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Current Affairs August 2020 MISSION CAPF HUB BY SWAPNIL WALUNJ & TEAM CURRENT AFFAIRS AUGUST 2020 FEATURES OF CURRENT AFFAIRS MAGAZINE COVERAGE – THE HINDU, INDIAN EXPRESS. PIB GKTODAY MONTHLY MAGAZINE VISION IAS MONTHLY MAGAZINE Telegram channel for CAPF = t.me/missioncapfhub (click here) Telegram channel for CDS/NDA/AFCAT/INET = t.me/TheDefenceHub (click here) Our Youtube channel = missioncapfhub (click here) Our website = www.missioncapfhub.com (click here) Copyright © by MISSION CAPF HUB All rights are reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of mission capf hub JOIN TELEGRAM @MISSIONCAPFHUB / JOIN OUR DEFENCE CHANNEL @THEDEFENCEHUB Page 1 MISSION CAPF HUB BY SWAPNIL WALUNJ & TEAM INDEX OF CURRENT AFFAIRS SERIA SECTION/TOPIC PAGE NO. L NO. 1) AWARDS/MEDALS/HONORS/PRIZE 4 2) REPORTS /INDEX/SURVEY/STUDY 7 3) GOVT. SCHEMES/PORTAL /APPS/INITIATIVES 9 4) ECONOMY/BANKING 12 5) DEFENCE NEWS / MILITARY EXERCISE 13 6) ENVIRONMENTS 15 7) INTERNATIONAL NEWS 16 8) SPORTS 18 9) PERSONS IN NEWS 19 10) PLACES IN NEWS – SUMMITS/CONFERENCE 20 11) IMPORTANTS DATES & EVENTS 21 12) STATES IN NEWS 22 13) SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 23 14) FESTIVALS/GI TAGS 24 15) BOOKS 24 16) MISCELLANEOUS 25-27 JOIN TELEGRAM @MISSIONCAPFHUB / JOIN OUR DEFENCE CHANNEL @THEDEFENCEHUB Page 2 MISSION CAPF HUB BY SWAPNIL WALUNJ & TEAM ANALYSIS OF CURRENT AFFAIRS PREVIOUS YEARS QUESTIONS PAPERS (2015-2019) SERIAL SECTION/TOPIC NO. OF NO. QUESTIONS 1) AWARDS/MEDALS/HONORS/PRIZE 14 2) REPORTS /INDEX/SURVEY/STUDY 04 3) GOVT. SCHEMES/PORTAL /APPS/INITIATIVES 09 4) ECONOMY/BANKING 08 5) DEFENCE NEWS / MILITARY EXERCISE 10 6) ENVIRONMENTS 02 7) INTERNATIONAL NEWS 05 8) PERSONS IN NEWS 08 9) SPORTS 06 10) PLACES IN NEWS – SUMMITS/CONFERENCE 07 11) IMPORTANTS DATES & EVENTS 02 12) STATES IN NEWS 02 13) SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 02 14) FESTIVALS/GI TAGS 02 15) BOOKS 03 16) MISCELLANEOUS 10 JOIN TELEGRAM @MISSIONCAPFHUB / JOIN OUR DEFENCE CHANNEL @THEDEFENCEHUB Page 3 MISSION CAPF HUB BY SWAPNIL WALUNJ & TEAM AWARDS/MEDALS/HONORS/PRIZE SKOCH Gold Award = Tribal Affairs Ministry receives award for its “Empowerment of Tribal through IT enabled Scholarship Schemes”. Prem Bhatia award 2020 = Indian Express reporter Dipankar Ghose and People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI) for outstanding journalism. Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune wins first prize in Smart India Hackathon- 2020. Nitin Sethi of The Huffington Post India wins Asian College of Journalism’s Award for Investigative Journalism. Shiv Sahay Singh of The Hindu wins K. P. Narayana Kumar Memorial Award for Social Impact Journalism. Food Vision 2050 Prize = Hyderabad-based NGO Naandi Foundation. It was given by the Rockefeller Foundation of US. FSSAI’s ‘Eat Right India’ movement wins Food System Vision Prize given by the Rockefeller Foundation of US. President approved 84 awards and decorations to the Armed Forces personnel and members of the Paramilitary Forces. Kirti Chakra, country’s second highest peacetime gallantry award was awarded posthumously to Abdul Rashid Kalas, Head Constable, J&K Police. Shaurya Chakra is the third highest peacetime gallantry award while Ashok Chakra is the highest peacetime gallantry award. Abhijit Paul’s ‘Am I’ wins first prize in Online Patriotic Short Film Contest organised by Ministry Of Information and Broadcasting & NFDC (National Film Development Corporation). Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award = Serial no. Name of awardees Discipline 1 Rohit Sharma Cricket 2 Mariyappan T Para Athletics 3 Manika Batra Table Tennis 4 Vinesh Phogat Wrestling 5 Rani Rampal Hockey Dronacharya Award: Lifetime Category = Serial no. Name of awardees Discipline 1 Dharmendra Tiwary Archery 2 Purushotham Rai Athletics 3 Shiv Singh Boxing 4 Romesh Pathania Hockey JOIN TELEGRAM @MISSIONCAPFHUB / JOIN OUR DEFENCE CHANNEL @THEDEFENCEHUB Page 4 MISSION CAPF HUB BY SWAPNIL WALUNJ & TEAM 5 Krishan Kumar Hooda Kabaddi 6 Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar Para Powerlifting 7 Naresh Kumar Tennis 8 Om Parkash Dahiya Wrestling Dronacharya Award: Regular Category = Serial no. Name of awardees Discipline 1 Jude Felix Sebastian Hockey 2 Yogesh Malviya Mallakhamb 3 Jaspal Rana Shooting 4 Kuldeep Kumar Handoo Wushu 5 Gaurav Khanna Para Badminton. Arjuna Award = Serial no. Name of awardees Discipline 1 Atanu Das Archery 2 Dutee Chand Athletics 3 Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy Badminton 4 Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty Badminton 5 Vishesh Bhriguvanshi Basketball 6 Subedar Manish Kaushik Boxing 7 Lovlina Borgohain Boxing 8 Ishant Sharma Cricket 9 Deepti Sharma Cricket 10 Sawant Ajay Anant Equestrian 11 Sandesh Jhingan Football 12 Aditi Ashok Golf 13 Akashdeep Singh Hockey 14 Dattu Baban Bhokanal Rowing 15 Divij Sharan Tennis Dhyan Chand Award = Serial no. Name of awardees Discipline 1 Kuldip Singh Bhullar Athletics 2 Jincy Philips Athletics 3 Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe Badminton 4 Trupti Murgunde Badminton 5 Usha Boxing 6 Lakha Singh Boxing 7 Sukhvinder Singh Sandhu Football 8 Ajit Singh Hockey 9 Manpreet Singh Kabaddi GoI enhances prize money in National Sports Awards = 1. The prize money for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award has been increased to 25 lakh rupees from the previous amount of 7.5 lakh rupees. 2. Arjuna Award has been enhanced to 15 lakh rupees from 5 lakh. JOIN TELEGRAM @MISSIONCAPFHUB / JOIN OUR DEFENCE CHANNEL @THEDEFENCEHUB Page 5 MISSION CAPF HUB BY SWAPNIL WALUNJ & TEAM 3. The Dhronacharya (Lifetime) awardees, who were earlier given 5 lakh rupees will now be given 15 lakh rupees as cash prize, while Dhronacharya (Regular) will be given 10 lakh instead of 5 lakh rupees per awardee. 4. Dhyanchand Awardees will be given 10 lakh rupees instead of 5 lakh rupees. Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards 2019 = Land Adventure: Anita Devi, Col. Sarfraz Singh, Taka Tamut, Narender Singh, Keval Hiren Kakka Water Adventure: Satendra Singh Air Adventure: Gajanand Yadava Life Time Achievement: Late Magan Bissa. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (Maka) Trophy = Panjab University, Chandigarh. International Booker Prize = Dutch writer Marieke Lucas Rijneveld wins for his novel ‘The Discomfort of Evening’. important Literary awards in India 1. Gyanapeeth Award = It was established in 1961 It is the highest literature award in India It is conferred to those Indians who have done exemplary literature works in official languages in India It is presented to Indian citizens only 2. Sahitya Akademi Fellowship = It was established in 1968 The first awardee is former President S Radhakrishnan It is awarded to immortal literature works created in any of the 22 official languages of India 3. Vyas Samman = It was established in 1991 It is awarded to Hindi literature only Atal Rankings of