Yak August 2018 Electrical Current Affairs Of Import Highlights (One-Liners)

Friends, hither are the Major Current Affairs Highlights of August 2018. These one-liners comprehend all of import International, National, MOUs, Indexes, Banking, Technology, Books & Authors, Committees as well as Sports affairs of August calendar month (from 1st to 31st August 2018). You volition instruct pdf versoin of this listing past times this evening. All the Best as well as Happy Reading :)

August 2018 Current Affairs Highlights (One-Liners) 

• 12th August 2018 was observed every bit International Youth Day amongst the subject "Safe Spaces for Youth".
• 1st ‘Nepal-India Think Tank’ Summit was late held inwards Kathmandu, Nepal. Aim of this Summit : To foster greater collaboration as well as knowledge-sharing amid the intend tanks of the ii countries. 
• 2019 Asian Youth as well as Junior Weightlifting Championships volition move held inwards North Korean uppercase Pyongyang.
• 3rd India-Nepal Coordination coming together was held at New Delhi.
  
• 4th edition of Asian electoral stakeholders forum (AESF-IV) held inwards Colombo (Sri Lanka), to hash out province of elections as well as commonwealth inwards region. Theme of AESF-IV : Advancing Election Transparency as well as Integrity: Promoting as well as Defending Democracy Together.
• 4th National Handloom Day was observed on seventh August 2018.
• 51st Association of Southeast Asian Nations Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-51) was late held at Singapore. This coming together was chaired past times Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan. [ASEAN - Association of South East Asian Nations].
• 73rd anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing was observed on sixth August 2018.
• 9th August 2018 was observed every bit International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples amongst the subject “Indigenous peoples’ migration as well as movement”.
• A National registry of gender activity offenders volition move launched inwards September 2018. This registry volition assist law-enforcement agencies to seat repeat offenders as well as create people aware of those involved inwards gender activity crimes.
• A recent written report past times the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce, has called for dissimilar weightage to dissimilar sectors of the manufacture past times credit rating agencies, to ensure that banks don't deprive the Micro Small as well as Medium Enterprises (MSME) of credit. Head of this Committee : Naresh Gujral (Shiromani Akali Dal leader).
• Aadhaar-issuing trunk UIDAI (Unique Identity Authority of India) has announced phased roll-out of confront recognition for carrying out Aadhaar authentication from September 15, 2018 every bit additional security layer.
• According to a late released RBI survey, 4 States Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka as well as Tamil Nadu together received nearly 60% of the total remittances inwards 2016-17. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) emerged every bit the top source of remittances amongst a portion of 26.9%, followed past times the US (22.9%), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (11.6%), Qatar (6.5%) as well as State of Kuwait (5.5%).
• According to International Monetary Fund (IMF), Macau inwards Red People's Republic of China would overtake oil-rich Qatar amongst highest per-capita gross domestic production of whatever province or jurisdiction on earth, past times 2020.
• According to National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development’s (NABARD) All Republic of Republic of India Rural Financial Inclusion Survey 2016-17, Agriculture (farming) generates solely 23% of rural income i.e. non fifty-fifty quarter of rural household incomes inwards India.
• According to SBI written report named Ecowrap, electrical flow job organization human relationship deficit of Republic of Republic of India volition ascension to 2.8% of the gross domestic product inwards electrical flow financial year, due to ascension inwards petroleum prices as well as moderate increment inwards exports.
• After scoring 200 runs inwards the get-go Test against England, Indian captain Virat Kohli became the 1st Indian to top the ICC Test batsmen rankings since Sachin Tendulkar, who finally topped the rankings inwards 2011. 
• Allahabad Bank's Dr. as well as CEO Usha Ananthasubramanian was fired on her finally twenty-four hr flow inwards office, inwards relation to the PNB scam.
• American motorbike maker  Harley-Davidson announced that it is going to launch its get-go electrical motorcycle, the LiveWire, inwards 2019.
• American multinational food, snack, as well as drinkable corporation, PepsiCo announced that it's get-go woman mortal CEO Indra Nooyi volition stair downwards after 12 years. President Ramon Laguarta is going to supplant her every bit the novel CEO. 
• American multinational applied scientific discipline company, Apple became the world’s get-go trillion-dollar world company.
• American retail chain Walmart announced it has completed the $16 billion bargain to purchase a 77% stake inwards e-commerce startup Flipkart. 
• Amid an economical crisis, Argentina's primal banking concern has raised its benchmark involvement charge per unit of measurement past times xv per centum points to 60%. This is the highest inwards the world.
• Andhra Bank raises MCLR (Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate) past times 0.15% for diverse tenors.
• Andhra Pradesh Government has approved an unemployment allowance scheme titled 'Mukhyamantri Yuva Nestam'. The scheme aims to render Rs 1000 per calendar month unemployed youth inwards the state.
• Argentine professional person footballer Lionel Messi became the most decorated histrion inwards Barcelona's history, past times winning his 33rd trophy for the social club every bit defending La Liga champions crunch Sevilla to win their 13th Castilian Super Cup .
• Argentinian lawmakers voted against a mouth to Legalise elective Abortion inwards the get-go xiv weeks of pregnancy. Argentine Republic currently allows abortion solely inwards cases of rape or risks to a woman's health.
