Weekly Current affairs play a very important role in the competitive examinations and hence, aspirants have to give undivided attention to it while doing preparation for the government examinations. The competitive examinations comprise a section of “Current Affairs” to evaluate how much the aspirant is aware of the daily happenings taking place around the world. To complement your preparation, we are providing you with a compilation of Weekly Current affairs.
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Q.1) “International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition” is observed every year on –
(1) 22nd August
(2) 23rd August
(3) 24th August
(4) 25th August
Q.2) India has bagged how many medals at the Thailand Para-Badminton International 2022?
(1) 11 medals
(2) 15 medals
(3) 17 medals
(4) 19 medals
Q.3) India’s 1st Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus unveiled in which city?
(1) Pune
(2) Delhi
(3) Chennai
(4) Hyderabad
Q.4) India’s 1st Commercial Space Situational Awareness observatory will be set up in –
(1) Haryana
(2) Uttarakhand
(3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Bihar
Q.5) In a first, Which state is planning to build an Education Township in the state?
(1) Uttar Pradesh
(2) Uttarakhand
(3) Delhi
(4) Punjab
Q.6) Who has become the first Indian woman wrestler to win Gold at U-20 World Wrestling Championship?
(1) Sonam Malik
(2) Priyanka
(3) Antim Panghal
(4) Arju
Q.7) Vijay Shekhar Sharma has been reappointed as the MD & CEO of –
(1) Bajaj Finance
(2) Paytm
(3) Instamojo
(4) CCAvenue
Q.8) Union government has awarded GI tag to Mithila Makhana, belongs to which state?
(1) Jharkhand
(2) Assam
(3) West Bengal
(4) Bihar
Q.9) EAM S. Jaishankar has unveiled the bust of Mahatma Gandhi in which South American country?
(1) Paraguay
(2) Brazil
(3) Peru
(4) Colombia
Q.10) Syed Sibtey Razi passed away. He had served as the Governor of –
(1) Jharkhand
(2) Kerala
(3) Chhattisgarh
(4) Uttarakhand
Q.11) Which country is hosting the 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPA)?
(1) Russia
(2) UK
(3) USA
(4) Canada
Q.12) “Artemis III” is the crewed Moon landing mission of which country?
(1) Japan
(2) USA
(3) UK
(4) Australia
Q.13) Central Government plans to work with which Government to develop a “District Good Governance Portal“?
(1) Maharashtra
(2) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Rajasthan
(4) Arunachal Pradesh
Q.14) The 10th National Conference of Women Police has been inaugurated in –
(1) Andhra Pradesh
(2) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Himachal Pradesh
(4) Madhya Pradesh
Q.15) Which state government will take a loan of ₹4,000 crore from the ADB for setting up medical colleges?
(1) Gujarat
(2) Tamil Nadu
(3) Uttarakhand
(4) Maharashtra
Q.16) Who has been elected as a Fellow of American Academy of Neurology (FAAN)?
(1) Dr. Puneet Agarwal
(2) Dr. N. V. Sundara Chary
(3) Dr. Praveen Gupta
(4) Dr. Mohana Rao Patibandla
Q.17) Who has been appointed as the new CEO of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation?
(1) Deep Kalra
(2) Ashish Dhawan
(3) Dilip Shanghvi
(4) Pramath Raj Sinha
Q.18) Which company has been honored with the ‘Asia’s Best Employer Brand Award’ recently?
(1) NTPC
(2) BPCL
(3) HPCL
(4) ITC
Q.19) ‘Internaut Day’ is observed every year on –
(1) 21st August
(2) 22nd August
(3) 23rd August
(4) 24th August
Q.20) ‘World Gujarati Language Day’ is celebrated every year on –
(1) 24th August
(2) 25th August
(3) 26th August
(4) 27th August
Q.21) What is the mascot of Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympic Games 2022?
(1) Champlion
(2) Guppy
(3) Kheleo
(4) Sheru
Q.22) India’s first Nocturnal Zoo will be set up in –
(1) Uttar Pradesh
(2) Uttarakhand
(3) Haryana
(4) Kerala
Q.23) Who has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to UK?
(1) Akhilesh Mishra
(2) Vikram Doraiswami
(3) Manoj Kumar Bharti
(4) Prashant Pise
Q.24) PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Centre in which state?
(1) Punjab
(2) Haryana
(3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Uttarakhand
Q.25) James Webb Space Telescope has recently captured new images of which planet?
(1) Mars
(2) Jupiter
(3) Saturn
(4) Venus
Q.26) Which state government has set up Anti-Narcotics Task Force to check illicit liquor, and drug trade?
(1) Gujarat
(2) Jharkhand
(3) Himachal Pradesh
(4) Uttar Pradesh
Q.27) India has signed an MoU with which country to smoothen the movement of Seafarers between the two countries?
(1) China
(2) Nepal
(3) Bhutan
(4) Iran
Q.28) Who has been appointed as the new CFO of Credit Suisse?
(1) Rajesh Verma
(2) Rajiv Kumar
(3) Dixit Joshi
(4) Raj Shukla
Q.29) India recently inaugurated the new Indian Embassy in which country (in Aug 2022)?
(1) Malta
(2) Paraguay
(3) Iran
(4) Venezuela
Q.30) Which state government has announced to set up Online Monitoring System of medicines for hospitals?
(1) Tamil Nadu
(2) Kerala
(3) Karnataka
(4) Assam
Q.31) Which country is the host of ‘Ulchi Freedom Shield’ military exercise?
(1) Japan
(2) South Korea
(3) Germany
(4) Singapore
Q.32) Which Institute has developed a new method for the production of sugar substitute ‘Xylitol’?
(1) IIT Delhi
(2) IIT Kanpur
(3) IIT Guwahati
(4) IIT Madras
Q.33) Who has been appointed as the Inspector General of National Security Guard (NSG)?
(1) RS Gandhi
(2) Sanjay Agarwal
(3) Amitabh Chaudhry
(4) Praveen Chhabra
Q.34) Minister Shanti Dhariwal has inaugurated Rajasthan’s first well-organized motor market in –
(1) Jaipur
(2) Jodhpur
(3) Kota
(4) Udaipur
Q.35) 12th National Science Film Festival of India is being organized from 22-26 August at –
(1) Mumbai
(2) Bhopal
(3) Kolkata
(4) Patna
Q.36) Who has been reappointed as the Chairman of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)?
(1) Sachin Anand
(2) Rajkiran Rai
(3) Meenesh Shah
(4) Revathy Iyer
Q.37) “Miniopterus Philips“, a new species of long-fingered bats has been found in India & _____.
(1) Pakistan
(2) Nepal
(3) Bangladesh
(4) Sri Lanka
Q.38) Which group has acquired 29.2% stake in the New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV)?
(1) Adani Group
(2) Bajaj Group
(3) Tata Group
(4) Godrej Group
Q.39) The 4th edition of the ‘India Clean Air Summit (ICAS)’ was held at –
(1) Hyderabad
(2) Bengaluru
(3) Chennai
(4) Mumbai
Q.40) What is the theme of “World Water Week 2022“?
(1) Building Resilience
(2) Seeing the unseen
(3) Water and Climate
(4) Water for Society
Q.41) “International Dog Day” is observed every year on –
(1) 25th August
(2) 26th August
(3) 27th August
(4) 28th August
Q.42) World’s 1st fleet of Hydrogen-powered passenger trains was launched by –
(1) Germany
(2) China
(3) Canada
(4) France
Q.43) Who has been named Team India’s interim head coach for Asia Cup 2022?
(1) Virendra Sehwag
(2) Ravi Shastri
(3) VVS Laxman
(4) Anil Kumble
Q.44) Who has been honoured with the ‘Liberty Medal 2022’?
(1) Volodymyr Zelensky
(2) Joe Biden
(3) Narendra Modi
(4) Emmanuel Macron
Q.45) PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated Asia’s biggest Private Hospital at –
(1) Hisar
(2) Gurugram
(3) Karnal
(4) Faridabad
Q.46) Who breaks Guinness World Record for Youngest Pilot to fly solo around globe?
(1) Travis Ludlow
(2) Zara Rutherford
(3) Anny Divya
(4) Mack Rutherford
Q.47) Who has been named as the Bharatiya Janata Party’s UP President?
(1) Ramkesh Nishad
(2) Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary
(3) Ajit Singh Pal
(4) Jaswant Saini
Q.48) Which Union Minister has launched ‘Azadi Quest’, an online educational game?
(1) Anurag Thakur
(2) Amit Shah
(3) Nitin Gadkari
(4) Piyush Goyal
Q.49) India announced the establishment of a working group on transnational education with which country?
(1) United States
(2) Japan
(3) Australia
(4) France
Q.50) Which government has signed MoUs for investment worth ₹2,250 crore in the footwear and leather sector?
(1) Kerala
(2) Tamil Nadu
(3) Odisha
(4) Andhra Pradesh
Q.51) HPCL has commenced its first Cow dung based Compressed Biogas Project in which state?
(1) Uttar Pradesh
(2) Gujarat
(3) Rajasthan
(4) Punjab
Q.52) Which country is hosting the Shanghai Corporation Organization (SCO) Defence Ministers meetings?
