Monthly Current

Uni

Affairs
August 2024
By – Nutan Kumar Behera
 IMPORTANT DAYS AND THEME
August 1st World Lung Cancer “Close the Care Gap: Everyone
Day? Deserves Access to Cancer
Care.”
August 1 World Wide Web Day “Celebrating the Power of
Connection.”
3rd August Indian Organ Donation
Day
7th August National Handloom Day “Weaving Sustainable
Futures“
August 7 National Javelin Day
9th August International Day of ‘Protecting the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples Indigenous Peoples in
Voluntary Isolation and Initial
Contact’
August 10 World Lion Day

August 12 International Youth Day “From Clicks to Progress:

Youth Digital Pathways for
Sustainable Development”
13 August World Organ Donation “Be the Reason for Someone’s
Day Smile Today!”.
19 August World Photography Day “An Entire Day“
20 August Akshay Urja Day “Renewable Energy for a
Sustainable Future”
20 August World Mosquito Day “Accelerating the fight against
malaria for a more equitable
world.”
23 August National Space Day “Touching Lives while Touching
the Moon: India’s Space Saga”
August 26 Women’s Equality Day

25-29 World Water Week “Bridging Borders: Water for a

August Peaceful and Sustainable
Future”
29 August National Sports Day “Sport for the Promotion and
Peaceful and Inclusive
 STATE’S CURRENT AFFAIRS
 In which state has the government decided to abolish the two-child
policy for local body elections? Andhra Pradesh
 Which state government has approved the Wainganga-Nalganga river
linking project ? Maharashtra
 Indrani bridge has been inaugurated in which state? Sikkim
 Which village in Maharashtra is the first to achieve 100% solar-powered
electricity? Manyachiwadi
 Who granted approval for the prosecution of Karnataka Chief Minister
Siddaramaiah? Karnataka Governor
 In which state will South India’s first adivasi library, ‘Kaanu’, be
opened, focusing on the research and documentation of tribal

cultures? Karnataka
 Recently, In which state was the mithun officially recorded for the first
time? Assam
 Where in West Bengal is the Coal to Synthetic Natural Gas (SNG) plant
planned to be set up? Raniganj

NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS

 Which state has proposed a bill for life imprisonment for those
accused of ‘love jihad’? Uttar Pradesh
 How many places in the India have been included in the list of ‘World’s
Greatest Places 2024’ by Time magazine? Three
 Which High Court declared Section 77-A of the Registration Act
unconstitutional? Madras High Court
 Which states in India are yet to implement the Right to Education Act 200G?
 Who has introduced the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 in Lok Sabha? Kiren
Rijiju
 Which state government approved India’s third-largest tiger reserve?
Chhattisgarh
 How many government bills were introduced during the second session of
the 18th Lok Sabha? 12

 What is the theme for India’s 78th Independence Day in 2024? Viksit Bharat
 Union Minister George Kurien has been elected unopposed to the Rajya
Sabha from which state? Madhya Pradesh
 Which has recently been declared as Ramsar wetland? Tawa Reservoir,
Madhya Pradesh
 Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has launched which radio
programme for farmers? Kisaan Se Baat
 After how many years will the assembly elections be held in Jammu and
Kashmir? 10

 Which bird species are the focus of the newly declared sanctuaries at
Adichunchanagiri and Choolannuar? Indian Peafowl
 Who inaugurated the ‘First Policy Makers’ Forum’?J.P. Nadda
 Which organization recently cancelled advertisements related to lateral
entry into the bureaucracy? UPSC
 What was the theme of the inaugural edition of the e-magazine Sapno ki
Udaan ? Space
 How many new districts have been announced to be created in the
Union Territory of Ladakh? 5

 Where was the review meeting of the Left-Wing Extremism affected

states held in August 2024? Raipur
 India has awarded 10 Bhishma cubes to which country? Ukraine

