Important Current Affairs August 9 2018 – One liner

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Important Current Affairs August 9 2018 – One liner

August 9 – 76th anniversary of Quit India movement

August 9 – Nagasaki Day

August 9 – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

  • Theme – “Indigenous peoples’ migration and movement”.
  • The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, hosted an ‘At Home’ reception for freedom fighters on the 76thanniversary of Quit India Day August 9, 2018 at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
  • Non-Resident Indians cannot file Right to Information (RTI) applications to seek governance-related information from the Central government departments.
  • Lixil, a Tokyo-based world leader in manufacturing building materials and housing equipment, had its first sanitary ware unit in India inaugurated in Bhimadole, Andhra Pradesh.
  • Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd., (MRPL), has begun preparatory work for the State’s first seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant land leased out by New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) in Karnataka.
  • Saudi Arabia has frozen ties and banned new trade deals with Canada.
  • Washington would impose fresh sanctions on Russia after it determined that Moscow had used a nerve agent against a former Russian agent and his daughter in Britain.
  • The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has emerged as the top source of inward remittances, while Kerala has received the maximum funds sent from abroad.
  • Taiwan’s Wistron, a contract manufacturer of Apple iPhones in India, plans to invest Rs.1,150 crore in Karnataka.
  • International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts India’s gross domestic product (GDP) is poised to grow by 3% in the 2018-19 fiscal and 7.5% in 2019-20.
  • Shri Harivansh – Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
  • The Union Cabinet has approved the signing the MoU between India and Indonesia on health cooperation.
  • The Union Cabinet has approved the extension of the term of the Commission to examine the issue of Sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes in the Central List till November, 2018.
  • The Union Cabinet has approved the creation of two posts equivalent to Joint Secretary level in the Interpreters’ cadre of the Ministry of External Affairs.
  • The Union Cabinet has approved the signing of the MoU between “Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)” and “Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada)”.
  • The Union Cabinet gave its ex-post facto approval to the MoU between India and Korea on Trade Remedy Cooperation.
  • The Union Cabinet was apprised of joint issue of Postage Stamps on India-South Africa on the theme, “20 Years of Strategic Partnership between India and South Africa”.
  • The Union Cabinet has approved a MoU between India and Indonesia on Scientific and Technological Cooperation.
  • The Union Cabinet has given the approval for raising of four (4) additional battalions of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).
  • The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the release of pulses to States/UTs at discounted rate to be utilized for various Welfare Schemes from the stock of pulses procured under Price Support Schemes (PSS).
  • MoU signed between Ministry of Health and Ministry of Tribal Affairs for working in a cooperative partnership to improve the health and well-being of students in tribal schools.
  • MoU signed between TRIFED (M/o Tribal Affairs) and National Medicinal Plant Board (M/o AYUSH) to promote Medicinal and Aromatic Plants forest produce for livelihood development among tribals.
  • The government approved the continuation of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) beyond the 12th five year plan period.
  • The Union Cabinet approved the inclusion of provision of granting bail to men found guilty of giving instant triple talaq to their wives in the Muslim Women Protection of Rights on Marriage Bill.
  • India and Myanmar operationalised the landmark Land Border Crossing Agreement.

Minister of state for Culture (I/C), Dr. Mahesh Sharma, released 3 books

  • ‘Jewellery’ – Gulab Kothari
  • ‘Ghats of Banaras’ – Sachidanand Joshi
  • ‘Untold Story of Broadcasting’ – Gautam Chatterjee
  • The Supreme Court finalised a new charter for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) while rejecting the ‘one State one vote’ recommendation of the Justice R.M. Lodha Committee.

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