• As component division of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) initiatives, SCO Peace Mission Exercise 2018 was conducted past times by Central Military Commission of Russian Federation from 22nd August to 29 August 2018 at Chebarkul, Chelyabinsk, Russia.
• As per consolidated FDI Policy, 2017, the Government has allowed Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) upwards to 100% nether automatic route inwards the Educational institutions dependent area to applicable laws/sectoral rules/regulations/ security conditions.
• Australia has resumed the adoption of children from Republic of Republic of India after 8 years.
• Axis Securities launched commodity broking services amongst MCX as well as became the get-go banking concern subsidiary to move into commodity broking business. 
• Bangladesh's Cabinet approved a novel route security police push clit promising to consider expiry punishment for deliberately causing accidents. The maximum jail fourth dimension for rash driving deaths has been raised to 5 years from three.
• Bengaluru-based e-commerce startup Flipkart unopen downwards eBay India, to a greater extent than than a twelvemonth after acquiring it.
• Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the continuation of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) beyond the twelfth 5 twelvemonth programme period. The target of connecting 1,78,184 eligible habitations nether PMGSY was expected to move completed past times March 2019.
• China has launched a novel generation supercomputer paradigm Sunway that tin execute a quintillion (a M raised to the ability of six) calculations per second.
• China has proposed to conduct armed forces drills amongst the 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members inwards the South Red People's Republic of China Sea. The province also proposed labor articulation petroleum as well as gas exploration inwards the sea.
• China launched Gaofen-11, an optical remote sensing satellite which volition move used to monitor its Belt as well as Road Initiative.
• Chinese President Xi Jinping is going to see Democratic People's Republic of Korea adjacent calendar month at the invitation of leader Kim Jong-un to attend the 70th Anniversary Celebrations of the nation's founding.
• Computer scientists from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras take away hold developed get-go of a household unit of measurement of half-dozen industry-standard microprocessors nether Project Shakti.
• Digital payments major Paytm announced it had acquired Bengaluru-based savings direction start-up, Balance Technology for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition volition assist One97 Communications, which operates the Paytm brand, inwards farther enhancing its user as well as merchant interface.
• e-Commerce Firm Flipkart unveiled a dedicated portal titled ‘2Gud‘ for refurbished goods, including mobile phones, laptops as well as tablets. 
• Elon Musk-led infinite startup SpaceX is going to launch its biggest batch of to a greater extent than than lxx satellites into orbit aboard its Falcon nine rocket subsequently this year. Dubbed the SSO-A mission, the payload includes xv larger microsatellites as well as 56 smaller standardised satellites known every bit CubeSats.
• England defeated Republic of Republic of India past times 31 runs inwards the get-go Test at Edgbaston to grade their landmark 1,000th Test amongst a victory as well as select a 1-0 Pb inwards the five-match series. 
• England take away hold move the 1st-ever squad to characteristic inwards 1,000 Test matches, achieving the feat after taking the champaign against Republic of Republic of India at Edgbaston. England are followed past times Australia, who take away hold played 812 Test matches.
• Facebook has won the rights to exhibit Castilian top-flight soccer league inwards the Indian subcontinent. The fellowship has signed an understanding to exhibit the 'La Liga' games costless of accuse for the adjacent 3 years.
• Ferrari's Racer Sebastian Vettel (Germany) won F1 Belgian Grand Prix.
• For the get-go fourth dimension inwards the event's history, Facial recognition software is set to move used at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic as well as Paralympic Games. The system, provided past times Japanese fellowship NEC, volition move used to seat over 300,000 people including athletes, volunteers, as well as media.
• Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak charged for money laundering.
• Former President Pranab Mukherjee launched National Electoral Transformation (NETA) mobile application. This application allows voters to charge per unit of measurement as well as review their political representatives.
• France passed a police push clit banning Smartphones, Tablets as well as other Internet-Enabled Devices inwards Schools.
• French fellowship IDEMIA, a global leader inwards augmented identity, has move the get-go fellowship to move given the certification to manufacture as well as personalise RuPay chip contact as well as contactless cards on the qSPARC v2 platform.
• Gibraltar-based social club Gibraltar United is set to move the 1st e'er football game social club to pay its players inwards cryptocurrency.
• Google announced 'Pie' every bit the bring upwards for the latest version of the Android operating system, succeeding Android Oreo.
• Government launched National REDD+ Strategy to amend livelihood of woods dependent population. Aim of REDD+ : To arrive at climate modify mitigation past times incentivizing woods conservation.
• HDFC Bank announced that its Deputy Managing Director Paresh Sukthankar has resigned as well as volition vacate his postal service inwards xc days. 
• HDFC Life Insurance Company inked an understanding amongst Vijaya Bank to tap customers of the state-owned lender.
• Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur launched ‘Horn non ok’ awareness crusade as well as ‘Shaur nahin’ (no noise) mobile application inwards province uppercase Shimla.
• Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) move 1st world sector enterprise to create a transaction on the “TReDS platform”, an online electronic institutional machinery for facilitating financing of merchandise receivables of micro, modest as well as medium enterprises (MSME) through multiple financiers. 
• HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar launched 3rd edition of World’s Biggest Open Innovation Model - ‘Smart Republic of Republic of India Hackathon- 2019 (SIH 2019)’. .
• In a bid to terminate the taxi number inwards Goa, the province regime has launched its ain app-based taxi service titled 'GoaMiles'.
• In an endeavour to assist students "befriend" the English linguistic communication language, the Haryana regime has launched the 'I am non afraid of English' crusade inwards primary schools inwards the state.
• In its 3rd bi-monthly monetary policy review, the monetary policy commission of the Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) hiked Repo charge per unit of measurement past times 25 bps for the minute fourth dimension inwards a row to 6.5%.
• In it's recent report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected India’s gross domestic product increment 7.3% inwards the 2018-19 financial as well as 7.5% inwards 2019-2020 on strengthening of investment as well as robust individual consumption. 
• In monastic tell to curb mistaken news, WhatsApp started rolling out the bound of forwarding messages, photos as well as videos to solely 5 chats at ane fourth dimension inwards India.
• India as well as Red People's Republic of China take away hold agreed to expand armed forces cooperation as well as implement confidence edifice measures to keep peace.
• India as well as European Union (EU) partnered for Rs. 240 crore interrogation programme to develop a Next Generation Influenza Vaccine to protect people throughout world, through “Horizon 2020” programme. It require 3 applicants from both 3 European fellow member states as well as India.
• India as well as Myanmar executed the landmark Land Border Crossing Agreement. Under this understanding cheque points on both sides are included every bit component division of the pact.
• India as well as Islamic Republic of Pakistan are for the get-go fourth dimension taking component division inwards a counter-terrorism drill SCO Peace Mission Exercise 2018 organised past times the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). 
• India as well as Singapore signed a minute protocol amending the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) to boost merchandise ties.
• India has move the 3rd Asian Nation after Nihon as well as South Korea, as well as 37th overall, to instruct the Strategic Trade Authorization-1 (STA-1) status from the United States. It paves way for high-technology production sales to New Delhi, peculiarly inwards civil infinite as well as defense forcefulness sectors.
• India has been elected every bit the President of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) for a flow of ii years. F. Sheheryar (Director General of All Republic of Republic of India Radio) was re-elected every bit Chair of the executive board spell Sri Lanka was elected every bit vice-chair.
• India has released additional Rs. 470 meg (Nepali) for Phase I of Postal Highway Project existence constructed inwards Southern Plains of Nepal.
• India signed $220 meg Loan Agreement as well as a $80 meg Guarantee Agreement amongst World Bank, for Republic of Republic of India Energy Efficiency Scale-Up Program, to move implemented past times the Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL).
• India signed $346 meg loan understanding amongst Asian Development Bank (ADB) to finance improvement of over 400 kilometers of province highways that volition lift connectivity as well as access to economical centers across 12 districts inwards Kamataka.
• India signed a $375 meg loan understanding amongst Asian Development Bank (ADB), to contribute to double farming incomes inwards Madhya Pradesh past times expanding irrigation networks as well as scheme efficiency.
• Indian golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar won his 1st entitle on the European Tour inwards the cast of the Republic of the Fiji Islands International championship, almost 12 years after turning a professional person golfer.
• Indian professional person badminton player, Saina Nehwal has move the 1st Woman shuttler to arrive at Badminton World Championships' quarter-finals for the 8th direct edition.
• Indian Railways signed MoU amongst GAIL India, to supplant Industrial gases similar Dissolved Acetylene, LPG, BMCG as well as Furnace Oil / High Speed Diesel (HSD) petroleum amongst surround friendly Natural Gas.
• Indian skipper Virat Kohli overtook England's Jonny Bairstow to move the highest run-scorer of the twelvemonth 2018 inwards international cricket.
• Indian Teen cyclist Esow Alben (17) created history past times winning Silver Medal inwards the Men's Keirin trial of the UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships inwards Aigle, Switzerland. 
• Indian women's cricket squad opener Smriti Mandhana has move the minute Indian cricketer to boom a hundred inwards women's T20 cricket. First cricketer was Mithali Raj (for Railways inwards 2017)
• Indian-origin U.S. astronaut Sunita Williams is amid the nine astronauts named past times NASA for its 1st spaceflight programme using US-made commercial spacecraft developed past times SpaceX as well as Boeing.
• India's 3rd largest private-sector bank, Axis Bank became 1st banking concern inwards the province to innovate Iris Scan Authentication characteristic for Aadhaar-based transactions through its micro ATM tablets.
• India's ace badminton histrion P V Sindhu won the Silver medal at the Badminton World Championships 2018 for the minute direct year.
• India's get-go Commonwealth Games gold-winner inwards the javelin throw, Neeraj Chopra, led the 572-athlete-strong Indian contingent at the Asian Games' opening ceremony.
• India's Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha clincked his maiden Singles entitle inwards the $25,000 men's lawn tennis trial of 2018 ITF Men's Circuit (July–September) held at Jakarta, Indonesia. The doubles entitle was won past times Justin Barki (Indonesia) as well as Christopher Rungkat (Indonesia).
• Insurance regulator Insurance Regulatory as well as Development Authority (IRDAI) notified insurance companies call for them to comprehend medical handling for mental illnesses on the same footing every bit it is available for handling of physical illnesses. This monastic tell comes 3 months after the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 came into forcefulness on May 29.
