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1. On August 19, 2020, the Union Cabinet approved redevelopment of three airports in Jaipur, Thiruvananthapuram and Guwahati. The projects are to be developed by Adani Enterprises Limited.

2. On August 20, 2020, the Reserve Bank of India released Framework for Authorisation of Pan-India Umbrella Entity for retail payments. The RBI will set up a new pan-India umbrella entity with a minimum paid-up capital of Rs 500 crores.

3. Cabinet approves setting up of National Recruitment Agency for conducting Common Eligibility Test for various govt. jobs.

4. The International Labour Organization and the Asian Development Bank prepared a joint report on “Tackling COVID-19 Youth employment crisis in Asia and Pacific”. The report says that around 41 lkahs of Indian youth are to lose their job due to COVID-19 crisis.

5. On August 19, 2020, the Union Cabinet approved to set up National Recruitment Agency. The agency is to conduct Common Eligibility Test for Public Sector Banks and Government Jobs.

6. On August 18, 2020, the Indian Council of Medical Research released “National Cancer Registry Programme Report”, 2020. According to the report, the number of cancer patients in India are to increase to 15.7 lakhs by 2025.

7. On August 19, 2020, the Uttar Pradesh Government launched the Electronics Manufacturing Policy. It aims to bring in Rs 40,000 crores of investment in five years. The policy aims to develop Bundelkhand and Purvanchal regions. The policy aims to make Uttar Pradesh a global electronics hub. Also, it will attract international investors to shift their base to India after COVID-19 crisis.

8. On August 18, 2020, the Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad launched the “Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge”. The challenge is being launched to achieve self-reliance or Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.

9. On August 18, 2020, the Ministry of Railways announced that the drone-based surveillance system is to be introduced for the purpose of railway security. The Railway Protection Force has so far procured drones at a cost of Rs 32 lakhs. The drones are to be implemented in Central Railway, South Eastern Railway, Central Railway and South Western Railway.

10. The NASA Scientists have discovered a small but an evolving dent in the earth’s magnetic field. The dent has been found over South America and South Atlantic Ocean. It is an unusually weak spot and is called South Atlantic Anomaly.