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The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, , Contents, The Most Important Current Affairs August 2021 ................................................................................................... 3, Banking and Financial Current Affairs ..................................................................................................................... 8, Economy Current Affairs ...........................................................................................................................................10, Business Current Affairs ............................................................................................................................................11, International Current Affairs ....................................................................................................................................12, National Current Affairs ............................................................................................................................................14, States Current Affairs .................................................................................................................................................16, Schemes/Committees..................................................................................................................................................18, Agreement/Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) .............................................................................................19, Appointments/Resignations (National & International) .......................................................................................20, Ranks and Reports ......................................................................................................................................................22, Sports Current Affairs ................................................................................................................................................24, Summits And Conferences ........................................................................................................................................26, Awards & Recognition ...............................................................................................................................................27, Important Days............................................................................................................................................................29, Defence Current Affairs .............................................................................................................................................31, Science and Technology .............................................................................................................................................34, Books & Authors .........................................................................................................................................................35, Miscellaneous Current Affairs ..................................................................................................................................36, Obituaries ....................................................................................................................................................................38, Static Takeaways .........................................................................................................................................................39, , 2, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, , The Most Important Current Affairs August 2021, Tokyo Olympics 2020 Closing Ceremony, Highlights, , Khel Ratna Award renamed as Major Dhyan, Chand Khel Ratna Award, , The Tokyo Olympics 2020 came to an end on August, 08, 2021. The international multi-sport event was held, from July 23 to August 08, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. This, was for the fourth time that Japan hosted the Olympic, Games, after previously hosting the Tokyo 1964, (Summer), Sapporo 1972 (Winter), and Nagano 1998, (Winter) games. Apart from this, Tokyo is the first, Asian city to hold the Summer Games twice., , Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award will be renamed as, Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The Prime, Minister said the move was based on the numerous, requests he received from across the nation. Dhyan, Chand, whose birthday is celebrated as National Sports, Day, won three Olympic golds for the country in, Hockey., , Medal Tally:, • The United States has topped the overall medal, table with 113 medals, which includes 39 Gold, 41, Silver and 33 Bronze Medal., • Indian Contingent managed to win 7 medals, comprising 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 4 Bronze Medals., The country stood at the 48th position in the medal, table out of 86 countries., Top Five Nations in the Medal Tally:, • United States: 113 (Gold: 39, Silver: 41, Bronze: 33), • China: 88 (Gold: 38, Silver: 32, Bronze: 18), • Japan: 58 (Gold: 27, Silver: 14, Bronze: 17), • Great Britain: 65 (Gold: 22, Silver: 21, Bronze: 22), • Team ROC (the Russian Olympic Committee): 71, (Gold: 20, Silver: 28, Bronze: 23), India in the Tokyo Olympics 2020, • India finished the Games with its best-ever Olympic, medal tally of 7 in Tokyo Games 2020, surpassing, the previous best record of 6 medals at the 2012, London Olympics., • MC Mary Kom, and men’s hockey team skipper,, Manpreet Singh, were flag-bearers for the Indian, contingent at the opening ceremony., • Bronze-medalist Bajrang Punia was the flag-bearer, at the closing ceremony of the event., , About the award:, The award was inaugurated in 1991-92, the award, comprises a medallion, a certificate, and a cash prize of, ₹ 25 lakh. The first recipient of the Khel Ratna was, chess legend, Viswanathan Anand. Some of the, winners in recent years include cricketer Rohit Sharma,, wrestler Vinesh Phogat, women’s hockey team captain, Rani Rampal, among others., , RBI announces its bi-monthly monetary policy, The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced its bimonthly monetary policy. This is the seventh time in a, row that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), headed by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das has, maintained the status quo. RBI had last revised its, policy rate on May 22, 2020, in an off-policy cycle to, perk up demand by cutting the interest rate to a historic, low. The meeting was held between August 4 and 6., The remaining will take place in October (6 to 8);, December (6 to 8) and February (7 to 9, 2022)., , Indian Medal Winners List, Gold, • Men’s Javelin Throw: Neeraj Chopra, Silver, • Women’s 49kg Weightlifting: Mirabai Chanu, • Men’s Freestyle 57kg Wrestling: Ravi Dahiya, Bronze, • Women’s Welterweight boxing: Lovlina Borgohain, • Women’s Singles Badminton: PV Sindhu, • Men’s 65kg Freestyle Wrestling: Bajrang Punia, • Men’s hockey: India men’s hockey team, , 3, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, The Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate and bank, Reverse Repo Rate: It is the (fixed) interest rate at, rates remain unchanged:, which the Reserve Bank of India can absorb liquidity, • Policy Repo Rate: 4.00%, from banks on an overnight basis, against the collateral, • Reverse Repo Rate: 3.35%, of eligible government securities under the LAF., • Marginal Standing Facility Rate: 4.25%, Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF): The LAF has, • Bank Rate: 4.25%, overnight as well as term repo auctions under it. The, • CRR: 4%, term repo helps in the development of the inter-bank, • SLR: 18.00%, term money market. This market sets the benchmarks, RBI Monetary Policy Highlights & Key Decisions:, for the pricing of loans and deposits. This helps in, • RBI keeps the GDP growth forecast for FY22, improving the transmission of monetary policy. As per, unchanged at 9.5%., the evolving market conditions, the Reserve Bank of, • RBI to conduct two more auctions of ₹25,000 crores, India also conducts variable interest rate reverse repo, each on August 12 and August 26 under the G-sec, auctions., Acquisition Programme (GSAP)., Marginal Standing Facility (MSF): MSF is a provision, • CPI inflation is projected at 5.7 % during 2021-22 –, that enables the scheduled commercial banks to borrow, this consists of 5.9% in Q2, 5.3% in Q3 and 5.8% in, an additional amount of overnight money from the, Q4 of 2021-22 with risks broadly balanced. CPI, Reserve Bank of India. Bank can do this by dipping into, inflation for the first quarter of 2022-23 is projected, their Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) portfolio up to a, at 5.1%., limit at a penal rate of interest. This helps the banks to, The composition of the Monetary Policy Committee is, sustain the unanticipated liquidity shocks faced by, as follows:, them., • Governor of the Reserve Bank of India –, Chairperson, ex officio: Shri Shaktikanta Das., 7 Indian Companies Feature in Fortune Global, • Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, in, 500 list for 2021, charge of Monetary Policy– Member, ex officio: Dr, Michael Debabrata Patra., Seven Indian companies have found a place in 2021, • One officer of the Reserve Bank of India to be, Fortune’s Global 500 list. The Fortune Global 500 is an, nominated by the Central Board – Member, ex, annual ranking of the top 500 enterprises globally, as, officio: Dr Mridul K. Saggar., measured by business revenues. Mukesh Ambani-led, • A professor at the Mumbai-based Indira Gandhi, Reliance Industries Ltd is the highest-ranked Indian, Institute of Developmental Research: Prof. Ashima, company on the list in terms of revenue, with revenues, Goyal., of nearly $63 billion. It is placed at 155th spot globally., • A professor of finance at the Indian Institute of, Globally, Walmart has topped the list in terms of, Management in Ahmedabad: Prof. Jayanth R, revenue for the eighth consecutive year and the 16th, Varma., time since 1995. China has dominated this years list for, • An agricultural economist and a senior adviser with, the highest number of companies featuring in the list at, the National Council of Applied Economic Research, 143, including those from Taiwan. This is followed by, in New Delhi: Dr Shashanka Bhide., the U.S. with 122, and Japan with a total of 53,, Some important instruments of Monetary Policy:, respectively., The RBI’s Monetary Policy has several direct and, Indian Companies in the list:, indirect instruments which are used for implementing, • Reliance Industries (155), the monetary policy. Some important instruments of, • State Bank of India (205), Monetary Policy are as follows:, • Indian Oil (212), Repo Rate: It is the (fixed) interest rate at which banks, • Oil & Natural Gas (243), can borrow overnight liquidity from the Reserve Bank, • Rajesh Exports (348), of India against the collateral of government and other, • Tata Motors (357), approved securities under the liquidity adjustment, • Bharat Petroleum (394), facility (LAF)., 4, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, The top 10 Global Companies in the list:, Stafanie Taylor:, • Walmart (US), • Taylor was the standout performer for West Indies, • State Grid (China), in the limited-overs series against Pakistan., • Amazon.com (US), • She was nominated for the award alongside, • China National Petroleum (China), teammate Hayley Matthews and Pakistan’s Fatima, • Sinopec (China), Sana, but her all-around performance in the series, • Apple (US), helped her claim the most votes., • CVS Health (US), •, •, •, , UnitedHealth Group (US), Toyota Motor (Japan), Volkswagen (Germany), , 4 more sites in India added to Ramsar list, Four more wetlands from India have been added to the, , 7th August to be named “Javelin Throw Day”, to honour Neeraj Chopra, The Athletics Federation of India has decided that, javelin throw day will be on 7th August every year in, honour of Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra. The, 23-year-old Neeraj is India’s second individual Olympic, gold medallist after Abhinav Bindra. Neeraj bagged the, gold medal in men’s javelin throw at the 2020 Tokyo, Olympics on 7th August 2021., Neeraj has scripted the history at the Olympic Stadium, in Tokyo when he threw the javelin to a distance of, 87.58m to end India’s medal drought in athletics at the, Olympics. This is India’s first-ever gold medal in, athletics in the history of the Olympics. AFI’s bid to, name August 7 as Javelin Throw Day is an attempt to, attract more youth towards the sport., , Shakib Al Hasan, Stafanie Taylor voted ICC, players of the month for July, Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and West, Indies skipper Stafanie Taylor were named the ICC, Player of the Month for July in men’s and women’s, categories respectively. Shakib, who was nominated, alongside West Indies’ Hayden Walsh Jr and Australia’s, Mitchell Marsh., , list of Ramsar sites, giving it the status of ‘Wetland of, International Importance’. With this, the total number, of Ramsar sites in India have reached 46, covering a, surface area of 1,083,322 hectares. The sites have been, recognised as wetlands of international importance, under the Ramsar Convention. Two of these sites are in, Haryana, while the other two are in Gujarat., These sites are:, • Thol, Gujarat, • Wadhwana, Gujarat, • Sultanpur, Haryana, •, , Bhindawas, Haryana, , What is the Ramsar Convention?, The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands is an, intergovernmental treaty adopted on February 2, 1971,, in the Iranian city of Ramsar, on the southern shore of, the Caspian Sea. It came into force for India on, February 1, 1982. Those wetlands which are of, international importance are declared as Ramsar sites., Last year, Ramsar declared 10 more wetland sites from, India as sites of international importance., , Shakib Al Hasan:, • Shakib’s contributions in all three formats of the, game helped Bangladesh win their series against, Zimbabwe last month. He had scored an unbeaten, 96 in Bangladesh’s three-wicket win over, Zimbabwe in the second ODI at the Harare Sports, Club., • In the T20Is, Hasan took three wickets at an, economy rate of seven, leading his country to a, series win against Zimbabwe. He is also the top allrounder in the latest ICC men’s T20 Rankings., , 5, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, , RBI launches the Financial Inclusion Index, The Reserve Bank of India has introduced the, Financial Inclusion Index (FI-Index), which is a, measure of the extent of financial inclusion in India. FIIndex incorporates the inclusion details of banking,, investments, insurance, postal and pension sector in, India. This was among the announcements made in the, first bimonthly monetary policy in April this year., Financial Inclusion Index (FI-Index):, • The value of FI-Index will range between 0 to 100., Where 0 denotes complete financial exclusion while, 100 denotes full financial inclusion., • Parameters of FI-Index: The FI-Index comprises of, three parameters, namely- Access (35%), Usage, (45%), and Quality (20%) with each of these, consisting of various dimensions, which are, computed based on a number of indicators. In total, there are 97 indicators., • The annual FI-Index for the period ending March, 2021 is 53.9 while for the period ending March 2017, it is 43.4. RBI will release the FI-Index in the month, of July every year. There is no base year for this, Index., , EASE Reforms Index Award 2021 announced, Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs,, Nirmala Sitharaman has announced the EASE 3.0, Awards. State Bank of India is the Overall winner of, the EASE Reforms Index Award 2021 (EASE 3.0, Awards). Bank of Baroda is second and Union Bank of, India is third. Indian Bank won the award for the best, improvement from the baseline performance. SBI,, BoB, Union Bank of India, Punjab National Bank and, Canara Bank won the top awards in different themes of, the PSB Reforms Agenda EASE 3.0., There were awards for various themes and the, winners of these themes are given below:, S.No, 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., , 7, , Theme, Smart Lending for Aspiring, India, Tech-enabled ease of Banking, Institutionalised Prudent, Banking, Governance and Outcome, centric HR, Deepening FI and Customer, Protection, , www.bankersadda.com, , Winner, Bank of, Baroda, SBI, Bank of, Baroda, Union Bank, of India, Union Bank, of India, , |, , Nirmala Sitharaman unveils Public Sector, Bank Reforms Agenda (EASE 4.0), Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs,, Nirmala Sitharaman has unveiled the fourth edition of, the Public Sector Bank (PSB) Reforms Agenda ‘EASE, 4.0’ for 2021-22. The major theme for EASE 4.0 is, “Technology-enabled, simplified, and collaborative, banking.” EASE stands for Enhanced Access & Service, Excellence (EASE)., What is the aim of EASE 4.0?, EASE 4.0 aims to further the agenda of customer-centric, digital transformation and deeply embed digital and, data into PSBs’ ways of working. EASE 4.0 sets the, agenda and roadmap to transform all PSBs into digitalattacker banks working hand-in-hand with key, constituents of the financial services ecosystem to offer, industry-best customer experience., Important Initiatives under EASE 4.0:, • Smart Lending for Aspiring India, • New Age 24×7 banking with resilient technology, • Collaborative banking for synergistic outcomes, • Tech-enabled Ease of Banking, • Institutionalizing Prudent Banking, • Governance and Outcome Centric HR, , Govt introduces “Bharat series (BH-series)”, registration, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has, introduced a new registration mark for new vehicles i.e., “Bharat series (BH-series)”. The vehicles bearing the, BH-series mark will not have to require the assignment, of a new registration mark when the owner of the, vehicle shifts from one State to another., Earlier, under section 47 of the Motor Vehicles Act,, 1988, if a person moves from one state to another, a, person is allowed to keep the vehicle for not more than, 12 months in any state other than the state where the, vehicle is registered, but a new registration with the, new state- registering authority has to be made within, the stipulated time of 12 months., Who can apply for “BH-Series”?, This facility is available on a voluntary basis to Defense, personnel, employees of Central Government/ State, Government/, Central/, State, Public, Sector, Undertakings, and, private, sector, companies/organizations, which have their offices in, four or more States/Union territories., , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, Format of Bharat series (BH-series) Registration Mark:, 6. Justice Hima Kohli: Justice Kohli was the chief, • YY – Year of first registration, justice of the Telangana High Court, • BH- Code for Bharat Series, 7. Justice CT Ravikumar: Justice Ravikumar was a, • ####- 0000 to 9999 (randomized), judge of the Kerala High Court, • XX- Alphabets (AA to ZZ), 8. Justice MM Sundresh: Justice Sundresh was a, • The motor vehicle tax will be levied for two years or, judge of the Madras High Court, in multiple of two. This scheme will facilitate the, 9. Justice Bela M Trivedi: Justice Trivedi was a judge, free movement of personal vehicles across, of the Gujarat High Court, States/UTs of India upon relocation to a new, State/UT. After completion of the fourteenth year,, the motor vehicle tax shall be levied annually which, shall be half of the amount which was charged, earlier for that vehicle., , Banking and Financial Current Affairs, •, , 9 new Supreme Court judges, including 3, women, takes oath, Nine new judges, including three women, have been, administered the oath of office as judges of the, Supreme Court by Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV, Ramana. The strength of the Supreme Court would go, up to 33, including the CJI, out of the sanctioned, strength of 34, after the swearing-in of the nine new, judges. Three out of these nine new judges — Justice, Vikram Nath and Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice, PS Narasimha — are in line to become the chief, justice of India., This is the first time that nine judges were sworn in, together in the history of the top court. Traditionally,, new judges take the oath of office in the CJI’s, courtroom, but due to that Covid pandemic, the, swearing-in ceremony would be held in the auditorium, of the Supreme Court’s additional building complex., , •, , Here are the names of nine new judges of the, Supreme Court:, 1. Justice Vikram Nath: Justice Nath, who was the, chief justice of the Gujarat High Court, is in line to, become the CJI upon the retirement of sitting top, court judge Justice Surya Kant in February 2027., 2. Justice BV Nagarathna: Justice Nagarathna was a, judge of the Karnataka High Court. Justice, Nagarathna is in line to become the first woman CJI, in September 2027., 3. Justice PS Narasimha: Justice Narasimha was a, senior advocate and former additional solicitor, general. Justice Narasimha would succeed Justice, Nagarathna as the CJI and would have a tenure of, over six months., 4. Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka: Justice Oka was, the chief justice of the Karnataka High Court)., 5. Justice Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari: Justice, Maheshwari was the chief justice of the Sikkim, High Court., , •, , 8, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , •, , •, , www.sscadda.com, , India’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has, launched a new and enhanced security feature for, its YONO and YONO Lite apps, called ‘SIM, Binding’, to protect customers from various digital, frauds., HDFC Bank announced the launch of an overdraft, facility for small retailers in partnership with CSC, SPV. Known as ‘Dukandar Overdraft Scheme’., The scheme by HDFC Bank is aimed at helping, shopkeepers and merchants ease their cash crunch., Reserve Bank of India has imposed a penalty of Rs, 50.35 lakh on Janalaxmi Co-operative Bank,, Nashik for non-compliance with certain regulatory, requirements. The penalty on Janalaxmi Cooperative Bank has been imposed for noncompliance with directions issued by RBI on, ‘Placement of Deposits with Other Banks by, Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks’ and, ‘Membership of Credit Information Companies, (CICs)’., The IndusInd Bank has been empanelled by the, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to act as an ‘Agency, Bank’. As an Agency Bank, IndusInd becomes, eligible to carry out transactions related to all kinds, of government-led businesses. This decision is, based on the RBI guideline that authorises, scheduled private sector banks as agency banks of, the regulator for the conduct of government, business., The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a, monetary penalty of Rs 6 lakh on Bengaluru-based, Hewlett-Packard Financial Services (India) Private, Ltd. The penalty has been imposed in exercise of, powers vested in it under the provisions of the, Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 and the Credit, Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005,, taking into account the failure of the company to, adhere to the aforesaid directions issued by RBI., , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , •, , •, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, Axis Bank has crossed the milestone of over one, • RBI imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1 crore on, million customers on its WhatsApp banking, Cooperatieve Rabobank UA. Its Mumbai Branch is, channel with a total request count of 6 million till, a part of the Netherlands-based Rabobank Group., now. Axis Bank had launched banking services on, The penalty has been imposed for contravention of, WhatsApp in January 2021 and has since witnessed, certain provisions of the Banking Regulation Act,, robust organic growth in its customer base for, 1949 and directions related to ‘transfer to reserve, WhatsApp banking., funds’., Suryoday Small Finance Bank (SSFB) has, • HDFC Bank has announced the introduction of, launched a 'Suryoday Health and Wellness, ‘Green & Sustainable Deposits’ to safeguard the, Savings Account' to help customers grow their, environment from climate change. These fixed, wealth and also take care of their family's health, amid the covid-19 pandemic. The account offers an, deposits will be directed towards financing green, attractive interest rate and comes with three major, and sustainable housing credit solutions and, benefits for a family of four -- top-up health, services., insurance of ₹25 lakh, annual healthcare package, • The Reserve Bank of India is putting in place a, and on-call emergency ambulance medical care, Platform for Regulated Entities for Integrated, services., Supervision and Monitoring (PRISM), a webThe Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced, based end-to-end workflow automation system, to, the launch of the ‘Scheme of Penalty for nonstrengthen compliance by supervised entities (SEs)., replenishment of ATMs’, as per which it will, This is aimed at helping supervised entities to, impose monetary penalties on ATMs/WLAs that, run out of cash. The Scheme shall be effective from, strengthen their internal defences and resilience and, October 01, 2021. Therefore, banks/ WLAOs should, bringing focus on root cause analysis (RCA)., put in place a robust system for monitoring the, • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has come up with, availability of cash in ATMs and ensure timely, a draft rule with modifications in the existing, replenishment to avoid cash-outs. Cash-out at any, regulation related to foreign investment to, ATM of more than ten hours in a month will attract, discourage round-tripping. The central bank is, a flat penalty of ₹ 10,000/- per ATM. In the case of, looking to tweak the existing regulations and has, White Label ATMs (WLAs), the penalty would be, come up with draft rules around round-tripping., charged to the bank which is meeting the cash, • RBI appointed panel under the chairmanship of N., requirement of that particular WLA. The bank, may,, at its discretion, recover the penalty from the WLA, S. Vishwanathan suggests 4-tier structure for, operator., Urban Co-operative Banks; minimum CRAR, The Reserve Bank of India has raised the limit for, (Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets Ratio) for them, collateral-free loans to Self-Help Groups (SHG), could vary from 9 per cent to 15 per cent. A Reserve, under the DAY-NRLM (Deendayal Antyodaya, Bank-appointed committee has suggested a fourYojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission), tier structure for the urban cooperative banks, from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 20 Lakhs. The DAY-NRLM, (UCBs) depending upon the deposits and, is the flagship program of Govt. of India for, prescribed different capital adequacy and, promoting poverty reduction through building, regulatory norms for them based on their sizes., strong institutions for the poor, particularly women,, and enabling these institutions to access a range of, • In 2019, RBI had permitted authorized card, financial services and livelihoods., payment networks to offer card tokenisation, The Reserve Bank of India has cancelled the license, services to any token requestor (i.e., third-party app, of Raigad based Karnala Nagari Sahakari Bank, provider) through mobile phones and tablets. Now, Limited in Maharashtra. As informed by the, RBI has extended the scope of tokenization to, Reserve Bank of India, the license of Karnala Nagari, include consumer devices – laptops, desktops,, Sahakari Bank was cancelled due to insufficient, wearables (wristwatches, bands, etc.), Internet of, capital and earning prospects and its continuance, Things (IoT) devices, etc., would have adversely affected depositors., 9, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , •, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, Central Government has approved the Indian, Economy Current Affairs, Banks’ Association’s (IBA) proposal to increase the, • Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections for July, family pension to 30% of the last salary drawn. The, 2021 were ₹ 1.16 lakh crore, 33 per cent more than, immediate benefit of this approval will be an, the corresponding period of last year. GST, increase of 30,000 to 35,000 in the family pension of, collections in July 2020 had stood at ₹ 87,422 crore,, public sector bank employees from a maximum of, while sequentially they had stood at ₹ 92,849 crores, 9,284 per month, depending on the last drawn, in June this year., • The government has set the loans disbursement, salary of the deceased bank employee. The other big, target under the PM Mudra Yojana (PMMY) at Rs, announcement is an increase in the employer banks', 3 trillion for 2021-22 (FY22). This target is lower, contribution to the pension fund of employees, than the previous year. For FY21, the target was set, under the NPS (National Pension System) from the, at Rs 3.21 trillion. Experts attribute the lower target, existing 10 per cent to 14 per cent. Approximately, to increased allocation under the credit guarantee, 60% of public sector bank employees are covered, scheme for small businesses., under NPS., • The Finance Ministry has informed Rajya Sabha, AU Small Finance Bank, India’s Largest SFB has, that over 5.82 crore Jan Dhan (PMJDY) accounts, unveiled a mega Brand Campaign, aptly titled, are inoperative. This is 14 per cent of the total, ‘BADLAAV Humse Hai’. This is the first integrated, number of accounts. It means at least one out of 10, Jan Dhan accounts is inoperative. According to the, marketing communication campaign from AU Bank, website of PMJDY, the total number of Jan Dhan, since its inception – a creative endeavor that will, accounts is 42.83 crore with a balance of nearly, showcase the bank’s passion for innovation. Aamir, ₹1.43 lakh crore., Khan and Kiara Advani roped in as Brand, • In the pandemic-hit financial year of 2020-21, the, Ambassador., number of billionaires in India dropped from 141 in, The Reserve Bank of India has increased the limit, FY20 to 136 in FY21, as per a statement issued by, of fund transfer under the Indo-Nepal Remittance, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Rajya, Facility Scheme from Rs 50,000 per transaction to, Sabha. The count is based on the gross total income, Rs 2 lakh per transaction. Earlier there was a ceiling, declared in the income tax returns. In FY 2018-19,, limit of 12 transactions in a year. Now, this limit has, the number of individuals with a gross total annual, income of more than Rs 100 cr is 77., also been removed., • Retail inflation eased to 5.59% in July mainly due, State Bank of India has opened a floating ATM on, to softening of food prices. The Consumer Price, a Houseboat at Dal Lake in Jammu and Kashmir's, Index (CPI)-based inflation was 6.26% in June and, Srinagar for the convenience of locals and tourists., 6.73% in July 2020. Inflation in the food basket, The floating ATM was inaugurated by SBI, slowed down to 3.96% in July from 5.15% in the, Chairman Dinesh Khare. This is not the first time, previous month., that SBI has launched a floating ATM as back in, • India Ratings (Ind-Ra) has projected the GDP, 2004, the bank took this initiative in Kerala., growth rate for India for FY22 at 9.4%. Earlier Indi-, , •, , 10, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , Ra had projected the rate at between 9.1-9.6%. It, would be 15.3 per cent in the first quarter, 8.3 per, cent in the second quarter and 7.8 per cent in each, of the remaining two quarters of the year., The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development, Authority (PFRDA) has increased the entry age for, the National Pension System (NPS) from 65 years, to 70 years. Earlier the eligible age to invest in NPS, was 18-65 years which has now been revised to 1870 years. As per the revised norms, any Indian, Citizen, resident or non-resident and Overseas, Citizen of India (OCI) between the age of 65-70, years can join NPS and continue or defer their NPS, Account up to the age of 75 years., , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, Moody’s Investors Service has retained India’s, • Small Industries Development Bank of India, (SIDBI) has unveiled ‘Digital Prayaas’ an appgrowth forecast for the calendar year (CY) 2021 at, based digital-lending platform to facilitate loans to, 9.6 per cent, in its August update to ‘Global Macro, entrepreneurs from low-income groups. The, Outlook 2021-22’ report. The GDP growth forecast, objective is to sanction a loan by the end of the day., for calendar year 2022 is retained at 7 percent., The platform has engaged in the promotion,, financing and development of Micro, Small and, Business Current Affairs, Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)., •, HCL Technologies’ market capitalisation (marketLIC Cards Services Limited (LIC-CSL) has, cap) touched Rs 3 trillion for the first time. HCL, partnered with IDBI Bank to launch ‘Lumine’, becoming the fourth Indian information technology, Platinum Credit Card and ‘Eclat’ Select Credit Card, (IT) firm to achieve this milestone after Tata, on the RuPay platform. The cards will initially be, Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys and Wipro., available to LIC policyholders, agents, as well as, Shares of HCL Tech hit a fresh record high of Rs, employees of the corporation and its subsidiaries., 1,118.55, up 2 per cent on the BSE in intra-day trade,, The cards will offer a wide range of benefits to, surpassing its previous high of Rs 1,101 touched on, users., 12th Aug in intra-day deal., Sebi has allowed payments banks to carry out the, • SBI Life Insurance announced the launch of a, activities of investment bankers to provide easy, unique new age protection solution called ‘SBI Life, access to investors to participate in public and, eShield Next’, which ‘levels up’ the protection, coverage as the insured achieves life’s major, rights issues by using various payment avenues,, milestones. This means that the policy is neither, markets regulator. Non-scheduled payments banks,, linked to the stock market nor shares any profit or, which have prior approval from the Reserve Bank, dividends with the policyholders., of India (RBI), will be eligible to act as a banker to, • Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), an issue (BTI)., launched (after pilot test) an AI-enabled chatbot,, SBI General Insurance, one of India's leading, named Urja to provide its customers with a, General Insurance companies, announced a tie-up, platform for seamless self-service experience and, with Manipal Business Solutions to increase, faster resolution of queries/issues. URJA is the first, insurance penetration in the rural markets. SahiPay,, such chatbot in the oil and gas industry in India., the fastest growing tech-enabled financial inclusion, URJA has been launched under the Project, platform of Manipal Business Solutions, provides, Anubhav of BPCL and it currently supports 13, digital and financial services to customers in semilanguages., urban and rural India., • Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the, RBL Bank has chosen Amazon Web Services, Government of India have signed a $500 million, (AWS), an Amazon.com company, as its preferred, loan to expand the metro rail network in, Bengaluru with the construction of two new metro, cloud provider. AWS helps RBL bank to strengthen, lines totalling 56 km in length. The project will, its AI-powered banking solutions and drive digital, construct two new metro lines, mostly elevated,, transformation at the Bank, adding significant value, along Outer Ring Road and National Highway 44, to the Bank’s innovative offerings, saving costs, and, between Central Silk Board and Kempegowda, tightening risk controls., International Airport with 30 stations., The Manila-based Asian Development Bank has, • The shares of Information Technology major,, approved a USD 300 million loans as additional, Infosys hit a record high during intraday trading,, financing for the ongoing Maharashtra Rural, which helped the company cross $100 billion in, Connectivity Improvement Project for upgrading, market capitalisation. Infosys is the fourth Indian, rural roads and connecting remote areas with, company to achieve this milestone. Reliance, markets. The additional financing will be used for, Industries (m-cap of $140 billion), Tata, improving an additional 1,100 rural roads and 230, Consultancy Services (m-cap $115 billion) and, bridges for a total length of 2,900 km in 34 districts, HDFC Bank (m-cap $100.1 billion) are the other, of the state., Indian firms in the club with Infosys., 11, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, BharatPe has launched a “12% Club” app that will, International Current Affairs, allow consumers to invest and earn up to 12 per, , •, , cent annual interest or borrow at a similar rate., BharatPe has partnered with LenDenClub (RBIapproved NBFC) for this, , app and, , lending, , arrangement. Consumers can invest their savings, anytime by choosing to lend money on the “12%, Club” app. Apart from this, consumers can avail of, , •, , collateral-free loans of up to Rs 10 lakh on the 12, per cent Club app for a tenure of 3 months., •, , The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has, launched the mobile application of its digital, paperless solution, "ANANDA" for LIC agents., ANANDA stands for Atma Nirbhar Agents New, , •, , Business Digital Application. The ANANDA, mobile app was launched by LIC Chairperson MR, Kumar, through Video Conferencing., •, , Flipkart-owned digital payments platform PhonePe, has received an insurance broking licence from the, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority, of India (IRDAI). This means that with the new, , •, , ‘direct broking’ licence, PhonePe can now distribute, insurance products from all insurance companies in, India, on its platform., •, , RuPay has launched a strategic campaign titled –, #FollowPaymentDistancing, , to, , promote, , and, , encourage contactless payments among customers., Due to COVID-19, customers have been following, , •, , several norms and measures to stay safe by, following healthy habits, self-care routines, and, social distancing., •, , Netherlands-based Prosus NV has announced to, acquire the Indian digital payments provider, , •, , BillDesk and merge it with its own fintech service, business PayU. The size of the deal is $4.7 billion., This acquisition will make the combined entity of, PayU and BillDesk as the leading online payment, providers globally and in India by total payment, volume (TPV)., , 12, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , Nikol Pashinyan has been re-appointed as the, prime minister of Armenia by President Armen, Sarkissian on August 02, 2021. Pashinyan, the, leader of the Civil Contract Party, won the majority, of seats in parliamentary elections in June 2021. The, 46-year-old Pashinyan was first appointed as the, prime minister in 2018., The Chief of the Myanmar military, Senior General, Min Aung Hlaing has taken over as the interim, prime minister of the country. He is also the, Chairman of the State Administration Council, (SAC) which has been performing the duties of the, government in Myanmar, after the February 01,, 2021 coup, which overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi’s, ruling party., The Board of Governors of the International, Monetary Fund (IMF) have approved a record, general allocation of $650 billion in IMF Special, Drawing Rights (SDR), to help boost global, liquidity. The $650 billion SDR allocation aims to, support member countries, especially emerging and, developing nations, battling the coronavirus, pandemic and the economic downturn it has, caused., A 19-year old Pakistani climber Shehroze Kashif, became the youngest person in the world to reach, the summit of K2, the second-highest peak in the, world. Shehroze Kashif from Lahore achieved the, feat of scaling the 8,611-metre high peak with the, aid of bottled oxygen. Before Kashif, Sajid Sadpara,, the son of the legendary climber Muhammad Ali, Sadpara, was the youngest person to have climbed, K2 at the age of 20., Ebrahim Raisi was officially sworn in as the new, president of Iran on August 05, 2021. He won the, 2021 Iranian presidential election in June, with 62, per cent of the vote. The 60-year-old Raisi succeeds, Hassan Rouhani to begin his four-year term. He is, also been the Chief Justice of Iran since March 2019., Germany became the 5th country to sign the, International, Solar, Alliance, Framework, Agreement after amendments to it entered into, force on 8th January 2021, opening its Membership, to all Member States of the United Nations., Ambassador of Germany to India Walter J. Lindner, deposited signed copies of the International Solar, Alliance Framework Agreement with the Ministry, of External Affairs, the depositary of the, Agreement., , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, Iran’s new President Ebrahim Raisi named the, • Ismail Sabri Yaakob has been appointed as the new, Prime Minister of Malaysia. Before this, he was the, chairman of a powerful state-owned