• Intercontinental Exchange, which owns the New York Stock Exchange, has announced it is launching a novel fellowship 'Bakkt', which aims to "create an opened upwards as well as regulated, global ecosystem for digital assets".
• Iran as well as Syrian Arab Republic take away hold signed a bargain to expand armed forces cooperation after Iranian Defence Minister Amir Hatami's see to the country. 
• Iran has unveiled Fateh Mobin (Bright Conqueror) adjacent generation short-range ballistic missile capable of striking targets on Earth as well as sea.
• Iran unveiled the next-generation of its 'Fateh' short-range ballistic missile amid ongoing tensions amongst the US.
• Jammu volition move the 1st metropolis inwards due north Republic of Republic of India to instruct a full-fledged infinite applied scientific discipline interrogation centre devoted to research, academics as well as post-graduation bird course.
• Japan won its get-go FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup title, held inwards France, past times defeating Kingdom of Spain inwards finals.
• Japanese humanoid roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro has unveiled an android robot called 'Ibuki' which is modelled on a 10-year-old child. The robot has consummate vision routes that tin scan for faces as well as 'involuntary' motions similar blinking as well as caput bobs.
• Joint armed forces practice Maitree 2018 betwixt Indian Army as well as Royal Thai Army was held inwards Thailand from 6 to xix August 2018. Maitree 2018 was platoon bird practice that comprises of infantry component.
• Kadaknath chicken meat from Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh has received Geographical Indication (GI) tag inwards “Meat Product, Poultry & Poultry Meat” category. 
• Kerala's Nihal Sarin has move India's 53rd Grandmaster after attaining his tertiary as well as finally GM-Norm past times drawing inwards the 8th circular of Abu Dhabi Masters against Uzbekistan's Temur Kuybokarov.
• Kolkata-based Bandhan Bank became India's seventh most valued listed lender, surpassing Yes Bank. HDFC Bank Ltd remained India’s most valuable banking concern followed past times State Bank of Republic of Republic of India (SBI) as well as Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.
• Lok Sabha has passed National Sports University Bill, 2018 past times vocalisation vote to set upwards India’s get-go National Sports University inwards Imphal (west), Manipur.
• Lok Sabha has passed Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill, 2017 past times vocalisation vote to extend the facility of ‘proxy voting’ to overseas Indians, on the lines of service voters.
• Mahabaleshwar (Maharashtra) has move the wettest seat inwards Republic of Republic of India this year, leaving behind Meghalaya's Cherrapunji. 
• Manchester City midfielder 32 twelvemonth old David Silva announced his retirement from international football.
• Mughalsarai Junction railway station (Uttar Pradesh) formally renamed every bit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar Junction railway station  after RSS ideologue Deen Dayal Uphadyay.
• Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL) became the 1st Indian fellowship to hitting ₹8 trillion inwards marketplace capitalisation after its stock rallied 1.31% to hitting a tape high of ₹1262.50. 
• Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries has jumped 55 places to move ranked at 148th on the Fortune Global 500 listing of the world's biggest companies past times revenue. State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is the top-ranked Indian fellowship at 137.
• Mukesh Ambani-led telecom fellowship Reliance Jio secured the top spot inwards Fortune's global 'Change the World' listing 2018. American pharma fellowship Merck ranked minute spell Bank of America ranked tertiary on the list.
• Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport was renamed every bit Chhatrapati Shivaji ‘Maharaj’ International Airport. "
• Neeraj Chopra, the 1st-ever Indian to win Gold Medal inwards javelin throw at Commonwealth Games, has been chosen every bit India's flag-bearer at the opening ceremony of the 18th Asian Games 2018.
• Netherlands has been crowned the world champions for a tape 8th fourth dimension inwards 14th edition of Women's Hockey World Cup 2018 past times defeating Ireland.
• New Zealand's parliament passed a mouth banning the sale of existing homes to unusual buyers.
• NITI Aayog has launched Global mobility hackathon Move Hack to crowdsource solutions aimed at futurity of mobility inwards India. It is envisaged every bit ane of largest hackathons globally. Move Hack aims to convey close innovative, dynamic as well as scalable solutions to problems pertaining to mobility.
• On the occasion of World Biofuel Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a Single-Window Integrated Environmental Management System, titled PARIVESH (Pro-Active as well as Responsive facilitation past times Interactive, Virtuous as well as Environmental Single-window Hub).
• Operation “Madad” has been launched past times the Southern Naval Command (SNC) at Kochi for assisting the province direction as well as labor disaster relief operations due to the unprecedented flooding experienced inwards many parts of Kerala, owing to incessant rainfall as well as release of excess H2O from Idukki as well as other dams.
• Pakistan as well as Russian Federation take away hold signed contract on admission of service members of Islamic Republic of Pakistan inwards Russia’s Military Training Institutes. The understanding was signed at conclusion of get-go coming together of Russia-Pakistan Joint Military Consultative Committee (JMCC), the highest forum of defense forcefulness collaboration betwixt both countries held inwards Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
• Pakistani Batsman Nasir Jamshed has been banned for 10 years past times Islamic Republic of Pakistan Cricket Board's Anti Corruption Tribunal for his involvement inwards the 2017 Islamic Republic of Pakistan Super League (PSL) spot-fixing scandal.
