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Sanskrit week• Sanskrit Week is being celebrated

from August 19 to August 25, 2021.

• Ministry of Education of Government issued notifications to celebrate Sanskrit Day in 1969. Since then, the day is celebrated across India.

• Shravani Purnima, also called as Raksha Bandhan


World water week• World Water Week is the leading

annual event on global water issues, organized by Stockholm International Water Institute since 1991

• World Water Week 2021 is being held entirely online, 23-27 August, 2021

• Theme IS Building Resilience Faster.


SUNIL SETHI COMMITTEE

• Union government has constituted a committee for doubling the production and quadrupling the exports of handlooms in a span of three years.

• It will be headed by Chairman of Fashion Design Council of India Sunil Sethi.


Diksha shinde• Diksha Shinde, who is a 14-year-

old girl in Aurangabad,

• selected as a panelist on Minority Serving Institution (MSI) Fellowships Virtual Panel of American Space Agency, NASA.


• She wrote a theory on black holes. It was liked and accepted at NASA.

• Her research paper on ‘We Live in Black Hole?’ was accepted by International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research in May 2021.

• She won the research competition that was organised by International Astronomical Search Collaboration.

• She has been selected as a panellist for 2021 MSI Fellowships Virtual Panel in June.

• She will get training at NASA when she will turn 18. She will also attend a conference which will be held in October 2021. NASA will bear all her expenses.


Ismail sabri yaakob-malaysia

• Ismail Sabri Yaakobreplaced MuhyiddinYassin as Prime Minister.

• Yassin stepped down as he lost the majority in parliament as he failed to effectively manage public health system.


e-VEHICLE FRIENDLY HIGHWAY• Union Minister of Heavy Industries Inaugurates Solar Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Station at

Karnal Lake Resort, Karnal

• The Delhi-Chandigarh Highway has become the first e-vehicle friendly highway in the country, with a network of Solar-based Electric Vehicle Charging stations (SEVCs) set up by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)

• The EV charging station at Karnal lake resort, is strategically located at the midpoint of Delhi-Chandigarh highway, and is equipped to cater to all types of E-cars plying currently in the country.

• The establishment of similar EV chargers at regular intervals of 25-30 kms on the highway will allay range-anxiety among Electric Vehicle users and bolster their confidence for inter-city travel.



The Geological Survey of India (GSI)• The Geological Survey of India (GSI ) was set up in 1851 primarily

to find coal deposits for the Railways.

• It is the second oldest survey in India after Survey of India (founded in 1767).

• Headquarters: Kolkata, West Bengal.

• Geological Survey of India, the 170-year old premier Geological Institution under the Ministry of Mines has decided to make itself accessible to the masses and make its presence felt digitally by launching the GSI Mobile App (Beta Version) and upgrading it periodically.


• The Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) lays out for the first time a comprehensive set of rules around data collection, processing and protection, that were previously governed by piecemeal legislation.

• Under the new rules passed by China’s top legislative body, state and private entities handling personal information will be required to reduce data collection and obtain user consent.

• It will also prevent companies from setting different prices for the same service based on clients’ shopping history.


mstc• Union Minister for Steel, Shri Ram

Chandra Prasad Singh inaugurated MSTC's new Corporate building at Newtown, Kolkata.

• MSTC Ltd, previously known as Metal Scrap Trade Corporation was set up in 1964 as a regulatory body for export of ferrous scrap and thereafter canalizing agency for import of ferrous scrap and old ships for breaking in the country.


National Food and Nutrition Campaign

• The Union Minister for Agriculture launched the National Food and Nutrition Campaign for the farmers

• The year 2023 will be celebrated as the International Year of Millets under the leadership of India.

• It is organized by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).


sujalam• The Ministry of Jal Shakti began ‘SUJALAM’, a

‘100 days campaign’ to create more and more ODF Plus villages by undertaking waste water management at village level particularly through creation of 1 million Soak-pits and also other Grey water management activities.

• Organizing Community consultations, Gram Sabha meetings to analyze the current situation

• Pass resolution to maintain ODF sustainability and achieve needed number of soak pits to manage the grey water


Yuktdhara• Union Minister Jitendra Singh

said that the new portal under Bhuvan “Yuktdhara”, which has been released recently,

• will facilitate planning of new MGNREGA assets using Remote Sensing and GIS based information.


SAMRIDH

• Minister of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)

• Startup

• Accelerators of

• MeitY for pRoduct Innovation, Development

• and growth (SAMRIDH) programme.


