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Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 1 August to 8 August 2021

National News

• Intel launches ‘AI For All’ initiative in collaboration with CBSE

• Rajasthan Government launches ‘Mission Niryatak Bano’

• Bhubaneswar becomes first Indian city to vaccinate 100% against COVID-19

• IIT Roorkee launches Earthquake Early Warning Mobile App for

• nuclear power capacity is expected to reach 22,480 MW by 2031

• India sign MoU with Bangladesh in disaster management

International News

• Meenakashi Lekhi leads Indian delegation at G20 Culture Ministers’ Meeting

• India takes over UNSC presidency for August 2021

• to become 1st Indian PM to chair UNSC debate

• Nikol Pashinyan Re-appointed as PM of Armenia

• Myanmar Military Chief, Min Aung Hlaing appointed as interim Prime Minister

• Shehroze Kashif becomes world’s youngest mountaineer to scale K2

• Germany becomes 5th country to sign ISA Framework Agreement

Banking and Financial

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• GST collection recovers to a 3-month high of Rs 1.16 lac Cr. in July

• PM Modi to launch e-RUPI no need for card, net banking to redeem voucher

• Indian Bank signs MoU with SINE, IIT Bombay, for funding Start-ups and MSMEs

• SBI launches ‘SIM Binding’ feature in YONO and YONO Lite

• HDFC Bank launched ‘Dukandar Overdraft Scheme’

• RBI imposes penalty of Rs 50.35 lakh on Janalaxmi Co- operative Bank

• India and World Bank sign $250 million project to make existing dams safe and resilient

• RBI authorizes IndusInd Bank to act as an ‘Agency Bank’

• 7 Indian Companies Feature in Fortune Global 500 list for 2021, Reliance Industries tops in India

• RBI revises retail inflation projection for FY22 to 5.7%

• ICICI Prudential Life ties up with NPCI for UPI Autopay

• SEBI allows payments banks to act as investment bankers

• SBI General partners with SahiPay to offer general insurance products

Appointment and Resignation

• Deepak Das appointed as new Controller General of Accounts

• Mini Ipe appointed as LIC MD

• Bvlgari appoints Priyanka Chopra as its global brand ambassador

• Kumar Mangalam Birla steps down as Non-Executive Chairman of Vodafone Idea

• Vice Admiral SN Ghormade appointed New Vice Chief of the Naval Staff

• Dhriti Banerjee becomes 1st woman Director of Zoological Survey of India (ZSI)

Awards

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• Asha Bhosle to get prestigious Maharashtra Bhushan award 2021

• Cyrus Poonawala to receive Lokmanya Tilak Award

• Jagdish Bhagwati and C Rangarajan won R. Rao Gold Medal award

Defence

• 36th edition of CORPAT between India and Indonesia begins

• Operation Blue Freedom: Team of Special Forces Veterans

Science

• ISRO-NASA joint mission NISAR Satellite to be launched in 2023

• Indigenously designed INS Vikrant leaves port for maiden sea trials

Sports

• PV Sindhu bags bronze, beats He Bingjiao of

• ’s Isuru Udana announces retirement

• Esteban Ocon won Hungarian GP 2021

• USA beats Mexico 1-0 to won CONCACAF Gold Cup

• Lovlina Borgohain won boxing bronze at Tokyo Olympics

• India won bronze medal in Tokyo, first Olympic medal in hockey since 1980

• Ravi Kumar Dahiya won silver in Men’s wrestling

• Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award renamed as Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award

• Neeraj Chopra won Olympic gold medal in Javelin throw

• Bajrang Punia clinches bronze medal in men’s 65 kg wrestling at Tokyo Olympics

Book and Author

• A new book titled “Balakot Air Strike: How India Avenged Pulwama” is written by Manan Bhatt

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• Book titled “My Own Mazagon” by Captain Ramesh Babu

Important day

• 1st August: “Muslim Women Rights Day”

• 1st August: National Mountain Climbing Day

• 6th August: Hiroshima Day

• 6th August (First Friday of August): International Beer Day

• 7th August: National Handloom Day

• 8th August: Quit India Movement Day

Obituary

• Former England bowler Mike Hendrick passes away

• World Masters gold medal winner athlete Man Kaur passes away

• Padma Shri awardee Dogri writer and poet Padma Sachdev passes away

• Olympian footballer S.S. ‘Babu’ Nayaran passes away

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Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 9 August to 15 August 2021

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 — , 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

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• 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’

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• 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

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• 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

Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 16 August to 22 August 2021

National News

• Bharat Petroleum launches door-to-door delivery of ‘High- Speed Diesel’

• PM Announces ₹100 Lakh Crore ‘Gati Shakti’ Infra Scheme To Boost Jobs

• PM Modi sets 2047 target for becoming ‘energy independent’

• CM Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy launches Rs 4,500 crore ‘Naadu- Nedu-2’ to remodel 16,000 govt schools in AP

• Kaziranga becomes India’s first national park with satellite phones

• 75 new Vande Bharat trains to connect all parts of India

• ‘Nation First, Always First,’ theme of 75th Independence Day

• Rice under all scheme to be fortified by 2024

• Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel announces 4 new districts

