1. Javelin Throw Day will be celebrated every year on 7th August in the country
The Planning Committee of the Athletics Federation of India( AFI ) has decided that Javelin Throw Day will be celebrated on 7 August every year in the country . This will be done to connect more and more youth to this sport. August 7, 2021 at the Neeraj Chopra said Tokyo Olympics in gold medals Neeraj, 23, is India’s second individual Olympic gold medalist after Abhinav Bindra. This is India’s first gold medal in athletics in the history of the Olympics.
2. Indian Ocean warming rapidly: IPCC report
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)recently published its sixth assessment report titled ” Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis “. The IPCC has confirmed in its report that the Indian Ocean is warming faster than other oceans. Is. According to the authors of the AR6 report, warming of the Indian Ocean will lead to sea level rise, leading to more frequent and severe coastal flooding in low-lying areas. This will result in intense and persistent heat waves and humid heat stress in South Asia in the 21st century. This report highlights that even if temperatures are limited by 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, extreme weather events will still be observed. Heatwaves, heavy rainfall events and melting of glaciers are affecting countries like India. That report immediately informed the developed countries, Warned of more emissions reductions and decarbonisation. This is the sixth assessment report of the IPCC. It was released on 9 August. This report gives a better view of the climate system and climate change. The IPCC has been assessing climate change globally since 1988. This panel reports the state of the environment around the world every 5 to 7 years. This time the report is pointing to a very dire situation.
3. 65% TB cases in 15-45 age group: Union Health Minister
According to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, 65% of tuberculosis cases in India are in the age group of 15-45 . This age group is considered to be the most economically productive population segment . TB cases in productive populations are linked to the fact that 58% of cases are in rural areas. As a result, the entire family is excluded from upward mobility due to TB. These facts were highlighted in an event to sensitize parliamentarians on India’s efforts to end TB. Speaking on the occasion, Vice President and Chairman of Rajya Sabha Venkaiah Naidu said, “Coordination at the Centre, State, District and local level will help in making this effort a mass movement which in turn will help India’s efforts to eliminate TB by 2025. will accelerate.”
4. Government approves production of Bharat Biotech’s co-vaccine at Ankleshwar, Gujarat
Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Health Mansukh Mandaviya said that the government has given approval to Bharat Biotech ‘s plant at Ankleshwar for production of Kovid-19 vaccine, Covaccine . In May this year, Bharat Biotech said it was planning to produce 200 million additional doses of Covaccine at its Ankleshwar plant.
5. Government issues security advisory asking Indian citizens in Afghanistan to return home immediately
India has asked its citizens living in Afghanistan to make immediate travel arrangements for their return home before the airlines are shut down. Commercial flight services to and from several provinces and cities are being suspended after violence erupted in many parts of Afghanistan . Indian nationals working in Afghan or foreign companies have been asked to immediately request their employers to facilitate their transportation from the project site to India.
6. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the second phase of Ujjwala Yojana in Uttar Pradesh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the Ujjwala scheme of the Central Government has encouraged women empowerment in the country and women are playing an important role in the development of the nation. He Uttar Pradesh ‘s Mohba districts through video conference in the second phase of ujjwala plan distributed LPG connections on the occasion of launching. On this occasion, the Prime Minister interacted with the beneficiaries of the second phase of the Ujjwala scheme. The Prime Minister said that the women of the country were suffering from lack of basic facilities like toilets, drinking water and cooking gas for centuries. In the second phase of the scheme, one crore LPG connections to the low-income families who did not get the benefit of the scheme in the first phase.Will be given In the second phase of Ujjwala scheme, free connections, filled cylinders and gas stove will be given to the beneficiaries. Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated Bio Gas Plant in Muzaffarnagar district.
