Current Affairs :- 18th August, 2020

♦️PM Narendra Modi delivered its 7th consecutive speech on 74th Independence Day; Announced Launch of New Projects

♦️MP CM: Gwalior Chambal Expressway will be Named Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Chambal Progressway

♦️Indian Railways Constructing World’s Tallest Pier Bridge Across River Ijai in Manipur

♦️M/o SJ&E R Launched ‘Nasha-Mukt Bharat’ Campaign; National Institute of Social Defence Building Inaugurated in New Delhi

♦️Union Minister Nitin Gadkari lays foundation stone for 13 highway projects in Manipur among other measures for the NE states

♦️UK Launched £1.5 million Fund for India to Tackle Covid-19 Challenges & Climate Change

♦️India Post Issued 5 Commemorative Postage Stamps and 1 Miniature Sheet on UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India-III

♦️Piyush Goyal Virtually Inaugurated 4th edition of NPPC 2020: Digital Exhibitions and Conferences

♦️PNB Launched ‘DIGITAL APNAYEN’, a Campaign to Promote Digital Banking

♦️Google Partners with CWC of India for Flood Forecasting Initiatives

♦️AAIB forms 5 Member Panel Headed by Captain S S Chahar to Investigate the Kozhikode Plane Crash

♦️AIFF and SAI Jointly Launched “E-pathshala” a Web Platform to Promote Football

♦️Astronomers Found SPT0418-47, a Look-alike of the Milky Way at 12 Billion Light Years Away

♦️Indian Cricketers MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina retire from international cricket

♦️Lewis Hamilton Claims Record 

♦️6th Podium Finish with Win at Spanish GP

♦️Arjuna awardee, UP Cabinet Minister and  Former Indian Cricketer Chetan Chauhan Passed Away at 73 Due to COVID-19

♦️Actor Sharon Stone’s Memoir “The Beauty of Living Twice” to Release in March 2021

♦️Ex-Air Vice Marshal Arjun Subramaniam Authored a New book titled, “Full Spectrum: India’s Wars 1972-2020″

♦️Chhattisgarh Govt  Launched ‘Padhai Tuhar Para’ scheme for school students

♦️Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio launches ‘Yellow Chain’ e-commerce platform on Independence day 2020

♦️Meghalaya CM Launched Restart Meghalaya Mission Worth Rs. 14,515 Crore to Revive Activities Stalled due to COVID-19

♦️Fit India Freedom Run launched : Kiren Rijiju

♦️AYUSH Ministry launches campaign “Ayush for Immunity”