Daily GK Update - 8th August 2023 Current Affairs

                                                Current Affairs

                                                National Affairs

Supreme Court to appoint an All Women Committee to oversee relief in Manipur.

• The Supreme Court will appoint a committee of three high court judges to oversee relief in Manipur.
• This all-women committee of three former High Court judges is headed by Justice Gita Mittal, a former Chief Justice of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court.

Kerala has launched ‘Trainers of Trainers’ Project to promote women-friendly tourism.

• UN Women and Kerala Tourism join hands to promote the Women-Friendly Tourism initiative.
• Under this initiative, Trainers of Trainers Project.

The Ministry of Cooperation has launched the CRCS Portal for Cooperatives.

• Union Home Minister and Cooperatives, Shri Amit Shah has launched the Central Registrar of Cooperative Societies (CRCS) Office in Pune.
• This portal will help in the functioning of 1550 cooperative societies.

                                            International News

India has approved a grant of 450 million rupees granted to Sri Lanka for the Unique Identity Project.

• Sri Lanka is going to implement SL- UDI (Srilanka Unique Digital Identity) Project.
• To implement this project, India has approved the grant of 450 million rupees to the Srilankan Government.

Guyana is going to buy India-made Dornier Jets.

• Guyana is trying to promote military-to-military relations with India.
• In line to promote military-to-military relations with India, Guyana will buy made-in-India Dornier Aircrafts.
• Dornier Aircraft is a surveillance and reconnaissance jet.

Russia is going to launch a Moon Mission named ‘Luna-25 Mission’.

• Russian Space Agency, Roscomos  is going to launch a moon mission after 47 years of its first moon mission.
• The Luncha is a four-legged lander, which weighs around 800 kilograms (1,750 pounds), and is expected to touch down in the region of the lunar south pole.

                                                         Economy

India’s Unemployment Rate increased to 7.95%.

• According to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, the Unemployment Rate in India has increased to 7.95%.
• Unemployment rate

                                                             Sports

SAI launched the short movie series ‘Halla Bol’ Under the ‘Cheer4India’ Campaign.

• Sports Authority of India (SAI) under the Umbrella Campaign 'Cheer4 India' has launched a short movie series ‘Halla Bol’ on the journey of Asian Games-bound athletes to motivate them for Hangzhou Asia