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CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 12th AUGUST 2022

Editor1 Aug 13 2022 Current Affairs

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF  12th AUGUST 2022

  1. International Youth Day is celebrated on 12 August every year. The theme for 2022’s edition of International Youth Day is “Intergenerational solidarity: creating a world for all ages”.
  2. World Elephant Day is celebrated on 12 August every year to raise awareness about the plight of elephants all over the world.
  3. World Sanskrit Day or World Sanskrit Diwas 2022 is celebrated on the occasion of Shraavana Poornima. In 2022, World Sanskrit Day is celebrated on 12 August.
  4. Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt, 2-0 in the finals to win the 2022 UEFA Super Cup for a record-equalling fifth time, in Helsinki, Finland.
  5. According to analysts at Morgan Stanley, India’s GDP growth will average 7%  in 2022-23, which is the strongest among the largest economies and India will contribute 28% and 22% to both Asian and global growth, respectively.
  6. In China’s Shandong and Henan provinces, 35 persons are thought to have contracted a novel virus called Langya henipavirus.
  7. Following elections in the South Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea, the parliament has reinstated Prime Minister James Marape.
  8. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation via video conferencing a second generation (2G) ethanol plant built at an estimated cost of Rs. 900 crore in Haryana’s Panipat.
  9. Former West Indies all rounder Kieron Pollard became the first cricketer to play 600 T20 matches.
  10.  Over seven percent of India’s population owns digital currency, according to the UN, which said the use of cryptocurrency rose globally at an unprecedented rate during the Covid-19 pandemic.
  11.  Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the 8th consecutive time.
  12. Kerala based entrepreneur Sangeetha Abhayan, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of eweworld.com (Shakthiewe Pvt. Ltd), has won the World Women Entrepreneurs’ Award 2022 instituted by the Junior Chamber International Hong Kong at a virtual event held at Hong Kong.
  13.  The Central government has brought a few changes to the Atal Pension Yojana, which was started with the aim of providing pension facilities to those working in the unorganised sector in 2015.
  14.  Former Member of Parliament and senior All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) politician K. Maya Thevar has passed away due to an age related illness.

 

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