DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 20TH AUGUST 2024

World Sanskrit Day - 19th August

Theme 2024 - Vedic Heritage & Transition 

1) 37 Years Old Paetongtarn Shinawatra Became The Youngest Prime Minister Of Thailand. 

( 31st Prime Minister Of Thailand) 

( 2nd Woman Prime Minister Of Thailand)

2) Pankaj Advani Wins The Western India Billiards And Snooker Championship 2024.

3) Oval Invincible Are The Winners Of Men's Hundred Title 2024.

4) Former Indian Army Chief General Soundararajan Padmanabhan Passed Away.

( He Served As 19th Chief Of Army Staff For India) 

( He Was Part Of Operation Parakram ( Parliament Attack On 2001) 

5) N Muruganandham Has Been Appointed As The New Chief Secretary Of Tamilnadu.

6) Ashok Kumar Singh Has Been Appointed As The Director General Of Employee State Insurance Corporation (ESIC).

7) 28 Years Old Pune Based Diana Pundole Became The First Indian Woman To Claim The Indian National Car Racing Championship 2024 ( MRF SALOONS Category)

8) Shri M Nagaraju Has Taken Charge As Secretary Of Department Of Financial Services (DFS)

9) Delhi Host The 3rd 2+2 India- Japan ( Foreign & Defense Minister).

10) Anil Kumar Prabhakaran  Has Been Appointed As The New General Secretary Of All India Football Federation (AIFF).

11) Shiv Walia Has Been Appointed As The New Chief Financial Officer Of HCl Tech From 6th September 2024.

12) Former Director General Of CSIR Girish Sahani Passed Away.

13) Environment Activist 12 Years Old Licypriya Kangujam Has Been Awarded With International Young ECO Hero Award By Action For Nature.

14) HDFC Finance Launched New Trading Application HDFC SKY.

15) Harun Rasid Khan Has Been Reappoint As Part Time Chairman And Independent Director Of AU Small Finance Bank.

16) Khiroda Jena Has Appointed As CFO Of Bombay Dyeing.

17) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Has Launched The MUKHYAMANTRI YUVA UDYAM Vikas Yojana On The Occasion Of 78th Independence Day.

( Employment Opportunities In States Youth) 

* Government Will Set Up 10 Lakh NSME Small Industries In State 

* Will Support Financial Support To Youth Of State.

18) Maharashtra State Launched The First Solar Village With Manyachiwadi.( Satara District) 

19) CAG Of India And Uzbekistan Chamber Of Accounts Signed MoU.

20) ISRO Chairman Dr S Somnath And DRDO Chairman Dr Samir V Kamat Have Been Awarded With Lifetime Fellowship Awards From IIT Kharagpur.

21) Nepal Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba Has Visited India For The First Time.

22) Hyderabad Based Zen Technology Has Received A Patent For It's Indigenous Mine Detection System, Which Uses GPS/GIS To Log And Navigate To Mine Coordinate Through Map.