foundation, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia. He will succeed, sanctioned by the United States as his first viceMuhyiddin Yassin as the PM, who resigned from, president. Mohammad Mokhber has for years, the post after losing majority support in the lower, headed the foundation known as Setad or the, house of parliament., Execution of Imam Khomeini’s order., • The World Bank has launched a new, The Pakistan Army successfully test-fired a, ‘Cybersecurity Multi-Donor Trust Fund’, to better, nuclear-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile, roll out cybersecurity development agenda in a, Ghaznavi. The Ghaznavi missile can strike targets, systematic manner. The new fund has been, up to 290 kilometres and is capable of carrying both, developed as an associated trust fund under the, nuclear as well as conventional warheads. The, broader Digital Development Partnership (DDP), umbrella program. World Bank has partnered with, training launch was aimed at ensuring the, four countries, namely Estonia, Japan, Germany,, operational readiness of Army Strategic Forces, and the Netherlands, to launch the fund., Command (ASFC) and re-validating technical, • Swedish green steel venture HYBRIT, which had, parameters of the weapon system., made the ‘world’s first’ customer delivery of steel, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani will shortly, produced without using coal. The steel was made, tender his resignation, as the government has, using Hydrogen Breakthrough Ironmaking, surrendered to the Taliban forces, which entered, Technology, which uses 100% fossil-free hydrogen, Kabul and sought the unconditional surrender of, instead of coal and coke. The venture has started, the central government. Following this, a new, delivering the fossil-free steel to the Volvo Group as, interim government has been announced, which is, part of its trial run., • The world’s largest and tallest observation wheel is, likely to be headed by Ali Ahamd Jalali, a USset to be unveiled in Dubai, UAE on October 21,, based academic., 2021. The observation wheel called as ‘Ain Dubai’,, World Health Organization (WHO) has created a, is 250 m (820 ft) in height, located at Bluewaters, new advisory group named, The International, Island. The record-breaking wheel is 42.5 m (139 ft), Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel, taller than the current world’s tallest observation, Pathogens, or SAGO. The function of SAGO will be, wheel, High Roller, in Las Vegas, measuring 167.6, to systematically study the emergence of future, m (550 ft)., emerging pathogens with pandemic potential, and, • Dubai Courts announced the establishment of a, advise the development in this regard to WHO., specialised court, focused on combating money, In Zambia, opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema,, laundering, within the Court of First Instance and, Court of Appeal. This court ties into a string of, of the United Party for National Development, has, initiatives aimed at reducing financial crimes and, won the 2021 general Presidential election of the, follows the recent establishment of the Executive, country., Office of the Anti-Money Laundering &, The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Muhyiddin Yassin, Countering the Financing of Terrorism., and his cabinet resigned after losing a confidence, • The armed force of the country China, Pakistan,, vote in parliament. The 74-year-old Muhyiddin, Mongolia and Thailand will take part in a, came to power in March 2020. He will however stay, multinational, peacekeeping, exercise named, on as a caretaker prime minister until a successor is, “Shared Destiny-2021”. The exercise will be held in, named., China in the month of September 2021. The four, Malaysia’s king appointed Ismail Sabri Yaakob as, countries will take part in the first multinational, peacekeeping live exercise “Shared Destiny-2021” at, the prime minister on 20th Aug, replacing, the combined-arms tactical training base of the PLA, Muhyiddin Yassin, who stepped down this week, in Henan's Queshan county., after losing his parliamentary majority., 13, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, • Indian Railways has launched an integrated oneNational Current Affairs, stop solution “Rail Madad” in which the national, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch e-RUPI,, transporter has merged a number of existing, an e-voucher-based digital payment solution, via, helplines that were used for various purposes into, video conferencing. The e-RUPI initiative will be, one. The Railway ministry toll-free number 139 can, one of the programmes launched over the years to, be used for all kinds of enquiries and making, limit touchpoints between the government and the, complaints and the helpline facility is available, beneficiary and “ensure that the benefits reach its, round-the-clock in 12 languages., intended beneficiaries in a targeted and leak-proof, manner”., • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a Rs, The Union Ministry for Science & Technology has, 11,000 crore National Edible Oil Mission-Oil Palm, released “Biotech-PRIDE (Promotion of Research, (NMEO-OP) to make India self-sufficient in, and Innovation through Data Exchange), cooking oils, including palm oil. The government, Guidelines”. The Biotech-PRIDE Guidelines have, will ensure that farmers get all the facilities, from, been developed by the Department of, quality seeds to technology under the mission., Biotechnology (DBT). The guidelines are aimed at, • The Union Minister for Social Justice and, providing a well-defined framework and guiding, Empowerment Dr Virendra Kumar has flagged off, principle to facilitate and enable sharing and, a pioneering world record expedition named, exchange of biological knowledge, information and, ‘Operation Blue Freedom’ from Dr. Ambedkar, data., International Centre, New Delhi on the occasion of, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will invite India’s, 75th Independence Day., Olympic contingent as special guests for, • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set the target of, Independence Day celebrations on August 15. Modi, will also invite contingent to his residence for, becoming an ‘energy independent country by the, interaction. This year, India has been represented by, year 2047, the year when India will celebrate the, a 228-strong contingent that includes 120 athletes, 100th year of Independence. For this, PM has, at the Tokyo Olympics., announced a ‘Mission Circular Economy’ that will, The Union Cabinet has approved the continuation, replace petroleum with other forms of energy to, of 1,023 fast track special courts, including 389, make India achieve self-reliance in energy, exclusive POCSO courts, as a centrally sponsored, production by 2047., scheme for another two years. Union minister, • The Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers, Anurag Thakur said out of 31 states and union, Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar has inaugurated, territories, 28 have started the scheme. West Bengal, the world’s second-largest National Gene Bank at, is one of the states which has not started the, the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, scheme., (NBPGR), Pusa, New Delhi. The refurbished stateIndia’s nuclear power capacity is expected to reach, of-the-art National Gene Bank provides the facility, 22,480 Mega Watts by 2031 from the current 6,780, MegaWatts. There are presently 22 reactors with a, for germplasm, to secure the heritage of seeds for, total capacity of 6780 MW in operation and one, years in minus 20 degrees Celsius temperature., reactor, KAPP-3 (700 MW) has been connected to, • The Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu, the grid on January 10, 2021., laid the foundation stone of the Innovation and, Power Minister R K Singh has launched an eDevelopment Centre of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre, certification programme, 'reform and regulatory, for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR),, knowledge base for power sector', to provide, Bengaluru., The, JNCASR, Innovation, and, regulatory training. The Union Minister for Power, Development Centre will be developed into a, and New & Renewable Energy R K Singh launched, facility where laboratory inventions will be taken, 'reform and regulatory knowledge base for power, forward for scale-up and technology transfer, and, sector', an e-certification programme to provide, in turn help in meeting the missions of “Make in, regulatory training to the practitioners from diverse, India” and “Aatmanirbhar Bharat”., backgrounds through virtual mode., 14, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , •, , •, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, India has launched a tech platform named “UNITE, • US-based Ohmium International has started, Aware”, in collaboration with the UN, for, India’s, first green, hydrogen, electrolyzer, improving the safety and security of the UN, manufacturing unit at Bengaluru, Karnataka. The, peacekeepers. India has contributed USD 1.64, factory will manufacture India-made Proton, million for UNITE Aware. UNITE Aware platform, Exchange, Membrane, (PEM), hydrogen, will provide terrain-related information to the, electrolyzers. Green hydrogen is made from nonUnited Nations military personnel (Blue Helmets), fossil sources as against blue hydrogen that is made, in the line of duty. India has developed the, from fossil sources., technology platform in partnership with the UN, • Ministry of Civil Aviation has repealed the, Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Rules, 2021, Department of Operational Support., and replace the same with the liberalized Drone, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated, Rules, 2021. The step has been taken as the earlier, and laid the foundation stone of multiple projects in, UAS Rules 2021 was perceived by academia,, Somnath, Gujarat on August 20, 2021, via video, Startups, end-users and other stakeholders as being, conferencing. Union Home Minister Amit Shah and, restrictive in nature as they involved considerable, Union Minister of State (MoS) for Tourism Shripad, paperwork, required permissions for every drone, Naik were also present at the event through video, flight and very few “free to fly” green zones were, conferencing. The projects inaugurated include the, available., Somnath Promenade, Somnath Exhibition Centre,, and the reconstructed temple precinct of Old (Juna), • India has won the elections for membership of two, Somnath., key bodies of the Universal Postal Union (UPU),, Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs,, during the 27th UPU Congress in Abidjan, Côte, Nirmala Sitharaman has launched the asset, d’Ivoire. India got elected to the Council of, monetisation pipeline of Central ministries and, Administration(CA) with 134 votes, out of 156, public sector entities: ‘National Monetisation, countries. The country received the highest votes in, Pipeline’. The pipeline has been developed by NITI, CA elections from South Asia and the Oceania, Aayog, in consultation with infrastructure line, region. Apart from this, India has also been elected, ministries, based on the mandate for ‘Asset, to the Postal Operations Council (POC) with 106, Monetisation’ under Union Budget 2021-22. The top, votes. India will now work with all to strengthen, 5 sectors capture about 83% of the aggregate, cooperation in the Universal Postal Union., pipeline value. These top 5 sectors include- Roads, • Ministry of Labour & Employment has launched e(27%) followed by Railways (25%), Power (15%), oil, Shram Portal to link Unorganised Workers with, & gas pipelines (8%) and Telecom (6%)., social security schemes being implemented by the, MyGov under the Ministry of Electronics and, Central and State Governments. Minister for Labour, Information Technology and UN Women have, and Employment, Bhupender Yadav has launched, joined hands to launch the Amrit Mahotsav Shri, the portal where 38 crore Unorganised Workers, Shakti Innovation Challenge 2021. The aim of this, challenge is to encourage technology solutions, can register themselves and in turn benefit from, developed by Women Entrepreneurs related to, various social security schemes., Women’s Safety and Empowerment. The initiative, • Raksha Mantri, Rajnath Singh visited the Army, will promote ‘Nari Sashaktikaran’, and empower, Sports Institute (ASI), Pune and named the Army, women to help them achieve their full potential., Sports Institute stadium as “Neeraj Chopra, NITI Aayog and World Resources Institute (WRI),, Stadium”. The focus of the Indian Army (in the, India,, jointly, launched, the, ‘Forum, for, field of sports) is to identify and train promising, Decarbonizing Transport’ in India. NITI Aayog is, sportspersons in 11 disciplines. The Indian Army’s, the implementing partner for India. The aim of the, “Mission Olympics” programme was launched in, project is to bring down the peak level of GHG, 2001 with the intent to deliver medal-winning, emissions (transport sector) in Asia (in line with a, performances in the Olympics and other, well below 2-degree pathway), resulting in, international events., problems like congestion and air pollution., 15, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, • Chhattisgarh became the first state to recognise, States Current Affairs, Community Forest Resource Rights in an urban, Bhubaneswar has become the first Indian city to, area, with the state government recognising the, achieve 100 per cent COVID-19 vaccination. The, rights of residents of Dhamtari district over 4,127, hectares of forests. Community resource rights, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) had, over 5,544 hectares of forest within the core area of, launched a massive vaccination drive against, the tiger reserve area were also recognised., Covid-19. This milestone is credited to the BMC, • India’s cleanest city, Indore in Madhya Pradesh,, running 55 centres at all times for vaccines., has achieved another feat of being declared as the, Uttarakhand Chief Minister, Pushkar Singh Dhami, country’s first ‘water plus’ certified city, under the, has launched the first-of-its-kind earthquake early, Swachh Survekshan 2021. Swachh Survekshan is, warning mobile application, named ‘Uttarakhand, an annual survey of cleanliness, hygiene and, Bhookamp Alert’. The app has been developed by, sanitation in cities and towns across India launched, as part of the Swachh Bharat Mission., IIT Roorkee, in association with Uttarakhand State, •, India’s first Drone Forensic Lab and Research, Disaster Management Authority (USDMA)., Center has come up in Kerala. The Chief Minister, Initially, this app was launched as a pilot project, of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan was inaugurating the, only by the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government, State police department’s ‘Drone Forensic, of India, for the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, the, Laboratory’ at the Kerala State Police CyberDome., project proposal was further extended by the, Cyberdome is a technological research and, Uttarakhand Government., development centre of the Kerala Police, The government of West Bengal has received four, Department., • Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in Assam has, SKOCH awards for its schemes under the Ease of, become the first national park in India to be, Doing Business initiative. The State scheme, equipped with satellite phones. Assam Chief, ‘Silpasathi’-the online single window portal won, Secretary Jishnu Barua handed over 10 satellite, the platinum award while the Auto-Renewal of, phones to the forest personnel of the Kaziranga, Certificate of Enlistment through the online system, National Park. The satellite phones will boost the, for urban areas has received the gold award., anti-poaching measures in the park. BSNL will be, Karnataka has become the first state in the country, the service provider of these phones., to issue the order with regard to the, • Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has, announced the creation of four new districts and 18, implementation of the National Education Policynew tehsils in the state. The four new districts are:, 2020. The state government has issued an order on, Mohla Manpur, Sarangarh-Bilaigarh, Shakti,, the implementation of NEP-2020 with effect from, Manendragarh. With the creation of four new, the current academic year 2021-2022., districts, the total number of administrative districts, Gujarat Chief Minister, Vijay Rupani has launched, in the state have reached 32., eNagar mobile application and portal. The eNagar, covers 10 modules with 52 services including, property tax, professional tax, water & drainage,, Complaints and grievance redressal, building, permission, fire and emergency services., Maharashtra government has announced a new, award named after the former prime minister Rajiv, Gandhi for outstanding performance in the, Information and Technology (IT) sector. The Rajiv, Gandhi Award in Maharashtra will be given to, institutes doing remarkable work in the field of, information technology., 16, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, • The Tamil Nadu government has constituted a, seven-member committee to study the exploration, has announced that Indian women’s hockey team, of hydrocarbon projects which will be headed by, player Vandana Katariya will be the brand, Sultan Ahmed Ismail, part-time member, State, ambassador of the state’s Department of Women, Development Policy Council. The committee, Empowerment and Child Development. The, constituted will have freedom to conduct the study, announcement came at a program organized to, in areas other than the protected agricultural zone, felicitate the recipients of awardees of the Tilu, as the terms of reference have been revised., Rauteli Award and the Anganwadi Workers, • The permanent campus of Skill Development, Award., Institute (SDI) at Bhubaneshwar was dedicated to, The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to set, the nation by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen, up a training centre for Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), Patnaik. The permanent campus of SDI, located at, commandos in Saharanpur’s Deoband. According, Jatni Tahsil of Khurda district, has been built over, to sources, the government has already allotted, an area of 16 acres allotted by the Government of, over 2,000 square meters of land for establishing the, Odisha.ICT-IOC was founded to enrich the nation’s, ATS training centre in Deoband., technical education., Odisha is all set to launch India’s first ‘Smart, • The Uttar Pradesh government has renamed a, Health Cards scheme’ covering its 3.5 crore people, landmark freedom movement event as Kakori Train, of 96 lakh families under the Biju Swasthya Kalyan, Action while paying tributes to the revolutionaries, Yojana. The information for the same was provided, who were hanged for robbing a train at Kakori to, by Odisha Chief Minister (CM) Naveen Patnaik, buy weapons in 1925. The new name was used in, while addressing the 75th Independence Day, official communications to refer to the event,, celebrations in Bhubaneswar., usually described as the ‘Kakori train robbery’ or, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has, the ‘Kakori train conspiracy’., announced to rename the Hisar Airport as, • In Manipur, a consignment of one Metric Tonne of, Maharaja Agrasen International Airport. The Hisar, organic Chak-Hao was exported to Europe. Locally, Airport is a domestic airport and the first DGCA, known as Chak-Hao, the Black Rice found in, licensed Public Aerodrome of the State. This airport, Manipur had got the GI tag and it had good, is presently under up-gradation to be transformed, demands from different parts of the country and, as an international airport by 30 March 2024., abroad. For the first time, one Metric Ton of this, India’s highest altitude herbal park has been, highly nutritious rice variety was being exported, inaugurated at Mana village in the Chamoli, officially to different European countries., district of Uttarakhand. The herbal park is situated, • Maharashtra government launched a special, at a height of 11,000 feet was and is close to the, mission called “Mission Vatsalya” in order to help, Indo-China border. Mana is the last Indian village, women who lost their husbands to COVID-19., in Chamoli bordering China and is adjacent to, Mission Vatsalya will provide several services and, Badrinath temple., some 18 benefits under one roof to those women. It, Onam is the most revered and celebrated festival of, been