CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 12th AUGUST, 2023

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 12^th AUGUST, 2023

1. United Nations’ International Youth Day is annually celebrated on 12 August to address pertinent issues affecting the world’s youth population. The theme for International Youth Day in 2023 is “Green Skills for Youth: Towards a Sustainable World”.
2. United Nations’ first-ever World Steelpan Day was observed on 11 August 2023, to recognize the cultural and historical significance of Steelpan, the National Musical instrument of Trinidad and Tobago, and its correlation to cultural, social, and economic development.
3. In a strategic partnership, NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) teams up with Tata Play to introduce GSAT-24 which aims to augment satellite broadcasting capabilities and provide high-quality entertainment to every part of the nation.
4. Sixteen-year-old Utkarsh Srivastava has been named Vice-Captain of the USA team for the ICC under-19 Men’s World Cup qualifiers.
5. The National Health Authority and the Ministry of Health are actively engaged in the development of an Organ Donation Registry, aimed at introducing structural improvements to the National Organ Tissue Transplantation Organisation (NOTTO).
6. Qualcomm on 4 August 2023, appointed Savi Soin as the senior Vice President and President of its India business.
7. The media regulatory body of Iraq has issued a prohibition on the usage of the term ‘homosexuality’, instructing both media and social media entities to employ the term ‘sexual deviance’ in its place.
8. India finished 7^th with 26 medals (11 Gold, 5 Silver and 10 Bronze) at the 31^st edition of the Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire (FISU) World University Games 2023 held in Chengdu, China.
9. The Karnataka Government has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Foxconn, a major iPhone assembler for tech giant Apple, to undertake two marquee projects in the state with an estimated investment worth of Rs. 5,000 crore.
10. National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) developed two new technologies JALDOST airboat and electric UAV Q-Plane.
11. Indiaspora, a leading non-profit organization dedicated to uniting the Indian diaspora will host a G20 Forum from 22 August 2023, in New Delhi.
12. The Indian Government has recently taken a significant step by committing to investigate the potential existence of the perplexing ‘Havana Syndrome’ within its borders.
13. The Assam State Zoo recently recorded the breeding of a Himalayan Vulture in captivity for the first time in India, the details of the successful breeding were recently published in a paper titled ‘Breeding of Himalayan Vulture Gyps’.
14. The Department of Expenditure under the Ministry of Finance has launched Vivad se Vishwas 2 .0 also known as Contractual Disputes scheme to settle long-standing contractual disputes involving the government and government undertakings.
15. In the Fiscal Year 2022-23, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu emerged as the leading three states in terms of the most number of beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.
16. On 7 August 2023, Oscar-winning American Director William Friedkin, who was famous for the films like ‘The Exorcist’ and ‘The French Connection’ passed away in Los Angeles, California, USA at the age of 87.