Page-22 of Current Affairs - August, 2020
Highlights: ‘Transparent Taxation – Honoring the Honest’ platform launched
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a platform in order to honour and appreciate the honest taxpayers in the country. The ‘Transparent Taxation – Honouring the Honest’ platform has been launched by the PM through video-conferencing. The government aims to ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Paytm Money launches stock trading service
Paytm has launched the stock trading services thereby giving competition to the discount brokers such as Zerodha, Upstox, etc. The stock trading is available in the beta version of Paytm Money App for a few android users as part of ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
HAL’s two Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) deployed for high altitude operations
In the prevailing tension situation in Ladakh with China over repeated incursions by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of the country, the government has decided to deploy two Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) in the region. These helicopters have been developed ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
World Animal Protection releases ‘ Elephants. Not commodities’ report
International animal welfare organization, World Animal Protection has reported in its new finding the dismal conditions of an elephant at entertainment venues in India and also the alarming elephant tourism trends in the country. It is also expected that these ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Top GKToday’s News Headlines-13 August 2020
Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for August 13, 2020 India 121 won Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation for 2020 Fifteen CBI officers who successfully solved murder cases of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar and BJP leader Yogesh Gowda ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Highlights: Loans sanctioned under PM SVANIDHI scheme crosses 1 lakh
The micro-credit scheme of the government, PM Street Vendor’s Atmanirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANIDHI) to support the street vendors to meet their working capital requirements to tide over financial woes during the pandemic, has become quite popular in the country. Details ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Reliance Foundation to launch W-GDP WomenConnect Challenge
Reliance Foundation has stated that it has partnered US Agency for International Development (USAID) to launch the W-GDP Women Connect Challenge across India this year with an aim to bridge the gender digital divide in the country. What is W-GDP? ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Union Home Minister’s Medals for Excellence in Investigation awarded
Union Home Minister’s Medals for Excellence in Investigation for 2020 have been awarded to 121 police personnel, including 21 women police officers. Among these awardees, 15 are from the Central Bureau of Investigation, 10 each are from Madhya Pradesh and ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
August 12: International Youth Day
International Youth Day is celebrated each year on August 12 every year in order to signify and highlight the importance of young people, not just as future generation, but also as the current driving force of change in the world. ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
US partners with Moderna for 100 million doses of Covid19 vaccine
Moderna Inc has announced that the US government has secured 100 million doses of a novel coronavirus vaccine, mRNA-1273, developed by this biotechnology company. This is part of the US Government’s goal of security early access to the safe and ..