.

23) Bibhuti Bhusan Has Been Appointed As The Officer On Special Duty ( OSD) To The Minister For Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi