2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League

2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League

The 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 19th edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 11th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League.

Lyon were the defending champions, having won the previous four editions. They successfully defended their title after defeating VfL Wolfsburg 3–1 in the final for their fifth consecutive and seventh overall title. For the first time, the video assistant referee (VAR) system was used in the competition, where it was implemented in the final

Champions    France Lyon (7th title)
Runners-up    Germany VfL Wolfsburg
Tournament statistics
Matches played    115
Goals scored    490 (4.26 per match)
Top scorer(s)    Netherlands Vivianne Miedema
Nigeria Emueje Ogbiagbevha
Iceland Berglind Björg Þorvaldsdóttir
(10 goals each)

2019–20 UEFA Champions League

2019–20 UEFA Champions League

The 2019–20 UEFA Champions League was the 65th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 28th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.

Bayern Munich defeated Paris Saint-Germain in the final, played at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal, 1–0 and became the first European Cup winners to win all their matches during the tournament.

 As winners, they earned the right to play against Sevilla, the winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, in the 2020 UEFA Super Cup, and also qualified for the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar.

Bayern Munich won their 6th title.

Top scorer: Robert Lewandowski
Champion: FC Bayern Munich
Matches played: 118

UEFA Youth League 2020

 UEFA Youth League

The UEFA Youth League is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 2013.

 In its current format, it is contested by the youth (under-19) teams of the clubs competing in the UEFA Champions League group stage, plus the domestic youth champions of the best-ranked national associations.

The semi-finals and final matches have been traditionally played at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland.

The winners are awarded the Lennart Johansson Trophy, named in honour of the former UEFA president.

The most successful teams are Barcelona and Chelsea with two trophies each.

Chelsea won back-to-back titles in 2015 and 2016, while Barcelona won the inaugural season of the competition and clinched their second trophy in 2018.

The current champions are Spanish side Real Madrid, who beat Benfica 3–2 in the 2020 final.

Current champion: Real Madrid Juvenil A
Founded: 2013
Number of teams: 64

Dutch author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld wins 2020 International Booker prize

 Dutch author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld wins 2020 International Booker prize

Dutch author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld on Wednesday won the 2020 International Booker prize for debut novel The Discomfort of Evening, a story of childhood grief.

At 29, Rijneveld is the youngest author to win the prestigious prize.

Rijneveld shares the prize of 50,000 pounds, about $66,000, with Michele Hutchison, who translated it from Dutch

The International Booker Prize is an international literary award hosted in the United Kingdom. The introduction of the International Prize to complement the Man Booker Prize was announced in June 2004.
Ceremony date: 26 August 2020
Established: 2005
Reward(s): £50,000
Awarded for: Best book in English translation
First awarded: 2005

World Health Organization declares Africa free of polio

 World Health Organization declares Africa free of polio

World Health Organization has declared Africa free of polio, a landmark in a decades-long campaign to eradicate the notorious disease around the world.

This was announced by WHO Regional Director of Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti.

She described this as a historic day for Africa.
 
A commission  led by Prof. Rose Gana Fomban Leke, has certified that no cases had occurred on the continent for the past four years, the threshold for eradication of poliovirus.

The WHO said, poliovirus now joins smallpox in the list of viruses that have been wiped out in Africa.

Women's Equality Day

 Women's Equality Day

Women's Equality Day is celebrated in the United States on August 26 to commemorate the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

it prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of gender.

 Women’s Equality Day celebrates the achievements of women’s rights activists

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

 International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, is an international day celebrated August 23 of each year, the day designated by UNESCO to memorialize the transatlantic slave trade.

That date was chosen by the adoption of resolution 29 C/40 by the Organization's General Conference at its 29th session Circular CL/3494 of July 29, 1998, from the Director-General invited Ministers of Culture to promote the day.

The date is significant because, during the night of August 22 to August 23, 1791, on the island of Saint Domingue (now known as Haiti), an uprising began which set forth events which were a major factor in the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.