(1) China
(2) Uzbekistan
(3) Turkmenistan
(4) Pakistan
Q.53) Which company has partnered with UNESCO to promote and safeguard the ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage of India’?
(1) Ashoka Leyland
(2) Royal Enfield
(3) Tata Motors
(4) Larsen & Toubro
Q.54) Who has addressed the 44th National Conference of Labour Ministers and Secretaries?
(1) Narendra Modi
(2) Rajnath Singh
(3) Amit Shah
(4) Piyush Goyal
Q.55) Which bank has been appointed Gopal Jain and Dr. Sivakumar Gopalan as the non-executive directors?
(1) Axis Bank
(2) Yes Bank
(3) RBL Bank
(4) IndusInd Bank
Q.56) Which institution has developed the Vertical Launch Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile (VL-SRSAM)?
(1) BHEL
(2) HAL
(3) BDL
(4) DRDO
Q.57) Which state/UT has launched the “CM’s Micro Finance Scheme“?
(1) Nagaland
(2) Assam
(3) Meghalaya
(4) Manipur
Q.58) As per National Family Health Survey 2019-21, What is India’s sex ratio at birth?
(1) 110
(2) 108
(3) 107
(4) 105
Q.59) Which country is the host of 2nd edition of Global AI Summit?
(1) USA
(2) Qatar
(3) Saudi Arabia
(4) India
Q.60) Which state government has recently tied up with Isha Outreach to promote agriculture?
(1) Delhi
(2) Gujarat
(3) Karnataka
(4) Madras
Q.61) Which country will hold the Presidency of the G20 from 1st December 2022?
(1) Mexico
(2) Australia
(3) Argentina
(4) India
Q.62) Which bank becomes Net Seller in June 2022 by selling $3.719 billion?
(1) Bank of Baroda
(2) State Bank of India
(3) Reserve Bank of India
(4) Union Bank of India
Q.63) Who has released a book titled “A New India: Selected Writings 2014-19”?
(1) Ramesh Pokhriyal
(2) M Venkaiah Naidu
(3) Piyush Goyal
(4) G. Kishan Reddy
Q.64) Who has been appointed as the first brand ambassador of DreamSetGo?
(1) Yuvraj Singh
(2) Zaheer Khan
(3) Sourav Ganguly
(4) Harbhajan Singh
Q.65) Sajith Sivanandan has been appointed as the executive vice-president and head of –
(1) Zee News
(2) JioTV
(3) NDTV
(4) Disney+Hotstar
Q.67) “Women’s Equality Day” is observed every year on –
(1) 27th August
(2) 26th August
(3) 25th August
(4) 24th August
Q.68) India’s 1st 3D-printed post office is set to come up in which city?
(1) Kolkata
(2) Pune
(3) Hyderabad
(4) Bengaluru
Q.69) Who has been awarded UNESCO Peace Prize 2022?
(1) Emmanuel Macron
(2) Angela Merkel
(3) Narendra Modi
(4) Joe Biden
Q.70) Which country has broke its own record for the World’s lowest fertility rate?
(1) Japan
(2) Maldives
(3) Belgium
(4) South Korea
Q.71) Who has been appointed as the Executive Director (India) at International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
(1) Surjit Bhalla
(2) Arvind Subramaniam
(3) Raghuram Rajan
(4) Krishnamurthy Subramaniam
Q.72) India has signed a consultancy contract for two railway projects with which neighbouring country?
(1) Bangladesh
(2) Sri Lanka
(3) Nepal
(4) Bhutan
Q.73) Which senior leader has announced resignation from all the positions of the Indian National Congress party?
(1) Sachin Pilot
(2) Ashok Gehlot
(3) Jairam Ramesh
(4) Ghulam Nabi Azad
Q.74) Which company has announced a campaign to upskill 100,000 developers in India?
(1) Microsoft
(2) Apple
(3) Adobe
(4) Google
Q.75) Who has co-chaired the 8th India-Brazil Joint Commission Meeting?
(1) Narendra Modi
(2) Rajnath Singh
(3) Amit Shah
(4) S Jaishankar
Q.76) Who has been conferred with the 31st Vyas Samman?
(1) Mamta Kalia
(2) Asghar Wajahat
(3) Surinder Verma
(4) Sunita Jain
Q.77) Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO)?
(1) Pushp Kumar Joshi
(2) Dr. Samir V. Kamat
(3) Dr. G. Satheesh Reddy
(4) S Somanath
Q.78) Where is the ‘International Conference on Indian Minerals and Metals Industry’ held?
(1) New Delhi
(2) Mumbai
(3) Mysuru
(4) Varanasi
Q.79) Which country marked the Ukraine’s Independence Day with USD 3 billion in security assistance?
(1) UK
(2) USA
(3) Australia
(4) Germany
Q.80) What is the new brand name of the fertiliser under the ‘One Nation, One Fertiliser’ plan?
(1) Vikas
(2) Rythu
(3) Bharat
(4) Kisan
Q.81) In India, “National Sports Day” is observed every year on –
(1) 27th August
(2) 28th August
(3) 29th August
(4) 30th August
Q.82) “International Day against Nuclear Tests” is observed globally on –
(1) 28th August
(2) 29th August
(3) 30th August
(4) 31st August
Q.83) UP government has decided to develop which district as a Perfume Tourism destination?
(1) Ayodhya
(2) Kannauj
(3) Kanpur
(4) Lucknow
Q.84) Which district has been declared as the Best Aspirational District in India?
(1) Ayodhya
(2) Varanasi
(3) Haridwar
(4) Mathura
Q.85 Which lake has been declared a Monument of National Importance?
(1) Sambhar Lake
(2) Anang Tal Lake
(3) Dal Lake
(4) Pulicat Lake
Q.86) Which state has got its 2nd railway station after a gap of more than 119 years?
(1) Tripura
(2) Nagaland
(3) Sikkim
(4) Manipur
Q.87) Who scripted history by winning India’s first-ever medal in Judo World Championships?
(1) Avtar Singh
(2) Divya Tewar
(3) Linthoi Chanambam
(4) thongam Tababi
Q.88) Who is become the only Indian player to play 100 Matches for India in all forms?
(1) KL Rahul
(2) Rohit Sharma
(3) Virat Kohli
(4) R. Ashwin
Q.89) Who is on the Top in the Global Leader Approval Rating 2022?
(1) Joe Biden
(2) Mario Draghi
(3) Andres Obrador
(4) Narendra Modi
Q.90) India’s first Shared Radio Access Network (RAN) solution is set to be launched in –
(1) Kolkata
(2) New Delhi
(3) Mumbai
(4) Pune
Q.91) The third India & Mauritius Joint Committee Meeting on MSME was held in –
(1) Bengaluru
(2) New Delhi
(3) Bhubaneswar
(4) Ahmedabad
Q.92) Which state government has launched the Parivar Kalyan Card (PKC) Scheme?
(1) Bihar
(2) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Karnataka
(4) Madhya Pradesh
Q.93) Which country has been hit by the Tropical cyclone “Ma-On“?
(1) China
(2) Japan
(3) Philippines
(4) Indonesia
Q.94) Which bank has the highest market share of Debit Cards?
(1) SBI
(2) Axis Bank
(3) HDFC Bank
(4) Bank of Baroda
Q.95) 38th Meeting of Ministerial level Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) of India and Bangladesh was held in –
(1) New Delhi
(2) Dhaka
(3) Mumbai
(4) Kolkata
Q.96) PM Narendra Modi has addressed “Khadi Utsav” in which city?
(1) Bengaluru
(2) New Delhi
(3) Bhubaneswar
(4) Ahmedabad
Q.97) PM Narendra Modi officially opened the pedestrian-only “Atal Bridge” over the river of –
(1) Narmada
(2) Tapi
(3) Sabarmati
(4) Mahi
Q.98) PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated the ‘Smriti Van’ memorial in which state?
(1) Punjab
(2) Gujarat
(3) Haryana
(4) Maharashtra
Q.99) Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) will invest ₹2 lakh crore to achieve net-zero operational carbon emissions by which year?
(1) 2030
(2) 2035
(3) 2046
(4) 2050
Q.100) Which bank has announced to open 551 more branches in the FY 2022-23?
(1) Federal Bank
(2) Axis Bank
(3) Indusind Bank
(4) Bandhan Bank
ANSWER:
S1. Ans. (2) 23rd August
Sol. United Nations observes 23 August every year as “International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition”.
The Day is observed to inscribe the tragedy of the slave trade in the memory of all peoples.
It is a day to honor the memory of the men and women who, in Saint-Domingue in 1791, revolted and paved the way for the end of slavery and dehumanization.
The day was designated by UNESCO to memorialize the transatlantic slave trade.
The Day was first celebrated in a number of countries, particularly in Haiti on 23 August 1998 and at Goree in Senegal on 23 August 1999.
S2. Ans. (3) 17 medals
Sol. India bagged a total of 17 medals at the recently concluded Thailand Para-Badminton International in Pattaya.
The Indians finished with a total of 4 gold, 5 silver and 8 bronze medals in the tournament.
