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(August 2021)

Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 1 August to

8 August 2021

National News
• Intel launches ‘AI For All’ initiative in collaboration with CBSE
• Rajasthan Government launches ‘Mission Niryatak Bano’
• Bhubaneswar becomes first Indian city to vaccinate
100% against COVID-19
• IIT Roorkee launches Earthquake Early Warning Mobile
App for Uttarakhand
• India nuclear power capacity is expected to reach 22,480
MW by 2031
• India sign MoU with Bangladesh in disaster management

International News

• Meenakashi Lekhi leads Indian delegation at G20 Culture

Ministers’ Meeting
• India takes over UNSC presidency for August 2021
• Narendra Modi to become 1st Indian PM to chair UNSC debate
• Nikol Pashinyan Re-appointed as PM of Armenia
• Myanmar Military Chief, Min Aung Hlaing appointed as interim
Prime Minister
• Shehroze Kashif becomes world’s youngest mountaineer to
scale K2
• Germany becomes 5th country to sign ISA Framework
Agreement

Banking and Financial

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• GST collection recovers to a 3-month high of Rs 1.16 lac

Cr. in July
• PM Modi to launch e-RUPI no need for card, net banking to
redeem voucher
• Indian Bank signs MoU with SINE, IIT Bombay, for funding
Start-ups and MSMEs
• SBI launches ‘SIM Binding’ feature in YONO and YONO Lite
• HDFC Bank launched ‘Dukandar Overdraft Scheme’
• RBI imposes penalty of Rs 50.35 lakh on Janalaxmi Co-
operative Bank
• India and World Bank sign $250 million project to make
existing dams safe and resilient
• RBI authorizes IndusInd Bank to act as an ‘Agency Bank’
• 7 Indian Companies Feature in Fortune Global 500
list for 2021, Reliance Industries tops in India
• RBI revises retail inflation projection for FY22 to 5.7%
• ICICI Prudential Life ties up with NPCI for UPI Autopay
• SEBI allows payments banks to act as investment bankers
• SBI General partners with SahiPay to offer general insurance
products

Appointment and Resignation

• Deepak Das appointed as new Controller General of Accounts

• Mini Ipe appointed as LIC MD
• Bvlgari appoints Priyanka Chopra as its global brand
ambassador
• Kumar Mangalam Birla steps down as Non-Executive
Chairman of Vodafone Idea
• Vice Admiral SN Ghormade appointed New Vice Chief of the
Naval Staff
• Dhriti Banerjee becomes 1st woman Director of Zoological
Survey of India (ZSI)

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• Asha Bhosle to get prestigious Maharashtra Bhushan award

2021
• Cyrus Poonawala to receive Lokmanya Tilak Award
• Jagdish Bhagwati and C Rangarajan won R. Rao Gold Medal
award

Defence

• 36th edition of CORPAT between India and Indonesia begins

• Operation Blue Freedom: Team of Special Forces Veterans

Science
• ISRO-NASA joint mission NISAR Satellite to be launched in 2023
• Indigenously designed INS Vikrant leaves port for maiden sea
trials

Sports
• PV Sindhu bags bronze, beats He Bingjiao of China
• Sri Lanka’s Isuru Udana announces retirement
• Esteban Ocon won Hungarian GP 2021
• USA beats Mexico 1-0 to won CONCACAF Gold Cup
• Lovlina Borgohain won boxing bronze at Tokyo Olympics
• India won bronze medal in Tokyo, first Olympic
medal in hockey since 1980
• Ravi Kumar Dahiya won silver in Men’s wrestling
• Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award renamed as Major Dhyan
Chand Khel Ratna Award
• Neeraj Chopra won Olympic gold medal in Javelin throw
• Bajrang Punia clinches bronze medal in men’s 65 kg
wrestling at Tokyo Olympics

Book and Author

• A new book titled “Balakot Air Strike: How India Avenged

Pulwama” is written by Manan Bhatt

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• Book titled “My Own Mazagon” by Captain Ramesh Babu

Important day

• 1st August: “Muslim Women Rights Day”

• 1st August: National Mountain Climbing Day
• 6th August: Hiroshima Day
• 6th August (First Friday of August): International Beer Day
• 7th August: National Handloom Day
• 8th August: Quit India Movement Day

Obituary
• Former England bowler Mike Hendrick passes away
• World Masters gold medal winner athlete Man Kaur passes
away
• Padma Shri awardee Dogri writer and poet Padma
Sachdev passes away
• Olympian footballer S.S. ‘Babu’ Nayaran passes away

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Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 9 August to 15

