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CM Yogi starts ‘Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana’ scheme for child laborers in UP

June 13, 2020
CM Yogi Adityanath
  • Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday (13 June) started the ‘Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana’, a scheme to educate child laborers in the state. The scheme’s release coincides with the ‘World Day Against Child Labour’.

Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar virtually started ‘Shakar Mitra’ scheme to give paid internship to the Youth

June 13, 2020
Narendra Singh Tomar
  • Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister released a “Sahakar Mitra” Scheme Internship Program (SIP)of the NCDC(National Cooperative Development Corporation ) to give paid internship to the Youth

India, Bhutan ink MoU on environment cooperation

June 13, 2020
India, Bhutan ink MoU
  • Memorandum of Understanding between India and Bhutan for environment security and cooperation in the areas involving air quality, waste, chemical management and climate variation.

GMR inks agreement with Andhra govt to make greenfield airport at Bhogapuram

June 13, 2020
GMR signs pact with Andhra govt to develop greenfield airport at Bhogapuram
  • The Andhra Pradesh government on 12th June inked a concession agreement with GMR Airports Ltd for making a greenfield international airport at Bhogapuram in Vizianagaram district which will be ready by 2023.

Andhra Pradesh CM starts “Jagananna Chedodu” scheme

June 13, 2020
Andhra govt
  • Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, who has been launching welfare schemes for the prosperity of the poor, has embarked on another scheme. He started the Jagananna Chedodu scheme on Wednesday.
  • Goal:  Rs. 10,000 to Nayi Brahmins, Laundrymen and Tailors as financial support.

Expert poet Gulzar Dehlvi passes away

June 12, 2020
Gulzar Dehlvi
  • Expert Urdu poet Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlvi passed away 12th June, less than a week after healing from the novel COVID-19. He was 93.

Previous Planning Commission member Dr. Vaidyanathan passes away in Coimbatore

June 12, 2020
Dr. Vaidyanathan
  • Dr. A Vaidyanathan, a previous member of the Government of India’s Planning Commission, passed away late night on 10th June in Coimbatore.

World Day Against Child Labour is observed on 12 June.

June 12, 2020
World Day Against Child Labour
  • World Day Against Child Labour is commemorated on June 12. The day is considered each year to highlight the barbarous practice of child labour.

Indian Musician Shobha Sekhar gets “the Medal of the Order of Australia”

June 12, 2020
Shobha Sekhar
  • Indian Musician Shobha Sekhar, the founder of Kalakruthi a music organization in Australia gets the Medal of the Order of Australia(OAM) in the Queen’s Birthday 2020 for her contribution to Indian music and dance.

India’s economy to shrink by 3.7% (means -3.7%) in the fiscal year 2020-21 stated OECD

June 12, 2020
GDP
  • The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) declared India’s growth at -3.7% for the ongoing fiscal with a rider that growth could decline further to -7.3% in the event of a second COVID-19 outbreak, according to its Economic Outlook (EO) published on 10th June.