Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 17 to 23 August 2022

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August Weekly One Liner Current Affairs Part 3

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Our weekly one-liner current affairs is basically a summary of the week’s most important news in one line.

We have given weekly one-liner current affairs below to help you study for general awareness / current affairs section and remain up to date on current events.

National News

Odisha Cabinet approved Rs 2808.39 crore for Millets Mission
Kolkata to host India International Seafood Show 2023
WPI inflation eases to 13.93 percent in July 2022
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) invited innovative solutions for insurance sector
Indian Railways launched ‘Operation Yatri Suraksha’
Defence forces, RBI & PM Office Most Trusted Institutions: survey by Ipsos India
Border Road Organization (BRO) to build first steel slag road in Arunachal Pradesh
ONGC signed an agreement with ExxonMobil for deep-water exploration in India
India’s first electric double-decker bus launched in Mumbai
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal launched ‘Make India No. 1’ mission
Kerala launched lucky bill app to curb GST evasion
Amit Shah inaugurated National Security Strategies Conference in New Delhi
Centre launched Paalan 1000 campaign and a parenting app to focus on child health
Arunachal Pradesh launched drone-based health services
Rajasthan government to inaugurate tech centre for graduates
Thai Public Broadcasting Service signed an MoU with Prasar Bharati
4th India-Philippines Strategic Dialogue held in Manila
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to open first overseas marketing office in Malaysia
Goa becomes the first ‘Har Ghar Jal’ certified State in the country
Mandla becomes country’s first fully ‘functionally literate’ district
Shiprocket becomes India’s 106th unicorn
UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) scheme completed 5 years successfully
Maharashtra declared ‘Dahi Handi’ an official sport
17th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas to be held at Indore in January 2023
India’s first portal on arrested narco offenders NIDAAN (National Integrated Database on Arrested Narco offenders) gets operational
Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) signed an MoU with Chhattisgarh Government to set up a regional testing lab
Scotland museum signed an agreement with the Indian government to return seven ancient artefacts to India
Assam CM launched ‘Vidya Rath – School on Wheels’ project
India’s first indigenous monkeypox test kit launched
Jharkhand becomes first state in the country to distribute Seed to Farmers via Blockchain Tech
Chandigarh airport to be named after Bhagat Singh
Union government awarded Gl tag to Mithila Makhana
Castler partnered with Yes Bank for digital escrow services
GMR Group launched Blockchain Centre of Excellence for airports
Union Minister Amit Shah chaired the 23rd meeting of Central Zonal Council in Bhopal
S Jaishankar unveiled the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Paraguay
Jitendra Singh launched India’s first Hydrogen Fuel Cell bus in Pune
Chhattisgarh government to set up 300 rural industrial parks in the state
Puducherry CM presented Rs 10,696.61 crore tax-free budget
India’s 1st space observatory to come up in Uttarakhand

International News

UK becomes first country to approve Omicron vaccine
65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference to be held in Canada
Greece exits EU’s ‘enhanced surveillance’ framework
Uttar Pradesh government to build India’s first education township

Banking and Financial

SBI launched its first dedicated branch to support start-ups
Bank of Baroda introduced a new deposit scheme ‘Baroda Tiranga Deposit Scheme’
Yes Bank partnered with SellerApp to facilitate adoption of Open Network Digital Commerce (ONDC)
Karnataka Bank launched new Term Deposit Scheme named KBL Amrit Samriddhi
Paytm partnered with Samsung stores to deploy smart PoS devices
Axis Bank signed an MoU with Food Corporation of India (FCI) to provide “Ultima Salary Package”
MasterCard partnered with badminton players to promote digital payments in India
HDFC Bank opens first all-women branch in north Kerala region
HDFC Bank launched a new campaign ‘Vigil Aunty ‘
RBI cancelled license of Deccan Urban Co-operative Bank
Rajasthan with highest share in cost of projects approved by banks: RBI

Appointment and Resignation

Rajkiran Rai appointed as MD of National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID)
William Ruto elected as the new president of Kenya
Simon Stiell appointed as Executive Secretary of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Government extended tenure of Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) chief VG Somani by three months
Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) recommended Mohammad Mustafa as a Chairman of NABARD
Anuj Poddar appointed as MD & CEO of Bajaj Electricals elevates
Alkesh Kumar Sharma appointed to high-level UN internet panel
Government re-appointed Ajay Bhalla as Union Home Secretary for one year
Vijay Shekhar Sharma reappointed as MD and CEO of Paytm
Rajesh Verma appointed as Secretary to President Droupadi Murmu
Debasisa Mohanty appointed as Director of National Institute of Immunology (NII)

Awards

107 gallantry awards announced on Independence Day ReadMore…
Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) Awards 2022 announced: Ranveer Singh and Shefali Shah won the best actor and best actress award ReadMore…

Defence

Rajnath Singh inaugurated National Seminar on ‘Introspection: Armed Forces Tribunal’ in New Delhi
India and China participate in Vostok-2022 held in Russia
Vietnam & India bilateral army exercise VINBAX-2022 concluded at Chandimandir, Haryana
IAF to participate in Exercise Pitch Black 2022

Science

HAL delivered Crew Module Fairing to ISRO for Gaganyaan

Sports

FIFA suspended All India Football Federation
Kevin O’Brien announced retirement from international cricket
Paralympian Rahul Jakhar won Gold in WSPS Shooting World Cup 2022
Manisha Kalyan becomes 1st Indian to play in UEFA League
FIBA U-18 women Asian Basketball championship to be held in Bengaluru
R Praggnanandhaa defeated world chess champion Magnus Carlsen in FTX Crypto Cup
Antim Panghal won gold medal at U-20 World Wrestling Championship
Indian para shuttlers Pramod Bhagat & Sukant Kadam clinched gold medal

Book and Author

Netanyahu’s autobiography ‘Bibi: My Story’ to be out in November 2022

Important day

16 August – Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s death anniversary
19 August – World Humanitarian Day (Theme 2022 – It Takes a Village)
19 August – World Photography Day (Theme 2022 – Pandemic Lockdown through the lens)
20 August – World Mosquito Day (Theme 2022 – Harness innovation to reduce the malaria disease burden and save lives)
20 August 2022 – 78th birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi
19 August 2022 – 104th birth anniversary of Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma
20 August – Akshay Urja Diwas
23 August – International Day for the Remembrance of Slave Trade and its Abolition