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Current Affairs: Important Days

Date	Important days	Theme
August 8	August Kranti Din or Quit India movement	–
August 9	International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples	Indigenous Languages
August 9	Nagasaki Day	–
August 10	World Biofuel Day	“Production of Biodiesel from Used Cooking Oil (UCO)”
August 12	International Youth Day	“Transforming education”
August 12	World Elephant Day	–
August 13	International Left Handers Day	–
August 13	World Organ Donation Day	–
August 15	73rd Independence Day (India)

Current Affairs: National

1. Government has sanctioned 5,595 electric buses in 64 cities under second phase of FAME India scheme
2. Government to issue special postage stamp to commemorate golden jubilee of IFFI
3. Union Environment minister PrakashJavadekar launched a website ‘unccdcop14india.gov.in for COP14
4. Bar Council of India has imposed a three-year moratorium on opening of new law colleges
5. Union Minister Shri Prakash Javadekar released Doordarshan’s patriotic song Watan in New Delhi
6. Khadi and Village Industry Commission (KVIC) launched a new programme “Leather Mission” on World Tribal Day

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Khadi and Village Industry Commission (KVIC)
KVIC Headquarters	Mumbai
KVIC Chairman	Vinai Kumar Saxena

7. India’s first clinical ecotoxicology facility inaugurated at AIIMS, Delhi
8. Housing & Urban minister HardeepPuri launched SwachhSurvekshan 2020

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Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation	Hardeep Singh Puri
Constituency	–

9. Target to provide skill development to 10 lakh youth under SAMARTH scheme
10. Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat launched the ‘Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2019’

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Union Jal Shakti Minister	Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Constituency	Jodhpur, Rajasthan

11. Union Minister PiyushGoyal inducted first batch of Commandos for Railway Security (CORAS)
12. Railway Protection Force launched “Operation Number Plate” across Indian Railways

Current Affairs: International

1. India and Bangladesh have agreed to set up a Joint Technical committee for optimum utilisation of Ganges water

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Bangladesh Capital	Dhaka
Bangladesh Currency	Bangladeshi Taka
Bangladesh Prime Minister	Sheikh Hasina

2. India in US list of major illegal drug producing, transit countries

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US Capital	Washington DC
Currency	Dollar
President	Donald Trump

3. South Korea has decided to remove Japan from preferred trade list

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South Korea Capital	Seoul
South Korea Currency	South Korean won
South Korea President	Moon Jae-in
JapanCapital	Tokyo
JapanCurrency	Japanese yen
JapanPM	Shinzo Abe

4. Newly-Discovered Kajin Sara lake in Manang district of Nepal likely to become World’s Highest

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Nepal Capital	Kathmandu
Nepal Currency	Nepalese rupee
Nepal President	Bidya Devi Bhandari

5. India has contributed $1mn to the United Nations Special Purpose Trust Fund for the Resident Coordinator System.

Current Affairs: State

1. Rajasthan has become the second state after Manipur to pass bills against mob lynching and honour killing
2. 3^rd edition of ScooNews Global Educators Fest (SGEF) will be held in Udaipur, Rajasthan

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Rajasthan Capital	Jaipur
Rajasthan CM	Ashok Gehlot
Rajasthan Governor	Kalyan Singh

3. Andhra Pradesh government set to launch ‘Navodayam’ scheme for MSME loan restructuring

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Andhra Pradesh Capital	Hyderabad, Amaravathi
Andhra Pradesh CM	Jagan Mohan Reddy
Andhra Pradesh Governor	Biswabhusan Harichandan

4. Delhi government has planned to install 11,000 free Wi-Fi hotspots offering 15 GB data per month

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Delhi Chief Minister	Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Governor	Anil Baijal

5. ‘VriksharopanMahakumbh’ launched with target to plant 22 crore saplings in Uttar Pradesh

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Uttar Pradesh Capital	Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh CM	Yogi Adithiyanath
Uttar Pradesh Governor	Anandiben Patel

