National News

She-Box Portal

• Union Minister Annpurna Devi has launched the She-Box portal in New Delhi,  to make workplaces safer for women.
• It is a centralized platform for registering and monitoring complaints of sexual harassment of women at the workplace.

Initiatives related to Women

State-of-the-art sports academy, complex, and university in Bihar

• Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated a state-of-the-art sports academy, complex, and university at Rajgir, the first in the country to have all three in one location.
• Complex is also equipped with a 24-bed hospital with modern treatment facilities for sports injuries.

About Bihar

ASSOCHAM Environment and Carbon Conference

• Union minister Kirti Vardhan Singh has inaugurated the ASSOCHAM Environment and Carbon Conference in New Delhi.
• The theme of the conference is ‘Fostering a collaborative ecosystem for achieving net zero by 2070’.

About ASSOCHAM

RESET Programme

• Union Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya launched the “Retired Sportsperson Empowerment Training” (RESET) Programme on the occasion of National Sports Day in New Delhi.

 India’s first Formula 4 Night Street Race

• The Madras High Court approved India’s first Formula 4 night street race on a 3.7-km circuit in Chennai, subject to grant of Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) homologation certificate.

International

Dhulikhel Municipality

• The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Dhulikhel Municipality as Nepal’s first ‘healthy city’ and second healthiest city in Asia.

About WHO

Economy and Banking

GDP growth projections by Moody’s Ratings

• Moody’s Ratings has forecasted India's real GDP growth at 7.2% for the fiscal year 2024 and 6.6 percent for 2025.

Other Agencies Predictions

Securities Contracts Regulation Rules 1956

• The Finance Ministry has amended Securities Contracts Regulation Rules 1956, facilitating direct listing of securities by public Indian companies on International Exchanges of GIFT Indian Financial System Code.

Direct Listing

International Credit Ratings to IREDA

• Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) secured 'BBB-' long-term and 'A-3' short-term issuer credit ratings, with Outlook ‘Stable’ by International Credit Rating Agency, S&P Global Ratings Limited.

About IREDA

Pathways and Strategies for Accelerating Growth in Edible Oils Towards Atma Nirbharta

• NITI Aayog unveiled a Report on ‘Pathways and Strategies for Accelerating Growth in Edible Oils Towards Atma Nirbharta’.
• The report highlights that over the past decades, per capita consumption of edible oil in the country has reached 19.7 kg/year.
• In 2022-23, India imported 16.5 million tonnes (MT) of edible oils, with domestic production fulfilling only 40-45% of the country’s requirements.

About NITI Aayog

Repairability Index for e-waste

• India plans to introduce a repairability index for mobile phones and electronics to tackle e-waste and promote repair-friendly products.

Additional info: Right to Repair Portal

Science and Tech and Environment

India’s first indigenous Monkeypox RT-PCR Kit launched in Visakhapatnam

• Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Nara Chandrababu Naidu launched India’s first indigenous Monkeypox RT-PCR Kit, developed at AMTZ in collaboration with Transasia Diagnostics, at the AP Medtech Zone (AMTZ) in Visakhapatnam.

About mpox

17th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2024

• India bagged one gold and four silver medals at the 17th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics held in Rio de Janeiro, Vassouras, Brazil.
• In the medal tally, India was placed in the eighth position, behind Iran (5 golds), the USA (3 golds), Romania, South Korea, Singapore, Slovenia, and Canada (2 golds each).

Medal Winners

Cyclone Asna

• Cyclone Asna is forming over the Saurashtra-Kutch region of Gujarat and is expected to move towards Oman by 30 August.

Name of Cyclones in Different Regions

Defence

INS Arighaat

• India has commissioned a second nuclear-powered missile Arihant-Class submarine ‘INS Arighaat’ into the Indian Navy at Visakhapatnam in the presence of Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh.

About Indian Navy

Pollution Control Vessel ‘Samudra Pratap’

• India has launched the first indigenously developed Pollution Control Vessel of ICG, ‘Samudra Pratap’ built by Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), in Goa, to check the oil spillage in the country’s sea coast.

About ICG

Sports

SAFF U-20 Championship

• Bangladesh has won SAFF (South Asian Football Federation) U-20 Championship football tournament after defeating hosts Nepal by 4-1 in the final.
• This is the first time that Bangladesh has won this Championship.

About SAFF U-20 Championship

8th Women’s Asian Champions Trophy, 2024

• Hockey India and the Bihar Government, will organise Women’s Asian Champions Trophy 2024 at the Rajgir Hockey Stadium in Bihar between 11th November and 20th November.

About Hockey India

Paris Paralympics 2024

• Indian mixed compound archery team of Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar set a new Paralympic record with a combined score of 1399.

Paralympic Committee of India

Awards and Honours

Sahitya Akademi Bhasha Samman

• The Sahitya Akademi presented the Bhasha Samman in New Delhi.

Awardee

Shri Lal Shukla Memorial IFFCO Literary Award

• Shri Lal Shukla Memorial IFFCO Literary Award will be presented to storyteller Chandrakishore Jaiswal. and the inaugural 'Shri Lal Shukla Memorial IFFCO Young Literary Award' will be awarded to emerging writer Renu Yadav.

Person in News

Vice Admiral CR Praveen Nair

• Vice Admiral CR Praveen Nair, took over as Commandant of the Indian Naval Academy (INA), Ezhimala.

Naval Commands

Lazarus Barla

• Former India hockey player Lazarus Barla received the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' for the promotion of sports and games at the Biju Patnaik Sports Award presentation ceremony.

Major Sports Awards : 

Gautam Adani

• With a wealth of Rs 11.6 lakh cr, Gautam Adani (62) and family replaced Mukesh Ambani and clinched the no.1 spot in the 2024 Hurun India rich list in India.