Daily Current Affairs MCQ - August 29, 2021 - UPSC MCQ

However, for cash-based transfers under the Indo-Nepal Remittance Facility, the per transaction limit of Rs 50,000 will still be present with a maximum number of transfers in a year allowed at 12.

The International Day against Nuclear Tests is held on August 29 since 2010.

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh dedicated to the nation, the indigenously built Coast Guard Ship ‘Vigraha’ on August 28, 2021, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The ICGS Vigraha, is the seventh and final ship in the series of Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs), the agreement for which was signed in 2015. The ship has been designed and built indigenously by Larsen & Toubro Ship Building Limited.

The India Navy and the Germany Navy carried out a joint exercise in Gulf of Aden near Yemen on August 26, 2021, in the Indian Ocean leg of Indo-Pacific Deployment 2021. The Indian Navy was represented by frigate “Trikand” while the German Navy was represented by frigate “Bayern”.

Professional News Broadcasters Standards Authority (‘PNBSA’) is a self-regulatory body of the News Broadcasters Federation (NBF) for news media. Now it has been officially recognized by the government. Arnab Goswami is the current president of the News Broadcasters Federation (NBF).

The Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) Rajeev Chandrasekhar, launched India’s first indigenously developed Quantum Computer Simulator (QSim) Toolkit, on August 27, 2021. The first-of-its-kind QSim toolkit has been developed jointly by IISc (Indian Institute of Science) Bangalore, IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) Roorkee and C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing).

The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY)-National Mission for Financial Inclusion is marking its 7th anniversary on August 28, 2021. The PMJDY was announced by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on August 15, 2014 and was officially launched on August 28.

In India, the National Sports Day is observed every year on 29 August, on the occasion of the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand.

Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh has announced the operationalization of the BRICS Agricultural Research Platform (BRICS- ARP) for strengthening the cooperation of BRICS member nations in the field of agricultural research & innovations. The BRICS- Agricultural Research Platform has been prepared and set up in India. The Coordinating Centre of the BRICS Agricultural Research Platform is housed at NASC Complex, Pusa, New Delhi.

The Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting, and Youth Affairs & Sports, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur and Minister of Tourism, Culture and Development of North Eastern Region of India, Shri G. Kishan Reddy jointly inaugurated an e-Photo exhibition titled “Making of the Constitution” and Virtual Film Poster Exhibition named “Chitranjali@75”, on August 27, 2021. The event was organized by Ministry of I&B to celebrate Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.