Category: All Current Affairs

Hardik Satishchandra Shah elected as the new Private Secretary to PM Modi

July 31, 2020

• Hardik Satishchandra Shah who is currently serving as a Deputy Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has been appointed as the Private Secretary (PS) to Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Andhra Pradesh Govt partnered with Amazon

July 31, 2020

• Andhra Pradesh Govt signed an MoU with Amazon with an aim to train, assist women entrepreneurs to make toys and other items, and help them market the products under its ‘Saheli’ programme.

MobiKwik launches personal UPI payment link mpay.me

July 31, 2020

• Mobikwik that operates businesses in consumer payments, payment gateway and financial services, has launched mpay.me – a UPI payment link service to send and receive money from any UPI payment app. mpay.me claims to simplify the process of sending and receiving money especially when a sender and a receiver are on different UPI apps.

India hands over 10 broad-gauge diesel locomotives to Bangladesh

July 31, 2020

• India handed over ten broad-gauge diesel locomotives to Bangladesh. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar flagged them off online in presence of Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and several dignitaries from across the border.

Indian supported Bangladesh in the reconstruction of 300-year-old Kali temple

July 31, 2020

• India helped Bangladesh in reconstructing Sree Sree Jai Kali Matar temple at Natore, Bangladesh.
• The temple is jointly inaugurated by High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das on 27 July along with State Minister of ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak.

Niti Aayog’s Aspirational Districts Ranking for Feb-June topped by Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur

July 31, 2020

• Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh has topped the list of aspirational districts ranked by government think-tank Niti Aayog for the February-June 2020 period.
• Ri-Bhoi (Meghalaya) and Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh) have been placed at the second and third positions respectively.Nawada (Bihar) has been ranked fourth and Moga (Punjab) is at the fifth place.

12 AMRIT pharmacies started in J&K

July 31, 2020

• The Jammu and Kashmir Government has established 12 AMRIT Pharmacies across the UT to reduce Out of Pocket Expenditure for consumers. These stores provide branded drugs and implants surgical and disposable at affordable prices.

A new Entrepreneurship Development Programme launched by Kerala Govt.

July 31, 2020

• Entrepreneurship Development Programme launched by the Kerala government to help the start-ups and small entrepreneurs financially to face this COVID Pandemic.
• The program will launch 1,000 new small and medium ventures every year.

Child Rights Activist Achyutha Rao passes away

July 30, 2020

• Prominent child rights activist Achyutha Rao has passed away due to the COVID-19 virus. He was 58 years old.
• He was the founder of Balala Hakula Sangam, a child rights organization, in 1985 along with his wife Anuradha.

Actor Kumkum passes away

July 30, 2020

• Veteran Bollywood actor Kumkum, who featured in over 100 films and popular songs such as “Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar” and “Mere Mehboob Qayamat Hogi”, passed away on Tuesday at her residence in Bandra, Mumbai. She was 86.