August Current Affairs; Important for all exam

·        Top one Liner

Who has been appointed as a new finance secretary-  Rajiv kumar

·         World skill international competition 2019 which is also referred as Olympic for skill is schedule to take place in which country – Russia

·         Which city has been nominated as India’s best city for student – Bengluru

·          Who has been awarded “Bharat Gourav” award – kapil dev

·         One nation one ration card scheme has been implemented in 4 Indian states on a pilot basis-  Gujarat, Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra

·         The Gandhinagar model village was built with Indian assistance in which country- Srilanka

·         Which bank become the first Indian bank to link up with china’s national advance payment system – State Bank of India

·         India’s first underwater train will be launched in which city-  Kolkata

·         Which Indian state will host khelo India in January 2020-  Assam

·          Which city will host Goldest investors summit 2019- Srinagar

·         Which country will host the 2022 commonwealth games- England

·         First Indian institute of skill will be setup in which city- Mumbai

·         India’s first space museum has been inaugurated in- Hyderabad

·     Atal community center innovation in which city to encourage the spirit of innovation at the community level- New Delhi

·         Airtel has unveiled e-governance platform “SWAN”  for which state- Uttar Pradesh

·         India has signed a deal worth Rs. 1500 Crore to acquire R-27 air to air missiles from which country- Russia

·         Cabinet has given nod to the setting up of ISRO technical liaison unit in which country- Russia

·         52^nd ASEAN summit is being held in which country- Thailand

·         CRISIL has predicted India GDP growth rate for FY2020- 6.9%

·         The 22^nd national conference on e- governance will be held in which state- Meghalaya

Theme- digital india success to excellence

·         Which company has launched an initiative called “Samarth” aimed at bringing India’s                    artisans, weavers and handicrafts producers on to e-commerce- Flip cart

·         Who has won the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay award for journalism- Ravish kumar

·          Who has been given the additional charge of the counter terror force NSG (National Security Guard)- S.S. Deswal

·         Women & child development ministry is observing world breastfeeding week with the theme- Empower Parents, Enable Breastfeeding

·         Which payment bank has decided to convert itself into small finance bank in order to offer small loans to customers- India post payment bank

·         Which state has launched an awareness campaign named as “save green, stay clean”- west Bengal

·         According to UGC,  all universities in India will get the final subscription to access which Swedish software from sep. 1, 2019- Urkund

·         DRDO has successfully test fired indigenously developed quick reaction surface  to air missiles which has a strike range of – 25-30 km

·         The department of biotechnology plans to scan nearly Indian genome over the next 5 years, under genome India initiative- 20,000

·         Who has bagged gold in women’s 53 kg category of the Poland open wrestling tournament in warsaw- vinesh phogat

·         According to the archeological survey of India, the rural settlement bharati huda in Jabalpur village in odishas cuttack district is- 3600 years

·         Which city has got its first “pink toilet” dedicated to women with facilities for sanitary napkins and baby care- Noida

·         Indian film actor Aamir Khan has launched the mission shakti sports initiative in which state- Maharashtra

·         Which company has announced to buy majority stake in a Mumbai based technological

Startup “Fynd” – Reliance

·         Pathamadai silk Mat of which state has recently granted a GI tag- Tamil Nadu

·         Which state govt has launched a new higher education model called as resource    assistance for college with excellence (RACE)- Rajasthan

·         Arka suprabath is a new variety of – Mango

·         Which state has topped the list of states in India in terms of GDP growth rate in 2018-19- west Bengal

·         Who will become the first woman head the Indian National Science Academy- Chandrima saha

·         Union environment minister has launched a website which contains all the information related to- COP 14

·         Listening, lerning & leading is a book written by- Venkaiah Naidu

·         Singapur convention on mediation is an agreement to settle – cross broder commercial disputes

·         Who is the author of the book Resurgent India-  bimal jalan

·         Which mobile company has launched the mobile operating system named as “Harmony OS “- Huawei