Current Affairs - August 2023

Current Affairs for August 2023

  1. ULLAS Initiative
  2. Rio Grande River
  3. Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM-SHRI) Scheme
  4. Son of Concorde
  5. World Cities Culture Forum
  6. Debt-for-nature swap
  7. Worldcoin Project
  8. Seine River
  9. Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF)
  10. National Cooperative Consumers Federation of India (NCCF)
  11. Yuge Yugeen Bharat
  12. Gulf Stream System
  13. Permafrost
  14. Wataria parvipora forest
  15. Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA)
  16. 12th International AIDS Society Conference
  17. Entoloma hochstetteri
  18. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
  19. Aravalli Range
  20. Northeast Frontier Railway
  21. Alphabet ‘X’
  22. WTO’s 13th Ministerial Conference
  23. Karman Kaur Thandi
  24. Anu Awareness Yatra – 2023
  25. US decides to rejoin UNESCO
  26. Pedro Sanchez
  27. Handball Association of India
  28. Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar
  29. Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill 2023
  30. National Conference on ‘Moving Mental Health Beyond Institutions
  31. ‘Summit on “Global Chemicals and Petrochemicals Manufacturing Hubs in India”
  32. Anubhav Mandapam
  33. No Confidence Motion
  34. PESA Act
  35. Mukhyamantri Ladli Behna Yojana
  36. The Press and Registration of Periodicals (PRP) Bill 2023
  37. Akira Ransomware
  38. Hybrid EVs
  39. Guidelines for Institutional Development Plan (IDP) for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)
  40. Manual Scavenging
  41. Mangrove cell
  42. Emergency Response Support System
  43. JUPITER 3
  44. J&K Re-organisation Bill
  45. Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT)
  46. INDIAai
  47. Young Professional Scheme
  48. Han Kuang (Han Glory) military exercise
  49. Aditya Samant
  50. Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD)
  51. UK-India Defence and Military Technology Cooperation workshop
  52. Frontier Model Forum
  53. Sovereign Credit Rating
  54. Offshore Areas Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2023
  55. eSanjeevani
  56. Enhancing Connectivity and Sustainability in Roads Project
  57. PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme
  58. Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill
  59. Indian Institutes of Management (Amendment) Bill
  60. India’s first semiconductor plant
  61. Indian companies can soon list on foreign exchanges
  62. FORMULA E
  63. Rajkot International Airport
  64. Delisting
  65. Lingxi-03
  66. Cabbage strategy
  67. Naan Mudhalvan programme
  68. Corporate Debt Market Development Fund
  69. Herbig-Haro 46/47
  70. Livestock telemedicine
  71. Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations
  72. Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)
  73. Nero’s Theatre
  74. Niger coup
  75. Mukhyamantri Jan Arogya Mela
  76. Shubhayatra scheme
  77. India’s tiger population
  78. Heat Waves
  79. Working group to decriminalise legislations for ease of doing business
  80. Digital Payment Index
  81. Rabies
  82. China rolls over $2.4 billion loan for 2 years
  83. UDAY Scheme
  84. Mahanadi River
  85. Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve (NSTR)
  86. Ashura procession
  87. Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)
  88. Jeddah Peace Summit on the Russia-Ukraine War
  89. Amrit Bharat Station Scheme
  90. Clouded Leopard
  91. Digital portal of the Central Registrar of Cooperative Societies (CRCS)
  92. BharatNet Project
  93. Sub-categorization of OBCs groups
  94. UNMESHA and UTKARSH festivals
  95. ULLAS initiative
  96. BARI Chinabadam-12
  97. Orbit Reduction Manoeuvre (ORM)
  98. 75 Endemic Birds of India: A report by ZSI
  99. The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill 2023
  100. India and United Kingdom Bilateral Relationship
  101. Official vs National language debate
  102. Messier 57
  103. Neerakshi
  104. Digital Health Incetives Scheme (DHIS)
  105. Samudrayaan Project
  106. Anusandhan National Research Foundation Bill
  107. Study In India (SII) Portal
  108. Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023
  109. Assets under Management
  110. NIDHI Program
