Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF 24 To 31 August

Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF 24 to 31 August
Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 4th week of August 2019.
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Current Affairs: Important Days
Date Important days Theme
August 26 Women's Equality Day -
August 29 National Sports Day -
International Day against Nuclear

August 29 -
Tests
International Day of the Victims

August 30 -
of Enforced Disappearances
Current Affairs: National
1. Indian Railways to ban single-use plastics from October 2

2. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan inaugurated FSSAI's National Food Laboratory (NFL) in
Ghaziabad
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Union Minister Harsh Vardhan
Constituency Chandni Chowk, Delhi
3. Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani has inaugurated Project SU.RE (Sustainable Resolution) In
Mumbai
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Ministry of Women and Child Development & Ministry of Textiles
Union Minister Smriti Zubin Irani
Constituency Amethi, Uttar Pradesh
4. The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has constituted Advisory Board for Banking Frauds (ABBF)
headed by T M Bhasin
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Chief Vigilance Commissioner Sharad Kumar
Central Vigilance Commission
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5. PM Modi has announced to celebrate September as a month of nutrition

6. Actor Shah Rukh Khan launched heritage postal stamp of Bandra station on the completion of 150
years of the railway station.

7. Delhi's Iconic Feroz Shah Kotla to be renamed as Arun Jaitley Stadium
8. Human Resource Development Ministry launches National Digital Library of India
9. HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal launches integrated web portal for school education 'Shagun'
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Minister for Human Resource Development

(HRD) Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’
Constituency Haridwar, Uttarakhand
10. Government launched “Janaushadhi Sugam” Mobile app for locating outlets and searching Generic
medicines
11. Cabinet approves 100 % FDI in coal mining, contract manufacturing, and 26 % in digital media
12. Shri Prahlad Singh Patel launched an integrated NOC online Application Processing System
(NOAPS) a single window clearing system
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Ministry of Tourism
Minister of State (I\C) Prahalad Singh Patel
Constituency Damoh, Madhya Pradesh
13. India has become the first country in the world to issue Biometric Seafarer Identity Document
(BSID)
14. Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the first fleet of eco-friendly electric buses in
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
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Gujarat Capital Gandhinagar
Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani
Gujarat Governor Acharya Dev Vrat
15. Government launched Angikaar Campaign & E-Course on Vulnerability Atlas
16. Government gives Rs. 47,000 crore to 27 states to boost green cover
17. Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has launched a civil aviation jobs portal
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Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs & Ministry of Civil Aviation
Union Minister (Independent Charge) Hardeep Singh Puri
Constituency -
18. CBDT has constituted a five-member special cell to address grievances of start-ups with
relation to angel tax and other tax-related issues
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CBDT - Central Board of Direct Taxes
CBDT Headquarters New Delhi
CBDT Chairman Pramod Chandra Mody
19. Air India to ban single-use plastic from October 2

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Air India Headquarters New Delhi
Air India Chairman & MD Ashwani Lohani
20. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the Aqua Aquaria India 2019 in Hyderabad
21. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the 26th Mela of Ladakhi-Kisan-Jawan-Vigyan Mela in
Leh
Current Affairs: International
1. Saudi Arabia allows women to travel abroad without permission from male guardian
2. Iran unveiled its new home-grown air defence system called Bavar-373
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Iran Capital Tehran
Iran Currency Iranian rial
Iran President Hassan Rouhani
3. Iceland honoured the passing of Okjokull, its first glacier lost to climate change
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Iceland Capital Reykjavík
Iceland Currency Icelandic króna
Iceland Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir
4. Indonesia has chosen the eastern edge of jungle-clad Borneo island for its new capital
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Indonesia Capital Jakarta
Indonesia Currency Indonesian rupiah
Indonesia President Joko Widodo
5. Russia launched the world's first floating nuclear reactor in Arctic

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Russia Capital Moscow
Russia Currency Russian Ruble
Russia President Vladimir Putin
Current Affairs: State
1. Karnataka’s Gulbarga tur dal gets Geographical Indication tag