7. Confederation of Indian Industry and Serum Institute decided to work together
Confederation of Indian Industry and Serum Institute of India have decided to work together to expand the vaccination campaign across the country . Serum Institute has agreed to provide additional vaccines under the Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative (CSR) initiative for the countrywide immunization programme. Serum will provide one thousand two hundred vaccines free of cost on an order of minimum twenty four thousand vaccines as per the applicable market price for the private sector. On the order of supply of 96 thousand vaccines, nine thousand six hundred and on the order of one lakh 92 thousand vaccines, 28 thousand eight hundred vaccines will be made available free of cost. Serum has taken this special initiative only for the month of August.
8. GEF-MNRE-UNIDO launches interest subvention scheme on loans
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization ( UNIDO ) and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy ( MNRE ), Government of India have launched an interest subvention scheme on debt funded by the Global Environment Facility ( GEF ) . Under the scheme, organic industrial wastes to innovative energy Bayo metheneshn project and business model will be a loan at a discount to offer. Converting industrial organic waste into energy bio methanation projects generally requires more capital. Apart from this, the operation cost of these projects is also high. Also the availability of waste, revenue is also a challenge.
9. Border Roads Organization begins celebrations on the occasion of 75 years of independence
The Border Roads Organization( BRO ) has started the ‘ Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav ‘ celebrations on the occasion of 75 years of India’s independence . Keeping its importance in mind, BRO is organizing welfare and patriotic related activities/programmes across the country. Under these events, 75 medical camps are being organized , plantation drives are being conducted at 75 places and 75 school dialogues are being organized to motivate the children through talks and lectures . The main event will be on Independence Day, when the national flag will be hoisted at the highest 75 passes of India .
10. Book The Earthspinner by Anuradha Roy
- The Arthspinr ( The Earthspinner ) called Book Award-winning novelist Anuradha Roy ‘s went written. In the book, Roy explores the life and mind of Elango Potter, a world turned upside-down by the dedication of a beloved pet, the complex and impossible love, his passion for creativity and the little violence that characterizes it today. focuses on. The novel is about two people who are struggling to free themselves from such shackles to create a happier world. Roy’s earlier works include An Atlas of Impossible Longing and The Folded Earth.
11. How the Earth Got Its Beauty by Sudha Murthy
Sudha Murthy written by How the Earth Got Its Beauty ( How The Earth Got Its Beauty ) book titled Penguins went was published by Random House imprint puffin, including Priyanka Pcpande Sudha Murthy is a prolific writer in English and Kannada, having written novels, technical books, travelogues, collections of short stories and non-fiction pieces, and four books for children. His books have been translated into all major Indian languages. RK for literature to Sudha Murthy Narayana Award and Padma Shri in 2006 and Attimabbe Award by the Government of Karnataka for excellence in Kannada literature in 2011.
12. The Year That Wasn’t – The Diary of a 14-Year-Old Book Released
Veteran actress Shabana Azmiwas the Year That Was not – The Diary Of A 14-Year-Old ( The Year That Was Not – The Diary Of A 14-Year-Old ) is launching a book titled, which Kolkata Brisha Jain ( Brisha Jain ) has written. The book was written by a 14-year-old girl, reflecting on the lockdown days seen through her eyes as the Covid-19 pandemic spread last year.
13. ADB extends additional loan of USD 300 million to Maharashtra
Manila-based Asian Development Bank has to add upgrading of rural roads and remote areas to markets ongoing improvement Maharashtra Rural Connectivity Project ( Maharashtra Rural Connectivity Improvement Project as additional financing) for US $ 300 million approved loan Is. The additional funding will be used for an additional 1,100 rural roads in 34 districts of the state and the improvement of 230 bridges for a total length of 2,900 km.
14. Gujarat CM launches Einagar mobile application and portal
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said Inagr mobile applications and portal ( ENagar Mobile Application And Portal is launched). Einagar comprises of 10 modules with 52 services including property tax, professional tax, water and drainage, complaints and grievance redressal, building permission, fire and emergency services. Gujarat Urban Development Mission has been appointed as a nodal agency for the Einagar project. A total of 170 locations including 162 municipalities and 8 municipal corporations have been covered under the Einagar project.