August 2021

National News

• Virender Kumar, Union Minister for Social Justice and

Empowerment has launched ‘PM-DAKSH’ Portal and ‘PM-
DAKSH’ Mobile App
• Haryana govt signed an MoU with Walmart Vriddhi to
help MSMEs
• Chhattisgarh becomes 1st state to recognize Forest Resource
Rights in Urban Region
• Kakori Train Conspiracy renamed to Kakori Train Action
• G Manoj Sinha inaugurates “Bungus Awaam Mela” in J&K
• India Celebrates 75th Independence Day READ MORE
• Thol, Wadhwana, Sultanpur, and Bhindawas are four
more Indian wetlands that are added to Ramsar list

International News

• Kiren Rijiju attends 8th SCO Meeting of Ministers of Justice

• Mohammad Mokhber named as first Vice President of Iran
• India ranks 122nd on “New Global Youth Development
Index”, Singapore Tops
• Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh led India’s delegation to the 28th
ASEAN Regional Forum Ministerial Meeting
• Afghanistan govt to transfer power to Taliban; Ashraf
Ghani to step down
• Four Indian airports — Delhi, Hyderabad,
Mumbai and Bengaluru in Skytrax in top 100 airport
list for 2021

Banking and Financial

• Suryoday Small Finance Bank Launched ‘Health and Wellness

Savings account
• ADB approved USD 300 million additional loan for Maharashtra

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• RBI to impose monetary penalty on ATMs that run out of

cash from October 1
• SIDBI unveils “Digital Prayaas” lending platform
• RBI increase collateral-free loans to Self Help Groups
• Indian Navy, IDFC FIRST bank bring ‘Honour FIRST’ banking
solutions
• HCL Technologies becomes 4th IT firm to hit Rs 3 trillion
market-cap
• Number Of Billionaires In India Dropped From 141 to 136
• RBI imposes Rs 1 crore penalty on Cooperatieve Rabobank
U.A.
• Indian Bank signs MoU with Paralympic Committee

Appointment and Resignation

• Eurosport India appoints John Abraham as the MotoGP

Brand Ambassador
• GoI approves 1-year extension to Rajiv Gauba’s term as Cabinet
Secretary
• MS Dhoni becomes first brand ambassador of HomeLane
• RBI ropes Neeraj Chopra for banking fraud awareness
campaign
• GoI Approves 3-year extension for Rekha
Sharma as Chairperson of NCW
• Kamlesh Kumar Pant appointed new NPPA chairman
• Cashify appoints Rajkummar Rao as first brand ambassador

Awards

• Labhanshu Sharma won Bharat Kesari Wrestling

Dangal for Uttarakhand
• Maharashtra creates Rajiv Gandhi Award for Excellence
in Information Technology (IT)

Defence

• India-UAE Navy undertakes bilateral exercise ‘Zayed Talwar

2021’

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• ITBP inducts its first two women officers,

Prakriti and Diksha in combat
• Indian Army contingent to participate in International Army
Games 2021 in Russia
• AL-Mohed AL-Hindi 2021 Exercise Set to Begin Between Indian
Navy & Saudi Arabia Navy
• DRDO Successfully Test-Fires Nirbhay Missile
• Quad countries Navies to undertake Ex-Malabar 2021
• Indian Navy takes part in US Navy-led multinational SEACAT
exercises

Science

• GSLV-F10 fails to launch earth observation

satellite into intended orbit

Sports

• Tokyo Olympic 2020: Highlights READ MORE

• Shakib Al Hasan and Stafanie Taylor voted ICC players of the
month for July

Book and Author

• A book title “The Earthspinner” authored by Anuradha Roy

• Vice President’s Released of the book ‘Accelerating India: 7
Years of Modi Government’

Important day
• 9th August: Nagasaki Day
• 9th August: International Day of the World’s Indigenous
Peoples (Theme 2021: “Leaving no one behind: Indigenous peoples
and the call for a new social contract.”)
• Neeraj Chopra honored, AFI names August 7th as ‘Javelin
Throw Day’ in India
• 10th August: World Lion Day

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• 12th August: International Youth Day (Theme 2021:

“Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and
Planetary Health”.)
• 12th August: World Elephant Day
• 13th August: International Lefthanders Day
• 13th August: World Organ Donation Day

Obituary

• Veteran actor Anupam Shyam passes away

• Malayalam actor Saranya Sasi passes away
• Renowned Ayurvedacharya Balaji Tambe passes away

