This is the BPSC Current Affairs for the month of August 2022. It includes National Current Affairs as well as Bihar Current Affairs. It is fruitful for other exams also like UPPCS, Bihar SI, UPSI etc. Read Carefully.
- India and Oman conducted 4th edition of joint Military Exercise known as ‘Al-Najah’.
- India to gift Dornier 228 Aircraft to Sri Lanka. The Dornier aircraft is a twin turbo which is designed by a German Company Dornier Flugzeugwerke.
- The Bihar Cabinet has decided to approve the proposal to develop Bihar’s tourist places, pilgrimage sites, hill areas and Mandi cities as municipal bodies. Municipal bodies are Municipal Corporation, Nagar Parishad and Nagar Panchayat. pilgrimage places and tourist places with a population of more than 1.5 lakh will be made municipal corporation, places with a population of 30000 to 1.5 Lakh will be made city councils and places with 9000 to 30000 people will be made Nagar Panchayats.
- Director General of ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) is Himanshu Pathak.
- Shri Nitish Kumar has taken oath for the 8th time as the Chief Minister of Bihar on August 9, 2022.
- Bihar Rural works department has repaired 8436 KMs of roads in 2021-22 which is the highest for any authority to do that. The Bihar Rural Roads policy was formulated in 2018.
- Divyang Park to be opened in Nagpur.
- Vijay Kumar Chaudhary is the new Finance Minister of Bihar.
- Shri Atul Prasad has been appointed the Chairman of BPSC (Bihar Public Service Commission). The tenure of State PSC Chairman is 62 Years of Age or 6 Years whichever is Earlier.
- Shri Awadh Bihari Chaudhary is the New Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.
- Shri Devesh Chandra Thakur has become the Chairman of the Bihar Legislative Council.
- Gorkha Rifles of India participated in Vostok Exercise 2022 held in Russia.
- West Bengal to create 7 new districts.
- Shri Vijay Kumar Sinha of BJP has become the Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly.
- Mithila Makhana of Bihar has been given Geographical Indication Tag or GI Tag. Bihar has received 14 GI tags for different items to date.
- Shri Samrat Chaudhary from BJP has become the Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Council.
- Rescue Exercise SAREX-22 was conducted by the Indian Coast Guard in Chennai.
- Medical Subsidy of Rs. 6 Lakh to be given to Bihar residents who are suffering from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy for its treatment.
- Bodhgaya has been awarded the Best Spiritual Destination by the Outlook Traveller Awards 2022.
- Northeatern India’s first Drone School opened in Guwahati, Assam. The first Drone School of India was opened in Gwalior, MP.
- Directorate of Agriculture has got the 1st place in the Tableau organised in Gandhi Maidan on the eve of Independence day.
- Nishi Kumari and Sourav Kumar has been selected from Bihar for the National Teacher Award 2022.
- Chahabar Day convention is held in Mumbai.
- Manthan Platform is a tech based social impact innovation in India launched by Govt. Of India.
- Patna High Court is on 4th position in execution of Court Cases through video conferencing.
- Exercise skylight has been conducted by the Indian Army to test the preparedness of its satellite systems.
- Online market place ‘Aqua Bazaar’ opened in Matsya Setu App by the Misister of Fisheries, GOI.
- Sanjay Arora has been appointed as the Police Commissioner of Delhi.
- 2nd Generation Ethanol Plant inaugurated by PM Modi in Panipat Haryana.
- Bharat Rang Mahostsav showcased in Mumbai to display the Indian Freedom Struggle.
- India and Vietnam has conducted the 3rd edition of Military Exercise VINBAX.
- Yuva Samvad India@2047 a Youth Dialogue forum was launched by Central Ministers Anurag Thakur and Dharmendra Pradhan in New Delhi.
- India’s 1st space observatory to be opened in Uttarakhand. It will be used to detect space debris too.
- Women Euro Cup Champion football is won by Britain.
- India is celebrating Amrit Kaal starting from 75th Indian Independence i.e. August 15, 2022. The five pledge regarding the Amrit Kaal are: Goal of a developed India, Unity among workers, Proud in your heritage, sense of duty among citizens, putting away the colonial mindset.
