Current Affairs - August 2022
The government has approved a proposal to give specific names to which of the following organisations based on regional heroes, freedom fighters, and historical events?
The government has approved a proposal to give specific names to all the AIIMS, based on regional heroes, freedom fighters, historical events or monuments of the area, or their distinct geographical identity.
Union Minister Anurag Thakur has launched "Azadi Quest", a series of online educational games based on India's freedom struggle, developed in collaboration with Zynga India.
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Indian Navy have signed an MoU to collaborate on aviation research and development, and to ramp up self-reliance efforts for the Navy in line with the goals of 'Atmanirbhar Bharat'.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das-chaired Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) raised the repo rate by 50 basis points (bps) to 5.40 percent.
Marine biologist Ellen Prager has come out with a book titled "Dangerous Earth: What we wish we knew about volcanoes, hurricanes, climate change, earthquakes and more".
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