PSC Current Affairs - August 25, 2021

1.Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

  • 16th Paralympics
  • Official mascot - Someity
  • Special venue prepared for the inauguration - Para Airport
  • President of International Paralympic Committee -Andrew Parsons
  • 54 Paralympics athletes to represent India
  • The message of the Tokyo Paralympics - We have wings
  • India's flag-bearer during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 -Tek Chand  (Mariappan Thankavelu could not attend the inauguration ceremony due to COVID restrictions)
  • The first city to host the Paralympics twice - Tokyo
  • Malayalee who is a member of the Indian shooting team at the Tokyo Paralympics -- Siddhartha Babu
  • Who inaugurated the Tokyo Paralympic 2020 - Emperor Naruhito (Japan Emperor ) 

2.Name of Indian Mission to bring back the Indians Trapped in Afghanistan - Operation Devi Shakti

3.Recipient of the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award 2020 for Malayalam Language  - Omchery N. N. Pillai ( Book - Akasmikam)

4.The  Union Minister who was arrested by the Maharashtra Police for allegedly making defamatory remarks against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray- Narayan Rane

5.Former Malayalee footballer who passed away recently - Olympian O. Chandrasekharan (He was also the first Malayalee captain to win the Santosh Trophy )

6.E-commerce app launched by kerala vyapari vyavasayi ekopana samithi - V Bhavan

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