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New Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir: Manoj Sinha

August 6, 2020
Manoj Sinha
  • Manoj Sinha was appointed as the new Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir on August 6, 2020 by President Ram Nath Kovind. Sinha will be replacing Girish Chandra Murmu who resigned on August 5, 2020.

6th August observed as Hiroshima Day

August 6, 2020
Hiroshima Day
  • 6th of August marks the anniversary of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima during World War II as Hiroshima Day or Anti-Nuclear day. The horrific incident took place on August 6, 1945, when the United States dropped an atomic bomb named “Little Boy”, on the town of Hiroshima in Japan.

First-of-its-kind mobile RT-PCR lab developed by IISc

August 6, 2020
mobile RT-PCR lab
  • The latest mobile RT-PCR lab developed by IISc Bengaluru is the country’s only ICMR approved lab which is capable of conducting 9000 RT-PCR tests per month. The first-of-its-kind mobile COVID-19 lab was launched by the Karnataka Education Minister Dr. K Sudhakar.

Former Union Home Secretary Ram Pradhan passes away

August 6, 2020
Ram Pradhan
  • The former Union Home Secretary Ram Pradhan has passed away due to bad health at the age of 92. He served as the governor of Arunachal Pradesh during the Rajiv Gandhi government.

Former Maharashtra CM Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar passes away

August 6, 2020
Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
  • Former Maharashtra Chief Minister, Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar passed away. He served as the Maharashtra CM between June 1985 and March 1986.

First General Council meeting of the Khelo India Scheme held on 4th July

August 6, 2020
Khelo India Youth Games
  • First General Council meeting of the Khelo India Scheme held on 4th July which is chaired by Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju. He asked the states to organize State-level Khelo India Games annually with an effort to identify a larger number of grassroots-level talents and directed to organize competitions at the district, block, and panchayat-level to identify young talent.

Former Real Madrid & Spain goalkeeper legendary Spr Iker Casillas announced his retirement

August 6, 2020
Iker Casillas
  • The legendary Spanish footballer Iker Casillas, who played as goalkeeper for Real Madrid, has announced his retirement from all form of Football at an age of 39.

Architect of the Modern Indian Theatre, Ebrahim Alkazi, passes away at 94

August 5, 2020
Ebrahim Alkazi
  • Indian theatre director and drama teacher, Ebrahim Alkazi, has passed away. He was 94.
  • Ebrahim was considered as the father of modern Indian theatre and has mentored generations of actors, including Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Rohini Hattangadi, Surekha Sikri and Pankaj Kapoor.

The co-inventor of the computer mouse, William English passed away

August 5, 2020
William English
  • The American computer engineer who co-invented the world’s first computer mouse, William Kirk English, has passed away at the age of 91 years old. He was the first person to co-develop the mouse along with Douglas Engelbart, at the Stanford Research Institute and demonstrated it in 1968.

World Cup Winning German Soccer Player Benedikt Howedes retires at 32

August 5, 2020
Benedikt Howedes

The professional German footballer, Benedikt Howedes, who helped Germany win the World Cup title in 2014, has announced his retirement from soccer, citing family reasons.

Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy 2020

August 5, 2020
  • The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has formulated a draft Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy 2020 (DPEPP 2020) with the objective to make India self-reliant in defence manufacturing and to position the country amongst the leading countries of the world in defence and aerospace sectors
Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy

Biography of India’s youngest Basketball captain Vishesh Bhriguvanshi to be released soon

August 5, 2020
Vishesh Bhriguvanshi
  • Biography of Vishesh Bhriguvanshi, India’s youngest basketball team captain, is set to be released on August 29, the National Sports Day titled “Vishesh: Code To Win”. The book  has been written by sportswoman-turned-author Nirupama Yadav and published by the publishing house Bluerose.

SBI Card appointed Ashwini Kr Tewari as its CMD

August 5, 2020
Ashwini Kr Tewari
  • Ashwini Kumar Tewari has assumed as its new Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SBI Cards & Payment Services (SBI Card).He will take charge from 1 August 2020.And he replaced Hardayal Prasad.

A tri-party agreement signed among MoD, IIT Kanpur and DARPG to conduct a predictive analysis of public grievances

August 5, 2020
A tri-party agreement
  • A Tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Department of Defence (DoD) Ministry of Defence (MoD), Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG) and Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK) on 4 August 2020.They IIT Kanpur will develop Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) Techniques to conduct exploratory and predictive analysis of Public Grievances.

Pradip Shah Committee formed to formulate a plan to develop international retail business

August 5, 2020
Pradip Shah Committee
  • The International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) has constituted a seven-member committee of industry experts to suggest ways to develop international retail business at the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC). The committee will be headed by Indasia Fund Advisors Pvt Ltd Chairman Pradip Shah.

“Thenzawl Golf Resort” project implemented in Mizoram under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme

August 5, 2020
Swadesh Darshan Scheme
  • The Union Minister of State for Culture & Tourism (Independent charge) Shri Prahlad Singh Patel has virtually inaugurated the world-class “Thenzawl Golf Resort” Project in Mizoram on 4 August 2020, for the development of Golf Tourism in the country and attract both International and domestic tourists.

Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport gets UNICEF-funded mass fever scanner

August 5, 2020
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
  • The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, in coordination with Asian Development Bank (ADB), has provided a state-of-the-art Thermal Scanner, to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad, to simplify operations and minimize handling.

P Manikyala Rao, former AP minister passes away

August 4, 2020
P Manikyala Rao
  • Former Andhra Pradesh Minister, Pydikondala Manikyala Rao passed away due to COVID-19. He was born on November 1, 1961.

‘Chayavanam’ Kandasamy, a Tamil writer passes away

August 4, 2020
Chayavanam
  • Tamil writer, critic and documentary filmmaker Sa. Kandasamy, who won the Sahitya Akademi award for his novel Visaranai Commission — the death of an innocent bus conductor in police custody, has passed away. He was 81.
  • His documentary film on terracotta art — Kaaval Theivangal — won the first prize at the Angino Film Festival, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Sashidhar Jagdishan selected as the CEO of HDFC Bank

August 4, 2020
Sashidhar Jagdishan
  • Sashidhar Jagdishan selected as the next chief executive officer of HDFC Bank as the current CEO Aditya Puri will step down by October this year.

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