August 2019 important news
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President approves Motor Vehicles Amendment Act, 2019
President has approved the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019. The bill amends the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The act aims to make Indian roads safer, reduce corruption and use technology to overhaul the country's transportation system. Some main features of the act are:
- The Bill proposes a scheme to allow cashless treatment of victims in a road accident during the golden hour. The golden hour is defined as the time period of up to one hour following a traumatic injury, during which the likelihood of preventing death through prompt medical care is the highest.
- The Bill proposes to increase the minimum compensation for hit and run cases. In case of the death, the compensation has been raised from Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 2,00,000, and in case of grievous injury it will be from Rs. 12500 to Rs. 50,000.
- The new law also allows the centre to ask manufacturers to recall vehicles in case of defects that cause harm to the environment.
- The law has proposed stiffer penalties for traffic rule violations such as over-speeding, dangerous driving, driving under the influence of alcohol and other offences such as not wearing
- a helmet or driving without licence.
One Nation, One Ration Card' to be rolled out in India by June 1, 2020.
One Nation One Ration Card" scheme to be rolled out in India from June 1, 2020.To implement the scheme successfully, the centre has kick started inter state portability of ration card pairing two states each.
The pairs are made between Telangana-Andhra Pradesh as well as Maharashtra-Gujarat. This means that beneficiaries living in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh can buy their quota of ration from the Public Distribution System (PDS), also called ration shops, in either of the states.
- Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution: Ram Vilas Paswan.
- -New record made in U.P-
Uttar Pradesh's "Vriksharopan Mahakumbh" drive has created world record after planting more than 22 crore saplings. The drive was launched on the occasion of 77th anniversary of Quit India Movement. More than 22 crore saplings were planted at 12.2 lakh locations under the drive in state. Another record of "largest distribution of saplings in the world" was created when 76823 saplings were distributed free in just 6 hours in Prayagraj.
- Chief Minister of UP: Yogi Adityanath; Governor of UP: Anandiben Patel.
-Rel Jio & Microsoft partners to offer cloud infrastructure for businesses-
- Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft: Satya Nadella.
- Chairman of Reliance Industries Limited: Mukesh Ambani
- .Relaince Jio and Microsoft announced a partnership to accelerate the digital transformation in India. Under this deal, Microsoft will bring in the Azure Cloud on Jio Network and target the enterprise and business users seeking a technological shift.
-Rafael Nadal wins Montreal Masters title-
- Nadal wins in Montreal to win 35th Masters crown. He defeated Russian Daniil Medvedev by 6-3, 6-0. With the win, he also extended his record haul of Masters 1000 titles. Nadal has successfully defended a hard court title for the first time in his career.
-15-km long national flag unfurled in Raipur, Chattisgarh-
In Chhattisgarh, thousands of students and members of several social organisations unfurled a 15-km long national flag by forming a human chain in Raipur ahead of the Independence day.This event was organised by Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam Foundation to entered the Champions Book of World Records (for the longest tricolour).Static/Current Takeaways Important For RRB NTPC/IBPS RRB Main 2019:- CM of Chhattisgarh: Bhupesh Baghel; Governor of Chhattisgarh: Anusuiya Uikey.
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