✅Current Affairs 13 August 2020
🔶DAC Approved Procurement of Approx Rs 8,722.38 cr for Armed Forces under Atmanirbhar Bharat
🔶Narendra Singh Tomar Launched Krishi Megh, KVC ALUNET & Online Accreditation System for Agricultural Institutions
🔶MCA Secretary, Rajesh Verma Released Report of the Committee on Business Responsibility Reporting (BRR)
🔶Atal Innovation Mission in association with Dell Technologies launched the 2nd Edition of Student Entrepreneurship Program
🔶MoTA: The Nine ‘Tribal Freedom Fighters’ Museums to Recognise the Tribal Freedom Fighters will be Completed by 2022
🔶Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Launched the Swachh Bharat Mission Academy
🔶Russia Becomes 1st Country to Register COVID-19 Vaccine, ‘Sputnik V’
🔶Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko wins sixth term with 80% of votes
🔶Reliance Foundation partnered with USAID to Launch the W-GDP WomenConnect Challenge Across India
🔶Mukesh Ambani becomes 4th richest man in world: Bloomberg Index
🔶Centre Formed committee for procurement, administration of COVID-19 vaccine; Headed by Dr VK Paul
🔶Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Chairperson of ICRIER think tank resigns; Pramod Bhasin becomes the New Chairman
🔶CCI Approved Proposed Combination Pertaining to JV Formation between Honda Motor and Hitachi
🔶 HALs Two Light Combat Helicopters Deployed for Operations at Ladakh
🔶Skyroot Aerospace, India’s 1st Private Aerospace Company to Test Fire 1st of its Kind Upper Stage Rocket Engine Named “Raman”
🔶Renowned Urdu Poet Rahat Indori passes away at 70
🔶Veteran Sports Journalist GK Menon Passed Away at 93
🔶International Youth Day 2020 – August 12
🔶World Elephant Day 2020 – August 12
🔶Goa signs MoU with NSDC for setting up World-Class Skill Development Institute
🔶Delhi Gov Signed an MoU with IIT-Bombay and Tata Projects Limited for Smog Tower
🔶Guidelines for grant of authorization for bulk and retail marketing of petrol and diesel simplified: Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
🔶LIC unveils ‘Special Revival Campaign’ to revive lapsed policies
🔶DAC Approved Procurement of Approx Rs 8,722.38 cr for Armed Forces under Atmanirbhar Bharat
🔶Narendra Singh Tomar Launched Krishi Megh, KVC ALUNET & Online Accreditation System for Agricultural Institutions
🔶MCA Secretary, Rajesh Verma Released Report of the Committee on Business Responsibility Reporting (BRR)
🔶Atal Innovation Mission in association with Dell Technologies launched the 2nd Edition of Student Entrepreneurship Program
🔶MoTA: The Nine ‘Tribal Freedom Fighters’ Museums to Recognise the Tribal Freedom Fighters will be Completed by 2022
🔶Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Launched the Swachh Bharat Mission Academy
🔶Russia Becomes 1st Country to Register COVID-19 Vaccine, ‘Sputnik V’
🔶Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko wins sixth term with 80% of votes
🔶Reliance Foundation partnered with USAID to Launch the W-GDP WomenConnect Challenge Across India
🔶Mukesh Ambani becomes 4th richest man in world: Bloomberg Index
🔶Centre Formed committee for procurement, administration of COVID-19 vaccine; Headed by Dr VK Paul
🔶Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Chairperson of ICRIER think tank resigns; Pramod Bhasin becomes the New Chairman
🔶CCI Approved Proposed Combination Pertaining to JV Formation between Honda Motor and Hitachi
🔶 HALs Two Light Combat Helicopters Deployed for Operations at Ladakh
🔶Skyroot Aerospace, India’s 1st Private Aerospace Company to Test Fire 1st of its Kind Upper Stage Rocket Engine Named “Raman”
🔶Renowned Urdu Poet Rahat Indori passes away at 70
🔶Veteran Sports Journalist GK Menon Passed Away at 93
🔶International Youth Day 2020 – August 12
🔶World Elephant Day 2020 – August 12
🔶Goa signs MoU with NSDC for setting up World-Class Skill Development Institute
🔶Delhi Gov Signed an MoU with IIT-Bombay and Tata Projects Limited for Smog Tower
🔶Guidelines for grant of authorization for bulk and retail marketing of petrol and diesel simplified: Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
🔶LIC unveils ‘Special Revival Campaign’ to revive lapsed policies