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MONTHLY CURRENT AFFAIRS PDF AUGUST 2020

Important days

1 ST August celebrates as Muslim women rights day say across the Nation (India) (First anniversary of the Triple talaq bill’s passage)

2 nd August celebrates as World Breastfeeding week say (1 TO 7)

3 rd August celebrates as World Sanskrit day

7 th August celebrated as National Handloom day

9 TH August celebrated as world’s Indigenous peoples day or World Tribal day

12th August celebrated as International Youth Day (theme- Youth engagement for global action)

15th August celebrates as Independence Day of India

19th August celebrates as World Humanitarian Day

27th August celebrates as Women’s Equality day

29th August celebrates as National sports day in India

Government schemes

YSR cheyutha sheme launched by Andhra Pradesh (Aims to empower women from minority castes)

Government of India launched SURAKHSYA national portal of project Elephant

Assam to launch orunodoi scheme for women’s financial empowerment

Himachal Pradesh launches nutritional immunity boosting Him Haldi Dudh scheme

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Atal Bimit Vyakti yojana under the scheme ESIC( Employee’s state insurance gives 50% of average of wages from earlier 25% of average wages payable upto maximum 90 days of Unemployment

Tamil Nadu women top the list of MUDRA loan scheme beneficiaries

Chhavni covid-Yodha sanraksan yojan scheme that will provide a cover of Rs 5 lakhs each to more than 10,000 employees working in cantonment areas

Aviation ministry to launch “Krishi Udan” scheme for transport of Agriculture product

78 new routes approved under 4th round of regional connectivity scheme UDAN

Government launches “Chunauti” contest to promote startup in small towns

Pradhan mantra Jan-Dhan yojana completes 6 years, 40.35crore beneficiaries banked since Inception

Poshan Maah or National Nutrition Month scheme aims at achieving improvement in nutritional status of children up to six years of age, adolescent girls, pregnant women and lactating mothers

India’s ranking in deferent reports

India’s 4th position in the Hurun Global Unicorn list 2020

India ranks 1 st in number of organic farmers, 9th in area; Sikkim becomes first fully organic state

Bangaluru as the 26th fastest growing Indian prime residential market in the world (prime global cities index Q2 2020)

IIT madras ranked as Top innovative educational institution in India (Atal ranking of institutions on innovative achievement 2020)

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Denmark and Sweden top position in Surfshark’s Digital Quality of Life Index2020 (India 57th)

Indore India’s cleanest city in Swachh Survekshan 2020 (Gujarat’s surat 2nd place and Maharashtra’s Navi Mumbai is on 3rd)

India 79th place in “Digital Quality Of Life Index 2020” in 85 countries

Gujarat has topped the first ever NITI Aayog’s Export Preparedness Index 2020 (2nd Maharashtra and 3rd Tamil Nadu)

India placed 72nd on global list with average monthly wage of Rs 32,800 (Switzerland 1st place)

Amul becomes first Indian dairy company to be in Rabobank’s global top 20 list

Summits & confererence

UAE will host 6th annual meeting of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in 2021

Prakash Javadekar represented india at the 6th BRICS meeting

National Affairs

Central approves Meghalaya Government proposal for setting up Directorate of AYUSH

Vidyarthi vigyan manthan A national programme for class 6 to 11 launched by Ministry of health and family welfare

Kotak Mahindra Bank launched a campaign “kona kona umeed”

Northern Railway runs first-ever Vyapar Mala Express train

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PTC India along with BSE investment and ICICI bank gets approval for country’s 3 rd power exchange

Air India Express flight is broken wall after it skidded off a runway while landing at the airport in Kozhilode, Kerala

India’s first kissan rail special parcel train runs between Maharashtra and Bihar (from 7th August)

Mandarin Chinese language was dropped from list of examples of foreign languages in National Education policy 2020

Women have Equal Rights on Parental Property (Supreme Court Judgment) under Hindu succession act

Union minister for Jal shakti Gajendra singh Shekhawat launches Swachh Bharat Mission Academy