- Vice President has presented the ‘The President Colors’ Award to Tamil Nadu Police.
- Har Ghar Jal Utsav organised in Goa.
- V.K. Paul to head the committee that will monitor the cases of Monkeypox in India.
- SSLV Azadi Sat launched by ISRO. It is the smallest rocket launched by ISRO to hoist the Indian Flag in space. It was developed by 750 girl students.
- The 17th Pravasi Diwas will be organised on January 9, 2023 in Indore.
- WWF (World WIldlife Fund) has launched ‘Good for You, Good for Planet’ campaign.
- India’s first EV double decker AC Bus was unveiled in Mumbai. It is designed by Switch Mobility Limited.
- Om Birla, Lok Sabha speaker unveiled the statues of Swami Vivekananda and Pandurang Khankoje in Chapingo University,Mexico.
- Dr. C Narayan Reddy National Literary Award is given to Pratibha Ray.
- Uttar Pradesh unveiled its Solar Energy Policy 2022. To generate 16000 MW of renewable energy for the year 2026-30.
- Australia India Education Council was co-chaired by the Education Minister of India Shri Dhrmendra Pradhan and his couterpart of Australia.
- IIT Guwahati has setup a Center of Excellence for Biomedical Device and Diagnostic Innovation.
- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited will open its office in Kuala Lumpur which will aid in the servicing and procurement of Sukhoi 30 fighter aircraft.
- Kerela to launch Government Online e- Taxi service.
- Mexican President Proposes 3 Men Commission on World Peace including PM Modi, UN Secretary General Antonio Gutarres, and Pope Francis.
- Pingali Venkaiyah’s 146th anniversary was celebrated on August 2, 2022. He designed a Flag on which the Indian Flag is based.
- Hydrogen Fuel Cell Battery Bus unveield in Pune by Minister Jitendra Singh.
- India to buid two hydroelectric power plant on Seti River in West Nepal.
- India’s 1st Night Safari and Biodiversity Park to be setup in Lucknow.
- Manisha Ropeta became the first Hindu Female DSP (Deputy Superintendent of Police) in Pakistan.
- Al Qa-eda Chief Al Zawahiri was killed by USA in a US Hellfire missile strike.
- Satyanarayan Mundayar has been awarded the DREAMSS 2022 award for promoting education.
- Tania Sachdeva has won the 44th Chess Olympiad.
- India and Bangladesh to share water of Kushiyara River. Kushiyara river flows on the India-Bangladesh border as a branch of the Barak River.
- Bihar’s Langat Singh College, Muzaffaarpur Astronomy lab included in the UNESCO Heritage List.
- August Tano Kuamey has been appointed as the country Director of the World Bank for India.
- India has been ranked 87th in the Henley Passport Index. Japan has topped the Index.
- Adipuram Festival is celebrated in Tamil Nadu.
- The Journey of a Nation, 75 years of the Indian Economy is written by Sanjay Baru, Former media adviser to PM Manmohan Singh.
- India’s first saline water LED named Roshini, launched by Central Minister Jitendra Singh.
- Dahi Handi of Maharashtra to be given Adventure Sport Status by the Govt. of Maharashtra.
- India will join the Pitch Black Exercise in Australia.
- India-Maldives signed agreement on the development of IT and digitization in the Judicial Sector.
- Mandla of Madhya Pradesh became the first tribal district to be fully literate.
- Temple of Vedic Planetarium also known as ISKON Mayapur, world’s largest temple to be opened in Nadia District of West Bengal.
- CM of Bihar Nitish Kumar has unveiled memorial pillar at the Kabir Vatika of Bihar Legislative Council to mark the compleion of 200th session of the Bihar Legislative Council.
- Atal Bridge over Sabarmati River, Ahmedabad, Gujarat inaugurated by PM Modi.
- Under the clean air programme of the Union Govt. Patna, Muzaffarpur and Gaya are selected to establish a Nagar Van and Vatika within 5 Km radius of these cities.
- Indian Men table tennis team has won Gold in CWG 2022.
- Modi Circuit to be developed by the Uttarakhand Government to connect places visited by PM Modi in the Corbett Tiger Reserve.
