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PMKVY 1.37 crore candidates benefited from Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
Under the central component, the government released over 8,590 crore rupees, of which more
than 7,877 crore were utilized.
SMILE-75 “SMILE: Support for Marginalised Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise”
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has identified 75 Municipal Corporations
The objective of SMILE-75 is to make our cities/town and municipal areas begging-free
Ministry has allocated a total budget of Rs.100 crore for the SMILE project till 2025-26.
Union Cabinet has approved the extension of the flagship urban housing scheme – Pradhan
PMAY (Urban)
Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) till December 31, 2024.
Launched in 2015, the original deadline of the scheme was March 2022
Financial assistance is to be provided for the completion of already sanctioned 122.69 lakh
houses till 31stMarch 2022.
Income tax payers will not be allowed to enrol in the government’s social security scheme Atal
Atal Pension Yojana (APY)
Pension Yojana (APY) from October 1.
Atal Pension Yojana (APY) 4,31,86,423 subscribers have been enrolled up to 21.07.2022
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PM Mudra Yojana Rs 9.98 lakh crore sanctioned to 16.67 crore loan accounts in 3 years
PMMY helped in generation of 1.12 crore net additional employment during 3 years.
PLI scheme for advanced Centre signed contracts with 3 companies - Ola Electric Mobility, Reliance New Energy and
chemistry cell battery storage Rajesh Exports - under an ₹18,100-crore PLI scheme for ACC battery storage.
ONORC It was launched as a pilot project on August 9, 2019 in four states, has completed three years
The ONORC scheme is being implemented under National Food Security Act (NFSA).

PM Narendra Modi launched 'Lifestyle for the Environment (LiFE) Movement', Its vision is to
LiFE Movement
live a lifestyle that is in tune with our planet and does not harm it, ‘LiFE Global Call for Papers’
Q.1 According to a survey by Ipsos India, Which is the India’s Most Trusted Institutions?
इप्सोस इडं िया के एक सर्वेक्षण के अनुसार, भारत का सबसे डर्वश्वसनीय सस्ं थान कौन सा है ?
1. Defence forces 2. RBI 3. Prime Minister of India 4. Supreme Court of India 5. CBI
Ans. 1
• Ranked 1st are the Defence Forces (65%), ranked 2nd is the RBI (50%); ranked 3rd was the PM of India (49%); and rank 4th was bagged
by the Supreme Court of India (47%), rank 5th occupied by the CBI (43%) and rank 6th by the Police (38%).
• Parliament (33%) ranked 7th, ranked 8th was the Media (32%) and placed 9th was the Election Commission of India (31%).
• The institutions at the bottom were Politicians (16%), Political Parties (17%), Community Leaders (19%) and Religious Leaders (21%).
• पहले स्थान पर रक्षा बल (65%) हैं, दूसरे स्थान पर आरबीआई (50%) है; तीसरे स्थान पर भारत के प्रधान मंत्री (49%) थे; और चौथा रैंक भारत के सर्वोच्च न्यायालय
(47%) ने हाडसल डकया, रैंक 5र्वां सीबीआई (43%) और 6र्वां रैं क पडु लस (38%) ने हाडसल डकया।
• ससं द (33%) 7र्वें स्थान पर, 8र्वें स्थान पर मीडिया (32%) और 9र्वें स्थान पर भारत का चुनार्व आयोग (31%) था।
• सबसे नीचे के सस्ं थान राजनेता (16%), राजनीडतक दल (17%), सामदु ाडयक नेता (19%) और धाडमिक नेता (21%) थे।
Q.2 India hands over Dornier 228 maritime surveillance aircraft, manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), to which Country's
Navy?
भारत ने डहंदुस्तान एयरोनॉडिक्स डलडमिे ि (HAL) द्वारा डनडमित िोडनियर 228 समुद्री डनगरानी डर्वमान डकस देश की नौसेना को डदया?
1. Latvia 2. Malaysia 3. Japan 4. Sri Lanka 5. Estonia
Ans. 4
Australia Audio Visual Co-Production Treaty to promote co-production of films
31st Prime Minister - Anthony Albanese
Both country have withdrawn from a cooperation group between China and over a dozen Central
Latvia, Estonia
and Eastern European countries.
India Meteorological Department (IMD), Government of Japan, and UNDP have announced a new
Japan
initiative to accelerate climate action in 10 States and Union Territories across the country.
Japan has extended $5.16 million in climate grant to UNDP India for the project.
The project will be rolled out in Bihar, Delhi-NCR, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Odisha, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh during 2022-23.
This is part of Japan’s global support to 23 countries through UNDP’s ‘Climate Promise — From
Pledge to Impact’ programme.
Fumio Kishida attended NATO summit in Madrid
Malaysia India and Malaysia conducted first bilateral air force exercise, Udarashakti

