Daily Current Affairs: August 17, 2021

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National News

Union Agricultural Minister Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurates the world’s 2^nd largest refurbished gene bank in New Delhi

• Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the world’s second-largest refurbished state-of-the-art National Gene Bank’ at the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR), Pusa in New Delhi.

Union Minister of Jal Shakti and Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting launches the second season of ‘Rag Rag Mein Ganga’

• Union Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur jointly launched the second season of the popular series ‘Rag Rag Mein Ganga’.
• The broadcast of the first episode will be on 21 August in Doordarshan.

Hunar Haat is set to be organised under Azadika Amrit Mahotsav across India

• Hunar Haats will be coordinated under the Azadika Amrit Mahotsav, which is being celebrated to mark 75 years of Indian independence.
• Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi informed that seven and a half lakh artisans and craftsmen will be provided with employment.

Union Government allots Rs. 267.35 crores to Kerala to strengthen health infrastructure

• Union Government allocated 267.35 crores to Kerala under Emergency COVID Response Package-II to strengthen Kerala’s health infrastructure.
• Additionally, Rs. 1 crore would be made accessible to each district of Kerala for making a medication pool.

India chairs BRICS Working Group on Agriculture

• India chaired the Ministers of Agriculture of BRICS nations virtually on the theme “BRICS Partnership for Strengthening Agro Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Security”.
• In the meeting, the group shared that the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development noted that BRICS countries are well-positioned to take a leading role in helping to achieve the objectives of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals to eradicate hunger.

Union Minister Jitendra Singh launches India’s 1^st & world’s largest cattle genomic chip ‘IndiGau’

• Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh launched ‘IndiGau’.
• IndiGau is India’s first cattle genomic chip for the conservation of pure kinds of native dairy cattle breeds like Gir, Kankrej, Sahiwal and Ongole.

International News

Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin resigns

• Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin stepped down and sent in his resignation after months of political turmoil culminated within the loss of his majority.

Malaysia:

• Capital: Kuala Lumpur
• Currency: Malaysian Ringgit

UAE is set to host the Global Media Congress in 2022

• UAE’s Abu Dhabi is all set to launch the Global Media Congress in 2022.
• This event will include a media exhibition and conference, which is able to enable various media organisations to discuss partnership and cooperation agreements geared towards developing their messages which will serve humanity and support communities through providing useful and credible content.

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

• Capital: Abu Dhabi
• Currency: Dirham
• President: Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
• Prime Minister: Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Banking & Economy

Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank in association with the Karnataka Government launches the ‘FRUITS’ portal

• The Dharwad-headquartered Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB), in association with the Karnataka Government, launched the ‘Farmer Registration and Unified Beneficiary Information System’ (FRUITS)
• The FRUITS portal is the first of its kind in India wherein the land and other details of all the farmers in the state are being captured.

HDFC Bank plans to lift funds via AT-1 bonds from overseas market

• HDFC Bank plans to boost capital by additional tier-I (AT1) bonds in the overseas market to fund its business growth. The bank is anticipated to lift up to $1billion from these dollar-denominated bonds.

HDFC Bank

• Headquarters: Mumbai
• MD & CEO: Sashidhar Jagdishan

Bank of Maharashtra tops PSU banks in terms of loan and savings deposit growth

• Bank of Maharashtra emerged as the top performer among public sector lenders in terms of loan and savings deposit growth during the first quarter(Q1) of the current financial year 2021–2022.

Appointments

Hakainde Hichilema was declared as the President of Zambia

• Hakainde Hichilema became Zambia’s new President.
• He is a business tycoon who has made six attempts at gaining the presidency before finally winning.
• He takes over from Edgar Lungu.

Zambia

• Capital: Lusaka
• Currency: Zambian Kwacha

PK Agarwal takes charge as the new Director-General of  Police of Haryana

• The Haryana Government appointed senior IPS officer Prashanta Kumar Agrawal as the new Director-General of Police (DGP) of Haryana.

Bandar Mohammed Al Attiyah was named as the Ambassador of Qatar to Saudi Arabia

• Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani appointed Bandar Mohammed Al Attiyah as Qatar’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• He previously served as Qatar’s Ambassador to Kuwait.

Saudi Arabia

• Capital: Riyadh
• Currency: Riyal
• Prime Minister: Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Defence News

India and Qatar Conducts joint naval exercise ‘Zair-Al-Bahr’

• The second edition of the joint naval exercise Zair-Al-Bahr between the Indian Navy and Qatar Emiri Naval Force (QENF) was conducted between 9-14 August in the Persian Gulf.
• This edition of the exercise included a three-day harbour phase followed by a two-day sea phase.

Qatar

• Capital: Doha
• Currency: Qatari Riyal

Books & Authors

Pavan K. Varma authored a brand new book titled ‘The Great Hindu Civilisation: Achievement, Neglect, Bias and the Way Forward’

• A new book titled ‘The Great Hindu Civilisation: Achievement, Neglect, Bias and the Way Forward’ authored by Pavan K. Varma aims to answer the questions about Hindu civilisation and more in the context of changing empires and leaderships through colonisation and conquest.
• The book was published by Westland Publishers.

Obituaries

‘Godfather of Sudoku’ Maki Kaji passed away at 69

• Maki Kaji, a puzzle enthusiast and publisher who was referred to as the “Godfather of Sudoku” passed away at the age of 69.

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