Daily Current Affairs August 19, 2020 at 06:24AM

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Daily Current Affairs
Daily one liner current affairs:19 August 2020

• 19 August: World Photography Day, World Humanitarian Day

• PM Narendra Modi delivered its 7th consecutive speech on 74th Independence Day; Announced Launch of New Projects.

• MP CM: Gwalior Chambal Expressway will be Named Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Chambal Progressway

• Indian Railways Constructing World’s Tallest Pier Bridge Across River Ijai in Manipur

• M/o SJ&E R Launched ‘Nasha-Mukt Bharat’ Campaign; National Institute of Social Defence Building Inaugurated in New Delhi

• Union Minister Nitin Gadkari lays foundation stone for 13 highway projects in Manipur among other measures for the NE states

• UK Launched £1.5 million Fund for India to Tackle Covid-19 Challenges & Climate Change

• India Post Issued 5 Commemorative Postage Stamps and 1 Miniature Sheet on UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India-III

• Piyush Goyal Virtually Inaugurated 4th edition of NPPC 2020: Digital Exhibitions and Conferences

• PNB Launched ‘DIGITAL APNAYEN’, a Campaign to Promote Digital Banking

• Google Partners with CWC of India for Flood Forecasting Initiatives

• AAIB forms 5 Member Panel Headed by Captain S S Chahar to Investigate the Kozhikode Plane Crash

• AIFF and SAI Jointly Launched “E-pathshala” a Web Platform to Promote Football

• Astronomers Found SPT0418-47, a Look-alike of the Milky Way at 12 Billion Light Years Away

• Indian Cricketers MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina retire from international cricket

• Lewis Hamilton Claims Record

• 6th Podium Finish with Win at Spanish GP

• Arjuna awardee, UP Cabinet Minister and  Former Indian Cricketer Chetan Chauhan Passed Away at 73 Due to COVID-19

• Actor Sharon Stone’s Memoir “The Beauty of Living Twice” to Release in March 2021

• Ex-Air Vice Marshal Arjun Subramaniam Authored a New book titled, “Full Spectrum: India’s Wars 1972-2020″

• Chhattisgarh Govt  Launched ‘Padhai Tuhar Para’ scheme for school students

• Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio launches ‘Yellow Chain’ e-commerce platform on Independence day 2020

• Meghalaya CM Launched Restart Meghalaya Mission Worth Rs. 14,515 Crore to Revive Activities Stalled due to COVID-19

• Fit India Freedom Run launched : Kiren Rijiju

• AYUSH Ministry launches campaign “Ayush for Immunity”
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