Current Affairs Quiz 2020: August – Part 2

D. Madhya Pradesh
In the state of Madhya Pradesh, a unique campaign ‘EkSankalp – Bujurgokenaam’ (a commitment for elders) is being run by the Chhatarpur Police in the midst of Pandemic.

A. Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)
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.

C. IBM
IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) announced its collaboration with National Skill Development Corporation(NSDC) to offer a free digital education platform on emerging technologies and professional skill development and to equip the next generation with digital skills.IBM will manage an online course from Open P-Tech platform and will offer it to the users through eSkill India Portal of NSCD.

B. Project Tiger, Project Dolphin
Prime Minister Narendra Modi the launch of Project Lion and Project Dolphin during his Independence Day speech on August 16, 2020. The two projects have been launched for the conservation of the two endangered species in the country using modern technology.

A. 173
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved a proposal of the National Cadet Corps(NCC) for a major expansion scheme in 173 border and coastal districts,where one lakh new cadets will be inducted and one-third of them will be girls. A total of 83 NCC units will be upgraded (Army 53, Navy 20, Air Force 10) to provide training to the cadets.

B. Israel
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. Ron Malka, Israel’s Ambassador to India and Alok Sinha, Agriculture Production Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh signed the ‘plan of cooperation’ on behalf of Israel and India respectively. The ‘plan of cooperation’ is initially signed for 2 years, with the interest of the project, this will be extended in the future. The project was developed by the MASHAV — Israel’s Agencyg for International Development Cooperation under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.This cooperation will help with the Indo-Israel Bundelkhand water project undertaken in this region for long term reforms in water management.