6. Haryana government to roll out MukhyaMantriParivarSamridhiYojana from Aug 21

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Haryana Capital	Chandigarh
Haryana CM	Manoharlal Kathar
Haryana Governor	Satyadev Narayan Arya

7. Jharkhand government launched direct money transfer scheme ‘MukhyaMantriKrishiAshirwadYojana’for small farmers

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Jharkhand Capital	Ranchi
Jharkhand CM	Raghubar Das
Jharkhand Governor	Draupadi Murmu

8. 15-km long national flag unfurled in Raipur, Chhattisgarh

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Chhattisgarh Capital	Atal Nagar
Chhattisgarh CM	BhupeshBaghel
Chhattisgarh Governor	AnusuiyaUikey

9. Gogabeellake has been declared as the Bihar’s first ‘Community Reserve’

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Bihar Capital	Patna
Bihar CM	Nitish Kumar
Bihar Governor	Fagu Chauhan

10. Karnataka has launched the E-Step initiative to empower student start-up

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Karnataka Capital	Bangalore
Karnataka CM	B. S. Yediyurappa
Karnataka Governor	Vajubai Rudubai Wala

11. Kolkata to get world’s first museum on ChaitanyaMahaprabhu

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West Bengal Capital	Kolkata
West Bengal CM	Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Governor	Jagdeep Dhankhar

12. ‘Panchamirtham’ of Palani temple in Tamil Nadu gets GI tag
13. Ranipet and Tirupattur to become new districts of Tamil Nadu

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Tamil Nadu Capital	Chennai
Tamil Nadu CM	E. Palanisamy
Tamil Nadu Governor	Banwarilal Purohit

14. Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik Inaugurates Naval Tata Hockey Academyat the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar
15. Madhya Pradesh government waives off loans taken by tribals from unofficial sources

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Madhya Pradesh Capital	Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh CM	Kamal Nath
Madhya Pradesh Governor	LalJi Tandon

Current Affairs: Banking and Finance

1. SBI has reduced home loan rates by 15 basis points across all tenors from August 10

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State Bank of India Headquarters	Mumbai
State Bank of India Tagline	The Banker to every Indian
State Bank of India Chairperson	Rajnish Kumar

2. SBI Life Insurance and Indian Bank ink Bancassurance pact
3. Indian Bank inks pact with Cholamandalam MS General Insurance for bancassurance
4. Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance (ABSLI) inks Bancassurance pact with Indian Bank for the distribution of life insurance products

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Indian Bank CEO	PadmajaChunduru
Indian Bank Headquarters	Chennai
Indian Bank Tagline	Your Tech-friendly bank

5. RBI to set up central payment fraud registry for tracking frauds in payment systems
6. RBI has decided to allow round-the-clock fund transfers through NEFT from December
7. RBI asks banks not to count failed transactions, balance enquiry as free ATM transaction

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RBI Headquarters	Mumbai
RBI Governor	Shaktikant Das
RBI Deputy Governor	BP Kanungo, N S Vishwanathan, and Mahesh Kumar Jain

8. Life Insurance Corporation of India has launched new term insurance plan called ‘Jeevan Amar’

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Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)
LIC Chairman	M R Kumar
LIC Headquarters	Mumbai

9. National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) projects India’s GDP growth at 6.2% in 2019-20
10. Jana Small Finance Bank Ltdhas got the status of a Scheduled Bank

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Jana Small Finance Bank Headquarters	Bangalore
Jana Small Finance Bank Tagline	LikhoApniKahani
Jana Small Finance Bank CEO	Ajay Kanwal

11. Bank of Maharashtra and IDBI Bank have cut their marginal cost of funds based lending rate (MCLR) across select tenors by 10 basis points (bps) and 5-15 bps, respectively.