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Q.3 2022 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup tournament will be held in which country?
2022 सल्ु तान अजलान शाह कप िूनािमेंि डकस देश में आयोडजत डकया जाएगा?
1. Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2. Ipoh, Malaysia 3. Ulyanovsk, Russia
4. Berlin, Germany 5. Bali, Indonesia
Ans. 2
Phnom Penh, Cambodia S Jaishankar participated in the ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers' Meeting
Ulyanovsk, Russia Second International Youth Camp of the BRICS countries has opened
13th Petersberg Climate Dialogue, Chaired by Germany and Egypt, hosts of this year’s annual climate
Berlin, Germany
meet (COP-27)
Bali, Indonesia G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (FMM) held, Attended by S. Jaishankar
India will assume the G-20 presidency on December 1, 2022
Madrid, Spain NATO Summit 2022, 32nd edition, first summit meeting held in Paris in 1957
The Summit was chaired by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
22 NATO members agreed to launch the NATO Innovation Fund.
This fund that will invest 1 bn euros ($1.05 bn) in startups
Europe’s biggest startup conference, “Vivatech 2020”, India was recognized as the “country of the
Paris, France
year.”
Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated the India pavilion at the exhibition
8th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians, Nagaland’s 1st woman elected as MP to Rajya Sabha,
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
S Phangon Konyak represented India
Brussels, Belgium First-ever India-European Union (EU) Security and Defence Consultations
Geneva, Switzerland 12th World Trade Organization's (WTO) Ministerial Conference
TRIPS (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights)

Tashkent or Samarkand ,Uzbekistan World Chess Olympiad of 2026


Budapest, Hungary World Chess Olympiad of 2024
Q.4 Which edition of 2022 Durand Cup is being hosted by West Bengal, Assam and Manipur?
2022 िूरंि कप के डकस सस्ं करण की मेजबानी पडिम बंगाल, असम और मडणपुर द्वारा की जा रही है ?
1. 101 2. 150 3. 131 4. 135 5. 122
Ans. 3
Q.5 Duleep Trophy 2022 will be held in which state?
दलीप ट्रॉफी 2022 डकस राज्य में आयोडजत की जाएगी?
1. Tamil Nadu 2. Kerala 3. Andhra Pradesh 4. Telangana 5. Assam
Ans. 1

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Tamil Nadu Replaced Bihar and West Bengal to become the largest state
in terms of outstanding portfolio of microfinance loans.
luxury cruise liner “Empress”
Ennum Ezhuthum scheme to bridge learning gap
Agreement with IPPB for pensioner’s digital life certificate
Minorities Rights Day every year on 18 December
April 14: 'Samathuva Naal' (Equality Day)
‘Kaaval Uthavi’ app for public during emergency
India’s first ambulance for street animals in Chennai
Chief Minister’s Breakfast Scheme’
“President’s Colours” for State Police from Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu
State gets its 5th Elephant Reserve at Agathiyamalai in Tirunelveli District
Nilgiris-Eastern Ghat, Nilambur Silent Valley in Coimbatore, Srivilliputhur and Anamalai
Q.6 Dr Jitendra Singh unveiled India’s first Saline Water Lantern which uses the sea water to power the specially designed LED lamps. What is
the name of it?
िॉ डजतेंद्र डसहं ने भारत के पहले खारे पानी के लालिे न का अनार्वरण डकया जो डर्वशे ष रूप से डिजाइन डकए गए एलईिी लैंप को डबजली देने के डलए समुद्र के पानी का
उपयोग करता है। इसका नाम क्या है ?
1. Roshini 2. Stingray
3. Anocovax 4. Dak Karmayogi
5. Solidarity
Ans. 1

World’s largest freshwater fish, Stingray, has been caught in the Mekong River in Cambodia (Four meters/
Stingray
300 kilograms)
Narendra Singh Tomar launched, India's first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine for animals, Produced by
Anocovax
ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines (NRCE)
‘Dak Karmayogi’ A portal of Department of Posts launched by Ashwini Vaishnav under ‘Mission Karmayogi’
India and other member countries of SCO have supported an initiative of China to organise a joint border
Solidarity-2023
operation

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Q.7 With the aim of improving the security of passengers travelling by Indian Railways, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) has launched which
operation?
भारतीय रेलर्वे द्वारा यात्रा करने र्वाले याडत्रयों की सरु क्षा में सध
ु ार के उद्देश्य से, रे लर्वे सरु क्षा बल (RPF) ने कौन सा ऑपरे शन शुरू डकया है?
1. Meri Saheli 2. Operation Narcos 3. Operation Aaht 4. Operation Yatri Suraksha5. Operation Nanhe Farishte
Ans. 4
Operation Nanhe Farishte It saved 1,045 children who were found alone or were abandoned at the railway stations.
Operation Yatri Suraksha With the aim of improving the security of passengers travelling by Indian Railways
Operation Aaht To combat human trafficking
Operation Narcos Recovers narcotics products
Meri Saheli for security of women
Q.8 World's highest single arch railway bridge - Chenab Rail Bridge in Jammu and Kashmir gets Golden Joint. This bridge is _______long.
दुडनया का सबसे ऊंचा डसगं ल आचि रे लर्वे डिज - जम्मू-कश्मीर में डचनाब रे ल डिज को गोल्िन जॉइिं डमला है। यह पुल _______ लंबा है।
1. 1,115-Metre 2. 1,215-Metre 3. 1,315-Metre 4. 1,415-Metre 5. 1,015-Metre
Ans. 3
Chenab Rail Bridge
• The highest single-arch railway bridge is constructed by Mumbai-based Afcons and it is part of the ambitious Udhampur-Srinagar-
Baramulla rail link (USBRL) project carried out by Northern Railways at an estimated cost of Rs 28,000 crore.
• The Project was declared as a Project of National Importance in March 2002.
• This bridge is 1,315-metre long and is the highest railway bridge in the world being 359 metres above the river bed level.
• It is constructed at a cost of Rs 1,250 crore and it is 30 metres higher than Eiffel Tower in Paris.
Chenab Rail Bridge
• हाईएस्ि डसगं ल-आचि रेलर्वे डिज का डनमािण मबुं ई डस्थत एफकॉन्स द्वारा डकया गया है और यह उत्तर रे लर्वे द्वारा 28,000 करोड़ रुपये की अनुमाडनत लागत से महत्र्वाकांक्षी
उधमपुर-श्रीनगर-बारामूला रे ल डलंक (यूएसबीआरएल) पररयोजना का डहस्सा है।
• इस पररयोजना को माचि 2002 में राष्ट्ट्रीय महत्र्व की पररयोजना के रूप में घोडषत डकया गया था।
• यह पुल 1,315 मीिर लंबा है और नदी तल से 359 मीिर ऊपर दुडनया का सबसे ऊंचा रे लर्वे पुल है।
• इसका डनमािण 1,250 करोड़ रुपये की लागत से डकया गया है और यह पे ररस के एडफल िॉर्वर से 30 मीिर ऊंचा है।
Q.9 What is the name of former BCCI secretary and president of Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA) who has passed away?
BCCI के पूर्वि सडचर्व और झारखंि राज्य डिके ि सघं (JSCA) के अध्यक्ष का क्या नाम है डजनका डनधन हो गया है?
1. Nirmala Mishra 2. Johnny Famechon 3. Amitabh Chaudhary 4. Fidel Valdez Ramos 5. Sushovan Banerjee
Ans. 3
Q.10 Kevin O’Brien announced his retirement from all formats of cricket. He is from which country?
के डर्वन ओ'िायन ने डिके ि के सभी प्रारूपों से सन्ं यास की घोषणा की। र्वह डकस देश से हैं ?
1. Ireland 2. Singapore 3. Iran 4. Hungary 5. Papua New Guinea
Ans. 1
• In his brief Test career, he became the first Ireland cricketer to score a century in red-ball cricket.
• Ireland's Kevin O'Brien holds the record for the fastest century (50 balls) in World Cup history.
• अपने सडं क्षप्त िे स्ि कररयर में, र्वह रेि-बॉल डिके ि में शतक बनाने र्वाले आयरलैंि के पहले डिके िर बने।
• आयरलैंि के के डर्वन ओ िायन के नाम डर्वश्व कप इडतहास में सबसे तेज शतक (50 गेंद) का ररकॉिि है।

