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Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari was given the additional charge as Governor

August 19, 2020
Bhagat Singh Koshyari
  • Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari was given the additional charge as Governor of Goa. Satya Pal Malik, Goa Governor appointed as the Governor of Meghalaya.

Soumya Swaminathan honored with Tamil Nadu CM’s special award

August 19, 2020
Soumya Swaminathan
  • Soumya Swaminathan ,Chief Scientist of World Health Organisation(WHO) has received Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s(CM’s) special award on the 74th Independence Day celebration at Fort St George, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, in recognition for her advisory role in combating the COVID-19 pandemic in the state ,while the Chief Minister’s Best Practices award was bagged by the Department of Treasuries.

Delhi Police partnered with All India Institute of Ayurveda

August 19, 2020
Ayush for Immunity
  • Delhi Police has partnered with All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), an autonomous Institute under Ministry of AYUSH.

Flipkart partnered with IIT Patna for Industry Focused Research

August 19, 2020
Flipkart
  • Flipkart signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna to support the industry focused applied research in the fields like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning (ML).

Fino Payments Bank launches “Jan BachatKhata”

August 19, 2020
Jan BachatKhata
  • Fino Payments Bank has launched Jan BachatKhata (JBK), which is an Aadhaar Authentication based digital savings account that brings neo-banking experience to consumers.

Health & Nutrition Portal – “Swasthya” launched

August 19, 2020
Swasthya
  • Union Minister Arjun Munda inaugurated the first of its kind e-portal “Swasthya”, a tribal health and nutrition portal. Renuka Singh Saruta, MoS for Tribal Affairs released “ALEKH”, the quarterly e-newsletter.

Manduadih Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh to be renamed as ‘Banaras’

August 19, 2020
Manduadih Railway Station
  • The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) approved the renaming of Manduadih Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh (UP) as ‘Banaras’.

19th August observed as World Humanitarian Day

August 19, 2020
World Humanitarian Day
  • World Humanitarian Day (WHD) is observed globally on 19th August every year and this year marked the 11th edition of World Humanitarian Day.
  • This day is celebrated to pay tribute to humanitarian personnel and those workers who lost or risked their lives while doing humanitarian service.
  • The theme for 2020 WHD is #RealLifeHeroes.

Indian classical vocalist, Pandit Jasraj passes away

August 18, 2020
Pandit Jasraj
  • Indian classical vocalist, Pandit Jasraj passed away who was born in Haryana in 1930.
  • He was a recipient of Padma Shri in 1975; Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1987 and Padma Bhushan in 1999.

Rohit Sharma, Vinesh Phogat, Manika Batra, Mariappan Thangavelu recommended for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award

August 18, 2020
Rohit Sharma, Vinesh Phogat, Manika Batra, Mariappan Thangavelu
  • The National Sports Awards Committee has recommended the names of cricketer Rohit Sharma, table tennis champion Manika Batra, Paralympian Mariappan Thangavelu and wrestler Vinesh Phogat for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.