Current Affairs One-Liner: 11th August 2021

• Vice President of India, Venkaiah Naidu released the commemorative postage stamp on the name of ‘Mananiya Chaman Lal’, the social worker, and Sangh pracharak.
• South Africa: It has become 1st country in the world to grant the patent for an invention made from Artificial Intelligence (AI). The patent was granted to a food container system that is based on fractal geometry invented by AI system ‘DABUS’ (Device for Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience). The DABUS functions are generating emergency warnings, alerts for food spoilage, etc.
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• Capital of South Africa: Cape Town, Pretoria, and Bloemfontein
• Currency of South Africa: South African Rand

• Books and Authors: Title of Book: ‘The Earthspinner’
• Author: Anuradha Roy
• Title of Book: ‘How the Earth Got Its Beauty’
• Author: Sudha Murty
• The Government of Uttar Pradesh has renamed ‘Kakori Train Conspiracy’ as ‘Kakori Train Action’.
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• CM of Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Adityanath
• Governor of Uttar Pradesh: Anandiben Patel
• Obituaries: Commodore Kasargod Patnashetti Gopal Rao: He was a war hero and was honoured with Mahavir Chakra and Veer Seva Medal.
• ‘KFC Startup Kerala’
• Penalty on Banks if ATMs Run Out of Cash
• Appointments on 11th August 2021
• UNICEF India partnered with Facebook
• Nagaland- Won 7 National Award on 1st Van Dhan Annual Awards 2020-21

Question: 

Q.1 Who is the author of a book titled ‘The Earthspinner’?
a. Anuradha Roy
b. Arundhati Roy
c. Jhumpa Lahiri
d. Sudha Murty