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- The 9th Session of the India-Kenya Joint Trade Committee (JTC) was held on 19th – 20th August 2019 in New Delhi.
- The one-day National Conference of Tourism Ministers was organised by the Union Ministry of Tourism at New Delhi on 20 August 2019.
- India’s Prashant Gade has won the NCPEDP MPHASIS Universal Design Award 2019 for developing low cost prosthetic arm called as “Inali Arm”.
- To strengthen enforcement of the ban on production and sale of electronic cigarettes, Karnataka government has included “nicotine” under its Class A poison category.
- Highly toxic chemicals, which are dangerous to life even in very small quantities such as cyanogen, hydrocyanic acid, nitrogen peroxide, and phosgene are classified as Class A poisons in Karnataka.
- A startup from California Cerebras Systems has developed the biggest processor in the world, which consists of 1.2 trillion transistors. It is called the Cerebras Wafer Scale Engine.
- Every year, August 21 is observed as World Entrepreneurs' Day, a day to celebrate innovation and empowerment of entrepreneurship and leadership.
- The chief minister of Punjab has launched a universal health insurance scheme called “Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana” which covers pre-existing disease also and benefits nearly 46 lakh families.
- Former Additional Commissioner of Police and a current member of the BCCI’s Anti-Corruption Unit, B.N.S. Reddy has won the gold medal at the World Police and Fire Games tournament, held in Chengdu, China.
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