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President Ram Nath Kovind honours 74 sportspersons with National Sports and Adventure Awards

President Ram Nath Kovind virtually conferred the National Sports & Adventure Award 2020 namely- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award, Dronacharya Award, Dhyan Chand Award, Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award & Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar.

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Twenty-seven sportspersons were honoured with the Arjuna Award.

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International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, 30 August

In 2010, UN General Assembly welcomed the adoption of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, & decided to declare 30 August the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances since 2011.

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International Criminal Court situated in The Hague, Netherlands

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Sports Minister K Rijiju announces hike in various National Sports awards

The prize money for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award has been increased to Rs 25 lakh, Dhronacharya (Lifetime) awardees to get 15 lakhs while Dhyanchand Awardees (regular ) will be given Rs 10 lakh instead of Rs 5 lakh.

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The increment was announced for 4 out of 7 categories of NSA

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17th ASEAN-India Economic Ministers’ Consultations held virtually

Trade Ministers of India & Vietnam Piyush Goyal, Tran Tuan Anh respectively co-chaired the 17th ASEAN-India Economic Ministers Consultations held virtually. The Ministers’ discussion centred on the review of ASEAN India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA).

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Also, report of ASEAN India Business Council (AIBC) was placed.

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Insurance And Overdraft Facility Enhanced For Jan Dhan Account Holders

Eligible PMJDY account holders will be sought to be covered under Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana] and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana]. Overdraft facilities have also been doubled to Rs 10000 with OD up to Rs 2000 available without conditions.

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55.2% of Jan Dhan accounts opened belonged to women.

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India withdraws from multilateral military exercise in Russia

India has announced that it is withdrawing from multilateral Military Exercise Kavkaz 2020 to be held in Russia. In view of Pandemic & consequent difficulties in exercise, including arrangements of logistics, India has decided not to send a contingent.

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Defence Minister: Rajnath Singh.

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Para swimmer Satyendra Singh 1st Divyang sportsperson of country to get prestigious Adventure Award

Satyendra Singh Lohia of Madhya Pradesh is the 1st Divyanga Indian sportsperson of the country, to be awarded with Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award. He is also the 1st Asian Divyang swimmer to cross the 42-km Catalina Channel in US in just 11 hours 34 mins.

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Tenzing Norgay alongwith Edmund Hillary climbed Mt Everest first

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Karnataka CM flags off RO-RO train service between Bengaluru and Solapur

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa flagged off Roll-On/Roll-Off (RO-RO) train between Bengaluru (Nelamangala) to Solapur (Maharashtra) through video conferencing. CM Yediyurappa flagged off the RO-RO train from Nelamagala station.

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RO-RO service reduces accidents on the road, improves safety.

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51st International Film Festival India to be held in Goa from Nov 20

51st IFFI will be held in Goa, from November 20th to 28th. This film festival being a hybrid film festival due to Covid 19, would screen films on official digital platform along with the theatrical screenings. The festival is an annual event since 1975.

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International Film Festival of India (IFFI) was founded in 1952.

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Marine ambulances flagged off for Kochi, Kozhikode

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan flagged off Prateeksha, the first of a fleet of 3 marine ambulance vessels built by Cochin Shipyard for the Fisheries Department, through video conferencing. They will be based in Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi & Kozhikode.

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Kerala Tourism tagline: 'God's Own Country'.

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Former Supreme Court judge, Justice AR Lakshmanan passes away

Justice AR Lakshmanan served at the Supreme Court from 2002-2007. Prior to his elevation, he was a judge at the Madras and Kerala High Court. He also served as Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh & Rajasthan High Courts. He was 78 years old.

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He was also Chairman of the Eighteenth Law Commission of India.

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India’s Reliance Retail to acquire Future Group’s units for $3.4 billion

Reliance Retail said it has reached an agreement with Future Group to acquire the latter’s retail & wholesaler business, and its logistics and warehousing business for $3.4 billion (₹24,713 crore). The brands include Big Bazaar, fbb, Foodhall, Easyday etc.

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Reliance Retail is a subsidiary of reliance Industries.