Current Affairs

                                                               Current Affairs

AUGUST -11

• Union Environment Minister, Prakash Javadekar has launched National Portal on Human-Elephant conflict called “SURAKHSYA”.

• The newly launched platform The National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) will act as one stop solution for all stakeholders seeking for information on infrastructure projects in New India.

• Russian President, Vladimir Putin has announced that a COVID-19 vaccine developed in the country has been registered for use. Russia is the first country to register a coronavirus vaccine.

• The former defence minister and retired army general, Walter Roger Martos Ruiz becomes new Prime Minister of the country Peru.

• Mohamed Ould Bilal has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Mauritania.

• President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko has won his sixth consecutive term with 80.23 per cent of the vote at the country’s presidential election.

• Sri Lanka’s former President, Mahinda Rajapaksa took oath as the country’s Prime Minister for the fourth time, after his party secured a landslide victory in the parliamentary elections on 5 August 2020.

• A webinar with title ‘AtmaNirbhar Madhya Pradesh: Health and Education’ was inaugurated by Union Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ in New Delhi.

• The Boston Group has signed an MoU with the Andhra Pradesh government to set up an IT company in Visakhapatnam.

• The government of India has prepared a list 101 items on which there would be an embargo on import to give a push to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan” (Self Reliant India Movement).

• The Red Bull racer, Max Verstappen has won the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix. This was Red Bull’s first victory at Silverstone since 2012.

• Indian Umpire, KN Ananthapadmanabhan has been included in ICC’s international panel of umpires following compatriot Nitin Menon’s promotion to the elite panel.

• Former India defender and Mohun Bagan captain Manitombi Singh passed away.

• The Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) has developed a web portal named ‘AIR SUVIDHA’ for India-bound international passengers.