Institutions on Innovative Achievements, 2020 (ARIIA 2020) = 1st Rank -IIT Madras, 2nd Rank-IIT Bombay. ARIIA, 2020 was launched by Ministry of Education. The ARIIA is implemented by All India council for Technical Education (AICTE). Lewis Hamilton has won the Formula One British Grand Prix 2020 held at the Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom. JOIN TELEGRAM @MISSIONCAPFHUB / JOIN OUR DEFENCE CHANNEL @THEDEFENCEHUB Page 6 MISSION CAPF HUB BY SWAPNIL WALUNJ & TEAM REPORTS/COMMITTEEG /INDEX/SURVEY/STUDY RBI to set up an Expert Committee chaired by K. V. Kamath to suggest financial parameters for resolution of Covid-19 related stressed assets. One in every Three Child are Poisoned by Lead: UNICEF Report = World’s one-third child population which is nearly around 800 million are affected by lead poisoning. Among the total affected nearly half of them are from South Asia. India accounts for nearly 275,561,163 of these cases. Lead is a potent neurotoxin which harms the brains of small children irreparably even before they are allowed a chance to develop. This severe harm can lead to lifelong cognitive, neurological and physical impairment. “Elephants. Not Commodities” Report = by the International Animal Welfare Organization. According to the report, over 200 elephants in India are kept in severe inadequate conditions. According to the report, India is home to second-highest number of elephants used in tourism in Asia. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs recently released ranking of states under AMRUT scheme. Odisha has secured first position by scoring 85.67%. AMRUT is Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation Scheme. The scheme aims to provide piped water supply to households in urban areas of the state. It also aims at construction of sewerage treatment plants and improving green spaces in the cities. Swachh Survekshan 2020 report released by Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry = , Indore was ranked the cleanest for the fourth year in a row [ cities with population above 1 lakh] Top three cities are Karad, Sasvad and Lonavala – all from Maharashtra [cities with population under 1 lakh] Indore, Ambikapur, Navi Mumbai, Surat, Rajkot and Mysuru rated as 5-star cities. Chhattisgarh was ranked the cleanest state out of those with over 100 urban local bodies (ULBs) Jharkhand was ranked the cleanest state among those with less than 100 ULBs In the category of “Ganga towns”, Varanasi ranked the cleanest In the category of cantonments, Jalandhar got the top rank In the category of capitals, New Delhi was cleanest. NITI Aayog task force headed by Ramesh Chand recommends linking sugarcane prices to sugar rates. Export Preparedness Index compiled by NITI Aayog & the Institute of Competitiveness = Gujarat 1st, Maharashtra 2nd. India ($437) ranked 72nd in terms of the average wage per month, Switzerland first ($5,989) in global ranking by Picodi.com. India ranks first in Organic Farming = The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare recently announced that India ranks first in Organic Farming. JOIN TELEGRAM @MISSIONCAPFHUB / JOIN OUR DEFENCE CHANNEL @THEDEFENCEHUB Page 7 MISSION CAPF HUB BY SWAPNIL WALUNJ & TEAM According to the data provided by Ministry of Finance to Rajya Sabha, Tamil Nadu has topped the list of Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) in availing loans to women. It was followed by West Bengal and Karnataka.
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