Thursday, 29 August 2024

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 29TH AUGUST 2024

National Sports Day - 29th August 

1) Green Tech Agreement For Waste Water Treatment AIC-BARC Joins Hands With ONGC Energy Center Trust ( OECT) To Scale Up Indigenous Technology For Cleaning Dissolve Oil And Salt From Waste Water. 

2) The Himachal Pradesh State Assembly Passed a Bill Increasing The Minimum Age Of Marriage For Women From 18 To 21 Years. 

3) Vallabha Josyula Sriramulu , 101 Years Old Has Won 3 Gold Medals At The World Masters Athletic Championship Held At Gothenburg, Sweden. 


4) Indian Railway Management Service Officer Satish Kumar Appointed As The New Chairman & CEO Of Railway Board. 


5) Indus Tower Become The Subsidiary Of Bharti Airtel. 

6) India And Chile Have Agreed To Work Towards Resolving Market Access For Indian Mangoes And Pomegranates. 

7) India And Oman Bilateral Trade Has Settled With $8 billion In FY 2024 ( IN FY 2022/23 It Was $ 12 billion) 

8) Union Minister For Road & Transport Nitin Gadkari Has Inaugurated The Eicher Pro 6055 LNG Trucks In Nagpur. 

9) IAS Officer O Amudha Has Been Appointed As The Commissioner Of Revenue Administration In Tamilnadu. 



10) According To Karnataka Forest Reports More Than 280 Elephants Were Died In Last 3 Years. 

11) Australia Has Announced a Restriction On The Enrolment Of International Students.  (( Completed 2,70,000 Students For FY 2025) 

12) Andhra Pradesh State Government Has Implemented The e-Cabinet System For Its Council Ministers Meeting. 

13) Senior IAS Officer B Srinivasan Has Been Appointed As The Director General (DG) Of National Security Guard (NSG). 



14) The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana Has Completed 10 Years. 

15) India Has Registered a Growth Of 7.12% In The Overall Coal Production In FY 2023/24. 

16) Researchers At IIT Madras Has Unveiled a New Scaling Law Governing The Marangoni Spreading Of Ethanol Water Droplets. 

17) The Central Government Has Extended The Tenure Of 1990 Batch IAS Officer Ganji Kamala V Rao As The Chief Executive Officer Of The Food Safety & Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI) For a Year. 



18) On National Space Day, NIBE Limited Announced The Launch Of NIBE Space Private Limited (NSPL) 

( With The Mission To Develops India's First Sovereign Earth Observation Satellite ) 

19) An MoU Signed Between ASI And Saheen Group Of Institutions Bidar For Adoption Of Madrasa Mahmud Gawan In Bidar, Karnataka. 

20) The Competent Authority Has Approved The Change In Names Of 8 Railways Stations In Lucknow Division 

* Kasimpur Halt As - JAIS City 

* JAIS  As - GURU GORAKHNATH Dham 

* Bani As - SWAMI PARAMAHANS 

* MISHRAULI As - MAA KALIKAN DHAM 

* NIHALGARH As - MAHARAJA BIJLI PASI 

* AKBAR GANJ As - MAA AHORWA BHAWANI DHAM 

* WARISGANJ Halt As - AMAR SAHID BHALE SULTAN 

* FURSATGANJ As - TAPESHWARNATH DHAM 

21) International Mother Teresa Awards 2024 - 

* Joao Bernardo Vieira II ( Posthumously) 

* Sidharth Srivastava & Namita Bajoria ( Industry) 

* Mohammed Mahtabur Rahman ( Chairman Of NRB Bank Limited) 

* Irka Bochenko ( Arts) 

* MP Rozario ( Education) 

* Murli Punjabi & Sureandar Singh Khandari ( Social Work UAE) 

* Ahmed al Hashemi ( Musician) 

22) Spices Board Launched SPICED Scheme To Boost Spice Exports And Productivity.

23) 5th Time Olympic Medallist Cyclist Daniela Larreal Chirinos  Passed Away.



24) Eastern Railway Has Developed Prabodh Chatbox For Easy Access.

25) Researcher From Nagpur Has Discovered New Plant Species In Ambagadh, Maharashtra.

( Species Name - Cleistanthus Collinus) Known As Gardi 

( Named After - City Cleestabhoomi) 



26) Himachal Pradesh State Government Has Approved The Mukhyamantri Sukh Sikshya Yojana For Children Education.

27) Greater Noida, Host The 10th Edition Of International Pharmaceutical Exhibition At INDIA Expo Mart.

28) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Led Union Cabinet Has Approved 12 Industrial  Smart Cities Under National Industrial Corridor Development Project Worth Rs 28,602 Crores.

29) Union Cabinet Has Approved The Rolling Out Private FM Radio To 234 Uncovered  New Cities And Towns.

30) The 4th Edition Of The INTERPOL Young Global Police Leader Programme Co Hosted By Dubai Police 

( Theme - Policing In The World Of AI)

31) Vice Admiral Rajesh Dhankhar Has Assumes As Director General Of Project SEABIRD.



32) Competition Commission Of India (CCI) Has Approved The Merging Of RIL, Viacom 18, Digital 18 Media, Star India, Star Television.

33) Qatar Authorities Has Handed Over To Indian Embassy In Doha Sri Guru Granth Sahib 

34) England Cricketer Dawid Malan Announced Retirement From International Cricket.

35) Former Indian Bowler Zaheer Khan Has Been Appointed As The Mentor In Lucknow Super Giants In IPL.

36) The Spotting of A Pair Of Indian Wild Dogs ( Known As Dhole) After 195 Years In Bhimshankar Sanctuary.



37) Bangladesh Interim Government Has lift Ban On Jamaat-e Islami Party.

38) 17th India-Israel Foreign Office Consultation Held In New Delhi.

39) Jack Theyiezelie Chakesang, Editor Of Nagaland's First Broadsheet Daily Newspaper The NAGA BANNER Has Passed Away.



40) Pakistani Christian Joseph Francis A Pereira Has Become FIRST In Goa To Get Indian Citizenship.

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