Lok sabha starts beginner-level course in French

Ministry of highways allows sale and registration of electric vehicles without prefitted batteries under the central motor vehicle rule, 1989

PM Modi announces Project Dolphin to give impetus to conserving Gangetic species

India takes first steps toward universal health coverage Under National digital health mission every person in the country will get a digital health ID (14 Didit)

National stock exchange (NSE) & IIM-Bangalore join hands launch of a digital learning platform for investor education

Government-funded Centre for Biopharma Analysis set up in Pune

NTPC power Generation Company develops infrastructure at Rihand project for increased use of Fly ash

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SWASTHYA portal and ALEKH E-newsletter launched by Ministry of Tribal Affairs

President Shri Ram Nath Kovind gives assent for changing name of Human resource development ( HRD) ministry to Ministry of Education

Taking ahead the International Solar Alliance(ISA), India to hold the first world solar technology summit on 8th September 2020

National Recruitment Agency to conduct common eligibility test to shortlist candidates for the Group-B and C (Non Technical) government jobs

The central government has set the target to achieve 10% bio- ethanol blending of petrol by 2022

Google launches Kormo App in India to help people find jobs

NHAI (National Highways Authority of India) has develop a mobile app “Harit Path” to creation of green highway across the country

IBM launches open P-Tech globally free digital education platform for professional development skill

Arjun Munda inaugurates “Tribes India Showroom” in Mumbai

India, Japan and Australia for the launch of the “Supply chain Resilience Initiative” to counter china

Ministry of consumer affairs,Food and public distribution has launches online registration and renewal of gold Hallmarking centre

Social Justice Ministry to launch the “Kiran” mental health rehabilitation helpline number ( 1800-599-0019 services in 13 languages)

IIT Ropar researchers develop first of its Kind currency, card and document disinfection device

E-auction portal launched to promote trading of GI-tagged “Kashmir Saffron”

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States affairs

Haryana forest department has used drone technology to shower seeds on Aravalli area to improve green cover

India’s largest wildlife Orphanage to come up in Maharashtra’s Warje

BSNL launches Bharat Air Services in Maharashtra

Hyderabad ranked 16 among top 20 cities globally in CCTV Surveillance, top in India

Bharti AXA general Insurance launches “Bohot zaroori hai” campaign

Ek mask anek zindgi public awareness launched by Madhya Pradesh

India’s first mobile RT-PCR Covid testing lab in Bangalore

Uttarkhand to develop India’s first snow leopard conservation centre

Maharashtra adopts Google Technology (Google G suite) to administer online education

Delhi government launches electric vehicle policy to provide up to 1.5 lakh subsidy on Purchase

Odisha become the first state in India in the country UNESCO recognizes villages as Tsunami ready

Maharashtra first Indian state to declare state mangrove tree as symbol of conservation

Railway museum at Hubballi (Dharwar) is first of its kind in North Karnataka and second in south western railways (National rail museum at New Delhi the first rail museum in India)

Gujarat launches Mukhya Mantri Kisan Sahay yojana to compensate farmers for crop loss

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Chhattisgarh’s Jagdalpur became the first municipal corporation of India to provide forest land right to certificates to urban people

BEML’s Industrial Design Centre was inaugurated in Bangalore

Six State Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan and Uttarkhand signed an agreement for Renukaji Dam multipurpose project

Haryana to develop 104 government schools as model Sanskrit schools

Punjab government launches smart connect scheme gives smart phones to students

Delhi state signed MOU with TATA projects limited and IIT Mumbai to construct smog Tower

Drug price monitoring units set up Karnataka under agencies of National Pharmaceutical pricing authority (NPPA)

Amazon has launched its online pharmacy in Bangalore

Karnataka to collaboration with Pennsylvania in Teachers, Police Training

Kolkata metro completes India’s deepest underground rail ventilation shaft

India’s largest private sector rail coach factory being set up in Telangana

Nagaland launched the yellow chain a single window e-commerce platform to promote local business and Entrepreneurship in the state

