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Current Affairs -August 2021

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North Eastern Region District SDG Index and Dashboard 2021–22

Uttar Pradesh Govt. adopts Indian Wrestling Sport till 2032 Olympics

President signs Appointment of 9 SC Judges

India elected to two Bodies of Universal Postal Union (UPU)

India at 2020 Summer Paralympics, Tokyo (as on 30 Aug. 2021)

Noted Bengali Writer Buddhadeb Guha Passed Away

‘SUJALAM’ Campaign for making more ODF Plus Villages

SAMRIDH Programme launched by MeitY to support Startups

India becomes second-most sought-after Manufacturing Destination

Algeria cuts diplomatic ties with Morocco

‘Forum for Decarbonizing Transport’ in India

Sociologist Gail Omvedt Passes Away

Exercise ‘Zair-Al-Bahr’ held between Indian Navy and Qatar Navy

'Yuktdhara': A New Geospatial Planning Portal

National Monetisation Pipeline: Unlocking Value in Brownfield Projects

NTPC commissions largest Floating Solar PV Project

22 August 2021: World Sanskrit Day

Exercise Konkan-2021

Exercise Malabar-2021

La Ganesan appointed as the Governor of Manipur

Ismail Sabri Yaakob becomes Prime Minister of Malaysia

Committee for Doubling Production and Quadrupling Exports of Handlooms

Zycov-D gets Emergency Approval: First Vaccine for Above 12

DRDO develops Advanced Chaff Technology for Indian Air Force

‘Amolops adicola’: A New Species of Cascade Frog

First Dronacharya Awardee Athletics Coach O. M. Nambiar Passes Away

Cabinet approves Ratification of Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol

Pilot Launch of International Bullion Exchange

19 August: World Humanitarian Day

RBI launches Financial Inclusion Index 2021

16 August: De Jure Transfer Day (Puducherry)

World's 2nd-largest refurbished National Gene Bank

75th Independence Day: Highlights of PM’s Speech

Four New Districts to come up in Chhattisgarh

Yogendra Singh Yadav conferred the rank of Honorary Captain

Deadliest Earthquake of 2021 felt in Haiti

“IndiGau’: India’s first SNP based Chip for Cattle Breeds

Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules 2021

Four more sites of India added to Ramsar List

14 August: Partition Horrors Remembrance Day

SEACAT 2021

Sibu/Cooperation-2021

National Edible Oil Mission-Oil Palm (NMEO-OP)

“Seed Rakhis” under ‘Vruksha Bandhan Project’

Quad Navies to undertake Ex-Malabar 2021

Global Youth Development Index 2020

"Balakot Air Strike: How India Avenged Pulwama"

FIFA Rankings: India stay 105th

Quality of Life for Elderly Index

Ujjwala 2.0 launched from Mahoba

12 August: International Youth Day

Kolkata to host 130th Edition of Durand Cup 2021

General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Bill 2021

National Commission for Homoeopathy (Amendment) Bill 2021

National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (Amendment) Bill, 2021

Rise in Cases of Child Marriage

‘Navajeevan’ Project: Livelihood to above 50 People

Bill on Death Penalty in Illicit Liquor Cases Cleared

Landfall Island

Justice Rohinton Nariman Retires

Indian Scientists develop Carbon-based Wrapper for preserving Fruits

Parliament passes Limited Liability Partnership (Amendment) Bill 2021

Parliament passes Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (Amendment) Bill 2021

Parliament passes Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill 2021

127th Constitution Amendment Bill 2021 introduced in Lok Sabha

Sixth Assessment Report - IPCC

KP Gopal Rao: War Hero of 1971 Passed Away

Mandeep wins second Pro Bout

8 August: Quit India Movement Day

9 August: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Neeraj Chopra: Fist Indian to win an Athletics Medal in Olympics

Tokyo 2020: Bajrang Punia won Bronze in Wrestling

ITBP inducts First Women Officers on Combat Service

'Zayed Talwar 2021'

'Samagra Shiksha Scheme 2.0' to continue till 2026

KVIC’s Plastic-Mixed Handmade Paper gets Patent Certification

Olympian ‘SS Babu’ Narayan Passed Away

Dr Dhriti Banerjee: First Female Director of ZSI

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award renamed after Major Dhyan Chand

Tokyo 2020: India wins a Medal in Men’s Hockey since 1980 Moscow Olympics

Tokyo 2020: Lovlina Borgohain - Third Indian Boxer to win an Olympic Medal

Tokyo 2020: Ravi Kumar Dahiya wins Silver in Wrestling

Padma Shri awardee Poet Padma Sachdev Passes Away

India builds World’s Highest Motorable Road at Umlingla Pass

6th August: Hiroshima Day

‘Pani Maah’ observation in Ladakh

India's First Earthquake Early Warning Mobile App

e-RUPI: A Digital Payment Solution

India hosts ICCP - 'Olympics of Cloud Physics'

100m Sprint Event: Tokyo 2020

P V Sindhu wins Bronze in Tokyo 2020