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2 August (First Sunday of August) - Friendship Day 6 August - Hiroshima Day 7 August - National Handloom Day 8 August - Quit India Movement Day 9 August - Nagasaki Day 9 August - International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 10 August - International Biodiesel Day 12 August - International Youth Day/World Elephant Day 13 August - International Lefthanders Day /World Organ Donation Day 14 August - World Lizard Day 15 August - Indian Independence Day 19 August - World Photography Day/World Humanitarian Day 20 August - World Mosquito/Sadbhavana Divas/Indian Akshay Urja Day21 August - International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism22 August - International Day Commemorating the Victims of
Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
2 August (First Sunday of August) - Friendship Day
6 August - Hiroshima Day
7 August - National Handloom Day
8 August - Quit India Movement Day
9 August - Nagasaki Day
9 August - International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
10 August - International Biodiesel Day
12 August - International Youth Day/World Elephant Day
13 August - International Lefthanders Day /World Organ Donation Day
14 August - World Lizard Day
15 August - Indian Independence Day
19 August - World Photography Day/World Humanitarian Day
20 August - World Mosquito/Sadbhavana Divas/Indian Akshay Urja Day
21 August - International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism
22 August - International Day Commemorating the Victims of
Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
Genomics Biotech company is among four worldwide projects
awarded the USD 1-million 2020 Roddenberry Prize.
जीनोमिक्स बायोटेक कंपनी दुनिया भर में चार परियोजनाओं में से एक है, जिसे यूएसडी 1-मिलियन 2020 रोडडेनबेरी पुरस्कार से सम्मानित किया गया है।Eugene Wesley Roddenberry
• Launched in2016
• Global Gene Corp was recognised inthe Science category.
• For democratising healthcare through genomics by mapping and
organising the world’s genomic diversity.
• Dr. Jonathan Picker is a co-founder of Global Gene Corp.
• Sumit Jamuar is the Chairman & CEO of Global Gene Corp.
• Founded: 2013
• Digital Greenin the Environment category
• Generation inthe Humanity category
• Libraries Without Borders in the Education
Walmart-owned Flipkart has entered into a strategic
partnership with Nepal's Sastodeal, a move that will help
lakhs of Flipkart sellers get access to the neighbouring
country's e-commerce market.
• Sastodeal will host over 5,000 products from Flipkart
marketplace sellers
• MarQ and SmartBuy - will also be listedon the Sastodeal
• Flipkart currently has twolakh sellers across India
• Amun Thapa, CEO at Sastodeal
• Founded: October 2007
• CEO: Kalyan Krishnamurthy
• Headquarters: Bengaluru
RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD
S. No. Name of the Sportsperson Discipline
1. Rohit Sharma Cricket
2. Mariyappan T. Para Athletics
3. Manika Batra Table Tennis
4. Vinesh Wrestling
5. Rani Hockey
Regular Category
S. No. Name of the Coach Discipline
1. Jude Felix Sebastian Hockey
2. Yogesh Malviya Mallakhamb
3. Jaspal Rana Shooting
4. Kuldeep Kumar Handoo Wushu
5. Gaurav Khanna Para Badminton
IBM has partnered with National Skill Development
Corporation (NSDC) to offer curated courses from ''Open PTECH'', its free digital education platform focused on
emerging technologies and professional development skills,
on the latter’s eSkill Indiaportal.
आईबीएम ने राष्ट्रीय कौशल विकास निगम (एनएसडीसी) के साथ भागीदारी की है, जो 'ओपन पीटेक' से क्यूरेटेड कोर्स की पेशकश करता है, इसका मुफ्त डिजिटल शिक्षा मंच उभरती प्रौद्योगिकियों और पेशेवर विकास कौशल पर केंद्रित है, जो बाद के ईस्किल इंडियापोर्ट पर है।
• Founded: 2008
• Headquarters: New Delhi, India
• Manish Kumar (MD & CEO)
• Founded: June 16,1911
• Headquarters: New York, U.S
• Arvind Krishna (CEO)
• 29 million skill deficit by2030
India's vice-captain and opening batsman Rohit Sharma,
wrestler Vinesh Phogat, women's hockey captain Rani
Rampal, paddler Manika Batra and Paralympian T
Mariyappan will get the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for
2020.
