Current Affairs is the most important area in all competitive exams. But the difficulty level is very high. That’s why; many aspirants get confused, how to select Current Affairs for Preparation of Competitive Examination? In this Post, Daily Current Affairs 28 & 29 August 2022, we have tried to cover each and every point and also included all important facts from National/ International news that are useful for upcoming competitive examinations such as UPSC, SSC, Railway, State Govt. etc.
Current Affairs for Competitive Exam – 28 & 29 August 2022
FIFA lifted ban with immediate effect on All India Football Federation
World football governing body FIFA has lifted the ban on All India Football Federation (AIFF). The decision was taken after FIFA received confirmation that mandate of the committee of administrators set up to assume the powers of AIFF Executive Committee had been terminated, FIFA said. FIFA added Under-17 Women’s World Cup 2022 can now be held in India as planned.
FIFA lifted ban on All India Football Federation: Highlights
FIFA declared, “On August 25, the Council’s Bureau resolved to immediately lift the All India Football Federation (AIFF)’s suspension. As a result, India can host the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022, which is slated to take place from October 11–30, 2022.”
The entire dispute was set off when Praful Patel, a former president of the All India Football Federation (AIFF), decided not to hold elections even after his term as president had ended. In the end, the Indian Supreme Court stepped in and appointed a committee to draft a new constitution. The Central government earlier filed a request in the Supreme Court to end the term of the Committee of Administrators (CoA), as required by the world football governing body, in order to maintain the hosting rights of the Under-17 women’s world cup.
UEFA Awards: Karim Benzema, Alexia Putellas win UEFA best player awards
Karim Benzema and Alexia Putellas were rewarded for outstanding seasons by winning the UEFA men’s and women’s player of the year prizes at a ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey.
Benzema had been the heavy favorite for the men’s award after scoring 15 Champions League goals to lead Real Madrid to a record-extending 14th European title. Putellas won a second straight UEFA women’s best player award after helping Barcelona reach the Champions League final in defense of its title. Barcelona lost to Lyon.
The coaching awards went to the winners of the two biggest events last season: Carlo Ancelotti of Madrid and Sarina Wiegman, who led England to the Euro 2022 title.
Key points:
- Benzema won from a three-player shortlist that included Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois and Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne.
- Putellas won her vote ahead of England forward Beth Mead, who was the Euro 2022 joint top scorer with six goals, and Germany midfielder Lena Oberdorf.
- Voting was done by coaches whose teams played in European competitions and selected journalists across Europe.
8th International Film Festival of Shimla begins at Gaiety Theater
Three-day 8th edition of the International Film Festival of Shimla has begun at Gaiety Theater, Shimla, and Himachal Pradesh.
The festival will screen around 86 films and will be participated by 50 directors from India and abroad. There are 27 films in the international category, 34 Indian films, 4 Himachali films, and 15 National Award-winning films will be screened.
Film exhibition organized by the National Film Archives of India, Pune will be displayed at the venue.
Awadh Bihari Chaudhary unanimously elected as Speaker of Bihar Assembly
Senior RJD MLA Awadh Bihari Chaudhary unanimously has been elected as the Speaker of Bihar Assembly under Nitish kumar-RJD led Mahagathbandhan.
Election for the post of Speaker was necessitated following the resignation of Vijay Kumar Sinha from the post in the changed political scenario in Bihar.
- Chief Minister of Bihar: Nitish Kumar.
- Deputy CM of Bihar: Tejashwi Yadav
NITI Aayog to establish 500 Atal Tinkering Labs in Jammu and Kashmir
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and NITI Aayog will establish more than 500 Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs) in Jammu and Kashmir to nurture an innovative mind-set among high school students.
It will encourage young minds in the field, and challenge students to become producers of products themselves instead of consumer.
AIM was launched to create and promote an ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship across the country via school, university, research, MSME, etc.
Neeraj Chopra wins Lausanne Diamond League Meet title in Javelin throw
Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Neeraj Chopra has won the Javelin Throw competition at the Lausanne Diamond League with a best throw of 89.08 metre.
He became the first Indian to clinch the prestigious Diamond League Meet title. He has thus qualified for the Diamond League Finals, which will take place in Zurich, Switzerland on 7th and 8th September.
He is also now qualified for the 2023 World Championships, which is to be held in in Budapest, Hungary.
Justice U U Lalit sworn-in as 49th Chief Justice of India
Justice Uday Umesh Lalit (64 years) has been sworn-in as the 49th Chief Justice of India (CJI), succeeding Justice NV Ramana. President Draupadi Murmu administered him oath at Rashtrapati Bhawan.
He will have a short tenure of 74 days and will hold office till Nov 8, 2022. He was involved in some landmark judgements like that of Triple Talaq case Constitution grants power to the President of India to appoint CJI, in consultation with outgoing chief justice.
NASA Moon Rocket Set For Launch
NASA’s massive rocket, called the Space Launch System (SLS), is ready to blast off Monday morning from Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atop the rocket sits Orion, the spacecraft that will eventually take astronauts to the moon.
