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One Liners Current Affairs- August 17, 2021
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- On Monday, one individual was detained in Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam district for illegally possessing two ancient ‘panchaloha’ (made of five metals) idols and a quantity of explosives.
- Inmates at the UP prison may now meet visitors via the Covid protocol.
- India evacuates diplomats and people from Afghanistan in safety.
- India launches a new kind of electronic visa to expedite Afghan applications.
- Mukhtar Ansari, a jailed Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA, says he faces a danger to his life in prison.
- Officials at the United States Federal Reserve believe that asset purchases will be phased down by 2022.
- According to a G20 study, 77 percent of Indians believe the world is approaching a tipping point.
- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Qureshi to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.
- Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said that his nation would recognise the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan if it is “a government of the people.”
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- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy handed out Jagananna Vidya Kanuka kits to kids for the second year in a row when schools reopened, as well as dedicating the first phase of Mana Badi Nadu – Nedu works to children.
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke by phone with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the present situation in Afghanistan.
- K’taka will start a campaign to screen Covid patients for tuberculosis (TB) once they have recovered.
- According to India’s Permanent Representative T.S. Tirumurti, the UN Security Council members urge zero tolerance for terrorism and a political solution in Afghanistan.
- Researchers at IIT Guwahati achieve a breakthrough in computer memory architecture.
- Indian scientists devise a method to combat visceral leishmaniasis
- Indian scientists develop a successful defence method against the Tomato Leaf Curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV)
- RoDTEP (Refund of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products)
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- A government school in Adarsh Nagar, Delhi, which Olympic silver medalist wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya attended, will be named after the Haryana native.
- With schools reopening on Monday, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy ordered authorities to make plans to test symptomatic children for Covid.
- On Tuesday, the Telangana government established the Telangana State History Authority (TSHA) to safeguard, preserve, and conserve the state’s heritage.
- According to Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid, the Taliban does not desire internal or foreign opponents.
- The Telangana government deposited Rs 100.70 crore in farmers’ bank accounts as part of the agricultural debt forgiveness programme.
- In a bank fraud investigation, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached the sports school of former Maharashtra MLA Vivekanand Shankar Patil.
- The Chhattisgarh government would pay landless labourers Rs 6000 per year.
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- The Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), a division of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC), warns against fake job postings.
- * The Delhi Government has sought applications for the Delhi Bravery Awards, which honour individuals who have selflessly assisted others or saved a life while putting their own life in danger.
- The CBI has arrested Dibakar Das, the CMD of Rubi Star Marketing, in connection with a chit fund fraud.
- The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan is causing concern among Indian dry fruit merchants.
- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) detained two women from Kannur in Kerala, one of whom went to Tehran to join the Islamic State in Syria.
- According to Union Minister for Coal, Mining, and Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi, India is capable of dealing with cross-border terrorism.
- In a democracy, people must be able to speak out, according to the Supreme Court.
- Carlo Ancelotti, coach of Real Madrid, has ruled out signing Cristiano Ronaldo.
- India will grant an emergency visa to Afghans under a new category called “e-Emergency X-Misc Visa,” to which any Afghan citizens would be able to apply.
- In Chennai, the first ‘Made in India’ 3-D printed heart valve was created.
- The Rajasthan High Court has refused police protection to a married lady who is in a live-in relationship with another man.
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- China is the first country to express optimism that the Taliban would respect peace.
- Afghan instability may cost India’s medical tourism industry Rs 2 billion.
- According to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, the Centre has given about Rs 1,353 crore to northeast states under the emergency Covid response package-II.
- Amrullah Saleh appears to proclaim himself the ‘legitimate caretaker President’ of Afghanistan.
- Bharat Dynamics Ltd (BDL) and MBDA will collaborate to build a missile factory in India.
- Sukhbir Singh Badal, President of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), will go on a 100-day yatra throughout Punjab.
- Actress Aakanksha Singh will make her digital debut in the Telugu online series ‘Gharshana.’
- Global suicide fatalities have increased by 20,000 in the past 30 years, according to a study of international statistics.
- YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) leader Y. S. Sharmila is fasting to raise awareness about unemployment in Telangana’s Mahabubabd district.
- Vasireddy Padma, Chairperson of the Andhra Pradesh Women’s Commission and a YSRCP politician, said that the YSR Congress Party administration has established specific sections in each district to combat human trafficking of women.
- Google has launched new Fitbit smartwatch designer collections.
