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“Mission Karmayogi” approved by the Government

September 3, 2020
Mission Karmayogi
  • The Union Cabinet approved Mission Karmayogi for Civil Services Capacity Building.
  • Mission Karmayogi is a national programme for civil services capacity building to lay the foundation for the capacity building for civil servants.
  • Mission Karmayogi will make civil servants more efficient, responsive and accountable to the needs of the citizens by ensuring that the right person with right competencies is at the right position.

Government of India Blocks 118 Mobile Apps

September 3, 2020
118 Mobile Apps
  • The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India has decided to block 118 mobile apps in view of the emergent nature of threats.
  • The step is expected to safeguard the interests of crores of Indian mobile and internet users and will also ensure safety, security and sovereignty of Indian cyberspace.

‘Water Heroes’ Contest launched by Jal Shakti Ministry

September 3, 2020
Tap
  • The Jal Shakti ministry has launched a” Water Heroes – Share Your Stories” contest with an aim to reach out to people with the important message of water conservation and management.
  • The primary objectives of the Ministry of Jal Shakti are to make water conservation a people’s movement and strengthen the water consciousness in the country.
  • A maximum of 10 entries can be considered for the awards every month.
  • All selected entries will be awarded a cash prize of Rs 10,000 and a certificate.

Indian astronomers have discovered one of the farthest star galaxies in the universe

September 2, 2020
Universe
  • Indian astronomers have discovered one of the farthest star galaxies in the universe. The galaxy is called AUDFs01. The galaxy is estimated to be located 9.3 billion light-years away from the Earth.

“Chhavni COVID: Yodha Sanrakshan Yojana” launched by Defence Ministry

September 2, 2020
Rajnath Singh
  • A group life insurance scheme through the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) named “Chhavni COVID: Yodha Sanrakshan Yojana” launched by the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for more than 10000 employees working in the 62 military cantonment areas across India.
  • The scheme will provide a cover of Rs.5 lakhs each in the event of any fatal misfortune.

MoD inked Contracts with Indian Companies of worth Rs 2580 Cr for the Supply of Pinaka Regiments to Indian Army

September 2, 2020
Pinaka Regiments
  • The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed contracts with Bharat Earth Movers Ltd. (BEML), Tata Power Company Ltd. (TPCL) and Larsen & Toubro (L&T) for supply of Six Pinaka Regiments to the Regiment of Artillery of the Indian Army at an approximate cost of Rs. 2580 Crores.

“The Big Thoughts of Little Luv” authored by Karan Johar

September 2, 2020
The Big Thoughts of Little Luv
  • Bollywood Filmmaker, Karan Johar authored a children’s picture book titled “The Big Thoughts of Little Luv” inspired by his Twins Yash and Roohi. The book will be published by Juggernaut Books.

Press Trust of India elected Aveek Sarkar as its new Chairman

September 2, 2020
Aveek Sarkar
  • Press Trust of India elected Aveek Sarkar as its new Chairman. He succeeds Vijay Kumar Chopra, Chief Editor of the Punjab Kesari Group of newspapers.

Hindustan Shipyard Limited appointed Hemant Khatri as its new CMD

September 2, 2020
Hemant Khatri
  • Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) appointed Hemant Khatri as its new CMD. He will replace Rear Admiral L V Sarat Babu (Retd). Previously, Hemant Khatri was serving as the Director of Strategic Projects HSL.

As per the SBI Ecowrap Report, India’s Real GDP likely to contract by 10.9% in FY21

September 2, 2020
GDP
  • The State Bank of India’s (SBI) Ecowrap report estimated that the real Gross domestic Product(GDP) for FY21 is expected to shrink by around 10.9%(-10.9%), a decline of full year growth, against its earlier estimate of 6.8%.

ICICI Prudential Life launched voice chatbot named “LiGo”

September 2, 2020
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited
  • An Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered voice chatbot named “LiGo” launched by ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited to provide an easy to use and convenient service touch-point for customers.

India-Japan-Australia to Launch Resilient Supply Chain Initiative

September 2, 2020
India Japan Australia
  • India, Japan and Australia agreed to launch a trilateral Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI) in the Indo-Pacific region which will help in building a resilient supply chain with focus on free, transparent trade & investment environment in the region.

Anti-electricity theft police stations to be set up by UP

September 2, 2020
Anti-electricity theft police stations
  • Anti-electricity theft police stations to be set up by Uttar Pradesh government in every district of state to resolve the problem of power theft.

A month long Rashtriya Poshan Abhiyan is observed by Nagaland

September 2, 2020
Rashtriya Poshan Abhiyan
  • A month long Rashtriya Poshan Abhiyan is observed by Nagaland with an aim to achieve improvement in the status of nutrition of women and children.

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

September 2, 2020
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.

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

September 2, 2020
Swachhta Pakhwada 2020
  • Swachhta Pakhwada is observed from 1-15th September by the Union Department of Fertilizers, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.

2nd September is observed as World Coconut Day

September 2, 2020
World Coconut Day
  • 2nd September is observed as World Coconut Day with the theme ‘Invest in coconut to save the world’.

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

September 2, 2020
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.

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

September 1, 2020
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.

World’s Largest Solar Tree developed by CSIR-CMERI

September 1, 2020
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.

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