Current Affairs Updates

GP Current Affairs Updates

National

HDFC Bank inaugurated and all-women branch in Kozhikode, north Kerala

Manisha Kalyan becomes 1st Indian to play in UEFA league

RBI cancels license of Deccan Urban Co-Operative Bank

International

Benjamin Netanyahu's Autobiography 'Bibi:My Story' will be published November 22, in Israel

Dadabhai Naroji's London Home gets Blue Plaque Honour

Scotland becomes First Nation to make sanitary products (period products) available to everyone forfree

Days Observed

 Sadbhavna Diwas is celebrated every year on 20th August to commemorate the birth anniversary ofRajiv Gandhi

Every year on the 20th of August India Observes Akshay Urja Diwas or Renewable Energy Day

National

Goodfellows, Senior-Focused Startup launched by Ratan Tata

BRO to build first steel slag road in Arunachal Pradesh

Dahi-Handi' recognised as an official sport of Maharashtra

International

Yes Bank announces partnership with SellerApp to promote Open Network Digital Commerce (ONDC)

Marina Tabassum, first South Asian to get Lisbon Triennale Lifetime Achievement Award

Bengaluru to host FIBA U-18 women's Asian Basketball Championship

Business

MasterCard set to replace paytm as BCCI title sponsor

Axis Bank singed an MoU with Food Corporation of India to provide 'Ultima Salary Package

Amazon India signed an agreement with Indian Railways to boost delivery

National

Shiprocket Becomes India's 106th Unicorn, raised $33.5 million

Medicine From the Sky' Pilot project launched in Arunachal Pradesh

Vostok-2022: Indo-China military drills to be held in Russia

Appointments

Bajaj Electronics elevates Anuj Poddar as MD and CEO

Rajkiran Rai named as new MD of National Bank for Financing and Development (NaBFID)

India's IT secretary Alkesh Kumar Sharma named to a UN panel of eminent experts on internet governance

Recent Books and Authors

"The life and times of George Fernandes' by Rahul Ramagundam

"Gautam Adani: The man who changed India' by R.N. Bhaskar

 'Ashtang Yoga' by Dr Sonu Phogat

National

Union Minister Jitendra Singh unveils India's first Saline water Lantern

Nation Celebrates 150th Birth Anniversary of Sri Aurobindo (17th August 2022)

 Durand Cup 2022: Asia's oldest football tournament begins Appointments 

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Has appointed Simon Still of Grenada as new UNFCCC Executive Secretary

UNFCCC stands for United Convention on Climate Change Nation Framework

William Ruto is declared Kenya's next President

Recent Books and Authors

"Bhartiya Samvidhan:Ankahi Kahani' by Ram Bahadur Rai 

"The India Story' by Bimal Jalan

"Listen to your Heart:The London Adventure' by Ruskin Bond