Today's Event – 13th August 2021

• 1792- French king Louis XVI arrested and declared enemy of the people

• 1889- US Patent number 408,709 granted to William Gray for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."

• 1898- 433 Eros, the first near-earth asteroid, discovered by Carl Gustav Witt

• 1960- The central African Republic declared independence from France

• 1961-Construction of Berlin Wall started

• 2020- Diplomatic relations formed between Israel and the United Arab Emirates

National Events- 

•  India has recorded 40k cases and 585 deaths in 24 hours

•  1st death recorded in Maharashtra due to delta variant covid

•  West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee accuses BJP of using 

•  Above 31k accounts suspended by Twitter in India on the grounds of violation

• The Indian government has shown concern over war-torn Afghanistan

International Events- 

•  As per the report, US Navy's aircraft carrier Gerald R Ford successfully tested and could reduce the risk of impact from China’s carrier-killer rockets

•  Flood-hit northern Turkey leaves 11 people dead

•  Denmark planning to evacuate Afghan nationals who worked at the embassy

•  India and Afghanistan blamed by Pakistan for bus attack carrying Chinese nationals

• Afghanistan’s third-largest city Ghazni captured by the Taliban

Job alerts-

• IOCL Jobs for Apprentices and other posts. Last date 28th August 2021

• Income Tax Department Lucknow Jobs for MTS, Assistant, Inspector and other posts. Last date 10th October 2021

• CRPF Jobs for Paramedical Staff and other posts. Last date 15th September 2021

• UKPSC Jobs for Forest range officers and other posts. Last date 31st August 2021

• Ministry of Defence Jobs for civilian motor driver, pest control worker and other posts. Last date 28th August 2021

Sports-

•  Kepa beats Chelsea to win UEFA Super Cup on penalties

•  Indian women’s cricket team fielding coach Abhay Sharma is to be replaced very soon

•  National Rifle Association of India to evaluate the executives which resulted in the horrifying performance in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

•  Italy and Argentina gain 5th and 6th rankings in FIFA 

• KL Rahul becomes third Indian cricketer to score a century at Lords

Awards and honours-

•  SoftWorthy awarded the National Science Foundation Innovation-Corps (NSF I-Corps) Teams Award in the United States for state-of-the-art computation

•  4 Indian airports top Skytrax’s top 100 airports list

Technology-

•  Google Meet can add 25 hosts maximum and can mute participants

Economy – 

•  Rupee soars at 19 paise at 74.25 against the US dollars

•  Retail inflation drops to 5.59% on softer food prices

•  13.6% industrial growth recorded in June 2021

• Passenger vehicles have shown a 45% rise in July 2021 

• Sensex has peaked at a lifetime of 55k and Nifty flies at 16,400

Environment –

• Floods to happen more in India due to global temperature rise and climate changes 

Local –

•  Delhi police meet for security during Independence Day meet

•  Chenab River blocked following a landslide in Himachal Pradesh

•  An aerial survey conducted by UP CM Yogi Adityanath and visits flood victims

•  A seven-member team formed by Mumbai Police led by a DCP for investigation former Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh under corruption charges

• Farmer protests continue in the state of Haryana

GK – 

India’s National Institute of Ocean Technology has signed an agreement with which organization to develop Research Moored Array for African-Asian-Australian Monsoon Analysis and Prediction?

[A] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[B] National Weather Service
[C] Weather Underground
[D] Accuweather

Chief Election Commissioner of India has inaugurated the 11th Annual Meeting of FEMBoSA. Who is the current Chief Election Commissioner of India?

[A] Achal Kumar Jyoti
[B] Sunil Arora
[C] Rajeev Kumar
[D] Sushil Chandra

Along with which organization, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has launched a loan interest subvention scheme to provide financial assistance to energy biomethanation projects?

[A] International Atomic Energy Agency
[B] United Nations Industrial Development Organization
[C] United Nations Environment Programme
[D] Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Which Indian city has been declared as the first ‘water plus’ city of India?

[A] Kolkata
[B] Bengaluru
[C] Indore
[D] Hyderabad

Which bank has signed an MoU with NABARD and Jammu & Kashmir Gramin Bank for Joint Liability Groups financing?

[A] Bank of Baroda
[B] Indian Bank
[C] SIDBI
[D] State Bank of India