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Daily GK Current Affairs News viable of 13th August 2021.Here is the Regular current affairs viable of 13th August 2021. covering the following news headlines: World Organ Donation Day, Consumer Price Index, 2021 Skytrax World Airport Awards, Durand Cup.

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So, here is the GK update of 13th August 2021 to help you prepare the Current affairs part. After reading this section, you can successfully attempt current affairs quiz.

Here current affairs have been categorized which is as follows:

  • State News
  • Awards News
  • Sports News
  • Important Days
  • Miscellaneous News

State News

  1. Indore declared India’s first ‘Water Plus’ certified city
  • India’s cleanest city, Indore in Madhya Pradesh has achieved yet another milestone of being declared as the first ‘Water Plus’ certified city in the country under Swachh Survekshan 2021. Swachh Survekshan is an annual survey of cleanliness, sanitation and hygiene across cities and towns. India was launched as part of Swachh Bharat Mission.
  • Indore conducted a survey and stopped 7,000 dirty water going into rivers and streams.
  • Moreover, 30 per cent of the city’s sewage water was recycled and reused. This recycled water was used by people in their gardens and some construction sites.
  • Seven sewerage treatment plants were constructed in the city and about 110 million litres per day (MLD) treated water from them is being used.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

  • Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh: Shivraj Singh Chouhan;
  • Governor: Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel.

Awards News

  1. 4 Indian airports find place in Skytrax’s top 100 airport list
  • Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in New Delhi has been ranked among the top 50 best airports in the world at the 2021 Skytrax World Airport Awards. Delhi airport has improved its overall ranking by five places.
  • It was ranked 50th in 2020. With this, it has also become the first Indian airport to feature in the top 50 list. Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar has been named the “Best Airport in the World”.

Other Indian Airports in the list are:

  • Hyderabad: 64 (placed at 71 in 2020)
  • Mumbai: 65 (placed 52 in 2020)
  • Bengaluru: 71 (placed 68 in 2020)

Top Five Airports in the World:

  • Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar
  • Haneda Airport in Tokyo
  • Changi Airport in Singapore
  • Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea
  • Narita International Airport (NRT) in Tokyo
  1. Indian Team Wins US Innovation Award
  • Softworth has been awarded the prestigious National Science Foundation Innovation-Corps (NSF I-Corps) Teams Award in the United States.
  • Softworthy’s award-winning project ‘focuses on developing state-of-the-art computational methods for stochastic modeling, design simulation and sensitivity analysis of electronic devices such as printed-circuit-board (PCB), which are critical for the development of novel technical applications. such as driverless vehicles and energy efficient smart buildings.

Sports News

  1. Shakib Al Hasan, Stafanie Taylor voted ICC players of the month for July
  • Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and West Indies skipper Stafanie Taylor were named the ICC Player of the Month for July in men’s and women’s categories respectively.
  • Shakib, who was nominated alongside West Indies’ Hayden Walsh Jr and Australia’s Mitchell Marsh. Shakib’s contributions in all three formats of the game helped Bangladesh win their series against Zimbabwe last month.
  • Taylor was the standout performer for West Indies in the limited-overs series against Pakistan.
  1. Durand Cup makes re-entry with 130th edition to be held at Kolkata
  • The Durand Cup, Asia’s oldest and the world’s third oldest football tournament, is all set to make a comeback after a gap of one year.
  • The 130th edition of the Durand Cup is scheduled to be held in and around Kolkata from September 05 to October 03, 2021. The competition was canceled last season due to the Kovid-19 pandemic.

Important Days

  1. World Organ Donation Day: 13th August
  • World Organ Donation Day is celebrated every year on August 13. The day is celebrated to raise awareness about the importance of organ donation and motivate people to donate organs after death.
  • The day provides an opportunity to all to come ahead and pledge to donate their precious organs because one organ donor can save up to eight lives. Organ donation is retrieving a donor’s organ like heart, liver, kidneys, intestines, lungs, and pancreas after the donor is deceased and then transplanting into another person who is in need of an organ.
  1.  International Lefthanders Day: 13th August
  • The International Left-Handers Day is observed on August 13 every year to celebrate the uniqueness and differences of the left-handers and raise awareness of the advantages and disadvantages of being left-handed in a predominantly right-handed world.
  • Left-handers are likely to have better verbal skills than their right-handed counterparts, according to a 2019 study by Oxford University. The day was first observed in 1976 by Dean R Campbell, the founder of Lefthanders International Inc.
  • Further, in 1990, the Lefthanders International Club was founded with an aim to promote left-handedness, and make their views known to manufacturers towards the development of items for left-handed individuals. In 1992, the Club launched the International Lefthanders Day to create awareness regarding the “advantages and disadvantages of being left-handed.”

Miscellaneous News

  1. LG Manoj Sinha inaugurates “Bungus Awaam Mela” in J&K
  • The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha inaugurated the Bungas Awam Mela with a grand arrangement of village games, spectacular local performances and other activities to celebrate the 75th year of independence in the Bungas Valley of Kupwara district.
  • While inaugurating the fair, the Lt Governor paid tributes to the great revolutionary, freedom fighter Khudiram Bose, on his death anniversary. He also remembered countless others who made sacrifices and invaluable contributions towards achieving the Independence of the country.

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