SCHEMES

 Which state government has launched the Mukhyamantri Maiyaan

Samman Yojana? Jharkhand
 Mukhyamantri Yuva Udyam Vikas Yojana has been launched in which
state? Uttar Pradesh (Target – To establish 10 lakh new MSMEs (Micro,
Small, and Medium Enterprises)
 Subhadra scheme has been launched in which state? Odisha
 Which state government has launched “Mukhya Mantri Sukh Shiksha
Yojana? Himachal Pradesh
 What is the duration of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-
U) 2.0 scheme? 5 years
 What is the name of the scheme launched by the Spices Board of
India? SPICED (Sustainability in Spice Sector through Progressive,
Innovative and Collaborative Interventions for Export Development”
is the official name of this scheme.)
 The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) observed its 10th
anniversary on which date? 28 August 2024
 Who has recently assumed the position of Director General of
Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)? Ashok Kumar Singh
 When will the Unified Pension Scheme be implemented? April 1, 2025
 Deen Dayal Sparsh Yojana has been implemented by which
department of the Central Government? Department Of Posts

First in India s World

 Which state has recently become the first in India to implement the
Disaster Risk Transfer Parametric Insurance Solution (DRTPS)?

Nagaland
 India’s first GI Tag fig juice has been exported to which country?
Poland
 In which state was India’s first ‘rice ATM’ launched? Odisha
 Joseph Pereira has become the first person from which state to get
citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) 201G ?

Goa
 Which Indian state launched the country’s first exclusive Digital
Court for handling cases under the Negotiable Instruments Act?

Kerala
 INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS
 In which neighboring country of India has the non-cooperation
movement started recently? Bangladesh
 Who was the first Indian President to visit Timor Leste? Droupadi
Murmu
 In which country did President Droupadi Murmu lay a wreath at the
Pukeahu National War Memorial Park? New Zealand
 Who was appointed as the new Prime Minister of Tunisia? Kamel
Madouri
 Who has been appointed the head of the interim government of
Bangladesh? Muhammad Yunus
 Who was appointed as the 25th Chief Justice of Bangladesh? Syed
Refaat Ahmed
 Paul Kagame was recently sworn in as the President of which country?
Rwanda
 Mount Kilimanjaro, recently seen in the news, is located in which
country? Tanzania
 Which country’s prime minister has been dismissed by the country’s
Constitutional Court on charges of ethical violation? Thailand
 Pyongtarn Shinawatra has become the Prime Minister of which
country? Thailand
 Cyclone Ampil has affected which country? Japan
 Who represented India at the swearing-in ceremony of the
Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader? Pabitra Margherita
 Which country has offered its own citizens to leave the country?
Sweden
 Which country recently declared a cholera outbreak due to the
spread of epidemic diseases? Sudan
 Shiveluch volcano is located in which country which has erupted
recently? Russia
 How long is PM Modi’s visit to Poland and Ukraine? Three days
 Who is the Malaysian Prime Minister who visited India recently?
Dato’ Seri Anwar bin Ibrahim
 Which country has announced to provide free visa facility to 35
countries, including India? Sri Lanka
 Which non-European country has recently enacted a “right to
disconnect” law? Australia

Art s Culture
 Which Indian city is the latest to receive the World Craft City tag
from the World Crafts Council International? Kashmir
 “Jhumur”, recently seen in the news, is a traditional dance
performed in which state? Assam
 The ancient Ratnagiri rock art has been declared a protected
monument by which state government? Maharashtra
 Where was the “17th Divya Kala Mela” held? Raipur
 BANKING s ECONOMICS
 Who has been appointed as the Managing Director of the National
Housing Bank? Sanjay Shukla
 Who has been appointed as the Vice Chairman of the Supply Chain
Council under IPEF? India
 Which financial regulator has recently launched the SEVA chatbot?
SEBI

