PSC Current Affairs - August 28, 2021

1.Who was re-appointed as the  Managing Director & CEO of ICICI Bank - Sandeep Bakhshi

2.The indian state that  has decided to take over the sponsorship of Indian wrestling teams till 2032 -Uttar Pradesh

3. Platform recently launched by NITI Aayog and Cisco (American multinational company) to promote women entrepreneurship -WEP Nxt

4.The first country in the world to manufacture Fossil - Free Steel - Sweden

5.World's largest and tallest observation wheel will be installed in – UAE (Ain Dubai)

New platform launched by Ministry of Electronics & IT to create a conducive platform to Indian Software Product star-ups to  enhance  their  products and  securing  investments  for  scaling  their  business - SAMRIDH  (Start-up Accelerators of MeitY for pRoduct Innovation, Development and growth)

7.The short story of Mahasweta Devi that was recently dropped from the syllabus of Delhi University - Draupadi

8.The first complete WiFi panchayat in Kerala -Meppayur

9.Campaign jointly organized by Haritha Kerala Mission and Kudumbasree Suchitwa Mission with the objective of recycling cloth waste - Mattathinte noolizha

10. City that tops in  Safe Cities Index 2021 published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)-Copenhagen

(The list also includes New Delhi (48th) and Mumbai (50th) from India.)

11.The former captain of the England cricket team died recently-Ted Dexter (popularly known as Lord Ted)

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