- British Airways expands air services between India and the United Kingdom.
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- Indiabulls Real Estate and Embassy Group seek merger approval from the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).
- According to BJP head J.P. Nadda, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is on political vacation in Kerala.
- The government of Karnataka will test 1.5 million youngsters ahead of the third wave.
- Fearing Covid, a Black Fungus couple named as Ramesh (40) and Guna R. Suvarna (35), both inhabitants of Mangaluru’s Baikampady. In K’taka, a man commits suicide.
- The most popular Applause Entertainment will convert Amar Chitra Katha’s 400 comic books based on Indian history, literature, and mythology into animated entertainment.
- Google India’s 5th Accelerator programme will foster 16 companies.
- The number of non-government subscribers to India’s National Pension System (NPS) has surpassed 30 lakh.
- Two Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) parks gain traction in the Gautam Buddha Nagar district’s New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (Noida) region.
- Pakistan accepts the Taliban’s position on the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) problem.
- Serum Institute of India, the world’s biggest vaccine manufacturer, buys a 50% interest in the SCHOTT Kaisha JV for pharma packaging.
- Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha guarantees the safe return of two Kashmiri academics who have been trapped in Kabul.
- In Lahore, Pakistan, the statue of 19th century Sikh monarch Maharaja Ranjit Singh has been vandalised for the third time.
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- To measure the degree of financial inclusion in India, a composite ‘Financial Inclusion Index’ (FI- Index) has been developed.
- On September 13, the Election Commission of India will hold a byelection for one of the three empty Rajya Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu.
- Runner-up on ‘Indian Idol 12’ Arunita cherishes her interactions with AR Rahman, KJo, and Bappi Lahiri. Lebanese President Michel Aoun has said that he would not step down.
- ISRO will conduct a static test of a solid-fuel engine for a tiny rocket shortly.
- The Namaste Thailand Film Festival will become digital in 2021.
- Amid misgivings, a pragmatic Russia and Iran are willing to negotiate with the Taliban.
- The instant messaging provider WhatsApp has launched the ‘Payments Backgrounds’ function.
- Facebook prohibits Taliban-related material.
- Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has reorganised his government, naming seven new Ministers.
- Purvanchal is developing as a sugarcane farming centre.
- The Israeli government has removed the travel restriction imposed on eight nations.
- For the first time in India, researchers create a pollen calendar for Chandigarh.
- Jeff Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin, sues NASA over the awarding of the Moon landing contract to Musk.
- Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K.S. Alagiri says the Cong would maintain its alliance with the DMK in the TN local body elections.
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- K’taka will establish district-level expert committees to address Covid 3rd wave concerns.
- 11,350 Yemeni children have been unvaccinated for three years in a beleaguered Yemeni region.
- Telangana Cabinet Minister K.T. Rama Rao encouraged people on Tuesday to apply for the Rs 15 lakh prize money offered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- Tinder, the dating app, will make optional ID verification accessible worldwide.
- Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that the government would begin vaccinating children above the age of 12 years.
- In the Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, an Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) commando centre would be established in Deoband.
- The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) simplifies the process of de-notifying inland container depots (ICDs) and container freight stations (CFSs)
- Dr. S. Ramadoss, the founder leader of the PMK, wants the Tamil Nadu government to recognise all independence fighters from the state.
- Japan will extend the state of emergency to seven additional prefectures.
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- The largest wildfire in Spain in 2021 is still burning.
- The Supreme Court sends a notice to the Centre in response to PILs demanding an investigation into the Pegasus scandal.
- An Indian Air Force aircraft evacuates more than 150 Indians from Kabul.
- In June of this year, Italy’s national debt reached a new high of 2.69 trillion euros ($3 trillion).
- Tamil actor and video jockey Anandha Kannan, renowned for presenting popular programmes, died on Monday in Chennai. He was 48 years old.
- The Taliban encourages Afghan government workers to return to work.
- Following Firozabad, the Aligarh zila panchayat has now approved a resolution to rename Aligarh Harigarh.
- Bangladesh rejects the United States’ proposal to house Afghans.
- Samsung has partnered with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to train 50K youngsters in the electronics industry.
- According to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, no temple priest would be dismissed from duty in order to install a new individual.
- Australia’s central bank is bracing for the economic repercussions from Covid.
- A day after Mahila Congress head Sushmita Dev left the party to join the Trinamool Congress, interim party chairwoman Sonia Gandhi named Netta D’Souza as acting president of the party’s women’s wing.
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