designed for widows, with a special focus on, Kerala, is celebrated every year by the Malayali, widows coming from rural areas, poor backgrounds, community across the world. The 10-day long, and deprived sections. Under this mission, schemes, festival marks the beginning of harvest season as, like Sanjay Gandhi Niradhar Yojana and Gharkul, well as the appearance of the Vaman avatar of Lord, Yojana will benefit those for women., Vishnu along with the homecoming of King, • The Punjab Cabinet gave a nod to a new scheme, Mahabali., that will help the unemployed youth in the state to, hone their skills and increase their chances of, Tiwa tribesmen perform their traditional dnac eas, getting a job. These youngsters will be given shortthey take part in Wanchuwa Festival in Assam., term skill training free of cost under the ''Mera, This festival is celebrated by Tiwa tribesmen to, Kaam Mera Maan'' scheme of the state, mark their good harvest. It comes with songs,, government. A target of 30,000 beneficiaries has, dances, a bunch of rituals and people clad in their, been proposed, at a cost of ₹ 90 crores., native attires., 17, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, In Tripura, Union Finance Minister Nirmala, • PM Narendra Modi will launch the second phase of, Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (Ujjwala 2.0) by, Sitharaman has inaugurated a project called ‘My, handing over the LPG connections at Mahoba in, Pad, My Right’ initiated by NABARD and, Uttar Pradesh. Under Ujjwala 2.0, one crore LPG, NABFOUNDATION at Killa village in Gomati, connections will be provided to those low-income, district on the second and concluding day of her, families who could not be covered under the first, visit to the state. The project aims to bring, phase of the scheme. Ujjwala 1.0 covered more than, livelihood and menstrual hygiene closer to rural, 1.47 cr connections., women by way of grant, wage support and capital, • Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has, equipment., launched an online portal named TAPAS (Training, , Schemes/Committees, •, , •, , •, , •, , The Union Minister for Social Justice and, Empowerment Dr Virendra Kumar has unveiled a, portal and mobile application named ‘PMDAKSH’, which aims to make the skill, development schemes accessible to the target, groups. The ‘PM-DAKSH’ stands for Pradhan, Mantri Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi, (PM-DAKSH) Yojana., Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has, launched an ambitious ‘Ubharte Sitaare Fund’ -USF, for export-oriented firms and startups in a program, at Lucknow. The Fund aims at arranging funds for, the promotion of micro, small and medium, companies. The fund has been set up by Exim Bank, and SIDBI. This scheme will be successful in Uttar, Pradesh as the state has the highest number of, MSMEs., The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), for the Ministry of Science and Technology,, Jitendra Singh launched a new Geospatial Planning, Portal under Bhuvan named “Yuktdhara” to enable, the planning of new MGNREGA assets using, Remote Sensing and GIS-based information. The, portal has been jointly developed by ISRO and the, Ministry of Rural Development., The Election Commission of India (ECI) organized, the Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral, Participation (SVEEP) Consultation Workshop. As, a part of this workshop, the Chief Election, Commissioner, Sushil Chandra along with Election, Commissioner Rajiv Kumar unveiled a new, initiative. The main objective of the two-day, workshop was to review State SVEEP Plans,, conduct extensive deliberations on the important, aspects of SVEEP and formulate a comprehensive, strategy for future elections., , 18, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , •, , •, , •, , www.sscadda.com, , for Augmenting Productivity and Services) to, provide filmed lectures/courses and e-study, material in the field of social defence. TAPAS is the, initiative of the National Institute of Social Defence, (NISD),, Ministry, of, Social, Justice, and, Empowerment. The course can be taken up by, anyone and is free of cost., Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a Rs, 100 lakh crore Pradhan Mantri Gatishakti scheme, while addressing the nation on the 75th, Independence Day from Red Fort. The Pradhan, Mantri Gatishakti scheme aims to adopt a holistic, and integrated approach in infrastructure growth, and create employment opportunities for the youth, of the country., Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has launched, ‘SonChiraiya’, a brand and logo for marketing of, the urban Self-Help Group (SHG) products. To, make urban SHG products popular, the ministry, has signed MoUs with e-Commerce Portals like, Amazon and Flipkart, with an underlying narrative, of women empowerment. Due to this partnership,, more than 2,000 products of nearly 5,000 SHG, members have been onboarded on the e-commerce, portals., The Reserve Bank of India has announced to, include street vendors of tier-1 and tier-2 centres,, identified as part of the PM Street Vendor’s, AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi Scheme) as, beneficiaries under the Payments Infrastructure, Development Fund (PIDF) Scheme. Payments, Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) Scheme, was launched by RBI to encourage deployment of, Points of Sale (PoS) infrastructure (both physical, and digital modes) in tier-3 to tier-6 centres and, northeastern states. So now RBI has specifically, allowed street vendors of Tier-1 and Tier-2 centres,, to be part of PIDF Scheme. The street vendors in, tier-3 to tier-6 centres will continue to be covered, under the Scheme by default. PIDF presently has a, corpus of Rs. 345 crore., , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , •, , •, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, • The Indian Navy has inked a Memorandum of, Agreement/Memorandum of, Understanding (MoU) with the Infrastructure, Understanding (MoU), Development Finance Company (IDFC) First Bank, Indian Bank has entered into a Memorandum of, to initiate ‘Honour FIRST’. ‘Honour FIRST’ is a, Understanding with the Society for Innovation, premium banking solution for serving personnel, and Entrepreneurship (SINE) – an initiative of the, and veterans of the Indian Navy. Designed, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay – for, especially keeping in mind the needs of the Armed, extending exclusive credit facilities to startups and, Forces and its veterans, the Honour FIRST Defence, MSMEs. The Bank will extend loans of up to 50, Account is supported by a dedicated team of, crore rupees to these start-ups for their working, defence veterans., capital requirements or purchase of machinery and, • Public sector Indian Bank has signed an MoU with, equipment., the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) as one of, The World Bank has approved a USD 250 million, the banking partners of the Paralympic Games, projects in India for a long-term dam safety, scheduled to commence from August 24 in Tokyo,, program and improving the safety and performance, Japan. The bank, through its year-long association, of existing dams across various states of India. The, with PCI, will provide financial assistance to, Second Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement, paralympic athletes. The President of the, Project (DRIP-2) agreement was inked on between, Paralympic Committee of India is Deepa Malik., the World Bank, the Government of India, the, • The Haryana government has signed a, Central Water Commission, and government, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with, representatives from 10 participating states. The, ‘Walmart Vriddhi’ and ‘Haqdarshak’ to create a, project will be implemented at the national level, pathway for Indian MSMEs’ products to move to, through the Central Water Commission (CWC)., the international markets. The MoU was signed in, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has tied up with, the presence of Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, the National Payments Corporation of India, Dushyant Chautala, Vikas Gupta, MSME, (NPCI) to provide a Unified Payments Interface, Department, Director-General,, the, Indian, Autopay facility to its customers. This tie-up is, government, Nitin Dutt from Walmart Vriddhi, and, another step in the company’s digitalisation, Aniket Doegar (CEO of Haqdarshak)., journey, which provides customers with a hassle• Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, free and seamless experience across the policy, (BRICS) signed an agreement for cooperation in, lifecycle., remote sensing satellite data sharing, according to, India has emphasized the implementation of the, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)., recently-signed memorandum of understanding, The pact inked on August 17 enables building a, (MoU) with Bangladesh over disaster management,, virtual constellation of specified remote sensing, resilience and mitigation on a priority basis., satellites of BRICS space agencies and their, Bangladesh has decided to accept the invitation to, respective ground stations will receive the data., join the Coalition for Disaster Resilient, •, Facebook India has launched the “Small Business, Infrastructure (CDRI). CDRI is a coalition of, Loans Initiative” in India in partnership with the, national governments, UN agencies, multilateral, online lending platform Indifi. India is the first, development banks and the private sector which, country where Facebook is rolling out this, aims to promote resilience of new and existing, programme. The objective of this initiative is to help, infrastructure to climate and disaster risks., small and medium businesses (SMBs) that, UNICEF India and Facebook have launched a oneadvertise on Facebook to get quick access to, year joint initiative on ending violence against, credit/loans through independent lending partners., children with a special focus on online safety. The, • Kotak Mahindra Bank has launched a platform, partnership seeks to create a safe environment for, named ‘Neo Collections’, which is a Do It Yourself, children online and offline. It aims to improve, Digital Repayment Platform for missed loan, children’s resilience and capacity to access the, repayments. Kotak Mahindra Bank has launched, digital world safely, increase awareness on violence, the Neo Collections platform in tie-up with Creditas, against children and its impact on children,, Solutions. The main objective of this DIY digital, families, and communities, and increase the skills of, repayment platform is to make repayments for, communities and frontline workers to better, outstanding loans more convenient for customers., prevent and respond to violence., 19, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , •, , •, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL) has, Appointments/Resignations (National &, partnered with Mashreq Bank to launch the, International), payment system facility of Unified Payments, • Vice Admiral SN Ghormade has assumed charge as, Interface (UPI), in the UAE. Mashreq Bank is the, the Vice Chief of Naval Staff at a formal ceremony, oldest privately owned bank in the United Arab, Emirates., in New Delhi. He succeeds Vice Admiral G Ashok, HDFC Bank and Paytm have partnered to build, Kumar who retired on July 31, 2021, after more than, comprehensive solutions across payment gateway,, 39 years of illustrious service., point of sale machines and credit products. This, • Deepak Das has taken over as the Controller, includes Paytm Postpaid which is a Buy Now Pay, General of Accounts (CGA) on August 01, 2021., Later (BNPL) solution, Eazy EMI and Flexi Pay., Prior to assuming charge of CGA, Mr Das served as, The partnership will also deliver enhanced, the Principal Chief Controller of Accounts in the, SmartHub solutions to the market. HDFC Bank, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). Deepak, SmartHub solutions is an integrated platform, Das, a 1986-batch Indian Civil Accounts Service, offering merchants a one-stop solution shop for all, (ICAS) officer, is the 25th officer to hold the, their business needs payments., position of CGA., NITI Aayog in partnership with Cisco has, • Italian luxury brand Bvlgari has appointed actor, launched the next phase of the Women, Priyanka Chopra Jonas as global brand, Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) titled “WEP, ambassador. She will support the Roman high, Nxt” to foster women entrepreneurship in India., jewellery house in amplifying the brand around, WEP, which was launched by NITI Aayog in 2017,, the world, with a particular focus on themes of, is a first-of-its-kind, unified portal that brings, women empowerment, diversity and inclusion., together women from diverse backgrounds and, Bvlgari is known for its gemstone jewellery,, offers them access to a multitude of resources,, watches, fragrances, accessories and leather goods., support, and learning., • Mini Ipe took charge as managing director of Life, The Government of India and Maldives inked the, contract for the mega Greater Male Connectivity, Insurance Corporation of India. Ipe is a postproject (GMCP). The Greater Male Connectivity, graduate in commerce and joined LIC in 1986 as a, project (GMCP) is the largest-ever civilian, direct recruit officer. She has a diverse experience in, infrastructure project in the Maldives. The, LIC having worked in various capacities. LIC is, Government of India is funding the implementation, India’s 2nd-largest financial services institution, of GMCP through a USD 400 million Line of, with a Rs 31 lakh crore balance sheet, next to the, Credit (LoC) and USD 100 million grant. The USD, country’s largest bank, State Bank of India (SBI),, 400 million LoC will be provided by the Exportwith assets of Rs 39.51 lakh crore., Import Bank of India (Exim Bank). The project will, • Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam, be developed by Indian construction and, Birla has stepped down as the Non-Executive, engineering firm, AFCONS, based in Mumbai,, Director and Non-Executive Chairman of the, Maharashtra. The Greater Male Connectivity Project, Vodafone Idea (now Vi) Board. The Vi Board of, (GMCP) comprise of 6.74 km long bridge and, Directors have unanimously elected Himanshu, causeway link that will connect the national capital, Kapania, currently a Non-Executive Director, as the, Male with three neighbouring islands namely:, Non-Executive Chairman with effect., Villingili, Gulhifahu and Thilafushi., • Maharashtra Governor, Bhagat Singh Koshyari has, US Agency for International Development & US, approved the appointment of retired Bombay high, International Development Finance Corporation, court judge Justice V M Kanade as the new, (DFC) would jointly sponsor a $50 mn. loan, Lokayukta of Maharashtra, on the advice of the, portfolio guarantee to Kotak Mahindra Bank to, support increased financial access to women, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray. Maharashtra, borrowers, and MSMEs in India. Under the, was without a full-time Lokayukta for almost a, program, Kotak Mahindra Bank will provide loans, year. The previous Lokayukta, (retd) Justice M L, to NBFCs operating in the MSME and Microfinance, Tahaliyani had completed his tenure in August, (MFI) space., 2020., 20, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, • Kamlesh Kumar Pant, a 1993-batch IAS officer of, The Indian government approved the appointment, Himachal Pradesh cadre, has been appointed as the, of Dr Dhriti Banerjee as the director of the, new chairman of National Pharmaceutical Pricing, Zoological Survey of India. She is a prolific, Authority (NPPA) by the Appointments Committee, scientist, conducting research in zoogeography,, of the Union Cabinet., taxonomy, morphology and molecular systematics., • Actor-producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas was, On the occasion of its centenary celebrations in, announced as the chairperson of Jio MAMI Film, 2016, Banerjee had co-authored the “The Glorious, Festival, almost four months after Deepika, 100 Women’s Scientific Contribution in ZSI”,, Padukone stepped down from the position. The, which chronicled the contributions of women, Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI), scientists in the domain of animal-related groups., unveiled its plans for the coming year, edition and, Eurosport India has appointed Bollywood, the change in leadership., superstar and MotoGP enthusiast, John Abraham,, • Adi Godrej will step down as the chairman of, as the India Ambassador for their flagship, Godrej Industries on October 01, 2021. He will be, Motorsport property, MotoGP™. John will be seen, replaced by Nadir Godrej, his younger brother., promoting MotoGP to a wider audience base in, Godrej Industries (GIL) is the holding company of, India as its face through Eurosport’s campaign –, the Godrej group. Presently Nadir Godrej is the, “MotoGP, Race Lagate Hai”., Managing Director of Godrej Industries. However,, The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has, Adi Godrej will continue to serve as the Chairman, extended the term of service of Rajiv Gauba, as the, of Godrej Group., Cabinet Secretary of India, for a further period of, • Direct selling FMCG firm Amway India has, one year., announced that it has appointed Olympian, Home interiors brand HomeLane has entered into a, Saikhom Mirabai Chanu as the brand ambassador, three-year strategic partnership with Mahendra, for Amway and its Nutrilite range of products., Singh Dhoni as an equity partner and brand, • Olympian Parattu Raveendran Sreejesh (PR, ambassador. As part of the partnership, Dhoni will, Sreejesh), goalkeeper and former captain of the, own equity in HomeLane and will be the, Indian National Hockey team is set to be named as, company’s first brand ambassador., the brand ambassador of adventure tourism in, The Government of India has given a three-year, Kerala., extension to Rekha Sharma as Chairperson of the, • Shanti Lal Jain has been appointed as the, National Commission for Women (NCW)., Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of, The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has started a, Indian Bank for a period of three years. He will, public awareness campaign to warn people against, replace Padmaja Chunduru as MD and CEO of, digital banking frauds. For the new campaign, RBI, Indian Bank. He is currently the Executive Director, (ED) at the Bank of Baroda., has roped in Olympic Gold medalist Neeraj, Chopra. The central bank has asked people to be a, little cautious as doing so can protect them from a, lot of troubles. A little caution takes care of a lot of, trouble., Cashify, a re-commerce marketplace announced, that it has appointed Rajkummar Rao as its first, brand ambassador. The actor has signed a multiyear contract with the company and he will, promote the products across digital media, platforms through campaigns and promotional, activities exclusively for the smartphone buyback, category., 21, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, • The former State Bank of India (SBI) chairman,, The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has, Rajnish Kumar has been appointed as an, announced the re-appointment of T M Bhasin as, chairman of the Advisory Board for Banking and, independent director of the Hongkong and, Financial Frauds (ABBFF)., Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Asia entity, Television monitoring agency Broadcast Audience, on August 30, 2021. He has also been appointed as a, Research Council (Barc) has announced the, member of the Audit Committee and Risk, appointment of Nakul Chopra as its chief executive, Committee of the company., officer (CEO) effective 25 August 2021., • Dorje Angchuk, an Engineer in charge at the, Senior BJP leader from Tamil Nadu, La. Ganesan,, Indian Astronomical Observatory of the Indian, Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) at Hanle in the, has been appointed as the new Governor of, Ladakh region, has been admitted as an Honorary, Manipur with effect from August 23, 2021. The post, was lying vacant after the retirement of Najma, Member of the International Astronomical Union, Heptulla on August 10, 2021., (IAU). Angchuk is the first and only Indian to bag, Abhay Kumar Singh has been appointed as joint, the position in the prestigious body., secretary in the Ministry of Cooperation. This, • Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit has been, ministry was recently formed with an aim to, given the additional charge of Punjab and the, strengthen the cooperative movement in the, Union Territory of Chandigarh. Earlier, V