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India falls 6 Places to be indexed 23rd in StartupBlink’s Startup Ecosystem Rankings 2020, US Top

June 3, 2020
Top tech giants
  • India has fallen 6 places to be ranked at 23rd spot in the StartupBlink’s Startup Ecosystem Rankings 2020, with a score of 5.698. Last year it was arranged at the 17th spot. The ranking is based upon three key factors: Quantity, Quality and Business Environment.

Covid-19 can turn 60 million into poverty, adopt comprehensive policies: WB

June 3, 2020
Coronavirus
  • The World Bank on 2nd June made countries to go for comprehensive policies to promote long-term growth along with short term measures to address health emergencies and secure core public duties in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, between indications that 60 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty in 2020.

PM Modi designates committee headed by Rajnath Singh for MSME loan scheme implementation

June 3, 2020
rajnath singh
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has selected a committee headed by Rajnath Singh to fix any problem in the implementation of the Rs 3 lakh crore collateral-free loan scheme for MSMEs.

Pradip Kumar Tripathi appointed as Steel Secretary

June 3, 2020
Pradip Kumar Tripathi
  • Senior IAS officer Pradip Kumar Tripathi on 1 June took over the command as Secretary in the Ministry of Steel. Mr. Tripathi replaces Binoy Kumar, who superannuated on May 31, 2020.

Lakshmi Vilas Bank continues tenure of MD and CEO

June 3, 2020
Lakshmi Vilas Bank continues tenure of MD and CEO
  • Reserve Bank of India, the Board of Directors of Lakshmi Vilas Bank at their meeting organized today i.e. 01.06.2020 have continued the tenure of appointment of Shri Subramanian Sundar as Managing Director & CEO (Interim) of the Bank till November 30, 2020, or till regular MD & CEO takes charge.

SAI to release Khelo India e-Pathshala, an online coaching programme for grassroot level

June 3, 2020
Sports Authority of India
  • The Sports Authority of India (SAI) is all set to start Khelo India e-Pathshala in association with National Sports Federations (NSF) from June 1 with a plan to produce first-ever national-level open online coaching and education programme for grassroot-level athletes.

3rd June is observed as World Bicycle Day 2020

June 3, 2020
World Bicycle Day
  • World Bicycle Day is celebrated on 3 June 2020 globally. The Third World Bicycle Day is being honored and glorified on this date. The United Nations commemorated the first World Bicycle Day on Sunday, June 3, 2018, at the UN General Assembly in New York.

Expert Lyricist Anwar Sagar passes away

June 3, 2020
Anwar Sagar
  • Ace lyricist Anwar Sagar passed away on 3rd June. Anwar wrote many famous songs in the 80s and 90s. He wrote the lyrics of the song “Waada Raha Sanam” for the 1992 film Khiladi, starring Akshay Kumar and Ayesha Jhulka.

Indian writer Kritika Pandey gets the regional award for Asia in 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize

June 3, 2020
Kritika Pandey
  • Kritika Pandey, a writer from Ranchi, was on 2nd June declared as the regional winner for Asia in the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.
  • The 29-year-old writer got for her story The Great Indian Tee and Snakes, which is about two young people trying to tell the idea of love in an era of hatred and prejudice.

Modi-Morrison online summit: India, Australia sign landmark defense pact

June 4, 2020
Modi-Morrison online summit
  • India and Australia on 4th June upgraded their bonds to a comprehensive strategic partnership and inked seven agreements including a landmark deal for reciprocal access to military bases for logistics support through an online summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison.

Govt. Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) campaign started for 1.5 crore dairy farmers

June 4, 2020
Kisan Credit Cards
  • The Government will give Kisan Credit Card (KCC) to 1.5 crore dairy farmers relating to Milk Unions and Milk producing Companies within the succeeding two months (1st June-31st July 2020) under a exceptional drive.

Govt starts SWADES scheme for jobs opportunities to returning Indians from abroad

June 4, 2020
SWADES
  • The government has started a new scheme SWADES (Skilled Workers Arrival Database for Employment Support) to carry out a skill mapping exercise and present employment opportunities to the returning citizens under the Vande Bharat Mission.

Uday Kotak selected as CII President

June 4, 2020
Uday Kotak
  • Expert banker Uday Kotak has been selected as the new President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2020-21. Uday, who was also the President-Designate of CII for the last two years, will substitute Vikram Kirloskar.

Twitter selects ex-Google CFO as new board chairman

June 4, 2020
Patrick Pichette
  • Twitter on 3rd June designated ex-Google chief financial officer Patrick Pichette as the company’s new chairman of the board. Pichette takes over the role after joining Twitter’s board of directors in 2017.

National Fertilizers Limited selects V N Datt as Chairman & Managing Director

June 4, 2020
National Fertilizers Limited selects V N Datt as Chairman & Managing Director
  • Virendra Nath Datt, Director (Marketing), National Fertilizers Limited -NFL has appointed as Chairman & Managing Director of the Company on 4th June. Datt is linked with Company as Director (Marketing) since October 2018.

RK Chaturvedi takes over Charge as Secretary, Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals

June 4, 2020
RK Chaturvedi
  • Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi (IAS) has taken over charge as Secretary in the Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers on 1st June. With this, Chaturvedi has substituted P Raghavendra Rao who superannuated on May 31.

NGO ‘SEEDS’ gets the World No Tobacco Day Award 2020

June 4, 2020
Socio-Economic and Educational Development Society
  • World Health Organization(WHO) has hosted the World No Tobacco Day Award 2020 to Socio-Economic and Educational Development Society(SEEDS), an Indian non-governmental organization(NGO), one among the 3 SouthEast Asian Region awardees, for its struggles to ban pan masala, gutkha, e-cigarettes and hookah in Bihar and Jharkhand.

DRDO prepares ‘Ultra Swachh’ for PPE disinfection

June 4, 2020
DRDO prepares ‘Ultra Swachh’ for PPE disinfection
  • The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on 2nd June said that it has prepared a disinfection unit called ”Ultra Swachh” to disinfect a broad range of materials, including Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs), electronics items and fabrics.

4th June is observed as International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

June 4, 2020
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
  • United Nations observes June 4 of annually as the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression. These vulnerable members of the society are supplied in wars, their schools are attacked, and are often sexually abused, abducted and killed.

Famous filmmaker Basu Chatterjee passes away at 90

June 4, 2020
Basu Chatterjee
  • Famous film director and screenwriter Basu Chatterjee, popular for his pragmatic and groundbreaking movies such as Rajnigandha, Chitchor, Baton Baton Mein, and Ek Ruka Hua Faisla, passed away on 4th June in Mumbai, because of age-related ailments. He was 90 years old.

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