* Dr. Narayanagowda (Karnataka Sports and Youth Empowerment minister) has announced that Bengaluru will host FIBA U-18 women Asian Basketball championship from September 5th to 11th.

* The international event will be organised in the Sree Kanteerava Indoor stadium and Koramangala Indoor stadiums.

* Division A team will compete with Division B team in the championship to qualify for the FIBA World Championship to be held in July 2023 in Spain.

* PM Narendra Modi has virtually addressed the Har Ghar Jal Utsav, that was organized in Goa under the Jal Jeevan Mission.

* Goa is the first State, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu is the first UT in the country, to achieve 100% Har Ghar Jal certification.

* The event will be attended by the Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Goa CM, Pramod Sawant.

* During the event, the QR code payment system for water bills was also launched.

* Indian army and Chinese Army will attend the Vostok 2022 military exercises that will held in Russia from August 30 to September 5.

* Other participants: Belarus, Mongolia and Tajikstan.

* The strategic command and staff exercise will be held under the chief of Russia's General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, at 13 training grounds of the Eastern Military District.

* In 2021, India had attended ZAPAD 2021 drills in Russia in which 17 countries including China and Pakistan.

* Bajaj Electricals has elevated its Executive Director Anuj Poddar to Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

* The company has separated the post of Chairman & Managing Director to marks the company's commitment to strong corporate governance standards.

* Shekhar Bajaj will continue as Executive Chairman of the company.

* Bajaj Electricals had a turnover of Rs 4,813 crore in FY22.

* Bajaj group founder: Jamnalal Bajaj; Founded: 1926; HQ: Pune, Maharashtra.

* HDFC Bank has launched latest campaign 'Vigil Aunty’ with an aim to promote safe banking habits among people.

* Anuradha Menon who plays the popular character of ‘Lola Kutty’ on television, will be the face of the ‘Vigil Aunty’ campaign.

* This campaign will run with the Bank’s popular ‘Mooh Band Rakho’ campaign, that urges people not to share their confidential banking information with others.

* The Vigil Aunty campaign will run for 4-6 weeks.

* HDFC Bank CEO: Sashidhar Jagdishan

* HDFC Bank has launched latest campaign 'Vigil Aunty’ with an aim to promote safe banking habits among people.

* Anuradha Menon who plays the popular character of ‘Lola Kutty’ on television, will be the face of the ‘Vigil Aunty’ campaign.

* This campaign will run with the Bank’s popular ‘Mooh Band Rakho’ campaign that urges people not to share their confidential banking information with others.

* The Vigil Aunty campaign will run for 4-6 weeks.

* HDFC Bank CEO: Sashidhar Jagdishan

* The 3rd Edition of Ex VINBAX 2022 Bilateral Army Exercise between India and Vietnam has been concluded at Chandimandir, Haryana.

* Theme of Ex VINBAX – 2022: Employment and deployment of an Engineer Company and a Medical Team under United Nations Contingent for Peacekeeping Operations.

* Focus: Strengthening mutual confidence and interoperability.

* The next edition of VINBAX will be hosted in Vietnam in 2023.

* The National Fisheries Development Board (NPFB) has conducted the 9th governing body meeting in New Delhi, chaired by Minister of Fisheries, Parshottam Rupala.

* During the event, he has also launched an online marketplace feature - 'Aqua Bazar' app.

* The app will help the fish farmers and stakeholders to source the inputs such as fish seed, feed and medicines required for fish culture.

* He has released a book on Super Success Stories from Indian Fisheries.

* Union minister for road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari has unveiled Switch EiV 22, India’s first electric double-decker air-conditioned bus, in Mumbai.

* The electric bus was designed, developed and manufactured in India by Switch Mobility, Ashok Leyland’s electric vehicle arm.

* The double decker has a lightweight aluminium body construction that provides higher passenger-to-weight ratio and a competitive cost per km, per passenger.

* World Photography Day is observed on August 19 every year to celebrate the beautiful art of photography.

* Theme 2022: Pandemic Lockdown through the lens

* This day was originated after the invention of the 'daguerreotype'.

* Daguerreotype is a photographic process that was developed in 1837 by Frenchmen Louis Daguerre and Joseph Nicephore Niepce.

* On August 19, 1839, the French government has announced about the invention of the daguerreotype.