Current Affairs - August, 2020
Air Quality Commission’s Directions on Piped Natural Gas (PNG)
The Air Quality commission recently directed all the industries in the National Capital Region to switch over to Piped Natural Gas. Also, the commission provided a set of other directions. The twenty-member Commission was formed by Ministry of Environment. Air ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
UN Investment Promotion award to Invest India
Context in Current Affairs: The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) recently declared “Invest India” as the winner of the United Nations Investment Promotion Award, 2020. The award recognizes outstanding achievements of investment promotion agencies spread all over ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Current Affairs – August 31, 2020 [Evening Headlines]
Here are the Current Affairs Evening Headlines of August 31, 2020 by GKToday: Global disruption of health services amid pandemic Of the 105 countries surveyed by the World Health Organisation, 90% were found to have experienced disruption of its health ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
How different is modern method from the traditional method of locust control?
Desert locust attack had been a lifelong problem for farmers residing in subcontinent primarily in India, and Pakistan. Traditionally, when technology was not developed, the farmers used to destroy the breeding ground itself, if any left from this, they use ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Spice jet steps into medical device industry
Spice jet an airline which is known for its business diversification recently announced the launch of portable ventilators, oximeters which is up for sale on the company’s ecommerce portal. In Brief Unsurprisingly, Spice jet is widely known for bringing variation ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Qutub Minar lights up to celebrate solidarity movement
Marking 40th anniversary of the creation of Solidarity movement, Embassy of Poland and Polish Institute in Delhi illuminated Qutub Minar in Poland’s national flag colours, white and red. About the solidarity movement In the year 1970 Poland’s government raised food ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Adani to acquire Mumbai airport
Adani Airport Holdings (AAHL), which is a subsidiary and flagship holding company of Adani Group for its airport business, is all set to acquire Mumbai International airport subject to approval. In Brief Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, erstwhile known as ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Current Affairs – August 31, 2020 [Top Headlines]
Here are top Current Affairs of August 31, 2020 INDIA September will be observed as “Nutrition Month”: PM Modi says in “Mann ki Baat” radio programme Delimitation Commission headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjana Desai (retd) to visit ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
First ever RORO service flagged off
Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa recently flagged off first-ever Roll-On-Roll-Off (RORO) service of South Western Railway between Nelamangla in Bengaluru and Bale near Solapur in Maharashtra through video-conferencing. What is RORO service? Abbreviated form of Roll On Roll Off ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Census improbable in 2020
Indian census which is considered to be the largest administrative and statistical exercise in the world seems improbable this year. This year the first phase of the census to update the National Population Register (NPR) was scheduled which got postponed ..