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.
Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Ladies Organisation (FLO) inked an Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Tourism for women empowerment through video conference.
State Bank of India (SBI) has partnered with India’s First Real-Time Group Negotiation E-Platform, AddaCorner to launch ‘Online Home Carnival’, which will help in boosting the Real Estate market in Bangalore.
Former Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar was appointed as the Election Commissioner with effect from August 31, 2020. He succeeds Ashok Lavasa who resigned the position to join as Vice-President of Asian Development Bank.
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.
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition is observed on 23 August to commemorate the remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition.
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, 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.
Arunachal Pradesh State Government has announced that it is to provide 100% tap water connections to all the households in the State by 2023 under the Jal Jeevan Mission.