current affairs 19 August 2022

FSIB recommends Mohammad Mustafa as a Chairman of NABARD.

The Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) has recommended Mohammad Mustafa for the post of NABARD Chairman.
He is an IAS officer 1995 batch, UP cadre and served as the Chairman and Managing Director of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI).
He had also served as a Joint Secretary in the Department of Financial Services; as CMD of NHB and as MD of CERSAI.
The Appointments committee of the cabinet headed by PM Modi will take the final decision.

Home Minister, Amit Shah has inaugurated a two-day National Security Strategies (NSS) Conference in New Delhi.
Aim: To ensure a safe and secure nation by strengthening all aspects of national security mechanism.
During the conference, he has also inaugurated the National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS) that was developed by NCRB.
NAFIS will help in quick and easy disposal of cases with the help of centralized finger print database.

The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet has approved the proposal for India’s first night safari in Kukrail forest area of Lucknow district.
It would be developed on the tunes of Singapore.
As part of the project, the government will establish a zoological park on around 150 acres and night safari on 350 acres without disturbing the dense 2,027-hectare forest.
The 75 acres of Kukrail would be dedicated for leopard and tiger each while 60 acres for wild beer.

Delhi CM, Arvind Kejriwal has launched the Make India No. 1 mission to make India the number one country in the world.
Five-point vision of this initiative: Free education; Free treatment; Employment for youth; Equal rights, dignity and security for women; and Fair price to farmers for their produce.
This mission was launched at the Talkatora Stadium of Delhi.
During the launch, he urged every citizen to join thin mission and make India No. 1 in the world.

The State Bank of India (SBI) has announced the launch of its first state-of-the-art dedicated branch for start-ups in India to facilitate and support them.
The branch has been launched by SBI chairman Dinesh Khara, is located in Koramangala, Bangalore (Silicon Valley of India).
After Bengaluru, the second and third branch will be launched in Gurgaon and Hyderabad respectively.
The branch has also entered into MOUs with the government of Karnataka initiatives.