One Liners Current Affairs- August 13, 2021

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One Liners Current Affairs- August 13, 2021

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One Liners Current Affairs

  • In all elections, Odisha’s governing Biju Janata Dal (BJD) would run 27 percent OBC candidates.
  • The Delhi government establishes committees to assist authorities in assisting the particularly abled.
  • A climate change initiative of Rs 500 crore will be started in Tamil Nadu.
  • Bharti Airtel and Jio have reached a deal to trade spectrum.
  • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) fined Greater Bombay Co-operative Bank Ltd and Jalna People’s Co-operative Bank Ltd for noncompliance with regulations.
  • A-Zal, an Indian American singer, composes the film music for Alicia Keys.
  • The Assam government, headed by the BJP, approved the much-debated ‘Assam Cattle Preservation Bill, 2021.’
  • The renowned Hyderabad Sailing Week 2021 and the Laser National Championship kicked off at Hussain Sagar Lake in Hyderabad’s centre.
  • Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav convenes an informal discussion on stubble-burning.

One Liners Current Affairs

  • Trisha Kar Madhu, a popular Bhojpuri actress, ridiculed when a private video was released (
  • The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the BJP’s youth wing, will stage a ‘Yuva Sankalp Yatra’ to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Independence Day.
  • Inmates in Tamil Nadu prisons may now see their family and friends.
  • The Centre distributed the second instalment of 35% of the Emergency Covid Response Plan II funding to all states in order to successfully fight the epidemic.
  • A delegation from the NITI Aayog met with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and presented him with the SDG India Index 2020-21 report.
  • The Tamil Nadu government is developing rules for fulfilling the promise of Rs 1,000 in monthly cash support to female heads of families.
  • Commercial Street, Bengaluru’s main retail street, will be transformed into a model road.
  • Congress Telangana unit President A. Revanth Reddy appeared before the ACB court on Friday in a cash-for-vote scandal.

One Liners Current Affairs

  • The Supreme Court has granted permission for the sale of 9,600 unclaimed apartments in Amrapali developments.
  • India, Brazil, and South Africa meet to explore strategies to revitalise the tourist sector.
  • The Taliban wants unmarried women to be ‘wife’ for its soldiers.
  • The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has started a marketing campaign called ‘SonChiraiya’ to promote the goods of urban self-help organisations (SHGs).
  • Tata Motors will establish a car scrapping plant in Ahmedabad.
  • As the situation in Afghanistan worsens, Al Qaeda “will very certainly return,” according to UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace.
  • Prime Minister Modi has said that India would offer people with world standards of safety and quality.
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) will investigate three antimalarial and anti-inflammatory medicines as possible therapies for Covid patients.
  • Suneetha Reddy, the daughter of Andhra Pradesh politician Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy and Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s cousin, has requested police protection for the family, claiming that their lives are in danger.
  • Ismail Khan, the governor of Herat, has surrendered to the Taliban as the city falls.

One Liners Current Affairs

  • Assam Rifles thwarts outlawed National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) assault on Nagaland villages
  • Phase 2/3 studies for Bharat Biotech’s intranasal vaccine have been approved.
  • The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved Zomato’s 9.3 percent interest in e-grocer Grofers.
  • Kalki Subramaniam, a well-known transgender artist, activist, actor, and novelist, believes that India would thrive if all genders are given equal chances.
  • The I&B Ministry intends to commemorate ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ in the spirit of “Janbhagidari and Jan Andolan.”
  • Accept, listen to, and comprehend different points of view in order to create a great country, according to Sachin Pilot, former deputy CM and ex-PCC head of Rajasthan.
  • At the age of 26, Sachin Pilot became the youngest Member of Parliament in 2004.
  • Dolphins, like humans, expend less calories as they age.
  • Indian Immunologicals Ltd (IIL), a subsidiary of the National Dairy Development Board and a renowned vaccine producer, provides Bharat Biotech with the first batch of Covaxin medicinal material.
  • In the midst of a political tempest, Twitter India MD Manish Maheshwari relocates to the United States in a new position.
  • South Indian film star and Makkal Needhi Maiam President Kamal Haasan has demanded that gramme sabha meetings be conducted on August 15.

