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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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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