Page-33 of Current Affairs - August, 2020

First Silk Training-cum-Production Center in Arunachal Pradesh

The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has decided to open the first of its kind training and production centre of silk in Arunachal Pradesh. This centre will come up in Chullyu village in the state. The centre will be ..

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Defence minister to launch ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Saptah’

The Defence Minister of India will launch the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Saptah’ on August 10 to focus more on the vision of the government to shift to local manufacturing and ‘Make in India’ It is also in line with the ‘Atmanirbhar ..

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Indian Railways to observe ‘Cleanliness Week’ from August 10

Indian Railways has decided to observe ‘Cleanliness Week’ starting from August 10 till August 15 in order to give the message of the importance and significance of cleanliness for the national transporter. What will the Indian Railways do? During this ..

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India will stop importing 101 Defence weapons and platforms

India has announced a negative arms import list under which acquisition of 101 weapons systems and platforms from abroad will be banned from December 2020 to December 2025. The objective is to boost the domestic manufacturing of defence weapons in ..

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Agriculture Infrastructure Fund

The Prime Minister has launched the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (Agri Infra Fund) in order to improve the farm gate prices and overall income of the farmers. The fund of Rs 1 trillion will be utilized for giving a fillip to ..

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Top GKToday’s News Headlines-10 August 2020

Top GKToday’s News Headlines-10 August 2020 India Railway Museum at Hubballi, Karnataka dedicated to the nation Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Coal & Mines, Pralhad Joshi on August 9, 2020 dedicate ..

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Top GKToday’s News Headlines-9 August 2020

Top GKToday’s News Headlines-9 August 2020 INDIA PM inaugurates Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra – an interactive experience centre on the Swachh Bharat Mission, at the Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti at Rajghat, New Delhi PM launches ‘Gandagi Mukt Bharat’, a special ..

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Girish Chandra Murmu is the new CAG of India

The government has appointed Girish Chandra Murmu as the new Comptroller and Auditor General of India with effect from August 8, 2020. He was the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, prior to joining this post. Murmu has been sworn-in ..

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