NATIONAL AFFAIRS
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate introduces Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021 which will prohibit single use plastic items by 2022.
Central govt released Capitalization Support Funds of Rs. 1625 Crore to help more than 4 Lakhs Self-Help Groups under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM).
Centre for Science and Environment Report: State Pollution Control Boards of Odisha and Telangana scores highest position in transparency.
Harshit Raja of Pune, Maharashtra becomes 69th Chess Grand Master of India.
Cricketer Unmukt Chand announced his retirement from Indian cricket to join USA’s Major League Cricket.
Thiruvananthapuram: First Drone Forensic Lab and Research Centre of India inaugurated by Kerela CM Pinarayi Vijayan.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Ramsar List: Four sites from India i.e., Thol Lake Wildlife Sanctuary and Wadhvana Wetland of Gujarat, Sultanpur National Park (Gurgaon) and Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary (Jhajjar) of Haryana get added to the list as wetlands of international importance.
India’s RIS (Research and Information System for Developing Countries) virtually hosted 7th IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa) Academic Forum 2021.
India’s national agency ‘Invest India’ pair up with ‘International Climate Summit 2021’ as co-organizer.
Afghanistan Crisis: Taliban takes over the capital Kabul to seize Presidential Palace and declares the country as Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
RAJASTHAN STATE AFFAIRS
Jahota village of Jaipur district declared as state’s first ODF plus village.
Rajasthan govt approves Salgaon Dam Project to be built in Sirohi.
13th August was celebrated as Veer Durgadas Rathod birthday. He is also known as ‘Ann Bindya Moti’ of Marwar.
Bullet train to run from Delhi to Ahmedabad via Rajasthan will cover 658 km of area in the state.
CM Gehlot inaugurated Jai Minesh Tribal University in Kota on the occasion of World Tribal Day.
Pratapgarh bagged last position in monthly educational ranking organized by Rajasthan Board of School Education.
State govt announced to provide a financial aid of Rs. 1,500 every day to each elephant for the conservation of Haathi Gaon situated in Amer, Jaipur.
Govt plans to establish Aayush Research Centre in Ajmer under 2021-22 State Budget.
India’s first Solar Energy Research Project is established in Abu Road.