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Hungary World Chess Olympiad 2024 (Budapest)


First Female President: Katalin Novak
A Russian rocket, "Soyuz" successfully launched an Iranian satellite "Khayyam" into orbit, from the
Iran
Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan
Solid-fueled rocket "Zuljanah, a 25.5 meter" into space
Iran, Argentina applies to join China and Russia in BRICS club
Singapore Singapore declared its iconic green site Padang as its 75th national monument.
It is the site from where Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose gave the slogan of 'Delhi Chalo' in July 1943.

Papua New Guinea James Marape is the Prime Minister


Q.11 Which country’s satellite tracking vessel Yuan Wang 5 arrived at Sri Lanka’s southern Hambantota port?
श्रीलंका के दडक्षणी हंबनिोिा बंदरगाह पर डकस देश का उपग्रह ट्रैडकंग पोत युआन र्वांग 5 पहंचा?
1. Vietnam 2. USA
3. Indonesia 4. Japan
5. China
Ans. 5
• Hambantota Port is located around 250 km from Colombo and was built
with the help of high-interest Chinese loans.
• Sri Lankan government struggled to repay the debt they had taken from China.
• Following this situation, the port was handed over to the Chinese on a 99-year lease.
• हंबनिोिा बंदरगाह कोलंबो से लगभग 250 डकमी दूर डस्थत है और इसे उच्च ब्याज र्वाले चीनी ऋणों की मदद से बनाया गया था।
• श्रीलंकाई सरकार ने चीन से डलए गए कजि को चुकाने के डलए सघं षि डकया
• इस डस्थडत के बाद, बंदरगाह को 99 साल के पट्टे पर चीडनयों को सौंप डदया गया था।
Q.12 Navroz or the Parsi New Year was observed on which day?
नर्वरोज या पारसी नर्व र्वषि डकस डदन मनाया गया?
1. 9 August 2. 10 August 3. 13 August 4. 12 August 5. 16 August
Ans. 5
Q.13 Who has been appointed by the Central Government as the new CEO of NATGRID (National Intelligence Grid)?
कें द्र सरकार द्वारा NATGRID (नेशनल इिं े डलजेंस डग्रि) के नए सीईओ के रूप में डकसे डनयुक्त डकया गया है ?
1. Pranay Kumar Verma2. Neeraj Chopra 3. Indermit Gill 4. Piyush Goyal 5. Akshay Moondra
Ans. 4
R Kavita Rao Director of National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP)

AR Rahman Ambassador of British Council's 'India-UK Together Season of Culture'

Nairita Chakraborty Commissioner of Historic England

Auguste Tano Kouame World Bank, Country Director for India, Replaced Junaid Kamal Ahmad