P Singh, country., Badnore was the Governor of Punjab and the, The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the, Administrator of Chandigarh., re-appointment of Sandeep Bakhshi as the MD &, • Adidas has roped in Tokyo Olympic Silver-medalist, CEO of ICICI Bank. This will be with effect from, Mirabai Chanu as the face of its ''Stay in Play'', October 15, 2021, till October 3, 2023., campaign for its latest product innovation designed, Ujjivan Small Finance Bank has named Carol, to keep more menstruating women in sports. The, Furtado as the interim CEO of the bank after the, new TechFit Period Proof tights, featuring an, whole time CEO Nitin Chugh resigned recently., absorbent layer to help protect against leaks when, She has also been appointed as the officer on special, worn with a tampon or pad., duty (OSD) of the bank. Furtado is currently, serving as the CEO of Ujjivan Financial Services,, Ranks and Reports, the holding company of the bank. The appointment, • Mumbai and Bengaluru are out of the global topis subject to the approval of the Reserve Bank of, 100 list and are currently ranking at 106 and 110,, India., respectively in the latest edition of the QS Best, The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the, Student Cities Ranking. While Mumbai lost 29, appointment of Hitendra Dave as the Chief, places, Bengaluru fell by 21 places in the ninth, Executive Officer (CEO) of HSBC Bank (India)., edition of the rankings brought out by global higher, RBI has accorded the approval for a period of three, education analysts QS Quacquarelli Symonds., years with effect from August 24, 2021., Globally, the results, which enable students to, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare,, compare 115 premier educational destinations, see, Mansukh Mandaviya has taken over charge as the, London retain its status as the world’s best student, Chairperson of Stop TB Partnership Board. He has, city for the third consecutive edition. It is followed, replaced former Union Minister of Health and, by Munich, which rises from 4th to 2nd. Seoul,, Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan as the, which jumps from 10th to joint-3rd, shares the, chairman. India aims to end TB by 2025 while the, bronze-medal position with Olympic hosts Tokyo., UN aims to end TB by 2030., •, India is ranked 122nd on a new Global Youth, Union Home Ministry appointed Pankaj Kumar, Development Index 2020 measuring the condition, Singh as the new Director General of Border, of young people across 181 countries, released by, Security Force. He is presently serving as the, the Commonwealth Secretariat in London., Special DG, BSF. The committee also appointed, Singapore ranked topmost followed by Slovenia,, Sanjay Arora to the position of DG ITBP, Director, Norway, Malta and Denmark. Chad, the Central, General, Indo-Tibetan Border Police. IPS Balaji, African Republic, South Sudan, Afghanistan and, Srivastav had been appointed to hold the additional, Niger came last respectively., charge of the new Commissioner of Delhi., 22, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , •, , •, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad was adjudged the, • India has emerged as a global manufacturing hub, second most polluted city out of the 50 ‘most, and effectively surpassed the United States to, polluted cities’ in the world in 2020 by a report, become the world’s second most desired, prepared by British company HouseFresh., manufacturing destination. This indicates the, Preceding Ghaziabad, the Chinese city of Hotan in, growing interest in India by manufacturers as a, Xinjiang province has been named the most, preferred manufacturing hub over other countries, polluted city with a PM2.5 of 110.2µg/m3., including the United States and the manufacturing, According to the report, Bangladesh was the most, giant nation, China. India’s ranking was reflected in, polluted country across the world in 2020, followed, Cushman, &, Wakefield’s, 2021, Global, by Pakistan, India and Mongolia. Meanwhile,, Manufacturing Risk Index. The index ranks 47, Judbury in Australia bagged the top position in the, countries across Europe, the Americas, and the Asia, list of cities with the cleanest air with a PM2.5 level, of 2.4µg/m3., Pacific., India has ranked second in terms of crypto, • NITI Aayog and Ministry of Development of North, adoption worldwide behind Vietnam, but ahead of, Eastern Region have launched the North Eastern, countries such as the US, UK, and China, according, Region District SDG Index Report and Dashboard, to the 2021 Global Crypto Adoption Index by, 2021–22, with technical support from UNDP. The, blockchain data platform Chainalysis. This comes, index is based on NITI Aayog’s SDG India Index., even as worldwide crypto adoption grew by 880%, According to the report, the East Sikkim district of, between June 2020 and July 2021, according to the, Sikkim has topped the North Eastern Region (NER), report., District SDG Index 2021-22 while the Kiphire, Apple is the world’s most valuable company (USD, district of Nagaland was ranked last amongst 103, 2,443 billion) according to the Hurun Global 500, Most Valuable Companies list 2021. The world’s, districts in the ranking. Gomati, North Tripura is, top six valuable companies remained unchanged as, second, West Tripura is third in the ranking., Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Facebook, • Amul, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing, and Tencent. Reliance Industries (USD 188, Federation (GCMMF) has dropped two places to, billion) ranked at 57 is the top Indian company in, rank 18th in Rabobank’s 2021 Global Top 20 Dairy, the list., Companies list. Amul was placed at 16th spot in, Apple is the world’s most valuable company (USD, 2020. Amul has achieved an annual turnover of $5.3, 2,443 billion) according to the Hurun Global 500, billion. French-based dairy company Lactalis has, Most Valuable Companies list 2021. The world’s, topped the list as the world’s largest dairy company, top six valuable companies remained unchanged as, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Facebook, with a turnover of US $23.0 billion. It has unseated, and Tencent. Reliance Industries (USD 188, Switzerland-based global behemoth Nestle, which, billion) ranked at 57 is the top Indian company in, dominated the list for decades., the list. As many as 12 Indian companies found a, place among the Hurun Global 500 for 2021 as, Wipro Ltd, Asian Paints Ltd and HCL Technologies, Ltd made it to the list of 500 most valuable firms in, the world, while ITC Ltd dropped out., Copenhagen, the capital city of Denmark, has been, named as the world’s safest city from among 60, global cities, in Safe Cities Index 2021, released by, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). New Delhi, and Mumbai have found a place in the index. New, Delhi is placed at 48th position with a score of 56.1,, while Mumbai is at 50th place with a score of 54.4., Yangon is at the bottom of the index, as least safe, city, with a score of 39.5., 23, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, • Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports,, Sports Current Affairs, Anurag Singh Thakur launched the theme song for, Ace Indian badminton player PV Sindhu defeated, the Indian Paralympic contingent in New Delhi., China’s He Bingjiao to win the bronze medal in the, The song is titled “Kar De Kamaal Tu”. The, women’s singles event at the Tokyo Olympics on, composer and singer of the song is Sanjeev Singh,, August 01, 2021. With this win, Sindhu scripted, a Divyang cricket player from Lucknow. 54 parahistory by becoming the first Indian woman and the, sportspersons across 9 sports disciplines are, only second Indian athlete to win two Olympic, participating in Paralympic Games in Tokyo,, medals in individual events., beginning August 24, 2021., Esteban Ocon, Alpine-Renault/ France, has won, • Indian Boxer, Lovlina Borgohain has failed to reach, the Hungarian Grand Prix 2021, held on August 01,, the gold medal final match. She settles for a bronze, 2021, at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Hungary., medal. This is India’s third medal of the ongoing, This is the maiden F1 race win for Esteban Ocon., Tokyo Olympics. She lost to Busenaz Surmeneli of, Sebastian, Vettel, (Aston, MartinTurkey by unanimous decision in the women’s, Mercedes/Germany) came second. Lewis Hamilton, welterweight (69 kg) semifinal at Tokyo 2020., (Mercedes-Great Britain) finished third., • Indian men’s hockey team defeated Germany to, Sri Lanka left-arm seam bowling all-rounder, Isuru, win their first-ever Olympic medal in 41 years., Udana has announced his retirement from, India wins the bronze medal in men’s hockey after, international cricket with immediate effect. Udana, beating Germany 5-4 at Tokyo Olympics. Before, had a very modest international career with, this podium finish for bronze, India last climbed up, sporadic appearances over 12 years in which he, the Olympic podium in 1980, when it won its 8th, played only 21 ODIS and 35 T20 Internationals with, gold at the Games., just 45 wickets to show for his efforts., • Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya bagged the, Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs outshone a field of, silver medal after losing in the final of men’s 57kg, unusual suspects to claim a shock Olympic gold in, freestyle category to Russian Olympic Committee’s, the men’s 100 metres, breaking retired Jamaican, (ROC) Zavur Uguev. This is India’s fifth medal at, star Usain Bolt’s 13-year hold on the blue-riband, the Tokyo Olympics and the second silver of the, event. American Fred Kerley took silver in a, campaign. Ravi Kumar is the fifth Indian wrestler, personal best of 9.84 with Canada’s Andre de, after KD Jadhav, Sushil Kumar, Yogeshwar Dutt,, Grasse repeating his bronze of 2016 in 9.89, also a, and Sakshi Malik to finish on the Olympic, new best., podium., Elaine Thompson-Herah led a Jamaican sweep in, • Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia has won the, the women’s 100 meters at the Tokyo Summer, Olympic wrestling bronze medal match after 8-0, Games, capturing gold in an Olympic-record time, win over Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan in the, of 10.61 seconds., men’s freestyle 65kg category., Germany’s Alexander Zverev beats Russian Karen, • Neeraj Chopra has won a Gold medal for India in, Khachanov 6-3 6-1 to win the men’s singles gold at, the javelin throw event at Tokyo Olympics. With a, the Tokyo Olympics. He became the first German, throw of 87.03 metres in his first attempt, Neeraj, man to win singles Olympic gold., killed the competition. In his second he improved it, United States clinched an exhilarating 1-0 extrato 87.58m and that turned out to be the golden, time win over defending champion Mexico to claim, throw. Except for Viteszalav Veslay of the Czech, a seventh CONCACAF Gold Cup. Just three, Republic who threw 86.67m none of his rivals, minutes were left in extra time when the US, including world champion Johannas Vetter fell by, defender head-butted a cross by Kellyn Acosta past, wayside., Mexican goalkeeper Alfredo Talavera., 24, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, • Lionel Messi joined star-packed Paris St Germain, James Anderson overtook Anil Kumble’s tally of, after leaving Barcelona, the club where he had, 619 Test wickets to become the third-highest, begun, after 21 years. Messi, a six-time winner of, wicket-taker in Test cricket. He achieved this huge, the Ballon d’Or for Europe’s best soccer player,, feat after KL Rahul knocked one to wicket-keeper, signed a two-year contract with an option for a, Jos Buttler. His current wickets tally stands at 621, third year. Paris Saint-Germain Football Club,, from 163 Tests. Anderson is currently the highest, commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain or, wicket-taker among the fast bowlers and is the only, PSG., pacer in the 600 club. He achieved the milestone on, • The Odisha government will sponsor the Indian, the 3rd day of the Nottingham Test against India., Hockey teams for 10 more years after the current, The International Cricket Council has confirmed it, sponsorship ends in 2023, Chief Minister Naveen, will campaign for the inclusion of the sport at the, Patnaik announced. The state government started, 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Cricket, till now, has, sponsoring the national hockey teams in 2018. The, made just one appearance in the Olympics, way, teams have scripted history with their brilliant, back in 1900 in Paris when only two teams, performance at the Tokyo Olympics,” the chief, competed at the event Great Britain and hosts, minister said, handing over a cash award of Rs 10, France meaning the sport’s inclusion in 2028 would, lakh to each player., mark the end of a 128-year absence., • The 2021 edition of the World Athletics U20, Durand Cup, Asia’s oldest and world’s third oldest, Championships has been started in Nairobi,, football tournament, is all set to make a comeback,, Kenya. The impact of Covid on teams travelling, after a year’s gap. The 130th edition of the Durand, and logistics of moving vital equipment around the, Cup is scheduled to be held in and around Kolkata, world have proven to be a challenge, the governing, between September 05 to October 03, 2021. Due to, body said in a release. The event was originally, scheduled for 2020. The World U20 Championships, the Covid-19 pandemic, the competition was, were held from 17 to 22 August, 2021., cancelled last season., •, Shaili Singh claimed the women’s Long Jump, The upcoming Tokyo Paralympics will witness the, silver medal in the World Athletics U20, largest ever Indian contingent being send, with 54, Championships. Her slight wind-aided effort of, para-sportspersons participating across 9 sports, 6.59m was only 1cm short of the gold medal jump, disciplines. The 54-member Indian contingents, by Sweden’s Maja Askag but her silver medal, were given a formal and virtual send-off on August, ensured that Indian athletics continues to showcase, 12, 2021, by Union Minister for Youth Affairs and, the progress it has been making., Sports Anurag. The 2020 Summer Paralympics, • Princepal Singh became the first Indian to be part, Games are scheduled to be held in Tokyo, Japan, of an NBA title-winning team when his side, from August 24 to September 05, 2021., Sacramento Kings clinched the 2021 NBA Summer, World Cup-winning U19 India captain, Unmukt, League crown. The 6-foot-9 forward made history, Chand has announced his retirement from cricket in, by being the first Indian to be part of a, India. He had made an unbeaten 111, leading a, championship roster at any level of the NBA., tense victory over Australia in the 2012 U-19 World, • Mariyappan Thangavelu, 2016 Rio Paralympic, Cup final in Townsville, Australia., Games gold medalist will be replaced by Asian, The 20-year-old Chess player Harshit Raja from, Games gold medalist Tekchand as the new flagPune, Maharashtra has become the 69th, bearer of India at the opening ceremony. The, Grandmaster of India in Chess. He achieved the, Paralympic Committee of India reported, “On his, feat of becoming the GM at Biel Masters Open 2021, flight to Tokyo, Mariyappan came in close contact, where he drew his game against Dennis Wagner to, with a Covid positive foreign passenger., get his final GM norm with one round to spare., • Max Verstappen (Red Bull – Netherlands) has been, declared the winner of the Belgian Grand Prix, A 15-year-old young Indian Grandmaster Raunak, 2021. The Belgian Grand Prix was stopped due to, Sadhwani has won the 19th Spilimbergo Open, rain and only two laps were completed., chess tournament in Italy., 25, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, In table tennis, Indian paddler Bhavinaben Patel, • Shooter Avani Lekhara has scripted history as she, became the first Indian woman to win a gold, has claimed the historic silver medal at the 2020, medal at the Paralympics, firing her way to the top, Paralympic Games at Tokyo, in the women’s, of the podium in the R-2 women’s 10m Air Rifle, singles summit clash. The 34-year-old Patel lost to, Standing SH1 event., Chinese paddler Ying Zhou, 0-3, in her maiden, • In table tennis, Indian paddler Bhavinaben Patel, Paralympic Games., has claimed the historic silver medal at the 2020, India’s Nishad Kumar has clinched a silver medal, Paralympic Games at Tokyo, in the women’s, in the men’s high jump T47 event at the Tokyo, singles summit clash., Paralympics 2020. This is the second medal for, • South African cricketer Dale Steyn has announced, India at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. The 23-yearhis retirement from all forms of cricket with, old Nishad made a jump of 2.06m, and in doing so, immediate effect on August 31, 2021, ending his 20, years long cricket journey., created an Asian record. He also equalled his jump, • India’s Mariyappan Thangavelu has won the silver, with USA’s Dallas Wise, who also took home silver., medal in the men’s high jump (T63) at the Tokyo, In Chess, Indian Grandmaster S P Sethuraman has, Paralympics. He cleared the 1.86m mark to take, won the 2021 Barcelona Open chess tournament, home silver. In the same event, Sharad Kumar won, title, remaining unbeaten through the nine rounds,, the bronze medal, clearing 1.83m mark., winning six matches and drawing three., • Tokyo Paralympics 2020, Indian shooter Singhraj, India’s Sumit Antil has won the gold medal in the, Adana has won the bronze medal in the P1 Men’s, men’s javelin throw F64 final event at the Tokyo, 10m Air Pistol SH1 final. China dominated the, Paralympics, and in the process set a new world, finals with defending champion Chao Yang (237.9, record throw of 68.55m. The 23-year-old Sumit hails, — Paralympic record) and Huang Xing (237.5), from Sonepat in Haryana. Michal Burian of, winning the gold and silver medals respectively., Australia won the silver medal (66.29m), while Sri, Lanka’s Dulan Kodithuwakku won the bronze, Summits And Conferences, medal., • India took over from France to assume the, Indian all-rounder cricketer, Stuart Binny has, presidency of the United Nations Security Council, announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, (UNSC) for the month of August 2021. This is the, on August 30, 2021. He had represented Team India, first presidency for India during its 2021-22 tenure, as a non-permanent member of the UNSC. Prime, in six Tests, 14 ODIs and three T20Is, scoring a total, Minister Narendra Modi will be the first Indian PM, of 459 runs and 24 wickets., to preside over a meeting of the UNSC., At the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics 2020, India’s, • Meenakashi Lekhi, the Minister of State for Culture, greatest paralympian, Devendra Jhajharia won the, of India participated in the G20 Culture Ministers’, silver medal in the men’s javelin throw – F46 final, Meeting on behalf of the Government of India. The, event on August 30, 2021. The 40-year-old, two-day meeting was hosted by Italy on July 29 and, Devendra performed his best throw of 64.35, for the, 30 July 2021, during their ongoing Presidency of, silver. In the same event, Sundar Singh Gurjar won, G20 in 2021. At the end of the discussions, the G20, the bronze medal, with his best throw of 64.01., Ministers of Culture adopted the G20 Culture, With this, the total medal tally of India at the, Working Group Terms of Reference., Paralympics 2020 Games reaches to seven., • The 2nd Institute of Electrical and Electronics, Engineers (IEEE) International Conference on, India’s discus thrower Yogesh Kathuniya has, Range Technology (ICORT-2021) is being held, clinched the silver medal at the ongoing Tokyo, virtually. The conference has been organised by, Paralympics in the men’s Discus Throw F56 final, Integrated Test Range (ITR) Chandipur, a, event. Yogesh claimed the second spot with a throw, laboratory of Defence Research and Development, of 44.38m. Batista dos Santos from Brazil won gold,, Organisation (DRDO). It was inaugurated by, setting a Paralympic record with a throw of 45.59m., Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and, L. Diaz Aldana from Cuba bagged bronze., Chairman DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy., 26, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, The Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju has virtually, • The World Economic Forum’s annual Sustainable, attended the eighth meeting of Ministers of Justice, Development Impact Summit will take place on, of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)., September 20-23, 2021 in Geneva, Switzerland., This