Here are top Current Affairs of August 29, 2020
INDIA
- H. Vasanthakumar, Congress MP from Kanyakumari constituency in Tamil Nadu, dies at 70 in Chennai due to Covid
- Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) celebrates its Golden Jubilee Anniversary
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers Darbari Seth Memorial Lecture at New-Delhi based TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) virtually
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
- Issue price for 6th tranche of Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme fixed at Rs 5,117 per gram: RBI
- Foreign exchange reserves surge by $2.296 bn to $537.548 bn in the week to August 21
- Banks Board Bureau recommends Dinesh Khara for SBI chairman post
- IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad launches “Chunauti” – Next Generation Start-up Challenge Contest
WORLD
- India ($437) ranked 72nd in terms of the average wage per month, Switzerland first ($5,989) in global ranking by Picodi.com
- China to unveil bronze statue of Indian doctor Dr Dwarkanath Kotnis for his medical contributions during 1938-1942
- Lebanon: UNESCO launches “Beirut” initiative to attract funds for rehabilitating heritage buildings damaged in capital Beirut by the explosions at the city’s port on August 4
- Hurricane Laura makes landfall in Louisiana; kills 6 and causes widespread destruction in US
- Republican Party re-nominates Donald Trump and Mike Pence as its presidential and vice-presidential candidates respectively
- Japan: PM Shinzo Abe steps down citing chronic illness as reason; Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is the ruling party
- NASA’s Hubble telescope maps giant Halo around Andromeda galaxy