Current Affairs 31 August 2020
| 1 | Department of Economic Affairs & UNDP India Launched Sustainable Finance Collaborative to Promote Sustainable Finance in India |
| 2 | IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Launched “Chunauti”, Next Generation Start-up Contest; Foundation stone laid for NIELIT at Muzaffarpur, Bihar |
| 3 | Union Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Addresses Inaugural session of World Urdu Session |
| 4 | India granted 4th Tranche of US$5mn to Myanmar for India-Myanmar Border Area Development |
| 5 | Kerala to set up India’s First International Women’s Trade Centre |
| 6 | India, Singapore commit to further enhance security partnership at 14th India-Singapore Defence Policy Dialogue |
| 7 | Union Minister Piyush Goyal Virtually Attended the 8th East Asia Summit Economic Ministers’ Meeting (EAS-EMM) |
| 8 | India co-sponsors UNSC Resolution for Greater Participation of Women in Peacekeeping Forces |
| 9 | India Ranked 72nd on Global List with Average Monthly Wage of Rs 32,800, Switzerland Tops: Picodi.com |
| 10 | Kiren Rijiju attends Sports Ministers Meeting of BRICS Nations; India to host BRICS Games 2021 with Khelo India Games |
| 11 | Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance & Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank Entered into a Strategic Partnership through VC to Offer Life Insurance |
| 12 | Noor Inayat Khan, Britain’s World War II Spy Became the 1st Indian-origin woman to honoured with a Memorial Blue Plaque |
| 13 | SBI to Receive Human Capital Management Excellence Award 2020 for its HR initiative, ”Nayi Disha” |
| 14 | CISF launched ‘Pensioners Corner’ Mobile App for its Pensioners |
| 15 | China Launches Most Advanced Warship Type-054 class for Pakistan Navy |
| 16 | ARIES Discovered the Accelerated Formation of the Stars of Dwarf Galaxies |
| 17 | Bryan Brothers, Successful Doubles Pair in Tennis Announced Retirement |
| 18 | Vasanthakumar, Congress MP, and Founder of Vasanth & Co Died of COVID-19 |
| 19 | Athletics Coach Purushotham Rai dies a day before Receiving Dronacharya Award |
| 20 | Indian Cricket Coach Gurcharan Singh Co-authored his Memoir “Pitching It Straight” with MS Unnikrishnan |
| 21 | National Sports Day 2020: August 29 |
| 22 | International Day Against Nuclear Tests: 29th August 2020 |
| 23 | UP govt launches ‘Major Dhyan Chand Vijaypath Yojana’ to Build Roads to 19 International Player’s houses |
