Latest Current Affairs of August 2018
-Important Days of August
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples: 09 August 2018
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First observed: 1995
Theme: Indigenous peoples’ migration and movement
International Youth Day: 12 August 2018
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First observed: 2000
Theme: Safe Space for Youth
World Elephant Day: 12 August 2018
Designated by: Patricia Sims and Elephant Reintroduction Programme of Thailand
First observed: 2012
Theme: Bringing the world together to help elephants
World Humanitarian Day: 19 August 2018
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First observed: 2009
Theme: #NotATarget
International Day against Nuclear Tests: 29 August 2018
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First observed: 2010
International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances: 30 August 2018
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First observed: 2011
-New Appointments
Governors (wef 23.08.2018)
Jammu and Kashmir : Shri Satya Pal Malik
Bihar : Shri Lalji Tandon.
Tripura : Shri Kaptan Singh Solanki
Haryana : Shri Satyadev Narayan Arya
Meghalaya : Shri Tathagata Roy
Sikkim : Shri Ganga Prasad
Uttarakhand : Smt Baby Rani Maurya
-Famous People’s Death in August 2018
Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Born: 25 December 1924
Death: 16 August 2018
Prime Minister of India from: 16.05.96 to 01.06.96; 19.03.98 to 10.10.99; 10.10.99 to 22.05.2004
Minister of External Affairs: 26.03.1977 to 28.07.1979
Birth Place: Gwalior
AWARDS: Bharat Ratna: 2015; Padma Vibhushan: 1992; Outstanding Parliamentarian Award: 1994; Bangladesh Liberation War Honour: 2015
Events during his tenure as the PM of India:
- 2nd Nuclear Test named Smiling Buddha carried out by India at Pokhran in May 1998
- Historic Delhi – Lahore bus service was started in February 1999
- Kargil conflict between India and Pakistan took place from May to July 1999
- Indian Airlines flight IC 814 was hijacked and India had to return Masood Azhar and other terrorists in exchange for passengers.
- Terrorist attack on Indian Parliament took place on 13 Dec 2001
- Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan were launched.
Shri Ajit Wadekar – Cricketer
Born: 01 April 1941
Death: 15 August 2018
Points to remember
- First Captain of India’s ODI team
- Awarded Arjuna Award in 1967 and Padma Shri in 1972
- Awarded BCCI’s CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012
- Tests played – 37 and ODIs played – 2
Shri Somnath Chatterjee
Born: 25 July 1929
Death: 13 August 2018
Speaker of the Lok Sabha from: 2004 to 2009
Outstanding Parliamentarian Award: 1996
Shri VS Naipaul
Born: 17 August 1932 (Trinidad and Tobago)
Death: 11 August 2018
Nationality: British
Booker Prize: 1971 for “In a Free State”
Nobel Prize: 2001
Notable works: A House for Mr Biswas; A Flag on the Island; In a Free State; A Bend in the River; An Area of Darkness; India: A Wounded Civilization India: A Million Mutinies Now
