Sunday, 18 August 2024

WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 12TH TO 18TH 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 


1) Fahad Ahmed Khan Suri Has Been Assumed As The Role Of Consul General Of India In Jeddah. 



2) Haryana, India To Host First Ever Global Women's Kabaddi League In September 2024. 

( 15 Countries Will Participate) 

3) Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh Has Inaugurated AI-Driven Telemedicine Service In Remote Area Of Udhampur In Jammu And Kashmir. 

4) A Team Of Entomologists Have Discovered 3 New Edible Insects Species From Arunachal Pradesh. 

( GENUS - CORIDIUS) ( FAMILY - DINI DORIDUS ( Hemiptera) 

( Named - Coridius Adii) 

( Coridius Insperatus) 

( Coridius Esculents) 



5) Anahat Singh Has Won Women's Single Squash Title At Squash National Championship Mumbai. 

* Abhay Singh Won Men's Single Title In National Squash Championship. 

6) USA Topped With 126 Medals ( 40 Gold, 44 Silver And 42 Bronze) In Paris Olympic. 

( 2nd China With 91 Medals ( 40 Gold, 27 Silver And 24 Bronze) 

( 3rd JAPAN With 45 MEDALS ( 20 Gold, 12 Silver And 13 Bronze) 

( 4th AUSTRALIA With 53 Medals ( 18 Gold, 19 Silver And 16 Bronze) 

( 5th France With 64 Medals ( 16 Gold, 26 Silver And 22 Bronze) 



7) Odisha's Mannata Mishra Wins Gold In 100m Breast Stroke At National Junior Aquatic Championship At Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar. 



International Youth Day - 12th August 

Theme 2024 - From Clicks To Progress: Youth Digital Pathways For Sustainable Developments 

World Organ Donation Day - 13th August 

Theme 2024 - Be The Reason For Someone's Smile Today 

World Lizard Day - 14th August 

1) Yashwant Prema ( Vishakapatanam) Ranked First Runner's Up In The Mr Teen Super Globe Season 3 Held In Bangkok Thailand.

2) Neelakurinji Has Officially Listed In IUCN Threatened Species.




3) Government Of India Announced Operational Guidelines For The Implementation Of Model Solar Village Under PM SHURYA GHAR: Muft Bijli Yojana.

( The Winning Village In Each Districts Receive A Central Financial Assistance Grant Of Rs 1 Crores)

4) England Fast Bowler Gus Atinkson Has Won ICC Player Of The Month For Men's Award For July 2024.

5) The Theme For The 28th CoCSSO Meeting Is - Use Of Data For Decision Making- Strengthening State Statistical Systems.

6) Nav Bharat Media Group Chairman Vinod Maheswari Passed Away.



7) RBI Announced A Constitution Of An Expert Committee On Bench Marking Of Its Statistics And Deputy Governor Michael Patra

8) Researchers Have Created An Innovative Transparent Layer That Sits Between Two Insulating Material. 

( This Material Allows Electrons To Move In Two Dimensional Plane At Room Temperature).



9) India's Index Of Industrial Production (IIP) Records A Growth Of 4.2% In June 2024.

10) Former Pakistan Intelligence Chief Of ISI Faiz Hameed Has Been Taken Into Military Custody.

11) Dr. Debasish Halder Has Been Appointed As The New Director Of Health Service, West Bengal.

12) The 6th INDIA- Australia Maritime Security Dialogue Held In Canberra, Australia.

13) The 2nd International Conference On Green Hydrogen 2024 Will Held In 11 to 13th September At Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.

14) The 12th Edition Of The National Inter School Cryptic Crossword Contest 2024 Commenced.

15) Indian Para Badminton Shuttle Pramod Bhagat Has Been Suspended For 18 Months For Breaching. 

16) Researchers Have Developed a Porous Composite Xerogel Dressing Incorporating Silica Nanoparticles And Calcium That Can Help Blood Clot Rapidly And Provide Relief For Uncontrolled Hemorrhage. 

17) Former Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra Has Been Appointed As Indian Ambassador To US. 

