CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 22nd AUGUST 2022
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International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or belief, observed on 22 August.
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India has launched the first indigenously-developed RT-PCR kit for testing monkeypox disease.
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Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has launched the ‘Vidya Rath-School on Wheels’ project.
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Museums in the Scottish city of Glasgow on 19 August, 2022 signed an agreement with the Indian govt to repatriate seven stolen artefacts to India.
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National Skill Development Corporation in partnership with Seva Bharti and Yuva Vikas Society on 20 August, 2022 launched the 2nd phase of the ‘Grameen Udyami Project’ in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
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Former Governor of Jharkhand, Syed Sibtey Razi passed away on 20 August, 2022 in Lucknow.
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The Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) has signed an MoU with the Chhattisgarh govt for setting up a regional testing laboratory in Raipur district.
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Vijay Shekhar Sharma has been reappointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of financial services platform Paytm.
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The Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) between the navies of India and Australia concluded on 20 August, 2022.
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17 year old wrestler, Antim Panghal on 19 August, 2022 became the first Indian woman wrestler to win the Gold medal at the U-20 World Wrestling Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Indian para shuttlers Pramod Bhagat and Sukant Kadam won the Gold medal at the Thailand Para-Badminton International tournament held in Pattaya.
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Chhattisgarh govt has announced to set up 300 rural industrial parks in the state to boost and strengthen the village economy.
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A new book titled ‘NETAJI: Subhas Chandra Bose’s Life, Politics and Struggle’ penned by late scholar and former Member of Parliament Krishna Bose was unveiled on the eve of 76th Independence Day.
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Rajesh Verma, a 1987-batch Odisha cadre IAS officer has been appointed as the Secretary to the President of India Droupadi Murmu by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
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A new species of bat named Miniopterus Phillipsi has been discovered in India and Sri Lanka by a team of 13 renowned researchers using DNA barcoded specimens.