One Liner GK Current Affairs- 22August 2018

Daily Current Affairs & GK Update 22August 2018

In the Current Affairs & GK Update of 22 August 2018 we cover  all important National,International,Financial,Sports news, nominations, agreements which are relevant for upcoming SBI PO,SBI Clerk,SSC,IBPS RRB exams.We at Achieversrule regularly provide One Liner Current Affairs and GK Updates to keep our candidates prepared for Current Affairs section of Banking,Insurance exams and current affairs exam.

National:

• The first-ever joint air exercise involving the Indian Air Force and the the Royal Malaysian Air Force commenced today at Subang Air Base in Malaysia.
• National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)would be the designated nodal agency for monitoring the complaints received on a government portal that records child pornography and sexual violence videos.
• The Union Ministry of Earth Sciences has announced it will set up a cyclone warning centre in Kerala and boost weather forecasting in the state with another Doppler radar.The new centre will be set up in Thiruvananthapuram.

Announcements:

• Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday announced that Naya Raipur smart city, will be renamed 'Atal Nagar' in honour of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who passed away on August 16 in New Delhi.

Financial news:

• The Receivables Exchange of India (RXIL) on Friday said Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) has become the first public sector enterprise to make a transaction on the "TReDS platform".

Autobiography:

• Spin legend Shane Warne will talk about his extraordinary cricketing career and his life off the pitch in his upcoming book ' No Spin'besides unveiling several unknown facts in his autobiography which will be published this October.
• Veteran cricketer VVS Laxman, known for the suppleness of his wrists, will now bring his expertise into play as he picks up the pen to write his tell-all book, which will hit the stands on November 20.The book is named "281 and Beyond".

Sports:

• Shooter Rahi Sarnobat won the Women's 25m Pistol event at Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia.Miss Rahi Sarnobat has become the first ever Indian female shooter to win Gold in the history of Asian Games.

STATIC GK NOTE DOWN POINTS

• Capital of Malayasia:Kuala lumpur
• Currency of Malaysia: Malaysian Ringgit.
• Chief of Air Staff: Birender Singh Dhanoa.
• Test wicket taken by Shane Warne in Test cricket: 708.
• Chief Minister of Chattisgarh:Raman Singh.
• The Host cities for Asian games 2018 are Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia.
• 'TReDS' is an online electronic institutional mechanism for facilitating the financing of trade receivables of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) through multiple financiers.