2. Karnataka Government categorised Nicotine as Class A poison
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Karnataka Capital Bangalore
Karnataka CM B. S. Yediyurappa
Karnataka Governor Vajubai Rudubai Wala
3. A National Centre for Avian Ecotoxicology was inaugurated in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
4. India’s first of its kind FinTech centre of excellence comes up in Chennai
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Tamil Nadu Capital Chennai
Tamil Nadu CM E. Palanisamy
Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit
5. Maharashtra’s Tribal Development Department launched an academic

programme ‘Super 50’ for young tribal students aspiring to be doctors and engineers
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Maharashtra Capital Mumbai
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis
Maharashtra Governor Chinamani Vidyasagar Rao
6. Telangana government launches DEET app to connect job seekers and employers
7. Telangana government launched T-Haazaru app to monitor attendance in govt schools
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Telangana Capital Hyderabad
Telangana CM Chandrasekhar Rao
Telangana Governor ESL Narashiman
8. Tamil Nadu Education Department has launched an exclusive 24 -hour television channel
“Kalvi Tholaikkatchi” for the school students

9. Tamil Nadu’s Dindigul locks and Kandangi sarees have received GI tags
10. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced 'Water Arrears Waiver Scheme'
11. Delhi government announces campaign against vector-borne diseases named ‘10 Hafte, 10 Baje, 10
Minute — Har Ravivar, dengue par war’

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Delhi Capital New Delhi
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Governor Anil Bijal
Current Affairs: Banking and Finance
1. General insurance company Digit Insurance signed Bancassurance pact with Karur Vysya Bank
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Karur Vysya Bank CEO Mr. P. R. Seshadri
Karur Vysya Bank Headquarters Karur, Tamil Nadu
Karur Vysya Bank Tagline Smart Way to Bank
2. DBS was named ‘World’s Best Bank’ by Euromoney magazine

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DBS bank MD & CEO Piyush Gupta
Headquarters Singapore
3. Moody’s cuts India’s GDP growth target to 6.2% for 2019

4. Bandhan Bank has launched co-branded credit card with Standard Chartered
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Bandhan Bank CEO Chandra Shekhar Ghosh
Bandhan Bank Headquarters Kolkata
Bandhan Bank Tagline "Aapka Bhala, Sabki Bhalai"
5. Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approved the transfer of Rs 1,76,051 crore to the
Government of India
6. RBI increases time allowed for converting minimum KYC PPI into full KYC PPI from 18 months to
24 months
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RBI Headquarters Mumbai
RBI Governor Shaktikant Das
BP Kanungo, N S Vishwanathan, and
RBI Deputy Governor Mahesh Kumar Jain
7. Canara Bank has launched the OTP facility for ATM withdrawals over Rs 10,000
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Canara Bank MD & CEO R. A. Sankara Narayanan
Canara Bank Headquarters Bengaluru
Canara Bank Tagline Together we can
8. SIDBI has partnered with Incuspaze to open coworking space for MSMEs and start-ups
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Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
SIDBI Headquarters Lucknow
Chairman and Managing Director Mohammad Mustafa
9. Ficci survey pegs India's GDP growth rate at 6.9% for 2019-20 (FY20)
10. India Ratings has lowered the country's growth forecast to 6.7 per cent for FY'20
11. According to KPMG’s report ‘Fintech in India – Powering Mobile Payments, Digital Payments
growing in India at 12.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR)
12. Indian Bank has opened its first MSME Centralised Processing Centre in Chennai
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Indian Bank CEO Padmaja Chunduru
Indian Bank Headquarters Chennai
Indian Bank Tagline Your Tech-friendly bank
13. According to National Statistics Office (NSO), India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 5 % in the April-
June 2019
14. Global research firm Nomura has lowered its growth projections for India for the year 2020 to 6.9 %
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Nomura Holdings HQ Tokyo, Japan
Nomura Holdings CEO Koji Nagai
Current Affairs: Business
1. Alphalogic Techsys Limited to be the first company to be listed on BSE Startup Platform
Current Affairs: Appointments
Vikram Rathour Batting coach of India men’s cricket team
High Commissioner of India to the Cook

