Current Affairs – August 27, 2020 [Top Headlines]

August 27, 2020

Here are top Current Affairs of August 27, 2020

Culture Ministry creates 7 new circles of Archaeological Survey of India at Trichy (TN), Raiganj (West Bengal), Rajkot (Gujarat), Jabalpur (MP), Jhansi (UP) and Meerut (UP)
Centre frames draft policy on data privacy under Digital Health Mission; comments sought till Sept 3
Rajasthan: Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurates medical colleges in Bhilwara and Bharatpur
Andhra Pradesh: 3 million women to get house sites worth Rs 22,000 crores
Assam: India’s ‘longest’ (1.82 km) passenger ropeway across a river unveiled in Guwahati

SC asks Centre to clarify stand on interest waiver during moratorium that is set to end on August 31
Gujarat tops Export Preparedness Index compiled by NITI Aayog & the Institute of Competitiveness; Maharashtra 2nd
J&K: NHIDCL (National Highways and Infrastructure development Corporation) awards 14.2 km-long Zojila Tunnel project to Hyderabad-based Megha Engineering
NeGD (National e-Governance Division), CSC e-Governance Services sign MoU to make UMANG app services available via CSCs
17th meeting of India-Vietnam Joint Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation held via video-conference

Africa declared free of the wild polio virus by WHO with no new cases reported in the last 4 years
BRICS Industry Ministers attend video meeting to discuss ways to boost cooperation in 5G, AI