Important highlights of the day

World Gujarati Day 2020 is celebrated on 24th August 2020 to commemorate the birth anniversary of the famous Gujarati poet and social reformer, Narmadashankar Dave popularly known as Veer Narmad.
India’s ASTROSAT Detected Extreme UV light from AUDFs01 Galaxy.
Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash bags 1st ever Gold Medal for India in Mental Calculations (MC) World Cup (MCWC) and Named ‘World’s Fastest Human Calculator’ title.
Tech Mahindra, NITI Aayog’s WEP Partnered to Support Women Entrepreneurs in India.
SBI General Insurance Launched a 1st of its Kind offering, ‘Shagun – Gift an Insurance’ Policy for Personal Accident.
ICICI Bank Becomes the 1st Bank in India Uses Satellite Data to Assess Credit Worthiness of Farmers.
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has introduced, ‘Structured Finance and Partial Guarantee Program for Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFC)-Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs)’, a dedicated debt and credit guarantee product.