August Month Current Affairs
August Month Current Affairs
August Month Current Affairs
Aug 30
Aug 29
> Indian Army orders fresh batch of 73K SIG SAUER 716 rifles
from US under emergency procurement.
> UP's new digital media policy: Life imprisonment for anti-national
posts
3 to Lifetime imprisonment.
> Cisf - Central industrial security force new DG - Rajvinder Singh batti
Aug 28
> Railway Board appoints first ever Dalit chairman - Satish Kumar.
Aug 27
> Tuberculosis test kit for ₹35
ICMR - Regional medical research centre.
Assam Dibrugarh .
> Dr. Raghu Ram Pillarisetti conferred with Honorary Fellowship of ISS
International Society of Surgery
● 50th Golden Jubilee World Congress of Surgery
● First Indian to receive
Aug 26
> Nudge institute: Women's are the reason for India's development.
By 2047 - 40 crores women required.
Aug 25
Aug 24
Statue of Liberty 🗽
> Large Hanuman Statue in Houston - 90 feet
(151 feets)
Pegasus Dragon (110 feets)
Aug 23
> National Space Day - August 23
Theme: Touching lives while touching the Moon: India's space Saga.
Aug 22
> ONGC Videsh Secures 16-Year Extension For Vietnam Oil Block
Operations.
> Dolmen burial of Iron age 3000 years ago found in Nalgonda,
Ramahanthapur.
Aug 21
> Ration shops get makeover as government pilots ‘Jan Poshan Kendras’
● Gujarat,up, Telangana
National food security act - 2013
Rice ATM - odisha.
> Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das has been ranked as
the top central banker globally for the second consecutive year by
US-based Global Finance central banker cards 2024.
A+ Rating.
Aug 20
> Union ministry of Jal shakti - CR paatil, launched 2.0 version of Flood
Watch App by Central water commission.
Real time Flood Monitoring.
> ICC U19 women's T20 World Cup to be held in Malaysia from January
18 2025.
Aug 19
> Supreme court Accepts Kolkata doctor’s Rape case as Suo motto.
Suo motto: “on its own motion.”
> MCG Melbourne Cricket Ground is ready for 150th Anniversary Test
Match.
1877 First match b/w Aussies and England.
Aug 18
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Aug 16
Aug 15
> The Pusa Gehu Gaurav (HI 8840) Wheat was one of the 109
climate-resilient and bio-fortified varieties of crops.
Aug 14
> The 10th edition of India - Sri Lanka Joint Military exercise - MITRA
SHAKTI commences in Srilanka
From - 12th to 25th August 2024.
At Army Training school, Maduru Oya,Sri Lanka.
> India and Israel have joined hands for the establishment of a new
water technology centre at IIT Madras,
India's efforts to achieve sustainable water supply for all.
> Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), renowned for designing some of
the world's tallest buildings, announced a collaboration with Energy
Vault, an energy storage company, to develop gravity-based energy
storage solutions.
> Surogacy mother don't have right on the baby - Bombay High court.
> INDIA
BJP MP Jagdambika Pal to head Joint Parliamentary Committee on
Waqf Bill
Aug 13
IISc, Bengaluru
JNU, New Delhi
JMI, New Delhi
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
BHU, Varanasi
> The sex ratio in India is projected to improve to 952 women per
1,000 men by 2036, up from 943 in 2011.
According to the 'Women and Men in India 2023' report released by
the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
Aug 12
> The Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR) collaborated with the Bombay Natural
History Society (BNHS) in successful reintroduction of critically
endangered long-billed vultures into their natural habitat, marking a
significant milestone in wildlife conservation.
• Threat to vulture:Diclofenac sodium.
• population decreased to 4crores to 326.
> Electric bandage - USA scientist.
Aug 11
> The Astra Mark 1 missiles are advanced air-to-air missiles developed
by India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
100 kms range.
Astra Mark 2 missiles and the first test of this 130 km strike range
missile.
August 10
5- 🥉
India - 6 medals.
