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Unique Identification Authority of India has Launched Door Step Aadhar Enrolment for the elderly, patients and others who cannot travel the Aadhar centers. Both countries are working on new bilateral investment treaty. New Chief of Eastern Command Lt Gen Abhay Krishna 6.
India had received USD 7. Amazon India has signed a MoU with the Telangana Department of Handloom and Textiles. Delhi will become 50% larger in its economy size in 2021 compared to what it was at the end of the year 2016. Switzerland agreed that reforms taken by India will serve good base for expanding cooperation in several areas. Host Country of ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup 2018 New Zealand 19. The pan is aimed to offer term loans ranging from Rs. The heat shield did not separate as a result of which satellite did not complete the 4th stage. Bharat QR is a secure, network-agnostic interface that enables customers to use their smartphones to make payments. New Chairman of CBFC Prasoon Joshi 19. PNB elements will have to pay charges for depositing cash above Rs 5,000 in a non-base branch even if it is located in the same city. Swachh Survekshan Gramin 2017 report was launched in New Delhi by Narendra Singh Tomar.
First electronics manufacturing cluster in northeastern region was also inaugurated in Guwahati, Assam. S III Reflections G. Most Highly Paid Author by Forbes J K Rowling Harry Potter Writer 3.
Important Current Affairs 12th August 2017 in Hindi with PDF - First Indian to Qualify for Javelin Throw Finals Davinder Singh Kang 15.
National Current Affairs Access the Latest Happenings across India 1. The Union Government has launched a portal to provide a platform for farmers to sell agricultural produce- e-Rashtriya Kisan Agri Mandi e-RaKAM portal 2. The Supreme Court has imposed ban on use of five harmful heavy metals like lithium, antimony, mercury, arsenic and lead in the manufacturing of firecracker as they cause air pollution. Maharashtra Government has launched two online portals to streamline the process of direct benefit transfer DBT — MahaDBT and MahaVASTU 4. The Union Government is going to launch AGRI-UDAAN Food and Agribusiness Accelerator 2. The aim is to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in agriculture. The contract valuing Rs 1,050 crore was awarded by CORE and Konkan Railways. The Union Finance Ministry has launched second Exchange-Traded Fund ETF , named Bharat 22. The MeitY has appointed an expert panel committee to study various issues relating to data protection in the country and will suggest a draft data protection Bill. The committee is headed by former Supreme Court Judge Justice B N Srikrishna. Swachh Survekshan Gramin 2017 report was launched in New Delhi by Narendra Singh Tomar. It was launched to take stock of progress made by Swachh Bharat Mission in Rural India. NITI Aayog has announced partnership with six states to transfer their Health and Education sectors under its SATH initiative. Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha were selected for transforming Education sector. The Uttar Pradesh Government launched an awareness drives on the banks of Ganga River to maintain cleanliness- Namami Gange Jagriti Yatra 12. National Mission for Clean Ganga has approved ten projects in Bihar, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. These projects were approved in the 5th meeting of the Executive Committee of National Mission for Clean Ganga. Congress Leader Ahmed Patel has won the Gujarat Rajya Sabha Elections 2017. Kerala and Haryana topped the Sanitation Survey. According to survey, all rural households in these two states access to a toilet. The Union Ministry of Rural Development will launch Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana AGEY. Telangana government has launched Smart Streets Lab It is an effort to apply and figure out technology based solutions for women and road safety in Hyderabad. The government has launched Harit Diwali, Swasth Diwali Campaign. The aim is to reduce adverse environmental conditions especially pollution in the country after Diwali. NHAI has launched two mobile Apps — MyFASTag and FASTag Partner in New Delhi, to facilitate the availability of FASTags for Electronic Toll Collection ETC project. Navika Sagar Parikrama: A six-member all-woman team of the Indian Navy will set to sail to circumnavigate the globe on the sailing vessel INSV Tarini. This is the first-ever Indian circumnavigation of the globe by an all-woman crew. The Central government is prepared to consider an exemption for one year from the NEET system for students