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ICICI Prudential Life launched voice chatbot named “LiGo”

September 2, 2020
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited
  • An Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered voice chatbot named “LiGo” launched by ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited to provide an easy to use and convenient service touch-point for customers.

India-Japan-Australia to Launch Resilient Supply Chain Initiative

September 2, 2020
India Japan Australia
  • India, Japan and Australia agreed to launch a trilateral Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI) in the Indo-Pacific region which will help in building a resilient supply chain with focus on free, transparent trade & investment environment in the region.

Anti-electricity theft police stations to be set up by UP

September 2, 2020
Anti-electricity theft police stations
  • Anti-electricity theft police stations to be set up by Uttar Pradesh government in every district of state to resolve the problem of power theft.

A month long Rashtriya Poshan Abhiyan is observed by Nagaland

September 2, 2020
Rashtriya Poshan Abhiyan
  • A month long Rashtriya Poshan Abhiyan is observed by Nagaland with an aim to achieve improvement in the status of nutrition of women and children.

European Investment Bank to Invest € 650 Million in Kanpur’s 1st City Metro Line

September 2, 2020
European Investment Bank
  • For the construction of Kanpur’s(Uttar Pradesh) 1st city metro line, the European Investment Bank (EIB) will invest 650 million euro.

Swachhta Pakhwada is observed from 1-15th September by Dept of Fertilizers

September 2, 2020
Swachhta Pakhwada 2020
  • Swachhta Pakhwada is observed from 1-15th September by the Union Department of Fertilizers, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.

2nd September is observed as World Coconut Day

September 2, 2020
World Coconut Day
  • 2nd September is observed as World Coconut Day with the theme ‘Invest in coconut to save the world’.

1st September to 7th September observed as National Nutrition Week

September 2, 2020
National Nutrition Week
  • Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD), Government of India organised National Nutrition Week from 1st September to 7th September with an aim to educate the importance and role of nutrition in the human body.

IIT-Bombay students launch scanning app named ‘AIR Scanner’

September 1, 2020
AIR Scanner
  • AIR Scanner, a free-of-cost mobile application, has been developed by Rohit Kumar Chaudhary and Kavin Agrawal, two final-year B.Tech students in the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay under PM Modi’s Aatma Nirbhar Bharat.

World’s Largest Solar Tree developed by CSIR-CMERI

September 1, 2020
Largest Solar Tree
  • The CSIR-CMERI has set up the world’s largest solar tree at its residential colony in Durgapur, West Bengal. The solar tree has an installed capacity above 11.5 kWp.
  • The annual capacity of the solar tree will include generating about 12,000-14,000 units of clean and green power.
  • Objective: to ensure maximum exposure of each Solar PV Panel to sunlight and create least amount of shadow area beneath.