SAMRIDH• The programme aims to further the Indian startup growth

which has seen the emergence of 63 unicorns (Startups with over $1 billion valuation), making India the third largest unicorn hub globally with a total valuation of $168 billion.

• The SAMRIDH programme will focus on accelerating 300 start-ups by providing customer connect, investor connect, and international expansion opportunities in the next three years.


e-SHRAM portal• Minister for Labour and Employment formally launched e-Shram

portal, a database of unorganised sector workers, and handed it over to the States/UTs.

• The government aims to register 38 crore unorganised workers, such as construction labourers, migrant workforce, street vendors and domestic workers, among others.

• The workers will be issued an e-Shram card containing a 12 digit unique number

• A national toll free number — 14434 — will also be launched to assist and address the queries of workers seeking registration on the portal.


MANTHAN 2021• Hackathon MANTHAN 2021 is a unique national initiative to identify

innovative concepts and technology solutions for addressing the security challenges of the 21st century faced by our intelligence agencies.

• During this 36 hours online hackathon, scheduled from 28th November to 1st December 2021, selected youths from education institutions across the country

• Total Prize money worth Rs. 40 Lakh will be given to the winning teams.

• Participants are expected to develop digital solutions under 6 themes


NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

• National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, Hyderabad notified as Central Drugs Laboratory for testing and batch release of vaccines.

• NIAB has been upgraded

• as Central Drugs Laboratory (CDL)

• for COVID-19 vaccine testing facility

• at Hyderabad


The facility at NIAB, Hyderabad, has now been notified as Central Drugs Laboratory for testing and lot release of COVID-19 vaccines vide on 17th August, 2021.

• The facility at NCCS, Pune has already been notified as CDL on 28th June 2021.

• the Government of India has identified two Autonomous Institutes of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), viz., National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB), Hyderabad

• National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, for upgradationas Central Drug Laboratories (CDLs).


SMOG TOWER• The tower uses a ‘downdraft air cleaning system’.

• Polluted air is sucked in at a height of 24 m, and filtered air is released at the bottom of the tower, at a height of about 10 m from the ground.

• The structure is 24 m high, about as much as an 8-storey building — an 18-metre concrete tower, topped by a 6-metre-high canopy. At its base are 40 fans, 10 on each side.

• Each fan can discharge 25 cubic metres per second of air, adding up to 1,000 cubic metres per second for the tower as a whole. Inside the tower in two layers are 5,000 filters. The filters and fans have been imported from the United States.



Cctv cameras• CM cited a Forbes India report on most surveilled cities across

the world.

• Forbes India report has at Delhi on the top with 1,826.6 CCTV cameras per square mile.

• Delhi is followed by London with 1,138 cameras per square mile.

• Chennai was placed at third place with 609.9 CCTV cameras.

• Report placed Mumbai at 18th place with 157.4 CCTV cameras per square mile.


ZYCOV-D• It is the world’s first and India’s

indigenously developed DNA based vaccine for COVID-19 to be administered in humans including Children and adults 12 years and above.

• Developed in partnership with the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India under the ‘Mission COVID Suraksha’ and implemented by BIRAC


HGCO19-rna vaccine• India’s first mRNA vaccine , HGCO19 has been developed by

Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. in collaboration with HDT Biotech Corporation of USA.

• Vaccine has demonstrated safety, immunogenicity, neutralization antibody activities among rodent and non-human primate models.

• It has successfully conducted the phase one trial and will undergo phase 2 and phase 3 trials.


Ease 4.0• Union Minister of Finance and

Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the fourth edition of the Public Sector Bank (PSB) Reforms Agenda

• ‘EASE 4.0’ for 2021-22

• - tech-enabled, simplified, and collaborative banking.


Ease 3.0• Public Sector Banks have reported healthy profits and have accelerated on technology-

driven reforms. These banks have reported a profit of Rs. 31,817 crore in FY21 as compared to a loss of Rs. 26,016 crore in FY20. This is the first year when PSBs have reported profit after five years of losses.

• Total gross non-performing assets stood at Rs. 6.16 lakh crore as of March 2021 - a reduction of Rs. 62,000 crore from March 2020 levels.

• Credit@click was a flagship initiative under EASE 3.0. Nearly 4.4 lakh customers have been benefitted through such instantaneous and simplified credit access.

Nearly 72% of financial transactions happening at PSBs is now happening through digital channels.


