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Highlights of August 4th Week Current Affairs
- Hindenburg – Adani – Buch Saga
- Hindenburg Research Report on SEBI
- 78th Independence Day 2024
- Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
- History and Impact of Communism in India
- Omkareshwar Floating Solar Project
- World Lion Day
- Asiatic Lions
- Saint Martin’s Island
- Mount Kilimanjaro
- Munal Satellite
- A23 ‘Spinning’
- Exercise Udara Shakti
- Tungabhadra Dam
- Biofuels
- Government Initiatives and Policies on Biofuels
- Model Solar Village
- Vikram Sarabhai
- Timor – Leste Bestows Top Civilian Honor on President Murmu
- Nankai Trough
- NEO – WISE Telescope
- Neelakurinji
- Shortage of Potato in Odisha
- World Elephant Day
- Arecanut
- UN Convention Against Cybercrime
- 9th National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)
- Nobel Laureates Transitioned to National Leaders
- Australia, US, UK Sign Landmark Nuclear Transfer Deal for AUKUS Submarines
- Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
- UNESCO Kalinga Prize for Popularisation of Science
- Global Employment Trends (GET) for Youth 2024
- Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas
- Diamond Imprest Licence
- INS Arighat
- Lymphatic Filariasis
- Geneva Conventions of 1949
- Mission Karmayogi
- Consumer Price Inflation
- World’s Oldest Calendar Discovered in Turkey
- Somanathan Appointed as India’s New Cabinet Secretary
- Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Attack
- National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions (NCAHP) Act, 2021.
- Bio-Economy Driven Industrial Revolution
- WHO Declares Monkeypox a Global Emergency
- India & WHO
- Decline in Coffee Production
- 5th World Coffee Conference 2023
- ISRO launches Earth Observation Satellite EOS-08
- Payloads of EOS-08 Mission
- Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment 2024-25
- Prerana Programme
- PM-PRANAM
- Jiyo Parsi Scheme
- New Method to Predict Amplitude of Next Solar Cycle
- Solar Cycle
- Gallantry awards
- Californium
- National Pest Surveillance System
- Amrit Bharat Station Scheme
- Perseid Meteor Shower
- Gross Environment Product Index
- Long Range Glide Bomb
- FloodWatch India 2.0
- Balearic Islands
- Sky Canvas: Artificial Meteor Showers
- Dengue
- 3 New Ramsar Site
- ISRO Completes SSLV Development with Successful Launch of SSLV-D3
- Small Satellite Launch Vehicle
- Payloads on SSLV – D3
- Debate on Lateral Entry in India
- History of Lateral Entry Recruitments in India
- PM Modi’s Historic Visit to Ukraine and Poland
- India – Poland Relation
- Existential Threats Faced by Panama Canal
- Space-Driven Solutions for Agricultural Transformation in India
- Krishi-Decision Support System
- Nord Stream Gas Pipeline
- Aravali Range
- International Earth Sciences Olympiad
- Green Tug Transition Program
- St Martin’s Island
- Tarang Shakti
- Union Cabinet Unveils Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) Starting April 2025; Maharashtra First State to Implement It.
- Karnataka Governor Approves Prosecution of Chief Minister Over Alleged Land Corruption Involving Mysuru Urban Development Authority.
- India Hosted 3rd Voice of Global South Summit Virtually, Focusing on “An Empowered Global South for a Sustainable Future.”
- Justice Hema Committee Report Reveals Widespread Sexual Exploitation and Rights Violations in Malayalam Film Industry, Submitted to Kerala Government Five Years Ago.
- INS Shivalik Arrives in Guam for Operational Turnaround After Completing RIMPAC 2024, the World’s Largest Multinational Maritime Exercise.
- Former Chief General S. Padmanabhan, who led ‘Operation Parakram’ against Pakistan, has passed away.
- Researchers assessed various Banni regions for sustainable grassland restoration to enhance ecological value.
- The North Eastern Handicrafts and Handlooms Development Corporation (NEHHDC) under DoNER has secured the prestigious Oeko-Tex Certification for its Eri Silk.
- A British man set a new Guinness World Record for the highest altitude ski BASE jump, leaping 18,753 feet from Mera Peak.
- Indian Army and Air Force executed a unique paradrop of the Aarogya Maitri Health Cube, the world’s first portable hospital, at 15,000 feet.
- The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare launched ‘Bhavishya,’ a centralized online pension processing and tracking system, mandatory for all Central Ministries and Departments since January 1, 2017.
- ILO’s Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (FPRW) Project
- 5 Categories of FPRW Project and Related Conventions
- Status of Child Labour in India
- India – Malaysia Bilateral Relationship
- Iranian Influence Operation Used ChatGPT to Target US Presidential Election
- Kosi-Mechi River Linking Project
- National Perspective Plan for Interlinking Rivers’
- National Film Awards
- Contributions of Indian Americans to US Society
- Benefits of Indian Diaspora for India
- National Coal Index
- Subclinical Tuberculosis
- Purandar Figs
- RISE (Rapid Innovation and Start-up Expansion) Accelerator
- Hakki Pikki Tribe
- AI Guardrails
- Emerging Covid Strains Spark Renewed Concerns
- A 3-Judge Bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud reviewed the rape and murder case of a postgraduate trainee doctor from RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata. The court formed a 10-member National Task Force to create a National Protocol for doctors’ safety, with an interim report due in 3 weeks and a final report in 2 months.
- The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development released the Revised Model Foster Care Guidelines 2024, allowing single individuals to foster and adopt after two years, removing the previous restriction to married couples.
- The Ladki Bahin Yojana, or Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana, is a flagship welfare scheme by the Maharashtra Government offering financial aid to women from economically weaker sections to enhance self-reliance and socio-economic development.
- The President of India will present the National Geoscience Awards 2023 at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The Ministry of Mines has selected 12 awards, including 9 individual and 3 team awards, with GSI teams dominating this year’s honors.
- Adani Power, which runs a plant in Godda, Jharkhand, supplying all its power to Bangladesh, confirmed that changes in India’s power export rules will not affect its existing contract and reaffirmed its commitment to supplying electricity to Bangladesh.
- A recent study found that the South American lungfish genome expanded significantly over the past 100 million years.
- Biomedical researcher Leonard Hayflick, who discovered the limited number of divisions for normal somatic cells, has recently passed away.
- India aims to blend 20% ethanol with petrol by 2025-26, though concerns about fuel efficiency in existing vehicles and the food vs. fuel debate persist.
- The Union Minister of Consumer Affairs launched a pilot project to convert 60 ration shops into “Jan Poshan Kendras” across Gujarat, Rajasthan, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh. Additionally, the FPS Sahay Application and Mera Ration App 2.0 were introduced.
- A landslide recently damaged six houses and an NHPC building at the Teesta-V hydropower station site in Gangtok district, Sikkim.
- A recent study has revealed vast amounts of liquid water deep within Mars’ rocky crust, a breakthrough that extends beyond the previously known water ice at the planet’s poles.
- Ministry of Roads, Transport and Highways plans to centralize all transportation systems—roadways, railways, airways, waterways, and ropeways—into single hubs and terminals across India to streamline and improve passenger convenience.
- Union Minister of Power Manohar Lal Khattar launched three online portals for the power sector: DRIPS, Jal Vidyut Detailed Project Report Portal, PROMPT.
- The Pakistani military recently executed a successful training launch of the Shaheen-II, a medium-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile, believed to be derived from China’s M-18.
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