- Dr Virendra Jha of Bihar has been honoured with the Sahitya Academy’s Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2022 for Udan-Chu a Maithili Childrens’ book.
- World’s first vertical city ‘The Line’ will be made in Saudi Arabia.
- Radio Jaighosh was launched by Uttar Pradesh on the Kakori Train Action Day to make people aware of the freedom struggle.
- Dr Virendra Jha of Bihar has been honoured with the Sahitya Academy
- Aurangabad, Maharashtra to make traffic data public by Google.
- Sweden and Finland are the two countries that were approved by US Senate to join NATO.
- University of Hyderabad topped the Nature Index 2022 Ranking in India. The Nature Index is an indicator of high quality research in natural and physical sciences (includes chemistry, life sciences, earth & environmental sciences, and physical sciences).
- Buxar district has topped in the ongoing works of MGNREGA in the state.
- IIT Roorkee join hands with DRDO to make indigenous defence equipment.
- Bihar’s Astronomical Observatory has been included in the UNESCO Important endangered heritage observatories.
- World’s highest rail bridge on Chenab gets ‘golden joint’. It is located in the Kouri area of Reasi district, Jammu and Kashmir.
- Largest floating solar power plant will be built in Madhya Pradesh.
- India International sea food show to be organised in Kolkata.
- India’s first Himalayan Spice Garden has been built in Ranikhet Uttarakhand.
- Steel Slag Road to be built by BRO (Border Roads Organisation) in Arunachal Pradesh to protect the roads during rains.
- Panchamrit Yojana for the Sugarcane Sector is launched by Uttar Pradesh.
- Indian Army has launched Project Zorawar to deploy tanks in eastern Ladakh.
- Punyakoti Dattu Scheme for the adoption of Cows has been launched by Karnataka.
- Lumpy Provac Vaccine is developed by National Equine Research Center, Hisar to prevent Lumpy disease in cattle.
- Walmart has topped the Fortune Global 500 list for the 9th consecutive year in 2022.
- Uttarakhand to develop one Sanskrit Speaking village in every district of the state.
- India has won the SAFF U-20 Football Championship by defeating Bangladesh.
- Macchal Women Cricket League is held in Kashmir.
- Ministry of Culture with Google has started the India Ki Udaan initiative on the eve of 75th Independence of India.
- Karnataka to give 2% reservation to Players.
- Best Actor Award at the Indian Film Festival Melbourne (IFFM) is given to Ranveer Singh.
- India’s first 3D Printed Human Cornea is developed in Hyderabad.
- The 9th meeting of India-Thailand joint Commission is held in Bangkok.
- Make India Number 1 mission was started by Aam Admi Chief Arvind Kejriwal.
- Britain has made the first vaccine for Omicron variant.
- FIFA has lifted the suspension imposed on the All India Football Federation (AIFF) earlier due to undue third-party influence.
- Arunachal Pradesh third Airport is named as Donyi Polo Airport.
- Scotland became the first country to provide women free sanitary products.
- Durand cup is started in Kolkata.
- Railway Protection Force (RPF) has started the ‘Operation Yatri Suraksha’.
- Babar Azam, cricketer from Pakistan has been awarded with the Sitara-e-Imtiaz award.
- Pitush Goyal is appointed as the CEO of Netgrid.
- 1082 police personnel has been awarded the police medals on the eve of Indian Independence Day this year.
- Village Defence Guard Scheme has been launched in Jammu and Kashmir.
- India has handed over the Dornier Maritime Surveillance Aircraft to Sri Lankan Navy.
- China’s research ship was allowed to be docked at Hambantota Port in Sri Lanka.
- SBI has launched ‘Utsav Fixed Deposit’ scheme which will give higher returns.
- From this year onwards a day before the Independence Day i.e. on August 14, 2022 Partition Horrors Remembrance/ Partition Vibhishika Memorial Day will be observed.
- Himachal Pradesh has passed the Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill 2022.
- Madhya Pradesh has started CM Bal Ashirwad Yojana.
- Corbevax, a booster dose vaccine is made by Biological E Limited.
- Marina Tabassum has become the first south Asian women to win the Lisbon Achievement Award given in the field of architecture.
