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Arunachal Pradesh to provide tap water to all rural homes by 2023

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  • Arunachal Pradesh State Government has announced that it is to provide 100% tap water connections to all the households in the State by 2023 under the Jal Jeevan Mission.

Niraman Mazdoor Registration Abhiyan launched by Delhi govt.

Niraman Mazdoor Registration Abhiyan
  • Niraman Mazdoor Registration Abhiyan launched by Delhi government for construction workers. Under this scheme a mega registration campaign for construction workers will be conducted from 24th August 2020 to 11th September 2020 to provide tech support to the construction workers.

1st Foreign Bank in India to launch a ‘Green Deposit Programme’: HSBC

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  • HSBC India becomes 1st Foreign Bank in India to launch a ‘Green Deposit Programme’ for corporate clients to finance green initiatives and eco-friendly projects like renewable energy, clean transportation, and pollution prevention among others, that promote transition to a low-carbon, climate resilient and sustainable economy.

Wabag wins 2020 Global Water Award

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  • Water technology major Va Tech Wabag bagged the 2020 Global Water Award for its 45 million litres a day Tertiary Treatment Reverse Osmosis (TTRO) plant at Koyambedu in Chennai. The plant bagged the distinction award under the ‘Wastewater project of the year’ category.

IBM partnered with NSDC to Offer Free Digital Education Platform

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  • IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) announced its collaboration with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to offer a free digital education platform on emerging technologies and professional skill development and to equip the next generation with digital skills.

To boost Online learning Google Launches ‘The Anywhere School’

The Anywhere School
  • Google launched ‘The Anywhere School’ initiative to boost online learning in more than 250 countries around the world with the aim to benefit millions of students who have switched to learning from home, due to the pandemic.
  • Google is also bringing Assignments, an application for learning management system (LMS), which will help the teachers to analyze, distribute and grade the work of students.

Kerala hosts dragonfly festival

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  • WWF-India State unit has joined hands with the Society for Odonate Studies (SOS) and Thumbipuranam for the first-ever State Dragonfly Festival in Kerala, christened Thumbimahotsavam 2020. Pantalu’ is the official mascot of the festival.

Ahmedabad Railway Division: Introduces Baggage Sanitization and Wrapping Machine

Ahmedabad Railway Division
  • Ahmedabad Railway Division launched the Baggage Sanitization and Wrapping Machine at the Ahmedabad Railway station to ensure safe travel for the passengers during the Pandemic.
  • The Ahmedabad Railway Division has introduced the machine after considering the increase in transport and travel services after Unlock-1 Phase.

MCX Launched India’s 1st Tradeable Real-Time Bullion Index

Multi Commodity Exchange of India
  • Multi-Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX) has launched futures trading on the country’s first tradeable real-time bullion index named MCX iCOMDEX Bullion , or Bulldex. The index will track the real-time performance of the gold (1kg) and silver (30kg) futures contracts, the flagship future products on the Exchange.

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