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August 7 , 2020 1566 days 1041 0
  • On August 5, 2020, the Union Territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir celebrated their first anniversary of formation.
  • The Union Agriculture Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar launched YouTube channel of National Cooperative Development Corporation called “Sahak Cooptube NCDC India”.
  • Union Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat & Union Minister for Textiles and Women & Child Development Smriti Irani launched the book ‘Swachh Bharat Kranti’ (Hindi) in New Delhi.
  • The Reserve Bank of India has approved Sashidhar Jagdishan as the next chief executive officer of HDFC Bank.
  • Union Minister of State for Culture & Tourism Prahlad Singh Patel virtually inaugurated the first golf course of Mizoram named “Thenzawl Golf Resort” Project.
    • It is implemented under the Swadesh Darshan (SD) Scheme of Ministry of Tourism.
  • Beirut, the capital of Lebanon witnessed a huge blast in a port warehouse where highly explosive material Ammonium Nitrate was stored.
  • United Nation has released its policy brief on the pandemic’s impact on education.
  • Founder of SS Motivation, Sunil ydv SS was honoured with “Karamveer Chakra Award" by instituted by United Nations and International Confederation of NGO.
  • The Father of Modern Indian theatre, Ebrahim Alkazi passed away.
    • He won the Padma Vibhushan in 2010, Padma Bhushan in 1991, Padma Shri in 1996. 
  • The co-creator of the computer mouse, Mr. William English passed away.
    • He built the first mouse in 1963, with the help of the sketches made by Doug Engelbart while they were working on early computing.

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