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23-08-2021

1. India’s highest herbal park inaugurated in Uttarakhand in Chamoli.
It has been developed in 3 years under central government's Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) scheme.
Mana: Last Indian village in Chamoli bordering China and is adjacent to Badrinath temple.


2.  India ranked 2nd in Global Crypto Adoption Index 2021.
The index is released by Chainalysis.The index ranked 154 countries.
Vietnam topped the index, followed by India, Pakistan and Ukraine.US and China were ranked as eighth and thirteenth.


3. NTPC commissions largest Floating Solar PV Project of India
 Largest floating solar PV project of 25MW on the reservoir of its Simhadri thermal station in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.


4.Dilli Series’ Sea Power Webinar 2021 to be conducted at INA.
Theme of Webinar: ‘Maritime History of the Indian Ocean Region (IOR)’.Aim: To provide exposure to cadets on the maritime history of the Indian Ocean Region.


5.Religion based Violence Victims Day: 22 August.
The day was adopted at 73rd UN General Assembly on 28 May 2019 as proposed by Poland.


6. MP Govt launches comprehensive Talent Search Campaign in the field of sports.
To search for new talented players and train them in 18 sports academies of state.


7. T M Bhasin re-appointed as Chairman of Advisory Board for Banking Frauds.
T M Bhasin has re-appointed as the Chairman of Advisory Board for Banking and Financial Frauds (ABBFF) by Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) with effect from August 21, 2021.His tenure will be of 2 years.


8. International Day for Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition.
It is a UNESCO designated dayOn 22 and 23 August ,It was first celebrated in many countries, in particular in Haiti (23 August 1998) and Goree in Senegal (23 August 1999).


9. Former Chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Kalyan Singh passes away.
He also served as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan.


10. Amitabh Bachchan becomes India’s First Celebrity Voice For Amazon’s Alexa.
Amitabh Bachchan voice will be available both in English as well as Hindi language