1. NASA scientists fly over Greenland to track melting ice

• NASA scientists are crossing Greenland on a mission to track melting ice.Greenland melting faster in the last decade and this summer it has seen two of the biggest melts on record since 2012.
• Global warming is the chief culprit of the melting ice issue .Both warmer air and warmer water are eating away at Greenland it causes to lose billions of tons of ice daily in the summer.
• A team of scientists and engineers aboard a research plane are dropping probes into the ice to help figure out which is the bigger cause.If water is playing a bigger role than scientists had thought, that could mean seas will be rising faster than expected.

Foot Notes:
About NASA
1. Headquarters: Washington, D.C., United States
2. Founder: Dwight D. Eisenhower
3. Founded: 29 July 1958, United States
4. Chairman of NASA: Charles Bolden

2. Book My Forex join hands with YES Bank for foreign exchange travel card

• An online forex marketplace, Book My Forex has partnered with YES Bank and card payment company Visa to launch a co-branded multi-currency forex travel card that will provide a smooth payments solution to Indians traveling abroad. They can load up to 10 currencies on the card.
• The forex travel card will be available to Customers on the Book My Forex platform and get doorstep delivery at free of cost across major cities in India. In order to promote the sale over currency notes, the platform will offer zero margin or exact inter-bank rates 24*7 on purchases made through the forex travel card.
• Customers will be able to manage the travel cards through the mobile app by getting real-time notification alerts and view the INR (Indian rupee) equivalent of all amounts they spent.They will also get value-added services like tracking currency-wise balances, locating surcharge-free ATMs (Automated Teller Machine) nearby and reload their travel cards while traveling abroad.

Foot Notes:
About Book MyForex
1. Founded: 2011
2. Headquarters: Gurgaon, Haryana
3. Founder and CEO: Sudarshan Motwani

About YES Bank:
1.Formation: 2004
2. Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
3. CEO & MD: Ravneet Gill
4. Tagline: Experience our Expertise

3. Amazon inaugurates its world’s largest campus in Hyderabad

• E-commerce company Amazon, inaugurated its single-largest campus in the world in terms of area (9 acres) in Hyderabad, Telangana. The campus was inaugurated by Mohammed Mahmood Ali, MLC(Member of Legislative Council), Minister of Home, Prisons, Fire Services, government of Telangana.
• This Hyderabad campus of Amazon, is the only one, placed outside US(United States). Having over 62,000 employees in India, this campus alone can accommodate more than 15,000 employees.

Foot Notes:
About Amazon
1.CEO: Jeff Bezos
2. Founder: Jeff Bezos
3. Founded: 5 July 1994

About Telangana:
1.Formed- 2 June 2014.
2. Capital- Hyderabad.
3. Chief minister- K. Chandrashekar Rao.
4. Governor- ESL Narashiman.

4. International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief: 22 August

• United Nations observes 22 August every year as “International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief”.
• The day is observed to strongly condemn continuing violence and acts of terrorism targeting individuals, including persons belonging to religious minorities, on the basis of or in the name of religion or belief.

Foot Notes:
About United Nations
1. Headquarters of United Nations: New York
2. Secretary General of the United Nations: António Guterres.

5. Gold medal for India in World Police and Fire Games

• B.N.S. Reddy beats Bruce Barrios of the U.S. in the men’s singles final to win the gold medal at the World Police and Fire Games.
• The tournament was held in Chengdu, China. In the doubles event, Reddy and Surinder Mohan Sharma lost to the pair of Sabandon Eduardo (Phi) and Helminen Risto (Fin) in the finals and bags the silver medal.
• B.N.S. Reddy is a former Additional Commissioner of Police and a current member of the BCCI’s Anti-Corruption Unit.

