One liner for english

One liner for english

1. A team of researchers from Andhra University sighted a rare fish called “Mahseer” in the Sileru river. The fish is listed as Endangered in IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) list.

2. ASTROSAT, the first multi wavelength satellite has detected extreme UV light from galaxy that 9.3 billion light years away from the Earth.

3. The Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital is to conduct an International Conference on Climate Change and its Impact on Himalayan Region. The conference is to be held between September 14 and September 16, 2020.

4. Union Finance Ministry announced that the businesses with an annual turnover of up to Rs.40 lakh are exempted from GST. This limit earlier stood at Rs.20 lakh. The ministry also announced that those with turnover up to Rs.1.5 crore could opt for Composition Scheme and pay 1% tax.

5. On August 25, 2020, the World Health Organization announced that the health care workers are to receive COVID-19 vaccine after senior citizens. WHO has designed COVAX facility to ensure equitable access of the vaccine to all countries. There are more than 172 countries engaging in COVAX facility.

6. On August 24, 2020, the Indian Air Force launched MY IAF mobile application. The application provides career related information and job details to candidates.

7. The Defence Research and Development Organization has taken several initiatives to strengthen indigenous defence production under Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan. Recently, DRDO has included 108 systems and subsystems to achieve Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.

8. Saudi Arabia’s Aramco has suspended a deal to build $10 billion refining and petrochemical complex in China. The suspension of the investment in China’ Northeastern province of Liaoning is because of uncertain market outlook caused by oil price crash and demand decline.

9. On August 24, 2020, Government of Maharashtra and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank signed loan agreement of 500 million USD to improve service quality, safety and network capacity of suburban railway system in Mumbai.

10. Indian Air Force launches mobile app “MY IAF” to provide career-related information to aspirants