05 August Current Affairs 2024
Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 05 August 2024
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1) The city of Kashmir was conferred the prestigious World Craft City certificate by World Craft Council International at a grand function held in Srinagar, the capital of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Jammu and Kashmir :-
➨L. Governor of J&K – Manoj Sinha
➨Rajparian Wildlife Sanctuary
➨Hirapora Wildlife Sanctuary
➨Gulmarg Wildlife Sanctuary
➨Dachigam National Park
➨Salim Ali National Park
2) India will host its first multinational air exercise, ‘Tarang Shakti 2024’, in two phases in Sular, Tamil Nadu.
➨ In this exercise, nearly 30 countries will participate, and out of 30, ten countries will join the exercise with their fighter aircraft.Tamil Nadu :-
➨ CM – M K Stalin
➨ Guindy National Park
➨ Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park
➨Sathyamangalam tiger reserve (STR)
➨Mudumalai National Park
➨Mukurthi National Park
➨ Indira Gandhi (Anamalai) National Park
➨Kalakkad Mundanthurai tiger reserve (KMTR)
3) Former India cricketer Anshuman Gaekwad, who has served the game in different capacities after his retirement as a player, passed away at the age of 71.
4) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced the names of the two Indian gaganyatri (astronauts) for the forthcoming joint India -United States of America (USA) mission to the International Space Station(ISS).
➨ According to the ISRO, the National Mission Assignment Board has selected Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla as the prime gaganyatri and Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair as the backup gaganyatri.Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) :-
➨Formed :- 15 August 1969
➨Headquarter :- Bangalore, Karnataka, India
➨Chairman :- S Somnath
5) The Government of India has approved the construction of eight new national high-speed corridor projects to meet the country’s current and future demand.
6) President Droupadi Murmu presided over the 52nd Conference of Governors at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
➨ In 2021, the 51st Conference of Governors was held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The conference was presided over by the then President Ram Nath Kovind.
7) Dr Grinson George has been announced as the new director of the India-based ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) following the retirement of his predecessor, Dr Gopalakrishnan.
8) Lt-Gen Sadhna Saxena Nair took over as director general medical services (DGMS, Army), becoming the first woman doctor to be appointed to the position. A woman, surgeon Vice-Admiral Arti Sarin, is already DGMS (Navy).
9) Indian shooter Swapnil Kusale won the bronze medal in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions final at the Paris 2024 Olympics shooting competition.
10) Lewis Hamilton has won the Belgian Grand Prix after team mate George Russell, who had originally come home in first, was disqualified following the race for an underweight car.
11) Google CEO Sundar Pichai, along with his wife Anjali Pichai, were awarded an honorary doctorate by his alma mater Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, at an event in San Francisco.
➨ Sundar Pichai received the Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) Award, while his wife, Anjali Pichai, was honoured with the Distinguished Alumnus Award.
12) India hosted the 14th India-Vietnam Defence Policy Dialogue in New Delhi.
➨The meeting was part of the wider military-to-military dialogue between the two countries to strengthen the bilateral defence relationship.
13) The 30th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) was held in New Delhi.
➨ Shri Gourangalal Das, Joint Secretary (East Asia), from the Ministry of External Affairs led the Indian delegation.
14) The Indian Naval Ship (INS) Tabar, commanded by Captain MR Harish with a crew of 280 officers and sailors, conducted a Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) with the Russian Navy Ship Soobrazitelny. > Current Affairs: 15) Lieutenant General Vikas Lakhera, took over as the 22nd Director General (DG) of the Assam Rifles known by the sobriquet of ‘Sentinels of the Northeast’.Assam
CM – Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma
➨Dibru Saikhowa National Park
➨ Akashiganga Waterfalls
➨ Kakochang Waterfall
➨ Chapanala Waterfalls
➨Kaziranga National Park
➨Nameri National Park
➨Manas National Park
