Weekly Current Affairs - 2nd Week August 2024
8th to 15th August 2024
CURRENT AFFAIRS
8/15/20245 min read
Indian female wrestler Vinesh Phogat has announced her retirement from the sport after being disqualified from the wrestling final
● At the Paris Olympics due to weight gain
Professor Muhammad Yunus (Nobel Prize awarded) took oath as the
● Head of Interim Government of Bangladesh on 8th August 2024 in Dhaka
Home Minister Amit Shah presented the
● 'Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill-2024' in the Lok Sabha on 8th August 2024
Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das announced the bi-monthly monetary policy on
● 8th August 2024
K. Kailashnathan has been sworn in as
● The new Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry
The 28th ‘Delhi Book Fair’ (New Delhi World Book Fair 2024) started from
● 7th August 2024 at Bharat Mandapam in the capital Delhi
America's runner, Noah Lyles, has won the men's 100 meters race
● At the Paris Olympics
‘Punjab Help Centre’ has been opened for Punjabis at
● Terminal-3 of Delhi Airport
● To solve the problems of NRIs and travellers
The Director General of Hospital Services (Armed Forces)
● Surgeon Vice Admiral Anupam Kapoor
● on 8th August 2024
The 55th annual convocation of ‘IIT Delhi’ will be held on
● 10th August 2024
The exclusive registered investor base of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) has crossed
● The 10 crore mark for the first time on 8th August 2024
To promote the spirit of patriotism, ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign will be run in the country from
● 9th to 15th August
Indian wrestler Aman Sehrawat has won the bronze medal in 57 kg freestyle wrestling in
● The Paris Olympics
India's first 24-hour Annapurti Grain ATM has been opened in
● 'Mancheswar' in Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Foreign Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar has jointly inaugurated
● 6 community schemes with the Foreign Minister of Maldives
A ‘Bullet Proof Jacket’ consisting of lightest front hard armour panel is developed by
● DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation)
MoU has been signed between ‘All India Institute of Ayurveda’ and
● Amity University
● To promote Ayurveda research and education
‘Aakashvani Kohima’ will organise a music festival at the State Academy Hall
● on 10th August to commemorate the 78th Independence Day of India
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has inaugurated the
● Enlightenment Programme
● Organised for the newly elected MPs of the 18th Lok Sabha in the Parliament House complex, New Delhi
The ‘28th Conference’ of Central and State Statistical Organizations was held in
● New Delhi on 12th - 13th August 2024
The Government of India has constituted a committee
● To monitor the current situation on the ‘India-Bangladesh Border’ (IBB)
President Draupadi Murmu has been awarded the highest civilian honour
● 'Grand Collar of the Order of Timor Leste'
On 11th August 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released
● 109 varieties of 61 crops including 34 field crops and 27 horticultural crops
The new Cabinet Secretary for the next two years
● Senior IAS officer 'T V Somanathan'
The Defence Ministry's Divyangjan Abhiyan Team has hoisted the largest national flag
● On the Uhuru peak of Africa's highest peak Mount Kilimanjaro
National Institute of Disaster Management organized a pre-event one-day national workshop on Space Technology in Disaster Management on the occasion of
● ‘National Space Day 2024’ to be celebrated on 23rd August 2024
Three major petroleum projects will be constructed in
● Nepal with the cooperation of India
● The agreed projects are an oil pipeline connecting Siliguri (India) to Charali in Jhapa; a greenfield tank terminal in Charali; and an extension of the pipeline from Amlekhgunj to Lothar in Chitwan
Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has died at the age of 56 on
● 9th August 2024
Indian Air Force contingent returned to India on 10th August 2024 after
● Successful participation in ‘Exercise Udaar Shakti 2024’ in Malaysia
● With a contingent of seven Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft
President of Rwandan for the fourth term
● Paul Kagame
The International Olympic Association has honoured India's first Olympic gold medallist
● Abhinav Bindra with the Olympic Order
Sikkim's Sanjay Subba, Anita Subba and Jitendra Limbu will represent India at the seventh
● 'Heroes International Taekwondo Championship' in Bangkok
The first ‘Global Women’s Kabaddi League’ will start in
● Haryana from the month of September
The Maharashtra government will deposit the instalments for the months of July and August of the
● ‘Ladki Bahin’ scheme in the accounts of the beneficiaries on 17th August
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share his views in the program ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on
● All India Radio on 25th August
The '28th Delhi Book Fair' (New Delhi World Book Fair) running at Bharat Mandapam in the capital Delhi has concluded
● on Sunday, 11 August, 2024
10 thousand girls have created a world record by presenting Kashmiri folk dance in the cultural festival ‘Kashur Riwaaz’ organized in
● Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir
The head coach of India's junior men's Hockey team
● P R Sreejesh
Employees' Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) organised its 5th live session on
● 'Employees' Provident Fund Transfer' on 13th August2024
President Draupadi Murmu inaugurated the
● Amrit Udyan Summer Annual Edition, 2024 at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 14th August
India will celebrate the first National Space Day on
● 23rd August 2024
● Theme : Touching the Lives while Touching the Moon
42. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully carried out maiden test flight of its indigenously developed long-range Glide Bomb
● GAURAV
The US has approved the sale of arms worth $20 billion to
● Israel, including fighter jets and advanced air-to-air missiles
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju has launched
● ‘Haj Application-2025’ and ‘Jio Parsi Scheme’ portal in New Delhi
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has appointed BJP MP 'Jagadambika Pal' as
● The chairperson of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024
400 elected representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions have been invited as special guests on the occasion on
● 78th Independence Day
The 14th meeting of the India-Australia 'Joint Working Group' formed to combat terrorism has been held in
● New Delhi
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has addressed the 11th convocation of the
● 'Indian Institute of Science Education and Research' in Bhopal
Big Cricket League has entered into a long-term agreement with
● Prasar Bharati for telecasting the matches
The Indian Ambassador to the US
● Former Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra
IRCTC, in collaboration with National Capital Region Transport Corporation, will launch the initiative of 'One India-One Ticket' for passengers in
● Namo Bharat train and other trains
A two-day photo exhibition based on the theme of Partition Memorial Day and Freedom Struggle was organised
● By Central Bureau of Communications, Bhopal from 13th August at ‘Career College’, Bhopal
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu has launched a new initiative
● ‘HIM-UNNATI’
● To Promote natural farming across the state
Madhya Pradesh government has become the first state in the country to
● Send funds to the bank accounts of girl students for sanitary pads
Every year, ‘International Cat Day’ is celebrated all over the world on
● 8th August
‘International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples’ is observed on
● 9th August
● Theme24 : “Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact”
● To Raise awareness and protect the rights of the world's indigenous population
World Tribal Day 2024 has been celebrated across the world on
● 9th August
Every year, ‘World Lion Day’ is celebrated across the world on
● 10th August
● for the conservation of lions
International Youth Day is celebrated on
● 12th August
● Theme24 : “From Clicks to Progress: Youth Digital Pathways for Sustainable Development”
● This day was observed for first time on 12th August 2000
● 12th January : National Youth Day (Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekanand)
Every year ‘World Organ Donation Day’ is celebrated across the world on
● 13th August
Partition Horror Remembrance Day is celebrated on
● 14th August
● It commemorates the victims and sufferings of people during the Partition of India
● Announced by PM Narendra Modi on 15th August 2021
78th Independence Day is being celebrated in INDIA on
● 15th August
● Theme- "Viksit Bharat"