Satyendra Prakash DG of Press Information Bureau

Pranay Kumar Verma India’s next High Commissioner to Bangladesh

Neeraj Chopra Coca-Cola has signed for Limca Sportz promotion

Indermit Gill World Bank’s Chief Economist (Second Indian)


Kaushik Basu was the first, having served in the job from 2012-2016

Akshay Moondra CEO of Vodafone Idea, Replaced Ravinder Takka

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Alvaro Lario President of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Paritosh Tripathi MD & CEO of SBI General Insurance , He succeeds PC Kandpal

Lisa Sthalekar President of Federation of International Cricketers’ Association (FICA)


President of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), Replaced G.
Suranjan Das
Thiruvasagam
M S Dhoni Brand ambassador of Garuda Aerospace

Arati Prabhakar Science adviser to the President of United States

PN Vasudevan MD & CEO of Equitas Small Finance Bank

Parameswaran Iyer Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog

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Ratan Tata Launches India's 1st Companionship Startup For Senior Railways tests longest freight train.
Citizens. रेिवे ने सबसे िंबी मािगाडी का परीक्षण लकया।
रतन टाटा ने वररष्ठ नागररकों के लिए भारत का पहिा सहयोगी स्टाटटअप िॉन्च
लकया।

• Industrialist Ratan Tata launched India's companionship


startup for senior citizens, Goodfellows, in a bid to
encourage intergenerational friendships.
• The Indian Railways, as part of the Azadi ka Amrit
• Shantanu Naidu, an MBA from Cornell University,
Mahotsav celebration, tested its longest freight train Super
founded the Goodfellows startup.
Vasuki on August 15.
• उद्योगपडत रतन िािा ने अंतर-पीढी की दोस्ती को प्रोत्साडहत करने के
• The 3.5 km long train, powered by five locomotives, carried
डलए र्वररष्ठ नागररकों के डलए, गुिफेलो, भारत का साहचयि स्िािि अप
a total trailing load of about 27,000 tonne of coal in 295
लॉन्च डकया।
loaded wagons.
• कॉनेल यूडनर्वडसििी से एमबीए शांतनु नायिू ने गुिफेलो स्िािि अप की
• The 3.5-km-long freight train covered the distance of about
स्थापना की।
267 km between Korba in Chhattisgarh and Rajnandgaon
Click Here in Nagpur, and was run by the South East Central Railway
(SECR).
• This is the longest and heaviest freight train ever run by the
Railways.
• आजादी का अमृत महोत्सर्व उत्सर्व के डहस्से के रूप में भारतीय रे लर्वे ने
15 अगस्त को अपनी सबसे लबं ी मालगाड़ी सपु र र्वासक ु ी का परीक्षण
डकया।
• पांच लोकोमोडिर्व द्वारा सच ं ाडलत 3.5 डकमी लंबी ट्रेन ने 295 लोिेि
र्वैगनों में लगभग 27,000 िन कोयले का कुल अनुगामी भार ढोया।
• 3.5 डकमी लबं ी मालगाड़ी ने छत्तीसगढ के कोरबा और नागपरु के
राजनांदगांर्व के बीच लगभग 267 डकमी की दूरी तय की, और दडक्षण
पूर्वि मध्य रे लर्वे (SECR) द्वारा चलाई गई।
• यह रे लर्वे द्वारा चलाई जाने र्वाली अब तक की सबसे लबं ी और सबसे
भारी मालगाड़ी है।

