07th August 2019 One Liner Current Affairs

1. Lok Sabha gives nod to legislation that bans commercial surrogacy
• Date – 05th August 2019

2. At 7.3%, retail loan growth slips to 5-year low in first half of 2019
• 2014 – 6.4%

3. Bill Gates regains second-richest spot while Mukesh Ambani slips to 18th place in world rich list
• 1st Rank – Jeff Bezos

4. Naaz Joshi Wins Miss World Diversity Crown for Third Consecutive Year

5. Rajesh Kumar Srivastava designated as the new director (exploration) in ONGC, while Sandeep Kumar Gupta appointed as the director (finance) in IOC
• Replaced – A.K Sharma

6. Power Grid Names Kandikuppa Sreekant As Chairman And Managing Director
• Date – 06th August 2019
• Replaced – Ravi P Singh

7. Cancer researcher Fiona Kolbinger becomes first woman to win 4,000km endurance cycling race across Europe
• Duration – 10 days, 2 hours & 48 mins

8. Iran unveils three new precision-guided missiles
• Date – 06th August 2019
• Air to Air Missile

9. Steve Smith overtakes Virat Kohli to become second fastest to score 25 Test centuries

10. Legendary Aussie Olympian Sally Pearson Announces Her Retirement
• She is Popular Athelete

11. Mastercard launches identity check express to secure online transactions

12. India, Israel explore new areas of cooperation to boost financial ties

13. Former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj passes away in New Delhi
• Date – 06th August 2019

14. Brendon McCullum announces retirement from all forms of cricket

15. Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton writing a book about ‘Gutsy Women’
• Inauguration Date – 01st October 2019