This mission — dubbed Artemis I — is a critical test of several things: how SLS performs; how Orion performs; and how its heat shield holds up upon re-entry after travelling to the moon and coming in at extremely high speeds. It would be a significant milestone in the space agency’s initiatives to bring humans back to the Moon’s surface for the first time since 1972. The SLS massive rocket will carry the crew capsule around the Moon further than any spacecraft made for humans has ever done, before returning to Earth for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
About Artemis:
Artemis-1 will test how well SLS and Orion can complete a mission to the Moon and back and will ensure that both rocket and the spacecraft can safely ferry astronauts that far into space and back. The spacecraft will stay in orbit for approximately six days to collect data and allow mission controllers to assess the performance of the spacecraft. According to a news release from the agency, the unmanned mission will be the “1st integrated test of NASA’s deep space exploration system,” which incorporates the Orion spacecraft, the SLS rocket, and the ground structures at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. “This is a mission that truly will do what hasn’t been done and learn what isn’t known,” Mike Sarafin, Artemis 1 mission manager at NASA Headquarters in Washington, said in the news release. “It will blaze a trail that people will follow on the next Orion flight, pushing the edges of the envelope to prepare for that mission.” Since the Saturn V mission in the 1960s and 1970s, the SLS rocket is the most dynamic one ever built. Up until this point, it was parked within a structure at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center.
How The Rocket Will Manoeuver:
The rocket will travel 4.2 miles from NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Complex to the launchpad at an average speed of 1 to 2 miles per hour in about 10 hours. The Orion spacecraft, designed to transport astronauts on trips into orbit lasting up to a few weeks, is perched atop this rocket. The mission will endure for around three weeks and conclude with proof of Orion’s preparation to return to Earth in a secure way. Off the coast of Baja, California, the spacecraft will do a precise landing within the visual range of the rescue vehicle. The mission will be followed by Artemis 2, which is scheduled to orbit the moon with a crew by 2024, and Artemis 3, which is scheduled to make a moon landing with a crew by 2025.
Virat Kohli becomes 1st Indian to play 100 Matches in each format
Cricket Legend Virat Kohli has become the first Indian and just the second player overall in international cricket history to have played 100 matches each in all three formats of the game. He added another milestone to his name when he was named in India’s playing XI for the highly anticipated Asia Cup 2022 match with Pakistan.
India vs Pakistan Playing XIs
India
Rohit Sharma(c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Dinesh Karthik(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh
Pakistan
Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Shahnawaz Dahani
Kohli has now 100 T20Is to his name in addition to 102 Tests and 262 ODIs since making his international debut in August 2008. His best individual score for India in this format is 94 and he has scored 30 half-centuries in this format. Kohli has an incredible record in T20I cricket for Team India having scored 3308 runs at an incredible average of 50.1.
The first man to do so was New Zealand batter Ross Taylor who retired from international cricket in April this year. The 38-year-old represented his country in 112 Tests, 236 ODIs and 102 T20Is between 2006 and 2022. Rohit Sharma and Shoaib Malik have played more than 100 games in T20Is and ODIs, but they are nowhere close to the tally of 100 test matches yet. Malik, in fact, has already announced his retirement from test cricket.
Ananth Narayan Gopalkrishnan appointed as whole-time member of SEBI
Associate Professor of SP Jain Institute of Management & Research, Ananth Narayan Gopalkrishnan has been appointed as the fourth whole-time member (WTM) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). He has been appointed for an initial period of 3 years.
Other WTMs: SK Mohanty, Ashwani Bhatia, Ananta Barua
Prior to SP Jain, Narayan was the Regional Head of Financial Markets for ASEAN and South Asia at Standard Chartered Bank
SEBI’s chairperson: Madhabi Puri Buch
Maharashtra to get its first “Divyang Park’’ in Nagpur
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has announced to establish and provide all possible support to the first ‘Divyang Park’ of Maharashtra in Nagpur.
It will have different kind of facilities for Divyangjans like sensory garden, textile Pathway touch, smell garden, skill training facility, rehabilitation facility, Sports-infotainment etc
During the occasion, ‘Samajik Adhikarita Shivir’ for distribution of aids and assistive devices to Senior citizens was also held.
International Day against Nuclear Tests 2022: 29 August
The International Day against Nuclear Tests is observed on August 29. It was established on December 2, 2009, at the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly by the resolution 64/35, which was adopted unanimously. On this day, the United Nations organises an event that creates public awareness regarding the effects of nuclear weapons tests, and detonations and further highlights the requirement for cessation of such nuclear tests.
Significance
Nuclear tests cause extensive damage to not just human society, but also to the environment, plant and animal life. The International Day against Nuclear Tests keeps us alert about this so that we can urge our leaders to ensure a safer nuclear weapons-free future.
