Union Home Minister Amit Shah praised the team of NAFIS of NCRB for winning Gold Award.
NAFIS –
- A country-wide searchable database of crime- and criminal-related fingerprints.
- It assigns a unique 10-digit National Fingerprint Number (NFN) to each person arrested for a crime.
- Managed by – National Crime Record Bureau at Central Fingerprint Bureau (New Delhi)
- Facilitates integrated palm print, fingerprint enrolment, and portrait capture, storage, and matching.
Road hit killed young tiger on state highway near NagziraTiger Reserve.
Nagzira Tiger Reserve –
- Location: Bhandara and Gondia districts of Maharashtra.
- A part of NavegaonNagzira National Park.
- Flora – Dry deciduous, Moist deciduous and Bamboo forests.
- Dominant tree species: Teak, bamboo, tendu, andmahua
- Fauna – Tigers, leopards, sloth bears, gaur (Indian bison), sambar deer, spotted deer, wild boar, and langur.
- Water Bodies – Navegaon Lake, Nagzira Lake, and Itiadoh Dam
- Climate: Tropical monsoon climate
Chinese engineers were attacked by Balochistan Liberation Army near Gwadar Port.
Gwadar Port –
- Location – Southwestern Balochistan province (Pakistan)
- Part of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
- Located on Arabian Sea, close to the entrance of the Persian Gulf.
SEBI asked the Supreme Court for 15 days more to complete its inquiry into a report by U.S.-based Hindenburg Research accusing the Adani Group.
- Justice Sapre committee – To “examine issues” arising out of US shortseller Hindenburg’s report on the Adani Group.
U.K. scrambles jets to intercept Russian bombers near Scotland.
Shetland Island –
- Also called Zetland
- Location – Scotland
- About 100 islands with fewer than 20 inhabited.
- Form border between Atlantic Ocean (west) and North Sea (east).
India and China held the 19th round of Corps Commander-level talks on August 14 for disengagement in eastern Ladakh.
Chusul border –
- South of Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh
- Passes include – Rezang La, Reqin La, and Spanggur Gap.
- One among the 5 Border Personnel Meeting points between Indian Army and People’s Liberation Army of China.
Gogra Post (Patrol Point 17A):
- Along Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China.
- Situated at confluence of Gogra and Kongka rivers.
The BuchiBabu competition featured some of the top names in Indian cricket and was regarded as a curtain-raiser for the domestic season
Buchi Babu Naidu Memorial Tournament –
- Started in 1909
- Honouring MothavarapuVenkataMahipathi Naidu (BuchiBabu Naidu).
- Buchi Babu promoted cricket in Madras (Chennai).