Current Affairs for various competitive examinations
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These are written mainly for aspirants of Banking, SSC, IBPS, or competitive exams like UPSC, APPSC, TSPSC, TNPSC, IAS, RRB State Level Public Service Commission, and other exams.  Current Affairs bits help in the last minute preparation for various exams.  Current Affairs One-Liners help a lot.  Watch below some of Current Affairs- One-Liners
2-A South Korean court has sentenced former President Park Geun-Hye to 25 years in prison, an increase of one year, in a massive corruption case.
3-US State Secretary Mike Pompeo has named Stephen Biegun to be the new special envoy for North Korea.
4-Former treasurer Scott Morrison is set to replace Malcolm Turnbull as Australia’s sixth Prime Minister in just over 10 years.
5-Actress Parineeti Chopra has been roped in as the face of contemporary ethnic fashion brand Rangriti by Biba Apparels Pvt Ltd.
6- Shooter Heena Sidhu took bronze in the women’s 10m Air Pistol event at the 18th Asian Games in Palembang (Indonesia).
7-Indian tennis stars Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan won gold in the men’s doubles category at the 2018 Asian Games at Palembang (Indonesia).
8-The Jharkhand High Court has rejected the provisional bail of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad, asking him to surrender by August 30.
9-The Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF) has announced a special lottery to raise additional relief funds for the flood-ravaged state, Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Issac said.
10-KIMS Hospitals launched its 7th facility, KIMS ICON Hospital, in Visakhapatnam.
11-The Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed charge sheet against former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi, son Tejashwi Yadav and others in a money laundering case related to the 2006 IRCTC hotels maintenance contract.
12-The Telangana government announced that priests at Hindu temples in the state will get salaries at par with government staff.
13-AIFF– All India Football Federation
14-Japan’s Rikako Ikee won her sixth swimming gold at the Asian Games winning the women’s 50-meter freestyle.
15-The Enforcement Directorate (ED) in New Delhi has questioned former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in the Rs 3,200 crore Aircel-Maxis deal case.
16-Delhi Police voluntarily contributed Rs 1 crore to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund for the flood victims in Kerala.
17-Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the Fourth Summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (Bimstec) regional bloc to be held in Kathmandu on August 30 and 31.
18-Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has appointed the former India international Lalchand Rajput as the head coach of the national team.
19-India and Singapore signed the Second Protocol amending the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA).
20- The Jharkhand cabinet gave its approval to name roads and airport medical college in memory of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and start three awards in his name.