GLOBAL MANUFACTURING RISK INDEX• India has emerged as a global manufacturing hub and

effectively surpassed the United States to become the world’s second most desired manufacturing destination. India’s ranking was reflected in Cushman & Wakefield’s 2021 Global Manufacturing Risk Index


TEZU AIRPORT

• The first commercial flight landed on the easternmost tip of the Indian landmass,

• Tezu in the Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh, on Thursday, scripting history in the country’s aviation sector.


INDIRA POINT

• The Swarnim Vijay Varsh Victory Flame was taken to Indira Point, the southernmost tip of the country on August 22, 2021,

• as part of its voyage to the Nicobar Group of Islands. 2021 is being celebrated as Swarnim Vijay Varsh to mark the 50th year of India’s historic victory in the 1971 war.


HINDUSTAN 228

The 19-seater Hindustan-228 or the Do-228 is the first major attempt in India to develop a small civil transport aircraft after the 14-seater Saras aircraft development program at the National Aeronautics Laboratory was shelved in 2009 on account of multiple problems in its development.


HINDUSTAN-228• On August 15, the public sector aircraft manufacturing

company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) carried out a successful ground run and low speed taxi trials of a commercial aircraft – Hindustan-228 – for ‘Type Certification’ by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

• The type certification by the DGCA will enable HAL to get an international certification for the aircraft.


ADVANCED CHAFF TECHNOLOGY

Defence Laboratory Jodhpur, a DRDO laboratory developed the advanced Chaff material and chaff cartridge-118/I in collaboration with High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL), a Pune based laboratory of DRDO, meeting qualitative requirements of IAF.


INS CHILKA

• INS Chilka is the only ab-initio training establishment of the Indian Navy, which trains more than 6600 raw recruits annually to make them able bodied sailors.

• INS Chilka is located in the coastal state of Odisha in the vicinity of ChilkaLake.


AK-203 ASSAULT RIFLES-RUSSIA• The development happens in spite of the joint

venture of both the countries to manufacture 7.5 lakh AK-203 rifles in India.

• AK-203 assault rifle is considered to be the latest and most advanced version of the AK-47 rifle.

• It is a 7.62×39mm variant from the AK-100 rifle family (one that offers the AK-74M system, in multiple cartridges and lengths).

• This variant is an advanced version of AK-47 and its magazine can hold 30 bullets.


KRIVAK CLASS STEALTH FRIGATE


• In October 2016, India and Russia signed an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) for four Krivak or Talwar class stealth frigates — two to be procured directly from Russia

• And two to be built by Goa Shipyard Ltd. (GSL) — after which a $1 billion deal was signed for the direct purchase.

• The keel for the first ship to be built at GSL was laid in January and for the second ship in June this year.

• Keel laying is a major milestone in shipbuilding symbolises the formal commencement of the construction process.


FLOATING SOLAR PV PROJECT• The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC ) Ltd, has commissioned

the largest floating solar PV project (of 25MW) in India on the reservoir of its Simhadri thermal station in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

• The floating solar installation which has a unique anchoring design is spread over 75 acres in an RW reservoir.

• This floating solar project has the potential to generate electricity from more than 1 lakh solar PV modules.


NTPC is also planning to set up a hydrogen-based micro-grid system on a pilot basis at Simhadri.

The 2000MW coal-based SimhadriStation is the first power project to implement an open sea intake from the Bay of Bengal which has been functional for more than 20 years.


Operation devi shakti• Operation Devi Shakti is an

ongoing operation of the Indian Armed Forces to evacuate Indian citizens and foreign nationals from Afghanistan after the collapse of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the fall of Kabul,

• the capital city, to the Taliban.


CAFMD-INDO-USA• Union Minister of Environment of India

held a conversation with U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (SPEC), Mr. John Kerry,

• to discuss Climate Action and Finance Mobilization Dialogue (CAFMD) Track under India-US Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership.

• Both sides agreed that India and the USA, will engage for a constructive engagement under the “India-US Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership” .


Multi-Mode Hand Grenades (MMHG)• The EEL had signed a contract with Ministry of

Defence on October 01, 2020 to supply 10 lakh modern hand grenades for Indian Army and Indian Air Force.

• The first batch of Multi-Mode Hand Grenades (MMHG), manufactured by Economic Explosives Limited (EEL),

• following Transfer of Technology from Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory of Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), was handed over to the Indian Army in Nagpur, Maharashtra on August 24, 2021. ace current affairs@santhosh sir

KONKAN EXERCISE-2021

Konkan is an annual bilateral maritime exercise between the Indian Navy and the Royal Navy of United Kingdom.

The Konkan series of exercises commenced in 2004.


