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Friday 7 August 2020

August Current Affair part 1

Hello friends, in this article you are going to read some G.K. related facts.

1. PM Narendra Modi on Saturday said National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 focuses on building job creators instead of job seekers. "The 21st century is era of knowledge. This is the time for increased focus on learning, research and innovation. This is exactly what NEP 2020 does", PM Modi said. He was addressing the Smart India Hackathon in grand finale.

2. "The number of South African Rhinos killed by poachers halfed in the first 6 months of 2020, partly due to Coronavirus-induced lockdown", said the Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Barbara Creecy. She said 166 rhinos were killed during this period, compared with the 316 in first half of 2019. However Creecy warned that poaching is slowly increased since the gradual lift in lockdown.

3. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin on Monday said that China will suspend its extradition agreement with New Zealand. China's move comes in response to New Zealand suspending it's existing extradition treaty with Hong Kong last month. New Zealand had suspended the treaty over China's introduction of new national security aw in Hong Kong.

4. Scientists claim to have found a Saturn-like planet orbiting a cool star, it's name is TVLM 513-46546, around 35 light-years away from Earth. It is found by using VLBA. The astronomers observed the star's wobble and the presence of a planet whose mass would be around Saturn's mass. The planet is orbiting the star once every 221 days. The planet is closer to the star, then mercury is to Sun.

5. Russian scientists have found a well-preserved 10,000 year old Woolly Mammoth fossils, which were formed by the local residents. 90% of the fossil has been recovered in two expeditions. The woolly mammoth is estimated to be 15-20 year old, a male which is 10 feet tall.

6. ByteDancer founder Zhang Yiming told staff in a letter that the US' idea was not to force a sale of Tik Tok's US operations but to ban it. reports said. He added ByteDance is exploring all possibilities to resolve the current issue with US.  Yming also said Byte dance has not reached a decision on options like Tik Tok's sale.

7. A day before the groundbreaking ceremony of Ram temple in UP's Ayodhya, former Union minister and BJP leader Vijay Goel demanded the 'Babar road' should be renamed as '5 August Marg'. ''Babar was a foreign invader who got the Ram temple demolished," said Goel on Twitter. he said he has placed his demand before government   

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