Current Affairs - August 18, 2022 Current Affairs

The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Pushkar Singh Dhami has launched the School Hygiene Education programme for the children in the state.

Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has submitted data from Phase 3 clinical trials of BBV154, its intranasal Covid vaccine candidate, to the drug regulator.

Kabir Khan's sports drama 83 and its star Ranveer Singh bagged "Best Film award" at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2022.

Indian Railway Protection Force (RPF), have launched a pan-India operation known as Operation Yatri Suraksha.

Piyush Goyal, a 1994 batch IAS officer of the Nagaland cadre, has been appointed as the new NATGRID CEO by the Union government as it issued an order.

Nallathamby Kalaiselvi has become the first woman director general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

The Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) announced the launch of the Centre's DigiYatra initiative.

During this year itself, a total of 28 sites have been declared as Ramsar sites.

Hyderabad International Airport is set to roll out the DigiYatra programme for three months from August 18 onwards.

The 23rd edition of the India International Seafood Show 2023 will be held in Kolkata.

The Rajasthan government introduced the 'Mukhyamantri Anuprati Coaching Yojana' in 2021-22.

The Bureau of the FIFA Council has unanimously decided to suspend the All India Football Federation (AIFF).

President Droupadi Murmu has approved 107 Gallantry awards to Armed Forces and Central Armed Police Forces personnel on the occasion of Independence Day 2022.

Mumbai Diaries 26/11 has bagged "Best Series" at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2022.

India has gifted a Dornier Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft to Sri Lanka.

Last week Forbes Asia published its 2022 edition of the best 200 mid-sized companies in the Asia-Pacific region. These are publicly listed companies with annual revenue of below one billion dollars. This year, 24 Indian firms made the list titled "Best Under A Billion", down from 26 in 2021. This placed India in the fourth position among Asian countries, one position ahead of China which has 22 companies on the list. Taiwan has the greatest number of companies listed at 30, followed by Japan with 29 and South Korea has 27.

The largest lender in the nation, State Bank of India (SBI) has introduced a unique term deposit programme called "Utsav Deposit Scheme".

Industrialist Ratan Tata has launched India's first Companionship Startup for senior citizens, Goodfellows, to encourage intergenerational friendships.

Shefali Shah has won the "Best Actress award" for the movie "Jalsa" at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2022.

Ranveer Singh has won the "Best Actor award" for the movie "83" at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2022.