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August 2021

National News

• Bharat Petroleum launches door-to-door delivery of ‘High-

Speed Diesel’
• PM Announces ₹100 Lakh Crore ‘Gati Shakti’ Infra Scheme To
Boost Jobs
• PM Modi sets 2047 target for becoming ‘energy independent’
• CM Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy launches Rs 4,500 crore ‘Naadu-
Nedu-2’ to remodel 16,000 govt schools in AP
• Kaziranga becomes India’s first national park with satellite
phones
• 75 new Vande Bharat trains to connect all parts of India
• ‘Nation First, Always First,’ theme of 75th Independence Day
• Rice under all scheme to be fortified by 2024
• Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel announces 4 new districts
• Six lakh villages to get internet connectivity by 2024
• India launched UNITE Aware Platform in collaboration with UN
• BRICS signs deal on cooperation in remote sensing satellite
data sharing

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• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched ‘Ubharte Sitaare

Fund’
• India’s highest herbal park inaugurated in Uttarakhand

International News

• Hakainde Hichilema as a Zambia’s new president

• Ghaziabad is world’s second most polluted
city of 2020, Judbury in Australia cleanest: British
company HouseFresh
• Malaysia’s King appoints Ismail Sabri as Prime Minister
• Apple tops Hurun Global 500 Most Valuable Companies list
2021

Banking and Financial

• RBI cancels licence of Karnala Nagari Sahakari

Bank, Panvel in Maharashtra
• India Ratings revises India’s FY22 GDP growth to 4%
• SBI Life launches new-age term insurance policy “SBI Life
eShield Next”
• RBI to introduce ‘Regulatory GAAR’ for round-tripping
• India-ADB: USD 500 million loan agreement signed
for Bengaluru Metro
• RBI to put in place a “PRISM” to strengthen
compliance by lenders
• RBI introduced Financial Inclusion Index
• Kotak Mahindra Bank launches ‘Neo Collections’ Digital
Repayment platform

Appointment and Resignation

• Priyanka Chopra Jonas named MAMI film festival chairperson

• Amway India appointed Mirabai Chanu as brand ambassador
• PR Sreejesh to be brand ambassador of Kerala adventure
tourism
• NK Singh appointed New President of Institute of Economic
Growth Society

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• Shanti Lal Jain appointed MD and CEO of Indian Bank

Awards

• Gallantry Awards 2021: Here’s the list of 144 gallantry

awards announced READ HERE
• Mohammad Azam from Telangana awarded National Youth
Award
• Resolution reintroduced in US Congress to posthumously
award Congressional Gold Medal to Mahatma Gandhi
• Indian Film Festival of Melbourne Awards 2021: Tamil
actor Suriya won the Best Performance Male for Soorarai
Pottru, and Vidya Balan grabbed Best Performance
Female for Sherni

Defence

• Indian, Vietnam navies undertake bilateral maritime exercise

in South China Sea
• Indian frigate INS Tabar takes part in exercises Konkan 2021
• Joint Guidance for the Australia – India Navy to Navy
Relationship

Sports

• Harshit Raja becomes India’s 69th Chess Grandmaster

• Odisha to sponsor Indian Hockey teams for 10 more years
• Lionel Messi signs two-year Paris St-Germain deal after leaving
Barcelona
• Amit Kumar walks to win silver medal in World Athletics U20
Championships in Nairobi

Important day

• PM declares August 14 to be observed as ‘Partition Horrors

Remembrance Day’
• 19th August: World Photography Day
• 19th August: World Humanitarian Day (Theme 2021:
#TheHumanRace: a global challenge for climate action in solidarity
with people who need it the most.)

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• 20th August: Sadbhavna Diwas

• 20th August: World Mosquito Day (Theme 2021: “Reaching the
zero malaria target”.)
• 20th August: Indian Akshay Urja Day
• 21st August: World Senior Citizen Day

Obituary

• Former Indian footballer Chinmoy Chatterjee passes away

• Tamil actor Anandha Kannan passed away at 48
• Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Kalyan Singh passed
away At 89
• Godfather of Sudoku, Maki Kaji passes away
• Actor Chithra passes away

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August 2021

National News

• Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurates world’s second-largest

refurbished gene bank
• Hisar Airport renamed as Maharaja Agrasen International
Airport
• Chhattisgarh launched the ‘Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Bhumihin
Majdur Nyay Yojana’ for landless families
• Assam Celebrated Wanchuwa Festival 2021
• NTPC launched India’s largest floating solar
project in Simhadri
• India’s Evacuation Mission From Afghanistan named
as ‘Operation Devi Shakti’
• IIM Ahmedabad and Bank of America partner to set up a
Centre for Digital Transformation
• Ministry of Jal Shakti launches ‘SUJALAM’ Campaign
• Ministry of Electronics & IT launches SAMRIDH
programme

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• NITI Aayog and Cisco launches “WEP Nxt” Women

Entrepreneurship Platform
• Maharashtra govt launches Mission Vatsalya for women lost
their husbands to COVID-19
• Govt introduces “Bharat series (BH-series)” registration

