Current Affairs For (16 August, 2021)

Answers With Explanation : (C) The Hindi film, Shershaah, has brought the spotlight back on Captain Vikram Batra, a war hero who had been martyred during the Kargil war of 1999. Batra took the CDS exam and was selected by the Services Selection Board (SSB) at Allahabad in 1996. He was commissioned into the Indian Army as lieutenant in the 13th battalion, Jammu and Kashmir Rifles.

Answers With Explanation : (D) The Taliban recently entered Kabul, saying they were awaiting a “peaceful transfer” of power. They, in less than eight weeks have swept through Afghanistan took all major cities including Mazar-i-Sharif, Kandahar and Herat among others.

Answers With Explanation : (D) Bennington Battle Day is celebrated on August 16th every year by Vermont. The Battle of Bennington was fought in 1977 during the Revolutionary War. A popular attraction is to ride up the elevator of the Bennington Monument, which offers views of the landscapes of Virginia, Massachusetts, and New York.

Answers With Explanation : (A) The Parsi New Year is observed on the first day of Farvardin, the first month of the Zoroastrian calendar. It is also known as Navroz, which is derived from the Persian words Nav and Roz, which indicate a ‘new day’.

Answers With Explanation : (B) India is remembering Bharat Ratna, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his third death anniversary on 16 August, 2021. He passed away on this day in 2018. Vajpayee was one of the co-founders and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation.

Answers With Explanation : (B) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called for a snap election which will take place on September 20. A snap election is an election that is called earlier than the one that has been scheduled.

Answers With Explanation : (D) At least 304 people died and hundreds were injured after a major earthquake struck southwestern Haiti on August 15. The United States Geological Survey said that the 7.2-magnitude quake was followed by a series of aftershocks. Haiti is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, to the east of Cuba and Jamaica and south of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Answers With Explanation : (C) Komalika Bari became the new under-21 recurve world champion at the Youth World Championships in Wroclaw, Poland in Archery. Komalika Bari is the only third Indian player to win the world title at the Tata Archery Academy's Cadet World Youth Archery Championships.

Answers With Explanation : (A) Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced fortification of rice distributed under various government schemes including Public Distribution System (PDS) and Mid-Day-Meal scheme by 2024. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) defines the fortification as “deliberately increasing the content of essential micronutrients in a food so as to improve the nutritional quality of food and to provide public health benefit with minimal risk to health.”

Answers With Explanation : (C) Centre will soon launch the Rs 100 lakh-Crore Gati Shakti National infrastructure plan to boost the country’s economy The Prime Minister of India announced that the Centre will soon launch the Rs 100 lakh-crore Gati Shakti national infrastructure plan to boost the country’s economy.