Shivaraj singh chouhan (CM of Madhya Pradesh) unveils 25 feet tall “Bharat mata” statue in Bhopal

Delhi government will set up Oxygen Jaanch Kendra in Villages

The two fly-overs of Ahmadabad city of Gujarat was named after Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj

Delhi police signs MOU with All India Institute of Ayurveda (Aims for maintaining the health of frontline Covid warriors)

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The country’s first document museum on the premises of Rajasthan state

IIT Patna signs MOU with Flipkart to support the industry focused applied research

Maruti Suzuki and IIM Bangalore tie-up to Incubate Startups

Environment ministry to set up Integrated Regional Office in Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh)

Madhya Pradesh first state offer government jobs on basis of marks obtain in the NRA (national recruitment agency) Test

Ek sankalp –Bujurgo ke Naam campaign launched by Madhya Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh government will provide 100% tap water connection to all households in the state by 2023 (Jal Jeevan Mission)

Mysore Zoo become second zoo in the country to bring hunting Cheetah under animal exchange program (1ST Hyderabad zoo)

Recently Chandigarh (Union Territory) digital health card scheme has been launched

IIT Bombay held convocation via Avatars (Virtual reality mode)

Karnataka to become the first state to implement new national Educational policy 2020

India’s longest passenger ropeway over the Brahmaputra River inaugurated in Assam’s Guwahati city

Odisha introduces scheme to promote Bio-floc fish farming technology

“Pratheeksha” first marine ambulance launched by Kerala government

Aero India 2021to be held in Bangalore from February 3 to 7

Kerala to set up India’s first International women’s trade centre

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New Delhi railway station to get Rs 6200 crore world class boost

International Affairs

Prime minister shri Narendra Modi inaugurates Supreme Court building in Mauritius through video conferencing

Hamed Bakayoko new prime minister of Ivory coast

Iran ranked elected as UN-Habitat chair of Executive Board

Dr Irfaan Ali new President of Guyana

Mark Anthony New Prime Minister of Guyana

Spain former king Juan Carlos has leaving the country amid corruption allegations

USA gave warning to put TIKTOK out of business if it is not sold by September 15

India extends line of credit worth 18 million dollars to Maldives

Mahinda Rajapaksa new prime minister of Sri Lanka

Recently china has claimed half of Tazikistan

Typhoon Jangmi strikes South Korea

Kamala Harris (Indian-origin senator) named US vice presidential candidate for Democratic Party

Walter Roger Martos Ruiz new prime minister of Peru

Bangladesh to get largest ever dollar 3.1 billion loan from Japan

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India’s first air bubble in south Asia will be established with Maldives

India and Vietnam agree to strengthen Indo-pacific partnership, export closer cooperation in nuclear energy and space

Kevin Mayer resigned as CEO of Tik-Tok

Parachutist Raphael Domjan makes world’s first jump from solar powered plane in Switzerland

Shinzo Abe Japan’s longest serving prime minister Resigns because of illness

India co-sponsors Indonesias women in peacekeeping resolution at United Nations

China to unveil bronze statue of Indian doctor Dwarkanath Kotnis to help the Chinese during World War II

Economy

Apple company become the world’s most valuable publically listed company

RBI governor Dr. Shaktikanta Das today said that the apex bank's monetary policy committee has decided to unanimously leave the policy Repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent

RBI to set up Innovation Hub for financial inclusion, efficient banking

India contributes over $15 million to India-UN Development Partnership Fund

Current Repo rate is 4.00%

Current Reverse Repo rate is 3.35%

RBI permits banks to invest in debt instruments through mutual funds

RBI governor announces positive Pay mechanism for all Cheques above Rs 50,000 to help avert Cheque frauds

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Mswipe launches bank box digital solution for MSMEs

Nirmala Sitharaman (Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister) inaugurated the National Infrastructure Pipeline, NIP online dashboard in New Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launch new platform Transparent TaxationHonouring the Honest

