Current Affairs

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AUGUST- 12

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will roll out the platform for “Transparent Taxation – Honoring the Honest”.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will roll out the platform for “Transparent Taxation – Honoring the Honest”. Krishi Megh will help in meeting the services and infrastructure requirements of Digital Agriculture of National Agricultural Research and Education System (NARES).

• The Prime Minister of Lebanon, Hassan Diab and his entire government has resigned, in the wake of the major blast in Beirut that has triggered public outrage, and anger at the Lebanese government for their failure to prevent the disaster.

• Chhattisgarh Government has launched the “Indira Van Mitan” Yojana. It will aim to make the forest dwellers of the state self reliant. 
• Mukhya Mantri Kisan Sahay Yojana has been announced by the Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani for the current Kharif season and all farmers of the state will be covered under this scheme. Farmers would not have to pay any premium or registration process for the scheme.
• Paytm has launched India’s 1st Pocket Android POS (Point of Sale) Device named ‘Paytm All-in-One Portable Android Smart POS’ for contactless ordering and payments in India.
• A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by the Bombay Stock Exchange with Akola, Maharashtra-based bullion trade and industry associations namely Akola  to enhance cooperation between the BSE and physical markets
• Former NABARD Chief, Harsh Kumar Bhanwala has been appointed as executive chairman of the Capital India Finance Limited.
• Journalists Nitin Sethi and Shiv Sahay Singh were declared winners of the Asian College of Journalism’s (ACJ) Award 2019 for Investigative Journalism and the K. P. Narayana Kumar Memorial Award for Social Impact Journalism, respectively.
• Skyroot Aerospace, a Spacetech startup has successfully test fired an upper stage rocket engine “Raman”.
• The Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar unveiled an e-version of the book titled ‘Connecting, Communicating, Changing’. The book chronicles Shri M Venkaiah Naidu’s three years in office as the Vice President of India.
• International Youth Day (IYD) is observed globally on 12th August every year. The theme of International Youth Day 2020, “Youth Engagement for Global Action”. 
• Noted Urdu poet Rahat Indori passed away.
• Veteran Tamil film songwriter, PK Muthusamy passed away.
• Mumbai’s Dadar has become the first city in India to have women symbols on traffic signals and signage.