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1. The Assam Cabinet approved the Assam Skill Development University Bill to establish Skill University at Mangoldoi at the cost of Rs.900 crore. It also decided to increase upper age limit for state government jobs for group III and IV for two years to enable youth to apply for jobs up to 40 years.

2. On August 28, 2020, the Punjab Government passed a resolution against the farm ordinances of the central government. In June 2020, the Union Government of India had issued three ordinances as follows

Farmers’ Produce Ordinance, 2020

Farmers Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Ordinance, 2020

Essential Commodities Ordinance, 2020

3. On August 28, 2020, the Government of India launched “Chunauti”, the next generation start up challenge contest. Around 300 start ups working in select areas are to be identified and provided with seed fund up to Rs 25 lakhs.

4. On August 28, 2020, the India-Singapore Defence Policy Dialogue was held in video conference. The countries agreed to discuss number of issues of bilateral defence engagements. They agreed to enhance the security partnership.

5. On August 28, 2020, the United Nations announced that it will reduce the peace keeping forces in Lebanon for another year. Also, it will reduce the number of troops.

6. Every year, India celebrates National Sports Day on August 29 to commemorate the birth anniversary of the legendary hockey player Dhyan Chand. He was born on August 29, 1905.

7. Arunachal Pradesh passes resolution to bring state under Sixth Schedule The Arunachal Pradesh Assembly has passed the resolution to bring the state under the purview of Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution, along with amending Article 371(H) to safeguard the interests of tribes in the state.

8. The NITI Aayog recently launched Nationally Determined Contributions Transport Initiative for Asia (NDC-TIA). The initiative was launched to decarbonize transport and provide technical support on Green Gas emission reduction measures.

9. H. Vasanthakumar, Congress MP from Kanyakumari constituency in Tamil Nadu, dies at 70 in Chennai due to Covid.

10. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers Darbari Seth Memorial Lecture at New-Delhi based TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) virtually.