Category: Miscellaneous Current Affairs

Adani Green Energy gets world’s largest solar bid worth $6 billion

June 10, 2020

• Adani Green Energy Ltd has come up as the world’s largest solar bid entailing building a photovoltaic (PV) power plant of 8,000 MW and installing up a domestic solar panel manufacturing capacity of 2,000 MW, envisaging a total investment of roughly $6 billion.

R Sreerekha to be the Kerala’s first woman DGP

May 29, 2020

• R Sreerekha will be the first woman Director General of Police in Kerala as the Kerala government has selected her as Fire and Rescue Services DGP.
• She is right now an Additional Director General of Police, heading the Prisons and Correctional Services Department.

IIT Madras makes light-weight alloy to replace steel, aluminum in cars

May 28, 2020

• Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), paired with the University of North Texas and United States Army lab, has produced a magnesium alloy to substitute the steel and aluminum in the automobile industry to lessen the carbon footprint and improve fuel efficiency.

Salman Khan begins his new grooming brand FRSH

May 27, 2020

• Salman Khan released his new grooming and special care brand FRSH. Khan is always seen releasing his films on the occasion of Eid but because of COVID-19 lockdown, film releases and film shoots have been put on a break.

Naomi Osaka comes up as the world’s highest-paid female athlete

May 25, 2020

• Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has come up as the highest-paid female athlete in the world, topping American great Serena Williams. According to the Forbes magazine, Osaka earned $37.4 million in the last 12 months from prize money and endorsements

Lata Mangeskar sings “JAYTU BHARATAM” song for Atma Nirbhar Bharat

May 20, 2020

• Famous singer Lata Mangeskar has sung “JAYTU BHARATAM” praising the spirit of Atma Nirbhar Bharat along with Anuradha Paudwal, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Shaan, Udit Narayan, Pankaj Udas, Alka Yagini, Rekha, Asha Bhonsle, SP Balasubrahmanyam, Shankar Mahadevan, Sonu Nigam and Kailash Kher.

ICCR releases the song “United We Fight” to fight COVID-19

May 14, 2020

• A musical creation titled “United We Fight” has been released by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).
• It sends the message of hope, joy, resilience, fighting spirit and never say die attitude of all in our collective fight against COVID 19.

Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) to launch BHARATMARKET for retail traders

May 3, 2020

• Confederation of All India Traders (CIAT)  will be launching BHARATMARKET, an e-commerce platform for all retail traders.
• It aims to bring 95% of retail traders under this platform. This project is supported by Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Facebook starts 3rd party fact check system in Bangladesh

April 20, 2020

• Facebook has declared to start a third party fact-checking system in Bangladesh.
• Facebook has tied-up with an Indian fact-checking website “Boom” for a third party fact-checking system in Bangladesh.
• The fact-checking system will concentrate on discouraging the spread of fake news in the country by reviewing and rating the stories, including photos and videos.

Science communication initiative “CovidGyan” originated

April 14, 2020

• An initiative “CovidGyan” has been started by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), and Tata Memorial Centre (TMC).
• It is a multi-institutional, multi-lingual science communication initiative that has been begun to bring the scientific and factual aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak on to the public domain.