CURRENT AFFAIRS
Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk
1) Madhya Pradesh government launched the National Education Policy-2020 (NEP-2020) in the state and became the second state in the country to implement NEP-2020 after Karnataka.
➨ The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 was launched by the Centre on July 29, 2020.
▪️Madhya Pradesh
➨CM - Shivraj Singh Chouhan
➨Governor - Mangubhai Chhaganbhai
➨Bhimbetka Caves
➨Buddhist Monument at Sanchi
➨Khajuraho Temple
2) To celebrate second anniversary of Fit India Movement and as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur launched the Fit India Mobile Application at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi on National Sports Day.
3) In a bid to assist unemployed youth in the state, the Captain Amarinder Singh-led Punjab government gave a nod to a new project, Mera Kaam Mera Maan (MKMM).
➨ The scheme aims at empowering the unemployed youth by improving their skillset and aptitude to find jobs easily in the preferred domains.
4) Uttrakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami conducted an on-site inspection of Sahastradhara-Maldevta road, which had caved in as a river submerged it following a rise in water level of the river triggered by heavy rains.
➨ The Chief Minister directed the District Magistrate Dehradun R Rajesh Kumar to channelize the river and get the damaged part of the road repaired at the earliest.
▪️Uttarakhand CM :- Pushkar Singh Dhami
👉Asan Conservation Reserve
👉Country's first moss garden
👉Country's first Pollinator Park
👉Integrated Model Agriculture Village Scheme
👉Rajaji Tiger Reserve 🐅
👉Jim Corbett National Park
5) The Sahitya Akademi named authors Yashodhara Mishra and Omcherry N.N. Pillai as the winners of the 2020 awards for their works in Odia and Malayalam, respectively.
6) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin announced welfare measures worth Rs 317.40 crore for Sri Lankan Tamil refugees living in special camps in the state.
▪️Tamil Nadu :-
➨ CM - M K Stalin
➨Governor - Banwarilal Purohit
➨Sathyamangalam tiger reserve (STR)
➨Kalakkad Mundanthurai tiger reserve (KMTR)
7) The Union Minister for Agriculture, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar launched the National Food and Nutrition Campaign for the farmers.
➨ It was organized by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
8) With the support of the French development agency Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD), Rajasthan has undertaken a biodiversity conservation project in eastern districts of the state.
▪️ Rajasthan:-
CM - Ashok Gehlot
Governor - Kalraj Mishra
➭Amber Palace
➭Hawa Mahal
➭Ranthambore National Park
➭City Palace
➭Keoladeo Ghana National Park
➭Sariska National Park.
➭ Kumbhalgarh Fort
9) India's NCERT, Microsoft and its global training partner Tech Avant-Garde (TAG) have joined hands to usher in Digital Transformation in Education and to empower the most important stakeholders of education - School Teachers.
➨ The Hybrid Learning training workshop for teachers will be conducted over a period of five days from 30th August 2021 to 3rd September 2021 for one hour each day .
10) Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the renovated complex of Jallianwala Bagh Smarak to the nation through video conferencing. The Prime Minister also inaugurated museum galleries developed at the Smarak.
➨A wreath-laying ceremony was held and a two-minute silence observed in the memory of martyrs of the Jallianwala massacre.
11) Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur inaugurated and addressed the first India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Youth Summit through video conferencing.
12) The Ministry of Jal Shakti started 'SUJALAM', a 100-day campaign to create more and more open defecation free (ODF) villages across the country.
➨The 'SUJALAM' campaign would help in management of the waste water which in turn would help to revive the water bodies.
13) Bollywood actor Sonu Sood will be the brand ambassador for the Delhi government’s “Desh ke Mentor” programme, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced in New Delhi.
➨The programme entails “adopting” one or more Delhi government school students who can be mentored by citizens who are successful in their respective fields.
14) Astronomers have discovered the fastest orbiting asteroid in the solar system. The asteroid has been dubbed as “2021 PH27” and it is 1 kilometer in diameter and completes its orbit in just 113 Earth days.
➨The asteroid also gets extremely close to the Sun by reaching a proximity of about 20 million kilometers.
15) The labour ministry unveiled the National Database for Unorgansied Workers or e-Shram portal, which is a single platform for registering over 380 million unorganised workers including migrant workers and gig and platform workers.
16) In view of the growing popularity of a wide variety of traditional regional handicrafts following the launch of One District One Product (ODOP) scheme, the Uttar Pradesh government is building the state’s first handicrafts park in Sector 29 of Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA).
▪️Uttar Pradesh :-
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister - Yogi Adityanath
Governor - Smt. Anandiben Patel
➨Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary
➨Dudhwa National Park
➨National Chambal Sanctuary
17) India's Vinod Kumar bagged a bronze medal in the Discus throw F52 event on Sunday to win India its third medal at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics
➨ With a throw of 19.91m, he set a new Asian record. Poland's Piotr Kosewicz bagged the top honours with a best attempt of 20.02m. Croatian athlete Velimir Šandor took home silver by registering the best effort of 19.98m.
18) Para-athlete Nishad Kumar won a silver medal in the high jump event at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics.
➨ Nishad made a jump of 2.06m and as a result, he sealed the silver medal. In the event, Nishad also went on to create an Asian Record and the event turned out to be a good affair for the Indian para-athlete.