🛑 TOP DAILY ONE LINERS Current Affairs (22 AUGUST 2020)🔷 19 August : World Photography Day 🔷 19 August : World Humanitarian Day 🔷 Theme 2020 : “#RealLifeHeroes” 🔷 20 August : Akshay Urja Diwas 🔷 20 August : Sadbhavana Diwas 🔷 20 August : World Mosquito Day 🔷 21 August : International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism 🔷 21 August : World Senior Citizen Day 🔷 22 August : International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief 🔷 Chhatarpur Police of Madhya Pradesh launches ‘Ek Sankalp – Bujurgo ke naam’ campaign for senior citizens 🔷 Ronnie O’Sullivan beat Kyren Wilson to win his sixth World Snooker Championship 🔷 Former Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar Appointed as new Election Commissioner 🔷 Book titled “Who painted my lust red?” authored by Sree Iyer launched 🔷 Arjun Munda e-Launches Trifood Project of TRIFED in Raigad, Maharashtra and Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh 🔷 Google launches Mobile app ‘Kormo’ in India to help people find entry-level jobs 🔷 Uttar Pradesh Govt Inks Deal with Israel for Bundelkhand water crisis solution 🔷 Keith Rowley Sworn in as Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister 🔷 Apple Becomes First U.S. Company to reach $2 Trillion Market Cap 🔷 Indore Adjudged as Cleanest City of India for 4th Successive Year in Swachh Survekshan 2020 🔷 Rohit Sharma appointed new brand ambassador of sports eyewear brand Oakley in India 🔷 Reliance Retail acquires majority stake in online pharmacy Netmeds for Rs 620 crore 🔷 Nitin Gadkari launched ‘Harit Path’, Mobile App developed by NHAI to monitor highway 🔷 IIT Madras tops Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements,’ (ARIIA) 2020 🔷 G P Garg appointed as Executive Director of SEBI 🔷 Fino Payments Bank launches Jan BachatKhata 🔷 Dream11 wins IPL 2020 title sponsorship rights for Rs 222 crore 🔷 Gwalior-Chambal Expressway to be named after Atal Bihari Vajpayee 🔷 Former Vice Marshal Arjun Subramaniam pens book titled “Full Spectrum: India”s Wars, 1972-2020″ 🔷 Satya Pal Malik appointed as Governor of Meghalaya, Bhagat Singh Koshyari given additional charge as Goa Governor 🔷 Legendary Indian Classical Vocalist, Pandit Jasraj, Passes away at 90 🔷 Puducherry celebrated its 59th anniversary of the “De-Jure”day on 16 August. 🔷 West Bengal to observe Sept 1 as Police Day 🔷 Rakesh Asthana appointed DG of Border Security Force ( BSF) 🔷 Russia chaired the 4th Meeting of the BRICS Anti-Drug Working Group. 🔷 PM to inaugurate ‘Atal Tunnel’ in Rohtang in September 2020 🔷 HDFC Bank launches “Shaurya KGC Card” for Indian armed forces personnel. 🔷 ebikeGo appoints Harbhajan Singh as brand ambassador 🔷 Amazon launches seller driven ‘Itna Aasan Hai’ campaign 🔷 European Union launches 1-mn-euro project in Maharashtra, Odisha for skilling women in housing sector 🔷 United Kingdom launches 3 million pounds Innovation Challenge Fund in India 🔷 MPEDA launches Quality Control Lab in Porbandar, Gujarat 🔷 Ashwani Bhatia Appointed as Managing Director of SBI 🔷 Anand Mahindra, Shantanu Narayen to Receive 2020 Leadership Awards from USISPF 🔷 India Ranked 57th in Digital Quality of Life 2020, Denmark tops 🔷 Madhya Pradesh to offer jobs based on CET conducted by NRA 🔷 India & Israel sign cultural agreement to further boost people-to-people ties 🔷 Bharti AXA Life partners with SBM Bank India for insurance distribution 🔷 Nagaland school wins Pallikutam award for innovation in education 🔷 SBI General Insurance Launches ‘Shagun – Gift an insurance’ policy 🔷 A Book Titled ‘One Arranged Murder’ Authored by Chetan Bhagat to be Released |