TOP DAILY ONE LINERS CURRENT AFFAIRS (12 AUGUST 2020)🔷 12 August : International Youth Day 🔷 Theme 2020 : “Youth Engagement for Global Action” 🔷 12 August : World Elephant Day 🔷 On the eve of celebrating the World Elephant Day, India launched a National Portal called “SURAKHSYA” 🔷 Paytm launches ‘India’s first’ Android PoS device for easy, contactless payments 🔷 Tribal Affairs Ministry develops nine ‘Tribal Freedom Fighters’ Museums 🔷 Narendra Singh Tomar launches ICAR’s data recovery centre ‘Krishi Megh’ 🔷 Lok Sabha starts beginner-level course in French 🔷 Israel shares AI-based technology, high-end equipment with AIIMS to help combat COVID-19 🔷 European Union to give 1.65 million euro to flood hit people in South Asia 🔷 Gujarat CM announces Mukhya Mantri Kisan Sahay Yojana for current Kharif season, replacing PMFBY 🔷 Akshay Kumar only Bollywood star to feature in Forbes’ highest-paid actors of 2020, Dwayne Johnson tops 🔷 With total earnings of $48.5 million, Akshay is placed at sixth place in the list 🔷 The list has been topped by Wrestler-turned-movie star Dwayne Johnson, total earning of $87.5 million. 🔷 Former NABARD Chief Harsh Bhanwala appointed as executive chairman of Capital India Finance 🔷 3rd series of book titled ‘Connecting, Communicating, Changing’ comprising collection of speeches by Venkaiah Naidu released 🔷 Prakash Javadekar unveiled an e-version & released by Minister of Defense Shri Rajnath Singh 🔷 Reliance rank 96th in the Fortune’s top 100 global companies 2020 🔷 Patanjali Jha assumes charge as Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax 🔷 PM to launch platform for “Transparent Taxation-Honoring the Honest” 🔷 Skyroot Aerospace tests upper stage rocket engine “Raman” 🔷 Veteran Tamil film songwriter, PK Muthusamy passed away. 🔷 Kamala Harris, an Indian Origin nominated as US Vice President candidate 🔷 Supreme Court Judgement : Women have Equal Rights on Parental Property, headed by Arun Mishra 🔷 The verdict makes it clear the amendment to the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 🔷 Reliance Foundation partnered with USAID to Launch the W-GDP WomenConnect Challenge Across India 🔷 Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Launched the Swachh Bharat Mission Academy 🔷 New Plant Species “Ardisia ramaswamii” of Genus Ardisia Identified by JNTBGRI Named After M S Ramaswami 🔷 HALs Two Light Combat Helicopters Deployed for Operations at Ladakh 🔷 Centre Formed committee for procurement, administration of COVID-19 vaccine; Headed by Dr VK Paul 🔷 DAC Approved Procurement of Approx Rs 8,722.38 cr for Armed Forces 🔷 Goa signs MoU with NSDC for setting up World-Class Skill Development Institute 🔷 Delhi Gov Signed an MoU with IIT-Bombay and Tata Projects Limited for Smog Tower 🔷 “Our Only Home: A Climate Appeal to the World” – A Book by Dalai Lama to release in November 🔷 Written by German environmental Journalist Franz Alt |