23 august 2018

CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. Wrestler Divya Kakran has won bronze medal in 68kg category in 2018 Asian Games.

2. Rahi Sarnobat has won the gold medal in the 25m pistol event at the 2018 Asian Games.

3. India men's Sepak takraw team has won the bronze medal in 2018 Asian games.

4. Chattisgarh Government has decided to re-name state's new capital Naya Raipur as "Atal Nagar" in memory of late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

5. New Zealand Allrounder Grant Elliott has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.

 6. Former Union minister of state for Home Affairs Gurudas Kamat has passed away recently. He was 63.

7. President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed seven new Governers for seven states.

Satya pal Malik - Jammu and Kasmir

Lalji Tandon - Bihar

Kaptan Singh Solanki - Tripura

Satyadev Narayan Arya - Haryana

Tathagata Roy - Meghalaya

Ganga prasad - Sikkim

Baby Rani Maurya - Uttrakhand

8. Uttar Pradesh Government has decided to name the Bundelkhand Expressway as 'Atal Path'.

9. According to Global Financial Services firm DBS, India's Gross Domestic Product Growth Rate is expected to 7.4% in the Financial year 2018-19.

10. Prasant Agarwal has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Namibia.

11. World Mosquito Day observed every year on August 20 to raise awareness about the causes of malaria.

12. Five Northern states Haryana, Himanchal pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, and Union territories of Delhi and Chandigarh have decided to set up centralised secretariat at Panchkula (Haryana) to tackle the drug menace. 

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