Important Current Affairs August 3 2018 – One liner
- District officials in Assam have begun work to delete the names of ‘declared foreigners’ whose names had been included in the complete draft of the updated National Register of Citizens (NRC)
- Locals in Goa would be banned from playing in casinos from 2019.
- Bharti Airtel plans to expand its optical fibre footprint in Tamil Nadu.
- The integration of the Facial Recognition System (FRS) with TSCOP will aid in prevention of crime & identification of criminals across Telangana.
- Karnataka launched a pilot project under which drones will be used in agriculture, urban development and policing.
- It will be mandatory for all colleges and universities across Karnataka to ensure that yoga is taught in their institutions.
- Jongdari, which means skylark in Korean, is the 12th typhoon of the season arrived in the Shanghai.
- Adani won the rights to retail CNG to automobiles and piped cooking gas to households in six cities on its own and another five in joint ventures with state-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC).
- Piaggio Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. (PVPL), a unit of Italy’s Piaggio Group, is focussed on developing vehicles powered by alternative fuels such as CNG, LPG and electrically charged batteries.
- The Election Commission of India (ECI) conducted a day-long Orientation Workshop for IAS officers of the 2016 Batch in New Delhi.
- The Ministry of Tourism, in collaboration with other Central Ministries, State Governments and Stakeholders is organizing a “Paryatan Parv” across the country from the 16th to 27th September 2018.
- The Karnataka Health Department is planning to enhance the annual health coverage of 1.5 lakh a year for a family of five under the State’s universal health scheme Arogya Karnataka to Rs.5 lakh a year per family.
- The Customs Department plans to permit e-commerce shipment via foreign post offices.
- The Lok Sabha passed a Bill establishing a National Sports University in Manipur as part of a vision to enhance country’s standing in sports.
- Human Resource Development Ministry approved new regulations on plagiarism drafted by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
- A 10 kg rotary drone co-developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and IIT-Kanpur was recently flown for the first time in Bengaluru, the defence public sector company.
- Government has launched e-Pashu Haat portal (www.epashuhaat.gov.in) for connecting breeders and farmers of indigenous breeds.
- Ireland beat India to reach the semi finals in Women’s Hockey World Cup.
- The men won the silver while the women claimed the bronze in the classical event. The Indian women struck gold in the blitz event, Asian Nations Cup chess tournament.
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