- Ministry of Social Justice has launched SMILE-75 initiative to make cities begging free.
- France has honoured Kannan Sundaram for with the Chavelier Award.
- The Dalai Lama has been honoured with Ladakh’s highest Civilian Award.
- South Korea has launched its first Moon Mission ‘Danuri’.
- Nallathembi Kalaiselvi has become the first women Director General of CSIR (Council of Scientific Industrial Research)
- Bihar rank in providing electricity in rura area is 6 in India.
- V. Pranav is the 75th Chess Grandmaster of India.
- Arya Balvekar has won the title of Miss India USA 2022.
- 12th Edition of Defence Expo will be held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The theme of this expo is ‘Path to Pride’.
- Scientists of Israel has developed the world’s first artificial embryo.
- Australia has topped the medal tally in the Commonwealth Games 2022.
- India is at number 4 in winning medals in Commonwealth Games 2022.
- AIFF footballer of the year 2021-22 is Sunil Chhetri and Manisha Kalyan.
- Manoj Prabhakar of India has been appointed as the cricket head coach of Nepal.
- Beth Mooney of Australia has topped the ICC Women’s T-20 Player Rankings.
- Indian Team has won Bronze in the 44th Chess Olympiad.
- Andhra Pradesh has introduced the constitution (Amendment) bill to insert Article 3A which provides state legislature special competence to establish capital cities.
- Real Madrid has won the UEFA Super Cup 2022.
- Ukraine has topped in holding financial assets in cryptocurrency.
- Shashi Tharoor to be honoured, the France’s Highest Civilian Honour.
- Tamil Nadu has got its 5th Elephant Reserve in Agasthyamalai.
- ISRO has launched ‘SPARK’. It is ISRO’s Virtual Space Museum. It will showcase digital content pertaining to various ISRO missions.
- Ratan Tata has launched a startup to help senior citizens.
- Asia’s largest compressed Biogas plant is started in Sangrur District of Punjab.
- Uttarakhand has launched school cleanliness education programme.
- Mukhyamantri Anupriti Coaching Scheme for students preparing for competitive exams is launched by Rajasthan.
- 4th India-Philippines strategic dialogue was held in Manila, Phillipines.
- Assam has launched Vidya Rath School Wheels Project.
- Simon Steele has been appointed as the Climate Chief of UN.
- The House of Dada Bhai Nairojee has received the Blue Plaque Award.
- Gurdeep Randhawa has been elected as the first representative of the Indian community in Germany.
- ‘Drug from the Sky’ initiative has been successfully launched in Arunachal Pradesh. It is a pilot project to dro medicines from the sky with the help of Drones.
- Shri Pema Khandu is the CM of Arunachal Pradesh.
- SBI has opened its first branch dedicated to startups in Bengaluru.
- CM of Sikkim has launched Amma and Vatsalya Yojana.
- India will buy six TU -160 long range bombers from Russia.
- Vistara has become the second largest domestic airline in market share in India after Indigo. Indigo is at the top place.
- Pakistan has launched an Anti-Polio vaccination campaign.
- Priya Malik has won SIlver Medal in World Under 20 Wrestling Championship 2022.
- The Narcotics Control Bureau has launched the portal named NIDAAN.
- Rajiv Gandhi’s Birth Anniversary is celebrated as Sadbhavna Diwas every year on August 20.
- US has signed $750 Billion Climate Change and Health Care Bill. Initially it was $3.5 Trillion but later trimmed to $750 Billion.
- Edelweiss Mutual Fund to launch India’s first Gold and Silver Fund.
- NTPC has been awarded Asias best employer Brand award.
- Colonel Abdulaye Maiga has become the internal Prime Minister of Mali.
- India-Iran signed an agreement on the free movement of seafareres.
- Statue of Mahatma Gandhi has been unveiled by India’s Foreign Minister in Paraguey.
- India’s first hydrogen fuel cell Bus has been launched in Pune.
- Uttar Pradesh to launch India’s first Education Township.
- Himachal Pradesh started the Mokshadham Yojana to revive burial Ghats.
- R. Pragyanand has defeated Magnus Carlson in Crypto CHess Cup.