year’s event will focus strongly on inclusively, The three days’ meeting was hosted by Tajikistan,, revitalizing economies. The United Nations General, and chaired by Tajikistan’s Justice Minister, MK, Assembly, the summit convenes under the theme, Ashuriyon. During the virtual event, Rijiju, “Shaping an Equitable, Inclusive and Sustainable, highlighted the initiatives taken by the Government, Recovery”., of India for providing affordable and easy access to, •, The 11th Meeting of the BRICS High, justice for all., Representatives Responsible for National Security, Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi has, was held, via video conferencing. The National, chaired the United Nations Security Council, Security Advisor of India Ajit Doval hosted the, (UNSC) open debate, via video conferencing. With, meeting since India is the chair for the 2021 BRICS, this, PM Modi has become the first Prime Minister, summit., of India to chair a UNSC open debate. It must be, • The First-ever G20 Ministerial Conference on, remembered that India has assumed the Presidency, Women’s Empowerment was held at Santa, of the UNSC for August 2021, taking over from, Margherita Ligure, Italy. It was held in mixed, France. The theme of the high-level open debate, format i.e people participated in physical form and, was ‘Enhancing Maritime Security – A Case for, via video conference also. The Union Minister of, International Cooperation’., Women & Child Development, Smt. Smriti Irani, The Minister of State for External Affairs, Dr, addressed the meet on behalf of India. The Union, Rajkumar Ranjan Singh led India’s delegation to, Minister reaffirmed India’s commitment towards, the 28th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Foreign, addressing gender and women-centric issues, Ministers Meeting. The Meeting was held under, through mutual cooperation., the Chairmanship of Brunei Darussalam., India organized the IBSA (India, Brazil and South, Africa) Tourism Ministers’ meeting through the, virtual platform. The Union Minister of Tourism of, India, Shri G. Kishan Reddy, chaired the meeting., The meeting provided a platform to promote, tourism cooperation among the member states and, recognized the importance of strengthening, cooperation in tourism to overcome the impact of, the Covid 19 pandemic on the tourism sector., The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers, Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar has addressed the, 6th meeting of Agriculture Ministers of the member, countries, of, the, Shanghai, Cooperation, Organization (SCO), through videoconferencing., The meeting was organized under the chairmanship, of Tajikistan in Dushanbe., Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has, chaired the fifth meeting of BRICS Industry, Ministers and called for expanding the horizon of, the New Development Bank (NDB). India holds the, Chairship of BRICS for 2021. This year, India chose, the theme of ‘Intra BRICS Cooperation for, Continuity, Consolidation and Consensus’ for its, chairship., , 27, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , Awards & Recognition, •, , •, , •, , www.sscadda.com, , Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, Chairman of the Pune-based, vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII), has, been selected for the prestigious Lokmanya Tilak, National Award for 2021. He has been named for, his work during the COVID-19 pandemic, by, manufacturing the Covishield vaccine. He will, receive the award on August 13. The award, comprises a cash prize of Rs one lakh and a, memento., DBS has been honoured as the global winner for, Most Innovative in Digital Banking by Financial, Times publication, The Banker, in its 2021, Innovation in Digital Banking Awards. The bank, was also recognised as the Asia-Pacific winner and, won in the Cyber Security category for its Secure, Access and Remote Working Solution., The Indian Econometric Society (TIES) Trust has, selected two renowned economic scholars for the, Prof. C.R. Rao Centenary Gold Medal award., Renowned economists Jagdish Bhagwati and C, Rangarajan have been conferred with the inaugural, Prof CR Rao Centenary Gold Medal (CGM)., , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., Mother, Indian Wrestler Labhanshu Sharma won the, Teresa, and Rosa Parks., Bharat Kesari Wrestling Dangal 2021 organised in, • Mohammad Azam from Karimnagar district in, Tamil Nadu. 20 years since the formation of, Uttarakhand, Labhanshu has broken the drought, , Telangana has been awarded the National Youth, , and won the title of Bharat Kesari for the state., , Award recently by the Union Youth Affairs and, , Bhutan's India-assisted Mangdechhu Hydroelectric, , Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur in Delhi for, , Project was conferred with the Brunel Medal, , displaying exemplary leadership qualities. He has, , awarded by the London-based Institution of Civil, , conducted several awareness programmes related, , Engineers (ICE). The award was given as a mark of, , to blood donation, organ donation and plantation, , excellence in civil engineering within the industry, , programmes under the Haritha Haram project. The, , and was handed over by the Indian envoy to, , award carries an appreciation certificate and Rs, , Bhutan Ruchira Kamboj to the Chairman of, , 50,000 cash., , Mangdechhu, •, , Hydroelectric, , Project, , Authority,, , •, , has, , selected, , Sri, , Basavalinga Pattaddevaru, senior seer of Bhalki, , Nagaland has been conferred with seven national, , Hiremath,, , awards on the first Van Dhan Annual Awards, , International Award. Minister for Kannada and, , 2020-21, during, , the, , celebration, , foundation, , of, , the, , day, , of, , Tribal, , the, , 34th, , Ravindra, , (NSF I-Corps) Teams Award in the United States., , the, , prestigious, , Sri, , Basava, , Kalakshetra, , in, , Bengaluru., , The, , septuagenarian seer has spent over five decades in, the Lingayat religious institution in the Bidar, , SoftWorthy has been conferred the prestigious, National Science Foundation Innovation-Corps, , for, , Culture V. Sunil Kumar will present the award at, , Cooperative, , Limited (TRIFED)., , •, , government, , Lyonpo Loknath Sharma., , Marketing Development Federation of India, •, , Karnataka, , district., •, , The Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in, New Delhi has found place among world’s top 50, best airports in the 2021 Skytrax World Airport, Awards. Delhi airport has improved its overall, ranking by five places. In 2020, it was placed at 50th, spot. With this, it has also become the first Indian, airport to be placed among top 50 list. The Hamad, International Airport in Doha, Qatar, has been, , Dr Basant Kumar Misra has been conferred the, prestigious American Association of Neurological, Surgeons’ ‘International Lifetime Achievement, Award in Neurosurgery’. Misra is the first Indian, physician to receive the AANS honor which was, conferred on him at a virtual ceremony during the, AANS Annual Scientific Meeting 2021 held in, Orlando, Florida. He was the world’s first surgeon, to perform Computer-Guided Aneurysm surgery., , named the “Best Airport in the World”., •, , An influential US lawmaker from New York, reintroduced a resolution in the US House of, Representatives, prestigious, , to, , posthumously, , Congressional, , Gold, , award, , the, , Medal, , to, , Mahatma Gandhi in recognition of his promotion, of peace and nonviolence. The Congressional Gold, Medal is the highest civilian award in the United, States. Gandhi would be the first Indian to receive, a Congressional Gold Medal, an honour bestowed, upon such great figures as George Washington,, , 28, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, • Japan commemorates the 9th of August every year, Important Days, as Nagasaki day. On August 9, 1945, the United, The World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is marked, States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki,, every year in the first week of August, between 1 to, Japan. It was code-named “Fat Man” due to the, 7 August, to raise awareness on the importance of, design of the bomb as it had a wide, round shape., breastfeeding for mothers and infants. The theme of, This happened 3 days after dropping an atomic, the World Breastfeeding Week 2021 is “Protect, bomb on Hiroshima., Breastfeeding: A Shared Responsibility”. The, •, World Lion Day is observed globally on August 10, annual week is organized by WABA, WHO and, every year. World Lion Day is marked to raise, UNICEF since 1991., awareness about the king of beasts and the efforts, In India, “Muslim Women’s Rights Day” is, undertaken for their conservation. Owing to their, celebrated across the nation on August 01 to, courage, intelligence, strength, and magnificence,, celebrate the enactment of the law against Triple, lions often feature on national flags, and royal, Talaq. The first Muslim Women’s Rights Day was, symbols and emblems to represent command,, observed in 2020. The Government of India enacted, power or authority across cultures. World Lion Day, the law against Triple Talaq on August 01, 2019 to, was launched in 2013., make the social malpractice of Triple Talaq a, • World Biofuel Day is observed on August 10 every, criminal offence., year. The day is celebrated to raise awareness about, Annually 6th of August marks the anniversary of, the importance of non-fossil fuels as an alternative, the atomic bombing in Hiroshima during World, War II. The horrific incident took place on August, to conventional fossil fuels and highlight the, 6, 1945, when the United States dropped an atomic, various efforts made by Government in the biofuel, bomb named “Little Boy”, on the town of, sector. The development of biofuels is in sync with, Hiroshima in Japan. This bomb attack was done, schemes such as Swach Bharat Abhiyan and, with the motive to end the Second World War in, Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan. World Biofuel Day, 1945. This day is remembered to promote peace and, was first observed by the Ministry of Petroleum, spread awareness about the danger of nuclear, and Gas in August 2015., energy and nuclear weapons. 2021 marks the 76th, • World Elephant Day is observed every year on, anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing., August 12 worldwide for the preservation and, Tribal Co-operative Marketing Federation of India, protection of the global elephants. The main, (TRIFED) has celebrated its 34th foundation day, objective of World Elephant Day is to create, on 6th August. TRIFED was founded to drive tribal, awareness on elephant conservation and to share, development through marketing support for tribal, knowledge and positive solutions for the better, products, both, handicrafts and Non-Timber Forest, protection and management of wild and captive, Produce (NTFP)., elephants., The 79th anniversary of the August Kranti Din or, • The International Youth Day is observed on, Quit India Movement, which is considered as one, August 12 annually to draw the attention of, of the important milestones in the history of the, governments and others towards youth issues, freedom struggle of our country, is being observed, worldwide. The theme of International Youth Day, on 8 August 2021. On 8 Aug 1942, Mahatma, 2021, “Transforming Food Systems: Youth, Gandhi gave a clarion call to end British rule and, Innovation for Human and Planetary Health”., launched the Quit India Movement at the session, •, The International Left-Handers Day is observed on, of the All-India Congress Committee in Mumbai., August 13 every year to celebrate the uniqueness, United Nations observes the International Day of, and differences of the left-handers and raise, the World’s Indigenous Peoples on 09th August, awareness of the advantages and disadvantages of, every year. The day is being observed to protect the, being left-handed in a predominantly right-handed, rights of the world’s indigenous population and, world., recognize the achievements and contributions that, •, World Organ Donation Day is celebrated every, indigenous people make to improve world issues, year on August 13. The day is celebrated to raise, such as environmental protection. The theme for, 2021 is “Leaving no one behind: Indigenous, awareness about the importance of organ donation, peoples and the call for a new social contract.”, and motivate people to donate organs after death., 29, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared that,, • World Senior Citizen Day is observed globally on, August 21 every year. The day is celebrated to raise, August 14 will be observed as ‘Partition Horrors, awareness about issues affecting older people, such, Remembrance Day’ or ‘Vibhajan Vibhishika, as deterioration with age and the abuse of the, Smriti Diwas’, in memory of people’s struggles and, elderly and support, honour and show appreciation, sacrifices during the partition of the country in, to seniors and to recognize their achievements., 1947., •, In 2021, India is observing the Sanskrit Week from, World Photography Day is celebrated on 19, August 19 to August 25, 2021, to promote,, August every year to promote photography as a, popularise and cherish the importance of ancient, hobby and also inspire photographers around the, language. In 2021, Sanskrit Day will be celebrated, globe to share a single photo with the rest of the, on August 22, 2021. The day is celebrated on the full, world. The first official World Photo Day was, moon day of the month of Shravan, which also, observed on August 19, 2010., marks the occasion of Raksha Bandhan each year., World Humanitarian Day (WHD) is observed, • United Nations observes 23 August every year as, every year on 19 August to pay tribute to, “International Day for the Remembrance of the, humanitarian personnel and those workers who lost, Slave Trade and its Abolition”. The Day is, or risked their lives while doing humanitarian, observed to inscribe the tragedy of the slave trade, service. In 2021 we are celebrating the 12th WHD., in the memory of all peoples. It is a day to honour, the memory of the men and women who, in SaintThe theme for 2021 WHD is #TheHumanRace: a, Domingue in 1791, revolted and paved the way for, global challenge for climate action in solidarity, the end of slavery and dehumanization., with people who need it the most., • The International Day Commemorating the, World Mosquito Day is observed on 20 August, Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or, annually to raise awareness about the causes of, Belief is observed on August 22 every year since, malaria and how it can be prevented. This year, 2019. The day aims to remember the victims and, amid the coronavirus pandemic, the theme of, survivors of evil acts on the basis of or in the name, World Mosquito Day 2021 is “Reaching the zeroof religion or belief., malaria target”., • World Sanskrit Day, (also known as Sanskrit, Every year India observes Sadbhavana Diwas on, Diwas),, is, celebrated, every, year, on, August 20 to commemorate the birth anniversary of, Shraavanapoornima, which is the Poornima day of, late erstwhile Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi. This, the Shraavana month in the Hindu calendar, which, year on 20th August 2021, we are going to celebrate, is also marked as Raksha Bandhan. In 2021, this, the 77th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister, day is being observed on August 22, 2021., Rajiv Gandhi. The Indian National Congress, • The World Water Week is an annual event, instituted Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award in, organized by Stockholm International Water, 1992, a year after his death., Institute (SIWI) since 1991 to address the global, water issues and related concerns of international, Akshay Urja Diwas (Renewable Energy Day) is, development. The World Water Week 2021 has, observed every year on 20 August to raise, been organised from 23-27 August, in entirely, awareness about the developments and adoption of, digital format. The theme for World Water Week, renewable energy in India. The Akshay Urja Day, 2021 is ‘Building Resilience Faster’., was initiated by the Indian Ministry for New &, •, Union minister for information and broadcasting, Renewable Energy Sources in 2004., Anurag Thakur has kicked off a series of activities, United Nations observes 21st August every year as, to celebrate the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ starting, the International Day of Remembrance and, August 23. The series of events will go on till, Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism. The day is, August 29. Thakur kicks off the ‘Iconic Week’, observed to pay tribute to the individuals across the, which attract participation from across the country, globe who have been attacked, injured, traumatized, under the overall spirit of ‘Jan Bhagidari and Jan, or lost their lives because of terrorist attacks., Andolan’., 30, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, International Dog Day is observed every year on, Defence Current Affairs, August 26 to raise awareness about dog adoption, • The government of India has accorded sanctions to, and the importance of providing rescue dogs with a, Team CLAW to lead a team of people with, safe and loving environment. The day was started, disabilities to scale Siachen Glacier. It will be a new, as National Dog Day in the US in 2004 by pet &, world record for the largest team of people with, family lifestyle expert, animal rescue advocate,, disabilities. This expedition is being undertaken as, conservationist and dog trainer Colleen Paige., part of ‘Operation Blue Freedom’. It aims to shatter, Puducherry on 16th August celebrated its De Jure, the common perception of pity, charity, and, Transfer day. Speaker of the Puducherry Assembly,, inability associated with people with disabilities, R. Selvam, paid floral tributes at the memorial in, and recreate it to one of dignity, freedom, and, Kizhur, a remote hamlet in Puducherry, where the, ability., transfer of power took place on the same day in, • The Indian Air Force (IAF) has formally inducted, 1962. De Jure Transfer Day is the day it really got, the second squadron of Rafale jets at West, independence. The then Pondicherry was under, Bengal’s Hasimara airbase in Eastern Air, French control well after 1947., Command (EAC). The event included a fly-past, Women Equality Day is celebrated annually on, heralding the arrival of Rafale to Hasimara,, August 26. It is celebrated to make the anniversary, followed by a traditional water cannon salute., of the 19th Amendment to the United States, Recalling the glorious history of 101 Squadron,, Constitution giving women the right to vote., which bestowed upon them the title of ‘Falcons of, The International Day against Nuclear Tests is, Chamb and Akhnoor’, Bhadauria urged the, observed globally on 29th August. The day aims to, personnel to combine their zeal and commitment, increase awareness about the effects of nuclear, with the unmatched potential of the newly inducted, weapon test explosions or any other nuclear, platform., explosions and the need for their cessation as one of, • The Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli (OFT) in, the means of achieving the goal of a nuclearTamil Nadu launched a new high-tech and low, weapon-free world., sound weapon called TriCa (Trichy Carbine), a, Every year, 29th August has been observed as, mini version of the Trichy Assault Rifle (TAR). It, National Sports Day in India. The first National, was unveiled by General Manager of OFT Sanjay, Sports Day was celebrated on 29th August 2012, on, Dwivedi, IOFS (Indian Ordnance Factories Service), the birth anniversary of Major Dhyan Chand who, during a function., was the star of hockey team of India., • Indian Naval Ship Khanjar becomes the first, In India, the National Small Industry Day is, Indian Navy ship to call at the heritage coastal port, celebrated on 30 August every year, to support and, of Gopalpur in Odisha. The two-day visit was, promote small Industries for their overall growth, organised as part of Aazadi ka Amrit Mahotsav as, potential and opportunities received for their, well as Swarnim Vijay Varsh celebrations to, development in the year., commemorate, the, 75th, anniversary, of, United Nations observes International Day of the, Independence and the 50th anniversary of the 1971, Victims of Enforced Disappearances globally on, War., the 30th of August every year. The day is being, • India's first indigenous aircraft carrier, Vikrant set, observed to express deep concern about the rise in, sail to begin its first sea trial. INS Vikrant was, enforced or involuntary