Current Affairs – August 25, 2020 [Top Headlines]

INDIA

• Lawyer Prashant Bhushan refuses to apologise in SC for tweets against judiciary
• Indian Air Force launches mobile app “MY IAF” to provide career-related information to aspirants
• Driving licenses, vehicle documents to stay valid till Dec 31: Govt
• COVID-19: AICTE nod for admission to MBA, PGDM courses on basis of marks in qualifying UG exams
• Centre constitutes National Council for Transgender Persons; Social Justice and Empowerment Minister will be the ex-officio Chairperson
• UGC asks higher education, research institutions to deploy RT-PCR machines in district hospitals, labs for COVID-19 tests
• M. V. Shreyams Kumar of LJD (Loktantrik Janata Dal) wins vacant Rajya Sabha seat from Kerala

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

• Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to provide $500 million loan for Mumbai Urban Transport Project-III
• Businesses with an annual turnover of up to Rs 40 lakh are GST exempt, says Finance Ministry
• Paytm Payments Bank enables Aadhaar card-based services
• DRDO identifies 108 subsystems for development by private sector

WORLD

• China launches 1st of the 4 advanced naval warships (Type-054 class frigate) it is building for Pakistan

SPORTS

• Football: Bayern Munich beat Paris Saint-Germain to win UEFA Champions League title

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020