Current Affairs – August 21, 2020 [Top Headlines]

August 21, 2020

Here are top Current Affairs of August 21, 2020

Swachh Survekshan 2020 report released by Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry
Among the cities with population above 1 lakh, Indore was ranked the cleanest for the fourth year in a row
Among cities with population under 1 lakh, top three cities are Karad, Sasvad and Lonavala – all from Maharashtra
Indore, Ambikapur, Navi Mumbai, Surat, Rajkot and Mysuru rated as 5-star cities, 86 cities as 3-star and 64 cities as 1-star
Chhattisgarh was ranked the cleanest state out of those with over 100 urban local bodies (ULBs)
Jharkhand was ranked the cleanest state among those with less than 100 ULBs
In the category of “Ganga towns”, Varanasi ranked the cleanest
In the category of cantonments, Jalandhar got the top rank
In the category of capitals, New Delhi was cleanest
Survey covered 4,242 cities, 62 cantonment boards and 97 “Ganga towns” earlier this year over 28 days

Chandrayaan-2 completes a year around Moon, adequate fuel for 7 more years: ISRO
Rajasthan govt. launches Indira Rasoi scheme; poor to get food at Rs. 8 per plate
MP to offer govt. jobs on the basis of score in CET (Common Eligibility Test (CET) test conducted by NRA (National Recruitment Agency); claims to be the first state to do so
India was the fifth largest ‘requestor’ among countries for removing content on Twitter during July-December 2019
IIT Kharagpur opens Academy of Classical and Folk Arts

RBI unveils ‘National Strategy for Financial Education 2020-2025’ (NSFE); based on 5Cs: Content, Capacity, Community, Communication and Collaboration
NITI Aayog task force headed by Ramesh Chand recommends linking sugarcane prices to sugar rates
DGCA to implement e-governance project for approvals, licenses by year-end
Govt operationalises Rs 20,000 crore stress fund for MSMEs; issues guidelines to avail loan from banks
RBI to introduce a mechanism of Positive Pay for cheques above Rs 50,000
RBI removes restrictions on salary of Bandhan Bank CEO Chandra Shekhar Ghosh after compliance with shareholding norms
Religare Health Insurance Company Ltd renamed as Care Health Insurance Ltd

India, Israel sign cultural agreement to further boost people-to-people ties
Iran unveils missiles martyr Qassem Soleimani (1400-km surface-to-surface) and martyr Abu Mahdi (1,000 km cruise)