Zero Current Affairs August - English
Zero Current Affairs August - English
Zero Current Affairs August - English
FIRST IN NEWS
POLITY
1. Sachin Tendulkar has been appointed as the National Icon for voter
awareness and education under the Election Commission of India for a
period of 3 years.
2. National Health Authority has launched India’s 1st Ayushman Bharat
Digital Mission (ABDM) microsite in Aizawl, Mizoram.
3. The Parliament passed the Mediation Bill 2023 seeking to promote
mediation as a preferred mode of Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in
India.
SCHEMES IN NEWS
1. Navi Nifty India Manufacturing Index Fund is the India’s first open-ended
index fund launched by Navi Mutual Fund to track the performance of
manufacturers among the top 300 companies in India.
2. Asia’s largest Compressed Biogas (CBG) plant was inaugurated in Sangrur
district of Punjab.
3. Razorpay (India’s leading full-stack Payments and Banking Platform for
Businesses) has become the 1st Indian company to be named in the 2022
Forbes Cloud 100 List at 49th position.
4. The Super Vasuki freight train is the longest and heaviest freight train
that the Railways have ever operated which is 3.5 km long
5. Power Finance Corporation has become 1st member from India to join
“Asia Transition Finance Study Group” (ATFSG).
6. Reserve Bank of India has approved the scheme of amalgamation of
Navanirman Co-op Urban Bank with Rajadhani Co-op Urban Bank.
7. Ministry of Finance has launched the scheme Vivad se Vishwa-2 to
effectively settle the pending contractual disputes of government and
government undertakings.
ENVIRONMENT
6. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has imposed a ban on the
manufacturing, sale, and distribution of ketoprofen and aceclofenac
under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 to protect vultures in the
country
7. Gabon announced a $500 million debt for nature swap which is the
world’s 2nd largest debt-for-nature swap. In May 2023, the world’s 1st and
largest debt swap to conserve oceans was signed by Ecuador.
8. Synchronized Elephant Census report 2023 : Karnataka leads the
country in total number of elephants.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Belem Declaration
It is an agreement signed by Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization
(ACTO) countries to tackle threats to the Amazon rainforest and its
importance in the climate crisis.
TAMILNADU NEWS
Awards Recipient
CULTURE
Event Organised by
4. The 2nd edition of the Tamil Nadu International Kite Festival (TNIKF) -
commenced at the TTDC Ocean View, Mahabalipuram
StartupTN, the State’s nodal agency for Startup and Innovation, is set to
organize the ‘TamilNadu Startup Thiruvizha 2023’ event in Coimbatore.
5. Nathdwara Pichhwai craft of Rajsamand in Rajasthan has received the
GI tag.
AWARDS/PRIZE
G. Gopi
M. Vijayalakshmi
S. Chandiralekha
Kavitha
Surat
Agra
Faiz Ahmed Kidwai CEO of the National Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA)
Ignatius Delos Flora 1st woman to reach the rank of Major General in the
(who hails from Military Nursing Service.
Kanyakumari district)
Muslim Women’s Rights August 1 The day marks the enactment of the law
Day against Triple Talaq, which came into
effect on August 1, 2019
Javelin Throw Day August 7 On this day, Neeraj Chopra made gold
in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
DEFENCE IN NEWS
INDICES
9th International Military- Russia India, China and Iran have set up
Technical Forum pavilions at the event
PLACES IN NEWS
UDGAM (Unclaimed For the public to search for their Reserve Bank of India
Deposits – Gateway unclaimed deposits across
to Access multiple banks at one place.
information
SPORTS IN NEWS
3. Gymnast Dipa Karmakar has been excluded from the Indian squad for the
Asian Games.
4. India has withdrawn its 8-athlete ‘Wushu’ (martial arts) athletes
contingent from the Summer World University Games in Chengdu, China.
5. Gukesh, has dethroned Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand as India’s top-
ranked chess player in the live world rankings.
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