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Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, Chairman of NHAI receives 6 months extension

July 4, 2020
Sukhbir Singh Sandhu
  • Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, the Chairman of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) receives a 6 months continuation in his tenure as Chairman of NHAI. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet accepted the extension in central deputation tenure of Sandhu as Chairman of NHAI beyond 21st July 2020, till mid-January 2021.

IIT Kanpur prepares Virtual Classroom support, ‘Mobile Masterjee’

July 4, 2020
IIT
  • The Indian Institute of Technology(IIT)  Kanpur has prepared virtual classroom assistance,  ‘Mobile Masterjee’ to support rural schools to overcome the teaching and learning difficulties created by the pandemic.

Researches discover Jupiter like planet:TOI-849b, first-ever planetary core

July 4, 2020
TOI-849b
  • The researchers found first-ever planetary core Jupiter-like planet, TOI-849b, 39 times larger than the Earth, orbiting around a distant star with temperature lower than the Sun, the planet is placed around 730 light-years away from Earth.

Ratnakar Matkari posthumously praised with Natvarya Prabhakar Panshikar award

July 4, 2020
Ratnakar Matkari
  • The Government of Maharashtra declared that Dadasaheb Phalke and Sahitya Akademi winner Ratnakar Matkari will be posthumously praised with the Natvarya Prabhakar Panshikar award for his lifetime contribution to the theaters and arts. The award includes a citation, a memento and a cash prize of Rs.5 lakh.

Vice President of India to release Elyments, first Indian Social Media Super App

July 5, 2020
Elyments
  • Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu is to release Elyments, the first Indian Social Media Super App, on 5th July 2020. More than 1000 IT experts jointly designed the indigenous first social media super-app.

Delhi L-G Anil Baijal introduces world’s ‘largest’ COVID care centre

July 5, 2020
world’s ‘largest’ COVID care centre
  • Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal started the 10,000-bed Sardar Patel COVID care centre, the “largest” of its type in the world, at the Radha Soami Satsang Beas here on 5th July.

AMC starts Dhanvantri Rath to take Non-COVID healthcare services to doorsteps in Ahmedabad

July 5, 2020
Dhanvantri Rath
  • Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has started Dhanvantri Rath to take Non-COVID healthcare services such as diabetes, blood pressure, heart ailment, etc. to peoples’ doorsteps between the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Maharashtra Govt and UK India Business Council stretch MoU to Foster Sustainable Business

July 5, 2020
Maharashtra Government and UK India Business Council Extend MoU to Foster Sustainable Business
  • Maharashtra Govt.and UK India Business Council today inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), to support the state to proactively better its business environment and grow its collaboration with British business.

ADB becomes the observer of Network for Greening the Financial System

July 5, 2020
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
  • The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has paired-up with the central banks and supervisors Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) as an observer particularly for fighting climate change, making climate and disaster resilience, and improving environmental sustainability.

HDFC Bank to provide ‘ZipDrive’, an Online Instant Auto Loans to its Customers

July 5, 2020
HDFC Bank
  • HDFC Bank declared it will provide ZipDrive instant auto loans to customers in 1,000 cities all over India. ZipDrive is HDFC Bank’s instant auto loan disbursal product for clients with the pre-approved offers. The product will now be present in tier 2 and 3 cities all over India.

Lt. Col. Bharat Pannu makes history by achieving a podium place at the first edition of Virtual Race Across America

July 5, 2020
Lt. Col. Bharat Pannu
  • Lt. Col. Bharat Pannu, a serving Indian Army Officer created history on 28th June 2020 by successfully achieving a podium spot at the first edition of the Virtual Race Across America (VRAAM) 2020 and became the first Indian ever to attain a podium place at an international ultra-cycling race.

Union HRD Minister and Sports Minister start ‘Fit Hai to Hit Hai India’ under Fit India campaign for school children

July 5, 2020
Fit India campaign
  • Union Human Resource Development Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ and Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs and Ministry of Minority Affairs Shri Kiren Rijiju talked to students here under the Fit India drive by the Government of India. Olympic medal winner badminton player Ms. P.V Sindhu and Indian football team Captain Shri. Sunil Chhetri was also there at the launch of the “Fit Hai To Hit Hai India” program arranged under the Fit India campaign.

Quinton De Kock and Laura Wolvaardt named as Cricketer of the year in Cricket South Africa’s annual awards

July 5, 2020
Quinton De Kock and Laura Wolvaardt
  • Quinton de Kock and Laura Wolvaardt won the highest accolade that Cricket South Africa (CSA) has to offer when they were identified SA Men’s and SA Women’s Cricketer of the Year in their particular categories at CSA’s virtual awards ceremony.

Odisha Govt starts ‘Balaram Yojana’ to give agricultural loan to landless farmers

July 6, 2020
Balaram Yojana
  • The Odisha government has started a scheme ‘Balaram’ to give agricultural credit of Rs 1,040 crore to landless farmers who are facing difficulties because of the COVID-19 outbreak. Almost seven lakh landless cultivators will be helped from the programme in the next two years.

Himachal Pradesh to be the first state in India to have LPG Gas Connection in every house

July 6, 2020
Himachal Pradesh CM
  • Himachal Pradesh has come up as the first state in the country to have 100 percent households with LPG gas connections, chief minister Jai Ram Thakur declared on 6th July.

PM Modi introduces the largest solar plant of Asia in Madhya Pradesh

July 6, 2020
solar plant
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate Asia’s Largest 750 MW Ultra Mega Solar Power Plant located in Rewa On 10 July. PM Modi is ready to dedicate the nation Asia’s largest solar power plant.

MP starts ‘Intzaar Aap Ka’ campaign in order to lure tourists

July 6, 2020
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
  • In Madhya Pradesh, in order to draw the attention of tourists to the tourist places of the state; ‘Intzaar Aap Ka’ which means ‘waiting for you’ campaign has commenced on social media platforms.

U.P Chief Minister initiates ‘Mission Vriksharopan-2020’

July 6, 2020
Plantation
  • Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on 5th July initiated ‘Mission Vriksharopan-2020‘ in Kukarel forest of the capital city Lucknow. Under this programme, more than 25 crore trees will be planted across the state.

Karnataka starts Weavers Sammaan Yojana

July 6, 2020
Weavers Sammaan Yojana
  • Karnataka’s Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa began Weavers Sammaan Yojana on 6th July. Under this scheme, 19,744 handloom weavers will get yearly financial support of two thousand rupees through Direct Benefit Transfer.

World Zoonoses Day celebrated on 6 July

July 6, 2020
World Zoonoses Day
  • World Zoonoses Day is observed annually on July 6 to spread awareness of the risk of zoonotic diseases. It was on July 6, 1885, when Louis Pasteur successfully discovered the first vaccine against Rabies virus, which is a zoonotic disease.

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