Today's Event – 11th August 2021

• 1804- Francis II becomes first Emperor of Austria

• 1929- Babe Ruth became the first baseball player to create a record of 500 home runs

• 1942- Patent received by Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil for frequency-hopping spread spectrum which became the basis of Wi-Fi

• 1961- Former Portuguese colonies Dadra and Nagar Haveli merged to become Union territories Dadra and Nagar Haveli 

• 1972- The last combat unit of the US left Vietnam two years before the Vietnam war ended

National Events- 

•  West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee accuses Central government of floods in India

•  PM Modi launched Ujjwal 2.0 to provide free LPG gas in rural and poor areas

•  Kashmiri youths who visited Pakistan are under the Kashmiri police scanner for terror participation

•  Maharashtra covid death toll rises up to 137

• Indian air force planning to boost capabilities after Balakot airstrikes

International Events- 

•  CBI arrested 9 people in Chennai for fraud of Rs. 45 crores

•  North Korea plans to strengthen its military power to begin an invasion

• Pakistan government handed over vandalized Hindu temple to Hindu people 

•  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has published a decree to form a new government

• Hong Kong teachers’ union disbanded as Government starts crackdown on protests

Job alerts-

• Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) Jobs for Assistant Manager and other posts. Last date 22nd August 2021

• Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Jobs for Head Constable (Ministerial) and other posts. Last date 22nd August 2021

• Employees State Insurance Corporation Jobs for Faculty, Specialist, Sr. Resident, and other posts. Last date 20 August 2021

• Kerala State Co-Operative Service Examination Board (CSEB) Jobs for Jr. Clerk, DEO, Cashier, Asst Secretary, Chief Accountant, and other posts. Last date 01 September 2021

• Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Limited (NLC) Jobs for Apprentice and other posts. Last date 30 August 2021

Sports-

•  Athletics Federation of India names 7th August as National Javelin Day after Neeraj Chopra’s Olympic gold victory

•  Indian men’s hockey team planning hard and practicing to achieve Gold in 2024 Paris Olympics setting benchmarks like Belgium and Australia

•  Indian women’s cricket team resumes training after 6-day quarantine

• Tennis doubles player Chirag Shetty upset due to early exit from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

• Lionel Messi lands in Paris to confirm transfer from Barcelona FC to Paris Saint Germain

Awards and honors-

• 7 National awards won by Nagaland under Van Dhan Yojana Scheme 

Technology-

•  Google has told that children who are below 18, parents can remove ad images from their phones

•  Countdown on India’s launch of GISAT-1. It is India’s first geo imaging satellite

•  Truecaller’s Guardian app was downloaded 1 million times with India leading the market

•  Two Bravia XR model televisions launched by Sony in India- XR-77A80J, and KD-85X85J

• Samsung planning to launch Galaxy Fold3 5G in India next month

Economy – 

•  Sensex begins at high but ends 152 points higher

•  Rupee stands at 17 paise at 74.43 against US dollars

•  Gold falls by Rs.176; silver crumbles at Rs.898

•  Finance Ministry states deficit grant of Rs.9k crores to 17 states

• Gas field discovered by Bangladesh worth 148 million dollars

Local –

•  Admission process in colleges in Jharkhand to begin next week

•  Bihar CM Nitish Kumar to meet PM Modi for cast related issues

•  300 stray dogs killed in Andhra Pradesh with lethal injections

•  Goa extends lockdown till next week

• Kerala registered with 23k daily fresh cases

GK – 

Commodore Kasaragod Pattanashetti Gopal Rao passed away recently. In which year was he awarded the Mahavir Chakra?

[A] 1971
[B] 1972
[C] 1970
[D] 1973

Who chaired the UNSC High-Level Open Debate on Enhancing Maritime Security?

[A] S. Jaishankar
[B] T. S. Tirumurti
[C] Syed Akbaruddin
[D] Narendra Modi

Which year has been declared by the United Nations as the International Year of Peace and Trust?

[A] 2020
[B] 2022
[C] 2021
[D] 2019

Lhasa Gonggar Airport, which was recently in the news, is located in which country?

[A] India
[B] China
[C] Japan
[D] South Korea

Under the Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2021, how many appellate tribunals will be abolished?

[A] 8
[B] 7
[C] 9
[D] 6