National Sports Awards 2020

 National Sports Awards 2020

RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD

 
Rohit Sharma     Cricket
Mariyappan T.     Para Athletics
Manika Batra     Table Tennis
Vinesh     Wrestling
Rani     Hockey

DRONACHARYA AWARD

Life- Time Category

 Dharmendra Tiwary     Archery
Purushotham Rai     Athletics
Shiv Singh     Boxing
Romesh Pathania     Hockey
Krishan Kumar Hooda     Kabaddi
Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar     Para Powerlifting
Naresh Kumar     Tennis
Om Parkash Dahiya     Wrestling

Regular Category

Jude Felix Sebastian     Hockey
Yogesh Malviya     Mallakhamb
Jaspal Rana     Shooting
Kuldeep Kumar Handoo     Wushu
Gaurav Khanna     Para Badminton

ARJUNA AWARD
Atanu Das     Archery
Dutee Chand     Athletics
Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy     Badminton
Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty     Badminton
Vishesh Bhriguvanshi     Basketball
Subedar Manish Kaushik     Boxing
Lovlina Borgohain     Boxing
Ishant Sharma     Cricket
Deepti Sharma     Cricket
Sawant Ajay Anant     Equestrian
Sandesh Jhingan     Football
Aditi Ashok     Golf
Akashdeep Singh     Hockey
Deepika     Hockey
Deepak     Kabaddi
Kale Sarika Sudhakar     Kho Kho
Dattu Baban Bhokanal     Rowing
Manu Bhaker     Shooting
Saurabh Chaudhary     Shooting
Madhurika Suhas Patkar     Table Tennis
Divij Sharan     Tennis
Shiva Keshavan     Winter Sports
Divya Kakran     Wrestling
Rahul Aware     Wrestling
Suyash Narayan Jadhav     Para Swimming
Sandeep     Para Athletics
Manish Narwal     Para Shooting

DHYAN CHAND AWARD
Kuldip Singh Bhullar     Athletics
Jincy Philips     Athletics
Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe     Badminton
Trupti Murgunde     Badminton
N. Usha     Boxing
Lakha Singh     Boxing
Sukhvinder Singh Sandhu     Football
Ajit Singh     Hockey
Manpreet Singh     Kabaddi
J. Ranjith Kumar     Para Athletics
Satyaprakash Tiwari     Para Badminton
Manjeet Singh     Rowing
Shri Sachin Nag     Swimming
Nandan P Bal     Tennis
Netarpal Hooda     Wrestling

Earth Overshoot Day

 Earth Overshoot Day

In 2020, Earth Overshoot Day lands on August 22. Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when we have exhausted nature's budget for the year.

For the rest of the year, we are maintaining our ecological deficit by drawing down local resource stocks and accumulating carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

The first Global Earth Overshoot Day campaign was launched in 2006.

In 2019 Earth Overshoot Day which was on 31st July

World Senior Citizen's Day

World Senior Citizen's Day

The World Senior Citizen's Day is celebrated on 21 August each year.

The celebration took place for the first time on 1 October 1991.

 The day is known to increase awareness of the factors and issues that affect older adults, such as age deterioration and the study of problems that affect their lives, elder abuse

Nishikant Kamat

 Nishikant Kamat

Nishikant Kamat was an Indian filmmaker and actor.

His debut film, Dombivali Fast  in Marathi.

He won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi for Dombivali Fast in 2006

World Photography Day

 World Photography Day

World Photography Day is an annual, worldwide celebration of the art, craft, science and history of photography.

The World Photography Day will take place on Wednesday, August 19th, 2020.

The whole idea behind the day is to hold discussions about photography and encourage those who want to pursue photography as a hobby or career.

The first World Photography Day was celebrated on 19th August 2010

 The photograph originally was made by Nicéphore Niépce, using silver chloride coating a piece of paper.

Chetan Chauhan

 Chetan Chauhan

Chetan Pratap Singh Chauhan was a cricketer who played 40 Test matches for India.

 He played Ranji Trophy for Maharashtra and Delhi.

He played most of his international cricket in the late 1970s and was the regular opening partner of Sunil Gavaskar during that period.

He was also twice elected to the Lok Sabha from Amroha in Uttar Pradesh, in 1991 and 1998.

From 2018 to 2020, he was minister for youth and sports in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India

Chauhan received the Arjuna award in 1981

Google partners Central Water Commission for flood forecasting

 Google partners Central Water Commission for flood forecasting

 Google in association with the Central Water Commission (CWC) has taken flood forecasting initiative over the past several months, and sent numerous public alerts to people in impacted regions across the country.