MCX (Multi commodity exchange of India) to launch market making in 'options on goods' in gold mini

The “Taxpayer charter” charter will list out the Fundamental Rights of taxpayers and the basic standards of service that they should expect

HDFC bank launches “Shaurtya KGC card” is Agriculture loan instrument for Armed forces

GST council to explore making E-way bill for moving gold within states

Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) to launch India’s first bullion index on 24th August

Punjab National bank launched “Digital Apnayen” campaign to encourage digital banking

Asian development bank (ADB) approves 1 billion USD for Delhi- Meerut regional rapid transit system

RBI released framework for Pan-India entry for retail payments

Axis bank has plans to employ nearly 1000 people under its new hiring initiative “Gig-a-opportunities” model

RBI is the largest dollar buyer (According To Australia and New Zealand banking group limited)

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HSBC Bank first foreign bank in India launch “green deposit program"

National stock Exchange (NSE) of India to launch “Silver Options” in commodity derivatives from September 1st

GST (Goods and Services Tax) has reduces Taxation on Household and many daily consumption such as Milk,Rice,Floour,Children’s books comes under ZERO Tax Bracket

GST reduced tax rates , businesses with annual turnover of up to Rs 40 lakh are now GST exempt

India’s overall growth for 2020-21 RBI projected at (Minus) -4.5%

Bank of Maharashtra launches initiatives to digitize credit delivery system

SBI bags three Brandon hall excellence award for “Nayi Disha”

Books & Author

Neena Rai authored the book titled “Amazing Ayodhya”

Chetan Bhagat on the launch of his new book “One arranged murder”

“The India way: strategies for an Uncertain world” authored by Dr. S Jaishankar (Minister of External

Marieke Lucas Rijneveld becomes youngest Author to win International Booker prize (Novel-The discomfort of evening) affairs) Appointments

Hardik satishchandra shah (IAS) appointed personal secretary to Prime minister modi

Urjit Patel appointed as a new additional director of Great Eastern shipping company limited

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N sivaraman named as a MD and CEO of credit rating agency ICRA

Ashish Bhatia appointed as a new Director general of the Gujarat

Haryana government appoints wrestler Babita Phogat & kabbadi player Kavita as sports deputy directors

V R Chaudhari (Air marshal) takes over as chief of Air force’s western Air command

Bureaucrats Ajay Jain, Vivek Johri and Sungita Sharma appointed as a members of the CBIC (Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs)

Sashidhar Jagdishan appointed as a new CEO of HDFC Bank

Naval kishor ram appointed as a new deputy secretary in the PMO (Prime Minister Office)

Girish Chandra Murmu (Former Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir) appointed as a 14th CAG of India (Comptroller & Auditor General of India)

Ajay Tyagi Re-appointed as a chairman of SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India)

Professor Pradeep Kumar Joshi appointed as a UPSC Chairman

Hardayal Prasad (Ex-SBI card head) appointed as a new MD &CEO of PNB (Punjab National Bank) housing

Manoj Sinha appointed as a New Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir

Shri Patajali (IRS) takes charge as principal chief commissioner of Income tax, Mumbai

Dinesh K Tripathi (Vice admiral) assumes charge as Director General Naval operation

Kaushik Khona appointed as a new CEO of GoAir

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Shahzan Mujeeb has become 1st ever national brand ambassador of Aligarh Municipal Corporation

Rakesh Asthana appointed as a DG of Border Security Force (BSF)

Satya pal malik appointed as a new governor of Meghalaya

Ashwini k Shukla appointed as a chief risk officer of Central Bank of India

Kishor Rungta appointed as a new chairman of fertilizer association of India

Bhagat Singh Koshyari appointed as a new governor of Goa

Rajiv Kumar appointed as a new Election commissioner in India

Ashwani Bhatia appointed as a new MD of state bank of India

Vinay Tonse appointed as a MD and CEO of SBI mutual fund

Ujjwal Kanti Bhattacharya appointed as a new director (Project) of NTPC limited

Utpal kumar (Retired IAS officer) appointed as a secretary in Lok Sabha

Defence

KVIC (Khadi and Village Industries Commission) signs MOU to supply mustard oil to ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border police)