 India has given approval to which country to use Kandla and

Visakhapatnam ports? Maldives
 Government of which of the following states will procure all crops in
the state at minimum support price (MSP)? Haryana
 Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the State Bank of India
(SBI)? Challa Sreenivasulu Setty
 The Reserve Bank of India has increased the limit for paying taxes
through the UPI payment system to ? ₹5 lakh
 Who has recently assumed the role of Managing Director in charge of
Risk Compliance and the Stressed Assets Resolution Group (SARG)

at State Bank of India (SBI)? Rana AK Singh

 Unified Landing Interface (ULI) will be launched by RBI
 What is the name of the nationwide quiz launched by the Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) for undergraduate students? RBIG0Quiz
 Which Indian has got A+ rating in the Global Finance Central Banker
Report Card Shaktikanta Das
 The Union Finance Minister recently inaugurated the GST Bhawan in
which city? Udaipur
 APPS s PORTALS
 Who has launched the Ideas4Life portal? Bhupendra Yadav
 Which ministry has launched e-evidence, Nyay Setu, Nyaya Shruti
and e-Saman app in Chandigarh? Home Ministry

 Who has launched the PROMPT, DRIPS and JAL VIDYUT DPR online
platforms recently? Manohar Lal Khattar

BOOKS s AUTHORS
 Who is the author of the book ’75 Great Revolutionaries of India’? Bhim
Singh
 What is the title of the comic book series launched by Air Chief Marshal
VR Chaudhari? Heroes of the Indian Air Force Vol. I

AWARDS AND HONOURS

 Which famous personality was honored with an honorary Doctorate by
IIT-Kharagpur? Sundar Pichai
 Which organization won the GEEF Global WaterTech Award 2024 for
Water Management? Central Water Commission
 Which Indian leader has been recently conferred with Timor Leste’s
highest civilian award the Grand Collar of Order of Timor Leste?

Droupadi Murmu
 Which Indian actor was honored with the lifetime achievement award
at the 77th Locarno Film Festival in 2024? Shah Rukh Khan
 Who is honored with the first Book Brahma Sahitya Puraskara in 2024?
B. Jeyamohan
 For which campaign did Kerala Tourism receive the PATA Gold Award
2024? “Holiday Heist”
 Who has been awarded the Best Feature Film Award at the 70th
National Film Awards 2024? Attam
 National Geoscience Awards have been instituted by which Ministry?
Ministry of Mines
 Who released the ₹100 coin to commemorate the birth centenary of
late DMK President M. Karunanidhi? Rajnath Singh
 Which airport has won the Best Airport award at the India Travel
Awards for three consecutive years? Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
 Where did the 24th International Mother Teresa Awards Ceremony take
place? Dubai

SPORTS CURRENT AFFAIRS

 Who is set to become the next President of the Asian Cricket Council
(ACC) after Jay Shah? Mohsin Naqvi
 Rohan Bopanna was related to which sport who has retired? Tennis
 Which Indian shooter has won a bronze medal in the men’s 50m rifle 3
Positions event at the 2024 Paris Olympics? Swapnil Kusale
 Who has been appointed as the league ambassador for the SA20
League? Dinesh Karthik
 Who will lead India at the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics
2024? Manu Bhaker
 Recently a set of four commemorative postage stamps was issued on
the occasion of which sports event? Paris Olympics 2024
 Who won the gold medal in the men’s singles Tennis title at the 2024
Paris Olympics? Novak Djokovic
 Which Indian wrestler was disqualified at the 2024 Paris Olympics for
being overweight? Vinesh Phogat
 Which medal did the Indian men’s hockey team win at the Paris
Olympics? Bronze
 How many times has India won the CAVA Women’s Volleyball Nations
League title? Three times
 Which medal did Neeraj Chopra win in the Men’s javelin throw at the
Paris Olympics 2024? Silver
 Who is the youngest Indian to win a medal in the Summer Olympics?
Aman Sehrawat
 Which city will host the 34th Summer Olympics? Los Angeles, USA
 Which player won the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award for July
2024? Gus Atkinson
 Who won the 61st National Chess Championship? Karthik
Venkataraman
 Which country will host the 8th Men’s Asian Hockey Champions Trophy
2024? China
 Fast bowler Shannon Gabriel has recently retired from international
cricket. He belongs to which country? West Indies
 Who won India’s first gold medal at the 2024 Paralympics in the 10m
air rifle event? Avani Lekhara
 Where did the 17th International Earth Sciences Olympiad (IESO) take
place? Beijing, China
 Who will be the Indian flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the
2024 Paris Paralympics? Sumit Antil
 Who did Pankaj Advani defeat to win the Western India Billiards and
Snooker Championship in Mumbai in 2024? S Shrikrishna
 The Women’s Under-1G World Cup 2025 will be held in which country?
Malaysia
 Which country is hosting the eighth FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup
2024 ? Dominican Republic
 Who has been appointed as the Chef de Mission for India’s Paris 2024
Paralympic contingent? Satya Prakash Sangwan
 Which country will host the Gth ICC Women’s T20 World Cup? UAE
 Ronak Dahiya won bronze at the U-17 World Wrestling
Championships. In which country did the championship take place?
Jordan
 Who has won the 26th CEAT Men’s International Cricketer of the Year
Award? Rohit Sharma
 Which country will host the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024? UAE
 Which Indian player has won the women’s singles title of the U-15
Badminton Asia Junior Championships 2024? Tanvi Patri
 Who became the first person to beat Max Verstappen to pole position
at the Dutch Grand Prix? Lando Norris
 Which medal did the Indian team win in the Asian Surfing
Championship 2024? Silver
 Where was the U17 World Wrestling Championships 2024 held?
Jordan

