Current Affairs – 19 August 2022

  • Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh becomes India’s first completely functionally literate district
    • Functionally Literate means the person is able to perform basic reading and writing

  • Kerala Savari – First online taxi aggregator service in India which is owned by a state government launched in Kerala

  • Union Cabinet approve India-France contract under International Transport Forum (ITF)

  • Interest Subvention Scheme (ISS) – Cabinet has approved modified interest subvention (i.e. subsidy) of 1.5% on short term agriculture loan up to Rs. 3 Lakh

  • Reviving extinct Tasmanian Tiger
    • US and Australian scientists have launched a project to revive the extinct Thylacine / Tasmanian Tiger using gene-editing