30 August 2023 : Latest Current Affairs 30th August
Important Current Affairs 30th August 2023
In this article, we will discuss all the Current Affairs of 30th August including national, international, banking, finance, sports, awards, and many others. So if you are interested to know about the latest 30th August 2023 current affairs then read this article till the end.
Current Affairs of 30th August – National News
1. In North Dakota, Nitin Gadkari unveils the first car powered entirely by ethanol.
◉ In New Delhi, Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari unveiled the first automobile powered entirely by ethanol.
◉ The first BS-VI (Stage-II), electrified flex-fuel car in the world that can run entirely on ethanol-based fuel has been introduced.
◉ The country will reduce its annual import bill by 35 thousand crore rupees by blending 20 percent ethanol into gasoline.
◉ Five months earlier than the initial target date of 2022, India has blended 10% ethanol.
◉ The country’s import cost has decreased and the farmers have already made 82 thousand crores of rupees thanks to the ethanol blending process.
2. M.K. Stalin expands the breakfast program
◉ Sri Lanka At a cost of 404.41 crore, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has announced the expansion of the state’s popular Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s Breakfast Scheme to include 17 lakh pupils in classes 1 through 5 enrolled in 31,008 public schools throughout the state.
◉ Nearly 92,000 children under the age of six who were part of a survey of 10 lakh urban children to determine their nutritional status were underweight.
◉ They received dietary supplements from the government, and as a result, 62,000 children with malnutrition recovered.
◉ The breakfast program’s goal was to end hunger by improving children’s nutritional status and lowering malnutrition rates.
3. Green hydrogen innovation partnerships with HSBC India have been announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
◉ This involves collaborations with IIT Bombay and the Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation to pursue technology developments that will increase the effectiveness, affordability, and scalability of green hydrogen.
◉ With a combined grant support of Rs 15 crore (USD 2 mn), these two partnerships will concentrate on innovation projects that will support the government’s goal of creating an energy-independent country by helping to prioritize green hydrogen as a strategic alternate fuel.
4. The chief minister of Odisha gives slum residents land rights certificates.
◉ Sixty-five thousand low-income families residing in the slums of five major towns, including Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Berhampur, Sambalpur, and Rourkela, have received land rights certificates from Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
◉ Slum dwellers are only granted land rights in the state of Odisha throughout the entire nation.
◉ The Chief Minister stated, “Financial support will also be provided for the construction of homes, on this occasion.
◉ The certificate’s second phase will be released in October of next year. This movement will go on until all of the city’s low-income families receive land rights.
5. Inauguration of the G20 One Health Workshop in Bengaluru
◉ The G20 One Health workshop in Bengaluru was opened by Shobha Karandlaje, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
◉ Delegates from G20 member nations and invited nations to attend the three-day workshop on One Health-Opportunities and Challenges.
◉ The “One Earth, One Family, and One Future” theme will be the centerpiece of India’s G20 presidency.
◉ Its objective is to establish an orderly structure for international knowledge, experience, and resource exchange.
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Banking
6. Launch of ‘Infinity’ Savings Account by Axis Bank
◉ Axis Bank, a lender in the private sector, has introduced its “Infinity Savings Account” to provide exceptional perks for its customers, such as no domestic transaction fees in return for monthly payments.
◉ The action tries to win over people who commonly use subscription-based business models.
◉ For a tiny monthly recurring fee of Rs 150 or an annual fee of Rs 1,650, this cutting-edge savings account offers Axis Bank customers exclusive benefits including a waived average monthly balance (AMB) requirement, free debit cards, and a waiver of all domestic charges.
◉ The bank provides Monthly and Annual subscription-based flexible plans.
7. For a new corporate credit card, Yes Bank teamed up with fintech Zaggle.
◉ In order to enable businesses to reinvent their payment processes, improve reconciliation, and effectively monitor company expenditures, Yes Bank and spend management software Zaggle has introduced a co-branded corporate credit card.
◉ Businesses can have direct control over corporate expenses thanks to the new “YES BANK Zaggle Corporate Credit Card.”
◉ This includes the ability to apply merchant category restrictions, create personal spending limits, and put in place a variety of controls.
◉ Furthermore, cards get access to a wide range of premium advantages, including rewards, golf privileges, lounge access, and travel insurance.
Awards
8. Crowned as Miss Earth India 2023 is Priyan Sain
◉ Priyan Sain of Rajasthan won the Miss Earth India 2023 title at the Miss Divine Beauty 2023 national competition held in New Delhi.
◉ Successor to last year’s winner Vanshika Parmar, the 20-year-old student, dancer, and taekwondo player from Jaipur will now get ready to represent India at the Miss Earth 2023 contest in Vietnam this December.
◉ She was presented with her title by Miss Earth Air from Australia, Sheridan Mortlock, and reigning Miss Earth from Korea, Mina Sue Choi, who attended as a special guest.
◉ Praveena Aanjna was crowned Miss International India 2023 at the same ceremony, and Tejaswini Shrivastava and Pema Choden Bhutia were both selected as runners-up.
9. At the “ET Leadership Excellence Awards,” Parmeet Singh Sood received recognition.
◉ The Economic Times recognized the contributions made by leaders and game-changers who have had a significant impact on their industries.
◉ The Managing Director of Climax Overseas Pvt. Ltd., Parmeet Singh Sood, received the “Excellence in Manufacturing Of Automobile Parts” award from Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva and well-known Bollywood actress Rakul Preet Singh.
◉ In 1999, Parmeet Singh Sood was 21 years old when his quest began. Parmeet just graduated with a degree in business and management studies from the University of Bradford in the UK, and he accepted the challenge of change and expansion.
Sports
10. At the World Athletics Championships, Parul broke a record.
◉ Parul Chaudhary, an athlete from India, placed tenth in the 3000 m steeplechase final at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
◉ She qualified for the Paris Olympics in 2024 by breaking the country’s record during the World Athletics Championships.
◉ Parul finished comfortably under the automatic qualifying time of 9:23.00s for the Summer Games in the French capital the following year, clocking a time of 9:15.31s to surpass Lalita Babar’s previous record of 9:19.76s set at the Rio Olympics in 2016.
◉ Parul finished in fifth position and qualified for the final by running five seconds quicker than her previous personal best (9.29.51) earlier in the preliminary round.
Important Day
11. Small Industry Day is on August 30.
◉ In India, August 30 is designated as Small Industry Day each year.
◉ This day celebrates the crucial role that small businesses play in the development of the world economy, despite their often undervaluation.
◉ These sectors represent the backbone of innovation, employment growth, and economic vitality, propelled by unyielding resolve. Currently, small businesses account for about 40% of India’s total economy.
◉ Small Industry Day has its beginnings in the year 2000. The Indian government developed a comprehensive policy package for small-scale industries (SSI) in August of that year.
Obituary
12. Jayanta Mahapatra, an English poet, passes away.
◉ At the age of 95, renowned author and poet Jayanta Mahapatra passed dead.
◉ In 1981, Mahapatra became the first poet from India to get a Sahitya Akademi award for English poetry.
◉ In 2009, he also received the Padma Shri honor. He did, however, return it in 2015 in opposition to “rising intolerance in India.”
◉ Mahapatra wrote 27 books of poetry, seven of which are in the Odia language and the rest in English. His works, “Indian Summer” and “Hunger,” are regarded as masterpieces in contemporary Indian English literature.
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