Current Affairs in English – August 8 2022

National Events:

National Javelin Day:

The Athletics Federation of India ( AFI ) celebrated August 7 as the National Javelin Day to honour Neeraj Chopra . It was on August 7 , 2021 that Neeraj produced the 87.58 m effort in Tokyo to secure India’s first track and field gold medal in the Olympic Games .
As many as 32 states and Union Territories units affiliated to AFI organised javelin competitions on this day .

Madhya Pradesh , Rajasthan and Karnataka:

Madhya Pradesh , Rajasthan and Karnataka are among top states providing highest power subsidy bill , accounting for 48,248 crore which is 36.4 percent .
Delhi has also seen an increase of 85 percent in its subsidy expenditure between 2018-19 and 2020-21 , from ₹ 1,699 crore in 2018-19 to 3,149 crore , the second highest among all provinces .

Acceptance of Necessity:

The government has accorded the Acceptance of Necessity ( AoN ) approval for procurement of military equipment worth Rs 1,83,778 crore since 2020-21 .
AoN is the first step towards any defence procurement , which is followed by tendering and contracting .
From 2020-21 to 2022-23 , 59 AoNs amounting to Rs 1,83,778 cr were accorded and 91 contracts amounting to Rs 1,19,045 cr were concluded .

CSIR:

Senior scientist Nallathamby Kalaiselvi was on 6 August 2022 appointed as the first woman Director General of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research ( CSIR ) .
She succeeds Shekhar Mande , who superannuated in April 2022 . Previously , she was the director of CSIR – Central Electrochemical Research Institute in Tamil Nadu . CSIR is a consortium of 38 research institutes across the country .

NEP:

The Goa government will implement a hundred per cent of the syllabus in higher education institutes along the lines of the National Education Policy from the next academic year .
It was announced by the Goa CM Pramod Sawant in the seventh NITI Aayog Governing Council meeting held in New Delhi on 7 August 2022 . Karnataka became the first state in the country to implement NEP In 2021 .

RBI’s Penalty:

The Reserve Bank of India ( RBI ) on 5 August 2022 imposed a fine of 32 lakh on Indian Bank for breach of directions on classification & reporting of frauds .
Additionally , RBI also imposed a penalty of 82 lakh on Bengaluru – based Jupiter Capital , for breach of norms on submission of credit information .
RBI Governor : Shaktikanta Das .RBI Founded : 1 April 1935 . Indian Bank CEO : Shanti Lal Jain.

Knight of the Order of the Merit ( Chevalier award ):

Kannan Sundaram , publisher of Kalachuvadu has been conferred with the Knight of the Order of the Merit ( Chevalier award ) by the French government . He has been awarded for his contribution to the publishing collaboration between India and France .
Kalachuvadu is a Tamil Nadu based publishing house . The Chevalier award is a French order of merit awarded by the President of the French Republic .

NITI Ayog:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the seventh meeting of the NITI Aayog governing council held in New Delhi on 7 August 2022 .
The meeting discussed 3 key agendas : 1- crop diversification , 2- implementation of the National Education Policy & 3- urban governance . NITI Aayog council includes all CMs , lieutenant governors of UTs and several Union ministers . NITI Aayog CEO : Parameswaran lyer.

‘ Regulatory and Policy aspects of Telecommunications’:

International Telecommunication Union’s ( ITU ) Regional Standardization Forum for Asia and Oceania region will begin in New Delhi from 9 August 2022 .
Communications Ministry will host the forum on the theme of ‘ Regulatory and Policy aspects of Telecommunications ‘. Over 250 delegates from 20 countries will participate in the Forum .

ISRO:

ISRO said the satellites onboard its maiden Small Satellite Launch Vehicle ” are no longer usable ” after the SSLV – D1 placed them in an elliptical orbit instead of a circular one .
SSLV – D1 placed the satellites into a 356×76 km elliptical orbit instead of the 356 km circular orbit . SSLV was carrying Earth Observation Satellite – 02 and a co – passenger satellite AzaadiSAT .

International Events:

First leftist President:

In Colombia , the first leftist President Gustavo Petro was sworn into office on 7 August 2022 . He was a former member of Colombia’s M – 19 guerrilla group .
The new President also announced that Colombia will stop granting new licenses for oil exploration . Colombia is a country in South America . Currency : Colombian peso.

FIDE:

Vishwanathan Anand , the five – time chess world champion , was on 7 August 2022 elected the deputy president of FIDE ( International Chess Federation ) .While Arkady Dvorkovich , the incumbent president of FIDE , was re – elected for a second term .
The elections to the world chess body were held during the FIDE Congress which is being conducted in Chennai , alongside the 44th Chess Olympiad .

Sports Events:

75^th Grandmaster:

Pranav became India’s 75th Grandmaster on 7 August 2022 .He had obtained his first GM norm at the Serbia Open in 2021 . Pranav is the 27th Grandmaster from Tamil Nadu .