• Parliament has passed the Insolvency as well as Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Bill,2018. As per the bill, domicile buyers volition instruct due representation inwards the Committee of Creditors that takes a telephone band on resolution proposals, making them an integral component division of the determination making process.
• President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to the Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2018. This mouth volition preclude offenders from evading legal procedure as well as fleeing the country.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi, spell addressing the land on the 72nd Independence Day, announced that the prestigious world healthcare scheme Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyaan / Ayushman Bharat Healthcare Scheme volition move launched on September 25 this year. The scheme volition render health insurance of ₹5 lakh annually to over 10 crore pitiful families. This is the world's largest government-funded world healthcare scheme.
• Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh exempted Ex-servicemen as well as Senior Citizens from mandatory dope tests for issuance as well as renewal of arms licences.
• Punjab regime started a ‘Tatkal sewa’ for holding registration across the state. Under this scheme, people tin seek appointment for ‘tatkal’ (instant) registration for properties for an hour-long slot from nine am to 10 am, amongst facilitation charges Rs. 5000.
• Qatar pledged $15 billion (over ₹1 lakh crore) of investment inwards Turkey to back upwards the country's economy.
• Rajasthan became 1st province inwards Republic of Republic of India to implement National Policy on Biofuels unveiled past times Union Government inwards May 2018.
• Rajasthan's Jodhpur railway station was ranked the Cleanest station inwards the A1 Category inwards a cleanliness written report released past times the Ministry of Railways .
• Ranchi-based software developer Ranjit Srivastava is developing the world's get-go Hindi-speaking humanoid robot. Named Rashmi, the AI-powered robot tin also utter Bhojpuri, Marathi, as well as English, as well as is equipped amongst facial expressions as well as recognition systems.
• Rashtriya Sadbhavana Diwas (Harmony day) was observed on 20th August 2018 to commemorate the 72nd nativity anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi, one-time Prime Minister of India.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree establishing a novel directorate inwards the Russian Army to promote Patriotism. Colonel-General Andrei Kartapolov, a Russian Army veteran who previously served inwards the country's conflict inwards Syria, volition caput the directorate.
• Santali has move the 1st Indian tribal linguistic communication to instruct a Wikipedia edition inwards its ain script.
• Scotland has move the world's get-go province to render costless sanitary products to all students inwards a bid to tackle "period poverty".
• Search Engine giant Google has rolled out a '3D Globe Mode' on Maps which shows the globe every bit a globe rather than a apartment "Mercator" projection every bit before. 
• Shooters Apurvi Chandela as well as Ravi Kumar opened India's medal tally at the 2018 Asian Games past times winning Bronze inwards the finally of the 10m Air Rifle mixed squad event.
• Social networking giant Facebook has launched “Digital Literacy Library” to assist immature people build skills they demand to safely relish online technology.
• SoftBank Robotics has announced that it has partnered amongst US-based AI startup Affectiva to educate its humanoid robot Pepper to translate human emotions.
• Space way NASA's Curiosity rover completed it's sixth anniversary on Mars.
• SpaceX challenger Arianespace is going to launch 3 heavy Indian satellites of ISRO over the adjacent nine months. Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) : K Sivan.
• SpiceJet successfully completed India's get-go e'er biofuel-powered exam flight. The airline flew a Bombardier Q400 aircraft using 75% aviation turbine fuel as well as 25% biojet fuel from Dehradun to New Delhi.
• States are going to exam a 20% cashback incentive for Digital transactions made through RuPay bill of fare as well as BHIM app on the total GST amount. The cashback or discount would move capped at ₹100 per transaction.
• Swedish slice of furniture giant IKEA opened its 1st-ever shop inwards Republic of Republic of India at Hyderabad (Telangana).
• The tenth edition of the Gay Games late held inwards Paris.
• The 118-year-old Davis Cup tournament volition move changed into an 18-team, week-long trial after International Tennis Federation (ITF) approved a proposal past times a consortium that has pledged back upwards of $3 billion over a 25-year-long duration.
• The 11th World Hindi Conference was late held at Mauritian uppercase Port Louis. Theme of 11th World Hindi Conference : "Hindi World as well as Indian Culture".
• The 24th World Congress of Philosophy (WCP) was held inwards Beijing, China. Theme of 24th WCP 2018 : “Learning To Be Human”.
• The Andhra Pradesh regime signed an MoU amongst electronics fellowship Holytech, to set upwards Holytech' flora inwards 75 acres Earth inwards Tirupati as well as Chittoor districts.
• The Bombay High Court ruled that Children born out of a minute union don't take away hold whatever rights on the family's joint-property. 
• The Cabinet decided to offering pulses to states at a discount of ₹15 per kilogram over prevailing wholesale prices for schemes such every bit PDS (Public Distribution System) as well as mid-day meal.
• The Central Government, State Government of Rajasthan as well as World Bank signed $250 meg Development Policy Loan (DPL) to back upwards Rajasthan inwards improving the performance of its Electricity Distribution Sector nether State’s 24x7 Power for All program.
• The Centre announced that Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) cannot file RTI (Right to Information) pleas as well as seek information on governance from primal regime departments.