IMPORTANT APPOINTMENT
 Who has become the first woman Director General of Army Medical
Services? Sadhana Saxena Nair
 Mridu Pawan Das has become the High Commissioner of India in
which country? Rwanda
 Who has been appointed as the new Chairperson of the Union Public
Service Commission? Preeti Sudan
 Who has been elected president of the UN’s Economic and Social
Council (ECOSOC)? Bob Rae
 Who became the Director of ICAR-CMFRI? Dr. Grinson George
 Who has been sworn-in as the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry? K.
Kailashnathan
 Who has been approved by SEBI as the new MD s CEO of MCX?
Praveena Rai
 Who has been appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary of India?
[Link]
 Who has recently assumed charge as India’s new Ambassador to the
United States? Vinay Mohan Kwatra
 Who has been appointed as the new Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Railway Board? Satish Kumar
 Who among the following has been appointed as the Chairman of
National Association of Software and Service Companies

(NASSCOM)? Sindhu Gangadharan

 Who has been appointed as the Ambassador and Permanent
Representative of India to the United Nations (UN)? Parvathaneni
Harish
 Who has become the new Home Secretary of India? Govind Mohan
 Who has been appointed as the Director of the Enforcement
Directorate? Rahul Navin
 Who has been appointed as the Secretary to the President of India?
Deepti Umashankar
 Who has taken charge as the Union Home Secretary? Govind Mohan
 Who is going to be the youngest chairman in the history of the
International Cricket Council (ICC)? Jay Shah
 Who has become the President-designate of NASSCOM? Rajesh
Nambiar

SUMMITS s CONFRENCE
 Which city of India will host the 32nd International Conference of
Agricultural Economists? New Delhi
 Where was the 14th India-Vietnam Defence Policy Dialogue held? New
Delhi, India
 Which country is hosting the BIMSTEC Business Summit? India
 Which country will host the third Voice of the Global South Summit on
August 17, 2024? India
  Where was the 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue between India and Japan held
on 20th August 2024? New Delhi
 Who inaugurated the 1Gth CII India Africa Business Conclave? Jagdeep
Dhankhar
 Where was the Lakhpati Didi Sammelan held in the month of August
2024? Jagdeep Dhankhar

Person In News
 Anshuman Gaekwad, who died recently, belongs to which field? Cricket
 Yamini Krishnamurthy has passed away. She was the performer of which
dance? Bharatanatyam
 A crater on the moon named after Pasang Lhamu Sherpa He belongs to
which country? Nepal
 Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was the former Chief Minister of which state who
passed away? West Bengal
 Fumio Kishida is the Prime Minister of which country who has announced to
step down in September 2024? Japan
 Shikhar Dhawan, who was in the news recently, belongs to which field?
Cricket
 Asha Sharma has passed away, who is she? Actress