🥈
and 1 - silver
🥉
• Manu Bhaker - women's 10 mts Air pistol shooting -
• Manu/ sarabjot - mixed team air pistol shooting - 🥉🥉
🥉🥈
• Swapnil kusale - men's 50m rifle positions shooting -
• Team India - men's Hockey -
• Neeraj Chopra - men's Javelin -
• Aman Sehrawat - men's 57kg freestyle wrestling - 🥉
> Manu Bhaker, PR Sreejesh named India's flag bearers for Paris
Olympics 2024 closing ceremony.
> Next-Gen War Robots: Ukraine Set To Deploy 'BAD One' Dogs For
Recon Missions And Mine Detection.
> A controversial bill to reduce the legal marriage age of girls to 9 and
boys to 15 has been introduced in Iraq's parliament.
Present 18 years.
Aug 9
> Andhra scraps 2- child policy for individuals to contest local body
polls.
Aug 8
> Purandar Highlands exports India's first GI- tagged fig juice to
Poland.
Maharashtra - Fig ( Anjeera).
Ministry of Commerce - Apeda.
> Lok sabha approves some Money Bill and sent to Rajya sabha
Article 109,110 - Money Bill - only in L.s
Article 117 - Financial Bill .
> New studies says that, there are only 6 Continents - North America
and Europe are still in progress of seperation.
> NGRI studies that Underground water levels decreased in North
India
1951- 2021 Satellite data - Hydrological model to collect data.
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Aug 7
> Plastic wastes in river banks pollutes the eco system - supreme court.
> Isro Set To Launch Advanced Earth Observation Satellite EOS-08
On SSLV- D3.
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Aug 6
> India Ratings and Agencies GDP growth rate estimates for FY 25 is
7.5%.
> Article 361 - spcl immunity powers for present president and
governors.
Delhi - 69th CAA - 1991
Delhi Lt governor also has the immunity powers - supreme court
Recruitment of members in CMD.
> Cognizant to set up new facility in Hyderabad with over one million
sq.ft - Cm USA tour.
> Mahindra and Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra will be the
chairman of the Young India Skill University, the foundation for which
was laid by Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy.
Aug 5
> India’s First Multinational Air Defence Exercise, Tarang Shakti 2024
To Begin At Sulur In Tamil Nadu
30 nations going to participate
Japan , Germany, Nepal, Bangladesh Australia, Guinea, Australia,Kenya
chief army staff taking part in exercise.
> Farmers in India have sown Kharif crops across 904.60 lakh hectares
so far this year, as against 879.22 lakh hectares in the same period of
last year, according to the latest data from the Agriculture Ministry.
Commodity-wise, paddy, pulses, oilseeds, millets, and sugarcane sowing
have been higher year-on-year. Sowing for cotton and jute/mesta has,
on the other side, declined.
This system sends warm surface water from the southern hemisphere
to the chilly areas of the North Atlantic. The saltier and colder water
moves down the ocean floor and flows south.This system prevents
overheating in the Southern Hemisphere and stops the Northern
Hemisphere from freezing but also spreads life-nourishing nutrients
across the marine ecosystems.
> Star shooter Manu Bhaker has been confirmed as India's flag bearer
for the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics on Sunday
> Paris Olympics Tennis men's single Gold 🥇 for Novack Djokovic.
Aug 4
> AI predicts male infertility risk with blood test, no semen needed -
Toho University Japan.
> Telangana State has received the Best State/SOTTO Award for
highest deceased organ donation and transplantation. This prestigious
award was presented to Dr Swarnalatha, I/C Jeevandan Programme,
govt of Telangana.
Aug 3
Telangana - Hyderabad
Ap- Vijayawada and vizag
> India donates 8.5 crore dollars for international traditional medical
centre WHO
WHO Global Centre For Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar will emerge
as an international hub of global wellness
> Mohsin Naqvi set to become president of the Asian Cricket council.
Aug 2
> Gst collections for July month - 1.82 lakh crores.
● Ministry of finance official stats.
● Gst council - 279A.
● 0,5,12,18,28% slabs
● Highest collections 2024 - April - 2.1 lakh crores.
2020- 85,256
2021- 1,63,370
2022- 2,25,620
2023- 2,16,219
Aug 1