One Liners Current Affairs

  • Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan said that the state government would form an advisory committee to develop the Federal Fiscal Model.
  • Tinder, the dating app, has opened a ‘Safety Centre’ in India.
  • The United States and China seek common ground in discussions ahead of the anticipated Biden-Xi meeting.
  • Microsoft updates the Mail and Calendar applications for Windows Insiders.
  • R.B. Sreekumar, ex-DGP of Gujarat, and three others are granted anticipatory bail in the ISRO espionage case.
  • According to NASA, the Solar Orbiter Heliospheric Imager (SoloHI) telescope acquired a dazzling image of Venus during its latest pass.
  • GMR Infrastructure Ltd (GIL) gets KSEZ divestiture ‘First Tranche Consideration’
  • The Tamil Nadu government will integrate and mine data to assess people’ economic well-being.
  • The 12-hour-long ‘Greatest Finale Ever’ edition of Indian Idol 12 will include some special visitors to commemorate Independence Day, with over 40 performers and 200 songs.
  • The largest group of disabled persons to reach the world’s highest battleground, Siachen
  • Arunachal would be the second state in Northeast India to have a toy train service, after Tinsukia in eastern Assam.
  • South Korea intends to spend $160 billion on sensor development.

One Liners Current Affairs

  • Under the Covax programme, Nepal will purchase 4 million Moderna vax by 2022.
  • To commemorate India’s 75th anniversary of independence, 100 kids sing the national song in full-throated voice in the Himalayas.
  • The 75th anniversary of India’s independence, known as the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.’
  • According to Crisil Research, the Reserve Bank of India is anticipated to increase key rates by 25 basis points at the end of fiscal year 22.
  • The Tamil Nadu government intends to build new industrial parks, a FinTech City, and a life sciences policy.
  • Organ donation has decreased substantially as a result of Covid: Experts
  • Former MP and Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Anil Shukla Warsi has declared plans to construct a magnificent temple of Lord Parshuram in Kanpur Dehat district.
  • According to Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, Theresa Tam, the nation is experiencing a fourth wave of the Covid-19 epidemic as strains of the virus continue to spread.

One Liners Current Affairs

  • The Tamil Nadu government’s budget is expected to move toward targeted subsidies.
  • Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Lofven stated that pandemic laws would be extended until 2022.
  • Next year, Delhi will deploy a cloud-based Health Information Management System.
  • Processions are prohibited in Karnataka during the Muharram and Ganesha festivals.
  • The Indian Air Force commander, Air Chief Marshal R.K.S Bhadauria, said that capacity must be built to enhance operability under difficult circumstances.
  • Daoud Laghmani, Governor of Ghazni, has been imprisoned for turning over the province to the Taliban.
  • The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a Covid booster dosage for those who have a weakened immune system.
  • Net migration in New Zealand has been at its lowest level since 2013.
  • In Sri Lanka, 7 people have died and nearly 17,000 have been afflicted with dengue.
  • Himachal will protect the Pahari cow.

One Liners Current Affairs

  • In Greece, 18 people are saved when a tourist boat capsizes.
  • Sudan and the International Criminal Court (ICC) reach an agreement to bring justice to Darfur.
  • US President Joe Biden’s administration is expanding vaccination requirements for Health and Human Services (HHS) employees.
  • Ex-BSP MLA Puja Pal receives a clean chit from the CBI in a murder case
  • Participants of Google Meet may now add up to 25 co-hosts each meeting, restrict who can see their screen, send chat messages, mute all users, and terminate meetings.
  • Google has removed SafeGraph, a location data platform that reportedly sells location data to Android smartphone users for Covid mapping and other reasons, from the Play Store.
  • Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan has landed in Andhra Pradesh’s East Godavari region to begin filming for his next film ‘Laal Singh Chaddha.’
  • M.K. Stalin, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, will open two parks for the disabled in Chennai.
  • The Philippines has extended its travel restriction on India and nine other countries through August 31, as instances of the Covid-19 Delta variant have continued to rise.
  • Israel opens a liaison office in Rabat, Morocco’s capital.
  • According to the most recent census, the US population is becoming increasingly ethnically diverse.
  • The Tamil Nadu Information Technology Department plans to start the BharatNet initiative in 12,534 rural panchayats in the near future.
  • Eleven Karni Sena members have been arrested for threatening Muslim mehendi artisans.

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