Out of the 4 gold medals for India, three came in the Women’s singles section. Mandeep Kaur (women’s singles SL3), Nitya Sre (women’s singles SH6) and Manisha Ramdas (women’s singles SU5) all bagged gold medals, while the men’s doubles SL3-SL4 duo of the experienced Pramod Bhagat and Sukant Kadam backed it up with yet another gold medal.
Bhagat (SL3) and Kadam (SL4) also won silver medals in their respective singles division, before Manasi Joshi walked away with three silver medals of her own – women’s singles SL3, women’s doubles SL3-SU5 with Shanthiya, and mixed doubles SL3-SU5 with Ruthick Raghupathi.
S3. Ans. (1) Pune
Sol. India’s first indigenously developed Hydrogen fuel cell bus developed by KPIT-CSIR in Pune was launched by Union Minister of State, Dr Jitendra Singh on 21st Aug 2022.
The hydrogen fuel cell uses hydrogen and air to generate electricity, producing only heat and water in the process.
Hydrogen fuel cells like the one present in the bus produce electricity by combining hydrogen and oxygen atoms. The two gases react across an electrochemical cell similar to a conventional battery cell to produce electricity, water and small amounts of heat. This electricity is then used by electric motors to propel the vehicle forward.
According to the US Department of Energy, fuel cells work in a similar manner to conventional batteries found in electric vehicles but they do not run out of charge and don’t need to be recharged with electricity.
S4. Ans. (2) Uttarakhand
Sol. India’s first commercial space situational awareness (SSA) observatory, to track objects as small as 10 cm in size orbiting the earth, will be set up in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand by Digantara, a space sector start-up.
The SSA observatory will help India track any activity in space including that of space debris and military satellites hovering over the region.
Currently, the United States is a dominant player in monitoring space debris with observatories in multiple locations and commercial companies providing additional inputs from across the world.
The observatory will also give India indigenous capabilities to monitor space activity over the subcontinent.
S5. Ans. (1) Uttar Pradesh
Sol. In a first, the Uttar Pradesh government is planning to build an Education Township in the state.
As per the Yogi Adityanath government, the education township will be developed on the idea of ‘Single Entry, Multiple Exit’.
The government said the move will provide high-quality education to the youth and equip them with a variety of professional skills in a single place.
Besides, it will provide accommodation and many other facilities to both students and teachers.
Prestigious government and private universities of the country and the world will be able to open their campuses in the township.
There will be primary and secondary schools like Atal Residential Schools in the same place.
S6. Ans. (3) Antim Panghal
Sol. Antim Panghal, a 17-year-old Haryana wrestler has become the first Indian woman wrestler to win Gold Medal at U-20 World Wrestling Championship in Sofia, Bulgaria.
She scored at 8-0 win over Atlyn Shagayeva of Kazakhstan in 53 kg category to achieve this feat.
This gold medal is historic in its own ways as India has never won any gold medal in women’s wrestling at U20 World Championships.
Sonam Malik and Priyanka won silver medals in 62 kg and 65 kg respectively after losing the gold medal bouts.
S7. Ans. (2) Paytm
Sol. Vijay Shekhar Sharma has been reappointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the financial services platform Paytm.
One97 Communications Limited (OCL) owns the brand Paytm which is India’s leading digital payments and financial services company and the pioneer of QR and mobile payments.
The Paytm company was founded by Vijay Shekhar Sharma in 2010
About PAYTM: Founded – August 2010; Headquarters – Noida, Uttar Pradesh; Owner – One97 Communications Ltd.; Founder(s) – Vijay Shekhar Sharma
S8. Ans. (4) Bihar
Sol. The Union government has awarded Geographical Indication (GI) tag to Mithila Makhana.
With this move, growers will get the maximum price for their premium produce.
Over five lakh farmers of Mithila region of Bihar will be benefitted from this decision.
Once a product gets the Gl tag, any person or company cannot sell a similar item under that name.
It remains valid for a period of 10 years.
List of recent GI Tag:
Pathama Dai Mat -Tamil Nadu
Marayoor Jaggerry – Kerala
Tirur Supari – Kerala
Arcanut (Sirsi Supadi) – Karnataka
TavlohoPuan – Mizoram
Green and White Tea – Darjeeling
Srivilliputtur Palkova – Channai
Moira bananas, Harmal Chillies, Khaje – Goa
Tezpur Litchi – Assam
Judima wine – Assam
Sojat Mehndi – Rajasthan
Mihidana Sweet – West Bengal
Sweet cucumber – Nagaland
Alibaug white onion- Maharashtra
Wada Kolam Rice or Zhini- Palghar district, Maharashtra
Karuppur kalamkari paintings and Kallakurichi wood carvings– Tamil Nadu
Narasingapettai Nagaswaram – Tamil Nadu
S9. Ans. (1) Paraguay
Sol. The External Affairs Minister of India Dr S. Jaishankar has unveiled the bust of Mahatma Gandhi in Paraguay.
In a tweet, the union minister appreciated the Asuncion Municipality’s decision to locate it at the prominent waterfront of the city.
Jaishankar also visited the historic Casa de la Independencia, from where Paraguay’s Independence Movement started two centuries ago.
He also said that it is a fitting testament to our common struggle and the growing relationship between the two countries.
S10. Ans. (1) Jharkhand
Sol. The former governor of Jharkhand, Syed Sibtey Razi passed away on August 20, 2022, in Lucknow.
He served as the Governor of Jharkhand from the year 2004- 2009.
Razi was associated with Congress. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha thrice. Later he was made the Governor of Jharkhand and Assam.
Razi started his political career in 1969.
S11. Ans. (4) Canada
Explanation:
An Indian Parliamentary delegation led by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will be attending the 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPA) at Halifax in Canada.
This conference is scheduled to be held from 20-26 August 2022.
The Conference will also be attended by 23 Presiding Officers and 16 Secretaries from State Legislatures from India who are also members of CPA.
About Canada: Capital – Ottawa; Currency – Dollar; President – Justin Trudeau
S12. Ans. (2) USA
Sol. Artemis III mission is the crewed Moon landing mission of the US Space agency NASA.
Under the mission, NASA has planned to send the first woman and person of colour to the Moon.
It is scheduled for launch in 2025.
NASA has recently announced 13 potential landing sites for the missions, which are in proximity to the lunar South Pole. Each site is scientifically significant as the lunar South Pole is unexplored by humans and it has some regions rich in resources.
US space agency is currently focusing on the launch of its Artemis I rocket which is scheduled to be launched on August 29, 2022.
S13. Ans. (4) Arunachal Pradesh
Sol. The Central government has planned to collaborate with the Arunachal Pradesh Government to develop a “District Good Governance Portal” for monitoring the performance of each district of the state on a monthly basis and help in benchmarking performance.
Apart from this, the plan is to help the state in upgrading the e-office version 5.6 to e-office version 7.0 in a phased manner.
Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) under the Ministry of Personnel will develop the “District Good Governance Portal” in collaboration with the Arunachal Pradesh government.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh made the announcement during the two-day Regional Conference on “Bringing Citizens and Government Closer through Administrative Reforms” at Itanagar.
S14. Ans. (3) Himachal Pradesh
Sol. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai on 21st August, inaugurated the 10th National Conference of Women in Police (NCWP).
He said women empowerment was significant to bringing change in society.
He said the percentage of women in the police and the central armed police force (CAPF) had increased by 2-3 times in the past eight years.
Over 160 delegates participated in the two-day conference.
S15. Ans. (4) Maharashtra
Sol. Maharashtra government will take a loan of 4,000 crore rupees from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for setting up medical colleges in 12 districts of the state.
There are 12 districts in the state without a single medical college.
These districts include Jalgaon, Satara, Alibaug, Sindhudurg, Usmanabad, Parbhani, Amravati, Ratnagiri, Gadhchiroli, Bhandara and Ambernath.
S16. Ans. (2) Dr. N. V. Sundara Chary
Sol. In a prestigious honour, renowned neurologist, Dr N V Sundara Chary has been elected as a Fellow of American Academy of Neurology (FAAN).
This is regarded as one of the world’s most prestigious honour in the field of neurology and medicine.
This honour is awarded by American Academy of Neurologists (AAN) to very few neurologists across the world for making valuable contributions in the field of neurology.
Sundara Chary is now a Professor and head of the department of Neurology, Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada, and has made significant contributions to the state and country in the field of Neurology. Until recently, he served as Professor and head of the department at Guntur Medical College (GMC) and developed the Neurology and Stroke Unit with contributions from government and the donors.
His efforts have resulted in securing the highest number of D. M. Neurology seats in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in 2013. Over 50 Neurologists in the country and the world have been his students directly and he trains many more now.
S17. Ans. (2) Ashish Dhawan
Sol. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on 18th Aug 2022 announced the appointment of Indian philanthropist “Ashish Dhawan“, founder and CEO of Convergence Foundation, to its board of trustees.
Dr Helene D Gayle, president of Spelman College, US, has also been appointed to the foundation’s board of trustees.
In addition to being CEO of the Convergence Foundation, which is focused on accelerating India’s economic growth and development, Dhawan is also the chairperson of Ashoka University and Central Square Foundation, a nonprofit organisation working to improve the quality of education for children in India. He is based out of New Delhi.
The Gates Foundation has been working in collaboration with the Indian government and other partners since 2003 on various issues, including health care, sanitation, gender equality, agricultural development, and financial empowerment.