of government colleges in Tamil Nadu if the state brings forward an ordinance. Indian Government has asked Google, Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, Microsoft and Yahoo — to immediately remove the links of dangerous online game Blue Whale Challenge, which has led to the suicide of children in India and other countries. In the pursuit to achieve a New India by 2022, Government has organized Swachh Sankalp se Swachh Siddhi Competition. The core objective is to generate mass involvement in Swachh Bharat Mission SBM and related issues. The Make in India Seminar was held in New Delhi. Indian Navy has commissioned its second ship of Landing Craft Utility MK-IV, Navy at Port Blair. NITI Aayog has launched Mentor India Campaign- A strategic nation building initiative to engage leaders for guiding and mentoring students at Atal Tinkering Labs. The Supreme Court has declared Right to Privacy as Fundamental Right which was held by J. Andhra Pradesh becomes the first to implement Bharat QR Digital Payments. Bharat QR is a secure, network-agnostic interface that enables customers to use their smartphones to make payments. The Ministry of External Affairs has inaugurated first Videsh Bhawan in Mumbai. The Union Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs is going to establish National Sports Museum at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi. The aim of the sports museum is to popularize the sports as a way of life within the country. Unique Identification Authority of India has Launched Door Step Aadhar Enrolment for the elderly, patients and others who cannot travel the Aadhar centers. The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurated the YUVA. It is a skill development program and an initiative by Delhi Police under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 11 National Highway projects in Rajasthan, covering a total length of about 873 km. The projects include a 6-lane cable stayed bridge across river Chambal at Kota 4-laning of Gomati Chauraha-Udaipur section of NH-8, and Rajsamand-Bhilwara section of NH-758. Qatar has become the first Arab state to offer permanent residency available to some non-citizens. China has opened its first overseas military base in Djibouti, which is situated on the northwestern edge of Indian Ocean. Delhi will become 50% larger in its economy size in 2021 compared to what it was at the end of the year 2016. India was represented by External Affairs ministers Sushma Swaraj. It was launched in competition to Google-owned YouTube. India-ASEAN Youth Summit was held in Bhopal from 14th August 2017. India, US established Two-By-Two Ministerial Dialogue to enhance strategic coordination between them and maintaining peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. China has launched first cyber court in e-commerce hub of Hangzhou. The cyber court will handle cases such as online trade disputes and copyright lawsuits. These cases handled by the court will be tried online. India signs Global Environment Facility GEF Grant Agreement Global Environment Facility GEF to improve forest quality, sustainable land management and benefits from Non-Timber Forest Produce for forest dependent communities in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The first regional centre of New Development Bank has opened in South Africa. It was set up by India and other BRICS nations. The Festival will highlight diverse Indian culture, i. The International Military Music Festival was held in Moscow. Minister of External Affairs MEA Sushma Swaraj will participate in the two-day Indian Ocean Conference IOC scheduled to be held at Colombo from 31st August. Youtube has changed its logo for the first time since it was launched 12 years ago. Airtel Payments Bank has announced a strategic partnership HPCL. The aim is to give further boost to digital payments in the country and to add customer convenience. SBI and Samsung India collaborated to advance Digital India initiative. They announced the availability of Samsung Pay for higher variants of SBI debit card to advance Digital India. Microsoft ties up with the Telangana to use its artificial intelligence-based MINE platform to screen children for eye problems and prevent avoidable blindness. NCLT has approved the proposed merger between Bharti Airtel and Telenor 5. Patanjali has collaborated with Google and Facebook to increase its digital presence for better online marketing. It is a payment solution for corporates that digitizes employee spends and claims, making the process simple, real-time and paperless. Reliance Communications merged with Aircel got National Company