• The Competition Commission of Republic of Republic of India (CCI) approved US retail giant Walmart's proposed acquisition of Flipkart announced inwards May this year. Walmart had announced acquiring a 77% stake inwards Bengaluru-based Flipkart inwards a $16 billion deal.
• The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired past times Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman approved procurement of 6 indigenously designed as well as manufactured Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels (NGOPVs) for Indian Navy. DAC is Defence Ministry’s highest decision-making trunk on uppercase procurement of Indian Armed Forces (Army, Navy as well as Air Force).
• The Delhi Police inducted an All-female Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) team, making it the 1st unit of measurement of its form inwards the country.
• The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) nether Ministry of Commerce as well as Industry has banned import of Petroleum coke (petcoke) for utilisation every bit fuel.
• The FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO), the women’s fly of Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce as well as Industry (FICCI) has launched a mobile application titled WOW (Wellness of Women). Aim of WOW Application : To create awareness on preventive healthcare for women across the country.
• The get-go projection nether Swadesh Darshan Scheme ‘North East Circuit: Imphal as well as Khongjom’ was inaugurated inwards Manipur. The projection covers ii sites i.e. Kangla Fort as well as Khongjom inwards Manipur.
• The Food Safety as well as Standards Authority of Republic of Republic of India (FSSAI) has constituted a 3-member commission to appear into the Food Safety as well as Standards (Labelling as well as Display) Regulations 2018. Head of this Committee : B Sesikeran (Former managing director of National Institute of Nutrition (NIN))
• The Food Safety as well as Standards Authority of Republic of Republic of India (FSSAI) launched RUCO (Repurpose Used Cooking Oil) maiden to enable collection as well as conversion of used cooking petroleum to biodiesel.
• The regime has announced that carrying the original Driving Licence as well as car's Registration Certificate is non necessary, as well as a Digital re-create saved on the DigiLocker or mParivahan app tin move shown spell checking past times the traffic cops.
• The regime of UK (United Kingdom) has announced novel plans to modify police push clit for Organ as well as Tissue donation to address urgent demand for organs inside Indian-origin communities inwards the country. This volition move known every bit Max’s Law after Max Johnson, a 10-year-old man child who was saved past times a pump transplant.
• The Home Ministry has issued a directive stating that no ATM volition move refilled amongst cash after nine pm inwards cities, 6 pm inwards rural areas as well as 4 pm inwards Naxal-affected areas from 8th Feb 2019.
• The Human Resource Development Ministry launched the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) to promote project design as well as interrogation inwards higher education.
• The Indian Rupee hitting a tape depression of lxx against the US dollar for the get-go time.
• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is announced it plans to launch ISRO TV, a TV channel to promote scientific temper amid people as well as conduct preparation camps for schoolhouse students.
• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is going to set an Indian astronaut inwards infinite inwards its 1st manned mission past times 2022 for at to the lowest degree vii days at a cost of less than ₹10,000 crore.
• The Indian Women Chess Team clinched the Gold Medal inwards the Blitz trial at the Asian Nations Cup 2018 held inwards Iran.
• The International Conference on Recent Advances inwards Food Processing Technology (iCRAFPT) is existence held at Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IFPT), Thanjavur inwards Tamil Nadu. Theme of iCRAFPT 2018 : “Doubling farmers’ income through nutrient processing”.
• The articulation armed forces practice MILEX-18 volition move held at the Foreign Training Node at Aundh Military Station inwards Pune inwards September 2018. The armies of all vii BIMSTEC countries (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Thailand as well as Myanmar) volition move participating inwards the exercise.
• The lander of India's minute lunar exploration mission 'Chandrayaan-2', scheduled for adjacent year, volition move named 'Vikram' inwards accolade of ISRO Founder Vikram Sarabhai.
• The launch of India's minute Moon mission Chandrayaan-2 has been delayed for the minute fourth dimension from Oct to Jan 2019.
• The Lok Sabha as well as Rajya Sabha take away hold cleared Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2018, which proposes expiry punishment for the rape of girls below the historic flow of 12 years.
• The Lok Sabha has passed Arbitration as well as Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2018 to assist Republic of Republic of India move hub for domestic as well as global arbitration for settling commercial disputes.
• The Lok Sabha passed the 123rd Constitutional Amendment Bill providing for a National Commission for Backward Classes every bit a constitutional body. The constitutional amendment mouth seeks to grant National Commission on Backward Classes (NCBC) constitutional status at par amongst National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) as well as National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCSTs).
• The Ministry of Health has announced all cigarette as well as tobacco packs volition send novel pictorial warnings including 'Quit ' message from September 1st.
• The Ministry of HRD has embarked on a major as well as novel maiden Project called 'Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds' (SWAYAM), which volition render ane integrated platform as well as portal for online courses. Objective of SWAYAM : To ensure that the every pupil inwards Republic of Republic of India has access to the best character higher educational activity at the affordable cost.
• The National Aeronautics as well as Space Administration (NASA) successfully launched its Parker Solar Probe, aimed to move into the Sun's corona (outer atmosphere), where no spacecraft has gone before.