International News

• WEF’S Sustainable Development Impact Summit

2021 in Geneva, Switzerland
• India ranked 2nd in Cushman Global Manufacturing Risk
Index 2021; China Tops
• Copenhagen Safe Cities Index 2021: New
Delhi at 48th and Mumbai at 50th place
• India & Maldives inks pact on mega Greater Male
Connectivity Project

Banking and Financial

• RBI appointed panel suggests 4-tier structure for Urban Co-

operative Banks
• Paytm & HDFC Bank tie-up to provide solutions across payment
gateway
• Infosys becomes 4th Indian company to touch $100 billion m-
cap
• RBI extends card payment tokenisation facility to laptops,
wearable devices
• RBI includes PM SVANidhi Scheme beneficiaries under PIDF
Scheme
• RBI enhances limit under Indo-Nepal Remittance Facility to Rs
2 lakh
• LIC launched ANANDA mobile app for Agents
• PhonePe receives direct broking licence from IRDAI

Appointment and Resignation

• Nakul Chopra appointed as Chief Executive Officer of BARC

India
• BJP Leader La Ganesan appointed as Manipur Governor

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• RBI approves re-appointment of Sandeep Bakhshi as ICICI Bank

MD & CEO
• Abhay Kumar Singh appointed as joint secretary in Ministry of
Cooperation
• Ajay Kumar appointed as new RBI executive director (ED)
• Samsung India ropes in Alia Bhatt as brand ambassador for
its foldable smartphone portfolio
• Sonu Sood to be brand ambassador for Delhi’s mentorship
initiative
• Carol Furtado appoints as interim CEO of Ujjivan Small Finance
Bank
• RBI approves appointment of Hitendra Dave as CEO of HSBC
India
• Mansukh Mandaviya appointed Chairperson of Stop TB
Partnership Board

Awards

• EASE Reforms Index Award 2021: State Bank of India is

the Overall winner

Defence

• A Joint Exercise Between Indian Navy And Royal Bahrain

Naval Force
• India finalises deal with Russia to procure AK-103 rifles
• 5th India-Kazakhstan Joint Training Exercise “KAZIND-21” will
be held from August 30 to September 11, 2021
• NSG commandos undertake counter-terrorist
drills ‘Gandiv’ across country
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Commissions Indigeneously built ICGS
‘Vigraha’
• India and Germany conducts joint maritime exercise in Gulf of Aden

Sports
• Shaili Singh bags Long Jump silver in WAU20 Championships
• Tekchand as India’s new flag-bearer in Tokyo Paralympics

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• Tokyo Paralympics: India’s Bhavnaben Patel won silver, loses in

final
• Tokyo Paralympics 2021: Nishad Kumar won silver medal in high
jump
• Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Jhajharia,
Gurjar win silver and bronze in javelin throw F46
• Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Yogesh Kathuniya wins silver
medal in men’s Discus throw event
• Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Avani Lekhara wins Gold
Medal in women’s 10m AR Standing SH1 Final
• Sumit Antil Wins India’s 2nd Gold Medal At Tokyo
Paralympics With New World Record In Javelin Throw
• Discus thrower Vinod Kumar loses Paralympics bronze,
declared ineligible in classification reassessment
• Rajnath Singh names Army Sports Institute, Pune as “Neeraj
Chopra Stadium”
• Max Verstappen won Belgian Grand Prix 2021
• Tokyo Paralympics 2020: India’s Singhraj Adana shoots bronze in
men’s 10m air pistol
• Dale Steyn announces retirement from all forms of cricket
• Tokyo Paralympics 2020 : Mariyappan Wins Silver And Sharad Gets
Bronze in Men’s High Jump

Book and Author

• The Dream of Revolution: A Biography of Jayaprakash

Narayan Book by Bimal Prasad and Sujata Prasad
• A book titled ‘Battlefield’ authored by Vishram Bedekar

Important day

• 23rd August: International Day for the Remembrance of the

Slave Trade and its Abolition
• August 22: World Sanskrit Day
• 23-27 August: World Water Week 2021 (Theme 2021: ‘Building
Resilience Faster’.)
• 21st August: World Entrepreneurs’ Day
• 26th August: International Dog Day
• 26 August: Women’s Equality Day

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• 29 August: National Sports Day

• 29 August: International Day Against Nuclear Tests
• 30 August: National Small Industry Day
• 31 August: International Day for People of African Descent

Obituary

• Former national football player and coach SS Hakim passed

away
• Former England captain Ted Dexter passes away
• Renowned cricket coach Vasoo Paranjape passes away
• Eminent writer Shri Buddhadeb Guha Passed away

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