Daily Current Affairs With Video Lecture 17 August 2022 [DOWNLOAD PDF]

Today’s Current Affairs, for August 17, 2022, will cover the latest national and international news. These current events and questions will help you a lot on your upcoming defence exams...

Zaheer Hussain
August 17, 2022
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Today’s Current Affairs, for August 17, 2022, will cover the latest national and international news. These current events and questions will help you a lot on your upcoming defence exams like NDA, CDS, CDS OTA, AFCAT, TA, Agniveer Army, Agniveer Navy, Agniveer Air force, Women Military Police, INET, MNS, ACC exams, SCO, PCSL, CAPF and also for SSB interviews, and direct entries for Army, Navy, and Air force like SSC Tech, TGC, JAG, NCC, TES, 10+2 Cadet entry, and more. Download a PDF file about current events at the end of this article.

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 17 August 2022

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Remembered On His Punya Tithi

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was an Indian politician and diplomat who served three terms as the prime minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months from 1998 to 1999, followed by a full term from 1999 to 2004.
Vajpayee was one of the co-founders and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
He was a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a Hindu nationalist volunteer organization.
He was the first Indian prime minister not of the Indian National Congress to serve a full term in office.
He was also a renowned poet and a writer.

Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Remembered On His Punya Tithi

Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886), born Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya, was an Indian Hindu mystic and religious leader who lived in the 19th century Bengal.
After adhering to practices from Bhakti yoga, Tantra, and Advaita Vedanta, as well as Islam and Christianity, he proclaimed that the world’s various religions are “so many paths to reach one and the same goal”.
His preferred choice of deity was the goddess, Kali.
Ramakrishna’s followers came to regard him as an avatar, or divine incarnation, as did some of the prominent Hindu scholars of his day.

Subhadra Kumari Chauhan Remembered On Jayanti

Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (16 August 1904 – 15 February 1948) was an Indian poet. One of her most popular poems is “Jhansi ki Rani” (about the courageous Queen of Jhansi)
The ICGS Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, an Indian Coast Guard ship, was named for the poet.
The government of Madhya Pradesh placed a statue of Subhadra Kumari Chauhan before the Municipal Corporation office of Jabalpur.
On August 6, 1976, India Posts released a postage stamp to commemorate her.
On 16 August 2021, the search engine Google commemorated Subhadra Kumari with a Doodle on her 117th birth anniversary.

Parsi New Year Navroz Being Celebrated

Navroz Or The Parsi New Year Is The Most Widely Celebrated Festival Of The Parsi Community. This Is Seen As A Harbinger Of Peace And Prosperity.
In Mumbai And Its Suburbs, Which Host A Considerable Population Of the Parsi Community, The Festival Is Celebrated With a Grand Lunch And Dinner With The Best And The Finest Variety Of Parsi Cuisine.
Parisi’s See This Festival As The Great Occasion To Get Together, Eat And Mingle. On This Day, The Parsis Visit The Agyaris Or The Fire Temples To Offer Prayers.
They Feed The Poor On This Day, As The New Year Has To Start On A Good Note. President Droupadi Murmu and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar Greeted The People On The Occasion.

5 Crore Tiranga Selfies On Har Ghar Tiranga Website

More than five crore Tiranga selfies have been uploaded on the Har Ghar Tiranga website.
The Union government had recently announced the Har Ghar Tiranga Campaign and asked people to exhibit the Tiranga at their homes to mark the country’s 75th independence day.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had given a call on the 22^nd of last month to join the Har Ghar Tiranga movement by hoisting or displaying the national flag at homes.
Union Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy said that five crores of Tiranga selfies reflect the collective commitment of duty-bound Indians to keep the Nation first and always first.
He said this is indeed a special moment of an outpouring of the collective expressions of love and connection for the motherland.

FIFA Suspends All India Football Federation

The Global Football Governing Body FIFA Has Suspended The All-India Football Federation (AIFF) Due To Undue Influence From Third Parties. In A Statement, FIFA Termed It A Serious Violation Of The FIFA Statutes.
It Said The Suspension Will Be Lifted Once An Order To Set Up A Committee Of Administrators To Assume The Powers Of The AIFF Executive Committee Has Been Repealed And The AIFF Administration Regains Full Control Of The AIFF’s Daily Affairs.
The AIFF Ran Into Trouble After Former Chief Praful Patel Stayed In Office Beyond His Term With The Supreme Court Of India Ruling It Invalid. The Apex Court Had Placed The AIFF Under The Aegis Of A Committee Of Administrators (CoA) It Had been Selected In May 2022. The Decision To Suspend The AIFF Comes Even As The Supreme Court Of India Directed That The Election Of The Executive Committee Of The Indian Football Governing Body Be Held Expeditiously.
The Supreme Court Order Came On A Plea Filed By The Committee Of Administrators Seeking Contempt Action Against AIFF’s Ex-president Praful Patel And Others Alleging Their Interference, Earlier This Month.

