✅Current Affairs 20 August 2020
🔶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
🔶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
🔶ADB Approved USD 1 billion loan for Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System, a 1st of its kind in India
🔶RBI Released Framework for Authorisation of Pan-India Umbrella Entity for Retail Payments
🔶RBI Released Draft Framework for Self-Regulatory Body for Payment System Operators
🔶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
🔶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
🔶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
🔶Filmmaker-actor Nishikant Kamat Passes Away at the Age of 50
🔶Michael Cohen’s Book “Disloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump” is Set to Publish
🔶World Humanitarian Day 2020 – August 19
🔶World Photography Day 2020 – August 19
🔶Punjab gets First Rank in Health, Welfare Centre Operationalisation: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW)
🔶Biodegradable Face Mask “Pavitrapati” & Anti-microbial Body Suit “Aushada Tara” developed : DIAT
🔶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
🔶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
🔶ADB Approved USD 1 billion loan for Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System, a 1st of its kind in India
🔶RBI Released Framework for Authorisation of Pan-India Umbrella Entity for Retail Payments
🔶RBI Released Draft Framework for Self-Regulatory Body for Payment System Operators
🔶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
🔶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
🔶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
🔶Filmmaker-actor Nishikant Kamat Passes Away at the Age of 50
🔶Michael Cohen’s Book “Disloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump” is Set to Publish
🔶World Humanitarian Day 2020 – August 19
🔶World Photography Day 2020 – August 19
🔶Punjab gets First Rank in Health, Welfare Centre Operationalisation: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW)
🔶Biodegradable Face Mask “Pavitrapati” & Anti-microbial Body Suit “Aushada Tara” developed : DIAT