Category: National Current Affairs

Ram Vilas Paswan Launches Online Registration and Renewal of Gold Hallmarking Centres

August 23, 2020

• Union Minister for Consumer Affairs,Food & Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan virtually launched an online system for registration and renewal of licence of gold assaying and hallmarking centres. The online system can be accessed through the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) web portal – www.manakonline.in.

New Official Logo of Labour Bureau launched

August 21, 2020

• The official logo of the Labour Bureau launched by the Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar. The newly launched logo displays the three goals of the Labour Bureau i.e. Accuracy, Validity, and Reliability.

A game on COVID-19 “The Corona Fighters” launched

August 21, 2020

• A game on COVID-19 “The Corona Fighters” has been launched by Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan with an aim to remind people to take the right precautions and escape infection.

Om Birla attended the Fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament

August 20, 2020

• The Speaker of Lok Sabha, Shri Om Birla attended the virtual mode of Fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament. The theme of the conference is `Parliamentary leadership for more effective multilateralism that delivers peace and sustainable development for the people and planet’.

Health & Nutrition Portal – “Swasthya” launched

August 19, 2020

• Union Minister Arjun Munda inaugurated the first of its kind e-portal “Swasthya”, a tribal health and nutrition portal. Renuka Singh Saruta, MoS for Tribal Affairs released “ALEKH”, the quarterly e-newsletter.

Manduadih Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh to be renamed as ‘Banaras’

August 19, 2020

• The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) approved the renaming of Manduadih Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh (UP) as ‘Banaras’.

HRD ministry renamed as Ministry of Education

August 18, 2020

• As per the recommendations of the new draft of National Education Policy for renaming the HRD Ministry as The Ministry of Education, President Ram Nath Kovind has given his final today for the same today.

“One Sun, One World, One Grid” (OSOWOG)

August 17, 2020

• To encourage the use of Solar Power and supply it across the globe, GOI announced a mega plan named “One Sun, One World, One Grid” (OSOWOG) on the occasion of 74^th Independence Day.
• The OSOWOG plan will be executed in three phases to share solar and other renewable energy resources

A three-month campaign “Ayush for Immunity” launched by Ayush Ministry

August 17, 2020

• A three-month campaign “Ayush for Immunity” launched by Ayush Ministry to enhance the immunity and the requirement of lifestyle change by everyone amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Amazon launched an online pharma delivery service in Bengaluru

August 17, 2020

• Amazon launched an online pharmacy delivery service in Bengaluru where customers can order prescription and over-the-counter medicines and basic health devices from the certified sellers.