  111. Swathi Weapon Locating Radar (WLR)
  112. Havana Syndrome
  113. WHO Report on Tobacco Control
  114. Digital Crop Survey
  115. FALCON Shield-2023
  116. Fugitive Economic Offender
  117. Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
  118. Vaquita Porpoise
  119. National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)
  120. Raisina dialogue
  121. Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA)
  122. Central Armed Police Force
  123. Coastal Aquaculture Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2023
  124. INTERPOL Global Academy Network
  125. India-Vietnam Relations
  126. Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
  127. Land Restoration and Afforestation
  128. Medium term expenditure framework
  129. Amrit Bharat Stations Scheme
  130. Employee Stock Option Plan
  131. Lymphatic Filariasis
  132. Solar Flare
  133. Cott- Ally app
  134. Belem declaration
  135. Floating Interest Rates
  136. Exercise Zayed Talwar
  137. Rice Price Index
  138. Himalayan Vulture
  139. Communication Interoperability and Security Memorandum of Agreement (CIS-MOA)
  140. Water Neutrality in Industries
  141. Anusandhan National Research Foundation (NRF) Bill 2023
  142. Committee of Privileges
  143. Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023
  144. Offshore Areas Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2023
  145. Russia-Ukraine War
  146. Diversity Deficit in SC, HCs
  147. Wildfires of Hawaii
  148. Har Ghar Tiranga campaign
  149. Hydroponics farming
  150. National Manuscripts Bill 2023
  151. Urea as a fertiliser: How to make it more efficient
  152. Wholesale Price Inflation
  153. Bubonic plague
  154. Nandakini River
  155. Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (PM-USHA)
  156. Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO-A) spacecraft
  157. Foreign Exchange Reserves
  158. Tampara Lake
  159. Aditya L1 Mission
  160. Centrifugal Force- meet the resistance
  161. Vindhyagiri frigate
  162. Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Kendras at railway stations
  163. Flying Fox Bat
  164. National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS)
  165. The Panel Code Reforms
  166. Global Summit on Traditional Medicine
  167. How One Health can help India respond better to health crises
  168. Microplastics
  169. India needs a New Economic Policy
  170. Water Security
  171. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  172. Tackling Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in India
  173. Sustainable agriculture
  174. Talpa hakkariensis and Talpa davidiana tatvanensis
  175. Index of Industrial Production (IIP)
  176. Graphene-Aurora program
  177. Lake Ohrid
  178. Melanin
  179. Zero Shadow Day
  180. Glyphosate
  181. Nawegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve
  182. Antarctic strawberry feather star
  183. Tutcetus rayanensis
  184. Mars Curiousity Rover
  185. Cauvery Water Dispute
  186. Generic medicines
  187. Removal of Section 377 of IPC
  188. Why is India using import curbs as a policy tool
  189. Cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh
  190. Murmansk Port
  191. Pico do Fogo volcano
  192. Abua Awas Yojna
  193. Vishwakarma Yojana
  194. Pibot: Humanoid Robot
  195. Drone ki Udaan
  196. Tropical Storm Greg
  197. Bhagat Bridge
  198. Prime Ministers’ Museum and Library (PMML)
  199. One District One Product ‘ODOP Wall’
  200. Preventive Detention
  201. Tylototriton zaimeng
  202. Corbett Tiger Reserve
  203. National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT)
  204. Prabal Revolver
  205. New SC Book on gender stereotypes
  206. Expansion of the Digital India programme
  207. Consumption-Based Poverty Estimates
  208. MoEFCC’s U-turn
  209. G20-Digital Innovation Alliance (DIA) Summit
  210. Mudumalai Tiger Reserve
  211. Operation Jericho
  212. California’s Redwoods
  213. Mukhyamantri Nishulk Annapurna Food Packet Scheme
  214. Maisies Galaxy
  215. Tachymenoides harrisonfordi
  216. PM-eBus Sewa
  217. ZARTH App
  218. FloodWatch app
  219. National Food Security Mission (NFSM)-Pulses
  220. Pong Dam
  221. Technology Development Fund (TDF) Scheme
  222. Centralized Public Grievance Redressal and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS)
