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August-2023
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BY VtKAS SIR
A-1, Kesha v Vihar, Riddhi-Siddhi Chouraha,
Gopalpura Bypass, Jaipur, Rajasfhan- 302018
Mob: 0141-350794:8, 9636977490
International current affairs
Abrysvo
The USfood and Drug Administration FAD has approved
Pfizer's Abrysvo vaccine
This vaccine will protect newborn children from respiratory synaptic
virus RSV
Typhoon Lan
A storm arose in the pacific ocean region whichaffectedmany
areas of Japan
Eris
A New variant of Covid 19named EG5.1 in Britain
Descendent lineage omicron
Fukushima Nuclear power plant
Japan started to pump treated radioactive waterfrom this plant
into the Pacific ocean
After this incident China ban on seafood imports
from 1 Aug 2023 which country has started e visa facility for Indians
Russia
which country's media regulator banned the use of the word
homosexuality and issued an order to use term sexual deviance
Iraq
Iraq blocks telegram over national security concerns
later on they lift the ban
Niger
A military coup took place in Niger Africancountry on26July
The president of Niger was Mohamed Baro um
Voice to Parliament
The parliament of Australia will hold a referendum on the
establishment of an advisorybody for the country's
indigenous people
with the approval of voice to parliament Tribal and
Torres state Islander people will be recognized in the
country's constitution
who was appointedacting Prime minister of pakistan afterdissolute
of Pakistani parliament Anwar UL HaqKakar
The firstand only state in the country which has its own internet
service Kerala
who will be given the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar in the Hindi
language category for 2023
Atul Kumar Rai Chandpur ki chanda novel
which state won the National Award for the best implementation of
PradhanMantri fatal Bima yojna Karnataka
for increase in the enrollmentand crop insurance
Tele Law2.0
Organizer Department of Justice Ministry of Law Justice
It was organized to celebrate the achievement ofreachingsolak
pre trial consultations of common citizens through the use of
technology
Dadi Prakashmani
President Muma unveiled a postagestamp in thememory of the
former headof Brahma Kumaris on 25 August at the Rashtrapati
Bhavanculturalcenter
CSIR Prima ET 11
country's first indigenous e tractor
It is developed by CMERI centralmechanicalEngineeringresear
Institute Durgapur
After the amendment in Aadharrules howmanyyearsAadhaarholders
will have to renew there Aadhaar card 10years
which state became the first state in India to launch ABDM Ayushman
Bharat DigitalMission Microsite Mizoram
Himalayan vulture
The first artificial breeding centrefor the Himalayan vulture
was carried out in the Assam state zoo
JALDOST
council of scientific and Industrial research andnational
Aerospace experimentstation Bengaluruunveiled the JALDOST
It is capable of removing aquatic weedsfrom lakesandrivers
No Confidence Motion
Mentioned in operating rule no 198 of Loksabha
Process
Member Informed permissionneeded ed
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to Loksabhaspeaker in thehouse of 50members
Fact
Currently 28th time in 2023
1st in 1963 against Nehruji by J B Kripalani
Maximum 15times against Indira gandhi
Never passed
2 times against Narendra modi 2018,20231
special session
May be of Rashtrapati Bhavan
5 times till now currently 6th time
18 to 12 September
Process
Decision Notice of date andperiod
by govt
Presidential order issued Byministry of parliamentary affairs
to the secretory generalsofLSIRs
14 15 Aug 1947 Independence
15 Aug1972 25 years of Independence
1997 50 years of Independence
1992 50 years of Bharat Chhodo
2017 GST
Rohini commission
The commission constituted by the president under the
chairmanship of Delhi Highcount'schief Justice G Rohini for
sub categorisation of OBC hasrecently submitted its report
The tenure of this commission was extended 14times after
nearly 6 years and initially it was constituted for 12weeks
The commission has recommended sub categorization of mor
than 2600 OBC on the basic of dominant caste and those
who are benefitted and deprived of reservation benefits
Presently its complete report has not been published
Bharat Utsav
Bharat Utsav a threedayevent on indian art and heritage
began in Dubai on the occasion of India'sIndependence day
In this art representingeach state of India was displayed
3D post office
Union minister of communications and information Ashwini vaishnav
launched India's first 3D postoffice in Bengaluru
Vishwakarma scheme
The prime minister announced this scheme from the Redfort
on Independence day
It will be launched on Vishwakarma Jayanti on 17th September
The beneficiaries of thisscheme are artisansandcraftpeople weavers
Goldsmiths Blacksmiths washermen Tailors Barbers etc
13 15 thousand crore rupees will be allocated for this
