Days in Focus
- Theme for International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 2019 (9 August) - Indigenous Languages.
International
- This country has designated India among the over 20 major drug transit or illicit drug producing countries - US.
- Country that has the highest (840) number of 'living' indigenous languages in the world - Papua New Guinea.
- United Nations' International Year of Indigenous Languages - 2019.
National
- India’s rank in terms of number of 'living' indigenous languages in the world - fourth (with 453).
Persons in News
- Recipients of Bharat Ratna in 2019 - Pranab Mukherjee, Bhupen Hazarika and Nanaji Deshmukh
Sports
- On 8 August, this South African batsman announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket - Hashim Amla.
- Place of the World Archery Youth Championships during 19-25 August 2019 – Madrid, Spain.
- The only athlete from India to be named in ‘The Highest-Paid Female Athletes 2019’ list released by Forbes - badminton player P.V. Sindhu (13th position with $5.5 million).
- First place in ‘The Highest-Paid Female Athletes 2019’ list released by Forbes - American tennis player Serena Willams ($29.2 million).
State Current Affairs
- Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $200 million (Approx. Rs. 1410.8 Cr) loan for improving road infrastructure in 34 districts of - Maharashtra State.
Science and Technology
- This Indian institute and National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) researchers are working towards developing better turbines that can harness the power of ocean waves to generate electricity - Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras.
General Knowledge
- India's highest civilian award - Bharat Ratna (introduced in 1954).
- The first ever Indian to receive Bharat Ratna - Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman.
- World Archery - founded in: 1931; Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Archery Association of India (AAI) - founded in: 1973; Headquarters: New Delhi.
- Asian Development Bank (ADB) – Founded in: 1966; Headquarters: Mandaluyong, Philippines.
