Daily Current Affairs and GK | 8 August 2024

Topic: Defence

1. Strategic Vision for “Viksit Bharat” unveiled by Navy Chief.

• On August 7, a document unveiled by Indian Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, outlining his strategic vision for the Navy's role in building a developed India or "Viksit Bharat".
• The document, titled "CNS Course to Steer-2024 (CTS-2024)", outlined the key objectives to build a "combat-ready, credible, cohesive and future-ready Navy".
• This strategic roadmap has been designed to align the Navy's capabilities with India's broader national development goals.
• The release of CTS-2024 came just months after Admiral Tripathi assumed charge as the 26th Navy Chief on April 30, succeeding Admiral R. Hari Kumar.
• This strategic vision comes at a time when the Indian Navy is actively involved in various international collaborations.

(Source: DD News)

Topic: Important Day

2. National Javelin Day 2024: 7 August

• Every year on August 7 National Javelin Throw Day is celebrated in India.
• The Athletics Federation of India, the apex body of athletics in India, decided to celebrate August 7 as National Javelin Day to commemorate Neeraj Chopra's historic gold medal during the Tokyo Olympics.
• On 7 August 2021, Chopra won the gold medal in the final of the men's javelin throw event of the Tokyo Games by throwing the javelin to a distance of 87.58 metres.
• Chopra created history as it was India's first gold medal in track and field events at the Olympics.
• With the gold medal win in Tokyo, Chopra had also become India's second individual gold medallist after Abhinav Bindra won gold at the 2008 Beijing Games.

Topic: Space and IT

3. ISRO will launch Earth Observation Satellite-8 (EOS-8) on August 15.

• The EOS-8 will be launched by the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV)-D3.
• The main objective of the EOS-08 mission includes designing and developing a microsatellite and creating payload instruments compatible with the microsatellite bus.
• The Electro-Optical Infrared Payload (EOIR), Global Navigation Satellite System-Reflectometry Payload (GNSS-R), and SiC UV Dosimeter are the payloads for this mission.
• The EOIR payload has been designed to capture images in the mid-wave IR (MIR) and long-wave IR (LWIR) bands.
• The GNSS-R payload demonstrates the capability of using GNSS-R-based remote sensing for applications such as ocean surface wind analysis, soil moisture assessment, and inland waterbody detection.
• EOS-08 will make significant advancements in satellite mainframe systems, such as an integrated avionics system known as the Communication, Baseband and Positioning (CBSP) Package.

Topic: Sports

4. Vinesh Phogat has been disqualified from the Paris 2024 Olympics wrestling competition.

• For being overweight in the women’s 50 kg category, Vinesh Phogat has been disqualified from the Paris 2024 Olympics wrestling competition.

• Each weight category is organised over two competition days.
• Vinesh Phogat was eligible for competition on the opening day but weighed just over 50 kg on the second day.
• As per the wrestling rules, if a wrestler fails the weigh-in on either day of the competition, they will be eliminated from the event.
• Vinesh was scheduled to face the USA's Sarah Hildebrandt for the gold medal.
• Vinesh Phogat had defeated Cuba's Yusneylis Guzman Lopez in the semi-finals.