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Andhra Pradesh to begin online waste management platform

June 8, 2020
Andhra govt
  • On World Environment Day, Andhra Pradesh will release an online waste management platform to control liquid waste, hazardous, and non-hazardous solid waste and air pollutants. The Andhra Pradesh Environment Management Corporation (APEMC), which will supervise the platform

Gairsain become the summer capital of Uttarakhand

June 8, 2020
Gairsain become the summer capital of Uttarakhand
  • Gairsain in Chamoli district was announced as the summer capital of Uttarakhand on 8th June. CM Trivendra Singh Rawat’s statement about Gairsain in the Vidhan Sabha and a major promise made by the party in its manifesto for 2017.

India, Denmark ink MoU for developing cooperation in power sector

June 8, 2020
India and Denmark
  • India and Denmark have inked an MoU for developing cooperation in the power sector.
  • The MoU inked between the Ministry of Power and the Ministry for Energy, Utilities and Climate, Government of Denmark, is to produce a strong, deep and long-term co-operation between two countries in the power sector on the grounds of equality, reciprocity and mutual benefit.

Wipro pairs up with IBM to offer Cloud solutions

June 8, 2020
Wipro pairs up with IBM
  • Wipro has paired up with IBM to assist customers to embark on a hybrid cloud migration journey.
  • Through this alliance, Wipro would produce hybrid cloud offerings to support businesses migrate, manage and modify mission-critical operations and applications across public or private cloud and on-premise IT environments.

Krishnendu Majumdar appointed as the new chairman of BAFTA

June 8, 2020
Krishnendu Majumdar
  • The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has selected Krishnendu Majumdar to be their first person of color to Chairman the academy. Majumdar is also the youngest chair in BAFTA’s 73-years of history.

Javed Akhtar to be only Indian to get prestigious Richard Dawkins Award

June 8, 2020
Javed Akhtar
  • Expert writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar said he is honored to be selected this year’s recipient of the Richard Dawkins Award as he has been a big fan of the world-renowned English evolutionary biologist in whose name the recognition is presented.

Russia’s Daniil Dubov gets chess Rapid Challenge in Armageddon

June 8, 2020
Daniil Dubov
  • In chess, the final of the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge moved all the way to a tie-breaking Armageddon match from which Russian Daniil Dubov become the champion after beating Hikaru Nakamura of the United States.

8th June is observed as World Oceans Day

June 8, 2020
World Oceans Day
  • June 8th is observed as World Oceans Day to aware everyone about the significance of oceans’ role in our everyday life.
  • Theme 2020: ‘Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean’.

Union Minister Jitendra Singh starts ‘COVID BEEP’ app for COVID-affected patients

June 9, 2020
Union Minister Jitendra Singh starts ‘COVID BEEP’ app for COVID-affected patients
  • Union Minister Jitendra Singh on  June 7, released the ‘COVID BEEP’ app, the country’s first indigenous wireless physiological parameters monitoring system promoted for COVID-19 affected patients.

Plantation drive called “Thank Mom” began in Madhya Pradesh

June 9, 2020
Plantation
  • In Madhya Pradesh, a plantation drive called “Thank Mom” has been commenced on the axioms of Social Justice and Disabled Welfare Directorate from today on World Environment Day.

“Bande Utkala Janani” receives state anthem status in Odisha

June 9, 2020
Govt. of Odisha
  • The Odisha Cabinet on 7th June recommended a proposal to give state anthem status of Odisha to ”Bande Utkala Janani”.
  • Parliamentary Affairs Minister Bikram Keshari Arukh said that the Cabinet led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik agreed with state anthem status to ”Bande Utkala Janani”.

Gujarat is on the first place in FSSAI food safety index for 2019-20

June 9, 2020
FSSAI
  • In the Largest States, Gujarat is on the first place, following by Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra food safety in 2019-20, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) announced on 7th June.

Madhya Pradesh started “Mukhyamantri Shahri Path Vyavasayi Utthan Yojana” for Street Vendors

June 9, 2020
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
  • Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh began Street Vendor Registration Portal http://www.mpurban.gov.in/and “Mukhyamantri Shahri Path Vyavasayi Utthan Yojana” and transferred Rs 300 crore to the urban local bodies.

India stands 168th on Environmental Performance Index 2020, Denmark top

June 9, 2020
Environment
  • India has stood on 168th out of 180 countries in the 2020 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), according to researchers at Yale and Columbia universities, who state that India’s decarbonization agenda requires to expedite, and the country suffers a number of serious environmental health risks, including poor air quality.

The global economy will decline by 5.2% in 2020: World Bank

June 9, 2020
World Bank
  • The global economy is on way to drop by 5.2 % this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the deepest recession since the Second World War, the World Bank Group stated in its latest Global Economic Prospects.

India’s economy to shrink by 3.2% (means -3.2%) in the fiscal year 2020-21: World Bank

June 9, 2020
GDP
  • The World Bank assumes India’s economy to contract 3.2% in the current fiscal year (2020-21), a sharp downgrade from its April projection of 1.5%-2.8% growth, citing rigorous lockdown and spillovers from weaker global growth.

Anil Valluri enters Google Cloud India as Senior Director

June 9, 2020
Anil Valluri
  • Google is making a change in its Google Cloud managerial division. It has selected Anil Valluri as the Senior Director for Google Cloud India. Valluri has over 30 years of knowledge in sales and marketing in the hi-tech industry.

Govt allows Rs. 1,280 Crore for implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in Madhya Pradesh during 2020-21

June 10, 2020
Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Jal)
  • The government of India signed ₹1,280 Crore for implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in the State in 2020-21. Madhya Pradesh has prepared to have 100% Functional Household Tap Water Connection (FHTC) by 2023-24.

Mumbai most precious Indian city for expats, 60th most expensive in World stated 2020 Cost of Living Survey’

June 10, 2020
Nana Shankarsheth Mumbai Central railway station
  • India’s financial capital Mumbai has appeared as the most expensive city in the country for expatriates in terms of the value of living.
  • According to Mercer’s ‘2020 Cost of Living Survey’, Mumbai is the 60th most valuable city for expatriates globally, while it ranks 19th in Asia.

Maximum ever allocation of fund worth Rs 1,01,500 crore in MGNREGS for FY 2020-21

June 10, 2020
MGNREGS for FY 2020-21
  • A plan of Rs 1,01,500 crore has been presented under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in the present financial year 2020-2021.
  • For the financial year 2020-21, a total of Rs 31,493 crore has already been released which is more than 50 percent of the budget calculation of the current Financial Year.

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