Category: National Current Affairs

Hyderabad airport gets ACI recognition for green practices

June 6, 2020

• GMR-led Hyderabad International Airport got the highest Platinum Recognition in the Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific Green Airports Recognition 2020 in the 15-35 million travelers per annum (MPPA) category.

Govt starts “TULIP” portal to provide internships to graduates, engineers

June 5, 2020

• Union human resource development (HRD) minister Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and minister of housing and urban affairs (MoHUA) Hardeep Singh Puri on 4th June together initiated The Urban Learning Internship Programme (TULIP) to give internship opportunities to thousands of fresh graduates and engineers of the county under the ‘Smart City’ projects.

Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar started the “Nagar Van” scheme

June 5, 2020

• Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar started the “Nagar Van” scheme. The scheme was released to mark Environment Day.
• Aim: The scheme stresses on urban forestry. Under the scheme, around 200 urban forests are to be promoted all over the country in the next five years.

J&K LG begins salary tracker mobile app “MeraVetan (Version-1)” for Govt.employees

June 5, 2020

• The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Girish Chandra Murmu started the first version of the Salary Tracker Mobile app “MeraVetan” produced by the National Informatics Centre(NIC).

Karnataka’s Hubballi to be the world’s longest railway platform

June 5, 2020

• Karnataka’s Hubballi railway station is ready to get the world’s longest railway platform with measurement of 1,400 meters length and 10 meters width. Confirming the same, South Western Railway (SWR) officials stated that the extension work in Platform number 1 of the Hubballi Junction is underway.

Govt starts SWADES scheme for jobs opportunities to returning Indians from abroad

June 4, 2020

• The government has started a new scheme SWADES (Skilled Workers Arrival Database for Employment Support) to carry out a skill mapping exercise and present employment opportunities to the returning citizens under the Vande Bharat Mission.

Modi-Morrison online summit: India, Australia sign landmark defense pact

June 4, 2020

• India and Australia on 4th June upgraded their bonds to a comprehensive strategic partnership and inked seven agreements including a landmark deal for reciprocal access to military bases for logistics support through an online summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison.

SAI to release Khelo India e-Pathshala, an online coaching programme for grassroot level

June 3, 2020

• The Sports Authority of India (SAI) is all set to start Khelo India e-Pathshala in association with National Sports Federations (NSF) from June 1 with a plan to produce first-ever national-level open online coaching and education programme for grassroot-level athletes.

PM Modi designates committee headed by Rajnath Singh for MSME loan scheme implementation

June 3, 2020

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has selected a committee headed by Rajnath Singh to fix any problem in the implementation of the Rs 3 lakh crore collateral-free loan scheme for MSMEs.

Kerala govt declared “K-FON” free internet project by December 2020

June 2, 2020

• Kerala Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan has declared that Kerala Fibre Optic Network Project (K-FON) project of Rs. 1,500 crore that will give free internet access to the poor will roll out by December 2020.