Current Affairs

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AUGUST- 15 & 16


  • This year India celebrates its 74th Independence Day on 15th August 2020. As the whole nation is fighting with COVID-19, gathering won’t be possible therefore all states and government offices have been ordered to webcast their events.


  • Prime Minister delivered his seventh consecutive Independence Day speech from the iconic Red Fort. He focused on the themes of “Aatma Nirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India)”, “Vocal for local” and “Make in India to Make for World”.


  • Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has virtually rolled out Council of Architecture (Minimum Standards of Architectural Education) Regulations, 2020 in New Delhi.


  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced the “One Sun, One World, One Grid” (OSOWOG) plan.


  • Former Indian Captain and the World Cup winner, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has announced his retirement from the International Cricket.


  • Indian batsman Suresh Raina has announced his retirement from the International Cricket.


  • Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Great Britain) has won the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix 2020 held at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Spain.


  • The Union Territory of Puducherry has celebrated its 59th anniversary of the “De-Jure” day (The Legal Merger of the UT with the Indian Union) on 16th August.

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