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ICICI Lombard signed an MoU with Bharti AXA to Merge their Insurance Businesses

Bharti AXA General Insurance
  • ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd.(ICICI Lombard) and Bharti AXA General Insurance Co. Ltd.(Bharti AXA) have signed an agreement to merge their insurance business. The merger will happen through a scheme of arrangement.

IIM Kozhikode signs MoU with Switzerland based HELP Logistics

HELP Logistics
  • Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIM-K) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Switzerland based HELP Logistics to engage in a collaborative partnership to provide consulting services and logistics training for the humanitarian community in South Asia.

A Book Titled ‘One Arranged Murder’ Authored by Chetan Bhagat

One Arranged Murder
  • A Book Titled ‘One Arranged Murder’ authored by Chetan Bhagat will be released worldwide on September 28, 2020. The fiction book portrays a murder mystery in the backdrop of an arranged marriage. The book will be published by Westland Publications Ltd. It is the author’s  9th novel and 11th book overall.

6th Round Table of ASEAN-India Network of Think Tanks (AINTT) held

ASEAN-India Network of Think Tanks
  • A two day, 6th Round Table of ASEAN-India Network of Think Tanks (AINTT) held virtually. It was organized by The Ministry of External Affairs in partnership with the Foreign Ministry of Thailand.
  • Theme: ‘ASEAN-India: Strengthening Partnership in the Post COVID Era’

MP Police launched a campaign named ‘Ek Sankalp – Bujurgo ke naam’

MP
  • MP Police launched a campaign named ‘Ek Sankalp – Bujurgo ke naam’ for the elderly people above the age of 60 years. Facilities like medicines, vegetables, milk, essential goods telephone, TV recharge, online application are being provided to the house of the elderly people.

Ashwani Bhatia Appointed as Managing Director of SBI

Ashwani Bhatia
  • Ashwani Bhatia Appointed as Managing Director of State Bank of India (SBI). He succeeds PK Gupta, who superannuated on March 31, 2020.
  • Ashwani Bhatia is currently serving as MD and Chief Executive Officer(CEO) at SBI Mutual Fund.

World Gujarati day 2020 observed on August 24

World Gujarati day
  • World Gujarati Day 2020 is celebrated on 24th August 2020 to commemorate the birth anniversary of the famous Gujarati poet and social reformer, Narmadashankar Dave popularly known as Veer Narmad.

‘Harit Path’, Mobile App launched to monitor highway plantation

Road
  • The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Jairam Gadkari, launched the mobile app, “Harit Path” for monitoring plantations and transplantation of trees along the highway.
  • The app will monitor the location, growth, species details, maintenance activities, targets and achievements of each of its field units for all the plants under all the plantation projects.

Naval Commanders’ Conference 2020

Naval Commanders’ Conference 2020
  • The Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addressed the Naval Commanders’ Conference 2020 which was held in New Delhi, India from August 19 to 21, 2020. He reviewed the innovations by Indian Navy to combat COVID 19 pandemic.

Nuakhai Juhar was celebrated in Odisha, Chhattisgarh

Nuakhai Juhar
  • Nuakhai Juhar was celebrated in Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and areas of neighbouring states on August 23. The festival is to welcome the new crop of the season and it is celebrated to appreciate the hard work of the farmers.

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