These alerts provide timely, updated, and critical information that can help users make informed decisions on their safety, and that of their families and friends, Google on Friday said in a statement.

Any user in the affected region having an Android smartphone with location services enabled will receive these alerts, it added.

Various parts of the country, including Assam and Bihar, are grappling with floods.

India Post has released a set of five commemorative postage stamps and a miniature sheet on UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India

  India Post has released a set of five commemorative postage stamps and a miniature sheet on UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India

 India Post has released a set of  five commemorative postage stamps and a miniature sheet on UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India on 15th August 2020 on the occasion of 74th Independence Day.This is the third part of the series .

The stamps depicts following five cultural sites of India-

1.Historic City of Ahmedabad 2. Churches and Convents of Goa 3.  Group of Monuments at Pattadakal 4.Khajuraho Group of Monuments 5.Qutub Minar

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are important places of cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972.

There are 38 World Heritage Sites located in India . These include 30 cultural sites, 7 natural sites and 1 mixed-criteria site. India has the sixth largest number of sites in the world.

India launched National Digital Health Mission

India launched National Digital Health Mission

India has launched the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM).

Every Indian will have an Aadhar like ID card containing all relevant information about his/her medical conditions and treatments and tests.

The vision of National Digital Health Mission is to create a national digital health ecosystem which provides timely and efficient access to inclusive, affordable, and safe healthcare to all citizens. 

India will launch projects for Lion & Dolphin conservation to replicate successes of Project Tiger

 India will launch projects for Lion & Dolphin conservation to replicate successes of Project Tiger

India   will soon launch Project Lion and Project Dolphin for the biodiversity conservation of these species to replicate the successes of Project Tiger.

India has successfully carried forward Project Tiger and Project Elephant.

The Tiger population has increased in India.

Project Dolphin will focus on both river and sea dolphins.

 this will also give a boost to biodiversity and also create employment opportunities.

 

Organ Donation Day

 Organ Donation Day is observed every year on 13th of August.

The aim of this day is to motivate normal human beings to pledge to donate organs after death, and to spread awareness about the importance of organ donation.

World Elephant Day

 World Elephant Day is an international annual event on August 12, dedicated to the preservation and protection of the world's elephants.

 Conceived in 2011 by Canadian filmmakers Patricia Sims and Michael Clark of Canazwest Pictures, and Sivaporn Dardarananda, Secretary-General of the Elephant Reintroduction Foundation in Thailand, it was officially founded, supported and launched by Patricia Sims and the Elephant Reintroduction Foundation on August 12, 2012

The goal of International Elephant Day is to create awareness of the urgent plight of African and Asian elephants, and to share knowledge and positive solutions for the better care and management of captive and wild elephant

The first International Elephant Day was held on August 12, 2012

Walter Roger Martos Ruiz appointed as Prime Minister of Peru

 Walter Roger Martos Ruiz is a Peruvian retired military general who is the current Prime Minister of Peru since August 2020, under Martín Vizcarra's administration.

 He previously served as Minister of Defense from October 2019 to August 2020

Peru is a country in South America that's home to a section of Amazon rainforest and Machu Picchu, an ancient Incan city high in the Andes mountains

Capital: Lima
Population: 3.2 crores (2018)
Co-official languages: Quechua; Aymara; Other indigenous languages

World Biofuel day

 World Biofuel day

 World Biofuel Day is observed every year on 10th August to create awareness about the importance of non-fossil fuels as an alternative to conventional fossil fuels and to highlight the various efforts made by the Government in the Biofuel sector

This day also honors the research experiments by Sir Rudolf Diesel who ran an engine with peanut oil in the year 1893. His research experiment had predicted that vegetable oil is going to replace fossil fuels in the next century to fuel different mechanical engines.

Mahinda Rajapaksa won in Sri Lankan Parliamentary elections

 Mahinda Rajapaksa won  in Sri Lankan Parliamentary elections

Lieutenant Colonel Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa, RWP, RSP, psc, GR is a Sri Lankan politician and former military officer currently serving as the 8th President of Sri Lanka since 2019.

Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa commonly known as Mahinda Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan politician serving as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka and Minister of Finance since 2019. He previously served as President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015 and was Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2004 and 2018 to 2019.

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean southwest of the Bay of Bengal and southeast of the Arabian Sea.

