Category: Miscellaneous Current Affairs

Rare fish sighted by Andhra University scientists in Sileru

August 27, 2020

• A rare fish called Mahseer (scientific name Tor) was sighted and fished out from the upper part of Sileru river, by a team of researchers from the Department of Zoology, Andhra University.

India Post issued stamps on UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India

August 20, 2020

• India Post has released a set of five commemorative postage stamps and a miniature sheet on UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India on 15th August 2020 on the occasion of 74th Independence Day.

‘Itna Aasan Hai’ campaign started by Amazon India

August 12, 2020

• ‘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.

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

August 11, 2020

• 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.

Flipkart launched its own Startup Program named ‘Flipkart Leap’

August 11, 2020

• 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.

‘AIR SUVIDHA’ launched by DIAL for International Passenger

August 10, 2020

• A first-of-its-kind web portal named ‘AIR SUVIDHA’ Portal developed by  Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL).International passengers won’t have to fill physical copies of self declaration and quarantine exemption forms when they arrive in India.It makes everything contactless for the International passengers.

To help migrants in finding jobs, Actor Sonu Sood launches ‘Pravasi Rojgar’ app

July 25, 2020

• In order to help migrant workers in finding right job opportunities in various sectors across the country, a new ‘Pravasi Rojgar’ app has been launched.
• This online platform is launched by the Bollywood actor Sonu Sood in Mumbai.
• This app contains details of job opportunities from over 500 reputed companies related to construction, apparel, healthcare, engineering, BPOs, security, automobile, e-commerce and logistics sectors.

Mukesh Ambani becomes the world’s fifth richest person

July 24, 2020

• Billionaire Mukesh Ambani has come up as the fifth richest person in the world, according to the Billionaires List by business magazine Forbes.
• The chairman of oil-to-telecom conglomerate Reliance Industries exceeded ace American investor Warren Buffett to obtain the fifth spot on the real-time ranking by Forbes, which counted Mr. Ambani’s wealth at $75 billion (Rs 5.61 lakh crore at $1 = Rs 74.76).

AIR to telecast its first-ever ‘News Magazine’ programme in Sanskrit

July 9, 2020

• All India Radio (AIR) will telecast its first-ever ‘News Magazine’ programme in Sanskrit on 4th July which will have news from the world of Sanskrit and notable developments of the week.

The Himalayan butterfly is Indias largest Butterfly

July 8, 2020

• The Himalayan butterfly called Golden Birdwing has become India’s largest butterfly and smashed the record made by an unknown specimen, which was held for 88 years.