✨26 August 2024 Current Affairs✨

➼ ' National Eye Donation Fortnight ' is celebrated every year in India between 25 August to 8 September .
भारत में प्रतिवर्ष 25 अगस्त से 8 सितंबर के बीच ‘राष्ट्रीय नेत्रदान पखवाड़ा’ मनाया जाता है।

➼ Space Zone India in collaboration with Martin Group has launched  India's first ' reusable hybrid rocket Rumi-1' from Chennai.
स्‍पेस जोन इंडिया ने मार्टिन समूह के सहयोग से भारत के पहले ‘रियूजेबल हाइब्रिड रॉकेट रूमी-1’ का चेन्‍नई से प्रक्षेपण किया है।

➼ Velayudham Sreenivasulu, an eminent artisan from Srikalahasti in Tirupati district has been selected to represent India at the global platform. 
तिरूपति जिले के श्रीकालहस्ती के एक प्रतिष्ठित कारीगर ‘वेलायुधम श्रीनिवासुलु’ को वैश्विक मंच पर भारत का प्रतिनिधित्व करने के लिए चुना गया है।

➼ The Gujarat Pollution Control Board has launched an innovative campaign to curb plastic pollution. 
‘गुजरात प्रदूषण नियंत्रण बोर्ड’ ने प्लास्टिक प्रदूषण पर अंकुश लगाने के लिए एक अभिनव अभियान शुरू किया है।

➼ A meeting of the Inter-State Coordination Committee of Naxal-affected states of the country has been organized in Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh, under the chairmanship of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. 
केंद्रीय गृहमंत्री अमित शाह की अध्यक्षता में छत्तीसगढ़ की राजधानी रायपुर में देश के नक्सल प्रभावित राज्यों की अंतरराज्यीय समन्वय समिति की बैठक आयोजित की गई है।

➼ The Indian International MSME Startup Exhibition and Conference has been organized on 24th August in    the capital 'Delhi' .
राजधानी ‘दिल्ली’ में 24 अगस्त को भारतीय अंतर्राष्ट्रीय एमएसएमई स्‍टार्टअप प्रदर्शनी और सम्‍मेलन का आयोजन किया गया है।

➼ Goods and Services Tax Network will organise  ' GST Analytics Hackathon' to drive innovation in tax compliance through predictive analytics.
वस्तु एवं सेवा कर नेटवर्क पूर्वानुमानित विश्लेषण के माध्यम से कर अनुपालन में नवोन्मेषण को बढ़ावा देने के लिए ‘जीएसटी एनालिटिक्स हैकथॉन’ का आयोजन करेगा।

➼ Repco Bank has presented a dividend cheque of Rs 19.08 crore to Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi. 
‘रेपको बैंक’ (Repco Bank) ने नई दिल्ली में केंद्रीय गृह एवं सहकारिता मंत्री अमित शाह को 19.08 करोड़ रुपये का लाभांश चेक भेंट किया है।

➼ The Ministry of Labour and Employment has convened the 7th meeting of the Task Force on 'Improving Female Workforce Participation in India'. 
‘श्रम एवं रोजगार मंत्रालय’ ने ‘भारत में महिला कार्यबल भागीदारी में सुधार’ पर टास्क फोर्स की 7वीं बैठक बुलाई है।

Today's Word

Lenient (adj)

Meaning: not as severe in punishment or judgement as expected

Example: When I was late to home, I thought mum would kill me but she showed leniency (noun form) to me.

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In Bihar and Central India, in particular, every district had smelters that used local deposits of ore to produce iron which was widely used for the manufacture of implements and tools of daily use.

The smelting was done by men while women worked on the bellows, pumping air that kept the charcoal burning.

But iron smelting in India was extremely common till the end of the nineteenth century.

Production of Wootz steel required a highly specialised technique of refining iron.

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He repeated the experiment, increasing the amount until he had weighed up to a thousand pounds.

During the spring of 1717, the iron foundries in a remote district were often visited by a thin, middle-aged man with a notebook.

Three cauldrons were next prepared under his directions.

He would weigh out two pounds of iron, have them heated till they were red-hot and then weigh them again.

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Quipu, a type of knotted rope employed by the Incas of South America, served as a memory aid.

Different colours were used to dye the strings.

Yellow represented money while red stood for battle or warriors.

Do you realise that five yellow knots represented five gold coins?

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Graphology tells them about the candidates' temperaments, highlighting both, weaknesses and strengths.

Many companies use it for executive recruitment and analysis.

Despite public scepticism, graphology plays a covert role in British management.

Modern graphology began early in the 19th century when French churchman Jean Hippolyte Michon created the first graphological 'catalogue'.