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New Zealand postponed its General Election to October 17 due to COVID-19 pandemic

August 18, 2020
New Zealand
  • The Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern announced that the General election of the country is postponed by four weeks to October 17. This decision has been taken due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. As per the country’s law, Elections are to be held before November 21.

A penalty of 10 lakh imposed on BOB

August 18, 2020
bank of baroda
  • For non-compliance of Regulation 7B of SEBI (Mutual Fund Regulations), it imposed a penalty of 10 lakhs on Bank of Baroda.

Meghalaya appointed Satya Pal Malik as its new Governor

August 18, 2020
Satya Pal Malik
  • On 18th August, Goa Governor, Satya Pal Malik was appointed as the Governor of Meghalaya. He will be succeeding Tathagata Roy as Meghalaya’s Governor. Roy has completed his five-year tenure by serving as Governor of Tripura for three years and the remaining two years as Governor of Meghalaya.

SEBI appointed GP Garg as its new executive director

August 18, 2020
SEBI
  • The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has appointed GP Garg as executive director (ED).

Ashwini Kumar Shukla appointed as Chief Risk Officer of Central bank of India

August 18, 2020
Ashwini Kumar Shukla
  • Ashwini Kumar Shukla appointed as Chief Risk Officer of Central bank of India. Shukla has over 35 years of diversified experience in banking and was working as General Manager, Risk Management Department of State Bank of India, before his appointment in Central bank of India.

Rohit Sharma, Vinesh Phogat, Manika Batra, Mariappan Thangavelu recommended for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award

August 18, 2020
Rohit Sharma, Vinesh Phogat, Manika Batra, Mariappan Thangavelu
  • The National Sports Awards Committee has recommended the names of cricketer Rohit Sharma, table tennis champion Manika Batra, Paralympian Mariappan Thangavelu and wrestler Vinesh Phogat for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.

Indian classical vocalist, Pandit Jasraj passes away

August 18, 2020
Pandit Jasraj
  • Indian classical vocalist, Pandit Jasraj passed away who was born in Haryana in 1930.
  • He was a recipient of Padma Shri in 1975; Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1987 and Padma Bhushan in 1999.

19th August observed as World Humanitarian Day

August 19, 2020
World Humanitarian Day
  • World Humanitarian Day (WHD) is observed globally on 19th August every year and this year marked the 11th edition of World Humanitarian Day.
  • This day is celebrated to pay tribute to humanitarian personnel and those workers who lost or risked their lives while doing humanitarian service.
  • The theme for 2020 WHD is #RealLifeHeroes.

Manduadih Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh to be renamed as ‘Banaras’

August 19, 2020
Manduadih Railway Station
  • The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) approved the renaming of Manduadih Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh (UP) as ‘Banaras’.

Health & Nutrition Portal – “Swasthya” launched

August 19, 2020
Swasthya
  • Union Minister Arjun Munda inaugurated the first of its kind e-portal “Swasthya”, a tribal health and nutrition portal. Renuka Singh Saruta, MoS for Tribal Affairs released “ALEKH”, the quarterly e-newsletter.

Fino Payments Bank launches “Jan BachatKhata”

August 19, 2020
Jan BachatKhata
  • Fino Payments Bank has launched Jan BachatKhata (JBK), which is an Aadhaar Authentication based digital savings account that brings neo-banking experience to consumers.

Flipkart partnered with IIT Patna for Industry Focused Research

August 19, 2020
Flipkart
  • Flipkart signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna to support the industry focused applied research in the fields like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning (ML).

Delhi Police partnered with All India Institute of Ayurveda

August 19, 2020
Ayush for Immunity
  • Delhi Police has partnered with All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), an autonomous Institute under Ministry of AYUSH.

Soumya Swaminathan honored with Tamil Nadu CM’s special award

August 19, 2020
Soumya Swaminathan
  • Soumya Swaminathan ,Chief Scientist of World Health Organisation(WHO) has received Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s(CM’s) special award on the 74th Independence Day celebration at Fort St George, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, in recognition for her advisory role in combating the COVID-19 pandemic in the state ,while the Chief Minister’s Best Practices award was bagged by the Department of Treasuries.

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari was given the additional charge as Governor

August 19, 2020
Bhagat Singh Koshyari
  • Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari was given the additional charge as Governor of Goa. Satya Pal Malik, Goa Governor appointed as the Governor of Meghalaya.

Rohit Sharma Appointed Oakley’s Brand Ambassador in India

August 19, 2020
Rohit Sharma
  • Indian Limited-overs Team Vice-Captain Rohit Sharma has been appointed as Brand Ambassador of Sports eyewear brand, Oakley for a period of two years in India.

England Cricketer Laura Marsh announces retirement

August 19, 2020
Laura Marsh
  • England Spinner Laura Alexandra Marsh announced her retirement from all forms of Cricket. In December 2019, she announced retirement from International Cricket, and now has retired from Domestic Career as well.

Dream11 wins IPL title sponsorship rights

August 19, 2020
Dream11 IPL
  • Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has awarded the title sponsorship rights of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 to fantasy cricket league platform Dream11 with an average bid of Rs 234 crore per year(222 crore for the first year, Rs 240 crore & 240 crore for 2nd & 3rd year respectively) after Chinese mobile manufacturer Vivo exit from Sponsorship.IPL 2020 is to be held in UAE (United Arab Emirates) from September 19 to November 10, 2020,

Computer scientist Russell Kirsch passes away

August 19, 2020
Russell Kirsch
  • Computer scientist Russell Kirsch who invented the “pixel” and scanned the world’s first digital photograph, passed away. Russell Kirsch also developed a technique to smooth out images with the help of pixels with variable shapes instead of the squares. He also developed the world’s first programmable computer, SEAC (Standards Eastern Automatic Computer). He worked as a research scientist at the U.S. National Bureau of Standards for five decades.

20th Aug observed as Renewable Energy day

August 20, 2020
Renewable Energy day
  • Every year August 20 is observed as Renewable Energy day or Indian Akshay Urja Day to promote awareness about renewable resources among people.

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