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Sankar Muthusamy becomes fifth Indian shuttler to claim Jr World No • शंकर मुथुसामी सिु मण्यम BWF र्वल्िि जूडनयर बॉयज डसगं ल्स रैं डकंग में
1 rank. र्वल्िि नंबर 1 स्थान पर पहंचने र्वाले पांचर्वें भारतीय शिलर बन गए हैं।
शंकर मुथुसामी जूलनयर वर्ल्ट नंबर 1 रैंक प्राप्त करने वािे पांचवें भारतीय शटिर बन • इतना ही नहीं, बडल्क भारतीय बैिडमिं न के इडतहास में पहली बार, हमारे
गए। पास जूडनयर र्वगि - लड़कों और लड़डकयों दोनों में डर्वश्व नंबर 1 है , भारत
से ही तस्नीम मीर अभी भी बीिब्ल्यएू फ एकल रैंडकंग लड़डकयों में शीषि
स्थान पर है।
• सबसे पहले , यह आडदत्य शमाि थे जो 2014 में डर्वश्व नंबर 1 बने, उसके
बाद 2016 में डसररल र्वमाि, 2017 में लक्ष्य सेन, 2022 में तस्नीम मीर बने।
• र्वह तडमलनािु से हैं।
• शंकर को अक्िूबर में स्पेन में होने र्वाली बीिब्ल्यूएफ डर्वश्व जूडनयर
चैंडपयनडशप में भारत का प्रडतडनडधत्र्व करने के डलए भी चुना गया।
Wholesale price inflation moderated to a five-month low of 13.93% in
July from 15.18% in June.
थोक मूर्लय मुद्रास्फीलत जुिाई में घटकर पांच महीने के लनचिे स्तर 13.93% पर आ
गई, जो जून में 15.18% थी।

• The wholesale price-based inflation eased to 13.93 per cent


in July on easing prices of food articles and manufactured
• Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian has become the fifth- products.
ever Indian shuttler to reach World No. 1 spot in the BWF • WPI-based inflation eases below 14% for the first time
World Junior Boys' Singles rankings. since February.
• Not only this, but for the first time in the history of Indian • The Wholesale Price Index-based inflation was 15.18 per
badminton, we have both the World No. 1 in the junior cent last month and at a record high of 15.88 per cent in
category - boys' and girls', from India itself as Tasnim Mir May.
still commands the top spot in the BWF Girls' Singles • It was 11.57 per cent in July last year.
rankings.
• The WPI inflation continued its declining trend for the
• At first, it was Aditya Sharma who became the World No. 1 second month in July but remained in double-digits for the
in 2014, followed by Siril Verma in 2016, Lakshya Sen in 16th consecutive month beginning April last year.
2017, Tasnim Mir in 2022.
• Retail inflation remained above the Reserve Bank's
• He is from Tamil Nadu. comfort level for the seventh month in a row and was at
• Sankar had also got selected to represent India in the BWF 6.71 per cent in July.
World Junior Championships, set to be held in Spain in • To tame stubbornly high inflation, the RBI has hiked the
October. key interest rate three times this year to 5.40 per cent.