S18. Ans. (1) NTPC
Sol. NTPC Ltd, India’s largest Integrated energy producer, has been conferred with the “Asia’s Best Employer Brand Award 2022” at the 13th Edition of “ASIA’S BEST EMPLOYER BRAND AWARDS 2022” held in Singapore.
The ‘Asia’s Best Employer Brand Awards 2022’ features the Top organizations from Asia showing exemplary people practices.
In 2020, NTPC Ltd had achieved the first position amongst Indian PSUs under the Forbes List of World’s Best Employer. It was conferred the prestigious CII National HR Excellence Award under the ‘Role Model’ Category in March 2021. NTPC had also been bestowed with the prestigious SHRM Special Recognition for Learning and Development for the year 2021 at the SHRM India PSE Conclave 2021.
Recently, in March 2022, NTPC had been declared the “Dream Employer of the Year” at the 30th Session of the World HRD Congress.
S19. Ans. (3) 23rd August
Sol. ‘Internaut Day’ is celebrated on 23 August every year to mark the invention of the World Wide Web.
An ‘internaut’ is a person who possesses a thorough knowledge of how to use the Internet & its history.
August 23 marks the day when the World Wide Web was opened to the public back in the year 1991 for the first time by WWW inventor Tim Berners Lee.
Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989.
S20. Ans. (1) 24th August
Sol. Every year, World Gujarati Language Day is celebrated on 24 August to commemorate the birth anniversary of the great writer of Gujarat ‘Veer Narmad’.
‘Gujarati Diwas’ is celebrated because the poet Narmad was considered to be the creator of the Gujarati language. He has made Gujarati literature international.
World Gujarati Language Day Significance: On this day, People pay tribute to the poet who contributed significantly to the speech by also making a new Gujarati dictionary amid extreme tribulations.
Who is Veer Narmad?
Poet Veer Narmad was born on August 24th, 1833, in Surat, Gujarat.
He was from a Brahmin family.
His full name was Narmadashankar Lalshankar Dave.
He wrote his first poem in 22 years.
He served as a teacher in Mumbai.
Narmad was a playwright, essayist, speaker, lexicographer and reformer under the British Raj whose poem named “Jai Jai Garavi Gujarat” is now the state anthem of the Indian state.
S21. Ans. (4) Sheru
Sol. On August 22, 2022, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has unveiled the mascot ‘Sheru’ of the Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympic Games to be held in villages and hamlets in the indoor hall of Sawai Mansingh Stadium and also released the theme song.
The Chief Minister said that a budget provision of Rs. 40 crore has been made for the Rural Olympic Games starting from August 29 in the state.
The main objective of the Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympics is to find and bring forward rural sportspersons, nurture their talent, encourage them and promote sportsmanship among the common man.
The Chief Minister said that rural Olympics are for all age groups. About 30 lakh players are participating in these games and 2 lakh teams have been formed.
The gold medal winner is being given an increase of Rs 75 lakh to Rs 3 crore, the silver medal winner from Rs 50 lakh to Rs 2 crore and the bronze medal winner from Rs 30 lakh to Rs 1 crore.
The Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympic Games are scheduled to be held from August 29 to September 1 at the gram panchayat level, September 12 to September 15 at the block level, September 22 to September 25 at the district level and October 2 to October 5 at the state level.
Kabaddi (Boys/Girls), Shooting Ball (Boys), Kho-Kho (Girls), Volleyball (Boys/Girls), Tennis ball Cricket (Boys/Girls) and Hockey 6 sports including (boys/girls category) will be included.
S22. Ans. (1) Uttar Pradesh
Sol. India’s first nocturnal zoo will be set up in Kukrail forest area as the Yogi Adityanath government has decided to set up a night safari and biodiversity park on the lines of Singapore in the state capital.
There are 13 day safaris in the country but no night safari.
Minister of Tourism and Culture Jaiveer Singh said the night safari would be developed in 350 acres in the Kukrail forest area, spread over 46 hectares. The zoological park will be set up in 150 acres.
The government has a plan to build a Leopard Safari in 75 acres, a Bear Safari in 60 acres, and a Tiger Safari in 75 acres.
The animals will not be kept in cages but they will roam freely like in the forest.
S23. Ans. (2) Vikram Doraiswami
Sol. Vikram Doraiswami has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom.
He is presently the High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh.
Doraiswami is an Indian Foreign Service Officer of the 1992 batch.
Earlier, the ministry had announced the appointment of Pranay Kumar Verma, an IFS officer of 1994 batch as India’s next High Commissioner to Bangladesh. He is currently serving as India’s Ambassador to Vietnam.
S24. Ans. (1) Punjab
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated dedicated two important health initiatives to the nation.
One. Amrita Hospital at Faridabad, Haryana
Two. Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre at Mohali, Punjab
Amrita Hospital is a super-specialty hospital that will be equipped with two thousand 600 beds. The hospital is being constructed at an estimated cost of around 6000 crore rupees and will provide state-of-the-art health care facilities to the people of Faridabad and the entire NCR region.
Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre is a tertiary care hospital of 300-bed capacity and is equipped with modern facilities to treat all types of cancers using every available treatment modalities like Surgery, Radiotherapy and Medical Oncology – Chemotherapy, immunotherapy and Bone marrow transplant. The hospital has been built at a cost of over 660 crore rupees by Tata Memorial Centre, an aided institute under the Department of Atomic Energy.
S25. Ans. (2) Jupiter
Sol. The images of Jupiter, the largest planet in the Solar System, have been captured by NASA’s newest James Webb Space Telescope showing the planet in a new avatar.
The greenish blue view of Jupiter can be seen in the latest infrared images of the planet released by NASA.
The planet can be seen with all its significant elements including the giant storms, auroras, and regions of extreme temperature.
S26. Ans. 4) Uttar Pradesh
Sol. The Uttar Pradesh government has launched a week-long drive against illegal liquor and drugs supply across the state.
As per the official statement, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force will be supervised by the Additional Director General of Police (Crime).
Under the drive, district-level officials will submit details about the action taken by them against offenders and also furnish a certificate stating their respective districts are free of such substances.
S27. Ans. (4) Iran
Sol. India has signed an MoU with Iran to smoothen the movement of Seafarers between the two countries.
The MoU was signed between Union Minister of Ports & Shipping Sarbananda Sonowal & his Iranian counterpart Rostam Ghasemi.
The Iranian government is ready to conclude a long-term contract with India, prioritizing the development of transit of goods through the Chabahar Port. The contract will also aim at ramping up activities of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC).
About Iran: Capital – Tehran; Currency – Rial; President – Ebrahim Raisi
S28. Ans. (3) Dixit Joshi
Sol. Credit Suisse has hired Deutsche Bank’s Dixit Joshi as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and promoted Francesca McDonagh to the chief operating officer.
He replaced David Mathers who is stepping down.
Last Month Ulrich Koerner became the new CEO of Credit Suisse.
For the last five years, Joshi served as Group Treasurer at Deutsche Bank, where he played a significant role in the bank’s reorganization and overhauling of its balance sheet.
Credit Suisse Group AG is a global investment bank and financial services firm headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.
Recent Appointments:
Director of the National Institute of Immunology (NII) – Debasisa Mohanty
MD and CEO of Paytm – Vijay Shekhar Sharma
MD of NaBFID – Rajkiran Rai
MD & CEO of Unity SF Bank – Inderjit Camotra
CFO of BharatPe – Nalin Negi
Chief Economist of World Bank – Indermit Gill
S29. Ans. (2) Paraguay
Sol. India’s Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar jointly inaugurated the new Indian Embassy in Asuncion in Paraguay with his counterpart.
This is the first ever visit of an Indian Foreign Minister to the Republic of Paraguay which has taken place as the two countries completed the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.
External Affairs Minister’s visit started with inauguration of a bust of Mahatma Gandhi at a waterfront of Asuncion.
S30. Ans. (2) Kerala
Sol. Kerala government has announced to introduce an online monitoring system, to keep track of medicines in government-run medical institutions.
The system aims to keep track of availability and distribution of medicines.
The state’s health minister announced that hospital employees should use the online system of Kerala Medical Services Corporation (KMSCL) to ensure availability of medicines.
S31. Ans. (2) South Korea
Sol. South Korea and the United States began their largest joint military drills in years with a resumption of field training.
This year, the annual summertime exercise has been renamed ‘Ulchi Freedom Shield’ and it is scheduled to end on 1st September 2022.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has vowed to normalize the combined exercises and boost deterrence against the North.
South Korea has separately started or launched the four-day Ulchi Civil Defence Drills, which is specially designed to boost the government readiness for the first time after the Coronavirus pandemic occurred.
S32. Ans. 3) IIT Guwahati
Sol. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati have developed an ultrasound-assisted fermentation method to produce a safe sugar substitute called “Xylitol” from bagasse, the residue left after crushing of sugarcane.
According to officials, the new method overcomes operational limitations of chemical methods of synthesis and time delays associated with conventional fermentation.
Xylitol is industrially produced by a chemical reaction in which wood-derived D-xylose, a costly chemical, is treated with nickel catalyst at very high temperatures and pressures that makes the process highly energy consuming.
