CURRENT AFFAIRS WEEKLY ONE LINERS: AUGUST 15 – 21, 2018

NATIONAL

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced the launch of world’s largest government-funded programme – thePradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyaan.
• ISRO Chairman has announced that an Indian astronaut will be sent into space by 2022 on board Gaganyaan. K Sivan has reciprocated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day announcement.
• NITI Aayog has launched “Pitch to Move” – a mobility pitch competition that aims to provide budding entrepreneurs of India a unique opportunity to pitch their business ideas to a distinguished jury.
• The Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has launched a road safety awareness campaign by releasing a series of videos in New Delhi.Akshay Kumar is also the brand ambassador of Indian government’s road safety campaign.
• The Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh has announced that his state is the first among the 28 other states in the country to provide Right to Skills’ Development to the youth.
• India’s first genetic resource bank was inaugurated at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology’s (CCMB) Laboratory of Conservation of Endangered Species (LaCONES) facility, Hyderabad.
• The 24th World Congress of Philosophy (WCP) has been opened in Beijing. It is the first time that the quinquennial event is being held in China.The theme of the 2018 event is “Learning To Be Human.”
• The Agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh has proposed to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization to declare the year 2019 as international year of millets.
• The Pension Fund and Regulatory Development Authority (PFRDA) has set up a standing committee to suggest steps to deal with cybersecurity challenges to protect the interest of subscribers.
• India has successfully flight tested the indigenously developed helicopter launched Anti-Tank Guided Missile ‘HELINA’ from Pokhran in Rajasthan.
• NABARD has released the results of its All India Rural Financial Inclusion Survey (NAFIS).
• The Northern states have decided to set up a joint secretariat at Panchkula, Haryana for data and information sharing to effectively fight the drug menace.
• The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has decided to form a three-member committee to look into the draft food labelling and display regulations.