This scheme will run from 2023 24 to 2027 28
Namoh 108
council of scientific andIndustrialresearch
unveiled variety of lotus by the name of
Mamon108
Mamon108 is the only variety of lotus whose genome has been
sequenced
Government of Assam
The Assam govt has announced a ban on plastic water
bottlesless than I litre
Zepto
It has become the first start up of
the country in 2023 to enter the
unicorn category with valuation
1 4 billion
It is a grocery delivery start up
TECHNOLOGY
Voyager 2
NASA's spacecraft Voyager 2 is the human madespacecraft
to enter in deep space
It was launched in 1977
NASA has lost contact with it recently
Seamless MIT
Meta Facebook has developed a toolcalled seamless MTT
which is capable of translation in 100 languages
It is capable of speech to speech translation
Chandrayaan 3
Rover Pragyan imprintednationalemblem and Isro logo whilemoving
on the surface the moon
ISRO Chief S Somnath
Mission Director Mohana Kumar
Project Director veeramuthurel 7payload
August23 declared as National Space day
Shiv
shaktipoint when Chandrayaan 3 landertouched
down the moon
footprints of Chandrayaan 2 is called Tiranga
Chandrayaan 3
Vikram Landerof Chandrayaan 3 Successfully managed to
land on the southern surface of the moon India is the first
country in the world to do this
Chandrayaan 3 Complete21 orbits of the earth and 120orbits
of the moon and landed on the moon's surface in 40 days
During this Chandrayaan 3 traveled 55 lakh Kms for a
distance of 3.84 lakh Kms
It touched the lunar surface on August 23 2023 at 6 04pm
It consist of cryogenicengine cc251 liquidstage 1101 solid
rocketbooster 5200
Chandrayaan 3 was launched by LUM3 M4 Fatboy launch
vehicle
Chandrayaan 3 Consists of Vikram lander and Pragyan rover
This time compared to Chandrayaan 2 Chandrayaan 3
has a biggerfuel tank stronger landerpod laser doppler
velocimeter which acted as the lander's
eye
Chandrayaan 2 s orbiter Chandra was also used for this
mission which is still in operational
Chandrayaan 3 Laser Induced Breakdown spectroscope LIBS
has confirmed the presence ofsulfurat themoon's southpole
Along with this Aluminium Calcium Iron and chromium
have also been detected
Women power of the state involved in Chandrayaan mission
Sushmita Chaudhary Kota Sunita KhoKar didwanal
ULLAS App
The ministry of education has launched the App ULLAS
understanding lifelong Learning for all in society
This app provides Access to basic literacy through technology
Luna 25
una 25 is Russia's moon mission it will also land on
the icy surface of the southpole launchedbySoyuz2.1 Rocket
Luna 25 will land on the south pole before Chandrayaan 3
while Chandrayaan 3 which was launched before this
will land a day later The reason for this is the powerful
rocket damaged during landing1
UDGAM portal
It is a centralized portal launched by RBI with the objective
of simplifying the search for unclaimed deposits
Information can be collected through mobile number
Samudrayaan
This is a part of the Deep ocean mission launched in view
of the of development in the Blue economy sector
possibilities
It hasbeen launched by the ministry of Earth sciences
The Samudrayaan will take the manned submersible to a
depth of 6000 meters
It will look for rare mineral resources in the deepsea
Its name is Matsya 6000 which will have 12 cameras
It is likely to be completed by 2026
Demon particles
The researcher have that they havefound strontium Ruthenate
demon particle in a metal
PhysicistDavidpineshad told about Demon particle in 1956
ECONOMY
NLC India limited signs long term power utility agreement withRaj
Raj for supply of 300MWSolar power Energy development
cooporation limited agreement with
300MW solar project is being implemented in Barsingsar Bikaner
Banh Banh super Thermal power project has been set up at in Bihar
In this 660 MW unit of the project unit 2 of phase I was
dedicated to the nation Energyminister R K Singh
Navratna status to ONGC Videsh limited
RAJASTHAN
WebMyWay Software
This software of the stategovernment was honored with the
prestigious Technology Sabha Awards 2023
This award was given to this software in EnterpriseApplication
category
Through this dynamic websiteofany department is being
created in a
very short time
Panorama offreedom
fighters
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Banasthali Vidyapeethwasawardedthe RajivGandhi NationalGoodwillawardfor2023
Safeschools safeRajasthan
campaign launched by school education departmentin Jaipur on 77th
day
Independence
secrets GI Tay to 5
1 Handicrafts of Nathdwara
2 Bandhejof Jodhpur
3 Koftagiri metal craft of Udaipur
4 Ustakala of Bikaner
5 Embroidered craft of Bikaner
KiraduTemple
A proposal to include the temples of Barmer in the UNESCO
world heritage list was sent to the Archaeological department
of India Delhi
Kaushalya Devi
International Mandana artist and folk cultureworker
passed away recently
Where will Ambedkar Mirasi Bhishti college level boys hostels with
