19-Aug-2020 Centre extended Partial Credit Guarantee Scheme (PCGS) 2.0 by 3 months till Nov 11, 2020 Manduadih Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh to be renamed as ‘Banaras’: MHA President gives Nod for Renaming of HRD Ministry to Ministry of Education India, UAE hold 13th Session of the India-UAE Joint Commission Meeting on Trade, Economic and Technical Cooperation India ranked 1st in number of organic farmers and 9th in terms of area under organic farming: MoA&FW Dr Harsh Vardhan addressed CII Public Health Conference; India Healthcare Week (Aug 17- 21, 2020) launched7UAE-Israel agreed for peace agreement namely “Abraham Accord” Muthoot Finance Partnered with Kotak Mahindra General Insurance to Offer COVID-19 Insurance Cover Against Gold Loan Flipkart signs MoU with IIT Patna for Industry Focused Research Akshay Kumar Ranked 6th, the only Indian Actor in the List, Dwayne Johnson tops: Forbes’ list of ‘The Highest-Paid Actors 2020’ Satya Pal Malik Appointed as Governor of Meghalaya; Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari given Additional Charge of Goa Rakesh Asthana IPS, appointed as the Director General of the Border Security Force DBS Bank India Ltd Appointed Prashant Joshi as MD and Head of National Distribution Cricketer Rohit Sharma Appointed Oakley’s Brand Ambassador in India MoTA: Launched Tribal Health & Nutrition Portal – “Swasthya” and Opened National Overseas Portal & National Tribal Fellowship Portal Nitin Gadkari Launched VedKrishi.com an Online Farm to Fork Service Promoted by Farmers England Cricketer Laura Marsh announces retirement Hindustani Classical Vocalist & Padma Awardee Pandit Jasraj Passed Away at 90 British Tennis Great Angela Buxton dies at 85 Computer scientist Russell Kirsch, who invented pixel, passes away at 91 Andhra CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy Launches UPI-based Payment facilities in Village, Ward Secretariats Anil Mukim, Gujarat Chief Secretary gets 6 Month Extension Gujarat Names Two Flyover of Ahmedabad After Late Arun Jaitley & Sushma Swaraj Jharkhand introduced new State Logo at Ranchi Dream11 wins IPL title sponsorship rights Soumya Swaminathan honoured with Tamil Nadu CM’s special award .