Important Daily Current Affairs of 18th August 2021
In this article, we will discuss all the important current affairs of 18th August 2021 in detail.
National
1. To revive traditional crafts in J&K, the government has launched the ‘Karkhandar’ scheme.
- In a noteworthy milestone, the J&K government issued directives to give a new push to handicraft training in the UT by launching the ‘KARKHANDAR’ plan, which is a unique concept in terms of artisan and weaver upliftment through training.
- The programme will help not only the high-potential crafts, but also the languishing ones. Glazed tiles, silver ware, and filligree are among the languishing crafts that will be taken up for complete resurrection in the first instance.
2. Odisha is the country’s first state to provide digital “Smart Health Cards” for free treatment.
- On the occasion of the 75th Independence Day, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced that the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana will deliver Smart Health Cards to 3.5 crore people in the state.
- The plan, according to the Chief Minister, will alter the health-care delivery system and make history in the country’s health-care sector. He said that the decision will herald in a new era in the state’s health care system.
3. The Health Minister has announced a package worth over 1300 crore rupees for infrastructural development in the North Eastern states’ health sector.
- Mansukh Mandaviya, the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, has announced a package worth over 1300 crore rupees for the development of health facilities in the North Eastern states.
- To counteract the pandemic, the Central Government is providing this funding for the construction of health infrastructure at the district level.
4. The total number of dwellings approved under PMAY-U now stands at 1.13 crore.
- At the 55th meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs accepted plans for the construction of 16,488 dwellings (PMAY-U).
- The dwellings will be built under the PMAY-U verticals of Beneficiary-Led Construction (BLC) and Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP). With this, the total number of dwellings sanctioned under PMAY-U has surpassed 113 lakh.
5. Manoj Sinha, the Lieutenant Governor of J&K, has launched the ‘Photographic Record Of On-Site Facility’ (PROOF) App.
- Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha of Jammu and Kashmir announced PROOF, a mobile application designed to increase openness and accountability in the government system.
- The acronym PROOF stands for ‘Photographic Record of On-Site Facility.’
International News
6. According to reports, Ghaziabad will be the world’s second most polluted city in 2020.
- According to a report prepared by the British company HouseFresh, Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh is the second most polluted city in the world in 2020, out of the 50 “most polluted cities” worldwide. According to the report, Ghaziabad has an average Air Quality Index (AQI) of 2.5 particle matter (PM) in 106.6g/m3.
- According to the research, China’s Hotan province has the world’s most polluted city, with PM2.5 levels of 110.2g/m3. According to the survey, sandstorms caused by Hotan’s closeness to the Taklimakan Desert are to blame for the city’s poor air quality.
7. INS Tabar takes part in Exercise Konkan 2021 with the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom.
- The Indian Navy’s INS Tabar is taking part in the bilateral Exercise Konkan 2021 in the United Kingdom, which aims to improve military relations between the two countries.
- Before arriving in port, it began Practice Konkan 2021 with a maritime interception exercise with HMS Westminster off the coast of Portsmouth.
Banking & Finance News
8. To measure the amount of financial inclusion across the country, the RBI has created a composite FI-Index.
- To measure the amount of financial inclusion in India, the Reserve Bank of India produced a composite Financial Inclusion Index (FI-Index).
- For the year ending March 2021, the annual FI-Index is 53.9, compared to 43.4 for the period ending March 2017. The FI-Index will be released annually in July, according to the RBI.
9. The FRUITS site has been launched by KVG Bank.
- In collaboration with the Karnataka government, the Dharwad-based Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) has created the ‘Farmer Registration and Unified Beneficiary Information System’ (FRUITS) online.
- The FRUITS portal is the first of its kind in the country, capturing the land and other information of all of the state’s farmers.
10. The HDFC has launched a ‘Green & Sustainable’ FD.
- To protect the environment from climate change, leading mortgage lender HDFC has announced the launch of ‘Green & Sustainable Deposits.’
- According to HDFC, the fixed deposits would be used to fund green and sustainable housing credit solutions and services.
11. PayNearby has partnered with RBL Bank and Visa to provide payment devices.
- PayNearby announced that it has teamed up with Visa and RBL Bank to launch SoftPoS and mPoS for its 1.5 million retail customers.
- PayNearby claims to be the first firm to launch an all-inclusive digital package for merchants that is form-factor agnostic and offers a wide range of options to end customers with the addition of these options.
Appointments News
12. Sreejesh will be an adventure tourism brand ambassador.
- Minister for Public Works and Tourism P.A. Mohammed Riyas has stated that the vast tourism potential of Kadamakudy will be harnessed, as part of which road connectivity will be upgraded.
- He was addressing following the opening of the Varapuzha-Kadamakudy road, which was resurfaced with BMBC and included a walkway and parking space.
13. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, an Olympic medalist, has been named a brand ambassador for Amway’s Nutrilite line.
- Amway India, a direct selling FMCG company, has named Olympian Saikhom Mirabai Chanu as the brand ambassador for Amway and its Nutrilite line of goods.
- Chanu will be in charge of the company’s campaigns for Nutrilite Daily, Omega, and All Plant Protein, among other product lines.
14. Hakainde Hichilema is the winner of Zambia’s presidential election in 2021.
- The opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development won Zambia’s general presidential election in 2021.
- Hichilema, who is 59 years old, scored a resounding victory with 59.38 percent of the vote.
15. Muhyiddin Yassin, Malaysia’s Prime Minister, has resigned.
- After losing a confidence vote in parliament, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and his government resigned.
- Muhyiddin, who is 74 years old, took control in March 2020.
Books & Authors News
16. Bimal Prasad and Sujata Prasad’s biography of Jayaprakash Narayan will be released on August 23.
- On August 23, 2021, historian Bimal Prasad and novelist Sujata Prasad will issue a new book titled “The Dream of Revolution: A Biography of Jayaprakash Narayan.”
- Penguin Random House India will be the publisher of the new book.
17. Manreet Sodhi Someshwar’s book “Lahore: Book 1 of the Partition Trilogy”
- The. Manreet Sodhi Someshwar recently published a new book named “Lahore: Book 1 of the Partition Trilogy.”
- HarperCollins India will be the publisher of this book.
Obituary News
18. Maki Kaji, known as the “Godfather of Sudoku,” has died.
- Maki Kaji, the Godfather of Sudoku, died of bile duct cancer at the age of 69.
- Nikoli Co. Ltd.’s president was Maki Kaji. It’s a company based in Japan that makes puzzles. He was dubbed “the Father of Sudoku” since he was instrumental in popularising this number game.
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