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#Fact 1: Fouaad Mirza Won Silver in Which Asian Games Category?
Ans: Equestrian, Fouaad Mirza has won silver in the equestrian event with a score of 26.40 at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games on August 26.
#Fact 2: Recently a MoU has been signed between two government organizations which aim to set up telemedicine nodes for soldiers in high-altitude areas?
Ans: Integrated Defence Staff and ISRO, has signed a MoU to set up satellite-enabled telemedicine nodes to improve medical support in case of emergency to Indian soldiers posted in high-altitude areas, especially Siachen.
#Fact 3: An Indian Airline has successfully tested the first-ever flight powered by bio-jet fuel, What is the name of the Airline?
Ans: SpiceJet, More Info
#Fact 4: The Personal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018 deals with patients of what disease?
Ans: Leprosy, With the application of Personal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018 the ground for dissolution of marriage or divorce for Leprosy affected spouse will be eliminated. It is an attempt to end the discrimination against leprosy persons in various central laws: the Special Marriage Act, 1954; the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955;, the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939; the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act of 1956 and The Divorce Act, 1869;.
Note: What is Leprosy?
#Fact 5: A Committee has submitted a final report to the government on the review of penal provisions of Company Act 2013, What is the name of the Committee?
Ans: Injeti Srinivas, Corporate Affairs Secretary has submitted the final report on Penal Provision of Company Act 2013 to Arun Jaitley, Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs. More Info
#Fact 6: Which city is hosting 3rd Indian Ocean Conference (IOC-2018)?
Ans: Hanoi, The 3rd edition of Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) 2018 has started in Hanoi, Vietnam on August 27 with the theme ‘Building Regional Architectures’.
#Fact 7: Which of the following aircraft carrier is the India’s only carrier to have the marine hydraulic system?
Ans: INS Vikramaditya
#Fact 8: A recent study on Ganga River has indicated the drying up of rivers in summers due to groundwater depletion, The Study was done by which Institute?
Ans: IIT-Kharagpur
#Fact 9: Recently an umbrella scheme "O-SMART" has been approved by the Union Cabinet of the Ministry of Earth Sciences. What does “O” stands here?
Ans: Ocean, More Info
#Fact 10: A duo of Indian sprinters have achieved a rare one-two in men’s 800m at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games, Who is he?
Ans: Manjit Singh and Jinson Johnson
#Fact 11: Project Navlekha has been launched to help Indian vernacular news publishers to take their content online by which company?
Ans: Google
#Fact 12: 2019 Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships is being held in which Country?
Ans: North Korea, In its Capital Pyongyang.
#Fact 13: Who has been awarded Praful Bidwai memorial award for 2018?
Ans: Ulka Mahajan
#Fact 14: ISRO will be using which launch vehicle to send Gaganyan in space by 2022?
Ans: GSLV Mk-III,`Gaganyaan — India’s first human spaceflight programme’ by 2022.
#Fact 15: National Sports Day (NSD) is Observed on?
Ans: August 29
#Fact 16: Name the head of the newly formed Prime Minister’s Science Technology and Innovation Council (PM-STIAC)?
Ans: K Vijay Raghavan
#Fact 17: Name the new President of Zimbabwe?
Ans: Emmerson Mnangagwa
#Fact 18: India has signed an agreement with World Bank for its Energy Efficiency Scale-Up Program of how much amount?
Ans: $300 Million,
#Fact 19: First-ever SAARC Agriculture Cooperative Business Forum is being hosted by which Country?
Ans: Kathmandu, Nepal, Co-organised by UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and Asian Farmers Association (AFA)
#Fact 20: Which Indian athlete has created history by winning the first ever Asian Games gold in heptathlete Sports?
Ans: Swapna Barman, More Info
#Fact 21: Ravi Shankar Prasad represented India at the G20 Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting 2018. It was held in Salta with theme 'Building consensus for fair and sustainable development' on 23-24 August.
#Fact 22: Arpinder Singh an Indian Athlete has won India’s first men’s triple jump gold in 48 years at the 18th Asian Games 2018.
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