17th August Current Affairs 2019

17th August Current Affairs 2019 

17th August Current Affairs 2019 :

1. Bajrang Punia, a gold-winning wrestler at the Asian and Commonwealth Games, receives the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. Deepa Malik, who won silver in the Paralympics, is also the highest sportsman in the country. Arjun Dhyan Chand Award for Two Athletes in Bengal Arjun is getting hepatthlete dream. Arup Basak of Table Tennis has been nominated for the Dhyan Chand Award. Indian cricketer Rabindra Jadeja and Indian women's team spinner Poonam Yadav will also be honored with the Arjuna Award. Badminton coach Bimal Kumar was selected for the Dronacharya Award, Sandeep Gupta of Table Tennis and Mohinder Singh Dhillon, Athletics Coach.

2. The big decision of the Railway Ministry is to cancel all diesel engines over 31 years old. The Railway Ministry has said that the use of diesel engines will be stopped in phases by 2022.

3. Internet-mobile phones have been launched in Jammu, after two weeks in the Valley.

4. Instead of Steve Rhodes, the coach of Bangladesh is Russell Domingo of South Africa. He will take over from August 21. It is reported that Russell's salary is around US $ 25,000.

5. Hrithik Roshan gets the title of the most handsome male in the world. Football star David Beckham, Hollywood actor Robert Pattison and Chris Evans are still on the list, but the priest has won the prize.

 Earlier, Hrithik received the title of 'Good Looking Man' in the world. However, Hrithik was awarded a US company by some of the world's most handsome men.

6. The Pak army opened fire on Saturday along the Line of Control in the naval sector of Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. An Indian soldier was killed in the incident.


7. The devastating fire was in the emergency department of Delhi AIIMS, with 34 fire engines on the spot.

8. The familiar face of late national television, Nilam Sharma, who received the Presidential Award.  He was suffering from cancer for a long time  He was a popular television performer.


9. The deadly weeds were found in the city center of Durgapur. This plant is harmless to humans. Its scientific name is Parthenium hysterophorus. Parthenium is so harmful to the plant that it can be affected by various symptoms such as asthma or asthma, bronchitis, high fever, and various allergies.


10. The United States saves $ 440 million in financial aid from debt-ridden Pakistan. It was lowered to US $ 4.1 billion.

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