{"id":112826,"date":"2022-08-11T13:38:36","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T08:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=112826"},"modified":"2022-08-11T13:38:37","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T08:08:37","slug":"current-affairs-for-competitive-exam-8-9-august-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-for-competitive-exam-8-9-august-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Affairs for Competitive Exam by Gkseries \u20138 &#038; 9 August 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Current Affairs is the most important area in all competitive exams. But the difficulty level is very high. That\u2019s why; many aspirants get confused, how to select Current Affairs for Preparation of Competitive Examination? In this Post,\u00a0Daily Current Affairs 8&amp;9 August 2022, we have tried to cover each and every point and also included all important facts from National\/ International news that are useful for upcoming competitive examinations such as UPSC, SSC, Railway, State Govt. etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Affairs for Competitive Exam \u2013 8 &amp; 9 August 2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/max-life-insurance-launches-smart-secure-easy-solution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Max Life Insurance launches \u2018Smart Secure Easy Solution\u2019<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/download-2022-08-11T130100.911.jpg\" alt=\"Max Life Insurance launches \u2018Smart Secure Easy Solution\u2019\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Max Life Insurance Company Ltd&nbsp;has launched&nbsp;Max Life Smart Secure Easy Solution,&nbsp;a comprehensive&nbsp;three-in-one protection of life, critical illness &amp; disability and accidental cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It covers self-employed individuals, salaried and other professionals to comprehensively guard against life\u2019s uncertainties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aim:\u00a0Providing financial protection in case of any uncertainties in life with an accidental cover option and Max Life Critical Illness and Disability Health Rider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/india-wins-silver-in-first-commonwealth-womens-cricket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">India wins silver in first Commonwealth women\u2019s cricket<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/download-2022-08-11T130239.094.jpg\" alt=\"India wins silver in first Commonwealth women\u2019s cricket\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;Indian women\u2019s cricket team&nbsp;has&nbsp;settled for the silver medal in Birmingham&nbsp;after losing to five-time T20 champions&nbsp;Australia (won gold)&nbsp;by 9 runs in the Commonwealth Games 2022 final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other winners:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand&nbsp;won the&nbsp;Bronze Medal in Badminton Doubles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Annu Rani&nbsp;won Bronze medal in&nbsp;Women\u2019s Javelin Throw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India\u2019s Eldhose Paul and Abdulla Aboobacker\u00a0won the\u00a0gold and silver, respectively,\u00a0in the\u00a0men\u2019s triple jump final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/up-govt-plans-to-double-farmers-income-under-panchamrut-yojana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UP Govt plans to double farmers income under \u2018Panchamrut Yojana\u2019<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/download-2022-08-11T130409.891.jpg\" alt=\"UP Govt plans to double farmers income under \u2018Panchamrut Yojana\u2019\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Uttar Pradesh government&nbsp;has announced that&nbsp;Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath\u2019s \u2018Panchamrut Yojana\u2019 will help to double the farmers\u2019 income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This can be achieve&nbsp;by introducing cost-effective technical measures and promotion of co-cropping method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UP Government has increased the sugarcane support price by Rs 350 in the last crushing season in advance, which included Rs 340 for normal and Rs 335 for species declared unsuitable.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/world-bank-provide-usd-300-million-to-bangladesh-for-urban-area-resilience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">World Bank provide USD 300 million to Bangladesh for urban area resilience<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/download-2022-08-11T130534.981.jpg\" alt=\"World Bank provide USD 300 million to Bangladesh for urban area resilience\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;government of Bangladesh&nbsp;has signed an agreement with&nbsp;the World Bank for USD 300 million financing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aim:&nbsp;To strengthen its local urban institutions to respond and recover from the Covid 19 pandemic and improve preparedness for future shock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will also help cities and towns of Bangladesh to build back better as they recover from the pandemic and prepare for future shocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project will carry out labour-intensive public works to ensure water supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/sharath-sreeja-clinch-gold-medal-in-table-tennis-mixed-doubles-at-cwg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sharath, Sreeja clinch gold medal in table tennis mixed doubles at CWG<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/download-2022-08-11T130717.681.jpg\" alt=\"Sharath, Sreeja clinch gold medal in table tennis mixed doubles at CWG\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sharath, Sreeja clinch gold medal in table tennis mixed doubles at CWG<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>August 11, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A. Sharath Kamal and Sreeja Akula&nbsp;won&nbsp;gold&nbsp;in the&nbsp;mixed doubles table tennis&nbsp;after defeating Javen Choong and Karen Lyne (Malaysian)&nbsp;at Commonwealth Games 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other winners:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India\u2019s Eldhose Paul&nbsp;wins first-ever&nbsp;gold&nbsp;medal in&nbsp;Men\u2019s Triple Jump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boxer, Nitu Ghangas&nbsp;wins&nbsp;gold in women\u2019s 48 kg category<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boxer, Amit Panghal&nbsp;won the&nbsp;gold in the 48-51kg weight category<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Avinash Sable\u00a0becomes the\u00a0first Indian Man claim a medal (silver)\u00a0in\u00a0men\u2019s 3000m steeplechase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/india-starts-cooperation-with-bahrain-based-combined-maritime-forces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">India starts cooperation with Bahrain-based Combined Maritime Forces<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/download-2022-08-11T130846.172.jpg\" alt=\"India starts cooperation with Bahrain-based Combined Maritime