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1. On August 7, 2020, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched “Delhi Electric Vehicle Policy”. Under the new policy, the State Government of Delhi will waive registration fee and road tax. Also, it will provide an incentive of up to Rs 1.5 lakhs for new cars in the NCR region.

2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 7, 2020 gave the inaugural address at the Conclave on Transformational Reforms in Higher Education under National Education Policy. The conclave was organized by Ministry of Education along with the University Grants Commission (UGC).

3. The Centre on August 6, 2020 appointed ex-Gujarat cadre IAS officer G.C. Murmu as Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG) a day after he resigned as the Lieutenant-Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Murmu will take over as the C&AG from Rajiv Mehrishi, whose tenure has ended.

4. Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar on August 7, 2020 flagged off the country’s first ‘Kisan Rail’ train from Deolali in Nashik to Danapur in Bihar.

5. RBI has formed a five-member committee under the chairmanship of former ICICI Bank CEO KV Kamath to make recommendations on the financial parameters to be considered in the restructuring of loans impacted by the Covid 19 pandemic.

6. The Reserve Bank of India on August 6, 2020 offered an additional special liquidity facility of Rs 5,000 crore each at its policy lending rate to NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development) and NHB (National Housing Bank) to boost rural lending and affordable housing.

7. The country’s foreign exchange reserves hit an all-time high of $534.568 billion after surging by massive $11.938 billion in the week ended July 31, the RBI data showed.

8. The government on August 7, 2020 launched Letter of Recommendation (LoR) module for PM SVANidhi Scheme. This module will help street vendors who do not have Identity Card and Certificate of Vending and are not in the surveyed list for availing benefits under the scheme.

9. The ruling Sri Lanka People’s Freedom Alliance (SLPFA) won 145 out of 225 seats in the parliamentary election held in Sri Lanka on August 5, 2020. The Sri Lanka People’s Party (SLPP) of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brother and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is the leading party in SLPFA.

10. India on August 7, 2020 retained the right to host the 2021 T20 World Cup while Australia will conduct this year’s postponed edition in 2022, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced after its board meeting.