Ms. Padmaja
Islands
Rajiv Gauba Cabinet Secretary
General Shavendra Silva Commander Of Sri Lankan Army
Lionel Aingimea New President of Nauru
Pavan Kapoor India's Ambassador to the UAE
Pramod Agarwal Chairman of Coal India
Sitanshu Kotak head coaches of India A
Paras Mhambrey head coaches of India U-19

Aditya Pande CFO of IndiGo ( from September 16)
Current Affairs: Resignation
Suparna Singh NDTV interim CEO
Parthasarathi Mukherjee Lakshmi Vilas Bank MD&CEO

Rohit Philip CFO of IndiGo
Nripendra Misra Principal Secretary to PM Modi
Current Affairs: Awards and Honours
Vivek Menon
( Wildlife Trust of India head ) 2019 Clark R Bavin Wildlife Law Enforcement Award
PM Narendra Modi ‘The King Hamad Order of the Renaissance’ by Bahrain
PM Narendra Modi UAE’s highest civilian award ‘Order of Zayed’
Prabhakar Singh
( Director General of Central 2019 Eminent Engineer Award
Public Works Department) by the Institution of Engineers (India)
Shashi Shanker 2019 Distinguished Fellowship Award of the Institute of

(ONGC Chairman and MD) Directors (IOD)
Eric Cantona 2019 UEFA President’s Award
Virgil van Dijk 2018/19 UEFA Men's Player of the Year award
Lucy Bronze ( England) 2018/19 UEFA women’s player of the year award
"I'm Jeeja"
( Indian documentary film 14th edition of 'We Care Film Festival on Disability Issues'
directed by Swati Chakraborty) 1st Prize 'Under 30 minute'
Deendayan Antyodaya Yojana-

National Urban Livelihoods SKOCH Governance Gold Award for its Portal for
Mission (DAY-NULM) Affordable Credit and Interest Subvention Access (PAiSA)
1. Mobile app that connect old-age homes and orphanages, called Maitri, win tech prize in US
developed by Class 12 students of Amity International School in Noida
Current Affairs: Summit and Conference
1. President Ram NathKovind inaugurated the first World Youth conference on kindness in New Delhi
2. National Conference on Siddha Varmam-2019 inaugurated in Chennai, Tamil Nadu

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3. The 2019 Indo Pacific Chiefs of Defence (CHOD) Conference will be held in Bangkok, Thailand
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Thailand Capital Bangkok
Thailand Currency Thai baht
Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha
4. The 45th G7 summit was held in Biarritz, France

5. 7th Community Radio Sammelan to be held in Delhi
6. Fourth edition of Internet of Things India Congress 2019 held in Bengaluru

7. The 12th India Security Summit was held in New Delhi
Current Affairs: Ranking
1. Gujarat ranked first in NITI Aayog’s composite water management index (CWMI) 2.0
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Gujarat Capital Gandhinagar
Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani
Gujarat Governor Acharya Dev Vrat
2. Scarlett Johansson has topped the "Forbes" list of the highest-paid actresses for the second time
3. 'Statue of Unity' and Mumbai's Soho House among Time's 100 greatest places in the world
4. Singer Taylor Swift topped the Forbes' list of top 10 highest-paid women in music for the year
5. Mumbai has been ranked as the 45th, while Delhi stood at the 52nd safest city on the Safe Cities
Index (SCI) a report by Economist Intelligence Unit
6. According to "Global Happiness Survey" from market research firm Ipsos, Indian has been ranked 9th on
the happiness index among 28 global markets
Current Affairs: MOU
1. Tata Realty & Housing and Indian Army signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to
provide quality housing to army personnel

2. Common Service Centre SPV signed a pact with the Panchayati Raj Ministry to digitise gram
panchayats across country

3. World’s first space-based automatic identification system (AIS) will be built and operated jointly by
India and France

