1.RBI continued to remain a net seller of the U.S. dollar in June 2018, after it sold $6.184 billion of the U.S. dollar in the spot market, RBI data showed.In June 2018, the RBI bought $4.020 billion of U.S. dollar, while it sold $10.204 billion in the spot market.In May 2018 and April 2018, RBI had net sold Rs. 5.767 billion and $2.483 billion of the U.S. currency, respectively.
2.Rafael Nadal won his 80th Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour title on August 12, 2018.Nadal beat Stefanos Tsitsipas for his fourth Rogers Cup crown and fifth victory of the year.Nadal also won the Rogers Cup in Toronto in 2008 and in Montreal in 2005 and 2013.
3.Axis Bank has become the first bank in the country to introduce Iris Scan Authentication feature for Aadhaar-based transactions through its micro ATM tablets.This service will boost the bank’s financial inclusion.Micro ATMs completely eliminate the requirement of debit cards, passwords, PINs, and user IDs, and empower consumers to avail banking services using only their Aadhaar numbers.
4.India handed over the first lot of houses built for Indian-origin people in Sri Lanka’s tea plantation areas on 12th August, 2018.India had committed 60,000 houses under the ‘innovative Indian housing project’.It is the largest Indian assistance project in any country with a grant of over USD 350 million.
5.Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee passed away on August 13, 2018.Born on July 25, 1929, Chatterjee was a ten-time Lok Sabha MP.He was one of the longest-serving parliamentarians in India.He served as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2004 to 2009.
6.The ‘National Wildlife Genetic Resource Bank’ was inaugurated by Union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan in HyderabadThis facility would facilitate the exchange of genetic material between Indian zoos for maintaining genetic diversity.Wildlife Genetic Resource Banking is the systematic collection and preservation of tissues, sperm, eggs and embryos, genetic material.
7.India’s second moon mission Chandrayaan-2 will now be launched in the January-March window in 2019.Chandrayaan-2, which will be launched onboard the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mk-3.The lander has been named “Vikram” as a tribute to the pioneer of India’s space programme and former ISRO chairman (1963-71), Vikram Sarabhai, Sivan said.
8.Lionel Messi won his 33rd title to become the most successful player of Barcelona on August 12, 2018.Messi is the Barcelona’s new captain.Barcelona beat Sevilla in the Spanish Super Cup as Messi overtook Andres Iniesta, who had 32 titles when he left for the Japanese league.
9.Nepal-India Literature Festival 2018 has begun in Birgunj, Nepal on August 12, 2018.On this occasion eminent writers from both the countries were also felicitated.Around 250 participants from India and Nepal are attending the two day festival.The event has been organised by Nepal India Co-operation Forum.
10.Trade ministers of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) member countries, including India and China, will hold a crucial meeting in Singapore on August 30-31, 2018.RCEP mega trade pact aims to cover goods, services, investments, economic and technical cooperation, competition and intellectual property rights.RCEP bloc comprises 10 Asean members and their six FTA partners.
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