S33. Ans. (4) Praveen Chhabra
Sol. Major General Praveen Chhabra was appointed Inspector General (Operations) in the National Security Guard (NSG), according to a Personnel Ministry order.
The NSG is the country’s elite counter-terrorism force.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Major General Chhabra, on deputation basis, for a period of two years and six months from the date of taking over the charge of the post, or until further orders, it said.
S34. Ans. (3) Kota
Sol. On August 21, 2022, Rajasthan’s Autonomous Government Minister Shanti Dhariwal inaugurated the state’s first well-organized motor market in Kota and gave a big gift to motor businessmen.
This will provide facilities to the citizens doing motor business in different places in the city.
This will also solve the problem of traffic jams in the city.
In this market, buyers of old vehicles will also get many options in one place.
247 shops have been constructed in this market by the Urban Development Trust. 9 more shops will be constructed.
S35. Ans. (2) Bhopal
Sol. Madhya Pradesh Council of Science and Technology is hosting the 12th National Science Film Festival of India at Ravindra Bhawan in Bhopal.
It is India’s first of its kind of film festival where documentaries and short films on popular science, technology, health, and environmental issues are screened.
It is the first time that the festival is being held in Madhya Pradesh.
For first, second and third positions, the best films in each category will be awarded the Golden Beaver, Silver Beaver, and Bronze Beaver respectively.
It is a platform for interaction with filmmakers, scientists and enthusiasts for developing a better public understanding of the universe.
This event will encourage citizen science and public participation and promote appreciation of science films.
National Science Film Festival of India is a flagship event of Vigyan Prasar, an autonomous agency under the Department of Science and Technology.
S36. Ans. (3) Meenesh Shah
Sol. Meenesh C Shah’s tenure has been extended for another six months until 30 November.
Meenesh C Shah was given the additional charge of Chairman of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) on June 1, 2021.
The tenure of interim chairman Varsha Joshi ended on May 31, 2021.
India will host the world’s biggest dairy conference—IDF World Dairy Summit 2022 in New Delhi from 12-15 September. The summit will be organized under the “Dairy for Nutrition and Livelihood” theme.
S37. Ans. (4) Sri Lanka
Sol. A new species of Bat has been discovered in India and Sri Lanka by a team of international researchers.
The species of bat discovered by the team has distinct physical characteristics including long fingers as compared to other species.
The long-fingered bats belong to the Miniopteridae family and have 40 species around the world.
It has been named Miniopterus Phillipsi after W W A Philips (1892-1981).
W W A Philips is famous for its contributions to studies on the mammals of Sri Lanka and South Asia.
Earlier, a new species of thick-thumbed bats named ‘Glischropus meghalayanus’ was also discovered in Meghalaya.
S38. Ans. (1) Adani Group
Sol. Adani’s unit will indirectly buy a 18% stake in New Delhi Television Ltd and launch an open offer for another 26% stake.
The open offer would be worth 4.93 billion Indian rupees ($61.73 million), according to the statement.
NDTV is a leading media house and operates three national news channels, NDTV 24×7, NDTV India and NDTV Profit. RRPR holds a 29.18% stake in NDTV.
Adani Group has seven publicly listed companies which are in businesses such as operating airports and ports, power generation and transmission, coal and gas trading.
S39. Ans. (2) Bengaluru
Sol. The 4th edition of the ‘India Clean Air Summit (ICAS)’ began on 23rd August 2022 in Bengaluru.
It has been organised by the Centre for Air Pollution Studies and the Centre for Study of Science, Technology and Policy.
The four-day event will see policymakers, scientists, technologists and people affected by climate change sharing experiences and statistics and, hopefully, devise solutions.
Theme: “The Right to Life: Citizens at the Centre of Science”
S40. Ans. (2) Seeing the unseen
Sol. World Water Week 2022 takes place from 23 August to 1 September.
The World Water Week is an annual event organized by Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) since 1991 to address the global water issues and related concerns of international development.
Theme 2022: “Seeing the unseen: The value of water”, which helps us view water in new and fascinating ways.
S41. Ans. (2) 26th August
Sol. International Dog Day is observed every year on August 26.
The day was started as National Dog Day in the US in 2004 by pet & family lifestyle expert, animal rescue advocate, conservationist and dog trainer Colleen Paige.
August 26 was chosen as on this day, Paige’s family had adopted their first dog “Sheltie” from an animal shelter when she was just 10 years old.
S42. Ans. (1) Germany
Sol. Germany launched its first fleet of hydrogen-powered passenger trains claiming they are the first of their kind in the world.
The 14 trains use hydrogen fuel cells to generate electricity that powers the engines.
The first fleet of hydrogen-powered passenger trains has replaced 15 diesel trains that were previously operated on nonelectrified tracks in Lower Saxony, Germany.
The state governor Stephan Weil said that Lower Saxony has invested a total of 93 million euros for the first fleet of hydrogen-powered passenger train projects.
These trains have ranges up to 1000 kilometers and a maximum speed of 140 kph. After the introduction of the first fleet of hydrogen-powered passenger trains, the hydrogen produced with renewable energy the trains will save up to 1.6 liters of diesel in a year.
S43. Ans. (3) VVS Laxman
Sol. VVS Laxman has been named the Indian Cricket team’s interim head coach for Asia Cup 2022.
The move has come a day after the BCCI confirmed that Rahul Dravid, India’s head coach, did not travel with the team after testing positive for COVID-19.
Team India will be playing their first match of the tournament on August 28 against arch-rivals Pakistan.
Rohit Sharma will lead the team for the Asia Cup, while former captain Virat Kohli is back in the squad after a break.
S44. Ans. (1) Volodymyr Zelensky
Sol. The Liberty Medal 2022 has been awarded to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.
He will be honored in a ceremony in October 2022.
The Liberty Medal which was established in 1988 is presented to those who strive to secure the blessings of liberty for people around the globe.
S45. Ans. (4) Faridabad
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated Asia’s Biggest Private Hospital – Amrita Hospital in Faridabad on 24th August 2022.
The 2,600-bed Amrita Hospital in Faridabad spreads across an area of 133 acres and has been built at a cost of Rs 6000/- crores.
Amrita Hospital in Faridabad will be managed by Mata Amritanandamayi Math – a charitable organisation spearheaded by its namesake Mata Amritanandamayi.
On the technology front, the hospital will be equipped with 54 critical care units, smart ICUs and 534 critical care beds which will have digital connectivity and monitoring round the clock.
The hospital administration has also planned to develop 64 fully networked modular operation theatres.
Before Faridabad, Mata Amritanandmayi Math also built Amrita Hospital in Kochi, Kerala, which has been regularly termed as one of the premier medical institutions of South Asia.
S46. Ans. (4) Mack Rutherford
Sol. A British-Belgian teenage pilot has become the youngest individual to fly solo in a small aircraft around the globe.
The 17-year-old, Mack Rutherford, took off from Bulgaria’s Sofia and travelled through two oceans, five continents and flew twice across the equator.
After taking off on 23 March 2022, Mack flew across 52 nations before touching down once more in the Bulgarian capital on Wednesday (24th Aug 2022).
Notably, he flew for 5 months to create history.
Youngest solo pilot broke two Guinness World Records: It is pertinent to mention that Mack Rutherford broke the Guinness World Record set by 18-year-old Travis Ludlow in 2021, who achieved the feat in 2021 at the age of 18 and in 150 days.
S47. Ans. (2) Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary
Sol. The Bharatiya Janata Party has named Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary as the party’s UP President.
He is a member of the Uttar Pradesh Government and a member of the Legislative Council.
He is from Western UP’s Jat community and has reportedly been appointed to consolidate Jat votes for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary, Minister of Panchayati Raj in the state cabinet, replaces Swatantra Dev Singh — an OBC leader from southern UP.
S48. Ans. (1) Anurag Thakur
Sol. The Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur has launched the Azadi Quest App.
It is a series of online games on the heroes and the milestones of the Indian freedom movement.
“Azadi Quest” is an effort to make the learning of this knowledge engaging and interactive.
Azadi Quest series will impart the knowledge of India’s freedom struggle and the legends of the country’s great freedom fighters, thereby inducing upon the players, a feeling of pride and a sense of duty and will be instrumental in removing the sense of colonial mindset as also emphasised upon by the Prime Minister in the 76th Independence day speech as ‘Panch Pran of Amrit Kaal.
The first game in the series is ‘Azadi Quest: Match 3 Puzzle’, a simple and easy-to-play casual game presenting the players with the colorful journey of India’s Independence from 1857 to 1947.
S49. Ans. (3) Australia
Sol. India’s Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and his Australian counterpart, Jason Clare announced the establishment of a working group on transnational education.
The working group aims to build shared understanding of the regulatory settings in both countries and promote opportunities for a two-way mobility of institutions.
The Union Minister co-chaired the sixth meeting of the Australia India Education Council (AIEC).
S50. Ans. (2) Tamil Nadu
Sol. The Tamil Nadu government has signed five MoUs for an investment worth Rs 2,250 crore in the footwear and leather sector.
Chief Minister M K Stalin also unveiled the ‘Tamil Nadu Footwear and Leather Products Policy 2022’.
