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Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel AMBITIOUSBABA.COM | MAIL US AT 1 [email protected] Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel Index Chapter 1- Appointment (National/International) Chapter 2- Ranking Index Chapter 3- GDP FORECAST Chapter 4- Website/ App Chapter 5- Awards Chapter 6- Committee Chapter 7- Loan Chapter 8- MoU Chapter 9- Partnership and Agreement Chapter 10- Government Scheme Chapter 11- Summit/Meeting Chapter 12- RBI Imposed monetary penalty on Banks Chapter 13- Books/ Author Chapter 14- Banking and Financial Chapter 15- Current Affairs in short Chapter16-Defence News Chapter 17- Sports News Chapter 18-Important Day Chapter 19- Obituary AMBITIOUSBABA.COM | MAIL US AT 2 [email protected] Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel Appointment -August (Chapter-1) (National) Organization Persons New DG of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Rakesh Asthana (Updated- 1st August) Director of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL). M S Velpari (Updated- 2nd August) New MD&CEO of LIC Housing Finance Siddhartha Mohanty (Odisha) (Updated- 2nd August) New director (exploration) of ONGC Rajesh Kumar Srivastava (Updated- 5th August) New director (finance) of IOC Sandeep Kumar Gupta (Updated- 5th August) New Chairman and MD of Power Grid Kandikuppa Sreekant (Updated- 6th August) State Bank of India(SBI) Managing Dinesh Kumar Khara by another 2 years with Director (MD) effect from August 9, 2019 first woman president of INSA (Indian Chandrima Shaha effect from 1st Jan, 2020 National Science Academy) New Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Yes Bank Anurag Adlakha (Updated- 10th August) New as Drug Controller General of VG Somani (Updated- 14th August) India (DCGI) of Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) Paytm new President Amit Nayyar (Updated- 28th August) New CEO of vodafone Idea Ravinder Takkar (Updated- 20th August) New Cabinet Secretary Rajeev Gauba (Updated- 21st August) New Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar (Updated- 21st August) New home secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla (Updated- 21st August) New CMD of Coal India Ltd Pramod Agrawal (Updated- 29th August) New Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Pramod Chandra Mody (Updated- 30th August) chairman (International) Organization Persons New HSBC’s interim CEO Noel Quinn (Updated 4thAugust) New president of Guatemala Alejandro Giammattei (Updated 11thAugust) Capital: Guatemala City Currency: Guatemalan quetzal New Supreme Court (SC) judge of Fiji Former SC judge Madan Lokur (Updated 11thAugust) Capital: Suva Currency: Fijian dollar New prime minister of Sudan Abdalla Hamdok(Updated 20thAugust) Capital- Khartoum. Currency- Sudanese pound. AMBITIOUSBABA.COM | MAIL US AT 3 [email protected] Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel New President of Nauru Lionel Aingimea (Updated 27thAugust) Capital – Yaren. Currency – Australian dollar. Ranking Index-August (Chapter-2) Index Index released by India’s 1st Rank Rank Water Stress Index 2019 London-based risk analytics firm 46th (Updated-8August) Verisk Maplecroft Bloomberg Billionaire Bloomberg Mukesh Jeff Bezos (1st)-$112 Index Ambani Billion (Updated-11August) (17th) -$46.5 Bill Gates (2nd) -$107 billion Billion Highest number of ‘living’ Ethnologue 4th (453 Papua New Guinea languages language) (840 language) (Updated-13August) State Rooftop Solar Union Minister of State for Karnataka (Top) Attractiveness Power and New & Renewable Jammu& Kashmir Index(SARAL) 2019 Energy (IC) and Skill (Last) Updated-16August) Development & Entrepreneurship Prime Global Cities Index London based Delhi (10th) Berlin(Germany) Q1 2019 consultancy Knight Frank (Updated-17August) Worlds Highest-Paid Forbes magazine’s Akshay Dwayne Johnson (also Actors Of 2019 Kumar(4th ) known as The Rock) (Updated-19August) $65million with worth $89.4 million ‘Composite Water NITI Aayog Gujarat (Top) Management Index2019 Jharkhand (Last) (Updated-20August) “world’s most powerful Henley Passport Index 86th Japan and Singapore passport” (Updated-21 August) world’s Highest-Paid Forbes magazine’s Scarlett Johansson actresses of 2019 $ 56 Million (Updated-20 August) World’s Safe Cities Index Economist Intelligence Unit Mumbai Tokyo(Japan)-1st 2109 ranks 45th Singapore-2nd (Updated-26 August) Delhi 52nd Osaka-3rd GDP FORECAST –August (Chapter-3) Organization 2019 2020 National Council of Applied 6.2% (Updated- 14 August) AMBITIOUSBABA.COM | MAIL US AT 4 [email protected] Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel Economic Research (NCAER) Australia and New Zealand 6.2% (Updated- 16 August) 6.5% (Also FY2021-6.5%) Banking Group (ANZ) Moody’s 6.2% from the previous 6.7% estimation of 6.8% (Updated- 23 August) India