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• The central bank had projected retail inflation to average Delhi High Court appointed committee to take over affairs of Indian
6.7 per cent in 2022-23. Olympic Association.
• खाद्य र्वस्तुओ ं और डर्वडनडमित उत्पादों की कीमतों में नरमी से थोक मूल्य लिर्लिी उच्च न्यायािय ने भारतीय ओिंलपक सघं के मामिों को सभ
ं ािने के लिए
आधाररत मुद्रास्फीडत जुलाई में कम होकर 13.93 प्रडतशत पर आ गई। सलमलत लनयक्तु की।
• फरर्वरी के बाद पहली बार WPI आधाररत मुद्रास्फीडत 14% से नीचे
आई है।
• थोक मूल्य सच ू कांक आधाररत मुद्रास्फीडत डपछले महीने 15.18 फीसदी
और मई में 15.88 फीसदी की ररकॉिि ऊंचाई पर थी।
• डपछले साल जुलाई में यह 11.57 फीसदी थी।
• WPI मुद्रास्फीडत ने जुलाई में दूसरे महीने अपनी डगरार्वि का रुख जारी
रखा, लेडकन डपछले साल अप्रैल से शुरू होने र्वाले लगातार 16र्वें महीने
में यह दोहरे अंकों में रही।
• खुदरा मुद्रास्फीडत लगातार सातर्वें महीने ररजर्वि बैंक के आधार स्तर से
ऊपर रही और जल ु ाई में 6.71 प्रडतशत पर रही।
• महगं ाई पर काबू पाने के डलए आरबीआई ने इस साल प्रमुख ब्याज दर • Delhi High Court directed the setting up of a three-member
को तीन बार बढाकर 5.40 फीसदी कर डदया है। Committee of Administrators (COA) to take over the
• कें द्रीय बैंक ने 2022-23 में खुदरा मुद्रास्फीडत का औसत 6.7 प्रडतशत affairs of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA).
रहने का अनमु ान लगाया था। • Committee of Administrators (COA) comprising former
Supreme Court judge Justice Anil R Dave, former Chief
Election Commissioner SY Quraishi, and former Secretary
of Ministry of External Affairs Vikas Swarup.
• डदल्ली उच्च न्यायालय ने भारतीय ओलडं पक सघं (IOA) के मामलों
को सभ ं ालने के डलए प्रशासकों की तीन सदस्यीय सडमडत (COA) के
गठन का डनदेश डदया।
• प्रशासकों की सडमडत (सीओए) डजसमें सप्रु ीम कोिि के पूर्वि न्यायाधीश
न्यायमूडति अडनल आर दर्वे, पूर्वि मुख्य चुनार्व आयुक्त एसर्वाई कुरै शी और
डर्वदेश मंत्रालय के पूर्वि सडचर्व डर्वकास स्र्वरूप शाडमल हैं।
India Contributes Over Rs 3 Crore To Voluntary Trust Funds For
Protection Of Human Rights.
भारत ने मानवालिकारों के सरं क्षण के लिए स्वैलच्िक ट्रस्ट फं् में 3 करोड रुपये से
अलिक का योगिान लिया।