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Bank of Maharashtra Headquarters	Pune
Bank of Maharashtra Tagline	One Family, One Bank
Bank of Maharashtra MD and CEO	A. S. Rajeev
IDBI Bank Headquarters	Mumbai
IDBI Bank Tagline	Banking For All, “Aao Sochein Bada”
IDBI Bank MD and CEO	Rakesh Sharma

12. DBS Bank India has tied up with Social Alpha to incubate social entrepreneurs

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DBS Bank Headquarters	Singapore
DBS Bank CEO	Piyush Gupta

13. RBL Bank launched India’s first health-focused credit card with healthcare platform Practo

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RBL Bank CEO	VishwavirAhuja
RBL Bank Headquarters	Mumbai
RBL Bank Tagline	Apnoka Bank

14. Aadhaar-enabled payment system (AePS) have crossed 200 million transactions in July
15. ADB to provide $200 million for all-weather rural road project in 34 districts of Maharashtra

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)
ADB President	Takehiko Nakao
ADB Headquarters	Mandaluyong, Philippines

16. Aditya Birla Health Insurance and Axis Bank ink bancassurance pact

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Axis Bank  CEO	Amitabh Chaudhry
Axis Bank  Headquarters	Mumbai
Axis Bank  Tagline	Badhti Kanaam Zindagi

17. Bank of Baroda (BoB) has linked its home loan product to RBI’s repo rate

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Bank of Baroda CEO	P. S. Jayakumar
Bank of Baroda Headquarters	Vadodara
Bank of Baroda Tagline	India’s International Bank

18. HDFC Bank CEO Aditya Puribecome highest paid banker in India with a monthly basic salary of Rs 89 lakh in FY19

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HDFC Bank CEO	AdityaPuri
HDFC Bank Headquarters	Mumbai
HDFC Bank Tagline	We understand your world

Current Affairs: Business

1. Australian Super and Ontario Teachers’ to invest $2 bn in India’s National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)
2. Business-to-business payments startup EnKash launched the corporate credit card called ‘Freedom Card’ for SMEs
3. Air India introduced a ‘Discover India’ scheme valid for sale and travel up to March 31, 2020.
4. Reliance Jio and Microsoft partnered to accelerate digital transformation in India
5. Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies Co unveiled its own operating system Harmony OS
6. OYO has partnered ACKO General Insurance to offer complimentary insurance cover up to ₹10 lakh
7. Ola acqui-hired Bengaluru-based artificial intelligence start-upPikup.ai

Current Affairs: Appointments

ElangbamValentina Devi (9 year old girl)	Brand ambassador for the Chief Minister’s  Green Manipur Mission
AnuragAdlakha	Chief financial officer (CFO) of YES Bank
ChandrimaShaha	President of National Science Academy (INSA)
RumeshRatnayake	Sri Lanka’s Interim Cricket coach
Alejandro Giammattei	President of Guatemala
Ghotu Ram Meena	Next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Congo
P.T. Usha (Former Indian athlete)	Member of the Athletes Commission of the Asian Athletics Association (AAA)
Prime Minister NarendraModi	Chairman of the Inter State Council
Home Minister Amit Shah	Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Inter State Council

Current Affairs: Awards and Honours

Pranab Mukherjee, ShriBhupenHazarika, Shri Nanaji Deshmukh	Bharat Ratna Award
Lionel Messi	UEFA’s Goal of the Season prize (for his free-kick against Liverpool in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final)
Shahrukh Khan	Conferred with an honorary degree, Doctor of Letters by the La Trobe University of Melbourne, Australia
Priyam Chatterjee (first Indian)	‘Chevalier de l’Ordre du MériteAgricoleto’ by the government of France for reinventing the gastronomic scene
Rajasthan	“best innovation and initiative leadership award” in the World Education Summit-2019 held in New Delhi
Rajdeep Sardesai	2019 Prem Bhatia Award for Political Reporting (prize money Rs. 2 lakh)

1. NITI Aayog has collaborated with WhatsApp for Women Transforming India (WTI) Awards 2019

66th National Film Awards

• The 66th National Film awards were announced by Rahul Rawail, head of the Jury for feature films. The national film awards are given in 31 categories.
• An Award for film friendly state has been instituted this year. Uttarakhand won this year

