Today's Event – 26th August 2021

• 1303 – Chittorgarh fell to the Delhi Sultanate; thirty thousand Hindu inhabitants killed

• 1542 – Francisco de Orellana crossed South America from Guayaquil on the Pacific coast to the mouth of the Amazon River on the Atlantic coast

• 1748 – The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, was founded in Philadelphia.

• 1768 – Captain James Cook set sail from England on board HMS Endeavour.

• 1778 – The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.

• 1789 – The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France

• 1791 – John Fitch was granted a United States patent for the steamboat.

• 1920 – The 19th amendment to United States Constitution took effect, giving women the right to vote

• 1940 – Chad became the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor.

• 1970 – The fiftieth anniversary of American women being able to vote was marked by a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality.

• 1977 – The Charter of the French Language was adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec

• 1997 – Beni Ali massacre occurred in Algeria, leaving 60 to 100 people dead

National Events- 

•  India has recorded 46k covid cases, 34k recoveries, and 607 deaths in 24 hours

•  As per reports, 58.76 crore vaccines were given to states and union territories so far

•  India to participate in Naval Exercise Malabar 21 with the US, Japan, and the UK

•  MHA has made it mandatory for Afghan refugees to enter India only through an E-Visa

• 3800 Kashmiri pandit return to Kashmir valley with hopes of a new beginning

International Events- 

•  Kabul evacuations to be stopped by France on Friday night

•  China criticized the USA for using them as a scapegoat for covid-19 origins and leak from laboratory

•  Two Hungarian military planes have left Afghanistan

•  Vietnam expecting 50k new covid cases in major manufacturing hubs

• India to be included in G7 meeting on Afghanistan issue

Job alerts-

• ICFRE Jobs for Forest Conservator and other posts. Last date 10th October 2021

• Karnataka High Court Jobs for SDA and other posts. Last date 24th September 2021

• NPCIL Jobs for Apprentice and other posts. Last date 13th September 2021

• Sonepur Court Jobs for clerk, stenographer, and other posts. Last date 21st September 2021

• Punjab Education Board Jobs for Master Cadre and other posts. Last date 3rd September 2021

Sports-

•  India faces difficulty in 3rd Test match as England leads with 120 runs

•  Ace Paddler Bhavinaben Patel reached 16th round in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics

•  Serena Williams not in US Open 2020 owing to injuries at age 40

•  Racism in 3rd Test match as bottles were thrown at Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj

• Naomi Osaka to defend the title against Ashleigh Barty in US Open 2020

Technology-

•  Google to bring Samsung’s 5G modem to the US with new Pixel phones

•  Wave7 reports state that tech companies are facing chip shortage except for Apple

•  Facebook planning to form an election commission as per reports

•  WhatsApp to add an undisclosed feature to express more of one’s self

• Sales, software, and research are some of the highest jobs in Microsoft

Economy – 

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

•  Sensex reached all-time high at 56,198.13; Nifty tops at 16,712.45

•  B2B company Spoton bought by Delhivery at Rs.1600 crores 

•  SBI Mutual Funds have recorded Rs.1200 crores in the new fund

• Europe will have the first market regularization for Bitcoin-related derivatives

Environment –

•  California wildfires are suspected to spread south

• 4.0 earthquake reported in Jodhpur (Rajasthan) 

Local –

•  Karnataka to level up testing by 1.7 lakhs per day

•  Matiullah Hussainzai is become the only Afghan student to complete his M. Tech degree from IIEST, Shibpur (West Bengal)

•  50 students and 31 teachers tested covid positive in Amaravati (Maharashtra)

•  No black fungus was reported in Orissa

• Tamil Nadu districts are told to stay alert despite a decline in cases of covid-19

GK – 

Recently, which country India has conducted naval exercises in the South China Sea?

[A] Philippines
[B] Malaysia
[C] Thailand
[D] Indonesia

O. Chandrasekharan, who passed away recently, represented India in the Olympics in which sport?

[A] Hockey
[B] Wrestling
[C] Long Jump
[D] Football

Which organization has released the report ‘Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2021’ which states that the pandemic is threatening Asia and the Pacific’s progress?

[A] World Bank
[B] Asian Development Bank
[C] International Monetary Fund
[D] United Nations Development Programme

Which state/UT has announced a Microfinance Incentive and Relief Scheme?

[A] Puducherry
[B] Sikkim
[C] Assam
[D] Telangana

Which organization has made a natural gas discovery in a block in Gujarat?

[A] Reliance Petroleum
[B] Vedanta
[C] Indian Oil Corporation
[D] Oil and Natural Gas Corporation