Weekly Current Affairs - 1st Week August 2024
1st to 7th August 2024
CURRENT AFFAIRS
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed a series of near term measures to prevent
● speculative trading
● Chairman : Madhabi Puri Buch (first woman to lead the SEBI)
The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has partnered with C2treds and UGRO Capital to facilitate loans to
● The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector
For investor protection, the Securities & Exchange Board of India has started its
● Virtual Assistant (SEVA)
● An Artificial Intelligence (AI) based conversation platform for investors
The new Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
● 1983 batch IAS officer 'Preeti Sudan'
Director General of the Army Medical Services
● Lieutenant General Sadhana Saxena Nair
● first woman to be appointed to this position
India will host the first multinational air force exercise ‘Tarang Shakti 2024’ at Sular in
● Tamil Nadu from 6th August 6 2024
‘All India Institute of Medical Sciences’ will start
● Electric buses on the campus to provide last-mile connectivity
The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying has conducted field training on
● ‘21st Livestock Census’ on software and breeds for state and district nodal officers of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka
UNESCO's '46th World Heritage Committee Session' concluded in
● New Delhi on 31st July
President Draupadi Murmu will be on a visit to 3 countries New Zealand, Fiji and Timor-Leste
● From 5th to 10th August
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will start off the 32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists
● On 3rd August 2024 at the National Agricultural Science Center Complex, New Delhi
The ‘5th AITIGA Joint Committee’ meeting to review the
● ASEAN-India Goods Trade Agreement was held in Jakarta, Indonesia
● From 29th July to 1st August 2024
● India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA)
The ‘National Center for Good Governance’(NCGG), has successfully concluded the
● 4th Capacity Building Program for Civil Servants of Sri Lanka in New Delhi on 3rd August 2024
Union Ministers Jyotiraditya M. Scindia and Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya will release a set of ‘commemorative postage stamps’
● On 5th August 2024 to commemorate the Paris Olympics
● The new stamp honouring the Olympics 2024 celebrates our sports heroes
● This tribute will inspire young talents and strengthen our nation's sports ecosystem
Home Minister Amit Shah has inaugurated e-Sakshya, Nyay Setu, Nyay Shruti and e-Summon app to strengthen the criminal justice system in
● Chandigarh on 4th August 2024
Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic has won his first Olympic gold medal in
● Men's singles final at the Paris Olympics
Nagaland has become the first state in India to have
● Disaster Management Insurance Solution
Indian classical dancer has passed away at the age of 84
● Dr. Yamini Krishnamurti
Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan will chair a high-level financial conference of the tri-services in
● New Delhi on 5th August 2024
Director General of Border Security Force (BSF)
● Senior IPS officer Daljit Singh Chaudhary
‘Ashma Kumari KC’ has won the title of
● ‘Miss Nepal World 2024’
“Virasat” exhibition has started from 03rd August at Handloom Haat, New Delhi
● To celebrate the 10th National Handloom Day
The two-day conference of Governors was concluded on
● 3rd August at ‘Rashtrapati Bhavan’
‘Akashvani Sangeet Samaroh’ has started from
● 3rd August at Akashvani Complex, New Delhi
The Director of ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI)
● Dr. Grinson George
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has imposed a fine of Rs 2 crore on
● 'HDFC Life' for violation of norms
National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) organized
● ‘Organ Donation Awareness Programme’ in New Delhi
Deakin University and University of Wollongong of Australia have established their campuses in
● GIFT City, Gujarat
● Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City)
India will host its first multinational air exercise 'Tarang Shakti 2024' at
● Sular, Tamil Nadu from 6th August
The ten-day pilgrimage of Shri Baba Budha Amarnath will begin from
● 7th August in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir
According to the Central Government, '345 ancient artefacts' have been brought back from
● Foreign countries since 2014, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi
The Central Government has declared Adichunchanagiri in Karnataka and Choolannur in Kerala as
● ' Peacock Sanctuary'
The first women mountaineering team of BSF has left from Delhi to
● Climb Mount Mukut East in Uttarakhand
The National Commission for Women inaugurated the ' Digital Shakti Centre' to combat cyber crimes against woman under the
● Digital Shakti Abhiyan for women on 05 August in New Delhi
Indian Navy submarine 'INS Shalki' arrived in Colombo on
● 2nd August on a two-day visit
● The submarine was received in a ceremonial manner by the Officer of the Guard of Sri Lanka Navy
Turkey has banned the social media platform
Re-elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
● Janet Yang
India has hosted the second edition of the Colombo Security Conclave Seminar on
● Exchange of Information on Legislations, Cyber Policies, and Incident Mitigation at the ‘National University of Forensic Sciences’, Gujarat from 30 to 31 July
Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh has addressed the
● ‘Global MedTech Summit-2024’ in New Delhi
The new leader of the interim government of Bangladesh
● Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus
‘Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya’ in collaboration with Airbus has launched its first executive training program for the
● Aviation sector in New Delhi
● This three-day program, will be focused on Safety Management Systems for working professionals
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar will present Sant Kabir and ‘National Handloom Awards’ to weavers on the
● 10th National Handloom Day on 7th August
Reliance Industries Limited has become the top ranked Indian company in the
● 2024 Fortune Global 500 list (86th Rank in the list)
'Bioplastic Park' will be set up in Lakhimpur Kheri,
● Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh government will set up 'Mitra Van' on
● Nepal border
India's youngest Olympic referee in boxing (Paris Olympic)
● Lieutenant Colonel Kabilan Sai Ashok
Merger of Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilisers Limited (MCFL) with
● Paradeep Phosphates Limited (PPL) approved by CCI
● Competition Commission of India (CCI)
The Karnataka government has changed the name of Ramanagara district to
● Bengaluru South
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) has signed an MoU to set up three test facilities under the
● Uttar Pradesh Defense Industrial Corridor (UPDIC) on 30th July
According to the Travel and Tourism Development Index (TTDI), India ranks 39th in Travel and Tourism Development Index
● 2024
● In 2021, India was ranked 54th
Managing Director (MD) at National Housing Bank
● Sanjay Shukla (On 30th July 2024)
Uttar Pradesh tops in
● Compressed biogas production in India
World's first Asian King Vulture breeding centre will be set up in
● Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh's e-rickshaw driver Aarti has been awarded
● UK's Women Empowerment Award
Mathura's famous Sanjhi craft has got
● GI tag
Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde has been sworn in as
● The Governor of Rajasthan on 31st July 2024
World Wide Web Day is celebrated on
● 1st August
‘World Lung Cancer Day’ is celebrated across the world on
● 1st August
‘Cloves Syndrome Awareness Day’ is celebrated across the world on
● 3rd August
India observes its 14th Indian Organ Donation Day on
● 3rd August 2024
U.S. Coast Guard Day is celebrated every year on
● 4th August
HIROSHIMA REMEMBRANCE DAY is observed on
● 6th August
● The United States warplane Enola Gay dropped an atom bomb named “Little Boy” in the city of Hiroshima killing 140,000 people, in 1945
National Javelin Day is celebrated every year on
● 7th August
National Handloom Day’ is celebrated every year on
● 7th August