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Karnataka’s Hubballi to be the world’s longest railway platform

Karnataka’s Hubballi to be the world’s longest railway platform
  • Karnataka’s Hubballi railway station is ready to get the world’s longest railway platform with measurement of 1,400 meters length and 10 meters width. Confirming the same, South Western Railway (SWR) officials stated that the extension work in Platform number 1 of the Hubballi Junction is underway.

Govt starts “TULIP” portal to provide internships to graduates, engineers

Govt starts “TULIP” portal to provide internships to graduates, engineers
  • Union human resource development (HRD) minister Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and minister of housing and urban affairs (MoHUA) Hardeep Singh Puri on 4th June together initiated The Urban Learning Internship Programme (TULIP) to give internship opportunities to thousands of fresh graduates and engineers of the county under the ‘Smart City’ projects.

5th June is observed on World Environment Day

World Environment Day
  • We would not be able to survive if we do not have clean air and water and land to live on, so on June 5 of every year World Environment Day is celebrated
  • The theme of World Environment Day 2020 is ‘Celebrating Biodiversity’

Forbes highest-paid celebrities: Kylie Jenner ranks first and Akshay Kumar (Rank 52) only Indian on the list

Akshay Kumar
  • Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar is the only Indian star to feature on Forbes 2020 list of World’s 100 Highest-Paid celebrities. While the actor’s rank has observed a drop from last year. Forbes also showed the actor’s earning and stated that Akshay had an approximated $48.5 million earnings this year, matched to $65 million last year. From the 33rd spot, Akshay has fallen to the 52nd spot.

In THE Asia University Ranking 2020, 8 Indian institutes come into top 100

THE Asia University Ranking 2020
  • Time Higher Education (THE) has declared the THE Asia University Rankings 2020. 56 Indian institutes participated in the rankings this year from which eight have come in the top 100. Among the Indian institutes, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore has appeared as the best with reserving its place at the 36th rank.

Rohit Sharma to be IIFL Finance’s first-ever brand ambassador

Rohit Sharma
  • India opener Rohit Sharma has inked with IIFL Finance as its first-ever brand ambassador.
  • IIFL Finance, one of Indias preceding Non-Banking Finance Companies, with over Rs 36,000 crore of assets under management, efforts to stand out for being honest with its customers.

Power Minister starts the ‘#iCommit’ initiative on World Environment Day

Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar started the “Nagar Van” scheme
  • Shri R. K. Singh, the Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy,  started the ‘#iCommit’ campaign, on the occasion of World Environment Day. The initiative is a clarion call to all stakeholders and individuals to keep moving towards energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainability to make a robust and resilient energy system in the future.

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