Daily current affairs 31st August

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August 31, 2021

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# Tokyo paralympics

 

 

  • Avani lekhara and sumit Antil led the golden charge as India gained a rich haul of medals at the paralympics in Tokyo on monday.
  • India won five medals, with two golds, two silvers and a bronze.
  • India’s overall tally stands at seven with two golds four silvers and one bronze.

 

 

 

# Vaccination drive

 

 

  • Private hospitals picked up only 9.4% of the covid vaccines between may 1 and August 17.
  • Although 25% of the doses were alloted.
  • On the other hand, 90.6% of such doses reached government centres, of which 97% are already administered.

 

 

 

# Film city

 

 

  • The construction of the film city, a pet project of Uttar pradesh Chief minister yogi Adityanath, in sector-21 of Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development authority (YEIDA) area of Gautam Buddha nagar district is likely to start in January next year.
  • This film city is expected to provide employment to 15,000 people.
  • It will be spread over an area of 1000 crores and to be built at a cost of 6000 crore.

 

 

 

# Vande bharat trains

 

 

  • The railways plans to operate 102 Vande bharat trains by March 2024.
  • Earlier Prime minister Narendra Modi announced the operation of 75 vande Bharat trains by next year.
  • Railways has floated tenders for manufacturing 58 rakes, each comprising 16 coaches.

 

 

 

# Chinese rules

 

 

  • Chinese regulators on Monday slashed the amount of time players under the age of 18 can spend on online games to an hour of gameplay on fridays, weekends and holidays.
  • This decision has been taken in response to growing concern over gaming addiction.

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