CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 3rd AUGUST 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF  3^rd AUGUST 2022

1. 2 August, 2022 marked Andal Thirunakshatram or the birth anniversary of Sri Andal, a celebrated Tamil Saint-Poet, who is believed to be an incarnation of Goddess Lakshmi.
2. Kerala regained first place in 2021 with the nation’s longest House session at 61 days.
3. NBA legend William Felton Russell or Bill Russell passed away in July 2022.
4. India reports its first death from Monkeypox of a 22-year-old man in Thrissur, Kerala.
5. Sashastra Seema Bal’s director general in New Delhi, Dr. Sujoy Lal Thaosen assumed the additional responsibility of Director General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.
6. India’s paddlers retained their men’s team championship title with a convincing 3-1 win over Singapore in the Table Tennis Final of the Commonwealth Games 2022.
7. The fourth edition of the ONGC Para Games was officially launched in New Delhi’s Thyagaraj Sports Complex by Union Minister of Petroleum, Natural Gas, Housing and Urban Affairs, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri.
8. The Ministry of Steel constituted an Advisory Committee for secondary steel under the chairmanship of Minister of Civil Aviation and Steel, Jyotiraditya M. Scindia.
9. The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Navy to boost self-reliance in key technologies and to collaborate on aviation research and development.
10. Marine biologist Ellen Prager has come up with a book titled ‘Dangerous Earth: What we wish we knew about volcanoes, hurricanes, climate change, earthquakes and more’.
11.  India will be part of the mega air combat exercise ‘Pitch Black 2022’ among 17 nations, to be held in the Northern Territory of Australia.
12.  Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated a project of the Women and Child Development department to provide milk and eggs to children at all anganwadis in the state.
13. Lovepreet Singh has won bronze in the men’s 109kg weightlifting final with a total lift of 355kg, taking India’s medal tally in the Commonwealth Games 2022.
14.  Indian badminton team claimed the silver medal in the mixed group match of the Commonwealth Games 2022.