Index s Ranking
 In the Landslide Atlas of India, which district was ranked first? Rudraprayag
 What is the India rank in global agricultural exports in 2023? Eighth
 Which Indian company has been included in the 2024 Fortune Global 500 list
for the first time? HDFC Bank
  Person In Newsmeeting held? Singa

 Who is the richest person in the world as of 2024? Elon Musk

 Which institute ranked first in the Overall category in the NIRF 2024
rankings? IIT Madras

MOU s AGREEMENTS
 With which country has India signed a customs cooperation arrangement
in August 2024? New Zealand
 In which city were the 4th Foreign Office Consultations between India and
Zambia held? Lusaka
 Who signed the MoU with India to enhance Civil Service Training recently
? Maldives
 With which country did India sign an agreement for its first green
ammonia export? Japan
 India and which country have signed a supply security agreement?
America
 India has recently signed a Security of Supply Arrangement with which
country? United States

DEFENCE CURRENT AFFAIRS

 Who has taken charge as the new Director General of Assam Rifles?
Vikas Lakhera
 What is ‘INS Shalki’, recently seen in news? Diesel electric submarine
 Who has taken additional charge as the Director General of BSF? Daljit
Singh Chawdhary
 Which company is manufacturing the Astra Mk-1 missile in India?
Bharat Dynamics Limited
 India and which country conducted bilateral air exercise Udara Shakti-
2024? Malaysia
 Who recently assumed charge as the Director General of Assam Rifles?
Lt Gen Vikas Lakhera
 Which exercise did the Indian Army recently conduct in Ladakh?
’Parvat Prahar’
 Which country developed the KAMAZ Typhoon vehicle? Russia
 Joint military exercise Mitra Shakti 2024 is being organized between
India and which country’s army? Sri Lanka
 Who has become the Additional Director General of ITBP? Sanjeev
Raina
 Who has been appointed as the new Director General of the National
Security Guard? B. Srinivasan
 Who has recently taken over as the Commandant of the Indian Naval
Academy? Vice Admiral CR Praveen Nair
 Who was the Director General (DG) of Indian Coast Guard who has
passed away? Rakesh Pal
 Which European country will introduce compulsory military service
from 2025? Croatia
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Sci s Tech and Space Current Affairs

 Recently in which Tiger Reserve a wind turbine has been installed for
electricity generation? Periyar Tiger Reserve
 Which two Indian gaganyatri have been selected by ISRO for the ISRO-
NASA project to send humans to the International Space Station?

Shubhanshu Shukla
 What is ‘Glioblastoma’, recently seen in news? A type of brain or spinal
cord cancer
 Which is the highest award given by the government of India in the field
of science and technology? Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar
 ISRO will launch its Earth Observation Satellite-08 (EOS-08) through
which rocket? SSLV-D3
 Which of the following structures in the Indian Ocean has been named
Ashoka? A Seamount
 India has collaborated with which country on the launch of the Munal
satellite? Nepal
 In which state of India was the Chandipura virus first found in the news
Maharashtra
 Which region is primarily affected by the recent Mpox outbreak? Africa
 DengiAll is the vaccine of which disease whose phase 3 clinical trial has
been started? Dengue
 Which newly discovered orchid species was found in Fambonglho
Wildlife Sanctuary in Sikkim, India? Gastrodia indica
 What rare astronomical event, known as the “Sturgeon Moon,” occurred on
August 1G, 2024? Super Blue Moon
 What is the name of NASA’s lander that has contributed to the discovery of
liquid water on Mars? InSight
 Which is India’s first reusable hybrid rocket to be launched successfully in
August 2024? RHUMI-1
 Who has become the first Indian space tourist by joining Blue Origin’s NS-25
mission? Gopichand Thotakura