Days in Focus
- National Librarian’s Day in India - 12 August.
- World Elephant Day - 12 August.
- Theme for International Youth Day (12 August) - Transforming education.
Defence
- Defence minister Rajnath Singh has approved extension of benefits of Child Care Leave (CCL) to - single male service personnel.
Economy
- National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) has signed MoU to promote Credit facilitation for sustainable development of MSMEs - State Bank of India.
National
- This company has partnered with the Logistics Sector Skill Council (LSC) of the National Skill Development Corporation's (NSDC) to train its delivery executives - Flipkart.
Persons in News
- New Ambassador of India to the Republic of Congo - Ghotu Ram Meena.
- Freedom fighter who died in Panimora (Odisha) on 10 August 2019 - Dayanidhi Nayak.
- Book ‘Listening, Learning and Leading’ is based on - Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu’s two years in office.
Sports
- The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has agreed to come under the ambit of the - National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA).
- Winner of Men's single event at the Rogers Cup 2019 - Rafael Nadal (Spain).
General Knowledge
- The Rogers Cup is an annual tennis tournament held in – Canada (Montreal and Toronto).
- Republic of the Congo - Capital: Brazzaville; Currency: Central African CFA franc.
- Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) – founded in: 1928; Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra.
- India’s National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) was setup in - 2005.
- World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) – Founded in: 1999; Headquarters: Montreal, Canada.
- National Librarian’s Day (12 August) in India is observed in remembrance of – Dr. S. R. Ranganathan (1892-1972) (national professor of library science).
