Daily Current Affairs - 20 August

• The Nation remembers former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 70th birth anniversary today.
• Producer Guneet Monga has been named among the 'Most Powerful Women in Indian Business' by a magazine.
• Yoga Guru BKS Iyengar passes away; PM condoles death.
• Senior Congress leader KV Thomas took over as the new Chairman of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee.
• With an aim to get expertise in running semi high-speed trains and modernizing signalling system of Railways, India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Czech Republic.
• India has been relegated to fifth position behind South Africa, Australia, England and Sri Lanka in the latest ICC Test team rankings. 
• Former Indian skipper Ravi Shastri was appointed as Team India`s Director of Cricket for the five-match ODI series against England.
• HDFC Bank accorded most valued brand
• IDBI donates Rs9 cr to build toilets in rural schools
• 2015-16 to be observed as Water Conservation Year: Uma Bharti
• TCS and Bharti Foundation announced to spend 200 crore rupees for Clean India Campaign
• Indian neuroscientist Partha Mitra awarded research grant to map the human brain
• Hindu eco-temple Swaminarayan temple opens in London
• .    India and Czech Republic signed MoU on technical cooperation in Railwa
•       jammu and Kashmir to host Football Federation Cup in August 2015
•       Dutch teenager Max Verstappen to become youngest Formula One driver
•       India to be the launch-pad for Amazon's plan to deliver packages using drones
• Squash Legend of Pakistan Hashim Khan died
• ICICI Bank became the first bank in India to launch EMI facility on Debit Card
• Chinese authority arrested thousand members of Quannengshen religious cult
• Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi authored by Faraz Ahmad released