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Current Affairs 15th & 16th August 2021| Current Affairs News

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS

PM Modi announces August 14 to be observed as ‘Partition Horrors Remembrance Day’

75th Indian Independence Day 2021

Highlights of Independence Day:

Culture Minister G. Kishan Reddy inaugurates Exhibition – Katha Kranthiveeron Ki to mark 75th yrs of Independence:

PM Modi announces nation’s progress:

144 Gallantry awards announced for Armed Forces, Police and Paramilitary personnel:

75 Vande Bharat Express trains will connect every corner of country in 75 weeks of ‘Amrit Mahotsav’:

Government announces ‘Prime Minister Gatishakti Scheme’ for holistic infrastructure growth and employment:

PM Modi sets India’s target to become ‘energy independent’ by 2047

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS

Dr. Jitendra Singh released “IndiGau’, India’s first Cattle Genomic Chip 

WCD Ministry launches 2nd Phase of SAMVAD

Union Minister Dr. Virendra Kumar flags off ‘Operation Blue Freedom’ 

About the initiative:

CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Afghanistan Prez Ashraf Ghani steps down

CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATE NEWS

Four new sites in India added to Ramsar list as ‘wetlands of International importance’

Main objective:

Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary:

Sultanpur National Park:

Thol Lake Wildlife Sanctuary:

Wadhvana Wetland:

India’s first Drone Forensic Lab launched in Kerala

About Kerala:

Chhattisgarh got 4 new districts to take total administrative districts to 32

About Chhattisgarh:

Tamil Nadu government introduces State Level Credit Guarantee Scheme to help MSMEs

About TamilNadu:

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BUSINESS NEWS

Prime Minister Narendra Modi initiates automobile scrappage policy

About the policy:

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING NEWS

Indian Navy, IDFC FIRST bank bring ‘Honour FIRST’ banking solutions

About ‘Honour FIRST’:

CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPOINTMENT AND RESIGNATION NEWS

Nadir Godrej to replace Adi Godrej as Chairman of Godrej Industries w.e.f October 1

About Godrej Industries Limited:

CURRENT AFFAIRS: AWARDS AND HONOURS

President Kovind confers Shaurya Chakra awards to gallant defence personnel

About Shaurya Chakra:

Late COVID warrior Dr P Shanmugapriya honoured with Kalpana Chawla award

About Dr. Shanmuga Priya:

Also present Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam award:

Bengaluru girl’s agri startup bags award

About the invention:

Social worker from Telangana’s Karimnagar bags National Youth Award

About Azam:

CURRENT AFFAIRS: MOU’s AND AGREEMENTS   

Indian Bank signs MoU with Paralympic Committee

About Indian Bank:

Paralympic Committee of India:

Bangladesh to sign MoU with China for COVID vaccine co-production on Aug 16

About China:

About Bangladesh:

CURRENT AFFAIRS : SUMMITS & CONFERENCES

CEC inaugurates 11th Annual Meeting of FEMBoSA for 2021        

Note :

About ECI :

About FEMBoSA :

Aim :

CURRENT AFFAIRS : APPS & SERVICES

HCL Foundation launches ‘My e-Haat’ portal 

Purpose :

About My e-Haat :

Note :

Ministry Of Social Justice And Empowerment Launches TAPAS

Purpose :

Presently there are 5 courses under TAPAS: 

  1. Drug (Substance) Abuse Prevention
  2. Geriatric/Elderly Care
  3. Care and Management of Dementia
  4. Transgender Issues
  5. A comprehensive course on Social Defence Issues.

About TAPAS :

Objective :

About NISD :

About Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment :

CURRENT AFFAIRS : SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

ISRO’s GSLV-F10 fails to place EOS-3 into earth’s orbit

About EOS-03 :

Objective :

Reasons for Failure :

About ISRO :

IIT, Bombay & Kasturba researchers develops novel method using infra-red technology 

CURRENT AFFAIRS : BOOKS & AUTHORS 

A New Book Titled Ramrao: The Story of India’s Farm Crisis authored by Jaideep Hardikar

About the Book :

About Jaideep Hardikar :

CURRENT AFFAIRS : SPORTS NEWS

World Archery Youth Championships 2021 : India Win 3 Golds In Compound Events         

About World Youth Archery Championships :

CURRENT AFFAIRS : OBITUARIES

Germany and Bayern Munich legend Gerd Muller Passes away                      

About Gerd Muller :

About Bayern Munich :

Ex India defender Chinmoy Chatterjee passes away 

About Chinmoy Chatterjee :

Daily CA On Aug 14 :

Daily CA On Aug 15 & 16 :