CURRENT AFFAIRS SNIPPETS
AUGUST 7, 2022
NATIONAL
PM Modi to chair NITI Aayog’s Council meet
today
PM Narendra Modi
will hold the seventh meeting of the NITI Aayog's Governing Council at
Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre in Delhi today. He will talk on a range of
topics, including the National Education Policy, agri-communities and urban
governance, etc. The meet session is expected to last for around six hours and
will be conducted by Union Minister Rajnath Singh.
Bihar to release certain prisoners to
commemorate 76th I-Day
The Bihar
government has decided to release a certain section of prisoners who have
served half their jail terms to commemorate the country's 76th Independence
Day. A screening committee of the state home department has been instructed to
review records of eligible prisoners for the remission scheme. Notably, Assam
will remit the jail terms of 18 prisoners by Independence Day.
Partha Chatterjee won't resign from his MLA
post: Lawyer
Suspended TMC
leader Partha Chatterjee, who has been arrested in connection with the School
Service Commission appointments scam case, doesn't want to resign from his MLA
post, said his lawyer. "He (Partha) also mentioned that he is with his
party and has full faith in TMC," the lawyer added. Meanwhile, a diabetic
diet is being served to Chatterjee in jail.
Who's Dr Kalaiselvi, the 1st woman chief of
India’s largest research organisation CSIR?
Dr Nallathamby
Kalaiselvi was appointed as the first female Director General of the Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India's largest research
organisation. She's a decorated scientist from Tamil Nadu, known for work on
lithium-ion batteries. She was recognised as the International Scientist of the
Year in 2007 and has 125 research papers and six patents to her name.
INTERNATIONAL
BANKING,
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
SEBI approved 28 firms' IPOs worth
₹45,000 cr in April-July 2022
SEBI has given its
nod to 28 companies to raise ₹45,000 crore in funds through IPOs in April-July
2022. So far in FY23, 11 companies have launched their IPOs to raise ₹33,254
crore. Of this, the largest share (₹20,557 crore) was raised by Life Insurance
Corporation's IPO. A total of 52 companies launched IPOs worth ₹1.11 lakh crore
in FY22.
Post offices to open on all days for Har
Ghar Tiranga campaign till Aug 15
Under 'Har Ghar
Tiranga' campaign, all post offices in India will be open on all days before
Independence Day to facilitate the sale and delivery of national flags, the
Central government has announced. Special arrangements will be made for the
delivery of the national flags in all delivery post offices. PM Narendra Modi
launched 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign last month.
Social media firms need to enable voluntary
user verification: Govt
Social media
platforms are required to enable users to voluntarily verify their accounts,
Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said. The
voluntarily verified users must also be provided with visible verification
marks, he added. We're aware of the risk and danger posed by growing phenomenon
of misinformation, bots, criminality and users' harm in general, he said.
SPORTS
India beat West Indies for 13th time in
15 T20I matches, win series 4-1
India defeated West
Indies by 88 runs in the fifth T20I in Florida to win the five-match series
4-1. This is India's 13th victory against West Indies in the last 15 T20I
matches between the two teams. Further, this is the second time that India have
won at least four matches in a five-match T20I series.
She is India's pride: PM Modi on world
champion Nikhat's maiden CWG gold
Following boxing
world champion Nikhat Zareen's maiden gold medal at CWG, PM Narendra Modi said,
"Nikhat is India's pride. She's a world class athlete who is admired for
her skills." He tweeted, "I congratulate her on winning a gold medal
at...CWG. Excelling in various tournaments, she has shown great
consistency." Nikhat won in women's over 48kg-50kg (light fly) category
final.
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