The World Photography Day was celebrated on August ,19 .It celebrates the artist's eye for the way they look at the world and create the image long before it gets materialised. The day came in to force in 2009.
World's 1st photograph taken by-Joseph Nicephore Niepce.
India successfully test-fired its indigenously developed HeliNa anti-tank missile at the Pokhran Range in Rajasthan. It is designed to be launched from the helicopters operated by the Indian Army Aviation Corps. It will be launched by HAL.
HeliNa stands for Helicopter-launched Nag.
Bajrang Punia claimed India's first gold medal on the first day of the Asian Games 2018 as he beat Japan's Daichi Takatani 11-8 in the final of Men's Freestyle 65 kg category.
Apurvi Chandela, Ravi Kumar bag bronze medal in 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team.
Sun Peiyuan of China won the 1st gold medal of the Asian Games.
Budget hotel aggregator OYO Rooms won top honours at India’s biggest and best awards for startups - ET Startup Awards, joining a group of peers distinguished by technical and entrepreneurial prowess.
OYO Rooms founder-Ritesh Agarwal
The World Health Organization has awarded India for its efforts to reduce the tobacco prevalence in the country. India is the only winner to receive the highly prestigious WHO 'World NO Tobacco Day 2018 Award' from Southeast Asia region among 11 countries.
Delhi govt’s add. director of health S.K. Arora got the award.
Telangana govt. has launched Disaster Response Force (DRF) vehicles in the Hyderabad city. The vehicles will be parked at 24 locations with Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) DRF staff and they will reach the emergency spots in no time.
Telangana CM- K. Chandrashekar Rao, Governor-E.S.L. Narasimhan
Indian girls’ football team claimed the SAFF U-15 Championship, defeating Bangladesh by a goal in the finals held at Changlimithang Stadium in Thimpu. They scored 16 goals in a total of four matches.Top Scorer was Priyanga Devi Naorem (4 goals).
South Asian Football Federation ,founded 1997,HQ- New Delhi.
TRAI will soon start consultations over a framework for traffic management practices as well as the structure of a multi-stakeholder body outlined in the net neutrality principles. The necessary traffic management practices would be formulated by DoT.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India(TRAI), Founded 1997.
The US Govt. is attempting to force Facebook to break the encryption of their Messenger app in a court case. Fb Messenger does not offer end-to-end encryption by default. Users have to enable it by switching on a feature known as ‘Secret Conversation’.
Facebook CEO- Mark Zuckerberg ,Founded 2004.
Microsoft is developing the next version of its smart glasses, called Glabella, that can work as a cuff-less, wearable and unobtrusive blood pressure measuring device. It consists of optical sensors, processing, storage, and communication components.
Microsoft- Founder Bill Gates, Paul Allen.
CEO- Satya Nadella.