Today's Event – 14th August 2021 Partition Horrors Remembrance Day

• 1885- Japan issued a patent to the inventor of a rust-proof paint

• 1893- Motor vehicle registration first introduced by France

• 1947- Pakistan gains freedom from British Rule

• 1971- Bahrain declared freedom from British rule

• 2007- 500 people killed in Kahtaniya bombings

National Events- 

•  5 deaths reported in Maharashtra due to delta variant covid

•  Terror attack in Rajouri district in Jammu results in the death of a 3-year-old child

•  A Pakistani LeT based terrorist killed in Kulgam, Jammu

•  A Nigerian held by NCB with drugs worth Rs. 1 crore

• 43% of Indian adults received vaccination shots

International Events- 

•  Taliban forcing Afghan women to marry terrorists

•   UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace stated that Al-Qaeda may back up Taliban

•  Pakistani armed forces clashed with Afghan nationals in Chaman border

• The Pakistani government has shaken up when a mysterious kill-list of public figures was discovered

• 6 people killed in a shootout at the city of Plymouth in the UK

Job alerts-

• NTPC Jobs for Assistant Officer and other posts. Last date 2nd September 2021

• MSU Baroda Jobs for Non-Teaching and other posts. Last date 31st August 2021

• Jagatsinghpur Court Jobs for clerk, steno and other posts. Last date 20th September 2021

• SBI Jobs for SCO and other posts. Last date 2nd September 2021

• WDC Bihar Jobs for the manager, cashier, officer and other posts. Last date 30th August 2021

Sports-

•  ICC allowing teams to bring only 15 players for the T20 world cup 2021

•  Wrestler Sonam Malik pledges to WFI to not repeat behaviour of any bad kind

•  Sweden’s Thomas Dennerby appointed coach of India Women’s Football Team for the 2022 Asian Cup Games

•  Jharkhand to host women’s national football team camp on 16th August 2021

• Bottle corks threw at KL Rahul during the 3rd day of 2nd Test

Awards and honours-

•  Assistant Sub-Inspector Babu Ram and Constable Altaf Hussain Bhat of Jammu and Kashmir Police awarded Ashok Chakra

•  Major Ravi Kumar Chaudhary, Major Arun Kumar Pandey, Captain Vikas Khatri, Captain Ashutosh Kumar (posthumous),Sepoy Neeraj Ahlawat and Rifleman Mukesh Kumar were honoured with the Shaurya Chakra award

Technology-

•  Google to add “Find My Device” feature to track lost devices

•  Twitter verification programme halted once again 

•  Facebook to end research on Instagram algorithm 

Economy – 

• Rupee ended in a flat note against the US dollar at 74.24

•  Current economic situations reviewed by the central board of RBI

•  The competition commission has allowed Zomato to deliver food and 9.3% stake in Grofers

•  Adi Godrej to step down as Chairman of Godrej as brother Nadir Godrej will take over as his successor

• Sensex scales above 55k while Nifty closes at 16,529

Environment –

• The flood situation worsens in Patna (Bihar) as the water level rises in the Ganga River 

Local –

•  Muharram processions banned in Uttar Pradesh citing covid infections

• Sweets exchanged between Indian and Pakistani armed forces in J&K as a sweet gesture

•  5 deaths in Maharashtra gives speculations of a 3rd wave

•  West Bengal extends timing of restaurants and bars, with 50% occupancy

•  Karnataka to impose 3rd wave restrictions after August 15th 2021

GK – 

Recently, on which bank has RBI imposed a penalty of Rs 1 crore?

[A] Cooperative Rabobank UA
[B] Ahmednagar Merchant’s Cooperative Bank
[C] Mahila Vikas Co-operative Bank
[D] Durgapur Steel Peoples Cooperative Bank

Which country has test-fired the surface-to-surface ballistic missile Ghaznavi?

[A] Iran
[B] Saudi Arabia
[C] Pakistan
[D] Oman

How many police officers in the country have been conferred with the Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation award?

[A] 151
[B] 152
[C] 155
[D] 145

What amount has been released by the PM as seed money for 7,500 SHG members under PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises scheme?

[A] Rs 35 crore
[B] Rs 45 crore
[C] Rs 15 crore
[D] Rs 25 crore

How many workers, employed in the Departmental Undertakings & Public Sector Undertakings of the Central and State Governments and Private Sector Units, will be awarded the Prime Minister’s Shram Awards?

[A] 67
[B] 75
[C] 59
[D] 69