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India ranks 72 globally in terms of average monthly wage

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  • In a global survey conducted by Picodi.com, an international e-commerce platform which provides discount coupons, India is placed at 72 among 106 nations while Switzerland tops the chart.

Mustapha Adib will be the next PM of Lebanon

Mustapha Adib
  • Lebanon’s Ambassador to Germany, Mustapha Adib is set to become Lebanon’s next Prime Minister. The government, led by Hassan Diab, quit this month amid anger over an explosion in the capital Beirut.

National Sports Awards 2020

National Sports Awards 2020
  • President of India Ram Nath Kovind on August 29, 2020, virtually conferred the National Sports and Adventure Award 2020 on the occasion of the National Sports Day. President Mr. Kovind presented the Arjuna Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Dhyan Chand Award, Dronacharya Award, Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar, and Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award.

Athletics coach Purshottam Rai passes away

Purshottam Rai
  • The veteran athletics coach Purshottam Rai has passed away due to a cardiac arrest on 28 August 2020. He was 79. He was to be conferred the prestigious Dronacharya Award in the lifetime category on National Sports day this year.

CISF develop a mobile app “Pensioners Corner”

CISF
  • The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has developed a mobile app named “Pensioners Corner” to reach to the pensioners and to bring them on to the digital platform as a one stop solution.

‘Seva Saptah’ from Sep 14-20

Seva Saptah
  • On the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday on September 17, The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to celebrate by observing Seva Saptah from 14th to 20th September.

Goa will host 51st IFFI

IFFI
  • Goa will host Fifty first International Film Festival of India IFFI from November 20th to 28th.

8th East Asia Summit was held virtually on 28 August 2020

8th East Asia Summit
  • The 8th East Asia Summit (Economic Ministers’ Meeting) was held virtually on 28 August 2020 which was attended by the Economic ministers from the 10 ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) members and eight other nations.
  • The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal represented India in the Summit.
  • Objective: to strengthen the regional supply chains, become resilient during this challenging time of Covid-19 pandemic.

India and Russia: joint winners of FIDE

joint winners of FIDE
  • India and Russia were announced on August 30, 2020, as the joint winners of FIDE (International Chess Federation) Chess Olympiad as Divya Deshmukh and Nihal Sarin lost connection to their games in the 2nd round.

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