Top GKToday’s News Headlines-17 August 2020

INDIA

• Defence Minister approves proposal for expansion of NCC to cover 173 border and coastal districts

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

• NTPC develops infrastructure at Rihand project for increased use of fly ash

WORLD

• 4th session of BRICS anti-drug working group held under the chairmanship of Russia; India represented by NCB (Narcotics Control Bureau) Director General Rakesh Asthana.
• India dispatches over 30 tonnes of technical equipment to Mauritius to deal with oil spill
• Tricolour hoisted for first time at New York’s Times Square to celebrate India’s 74th Independence Day
• Bangladesh observes ‘National Mourning Day’ on August 15 to mark assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
• US to set up Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) under the U.S. Navy to investigate UFO sightings

SPORTS

• Former cricketer & UP minister Chetan Chauhan passes away at 73; played 40 tests (2084 runs) in 1969-1981
• Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton win Formula One Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020