KONKAN EXERCISE• Exercise Konkan 2021 was held between INS Tabar and HMS

Westminster on August 16, 2021 in the English Channel.


INDO-GERMANY EXERCISE• Navies of India and Germany conducted a joint exercise in

Gulf of Aden on August 26, 2021.

• Frigate ‘Trikand’ from Indian Navy exercised with German frigate called ‘Bayern’.

• INS Trikand is deployed for anti-piracy patrol in Gulf of Aden region


KAZIND-21• As part of military diplomacy and to strengthen the growing

strategic relation with Kazakhstan,

• the 5th edition of Indo- Kazakhstan Joint Training Exercise, “KAZIND-21” will be conducted

• At Training Node, Aisha Bibi, Kazakhstan,

• from 30 August to 11 September 2021.


MALABAR-21• Indian Naval Ships Shivalik and Kadmatt arrived at Guam, an

Island Territory of the USA on August 21, 2021 as part of their on-going deployment to nations in South East Asia and the Pacific Ocean.

• The two ships are scheduled to participate in the annual Exercise MALABAR-21, between navies of Australia, India, Japan and the USA.

• Exercise MALABAR-21 will be conducted with USN, JMSDF and RAN at sea from 26-29 Aug 21.


India -philphines• India and the Philippines conducted a naval exercise in the

South China Sea on August 23, 2021

• Indian Navy had deployed its guided missile destroyer INS Ranvijay and guided missile corvette INS Kora

• while the Philippine Navy has deployed its frigate BRP Antonio Luna, in the exercise.


Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship Vigraha• Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship Vigraha, seventh in the series of Offshore

Patrol Vessels (OPVs), will be commissioned by Raksha Mantri Shri RajnathSingh in Chennai on August 28, 2021.

• The ship will be based in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh and operate on the eastern seaboard under the Operational and Administrative Control of the Commander, Coast Guard Region (East).

• The 98-meter OPV, with a complement of 11 officers and 110 sailors, has been designed and built indigenously by Larsen & Toubro Ship Building Limited.


Ins shakti• Indian naval ship (INS) Shakti reached Sri Lanka on August 22,

2021 carrying 100 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) in a bid to help the island nation in combating the Covid-19 pandemic.


Fatah-1

• Pakistan conducted a successful test flight of Fatah-1 on August 24, 2021.

• About Fatah-1 Fatah-1 is a Pakistan-made guided multi-launch rocket system.

• It is capable of delivering conventional warheads up to a range of 140 kilometres


piperineThe actual turmeric powder that we use every day in preparing our meals about 3% of the active component molecule called curcumin, a polyphenol diketone.

• Piperine enhances curcuminabsorption in the body.

• It gives turmeric its multivariate healing and protective power.


Corporate social responsibility

• Companies with a minimum net worth of Rs 500 crore, turnover of Rs 1,000 crore, or net profit of Rs 5 crore are required to spend at least 2 per cent of their average profit for the previous three years on CSR activities every year.

• The ministry has clarified that any CSR expenditure in excess of the mandated 2 per cent expenditure can be set off against mandatory CSR expenditure in the three subsequent fiscals.



Sdg - north east• The Index measures the performance of the districts of the eight

States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura on the Sustainable Development Goals.

• Out of the 103 districts considered for ranking, 64 districts belonged to the Front Runner category while 39 districts were in the Performer category in the composite score and ranking of districts.



National Education Policy-2020

• Madhya Pradesh government implemented the National Education Policy-2020 (NEP-2020) in the state on August 26, 2021.

• MP became the second state in India to implement NEP-2020 following Karnataka.


ayush• Financial provision of Rs 70 crore, under National Ayush

Mission(NAM) support, is to be provided for establishment of a new Ayurvedic College at Dudhnoi in Goalpara, Assam.

• The Ministry of AYUSH has also decided to upgrade the Government Ayurvedic College in Guwahati and develop it as a Centre of Excellence and a sum of Rs 10 crore as financial grant is to be provided in this regard.


LADDU DISTRIBUTION SCHEME• Union Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah launched nutritious a

‘Laddu Distribution Scheme’ for pregnant women in his Parliamentary constituency Gandhinagar.

• Around 7,000 pregnant womenin Gandhinagar area will be provided 15 nutritious laddu each, free of cost, till birth of their child, through NGOs

• There will be no expenditure by the Government, as the responsibility for this will be borne by the NGO


Vivad se Vishwas Act• Under The Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Act 2020 (hereinafter

referred to as “Vivad se Vishwas Act”), the amount payable by the declarant is stated in the table under section 3 of the Vivad se Vishwas Act.

