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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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

India ranks 12th on the Nature Index 2020

June 15, 2020
Nature Index
  • India has placed on 12th position, globally in science research output as per the newly-released Nature Index table 2020.
  • Globally the top-rated Indian institutions in this table are CSIR, a group of 39 institutions at the 160th position and IISc Bangalore at the 184th.

Facebook, Google and Microsoft ties-up for “Project Protect” to combat online child sexual abuse

June 15, 2020
Facebook and Google
  • Facebook joined Google, Microsoft and 15 other tech companies to declare the formation of “Project Protect”: A plan to fight online child sexual abuse – a renewed commitment and investment from the Technology Coalition growing its scope and impact to defend kids online and guide its work for the next 15 years.

Govt starts Aarogya Path portal for healthcare supply chain

June 15, 2020
PM Modi
  • The central government digitally started AarogyaPath on June 12, 2020. It is a web-based solution for the healthcare supply chain portal. It will give real-time availability of significant healthcare supplies for manufacturers, customers, and suppliers.

Central Railways starts robotic ‘Captain Arjun’ for the screening of passengers for COVID-19

June 15, 2020
Captain Arjun
  • Central Railways has started a robot called ‘Captain Arjun” for the screening of travelers for COVID-19 infection and monitoring on railway premises in Pune.

Indian Railways makes new world record by successfully running first Double-Stack Container Train in OHE electrified territory

June 15, 2020
Indian Railways
  • Indian Railways has made a new world record by successfully running the first Double-Stack Container Train in a high-rise in Over Head Equipment(OHE) electrified territory on Western Railway.

Dronacharya of Kerala’s hockey Sreedhar Shenoy passes away

June 15, 2020
Sreedhar Shenoy
  • Shenoy is a hockey coach from Kerala who got the nickname ‘Dronacharya of Kerala hockey’. The 72-year-old passed away on 14th June due to stomach sicknesses but has left a lasting legacy on many generations of hockey players from the state.

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