 It is geographically separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait.  

Capitals: Colombo, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Population: 2.17 crores (2018)
Currency: Sri Lankan rupee

Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy committee

 Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy committee

RBI  announced the apex bank's monetary policy committee has decided to unanimously leave the policy repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent.  

the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate and the Bank rate remain unchanged at 4.25 per cent.

the reverse repo rate stands unchanged at 3.35 per cent.

he MPC’s assessment is that the global economic activity has remained fragile and in retrenchment in the first half of 2020.

the headline CPI inflation, which was at 5.8 per cent in March 2020, was placed at 6.1 per cent in the provisional estimates for June 2020.

Hiroshima And Nagasaki Day

 Hiroshima And Nagasaki Day

Japan completed 75 years since it first suffered the world's first atomic bomb attack on the city of Hiroshima, followed three days later by the second and last on Nagasaki, leading to the end of world war II.

Uttarakhand will develop India’s first snow leopard conservation centre in Uttarkashi forests

 Uttarakhand will develop India’s first snow leopard conservation centre in Uttarkashi forests

Uttarakhand will set up India’s first conservation centre for snow leopards in the forests of Uttarkashi district.

the centre will be developed by the Uttarakhand forest department along with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

The goal of setting up the centre is conservation, restoration of Himalayan ecosystems, and creating livelihoods for local people.

The project also aims at the conservation of other endangered species along with the snow leopards.

There are around 86 snow leopards in Uttarakhand right now.

The state forest department is expected to start a counting with the help of camera traps later this year.

William Kirk English

 William Kirk English

William Kirk English was an American computer engineer who contributed to the development of the computer mouse while working for Douglas Engelbart at SRI International's Augmentation Research Center.

He would later work for Xerox PARC and Sun Microsystems.

RBI Approved Sashidhar Jagdishan as Next MD & CEO of HDFC Bank

RBI Approved Sashidhar Jagdishan as Next MD & CEO of HDFC Bank

the Reserve Bank of India has approved the appointment of Sashidhar Jagdishan as Managing Director and CEO of HDFC Bank.

The RBI vide its communication dated August 3, 2020,has approved the appointment of Sashidhar Jagdishan as Managing Director and CEO of the bank for a period of three years with effect from October 27, 2020

Jagdishan, 55, is currently Group Head and Change Agent, HDFC Bank. He has been with the bank for nearly 24 years

IPL 2020 in the UAE

IPL 2020 in the UAE

 the Indian Premier League (IPL) will begin next month.

The T20 tournament was originally scheduled to begin on March 29.

On Sunday (August 2), the governing council of the league confirmed that this year’s tournament will be held in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Sharjah from September 19 to November 10.

The usual window for the IPL is 49 days. This season will instead last 53 days.

Irfaan Ali declared president elect of Guyana

Irfaan Ali declared president elect of Guyana

 The presidential candidate for the main opposition People's Progressive Party/Civic, Mohamed Irfaan Ali, was on Sunday declared president elect of Guyana.

Mohamed Irfaan Ali   is a Guyanese politician who has been the President of Guyana since 2020.

He was previously a Member of Parliament[1] and the Minister of Housing

Guyana, a country on South America’s North Atlantic coast, is defined by its dense rainforest

Capital: Georgetown
Vernacular language: Guyanese Creole

Former Taiwan president, Lee Teng-hui

Former Taiwan president, Lee Teng-hui

Lee Teng-hui   was a Taiwanese politician and economist who was the fourth president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) under the 1947 Constitution and chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) from 1988 to 2000.

He was the first president of the Republic of China to be born in Taiwan and the first to be directly elected.

During his presidency, Lee oversaw the end of martial law and the full democratization of the ROC, advocated the Taiwanese localization movement, and led an ambitious foreign policy to gain allies around the world.

Ivory Coast Defence Minister Bakayoko named as prime minister

Ivory Coast Defence Minister Bakayoko named prime minister

Hamed Bakayoko has been named prime minister after acting as interim PM .

Bakayoko, 55, has had the defence portfolio since 2017, after serving as interior minister from 2011.

He has also been mayor of Abobo

Côte d'Ivoire is a West African country with beach resorts, rainforests.

Capital: Yamoussoukro
Currency: West African CFA franc
Population: 2.51 crores (2018)
Official language: French