31 August 2024 Current Affairs

➼ Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the  'Global Fintech Fest-2024' in Mumbai on August 30 .
प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी 30 अगस्त को मुंबई में ‘ग्लोबल फिनटेक फेस्ट-2024’ को संबोधित करेंगे।

➼ In the 'US Open Tennis', the Indian-Australian pair of ' Rohan Bopanna' and ' Matthew Ebden' won the men's doubles opening competition by defeating the Dutch pair Robin Haase and Sander Arends 6-3, 7-5. 
‘अमेरिका ओपन टेनिस’ The US Open (Tennis) मे ‘रोहन बोपन्‍ना’ और ‘मेथ्‍यू एबडेन’ की भारतीय-ऑस्ट्रेलियाई जोड़ी ने डच जोड़ी रोबिन हासे और सेंडर एरेन्‍ड्स को 6-3, 7-5 से हराकर पुरुषों की डबल्स ओपनिंग स्‍पर्धा जीत ली है।

➼ According to Hockey India, the Women's 'Asian Champions Trophy 2024' will start from November 11 this year in Rajgir, Bihar.
हॉकी इंडिया के अनुसार महिलाओं की ‘एशियाई चैंपियन्‍स ट्रॉफी 2024’ इस वर्ष 11 नवंबर से बिहार के राजगीर में शुरू होगी।

➼ 'University of Southampton' will establish a campus in India under the National Education Policy 2020. 
‘साउथम्प्टन विश्वविद्यालय’ राष्ट्रीय शिक्षा नीति 2020 के अंतर्गत भारत में एक परिसर स्थापित करेगा।

➼ The World Health Organization has declared Dhulikhel Municipality of Kavrepalanchok District as Nepal's first 'healthy city' and Asia's second healthiest city. 
‘विश्व स्‍वास्‍थय संगठन’ (World Health Organization) ने कावरेपालनचोक जिले के धुलीखेल नगर पालिका को नेपाल का पहला ‘स्वस्थ शहर’ और एशिया का दूसरा सबसे स्वस्थ शहर घोषित किया है।

➼ Indian Grandmasters D. Gukesh and R. Praggnanandhaa drew their eighth consecutive game during the Sinquefield Cup 2024 in St. Louis, USA.
भारत के ग्रैंडमास्टर ‘डी. गुकेश’ और ‘आर. प्रज्ञानानंद’ ने अमेरिका के सेंट लुईस में सिंक्‍यूफील्‍ड कप-2024 के दौरान लगातार आठवीं बाजी ड्रॉ खेली है।

➼ The second Arihant class nuclear submarine 'INS Arighat' was inducted into the Indian Navy in Visakhapatnam on August 29 in the presence of Defense Minister Rajnath Singh.
अरिहंत श्रेणी की दूसरी परमाणु पनडुब्बी ‘आईएनएस अरिघात’ (INS Arighat) 29 अगस्त को रक्षा मंत्री राजनाथ सिंह की उपस्थिति में विशाखापत्तनम में भारतीय नौसेना में शामिल की गई है।

➼ India has made the first payment for  ' hybrid power projects' in the northern region of Sri Lanka.
भारत ने श्रीलंका के उत्तरी क्षेत्र में ‘हाइब्रिड बिजली परियो़जनाओं’ के लिए पहला भुगतान किया है।

➼ Bihar Chief Minister ' Nitish Kumar' has inaugurated a state-of-the-art sports academy, sports complex and sports university in Rajgir on the occasion of  'National Sports Day' on August 29 .
बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री ‘नीतीश कुमार’ ने 29 अगस्त को ‘राष्ट्रीय खेल दिवस’ के अवसर पर राजगीर में अत्याधुनिक खेल अकादमी, खेल परिसर और खेल विश्वविद्यालय का उद्घाटन किया है।

➼  Dr. T.V. Somanathan has taken charge as the new Cabinet Secretary.
डॉ. टी.वी. सोमनाथन ने नए कैबिनेट सचिव के रूप में पदभार ग्रहण किया है।

➼  Avani Lekhara won gold medal in shooting in Paris Paralympics 2024.
पेरिस पैरालंपिक 2024 में अवनी लेखरा ने निशानेबाजी में गोल्ड मेडल जीता।

➼  PM Modi will flag off 3 new Vande Bharat trains on August 31.
पीएम मोदी 31 अगस्त को 3 नई वंदे भारत ट्रेनों को हरी झंडी दिखाकर रवाना करेंगे।

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.

The boy was the only son of a poor widow.

Sultan Gayasuddin was a famous Pathan king who ruled over eastern India.

One day, while he was hunting, one of his arrows killed a little boy.

Crying and wailing, the woman reported the matter to the magistrate, who was known as Qazi.

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.

Plants on the farms died whenever the wind brought ashes from the volcano.

And birds fell from the sky, dying before they reached the ground.

After the eruption of the Paricutin volcano, for 100 miles no green thing, not even grass, could live.

The volcano had brought complete ruin to seven villages in the valley.

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.


The cornea, a transparent covering, and a spherical lens make up the eye's lens system, just like any other camera. The retina is a kind of 'reusable film'. This is the (1) _________for images. The size of the opening, the shape of the lens and the movements of the eye are all controlled by various sets of muscles.
There are three things that happen when you look at an object:
To fit on the retina, your eye's tiny 'screen', the image must be reduced in size.
It is necessary to focus the scattered light at the retina's (2)__________
To match the retina's curve, the image must be curved.
The image is focused on the retina by the lens and cornea working (3)____________. When the eye is unable to focus the image onto the retina, the majority of vision problems occur. The cornea is reshaped during laser eye surgery, which alters the eye's focal point. The primary objective is to precisely focus the image on the retina, just like in an ordinary eye. The corneas of most people are either too long or too short. In the first scenario, corneal flattening is accomplished through laser eye surgery. The cornea is reshaped in the latter scenario by becoming rounder. This corneal tissue is amazing because it heals and rebonds immediately, (4)_________
the need for stitches.To make precise cuts as (5)__________as a quarter micron in length, a laser beam is sharply focused. A laser can remove 0.5% of a human hair's width at once, and the typical human hair has a diameter of fifty microns! Although they are able to significantly improve their vision, many laser eye surgery patients never attain normal vision.