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Indian Railways develop medical trolley named ‘MEDBOT’

MEDBOT
  • To help deliver food and medicines to COVID-19 patients, Indian Railways has developed a remote-controlled medical trolley named ‘MEDBOT’.

Water Projects Sanctioned for Bundelkhand Region

PM Modi
  • To improve the water availability in the drought-prone Bundelkhand region, around 500 projects worth over Rs 10,000 crore have been sanctioned by the government.

First RORO Train flagged off from Bengaluru to Solapur

First RORO Train
  • The first ever Roll-On/Roll-Off (RO-RO) train between Bengaluru (Nelamangala) to Solapur (Maharashtra) flagged off by the Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa. It will cover a distance of 682 km.

Qutub Minar is illuminated in Poland’s national flag

Qutub Minar
  • To mark the Solidarity movement, Qutub Minar is illuminated in Poland’s national flag colours, white and red by the Embassy of Poland and Polish Institute in Delhi.

India’s first-ever woman ambulance driver appointed by TN

M Veeralakshmi
  • India’s first-ever woman ambulance driver appointed by TamilNadu. M Veeralakshmi was appointed driver of one of the newly launched ‘108’ ambulances in Tamil Nadu.

Japan commits ODA of Rs 3500 crore to fight COVID-19 in India

Indo-Japan
  • In order to fight the COVID-19 crisis, India will receive an Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan of an amount of JPY50 billion (approx. Rs. 3,500 crore) from the government of Japan for the COVID-19 Crisis Emergency Response Support.

NSO: India’s GDP has contracted by 23.9%

GDP
  • According to NSO, India’s GDP has contracted by 23.9% in the first quarter (April-June 2020) for FY21.

Adani to acquire Mumbai airport

Mumbai airport
  • Adani Airport Holdings (AAHL), which is a subsidiary and flagship holding company of Adani Group for its airport business, is all set to acquire Mumbai International airport. The airport which is a Joint Venture between the Airports Authority of India (AIA) and the GVK Industries Ltd is operated by Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL).

CII-GBC ‘National Energy Leader’ award: Hyderabad International Airport

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
  • At the 21st National Awards for ‘Excellence in Energy Management’, the GMR led Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (Hyderabad International Airport) awarded with the ‘National Energy Leader’ and ‘Excellent Energy Efficient Unit’ awards.

Six-month extension given to CBDT chairman Pramod Chandra Mody

Pramod Chandra Mody
  • The Government has extended the tenure of CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes) Chairman Pramod C Mody for six months with effect from August 1, 2020 to February 28, 2020 or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Kiara Advani appointed as the brand ambassador of Myntra

Kiara Advani
  • Kiara Advani appointed as the brand ambassador of the e-commerce website Myntra.

Former President Pranab Mukherjee passes away

Pranab Mukherjee
  • The former President of India, Pranab Mukherjee passed away at the age of 84. He had tested positive for the coronavirus disease before undergoing successful surgery to remove a brain clot
  • He was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2019.
  • He was the fifth president to receive this Bharat Ratna award.

Noted cardiologist Dr. S Padmavati passed away

Dr. S Padmavati
  • India’s First Female Cardiologist, Dr S. Padmavati Passed away at the age of 103 due to Covid-19. She was the founder of the National Heart Institute.

India’s Former Envoy For US, China and Pakistan: Katyayani Shankar Bajpai passed away

Katyayani Shankar Bajpai
  • India’s Former Envoy For US, China and Pakistan, Katyayani Shankar Bajpai passed away at the age of 92.

World’s Largest Solar Tree developed by CSIR-CMERI

Largest Solar Tree
  • The CSIR-CMERI has set up the world’s largest solar tree at its residential colony in Durgapur, West Bengal. The solar tree has an installed capacity above 11.5 kWp.
  • The annual capacity of the solar tree will include generating about 12,000-14,000 units of clean and green power.
  • Objective: to ensure maximum exposure of each Solar PV Panel to sunlight and create least amount of shadow area beneath.

IIT-Bombay students launch scanning app named ‘AIR Scanner’

AIR Scanner
  • AIR Scanner, a free-of-cost mobile application, has been developed by Rohit Kumar Chaudhary and Kavin Agrawal, two final-year B.Tech students in the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay under PM Modi’s Aatma Nirbhar Bharat.

1st September to 7th September observed as National Nutrition Week

National Nutrition Week
  • Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD), Government of India organised National Nutrition Week from 1st September to 7th September with an aim to educate the importance and role of nutrition in the human body.

2nd September is observed as World Coconut Day

World Coconut Day
  • 2nd September is observed as World Coconut Day with the theme ‘Invest in coconut to save the world’.

Swachhta Pakhwada is observed from 1-15th September by Dept of Fertilizers

Swachhta Pakhwada 2020
  • Swachhta Pakhwada is observed from 1-15th September by the Union Department of Fertilizers, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.

European Investment Bank to Invest € 650 Million in Kanpur’s 1st City Metro Line

European Investment Bank
  • For the construction of Kanpur’s(Uttar Pradesh) 1st city metro line, the European Investment Bank (EIB) will invest 650 million euro.