Important Current Affairs August 21 2018 – One liner
August 21 – World Senior Citizen Day
August 21 – International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism
- The President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind will inaugurate the “International Buddhist Conclave (IBC), 2018” in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 23rd August, 2018.
- Naya Raipur, the upcoming capital city of the Chattisgarh, to be renamed as ‘Atal Nagar’ in memory of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
- The Union Ministry of Earth Sciences is proposing to set up a Cyclone Warning Centre in Thiruvananthapuram within a month.
- The Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IIT-H) has launched Fabless Chip Design Incubator (FabCI) with the aim to boost the Indian chip design sector.
- Scientists have successfully developed the world’s first 4D printing for ceramics that can be used to create complex, shape-changing objects.
- Scientists have found frozen water deposits in the darkest and coldest parts of the Moon’s polar regions using data from the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft that was launched by India 10 years ago, NASA.
- R&M (Reichle & De-Massari AG), has set up a manufacturing facility in Bengaluru, as the Swiss cabling solutions provider aims to tap a surge in demand from communication networks and data centres in the country.
- The Indian government has asked its biggest state-owned firm, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), to list its overseas unit ONGC Videsh.
- Satya Pal Malik – Jammu & Kashmir Governor
- The first-ever joint air exercise involving the Indian Air Force and the Royal Malaysian Air Force commenced at Subang Air Base in Malaysia
- The Army has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for the procurement of 30,000 light machine guns (LMG) to equip the infantry.
- “281 and Beyond” – Cricketer VVS Laxman’s Autobiography
- “No Spin” – Australian Cricketer Shane Warne’s Autobiography
Asian Games 2018
- Divya Kakran won the Bronze medal in the 68 kg category wrestling.
- Saurabh Chaudhary won the Gold medal in the 10m air pistol finals, Abhishek Verma clinches the bronze medal in the same event.
- Sanjeev Rajput clinched a silver medal in the men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions event.
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