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1) Supreme Court announced that NOTA option not applicable for - Rajya Sabha Elections
2) September 2018 will be observed as - National Nutrition Month
3) IIT Kharagpur to set up - Re-Water Research Center
4) Health Ministry notifies new sets of specified health warnings for all - Tobacco Product Packs
5) 5 northern states and 2 UTs to set up centralised secretariat at Panchkula to tackle - Drug menace
8) First Indian woman to win gold medal at 2018 Asian Games - Vinesh Phogat
9) The country that has invited Taliban for talks on 4th September - Russia
10) Pakistan Foreign Minister Qureshi offered uninterrupted dialogue with – India
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13) With Rs 700 crore, UAE tops list of nations offering aid to rain-battered – Kerala
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CM Pinarayi Vijayan
Governor P. Sadasivam
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Important Weekly Current Affairs Revision Tit-Bits (22nd to 31st August 2018)
14) Chairmen of Canara Bank, Bank of India get extension name of them are - T.N. Manoharan and G.
Padmanabhan respectively
15) INS Khanjar a Missile Corvette of Indian Navy was on a three-day visit to Yangon, Myanmar to
17) India and Japan agree to expand maritime co-operation to ensure peace & stability in- Indo-Pacific
region
18) Appointments of new Governors:
State Name
23) First-ever IAF-RMAF joint air exercise Elang Shakti begins in – Malaysia
24) Iran has unveiled first domestically manufactured fighter jet nicknamed Kowsar.
25) Greece emerged from the eurozone bailout programme after eight years, successfully completing its
third bailout programme worth - €61.9 billion
26) Punjab Government to make sacrilege of religious text punishable with life imprisonment
27) The state government of Chhattisgarh has decided to rename the state’s new capital city - Naya
Raipur as Atal Nagar
28) NGT directed UP government to submit an action plan on - e-waste management
32) Prime Minister Narendra Modi to launch India Post Payments Bank on - September 1
33) Govt Plans to Transfer Air India's Non-Core Assets to - Special Purpose Vehicle
43) Centre wants Supreme Court to get tough with - FB, YouTube
44) FSSAI notifies food safety standards for honey and its products to - Curb Adulteration
45) UGC directs universities and higher education institutions to ban sale of - Junk food on their
campuses
46) In CERT-In report 35% of cyber-attacks on Indian sites from – China
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PM Angela Merkel
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CM Amarinder Singh
49) Raveena Tandon appointed as brand ambassador of - Sanjay Gandhi National Park
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CM Devendra Fadnavis
50) India’s largest Startup incubation and acceleration- Bhamashah Techno Hub – was inaugurated in –
Jaipur
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CM Vasundra Raje
52) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank offers overdraft for - Micro, Small firms
53) Cricketer Jhulan Goswami retires from - Twenty20 Internationals
58) IIT-Hyderabad launches First of its kind in India, Fabless Chip Design Incubator (FabCI)
59) Indian-American scientist Chander Mohan has found simple way to predict - Inflammatory Bowel
Disease (IBD)
60) European Union announced Euro 190,000 to flood hit – Kerala
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CM Pinarayi Vijayan
Governor P. Sadasivam
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CM Naveen Patnaik
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78) Indian rower who bags Bronze medal 2018 Asian Games is - Dushyant
79) Veteran Marathi actor Vijay Chavan dies in Mumbai
80) Women's Equality Day is celebrated in the United States on - August 26
81) Rakhi Purnima is celebrated on - The full-moon day of the month of Sravana which falls in the month
of August.
82) India’s first biofuel flight to fly from - Dehradun to Delhi
83) Home Ministry revokes security clearance to Qatar-based English news channel - Al Jazeera
84) TRIBES India Outlets to open at - Ahmedabad, Udaipur and Kolkata airports
85) Indian Airforce has formally launched - The Stores, Proactive, Efficient and Expeditious Despatch of
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87) India’s first interstate connected wind power project commissioned in – Bhuj
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CM Vijay Rupani
Governor OP Kholi
88) The 2018 Krishi Kumbh International Conference and Exhibition will be held at Indian Institute of
Sugarcane Research (Telibagh) in – Lucknow
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CM Yogi Adithiyanath
89) State government that has seeks revival of Cheetah Reintroduction Project is - Madhya Pradesh.
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90) BNHS to open its first regional centre near - Chilika Lake
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CM Naveen Patnaik
91) New Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman, DRDO is - Dr G. Satheesh Reddy
92) G20 Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting held in - Salta, Argentina
93) Youths’ conclave “ATAL – Arunachal Transformation & Aspirational Leadership” in - Itanagar on 22nd
September 2018
94) NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft catches its first glimpse of its target - Bennu asteroid
95) European Space Agency launches world’s first wind-sensing satellite – Aeolus.
96) DAC approves procurement of 111 utility helicopters for - Indian Navy
97) Shot-putter who wins India’s first Gold medal in Athletics at 2018 Asian Games - Tejinder Pal Singh
Toor
98) Myanmar Media Group inks MoU With - Prasar Bharati
99) Eye examination may help doctors to predict - Alzheimers disease
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PM Emmerson Mnangagwa
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Marg. (It is to be noted that the 20-kilometre long stretch worth Rs. 413 crore will be
constructed in collaboration with World Bank).
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CM Raghubar Das
105) Indias Largest Business Incubator Bhamashah Techno Hub Launched In – Jaipur
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CM Vasundra Raje
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113) NASA introduced an app to take space selfies - The Selfies app and Exoplanet Excursions virtual
reality app.
114) Delhi on top in the list of highest polluted cities and lowest level of pollution is in – Bhopal.
115) India's 1st men's 400m silver medal at Asiad in 36 years – Mohamed Anas
116) PM to launch FAME India II on - September 7
119) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister laid foundation stone for Special Investment Region - Denkanikottai and
Shoolagiri taluks of Krishnagiri district.
120) India's tallest Film Studio inaugurated in – Tamilnadu.
121) Global Finance magazine has named world’s best bank for its digital innovation is – DBS.
122) FDI In Country Rises 23% To About 13 Billion Dollars In - 1st Quarter.
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125) Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister launches online portal for Common Carrier Capacity booking on
- GAIL’s pipelines
126) North Korea to host 2019 Asian youth weightlifting championships from - October 27, 2019
127) 1st Ever Title At FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup France 2018 is won by - Japan
128) Noted Malayalam film director who passes away recently is - Haridas
129) Former Indian cricketer who passes away recently is - Gopal Bose.
130) The National Sports Day in India is celebrated on 29 August each year Except 2018.
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135) CBSE to provide digital board exam documents to - flood-hit Kerala students
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CM Pinarayi Vijayan
Governor P. Sadasivam
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137) Government inks $300 million agreement with World Bank to - Energy Efficiency Program
138) Government inks $250 million loan with World Bank for Electricity Distribution in - Rajasthan
143) AESF-IV: 4th Asian electoral stakeholders forum held in - Colombo, Sri Lanka
144) Piyush Goyal inaugurates Smart Railway Conclave organised by - FICCI, in New Delhi
145) Tez rebranded as Google Pay to offer - Instant Bank Loans
146) ISRO unveils Gaganyaan Mission to put Indians in - Space before 2022
147) Dr. Ravinder Kumar Singhal the immensely difficult - “Ironman triathlon”