Current Affairs : August
Recently in the news, Vihar Lake is located in which city ?
Explanation: Vihar Lake is one of the oldest lakes in Mumbai, located within the Sanjay Gandhi National Park. It supplies drinking water to the city.
Carlos Alcaraz is a famous tennis player from which country who won the Cincinnati Open title for the first time ?
Explanation: Carlos Alcaraz is a professional tennis player from Spain. He won the Cincinnati Open title for the first time, adding to his growing list of major achievements.
To strengthen and modernize the functioning of Gram Sabhas, in which state was the AI tool Sabhasaar implemented for the first time ?
Explanation: Sabhasaar is an AI-powered tool introduced in Tripura to strengthen and modernize the functioning of Gram Sabhas, making local governance more transparent and efficient.
Who won the gold medal in the Men’s Youth 10m Air Pistol event at the Asian Shooting Championship held in Shymkent, Kazakhstan ?
Explanation: Girish Gupta who won the gold in the Men’s Youth 10m Air Pistol event at the Asian Shooting Championship in Shymkent, with Dev Pratap getting silver.
For Aadhaar-based customer verification, UIDAI has signed an agreement with which private satellite-based internet service provider along with Starlink ?
Explanation: UIDAI has signed an agreement with Starlink (Satellite Communication Pvt Ltd) to use Aadhaar-based e-KYC / customer verification.
Which Indian city became the first to install portable solar panels between railway tracks ?
Explanation: Varanasi (Banaras Locomotive Works) has become the first city in India to install portable/removable solar panels between railway tracks.
To build consensus on the Plastic Pollution Treaty for saving the world from plastic pollution, the INC-5.2 meeting was organized at which place ?