18) SJVN's Renewable Arm, SGEL Conferred With Diamond Award For Utility Scale Company Of The Year In PSU Category In Rajasthan Annual Solar Awards 2024. 

19) Dinesh Nandwana Has Been Appointed As The Chairman Emeritus. 

* Vedanta Nandwana Has Been Appointed As The Managing Director. 

* Ammeet Sabarwal Has Been Appointed As The Executive Director & Group CEO 

20) Union Education Minister Releases The NIRF Ranking 2024 

OVERALL RANKING 2024 - ( TOP 10) 

a) IIT MADRAS 

b) IISC Bengaluru 

c) IIT Bombay 

d) IIT DELHI 

e) IIT KANPUR 

f) IIT KHARAGPUR 

g) AIIMS New Delhi 

h) IIT Roorkee 

i) IIT Guwahati 

j) JNU New Delhi 

COLLEGES - ( TOP 10) 

1) Hindu College, Delhi 

2) Miranda House, Delhi 

3) St. Stephen's College, Delhi 

4) Ram Krishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Kolkata 

5) Atma Ram Santan Dharm College, Delhi 

6) St, Xavier's College, Kolkata 

7) PSGR Krishnammal College For Women Coimbatore 

8) Loyola College, Chennai 

9) Kirori Mal College, Delhi 

10) Lady Shri Ram College For Women Delhi 

BEST UNIVERSITIES ( TOP 10) 

1) IISC Bengaluru 

2) JNU New Delhi 

3) Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi 

4) Manipal Academy Of Higher Education, Manipal 

5) Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 

6) University Of Delhi, New Delhi 

7) Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore 

8) Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 

9) Jadhavpur University Kolkata 

10) Vellore Institute Of Technology, Vellore 

21) US Health ( US FDA) Has Approved The First Nasal Spray To Dangerous Allergic Reactions. ( Epipen 2 Pak ) 

22) Ministry Of Statistics And Programme Implementation Released The 25th Issue Of Its Publication Tiled Women And Men In India 2023 

23) Union Minister Of State Dr Jitendra Singh Launched Amrit Gyan Kosh And Faculty Development Portals. 

24) IRCTC And NCRTC Have Collaborated To Launch One India- One Ticket Initiative To Enhance The Travel Experience On Indian Railways And Namo Bharat Trains. 

25) Gross Direct Tax Collections Surge 23.99% To 8.13 Lakh Crores. 

26) Retail Inflation Drops To 59 Month Low Of 3.54% In July 2024. 

27) 9th Edition Of Vizag Navy Marathon Scheduled To Take Place On 15th December ( Navy Day) 2024 At Vishakapatanam. 

28)  Odia OAS Officer Anshuman Rath Has Been Given Charge To GA & PG Department. 

29) The Assam Government Has Signed MoU With Prasar Bharti To Produce a Documentary Series On The Life Of Lachit Borphukan. ( FOR 52 EPISODES) 

30) National Institute For MSME ( NI- MSME) Hyderabad Has Been Awarded Accreditation Certificate As UTKRISHT 3 Star Rating By Capacity Building Commission (CBC).

31) DRDO Successfully Tested Fire The Made In India Man Portable Anti Tank Guided Missile ( MP- ATGM) At The Field Firing Range In Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.



32) Israel To Establish Center Of Water Technology At IIT MADRAS 

33) Researchers At IIT MADRAS Has Developed a Numerical Methodology To Predict The HC Reactors Performance In Treating Waste Water 



34) Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang Has Inaugurated The 300 Feet Bailey Suspension Bridge (BSB) Over The Teesta River 



( Marking A Significant Milestone In States Recovery From The Devastated Flash Floods in October 2023)

35) Shri Sandeep Paundrik Has Been Appointed As The Secretary Of Ministry Of Steel.

36) Late Bubul Gogoi, Posthumously Received The GAJ GAURAV Award 2024 On The Occasion Of World Elephant Day.



37) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Has Appoints Shri Jagdambika Pal As Chairperson Of The Joint Committee On The Waqf ( Amendment) Bill 2024.