• The National Payments Corporation of Republic of Republic of India (NPCI) launched UPI 2.0, an upgraded version of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI). With UPI 2.0, customers tin at ane time link overdraft job organization human relationship to UPI inwards improver to electrical flow as well as savings account, as well as the transaction bound has been doubled to ₹2 lakh.
• The North as well as South Koreas   agreed to grip an inter-Korean summit inwards North's uppercase Pyongyang inwards September 2018.
• The population of Commonwealth of Australia hitting a tape 2.5 crore, almost a decade before than projected.
• The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the ‘One District One Product’ Summit at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. This summit was organized past times the Uttar Pradesh regime to promote traditional industries inwards every district of the state.
• The President of India, Ram NathKovind, inaugurated the ‘Festival of Democracy’ inwards Thiruvananthapuram to grade the conclusion of the Diamond jubilee (60th anniversary) celebrations of the Kerala legislative assembly.
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) barred Fino Payments Bank from adding novel customers since the terminate of May.
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has cancelled licenses of 368 Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) inwards the half-dozen months ended June, to a greater extent than than double the number of such cancellations inwards the whole of 2017, for failing to encounter regulatory norms.
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has rejected Kotak Mahindra Bank's programme to dilute promoter Uday Kotak's shareholding past times allotting preferential shares.
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI)'s board has approved the transfer of a surplus amount of ₹50,000 crore to the regime for the twelvemonth ended June 30, 2018. Note : The RBI had transferred a surplus of ₹30,659 crore to the regime for the financial ended June 2017, which was less than one-half of what it paid inwards the previous twelvemonth (₹65,896 crore).
• The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) arrested Neeraj Singal, Managing Director of Bhushan Steel, for allegedly siphoning banking concern loans of over ₹2,000 crore.
• The Supreme Court accepted a proposal seeking to number hologram-based coloured stickers for vehicles inwards Delhi based on the fuel used. While petrol as well as CNG vehicles volition demand to take away hold a bluish sticker. Diesel vehicles must send an orangish sticker.
• The Tamil Nadu regime has issued a directive call for all regime as well as individual colleges to ban students from using mobile phones on premises. 
• The Telangana regime launched a get-go of its kind, Rs.5 lakh insurance programme for farmers inwards the province titled RythuBandhu Life Insurance Bonds. The scheme is limited to farmers aged betwixt eighteen as well as threescore years.
• The Telangana State Information Technology, Electronics as well as Communication subdivision (ITE&C) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) amongst Indian multinational information technology provider, Tech Mahindra to launch India’s get-go Blockchain district.
• The Turkish lira has move to a greater extent than volatile than world's largest cryptocurrency Bitcoin amid the country's ongoing currency crisis.
• The Union Cabinet also approved continuation as well as revision of Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Post Matric Scholarship for Other Backward Classes Students for studying inwards Republic of Republic of India (PMS-OBC) till 2020. Aim of this scheme : To render financial assistance to OBC students studying at post-matriculation or post-secondary stage to enable them to consummate their education.
• The Union Cabinet chaired past times Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) betwixt Republic of Republic of India as well as Republic of Indonesia on Health Cooperation as well as Scientific as well as Technological Cooperation.
• The Union Cabinet gave its approving to the government’s determination to cut back its stake inwards IDBI Bank below 50%, amongst Life Insurance Corporation raising stake inwards the banking concern to 51%.
• The Union Cabinet has approved a hike inwards Dearness Allowance to primal regime employees as well as Dearness Relief to pensioners from 7% to 9% amongst result from July 1, 2018.
• The Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas as well as Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan, set the foundation stone for permanent campus of National Skill Training Institute (NSTI) for Women at Mohali, Punjab.
• The Union Ministry of Agriculture has written to United Nation's Food as well as Agriculture Organisation (FAO) proposing announcement of twelvemonth 2019 every bit “International Year of Millets”.
• The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has proposed to set upwards 5-member commission to suggest changes to JEE (Advanced) inwards the wake of an inadequate number of candidates qualifying entrance exam this year. Head of This Committee : Bhaskar Ramamurthy (Director of IIT-Madras).
• The Union Science as well as Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the National Wildlife Genetic Resource Bank inwards Hyderabad (Telanagana). It is India’s get-go genetic resources banking concern where genetic textile volition move stored for posterity which volition farther the get of conservation of endangered as well as protected animals.
• The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has begun a 3-month visa amnesty programme which allows illegal unusual workers to legalise their status inwards the province or render home.
• The US as well as United Mexican States reached a bargain to supplant the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) amongst the 'United States-Mexico Trade Agreement'.
• The US has imposed preliminary anti-dumping duties on metallic pipes imported from India, China, Canada as well as 3 other countries.
• The US Congress has passed National Defense Authorisation Act-2019 (NDAA-19),  a Defence spending mouth capping its security-related assist to Islamic Republic of Pakistan at 150 Million dollars, significantly below the bird of to a greater extent than than ane billion US dollars per year.
• The US Senate passed a mouth National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA) 2019. This mouth waives sanctions against Republic of Republic of India for buying Russian arms.
• The Uttar Pradesh regime has approached the Centre for its approving to rename Bareilly Airport to 'Nath Nagri'. 'Nath Nagri' is believed to move an ancient bring upwards of the metropolis which had worshippers of Lord Shiva.