- The 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference has been held in Canada.
- Mithila Makhana of Bihar has been given the GI tag.
- Chandigarh Airport to be named as Shaheed Bhagat Singh Airport.
- The Scottish Museum will return 7 artefacts to India.
- UK’s biggest warship HMS Prince of Wales breaks down en route to USA due to some mechanical issue.
- Karnataka has launched Vidya Nidhi Yojana for agricultural labourers.
- Shri Munjpara has authored the book ‘ Science Behind the Surya Namaskar’.
- Shumang Leela Festival has been celebrated in Manipur.
- Divita Rai has become Miss Diva Universe 2022.
- James Anderson has got the title of the most successful fast bowler of the world.
- India’s first Regional National Centre for Disease Control has been setup in Bhopal.
- PM Modi dedicated the country’s first earthquake memorial in Bhuj District of Gujarat.
- NITI Ayog to setup almost 500 Atal Tinkering Labs in J&K.
- Rohit Sharma has become the highest run scorer of the T-20 Cricket.
- Nagaland gets 2nd Railway Station after 100 years.
- Indian Judo Player Linthoi Channambam has won Gold Medal i Cadet World Championship.
- Adil Sumariwala has been made the interim President of the Indian Olympic Association.
- Vajra Prahar is a joint military exercise between India and USA. It is held in Himachal Pradesh this time.
- Tamil Nadu to launch Shoe and Leather products policy.
- Best footballer of the year award by European Football Federation winner is Karim Benzema and Alexis Putelas.
- Rosatum, a Nucler Power Company of Russia will build couple of Nuclear reactors in Hungary.
- Virat Kohli became the first Indian player to play 100 matches for his country.
- Marbat Utsav is celebrated in Nagpur.
- The 50th CJI of India is Justice D.Y. Chandrachud.
- Tropical Cyclone MaOne hit Philippines.
- Neeraj Chopra is the first Indian to win the Lausanne Diamond League 2022.
- 15th Asia Cup Cricket tornament was held in UAE.
- India has declared that by 2070 it will achieve the goal of net-zero carbon emmission.
- Mac Rutherford became the youngest Pilot to fly solo around the World.
- A 3D printed Post Office has been made in Bengaluru.
- The first case of Tomato Flu has been found in Kerela.
- K Subramanian has been appointed as the Executive Director, India at IMF.
- Bhagwant Anmol has got the Sahitya Academy Yuva Puraskar 2022. He has got this award for his Hindi Novel Pramaya.
- Delhi’s Anangtal has been declared a national monument.
- Angela Merkel former Chancellor of Germany has won the UNESCO Peace Prize for her efforts to embracing Refugees.
- The book New India Selected Writings: 2014-2019 a book by Arun Jaitley has been released by M Venkaiah Naidu.
- Super Vasuki is the name of the longest freight train that was tested in India. Its length is 3.5 Kms.
- South Korea has become the Country with the lowest fertility rate. It is 0.81.
- HDFC Bank and Tata Neu join hands to launch a Credit Card.
- Hydrogen Powered Passenger Train is started in Germany.
- PM Modi inaugurated the Homi Bhabha Cancer Research and Hospital in Punjab.
- NPCL has started it first cow dung compressed biogas plant in Sanchore, Jalore District of Rajasthan.
- Adani Group has acquired 29.2% stake in NDTV or New Delhi Television.
- PM Modi has inaugurated Amrita Hospital in Faridabad, Haryana.
- James Webb Telescope has captured new pictures of Jupiter.
- DRDO and Indian Navy has succesfully tested VL-SRSAM missile in Odisha.
- India’s first night Safari will be built in Lucknow, UP.
- Japan has topped the Under-20 Junior World Wrestling Championship 2022.
- President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will be given Liberty Medal 2022.
- iran has won International Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad.
- Fahmida Azim of Bangladesh has won the Pulitzer Prize for illustrated reporting.
- Garba Nritya form Gujarat has been nominated by India to be included in the Intangible Cultural Heritage list of UNESCO.
- SCO Defence Mnisters meet was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
- Indian Men Volleyball Team has won Bronze in U-18 Championship.
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