Daily Current Affairs August 20, 2020 at 06:27AM
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Daily one liner current affairs 20 August 2020
• 20 August: World Mosquito Day/Sadhbhawana diwas/ Indian Akshay Urja Day
• Centre extended Partial Credit Guarantee Scheme (PCGS) 2.0 by 3 months till Nov 11, 2020
• Manduadih Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh to be renamed as ‘Banaras’: MHA
• President gives Nod for Renaming of HRD Ministry to Ministry of Education
• India, UAE hold 13th Session of the India-UAE Joint Commission Meeting on Trade, Economic and Technical Cooperation
• India ranked 1st in number of organic farmers and 9th in terms of area under organic farming: MoA&FW
• Dr Harsh Vardhan addressed CII Public Health Conference; India Healthcare Week (Aug 17-21, 2020) launched7UAE-Israel agreed for peace agreement namely “Abraham Accord”
• Muthoot Finance Partnered with Kotak Mahindra General Insurance to Offer COVID-19 Insurance Cover Against Gold Loan
• Flipkart signs MoU with IIT Patna for Industry Focused Research
• Akshay Kumar Ranked 6th, the only Indian Actor in the List, Dwayne Johnson tops: Forbes’ list of ‘The Highest-Paid Actors 2020’
• Satya Pal Malik Appointed as Governor of Meghalaya; Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari given Additional Charge of Goa
• Rakesh Asthana IPS, appointed as the Director General of the Border Security Force
• DBS Bank India Ltd Appointed Prashant Joshi as MD and Head of National Distribution
• Cricketer Rohit Sharma Appointed Oakley’s Brand Ambassador in India
• MoTA: Launched Tribal Health & Nutrition Portal – “Swasthya” and Opened National Overseas Portal & National Tribal Fellowship Portal
• Nitin Gadkari Launched VedKrishi.com an Online Farm to Fork Service Promoted by Farmers
• England Cricketer Laura Marsh announces retirement
• Hindustani Classical Vocalist & Padma Awardee Pandit Jasraj Passed Away at 90
• British Tennis Great Angela Buxton dies at 85
• Computer scientist Russell Kirsch, who invented pixel, passes away at 91
• Andhra CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy Launches UPI-based Payment facilities in Village, Ward Secretariats
• Anil Mukim, Gujarat Chief Secretary gets 6 Month Extension
• Gujarat Names Two Flyover of Ahmedabad After Late Arun Jaitley & Sushma Swaraj
• Jharkhand introduced new State Logo at Ranchi
• Dream11 wins IPL title sponsorship rights
• Soumya Swaminathan honoured with Tamil Nadu CM’s special award
• 20 August: World Mosquito Day/Sadhbhawana diwas/ Indian Akshay Urja Day
• Centre extended Partial Credit Guarantee Scheme (PCGS) 2.0 by 3 months till Nov 11, 2020
• Manduadih Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh to be renamed as ‘Banaras’: MHA
• President gives Nod for Renaming of HRD Ministry to Ministry of Education
• India, UAE hold 13th Session of the India-UAE Joint Commission Meeting on Trade, Economic and Technical Cooperation
• India ranked 1st in number of organic farmers and 9th in terms of area under organic farming: MoA&FW
• Dr Harsh Vardhan addressed CII Public Health Conference; India Healthcare Week (Aug 17-21, 2020) launched7UAE-Israel agreed for peace agreement namely “Abraham Accord”
• Muthoot Finance Partnered with Kotak Mahindra General Insurance to Offer COVID-19 Insurance Cover Against Gold Loan
• Flipkart signs MoU with IIT Patna for Industry Focused Research
• Akshay Kumar Ranked 6th, the only Indian Actor in the List, Dwayne Johnson tops: Forbes’ list of ‘The Highest-Paid Actors 2020’
• Satya Pal Malik Appointed as Governor of Meghalaya; Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari given Additional Charge of Goa
• Rakesh Asthana IPS, appointed as the Director General of the Border Security Force
• DBS Bank India Ltd Appointed Prashant Joshi as MD and Head of National Distribution
• Cricketer Rohit Sharma Appointed Oakley’s Brand Ambassador in India
• MoTA: Launched Tribal Health & Nutrition Portal – “Swasthya” and Opened National Overseas Portal & National Tribal Fellowship Portal
• Nitin Gadkari Launched VedKrishi.com an Online Farm to Fork Service Promoted by Farmers
• England Cricketer Laura Marsh announces retirement
• Hindustani Classical Vocalist & Padma Awardee Pandit Jasraj Passed Away at 90
• British Tennis Great Angela Buxton dies at 85
• Computer scientist Russell Kirsch, who invented pixel, passes away at 91
• Andhra CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy Launches UPI-based Payment facilities in Village, Ward Secretariats
• Anil Mukim, Gujarat Chief Secretary gets 6 Month Extension
• Gujarat Names Two Flyover of Ahmedabad After Late Arun Jaitley & Sushma Swaraj
• Jharkhand introduced new State Logo at Ranchi
• Dream11 wins IPL title sponsorship rights
• Soumya Swaminathan honoured with Tamil Nadu CM’s special award
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