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France Capital Paris
France Currency Euro, cfp franc
France President Emmanuel Macron
4. Karnataka signs MoU with AAI for development of Kalaburagi airport
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Airports Authority of India (AAI)
AAI Chairman Guruprasad Mohapatra
AAI Headquarters New Delhi
5. Assam signs MoU with NHPC to develop 2 GW Subansiri Lower Hydro Project
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Assam Capital Dishpur
Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal
Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi
National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC)
NHPC headquarters Faridabad, Haryana
6. TikTok has partnered with the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) to train students on
online safety
7. Government e Marketplace (GeM) signs pact with SIDBI to facilitate business of MSMEs, SHG’s
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Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
SIDBI Headquarters Lucknow
Chairman and Managing Director Mohammad Mustafa
GeM CEO Talleen Kumar
8. BSE has signed a MoU with Steel Users Federation of India (SUFI) to launch trading in steel futures
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Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
BSE Chairperson Vikramajit Sen
BSE MD & CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan
BSE Headquarters Mumbai
9. IIT Guwahati signs MoU with RD Grow Green India for safer drinking water
10. Health Ministry has signed a MoU with Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence to explore AI
based solutions in combating TB
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Union Minister Harsh Vardhan
Constituency Chandni Chowk, Delhi
11. Mastercard, RBL Bank and Samsung India have announced the launch of Samsung Pay for RBL Bank’s
credit card holders
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RBL Bank Headquarters RBL Bank
RBL Bank Tagline Apno ka Bank
RBL Bank MD & CEO Mr Vishwavir Ahuja
Current Affairs: Science and Technology
1. Russia has successfully carried out the launch of its first humanoid
robot named ‘Fedor’ in space.
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Russia Currency Russian Rouble
2. Intel Corp has launched its first artificial intelligence chip named
Springhill
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Intel Corp CEO Robert H. Swan
Intel Corp Headquarters California, United States
3. Microsoft India announced the "Digital Governance Tech Tour"

programme to train 5,000 government employees in AI and Cloud Computing
4. Indian Institute of Petroleum sets up plant to turn plastic waste into

diesel
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Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP)
IIP Headquarters Dehradun, Uttarakhand
5. Maruti Suzuki launched ‘Service On Wheels’ Doorstep Car Service programme
6. Mobile App ‘IndTokyo’ launched to help Paralympians to look up

accessible places in Tokyo
Current Affairs: Books
Book Author
“Flawed: The Rise and Fall of India’s
Diamond Mogul Nirav Modi” Pavan C Lall
‘Big Billion Startup – The Untold Flipkart
Story’ Mihir Dalal
"Obama: The Call of History" Peter Baker
'Jin Dhoondha Tin Paaiyan' (Hindi) OP Singh
Current Affairs: Defence
1. The air forces of China and Pakistan began joint exercise ‘Shaheen-VIII’ in China
2. Shaliza Dhami is first woman Air force officer to become flight commander
3. International Aviation and Space Show (MAKS) 2019 held in Russia
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Russia Currency Russian Rouble
4. Pakistan has test-fired surface to surface ballistic missile Ghaznavi

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Pakistan Capital Islamabad
Pakistan Currency Rupee
Pakistan PM Imran Khan
5. IMD hands over Kochi Cyclone Detection Radar (CDR) building to Indian Navy
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India Meteorological Department (IMD)
IMD Headquarters New Delhi
IMD Director General Dr. Mrutyunjay Mohapatra
Current Affairs: Sports
1. PV Sindhu beats Nozomi Okuhara to win a gold medal in the World Championships 2019.
2. Gokulam Kerala defeated Mohun Bagan to win their maiden Durand Cup finals at the Salt Lake
Stadium in Kolkata
3. Suzuki Ecstar rider Alex Rins won the MotoGP Grand Prix of Britain
4. Komalika Bari (Jharkhand) won gold medal in women’s cadet recurve category in the World
Archery Youth Championships in Madrid

5. Chennai City FC announced a strategic partnership with Germany's uhlsport to develop grassroot
football in Tamil Nadu and across India