• Six lakh villages to get internet connectivity by 2024

• India launched UNITE Aware Platform in collaboration with UN

• BRICS signs deal on cooperation in remote sensing satellite data sharing

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• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched ‘Ubharte Sitaare Fund’

• India’s highest herbal park inaugurated in Uttarakhand

International News

• Hakainde Hichilema as a Zambia’s new president

• Ghaziabad is world’s second most polluted city of 2020, Judbury in Australia cleanest: British company HouseFresh

• Malaysia’s King appoints Ismail Sabri as Prime Minister

• Apple tops Hurun Global 500 Most Valuable Companies list 2021

Banking and Financial

• RBI cancels licence of Karnala Nagari Sahakari Bank, Panvel in Maharashtra

• India Ratings revises India’s FY22 GDP growth to 4%

• SBI Life launches new-age term insurance policy “SBI Life eShield Next”

• RBI to introduce ‘Regulatory GAAR’ for round-tripping

• India-ADB: USD 500 million loan agreement signed for Bengaluru Metro

• RBI to put in place a “PRISM” to strengthen compliance by lenders

• RBI introduced Financial Inclusion Index

• Kotak Mahindra Bank launches ‘Neo Collections’ Digital Repayment platform

Appointment and Resignation

• Priyanka Chopra Jonas named MAMI film festival chairperson

• Amway India appointed Mirabai Chanu as brand ambassador

• PR Sreejesh to be brand ambassador of Kerala adventure tourism

• NK Singh appointed New President of Institute of Economic Growth Society

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• Shanti Lal Jain appointed MD and CEO of Indian Bank

Awards

• Gallantry Awards 2021: Here’s the list of 144 gallantry awards announced READ HERE

• Mohammad Azam from Telangana awarded National Youth Award

• Resolution reintroduced in US Congress to posthumously award Congressional Gold Medal to Mahatma Gandhi

• Indian Film Festival of Melbourne Awards 2021: Tamil actor Suriya won the Best Performance Male for Soorarai Pottru, and Vidya Balan grabbed Best Performance Female for Sherni

Defence

• Indian, Vietnam navies undertake bilateral maritime exercise in South China Sea

• Indian frigate INS Tabar takes part in exercises Konkan 2021

• Joint Guidance for the Australia – India Navy to Navy Relationship

Sports

• Harshit Raja becomes India’s 69th Chess Grandmaster

• Odisha to sponsor Indian Hockey teams for 10 more years

• Lionel Messi signs two-year Paris St-Germain deal after leaving Barcelona

• Amit Kumar walks to win silver medal in World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi

Important day

• PM declares August 14 to be observed as ‘Partition Horrors Remembrance Day’

• 19th August: World Photography Day

• 19th August: World Humanitarian Day (Theme 2021: #TheHumanRace: a global challenge for climate action in solidarity with people who need it the most.)

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• 20th August: Sadbhavna Diwas

• 20th August: World Mosquito Day (Theme 2021: “Reaching the zero malaria target”.)

• 20th August: Indian Akshay Urja Day

• 21st August: World Senior Citizen Day

Obituary

• Former Indian footballer Chinmoy Chatterjee passes away

• Tamil actor Anandha Kannan passed away at 48

• Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Kalyan Singh passed away At 89

• Godfather of Sudoku, Maki Kaji passes away

• Actor Chithra passes away

Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 23 August to 30 August 2021

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

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• NITI Aayog and Cisco launches “WEP Nxt” Women Entrepreneurship Platform

• Maharashtra govt launches Mission Vatsalya for women lost their husbands to COVID-19 • Govt introduces “Bharat series (BH-series)” registration

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- Remittance Facility to Rs 2 lakh • LIC launched ANANDA mobile app for Agents • PhonePe receives direct broking licence from IRDAI

Appointment and Resignation

• Nakul Chopra appointed as Chief Executive Officer of BARC India

• BJP Leader La Ganesan appointed as Manipur Governor

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• 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- Joint Training Exercise “KAZIND-21” will be held from August 30 to September 11, 2021

• NSG commandos undertake counter-terrorist drills ‘Gandiv’ across country • Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Commissions Indigeneously built ICGS ‘Vigraha’ • India and Germany conducts joint maritime exercise in Gulf of Aden

Sports

• Shaili Singh bags Long Jump silver in WAU20 Championships

• Tekchand as India’s new flag-bearer in Tokyo Paralympics

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• 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” • Max Verstappen won Belgian Grand Prix 2021 • Tokyo Paralympics 2020: India’s Singhraj Adana shoots bronze in men’s 10m air pistol • Dale Steyn announces retirement from all forms of cricket • Tokyo Paralympics 2020 : Mariyappan Wins Silver And Sharad Gets Bronze in Men’s High Jump

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

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• 29 August: National Sports Day

• 29 August: International Day Against Nuclear Tests

• 30 August: National Small Industry Day • 31 August: International Day for People of African Descent

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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