Forces\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>India&nbsp;has officially began&nbsp;working with the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) of Bahrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aim:&nbsp;To strengthen collaboration in regional security in the Western Indian Ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the&nbsp;India-US 2+2 in April 2022, India had announced that it would&nbsp;join the CMF as an Associate Partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CMF is a multi-national naval partnership (34 nation grouping)\u00a0to promote security, stability and prosperity across the 3.2 million square miles\u00a0of international waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/v-pranav-becomes-indias-75th-chess-grandmaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">V Pranav becomes India\u2019s 75th Chess Grandmaster<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/download-2022-08-11T131024.497.jpg\" alt=\"V Pranav becomes India\u2019s 75th Chess Grandmaster\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>V Pranav(15)&nbsp;has become the&nbsp;75th Grandmaster of India&nbsp;by&nbsp;winning the Limpedea Open in Baia Mare, Romania,&nbsp;after securing&nbsp;his third and final GM norm,&nbsp;to attain the Grandmaster title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He had won&nbsp;his maiden GM norm at the Serbia Open in 2021&nbsp;and the&nbsp;second in the Vezerkepzo GM round-robin tourney in Budapest, Hungary&nbsp;in June 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is the\u00a027th Grandmaster from Tamil Nadu\u00a0(list include Viswanathan Anand, D.Gukesh and R.Praggnanandhaa among others).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/gustavo-petro-takes-oath-as-the-president-of-colombia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gustavo Petro takes oath as the President of Colombia<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/download-2022-08-11T131305.404.jpg\" alt=\"Gustavo Petro takes oath as the President of Colombia\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gustavo Petro&nbsp;has&nbsp;sworn in&nbsp;as the&nbsp;first leftist President of &nbsp;Colombia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is a&nbsp;former member of Colombia\u2019s M-19 guerrilla&nbsp;group, who won the presidential election in June 2022 by beating conservative party candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also promised to implement outstanding provisions of the 2016 peace agreement that saw the rebel FARC movement lay down arms after nearly six decades of civil conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colombia Capital: Bogot\u00e1; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currency: Colombian peso<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/asean-has-celebrated-its-55th-anniversary-in-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ASEAN Has Celebrated Its 55th Anniversary In 2022<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/download-2022-08-11T131510.597.jpg\" alt=\"ASEAN Has Celebrated Its 55th Anniversary In 2022\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After two years of online celebration due to the pandemic, ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) held a physical celebration at its headquarter in Jakarta to mark ASEAN\u2019s 55<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;anniversary. Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi of Indonesia graced the event along with the Secretary-General (SG) of ASEAN Dato Lim Jock Hoi and the diplomatic community in the Indonesian capital. The ASEAN-India Centre (AIC) at Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi, organised a panel discussion to celebrate the 55th Anniversary of ASEAN on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The theme of this year\u2019s ASEAN Day is \u201cStronger Together\u201d that invites and welcomes the forward-minded people of ASEAN to come in synchronization and work as a collective to face the challenges of 21st Century. ASEAN symbolizes the spirit of solidarity and peaceful, prosperous and socially responsible ASEAN Community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About ASEAN:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN,&nbsp;was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration).&nbsp;The motto of ASEAN is&nbsp;\u201cOne Vision, One Identity, One Community\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founding Members:&nbsp;Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.&nbsp;Brunei Darussalam (1984), Vietnam (1995), Lao PDR and Myanmar (1997), and Cambodia (1999),&nbsp;joined the ASEAN later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ASEAN\u00a0Secretariat \u2013 Indonesia, Jakarta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/international-day-of-the-worlds-indigenous-peoples-09-august\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Day of the World\u2019s Indigenous Peoples: 09 August<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/download-2022-08-11T131638.440.jpg\" alt=\"International Day of the World\u2019s Indigenous Peoples: 09 August\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On 23 December 1994, the United Nations General Assembly decided, in its&nbsp;resolution 49\/214,&nbsp;that the International Day of the World\u2019s Indigenous People shall be observed on 9 August every year. The date marks the first meeting, in 1982, of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>International Day of the World\u2019s Indigenous Peoples 2022: Theme<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The theme of International Day of the World\u2019s Indigenous Peoples this year is&nbsp;\u201cThe Role of Indigenous Women in the Preservation and Transmission of Traditional Knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>International Day of the World\u2019s Indigenous Peoples: Significance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indigenous and tribal cultures, and communities, allow us to look back at our roots. Taking cognisance of the knowledge acquired by indigenous people is vital culturally and also scientifically. Ancient cultures had perfected their survival strategies over centuries and discovered remedies to ailments which have helped modern scientists tremendously. Apart from science, understanding and preservation of indigenous languages, their spiritual practices, and philosophies are also vital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>International Day of the World\u2019s Indigenous Peoples: History<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On December 23, 1994,&nbsp;the UNGA, passed resolution 49\/214, declaring August 9 as the International Day of the World\u2019s Indigenous People. On this date, in 1982, the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations had held its first meeting.&nbsp;On December 21, 1993,&nbsp;the UNGA had declared December 10, 1994, as the start of the International Decade of the World\u2019s Indigenous People.&nbsp;1993 was also announced as the International Year of the World\u2019s Indigenous People.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current Affairs is the most important area in all competitive exams. But the difficulty level is very high. 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