38) National Health Authority (NHA) And Maharashtra University Of Health Sciences ( MUHS) Signed MoU To Drive Digital Health Education.

39) Odisha Government Declared BHANG As An Intoxicant.

40) Sugi Sai Gopinath Has Won Silver Medal At The Yonex All England Junior Badminton Championship At Birmingham.

41) Union Minister C R Patil Launched 2.0 Version Of Flood Watch India Mobile Application.

42) Union Minister Kirren Rijju Has Launched Jiyo Parsi Scheme Portal.

( Enable Parsis To Apply Online, Application Status, DBT Transfer) 

43) Nayab Saini, Chief Minister Of Haryana Has Launched SAKSHAM YUVA YOJANA 

Unemployment Get - 

( 12th Passed students Get 1200 Per Month) 

( Graduates Gets 2000 Per Month)

( Post Graduates Gets 3500 Per Month)

44) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Saini Launched HAR GHAR GRIHINI Portal. 

( Each BPL family Gets Domestic Gas Cylinder At 500 Per ) 

* CM of Haryana  Laid Foundation Stone Of 600 Development projects Worth Rs 3400 Crores In Panchkula. 

45) Chinese Badminton Player He Bing Jiao Has Announced Retirement From International Badminton.

46) IIT Guwahati Has Collaboration With Tapei Economic And Cultural Center To Establish Taiwan Education Center.

47) Manoj Ahuja Has Given Additional Charge As Working Chairman Of Shree Jagganath Temple Managing Committee 

48) Zoologist From Mizoram Has Discovered a New Species Of Snake ( Called - Smithophis Mizoramensis)

( Local Name - Tuithiangrul) 

( & Mizo Brook Snake) 



49) India To Participate In The Flag Football World Championship 2024, Is Going To Held At Finland From 27th To 30th August.


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.


1) Ola Cabs Has Been Changed Name As The Ola Consumers.

2) 1992 Batch IPS Officer Nalin Prabhat Has Been Appointed As The Next Special  DGP of Jammu and Kashmir.

3) Ola Launched It's First Roadster Motorcycle.



4) Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida Announced One Day Menstrual Leave For State Government And Private Company Employees. 

5) Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat Has Inaugurated The Arms Exhibition Organized By Gujarat Police.

6) Hollywood Actress Gena Rowlands Passed Away.



7) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav Has Inaugurated The Cognizant New Center In Indore.

8) President Approved 4 KIRTI Chakras, 18 SHAURYA Chakras Among The 103 Gallantry Award To Soldiers.

9) 53rd Pacific Island Forum Leaders Meeting Schedule To held At Tonga From 26-30th August.

10) Punjab National Bank Has Launched PNB ANTAH DRISTHI Braille Debit Card For Visually Impaired Customer.

11) Indian Airline VISTARA Honoured As Best Airline In INDIA By Skytrax World Airline Awards 2024.



12) Madhya Pradesh Became The First State To Launch The Cash For Sanitary Napkin Scheme For Adolescent Girls.

13) Senior IAS OFFICER GOVIND Mohan Has Been Appointed As The Union Home Secretary.



14) Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan Inaugurated The National Pest Surveillance System (NPSS) In New Delhi.

15) Typhoon Ampil Alarming In Japan.

16) Thailand's Populliat Pheu Thai Party Has Nominated Paetongtarn Shinawatra As Country's New Leader, As New Prime Minister.



17) Narendra Modi Has Speeches For The 11th Time. Independence Day Speech. 

18) Violin Mastero L Subramaniyam Published His Thesis RAGA HARMONY.

19) Renowned DRDO Missile Scientist Mr Ram Narain Agarwal Passed Away.

* He Was An Aerospace Scientist.

* Padmashri, And Padma Bhusan Awardee 

( Known As Father Of Agni Missile) 

( He Was First Programme Director Of Agni Missile in 1984) 



20) Ola Will Set To Launch Its First AI Chip Bodhi 1 By 2026.

21) Cmde B Deepak Has Assumed 23rd Commanding Officer & Station Commander Of INS Chilika.


