CURRENT AFFAIRS 31.8.19

1.Government Approved CDRI (International Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure) to be set up in Delhi.

2.Petroleum, Natural Gas & Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan lead a Business delegates from Oil, Gas & Steel Sectors to Moscow.

3.Government approved 100% FDI in Contract Manufacturing & Coal Mining.

4.Amit Shah flagged off first fleet of Electric buses in Ahmedabad.

5.Government planned to establish International Standard Zoo & Biopark in Gorewada, Nagpur.

SUMMITS & CONFERENCE

6.     Rajnath Singh inaugurated Vigyan Mela Science Fair at Ladakh to showcase Agri products developed by DRDO.

MOU

7.Wipro expanded its partnership with Google Cloud to accelerate digital transformation.

8. Samsung India partnered with RBL Bank to make contactless mobile payments for Bank customers.

AWARDS

9.DAY-NULM (National Urban Livelihoods Mission) conferred with SKOCH governance Gold Award for PAiSA portal (Portal for Affordable Credit & Interest Subvention Access).

SPORTS

10. Srilankan spinner Ajantha Mendis retires from International Cricket.

11. Virgil Van Dijik & Lucy Bronze won men & women UEFA Football player of year.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

12. Union Minister of Science & Technology Harsha vardhan & Uttrakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat inaugurated Waste plastics to Diesel plant in IIP, Dehradun.

13. COA (Control Office Application) system designed by ISRO for Railways to Real-time monitor over 700 trains.