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AWARDS & RECOGNITION Who has become the first Indian-ever to win World Badminton Championships gold ? P. V. Sindhu Which country has conferred The King Hamad Order of Renaissance award on the Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ? Bahrain Which person of ISRO has been awarded the APJ Abdul Kalam Award by the government Kailasavadivoo Sivan (The Chairman of ISRO) Which former Indian cricketer has been awarded the Bharat Gaurav award by East Bengal football club? Kapil Dev Who has been appointed as the new Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) of the Indian Army ? Paramjit Singh Which Indian sand artist has won People’s Choice Award in US? Sudarsan Pattnaik Which Indian personality has been honoured with the prestigious 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award? Ravish Kumar Naaz Joshi, who won the Miss World Diversity 2019 title, is from which country? India Which state has won the most film-friendly state award at 2018 National Film awards? Uttarakhand The researchers at which IIT have designed a system to recycle urine? IIT Madras Which movie has won the Best Feature Film award at the 2018 National Film awards? Hellaro Which Indian journalist has won the 2019 Prem Bhatia Award for political reporting? Rajdeep Sardesai Who became the first woman president of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA)? Chandrima Shaha Which state has been ranked first in the recently released Composite Water Management Index 2.0 (CWMI 2.0)? Gujarat Who has become the first Indian chef to receive French honour? Priyam Chatterjee SPORTS Which team has won the Durand Cup 2019 football tournament defeating Mohun Bagan in the finals in Kolkata? Gokulam Kerala Which Indian badminton player has won the women’s singles title at the 2019 BWF World Championships defeating Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the finals at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland – PV Sindhu Which former Indian cricketer has been appointed Indian team’s coach for the second time in a row – Ravi Shastri Which team has won the 2019 League defeating Dabang Delhi in the finals in New Delhi – Lions The 3rd edition of Khelo India Youth Games is scheduled to be held in which city? Guwahati. Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar is associated to which sports? Shooting Which Union territory has recently got BCCI affiliation? Chandigarh Who clinched the Formula One German Grand Prix 2019? Max Verstappen Which Indian wrestler won gold in the 65kg category at 2019 Tbilisi Grand Prix Wrestling tournament? Bajrang Punia Which Indian sportsperson has won the men’s title at the 2019 Hyderabad Open badminton championship? Sourabh Verma

Pg. # 1 Who has become the first Indian to win gold at the World Junior Wrestling Championships after 18 years? Deepak Punia Monali Jadhav, who won 3 medals at World Police Games (WPG), is from which state? Maharashtra Advait Bhartia, who recently climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, is from which city? Pune SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & DEFENCE The researchers at which IIT have developed bone substitutes from eggshells? IIT Hyderabad Which award has been conferred on Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman for his role in aerial combat with Pakistani intruder jets Vir Chakra The scientists at which IIT have developed two-finger robotic hand to help paralysed stroke pa- tients? IIT-Kanpur Which organisation has launched a special drive code named ‘Operation Number Plate’? RPF Which state has become the India’s first state to adopt a digital fingerprint and iris scanning sys- tem? Maharashtra Which Indian Armed force has launched “Mission Reach Out” in Jammu? Indian Army The researchers of which institute have discovered a new species of vine snake from the Western Ghats that dates back 26 million years? IISc –Bengaluru Which technical giant has partnered with Apollo Hospitals to fight cardiovascular diseases? Microsoft The researchers at which IIT has developed Hydro Thermal Carbonization (HTC) technology for solid waste management? IIT Kharagpur The researchers at which IIT have developed low-cost blood test device? IIT Kharagpur Which IAF Officer has become the first female officer of the Indian Air Force to become the Flight Commander of a flying unit Wing Commander S Dhami Which country has formally unveiled its long range surface to air missile defence system named Bavar 373 Iran CURRENT ECONOMY / GOVT. SCHEMES Which state has become the first Indian state to get fund through World Bank’s climate resilience program? Kerala The Union Govt. has set up KABIL for what purpose? To ensure supply of critical Minerals On pilot basis, the One Nation-one Ration Card scheme has been implemented in which states? Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat Which state government has launched Vhali Dikri Yojna for the welfare of girl child? Gujarat Which bank has become the first to link up with China’s National Advance Payment System (CNAPS)? SBI The Union Government has approved Rs 4,900 crore Kosi-Mechi Interlinking project. Mechi is an important tributary of which river basin? Mahananda Which state government has announced to waive loans taken by tribals from money-lenders? Madhya Pradesh Reliance Jio has partnered with which tech company to offer cloud infra for businesses? Microsoft Which state government has decided to set up Atal Bihari Vajpayee residential schools for children of labourers? Uttar Pradesh Jyske Bank, which has launched world’s first negative interest rate mortgage, is associated to which country? Denmark Sabka Vishwas scheme, which is in news, is associated to which purpose? To settle pending indirect tax disputes. PERSONS IN NEWS / APPOINTMENTS Who has been appointed the new Finance Secretary of India? Rajiv Kumar Who has been appointed chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)? Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

