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Bayern Munich beat Paris Saint-Germain to win UEFA Champions League

August 25, 2020
UEFA Champions League
  • In Football, German giants Bayern Munich have won the European Champions League for the sixth time after beating French side Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 at the final in Portugal’s capital, Lisbon.

To boost Online learning Google Launches ‘The Anywhere School’

August 25, 2020
The Anywhere School
  • Google launched ‘The Anywhere School’ initiative to boost online learning in more than 250 countries around the world with the aim to benefit millions of students who have switched to learning from home, due to the pandemic.
  • Google is also bringing Assignments, an application for learning management system (LMS), which will help the teachers to analyze, distribute and grade the work of students.

Govt announces Tax exemptions for businesses with annual turnover of up to Rs 40 lakh

August 26, 2020
Ministry of Finance
  • The Ministry of Finance said that businesses with an annual turnover of up to Rs 40 lakh are GST exempt. Initially, this limit was Rs 20 lakh.

Mother Teresa’s 110th birth anniversary observed

August 26, 2020
Mother Teresa
  • Mother Teresa’s 110th birth anniversary was observed across the world on August 26, 2020. Mother Teresa was born on August 26, 1910 to a family of ethnic Albanians in Skopje.

Kerala hosts dragonfly festival

August 26, 2020
dragonfly
  • WWF-India State unit has joined hands with the Society for Odonate Studies (SOS) and Thumbipuranam for the first-ever State Dragonfly Festival in Kerala, christened Thumbimahotsavam 2020. Pantalu’ is the official mascot of the festival.

Ahmedabad Railway Division: Introduces Baggage Sanitization and Wrapping Machine

August 26, 2020
Ahmedabad Railway Division
  • Ahmedabad Railway Division launched the Baggage Sanitization and Wrapping Machine at the Ahmedabad Railway station to ensure safe travel for the passengers during the Pandemic.
  • The Ahmedabad Railway Division has introduced the machine after considering the increase in transport and travel services after Unlock-1 Phase.

SBI General Insurance: ‘Shagun – Gift an Insurance’ Policy for Personal Accident

August 26, 2020
SBI General Insurance
  • SBI General Insurance Co Ltd launched a 1st of its kind offering, ‘Shagun – Gift an Insurance’, a unique gift of Personal Accident policy which can be gifted to anyone like friends, families, domestic helpers in the age group of 18 years to 65 years.

ICICI: 1st Bank in India Uses Satellite Data to Assess Credit Worthiness of Farmers

August 26, 2020
ICICI Bank
  • ICICI Bank Becomes the 1st Bank in India Uses Satellite Data to Assess Credit Worthiness of Farmers. The satellite data with demographic and financial details, provides strong information on the land asset of the farmer.

MCX Launched India’s 1st Tradeable Real-Time Bullion Index

August 26, 2020
Multi Commodity Exchange of India
  • Multi-Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX) has launched futures trading on the country’s first tradeable real-time bullion index named MCX iCOMDEX Bullion , or Bulldex. The index will track the real-time performance of the gold (1kg) and silver (30kg) futures contracts, the flagship future products on the Exchange.

APEDA Signed MoUs with AFC India Ltd and NCUI

August 26, 2020
Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority
  • Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has signed two MoUs one each with AFC India Limited, and National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI), Delhi for working together in the interest of agriculture and allied sectors.

Tech Mahindra partnered with NITI Aayog’s WEP Program

August 26, 2020
Tech Mahindra
  • Tech Mahindra has tied-up with NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog’s Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) to support Indian women entrepreneurs.

Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash: Named ‘World’s Fastest Human Calculator’ title

August 26, 2020
Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash
  • Twenty-Year old Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash Jonnalagadda of Hyderabad has bagged the first ever Gold Medal for India in Mental Calculations (MC) World Cup (MCWC) held on August 15, 2020 by Mind Sports Olympiad (MSO). He has created a new All Time Record and has beaten the records of Math Maestros like Shakuntala Devi and Scott Flansburg.

MD & CEO of IEX Rajiv Srivastava resigned

August 26, 2020
IEX
  • The Board of Directors of Indian Energy Exchange(IEX) accepted the resignation of its Managing Director(MD) and Chief Executive Officer(CEO) Rajiv Srivastava.

G Satheesh Reddy gets Two-Year Extension as Chairman of DRDO

August 26, 2020
G Satheesh Reddy
  • Aerospace Scientist Dr G. Satheesh Reddy was given a two-year extension as Chairman of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) & as Secretary of the Department of Defence Research & Development (DoDRD) by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.

India will host BRICS Games during Khelo India Games 2021

August 26, 2020
Kiren Rijiju
  • Union Minister of Youth and Sports Kiren Rijiju announced that India is planning to host BRICS Games 2021 during the same time and at the same venues as of Khelo India Games 2021.

Vinay Tonse appointed as SBI Funds MD & CEO

August 27, 2020
Vinay Tonse
  • SBI Funds Management said it has appointed Vinay M Tonse as MD & CEO, replacing Ashwani Bhatia who returned to parent State Bank of India (SBI) as its Managing Director.

TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer steps down

August 27, 2020
Kevin Mayer
  • TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer has announced his resignation from the post, less than three months after his appointment. TikTok’s General Manager in North America, Vanessa Pappas will be taking over as the interim global head of the company.

Table Tennis player Poulami Ghatak retires

August 27, 2020
Poulami Ghatak
  • Poulami Ghatak, India’s ace Table Tennis player, decided to retire from the sport.
  • She won three junior national championships as well as seven senior national championships between 1996 and 2016. In 2006, she represented India at the Commonwealth Games at Melbourne. At the age of 16, she participated in the Sydney Olympics.

Urdu poet Ashok Sahil passes away

August 27, 2020
Ashok Sahil
  • Urdu poet Ashok Sahil passed away at a Meerut hospital after prolonged illness. He was 64.

ASTROSAT detected UV light from a galaxy, 9.3 billion light-years away

August 27, 2020
Universe
  • The AstroSat satellite has detected an extreme ultraviolet (UV) ray from a galaxy that is 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth.
  • Astrosat is the first multi-wavelength space telescope launched by ISRO from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in 2015. It has a set of five unique X-ray and ultraviolet telescopes. The mission duration was planned for 5 years.

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