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National News
National Space Innovation Challenge 2023
- NITI Aayog's Atal Innovation Mission in collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organization-ISRO has launched the 'National Space Innovation Challenge 2023' competition for school students of the country.
Relevant Facts
| Objective of the Competition : To foster innovation and curiosity among school Students. | Participating Students : Class 5th to 12th. |
ERMED Consortium
- Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Bharti Praveen Pawar inaugurated the 4th National Conference on Electronic Resources in Medicine (ERMED) Consortium on Empowering Libraries for Digital Health Transformation at National Media Library in New Delhi.
International News
Caretaker Prime Minister
- Senator "Anwar-ul-Haq Kakkar" became the 'Caretaker Prime Minister' of Pakistan.
- A day after the National Assembly of Pakistan was prematurely dissolved, the process to appoint a caretaker prime minister began.
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• Capital: Islamabad • President: Dr. Arif Alvi Currency: Pakistani Rupee (PKR) |
• India-Pakistan border (Radcliffe Line):- • Established : 17 August 1947 |
Sports News
T20 International Match
- West Indies defeated India by 8 wickets in the 5th and deciding T20 International match of the series played at Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill, Florida in USA and won the series 3-2.
State News
Change of era, changing program of Jammu and Kashmir
- Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha launched several digital initiatives in Yug Parivartan, Badalta J&K programme.
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Other Programs :- • Launch of 'Digi-Dost' initiative • Launch of multilingual chatbot 'Digi Sahayak' Also launched an 'app' that can register attendance by facial recognition. |
About Union Territory:- • Capital: Jammu (in winter), Srinagar (in summer) • Reconstitution: 31 October 2019 • Assembly Seats: 90 • Rajya Sabha Seat: 04 Lok Sabha Seat: 05 |
CSP Plus
- The Odisha government will open 'CSP Plus' banking outlets in 4,373 unbanked gram panchayats.
- The scheme will be implemented in a phased manner to cover all unbanked Gram Panchayats (GP) of the state to provide banking services through 'CSP Plus' banking outlets within the current financial year 2023-24.
Odisha
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• Capital : Bhubaneswar • Formation : April 1 Governor : Prof. Ganeshi Lal |
• Lok Sabha Seats: 21 • Rajya Sabha Seat: 10 Assembly Seat: 147 |
Agri Data Exchange (ADeX)
- Telangana has launched India's first Agri Data Exchange (ADeX) platform.
- These initiatives help Telangana use innovation and technology to transform food systems and improve farmers' livelihoods.
Telangana
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• Foundation Day: 2 June 2014 • Capital : Hyderabad Governor: Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan |
• Assembly Seat: 119 • Lok Sabha Seat: 17 Rajya Sabha Seat: 07 |
Important Day
Partition Holocaust Memorial Day
- August 14 is celebrated as 'Partition Vibhishika Smriti Diwas' to remind the present and future generations of India of the suffering and pain suffered by the people during the partition.
Person In News
Vikas Sinha
- Renowned nuclear physicist Vikas Sinha passed away at the age of 78 in Kolkata
- Awarded the Padma Shri in 2001 and the Padma Bhushan in 2010, he was the former director of the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics and Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre