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1 General Awareness Capsule for IBPS RRB PO, RRB Clerk & SBI Clerk Mains 2021 1 | | | Adda247 App Table of Content | GA Awareness Capsule for IBPS RRB PO, Clerk , SBI Clerk Mains 2021 Part A | Current Affairs Capsule for IBPS RRB PO, RRB Clerk & SBI Clerk Mains 2021 2 Most Important Current Affairs August 2021 2 Most Important Current Affairs July 2021 6 Most Important Current Affairs June 2021 9 Most Important Current Affairs May 2021 11 Most Important Current Affairs April 2021 13 Banking Current Affairs 14 Economy/Financial/Business Current Affairs 20 India s GDP Reports by Different Organization 22 Agreements/Memorandum of Understandings 23 New Appointments: National 26 New Appointments: International 30 Awards & Recognition 31 Summits |Events |Festivals (National/International) 35 Committees in News 38 National Current Affairs 38 Current Affairs Related to States in India 44 International Current Affairs 51 Obituaries (National/International) 55 List/Indexes (Ranks & Reports) 58 Important Days (April-August 2021)

2 61 Books & Authors 65 Defense Current Affairs 67 Sports Current Affairs 71 Science & Technology 76 Schemes Launched By Union & State 79 Miscellaneous Current Affairs | One-Liners 80 Static Take Away | Country/Currency/Leaders 85 Static Take Away | International Companies & HQ 86 Static Take Away | National Companies & HQ 87 Static Take Away | International Organizations & HQ 88 Static Take Away | National Organizations & HQ 90 Part B | Banking Awareness Capsule for IBPS RRB & SBI Mains 2021 92 Part C | Static Awareness Capsule for IBPS RRB & SBI Mains 2021 112 General Awareness Capsule for IBPS RRB PO, RRB Clerk & SBI Clerk Mains 2021 2 | | | Adda247 App Part A | Current Affairs Capsule for IBPS RRB PO, RRB Clerk & SBI Clerk Mains 2021 Most Important Current Affairs August 2021 Nine new judges appointed in Supreme Court Nine new judges, including three women, have been administered the oath of office as judges of the Supreme Court by Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana.

3 The strength of the Supreme Court would go up to 33, including the CJI, out of the sanctioned strength of 34, after the swearing-in of the nine new judges. Nine new judges of the Supreme Court are: 1. Justice Vikram Nath 2. Justice BV Nagarathna 3. Justice PS Narasimha 4. Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka 5. Justice Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari. 6. Justice Hima Kohli 7. Justice CT Ravikumar 8. Justice MM Sundresh 9. Justice Bela M Trivedi India at Tokyo Paralympics 2020 India s Sumit Antil won the gold medal in the men s javelin throw F64 final event at the Tokyo Paralympics, & in the process set a new world record throw of 23-year-old Sumit hails from Sonepat in Haryana. Michal Burian of Australia won the silver medal ( ). Note: Bronze medal won by Vinod Kumar in the discus throw F56 final was declared as ineligible by the classification panel. At the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics 2020, India s greatest paralympian, Devendra Jhajharia won the silver medal in the men s javelin throw F46 final event.

4 Devendra performed his best throw of , for the silver. In the same event, Sundar Singh Gurjar won the bronze medal, with his best throw of India s discus thrower Yogesh Kathuniya clinched the silver medal at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics in the men s Discus Throw F56 final event. Yogesh claimed the second spot with a throw of Shooter Avani Lekhara scripted history as she became the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Paralympics, firing her way to the top of the podium in the R-2 women s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event. In table tennis, Indian paddler Bhavinaben Patel has claimed the historic silver medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games at Tokyo, in the women s singles summit clash. The 34-year-old Patel lost to Chinese paddler Ying Zhou, 0-3, in her maiden Paralympic Games. India s Nishad Kumar clinched a silver medal in the men s high jump T47 event at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020. 23-year-old Nishad made a jump of , & in doing so created an Asian record.

5 Ministry of Road Transport & Highways introduced a new registration mark Ministry of Road Transport & Highways introduced a new registration mark for new vehicles Bharat series (BH-series) . The vehicles bearing the BH-series mark will not have to require the assignment of a new registration mark when the owner of the vehicle shifts from one State to another. Format of Bharat series (BH-series) Registration Mark: YY Year of first registration BH- Code for Bharat Series ####- 0000 to 9999 (randomized) XX- Alphabets (AA to ZZ) LIC launched the mobile application LIC launched the mobile application of its digital paperless solution, ANANDA for LIC agents. ANANDA stands for Atma Nirbhar Agents New Business Digital Application. It was launched by LIC Chairperson MR Kumar, through Video Conferencing. The ANANDA tool enables LIC agents to register new LIC policies from the comfort of their homes. It is built on a paperless KYC process using Aadhaar based e-authentication of the Life Proposed.

