1.PM to launch Ujjwala 2.0 (Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana-PMUY | Current Affairs in English

1.PM to launch Ujjwala 2.0 (Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana-PMUY) by handing over LPG connections at Mahoba Uttar Pradesh.
In budget 2021-22, provision for an additional one crore LPG connection under PMUY scheme to low-income families.
Ujjwala 1.0 was launched in 2016.


2.ISRO to send Bhutan’s INS-2B satellite into space by December 2021.
Indo-Bhutan space cooperation:
India and Bhutan have been engaged in space cooperation with Earth station for South Asia Satellite (SAS), launched in 2017 , Bhutan.


3.Indian Contingent managed to win 7 medals comprising 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 4 Bronze Medals in 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games.
India stood at 48th position in the medal table

US has topped the overall medal table with 113 medals.


4.PM to chair UNSC High-Level Open Debate on Maritime.
 debate on ‘Enhancing Maritime Security – A Case for International Cooperation’.


5. International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples: 9th August.
Theme 2021: Leaving no one behind: Indigenous peoples and the call for a new social contract.


6. India-UAE Navy undertakes bilateral exercise ‘Zayed Talwar 2021’.


7. Centre approves extension to Rajiv Gauba’s term as Cabinet Secretary.
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has extended the tenure of Rajiv Gauba, as the Cabinet Secretary of India, for a further period of 1-year.


8. Nagasaki Day: 9th August,
 76th anniversary of the Nagasaki bombing that took place on August 9, 1945.
US dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki(August 9) and Hiroshima (August 6).


9. VP Venkaiah Naidu releases Postage Stamp on Mananiya Chaman Lal.
Mananiya Chaman Lal, renowned social worker .