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Current Affairs 22 & 23 August 2021

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National

India’s highest herbal park inaugurated in Uttarakhand

India’s highest altitude herbal park has been inaugurated on Saturday at Mana village in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand.
The herbal park is situated at a height of 11,000 feet was and is close to the Indo-China border. Mana is the last Indian village in Chamoli bordering China and is adjacent to Badrinath temple.

India’s largest Floating Solar PV Project commissioned in Andhra Pradesh by NTPC

NTPC has commissioned the largest floating solar PV project in India of 25MW power on the reservoir of its Simhadri thermal station in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
This is also the first solar project to be set up under the Flexibilisation Scheme. This scheme was notified by the Government of India in 2018.
NTPC is also planning to set up a hydrogen-based micro-grid system on a pilot basis at Simhadri.

Delhi-Chandigarh Highway becomes India’s first e-vehicle friendly highway

The Delhi-Chandigarh Highway has become the first e-vehicle friendly highway in India.
The Union Heavy Industries Minister Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey inaugurated India’s first Solar Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Station at the Karnal Lake Resort on August 19, 2021.
The newly launched EV charging station at the Karnal lake resort is strategically located at the midpoint of the Delhi-Chandigarh highway.
Besides, all other charging stations on this highway will also be upgraded into EV friendly stations within a year.
These network of Solar-based Electric Vehicle Charging stations (SEVCs) is set up by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) under the FAME-1 [Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid) & Electric Vehicles in India] scheme of the Ministry of Heavy Industries.

Hisar Airport in Haryana renamed as Maharaja Agrasen International Airport

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has announced to rename the Hisar Airport as Maharaja Agrasen International Airport.
The Hisar Airport is a domestic airport and the first DGCA licensed Public Aerodrome of the State.
This airport is presently under upgradation to be transformed as an international airport by 30 March 2024.

International

World Bank Unveils New Cybersecurity Multi-Donor Trust Fund

The World Bank has launched a new ‘Cybersecurity Multi-Donor Trust Fund’, to better roll-out cybersecurity development agenda in a systematic manner..
The new fund has been developed as an associated trust fund under the broader Digital Development Partnership (DDP) umbrella program.
World Bank has partnered with four countries, namely Estonia, Japan, Germany, and the Netherlands, to launch the fund.
The main aim of this new fund is enhance cyber and digital security capability and capacity in World Bank member countries, with development of global knowledge, country assessments, technical assistance, capacity building and training, along with necessary investments in infrastructure and technology.

Appointment

CVC re-appoints T M Bhasin as Chairman of Advisory Board for Banking Frauds

The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has announced the re-appointment of T M Bhasin as chairman of the Advisory Board for Banking and Financial Frauds (ABBFF).
The panel was constituted to examine bank frauds of over Rs 50 crore and recommend action.
The former vigilance commissioner, CVC, Mr. Bhasin will now continue to head the board for a further period of two years, with effect from August 21, 2021.

Other members of four-member reconstitured ABBFF are:

Madhusudan Prasad – former secretary of Ministry of Urban Development;
D K Pathak – former director-general of BSF;
David Rasquinha – former managing director of EXIM Bank

Ismail Sabri Yaakob appointed as new Prime Minister of Malaysia

Ismail Sabri Yaakob has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Malaysia. Before this, he was the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia.
He will succeed Muhyiddin Yassin as the PM, who resigned from the post after losing majority support in the lower house of parliament.
The appointment of Yaakob was done by Malaysia’s King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah.

Business

BPCL launches AI-enabled chatbot ‘URJA’

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) launched (after pilot test) an AI-enabled chatbot, named Urja to provide its customers a platform for seamless self-service experience and faster resolution of queries/issues.
URJA is the first such chatbot in the oil and gas industry in India.
URJA has been launched under the Project Anubhav of BPCL and it currently supports 13 languages.

Days

World Sanskrit Day 2021: 22 August

The World Sanskrit Day, (also known as Sanskrit Diwas), is celebrated every year on Shraavanapoornima, that is the Poornima day of the Shraavana month in the Hindu calendar, which is also marked as Raksha Bandhan.
In 2021, this day is being observed on August 22, 2021.
The day commemorates the ancient Indian language of Sanskrit and aims to promote its revival and maintenance.
The Government of India decided to celebrate World Sanskrit Day in 1969, on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan that falls on the full moon day of the Hindu month of Shravana.

The International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief is observed on August 22 every year since 2019.
The day aims to remember the victims and survivors of evil acts on the basis of or in the name of religion or belief.
It spreads awareness that international communities must work together to achieve justice for the survivors of past abuses by holding perpetrators accountable, and demonstrating to governments that action must be taken to ‘never again’ tolerate genocide or other atrocities.
The day was adopted at the 73rd UN General Assembly on 28 May 2019 as proposed by Poland.

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition : 23 August

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is a UNESCO designated day held every year on August 23 to memorialize the transatlantic slave trade.
It was on the night of 22 and 23 August 1791, in Santo Domingo (today Haiti and the Dominican Republic) that saw the beginning of the uprising that would play a crucial role in the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.
It is a day to honour the memory of the men and women who, in Saint-Domingue in 1791, revolted and paved the way for the end of slavery and dehumanization.

Obituary

Former UP CM Kalyan Singh passes away

Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Kalyan Singh passed away at the age of 89 years due to multiple organ failure.
He had served as the CM of Uttar Pradesh twice and was the CM of UP during the demolition of the Babri Masjid.
He had also served as the governor of Rajasthan.

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