Important Current Affairs August 13 2018 – One liner
- The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurated a slew of Smart City projects undertaken by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) will help New Delhi emerge as a world class city.
- Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurated 20 newly constructed/ restored Ghats on river Ganga in Kanpur and Bithoor.
- Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh said that his state is the first among the 28 other states in the country to provide Right to Skills’ Development to the youth.
- The infestation of Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frigeperda), an invasive agricultural pest is spreading at an alarming pace in Karnataka.
- A single season of drought in the Amazon rainforest can reduce its capacity to absorb carbon dioxide for years.
India’s most patriotic brand Survey
- State Bank of India 2) Tata Motors 3) Patanjali 4) Reliance Jio
List of India’s wealthiest women
1) Smitha V. Crishna – a third-generation heir of the Godrej family
2) Roshni Nadar – CEO and executive director at HCL
3) Indu Jain – The chairperson of the Times Group
Ease of Living Index – An initiative of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)
- Pune 2) Navi Mumbai 3) Greater Mumbai 4) Tirupathi
Report on Station Cleanliness conducted by Quality Council of India (QCI)
A1 category stations (out of 75)
- Jodhpur/North-Western Railway 2) Jaipur/North-Western Railway
3) Tirupati/South-Central Railway
A category stations (out of a total of 332)
- Marwar/North Western Railway 2) Phulera/North -Western Railway
3) Warangal/South-Central Railway
Zonal Railway rankings are:
- North Western Railway 2) South Central Railway 3) East Coast Railway
- The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) will organise a two-day exhibition on the heritage of Indian sari, Dhage ki Dharohar, as part of the Independence Day celebrations.
- Justice Manjula Chellur – Chairperson of Appellate Tribunal for Electricity
- Basavaraju, Lakshmi Aparna Sreekumar & Sandhya Rajan – Three new members join the board of India Cements Ltd.
- “Development of North East Circuit: Imphal & Khongjom” first project implemented under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme of Ministry of Tourism.
- The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) met and accorded approval for the procurement of six indigenously designed and manufactured Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels (NGOPVs) for the Indian Navy.
- An Indian Naval Ship (INS) Sahyadri entered Port of Suva Republic of Fiji after participation in the RIMPAC 2018 at Hawaii.
- Sunishka Kartik – Community Award in the Junior NBA World Basketball Championship
- Annie Zaidi for her play Untitled-1– The Hindu Playwright Award 2018
- Nirmalya – Chandrashekar Bhandari on the life of the former RSS worker, Krishnappa
- Swachh Manch, the web-based platform will allow stakeholders to create/invite/participate in volunteering opportunities around neighborhoods to the cause of ‘swachhata’.
- Seventeen-year-old Vaishali became a Woman Grandmaster.
- Barcelona beat Sevilla in the Spanish Super Cup as Lionel Messi overtook Andres Iniesta & won his 33rd title with Barcelona.
- Brooks Koepka won the 100th PGA Championship.
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