भारत के उप-कप्तान और सलामी बल्लेबाज़ रोहित शर्मा, पहलवान विनेश फोगट, महिला हॉकी कप्तान रानी रामपाल, पैडलर मनिका बत्रा और पैरालिंपियन टी। मरियप्पन को 2020 का राजीव खेल रत्न पुरस्कार मिलेगा।
• Awarded for: Highest sports honour in India
• Reward(s): ₹7,50,000
• First awarded: 1991–92
• Last awarded: 2019
• Most recent winner: Deepa Malik, Bajrang Punia
• Total awarded: 38
• First winner: Viswanathan Anand
• First winner: Viswanathan Anand
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting announced the
winners of its Online Short Film Contest with Abhijit Paul's
'Am I?' bagging the first prize.
सचू ना और प्रसारण मंत्रालय नेअपनी ऑनलाइन लघु गफल्म प्रगतयोगिता के गवजेताओं के नाम घोगित गकयेगजनमेंपहला परस्कारु अगभजीत पॉल की ‘‘एम आई?’’ को गमला है।
National Film Development Corporation of India
• Founded: 1975
• Headquarters: Mumbai, India
• T.C.A Kalyani Managing Director
• The second and third prizes went to "Ab India Banega Bharat",
directed by Debojo Sanjiv, and "10 Rupees" by Yuvraj Gokul.
To reap the benefit for vast employment opportunities in
maritime sector and with a view to certify their skill sets,
MoU was signed digitally between Ministry of Shipping and
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
समुद्री क्षेत्र में रोजगार के बड़े अवसरों का लाभ उठाने के लिए और अपने कौशल सेटों को प्रमाणित करने के लिए, नौवहन मंत्रालय और कौशल विकास और उद्यमिता मंत्रालय के बीच डिजिटल रूप से हस्ताक्षर किए गए।
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
• Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Cabinet Minister
• Raj Kumar Singh, Minister of State
Ministry of Shipping
• Mansukh L. Mandaviya, Minister of State (Independent
Charge)
Former Australia all-rounder Cameron White announced his retirement from
professional cricket, bringing down curtains on a career which spanned almost two
decades.
ऑस्ट्रेलिया के पूर्व ऑलराउंडर कैमरन व्हाइट ने पेशेवर क्रिकेट से अपने संन्यास की घोषणा की, जो लगभग दो दशकों के करियर पर असर डाल रहा है।
Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda e-launched the
tertiary processing centres of “Trifood Project” of TRIFED,
Ministry of Tribal Affairs in Raigad, Maharashtra and
Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh
केंद्रीय जनजातीय मामलों के मंत्री अर्जुन मुंडा ने रायगढ़, महाराष्ट्र और जगदलपुर, छत्तीसगढ़ में जनजातीय मामलों के मंत्रालय, ट्राइफेड के "ट्राइफूड प्रोजेक्ट" के तृतीयक प्रसंस्करण केंद्रों का शुभारंभ किया।
The Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of
India (TRIFED)
• TRIFED was established in August 1987
• TRIFED plays the dual role of both a market developer and a
service provider
• TRIBES India is the brand under which the sourced handcrafted
products from the tribal people are sold.
• Chairman Shri Ramesh Chand Meena
The Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) relaxed
norms to pay 50 per cent of average wages of three months as
unemployment benefit between March 24 and December 31
this year in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
कर्मचारी राज्य बीमा निगम (ESIC) ने COVID-19 महामारी के मद्देनजर इस साल 24 मार्च से 31 दिसंबर के बीच बेरोजगारी लाभ के रूप में तीन महीने की औसत मजदूरी के 50 प्रतिशत का भुगतान करने के मानदंडों को शिथिल किया।
• Founded :24 February 1952
• Headquarters : New Delhi, India
• Director General : Anuradha Prasad
• Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar is the chairman of the ESIC
board
Former finance secretary Rajiv Kumar hasbeen appointed as Election Commissioner.
पूर्व वित्त सचिव राजीव कुमार को चुनाव आयुक्त के रूप में नियुक्त किया गया है।
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