Top Best Current Affairs 23 August 2020

Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIM-K) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Switzerland based HELP Logistics to engage in a collaborative partnership to provide consulting services and logistics training for the humanitarian community in South Asia.

A Book Titled 'One Arranged Murder' authored by Chetan Bhagat will be released worldwide on September 28, 2020. The fiction book portrays a murder mystery in the backdrop of an arranged marriage. The book will be published by Westland Publications Ltd. It is the author's 9th novel and 11th book overall.

On August 19, 2020 The 27-meter-long Interceptor Boat(IB) 'ICGS C-454', built by Larsen and Toubro Ltd(L&T) was launched into the service of the Indian Coast Guard(ICG) by Dr Hiral Patel, wife of Surat district Collector, Dhaval Patel during a ceremony in Surat.

Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare launched FSSAI's 'Eat Right India' Handbook, a referral guide for officials of different jurisdictions to adopt and scale up the 'Eat Right India'(ERI) initiatives in their jurisdictions during the online orientation workshop organised by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) as part of its "Eat Right Challenge".

Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog and Business Sweden on behalf of India-Sweden Healthcare Innovation Centre signed a virtual Statement of Intent (SoI) to boost the culture of innovation in India. R Ramanan, Mission Director of AIM, NITI Aayog and Anders Wickberg, Swedish Trade Commissioner to India, on behalf of India Sweden Healthcare Innovation Centre virtually signed the SoI.

In the state of Madhya Pradesh, a unique campaign 'Ek Sankalp - Bujurgo ke naam' (a commitment for elders) is being run by the Chhatarpur Police in the midst of Pandemic.

On 20th August 2020, The government of Uttar Pradesh (UP) signed an agreement with the Israel's Water Resource Minister for the water resource management in Bundelkhand region in Uttar Pradesh.

As part of implementation of the YSR Cheyutha scheme, Andhra Pradesh(AP) government has signed an Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with Reliance Retail, Reliance Jio Infocomm and Allana Group to empower women and help women Self-Help Groups(SHGs) in the state to market their products.