Current Affairs – August 22, 2020 [Top Headlines]

INDIA

• Abhijit Paul’s ‘Am I’ wins first prize in Online Patriotic Short Film Contest organised by Ministry Of Information and Broadcasting & NFDC (National Film Development Corporation)
• NHAI launches ‘Harit Path’ mobile app to monitor plantation along national highways

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

• Megha Engineering & Infrastructure emerges as the lowest bidder for 14.15 km long Zojila Pass tunnel to provide all-year connectivity between J&K and Ladakh UTs
• Centre eases norms to offer 50% of pay for three months as unemployment allowance to ESIC members between March 24 and December 31
• Foreign exchange reserves down USD 2.939 billion to USD 535.252 billion for the week ended August 14
• YES Bank announces 100% sale of its mutual funds business to GPL Finance for an undisclosed amount
• KVIC issues legal notices to Khadi Essentials and Khadi Global for unauthorizedly using the brand name ‘Khadi’

WORLD

• MEA & Thailand’s Foreign Ministry organize 6th Round Table of AINTT (ASEAN-India Network of Think Tanks)
• Myanmar govt, armed groups sign framework accord for ceasefire implementation
• International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism observed on August 21

NATIONAL SPORTS AWARDS

RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD

• Rohit Sharma: Cricket
• Mariyappan T.: Para Athletics
• Manika Batra: Table Tennis
• Vinesh Phogat: Wrestling
• Rani Rampal: Hockey

DRONACHARYA AWARD: Lifetime Category

• Dharmendra Tiwary: Archery
• Purushotham Rai: Athletics
• Shiv Singh: Boxing
• Romesh Pathania: Hockey
• Krishan Kumar Hooda: Kabaddi
• Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar: Para Powerlifting
• Naresh Kumar: Tennis
• Om Parkash Dahiya: Wrestling
• DRONACHARYA AWARD: Regular Category
• Jude Felix Sebastian: Hockey
• Yogesh Malviya: Mallakhamb
• Jaspal Rana: Shooting
• Kuldeep Kumar Handoo: Wushu
• Gaurav Khanna: Para Badminton

ARJUNA AWARD

• Atanu Das: Archery
• Dutee Chand: Athletics
• Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy: Badminton
• Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty: Badminton
• Vishesh Bhriguvanshi: Basketball
• Subedar Manish Kaushik: Boxing
• Lovlina Borgohain: Boxing
• Ishant Sharma: Cricket
• Deepti Sharma: Cricket
• Sawant Ajay Anant: Equestrian
• Sandesh Jhingan: Football
• Aditi Ashok: Golf
• Akashdeep Singh: Hockey
• Deepika: Hockey
• Deepak: Kabaddi
• Kale Sarika Sudhakar: Kho-Kho
• Dattu Baban Bhokanal: Rowing
• Manu Bhaker: Shooting
• Saurabh Chaudhary: Shooting
• Madhurika Suhas Patkar: Table Tennis
• Divij Sharan: Tennis
• Shiva Keshavan: Winter Sports
• Divya Kakran: Wrestling
• Rahul Aware: Wrestling
• Suyash Narayan Jadhav: Para Swimming
• Sandeep: Para Athletics
• Manish Narwal: Para Shooting
• DHYAN CHAND AWARD
• Kuldip Singh Bhullar: Athletics
• Jincy Philips: Athletics
• Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe: Badminton
• Trupti Murgunde: Badminton
• N. Usha: Boxing
• Lakha Singh: Boxing
• Sukhvinder Singh Sandhu: Football
• Ajit Singh: Hockey
• Manpreet Singh: Kabaddi
• J. Ranjith Kumar: Para Athletics
• Satyaprakash Tiwari: Para Badminton
• Manjeet Singh: Rowing
• Late Shri Sachin Nag: Swimming
• Nandan P Bal: Tennis
• Netarpal Hooda: Wrestling

TENZING NORGAY NATIONAL ADVENTURE AWARDS 2019

• Land Adventure: Anita Devi, Col. Sarfraz Singh, Taka Tamut, Narender Singh, Keval Hiren Kakka
• Water Adventure: Satendra Singh
• Air Adventure: Gajanand Yadava
• Life Time Achievement: Late Magan Bissa
• MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD (MAKA) TROPHY
• Panjab University, Chandigarh

RASHTRIYA KHEL PROTSAHAN PURUSKAR

• Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent: Lakshya Institute Army Sports Institute
• Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility: ONGC
• Employment of sportspersons and sports welfare measures: Air Force Sports Control Board
• Sports for Development: International Institute of Sports Management (IISM)

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020