IBPS RRB PO/Clerk Main Current Affairs Questions: 15th August

Rajasthan wins the “best innovation and initiative leadership award” for its achievements in higher education in the World Education Summit-2019 held in New Delhi.

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who became the face of a tense military confrontation between India and Pakistan when his MiG-21 was shot down during the aerial combat between Indian and Pakistani air forces, will be honoured with the Vir Chakra on Independence Day.

Cab aggregator Ola announced acquihiring of Pikup.ai, an Artificial Intelligence start­up based in Bengaluru.

Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Indian Railways launched a Special Drive with a Code Name “Operation Number Plate” to identify and verify all vehicles parked in Railway premises, circulating area, parking and even in the ‘No Parking’ areas for a longer duration.

Japanese ship “JS Sazanami“, visited Kochi on a 2 day goodwill visit. JS Sazanami, a Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force Ship is a missile destroyer.

Jose Luis Brown, Argentina's footballer who scored Argentina's opening goal in the 1986 World Cup final against West Germany passed away recently.

Jammu and Kashmir will host the Global Investors Summit to be held in October, 2019.

Priyam Chatterjee became the 1st Indian chef to be awarded the ‘Chevalier de l’Ordre du Mérite Agricoleto’ by the government of France.

Simone Biles makes history with a never-before-seen “triple-double” floor exercise landing. She performed the landing featuring “two flips and three twists” in U.S. Gymnastics Championships held in Kansas City.

The Naval Air Enclave in Kochi and Cochin International Airport Limited have signed a MoU for commencement of naval air operations from the NAE, a naval aviation facility at CIAL in Nedumbassery.

The Netherlands’ most-capped player Wesley Sneijder who represented the country 134 times has announced his retirement from football.

The Central government has rolled out scheme which will allow state-run banks (PSBs) to purchase assets of non-banking and housing finance companies (NBFCs and HFCs). NBFCs will be able to sell 20% of standard assets, worth up to Rs 5,000 crore, as on March 31.

Swachh Nagar app was recently launched by Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry which allows users to have waste: solid, wet or construction and demolition (C&D) collected by their urban local bodies.

Commonwealth Games Federation and ICC has announced the inclusion of Women's Cricket in the 2022 Commonwealth Games to be held in Birmingham.

Legendary Indian sprinter P.T. Usha, one of India’s greatest athletes, has been appointed as a member of the Asian Athletics Association’s (AAA) Athletes Commission.