Law Tribunal. Qatar Airways has entered into Interline Partnership with full-service domestic airline Vistara. TRAI has signed a deal with Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission to jointly conduct capacity building exercises in the fields of broadcasting and telecommunications regulation. Airtel announced a partnership wit h Symantec Corp to provide cyber security solutions to businesses in India. Solar energy services company Freyr Energy has tied up with Axis Bank. The merger is aimed to offer term loans ranging from Rs. M emorandum of Understanding MoU Get the Best Information Out of Top Agreements 1. BSF has signed an MoU with NSDC. The MoU will enable NSDC to provide skill training to retired and retiring BSF personnel, as well as to the population residing in the border areas. The Union Cabinet has approved MoU between India and Spain on India-Spain Cooperation in renewable energy. It aims at strengthening bilateral cooperation between both the countries. Union Cabinet has approved MoU between India and BRICS countries for establishment of BRICS Agriculture Research Platform BRICS-ARP. ISRO and CSIR-NPL have signed MoU to make indigenous regional positioning system NavIC independent from the US clock system. Amazon India has signed a MoU with the Telangana Department of Handloom and Textiles. The aim is to educate, train and enable weavers and artisans to directly sell their products to Amazon customers across the country. SEBI and SEO of Iran have entered into a bilateral MoU for mutual cooperation and technical assistance. GeM and CII have signed MoU to establish GeMSamvad. It aims to create awareness about the online purchase of goods and services by government agencies. The Union Cabinet has approved Memorandum of Understanding MoU between India and Sweden on cooperation in the field of Intellectual Property IPRs. It was launched to take stock of progress made by Swachh Bharat Mission in Rural India. The MoUs signed will largely provide aid to Nepal for the recovery from its disastrous earthquakes. The Union Cabinet has approved an MoU between India and Nepal for starting construction of a new Bridge over Mechi River at India Nepal border. The new bridge will be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs. India and Germany signed an agreement on technical cooperation under the Indo-German Energy Program — Green Energy Corridors IGEN-GEC. Drug pricing regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority NPPA have signed MoU with National Anti-Doping Agency NADA. RBI announced for current fiscal 2017-18 on 2nd August 2017. Repo Rate — 6. Reverse Repo Rate — 5. Marginal Standing Facility Rate. Bank Rate — 6. Cash Reserve Ratio CRR — 4. Statutory Liquidity Ratio SLR — 20. Kotak Mahindra Bank has launched Kotak Remit, an Aadhaar-based integrated outward forex remittance solution for both customers and non-customers. SEBI has launched online registration mechanism for custodians of securities to make it convenient for them to do business. The new system will help custodian of securities to complete registration and other regulatory filings with SEBI in a cost-effective manner. It enables its savings account to get credit cards instantly, in a completely digital and paperless manner. Canara bank has introduced two new digital services for online payments- Bharat QR Quick Response and Bharat Bill Payment System BBPS. BitBay has launched a dedicated platform for trade and exchange of digital currencies such as bitcoin, litecoin, ether, Lisk, monero, dash and gamecredits. PNB customers will have to pay charges for depositing cash above Rs 5,000 in a non-base branch even if it is located in the same city. Currently, the customers of PNB are levied charges only for depositing cash over Rs 25,000 at a non-base branch within the same city. The Reserve Bank of India RBI will shortly issue new banknotes of the 50 denomination in the Mahatma Gandhi New Series. The base colour of the new notes will be fluorescent blue. RBI makes Aadhaar Linkage Mandatory for farmers. BSNL has launched Digital Wallet in partnership with MobiKwik to make Bill payment on E-commerce portal. FDI jumps 37% to 10. India had received USD 7. The main sectors which attracted the highest foreign inflows include services, telecom, trading, computer hardware and software and automobile 14. RBI to issue Rs. The Reserve Bank of India RBI estimated that people had returned almost 99 per cent of the scrapped Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes after demonetization. Parliament has passed the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Amendment Bill, 2017. The