AWARDS IN AUGUST 2020
AWARDEE AWARD
Nitin Sethi and Shiv Asian College of Journalism’s (ACJ)
Sahay Singh Award 2019
Wing Commander ‘Tenzing Norgay National Adventure
Gajanand Yadava Award 2019
Army Sports Institute, Rashtritya Khel Protsahan Puraskar 2020
Pune
International Booker Prize 2020 for her
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld debut novel ‘The Discomfort of Evening'
Sudha Painuli National Award to Teachers 2020
Neelakantha Bhanu First Gold Medal for India in Mental
Prakash Jonnalagadda Calculations World Cup (MCWC)
LIST OF APPOINTMENTS IN AUGUST 2020
NAME OF THE PERSON DESIGNATION
Hamed Bakayoko Prime Minister of Ivory Coast
Additional and Independent Director of
Urjit Patel Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd
Varus Sridhar CEO of Paytm Money
New Private Secretary to Prime Minister
Hardik Satishchandra Shah Narendra Modi
Mohamed Irfaan Ali President of Guyana
Head of the committee which will suggest
Pradip Shah ways to boost International Retail Businesses in India
Ashwini Kumar Tewari MD and CEO of SBI Card
Sashidhar Jagdishan CEO of HDFC Bank
Next Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and
Manoj Sinha Kashmir
Chairman of SEBI (Securities and
Ajay Tyagi Exchange Board of India)
G C Murmu New Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Suresh Raina and Brand Ambassador for WTF Sports
Harmanpreet Kaur
Inspector General (IG) in Central Reserve
P S Ranipse Police Force (CRPF)
Chairman of UPSC (Union Public Service
Pradeep Kumar Joshi Commission)
MD and CEO of PNB Housing Finance
Hardayal Prasad Limited
Head the committee to determine the ceiling rates under remissions of duties
G K Pillai and taxes on exported products (RoDTEP) scheme
Mahinda Rajapaksa Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Walter Roger Martos Ruiz Prime Minister of Peru
Alexander Lukashenko Presidential Election for Belarus
Executive Chairman of Capital India
Harsh Kumar Bhanwala Finance Limited
Principal Chief Commissioner of Income
IRS Patanjali Tax, Mumbai
Mohamed Ould Bilal Prime Minister of Mauritania Chairman for Indian Council for Research
Pramod Bhasin on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)
Vice Admiral Dinesh K Director General Naval Operations
Tripathi (DGNO)
Non-Executive Chairman of Indiabulls
SS Mundra Housing Finance (IBH)
Chairman of SAIL (Steel Authority of
Soma Mondal India Limited)
Suhail Sameer Group President of BharatPe
Kaushik Khona CEO of GoAir
Director General of Border Security Force
Rakesh Asthana (BSF)
Satya Pal Malik Governor of Meghalaya
Bhagat Singh Koshyari Governor of Goa
New Executive Director of SEBI
GP Garg (Securities Exchange Board of India)
Rohit Sharma Brand Ambassador of Oakley
Rajiv Kumar Election Commissioner of India
Prime Minister of Republic of Equatorial
Francisco Asue Guinea Ashwani Bhatia MD of State Bank of India (SBI)
MD and CEO of SBI Funds Management
Vinay M Tonse Pvt Ltd (SBIFMPL)
Chief Human resource Officer of
Jasneet Kaur BharatPe
Chair the forum on Artificial Intelligence
Sandip Patel formed by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
Head the three member committee to
Lt Gen Shekatkar review the utilization of Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Services (AFHCS)
Mustapha Adib Prime Minister of Lebanon
HISTORICAL EVENTS FOR THE MONTH FOR AUGUST, BY DAY: 1. The first U.S. Census is completed. There are four million people in the U.S. in 1790. 2. Stan Lee and Steve Ditko introduced Spiderman as a new Marvel Comics superhero. (1962) 3. The World Side Wem is conceived. (1990) 4. Wild Bill Hickock is killed during a poker game. He was holding a "Dead Man's Hand", two pair aces and 8's. (1876) 5. The Nautilus, a nuclear powered submarine is the first submarine to cross the North Pole under water. (1958) 6. Champagne is invented by Dom Perignon. (1693) I'll drink to that! 7. Little Orphan Annie comic strip debuts. (1924) 8. American Bandstand hosted by Dick Clark premieres. (1957) 9. Murderer John Hart is the first person to be executed in an electric chair (1890) 10. Baseball pitching legend Cy Young pitches his first his first game, a win. (1890) 11. The Atom bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, Japan by the U.S. (1945) 12. The "Order of the Purple Heart" is created by President George Washington (1782) 13. Through an Act of Congress, the Federal Government takes over the creation and maintenance of the nations' lighthouses. (1789) 