SBI Clerk Main Current Affairs Questions | 8th August

Former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj passed away. She was the 1st full time woman external affairs minister of India.

Bangladesh has signed a deal with Russia for the supply of uranium for its 2400 MW Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP).

The 5th edition of International Army Scout Masters Competition with teams from 8 countries including India, China and Russia as participants was inaugurated at the Jaisalmer Military Station.

Former educationist Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy who received the Padma Shri award in 2010 for her contribution to the field of education passed away recently.

German cancer researcher Fiona Kolbinger won the mixed annual 4,000km(2,485 miles) cycling Transcontinental Race from Burgas in Bulgaria to Brest in France.

Former Tamil Nadu Fisheries Minister S. Jennifer Chandran passed away.

India celebrates National Handloom Day every year on 7th August to honour the handloom weavers in the country and also highlight India’s handloom industry.

Indian has contributed 5 million USD to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian Refugees.

Toni Morrison, who was the 1st African American woman to won the Nobel Prize in literature, passed away recently.

SEBI has approved Singapore Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange of India Ltd to operate jointly in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City, Gandhinagar.

The Rajya Sabha has passed the Consumer Protection Bill, 2019 which aims to set up a Central Consumer Protection Authority to promote, protect and enforce the rights of consumers as a class. The bill will replace the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.

Australia’s Nick Kyrgios defeated Russia’s Daniil Medvedevhas to won the ATP Washington Open title.

In its 3rd Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Committee meeting, the Reserve Bank of India has reduced the policy repo rate from 5.75% to 5.40%.

Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati has developed a portable device to detect bacteria without cell culture or microbiological assays.

India celebrates National Handloom Day every year on 7th August to honour the handloom weavers in the country and also highlight India’s handloom industry. Bhubaneswar has been chosen as the venue for the celebrations of the day for its rich tradition of Handlooms.

In its 3rd Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Committee meeting, the Reserve Bank of India has reduced the real GDP growth for 2019-20 from 7% to 6.9%.

Tapan Ray is the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of GIFT City.

The scientists at the University of Leeds, have created the world’s thinnest gold measuring 2 atoms thick or million times thinner than a fingernail.

The Rajya Sabha has passed the Consumer Protection Bill, 2019. Ram Vilas Paswan is the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.

The Reserve Bank of India has decided to set up a "Central Payment Fraud Registry" to track frauds in the payment systems under which payment system participants will be provided access to the registry for near-real time fraud monitoring.