Today's Event – 10th August 2021 

• 1675- The foundation stone of Royal Greenwich Observatory laid

• 1741- Dutch East India Company defeated by the King of Travancore Marthanda Varma in the Battle of Colachel

• 1846- Smithsonian Congress chartered by US Congress after 500,00 dollars donation from James Smithson

• 1897- Synthesizing aspirin discovered by German chemist Felix Hoffman

• 1990- NASA’s Magellan space probe reached Venus

National Events- 

•  India has recorded the lowest covid case in 147 days 

•  Maharashtra covid death toll falls to 68

•  4 people arrested in Bihar for the murder of a young girl in the name of human sacrifice

•  WB Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accuses home minister Amit Shah of attacks on TMC workers

• Indian government most likely to give Zydus Cadila’s Covid shot ZyCoV-D to children ranging from 12 years to 18 years

International Events- 

•  Pakistan to hold a conference to discuss the issue related to Afghanistan issue

•  Taliban has taken over Afghanistan’s Sar-e Pul province

•  Miscreants attack Hindu temples in Bangladesh’s Khulna district

•  Russia has resumed international flights over the Red Sea after 6 years

• Terrorist attacks in northern Mali leaves 40 dead

Job alerts-

• PNB Haryana Jobs for Sweeper and other posts. Last date 20th August 2021

• Faridabad court Jobs for sweeper, driver, and other posts. Last date 20th August 2021

• PDCC Bank Jobs for online clerk and other posts. Last date 16th August 2021

• BEL Jobs for Apprentice and other posts. Last date 29th August 2021

• Anna University Jobs for peon, assistant, and other posts. Last date 16th August 2021

Sports-

•  2020 Tokyo Olympics medal winners welcomed in a grand ceremony by the Indian government

•  Archer Deepika Kumari aims to see competition in another after 2020 Tokyo Olympics failure

•  Boxer Lovlina Borgohain planning to prepare for 2024 Paris Olympics

• BCCI Chief and former captain of the Indian cricket team Sourav Ganguly to be present for the 2nd Test match in Lord’s cricket grounds 

• Bangladesh defeated Australia in the T20 series with a 4-1 lead

Technology-

•  Geneva-based DigiDNA updated its device manager iMazing with spyware detection to detect Pegasus

•  Android trojan FlyTrap affected 10k people through Facebook 

•  Motorola Edge 2020 and Edge 2020 Fusion is going to launch on August 17th, 2021

•  TikTok is the most downloaded app after Facebook

• 3.8 billion dollars raised in IPO by Krafton

Economy – 

• Supreme Court adamant to continue CCI’s antitrust investigation on Amazon and Flipkart

•  The Indian government has achieved over 26.6% revenue from GST

•  PM Narendra Modi has transferred over Rs.19k crores to PM-KISAN

•  Sensex rises in 250 points in early trade; Nifty ranks high at 16,300

• Sensex ends at 152 points higher

Environment –

•  Athenian forest fires continue to ravage and destroy land and lives

•  3 lakh people were affected in West Bengal due to floods

Local –

•  Huge amount of ammunition, money, and jewelry recovered by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir

•  Maharashtra planning to open schools from August 17th, 2021

•  Haryana government planning to give free services to women and children for Raksha Bandhan 2021

•  Delhi government has issued a statement that 80% of cases have been confirmed as Delta variant covid 

• Calcutta High court has ordered parents to pay 50% of school fees or face action

GK – 

Recently, which organization has inducted its first women officers in combat?

[A] Central Industrial Security Force
[B] Indo-Tibetan Border Police
[C] Central Reserve Police Force
[D] National Security Guard

Navies of which two countries have conducted the Zayed Talwar 2021?

[A] India and Russia
[B] India and United States
[C] India and Australia
[D] India and UAE

Which country has topped the medals tally in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?

[A] China
[B] Japan
[C] USA
[D] Germany

Which country hosted the 8th Justice Ministers meet 2021 of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation?

[A] India
[B] Tajikistan
[C] China
[D] Russia

Which bank has partnered with IIM Bangalore to provide funding for identified start-ups?

[A] State Bank of India
[B] Punjab National Bank
[C] Canara Bank
[D] Indian Bank