15. Kiren Rijiju attends 8th SCO meeting of Justice Ministers
- Union Law Minister KIREN RIJIJU the Shanghai Cooperation Organization ( SCO Justice Ministers) eighth meeting had virtually run. Minister of State for Law and Justice Prof SP Singh Baghel also attended the meeting. During the virtual event, Rijiju highlighted the initiatives taken by the Government of India to provide affordable and easy access to justice for all. The three-day meeting was hosted by Tajikistan , and chaired by Tajikistan’s Minister of Justice MK Ashurion . Law and Justice Ministers and senior officials and experts from the Law and Justice Ministries of ‘India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan’ participated in the meeting.
16. James Anderson became the third highest wicket-taker in Test cricket
Anderson said Anil Kumble ‘s 619 Test wickets in the beating of Test cricket ‘s third most bowlers taking wickets He achieved this big achievement by getting KL Rahul out by wicketkeeper Jos Buttler. His current number of wickets is 621 in 163 Tests. Anderson is currently the leading wicket-taker among fast bowlers and the only fast bowler in the 600 club. He achieved the milestone on the third day of the Nottingham Test against India.
17. India’s first Internet Governance Forum (IIGF) will be held
According to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology , India’s first Internet Governance Forum ( IIGF ) will be held for three days from October 20, 2021 . The launch of Internet Governance Forum was announced by Anil Kumar Jain, CEO and Coordinating Committee, National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. Pre-events will be organized in October with an aim to engage students and youth to participate in the main event. IIGF 2021 will be organized under the theme “Inclusive Internet for Digital India”.
18. Kakori train conspiracy renamed Kakori train action
Uttar Pradesh government ” kakori train conspiracy” ( Kakori Train Conspiracy ) a historical called independence movement renamed ” Kakori train Action ” ( Kakori Train Action is made) and Uttar Pradesh to kakori hanged to rob a train Tributes paid to the revolutionaries. The families of freedom fighters were also felicitated on the occasion. Those revolutionaries were some passionate people, whose only goal was the independence of India from British rule. Hence, the name was changed thinking that they did not hatch any conspiracy as they were fighting for freedom. Freedom Fighters Ram Prasad Bismil , Ashfaqullah Khan andRoshan Singh was hanged on December 19, 1927 for his involvement in the Kakori dacoity. The Kakori Train Action was a train robbery that took place on August 9, 1925 , during the Indian independence movement against the British Raj in a village called Kakori near Lucknow. This robbery was organized by Hindustan Republican Association (HRA). It was planned by Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqullah Khan. The HRA was established to carry out revolutionary activities against the British Empire with the aim of achieving independence.
19. China opens new terminal at Tibet’s Lhasa airport
China has Tibet ‘s Lhasa airport has turned his newly constructed terminal. This new terminal is the largest terminal in Tibet which has been opened to expand the transportation infrastructure in the strategic Himalayan region. This will help Tibet to emerge as a global logistics hub for South Asia. The new terminal will give a significant boost to passenger and cargo transport. This airport expansion project was completed at a cost of USD 603 million. With the opening of the new terminal, Lhasa Airport is expected to cater to an annual operating capacity of 9 million passengers. It will also handle around 80,000 metric tonnes of cargo. The main airports in Tibet are Ningchi, Shigatse and Ngari. All these airports are located close to the borders of India and Nepal.
20. ITBP inducts its first women officers into combat
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force deployed for security along the India-China Line of Actual Control (LAC) on Sunday inducted its first two women officers into combat roles after completing their training in Mussoorie. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami attended the program as the chief guest . Company Commander in ITBP Battalion to two women officers Prakriti and Diksha will be posted as Till now, women officers in ITBP were serving in the medical branch or on deputation from the Indian Police Service in the top sectors. This is the first time that these two women officers have been directly commissioned in ITBP. He will now be posted as Company Commander. ITBP started recruiting women combat officers in its cadre in 2016 through an all-India examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
