National Current Affairs – August 2023

  • India’s per capita income to jump 70% by 2030: Standard Chartered Bank
  • PM Modi conferred with The Grand Cross of the Order of Honour award by Greece President
  • 69th National Film Awards
  • Om Birla inaugurates the 20th annual conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, India Region
  • India’s tiger population is estimated to be 3,925 with an annual growth rate of 6.1%
  • Mumbai –Thane to get India’s First-Ever Vertical University Campus
  • Smriti Irani inaugurates the G20 EMPOWER Summit in Gandhinagar
  • “Astro-OPD” will be launched in Varanasi by Sampurnanand Sanskrit University
  • For the first time in Asia, the World Coffee Conference is to be held in Bengaluru
  • Over 6.23 core loans sanctioned under Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana
  • 2.46 lakh farmers have benefitted from PM-KUSUM Scheme
  • With 785 big cats, Madhya Pradesh retains its spot as Tiger state
  • India & Finland to set up sustainability working group
  • Think20 Summit under India’s G20 Presidency concluded in Mysuru
  • Jitendra Singh launched India’s First Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanner
  • Ministry of Social Justice launched the National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR)
  • Assam CM launches ‘Amrit Brikshya Andolan’ app
  • India’s First Beauty and Lifestyle Festival NYKAALAND debuts In Mumbai
  • Navi Mumbai to become the country’s first septic tank-free city
  • The government launched the scheme – Vivad se Vishwas-II
  • The government launched pilot digital crop survey in 12 states
  • President of India inaugurated ‘UNMESHA’ and ”UTKARSH’ festivals in Bhopal
  • NHAI launches mobile app ‘Rajmargyatra’ for national highway users
  • Karnataka govt, Foxconn sign Letter of Intent with Rs 5000 cr investment
  • Assam govt to set up National Centre of Excellence for Badminton
  • Sarbananda Sonowal launches Port Health Organization under Sagar Setu
  • Ministry implemented the ‘Naya Savera’ or ‘Free Coaching and Allied’ scheme
  • Bureau of Indian Standards signs MoU with 35 institutions
  • Monitoring App for Seamless Inspection (MASI) Portal for Monitoring Child Cares Homes
  • BHEL signs MoU with Greenstat to explore opportunities in the Hydrogen value chain
  • Bihar constitutes ‘Rhino Task Force’ to revive rhino conservation in Valmiki Tiger Reserve
  • PM Modi launched Amrit Bharat Station Scheme (ABSS) in 13 railway stations
  • Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL), Metrowagonmash partner to build 120 Vande Bharat trains
  • India hands over 450 million to Sri Lanka Unique Digital Identity project
  • Cabinet approves Rs 1.39 lakh crore for BharatNet project
  • Nirmala Sitharaman laid the foundation stone for the Adichanallur Museum in Tamil Nadu
  • Rajasthan Govt. announces 19 New Districts, 3 New Divisions in State
  • China & UAE air forces to conduct first joint training FALCON Shield-2023
  • Bharat Dynamics Limited hands over the first Radio Frequency to DRDO
  • 6th National Conference on e-Governance begins in Indore
  • National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) approved India’s 54th tiger reserve in Rajasthan
  • Indore secures 1st position, Bhopal 5th in Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2023
  • Kerala unveils additional books to include portions deleted by NCERT
  • Indian Immunologicals targets dengue vaccine launch by Jan 2026
  • CRPF switches to indigenous software Computerized Psychological Screening System (COPSYSS)
  • B20 Summit India 2023 commences in Delhi
  • Government sets up high power committee to review DRDO
  • Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) signs MoU with Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) for export of Petroleum Cargo via NW 2 & Indo Bangladesh Protocol Route (IBPR)
  • IIT Bombay receives donation of 18.6 million for Green Energy Hub
  • Punjab emerged as the top state in Nutrition Awareness Index 2023
  • Assam Govt issues notification banning plastic water bottles
  • Jharkhand govt inks pact with TCPL Green Energy Solutions Private Ltd. (TGESPL)
  • 3rd International Conference on Structural Integrity inaugurated at Mamallapuram
  • BHEL develops India’s first catalyst set to curb NOx emissions in power plants
  • Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal launches Tele-Law 2.0
  • Draupadi Murmu releases postage stamp in memory of Dadi Prakashmani
  • Amit Shah chairs the 26th meeting of the Western Zonal Council in Gandhinagar
  • Ministry of education unveils smart India hackathon 2023
  • India hand over B20 presidency to Brazil to host G20 in 2024
  • 2nd G20-Chief Scientific Advisers’ meeting begins in Gandhinagar
  • Maharashtra signs MoU with Germany’s professional association football
  • Nirmala Sitharama launched HSBC India’s Green Hydrogen Partnerships
  • G20 One Health Workshop inaugurated in Bengaluru
  • K. Stalin launches expansion of breakfast scheme
  • Odisha CM distributes land rights certificates to slum dwellers
  • Nitin Gadkari launches world’s first 100% Ethanol-fueled Car in ND
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