All the Latest Current Affairs in India and the World
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25th August 2019 launched the $4.2 million redevelopment project of the 200-year-old Lord Sri Krishna temple in the Bahraini capital. Modi is currently on a two-day visit to the Gulf nation. The facelift for the Shreenathji (Shree Krishna) temple in Manama will kick off later this year. The $4.2 million redevelopment project will be on a piece of land measuring 16,500 square feet and theRead More
The Hon’ble Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court Justice V Ramasurbramanian planeted a sapling of cedar tree and kicked off a plantation drive at 17 Mile Road, Kullu. He was accompanied by Justice Dharam Chand Chaudhary. The campaign was organised by the District Legal Service Authority in association with the Forest department. Similar campaign last year saw over 17 lakhs saplings being planted. Forests in Himachal Pradesh As perRead More
A faction of the banned insurgent outfit National Front Of Twipra signed an agreement with the government to abjure violence and join the mainstream. The Memorandum Of Settlement mandates NLFT to abide by the Constitution Of India. The Memorandum was signed by Kajal Debbarna and Sudhir Debbarna of NLFT(SD) and MHA Joint Secretary (North East) Satyendra Garg, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Tripura. What is NLFT? It was in 1989 thatRead More
The 66th National Film Awards were announced in New Delhi on August 9, 2019. Rahul Rawail headed the jury panel of National Awards 2019 with A S Kanal and Utpal Bhojpujari being the other members. The announcement of the awards was delayed this time owing to the Lok Sabha polls. List of National Awards 2019 winners: These are the winners among the 419 films that competed for the award thisRead More
The Central Government has launched the inter-state portability of ration cards between Telangana-Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra-Gujarat as a pilot project to implement “One Nation, One Ration Card” across India by June 1, 2020. This means beneficiaries living in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh can buy their quota of ration from the Public Distribution System (PDS), also called ration shops, in either of the states. Similar would be the case in Maharashtra andRead More
The Haryana government is going to start ‘Mukhya Mantri Parivar Samridhi Yojna’ from 21st August 2019. Under the ‘Mukhya Mantri Parivar Samridhi Yojna’ Rs 6,000 per year will be given to each family in Haryana having an annual income less than Rs 1.80 lakh. About ‘Mukhya Mantri Parivar Samridhi Yojna’: Under the Mukhya Mantri Parivar Samridhi Yojna, Rs 6,000 per annum will be deposited in the bank accounts of poorRead More
Shri Ram Nath Kovind, the President of India, presented Bharat Ratna Awards to Sri Pranab Mukherjee, Shri Nanaji Deshmukh (posthumously), and Dr Bhupendra Kumar Hazarika (posthumously). The Awards were given at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 08th August 2019. Some facts about the Bharat Ratna Award: Bharat Ratna is the highest Civilian Award in India The Prime Minister recommends the names for the Bharat Ratna Award to the President ARead More
The World Bank recently conducted an assessment of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) rural roads programme and its impact. As per the report released by the World Bank, rural roads built under the PMGSY, meant to establish ‘farm to market connectivity’, in fact, “triggered a shift from farm to non-farm employment”. The assessment, which was done between 2009 and 2017 in the rural habitations, points out that withRead More
Daily Current Affairs Capsule for UPSC and State Civil Services- 21st August 2018 Current Affairs in Short| Fast and Quick Revision Former Army General Dalbir Singh Suhag awarded Legion of Merit by US Government Gopalkrishna Gandhi conferred with 2018 Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kharagpur has decided to set up Re-Water Research Center to replenish and rejuvenate water resources Rishabh Pant becomes fourth Indian wicket-keeperRead More
Wrestler Bajrang Punia wins India’s first gold medal at 2018 Asian Games
Telangana Government launches Disaster Response Force in Hyderabad
Panini language laboratory inaugurated in Mauritius to promote Hindi
August 19 is celebrated as World photography day.
The World Humanitarian Day (WHD) observed on 19 August
Exercise Maitree 2018: India, Thailand joint military exercise concludes
All India Financial Inclusion Survey (NAFIS) released by NABARD
General Dalbir Singh Suhag awarded US ‘Legion of Merit’ 2018
Pitch Black 2018 Exercise concludes in Australia. Pitch Black – 18 (PB-18) is a biennial multinational air exercise hosted by Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) concluded recently inDarwin, Australia. India for the first time participated in it.
Australian bowler Mitchell Johnson announced retirement from all forms of cricket