The policy is aimed at attracting Rs 20,000 crore investment in the leather sector by 2025 and in creating employment opportunities to 2 lakh people.
The footwear and leather products policy 2022 will offer a special package for footwear and leather products manufacturing and incentives for such “design studios”.
The foundation stone for a ₹400 crore mega footwear manufacturing park in Ranipet district was also laid.
S51. Ans. (3) Rajasthan
Sol. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited has commenced its Cow dung to Compressed Biogas Project at Sanchore, Rajasthan.
The plant, the first such under HPCL’s Waste-to-Energy portfolio, is proposed to utilize 100 tons of dung per day to produce biogas, which can be utilized as automotive fuel.
The project is being developed under GOBAR-Dhan scheme launched by Government of India in April 2018 as a part of the Biodegradable Waste Management component under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) to positively impact cleanliness and generate wealth and energy from cattle and organic waste.
About Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL): Founded – 1974; Headquarters – Mumbai, Maharashtra; Chairman – Pushp Kumar Joshi
S52. Ans. (2) Uzbekistan
Sol. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has attended the SCO Defence Ministers’ meeting at Tashkent in Uzbekistan.
Objective – The entire spectrum of defence cooperation with the three countries was reviewed to expand mutually beneficial collaboration.
He also holds bilateral meetings with his counterparts Lieutenant General, Bakhodir Kurbanov (Uzbekistan); Colonel, General Zhaksylykov Ruslan Zhakslykov (Kazakhstan), and Lieutenant General, Viktor Khrenin (Belarus).
About Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) : Founded – 2001; Headquarters – Beijing, China; Secretary General – Zhang Ming (China); Member Countries – 9 (Iran, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan & Uzbekistan)
S53. Ans. (2) Royal Enfield
Sol. Royal Enfield has partnered with UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) to promote and safeguard the ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage of India’.
UNESCO has been running a movement to identify, document and preserve the Intangible Cultural Heritage of India.
India is one of the 178 countries, that had adopted the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, for decades.
About United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO): Formation – 16 November 1945; Headquarters – Paris, France; Director General – Audrey Azoulay (France); Member countries – 193
S54. Ans. (1) Narendra Modi
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 44th National Conference of Labour Ministers and Secretaries of all states and Union Territories via video conferencing.
The two-day conference is being organized by the Union Ministry of Labour & Employment at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.
The conference was presided over by Union Labour Minister Bhupinder Yadav.
The move comes in the backdrop of the Prime Minister’s vision for the next 25 years in preparation for India’s 100th year of independence. Accordingly, the 44th session of the National Labour Conference has been named Vision Shramev Jayate @2047.
S55. Ans. (3) RBL Bank
Sol. The private sector lender RBL Bank has appointed Gopal Jain and Sivakumar Gopalan as the non-executive directors.
Jain is an experienced private equity investor and managing partner at Gaja Capital. Gaja Capital through Gaja Capital Fund II Ltd held 1.3 percent stake in RBL Bank at the end of June.
Gopalan is a researcher with over three decades of experience across various aspects of technology and has been appointed as an independent director for five years.
Gopalan has also been a member of the Alternative Investment Policy Advisory Committee of SEBI since 2018.
Recently appointed MD & CEO:
MD & CEO of Aviva Life Insurance – Asit Rath
MD & CEO of SBI General Insurance – Paritosh Tripathi
MD & CEO of Manappuram Finance – V P Nandkumar
MD & CEO of CSB Bank – Pralay Monda
MD & CEO of Aditya Birla Capital – Vishakha Mulye
MD & CEO of Digit Insurance – Jasleen Kohli
MD & CEO of LIC Mutual Fund – TS Ramakrishnan
MD & CEO of National Stock Exchange -Ashish Kumar Chauhan
S56. Ans. (4) DRDO
Sol. Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO) and the Indian Navy have successfully flight-tested Vertical Launch Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.
The flight test was carried out from an Indian Naval Ship against a high-speed unmanned aerial target for demonstration of vertical launch capability.
The missiles, equipped with indigenous Radio Frequency (RF) seeker, intercepted the target with high accuracy. The VL-SRSAM system has been indigenously designed and developed by DRDO.
About Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO): Founded – 1 January 1958; Headquarters – New Delhi; Motto – “Strength’s Origin is in Knowledge”; Chairman – Satheesh Reddy
S57. Ans. (1) Nagaland
Sol. Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has launched the CM’s Micro Finance Scheme in Nagaland.
The Minister also handed over loans worth ₹205 crore to over 3,000 beneficiaries.
The Micro-finance scheme will ensure availability of affordable credit for initiating economic activities.
The funding pattern is: beneficiaries’ contribution – 10%, bank loan – 60%, back-ended subsidy by Government of Nagaland – 30%.
S58. Ans. (2) 108
Sol. As per a recent study by the think tank Pew Research Center, India’s sex ratio at birth, the number of girl children born for every 100 boys, has normalised slightly.
The data from the National Family Health Survey 2019-’21 shows that the sex ratio at birth narrowed from 109 boys per 100 girls in 2015-’16 to 108 boys per 100 girls in 2019-’21.
The average annual number of baby girls ‘missing’ in India also fell from about 8 lakh in 2010 to 4.1 lakh in 2019.
The number of boys born for every 100 girls has come down in both states — to 111 (Punjab) and 112 (Haryana) in 2019-21 from around 127 (in both) in 2001.
S59. Ans. (3) Saudi Arabia
Sol. Saudi Arabia is set to organise the second edition of the Global AI Summit in September this year, under the theme ‘Artificial Intelligence for the Good of Humanity’.
The upcoming event will be participated by experts from government agencies and major technology companies around the world.
It will discuss a number of topics, with the aim of finding solutions to the current challenges and maximizing the use of the AI technologies.
More than 100 speakers specialising in AI will participate in work sessions, panel discussions and accompanying workshops, according to the report.
S60. Ans. (3) Karnataka
Sol. The Karnataka government and ‘Isha Outreach’ have signed a MoU to work together and achieve synergy between ‘Cauvery Calling’ and various government-based agroforestry promotion schemes in the districts which form part of the Cauvery basin.
The combined vision of the Cauvery Calling and Karnataka government to promote tree-based agriculture, which will not only increase the green cover but also significantly augment farmers’ incomes in the aforementioned Cauvery basin districts.
The Karnataka government runs various schemes for the promotion of tree planting on farmers’ fields with the objective of promoting sustainable agriculture and augmenting farmers’ income.
Cauvery Calling aims to enable 5.2 million farmers to plant 42 billion trees in the Cauvery River Basin in a span of 12 years.
Recent Agreements:
Andhra Pradesh govt signed an MoU with NISG for integrated land management system
Rajasthan signed an MoU with Telangana to set up women’s bank
Telangana government partnered with UNDP for Data in Climate Resilient Agriculture (DiCRA)
The Telangana government has joined hands with the United Nations Development
S61. Ans. (4) India
Sol. India will hold the G20 Presidency from 1st December 2022 to 30th November 2023, and host the 18th G20 Summit in 2023.
This Presidency is the first opportunity for India to showcase its leadership potential as it will be the most high profile international event ever hosted by India.
Earlier, India hosted NAM and CHOGM Summits in 1983, IAFS in 2015 and International Solar Alliance Summit in 2018.
G20 Members: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, UK, US, and the European Union
S62. Ans. (3) Reserve Bank of India
Sol. RBI has released the August 2022 issue of its monthly Bulletin stating that the apex bank turned Net Seller of the US Currency in June 2022 after it sold USD 3.719 billion on a net basis.
In June 2022, RBI purchased USD 18.96 billion from the spot market and sold USD 22.679 billion.
During the fiscal, RBI had net purchased USD 17.312 billion. It had bought USD 113.991 billion and sold USD 96.679 billion in the spot market in FY22.
S63. Ans. (2) M Venkaiah Naidu
Sol. Former Vice President, M Venkaiah Naidu has released a book titled “A New India: Selected Writings 2014-19”, a compilation of selected articles of former Union Minister and Padma Vibhushan Arun Jaitley on his death anniversary.
The event was also attended by Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, and Union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, who also released the book along with Naidu.
The book has been published by Juggernaut.
In this book, published posthumously Arun Jaitley offers the clearest, most authoritative discussions on the policies of the BJP government of 2014–19.
S64. Ans. 3) Sourav Ganguly
Sol. DreamSetGo, India’s first premium sports experiences and travel platform, has announced the “Maharaja of Cricket”, Sourav Ganguly as its first brand ambassador.
As the “Supercaptain” for DreamSetGo, Ganguly will play a key role in promoting DSG’s curated experiences offered through its key partnerships with Manchester City, Chelsea FC, ICC Travel and Tours, AO Travel, F1® Experiences and more.
Founded in 2019, DreamSetGo is solving a specific problem – access to worldwide sporting events and experiences for fans. The startup is focused on delivering seamless, end-to-end, world-class personalized experiences for sports fans in India, giving them an opportunity to fully immerse themselves in the sport.
S65. Ans. (4) Disney+Hotstar
Sol. Sajith Sivanandan has been appointed as the executive vice-president and head of Disney+Hotstar.
Sajith Sivanandan will be reporting to Chairman of Disney’s International Content and Operations Group, Rebecca Campbell, and President of Disney Star, Madhavan.