6 Important takeaways: LIC Headquarters: Mumbai; LIC Founded: 1 September 1956; LIC Chairman: M R Kumar. Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrated on 26th July Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated every year on July 26 since the year 1999, to mark India s victory over Pakistan in the Kargil conflict. This year nation is celebrating the 22 years of victory in the Kargil war. Kargil War was fought between May-July of 1999 in the Kargil district of Jammu & Kashmir along the Line of Control (LoC) in which India got the victory. July 26 is celebrated as Kargil Vijay Diwas every year to mark the successful completion of Operation Vijay that ended the 3-month war along the Line of Control. General Awareness Capsule for IBPS RRB PO, RRB Clerk & SBI Clerk Mains 2021 3 | | | Adda247 App Dholavira inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List A Harappan-era metropolis, Dholavira in Gujarat inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

7 Now Gujarat has three world heritage sites, Champaner near Pavagadh, Rani ki Vav in Patan & the historic city of Ahmedabad. Dholavira is now the 40th treasure in India to be given. Also, in the 44th session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO, India got a new world heritage site in the form of the Rudreswara/ Ramappa Temple in Telangana. 14 Tiger Reserves of India get (CA|TS) Recognition From India, 14 tiger reserves received the accreditation of the Global Conservation Assured Tiger Standards (CA|TS), on the occasion of International Tiger Day on July 29, 2021. National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) recognized the BaghRakshaks for their efforts in protecting Tigers & forests. CA|TS is a set of criteria that allows tiger sites to check if their management will lead to successful tiger conservation. Khel Ratna Award renamed as Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award PM Modi announced that Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award will be renamed as Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.

8 Dhyan Chand, whose birthday is celebrated as National Sports Day, won three Olympic golds for the country in Hockey. The award was inaugurated in 1991-92, the award comprises a medallion, a certificate, & a cash prize of 25 lakh. The first recipient of the Khel Ratna was chess legend, Viswanathan Anand. RBI announces its bi-monthly monetary policy | August 2021 RBI announced its bi-monthly monetary policy. This is the seventh time in a row that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) headed by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das has maintained the status quo. The Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate & bank rates remain unchanged: Policy Repo Rate: Reverse Repo Rate: Marginal Standing Facility Rate: Bank Rate: CRR: 4% SLR: RBI Monetary Policy Highlights & Key Decisions: RBI keeps the GDP growth forecast for FY22 unchanged at RBI to conduct two more auctions of 25,000 crores each on August 12 & August 26 under the G-sec Acquisition Programme (GSAP).

9 CPI inflation is projected at % during 2021-22 this consists of in Q2, in Q3 & in Q4 of 2021-22 with risks broadly balanced. CPI inflation for the first quarter of 2022-23 is projected at 7 Indian Companies Feature in Fortune Global 500 list for 2021 Seven Indian companies have found a place in 2021 Fortune s Global 500 list. Fortune Global 500 is an annual ranking of the top 500 enterprises globally, as measured by business revenues. Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd is the highest-ranked Indian company on the list in terms of revenue, with revenues of nearly $63 billion. It is placed at 155th spot globally. Globally, Walmart has topped the list in terms of revenue for the eighth consecutive year. China dominated this year s list for the highest number of companies featuring in the list at 143. Indian Companies in the list: Reliance Industries (155) State Bank of India (205) Indian Oil (212) Oil & Natural Gas (243) Rajesh Exports (348) Tata Motors (357) Bharat Petroleum (394) General Awareness Capsule for IBPS RRB PO, RRB Clerk & SBI Clerk Mains 2021 4 | | | Adda247 App Tokyo Olympics 2020 Closing Ceremony Highlights The Tokyo Olympics 2020 came to an end on August 08, 2021.

10 It was held from July 23 to August 08, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. This was for the fourth time that Japan hosted the Olympic Games, after previously hosting the Tokyo 1964 (Summer), Sapporo 1972 (Winter), & Nagano 1998 (Winter) games. Apart from this, Tokyo is the first Asian city to hold the Summer Games twice. Medal Tally: United States has topped the overall medal table with 113 medals, which includes 39 Gold, 41 Silver & 33 Bronze Medal. Indian Contingent managed to win 7 medals comprising 1 Gold, 2 Silver & 4 Bronze Medals. The country stood at the 48th position in the medal table out of 86 countries. Top 3 Nations in the Medal Tally: United States: 113 (Gold: 39, Silver: 41, Bronze: 33) China: 88 (Gold: 38, Silver: 32, Bronze: 18) Japan: 58 (Gold: 27, Silver: 14, Bronze: 17) India in the Tokyo Olympics 2020 India finished the Games with its best-ever Olympic medal tally of 7 in Tokyo Games 2020, surpassing the previous best record of 6 medals at the 2012 London Olympics.