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• India's Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Geneva, Indian flag unfurled 30 kilometers above earth by Space Kidz India.
revealed that the country has contributed $ 400,000 (over स्पेस लक््ज इलं ्या द्वारा पृथ्वी से 30 लकिोमीटर ऊपर भारतीय ध्वज फहराया गया।
Rs 3 crore) to as many as four Voluntary Trust Funds.
• The four Trust Funds to which contribution has been made
include the Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, the
Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation, the Voluntary
Fund for financial and technical assistance for the
implementation of Universal Periodic Review and the
Voluntary Technical Assistance Trust Fund to support the
participation of Least Developed Countries (LDC) and
Small Island Developing States (SID) in the work of the
council.
• सयं क्तु राष्ट्ट्र में भारत के स्थायी डमशन, डजनेर्वा ने खल
ु ासा डकया डक देश
ने चार स्र्वैडच्छक ट्रस्ि फंिों में $ 400,000 (3 करोड़ रुपये से अडधक) का
योगदान डदया है। • Space Kidz India unfurled the Indian flag about 30
• डजन चार ट्रस्ि फंिों में योगदान डदया गया है, उनमें अत्याचार के पीडड़तों kilometres above the planet on Independence Day.
के डलए स्र्वैडच्छक कोष, तकनीकी सहयोग के डलए स्र्वैडच्छक कोष, • The flag was sent to an altitude of 1 lakh 6 thousand feet
र्वैडश्वक आर्वडधक समीक्षा के कायािन्र्वयन के डलए डर्वत्तीय और above the planet on a balloon that unfurled it.
तकनीकी सहायता के डलए स्र्वैडच्छक कोष और पररषद के कायि में कम • The event was part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav slogan
से कम डर्वकडसत देशों (एलिीसी) और छोिे द्वीप डर्वकासशील राज्यों and under the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign launched by
(एसआईिी) की भागीदारी समथिन के डलए स्र्वैडच्छक तकनीकी Prime Minister Narendra Modi to celebrate the historic
सहायता ट्रस्ि फंि शाडमल हैं। anniversary.
About Voluntary Trust Funds
• Space Kidz India is an organization creating 'young
• The General Assembly established it in 1981 to draw scientists for the country and spreading awareness among
attention to the concerns of torture victims on a global children for a borderless world.’
scale.
• The organization recently launched a satellite into Low
• The Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field Earth Orbit. AzadiSAT was developed by 750 girl students
of Human Rights was founded by the UN Secretary- from across India to mark the 75 years of Independence.
General in 1987.
• स्पेस डकि्ज इडं िया ने स्र्वतंत्रता डदर्वस पर ग्रह से लगभग 30 डकलोमीिर
• र्वैडश्वक स्तर पर यातना पीडड़तों की डचंताओ ं की ओर ध्यान आकडषित ऊपर भारतीय ध्र्वज फहराया।
करने के डलए महासभा ने 1981 में इसकी स्थापना की थी।
• ध्र्वज को एक गुब्बारे पर ग्रह से 1 लाख 6 हजार फीि की ऊंचाई पर
• मानर्व अडधकारों के क्षेत्र में तकनीकी सहयोग के डलए स्र्वैडच्छक कोष भेजा गया था डजसने इसे फहराया था।
की स्थापना 1987 में सयं ुक्त राष्ट्ट्र महासडचर्व द्वारा की गई थी।
• ऐडतहाडसक र्वषिगांठ मनाने के डलए प्रधान मंत्री नरें द्र मोदी द्वारा शुरू डकए
• India contributed 800,000 (over Rs 6 crore) to promote use गए हर घर डतरंगा अडभयान के तहत, यह कायििम आजादी का अमृत
of Hindi at United Nation. महोत्सर्व के नारे का डहस्सा था।
• भारत ने सयं ुक्त राष्ट्ट्र में डहंदी के उपयोग को • स्पेस डकि्ज इडं िया एक ऐसा सगं ठन है जो 'देश के डलए युर्वा र्वैज्ञाडनकों
बढार्वा देने के डलए 800,000 का डनमाि ण करता है और एक सीमाहीन दुडनया के डलए बच्चों में
(6 करोड़ रुपये से अडधक) का जागरूकता फैलाता है।’
योगदान डदया।
• सगं ठन ने हाल ही में एक उपग्रह को लो अथि ऑडबिि में लॉन्च डकया है।
आजादीसैि को स्र्वतंत्रता के 75 र्वषि पूरे होने के उपलक्ष्य में पूरे भारत की
750 छात्राओ ं द्वारा डर्वकडसत डकया गया था।
State Bank of India (SBI) has introduced a unique term deposit
programme called “Utsav Deposit Scheme”.

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भारतीय स्टेट बैंक (एसबीआई) ने "उत्सव जमा योजना" नामक एक अलद्वतीय सावलि
जमा कायटक्रम शुरू लकया है।

FIFA bans AIFF for third party influence.


फीफा ने तीसरे पक्ष के प्रभाव कारण एआईएफएफ पर प्रलतबंि िगाया।
Nation remembers Bharat Ratna and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee on his fourth death anniversary on 16th August.
िेश ने भारत रत्न और पूवट प्रिानमंत्री अटि लबहारी वाजपेयी को उनकी चौथी पुण्यलतलथ
पर 16 अगस्त को याि लकया है।

• Atal Bihari Vajpayee passed away in 2018.


• He was born on 25th December 1924 in Gwalior.
• 2018 में अिल डबहारी र्वाजपेयी का डनधन हो गया।
• उनका जन्म 25 डदसबं र 1924 को ग्र्वाडलयर में हआ था।
Adani Logistics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Adani Ports and Special
Economic Zone Ltd., had signed a definitive agreement to acquire ICD
Tumb from Navkar Corporation for ₹835 crore.
अिानी पोट्टस ए्ं स्पेशि इकोनॉलमक जोन लिलमटे् की पूणट स्वालमत्व वािी सहायक
कंपनी अिानी िॉलजलस्टक्स ने नवकार कॉरपोरेशन से ₹835 करोड में आईसी्ी टुम्ब का
अलिग्रहण करने के लिए एक लनलित समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर लकए थे।

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