6. Sumit Nagal became the first Indian to win a set against Roger Federer
7. Ashish Kasodekar has become the first Indian to complete the 555 kms long ''La Ultra The High''
marathon in Ladakh
8. The Indian Team finished 13th among 63 countries in the overall standings at the WorldSkills
International Competition 2019 in Kazan, Russia

9. India's Elavenil Valarivan claims maiden World Cup gold medal in Rio de Janerio
10. 25th Senior Women’s National Football Championship to be held in Arunachal Pradesh
11. Sri Lanka spinner Ajantha Mendis has announced his retirement from all forms of the game
12. Indian sprinter V K Vismaya clinched the gold medal in the women 400m run at Josef Seckr
Memorial (MJS) in Brno, Czech Republic
13. Abhishek Verma won the gold medal in the men's 10m air pistol event of the World Cup in Rio
14. Aswatha Narayana wins first gold for India at WorldSkills event in Russia
Current Affairs: Obituaries
Person Field
Niranjan Singh Tasneem Punjab writer & Professor
Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
(Himachal Pradesh) India's First Woman DGP
Lalat Indu Parija Former Chief Secretary of Odisha
Ajjikuttira Kariappa Subbaiah first president of BJP in karnataka
Noel Kelman Indian Navy hero
Socialist leader and former MLA of

Navnitbhai Shah
Palghar
Congress MLA from Mukerian Assembly

Rajnish Kumar Babbi
seat in Punjab
Nimu Bhowmik Veteran Bengali actor

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Current Affairs: Important Days

Date Important days Theme

August 26 Women's Equality Day -

August 29 National Sports Day -

International Day against Nuclear

International Day of the Victims

Current Affairs: National

1. Indian Railways to ban single-use plastics from October 2

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Union Minister Harsh Vardhan

Constituency Chandni Chowk, Delhi

Ministry of Women and Child Development & Ministry of Textiles

Union Minister Smriti Zubin Irani

Constituency Amethi, Uttar Pradesh

Chief Vigilance Commissioner Sharad Kumar

Central Vigilance Commission

Headquarters New Delhi

5. PM Modi has announced to celebrate September as a month of nutrition

years of the railway station.

Minister for Human Resource Development

Constituency Haridwar, Uttarakhand

Minister of State (I\C) Prahalad Singh Patel

Constituency Damoh, Madhya Pradesh

Gujarat Capital Gandhinagar

Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani

Gujarat Governor Acharya Dev Vrat

15. Government launched Angikaar Campaign & E-Course on Vulnerability Atlas

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs & Ministry of Civil Aviation

Union Minister (Independent Charge) Hardeep Singh Puri

CBDT - Central Board of Direct Taxes

CBDT Headquarters New Delhi

CBDT Chairman Pramod Chandra Mody

19. Air India to ban single-use plastic from October 2

Air India Headquarters New Delhi

Air India Chairman & MD Ashwani Lohani

Current Affairs: International

Iran Capital Tehran

Iran Currency Iranian rial

Iran President Hassan Rouhani

Iceland Capital Reykjavík

Iceland Currency Icelandic króna

Iceland Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir

Indonesia Capital Jakarta

Indonesia Currency Indonesian rupiah

Indonesia President Joko Widodo

5. Russia launched the world's first floating nuclear reactor in Arctic

Russia Capital Moscow

Russia Currency Russian Ruble

Russia President Vladimir Putin

Current Affairs: State

1. Karnataka’s Gulbarga tur dal gets Geographical Indication tag

Karnataka Capital Bangalore

Karnataka Governor Vajubai Rudubai Wala

Tamil Nadu Capital Chennai

Tamil Nadu CM E. Palanisamy

Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit

5. Maharashtra’s Tribal Development Department launched an academic

Maharashtra Capital Mumbai

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis

Maharashtra Governor Chinamani Vidyasagar Rao

7. Telangana government launched T-Haazaru app to monitor attendance in govt schools

Telangana Capital Hyderabad