TOP DAILY ONE LINERS CURRENT AFFAIRS (07 AUGUST 2020)

🔷 07 August : National Handloom Day

🔷 Pradeep Kumar Joshi takes over as new Chairman of UPSC . He succeeds Arvind Saxena

🔷 Dipankar Ghose and website PARI wins 2020 Prem Bhatia journalism awards

🔷 Reliance Industries ranks second biggest brand globally; Apple tops: FutureBrand Index 2020

🔷 Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune wins first prize in Smart India Hackathon-2020

🔷 Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Shirley Ann Grau passes away at 91

🔷 WTF Sports appoints Harmanpreet Kaur and Suresh Raina as global brand ambassadors

🔷 India’s first ‘Kisan Rail’, to transport perishable commodities begins service

🔷 The train will run on weekly basis, between Deolali in Maharashtra to Danapur in Bihar

🔷 Kisan Rail is a step towards realizing the goal of doubling farmers’ incomes by 2022

🔷 CBIC directs Customs to check within 48 hours safety of explosives in warehouses, ports

🔷 YSR Cheyutha, the game-changer in Andhra Pradesh rural economy

🔷 BCCI suspends title sponsorship deal with Vivo for upcoming IPL

🔷 Vivo will not be associated with the IPL this year

🔷 VIVO had won the IPL title sponsorship for five years from 2018 to 2022 for a reported sum of 2190 Cr

🔷 Indian Railways launches “OHE Inspection app” for real-time monitoring

🔷 US Senate approves TikTok ban on government devices

🔷 Airtel Payments Bank, Bharti AXA partner to offer ‘shop insurance’ for retailers

🔷 Karnataka launches India’s First Mobile COVID-19 testing lab

🔷 Sports Authority of India (SAI) unveils Khelo India Mobile App online training program

🔷 Oman India Joint Investment Fund II Acquired 1.63% stake in DCB Bank

🔷 Ministry of Jal Shakti launched a New Version of the India Water Resources Information System

🔷 PM Modi Addresses Conclave on Transformational Reforms in Higher Education under NEP

🔷 Exim Bank extends USD 250 mn line of credit to Mozambique

🔷 NHAI signs MoU with IIT Delhi Strengthen data-driven decision making

🔷 Simplilearn and NSDC Announce Collaboration to Upskill Professionals in Digital Skills

🔷 First Time in Indian Ocean Region UNESCO Recognises Two Coastal Villages of Odisha as Tsunami Ready

🔷 Maharashtra Became the First State to Partner with Google India to Provide Learning Tools for Schools