Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 23 August to 30 August 2021
Dear students,
We all know how essential the General Awareness/ Current Affairs portion is in every exam, whether it’s for SBI PO, SBI Clerk, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, LIC, SSC, Railway, or any other government exam. As a result, we’ll be providing weekly one-liner current affairs for any future exam featuring a GA portion.
Weekly one-liner current affairs condense the most important news into a single line, which is required reading for all exams. Weekly current affairs are presented below, which will keep you updated with the weekly one-liner current affairs.
National News
- Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurates world’s second-largest refurbished gene bank
- Hisar Airport renamed as Maharaja Agrasen International Airport
- Chhattisgarh launched the ‘Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Bhumihin Majdur Nyay Yojana’ for landless families
- Assam Celebrated Wanchuwa Festival 2021
- NTPC launched India’s largest floating solar project in Simhadri
- India’s Evacuation Mission From Afghanistan named as ‘Operation Devi Shakti’
- IIM Ahmedabad and Bank of America partner to set up a Centre for Digital Transformation
- Ministry of Jal Shakti launches ‘SUJALAM’ Campaign
- Ministry of Electronics & IT launches SAMRIDH programme
- NITI Aayog and Cisco launches “WEP Nxt” Women Entrepreneurship Platform
- Maharashtra govt launches Mission Vatsalya for women lost their husbands to COVID-19
International News
- WEF’S Sustainable Development Impact Summit 2021 in Geneva, Switzerland
- India ranked 2nd in Cushman Global Manufacturing Risk Index 2021; China Tops
- Copenhagen Safe Cities Index 2021: New Delhi at 48th and Mumbai at 50th place
- India & Maldives inks pact on mega Greater Male Connectivity Project
Banking and Financial
- RBI appointed panel suggests 4-tier structure for Urban Co-operative Banks
- Paytm & HDFC Bank tie-up to provide solutions across payment gateway
- Infosys becomes 4th Indian company to touch $100 billion m-cap
- RBI extends card payment tokenisation facility to laptops, wearable devices
- RBI includes PM SVANidhi Scheme beneficiaries under PIDF Scheme
- RBI enhances limit under Indo-Nepal Remittance Facility to Rs 2 lakh
Appointment and Resignation
- Nakul Chopra appointed as Chief Executive Officer of BARC India
- BJP Leader La Ganesan appointed as Manipur Governor
- RBI approves re-appointment of Sandeep Bakhshi as ICICI Bank MD & CEO
- Abhay Kumar Singh appointed as joint secretary in Ministry of Cooperation
- Ajay Kumar appointed as new RBI executive director (ED)
- Samsung India ropes in Alia Bhatt as brand ambassador for its foldable smartphone portfolio
- Sonu Sood to be brand ambassador for Delhi’s mentorship initiative
- Carol Furtado appoints as interim CEO of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
- RBI approves appointment of Hitendra Dave as CEO of HSBC India
- Mansukh Mandaviya appointed Chairperson of Stop TB Partnership Board
Awards
- EASE Reforms Index Award 2021: State Bank of India is the Overall winner
Defence
- A Joint Exercise Between Indian Navy And Royal Bahrain Naval Force
- India finalises deal with Russia to procure AK-103 rifles
- 5th India-Kazakhstan Joint Training Exercise “KAZIND-21” will be held from August 30 to September 11, 2021
- NSG commandos undertake counter-terrorist drills ‘Gandiv’ across country
Sports
- Shaili Singh bags Long Jump silver in WAU20 Championships
- Tekchand as India’s new flag-bearer in Tokyo Paralympics
- Tokyo Paralympics: India’s Bhavnaben Patel won silver, loses in final
- Tokyo Paralympics 2021: Nishad Kumar won silver medal in high jump
- Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Jhajharia, Gurjar win silver and bronze in javelin throw F46
- Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Yogesh Kathuniya wins silver medal in men’s Discus throw event
- Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Avani Lekhara wins Gold Medal in women’s 10m AR Standing SH1 Final
- Sumit Antil Wins India’s 2nd Gold Medal At Tokyo Paralympics With New World Record In Javelin Throw
- Discus thrower Vinod Kumar loses Paralympics bronze, declared ineligible in classification reassessment
- Rajnath Singh names Army Sports Institute, Pune as “Neeraj Chopra Stadium”
Book and Author
- The Dream of Revolution: A Biography of Jayaprakash Narayan Book by Bimal Prasad and Sujata Prasad
- A book titled ‘Battlefield’ authored by Vishram Bedekar
Important day
- 23rd August: International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
- August 22: World Sanskrit Day
- 23-27 August: World Water Week 2021 (Theme 2021: ‘Building Resilience Faster’.)
- 21st August: World Entrepreneurs’ Day
- 26th August: International Dog Day
- 26 August: Women’s Equality Day
- 29 August: National Sports Day
- 29 August: International Day Against Nuclear Tests
- 30 August: National Small Industry Day
Obituary
- Former national football player and coach SS Hakim passed away
- Former England captain Ted Dexter passes away
- Renowned cricket coach Vasoo Paranjape passes away
- Eminent writer Shri Buddhadeb Guha Passed away
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