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One Liners Current Affairs- August 15, 2021
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- A 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti kills 304 people.
- US Vice President Joe Biden orders an increase in military deployment to Afghanistan.
- A 31-year-old Russian citizen was detained in Mathura for allegedly unlawfully residing in India since April 2020.
- Despite getting Rs 180 crore from the government, the administrators at the national capital’s zoo have spent just Rs 66.29 lakh on animal care, according to an RTI response.
- In his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praises Olympians.
- With hospitals overflowing with Covid patients, Sri Lanka will buy oxygen from India.
- According to BVR Mohan Reddy, a renowned figure in the information technology sector and former chairman of NASSCOM, mega innovation clusters are urgently needed.
- While Moharram processions are prohibited in Uttar Pradesh, ‘Tazia’ and ‘Majlis’ are permitted within houses.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi unfurled the Tricolour at Delhi’s iconic Red Fort on Sunday to commemorate the nation’s 75th anniversary of independence.
- Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya raised the national flag at Gurugram’s Tau Devi Lal stadium.
- According to PM Modi, the doors of Sainik schools would be opened to females as well.
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- Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani had cause to be concerned as Taliban troops closed in on Kabul.
- To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the country’s independence, the Indian Coast Guard raised the national flag on 100 chosen islands, both inhabited and deserted, off the coast of India.
- The All India Football Federation (AIFF) will hold FIFA referee and assistant referee training.
- The Taliban will proclaim Afghanistan a ‘Islamic Emirate.’
- The All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in Delhi is the first hospital in India to have a fire station on its grounds.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi unfurled the tricolour before addressing the country on the 75th anniversary of India’s independence on Sunday.
- In August, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) had invested Rs 2,085 crore in Indian stocks.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the government would shortly unveil the ‘PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan,’ which will cost Rs 100 lakh crore.
- Telangana is the perfect state for the whole nation, according to Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.
- K.T. Rama Rao, Telangana’s minister of industry and information technology, has launched an online exhibition of inventors.
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- Malala Yousafzai, an activist and Nobel winner, is passionately concerned about women and minorities in Afghanistan.
- Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao said that the ‘Dalit Bandhu’ programme would shed fresh light on the financial empowerment of Dalits.
- Beginning Monday, the newly appointed ministers of the Union Cabinet will seek the blessings of the people during the ‘Jan Ashirvad Yatra.’
- Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation, says that President Ashraf Ghani has left the country, most likely for Tajikistan.
- Sri Lanka implements a nighttime curfew in response to an increase in Covid fatalities.
- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy said that the state is progressing in all areas.
- Nigeria discovers polio resurgence
- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has urged the United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) and other militants to refrain from using violence.
- Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said that rail, road, and canal connections are being built with Bangladesh in order to improve the Northeastern state’s economy.
- The Taliban claim to have seized control of Kabul’s presidential palace.
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- On Sunday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called for a quick election on September 20.
- On the occasion of the Parsi New Year Navroz, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu addressed the people on Sunday.
- The CBI has announced a Rs 5 lakh reward in the killing of Additional District Judge (ADJ) Uttam Anand.
- Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party President N. Chandrababu Naidu encourages Andhra people to take inspiration from independence warriors.
- Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga said that a project with the World Bank to enhance health care is in the works.
- Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh bestows state honours on 45 individuals.
- On Independence Day, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh announces projects worth Rs 1,200 crore.
- Dr. Virendra Kumar, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, launched ‘Operation Blue Freedom,’ an expedition of persons with disabilities to Siachen Glacier.
- The Andhra Pradesh government prolonged the night curfew till August 21.
- Tamil Nadu forms a team headed by the Chief Secretary to look into agricultural concerns.
- $88 billion spent on Afghan troops who surrendered to the Taliban without a fight.
- ‘Damn the wealthy guy and his gang,’ declares Defence Minister Bismillah Mohammadi, accusing President Ashraf Ghani of betraying his country.
- Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio said that his administration is still working on resolving the Naga political problem, which is as ancient as the country itself.
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- Ashraf Ghani, together with National Security Adviser Hamdullah Muhib and the head of President Fazel Mahmood Fazli’s administrative office, departed Afghanistan for Tajikistan.
- Drummer Travis Barker reached a watershed moment when he boarded an aeroplane for the first time in almost 13 years.
- Google’s Nest Hub smart speaker will alert consumers about air pollution and smoking.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced the establishment of a National Hydrogen Mission.
- Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said that attempting to be adventurous would give Pakistan a lesson of a lifetime.
- Zambian President Edgar Lungu calls elections unconstitutional.
- 22 individuals were murdered in an armed assault in Nigeria.
- South Africa develops the first Covid test kit
- On National Mourning Day, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pays tribute.
- Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet and Google, praised Kolkata-born artist Sayan Mukherjee for a lovely Doodle depicting many kinds of traditional dance performances.
- Siva Industries’ ‘Business Restructuring Plan’ is rejected by the NCLT in Chennai.
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- Jagjit Kaur, widow of late music composer Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, dies at the age of 93.
- Protests in the United States to commemorate Pakistan’s I-Day as a ‘Black Day’
- Centenary pillar and postage stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Lucknow Zoo, also known as the Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Zoological Garden
- Indian Army Vice Chief Lieutenant General C.P. Mohanty visits the United States to strengthen military ties.
- Zee Marathi television station celebrates 22 years and announces new programmes
- A gasoline tanker explosion in Lebanon kills 20 people.
- Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is facing increasing calls to step down.
- Chief Justice N.V. Ramana said that the sorry state of things is due to a lack of meaningful discussion in Parliament, which leads to litigation.
- After a decade of waiting, non-Brahmin priests are appointed to Tamil Nadu temples.
- Amitabh Kant, CEO of NITI Aayog, said that urban India need planning to minimise the coming water problem.
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- Officers from the Rampur police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur district stand in knee-deep water to raise the national flag.
- The Finns Party, Finland’s opposition party, has chosen Riikka Purra, a 44-year-old MP, as its new chairwoman, giving her the country’s first female leader.
- Dozens of passengers were wounded in a tour bus accident in New York State.
- On I-day, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal introduces the ‘Deshbhakti Curriculum’ for government schools.
- Beginning August 20, only vaccinated citizens, residents, and visitors will be allowed into public areas in Abu Dhabi.
- The first look at Pawan Kalyan and Rana Daggubati’s next flick ‘Bheemla Nayak.’
- The third phase of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s ‘Mission Shakti,’ to be launched on August 21, will concentrate on the protection of women in rural regions.
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