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CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 4th AUGUST 2022

Editor1 Aug 6 2022 Current Affairs

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF  4th  AUGUST 2022

      

  1. ‘Chabahar Day’ was observed on 31 July in Mumbai by the Ministry of Port, Shipping, and Waterways (MoPSW) to commemorate the Chabahar – Link to International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) – Connecting Central Asian Markets.
  2. On 2 August 2022, the 146th birth anniversary of freedom fighter Pingali Venkayya was celebrated across the country.
  3. Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer Shweta Singh was appointed as a director in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on 2 August, 2022.  
  4. Indian Oil has signed an MoU with National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) for transcontinental relocation of ‘Cheetah’ in its historical range in India.
  5. Vigilance Commissioner Suresh N Patel has been appointed as the Central Vigilance Commissioner, a year after the post fell vacant.
  6. The three-day Monetary Policy Committee Meeting began on 3 August, 2022 in Mumbai in the presence of RBI Governor Shaktikant Das and other MPC members.
  7.  Ranjit Rath has taken over as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Oil India Ltd (OIL).
  8.  Amazon India has engaged with Indian Railway to boost its delivery services in the country.
  9.  Ravinder Takkar, the MD and CEO of telecom operator Vodafone Idea Limited (Vi), will replace Himanshu Kapania as the telco’s new chairman from 19 August, 2022.
  10.  The Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has signed an MoU with the Bangladesh Roads and Highways department in Dhaka.
  11.   India’s Tejaswin Shankar won India’s first medal in athletics at the Commonwealth Games 2022, by clinching a historic bronze in the men’s high jump final.
  12.  Indian Judoka, Tulika Maan settle for a silver medal in the women’s 78kg category in the Commonwealth Games 2022.
  13. India’s Saurav Ghosal has clinched the bronze medal in squash men’s singles by beating James Willstrop of England 11-6, 11-1, 11-4 to take India’s Commonwealth Games 2022.
  14. A book titled ‘Lion of the Skies: Hardit Singh Malik, the Royal Air Force and the First World War’ is all about an ‘India’s first fighter pilot’ who participated in the World War, long before the Indian Air Force was born.  

 

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