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August Weekly One Liner Current Affairs Part 2
National News
- Government declares Adichunchanagiri in Karnataka and Choolannuar in Kerala as Peacock Sanctuary
- National Commission for Women Inaugurates Digital Shakti Center in New Delhi
- India and New Zealand sign customs co-operation arrangement to ease trade between the two countries
- UNICEF, West Bengal govt join hands to promote fathers’ role in encouraging breastfeeding
- Telangana Govt, World Bank to prepare roadmap for an impactful outcome for people of State
- Third edition of ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign set for August 9-15
- Ambani family’s wealth 10% of India GDP: Barclays-Hurun India report
- HCLTech unit to acquire French software firm Zeenea for 24 mn euros
- Odisha launches India’s first ‘Rice ATM’
- GoI constitutes a committee to monitor the current situation on Indo-Bangladesh Border
- Roshni Nadar Malhotra is India’s most influential woman leader
- PMAY- U 2.0 approved by Union Cabinet with 10 lakh crore investment
- Government approves 8 New Railway Line Projects
- India’s defence exports soar by 78 percent in first quarter of 2024-25
- Mann dedicates Punjab Help Centre for NRIs at IGI Airport
- All India Institute of Ayurveda signed MoU with Amity University to promote Ayurveda Research and Education
- India and Maldives renew MoU to enhance civil service training
- Jitendra Singh launches ‘Amrit Gyan Kosh’ and ‘Faculty Development’ Portals under Mission Karmayogi
- Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC) and Army Welfare Association sign MoU to Promote Indian Sign Language
- Assam launches ‘Nijut Moina Scheme’ to boost girls’ education and combat child marriage
- NIRF Ranking 2024: IIT Madras tops in overall category
- PMJDY reaches 53 crore beneficiaries and ₹2.28 lakh crore in deposits
- ‘One India-One Ticket’ initiative: Indian Railways, National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) collaborate to simplify ticket booking
- Amazon India partners with Gentari to increase EV delivery fleet to 10,000 by 2025
- Madhya Pradesh govt gives cash to girl students to buy sanitary napkins
- Bihar government mandates Registration of Temples, Mutts, And Trusts
- India-USA join hands to promote cooperation in MSMEs
- National Health Authority (NHA) and Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) Sign MoU to Offer Digital Health Education & Support Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
- BHEL gets 1,600 MW thermal power project from Damodar Valley Corporation
- Neelakurinji becomes a ‘threatened species’ officially
- Chhattisgarh govt. to develop fourth tiger reserve in State
Banking and Financial
- RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 5% for 9th time in a row
- Limit for tax payments via UPI to increase from ₹1 lakh to ₹5 lakh: RBI
- L&T Finance Achieves NBFC-ICC Status from RBI
- India’s Reserve Bank of India ranks 12th around the world
- Pine Labs-owned Setu partners Axis Bank for UPI-focused payments platform
- SBI projects GDP growth of 7 pc in FY25
- Consumer price inflation eases to five-year low of 54% in July
- PNB launches PNB ANTAH DRISHTI Braille Debit Card for visually impaired customers
- Jakson Engineers Limited signs MoU with SBI to promote solar projects
- RBI penalises CSB Bank, Union Bank of India, and Muthoot Housing Finance for non-compliance
- NPCI hives off Bhim as separate arm; Lalitha Nataraj to be CEO
- Axis Bank launches PRIMUS super-premium credit card
- WPI inflation cools to 3-month low of 04% in July as food prices decline
- Power Finance Corporation (PFC) secures JPY 25.5 billion loan from Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) to finance wind project
Appointment and Resignation
- Kamel Madouri appointed as the PM of Tunisia
- SEBI approves Praveena Rai as new MD & CEO of MCX
- Goritsa Gruncharova-Kozhareva appoints new caretaker PM of Bulgaria
- Finance Secretary T V Somanathan named Cabinet Secretary for 2 years
- Raj Kumar Chaudhary appointed as CMD of NHPC Ltd
- Paul Kagame became Rwanda’s President consecutively for the fourth term
- Om Prakash Mathur Sworn in as 18th Governor of Sikkim
- Rana Ashutosh appointed as MD of SBI
- Sandeep Poundrik takes charge as Secretary of Ministry of Steel
- PR Sreejesh appoints India junior men’s team head coach
Awards
- President Murmu receives the Highest Civilian Award of Timor Leste
- Abhinav Bindra receives the Olympic Order Award by International Olympic Committee in Paris
- Pakistan athlete Arshad Nadeem to be honoured with Hilal-e-Imtiaz Award
- National Institute for MSME (NI-MSME), Hyderabad awarded Accreditation Certification as “UTKRISHT”
Science
- ISRO to launch Remote Sensing EOS 8 Satellite on 55th Foundation Day
- MEA, NSIL sign MoU to assist launch of Nepalese Munal satellite
- Dhruva Space join hands with Zero-Error Systems to enhance satellite OBC subsystems
- IIT Bhubaneswar inks pact with IG Drones on disaster management R&D
Defence
- Army conducts ‘Parvat Prahaar’ exercise in Ladakh
- IAF Su-30 MKI return after participating in Exercise Udara Shakti 2024
- India and Sri Lanka Joint Military Exercise MITRA SHAKTI Commences in Sri Lanka
- Indian Navy approves Mazagon Dock to build 6 submarines with German collaboration
- DRDO successfully tested its first Long-Range Glide Bomb GAURAV
Sports
- Neeraj Chopra won Silver at Paris Olympics 2024
- India defeats Spain to clinch bronze medal at Paris Olympics
- Vinesh Phogat announces retirement from wrestling
- Aman Sehrawat breaks Sindhu record to be Youngest Medallist at Olympics
- Paris Olympics: India finishes 71st in medal tally
- India wins CAVA Women’s Volleyball Nations League for the second time
- India’s Pramod Bhagat suspended from Paris Paralympics Over Breach of Anti-Doping Regulations
- PB-BCL sign landmark deal to promote cricket
Important day
- 9 August – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (Theme 2024 – Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact)
- 9 August – Quit India Movement Day
- 10 August – World Lion Day
- 9 August – Nagasaki Day
- 12 July – International Youth Day (Theme 2024 – From Clicks to Progress: Youth Digital Pathways for Sustainable Development.)
- 12 August – World Elephant Day
- 13 August – World Organ Donation Day
- GoI declared August 23rd as National Space Day
- 14 August – Partition Horrors Remembrance Day
- India celebrated 78th Independence Day this year on August 15
Obituary
- Former West Bengal CM and CPIM veteran Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee passed away
- Veteran actor Vijay Kadam passes away in Mumbai
- Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki dies
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