Ratings & Research 6.7% compared to its previous estimate of 7.3%. (Updated- 27 August) Website/ App –August (Chapter-4) Web/ App Purpose “Nishank” The Union Minister for Human Resource Development (MHRD) Mr Ramesh pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, inaugurated the Indian Airforce Facilitation-cum-Publicity Pavilion in National Bal Bhawan, New Delhi to motivate students to join Indian Air Force. Note : “Indian Air Force: Cut Above” official Mobile gaming application was launched by Air Chief Marshal Shri B.S. Dhanoa. The app features facilities like experiencing first-hand roles of IAF air warrior and also to apply and appear for recruitment from the mobile phone itself. ‘Samarth’ Flipkart Group launched ‘Samarth’, an initiative of Flipkart, to support weavers, artisans, and makers of handicrafts to its platform. “Meghdoot” Digital India initiative & and bring technology to farmers, the minister for Earth Science, Science and Technology Dr. Harsh Vardhan has launched a new mobile application called “Meghdoot” in New Delhi, developed by experts from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology(IITM) and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research(ICAR). “Janaushadhi Sugam” Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda, in New Delhi launched the mobile application “Janaushadhi Sugam” which would help in searching for outlets and generic medicines. Reduction in the cost of “Jan Aushadhi Suvidha Oxo-Biodegradable Sanitary Napkin” was also AMBITIOUSBABA.COM | MAIL US AT 5 [email protected] Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel announced. The napkins will now be available at Rs 1 per pad from its previous amount of Rs 2.50. “maitri” app five girls from Noida, Uttar Pradesh of team “Tech Witches” were awarded Bronze medal at the 2019 ‘Technovation challenge’, the world’s largest technology and entrepreneurship programme for girls held in San Francisco, United States(US). They were awarded for developing a mobile app named ‘Maitri’ which connects children at orphanages with senior citizens in old-age homes. Awards -August (Chapter-5) Awards Persons/Organization Purpose/ Field Entrepreneur of the year Ruhan Rajput His excellence in the service award 2019 sector and for his contributions and achievements in the business industry. 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Ravish Kumar Ravish Kumar (Indian Award Ko Swe Win journalist) Angkhana Neelapaijit Ko Swe (Myanmar’s journalist) Raymundo Pujante Cayabyab Angkhana Neelapajit( Kim Jong-Ki Thailand’s human rights activist) Raymundo Pujante Cayabyab (Philippines’ musician) Kim Jong-Ki (South Korea’s activist working with violence and mental health issues in youth) Bharat Gaurav Award 2019 Kapil Dev 99th foundation day of East Bengal Club, the Kolkata soccer giants, at the award ceremony held at Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata, West Bengal. Miss World Diversity India’s Naaz Joshi Naaz Joshi, a transsexual woman from India won the beauty pageant title of Miss World Diversity 2019 held in Port Louis, Mauritius. ‘We Care Film Fest’ for 2019 “I’m Jeeja” The 14th edition of 2019 ‘We Care Film Festival on Disability Issues’, an Indian documentary film named “I’m AMBITIOUSBABA.COM | MAIL US AT 6 [email protected] Facebook Page Facebook Group Telegram Group Telegram Channel Jeeja” directed by Swati Chakraborty bagged the top award in the 30-minute category short film documentary. National Film Awards 2019 The annual National Film Awards 2019 were announced by by jury heads Rahul Rawail, AS Kanal and Utpal Bhorpujari. It was the 66th Edition. Title of Film Name Of Film Awardee Best Feature Film HELLARO (Gujarati) Producer: Saarthi Productions LLP Director: Abhishek Shah Best Direction URI : THE SURGICAL STRIKE (Hindi) Director: Aditya Dhar Best Actor (Shared) ANDHADHUN (Hindi) & URI : THE Ayushmann Khurrana & Vicky SURGICAL STRIKE (Hindi) Kaushal Best Actress MAHANATI (Telugu) Keerthy Suresh Best Supporting Actor CHUMBAK (Marathi) Supporting Actor:Swanand Kirkire Best Supporting BADHAAI HO (Hindi) Supporting Actress: Surekha Sikri Actress Best Male Playback PADMAAVAT (Hindi) Arijit Singh Singer Song “ Binte Dil Misriya mein …. ” Best Female Playback NATHICHARAMI (Kannada) Bindhu Malini Singer Song “ Maayavi Manave…..” Best Cinematography OLU (Malayalam) Cameraman: M J Radhakrishnan Best Music Direction PAADMAAVAT (Hindi) Music Director (Songs): Sanjay URI :THE SURGICAL Leela Bhansali STRIKE (Hindi) Music Director (Background Music): Shashwat Sachdev Best Lyrics NATHICHARAMI (Kannada) Lyricist: Manjunatha S (Manasor) Song “ Maayavi Manave….” National Sports Awards -2019 Selection Committee for the Sports Awards 2019 was headed by Retired Judge, Supreme Court Mukundakam Sharma. ➢ RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD S.No. Name of the Sportsperson