disappearances in different, designed by the Indian Navy's Directorate of, regions of the world including the incidents of, Naval Design (DND) and built at Cochin Shipyard, arrest, detention and abduction., Limited (CSL). This advanced warship is the first, The International Day for People of African, attempt by the two entities to build an aircraft, Descent is celebrated for the first time on 31 August, carrier from the ground up. INS Vikrant has 75 per, 2021. The United Nations aims to promote the, cent indigenous content and will be commissioned, extraordinary contributions of the African diaspora, into the Eastern Naval Command. It will be, around the world and to eliminate all forms of, commissioned into the Indian Navy by August, discrimination against people of African descent., 2022., 31, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, The Indian Navy and UAE Navy conducted the, • The Indian Air Force (IAF) has built one of the, world’s highest mobile air traffic control (ATC), bilateral naval exercise ‘Zayed Talwar 2021’ on, towers at the Advanced Landing Ground in, August 07, 2021, off the coast of Abu Dhabi. The, Ladakh. The ATC controls operations of the fixedmain objective of the ‘Zayed Talwar 2021’ naval, wing aircraft and helicopters operating in the, exercise was to enhance interoperability and, eastern Ladakh region. Meanwhile, India has been, synergy between the two navies., considering multiple options of developing airfields, The 7th edition of the International Army Games,, in eastern Ladakh including Daulat Beg Oldi, 2021, will be held from 22 August to 04 September, (DBO), Fukche and Nyoma which are at a distance, 2021 in Russia. The competition will be hosted in, of few minutes from the Line of Actual Control, eleven countries in the 2021 Games. Over 280 teams, (LAC) with China., from 42 countries will compete in the game to show, • The Indian Navy participated in the U.S. Navy-led, their, combat, skills,, professionalism, and, Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training, determination to win., (SEACAT) military exercise in Singapore, to, For the first time, India-China LAC guarding the, demonstrate its maritime manoeuvres. The main, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force has, objective of SEACAT 2021 was to enhance the, commissioned its first two women officers in, interoperability and shared maritime security, combat. The two women officers, Prakriti and, concerns and preserve rules-based international, Diksha will be posted as company commanders in, order. The exercise comprised approximately 400, personnel and 10 ships. The 20th edition of the, ITBP battalions. Heretofore, women officers in the, exercise was organised by the U.S. Navy, in Hybrid, ITBP were serving in the medical branch or were on, format, and included 20 other partner nations from, deputation from the Indian Police Service at top, the Indo-Pacific region, including India., echelons., • The Indian Naval Ship Tabar arrived at, The Defence Research and Development, Portsmouth in England, to undertake the annual, Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test-fired, bilateral drill ‘Exercise Konkan 2021’ between the, medium-range subsonic cruise missile Nirbhay, Indian Navy and Britain’s Royal Navy. The bilateral, from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at, naval exercise Konkan is being held every year, Chandipur, off Odisha coast. Nirbhay is India’s, since 2004, to enhance the interoperability, synergy, first Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile, and cooperation between both navies. HMS, (ITCM)., Westminster of the Royal Navy took part from, The Quad country navies including, India, the US,, Britain’s side., Japan and Australia, will be conducting the annual, • In Jammu and Kashmir, the Army organised a 400, Malabar naval exercises, from August 21, off the, Km “JAZBAA-E- TIRANGA” Relay Marathon. The, coast of Guam, in the Indo-Pacific. The harbour, event was flagged off by Major General Rajeev Puri,, phase of the Malabar naval exercises will take place, General Officer Commanding, Ace of Spades, from August 21 to 24, 2021. The sea phase of the, Division, who led the relay, closely followed by, exercise will be held on August 25 to 29, 2021., other military personnel., India and Saudi Arabia are all set to conduct their, • The Indian Navy and Vietnam People’s Navy, first-ever naval exercise Al-Mohed Al-Hindi 2021., (VPN) undertook a bilateral maritime exercise in, the South China Sea, to strengthen the defence ties, To participate in the exercise, India’s guided-missile, among the two navies. From India, INS Ranvijay, destroyer INS Kochi reached Saudi Arabia. The, and INS Kora took part in the exercise and from the, joint naval exercise will showcase the reflection of, Vietnam People’s Navy (VPN), frigate VPNS Ly, growing defence and military cooperation between, Thai To(HQ-012) participated in the drill., India and Saudi Arabia., 32, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, Capital Region are hosting synchronised, An ‘All Women Tri-Services Mountaineering, commando drills as part of a national mock exercise, Team’ successfully scaled Mt Manirang (21,625 ft), being carried out by the counter-terrorism force, in Himachal Pradesh on August 15, 2021, and, National Security Guard (NSG) to check its, unfurled the national flag as a part of, response time and reaction to hostage and hijackcommemorative activities for ‘Azadi Ka Amrut, like situations. Gandiv was the name of Arjuna’s, Mahotsav’, to celebrate the 75 years of, bow in Mahabharata., Independence., • Hindustan Aeronautics Limited(HAL) signed a, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh launched Defence, $716 mn deal with GE Aviation of the U.S. for 99, India Startup Challenge (DISC) 5.0 under, F404 aircraft engines and support services that will, Innovations for Defence Excellence – Defence, Innovation Organisation (iDEX-DIO) initiative, on, power the indigenous Tejas Light Combat, August 19, 2021, in New Delhi. The Ministry of, Aircraft(LCA) Mk-1A., Defence has earmarked Rs 1,000 crore for domestic, • Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh has dedicated to the, procurement through the iDEX initiative for the, nation, the indigenously built Coast Guard Ship, financial year 2021-2022., ‘Vigraha’ in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. According to, Defence Research and Development Organisation, the defence ministry, the 98-meter vessel will be, (DRDO) have jointly developed an advanced chaff, based in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam (Vizag), technology to safeguard fighter aircraft of the, and will be operated by a company of 11 officers, Indian Air Force (IAF) from enemy radar threats., and 110 sailors., Defence Laboratory, Jodhpur, and High Energy, • The Indian Navy and the German Navy carried, Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL), Pune,, out a joint exercise in the Gulf of Aden near Yemen,, have developed the chaff cartridge meeting, in the Indian Ocean leg of Indo-Pacific Deployment, qualitative requirements of IAF., 2021. The Indian Navy was represented by frigate, The second edition of the joint naval exercise, Zair“Trikand” while the German Navy was, Al-Bahr, between the Indian Navy and Qatar Emiri, represented by frigate “Bayern”., Naval Force (QENF) was conducted between, • The Indian Naval Ship, INS Tabar, is on her, August 9 and 14 in the Persian Gulf. This edition of, goodwill visit to the number of ports in Africa and, the exercise included a three-day harbour phase, Europe since June 2021 till September 2021. As a, followed by a two-day sea phase., part of this visit, INS Tabar took part in the Maiden, The 5th edition of Indo- Kazakhstan Joint Training, Maritime Partnership Exercise with Algerian Navy,, Exercise, “KAZIND-21” will be held from August, off the Algerian coast, in the Mediterranean Sea., 30 to September 11, 2021, at Training Node, Aisha, The Algerian Naval Ship ANS Ezzadjer, Bibi, Kazakhstan. The joint training exercise will, participated in the exercise., boost the bilateral relations between India and, Kazakhstan Armies., The International Military and Technical Forum, ‘ARMY 2021’ has been organised in Moscow,, Russia from August 22 to 28, 2021, at Patriot Expo,, Kubinka Air Base and Alabino military training, grounds. The ARMY 2021 is the 7th edition of the, annual International Military-Technical Forum., The third edition of the week-long annual exercise, called ‘Gandiv’ was launched at these locations by, the NSG from August 22 and it will continue till, August 28. Multiple cities in Uttar Pradesh,, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and the National, 33, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , •, , •, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, • ISRO chief, Dr K Sivan has formally inaugurated, Science and Technology, the Health QUEST study (Health Quality, The ISRO-NASA joint mission NISER (NASAUpgradation Enabled by Space Technology of, ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite, aimed at, ISRO) which will be undertaken by 20 private, making global measurement of land surface, hospitals across India. The event was co-organised, changes using advanced radar imaging, is proposed, by the Association of Health Care Providers India, to be launched in early 2023. It is a dual-band (L(AHPI) and the Society for Emergency Medicine in, India (SEMI)., band and S-band) radar imaging mission with the, • India's Chandrayaan-2 moon mission may have, capability of full polarimetric and interferometric, made a hard landing on the lunar surface in 2019,, modes of operation to observe minor changes in, but the orbiter accompanying it has been providing, land, vegetation and cryosphere., useful information to scientists back on Earth. A, European Space Agency (ESA) launched ‘Eutelsat, research paper revealed that the Chandrayaan-2, Quantum’,, the, world’s, 1st, commercial, orbiter confirmed the presence of water molecules, reprogrammable satellite into space aboard Ariane, (H2o) and hydroxyl (OH) on the surface of the, 5 rocket from French Guiana. It is a fully flexible, moon. The findings were published in the journal, software-defined satellite. The satellite has been, Current Science., developed under a European Space Agency, • HCL Foundation, the corporate social responsibility, partnership project with satellite operator Eutelsat,, arm of HCL Technologies has launched an online, Airbus & Surrey Satellite Technology., portal, ‘My e-Haat’, to empower artisans and, India will finally launch its most advanced geostrengthen the value chain of the handicraft sector, imaging satellite (GiSAT-1), which will allow, in the country. The platform will enable artisans, better monitoring of the subcontinent, including its, and primary producers to conduct their business,, borders with Pakistan and China, by imaging the, by listing and showcasing their products directly to, country 4-5 times a day. The satellite will be, customers, thereby minimising the informal, intermediaries and the long supply chains., launched on August 12 from Sriharikota. Isro’s, Currently, more than 30 partners from eight states, GSLV-F10 rocket will finally put the 2,268-kg Gisatwith over 600 products are listed on the portal., 1, codenamed EOS-3, into the geo-orbit. This will be, • Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, India’s first launch of a primary satellite this year., has virtually inaugurated the Centre for Research, India will host the first Internet Governance Forum, and Innovation in Artificial Intelligence set up at, in the country, starting from October 20, this year., the Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad, The theme of this year’s meeting is Inclusive, (IIT-H). He also inaugurated the first Academic, Internet for Digital India. With this announcement,, Building of the Department of Materials Science &, the Indian chapter of the United Nations-based, Metallurgical, Engineering,, High-Performance, forum namely the Internet Governance Forum has, Computing Centre and High-Resolution Electron, begun., Microscopy Facility., South Africa grants a patent relating to a “food, • IIT Madras has developed India’s first indigenous, container based on fractal geometry” to an, motorized wheelchair vehicle named ‘NeoBolt’,, artificial intelligence (AI) system called DABUS., which can be used not only on roads but even on, DABUS (which stands for “device for the, uneven terrains. It has a maximum speed of 25, autonomous bootstrapping of unified sentience”), kmph. The researchers collaborated extensively, with organisations and hospitals working for, is an AI system created by Stephen Thaler, a, people with locomotor disabilities and built the, pioneer in the field of AI and programming. The, products after factoring in their experiences and, system simulates human brainstorming and creates, making constant design adjustments., new inventions., 34, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, The Bureau of Police Research and Development, • Veteran actor Shabana Azmi has launched the book, titled “The Year That Wasn’t – The Diary of a 14(BPR&D) in collaboration with the All India, Year-Old”, which is penned by Kolkata girl Brisha, Council for Technical Education (AICTE) have, Jain. The book was written by a 14-year-old girl,, launched a unique national Hackathon named, which chronicles the lockdown days seen through, ‘MANTHAN 2021’. The basic objective of this, her eyes as the Covid-19 pandemic spreading last, hackathon is to identify innovative concepts and, year., technology solutions for addressing the security, • A book titled “How the Earth Got Its Beauty”, challenges of the 21st century faced by the, authored by Sudha Murty. The book was published, intelligence agencies of the country and empower, by Penguin Random House imprint Puffin, has, these enforcement agencies., illustrations by Priyanka Pachpande., The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is, • A book titled “The Earthspinner” authored by, working on developing an innovative digital model, award-winning novelist Anuradha Roy. In the, to address the problem of e-waste (electronic, book, Roy delves into the “life and mind of Elango, wastes). The digital platform, named as ‘e-Source,’, the potter, who must navigate complicated and, will act as an exchange platform, to serve as an, impossible love, the dedication of a beloved pet, his, online marketplace for Waste Electrical and, own passion for creativity and a world turned, Electronic Equipment (WEEE)., upside down by the petty violence that, characterises the present day”., Books & Authors, • The Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu has, Renowned novelist Kunal Basu’s new work of, released a book ‘Accelerating India: 7 Years of, fiction, In An Ideal World, will be released next, Modi Government’ at Upa-Rashtrapati Nivas. The, year, Penguin Random House India (PRHI), book commemorates the achievement and, announced. The book, scheduled to be released, evaluation of two elected terms of PM Modi as the, under the publishing house’s ‘Viking’ imprint, is, Head of Parliamentary., touted to be a “powerful, gritty and fast-paced, • A new biography of revolutionary leader and, literary novel” exploring a variety of themes, independence activist Jayaprakash Narayan will hit, relevant to the current times — college, politics,, the stands on August 23, publisher Penguin, family, crime investigation and fanaticism., Random House India. The book, “The Dream of, A new book titled “My Own Mazagon” has, Revolution: A Biography of Jayaprakash, authored by Captain Ramesh Babu. The book, Narayan”, shares anecdotes and never-before-told, published by Indus Source Books features the, stories from the life of the man who was known for, history and story of Mazagon, the island which was, his “emotional hunger for transformative politics,, merged into a single entity as Bombay., shunning power and incubating revolutionary, Wildlife Biologist, Sanjay Gubbi authored a book, ideas”., about Leopard titled ‘Leopard Diaries – the Rosette, • CDS General Bipin Rawat was presented a book, in India’, in which he says about the food habits,, “OPERATION KHUKRI” by authors Major, ecological context, and conservation of Leopard, General Rajpal Punia & Ms Damini Punia. The, along with the suggestions to overcome leopard–, book highlights the Indian Army’s successful rescue, human conflict., mission in Sierra Leone as part of the United, A new book titled “Balakot Air Strike: How India, Nations., Avenged Pulwama”, published by Garuda, • A book titled has ‘Address Book: A Publishing, Prakashan, is written by Navy veteran Manan, Memoir in the time of COVID’ by Ritu Menon., Bhatt. According to the publisher, the book, “a racy, Menon, who co-founded Kali for Women, India’s, thriller” with “adrenalin-pushing action”, would, first feminist press in 1983, is founder-director of, make readers’ patriotism brim over, while filling, Women Unlimited, an associate of KfW. Weeks, them with a sense of gratitude and pride towards, after the March 2020 lockdown began, Menon, the armed forces., started to write a diary., 35, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, A book titled ‘Battlefield’ has been authored by, • The Central Board for Indirect Taxes & Customs, Vishram Bedekar, translated from the Marathi, launched the Indian Customs Compliance, original Ranaangan by Jerry Pinto. The book is the, Information Portal at www.cip.icegate.gov.in/CIP., This portal providing free access to information on, story of a shipboard romance between an Indian, all Customs procedures and regulatory compliance, man and a German-Jewish woman, both fleeing, for nearly 12,000 Customs Tariff Items. The portal, Europe before the Second World War., will provide complete knowledge of all import and, A new book titled “Mission Domination: An, export related requirements for all items., Unfinished Quest” authored by Boria Majumdar, • ‘Pani Maah’ or water month has been launched in, & Kushan Sarkar. The Book Published by Simon &, Ladakh to inform villagers about the importance of, Schuster Publisher India Private Limited. The Book, clean water. The Ladakh government has also, talks about the short story of several Indian, announced a reward of Rs 2.5 million for the first, cricketers life events such as Rishabh Pant, Rohit, block in each district that achieves the status of ‘Har, Sharma, Shubman Gill, R. Ashwin, Cheteshwar, Ghar Jal’., Pujara., • Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has received a book, Sinha has inaugurated the Bungus Awaam Mela, titled ‘Accelerating India: 7 Years of Modi, with grand arrangements for village games,, Government’ by former Union Minister, K J, exhilarating local performances, and other activities, Alphons. The book is about all the areas of India’s, to celebrate the 75th year of Independence at, reform journey, written by Mr Alphons. K J, Bungus valley in Kupwara district., Alphons is the former Minister of State for Culture, •, The innovative plastic-mixed handmade paper, and Tourism (Independent Charge), in office from 3, developed by the Khadi and Village Industries, September 2017 to May 2019., Commission (KVIC) to curb plastic pollution is, now a patented invention. The handmade paper, Miscellaneous Current Affairs, was developed under Project. REPLAN(Reducing, World’s largest star sapphire cluster has been, Plastic from Nature), launched in 2018 as KVIC’s, found in Ratnapura, Srilanka. The stone is pale, commitment towards Swacch Bharat Abhiyan. The, blue in colour. It was found by labourers while, patent is issued for 20 years under the Patents, digging a well in a gem trader’s home. Ratnapura is, Act,1970., known as the gem capital of the country. The, • Dr Jitendra Singh has released India’s first cattle, sapphire cluster weighs around 510kgs or 2.5, genomic chip ‘IndiGau’ for the conservation of, million carats. It has an estimated value of up to, pure varieties of indigenous cattle breeds like, Gir,, $100 million in the international market., Kankrej, Sahiwal, Ongole etc. The chip has been, Supreme Court of India on August 3, 2021, held, developed by scientists of National Institute of, that the Governor of state can pardon prisoners,, Animal Biotechnology (NAIB), Hyderabad, an, including in the death sentence cases. Governor can, autonomous institution under the aegis of the, pardon the prisoners even before they have, Department of Biotechnology. The chip will help in, completed a minimum of 14 years of prison, achieving the goal of conservation of our own, sentence. Court also said that the Governor’s power, breeds with better