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DAILY DOSE 23RD AUG CURRENT AFFAIRS

DAILY DOSE 23RD AUG CURRENT AFFAIRS

 

1) Uttar Pradesh govt to build India’s first education township

  • In a first, the Uttar Pradesh government is planning to build an education township in the state.
  • It will be developed on the idea of ‘Single Entry, Multiple Exit!
  • It will provide high-quality education to the youth and equip them with a variety of professional skills in a single place.
  • Besides, it will provide accommodation and many other facilities to both students and teachers.

 

2) India’s 1st space observatory to come up in Uttarakhand

  • India’s first commercial space situational awareness observatory will be set up in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand by Digantara, a space sector start-up.
  • It will track objects as small as 10 cm in size orbiting the earth.
  • The space situational awareness observatory will help India track any activity in space including that of space debris and military satellites hovering over the region.

 

3) Know About: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

  • The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is an intergovernmental organization founded in Shanghai on 15 June 2001.
  • The SCO currently comprises 8 Member States: China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan & Uzbekistan.
  • In September 2022, Iran will also join the SCO as the 9th member state.
  • India joined SCO in 2017.
  • SCO Headquarters: Beijing, China

 

4) Union Govt launches ‘Rashtriya Puruskar Portal’

  • Union Govt has launched the ‘Rashtriya Puruskar Portal’ to bring together all the awards of the various Ministries of the government under one platform.
  • Aim: to facilitate citizens to nominate individuals/organizations for various awards instituted by the Govt.
  • With this portal, for the first time, information regarding all national awards would be available on a single digital platform.

 

5) Rajesh Verma appointed as Secretary to President Droupadi Murmu

  • Odisha cadre IAS officer Rajesh Verma has been appointed as the Secretary to President Droupadi Murmu.
  • He replaces the incumbent Kapil Dev Tripathi, a 1980-batch IAS officer.
  • Verma is currently serving as Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs & has also served as principal secretary to Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik.
  • Droupadi Murmu took oath as the 15th. President of India on 25 July 2022.

 

6) Union MOS Darshana Jardosh inaugurates Silk Mark Expo in New Delhi

  • Union Minister of State for Textiles Darshana Jardosh on 22 August 2022 inaugurated the Silk Mark Expo in New Delhi.
  • It is being organised by the Silk Mark Organisation of India under Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles.
  • 39 exhibitors from 12 states are participating in the expo.
  • Aim of the expo: to protect the interests of silk consumers and the stakeholders of the silk value chain.

 

7) India & Iran sign MoU for smooth movement of seafarers

  • India & Iran on 22 August 2022 signed an MoU in a bid to smoothen the movement of seafarers between the two countries.
  • The MoU was signed between Union Minister of Ports & Shipping Sarbananda Sonowal & his Iranian counterpart Rostam Ghasemi.
  • Mr Sonowal is on a 4-day visit to Iran to review the progress on the development of the Chabahar Port.
  • Iran Capital: Tehran
  • President: Ebrahim Raisi

 

8) Debasisa Mohanty appointed as director of NII

  • Senior scientist Debasisa Mohanty has been appointed as the director of the National Institute of Immunology (NII).
  • He is currently working as the staff scientist with the NII.
  • The Govt awarded him the National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences, in 2009.
  • NII Founded: 1981
  • Founder Director: G.P. Talwar

 

9) India ranks 3rd at International Astronomy & Astrophysics Olympiad

  • India secured the third rank in the medal tally at the 15th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA).
  • India held the third position jointly with Singapore with students winning three gold and two silver medals.
  • Iran’s official team with 5 gold medals secured the first position in the medal tally.
  • The 15th IOAA was held in Kutaisi, Georgia, from 14 to 21 August 2022.

 

10) First-of-its-kind naval shooting range inaugurated at INS Karna

  • A first-of-its-kind, Composite Indoor Shooting Range (CISR) was inaugurated by Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta at INS Karna, on 18 August 2022.
  • The CISR is a state-of-the-art, self-contained, 25 m, six lane, live firing range for all primary and secondary weapons in the Navy.
  • INS Karna is the first in the Navy & the only military unit in the country to set up and use a facility of this kind.

 

 

 


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