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Govt. start ‘Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan’ to support livelihood opportunities in rural India

June 18, 2020
Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi will start ‘Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan’ on June 20 to upgrade livelihood opportunities in rural India. “Government of India has planned to start a massive rural public works scheme ‘Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan’ to empower and give livelihood opportunities to the returnee migrant workers and rural citizens.

17th June is observed as World day to combat desertification and drought

June 17, 2020
World day to combat desertification and drought
  • The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is celebrated every year to uplift public awareness of international efforts to combat desertification.
  • 2020 Theme: Food.Feed.Fibre.– the links between consumption and land.

India placed 6th as nuclear weapons increased since 2019; US tops: SIPRI’s Yearbook 2020

June 17, 2020
SIPRI’s Yearbook 2020
  • India and China have raised their nuclear arsenal over the last year, as per to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The Swedish think-tank that researches on conflict, armaments and arms charge also aimed out on Monday that China is significantly modernizing its nuclear arsenal.

IBBI reconstitutes advisory panel on the corporate insolvency resolution process

June 17, 2020
IBBI
  • The insolvency regulator IBBI(Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India) has reconstituted the Advisory Committee on Corporate Insolvency Resolution and Liquidation process. This panel, which would be led by Uday Kotak, Executive Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Bank, comprises 13 members besides the Chairman.

Trustees of PM CARES select SARC & Associates as auditor of the fund

June 17, 2020
PM Modi
  • Trustees of the PM CARES Fund have selected SARC & Associates as auditor of the fund. Its website pmcares.gov.in tells trustees of the fund, which is called Prime Minister’s Citizens Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) Fund, designated “SARC & Associates, Chartered Accountants, New Delhi, as the auditors” for three years.

Maharashtra inks MoUs with domestic and international companies for FDI worth over Rs 16,000 crores

June 17, 2020
Maharashtra CM
  • Maharashtra inked 12 Memorandum of Understanding(MoUs) with 12 domestic and international companies for Foreign Direct Investment(FDI) worth over Rs 16,000 crores. It is a part of the Magnetic Maharashtra 2.0 initiative

India to be the founding member of the global alliance on Artificial Intelligence

June 17, 2020
AI
  • India joined international and multi-stakeholder initiative Global Partnership for Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) as its founding member on June 15, 2020. By becoming the founding member of the action, India has joined the leading nations of the world along with the UK, EU, US, Australia among others.

Bengal govt begins ”Karmo Bhumi” job portal for IT professionals

June 17, 2020
mamta
  • The West Bengal government on 16th June started a job portal for IT professionals who have come back to the state amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced.

500-yr-old temple comes up from Mahanadi water

June 17, 2020
500-yr-old temple comes up from Mahanadi water
  • An ancient temple, sunk in river Mahanadi, has reappeared after 11 years in Nayagarh district (Odisha). An archaeology survey team of Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) stumbled upon ‘mastaka’ of the temple submerged in Mahanadi waters at Padmabati village under Bhapur tehsil.

Azerbaijan’s Mamedyarov Shakhriyar triumphs Sharjah World Stars online chess tournament; India’s P. Harikrishna 2nd

June 16, 2020
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar
  • Harikrishna was set joint second at the end of the opening day of the Sharjah World Stars online chess tournament. He totaled four points from five rounds to share the second place along with Rustam Kasmidzhanov of Uzbekistan.