Weekly Current Affairs - 3rd Week August 2024
16th to 22nd August 2024
CURRENT AFFAIRS
8/23/20245 min read
President ‘Draupadi Murmu’ has inaugurated ‘Amrit Udyan’ at Rashtrapati Bhavan on
● 14th August
● Rashtrapati Bhavan will open for public viewing from Friday
The new bowling coach of Team India
● Former South African fast bowler Morne Morkel
Delhi's 'Indira Gandhi International Airport' has been awarded the status of
● India's first net zero carbon emission airport.
● Under the Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) program of Airport Council International (ACI)
The new Secretary in the Ministry of Steel
● Senior IAS officer of 1993 batch 'Sandeep Poundrick'
The new Home Secretary
● Govind Mohan
● He will replace the current Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, whose tenure is ending on August 22
The new director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED)
● Senior IRS officer 'Rahul Naveen' of 1993 batch
‘Jagjivan Ram Railway Protection Force Academy’, Lucknow has been awarded the
● Excellent Rating of Capacity Building Commission.
ISRO will launch the Earth observation satellite on August 16 from its
● 'Small Satellite Launch Vehicle' (SSLV)
Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has inaugurated the
● National Pest Surveillance System (NPSS) in New Delhi
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared
● 'Monkeypox' (Mpox) as a global public health emergency
India's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations
● Indian Foreign Service officer Parvathaneni Harish (1990 batch)
The Special Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police
● Senior IPS officer Nalin Prabhat
The new CEO of Starbucks
● Brian Niccol (effective September 9, 2024)
Malayalam film ‘Aattam’ (Aattam Movie) has received the
● Best Feature Film award at the 70th National Film Awards 2024
An Indian contingent of 84 athletes including 32 women will participate in the
● Upcoming Paris Paralympics 2024 Games
'Rishab Shetty' has been awarded the Best Actor award for her performance in the
● Kannada film Kantara at the 70th National Film Awards 2024
The Best Actress award has been given to
● Nithya Menen, who played the lead role in the Tamil film 'Thiruchitrambalam', and actress 'Manasi Parekh' of the Gujarati film 'Kutch Express'
India will host the ‘3rd Voice of the Global South Summit’ on
● August 17 in a virtual format.
The new Defense Secretary
● 1989 batch IAS officer Rajesh Kumar Singh
The new Health and Family Welfare Secretary
● Punya Salila Srivastava
Aerospace scientist and father of Agni missile has passed away at the age of 84
● Dr. Ram Narayan Aggarwal
An MoU has been signed between Prasar Bharati and
● ‘Sansad Television’ in the Parliament House complex
● To enhance content sharing, including broadcasting Sansad TV content on Prasar Bharati's OTT platforms and exchanging exclusive content, live feeds, and archives
Indian Air Force and Indian Army have jointly conducted 'Para-drop Operation' of Critical Trauma Care Cube at
● An altitude of 15 thousand feet for the first time
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate the
● 'Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre' (MRCC) of the Indian Coast Guard in Chennai on August 18
Foreign Minister 'Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will leave on an official visit to
● Kuwait on August 18
India has sent a contingent of 39 players for the
● 'Badminton Junior Championship 2024' to be held in China from August 20
Sumit Antil and Bhagyashree Jadhav will be India's flag bearers for the opening ceremony of the upcoming
● Paris Paralympics 2024
● Antil and Bhagyashree Jadhav, won a silver in Hangzhou Asian Para Games in women's shot put F34
The third meeting of the Defense and Foreign Ministers of India and Japan will be held in
● New Delhi on August 20
Passenger ferry service between India and Sri Lanka has resumed from
● August 16, 2024
The United Nations human rights team will visit Dhaka to
● Investigate human rights violations in Bangladesh
An agreement has been signed between Nepal Academy and 'Banaras Hindu University', Varanasi to
● Conduct research on Nepali language, literature, culture and philosophy
The Special Secretary in the Ministry of Minority Affairs
● Senior IAS officer 'Chandrashekhar Kumar'
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the manufacturing sector has increased by
● Nearly 69% in the last 10 years, reaching $165.1 billion
Indian Air Force participated in the exercise ‘Udar Shakti 2024’ in
● Malaysia
● The Indian Air Force participated in this exercise with its Su-30 MKI fighter planes
● During this, air manoeuvres were conducted between Su-30 MKI aircraft of IAF and Su-30 MKM aircraft of Malaysian Air Force
The Ministry of External Affairs and ISRO's commercial arm NewSpace India Limited signed an MoU
● To support the launch of Nepal-made Munal satellite
● Nepal's Academy of Science and Technology has developed this indigenous satellite
● The satellite was developed by high school students in Nepal with the help of the Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) and the space startup Antarikchya Pratishan Nepal (APN)
The Department of Space, Department of Science and Technology and Ministry of Earth Sciences will create a
● Joint geospatial interface, connecting industry and startup ecosystem
● To create innovative and indigenous products for farmers, rural artisans and others
India and New Zealand signed a customs cooperation agreement
● To facilitate small trade
● This signing was done in Wellington during the visit of President Draupadi Murmu to New Zealand
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inaugurated the
● MSME Center of Excellence of the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce
The third meeting between India and Japan will be held in
● ‘New Delhi’ on August 20
● Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar, Japanese Minister of Defense Kihara Minoru and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ms Yoko Kamikawa will take part in the meeting
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold bilateral discussions with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in
● New Delhi on August 20
India and the European Union (EU) will host a two-day regional conference
● ‘India-EU Track 1.5’ from August 21
Vice President of Liberia Jeremiah Kapan Koung arrived in New Delhi on August 19
● To participate in the 19th CII India-Africa Business Summit
‘Pankaj Advani’ has won the
● Western India Billiards and Snooker Championship
Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has appointed 'Paetongtarn Shinawatra' as
● The new Prime Minister of the country
Union Health and Family Welfare Minister JP Nadda has inaugurated
● The ‘First Policy Makers Forum’ in New Delhi
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar will address the inaugural session of the
● 19th (Confederation of Indian Industry) CII India Africa Business Summit in New Delhi on August 21
India's 'Raunak Dahiya' has won the bronze medal in the ongoing
● Under-17 World Wrestling Championship in Amman, Jordan
The ‘Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs’ in partnership with
● Directorate General Resettlement (DGR) under the Ministry of Defense has launched a certificate course
● This course for preparing Senior Defence Officers as Independent Directors
Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has launched the online portal ‘Jal Vidyut DPR’ to monitor survey and investigation activities of
● Hydro power and pumped storage projects
An agreement has been signed in Colombo between the Indian company Petronet LNG Limited and a Sri Lankan company
● For infrastructure and LNG supply
National Independent Worker Day is celebrated every year on
● 16th August
National Pineapple Juice Day’ (National Pineapple Juice Day 2024) is celebrated every year on
● 17th August
Indian Renewable Energy Day’ (Akshay Urja Diwas 2024) is celebrated every year on
● 20th August
World Senior Citizens Day is celebrated across the world on
● 21st August