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Flipkart launched its own Startup Program named ‘Flipkart Leap’

August 11, 2020
Flipkart Leap
  • Flipkart launched its own 16 week long Startup Program named ‘Flipkart Leap’ to help to prepare the startups and make them market-ready and innovative problem solver. Basically flipkart will open new opportunities for startups in the country.

Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change launched National Portal on Human-Elephant

August 11, 2020
National Portal on Human-Elephant
  • Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change launched National Portal on Human-Elephant with an aim at collecting information on a regular basis in order to manage the conflicts between humans and elephants.

12th August observed as World Elephant day

August 12, 2020
World Elephant day
  • 12th August observed as World Elephant day to create awareness on elephant conservation and global elephant Protection.

12th August celebrated as International Youth Day

August 12, 2020
International Youth Day
  • 12th August celebrated as International Youth Day to raise awareness of challenges and problems facing the world’s youth.
  • Theme: Youth Engagement for Global Action

Agriculture and Welfare Ministry launches “Krishi Megh”

August 12, 2020
Krishi Megh
  • The Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar has launched the National Agricultural Research & Education System -Cloud Infrastructure and Services named Krishi Megh.

First city in India to have female icons on traffic signals: Mumbai

August 12, 2020
female icons on traffic signals
  • Mumbai’s Dadar has become the first city in India to have women symbols on traffic signals and signage. It was installed by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) that displays female icons sporting triangular frock, a shift from the default representation of men.

Gujarat government launched the ‘Mukhya Mantri Kisan Sahay Yojana’

August 12, 2020
Mukhya Mantri Kisan Sahay Yojana
  • Gujarat government launched the ‘Mukhya Mantri Kisan Sahay Yojana’ (MMKSY) only as a replacement of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) for a year. MMKSY will cover all the 56 lakh farmers in the state whereas PMFBY covers on an average, 15-17 lakh farmers applied for crop loan.

“Indira Van Mitan” Yojana rolled out by Chhattisgarh

August 12, 2020
Indira Van Mitan
  • “Indira Van Mitan” Yojana was rolled out by Chhattisgarh government with an aim to make the forest dwellers of the state self-reliant. Under this scheme, the government will form groups of youth in 10,000 villages of tribal areas of the state to conduct all forest based economic activities that will create self-employment opportunities for the forest dwellers.

Punjab to will soon launch a scheme to distribute smartphones

August 12, 2020
mobile
  • The Punjab government will soon launch  a scheme to distribute free smartphones to students across the state. In the first phase the scheme will be launched  at 26 different locations in Chandigarh and Punjab.

India’s 1st Pocket Android POS Device launched by Paytm

August 12, 2020
Pocket Android POS Device
  • India’s 1st Pocket Android POS(Point of Sale) Device, ‘Paytm All-in-One Portable Android Smart POS’ for contactless ordering and payments in India has been launched by PayTm.

Journalists Nitin Sethi and Shiv Sahay Singh awarded by Asian College of Journalism Award 2019

August 12, 2020
Asian College of Journalism Award
  • Journalists Nitin Sethi and Shiv Sahay Singh awarded by Asian College of Journalism Award 2019. Nitin Sethi awarded for investigative journalism and K P Narayana Kumar Memorial Award 2019 for Social Impact Journalism is bestowed upon Journalist  Shiv Sahay Singh.

Capital India Finance Limited Appointed Harsh Kumar Bhanwala as its new Executive Chairman

August 12, 2020
Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
  • Capital India Finance Limited Appointed former NABARD Chief Harsh Kumar Bhanwala as its new Executive Chairman. He served as chairman of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for over six years.

“Our Only Home: A Climate Appeal to the World”, by Dalai Lama to release in November

August 12, 2020
Our Only Home
  • Tibetan spiritual leader, Dalai Lama is set to release his new book “Our Only Home: A climate Appeal to the world” on Climate change co-written by German environmental Journalist Franz Alt in November.

A book Titled ‘Connecting, Communicating, Changing’ released

August 12, 2020
Connecting, Communicating, Changing
  • A book Titled ‘Connecting, Communicating, Changing,’ released by the Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi. This book is all about the years spent by the Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu in office.

PK Muthusamy Tamil film songwriter passes away

August 12, 2020
P K Muthusamy
  • P K Muthusamy a veteran Tamil film songwriter passed away. He was known for his Tamil film lyrics like ‘Mannukku Maram Baaramaa ?’ – which means ‘are the trees a burden on the earth?’.

Urdu Poet Rahat Indori passes away

August 12, 2020
Rahat Indori
  • Urdu poet Rahat Indori passed away. He was also a bollywood lyricist and known for the lyrics of songs like “M Bole to” from Munnabhai MBBS (2003), and “Neend Churai Mei” from Ishq (1997).

‘Itna Aasan Hai’ campaign started by Amazon India

August 12, 2020
Amazon
  • ‘Itna Aasan Hai’ campaign started by Amazon India to aware existing and prospective sellers who are on the platform, how easy and simple it is to sell on the e-commerce platform. It is a seller-driven campaign.

On 13th August Manipur observed the Patriots’ Day

August 13, 2020
Patriots' Day
  • Manipur observed Patriots day on 13th August to pay homage to the great martyrs of 1891 Anglo-Manipuri war.

‘Special Revival Campaign’ rolled out by LIC

August 13, 2020
Special Revival Campaign
  • Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has rolled out a special campaign named ‘Special Revival Campaign’ to revive lapsed policies named. The duration of their campaign is from 10 August to 9 October during which the customers can revive their individual lapsed policies.

Swachh Bharat Mission Academy launched by Jal Shakti Ministry

August 13, 2020
Swachh Bharat Mission Academy
  • The Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has recently launched Swachh Bharat Mission Academy under phase 2 of Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen).

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