1) Hiroshima Day is observed globally on 6th August
•Hiroshima Day is observed on August 6 to commemorate the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945, at the end of World War II. The horrific incident took place on August 6, 1945, when the United States dropped an atomic bomb named “Little Boy”, on the town of Hiroshima in Japan. 2022 marks the 77th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing. The day, which is observed at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Japan, highlights the effects of nuclear wars, pays respect to those who got killed, discourages nuclear proliferation and promotes world peace.
2) NASA made the first multispectral maps of Mars available
•The researchers from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) made the first multispectral maps of Mars’ surface public. The 5.6 GB, multicoloured map covers 86% of the area of the Red Planet. The American space agency will gradually distribute the whole map over the next six months.
3) China is conducting its largest-ever military drills around Taiwan
•After Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the US House, left the island, China began its largest-ever military drills encircling Taiwan. Beijing reacted angrily to her visit, threatening punishment and announcing military exercises in some of the busiest shipping lanes in the world: the seas surrounding Taiwan.
4) ISRO’s launched tiniest rocket to display the Tricolor in Space
•A tiny satellite launch vehicle will be sent from Sriharikota by the Indian Space Research Organization on 7th August 2022. It is a three-stage vehicle, and each step of propulsion uses solid fuel. The goal of the project is to place an Earth observation satellite called EOS-02 into low earth orbit along with a satellite called “Azaadi SAT.” The satellite will be launched from Sriharikota.
5) Sweden and Finland approved to join NATO by US Senate
•With 95 senators voting in favour of the measure, the US Senate decisively approved the NATO membership of Sweden and Finland. Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri cast the lone dissenting vote, contending that the threat posed by China should receive considerably more attention than European security. Finland and Sweden’s membership in NATO has the strong support of US President Joe Biden, who in July forwarded the issue to the Senate for consideration.
6) Indian Navy’s all-female crew completes first solo maritime mission
•Women officers in the Indian Navy made history when they flew a Dornier 228 on the first-ever all-female autonomous maritime reconnaissance and surveillance mission in the North Arabian Sea. Five officers from the Indian Navy Air Squadron (INAS) 314 stationed at the Naval Air Enclave in Porbandar, Gujarat, completed the mission.
7) RBI Hikes Repo Rate By 140 Base Points In 3 Months
•The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on August 5, 2022, raised the repo rate by 50 basis points (bps) to 5.4 per cent, taking it above the pre-pandemic levels of 2020, as has been speculated in a while. This is the third time that the RBI has raised the repo rate in a span of few months, by a huge 140 bps in three months, to be precise. One bps equals 0.01 percentage point.
•“The most likely scenario is that the impact of the rate hike will be passed on by the banks to the deposit rates,” Shaktikanta Das, governor, RBI said. “Already the trend has started, quite a few banks have hiked their deposit rates and that trend will continue. When there is a credit offtake, obviously the banks can sustain and support that credit offtake only if they have higher deposits. They cannot be relying on central bank money on a perennial basis to support credit offtake.
8) 8th Day Commonwealth Games 2022: India Won 3 Gold, 1 Silver Medal And 2 Bronze
•On the 8th day of the Commonwealth Games 2022, India has shown tremendous performance with 3 golds, 1 silver, and 2 bronze in Wrestling in several categories. The following players created history on the 8th day of Commonwealth Games 2022.
