ASSIGNMENT-1

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CLASS 8

CURRENT AFFAIRS
1. Meta is Facebook’s new name.
2. October 1 is observed as the National voluntary blood
donation day in India.
3. Chacha Chaudhary has been declared the mascot of
Namami Gange programme.
4. Rahul Dravid has been appointed by Board of Control of
cricket in India (BCCI) as the next coach for Indian cricket
team.
5. Nykaa founder and CEO Falguni Nayar has become
India’s 7th wealthiest self made women billionaire.
6. Parag Aggarwal is the new Twitter CEO.
7. Under Swachh Survekshan 2021, Indore has been
awarded as the cleanest city of India for the 5th
consecutive year.
8. Sourav Ganguly appointed as the Chairman of ICC
Men’s cricket committee.
9. India’s first food museum launched in Thanjavur, Tamil
Nadu.
10. The Border Roads Organization received Guinness
World Record for the highest motorable road in Ladakh at
19024 feet.
11. South African Novelist, Damon Galgut wins Booker
Prize 2021 for the novel, The Promise.
12. Samudrayaan Mission becomes India’s first unique
manned ocean mission.
13. Indian origin, Anita Anand becomes Canada’s 43rd
Defence Minister.
14. Rajnikath is conferred with the 51st Dada Saheb Phalke
Award.
15. The Prime Minister of India laid the foundation stone of
Jewar International Airport in NOIDA, UP. It will come out to
be the biggest airport in Asia.