Categories	Winners
Best non feature film	Son Rise by Vibha Bakshi and The Secret Life of Frogs by Ajay and Vijay Bedi
Best Feature Film	Hellaro (Gujarati film) directed by Abhishek Shah
Best Director	Aditya Dhar for Uri : The Surgical Strike
Best Actor	Ayushmann Khuranna for Andhadhun and Vicky Kaushal for Uri : The Surgical Strike
Best Actress	Keerthy Suresh for Mahanati

Current Affairs: Summit and Conference

1. 3rd International Electric Vehicle (EV) Conclave was held in Manesar, Gurugram

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Haryana Capital	Chandigarh
Haryana CM	ManoharlalKathar
Haryana Governor	Satyadev Narayan Arya

2. Jammu and Kashmir to host 3-day Global Investors Summit in Srinagar

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Jammu & Kashmir Capital	Jammu & Srinagar
Jammu & Kashmir CM	Vacant
Jammu & Kashmir Governor	Satya Pal Malik

Current Affairs: Ranking

1. Manipur has topped the rankings in Breastfeeding and Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices in the country

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Manipur Capital	Imphal
Manipur Chief Minister	N. Biren Singh
Manipur Governor	Padmanabha Acharya

2. West Bengal topped the list of states for GDP growth rate recording 12.58% during 2018-19

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West Bengal Capital	Kolkata
West Bengal CM	Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Governor	Jagdeep Dhankhar

Current Affairs: MOU

1. India and 45 other United Nations members signed the Singapore Convention on Mediation to help stabilise trade ties
2. World Archery suspended the Archery Association of India (AAI) for breaching its guidelines

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World Archery Federation Headquarters	Lausanne, Switzerland
World Archery Federation President	Uğur Erdener

3. India and Russia to boost ties to achieve $30 bn in bilateral trade by 2025

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Russia’s Capital	Moscow
Russia’s Currency	Russian Rouble
Russia’s President	Vladimir Putin

4. The Naval Air Enclave (NAE) in Kochi and Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) have signedMoU for air operations

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Tamil Nadu Capital	Chennai
Tamil Nadu CM	E. Palanisamy
Tamil Nadu Governor	Banwarilal Purohit

Current Affairs: Science and Technology

1. Iran has unveiled three new precision-guided missilesnamed “Yasin”, “Balaban,” and “Qaem”

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Iran Capital	Tehran
Iran Currency	Iranian rial
Iran President	Hassan Rouhani

Current Affairs: Books

Author	Book
‘Listening, Learning and Leading’	The book captures glimpses of the Vice President’s 330 public engagements across the country (launched by Home ministerAmit Shah )
“Sridevi: Girl Woman Superstar”	SatyarthNayak (author-screenwriter)

Current Affairs: Defence

1. India to participate with Pakistan, China in Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) exercise ‘Tsentr (Centre) 2019’ In Russia next month
2. India secures 1st position in first phase of 5th ‘International Army Scout Masters Competition’in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
3. The Army has launched “Mission Reach Out” in Jammu to ensure basic necessities and essential services are available in the region
4. GRSE launches its 5th fast patrol vessel named ‘ICGS KanaklataBarua’ for Indian Coast Guard
5. Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF)Ship ‘JS Sazanami’ Visits Kochi