Bill amends the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act RTE , 2009 by extending the deadline for teachers to acquire the prescribed minimum qualification for appointment. Lok Sabha has passed Central Goods and Service Tax Bill 2017 and Integrated Goods and Services Tax Bill 2017. Lok Sabha has passed NABARD Amendment Bill 2017 by voice vote. The bill seeks to amend NABARD Act, 1981. Lok Sabha has passed Banking Regulation Amendment Bill, 2017 by voice vote. It will replace the Banking Regulation Amendment Ordinance, 2017. Parliament has passed Indian Institute of Information Technology IIIT Amendment Bill 2017. The Bill amends IIT Act 2014. Lok Sabha has passed Constitution 123rd Amendment Bill 2017 and National Commission for Backward Classes Repeal Bill 2017. Lok Sabha has passed State banks Reveal and Amendment Bill 2017. The bill seeks to repeal the two acts namely State Bank of India Subsidiary Banks Act, 1959, and State Bank of Hyderabad Act, 1956. Indian Army has developed a mobile application through which serving soldiers can track details like posting and promotions- Humraaz App 2. Israel has launched its first environmental research satellite named Venus Vegetation and Environment Monitoring New Micro Satellite. ISRO and NASA are jointly working on NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar NISAR Mission. The aim is to co-develop and launch a dual frequency synthetic aperture radar SAR satellite by 2021. NSDC and Google India have launched Android Skill Development programme to improve mobile developer ecosystem in the country. Indian Coast Guard Ship Shaurya was commissioned in Vasco, Goa. ISRO is planning to launch a full-fledged niche Earth observation EO satellite —Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite. Union Government has rolled out the second phase of its measles-rubella MR vaccination campaign in the country to eliminate measles and curb instances of rubella by 2020. It aims to train over 3000 nurses in the vital medical procedure. India and Russia for first time conducted tri-services exercise -Indra. NASA successfully launches Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-M. TDRS-M is third and final satellite in a series of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System TDRSS , next generation communications satellites. A first plant-based vaccine against Zika virus was developed using proteins derived from Tobacco plant. Android Oreo Released by Google, which is named after Oreo chocolate biscuits. Taiwan has launched First Homegrown Satellite- Formosat-5, the first homegrown observation satellite, from an air base in the US. ICGS Varuna was fourth of its series, known as Offshore Patrol Vessel OPV and built by Mazagaon Dock, Mumbai. Defence Minister Arun Jaitley handed over the Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile LRSAM jointly developed by India and Israel, to the Indian Navy, at Bharat Dynamics Ltd BDL. Researchers from Indian Institute of Technology IIT Guwahati have successfully created an implantable bioartificial pancreas model grown within 3D silk scaffold. Jordan Junior and Cadet Open Table tennis tournament Winner India 4. Hungarian Grand Prix Winner Sebastian Vettel 5. Host of 2028 Summer Olympics Los Angeles 6. Most Expensive Football player Neymar 7. World Doubles Squash Championship Winner Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal Karthik 8. WBO Oriental Super Middleweight title winner Vijender Singh 9. FIFA Ranking 2017 India ranked at 97th position 13. First Indian to Qualify for Javelin Throw Finals Davinder Singh Kang 15. Asian Shotgun Championship Gold Medalist Mairaj and Rashmmi 16. World Athletics Championships Winner Usain Bolt 17. Host Country of ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup 2018 New Zealand 19. Spanish Super Cup 2017 winner Real Madrid 20. Bulgaria Open International Series winner Lakshya Sen 21. Top ICC ODI Rankings for Batsmen Virat Kohli 22. Winner of 65th edition of the prestigious Nehru Trophy Gabriel Chundan 23. The player who was banned by Spanish Football Federation for 5 matches Cristiano Ronaldo 24. Junior Shotgun World Cup- Bronze Medalist Shapath Bharadwaj 25. Host country of 58th edition of Subroto International Cup for Football Tournament India 27. Host country of 2018 Table Tennis Team World Cup London 28. World Badminton Championship 2017 Silver Medalist P. The First Player to Score 350 La Liga Goals Lionel Messi 31. Belgian Grand Prix 2017 Winner Lewis Hamilton 32. Awards Names Awardees Names Pictures 1. Most Highly Paid Author by Forbes J K Rowling Harry Potter Writer 3. Asia Society Game Changers