International Day against Nuclear Tests: History
On 2 December 2009, the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly declared 29 August the International Day against Nuclear Tests through the unanimous adoption of its resolution 64/35. The Preamble of the resolution emphasizes that “every effort should be made to end nuclear tests in order to avert devastating and harmful effects on the lives and health of people” and that “the end of nuclear tests is one of the key means of achieving the goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world.”
The first nuclear test called Trinity was conducted on July 16, 1945, by the United States military in a desert in New Mexico. Nuclear technology was developed under J. Robert Oppenheimer of the Manhattan Project. After the first nuclear test, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9 in 1945, respectively, which claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. Successive generations in those Japanese cities suffered from radiation-induced cancer and birth defects. Later, the erstwhile Soviet Union conducted nuclear tests in 1949, the United Kingdom in 1952, France in 1960, and China in 1964. The Cold War phase (1947-1991) saw a nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union.
National Sports Day or Rashtriya Khel Divas 2022: 29th August
National Sports Day, or Rashtriya Khel Divas, is an annual observance that falls on August 29. The day commemorates the birth anniversary of Major Dhyan Chand, the hockey wizard of India. The purpose behind the observance of National Sports Day is to celebrate the legacy of Major Dhyanchand while creating awareness about the need and benefits of incorporating sports and physical activities into our day to life. The nation celebrates the day honouring our sports stars. The president gives away sports awards such as the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award, Dronacharya Award, and Dhyan Chand Awards on this occasion.
Notably: Recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award will be renamed as Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.
National Sports Day 2022: Significance
Rashtriya Khel Diwas OR National Sports Day’s primary motto is to promote awareness about the importance of sports and being physically active in the daily life of all the citizens: older or younger.
National Sports Day: History
In 1979, the Indian Postal Department paid tribute to Major Dhyan Chand after his death and renamed the National Stadium of Delhi as Major Dhyan Chand Stadium, Delhi. In 2012, it was announced that a day must be celebrated as National Sports Day with the motive of spreading awareness about the spirit of sportsmanship and propagating the message of various sports. And for this again a tribute was given to Major Dhayan Chand on his birth anniversary and announced on 29th August as National Sports Day in India.
Important and interesting facts about Dhyan Chand:
- He was awarded India’s third highest civilian honour Padma Bhushan in 1956. His original name was Dhyan Singh.
- The nickname ‘Chand’ got stuck to his name as he used to practise all night in the moonlight (called Chand in Hindi).
- He breathed his last on December 3, 1979, in Delhi having slipped into a coma.
IND vs PAK Asia Cup 2022: India won by 5 wickets from Pakistan
IND vs PAK Asia Cup 2022, India beats Pakistan by 5 wickets in the second match of Asia Cup 2022. IND vs PAK Asia Cup 2022 was an intense match as India needed 7 runs in the last over. India won the toss and chose to bowl first. Opening players from India were Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul. KL Rahul was clean bowled in 0 runs. India completed a half-century in 7.4 overs and a century in 15.4 overs. India lost 5 wickets, KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, and Ravindra Jadeja in the end. The last over was played by Hardik Pandya and Dinesh Karthik. Hardik Pandya was announced as the Player of the Match for today India vs Pakistan match in Asia Cup 2022.
IND vs PAK Asia Cup 2022: Pakistan All Out in First Innings
IND vs PAK Asia Cup 2022 started live at 7.30 pm from Dubai International Cricket Stadium. India won the toss and chose to bowl first. Pakistan’s opening players were Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam. IND vs PAK Asia Cup 2022 is the 100th T20 International Match for Virat Kohli. Bhuvneshwar Kumar was the first baller from India. In the first over of India vs Pakistan match, two DRS were taken. The first wicket was taken by Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Babar Azam was caught out by Arshdeep Singh after making 10 runs.
Pakistan completed 51 runs in 7 overs after losing 2 wickets. Pakistan made a century in 14.5 overs, which was a great milestone for Pakistan in their first match of Asia Cup 2022. Bhuvneshwar Kumar took the highest number of wickets. He took 4 wickets against Pakistan including Naseem, Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, and Babar Azam. Mohammad Rizwan scores the highest runs for Pakistan, 43 runs in 42 balls. Pakistan made a total of 147 runs, all out. It was a good start for both teams. Team India is under the Captaincy of Rohit Sharma and Team Pakistan is under the Captaincy of Babar Azam. Jaspreet Bumrah and Shahid Afridi are dropped from playing India vs Pakistan Asia Cup 2022. Dinesh Karthik replaced Rishabh Pant in today’s IND vs PAK Asia Cup 2022.
Key Players from India and Pakistan:
Rohit Sharma is leading the India team in Asia Cup 2022. Some crucial batsmen who can win one for home are KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, and Suryakumar Yadav. Some of the key bowlers include Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Arshdeep Singh. Needless to say, Kholi will be looking forward to make his 100th T20 international appearance to end the debate on his future in the shorter version of the game.
Babar Azam is skipper of Pakistan team in Asia Cup 2022. Some of the important players from the team are Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Rizwan, and Asif Ali. Prominent bowlers from the team include Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf, and Usman Qadir.
