Daily Current Affairs 27th August 2022

RBI, Banking and Economy

• IRCTC scraps passenger data monetisation tender

• Centre submits NDC climate target to UNFCC, eyes net-zero by 2070

• GAIL targets net-zero carbon emissions by 2040

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI tweaks rules for sharp rating actions, non-cooperating issuers

NATIONAL

• Centre conducts door-to-door screening for TB in over 68,000 villages under Aashwasan campaign

• Niti Aayog to establish 500 Atal Tinkering Labs in Jammu and Kashmir

• 8th International Film Festival of Shimla begins at Gaiety Theater,Himachal Pradesh

STATES

• India’s first Night Safari to come up in Kukrail Forest Area in Lucknow

• Haridwar declared India’s Best Aspirational District under NITI Aayog's Aspirational Districts Programme

• Nagaland gets second railway station after 100 years

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Astronomers have spotted CO2 on a planet outside the solar system the for first time

• National Cancer Grid (NCG) Establishes New Centre for Digital Oncology to improve Cancer Care using Digital Technologies

• AirAsia India becomes the first airline to use AI powered CAE Rise Training System

DEFENCE

• Indian Army enhances its military capabilities, inducts swarm drone systems

• AAI, Sweden's LFV Air Navigation Services partners to develop sustainable aviation technology

• DRDO Successfully Test-fires Pinaka Extended Range Rocket In Pokharan

EVENTS

• Ministry of Textiles inaugurates GI Fair, Khilona India Toys, Games Fair Maa Shishu & Stem Confex

• CSIR-IIP is organizing the 6th National Symposium on SEFCO during 26-27 August, 2022

• 38th Meeting of Ministerial level Joint Rivers Commission of India and Bangladesh held at New Delhi

SPORTS

• Audi to enter Formula One in 2026 as power unit manufacturer

• FIFA lifts ban on Indian football body

• Neeraj Chopra creates history, Wins Lausanne Diamond League Meet title in the Javelin throw