6. Knight Frank ranks Delhi as the 10th fastest growing market globally

• Prime Global Cities Index of London based consultancy Knight Frank has ranked Delhi as the 10th fastest growing prime market globally. The index is topped by Berlin(Germany) whereas Istanbul(Turkey) and Vancouver(Canada) were the weakest markets with rates minus 9.9% and minus 13.6% respectively.
• Bengaluru (2.8%) and Mumbai (0.8%) were ranked 15th and 30th on the list, respectively.46 cities’ movement globally were tracked based on its luxury residential prices but only 35 out of those 46 cities have projected price growth.Despite Berlin ranking first in the index.

Foot Notes:
About Delhi
1. Chief minister (CM)- Arvind Kejriwal.
2. Deputy chief minister- Manish Sisodia.
3. Governor- Anil Baijal.

About Knight Frank
1. Founded: 1896.
2. Founder: John Knight, Howard Frank and William Rutley.
3. CMD (Chief Managing Director) Knight Frank India: Shishir Baijal.

7. Cerebras Systems reveals "world's largest computer chip"

• Artificial intelligence(AI) company Cerebras Systems has unveiled the world’s largest single silicon-based processor named Cerebras Wafer Scale Engine.
• This chip has 1.2 trillion transistors, the basic on-off electronic switches that are the building blocks of silicon chips.The rectangular shape chip measures 21.5cm sq (8.5in sq), comes with 400,000 AI (Artificial Intelligence) cores and 18 gigabytes of on-chip memory.

Foot Notes:
About Cerebras Systems
1. CEO & Co-Founder: Andrew Feldman
2. Established: 2016.
3. Headquarters: California, USA.

8. India’s Hockey team wins Olympic test event 2019 in Tokyo, Japan
Men’s Team

• Indian men’s hockey team registered a win over New Zealand by 5-0 to win the Olympic Test Event 2019 at the Oi Hockey Stadium, Tokyo, Japan. The goals for India were scored by Harmanpreet Singh, Shamsher Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Gursahibjit Singh and Mandeep Singh.

Women’s Team

• Indian Women’s Hockey team won the Olympic Test Event 2019 by beating Japan by 2-1 in the final at Oi Hockey Stadium, Tokyo, Japan. Navjot Kaur and Lalremsiami scored the goals for India whereas Minami Shimizu scored the only goal for Japan.

Foot Notes:
About Japan
1. Prime minister: Shinzō Abe
2. Capital: Tokyo
3. Currency: Japanese yen

About Coaches:
1. Men’s team coach: Graham Reid (Australia)
2. Women’s team coach: Sjoerd Marijne (Netherlands)

9. Allahabad High Court bans DJ in Uttar Pradesh, asks govt to release toll-free number for complaints

• The Allahabad High Court has banned DJs across the state and if someone is found guilty, they can be sentenced up to five years and may have to pay a hefty fine of Rs. 1 lakh.
• Citing the issue of noise pollution, the court ruled out the decision and has asked the govt to ensure that no noise pollution rules are violated in the state.
• The decision was given by Justice PKS Baghel and Justice Pankaj Bhatia of Allahabad High Court after public interest litigation was filed by advocate Sushil Chandra Shrivastava, an Allahabad native.

Foot Notes:
About Uttar Pradesh
1. Chief Minister: Yogi Adityanath
2. Capital: Lucknow
3. Governor: Anandiben Patel

10. Karnataka Tops In State Rooftop Solar Attractiveness Index(SARAL) 2019

• RK Singh, the Union Minister of State for Power and New & Renewable Energy (IC) and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship has launched the State Rooftop Solar Attractiveness Index 2019 (SARAL) at the Review Planning and Monitoring (RPM) Meeting with States and State Power Utilities in New Delhi.
• As per the Index, Karnataka got the top spot with SARAL score of 78.8 as the best state for setting up a rooftop solar project followed by Telangana(72.2), Gujarat(67.9) and Andra Pradesh(66.1). Jammu and Kashmir(J&K) has been ranked last with a score of 14.4. All the first 4 got A++ grade.
• The index has been designed jointly by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation (SSEF), Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) and Ernst & Young (EY).

Foot Notes:
About Karnataka
1. Chief minister: B. S. Yediyurappa
2. Capital: Bengaluru (Executive Branch)
3. Governor: Vajubhai Vala