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One liner for english

1. On August 16, 2020, India commemorated death anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah paid respect to the former Prime Minister. He served as the Indian Prime Minister for three terms. He served for 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months between 1998 and 1999 and full term between 1999 and 2004.

2. On August 16, 2020, the United States Food and Drugs Administration authorised the emergency use of saliva based diagnostic test for COVID-19. This is to be a game changer as it provides the results rapidly. The testing method has been named “SALIVA DIRECT”.

3. The fourth session of Anti-Drug Working Group was held virtually. All the member countries of the group such as India, Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa participated in the session.

4. On August 15, 2020, the Himachal Pradesh Chief Minsiter Jai Ram Thakur announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate “Atal Tunnel” by the end of September 2020.

5. Taiwan recently signed an agreement to buy 66 of the latest F-16 jets from the US. This is expected to escalate the tensions between US and China further.

6. A high-level ministerial panel of Goods and Services Tax council recently favoured e-way bill for intra state movement of gold. It will help track movement of gold under tax evasion and smuggling.

7. The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare recently announced that India ranks first in Organic Farming. Also, India ranks ninth in terms of areas under Organic Farming.

8. The NITI Aayog, Atal Innovation Mission along with the collaboration of NASSCOM launched the “ATL AI Step Up Module”. It was launched on the eve of independence-day. The module is to drive AI education and innovation to next levels in schools all over India.

9. The United Arab Emirates became the first Gulf country to sign peace agreement with Israel recently. The Agreement is also called Abraham Accord. Israel is the third Arab country after Egypt (1979) and Jordan (1994) to sign the peace agreement.

10. Sikkim was the first state in the world to become completely organic. The other states that have similar targets include Uttarakhand and Tripura.