He will start working with Disney+Hotstar in October with a dual reporting line of Disney Star.
Sajith Sivanandan was formerly the MD and Business Head of Google Pay and the Next Billion User initiative for the APAC region. He was also the head of Google Pay India. He started his career with Star TV in 1996.
S67. Ans. (2) 26th August
Sol. Women’s Equality Day 2022 is celebrated all over the world to celebrate women’s empowerment and equality.
This year, Women’s Equality Day will be celebrated on 26th August 2022.
Every year 26th August is celebrated as Women’s Equality Day because on this day the United States gave women the right to vote.
2022 theme: “Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow”
On 26th August 1970, women from all over the world staged the Women’s Strike for Equality.
In 1971, New York Congresswoman Bella Abzug proposed that 26th August be declared as Women’s Equality Day.
In 1973, the first Women’s Equality Day was celebrated across the world.
S68. Ans. (4) Bengaluru
Sol. India’s first 3D-printed post office is set to come up in Bengaluru within a month’s time.
3D-printed post office is expected to cut construction costs to one-fourth the amount spent on a traditional model.
The Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has given its nod to the project and its construction will be carried out by Larsen & Toubro.
The area of the building would be a 1000-square-feet. The 3D post office will cost less than 25 lakh. This cost reduces the usual construction price by 25 percent.
S69. Ans. (2) Angela Merkel
Sol. Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel was awarded UNESCO Peace Prize for her ‘efforts to welcome refugees’.
She has been honoured for her “courageous decision in 2015 to welcome more than 2 million refugees, notably from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Eritrea”.
Angela Merkel held the office of German Chancellor for a period of 16 years and resigned in 2021.
Formally known as the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize, the UNESCO Peace Prize was constituted in 1989 under the United Nations Charter and the UNESCO Constitution.
S70. Ans. (4) South Korea
Sol. South Korea has once again shattered its own record for the World’s Lowest Fertility Rate.
South Korean women were estimated, based on 2021 data, to have an average of just 0.81 children over their lifetimes, down from 0.84 a year earlier.
The number of newborns declined in 2021 to 260,600, which equates to about 0.5% of the population.
According to the United Nations’ global population projections and World Bank’s data, the report further stated that Korea is the world’s fastest-ageing nation among economies with a per capita GDP of at least $30,000. By 2100, its population will fall by 53% to 24 million, up from a 43% decline forecast in 2019.
About South Korea: Capital – Seoul; Currency – South Korean Won; Prime Minister – Han Duck-soo; President – Yoon Seok-youl
S71. Ans. (4) Krishnamurthy Subramaniam
Sol. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of the former Chief Economic Advisor (CEC) Krishnamurthy Subramaniam to the post of Executive Director (India) at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
He has been appointed to the post for the period of three years from November 1, 2022.
Subramaniam will succeed the eminent economist Surjit Bhalla who was appointed as the Executive Director for India on the board of the IMF in 2019.
Krishnamurthy Subramaniam had served as the 17th Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India.
S72. Ans. (1) Bangladesh
Sol. India and Bangladesh on August 25, 2022, signed two contracts for the construction of a new broad gauge line between Khulna-Darsana and the conversion of the metro gauge line into a dual gauge line between Parbatipur and Kaunia.
The contract signing ceremony was held at the Railway Ministry in Dhaka.
The 126-kilometre long Khulna-Darshana broad gauge rail line will have 147 bridges over it including 4 Girder bridges and 143 RCC box culvert bridges. The project cost is Taka 3506 crore out of which Taka 2689 crore will come from the Indian Line of Credit. The current contract is for undertaking the feasibility study with detailed engineering design for the project.
The project for the conversion of the metre gauge line from Parbatipur to Kaunia to dual gauge line will cover a distance of 57 kilometres. It has seven railway stations as well as 47 bridges including 14 girder bridges and 33 box culvert bridges.
S73. Ans. (4) Ghulam Nabi Azad
Sol. Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad announced his resignation from the party on August 26, 2022.
Ghulam Nabi Azad is an Indian politician and was a member of the Indian National Congress.
He served as the 7th Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir from 2005 to 2008 and was also the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare.
Until February 2021, Azad served as the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs in the Government of former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh.
S74. Ans. (4) Google
Sol. Google has announced a campaign to upskill cyber security researchers and developers in India.
The campaign will be part of the company’s Cyber Security Roadshow, which will cover multiple cities across India and offer tools, tutorials, and mentorship on security practices for building consumer apps, as wewssll as enterprise programmes.
The upskilling programme will target 1 lakh developers in India and will cover two broad divisions within the programme – Android and Google Cloud.
About Google: Founded – 1998; Founders – Larry Page and Sergey Brin; Headquarters – Mountain View, California, US; CEO – Sundar Pichai
S75. Ans. (4) S Jaishankar
Sol. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar co-chaired the 8th India-Brazil Joint Commission Meeting with his Brazilian counterpart Carlos Franca in Brasilia.
Jaishankar also signed agreements in the fields of broadcasting and taxation with the Brazilian Foreign Minister, Carlos Franca, and exchanged views on BRICS, IBSA, UN, G20, and the Ukraine conflict.
The comprehensive discussions covered trade and investments, petroleum, biofuels, edible oils and minerals, health, pharma, etc.
About Brazil: Capital- Brasília; Currency- Brazilian real; President- Jair Bolsonaro
S76. Ans. (2) Dr. Asghar Wajahat
Sol. The 31st Vyas Samman was conferred on to well-known Hindi writer Asghar Wajahat at a function in New Delhi on Aug 25, 2022.
Wajahat has been chosen for the prestigious award for his play Mahabali.
In his play Mahabali, Dr. Wajahat focuses on Mughal emperor Akbar and poet Tulsidas.
Through the play, he attempts to answer who is the real Mahabali, the poet or the emperor.
The Vyas Samman is given by K K Birla Foundation for an outstanding literary work in Hindi authored by an Indian citizen published during the last 10 years. It carries an award of four lakh rupees along with a citation and plaque.
S77. Ans. (2) Dr. Samir V. Kamat
Sol. Distinguished Scientist Samir V Kamat has been appointed as the new chairman of the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO).
Kamat will succeed G. Satheesh Reddy who has been appointed as Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister.
Earlier, Dr. Kamat was Director General of Naval Systems & Materials at DRDO since July 2017.
Reddy was appointed to the present post in August 2018 and prior to that has served as the Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister.
S78. Ans. (1) New Delhi
Sol. India’s mining major NMDC in association with FICCI organised a conference on Indian minerals and metal industry on the theme ‘Transition Towards 2030 & Vision 2047’ in New Delhi.
As a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the conference was organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Steel and the Ministry of Mines.
The objective of the event was to discuss on the roadmap for the minerals and metal industry to achieve Vision 2047.
S79. Ans. (2) USA
Sol. S. President Joe Biden marked Ukraine’s Independence Day with USD 3 billion in security assistance.
This is the country’s largest aid package since Russia’s invasion six months ago.
It is feared that Russia appeared to be planning to launch fresh attacks in coming days.
The new package would include six additional surface-to-air missile systems known as NASAMS, counter-artillery radars, Puma drones, along with counter-drone systems known as VAMPIRE.
S80. Ans. (3) Bharat
Sol. The government issued an order directing all companies to sell their products under a single brand name of ‘Bharat’, under the ‘One Nation, One Fertiliser’ plan, to bring uniformity.
The fertilisers will have brand name as ‘Bharat Urea’, ‘Bharat DAP’, ‘Bharat MOP’ and ‘Bharat NPK’ irrespective of the company that manufactures it, both in the public or the private sector.
The logo of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janurvarak Pariyojana (PMBJP) will also have to be displayed on the bags.
S81. Ans. (3) 29th August
Sol.
Every year, 29th August has been observed as National Sports Day in India.
National Sports Day is also called with the name Rashtriya Khel Divas in some parts of India.
The day raises awareness about physical activity, sports, and overall health.
The first National Sports Day was celebrated on 29th August 2012, on the birth anniversary of Major Dhyan Chand who was the star of hockey team of India.
Widely known as the ‘Hockey Wizard’ and ‘The Magician’, Major Dhyan Chand was born on August 29, 1905, and National Sports Day is marked to celebrate his birthday.
S82. Ans. (2) 29th August
Sol. The International Day against Nuclear Tests is observed globally on 29th August.
The day aims to increase awareness about the effects of nuclear weapon test explosions or any other nuclear explosions and the need for their cessation as one of the means of achieving the goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world.
On 2 December 2009, the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly declared 29 August the International Day against Nuclear Tests through the unanimous adoption of its resolution 64/35.
2010 marked the inaugural commemoration of the International Day against Nuclear Tests.
S83. Ans. (2) Kannauj
Sol. The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to develop Kannauj as a Perfume Tourism Destination.
The state government will organize an International Perfume Fair in Kannauj in December 2022.
The first phase of the perfume park being set up in the district will also be completed by November 2022.
The Uttar Pradesh government has planned to promote the perfume of Kannauj in the international market.
The aim is to take the ₹250 crore perfume business to Rs 25,000 crores.
