Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 9 August to 15 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
- Virender Kumar, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment has launched ‘PM-DAKSH’ Portal and ‘PM-DAKSH’ Mobile App
- Haryana govt signed an MoU with Walmart Vriddhi to help MSMEs
- Chhattisgarh becomes 1st state to recognize Forest Resource Rights in Urban Region
- Kakori Train Conspiracy renamed to Kakori Train Action
- G Manoj Sinha inaugurates “Bungus Awaam Mela” in J&K
- India Celebrates 75th Independence Day READ MORE
- Thol, Wadhwana, Sultanpur, and Bhindawas are four more Indian wetlands that are added to Ramsar list
International News
- Kiren Rijiju attends 8th SCO Meeting of Ministers of Justice
- Mohammad Mokhber named as first Vice President of Iran
- India ranks 122nd on “New Global Youth Development Index”, Singapore Tops
- Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh led India’s delegation to the 28th ASEAN Regional Forum Ministerial Meeting
- Afghanistan govt to transfer power to Taliban; Ashraf Ghani to step down
- Four Indian airports — Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Bengaluru in Skytrax in top 100 airport list for 2021
Banking and Financial
- Suryoday Small Finance Bank Launched ‘Health and Wellness Savings account
- ADB approved USD 300 million additional loan for Maharashtra
- RBI to impose monetary penalty on ATMs that run out of cash from October 1
- SIDBI unveils “Digital Prayaas” lending platform
- RBI increase collateral-free loans to Self Help Groups
- Indian Navy, IDFC FIRST bank bring ‘Honour FIRST’ banking solutions
- HCL Technologies becomes 4th IT firm to hit Rs 3 trillion market-cap
- Number Of Billionaires In India Dropped From 141 to 136
- RBI imposes Rs 1 crore penalty on Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A.
- Indian Bank signs MoU with Paralympic Committee
Appointment and Resignation
- Eurosport India appoints John Abraham as the MotoGP Brand Ambassador
- GoI approves 1-year extension to Rajiv Gauba’s term as Cabinet Secretary
- MS Dhoni becomes first brand ambassador of HomeLane
- RBI ropes Neeraj Chopra for banking fraud awareness campaign
- GoI Approves 3-year extension for Rekha Sharma as Chairperson of NCW
- Kamlesh Kumar Pant appointed new NPPA chairman
- Cashify appoints Rajkummar Rao as first brand ambassador
Awards
- Labhanshu Sharma won Bharat Kesari Wrestling Dangal for Uttarakhand
- Maharashtra creates Rajiv Gandhi Award for Excellence in Information Technology (IT)
Defence
- India-UAE Navy undertakes bilateral exercise ‘Zayed Talwar 2021’
- ITBP inducts its first two women officers, Prakriti and Diksha in combat
- Indian Army contingent to participate in International Army Games 2021 in Russia
- AL-Mohed AL-Hindi 2021 Exercise Set to Begin Between Indian Navy & Saudi Arabia Navy
- DRDO Successfully Test-Fires Nirbhay Missile
- Quad countries Navies to undertake Ex-Malabar 2021
- Indian Navy takes part in US Navy-led multinational SEACAT exercises
Science
- GSLV-F10 fails to launch earth observation satellite into intended orbit
Sports
- Tokyo Olympic 2020: Highlights READ MORE
- Shakib Al Hasan and Stafanie Taylor voted ICC players of the month for July
Book and Author
- A book title “The Earthspinner” authored by Anuradha Roy
- Vice President’s Released of the book ‘Accelerating India: 7 Years of Modi Government’
Important day
- 9th August: Nagasaki Day
- 9th August: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (Theme 2021: “Leaving no one behind: Indigenous peoples and the call for a new social contract.”)
- Neeraj Chopra honored, AFI names August 7th as ‘Javelin Throw Day’ in India
- 10th August: World Lion Day
- 12th August: International Youth Day (Theme 2021: “Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health”.)
- 12th August: World Elephant Day
- 13th August: International Lefthanders Day
- 13th August: World Organ Donation Day
Obituary
- Veteran actor Anupam Shyam passes away
- Malayalam actor Saranya Sasi passes away
- Renowned Ayurvedacharya Balaji Tambe passes away
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