23rd August 2022 Current Affairs

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23rd August 2022 Current Affairs is provided below:

1. Books & Authors:

“Sing, Dance and Pray”
Authored by historian Hindol Sengupta

2. Government targets to eliminate Kala-azar from the country by 2023:

Kala Azar is also known as Visceral Leishmaniasis
It is a neglected tropical disease
Transmitted by the bite of phlebotomine sandflies
Deadliest parasitic killer after malaria.

3. International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition:

Observed on August 23 by UNESCO
Theme 2022: Decolonisation
To memorialize the transatlantic slave trade.

4. World water week:

Observed from 23 August to 1 September
Organized by Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) since 1991
To address the global water issues and related concerns of international development.
The theme of the 2022 World Water Week is: “Seeing the unseen: The value of water”

5. FTX Crypto Cup:

International Chess Championship
Held in Miami
Indian chess master Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa has defeated world champion, Magnus Carlsen.

6. 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference:

Host by Canada
It provides delegates of Commonwealth parliaments and legislatures with an annual forum to discuss parliamentary system improvements and international political issues.

7. International Astronomy & Astrophysics Olympiad: India ranks 3rd:

Raghav Goyal, Sahil Akhtar, Mehul Borad – Gold Medal
Malay Kedia, Atharva Nilesh Mahajan – Silver Medal
Held in Kutaisi, Georgia.

8. Vidya Rath – School on Wheels’ project:

Launched by the Government of Assam
This project aims at providing economically challenged underprivileged children to access elementary education for a period of 10 months.
After 10 months, the children will be integrated into the conventional system of education.

9. Rashtriya Puraskar Portal:

It is the first of its kind in the history of India to provide information about all awards to the public on a single digital platform.
The information includes criteria, selection procedure, and details of past awardees.
The portal allows every citizen and organization to nominate individuals and organizations for various categories of Awards instituted by the Government of India.

10. Pulitzer Prize 2022:

Won by Bangladesh-born Fahmida Azim.
She will be awarded under the category of Illustrated Reporting and Commentary.
She is among the four journalists of Insider, selected for their work on the Chinese oppression of the Uyghurs.
The work ‘I escaped a Chinese internment Camp’ has illustrations by her.

11. SCO Defence Ministers’ Meeting:

Held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a Eurasian political, economic and security organization.
SCO Headquarters: Beijing, China.

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