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Current Affairs | Daily One Liner : August 24 - 26
#Fact 1: Which Veteran Indian woman cricketer has recently announced her retirement from International T20 cricket?
Ans: Jhulan Nishit Goswami, a well-renowned pacer recently announced her retirement from professional Internation T20 cricket. Jhulan will be playing only One Day International (ODIs) (as India don’t play Test cricket), in which she is known to be the world’s highest wicket-taker with 200 scalps from 169 games. She belongs to a nondescript town of Chakdah in West Bengal’s Nadia district.
#Fact 2: A Simple way to predict Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) has been discovered by which Scientist?
Ans: Chander Mohan, Professor at the University of Houston
Ans: Chander Mohan, Professor at the University of Houston
#Fact 3: Autobiography of renowned journalist Kuldip Nayar(95), A veteran Journalist, author and a Human rights Activist?
Ans: Beyond The Lines
#Fact 4: Which country is hosting the 9th edition of Mountain Echoes Literature Festival 2018?
Ans: Bhutan
Ans: Bhutan
#Fact 5: Who won the men's double trap shooting event at the 2018 Asian Games?
Ans: Indian Shooter Shardul Vihan, From Uttar Pradesh
Ans: Indian Shooter Shardul Vihan, From Uttar Pradesh
#Fact 6: In Which City the 4th summit of Heads of State/Government of BIMSTEC 2018 is being held?
Ans: Kathmandu, More Info
#Fact 7: Which country has developed its first state-of-the-art domestic fighter jet “Kowsar” a fourth-generation fighter?
Ans: Iran, More Info
#Fact 8: Who has been selected for the prestigious J C Bose Fellowship-2018?
Ans: Appa Rao Podilew, Prof Appa Rao Podile is the Vice Chancellor of the University of Hyderabad (UoH) and has been selected by the Government of India (GoI) for the J C Bose Fellowship-2018 of Department of Science and Technology (DoST).
#Fact 9: “Fabless Chip Design Incubator (FabCI)” an exclusive incubator has been launched to boost chip design by Which IIT Institution?
Ans: IIT Hyderabad, FabCI is meant to incubate at least 50 efficient ‘Make-in-India’ chip design companies that can compete globally and generate Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs).
#Fact 10: Which Indian Tennis Player has clinched bronze in women's Singles at 18th Asian Games 2018?
Ans: Ankita Raina, Ankita Raina won a bronze after losing a hard-fought women’s singles semifinal 4-6, 6-7 in straight sets against Shuai Zhang, China at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games on August 23. With this, she became the 2nd Indian female tennis player after Sania Mirza to win a medal in singles’ competition at the Asian Games. For India, Mirza won silver in Doha in 2006 and a bronze in Guangzhou 2010. Ankita is from Maharashtra and is currently India’s number one women’s singles.
#Fact 11: Which city is hosting the 2018 India Banking Conclave (IBC)?
Ans: New Delhi
#Fact12: The steering committee which recently submitted ‘Making India 5G Ready’ report to the government is headed by whom?
Ans: Prof. AJ Paulraj, Stanford University
#Fact13: The Government of India (GoI) has lifted the ban on retail sale of which drug?
Ans: Oxytocin, a life-saving drug will be allowed from September 2018. More Info
#Fact14: What is the Name of the Wind Sensing Satellite that has been launched as per the Copernicus project, a joint project of European Union and European Space Agency?
Ans: Aeolus, Lauched into orbit from French Guyana to track global winds.
#Fact 15: Vijay Chavan, who passed away recently, was associated to which of the regional cinemas?
Ans: Marathi, Vijay Chavan (63), was a veteran Marathi actor and was known for his comic roles, has passed away in Mumbai, Maharashtra on August 24, 2018.
#Fact 16: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has appointed a committee to decide Vedanta’s plea challenging closure of its Sterlite plant?
Ans: S J Vazifdar committee
#Fact 16: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has appointed a committee to decide Vedanta’s plea challenging closure of its Sterlite plant?
Ans: S J Vazifdar committee
#Fact 17: What is the name of the autobiography of Shane Warne?
Ans: No Spin
#Fact 18: The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) has launched an initiative to save cultural heritage in flood-devastated Kerala. Where is the headquarters of ICOMOS?
Ans: Paris
#Fact 19: Which City is Hosting the International Water Colour Festival 2018?
Ans: Ranchi
#Fact 20: What is the name of the newly appointed chairman of the Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)?
Ans: G Satheesh Reddy
#Fact 21: 2018 Nallur Kantha Swamy festival is being celebrated in which neighboring country of India?
Ans: Sri Lanka
#Fact 22: Which of the following cities is to host 2018 Krishi Kumbh International Conference and Exhibition?
Ans: Uttar Pradesh
#Fact 23: Which state government has decided to organize youths’ conclave ‘ATAL’ in September 2018?
Ans: Arunachal Pradesh
#Fact 24: Tejinder Pal Singh Toor, who won Gold in men’s Shot-Put event at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games, has set new Asiad record of how much meters?
Ans: 20.75m
#Fact 25: The World Bank has launched world's first public blockchain bond, What is the Name of the Bond?
Ans: Bond-i
#Fact 26: The NETA app that lets Indian Voters to rate their elected representatives, is inspired by which country's System?
Ans: United States
#Fact 27: The multi-nation counter-terror exercise “SCO Peace Mission 2018” is being hosted by which country?
Ans: Russia
#Fact 28: Moody’s Investors Service report “Global Macro Outlook for 2018-19” has presented a forecast of what figures for India's GDP 2018?
Ans: 7.5%
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