22) Ola Host SANKALP 2024 At Tamilnadu.

23) CRPF Director General Anish Dayal Singh Has Given Additional Charge Of Post Director General Of National Security Guard (NSG).

24) Real Madrid Wins 6th UEFA Super Cup Title.


1) Former Indian Hockey Goal Keeper PR Sreejesh Has Been Appointed As The New Head Coach Of Junior Indian Hockey Team.

2) The National Payment Corporation Of India (NPCI) Spinning Off Its BHIM App Into A Standalone Subsidiary To Enhance It's Presence In The Digital Market.

( Former Banker Lalitha Nataraj To Head Of That Subsidiary).

3) ISRO Chief Dr S Somnath Has Conferred With Honorary Doctorate From Bangalore University 

4) Theme For The 3rd Voice Of Global South Summit - 

( An Empowered Global South For Sustainable Future)

5) Sweden Reports First Mpox Apart Of Africa Nation.

6) Senior IPS OFFICER Y B Khurania Has Been Appointed As The New DGP Of Odisha.



7) ISRO Successfully Launched The SSLV-D3 EOS 08 Earth Observation Satellite From Satish Dhawan Space Research Center, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.



8) 6.1 Magnitude Earthquake Record At Taiwan.

9) Russia Sent Record $2.8 Billion Worth Of Crude Oil Exported To India In July 2024.

10) India and Vietnam Hold The 4th Maritime Security Dialogue 

* Agreed On Marine Scientific Research 

* Ocean Economy

* Humanitarian Assistance And Disaster Relief ( HADR (

* Cooperation In Both Navy And Coast Guard

* Maritime Law Enforcement

11) Former Meghalaya CM Salseng C Marak Passes Away.



12) Eminent Artist Of Assam Chandra Kamal Gogoi Passed Away.



13) Assam's Rajashree Dowerah Named Miss Cosmo 

14) Eco Warriors Nagaland, An NGO Has Received The Radiant Wellness Award At 7th Radiant Wellness Conclave. 

15) 2013 Batch IAS Jafar Malik Has Been Appointed As Deputy Secretary In The Department Of Commerce.

16) Mod Narayan Singh Has Been Appointed As The Chief Compliance Officer Of Mahindra & Mahindra Finance.

17) Para Shot Put Athlete Bhagyashree Jadhav And Sumit Antil Are The Flag Bearer At The Para Olympic At Paris.

18) Asutosh Singh Has Been Appointed As The New Coach For India In Davis Cup.

19) Prasar Bharti And Sansad Tv Has Signed MoU Enabling Them To Share Exclusive Content And Coverage.

20) Srilankan Cricketer Niroshan Dickwella Has Been Suspended For a Doping Violation.

21) RBI Approved The Appointment Of Salee Sukumaran Nair As MD & CEO Of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank For 3 Years.

22) Timeless Wisdom On Finance Book Author - Anil Lamba



23) The Book Kishore Kumar : The Ultimate Biography By Anirudh Bhatacharjee And Parthiv Dhar Has Won The National Film Awards For Best Book.



24) India Sends Humanitarian Assistance Of 4 Tons Of Relief To ElSalvador.

25) Minister Of State Bhagirath Chaudhary Has Launched The Digital Geo Spatial Platform, Krishi Decision Support System.

26) 1992 Batch IAS Arunish Chawla Has Given Additional Charge Of Secretary, Department Of Pharmaceutical.

27) Vivek Joshi Has Been Appointed As The Secretary, Department Of Personal And Training.

28) Rajesh Kumar Singh Has Been Appointed As The Defense Secretary.

29) Neelam Shammi Rao Has Been Appointed As The Secretary, National Commission For Minority.

30) Deepti Gaur Mukherjee, Secretary National Health Authority Has Been Appointed As The Secretary Ministry Of Corporate Affairs.

31) Cabinet Approved The New Civil Enclave At Bagdgora Airport, West Bengal At Rs 1549 Crores Estimate.

And Development At New Civil Enclave, Bihta, Patna, Bihar. 

