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CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 19th AUGUST 2022

Editor1 Aug 20 2022 Current Affairs

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF  19th AUGUST 2022

  1. World Photography Day is celebrated on 19 August each year. World Photography Day 2022 theme: “Pandemic Lockdown through the lens”.
  2. World Humanitarian Day is celebrated on 19 August  every year. 2022 Theme: ‘It Take a Village’.
  3. GMR Hyderabad International Airport will roll out the digital processing of passengers through the facial recognition system as a proof of concept through the DigiYatra platform.
  4. Subscribers of National Pension System (NPS) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY) can now contribute to their accounts through Unified Payments Interface (UPI), the country’s instant real-time payment system.
  5. Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai has announced that the government will provide two percent reservation to sportspersons in all state departments.
  6. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on 17 August, 2022 announced ‘Make India No. 1’ mission.
  7. Indian-born entrepreneur Gurdeep Singh Randhawa has been elected as the first representative of the Indian community in Germany.
  8. Bharti Airtel has paid Rs. 8312.4 crore to the Department of Telecommunication (DoT) towards dues for spectrum acquired in the recently concluded 5G auctions.
  9. Union Government has extended the tenure of Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) VG Somani by 3 months.
  10. The Union Cabinet has approved interest subvention of 1.5 percent on short term agriculture loan upto three lakh rupees for farm sector.
  11. The Union Cabinet on 17 August, 2022 approved the signing of a contract between India and France to support the International Transport Forum activities on Indian transport sector.
  12. Sikkim Chief Minister P S Tamang on 15 August, 2022 launched two schemes, ‘Aama Yojana’ and ‘Vatsalya Yojana’for the welfare of women in the state.  
  13. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has signed an agreement with global petroleum giant ExxonMobil for deepwater exploration in the east and west coasts of India.
  14. The Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) on 17 August, 2022 recommended Mohammad Mustafa for the post of NABARD Chairman.

 

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