  223. ‘A-HELP’ (Accredited Agent for Health and Extension of Livestock Production) program
  224. UGC drafts guidelines for equivalence and recognition of foreign degrees
  225. Revamping public transport
  226. Importance of the Sulina Channel to Ukraine grain trade
  227. Water Crisis in Afghanistan
  228. Link between PM2.5 air pollution and antibiotic resistance
  229. Matti banana
  230. India’s first kerosene-oxygen-powered rocket
  231. Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) scheme
  232. India’s First 3D Printed Post Office
  233. National Super Computer Mission
  234. Maritime State Development Council (MSDC)
  235. Gandhinagar Declaration
  236. Vidhayak Ksetra Vikas Nidhi Yojana
  237. Deterioration of Eilat’s Red Sea coral reefs
  238. UDGAM Portal
  239. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
  240. SAMUDRA App
  241. What are Herons
  242. Cannabis
  243. Agnibaan SubOrbital Technological Demonstrator (SOrTeD) rocket
  244. RBI Implements Modified Norms to Curb Excessive Penal Interest Charges by Lending Institutions
  245. Suspension of MPs from Parliament
  246. India-Japan tech diplomacy
  247. Bio-Trace Minerals Project
  248. Govt, WHO chief stress importance of traditional medicine, cite growing demand
  249. Demon particle
  250. Vespa velutina
  251. Forever Chemicals in Drinking Water
  252. Hurricane Hilary
  253. Intrusion Detection System (IDS)
  254. Canalisation of Rivers
  255. Likaru-Mig La-Fukche road
  256. Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI)
  257. African swine flu
  258. Floating Interest Rate
  259. Sanchar Saathi portal
  260. Debt-for-nature swap
  261. Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary
  262. Govt unveils green hydrogen standards for India
  263. Russia’s Luna 25 Mission
  264. Global Initiative on digital health supported by the G20 Presidency
  265. The Katchatheevu controversy
  266. Mediation Bill
  267. Magnetars
  268. White-bellied sea eagle
  269. Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita
  270. INS Vagir
  271. 75 Amrit Sarovars per district
  272. Artemis 2 mission
  273. Namoh 108
  274. Megalithic site
  275. Bureau of Port Security
  276. Sapphire
  277. Uroplatus garamaso
  278. INS Trikand
  279. Onion price hike
  280. why are space agencies racing to the moon,s south pole
  281. Gene-edited Mustard- less pungent more useful
  282. National E-commerce policy in final stages
  283. Anti-ragging laws in India need an upgrade
  284. Mera Bill Mera Adhikar
  285. Palm cockatoos
  286. Exercise MALABAR
  287. Tapas unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
  288. CSIR Prima ET11
  289. Kashmir stag
  290. Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden
  291. Vegetated canopies
  292. Tomahawk missile
  293. Piripkura tribe
  294. Irregular galaxy
  295. Indian rupee bond
  296. India Launches Bharat NCAP: A Crucial Step towards Vehicle Safety Enhancement
  297. Lunar Water Exploration
  298. India’s Role in Shaping Geopolitics through BRICS
  299. Rice Fortification
  300. Lessons from Failure: Evolution of Chandrayaan Missions
  301. Debt-Fossil Fuel Trap
  302. Global Maritime India Summit 2023
  303. Fossil Fuel Drilling in North Sea
  304. Real Estate Project Report
  305. Fukushima Nuclear Plant
  306. Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
  307. Lunar Polar Exploration Mission (LUPEX)
  308. Maitri Setu
  309. INS Sunayna
  310. Black Eagle
  311. Comet C/2023 P1
  312. Pragyan Rover
  313. Ban on Sugar Exports
  314. Rail-Sea-Rail Transportation for Efficient Movement of Domestic Coal
  315. Fukushima Nuclear Plant
  316. Methanotrophs
  317. Successful Landing of Chandrayaan 3 on the Moon
  318. India: A Young Country but an Ageing Workforce
  319. National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG)
  320. Public Tech Platform for Frictionless Credit
  321. National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC)
  322. Hog Fish
  323. Astra Missile
  324. BRICS Space Consortium
  325. Minimum Export Price (MEP)
  326. Bharat New Car Assessment Programme (NCAP)
  327. India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)