• The value of China's stock marketplace barbarous to $6.09 trillion, losing its spot every bit the minute biggest stock marketplace to Nihon ($6.17 trillion).
• The Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu released a Book titled ‘Bebak Baat’. This mass has been authored past times Vijay Goel (Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs as well as Statistics & Programme Implementation).
• The White House has confirmed that Republic of Republic of India has invited US President Donald Trump to move the Chief Guest for Republic Day parade 2019. However, no determination on the affair has been taken yet,.
• The World Bank has mandated the Commonwealth Bank of Commonwealth of Australia (CBA) to conform the get-go bond globally to move created, allocated, transferred as well as managed using Blockchain technology. World Bank aims to lift upwards to $73 meg through the two-year bond.
• The World Bank mandated Commonwealth Bank of Commonwealth of Australia (CBA) to number world’s get-go blockchain-based bond. The Kangaroo bond, referring to unusual bonds issued inwards Commonwealth of Australia inwards local currency, has been named bond-i, an acronym standing for Blockchain Offered New Debt Instrument.
• The world’s first-ever Thermal battery flora was inaugurated inwards Amravati, Andhra Pradesh.
• To boost local production, the regime doubled the Import Duty on every bit many every bit 328 textile products to 20%.
• To terminate the 5 twelvemonth Civil War, South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir as well as rebel opposition leader Riek Machar take away hold signed a peace bargain to portion ability inwards a transitional government. South Sudan’s civil state of war erupted inwards Dec 2013 betwixt supporters of Kiir as well as his then-deputy Machar. Tens of thousands take away hold died inwards the war.
• To assist solve India's mobility issues, NITI Aayog has launched a global mobility hackathon 'Move Hack'. The organization volition recognize the top 10 winners, amongst a total prize of over ₹2 crore.
• To assist the domestic Solar Cell manufacturing sector, the Union Government has imposed safeguard duty of 25% on import of Solar Cells (whether or non assembled inwards modules or panels) from Red People's Republic of China as well as Malaysia.
• To cut back video game as well as social media addiction amid teens, the Malaysian regime is going to ban meshwork from 12 am to 6 am daily for teenagers nether 17 years of age.
• Ujjivan Small Finance Bank launched an overdraft (OD) facility for micro as well as modest enterprise (MSE) customers (turnover over 50 lakh ), every bit an add-on production to existing MSE term loans offered past times bank.
• Union Government has announced that it has reached target of providing 5 crore costless LPG connections nether Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) almost 8 months ahead of schedule (i.e. inwards 27 months instead of 35 months)
• Union Government has constituted 4-member Group of Ministers (GoM) to determine on 16-member Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations. Head of this GoM : Suresh Prabhu  (Union Minister of Commerce as well as Industry)
• Union Government, NABARD as well as National Water Development Agency (NWDA) take away hold signed revised Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for funding of primal portion of 99 prioritized irrigation projects nether Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) through Long Term Irrigation Fund (LTIF).
• Union Minister for Oil as well as Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan launched the Odia edition of the mass ‘Exam Warriors’ written past times Prime Minister Narendra Modi inwards Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
• Union Ministry of Commerce as well as Industry has launched Niryat Mitra mobile application for exporters as well as importers of the country. The app provides broad arrive at of information required to undertake international merchandise correct from policy provisions for export as well as import, applicable GST rate, available export incentives, tariff, preferential tariff, marketplace access requirements – SPS as well as TBT measures.
• Union Ministry of Culture launched Seva Bhoj Yojna, a novel scheme to render financial assistance on purchase of specific nutrient items past times Charitable Religious Institutions (CRIs) for costless distribution amid people.
• United States (US) State Department has announced creation of Islamic Republic of Iran Action Group (IAG) to execute President Donald Trump administration’s Islamic Republic of Iran strategy as well as pressure level province to modify its behaviors.
• United States has announced to grant $39 meg every bit component division its unusual armed forces financing to Sri Lanka to boost maritime security.
• US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pledged nearly $300 meg inwards security funding for Southeast Asia at the US-ASEAN ministerial coming together inwards Singapore.
• Uttarakhand is going to move the 1st province to give identity cards to gau rakshaks (cow protectors).
• Varanasi as well as Delhi are amid xiv Indian cities dubbed most polluted past times the World Health Organisation (WHO) on job organization human relationship of the air character measured inwards terms of particulate affair (PM) at the high bird of 2.5. Other cities inwards this category are : Jaipur, Jodhpur, Srinagar, Kanpur, Faridabad, Gaya, Patna, Lucknow, Agra, Gurgaon, Patiala as well as Muzaffarpur.
• Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has devalued the Bolivar (Venezuelan currency) past times 95% ahead of the roll-out of a novel bolivar. The novel currency volition move called the 'Sovereign bolivar' as well as volition move based on the country’s Petro cryptocurrency, at ane time valued some $60 or 3,600 sovereign bolivars.
• WhatsApp is going to opened upwards up its get-go Republic of Republic of India component division inwards Hyderabad .
• World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) was observed from 1st to seventh August 2018. Theme of World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) 2018 : "Breastfeeding: Foundation Of Life".
• Zimbabwe’s President as well as leader of the ruling Zanu-PF party, Emmerson Mnangagwa,  has won the country’s historic Presidential election.

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