04 August Current Affairs

1.       Sashastra Seema Bal’s director general in New Delhi, Dr. Sujoy Lal Thaosen assumed the additional responsibility of Director General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police. Dr. Thaosen is a Madhya Pradesh Cadre IPS Officer from the 1988 batch.

2.       Recently, a book was relesed “Lion of the Skies: Hardit Singh Malik, the Royal Air Force and the First World War” , mainly focussed on “India’s first fighter pilot” has been written by author Stephen Barker

3.       Marine biologist Ellen Prager written a book “Dangerous Earth: What we wish we knew about volcanoes, hurricanes, climate change, earthquakes and more”.

4.       India adds 10 more wetlands designated as Ramsar sites. The 10 new sites include:  Six (6) sites in Tamil Nadu and One (1) each in Goa, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha. Total number of sites are now 64.

5.       Suresh N. Patel has been appointed as a Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) by the President. Mr. Suresh N. Patel administered the oath of office to former IB chief Arvind Kumar and ex-IAS officer Praveen Kumar Srivastava as the vigilance commissioners.

6.       India won 4 medals on day 5 of Commonwealth Games 2022 at Birmingham. With this, India’s medal tally reaches 13 with 5 golds, 5 silvers and 3 bronze medals.

7.       The Vice President flagged off the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ bike rally of MPs from Red Fort to Vijay Chowk. The rally was organised by the Ministry of Culture to amplify the awareness of ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’.

8.       RIMPAC, considered to be the world’s largest maritime exercise, witnessed participation of 26 countries comprising 38 surface ships, 09 land forces, 31 unmanned systems, 170 aircraft and over 2,500 personnel in and around Hawaii and southern California this year. India sent INS Satpura, the indigenously designed and built 6000-tonne guided missile stealth frigate equipped to seek and destroy adversary in air, surface and underwater.

9.       According to the latest press release of The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) India’s financial inclusion index (FI-Index) for the year ended March 31, 2022 increased to 56.4 from 53.9 in the previous year, with growth witnessed across all its sub-indices. The index is published annually in July.

10.   National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD) and Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for developing entrepreneurial skills among the youth and identifying other aspects for mutual collaboration.