Current Affairs for BANK, IBPS Exams - 21 August 2021

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Assam government will make learning history and geography mandatory in class 9 and 10 in schools.
The state government has also announced COVID relief package where drivers and helpers of privately operated buses will get one-time relief of Rs 10,000. The priests of the temple and head of Namghars (Vaishnavite place of worship) will get Rs 15,000 each.
He said, “Due to closure of inter-district movement in the last three-month long distance buses are not playing, the driver and helper are facing financial hardship. To assist them we will provide Rs 10,000 to each of them. This scheme will encompass 60,000 people.”

The king of Malaysia has chosen the former defense minister, Deputy Prime Minister Ismail SabriYaqoub, as prime minister, ending a prolonged political crisis in the country suffering from the Corona pandemic.
The King of Malaysia has chosen former Defense Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Ismail SabriYaqoub as Prime Minister, ending a prolonged political crisis in the country suffering from the Corona pandemic.
Bloomberg news agency reported that Ismail Sabry, 61, will be sworn in on Saturday, according to a statement issued by the royal palace, which said he had the support of 114 deputies in the 220-member parliament.
The statement came after the king met other royal rulers of the country on Friday to discuss the situation.
The appointment comes after weeks of political turmoil that led to the resignation of MuhyiddinYassin and his entire cabinet on Monday after 17 months in the position, amid mounting anger over his handling of the pandemic and the economy.

India's foreign exchange reserves decreased by USD 2.099 billion to stand at USD 619.365 billion for the week ended August 13 due to a fall in core currency assets and gold, RBI data showed on Friday.
The forex kitty had increased by USD 889 million to a lifetime high of USD 621.464 billion in the previous reporting week.
Foreign currency assets (FCAs), a major component of the overall reserves, decreased by USD 1.358 billion to USD 576.374 billion in the reporting week, as per the weekly data by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Expressed in dollar terms, the foreign currency assets include the effect of appreciation or depreciation of non-US units like the euro, pound and yen held in the foreign exchange reserves.

ZydusCadila said it got emergency use authorization for its ZyCoV-D coronavirus vaccine on Friday, becoming the first jab to be cleared for children in the 12-18 age group in India.
The Drugs Controller General of India’s (DCGI’s) approval of the country’s second indigenously developed vaccine will also help India speed up its immunization effort to halt the spread of the deadly virus.
an expert panel recommended authorizing ZydusCadila’s three-dose covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, clearing the way for the formal approval by the DCGI.
The vaccine from the Ahmedabad-based drugmaker is the world’s first DNA-based vaccine for covid-19 to be administered in adults as well as children aged 12 years and above.
The drugmaker has also evaluated a two-dose regimen for ZyCoV-D vaccine using a 3 mg dosage, and the effectiveness of the vaccine was found to be equivalent to the three-dose regimen.

Providing India an ideal momentum in the junior boys' event, Rohit (48kg), Ankush (66kg), and Gaurav (70kg) claimed confident victories against their respective opponents and confirmed themselves and country medals, securing places in the semi-finals.
RohitChamoli, Ankush, and GauravSaini were among the six Indian boxers who registered victories on the opening day of the ASBC Youth and Junior Boxing Championships in Dubai.