Current Affairs – 07 August 2022

  • Jagdeep Dhankhar elected as 16th Vice President of India
    • Lawyer by profession; Ex-Governor of West Bengal

  • Dalai Lama is confered the highest civilian honour of Ladakh- ‘dPal rNgam Duston’ by Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh (LAHDC)
    • Dalai Lama: Formal Head, Spiritual leader of Tibet; Born in 1935
      • Introduced Happiness Curriculum in Tibet in 2018
    • LAHDC: Founded in 1995; Administers Leh district

  • SEBI has formed a committee of 15 members to attract foreign investments

  • Hiroshima (Japan) observes 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing of August 6, 1945