TOP DAILY ONE LINERS CURRENT AFFAIRS (27 AUGUST 2020)🔷 Som Parkash addresses 5th virtual BRICS Industry Minister’s Meeting 🔷 IIT Alumni Council partners with Russia to build world’s largest & fastest hybrid quantum computer 🔷 Ministry of Social Justice launches Mental Health Rehabilitation helpline ‘KIRAN’ 🔷 The toll-free HELPLINE number 1800-599-0019 will operate through 25 Institutions in 13 languages 🔷 TV Actress Sangeeta Srivastava passes away due to vasculitis 🔷 Sangeeta Srivastava popularly known for her character in Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon 🔷 Axis Bank introduces ‘Axis Liberty Savings Account’ for millennial customers 🔷 Book on renowned Cricket Coach Vasoo Paranjape titled ‘Cricket Drona’ to be released on September 2 🔷 It has been co-authored by Jatin along with Anand Vasu 🔷 Dutch author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld becomes youngest to win International Booker Prize 2020 🔷 Marieke Lucas Rijneveld becomes Youngest Author to Win 2020 International Booker Prize for the Book ‘The Discomfort of Evening’ 🔷 The birth anniversary of Mother Teresa was observed on 26 August 2020 🔷 Ministry of Culture announces 7 new circles of Archaeological Survey of India 🔷 Trichy, Raiganj, Rajkot, Jabalpur, Hampi, Jhansi and Meerut have been announced as new circles 🔷 Kaziranga National Park in Assam plans various measures for safety of wildlife 🔷 Centre Sets up Panel to Modify the Charter of DRDO labs; Headed by Prof V Ramagopal Rao 🔷 Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Launched 1st of its Kind ‘Smart Assist’, a Real-time Assistance Service 🔷 Union Minister Piyush Goyal launches National GIS-enabled Land Bank system 🔷 AIFC signs MoU with FCA for the development of Football in India and Australia 🔷 Ericsson & UNICEF Partnered to Map School Internet Connectivity in 35 Countries 🔷 RBI Announced Purchase & Sale of Govt Securities under OMO worth Rs 20,000 crore 🔷 Innoviti and Visa Partnered to develop installments platform for face-to-face transactions 🔷 HDFC Bank to Partner with Adobe to Enhance Digital Customer Experiences 🔷 Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh launched mobile App, ‘DGNCC’ for NCC Training 🔷 Computer Pioneer Arnold Spielberg, who Co-designed GE-225 Mainframe Computer Passed Away 🔷 Army Chief General Released a Book Titled “National Security Challenges: Young Scholars’ Perspective” 🔷 Ramandeep Singh Sandhu and Manjari Singh edited the book 🔷 Delhi Government Launched ‘Healthy Body, Healthy Mind’ Fitness Campaign for Students Confined in Homes 🔷 Rs 1,200 crore plan to link Ladakh with National Grid 🔷 Russia releases declassified video of largest-ever hydrogen bomb blast . The bomb was called the “Tsar Bomb” 🔷 World’s most powerful hydrogen bomb 🔷 HSBC India Launched Omni Collect, a One Stop Solution to Businesses 🔷 Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Ltd (NLCIL) wins Swachhta Hi Seva 2019 award 🔷 Ministry of Civil Aviation sanctioned 78 new routes under UDAN 4.0 🔷 So far 766 new routes have been sanctioned under UDAN Scheme 🔷 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman chaired the 41st GST Council meet 🔷 PRATHEEKSHA First Marine Ambulance launched by Kerala Government 🔷 India plans to host BRICS Games in 2021 |