Bangladesh Observes National Mourning Day

Bangladesh is observing the National Mourning Day mark the brutal killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with most of his family members on 15th August 1975.
Political leaders, social workers, activists, students, dignitaries from foreign missions, and common people paid their respects to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the capital city Dhaka and across the country.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), often shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib and widely known as Bangabandhu was a Bangladeshi politician, statesman and Founding Father of Bangladesh who served as the first President and later as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from April 1971 until his assassination in August 1975

UK Becomes 1^st Country To Approve Omicron Vaccine

The UK has become the first country to authorize a Covid-19 vaccine tailored to the Omicron variant. The move will pave the way for an autumn booster campaign using Moderna’s two-strain shot.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority – which was the first in the world to approve an original Covid-19 jab – has granted conditional authorization to the vaccine, which targets both the original strain of the virus and Omicron BA.1.
The vaccine is authorized for use in people aged 18 and over but, to prepare for an expected rise in cases over the winter, the UK plans to focus its booster program on the over-fifties and those at higher clinical risk of developing severe Covid.

REVIEW QUESTIONS

Basavanna, 12^th Century Social Reformer Belonged
Vijayanagara Dynasty
Kalachuri Dynasty
Reddy Dynasty
Chola Dynasty

ANSWER: B

It Marks The Beginning Of The New Year Of The Vikram Samvat
Chaitra
Vaisakha
Jyaistha
Asadha

ANSWER: A

Gudi Padwa Is Celebrated In
Bihar
West Bengal
Maharashtra
Chhattisgarh

ANSWER: C

Ugadi Is Celebrated In Which States Of India
Andhra Pradesh
Karnataka
Telangana
All The Above

ANSWER: D

Sindhis Celebrate The New Year As
Cheti Chand
Navreh
Sajibu Cheiraoba
Navroz

ANSWER: A

Lunar New Year That Is Celebrated In Kashmir
Cheti Chand
Navreh
Sajibu Cheiraoba
Navroz

ANSWER: B

Sajibu Cheiraoba Is Celebrated In
Assam
Arunachal
Manipur
Mizoram

ANSWER: C

Sajibu Cheiraoba Is The Great Ritual Festival Of
Lamkang
Liangmai
Gonds
Meitei

ANSWER: D

The Gondi Or Gond Tribes Are Mostly Found In
Maharashtra
Andhra Pradesh
Telangana
All The Above

ANSWER: D

Ramzan, Is The ____ Month Of The Islamic Calendar
1^st
5^th
9^th
12^th

ANSWER: C

Ramzan Is Also Known As
Eid al-Fitr
Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Milad
Eid al-Meraj

ANSWER: A

Odd One Out – 5 Pillars Of Islam
Alms (Zakat)
Fasting (Sawm)
Pilgrimage (Hajj)
Beard (Dadhhee)

ANSWER: D

Navroz was inscribed in the list of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of India in
2005
2009
2010
2015

ANSWER: B

Losoong also known as Namsoong is the _____ New Year.
Sikkimese
Assamese
Nepali
Bengali

ANSWER: A

‘Chaitra Shukla Pratipada’ marks the beginning of the new year of the _____also known as the Vedic (Hindu) calendar.
Vikram Samvat
Saka Era
Hijri calendar
Gregorian calendar

ANSWER: A

_________ is celebrated as Good Governance Day in India.
25^th December
12^th January
5^th July
24^th June

ANSWER: A

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was born in ______.
Indore
Surat
Gwalior
Jhansi

ANSWER: C

It is a scheme for containing population decline of Parsis.
Jiyo Parsi
Nai Roshni
Nai Manzil
Nai Udaan

ANSWER: A

The national calendar based on the Saka Era was adopted on______, along with the Gregorian calendar.
March 22^nd , 1957
March 1^st , 1958
April 1^st, 1957
April 31^st, 1958

ANSWER: A

New Year For Muslims
Muharram
Ramzan
Rajab
Safar

ANSWER: A

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Zaheer Hussain

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