14. Hatfield - McCoy feud begins (1882) 15. The Daughters of the American Revolution organization is created. (1890) 16. The USSR finally declares war against Japan. (1945) 17. Animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes premieres, with new star Betty Boop! (1930) 18. President Richard M. Nixon becomes the first and only president to resign while in office (1974) 19. The village of Chicago is incorporated. (1833) 20. "Smile, You're on Candid Camera". Allen Funt's wildly popular show debuts. (1948) 21. The Beatles begin their last US concert tour. (1966) 22. The sewing machine was patented by Isaac Singer. (1850) 23. US annexes Hawaii. (1898) 24. Spanish defeat the Aztecs Indians and conquerors Mexico City. (1521) 25. Japan surrenders, ending World War II. (1945) 26. Get a whiff of this...the Whiffle Ball was patented on this day. (1953) 27. The Panama Canal is opened. (1914) 28. Gold is discovered in the Klondike. (1896) 29. Construction is started on the Berlin Wall. (1961) 30. The 1,000 Islands bridge, connecting the US and Canada is dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. (1938) 31. Indianapolis Speedway holds it's first auto race (1909 32. The Civil War is formally declared to be over by President Andrew Johnson. (1866) 33. British doctor Sir Ronald Ross. discovers the link between mosquitos and the transmission of malaria was discovered.(1897). See World Mosquito Day 34. Venetian blinds are patented. (1841) 35. Hawaii becomes the 50th state. (1959) 36. The Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre (1911 37. The first picture of Earth from the moon is taken by Lunar Orbiter 1. (1966) 38. The infamous Mount Vesuvius eruption buries the city of Pompeii. (79) 39. The Waffle Iron is patented by Cornelius Swarthout of Troy, New York. (1869) 40. Ivan the Terrible, the first Tsar of Russia was born. (1530) 41. The Banana Split was invented by David Strickler at a soda fountain in Latrobe, Pa. (1904) 42. Amelia Earhart completes her trans-continental flight. (1932). 43. Julius Caesar's Roman army invades Britain (55 BC) 44. U.S. Congress passes the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote. (1920) 45. The island volcano of Krakatoa in Indonesia erupts. It was heard over 3,000 miles away and was one of the biggest natural disasters ever recorded. (1886) 46. Senator Thurmond begins a 24 hour filibuster against the Civil Rights Bill. (1957) 47. Martin Luther King Jr. makes his "I Have a Dream" speech. (1963) 48. Walt Disney's Mary Poppins is released. (1964) 49. The Late Show with David Letterman premieres on CBS. (1993) 50. Heavy weight champion Rocky Marciano dies in a plane crash near Newton, Iowa. (1964)
IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2020. 1 August - Yorkshire Day 2 August (First Sunday of August) - Friendship Day 4 August: U.S. Coast Guard Day 6 August - Hiroshima Day 7 August (First Friday of August) - International Beer Day 9 August - Quit India Movement Day 9 August - Nagasaki Day 9 August - Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 12 August - International Youth Day 13 August - International Lefthanders Day 14 August- Youm-e-Azadi (Pakistan Independence Day) 15 August- National Day of mourning (Bangladesh 15 August - Independence Day (India) 15 August (UK) - Victory over Japan Day 15 August - Day of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary 16 August- Bennington Battle Day 17 August - Indonesian Independence Day 19 August - World Photography Day 19 August - World Humanitarian Day 20 August - World Mosquito Day 20 August- Sadbhavana Divas 20 August - Indian Akshay Urja Day 23 August - International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition 23 August - European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism 26 August - Women's Equality Day 29 August - National Sports Day 30 August - Small Industry Day 31 August - Hari Merdeka (Malaysia National Day)
IMPORTANT BOOKS AND AUTHORS IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2020 1. BOOK- Chaturanga (Baahubali: Before The Beginning) AUTHOR:- Anand Neelakantan
2. BOOK- Boons & Curses AUTHOR- Yugal Joshi
3. BOOK- Mohini: The Enchantress AUTHOR- Anuja Chandramouli
4. BOOK- The Wall AUTHOR- Gautam Bhatia
5. BOOK- The Final Adventures Of Professor Shonku AUTHOR- Satyajit Ray, Indrani Majumdar (Tr.)
6. BOOK- Those Delicious Letters AUTHOR- Sandeepa Mukherjee Datta
7. BOOK- Ahalya AUTHOR- Koral Dasgupta