Current Affairs: Sports

1. Former Uruguay captain Diego forlan announces retirement from football
2. Mary Kom and Lovlina Borgohain selected for world boxing Championship
3. Serena Williams topped the Forbes annual list of best-paid female athlete for a fourth consecutive year
4. South Africa’s Colin Ackermann becomes the first bowler to get 7 wickets in T-20
5. South Africa batsman Hashim Amla has announced his retirement from all formats of international cricket
6. Mary Kom and Bhaichung Bhutia included in 12-member selection panel for national sports awards
7. India’s top wrestlers BajrangPunia wins gold at Tbilisi Grand Prix
8. Surya Shekhar Ganguly won the Belt and Road China Hunan International chess tournament at Tongguanyao
9. Aishwarya Pissay (Bangalore) became the first Indian to claim a world title in motorsports
10. Vinesh Phogat settles for silver after she lost to N Malisheva of Russia in the 53kg final of the Medved event in Minsk, Belarus.
11. Women’s Twenty20 cricket, beach volleyball and Para-table tennis have been included in the 2022 Commonwealth Game
12. Netherlands’ most-capped player Wesley Sneijder announced his retirement from football
13. Wimbledon 2019 champion Novak Djokovic remains to be at the top of the ATP rankings
14. India’s U-19 cricket team defeated Bangladesh in finals and clinched the Under-19 Tri-Series 2019 Title
15. Cricket Australia has launched new transgender inclusive policy
16. India defeated England by 36 runs to win Physical Disability World Series 2019
17. Simone Bilesbecoming the first woman to land a ‘triple-double’ in competition

Latest International Cricket Council Test rankings

• 1 Test Team – India
• India topped the ICC Test team rankings while New Zealand is placed 2nd and South Africa is in 3rd position
• 1 Test Batsman – ViratKohli (India Captain)
• 1 Test Bowler – Pat Cummins (Australia)
• 1 Test all-rounders – Jason Holder (West Indies)

Rogers Cup/Canadian Open 2019

• 2019 Rogers Cup/ Canadian Open presented by National Bank was held from August 5-11, 2019. The Men’s tournament was held at IGA Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Women’s tournament was held at Aviva Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Category	Winner	Runner
Men’s Singles	Rafael Nadal (Spain)	DaniilSergeyevich Medvedev (Russia)
Women’s Singles	Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Canada)	Serena Williams (America)
Men’s Doubles	Marcel Granollers (Spain) &Horacio Zeballos (Argentina)	Robin Haase& Wesley Koolhof(Netherlands)
Women’s Doubles	Barbora Krejčíková&Kateřina Siniaková (Czech Republic)	Anna-Lena Groenefel (Germany) & Demi Schuurs (Netherlands)

Hyderabad Open Badminton 2019

• The Hyderabad Open (Badminton) 2019, officially known as IDBI Federal Life Insurance Hyderabad Open 2019, was held at G.M.C. Balayogi SATS Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad, India.

Category	Winner	Runner
Men’s Singles	Sourabh Verma (India)	Loh Kean Yew (Singapore)
Women’s Singles	Yeo Jia Min (Singapore)	An Se-young (South Korea)
Men’s Doubles	Muhamamd ShohibulFikri&Bagas Maulana (Indonesia)	Na Sung-seung& Wang Chan (South Korea)
Women’s Doubles	Baek Ha-na& Jung Kyung-eun (South Korea)	Ashwini Ponnappa& N Sikki Reddy (India)
Mixed Doubles	Cheah Yee See &Hoo Pang Ron (Malaysia)	Mychelle Crhystine Bandaso& Adnan Maulana (Indonesia)

Chennai Lions beat Dabang Delhi to win the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) title

Category	Winner	Runner
Men’s Singles	Tiago Apolonia(Portugal)	SathiyanG (Chennai,Tamil Nadu)
Women’s Singles	PetrissaSolja (Germany)	Bernadette Szocs (Romania)
Men’s Doubles	Sharath Kamal(Chennai, Tamil Nadu) and PetrissaSolja	Sathiyan G and Bernadette Szocs

Current Affairs: Obituaries

Person	Field
J Om Prakash	Bollywood filmmaker
Harley Race	American wrestler (known as ‘King of the Ring)
Dayanidhi Nayak	Noted freedom fighter
Ange Didier Huon (DJ Arafat)	Ivory Coast singer
Amarendra Sharan	Former Additional Solicitor General (ASG)
Jose Luis Brown	Argentina’s 1986 World Cup-winning Football player

 

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