Daily Current Affairs August 21, 2020 at 05:24AM

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Daily one liner current affairs:21 August 2020

• 21 August: National Senior Citizens Day/National Spumoni Day/ National Brazilian Blowout Day

• World Mosquito Day celebrated on 20th august

• Sadbhavana Diwas celebrated on 20th august

• Vice Prez Venkaiah Naidu Virtually Announced ARIIA 2020 Results; IITMadras Topped among Institutes of National Importance

• ‘Dhanwantari Rath’ to bring Ayurveda at Doorsteps of Delhi Police Families

• Ravi Shankar Prasad Launched “Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge- Innovate Solutions for #Aatmanirbhar Bharat” to Support Startups

• Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Ministry of Rural Development Inked MoU to Take convergence endeavour ahead

• LS Speaker Om Birla attends inaugural ceremony of 5th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament

• Union Cabinet gives a go ahead to setting up of National Recruitment Agency, to benefit job seeking youth of
the country

• UAE connects first Arab nuclear plant to power grid

• JCI & NSC inks MoU to provide certified good quality seeds to jute farmers in year 2021-22

• AIFF signs MoU with IPSO to Conduct Online Scouting Workshops in India

• ILO-ADB Report: 41 Lakh Youths Lost Their Jobs of India Due to COVID-19

• SCTIMST & IIT Madras start-up set up portable hospital infrastructure for COVID -19

• ADB Approved USD 1 billion loan for Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System, a 1st of its kind in India

• World Bank sees higher GDP fall in India than 3.2% it projected for FY21

• RBI Released Framework for Authorisation of Pan-India Umbrella Entity for Retail Payments

• Bharti AXA Life Insurance Entered into Bancassurance Partnership with SBM Bank India

• Fino Payments Bank Ltd Launched ‘Jan BachatKhata’, an Aadhaar Authentication Based Digital Savings Account

• Universal Sompo General Insurance Company Ltd Collaborates with BSE EBIX  to sell General Insurance products

• Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance Partnered with Element AI for AI Transformation

• IRDAI group recommends setting up loss prevention entity for non-life insurers

• Tata Capital launches ‘Swift Insta Personal Loans’ on WhatsApp

• Tata Steel launches FerroHaat App for sourcing steel scrap

• Google launches Kormo app in India to help people find jobs

• YES Bank in Partnership with KFin Technologies Launched ‘Loan against Securities’ to Provide Complete Digital loan Against Mutual Fund

• St Christopher School in Nagaland won the first ever Pallikkutam National Award for Innovation in Education

• Ganesh Vilas Lengare Awarded Star 2020 Certificate by World Book of Records, London

• Luis Rodolfo Abinader sworn in as 54th President of Dominican Republic

• Ashok Lavasa Resigns as Election Commissioner

• Kishor Rungta assumes charge as Chairman of Fertilisers Association of India

• Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita Resigns after Military Mutiny

• Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd Acquired 60% stake in Vitalic Health Pvt Ltd & 100% direct ownership of Netmeds

• Indian Railways Introduces Drone Based Surveillance System for Railway Security

• Michael Cohen’s Book “Disloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump” is Set to Publish

• Punjab gets First Rank in Health, Welfare Centre Operationalisation: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW)

• Dwijing Festival Wins 5 Awards At WOW Awards Asia – 2020

• Indore in Madhya Pradesh declared as the cleanest city in national Swachh Survekshan 2020 awards

• Indian Coast Guard Launches 27-Meter-Long Interceptor Boat In Surat

• Lokajat Yatra Begins In Uttarakhand

• Chandigarh administration launches new website

• MP govt to provide poor people Rs. one per kg wheat, rice, salt from Sept 1

• J&K govt publishes its work done under ‘Back to Village (B2V)' programme

• Biodegradable Face Mask “Pavitrapati” & Anti-microbial Body Suit “Aushada Tara” developed : DIAT

• Penguin announces Sudha Murthy’s next book ‘Grandparents’ Bag of Stories’

• Veteran cricketer Gopalaswamy Kasturirangan passes away due to heart attack

• 'Chariots of Fire' star Ben Cross passes away
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