Current Affairs 19.08.2018

International Affairs

1. Asian Games begin in the Indonesian capital Jakarta

The 18th edition of the Asian Games officially kicks off in Jakarta, Indonesian.

Around 11,000 athletes (from 45 countries) is participating in 40 sports and 67 disciplines consisting of 28 Olympic sports, 4 new Olympic sports, and 8 non-Olympic sports.

Renowned Indonesian singers like Anggun, Raisa and Tulus and a total of 4,000 dancers has performed at the ceremony.

For the first time, eSports (a form of competition using video games) and canoe polo will be contested as demonstration sports.

The Awards of #AtalBihariVaajpayee received

The Awards of #AtalBihariVaajpayee received
1992 : Padma Vibhushan
1993 : D. Lit. from Kanpur University 1994 : Lokmanya Tilak Award 1994 : Outstanding Parliamentarian Award
1994 : Pandit Govind Vallabh Pant Award 2015 : Bharat Ratna.
2015 : Bangladesh Liberation War honour.

️Today's Achievements... Shooter Ravi Kumar & Apurvi Chandela win India's first medal at Asian games 2018 venue Indonesia 

SSC to re-start GD Constable registrations 2018 today @ ssc.nic.in: Earn up to Rs 69,100

The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) started the online registration process for SSC GD constable in CAPFs, NIA, SSF, and Rifleman (GD) on August 17, 2018.

Earlier, the registration process got delayed due to heavy load of applications on the SSC website.

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