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Current Affairs:
- Union Environment Minister, Prakash Javadekar has launched National Portal on Human-Elephant conflict called “SURAKHSYA”.
- Russian President, Vladimir Putin has announced that a COVID-19 vaccine developed in the country has been registered for use.Russia is the first country to register a coronavirus vaccine.
- The former defence minister and retired army general, Walter Roger Martos Ruiz becomes new Prime Minister of the country
- Mohamed Ould Bilal has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Mauritania.
- International Youth Day (IYD) is observed globally on 12th August every year
- The Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar unveiled an e-version of the book titled ‘Connecting, Communicating, Changing’. The book chronicles Shri M Venkaiah Naidu’s three years in office as the Vice President of India.
- Former NABARD Chief, Harsh Kumar Bhanwala has been appointed as executive chairman of the Capital India Finance Limited
- CCI approves formation of joint venture between HAMCL & HL
- Pramod Bhasin has been appointed as a new Chairman of Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)
- PESB selects Soma Mondal as next chairman of SAIL
- A book titled “Our Only Home: A Climate Appeal to the World” by Dalai Lama
History on the Date:
- (1743) Champion of England titleholder Jack Broughton publishes ‘Rules of the Ring’ – earliest boxing code
- (2008) Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt sets new world record of 9.69 seconds to win the coveted 100m gold medal at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic
- (1946) Direct Action Day: Widespread riots erupt in Calcutta between Muslims and Hindus over whether Pakistan should be a separate state, killing over 4,000 and leaving 100,000 homeless
- (2012) Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange is granted political asylum by Ecuador