1) The Appointment Committee Of The Cabinet Has Appoints Prasanth Kumar Singh As Officer On Special Duty, Ministry Of New And Renewable Energy.

2) Punya Salila Srivastav Has Been Appointed As The Officer On Special Duty, Department Of Health And Family Welfares.

3) Former Judge Dr Bibhas Kanti Kilikdar Sworn In As Lokayukta Of Tripura.

4) INDIA@100 : Envisioning Tomorrows Economic Powerhouse Book Author - Krishnamurthy Subramanian 



5) India Sends Humanitarian Assistance Of Anti Cancer Drugs To Syria.

6) 47 Para Athlete Of India Will Participate In Paris Para Olympic 2024.

7) The Indian Student Team Has Bagged Multiple Prestigious Medals At The 17th Edition Of The International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO) Held At Beijing, China.

8) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Has Appointed Baijayant Panda As The Chairperson Of The Committee On Public Undertaking ( For 2024/25) 

9) Cabinet Has Approved Three Metro Projects.

* Bengaluru Metro Phase 3 - 15,611 Crores

* Thane Metro - 12,200 Crores

* Pune Metro Extension - 2.955 Crores

10) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Has Appoints MP Dr Sanjay Jaiswal As The Chairperson Of The Committee On Estimate (2024/25)

11) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Has Appoints MP Ganesh Singh As The Chairperson Of The Committee On Welfare of Other Backwards classes (2024/25)

12) Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Conferred With Prestigious Distinguished Mentor Award By American College Of Physician's At The 9th Annual Conference Of ACP- India Chapter At Lucknow.



13) Andaman And Nicobar Police Has Launched The CYBER SURAKSHIT DWEEP Yojana

( Awareness In Cyber Security)

14) RBL Bank Announced VIJAY FIXED Deposit To Honour 78th Independence Day.

15) India's National Forensic Science University (NFSU) Became The FIRST Higher Educational Institution To Join The INTERPOL Global Academy Network.

16) Ms Leena Nandan, Secretary ZSI HQ Kolkata, Has Inaugurated The National Centre For Wildlife Forensic And Conservation Genomic.

17) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Has Appointed K C Venugopal Has Been Appointed As The Chairperson Of The Committee On Public Account ( 2024/25)

18) The 3rd Edition Of World Food India Set To Held From 19th To 22nd September 2024.

19) Ricky Meetei Haobam Has Been Appointed As The CAPTAIN Of SAFF U20 Football Championship.

20) The North Eastern Handicrafts And Handloom Development Corporation (NEHHDC) Has Successfully Obtained The Prestigious Oeko-Tex Certification For Its Eri Silk.



21) Ernesto Hurricane Hits Bermuda.

22) Pakistan Javelin Throw Hero Gold Medallist At Paris Olympic 2024 Has Received Pakistan Second Highest Civilian Award Hilal-i-Imtiaz.

23) Modi Governance Triumph: Reshaping India's Path To Prosperity Book Author - Tarun Chugh

24) e Gram Swaraj Has Been Added To The BHASINI Portal.

25) An Orchid Without Flower Named Gastrodia Indica Has Been Discovered In Fambonglho Wildlife Sanctuary In Sikkim. 

( Species - Cleistogamus )



26) The Appointment Committee Of The Cabinet Has Extended The Tenure OF IAS Anuradha Thakur, Additional Secretary Of Ministry Of Corporate Affairs.

27) Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar Has Released The Book Of Former Vice President Of India M Venkaih Naidu A Statesman: A Pictorial Biography In Nellore, Andhra Pradesh.

28) Assam Signed MoU With GSI For Implementation Of Experimental Regional Landslide Early Warning System.

29) Sbi Life Has Signed With Paralympic Committee Of India As Gold Sponsor Of Para Olympic Paris 2024.

30) RBI Levies Penalty Of Rs 1.27 Crores On Bank Of Maharastra For Non Adherence To Its Directive.

31) Nagaraju Madirala Has Been Appointed As The Secretary, Financial Service's.

32) Amandeep Bhatia Has Been Appointed As The Secretary Of DPIIT.




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