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India stood 43rd on IMD’s World Competitiveness Index 2020; Singapore on top

June 16, 2020
IMD
  • India retains to place 43rd on an annual World Competitiveness Index arranged by Institute for Management Development (IMD) with some traditional weaknesses like bad infrastructure and inadequate education investment keeping its ranking low.

First nationwide online ‘Gas Trading Platform’ started by IGX

June 16, 2020
First nationwide online ‘Gas Trading Platform’ started by IGX
  • Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Dharmendra Pradhan started the Indian Gas Exchange (IGX), first nationwide online delivery-based gas trading platform. IGX will be a delivery-based trading platform for the delivery of Natural Gas. The trade on the platform began in his auspicious presence.

Minister of State for Home Affairs Kishan Reddy starts “GermiBAN” in Hyderabad

June 16, 2020
Minister of State for Home Affairs Kishan Reddy starts “GermiBAN” in Hyderabad
  • Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, G Kishan Reddy started GermiBAN at AIC ALEAP We-Hub, here, on 14th June.
  • The device begun has UV C and other B, C, D components, the patenting technology that destroys surface and air microbes at 99.9 percent, useful for quarantine wards, hospitals for killing viruses like Corona.

India with 12 countries heads “Verified” initiative of the United Nations to counter misinformation on COVID-19

June 16, 2020
COVID-19
  • India, along with 12 other countries, has led an initiative here targeted at spreading fact-based content to counter misinformation on the coronavirus, with over 130 nations supporting the global call to fight the “infodemic” associating to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Anmol Narang to be first observant Sikh to graduate from US Military Academy

June 16, 2020
Anmol Narang
  • Anmol Narang has created history by becoming the first observant Sikh to graduate from the esteemed United States Military Academy at West Point, and the Second Lieutenant is confident that her efforts to represent her religion and community will inspire Americans to learn more about Sikhism.

India 9th largest recipient of FDI in 2019 stated UN

June 16, 2020
FDI
  • India got USD 51 billion in foreign investment in 2019 and was the world’s 9th largest recipient of foreign direct investments (FDI) in 2019, as per a report by the UN’s trade body.

Airtel Payments Bank starts ‘Suraksha Salary’ account for MSMEs

June 16, 2020
Airtel Payments Bank
  • Airtel Payments Bank started a salary account for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME).
  • Through the ‘Suraksha Salary’ account, MSMEs and other organizations will allow them to make cashless payments and also give financial security blanket to their employees.

A short film made in Odisha village gets award in COVID-19 International film festival

June 16, 2020
Martyapura Re Jamaraj
  • Martyapura Re Jamaraj (‘Yamaraj on earth’), a short film released by a group from the Ankushpur village of Odisha’s Ganjam district has honored with a special jury award at the COVID-19 International Film Festival 2020.

Azerbaijan’s Mamedyarov Shakhriyar triumphs Sharjah World Stars online chess tournament; India’s P. Harikrishna 2nd

June 16, 2020
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar
  • Harikrishna was set joint second at the end of the opening day of the Sharjah World Stars online chess tournament. He totaled four points from five rounds to share the second place along with Rustam Kasmidzhanov of Uzbekistan.

500-yr-old temple comes up from Mahanadi water

June 17, 2020
500-yr-old temple comes up from Mahanadi water
  • An ancient temple, sunk in river Mahanadi, has reappeared after 11 years in Nayagarh district (Odisha). An archaeology survey team of Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) stumbled upon ‘mastaka’ of the temple submerged in Mahanadi waters at Padmabati village under Bhapur tehsil.

Bengal govt begins ”Karmo Bhumi” job portal for IT professionals

June 17, 2020
mamta
  • The West Bengal government on 16th June started a job portal for IT professionals who have come back to the state amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced.

India to be the founding member of the global alliance on Artificial Intelligence

June 17, 2020
AI
  • India joined international and multi-stakeholder initiative Global Partnership for Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) as its founding member on June 15, 2020. By becoming the founding member of the action, India has joined the leading nations of the world along with the UK, EU, US, Australia among others.

Maharashtra inks MoUs with domestic and international companies for FDI worth over Rs 16,000 crores

June 17, 2020
Maharashtra CM
  • Maharashtra inked 12 Memorandum of Understanding(MoUs) with 12 domestic and international companies for Foreign Direct Investment(FDI) worth over Rs 16,000 crores. It is a part of the Magnetic Maharashtra 2.0 initiative

Trustees of PM CARES select SARC & Associates as auditor of the fund

June 17, 2020
PM Modi
  • Trustees of the PM CARES Fund have selected SARC & Associates as auditor of the fund. Its website pmcares.gov.in tells trustees of the fund, which is called Prime Minister’s Citizens Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) Fund, designated “SARC & Associates, Chartered Accountants, New Delhi, as the auditors” for three years.

IBBI reconstitutes advisory panel on the corporate insolvency resolution process

June 17, 2020
IBBI
  • The insolvency regulator IBBI(Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India) has reconstituted the Advisory Committee on Corporate Insolvency Resolution and Liquidation process. This panel, which would be led by Uday Kotak, Executive Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Bank, comprises 13 members besides the Chairman.

India placed 6th as nuclear weapons increased since 2019; US tops: SIPRI’s Yearbook 2020

June 17, 2020
SIPRI’s Yearbook 2020
  • India and China have raised their nuclear arsenal over the last year, as per to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The Swedish think-tank that researches on conflict, armaments and arms charge also aimed out on Monday that China is significantly modernizing its nuclear arsenal.

17th June is observed as World day to combat desertification and drought

June 17, 2020
World day to combat desertification and drought
  • The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is celebrated every year to uplift public awareness of international efforts to combat desertification.
  • 2020 Theme: Food.Feed.Fibre.– the links between consumption and land.

Govt. start ‘Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan’ to support livelihood opportunities in rural India

June 18, 2020
Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi will start ‘Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan’ on June 20 to upgrade livelihood opportunities in rural India. “Government of India has planned to start a massive rural public works scheme ‘Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan’ to empower and give livelihood opportunities to the returnee migrant workers and rural citizens.

Intel agencies caution against the usage of 52 mobile apps with links to China

June 18, 2020
TikTok
  • Indian intelligence agencies have urged the government to block or advise people to discontinue the usage of 52 mobile applications linked to China over concerns that these aren’t safe and ended up extracting a vast amount of data outside India, people familiar with the development.

India gets 184 out 192 votes to enter UN Security Council

June 18, 2020
UN Security Council
  • India secured major diplomatic supremacy to enter the non-permanent category of the UN Security Council when polls were held for the five non-permanent members on 17th June. India won 184 votes out of 192 valid votes cast.

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