Days in Focus
Defence
- Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) handed over the design of this mechanism to the Indian Army for vehicle mobility - Mobile Metallic Ramp (MMR).
Economy
- An Indian government panel, headed by Akhilesh Ranjan, has recommended cutting the corporate tax rate to 25% from - 30% for all companies.
- Estimated India's economic growth in the April-June quarter of FY 2019-20, as per Nomura's Composite Leading Index (CLI) - 5.7%.
Environment
- World Bank report found that when Biological Oxygen Demand, an index of the degree of organic pollution and a proxy for overall water pollution, crosses a threshold of 8 milligrams per liter, GDP growth in downstream regions drops to - about a third for the mean growth rate.
International
- Current President of Zambia - Edgar Chagwa Lungu.
Persons in News
- New MD and CEO of Vodafone India - Ravinder Takkar.
- Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh who died on 21 August - Babulal Gaur.
Science and Technology
- Indian partner of European Union (EU)-funded Saraswati 2.0 project for treatment and reuse of water - Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur.
General Knowledge
- The Parliament building of India has been designed by - British architects Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker (in 1921).
- Number of member states in the European Union (EU) – 28.
- European Union (EU) – founded in: 1993; Headquarter: Brussels (Belgium).
- Madhya Pradesh State – Founded on: 01 November 1956; Capital: Bhopal.
- Zambia - Capital: Lusaka; Currency: Zambian kwacha.
- Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was established in - 1958.