Defence ministry has formulated a draft Defence production & export promotion policy 2020

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

Sarthak offshore petrol vessel launched by Indian coast guard

Navy set up excellence centre defence corridor in Utter Pradesh

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Major Anil urs, Lieutenant colonel Krishan singh Rawat and Alok kumar Dubey three army personnel conferred Shaurya chakra 2020

MY IAF app launched by Indian Air Force to provide career related information for Indian Air Force job aspirants

INS Virrat Indian Navy’s longest serving warship to be dismantled at Alang in Gujrat

India withdraws from international military exercise Kavkaz 2020 in Russia

BSF (border security force) it has detect a tunnel, originating from pakistan, just beneath the Indo-Pakistan International border fence in Jammu

Important Committees

RBI setup panel under KV Kamath for one-time restructuring of loans

M S Sahoo chairperson of IBBI (Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India)

Om Birla attended the Inaugural ceremony of the 5th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in August 2020

Science and Technology

NASA launch mars 2020 Perseverance Rover mission to Red Planet (Mars)

Lead showed a presence in the blood of every one in three children as per new study

OzoNIT multipurpose chemical free sterilization developed by NIT Warangal

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BeiDou-3 navigation satellite system (BDS) launched by China

UAE (Barakah plant) becomes first country in Arab world to produce nuclear energy

SpaceX brings NASA astronauts home safe in milestone mission, makes splashdown in Gulf of Mexico

Nano science & Technology ( INST Mohali, Punjab) developed Nanorods from aspirin drug against cataract a major from of blindness

ICMR to keep track of hospitalized patients of Covid-19

India to trial of Oxford covid-19 vaccine

Ammonium Nitrate gas is released in Lebanese capital Beirut explosion

Russia launches first vaccine against covid-19

IIT Kanpur developed indigenous seed balls named BEEG (Bio compost enriched eco friendly globule) which help people and farmers in plantation with safety

NASA’S TESS (Transiting exoplanet survey satellite) planet hunting space Telescope completes its primary mission

Made in India Atulya microwave can disinfect within 30 seconds

Hyderabad based Skyroot India’s first private company to test Upper-stage rocket engine

ISRO and IISc (Indian Institute of Science) Bangalore develop sustainable process to make space bricks on lunar surface

IIT Madras and CDAC (Centre for development of advanced computing) have developed two Indigenous microprocessor named SHAKTI (32bit) and VEGA(64 bit)

NASA researchers track slowly splitting “Dent” in earth’s Magnetic field (Dent has been found over South America and South Atlantic Ocean)

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VSSUT (Veer surendra sai university of Technology, Odisha) become the first in the India to set up space innovation-cum-incubation centre with ISRO

List of all winners

IIT Rookee alumnus Dr.Sunil kumar Vuppala has won the prestigious Zinnov award 2020

Dalmia Bharat group wins 18TH FICCI CSR award for Environment sustainability

Vijith Nambiar (Malayalam movie director) wins Bharat Murali Award

Srihari Pabbaraja awarded the chemical research society of India (CRSI) bronze medal 2021

FSSAIs (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) Eat Right India movement wins Food System Vision Prize

Shreehas Tambe biocon biologics receives UAA-ICT distinguished alumnus award 2020

Nitin Sethi and Shiv sahav singh win ACJ’S investigative journalism award 2020

Ganjam organ donor P Priyankarani patra posthumously awarded “Suraj Samman 2020”

Telangana CM honours poet Tirunagari Ramanujam with Dasaradhi Award for 2020

Mario Pathaw of IIT, Bombay bagged the Crystal Award 2020

Chirala municipality bangs swachh survekshan award for sanitation management

Va Tech Wabag wins prestigious Global water award for project in Chennai

IIT Bombay and Shiv Nadar University develop environment friendly lithium (Li- S) batteries