residential capacity of 50 50 Students be constructed
Jodhpur and Bikaner
Rajiv Gandhi Rural and Urban Olympics
It was formally inaugurated by the chiefminister on
August 5 from sins stadium
Theme song Gaw Gaw me lagelo abKhel Kood lagekomelo
Mascot Sheree
A budget of 130 crore was approved for this
A total of 58 51 lakh peopleregistered in this competition
In which 26.45 lakh were men and 19.67lakh were women
The following players were honored on this occasion
1 Khushipoonia Boxing 3 Jai Bhagwan Kabaddi
2 Ashwini vishnoi wrestling 4 Neeraj Baloda Athlete
5 Muskaan Kathed and Shirin Khan shooting Ball
Gram panchayat 5 10Aug Blocklevel 17 22Aug
District level 1 6Sep state level 15 18Sep
YogyaSingh Jodhpur
Represented Rajasthan in seniorswimming competition held
at hyderabad
NTPC Vidyut vyapar Nigam limited launched its first rooftop solar
photovoltaic project in Raj IIT Jodhpur
and Kabaddi
by voice vote
The Mahatma gandhi divyang University Jodhpur2023
Presented
by the socialJusticeand Empowermentdepartment
was also passed
by Legislative Assembly
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Rajasthan Electricity Icharges Bill 2023 by the Energy
department Rajasthan Tenure Amendment Bill 2023A bythe
Revenue department and Nathdwara Temple Bill 2023 by
the devasthan department were also presented
CHIRANJEEVI Scheme
People of all castes and classes are eligible for free insurance
benefits with income less than 8 lakhs under chiranjeevi yojna
SPORTS
World Archery championship
It was organized in Berlin Germany
India won 3 gold and I bronze medal in this competition
Aditi gopichand Swamy became the first Indian woman arch
to win a gold medal in an individual event
Ojas Praveen won the gold becoming the first malearch
to do so
Jyoti surekh Vennam Preneet Kaur and Aditi gopichand
Swamy won the women's compound team event giving
India its first gold
H S Prannoy
Indian badminton player H S Prannoy
has won the bronze medal in the
Badminton championship held in
Denmark
Elections Appointments
Rahul Dravid
Bharat PetroleumCorporation Ltd declaredbrandambassadorof
Sachin Tendulkar
The Election commission hasmade
Sachin Tendulkar a national Icon
for voter awareness
update In place of PankajTripathi
BOOKS
Mansoon A poem of love and Longing Abhay Kumar
Heritage trees of Goa when parallel lines meet and Ente Priya
KavithaKal PS Sreedharan pillai Goa's governor
conference Meeting
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venue Cairo Air Base Egypt
Airforces from USA Saudi Arabia Greece Qatar and
India participated
PASSEX Exercise
Indian and Saudi Arabian navies conducted the PASSEXexercise
in the Red sea
It is an important link in the security partnershipbetween the
two nations
SEACAT 2023
A maritime exercise between the Us Navy and the navies o
Indo pacific partner countries was held in singapore
Indian navy participated in this for the first time
AUSINDEX 23
Between 22 to 25 August2023 Navel Exercises between the
IndianandAustralian navies were conducted in sydney
Along with this Austria mindexercise
is organized between Indian Army and Australian Army
Ex Pitch Black is a multilateral air forceexercisebyAustral
in which India also participates
Both countries participate in Malabar and Quadinlandexercise
Important Days
Overshoot
day of 2023
2 August was observed as Earth overshoot day of 2023
Earth overshoot day refers to the time when humanity's
demand for ecological resources and services in a given
year exceeds the capacity that the earth can regenerate
in that year
It indicates the indiscriminate exploitation of the earth's
resources
Hiroshima
day
Hiroshima day was observed on 6 August
MISCELLANEOUS
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PushkarNetzer IstIntegratedPublichealthlab
gym green town Kotput
silicosiswing stroke intervention Lab
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Largereservesinlithium HallofNuclear
worldclassheritagemuseum
Jodhpur Utcworldconservationcongress
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Govindouventibrary exhibitionand fair
in Abu Road festival
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TECHNOLOGY
ISRO's Mission
ISRO's SSLY D2 Vehicle launched EOS 07 Janus 01 and
Azadisat 2
ISRO launches 36 Satellites of UK based onewebby LMY 3rocket
Launch of satellites of Singapore TelEos 2 LUMILITE 4 by
PSLV C 55
ISRO Sucessfuly operationalized RSLVLEX
Launch of Navigation satellite Nus 01 by GSLV F12
Chandrayaan 3 by LVM3 Mt rocket
Launch of PS SAR Satellite of Singapore by PSLVC 56
Next lunar Mission of ISRO and Japan's Jaxa lunar polarexploration
mission
SPORT
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Taekwondo Lalit Kumar Bharatpur medal
63kg gold
Pushpendra Singh
go Rathod DIG Bikaner best golfer
Asian canoesprint
watersports Tanishk patwa udaipur championship
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