DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 15TH AUGUST 2024

78TH INDEPENDENCE DAY - 15TH AUGUST 

1) Under Operation Sipahi Raksha Sutra 2024, 9 Lakhs Rakhis Are Being Sent To Soldiers Deployed On Borders. 

2) Philiphines Facing Rising In Dengue Cases Rapidly. 

3) IIT Indore Developed E-Shoes For Live Location Tracking. 

4) DRDO Carries Out Successful Maiden Flight Test Of LONG RANGE GLID BOMB ( LRGB) GAURAV From Su 30 MK -1 Platform Off Odisha Coast.

( Weight 1000 kg )  

5) Prime Minister Narendra Modi To Visit Poland, First Indian PM To Visit Poland Since 1979. 

6) Brahma Kumar Has Been Assumed As The Indian Ambassador To Zimbabwe. 

7) Africa Declares Public Emergency Over Monkeypox Virus. 

8) Bollywood Actress Rani Mukherjee Has Launched a Commemorative Stamp In Honour To The Legendary Filmmaker Late Yash Chopra. 

9) Mother International School Ranchi, Jharkhand Won The Junior Girls  ( Under 17) By Beating Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan To Clinched 63rd Subroto Cup Football Tournament. 

10) Northern Coalfield Limited ( NCL) Has Signed MoU With Central Mine Planning And Design Institute ( CMPDI) To Develop 100 MW Solar Power Capacity For Rooftop. 

11) Starbucks Fired CEO Laxman Narasimhan Due To Deckines In Revenue. 

12) India And US Signed a Landmark MoU That Enables MSMEs Of The Two Countries To Participate In Global Markets. 

13) Ananya Birla And Aryaman Vikram Birla Appoints As New Board Directors Of Hindalco Industries. 

14) Power Finance Corporation Limited ( PFCL) Has Inaugurated The Research Anatomy Laboratory At IIT Madras Under CSIR Initiative.. 

15) Ministry Of MSME And Small Business Administration ( SBA), Government Of USA Signed MoU

*To Provide a Framework For Both Sides To Discuss Issues Concerning MSMEs And Explore Possibilities Of Cooperation. 

* Facility For Women Empowerment  

16) NAL ( National Aerospace Laboratories) Has Unveiled The Indigenous 1000 km Range Loitering Munition. 

17) President Droupadi Murmu Has Inaugurated The Amrit Udyan.

18) Former Indian Cricketer Dodda Ganesh Has Been Appointed As The Head Coach Of Kenya Cricket Team.

19) Chandra Sekhar & The Six Months That Saved India Book Author - Roderick Matthews 

20) Bollywood Actress Shabhana Azmi And Singer Shankar Mahadevan Received Honorary Doctorate From Techno India University (TIU) In Kolkata.

21) The 14th Meeting Of India - Australia Joint Working GROUP On Counter Terrorism Held At New Delhi.

22) INDIA On A Mission To Eliminate Filaria By 2027.

23) Maharashtra State Government Has Approved RS 149 Crores For Phase 2 Of Dairy Development Programme In Vidharbha And Marathwada.

24) ICMR Delhi And Panacea Biotec Initiate The First Dengue Vaccine Phase 3 Clinical Trial ( Dengi All)

25) Odisha's Utkal University Ranked 42nd In NIRF Ranking 2024.

26) The Jersey Number 16 of Hockey Star  ( PR Sreejesh) Retires.

27) INDIA Will OPEN Its First Lithium Mines In Katghora Region Of Korba District, Chhattisgarh.

28) Union Minister For State Dr Jitendra Singh Has Inaugurated The 4th Edition Of Global Bio INDIA 2024.

29) Former South Africa Pace Bowler Morne Morkel Has Been Appointed As The New Bowling Coach Of Indian Men's Cricket Team.

30) Thailand Constitutional Court Has Removed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin From Office.

31) A Lion Krish Passed Away In Nandankanan Zoological Park In Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

32) Government Of India Has Added Three New Wetlands 

* Nanjarayan Bird Sanctuary (Tamilnadu)

* Kazhuveli Bird Sanctuary (Tamilnadu)

* Tawa Reservoir ( Madhya Pradesh)

33) Tamil And Malayalam Writer B Jeyamohan Has Been Awarded With The Inaugural Book Brahma Sahitya Purashkar 2024.

34) Ancient Maharastra Rock Art Declared Protected Monument By Maharashtra Government.

35) Archaeologists At Gobekli Tepe Has Found A Oldest Calendar In Turkey.

36) JAGJEEVAN Ram Railway Protection Force Academy In Lucknow Has Been Awarded The Excellent Rating By CBC.

37) Union Minister For Labour, And Sports And Youth Mansukh Mandaviya Has Launched a New Online Facility For The Surrender Of Exemption  From The EPFO Scheme.

38) 1995 Batch Indian Information Service ( IIS) Dhiraj Singh Has Been Appointed As The Director Of The Film And Television Institute Of India (FTII).

39) 2003 Odisha IAS Officer Nitin Bhanudas Jawale Has Been Appointed As The Director In Department Of Atomic Energy, Mumbai 

40) 2010 Batch IAS Sujit Kumar Has Been Appointed As The Private Secretary To The Minister For The Skill And Development Jayant Chaudhary.

41) 2012 IAS Laxminarayan Mishra Has Been Appointed As The Deputy Secretary In The Ministry Of Road Transport And Highway Under The Central Staffing Scheme.

42) Parvathaneni Harish Has Been Appointed As The Indian Envoy To UN 

43) Kuber Bhandari Sworn In As Sikkim New State Information Commissioner.

44) Lavanya Das, KIIT Student Crowned As Miss Teen Icon India International 2024.

45) The Appointment Committee Of The Cabinet Has Appointed Rahul Naveen As Director Of The Enforcement Directorate (ED).

46) The Appointment Committee Of The Cabinet Approved Govind Mohan As The Secretary, Ministry Of Culture, Officer On Special Duty.

47) Indira Gandhi International Airport ( IGAI) Has Become The First Airport In India To Successfully Achieved Net Zero Carbon Emission Airport Status ( Level 5 Certification)

48) India To Host The 3rd Voice Of Global South Summit Virtually On 17th AUGUST 2024.