Current Affairs 31.8.20 English

NATIONAL

1.     Minister of Electronics & IT Ravi Shankar launched Chunauti – Next Generation Start-up Challenge contest.

2.     Civil Aviation Ministry approved 78 New routes under UDAN scheme.

STATE

3.     Odisha announced Special Assistance Package of Rs. 200 crore for Poor & Extremely Poor Families affected by COVID-19 pandemic.

4.     Kerala 1^st marine ambulance Prateeksha at Cochin Shipyard.

BANKING & ECONOMY

5.     On 28 August 6^th Anniversary of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana overdraft facility doubled to Rs.10,000 & Eligible persons will covered with Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana & Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana.

6.     RBI conducts Consumer Confidence Survey & Inflation Expectations Survey of Households.

BUSINESS

7.     HCL Technologies will provide Financial support to Chennai Zoo & Madras Crocodile Bank Trust during COVID-19 pandemic.

AWARDS

8.     Wabeg won Global Water Award for 45 million litres per day tertiary RO plant at Chennai.

9.     Neelakanta Bhanu Prakash won World’s Fastest Human Calculator Title in Mental Calculation World Championship held in London.

10. Dutch Author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld won 2020 International Booker Prize for novel “The Discomfort of Evening”. 

RANKS & REPORTS

11. WHO declared Africa Free of Polio.

12. RBI projected India’s growth rate at -4.5% for 2020-21.

13. Export Preparedness Index 2020 released by NITI Aayog ranked Gujarat, Maharshtra & Tamilnadu occupied top 3 spots.

SPORTS

14. First Female golfer from Germany Sophia Popv win Women’s British Open.

15. Japan Badminton Player Ayaka Takahashi announced retirement.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

16. IIT Madras incubated start-up Modulus Housing developed portable hospital unit MediCAB.

17. China launched optical Remote-sensing Satellite Gaofen-9.

DAYS

18. International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances – August 30.