Today's Event – 22ND August 2021

• 1138 – Battle of the Standard happened between Scotland and England-

• 1639 – Madras (now Chennai),India, was  founded by British East India 

• 1654 – Jacob Barsimson arrived in New Amsterdam as the first known Jewish immigrant to the US.

• 1770 – James Cook named and landed on Possession Island, and claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.

• 1791 – The start of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.

• 1851 – First America's Cup was won by the yacht America.

• 1864 – Twelve nations signed the First Geneva Convention, which established the rules of protecting armed conflict victims

• 1894 – Mahatma Gandhi formed the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal, South Africa

• 1902 – Cadillac Motor Company was founded.

• 1902 – Theodore Roosevelt became the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile

• 1934 – Bill Woodfull of Australia became the only test cricket captain to regain The Ashes twice

• 1991 – Iceland was the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of Baltic states

• 2006 – Grigori Perelman was awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refused the medal

National Events- 

• 400 people were evacuated from Afghanistan by India via 3 flights 

•  30k covid cases recorded in India in the last 24 hours

•  Combined raid of Army and Police personnel in J&K’s Poonch resulted in the recovery of Rs. 40 lakhs in cash and ornaments worth lakhs

•  India’s largest floating solar plant in Andhra Pradesh gets started in India

• 150 Indians detained by Taliban forces, released some times later

International Events- 

•  NATO has reported 20 deaths in Kabul during the evacuation of refugees

•  The US being blamed by Taliban for the chaos of fleeing in Afghanistan

•  As per reports, the US can utilize commercial flights for Afghan evacuation

•  32 new coronavirus cases recorded in mainland China

• Israel retaliates against Gaza after clashes at the border

Job alerts-

• Bharat Electronics Ltd Jobs for Research Staff and other posts. Last date 31th August 2021

• Zilla Parishad, Wardha Jobs for MO, Staff Nurse, Psychologist, Counsellor, Pharmacist, and other posts. Last date 26th August 2021

• PFRDA Jobs for Officer Grade A and other posts. Last date 16th September 2021

• AIESL Jobs for Junior Executive Finance, Assistant Supervisor Account, and other posts. Last date 28th August 2021

• ATEPFO Jobs for Junior Assistant and other posts. Last date 15th September 2021

Sports-

•  Indian cricket team arrived at Headingley Stadium for the third Test against England

•  Azizullah Fazli was elected acting chairman of the Afghanistan Cricket Board

•  Barcelona FC’s Gerard Pique out of action due to calf injury

•  Long jumper Shaili Singh wins silver at under 20 World Athletic Championships

• Coach Stefano Pioli has told Zlatan Ibrahimovich won’t play for AC Milan due to recovery from a knee injury

Awards and honors-

•  TBA

Technology-

•  Google AirPod has entered the Indian market

•  Realme entera laptop segment at Rs. 46,999

•  Realme launches new cellphones- Realme GT and Realme GT Master Edition

Economy – 

• Petrol stands at Rs. 101.64; diesel stands at Rs. 89.07 

•  Sensex low at 55,408; Nifty down at 16,455

•  Infosys CEO and MD Salil Parekh was summoned by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman for resolving issues of the online Income Tax portal

•  Fugitive and finance fraud Vijay Mallya’s kingfisher home sold at Rs. 52 crores

• Taliban faces money shortage despite Afghanistan takeover

Environment –

•  Death toll in Haiti earthquake rises to 2200

•  UNICEF has stated that climate change poses risk on Indian children

Local –

• 3 dacoits were killed in Assam while attempting a bank heist 

•  Nurse Sanghamitra Dafdar from Kolkata stranded in Kabul

•  Handmade rakhis sent by widows of Agra (Uttar Pradesh) to PM Modi

•  5k pregnant women get vaccinated in Indore (Madhya Pradesh)

• 23 people tested positive with covid in Jodhpur (Rajasthan) but no death toll

Person in News – 

•  Media mogul Pradeep Guha passes away at age 69 after a long battle with cancer

• 1960 Rome Olympic Indian footballer Syed Shahid Hakim passed away at age 82

GK – 

With which organization, India has signed a USD 500 million loans agreement in order to expand the metro rail network in Bengaluru?

[A] Asian Development Bank
[B] World Bank
[C] European Central Bank
[D] New Development Bank

Who has been elected as the new president of the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) Society?

[A] Dr. Manmohan Singh
[B] Amitabh Kant
[C] Ajay Tyagi
[D] NK Singh

Which organization has launched the eShield Next life insurance product?

[A] Life Insurance Corporation
[B] HDFC Life Insurance
[C] SBI Life Insurance
[D] Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance

With which organization, Capital Float has partnered to extend its buy now pay later (BNPL) solution?

[A] Bank of Baroda
[B] Razorpay
[C] State Bank of India
[D] Paytm

Recently, with which organization, the Ministry of Tourism has partnered to strengthen the hospitality and tourism industry?

[A] MakeMyTrip
[B] Ibibo
[C] RedBus
[D] Both A & B