Monday 29 August 2022

Current Affairs of the day: 29 August 2022

International Day Against Nuclear Tests observed on August 29

  • International Day against Nuclear Tests is an annual observance on August 29. 
  • The day was established by the United Nations General Assembly at their 64th session on December 2, 2009. 
  • Nearly 2000 nuclear weapons tests have taken place since the first one on July 16, 1945. 
  • The side effects and dangers of nuclear energy testing to human life were dismissed in the early days, but the magnitude of its destructive nature has been proven time and time again in history. Nuclear weapons are volatile and the world can do without it.

National Sports Day 2022

  • National Sports Day is celebrated in India every year on August 29 to honor and celebrate the birth anniversary of Major Dhyan Chand, the hockey wizard of India. 
  • The objective behind the observance of National Sports Day 2022 in India is to celebrate the legacy of Major Dhyan Chand while also creating awareness about the need and the benefits of incorporating sports and physical activities into our day-to-day life.
  • National Sports Day was first observed in 2012 as a tribute to Hockey Wizard. 
  • Major Dhyan Chand who was born on August 29, 1905, went on to become one of the legends in the game of hockey.

Reliance Jio 5G Announced

  • Reliance Jio at the 45th Annual General Meeting of Reliance Industries Limited announced that it is all prepared to launch 5G services in India by Diwali this year. Here’s all the key details about Jio 5G launch in India along with expansion plans for Jio Fiber in India.
  • Reliance Jio has announced that it will launch Jio 5G services by Diwali 2022 in metro cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai. It will be expanded to other cities and towns in phases rapidly to cover entire India in 18 months by December 2023.
  • Talking about Jio Fiber, Jio said that it made strong progress in fiber and FTTH deployment with pan-India fibre-optic network of more than 11 lakh route kilometres. Two out of every three new customers are choosing JioFiber. 
  • India is ranked 138th in the world in fixed broadband adoption. Jio will take India to be among Top 10 globally in fixed broadband adoption
  • The telco also announced JioAirFiber. With JioAirFiber, people can do away with all expenses related to buying computer hardware and periodically upgrading it, and opt to use a virtual PC hosted in the cloud – called Jio Cloud PC. 

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