Current Static GK in News – August 2020

Static GK is an important part of the Banking and Insurance exams. Most of the static GK Questions asked in these exams are from the recent news. For example, the capital or currency of a country may be asked for such a country with whom India has signed an agreement recently or where our politicians made a visit recently.

In this post, we will cover up such Static GK that is in news in the month of August 2020. The content is arranged category wise for your quick revision.

Current Static GK in News – August 2020

Headquarters

International

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) – Washington DC, USA [August 03, 2020]
  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)- Paris, France [August 09, 2020]
  • Barclays- London, UK [August 17, 2020]
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)- Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines [August 20, 2020]
  • Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)- Beijing, China [August 25, 2020]
  • World Health Organization (WHO)- Geneva, Switzerland [August 27, 2020]
  • ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)- Jakarta, Indonesia (10 members) [August 31, 2020]

National

  • International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA)- Gandhinagar, Gujarat [August 04, 2020]
  • Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)- Mumbai [August 07, 2020]
  • Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)- New Delhi [August 26, 2020]

Banks

  • Kotak Mahindra Bank- Mumbai; Prakash Apte (Chairman), Uday Kotak (MD & CEO), Tagline- Let’s make money simple [August 04, 2020]
  • HDFC Bank- Mumbai; CEO- Aditya Puri; Tagline- We understand your world [August 05, 2020]
  • Axis Bank- Mumbai; CEO- Amitabh Chaudhry; Tagline- Badhti Ka Naam Zindagi [August 06, 2020]
  • Reserve Bank of India- Mumbai; Governor- Shaktikanta Das [August 07, 2020]
  • IndusInd Bank- Pune; CEO- Sumant Kathpalia; Tagline- We Make You Feel Richer [August 10, 2020]
  • Punjab National Bank- New Delhi; MD-CEO- CH. S. S. Mallikarjuna Rao [August 16, 2020]
  • Central Bank of India- Mumbai; MD-CEO- Pallav Mahapatra [August 18, 2020]
  • Fino Payments Bank- Mumbai; MD-CEO- Rishi Gupta [August 19, 2020]
  • State Bank of India- Mumbai; Chairman- Rajnish Kumar [August 24, 2020]
  • NABARD- Mumbai; Chairman- Govinda Rajulu Chintala [August 25, 2020]
  • ICICI Bank- Mumbai; MD-CEO- Sandeep Bakhshi [August 26, 2020]

Country – Capital, Currency

  • Ivory Coast/Côte d’Ivoire- Yamoussoukro, West African CFA Franc [August 01, 2020]
  • United Arab Emirates (UAE)- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Dirham [August 03, 2020]
  • Guyana- Georgetown, Guyanese Dollar [August 05, 2020]
  • Maldives- Male, Maldivian Rufiyaa [August 07, 2020]
  • Russia- Moscow, Russian ruble [August 10, 2020 and August 12, 2020]
  • Sri Lanka- Colombo; Sri Lankan rupee [August 10, 2020]
  • Belarus- Minsk, Belarusian Ruble [August 12, 2020]
  • Peru- Lima, Sol [August 12, 2020]
  • Mauritania- Nouakchott, Mauritanian ouguiya [August 12, 2020]
  • Lebanon- Beirut, Lebanese Pound [August 12, 2020]
  • Antigua And Barbuda- St. John’s, Eastern Caribbean Dollar [August 15, 2020]
  • Israel- Jerusalem, Israeli New Shekel [August 15, 2020]
  • Mali- Bamako; West African CFA Franc [August 20, 2020]
  • Dominican Republic- Santo Domingo, Dominican Peso [August 21, 2020]
  • Trinidad And Tobago- Port Of Spain, Trinidad And Tobago Dollar [August 22, 2020]
  • Equatorial Guinea- Malabo, Central African CFA Franc [August 22, 2020]
  • China- Beijing, Renminbi [August 24, 2020]
  • Uzbekistan- Tashkent, Uzbek Som [August 26, 2020]
  • Japan- Tokyo, Yen [August 29, 2020]
  • New Zealand- Wellington, New Zealand Dollar [August 31, 2020]

Schemes

  • ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ scheme- now in 24 states [August 01, 2020]
  • Cybercrime Awareness program ‘e-Rakshabandhan’- Andhra Pradesh [August 04, 2020]
  • ‘Ek Mask-Anek Zindagi’ public awareness campaign- Madhya Pradesh [August 04, 2020]
  • Indira Van Mitan scheme- Chhattisgarh [August 11, 2020]
  • Mukhya Mantri Kisan Sahay Yojana- Gujarat [August 13, 2020]
  • Karma Sathi Prakalpa Scheme- West Bengal [August 15, 2020]
  • Orunodoi Scheme- Assam [August 15, 2020]
  • ‘Ek Sankalp – Bujurgo ke naam’ campaign- Madhya Pradesh (Chhatarpur Police) [August 23, 2020]

Books & Author

  • “Vishesh: Code To Win”- author Nirupama Yadav (Biography of India’s youngest Basketball captain ‘Vishesh Bhriguvanshi’) [August 05, 2020]
  • “RAW: A History of India’s Covert Operations”- Yatish Yadav- [August 07, 2020]
  • ‘Amazing Ayodhya’- Neena Rai [August 09, 2020]
  • “Our Only Home: A Climate Appeal to the World”- Dalai Lama [August 14, 2020]
  • “Full Spectrum: India”s Wars, 1972-2020″ – Arjun Subramaniam (Former Vice Marshal) [August 19, 2020]
  • “Who painted my lust red?”- Sree Iyer [August 23, 2020]
  • “One Arranged Murder”- Chetan Bhagat [August 25, 2020]
  • “The Discomfort of Evening”- Dutch author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld [August 28, 2020]
  • ”Cricket Drona”- co-authored by Paranjape’s son, former India player and current national selector Jatin along with cricket journalist Anand Vasu. (based on the life of one of India’s most respected cricket coaches, Vasoo Paranjape) [August 28, 2020]

Miscellaneous

  • BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa) [August 01, 2020]
  • Barakah Nuclear Plant- Abu Dhabi, UAE [August 03, 2020]

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