Current Affairs – August 20, 2020 [Top Headlines]

August 20, 2020

Here are top Current Affairs of August 20, 2020

Cabinet approves setting up of National Recruitment Agency for conducting Common Eligibility Test for various govt. jobs
Health Ministry’s ‘eSanjeevani’ telemedicine service records 2 lakh tele-consultations
Indian Railways procures Ninja drones for security surveillance and passenger safety
SCTIMST & IIT Madras start-up set up portable hospital infrastructure for COVID -19
All serving and retired soldiers in Maharashtra exempted from panchayat property tax
‘Grandparents’ Bag of Stories’ announced as title of the forthcoming book of author Sudha Murty
Sushant Singh Rajput case: SC orders CBI probe, asks Mumbai Police to hand over evidence

CCEA approves increase in sugarcane FRP by Rs 10 to Rs 285/quintal for 2020-21
Cabinet approves proposal for leasing out Jaipur, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram airports
Cabinet expands lending limits for power discoms to help them clear dues

LS Speaker Om Birla attends inaugural ceremony of two-day 5th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina discusses two-year road map with Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla
Mali: President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigns after mutinous soldiers detain him at his home in capital Bamako
Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI): India, Japan, Australia joining hands to counter China’s dominance
World Humanitarian Day observed on August 19
World Photography Day observed on August 19