  328. Network Planning Group (NPG) under the PM Gati Shakti initiative
  329. Africa and India’s G20 presidency
  330. Antarctica’s Emperor Penguins
  331. S-400 anti-aircraft system
  332. India & Northern Sea Route
  333. Himalayan Cedar
  334. Jambughoda Wildlife Sanctuary
  335. Line of Actual Control (LAC)
  336. Ultra-Processed Food Sector
  337. Fujiwhara Effect
  338. Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE)
  339. LCA Mark-1A fighter jets
  340. ‘Mera Bill Mera Adhikar’ scheme
  341. Project AMBER
  342. Code Llama
  343. Khanan Prahari Mobile App
  344. Apollo
  345. Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI)
  346. Lion-Tailed Macaque
  347. Insurance Surety Bonds
  348. Zika Virus
  349. Technical Textiles
  350. Fanning the Flames: G20 provides record financial support for fossil fuels
  351. India’s Youth Unemployment & Imperative of Human Infrastructure Development
  352. 15th BRICS SUMMIT
  353. Shivshakti Point
  354. Robotic Boat
  355. Soil Micronutrients and Human Health
  356. State of India’s Birds (SoIB) 2023 Report
  357. Siebold’s water snake
  358. Grand Cross of the Order of Honour
  359. Sahyadriophis uttaraghati
  360. Tele-Law 2.0
  361. Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI)
  362. National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem
  363. Bidriware
  364. Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF)
  365. Kaliveli bird sanctuary
  366. Gond Painting
  367. Gun Jumping
  368. India & ADB to set up climate change and health hub in Delhi
  369. India Aims to Help Shape the Conversation on AI Regulation
  370. Rethinking India’s Fiscal Federalism
  371. Prime Minister of India’s Visit to Greece
  372. Kashi Culture Pathway: G-20 Culture Ministers Meeting
  373. Naming of Landing Sites on the Moon
  374. Parboiled Rice
  375. Local Area Management Plan (LAMP)
  376. Neutron Stars
  377. Wheeled Armoured Amphibious Platform (WhAP) Vehicles
  378. Perinad Seethakali Sangham
  379. Zonal Council
  380. Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary
  381. AUSINDEX Maritime Exercise
  382. BRIGHT STAR-23
  383. JAXA’s Smart Lander
  384. Shasan Aplya Dari Initiative
  385. National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)
  386. ChaSTE
  387. ORON Aircraft
  388. TRINETRA Security System
  389. Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) Consortium
  390. Nabhmitra Device
  391. Chokuwa Rice
  392. Common Research and Technology Development Hub (CRTDH)
  393. Tropical Storm Idalia
  394. Aditya-L1 Mission
  395. Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO)
  396. Dard community
  397. Article 35A
  398. Educational Schemes For Religious Minorities
  399. Kampala Ministerial Declaration on Migration, Environment, and Climate Change (KDMECC)
  400. Lightning Resilient India Campaign
  401. Mukhyamantri Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojana
  402. Smishing
  403. Dholpur-Karauli Tiger Reserve
  404. China includes Arunachal Pradesh, Aksai Chin in its new ‘standard map’
  405. Early Literacy and Numeracy Programmes
  406. NITI Aayog, UNDP sign MoU to formalise a framework of cooperation
  407. India’s G20 Presidency & Green Transition
  408. Qakbot Malware
  409. white-Tailed Deer
  410. GREAT Scheme
  411. Takahe Bird
  412. Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary
  413. Lagrange point
  414. ILLUMA-T
  415. XQ-58A Valkyrie AI drones
  416. Taiwan Strait
  417. Tethered Drones
  418. PRIP Scheme
  419. Somatic Genetic Variants
  420. Walking Leaves
  421. Awareness Campaign and Training of Trainers Initiative
  422. ‘Self-Respect’ Marriages
  423. Digital Services Act (DSA)
  424. Jan Dhan 2.0
  425. FUNGA
  426. Super Blue Moon
  427. Electrified Flex Fuel Vehicle
  428. U.S. and Palau Sign Maritime Security Agreement
  429. Mahendragiri
  430. Government Imposes Restrictions on Rice Exports to Ensure Food Security and Stabilise Prices
  431. Warmate
  432. CSIR PRIMA ET11
  433. Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)
  434. Grade Green Activated Carbon
  435. Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
  436. CE-20 Cryogenic Rocket Engine
  437. Red Sand Boa
  438. Gabon
  439. Pirola or BA.2.86 variant
  440. Regional Rural Banks (RRBs)