Defence
- First female Inspector General (IG) of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) - Charu Sinha (for Srinagar sector).
Economy
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) terminated this scheme from 1 September 2020 amid a lack of clarity on the new debt recast scheme - Six month Loan moratorium scheme.
International
- First chief economist of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) - Erik Berglof (Swedish).
- World’s largest solar tree with the capacity of 11,500 watts installed in - Durgapur, West Bengal, India (at CSIR-CMERI).
- India, Japan and this country have decided to launch an initiative to build a resilient supply chain in the Indo-Pacific region - Australia.
- Number one global solar power generation asset owner in terms of operating solar projects, according to the latest ranking of global solar companies by Mercom Capital ranks - Adani Group (India).
- This Middle East country has launched Agriota E-Marketplace which is a new technology-driven agri-commodity trading and sourcing e-market platform - United Arab Emirates.
- New Prime Minister of Lebanon - Mustapha Adib.
National
- India’s first data center and interconnection provider which offers an Open Cloud Exchange service - GPX.
- The Government of India has planned to develop an AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comic sector) Centre for Excellence along with the Industrial Design Centre of - Indian Institutes of Technology, Bombay.
Persons in News
- New Election Commissioner (EC) of India - Rajeev Kumar.
- Author of children's book titled “The Big Thoughts of Little Luv” - Karan Johar.
- First woman ambulance driver in India – M Veeralakshmi (in Tamil Nadu).
- New secretary in the Lok Sabha with effect from 1st September 2020 - Utpal Kumar Singh.
Sports
- India's GP Motor racer who secured his first win of the 2020 season in the final race in BRDC British F3 in the UK - Kush Maini.
- Winner of ‘Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2020’ of Government of India - Air Force Sports Control Board.
- State Current Affairs
- The European Investment Bank (EIB) will invest 650 million euros (approx. Rs. 56.73 billions) into the construction of first metro line in – Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
- The “Major Dhyan Chand Vijaypath Yojana” to provide road connectivity to the houses of 19 international players from UP, has been launched by the State government of - Uttar Pradesh.
General Knowledge
- United Nations Secretariat – Founded: 1945; Headquarters: New York City, USA.
- International Court of Justice (ICJ) – Established: 1945; Location: The Hague, Netherlands.
- International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) – Founded: 4 April 1947; Headquarters: Montreal, Canada.
- European Investment Bank (EIB) – Founded: 1958; Location: Kirchberg, Luxembourg.
