Current Affairs – August 30, 2020 [Top Headlines]

August 30, 2020

Here are top Current Affairs of August 30, 2020

PM inaugurates College and Administration Buildings of Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi (UP) through video conferencing
Covid-19: Home Ministry announces Unlock 4.0 from Sept 1 to 30; metro train services can resume and social & other functions will be allowed with a limit of 100 people
Telugu Language Day celebrated on August 29; day is birth anniversary of Telugu poet Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthy
Bihar Congress MLA Ramdeo Rai dies at 81

Reliance Retail to buy Future Group’s retail business for Rs 24,713 crore; Future group’s brands include Big Bazaar, Easyday, Nilgiris, Central and Brand Factory

UNSC approves resolution to cut strength of UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon from 15,000 to 13,000
Indian origin WWII spy Noor Inayat Khan gets honoured with blue plaque in London
India co-sponsors UN resolution tabled by Indonesia on women’s role in peace keeping missions
US actor Chadwick Boseman dies at 43; well-known for his role in movie Black Panther (2018)
The International Day Against Nuclear Tests observed on August 29; Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test site in Kazakhstan closed on this day in 1991

August 29 is the birth anniversary of hockey legend Dhyan Chand and is celebrated as National Sports Day in India.
Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju announces hike in the prize money in four of the seven categories of the National Sports and Adventure Awards
The hike will come into effect from this year.
The prize money for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award increased to Rs 25 lakh from the previous amount of Rs 7.5 lakh, while Arjuna Award s been enhanced to Rs 15 lakh from Rs 5 lakh.
The Dronacharya (Lifetime) awardees, who were earlier given Rs 5 lakh, will now be richer by Rs 15 lakh, while Dronacharya (Regular) winners will be given Rs 10 lakh instead of Rs 5 lakh.
The prize money of Dhyan Chand Award has been increased to Rs 10 lakh from Rs 5 lakh.