Today's Event – 24th August 2021

• 1608 – The first official English representative to India lands in Surat.

• 1815 – The modern Constitution of the Netherlands is signed.

• 1909 – Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.

• 1932 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop 

• 1936 – The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.

• 1949 – The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect

• 1950 – Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations.

• 1981 – Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.

• 1989 – Colombian drug barons declare "total war" on the Colombian government.

• 1991 – Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

• 1991 – Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.

• 1995 – Microsoft Windows 95 was released to the public in North America

• 2006 – The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term "planet" such that Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet.

National Events- 

•  As per reports, India is risking 6 lakhs new covid cases daily

•  India to resume export of Covid vaccine in 2022

•  78 people brought back by India from Afghanistan

•  3 Guru Granth saroops brought back from Kabul, Afghanistan

• Top LeT commander Abbas Sheikh killed in an encounter in J&K police encounter

International Events- 

•  The US was warned by the Taliban not to deploy troops

•  Afghanistan flag to be added in the opening ceremony of Tokyo Paralympics

•  British PM Boris Johnson said that the Taliban will be judged by action, not by words

•  1600 people were evacuated from Kabul by Australia

• A US Marine praised globally for providing water and support to Afghan refugees

Job alerts-

• IRCON International Limited Jobs for Apprentice and other posts. Last date 13 September 2021

• GSVM Medical College, Kanpur Jobs for Non-PG Junior Resident, Senior Resident and other posts. Last date 08 September 2021

• Kerala Public Service Commission (Kerala PSC) Jobs for Asst Professor, Drug Inspector, Librarian, Chemist and other posts. Last date 22 September 2021

• Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) Jobs for Assistant Professor and other posts. Last date 24 September 2021

• Directorate of Secondary Education (DSE),Odisha Hindi/Sanskrit/Physical Education Teacher Posts Jobs for and other posts. Last date 14 September 2021

Sports-

•  Women footballers left Afghanistan via flight

•  Tokyo Paralympics to begin amidst Covid rise

•  English pacer Mark Wood failed to recover from a shoulder injury from Day 4 of the 2nd Test

•  Indian test cricket team eyeing for full test dominance against England

• West Ham United defeated Leicester City in the Premier League

Awards and honours-

•  NCC director-general Tarun Kumar Aich gives away awards to cadets

Technology-

•  Wistron Corp of Taiwan to partner with India’s Optiemus Electronics to build smartphones and electronics

•  Khatabok startup raised 100 million dollars in funding

•  206 billion dollars to be invested by Samsung post-pandemic era

•  As per sources, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy to join executives at White House cyber security meeting

• Tesla’s Elon Musk says that self-driving software below standards

Economy – 

•  Petrol at Rs. 101.49; diesel at Rs. 88.92

•  Sensex high at 55,740; Nifty up at 16,560

•  As per an SBI report, GDP is to rise by 18.5% this fiscal year

•  India overcomes the US as the 2nd most attractive manufacturing hub

• Indian considering a foreign investment in the LIC of India

Environment –

•  Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya to receive heavy rainfall

Local –

•  BJP workers in Maharashtra attacked by Shiv Sena party workers

• 27% drop in Covid cases in Bengaluru (Karnataka) 

•  Theft at Nagpur’s (Chhattisgarh) tax official resulted in the loss of goods worth Rs. 2 lakhs

•  Thane (Maharashtra) reports 28 new covid 19 cases

• 18 years old service boy shot dead in Delhi’s Chawla area

GK – 

In which State/UT, India’s highest herbal park has been inaugurated?

[A] Uttarakhand
[B] Himachal Pradesh
[C] Sikkim
[D] Mizoram

Recently, former chief minister Kalyan Singh has passed away. He was the chief minister of which state?

[A] Haryana
[B] Rajasthan
[C] Uttar Pradesh
[D] Madhya Pradesh

In which city, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has commissioned the largest floating solar PV project of 25 Megawatt?

[A] Kayamkulam
[B] Omkareshwar
[C] Ramagundam
[D] Visakhapatnam

Which date in August is observed as The International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief?

[A] 23 August
[B] 22 August
[C] 20 August
[D] 24 August

Which state’s seven indigenous food products have been launched by the Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries and Jal Shakti Prahlad Singh Patel?

[A] Assam
[B] Manipur
[C] Odisha
[D] Madhya Pradesh