• As per the latest notification dated 25th June 2021, the last date of payment of the amount (without any additional amount) has been notified as 31st August 2021.

• Further the last date for payment of the amount (with additional amount) under Vivad se Vishwas Act has been notified as 31st October, 2021.


• MAHAYOGI GORAKHNATHVISHWAVIDYALAYA• The President of India inaugurated the Mahayogi

Gorakhnath Vishwavidyalaya at Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.


Bharat series• In order to facilitate seamless transfer of vehicles, the Ministry of

Road Transport & Highways vide notification dated 26 Aug 2021, has introduced a new registration mark for new vehicles i.e. “Bharat series (BH-series)”.

• This vehicle registration facility under “Bharat series (BH-series)” will be available on 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.

• The motor vehicle tax will be levied for two years or in multiple of two.


qsim• Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics &

Information Technology, launched QSim – Quantum Computer Simulator Toolkit, to enable Researchers and Students to carryout research in Quantum Computing in a cost effective manner.

• This project is being executed collaboratively by IISc Bangalore, IIT Roorkee and C-DAC with the support of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India.


karmayogiUnion Minister of Personnel inaugurated the "Karmayogi" Digital Learning

Facility for Civil Servants at the Institute of Secretariat Training & Management (ISTM), a premier Central Training Institution under the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT).

• The National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (‘NPCSCB’) –“Mission Karmayogi” was approved by the Government on 2nd September, 2020 with the objective of enhancing governance through Civil Services Capacity Building.


brics• The BRICS- Agricultural Research Platform, as a global platform

for science-led agriculture will help in addressing the issues of world hunger, undernutrition, poverty and inequality by promoting sustainable agricultural development through strategic cooperation in agriculture and allied sector.

• It has been proposed to include “Conservation and promotion of agrobiodiversity for nutrition and sustainability” as a focus area for collaboration in the Action Plan 2021-2024 for Agricultural Cooperation of BRICS Countries.


First ever G20 Ministerial Conference on Women’s Empowerment

• The Union Minister of Women & Child Development, Smt. SmritiIrani addressed

• the First ever G20 Ministerial Conference on Women’s Empowerment which was held

• at Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy in a hybrid format.


Ani dubai

largest and tallest observation wheel, called Ain Dubai, will be opened in the UAE on October 21, 2021

It is located at Bluewaters Island, near Dubai Marina.


Ani dubai

• Ain Dubai is about 42.5m taller than the London Eye. It will take visitors to the height of 250 metres in order for them to enjoy the majestic view of Dubai’s picturesque skyline.

• It can carry up to 1,400 passengers in its 48 capsules, providing views of Dubai Marina, Burj Al Arab, Palm Jumeirah, and Burj Khalifa

• It will also comprise of an 80-metre LED screen to create an electronic platform to broadcast, advertise and other information.


Kilauea volcano• The activity is occurring at the summit of

Kilauea volcano, an uninhabited area within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island. This is about 200 miles southeast of Honolulu, which is on a different island called Oahu.

• volcano, which is among the world’s most active, has behaved similarly in the past without any magma breaking the surface.Kilauea has erupted 34 times since 1952.

• 1983 to 2018, it erupted almost continuously, in some cases sending streams of lava that covered farms and homes.ace current affairs@santhosh sir

MISSILE SILOS IN CHINA• Satellite images have

revealed that China is building at least three missile silo fields in Yumenin Gansu province, near Hami in Xinjiang province, and at Hanggin Banner, Ordos City, in Inner Mongolia.


Greater Male Connectivity Project (GMCP)

• Under the agreement, India will start the largest-ever infrastructure project called Greater Male Connectivity Project (GMCP) in the Maldives.

• For the project, India will grant $100 million and a line of credit worth Rs 400 million.

• GMCP is the flagship project of President Solih’s presidency and will be an enduring symbol of India-Maldives partnership.

• This project will be started to connect business, people and industry.

• GMCP will comprise of the construction of a 6.74 km long bridge and causeway link. Both will connect the capital city Male with adjoining islands of Thilagushi, Villingliand Gulhifalhu. ace current affairs@santhosh sir

GREENLAND’S MELTING• for the first time on record, the summit of Greenland received

rain and not snow, just as temperatures at the spot went above freezing for the third time in less than ten years.

• The event has sparked fear as scientists are pointing to it as evidence that Greenland is warming rapidly.

• Greenland, which is the world’s largest island located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, has three-quarters of its surface covered with a permanent ice sheet– which is increasingly coming under threat because of climate change.



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