• Novak Djokovic has defeated Argentine Diego Schwartzman, 7-6, 5-3, to win 2020 Men’s Single Italian Open title and his fifth overall Rome title.

• In Women’s single, Simona Halep defeated champion Karolina Pliskova, 6-0, 2-1, to win her first Italian Open title.

• Novak Djokovic has defeated Argentine Diego Schwartzman, 7-6, 5-3, to win 2020 Men’s Single Italian Open title and his fifth overall Rome title.

• In Women’s single, Simona Halep defeated champion Karolina Pliskova, 6-0, 2-1, to win her first Italian Open title.

• Nepal-based Ang Rita Sherpa, the first man to climb Mount Everest 10 times, passed away.

• He made all the ascents to the world’s tallest mountain between 1983 and 1996 and that too without bottled oxygen.

• He was therefore also known as the “snow leopard” for his climbing skills.

• The mountaineering legend was awarded a prestigious Guinness World Record certificate for making the most number of successful ascents on the 8,848-meter Mt Everest without using supplemental oxygen.

• The Union Minister, Dr Jitendra Singh has unveiled the Logo and song for festival “Destination North East-2020” (The Emerging Delightful Destinations) through a video conference.

• The four-day event is to be formally inaugurated by Home Minister Amit Shah on September 27, 2020.

• Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi has been awarded the Ig Nobel Prize 2020 for Medical Education.

• He has been awarded the prestigious award for “using the COVID-19 pandemic to teach the world that politicians can have a more immediate effect on life and death than scientists and doctors can”.

• PM Modi is the second Indian Prime Minister to be honoured with the Ig Nobel Prize. Prior to this, Atal Bihari Vajpayee was awarded in 1998.

• He jointly won the Ig Nobel Peace Prize with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan for aggressively peaceful explosions of atomic bombs.

• Former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief, Anil Dhasmana has been appointed as the chief of the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO).

• Dhasmana succeeds former Intelligence Bureau officer Satish Jha, who demitted office.

• Dhasmana, a 1981 batch IPS officer, is a Pakistan expert and was the lead planner of the Balakot airstrikes in February 2019.

• He had stepped down a few months later when his extended term due to the general elections ended in June 2019.

• The aviation company airbus launched three concepts for the first zero emission commercial aircraft. Their aircraftcraft is to enter into service by 2035.

• The three concepts of the company has been introduced under the code name ZEROe. The concept of are as follows:

• Turbofan design. It can accommodate 120 to 200 passengers and can fly at a range of 2000 plus nautical miles.

• Blended wing body design. This type can accommodate up to 200 passengers. Here the wings merge with the main body of the aircraft.

• Turboprop design. This type of aircraft can accommodate up 200 passengers. It is capable of travelling at a speed of 1000 + nautical miles. They are perfect for short haul trips.

• Indian director Chaitanya Tamhane's "The Disciple" won the Amplify Voices Award at the 45th Toronto International Film Festival.

• It share the prize with Ivorian director Phillipe Lacote's "Night of the Kings".

• American-Chinese director Chloe Zhao's "Nomadland", the Venice Golden Lion winner, took home TIFF's coveted People's Choice Award, which is regarded as a prognosticator for the Oscar Awards.

• The first runner-up for the People's Choice Award was Oscar-winning actor Regina King's directorial debut, "One Night in Miami...", also one of the best-regarded films in the festival programme, while the second runner-up prize went to the Canadian title "Beans", directed by Mohawk filmmaker Tracey Deer.

• IDFC Mutual Fund has started a new campaign called SIFI or `SIP in Fixed Income’.

• The new campaign called SIFI has been launched to make investors more aware about the benefits of investing in fixed income products via Systematic Investment Plans.

• Volvo Car India has partnered with HDFC Bank to launch Volvo Car Financial Services to enable buyers get easy finance for its vehicles.

• The service facilitates finance of up to 100% of ex-showroom price of the car and offers convenient repayment options, with no foreclosure charges under specific conditions.

• It is a faster, flexible and cost-optimised solution to finance a Volvo car.