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Krishan Premnarayen to be honoured with AAAI (Advertising Agency Association of India) Lifetime Achievement Award 2020

Juliette Binoche to receive Golden Icon Award at Zurich Film Fest

Tiffany brar bangs Holman prize 2020

Indian journalist Neha Dixit wins one young world’s Journalist of the year award

Art & Culture

Aadi Perukku monsoon festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu

Thumbimahotsavam 2020 first ever state dragonfly festival will organize in Kerala

Ministry of culture announces 7 new circle of Archaeological survey of India total 36 circles (Hampi-Karnataka, Jhansi &Meerut – Utter Pradesh, Rajkot- Gujarat, Jabalpur- Madhya Pradesh, Trichy- Tamil Nadu and Raiganj-West Bengal)

Reports/survey

Chhatisgarh’s Bijapur tops NITI Aayog’s Delta Ranking

Microsoft released the security end point threat report-2019

Uttarakhand, Maharashtra had highest leopard poaching in India (TRAFFIC study)

National statistical office (NSO) released the state wise data in the Envistats in India 2020

World Health Organization (WHO) declares Africa free of Polio

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Obituary

Ebrahim Alkazi for the grand old man of Indian Theatre passed away

Rahat Indori was an Indian Bollywood lyricist and Urdu poet passed away

Chetan Chauhan former Indian cricketer and Uttar Pradesh minister passed away due to Covid-19

Legendry Indian classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj passed away

Athletics coach Purushotham Rai dies a day before receiving Dronacharya Award

H Vasantha Kumar (Lok sabha member Kanyakumari constituency) passed away

Black panther star Chadwick Boseman passed away due to colon cancer

Sports

VIVO Chinese company pulled out as IPL’s title sponsor

India to host ICC Men’s T20 world cup in 2021 (Australia in 2022)

Sport minister Kiren Rijiju launches Fit India youth clubs to promotes fitness

Lewis Hamilton winner of the one British grand prix-2020 Grandmaster Harikrishna Pentala take second position in the 2020 Biel International chess festival held at Switzerland (1st place Radoslaw Wojtaszek of Poland)

Goa host 7th edition of Indian Super League (ISL)

Dream 11 wins IPL 2020 title sponsorship wit bid of Rs 222 crores

Sumit Nagal advances to quarter final of Prague open

Rohit Sharma(Cricket),Vinesh Phogat (Wrestler), Manika Batra (TableTennis Player), Rani Rampal (Hockey) and Marriappan Thangavelu (Paralympic-High

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jump) will receive India’s highest sports honour the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award-2020

Punjab University Wins Maulana Abdul kalam Azad (MAKA) trophy 2020 for best sports performance

Ronnie O’sullivan won the snooker championship 2020

Anita Kundu to get “Tenzing Norgay National Adventure award-2020 (First Indian women climb mount Everest from both Indian and Chinese sides)

Atanu Das (Archery) has won the Arjun Award 2020

Jacques Kallis,Lisa Sthalekar and Zaheer Abbas inducted in ICC hall of trame 2020

Sophia Popov first female golfer from Germany who won the British open 2020 in Scotland

James Anderson (England) become 1st fast bowler in history to take 600 test wickets

Neelakanta Bhanu Prakash wins fastest human calculator title at mind sports Olympiad 2020 in London

Pravin Tambe becomes the first Indian cricketer to play in the CPL (Caribbean premier league) as Trinbago knight ridesrs

Dwayne Bravo becoming first players to reach 500 T20 wickets

Government enhances prize money in Khel Ratna, Arjun and Dronacharya Awards (Rajiv Ghandi Kel Ratna-25 lakh Rupees, Arjun Award-15 lakh Rupees, Dhronacharya(Lifetime)-15 lakh Rupees, Dhronacharya(Regular)-10 lakh Rupees & Dhyanchand-10 lakh Rupees)

Suresh Raina pulled out of IPL 2020, UAE