The perfume of Kannauj comes under the govt’s ‘One District, One Product’
S84. Ans. (3) Haridwar
Sol. The NITI Aayog has declared the holy city of Haridwar in Uttarakhand as the Best Aspirational District.
Along with the title of India’s Best Aspirational District, the district will also receive an additional Rs 3 Crores.
Launched in 2018, NITI Aayog’s Aspirational Districts Programme aims to identify potential districts that can develop into model blocks through socio-economic development.
S85. Ans. (2) Anang Tal Lake
Sol. The Anang Tal Lake in South Delhi has been declared a Monument of National Importance.
The mini lake, known as Anang Tal, was created in 1060 AD by Raja Anang Pal Tomar, the founder of Delhi. It lies in area between the flood plain of river and Delhi Ridge. Delhi Ridge is a Northern extension of ancient Aravalli Range.
The Monuments of National Importance are designated by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
Once designated, the ASI restricts construction activity in the site’s vicinity.
S86. Ans. (2) Nagaland
Sol. North-east state, Nagaland got its second railway station after a gap of more than 119 years with the commissioning of a new facility at Shokhuvi.
Dimapur Railway Station, in the heart of the commercial hub of the state, was inaugurated in 1903.
Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio flagged off the Donyi Polo Express from Shokhuvi Railway Station during the day.
The Donyi Polo Express ran daily between Guwahati in Assam and Naharlagun in Arunachal Pradesh. The train service has now been extended till Shokhuvi, a few kilometres from Dimapur.
The foundation stone for the 90-km-long broad gauge route from Dhansiri in Assam to Zubza in the Kohima district of Nagaland was laid in 2016, and work is underway. The deadline was extended from 2020 to 2024.
S87. Ans. (3) Linthoi Chanambam
Sol. Indian judoka Linthoi Chanambam scripted history by winning India’s first-ever medal in Judo World Championships with a gold in the Women’s 57kg category at the World Judo Cadet (U18) Championships.
The 15-year-old judoka outclassed Brazil’s Bianca Reis in the 57-kg category final.
She came into the spotlight with a gold medal at the Sub-Junior National Judo Championships in 2017 and since then she has been training at JSW’s Inspire Institute of Sports judo programme.
Chanambam won the gold medal at National Cadet Judo Championship in 2021 and followed it up with a bronze in the Asia-Oceania Cadet Judo Championship in Beirut, Lebanon.
S88. Ans. (3) Virat Kohli
Sol. The India-Pakistan’s high-octane slugfest on 28th August 2022, in the ongoing Asia Cup marked Virat Kohli’s 100th appearance in the T20Is.
With this Kohli has scripted history as he became the first Indian player to complete a century of International matches in all three formats and second overall after New Zealand’s legendary batter Ross Taylor.
Only 13 players have achieved this feat of playing 100 or more T20Is as of now.
But Ross and Kohli are the only players in the history of International cricket to have completed 100 matches across formats.
S89. Ans. (4) Narendra Modi
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has once again topped the global rating amongst world leaders with an approval rating of 75 per cent, according to a Morning Consult survey.
After PM Modi, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi came second and third respectively with 63 per cent and 54 per cent ratings.
The list that featured 22 world leaders ranked US president Joe Biden at the fifth spot with a 41 per cent rating.
Morning Consult Political Intelligence is currently tracking the approval ratings of government leaders and country trajectories in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Germany, India, Mexico, Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, and the United States.
Earlier in January 2022 and in November 2021, Prime Minister Modi had topped the list of the most popular world leaders.
S90. Ans. (3) Mumbai
Sol. RailTel (a CPSU of the Ministry of Railways) has partnered with CloudExtel (a known Full Stack Network as a Service (NaaS) Provider) to launch India’s first Shared Radio Access Network (RAN) solution for congested locations with the objective of enhancing telecom users’ experience.
They carried out the successful pilot of this project with Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, and Nokia.
The pilot was carried out in Mumbai Central railway station.
S91. Ans. (2) New Delhi
Sol. The third India & Mauritius Joint Committee Meeting on Small and Medium Enterprise Cooperation was held in New Delhi.
The Indian side was led by Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Narayan Rane.
During the Mauritius delegation’s visit two MoUs on cooperation have also been signed.
One of them was signed between SME Mauritius Ltd. and EDII Ahmedabad.
S92. Ans. (2) Uttar Pradesh
Sol. Parivar Kalyan Card scheme is the Uttar Pradesh government’s Family ID plan.
It was announced to establish a comprehensive database of the state’s family units and identify beneficiaries for its various schemes.
The PKC will provide a unique 12-digit ID number for each family. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) has allowed the state government to link Aadhaar data with the PKC.
S93. Ans. (3) Philippines
Sol. The Philippines has been hit by the tropical cyclone Ma-on that has damaged the main Luzon Island in the country.
The cyclone has killed at least three people and injured four others, as per the country’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.
Ma-on was the sixth tropical cyclone to hit this Southeast Asian country this year.
S94. Ans. (1) SBI
Sol. As per the data collated by PGA Labs, the country’s largest bank, the State Bank of India remains the top player with a 30% market share of debit cards as of June 2022.
However, the bank registered a 6% drop in year-on-year growth.
Bank of Baroda secured second place followed by Bank of India and Canara Bank.
HDFC Bank and Axis Bank witnessed the highest growth in the segment.
HDFC Bank also topped in the credit cards segment with a market share followed by SBI and ICICI Bank.
S95. Ans. (1) New Delhi
Sol. The 38th Meeting of Ministerial level Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) of India and Bangladesh was held in New Delhi.
The two sides finalized the text of MoU on ‘Interim Water Sharing of Kushiyara River.’
India and Bangladesh share 54 rivers, of which 7 rivers have been identified earlier for developing the framework of water sharing agreements on priority.
Both sides also welcomed the finalization of the design and location of the water intake point on the Feni River to meet the drinking water needs of Sabroom town in Tripura.
S96. Ans. (4) Ahmedabad
Sol. PM Narendra Modi has addressed Khadi Utsav at the Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad.
The unique Khadi Utsav is being organised as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to highlight the importance of khadi in country’s freedom struggle.
The ‘Utsav’ or festival is being organised at Sabarmati Riverfront, Ahmedabad in which around 7,500 women khadi artisans from various districts of Gujarat participated.
The event also feature an exhibition on the evolution of Charkhas.
About Gujarat: Capital – Gandhinagar; Chief Minister – Bhupendra Patel; Governor – Acharya Devvrat
S97. Ans. (3) Sabarmati
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 27th August 2022, inaugurated the 300-metre long ‘Atal Bridge’ for pedestrians and cyclists across the Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad.
The pedestrians-and-cyclists-only bridge with eye-catching design and LED lighting is 300 metres long and 14 metres wide in the middle.
It connects the flower garden on the western end of the Sabarmati Riverfront and the upcoming arts and culture centre on the eastern end.
It has been built using 2,600 metric tonnes of steel pipes while the roof is made of colourful fabric and the railing is built with glass and stainless steel.
S98. Ans.(2) Gujarat
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 28th August, inaugurated “Smriti Van” memorial, which celebrates the resilience shown by people during the devastating 2001 earthquake in the Kutch region of Gujarat.
PM Modi said Smriti Van is a tribute to the lost lives and the remarkable fighting spirit of the people of Kutch.
The memorial has been built over nearly 470 acres to celebrate the spirit of resilience, following the death of 13,000 people during the 2001 earthquake which had its epicentre in Bhuj.
The memorial carries names of the people, who lost their lives during the earthquake. It also has a state-of-the-art Smriti Van Earthquake Museum.
S99. Ans. (3) 2046
Sol.
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) will invest Rs 2 lakh crore to achieve net-zero operational carbon emissions by 2046.
The target set is in line with India’s aim to reach net-zero emissions by 2070.
The investment of over Rs 2 lakh crore will help mitigate emissions to about 0.7 billion metric tonnes of carbon dioxide a year by then.
The company plans to use natural gas in refineries in place of liquid fuels as well as replace grey hydrogen with green one that is manufactured from renewable power.
List of Important India’s Target Year:
2022 – Trans Fat Free status.
2021-22 – Indian Railways planned 1000-Megawatt Solar Power.
2022 – Indian renewable energy 175 GW installation.
2022 – Doubling Farmers income.
2022 – Doubling tiger population.
2023 – Indian Railways electrify Broad Gauge routes.
2023-24 – India produce one billion tonnes of coal.
2024 – India aims to reduce road accidents by 50%.
2024 – Indian railways 100% electrification.
2024 – Provide Clean Drinking Water to All Citizens.
2024 – Har ghar jal for rural households.
2025 – Defence target of Rs 35,000 crores.
2025 – To Eliminate TB.
S100. Ans. (4) Bandhan Bank
Sol. Bandhan Bank will open 551 more branches in the FY 2022-23 fiscal, as part of the lender’s focus to make its distribution stronger in other parts of India outside the eastern region.
With the latest addition, the bank’s branch count will exceed 6,000.
The bank’s push for digital and tech transformation has been a great success, with 92 percent of the total transactions taking place through the digital route.
About Bandhan Bank: Founded – 2001; Founder – Chandra Shekhar Ghosh; Headquarters – Kolkata; CEO – Chandra Shekhar Ghosh; Chairperson – Anup Kumar Sinha
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