Defense News August 2020
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India to participate in Kavkaz 2020 exercise in Russia
GoI bans import of 101 Defence items to boost Atma Nirbhar Bharat
ICG’s fourth Offshore Patrol Vessel ‘Sarthak’ launched
Raksha Mantri launches Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation
Indian Coast Guard launches Interceptor Boat ‘ICGS C-454’
IAF launches ‘MY IAF’ app to provide career-related information
India Pavilion at Army 2020 forum inaugurated in Russia
Raksha Mantri launches “DGNCC Training” mobile App
14th India-Singapore Defence Policy Dialogue
International News August 2020
Hamed Bakayoko named as Prime Minister of Ivory Coast
UAE becomes 1st Arab Nation to open a Nuclear Power Plant
Mohamed Irfaan Ali named as President of Guyana
Mark Phillips sworn in as Prime Minister of Guyana
US Senate approves TikTok ban on government devices
Mauritius declares a “state of environmental emergency”
Mahinda Rajapaksa takes oath as Sri Lankan PM for 4th time
Belarusan President Alexander Lukashenko wins sixth term
Mohamed Ould Bilal becomes new Prime Minister of Mauritania
Walter Roger Martos Ruiz becomes new PM of Peru
Russia becomes 1st country to register COVID-19 Vaccine
Lebanon′s Govt resigns over deadly Beirut port blast
Historic peace agreement between UAE & Israel
Israel successfully tested “Arrow-2” Ballistic Missile Interceptor
Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigns after military mutiny
Luis Abinader becomes new President of Dominican Republic
Keith Rowley becomes PM of Trinidad and Tobago for 2nd consecutive term
Francisco Asue reappointed as PM of Equatorial Guinea
China launches 5th Gaofen-9 series Earth observation satellite
World Health Organization certifies Africa free from wild Polio
Business News August 2020
National Bank of Bahrain selects Infosys Finacle to digitally transformation
Paytm launched India’s 1st pocket android POS device
BSE partners with Akola-based bullion associations
CCI approves formation of joint venture between HAMCL & HL
MCX to launch India’s first bullion index named “Bulldex”
ADB approved USD 1 billion loan for rapid transit system in India
Muthoot Finance, Kotak General Insurance tie up to offer COVID-19 cover
RRVL acquires majority equity stake in Vitalic Health Pvt. Ltd.
HSBC India launches “Green Deposit Programme”
CCI approves proposed acquisition of C&S Electric by Siemens
GoI and AIIB sign MoU for $500 million for Mumbai Urban Transport Project-III
CCI approves acquisition by Lightstone Fund S.A.
Sports Current Affairs August 2020
Lewis Hamilton wins British Grand Prix 2020
India withdraws from women’s world team Squash championship
Govt of India gave nod to IPL 2020 in UAE
World Cup winner Benedikt Howedes retires from soccer
Former Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas retires from football
India to host ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in 2021
India’s KN Ananthapadmanabhan promoted to ICC’s panel of umpires
Max Verstappen wins 70th Anniversary Grand Prix
Sports Ministry to organise “Fit India Freedom Run”
World Cup Winning Indian Captain MS Dhoni retires from International Cricket
Suresh Raina announces retirement from International Cricket
Lewis Hamilton wins F1 Spanish Grand Prix 2020
Kiren Rijiju launches initiative “Fit India Youth Clubs”
AIFF partners SAI to launch “E-Pathshala”
Dream 11 wins title sponsorship rights of IPL 2020
England World Cup winner Laura Marsh retires
INOX Group becomes sponsor of Indian team for Tokyo Olympics
Ronnie O’Sullivan wins World Snooker Championship 2020
Australia all-rounder Cameron White announces retirement
Bayern Munich wins UEFA Champions League 2019-20
German Golfer Sophia Popov wins Women’s British Open 2020
Indian Table Tennis star Poulomi Ghatak announced retirement
James Anderson becomes 1st fast bowler to take 600 Test wickets
Bryan brothers announces retirement from the sport
India plans to host BRICS Games in 2021
Sri Lankan cricketer Tharanga Paranavitana retires
GoI enhances prize money in National Sports Awards
India & Russia jointly wins FIDE Online Chess Olympiad
Awards News August 2020
Ministry of Tribal Affairs receives SKOCH Gold Award
ACJ Journalism Awards 2019 announced
Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation, 2020
Forbes magazine released “The Highest-Paid Actors Of 2020” list
Sudha Murthy, ITC’s Sivakumar bags Gramodaya awards
National Sports Awards 2020 announced
NLCIL bags “Swachhta Hi Seva award” for transforming Neyveli Township
Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash bags Gold Medal in MCWC
Dutch author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld wins International Booker Prize 2020
Ms. Sudha Painuli selected for National Award to Teachers 2020
Obituary News August 2020
Former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui passes away
Rajya Sabha MP & former SP leader Amar Singh passes away
UP Cabinet Minister Kamal Rani Varun passes away
Former AP Minister P Manikyala Rao passes away
Theatre maestro Ebrahim Alkazi passes away
Nobel Peace Prize winner John Hume passes away
Co-inventor of the computer mouse William English passes away
Former Maharashtra CM Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar passes away
Renowned TV actor Sameer Sharma passes away
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist Shirley Ann Grau passes away
Former MP Nandi Yellaiah passes away
Former WWE wrestler James ‘Kamala’ Harris passes away
Former Indian footballer Manitombi Singh passes away
Noted Urdu Poet Rahat Indori passes away
Veteran Tamil film songwriter P K Muthusamy passes away
Veteran sports journalist GK Menon passes away
Malayalam poet-lyricist Chunakkara Ramankutty passes away
Former Indian cricketer Chetan Chauhan passes away
Renowned classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj passes away
Filmmaker Nishikant Kamat passes away
Computer scientist Russell Kirsch passes away
British Tennis legend Angela Buxton passes away
Former Indian cricketer Gopalaswamy Kasturirangan passes away
Former Congo President Pascal Lissouba passes away
Writer-journalist Gail Sheehy passes away
Computer Pioneer Arnold Spielberg passes away
‘Black Panther’ star Chadwick Boseman passes away
Former Supreme Court Judge Justice A.R. Lakshmanan passes away
Veteran Athletic coach Purushotham Rai passes away
Former President Pranab Mukherjee passes away
