Important Current Affairs August 10 2018 – One liner
August 10 – World Biofuel Day
- The historic Red Fort came alive as it saw the first ever architectural illumination of its front fortification wall and the two important gateways Lahori Gate and Delhi Gate.
- Defence Minister to Launch UP Defence Industrial Corridor Projects at Aligarh, Uttarpradesh.
- The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has signed a pact with Mumbai-based Tata Trusts, under which the trust will provide technical support to speed up the development process of the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra.
- The State government has decided to provide 1,000 solar-powered houses to repatriates from Sri Lanka living in the Tamilnadu.
- United Nations to check the possibilities of collaboration with the Kerala in cashew and fisheries sectors.
- The Karnataka Cabinet approved waiver of short-term crop loans up to 1 lakh borrowed from cooperative banks in the first phase.
- India will triple its ethanol production over the next four years till 2022 and this will save Rs.12,000 crore in the country’s oil import bill.
- Commercial vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland Ltd. (ALL) said its subsidiary Optare Plc has bagged an order from Transport for London (TfL) for 31 electric double-decker buses.
- The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the ‘One District One Product’ Summit in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
- Mahesh Sharma inaugurated an exhibition entitled ‘Prathibandhit Sahitya mein Swatantrata Sangram’ (Freedom Movement through Proscribed Literature) in the premises of National Archives of India, in New Delhi.
- NITI Aayog, together with the Ministry of Home Affairs and the UT Administrations of Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep hosted an Investors’ Conference at Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra, New Delhi for the Holistic Development of Islands.
- María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés (Ecuador) – Elected as President of the United Nations General Assembly for the 73rd session.
- Godrej Aerospace, a unit of Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd., has signed an agreement with U.K.-based GKN Aerospace, a premier aerospace supplier, for the manufacture of specialised helicopter fuel tanks.
- Operation “Madad” has been launched by the Southern Naval Command (SNC) at Kochi undertaking disaster relief operations due to the unprecedented flooding experienced in many parts of Kerala.
- Curtain Raiser: Exercise SCO Peace Mission 2018 will be conducted by Central Military Commission of Russia from 22 August to 29 August 2018 at Chebarkul, Chelyabinsk, Russia.
- The e-Mor software is for strengthening cause of death reporting systems in hospitals and improves death audits with use of appropriate tools for classifying deaths.
- “PARIVESH” is an environmental single window hub for Environment, Forest, Wildlife and CRZ clearances launched by PM Modi.
- PENCIL online portal for effective enforcement of the Child Labour Act and National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme.
- Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was named the Indian contingent’s flag-bearer for the Asian Games opening ceremony in Jakarta.
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