Current Affairs for SSC CGL Exams - 25 August 2021

SSC CGL Current Affairs

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India gave a name to its operation to evacuate its citizens from war-torn Afghanistan. External affairs minister S Jaishankar called it 'Operation Devi Shakti' and saluted the efforts of Indian Air Force and Air India.
"Op Devi Shakti continues. 78 evacuees from Kabul arrive via Dushanbe. Salute @IAF_MCC, @AirIndiain and #TeamMEA for their untiring efforts," Jaishankar tweeted.
His tweet came hours after 78 people, including 25 Indian nationals, were brought to New Delhi from Tajikistan's Dushanbe in a special Air India flight on Tuesday. They were flown out of Taliban-controlled Kabul to Dushanbe in an aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) a day before.
Three copies (swaroop) of the Sikh sacred scripture Guru Granth Sahib was also brought back, which were received by Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri. He expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister NarendraModi for carrying out rescue operations from Afghanistan and said the government is in constant touch with the remaining people over there.

A terrorist threat against Kabul airport is "very serious" and "imminent", Britain's armed forces minister James Heappey said on Thursday as the UK government warned its citizens to stay away from the area.
"Reporting over the week has become ever more credible. And it is of an imminent and severe threat to life," Heappey told Times Radio.
"This is a very serious threat, very imminent," he said.
Late Wednesday, Britain warned its citizens away from Kabul's airport, where huge crowds have gathered hoping to board evacuation flights after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
"Do not travel to Kabul Hamid Karzai International Airport," the Foreign and Commonwealth Office wrote on its website. "There is an ongoing and high threat of terrorist attack."
"If you are in the area of the airport, move away to a safe location and await further advice," it urged, adding that "if you can leave Afghanistan safely by other means, you should do so immediately".

Union minister for finance NirmalaSitharamansaid she has requested banks to work with state governments to push the ‘one district, one product’ agenda.
Sitharaman also asked the banks to have regular interaction with export promotion agencies, chambers of commerce and industry to understand and address the requirement of exporters in a timely manner.
Sitharaman, who is on a two-day visit to Mumbai, said there should be some kind of a simple approach between public sector banks so that exporters are not made to run between one bank to another scouting for a better offer, according to news agency PTI.
“The nature of banking is also changing today. We see even from industry inputs that people are able to raise finances even outside of the banking system. After several decades, Independent India has only depended through the banks for funds which businesses would want,” news agency ANI posted on Twitter quoting the finance minister.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has invited proposals from the national scientific community for “scientific analysis and utilisation" of data from all experiments of Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter.
The ISRO said the data from Chandrayaan-1 have been extensively used by Indian researchers to understand lunar morphology, surface age determination and composition of the lunar surface, studies on the possible presence of magmatic as well as exogenic water.
"These studies have provided enhanced thoughtful views regarding lunar evolutionary processes. Such studies from Chandrayaan-1 have considerably expanded Indian lunar science community. To further strengthen the Indian research community for lunar science studies, Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter payloads data are made available to public and scientific proposals are solicited for scientific analysis," it said.
The organisation said that Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter is currently in a 100 km x 100 km circular polar orbit around the Moon, and "carries 8 experiments for studies ranging from surface geology and composition to exospheric measurements that would continue to build upon the understanding from previous lunar missions".

A U.S. Open triumph would also give the Serb a record-setting 21st career Grand Slam title - one more than his great rivals Roger Federer and RafaNadal, who will both be absent.
After an Olympic stumble Novak Djokovic will get a second bite at history in the Big Apple with a calendar year Grand Slam there for the taking at the U.S. Open.
A U.S. Open triumph would also give the Serb a record-setting 21st career Grand Slam title - one more than his great rivals Roger Federer and RafaNadal, who will both be absent.