Award winner Dev Patel 5. Topper of ICC Ranking in among All-rounder in Test Cricket Ravindra Jadeja 6. Indian Film Festival of Melbourne IFFM 2017Best Film Award Pink 7. Best Actress Award Konkona Sen Sharma for Lipstick Under my Burkha 8. Best Actor Award Sushant Singh Rajput for M S Dhoni- The Untold Story 9. Best Actor Special Mention Raj Kumar Rao for Trapped 10. Best Director Nitesh Tiwari for Dangal 11. Best Indie Film Lipstick Under My Burkha 12. EIU Live Ability Index 2017 topper Melbourne 15. Highest-Paid Female Actor 2017 Emma Stone 17. First Kesari Media Award Veteran journalist TJS George 18. Youngest person to Reach Mt Stok Kangri in Kashmir 9-year-old Kaamya Karthikeyan 19. Kalpana Chawla Award Preethi Srinivasan 20. Agriculture Leadership Award K Chandrashekhar Rao 21. National Sports Awards 2017 Para Olympian Devendra Jhajharia and Hockey player Sardar Singh 22. Arjuna Award Oinam Bembem Devi Indian Football Star 23. Biju Patnaik Award for Scientific Excellence Naveen Patnaik Odisha Chief Minister 24. UEFA Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo 25. Miss Trans queen India 2017 Nitasha Biswas 27. Women Transforming India Awards 2017 NITI Aayog 28. International Association of Advanced Materials IAAM Medal 2017 H Purushotham S. Executive Director of World Bank S Aparna 3. Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog Economist Rajiv Kumar 4. CISCO President of India, SAARC Region Sameer Garde 5. New Chief of Eastern Command Lt Gen Abhay Krishna 6. New Secretary General of FICCI Sanjaya Baru 7. InCred Brand Ambassador Rahul Dravid 9. CMD of SIDBI Mohammad Mustafa 10. New CEO of Payback Gautam Kaushik 11. Swachh Bharat Mission Brand Ambassador in UP Akshay Kumar 12. DSP of Punjab Police Harmanpreet Kaur Indian Women Cricketer 14. Next Ambassador of India to The Republic of Kazakhstan Prabhat Kumar 15. Chairman of Special Committee if AIFF Advocate Ushanath Banerjee 16. Air Officer-in-Charge Administration of IAF Air Marshal Hemant Narayan Bhagwat 17. New Chairman of CBFC Prasoon Joshi 19. Re-elected president of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta 20. Next Ambassador of India to the Republic of San Marino Reenat Sandhu 21. CEO of NPCI Dilip Asbe 22. CEO of Jet Airways India Ltd Vinay Dube 23. Member of the reconstituted Censor Board Vidya Balan Bollywood Actress 24. WHO Goodwill Ambassador Athlete Milkha Singh 25. Brand Ambassador of Health and Wellness Startup Cure. Urs, and Vishal Amin 28. Additional charge of RS TV Shashi Shekhar Vempati 29. IFCI Chief Executive Sankara Rao 30. Appointed CMD of Hindustan Copper Limited Santosh Sharma 31. Executive Director, IBBI Dr. Karur Vysya Bank Appoints as MD and CEO P R Seshadri 33. The Person who resigns as MD and CEO of Infosys Vishal Sikka 34. General Motors India Appoints as President, MD Sanjiv Gupta 36. Ambassador of India to the Grand Duchy Luxembourg Gaitri Issar Kumar 38. EXIM Bank MD David Rasquinha 39. Earthport appointed new India Head Sandeep Gupta 40. Goodwill Ambassador for Handicap International Neymar 41. DG, Railway Protection Force Dharmendra Kumar 42. New Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani 43. Chairman of Infosys Nandan M. BSE Board- CEO Ashish Chauhan 45. First Brand Ambassador of Bridgestone India PV Sindhu 46. New CEO of Uber Dara Khosrowshahi S. Important Days Dates 1. Hiroshima Day 6th August 2. National Handloom Day 7th August 3. Nagasaki Day 9th August 5. International Biodiesel Day 10th August 6. International Youth Day 12th August 7. World Humanitarian Day 19th August 8. Sadbhavana Diwas 20th August 10. World Honey Bee Day 19th August 11. National Sports Day 29th August S. Ustad Sayeeduddin Dagar- Dhrupad maestro singer 2. Pushpa Bhargava- Eminent Scientist Biology 3. Sam Shepard, Actor and Pulitzer-Winning Playwright 4. Robert Hardy from England- Harry Potter Actor 5. Santosh Mohan Dev- Former Union Minister 6. Vijay Nambisan- Veteran Poet and Writer 8. Sitaram Panchal- Bollywood Actor 11. Vishvjit P Singh- Ex-MP 12. S Paul- Veteran photographer 13. Vijay Nambisan- Veteran Poet and Writer 14. Shobha Sen- Theatre personality 15. MK Damodaran- Sita Former Advocate General of Kerala 17. P V Narasimha Rao -Media Advisor to Former PM 18. Jerry Lewis- Comedy legend 19. Rishang Keishing- Former Manipur CM 20. Brian Aldiss, British Science Fiction Writer 21. Ahmed Khan — Olympian Footballer To fetch the complete list of Important Abbreviations that are asked in Competitive Exam, please visit the blog —. The Important Abbreviations used in the Current Affairs of August month are included in the PDF. Download the PDF through the link given below.