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STREE’ started in Hyderabad to assist and empower women against domestic violence

June 10, 2020
woman
  • In a bid to assist and empower women against domestic violence and abuse, the Hyderabad City Security Council (HCSC) in association with Hyderabad City Police has started the ‘STREE’ programme. The name shows the vision – “She Triumphs through Respect, Equality, and Empowerment” (STREE).

Adani Green Energy gets world’s largest solar bid worth $6 billion

June 10, 2020
Adani Green Energy
  • Adani Green Energy Ltd has come up as the world’s largest solar bid entailing building a photovoltaic (PV) power plant of 8,000 MW and installing up a domestic solar panel manufacturing capacity of 2,000 MW, envisaging a total investment of roughly $6 billion.

Indian Renjith Kumar respected with “NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal”

June 10, 2020
NASA
  • Renjith Kumar, Engineer from Kerala and Indian Entrepreneur based in Virginia is respected with NASA’s highest form of recognition for a non-governmental individual “NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal” for his work to NASA through executive leadership, engineering contribution, technical excellence and customer satisfaction.

India’s 800m runner Gomathi banned for four years for doping

June 10, 2020
Gomathi
  • India’s Gomathi Marimuthu will be stripped off her 2019 Asian Athletics Championships gold medal after she was given a four-year ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit for testing positive of doping.

NIRF Rankings 2020 stated IISc, JNU and BHU best universities in India

June 11, 2020
NIRF Rankings 2020
  • The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore has appeared as the best university in India accompanied by the Jawaharlal National University (JNU) and Banaras Hindu University (BHU), according to the National Indian Ranking Framework (NIRF) Ranking 2020.

Himachal CM starts ‘Panchvati Yojana’ for elderly folks, to develop 100 parks in the state

June 11, 2020
Panchvati Yojana
  • Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, on 9th June, started the “Panchavati Yojana” for senior citizens of rural areas in the state.
  • In this scheme, parks and gardens will be made in all the development blocks with essential facilities under the MNREGA scheme of the Rural Development Department.

India to be 2nd nation to have contact-free ATM cash withdrawals

June 11, 2020
contact-free ATM cash withdrawals
  • In order to exclude the use of the physical card or touch an ATM PIN pad, amid the expanse of coronavirus from contaminated surfaces, Empays Payment Systems has tied hands with Mastercard to begin “Cardless ATM powered by Mastercard” in India based on the standards of EMV (Europay, Mastercard, and Visa).

India to start first-ever coal trading exchange

June 11, 2020
coal
  • India is reportedly planning to start its first coal trading exchange on the grounds of commodity or energy exchanges. Coal consumers and traders throughout the country welcomed the move but said the exchange should be commenced only when there are more buyers and sellers.

Indian economy to rise at 9.5% in fiscal 2021-22: Fitch Ratings

June 11, 2020
GDP
  • Fitch Ratings has oozed confidence that the Indian economy will spring back from the prevailing contraction and slowdown mainly on the back of the COVID-19 pandemic and projected India’s GDP to rise at a healthy rate in the next fiscal year.
  • The credit rating agency has predicted India’s GDP to increase at 9.5 percent in FY 2021-22 after a contraction of 5% (means -5%) fiscal year 2020-21.

SahKathy Sullivan to be the first person to walk in space and reach ocean’s deepest point

June 11, 2020
NASA
  • Previous NASA astronaut Kathy Sullivan became the first woman to reach Challenger Deep, the deepest point in the ocean. Sullivan was also the first American woman to perform a spacewalk over 36 years ago. So right now, she’s the first human to have done both.

Russian high jumper Shustov gets four-year doping ban

June 11, 2020
Shustov
  • Russian high jumper Alexander Shustov, the 2010 European champion, has got a four-year ban for anti-doping violations.
  • Shustov, who withdrew from the competition in 2017, has been suspended until 2024 for “usage or attempted usage of a banned material or prohibited method”.

Gargo International proudly appoints Sonu Sood as its brand ambassador

June 11, 2020
Sonu Sood
  • The Gargo International, the Delhi based lubricant company under the RG group selects Sonu Sood as the brand ambassador in January 2020 and adored him now for his support service for the migrants and went live with their TVC starring Sonu Sood.

Madhya Pradesh Government announces ‘Roko-Toko’ Campaign

June 12, 2020
roko toko campaign
  • In its fights against combating the COVID-19 pandemic, the State Government of Madhya Pradesh will be launching a campaign named ‘Roko-Toko’ in the upcoming days. The campaign will focus on those who are not wearing masks in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
  • Roko-Toko meaning Stop and Campaign will be launched in the state through volunteering by select organizations. As wearing a mask is mandatory in public places across the state, under the campaign, the volunteers will be tasked to provide a mask to those who are not wearing it in public places and further a Rs 20 will also be charged from the person as a cost for the mask.

Karnataka bans online classes from LKG to V; cautions against rising fees

June 12, 2020
online class
  • Minister for primary and secondary education S Suresh Kumar on 10th June announced that online classes cannot be carried out for the kids from LKG to class V.
  • He also said that severe action will be taken against the schools charging additional fees in the name of online classes.

Forex reserves bounce $8.22 billion; cross half-a-trillion (500M) mark for first time

June 12, 2020
forex
  • The country’s foreign exchange reserves passed the half-a-trillion mark for the first time after it surged by huge $8.22 billion in the week ended June 5, as per the latest data from the RBI.

India’s economy to shrink by 3.7% (means -3.7%) in the fiscal year 2020-21 stated OECD

June 12, 2020
GDP
  • The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) declared India’s growth at -3.7% for the ongoing fiscal with a rider that growth could decline further to -7.3% in the event of a second COVID-19 outbreak, according to its Economic Outlook (EO) published on 10th June.

Indian Musician Shobha Sekhar gets “the Medal of the Order of Australia”

June 12, 2020
Shobha Sekhar
  • Indian Musician Shobha Sekhar, the founder of Kalakruthi a music organization in Australia gets the Medal of the Order of Australia(OAM) in the Queen’s Birthday 2020 for her contribution to Indian music and dance.

World Day Against Child Labour is observed on 12 June.

June 12, 2020
World Day Against Child Labour
  • World Day Against Child Labour is commemorated on June 12. The day is considered each year to highlight the barbarous practice of child labour.

Previous Planning Commission member Dr. Vaidyanathan passes away in Coimbatore

June 12, 2020
Dr. Vaidyanathan
  • Dr. A Vaidyanathan, a previous member of the Government of India’s Planning Commission, passed away late night on 10th June in Coimbatore.

Expert poet Gulzar Dehlvi passes away

June 12, 2020
Gulzar Dehlvi
  • Expert Urdu poet Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlvi passed away 12th June, less than a week after healing from the novel COVID-19. He was 93.

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