Daily Current Affairs for 22nd Aug,2018 (English)
Important Days:
1.
August
20- World Mosquito
Day is observed every year to raise awareness about the causes of
malaria. This day also marks the groundbreaking discovery of British doctor,
Sir Ronald Ross found that female Anopheles mosquitoes transmit malaria between
humans in 1897.
National:
1. Cyclone Warning Centre has been
announced to set up in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
The centre will be equipped with state- of-the-art infrastructure including
forecasting tools to provide daily weather alerts, issue weather warnings and
coastal warnings or bulletins (for fishermen, etc).
It is expected to be functional within a month and will cater to
the needs of Kerala and Karnataka states. At present, IMD has six cyclone
warning centres, four along east coast at Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Visakhapatnam
(Andhra Pradesh), Bhubaneswar (Odisha) and Kolkata (West Bengal), and two along
west coast at Ahmedabad (Gujarat) and Mumbai (Maharashtra).
2. C-band Doppler weather radar is
going to set up at Mangalore, Karnataka by Union Ministry of Earth Sciences.
It is proposed to provide now cast alerts for severe weather, including
thunderstorms triggered by heavy rain for the next 2-3 hours. This radar will
cover northern Kerala and Karnataka. Currently, there are two Doppler radars in
Kerala at Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram, which cover central and southern
districts, respectively. It is expected to be installed by the end of next
year. With addition of this new radar, entire state will be covered for
monitoring rainfall and severe weather events.
3. National Crime Records Bureau
(NCRB) has been designated as nodal authority to curb online child pornography,
sexual violence and rape videos by Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
It also has been mandated to launch online portal for receiving complaints and
acting on them.
4. The state government of
Chhattisgarh has decided to rename the state’s new capital city Naya Raipur as
Atal Nagar in the memory of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
It will also be renaming few other places and institutions including Bilaspur
University and Rajnandgaon Medical College after Vajpayee. The
Chhattisgarh government has also decided to develop an Atal Memorial in an area
of five acres at the state’s new capital. It has also decided to install a statue
of the former Prime Minister in the state capital and district headquarters of
all 27 districts. The decision was taken during the state’s cabinet
meeting chaired by Chief Minister Raman Singh on August 21, 2018.
5. A draft scheme for extending the
affordable air travel programme- UDAN to international circuits, with state
governments identifying the routes for operation has been unveiled by the
Union Government. Under the scheme, a dedicated fund -
International Air Connectivity Fund (IACF)- has been proposed to be set up for
providing subsidy support. It will be created through the contributions of
state governments. The draft International Air Connectivity (IAC) scheme
aims to increase the international ticketing to 20 crore by 2027.
6. The UIDAI has directed the
Aadhaar enrolment agencies in Kerala, including banks and post offices, to
facilitate retrieval of the 12-digit number and provide free printouts to
Aadhaar-holders who have lost their document in the flood-hit state.
The enrolment agencies can also help in the retrieval of Aadhaar numbers by
visiting the relief camps.
International:
1. ‘International Buddhist Conclave
(IBC), 2018’ will inaugurate in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on August 23,
2018 by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind.
During the inaugural session, the Tourism Ministry will launch its website
landofbuddha.in and a new film showcasing the Buddhist sites in the country.
The Conclave is being organised by the Ministry of Tourism in collaboration
with the State Governments of Maharashtra, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh from August
23-26, 2018 at New Delhi and Ajanta (Maharashtra), followed by site visits to
Rajgir, Nalanda and Bodhgaya (Bihar) and Sarnath (Uttar Pradesh).
Science & Technology:
1. Facebook has removed 652 fake
accounts for “coordinated inauthentic behaviour” that originated in Iran and
Russia and targeted people across multiple Internet services in the Middle
East, Latin America, Britain and the US. Facebook
acted on these accounts after FireEye, a global cybersecurity firm, gave it
information in July about “Liberty Front Press”, a network of Facebook pages as
well as accounts on other online services.
First in State/National/International:
1. Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL)
became the first public sector enterprise (PSU) to make transaction on RXIL TReDS
platform. TReDS is online electronic institutional
mechanism for facilitating the financing of trade receivables of micro, small
and medium enterprises (MSME) through multiple financiers. HAL executed its
first digitised invoice discounting transaction on RXIL TReDS platform by
accepting digital invoice uploaded by Nasik-based MSME (micro category) vendor
Narendra Udyog. This transaction was financed by Bank of Baroda.
Appointments/Resignations:
1. President Ram Nath Kovind
appointed Governors of seven states by exercising his
authority under Article 156. Satya Pal
Malik was transferred to Jammu and
Kashmir (J&K) who is former Governor of Bihar. Tathagata Roy was transferred as new Governor of Meghalaya. He was earlier the Governor of Tripura. Baby Rani Maurya has been made the new Governor of Uttarakhand. Satyadev Narayan Arya was appointed as
the new Governor of Haryana. Kaptan Singh Solanki was appointed as
new Governor of Tripura. Prior to
this, he was Governor of Haryana. Ganga
Prasad was appointed as the new Governor
of Sikkim. He is former Governor of Meghalaya. Lal Ji Tandon has been appointed as new Governor of Bihar.
Sports:
1. Indian shooter Rahi Sarnobat winning
the 4th gold in the finals of women’s 25m pistol event on 4th day of Asian
Games 2018. With the feat, she became the first
Indian woman to win a gold medal in shooting at the Asian Games.
2. Asian Games gold medalist
athlete Hakam Singh (64) passed away on August 14, 2018 at a private hospital
in Sangrur, Punjab. He had been ailing for some time and was undergoing treatment for liver
and kidney ailments.
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