Pg. # 2 Who has been appointed as the new Director General (DG) of Border Security Force (BSF)? VK Johri The leader of the Congress party who has been appointed the Chairman of Public Accounts Committee ? Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Who is the head of the RBI task force on Offshore Rupee Markets? Usha Thorat Who has been appointed as the green ambassador of Manipur? Valentina Elangbam Who has been elected as the new President of Guatemala? Alejandro Giammattei IMPORTANT DAYS / WEEKS & THEME World Organ Donation Day (WODD) is observed recently? August 13 What is the theme of the 2019 edition of World Tribal Day (WTD)? Indigenous Languages The theme of the 2019 edition of 22nd National Conference on e-Governance Digital India ? Success to Excellence The theme of International Youth Day (IYD) (12 August) ? Transforming education The theme of World Biofuel Day (10 August) – Production of Biodiesel from Used Cooking Oil The theme of the 45th G7 summit? Fighting inequality OBITUARY Fomer Union Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley passed away on 24th August. Fomer Union Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swarajpassed away on 6th August. Donkupar Roy, who passed away recently, was the speaker of which state assembly? Meghalaya Devadas Kanakala, who passed away recently, was the veteran actor of which regional film? Telugu Kanti Bhatt, who passed away recently, was the veteran personality of which field? Journalism Nobel laureate Toni Morrison has passed away. She was from which country? United States Rizia Rahman, who passed away recently, was the renowned novelist of which country? Bangladesh MISCELLANEOUS Which zone of Indian railways has introduced a new Biometric Token System (BTS)? Western Railways The 5th International Dharma-Dhamma conference was held in which city? Rajgir India’s 7th Economic Census has started from which state? Tripura The 22nd National Conference on e-Governance 2019 was held in which state ? Meghalaya NITI Aayog has partnered with which social networking site to promote women entrepreneurs? WhatsApp Which state has topped the rankings in Health Ministry report card on “Breastfeeding & Infant & Child feeding Practices”? Manipur Which state /UT government has launched a project titled ‘Oral History Programme’? Delhi As per which committee’s report, UGC has recommended 20 institutions for Institutes of Eminence (IoE)? N Gopalaswami committee Which state government has launched a new higher education model “RACE”? Rajasthan Which union ministry has launched ‘Samagra Shiksha-Jal Suraksha’ drive? Ministry of Human Resource Development Which museum has become the most visited museum in the Asian sub-continent? Virasat-e-Khalsa Which state government has created world record by planting 22-cr saplings in a day? Uttar Pradesh Newly-Discovered Kajin Sara Lake is located in which country? Nepal The famous ‘Panchamirtham’ of Palani temple has recently got GI tag. The temple is located in which state? Tamil Nadu Dokdo islands is the bone of contention between which countries? South Korea & Japan Project SU.RE (Sustainable Resolution) is associated to which field? Fashion Industry BOOKS & AUTHORS "Sridevi: Girl Woman Superstar?" Satyarth Nayak “Kashmir’s Untold Story: Declassified”? Iqbal Chand Malhotra The translator of the book “the Diary of Manu Gandhi (1943-44)”? Tridip Suhrud

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