characters and help towards, to pardon overrides a provision given under Section, doubling farmers’ income by 2022., 433A of the Code of Criminal Procedure., • Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the, Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has constructed, nation on the occasion of 75th Independence Day, and black-topped the highest road in the world at, and announced that 75 ‘Vande Bharat’ trains, Umlingla Pass in Eastern Ladakh. The highest, would connect different parts of the country in 75, motorable road in the world is situated at an, weeks of the celebration of Azadi ka Amrit, altitude of 19,300 feet. This is higher than the base, Mahotsav. The 75 Vande Bharat trains will connect, camps of Mount Everest. The road itself is a 52-km, every corner of the country, in 75 weeks of the, long tarmac stretch through Umlingla Pass,, ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, which is being, connecting important towns in the Chumar sector, celebrated from March 12, 2021, upto August 15,, of Eastern Ladakh., 2023., 36, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, The All India Institute of Medical Science, • NTPC has commissioned the largest floating solar, PV project in India of 25MW power on the, (AIIMS), New Delhi has become the first hospital, reservoir of its Simhadri thermal station in, of India to house a fire station inside the hospital, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. This is also the, premises, to meet any emergency. For this, AIIMS, first solar project to be set up under the, has collaborated with Delhi Fire Service (DFS). The, Flexibilisation Scheme. This scheme was notified, fire station, meant for quick response in case of fire, by the Government of India in 2018. NTPC is also, emergency, will have its infrastructure developed, planning to set up a hydrogen-based micro-grid, by the AIIMS, while the fire tender, equipment, and, system on a pilot basis at Simhadri., • The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has given, manpower will be managed by the DFS., a name to India’s complex mission of evacuating its, In Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor, citizens from war-torn Afghanistan, as ‘Operation, Manoj Sinha has unveiled a mobile application, Devi Shakti’. The name of the operation was, named PROOF, to bring more transparency and, known when External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, accountability in the governance system. PROOF, mentioned it in a tweet on August 24 while, stands for ‘Photographic Record of On-site, referring to the arrival of a fresh batch of 78, Facility’. The main objective of this app is to, evacuees in Delhi., •, India’s first sectoral index in the Agri commodities, monitor the work progress of all the projects, basket i.e. GUAREX was launched by the National, allocated to different departments of the UT and, Commodity and Derivatives Exchange Limited, ensure timely completion of these projects., (NCDEX). GUAREX is a price based sectoral index, Faridabad Smart City Limited has roped in an, that tracks the movement in the futures contracts of, unlikely collaborator to help promote its initiatives, guar gum refined splits and guar seed on a realon social media – comic hero Chacha Chaudhary., time basis. This index product will offer a lot of, The social media campaign’s objective will be to, opportunities to the value chain., • Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal has, promote the steps taken by the agency., announced that Bollywood actor Sonu Sood will be, With a network of solar-based electric vehicle, the brand ambassador of the Delhi government’s, charging stations, the Delhi-Chandigarh Highway, ‘Desh Ke Mentors’ programme. The programme, has become the country’s first EV-friendly, will be soon launched by Delhi Government. The, highway in the country. The network of stations, programme entails “adopting” one to ten, was set up by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, government school students who can be mentored, (BHEL) under the FAME-1 (Faster Adoption and, by citizens who are successful in their respective, fields., Manufacturing of (Hybrid) & Electric Vehicles), • The world’s highest movie theatre has recently, scheme of the Ministry of Heavy Industries., been inaugurated in Ladakh, which got its first-ever, Amazon has launched the voice of the 78-year-old, mobile digital movie theatre in the Paldan area of, Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan as a part of its, Leh, at an altitude of 11,562 feet. The inflatable, efforts to amuse existing users and attract new, theatre can operate in -28 degrees Celcius. The, consumers to use its voice assistant over Google, initiative aims to bring cinema watching experience, Assistant and Apple’s Siri. With the new launch, the, to most remotest areas of India. It must be noted, that four such theatres will be established in Leh in, US tech giant has also brought its celebrity voice, the coming period., feature to India. The feature initially arrived in the, • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dedicated to the, US with the voice of American actor and producer, nation the renovated complex of Jallianwala Bagh, Samuel L. Jackson in 2019., Smarak in Punjab’s Amritsar, to mark 102 years of, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will inaugurate the, the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. The historic garden, country’s first smog tower on August 23, 2021, at, is a memorial of national importance, preserved in, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, Connaught Place. The, the memory of countless revolutionaries, sacrificers,, smog tower will clean 1,000 cubic metres of air, fighters, who were killed in the Jallianwala Bagh, Massacre, which occurred on the festival of Baisakhi, every second and reduce PM 2.5 and PM 10 levels, on 13 April 1919., in Delhi., 37, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, • A well-known spiritual leader who was also an, Obituaries, Ayurveda doctor and proponent of Yoga, Dr Balaji, Multiple World Masters Championship gold, Tambe,, passed, away., The, founder, of, medallist, and, multiple, Asian, Masters, Championship medallist athlete 105-year-old, Man, ‘Atmasantulana Village’, a holistic healing centre, Kaur passed away. She started running and won, near Lonavala, Dr Tambe had written several books, her first medal in Chandigarh Masters Athletics, on spirituality, Yoga and Ayurveda. He dedicated, meet in 2007 before she won the gold in 100 m as, his entire life to promote and popularize Ayurveda, well 200 m race in the National Masters Athletics, and Yoga., meet in 2011., Padma Shri awardee and noted author Padma, • Former West Germany forward and the Bayern, Sachdev, the first modern woman poet of Dogri, Munich football legend, Gerd Muller has passed, language, passed away. She received the Padma, away. At the international level, he represented, Shri, the country’s fourth-highest civilian award, in, West Germany, scoring 68 goals in 62 appearances,, 2001 and was awarded the Kabir Samman for, and at the club level, he played for Bayern Munich,, poetry for 2007-08 by the Madhya Pradesh, government. She authored many books in Dogri, with which he scored a record 365 goals in 427, and Hindi, and her poetry collections, including, Bundesliga games. He was nicknamed “Bomber, ‘Meri Kavita Mere Geet’, won her the Sahitya, der Nation” (“the nation’s Bomber”) or simply “Der, Akademi Award in 1971., Bomber”, for his scoring prowess., Two-times Olympian Shankar Subramaniam, alias, “Babu” Nayaran passed away. He was India’s, • Eminent India-international footballer Chinmoy, goalkeeper during the 1956 and 1960 Olympics., Chatterjee, who played for the three Maidan, Besides representing Maharashtra in football and, heavyweights in his prime in the 1970-80s, has, basketball, Narayan emerged as one of the most, passed away. He was a member of the Indian team, reliable goalkeepers in India. His decade-long, at the 1978 Bangkok Asian Games where they, career for the national team also included the stellar, effort of India finishing fourth in the 1956 Olympics, finished fourth in the quarterfinal league., and representing India in the 1964 Asian Games., • Maki Kaji, the creator of puzzle Sudoku passed, Noted Kerala Cartoonist, sculptor and folk singer,, away at the age of 69 years due to bile duct cancer., P.S. Banarji has passed away. A recipient of the, He was known as the father of Sodoku and was, Lalithakala Akademi Fellowship, Banarji was noted, for his Ayyankali and Buddha sculptures at, from Japan. He was the president of Nikoli Co.,, Venganur and Koduman., Ltd., a Japanese puzzle manufacturer. Kaji, Veteran actor Anupam Shyam has passed away., established Japan’s first puzzle magazine, Puzzle, The actor was best known for his work on the TV, Tsushin Nikoli, with pals in 1980. His most, show Mann Kee Awaaz: Pratigya and appearances, legendary creation, Sudoku, followed in 1983., in films like Slumdog Millionaire and Bandit, Queen., Commodore Kasargod Patnashetti Gopal Rao, a, 1971 war hero and recipient of the Mahavir Chakra,, passed away. Rao was a recipient of the Veer Seva, Medal also. He played a key role in the war with, Pakistan to liberate East Pakistan that is now, Bangladesh., Popular Malayalam film and television actor,, Saranya Sasi passed away due to Covid-19, complications. She had also battled cancer for, nearly a decade, earning praise for showing, remarkable grit and determination in battling the, disease. She had been diagnosed with a form of, brain tumour in 2012., 38, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, Tamil star and popular TV host Anandha Kannan, • Former India cricketer and coach, Vasoo Paranjape, passed away. He started his career with Vasantham, has passed away. He was considered a mentor of, TV in Singapore before moving to Chennai where, stalwarts like Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar,, he worked with Sun Music as a video jockey. He, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit, made a guest appearance in Venkat Prabhu’s, Sharma to name a few. He also gave Gavaskar the, Saroja (2008). Anandha Kannan later did a fullnickname ‘Sunny’., fledged role in the science fiction Tamil film, • Eminent Bengali writer Buddhadeb Guha, has, Adisaya Ulagam (2012)., passed away. He was the author of many notable, Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Kalyan, works such as “Madhukari” (Honey Gatherer),, Singh passed away. He had served as the CM of, “Koeler Kachhe” (Near the Koel bird) and “Sobinoy, Uttar Pradesh twice — June 1991 to December 1992, Nibedon” (Humble Offering). He also won several, and September 1997 to November 1999 and was the, awards including Ananda Purashkar in 1976,, CM of UP during the demolition of the Babri, Shiroman Purashkar and Sharat Puraskar., Masjid. He’s a two-time Member of Parliament and, a former governor of Rajasthan and Himachal, Pradesh., O.M. Nambiar, the man who transformed a village, girl P.T. Usha into Asia’s Golden Girl, passed, away. One of India’s most famous coaches,, Nambiar spotted Usha at a very young age in 1976, and soon began coaching her at the Kannur Sports, Division. Under his guidance, Usha began winning, medals at the Asian level but his best move was, making the sprinter switch to the 400m hurdles, before the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics., Syed Shahid Hakim, former India footballer and, member of the last national team that played in the, 1960 Rome Olympics, passed away. Hakim ‘saab’,, as he was popularly known, was 82 years old., British comedian Sean Lock has passed away. He, was one of Britain’s finest comedians, his boundless, creativity, lightning wit and the absurdist brilliance, of his work, marked him out as a unique voice in, British comedy. In the year 2000, Sean Lock had, won the gong at the British Comedy Awards for, the best live stand-up performance., Former India footballer O Chandrasekharan,, popularly known as Olympian Chandrasekharan in, his, home, state, Kerala,, passed, away., Chandrasekharan, who played as a defender, was a, member of the Indian team in the 1960 Rome, Olympics the last time the country participated in, football at the Games., Former England and Sussex captain Ted Dexter has, passed away. Dexter, nicknamed “Lord Ted”, was, an aggressive batsman and part-time seam bowler, who played 62 tests for England after making his, debut in 1958 against New Zealand and was captain, between 1961-1964., , 39, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , Static Takeaways, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, , www.sscadda.com, , Armenia Capital: Yerevan; Currency: Armenian, dram., Myanmar Capital: Naypyitaw;, Myanmar Currency: Kyat., IMF Headquarters: Washington, D.C. U.S;, Pakistan Capital: Islamabad;, Pakistan President: Arif Alvi;, Pakistan Prime minister: Imran Khan;, Pakistan Currency: Pakistani rupee., Iran Capital: Tehran;, Iran Currency: Iranian toman., Germany Capital: Berlin;, Germany Currency: Euro;, Germany President: Frank-Walter Steinmeier., Indian Bank Headquarters: Chennai;, Indian Bank: 1907., ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Founded: 2000., SBI Headquarters: Mumbai., SBI Founded: 1 July 1955., Headquarters, of, HDFC, Bank:, Mumbai,, Maharashtra;, The tagline of HDFC Bank: We understand your, world., The IndusInd Bank Headquarters: Pune;, The IndusInd Bank Owner: Hinduja Group;, The IndusInd Bank Founded: April 1994, Mumbai., Axis Bank Headquarters: Mumbai;, Axis Bank Founded: 3 December 1993, Ahmedabad., Securities and Exchange Board of India Founded: 12, April 1992;, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, Securities and Exchange Board of India, • SIDBI founded: 2nd April 1990;, Headquarters: Mumbai;, • SIDBI Headquarters: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh., RBI Headquarters: Mumbai; Founded: 1 April 1935,, • National Commission for Women Formed: 1992;, Kolkata., • National Commission for Women Headquarters:, LIC Headquarters: Mumbai;, New Delhi., LIC Founded: 1 September 1956;, • National, Pharmaceutical, Pricing, Authority, Aditya Birla Group Founded: 1857;, Founded: 29 August 1997;, Aditya Birla Group Headquarters: Mumbai., • National, Pharmaceutical, Pricing, Authority, Headquarters: New Delhi., DBS Bank Headquarters: Singapore;, •, ITBP Founded: 24 October 1962., United Nations Security Council Headquarters:, New York, United States;, • ITBP Headquarters: New Delhi, India., United Nations Security Council Founded: 24, • DRDO Headquarters: New Delhi., October 1945., • DRDO Established: 1958., World Alliance for Breastfeeding Headquarters:, • Indian Airforce founded: 8 October 1932;, Penang, Malaysia;, • Indian Airforce Headquarters: New Delhi., World Alliance for Breastfeeding Founded: 14, • Athletics Federation of India Founded: 1946;, February 1991., • Athletics Federation of India, Headquarters, Sri Lanka Capitals: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte;, location: New Delhi., Currency: Sri Lankan rupee., • International Union for Conservation of Nature, Sri Lanka Prime Minister: Mahinda Rajapaksa; Sri, Headquarters: Gland, Switzerland;, Lanka President: Gotabaya Rajapaksa., • International Union for Conservation of Nature, Supreme Court of India Established: 26 January, Founded: 5 October 1948., 1950;, • South Africa Capitals: Cape Town, Pretoria,, BRO Headquarters: New Delhi;, Bloemfontein;, BRO Founded: 7 May 1960., • South Africa Currency: South African rand;, Central Board for Indirect Taxes & Customs, • South Africa President: Cyril Ramaphosa., Founded: 1 January 1964., • IDFC First Bank Establishment: 2018;, ISRO Headquarters: Bengaluru, Karnataka., • IDFC First, Bank, Headquarters;, Mumbai,, ISRO established: 15 August 1969., Maharashtra;, Headquarters of NASA: Washington D.C., United, • HCL Technologies Founded: 11 August 1976., States., • HCL Technologies Headquarters: Noida., NASA Founded: 1 October 1958., • Indian Bank Headquarters: Chennai;, European Space Agency is an intergovernmental, • Department of Peacekeeping Operations Founded:, organization of 22 member states;, March 1992;, European Space Agency was established in 1975, • Department, of, Peacekeeping, Operations, and headquartered in Paris., Headquarters: New York, United States., Iran Capital: Tehran;, • Afghanistan Capital: Kabul., Iran Currency: Iranian toman., • Afghanistan Currency: Afghan afghani., UNICEF Headquarters: New York, United States of, • Afghanistan Official languages: Pashto, Dari., America;, • Headquarters of WHO: Geneva, Switzerland., UNICEF Founded: 11 December 1946., • WHO founded: 7 April 1948., Facebook Founded: February 2004;, • Zambia Capital: Lusaka;, Facebook Headquarters: California, United States., • Zambia Currency: Zambian kwacha., RBL Bank Founded: August 1943;, • Malaysia Capital: Kuala Lumpur;, RBL Bank Headquarters: Mumbai;, • Malaysia Currency: Malaysian Ringgit., 40, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App

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•, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, , The Monthly Hindu Review | Current Affairs | August 2021, Headquarters, of, HDFC, Bank:, Mumbai,, • Broadcast, Audience, Research, Council, Maharashtra;, Headquarters: Mumbai;, The tagline of HDFC Bank: We understand your, • ICICI Bank Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra;, world., • ICICI Bank Tagline: Hum Hai Na, Khayal Apka., SBI Life Insurance Headquarters: Mumbai;, • Qatar Capital: Doha; Currency: Qatari riyal., SBI Life Insurance Founded: March 2001., • Prime Minister of Qatar: Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa, Godrej Industries Founded: 1963;, bin Abdelaziz Al Thani., Godrej Industries Headquarters: Maharashtra., • Kazakhstan PM: Askar Mamin, Capital: Nur-Sultan,, Kotak Mahindra Bank Establishment: 2003;, Currency: Kazakhstani Tenge., Kotak Mahindra Bank Headquarters: Mumbai,, • UNESCO headquarters: Paris, France., Maharashtra;, • UNESCO Founded: 16 November 1945., National, Payments, Corporation, of, India, • Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), Headquarters: Mumbai., Headquarters: Stockholm, Sweden., National Payments Corporation of India Founded:, • NTPC Founded: 1975., 2008., • NTPC Headquarters: New Delhi, India., World, Resources, Institute, Headquarters:, • NCDEX Founded: 15 December 2003;, Washington, D.C., United States;, • NCDEX Headquarters: Mumbai., World Resources Institute Founded: 1982., • Indian Banks’ Association Headquarters location:, Malaysia Capital: Kuala Lumpur., Mumbai;, Malaysia Currency: Malaysian Ringgit., • Indian Banks’ Association Founded: 26 September, World Bank Headquarters: Washington, D.C.,, 1946., United States., • Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Headquarters:, World Bank Formation: July 1944., Bengaluru;, Stockholm is the capital of Sweden;, • Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Founded: 28 December, The krona is the official currency of Sweden;, 2004., The current PM of Sweden is Stefan Lofven., • HSBC Bank India Headquarters: Mumbai;, UAE Capital: Abu Dhabi;, • HSBC Bank India Founded: 1853., UAE Currency: United Arab Emirates dirham;, • President of the Maldives: Ibrahim Mohamed Solih;, UAE President: Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan., • Capital of Maldives: Male; Currency of the, Headquarters, of, HDFC, Bank:, Mumbai,, Maldives: Maldivian Rufiyaa., Maharashtra;, • Election Commission Formed: 25 January 1950;, Paytm HQ: Noida, Uttar Pradesh;, • Election Commission Headquarters: New Delhi;, Paytm Founded: 2009., • First executive of Election Commission: Sukumar, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd Headquarters:, Sen., Mumbai;, • National Security Guard Headquarters: New Delhi., Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd Founded: 1952., • The motto of the National Security Guard: Sarvatra, ADB Headquarters: Manila, Philippines., Sarvottam Suraksha., Infosys Founded: 7 July 1981., • Headquarters location of Phonepe: Bengaluru,, Infosys Headquarters: Bengaluru., Karnataka., Headoffice of BharatPe: New Delhi;, • Supreme Court of India Established: 26 January, BharatPe Founded: 2018., 1950., Central Vigilance Commission formed: February, • HSBC Founder: Thomas Sutherland;, 1964., • HSBC Founded: March 1865., Central Vigilance Commission Headquarters: New, • Algeria Capital: Algiers;, Delhi., • Algeria Currency: Algerian dinar;, Broadcast Audience Research Council Founded:, • Algeria President: Abdelmadjid Tebboune., 2010;, 41, , www.bankersadda.com, , |, , www.sscadda.com, , |, , www.careerpower.in, , |, , Adda247 App