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NIRF Rankings 2020 stated IISc, JNU and BHU best universities in India

June 11, 2020
NIRF Rankings 2020
  • The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore has appeared as the best university in India accompanied by the Jawaharlal National University (JNU) and Banaras Hindu University (BHU), according to the National Indian Ranking Framework (NIRF) Ranking 2020.

India’s 800m runner Gomathi banned for four years for doping

June 10, 2020
Gomathi
  • India’s Gomathi Marimuthu will be stripped off her 2019 Asian Athletics Championships gold medal after she was given a four-year ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit for testing positive of doping.

Indian Renjith Kumar respected with “NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal”

June 10, 2020
NASA
  • Renjith Kumar, Engineer from Kerala and Indian Entrepreneur based in Virginia is respected with NASA’s highest form of recognition for a non-governmental individual “NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal” for his work to NASA through executive leadership, engineering contribution, technical excellence and customer satisfaction.

Adani Green Energy gets world’s largest solar bid worth $6 billion

June 10, 2020
Adani Green Energy
  • Adani Green Energy Ltd has come up as the world’s largest solar bid entailing building a photovoltaic (PV) power plant of 8,000 MW and installing up a domestic solar panel manufacturing capacity of 2,000 MW, envisaging a total investment of roughly $6 billion.

STREE’ started in Hyderabad to assist and empower women against domestic violence

June 10, 2020
woman
  • In a bid to assist and empower women against domestic violence and abuse, the Hyderabad City Security Council (HCSC) in association with Hyderabad City Police has started the ‘STREE’ programme. The name shows the vision – “She Triumphs through Respect, Equality, and Empowerment” (STREE).

Maximum ever allocation of fund worth Rs 1,01,500 crore in MGNREGS for FY 2020-21

June 10, 2020
MGNREGS for FY 2020-21
  • A plan of Rs 1,01,500 crore has been presented under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in the present financial year 2020-2021.
  • For the financial year 2020-21, a total of Rs 31,493 crore has already been released which is more than 50 percent of the budget calculation of the current Financial Year.

Mumbai most precious Indian city for expats, 60th most expensive in World stated 2020 Cost of Living Survey’

June 10, 2020
Nana Shankarsheth Mumbai Central railway station
  • India’s financial capital Mumbai has appeared as the most expensive city in the country for expatriates in terms of the value of living.
  • According to Mercer’s ‘2020 Cost of Living Survey’, Mumbai is the 60th most valuable city for expatriates globally, while it ranks 19th in Asia.

Govt allows Rs. 1,280 Crore for implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in Madhya Pradesh during 2020-21

June 10, 2020
Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Jal)
  • The government of India signed ₹1,280 Crore for implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in the State in 2020-21. Madhya Pradesh has prepared to have 100% Functional Household Tap Water Connection (FHTC) by 2023-24.

Anil Valluri enters Google Cloud India as Senior Director

June 9, 2020
Anil Valluri
  • Google is making a change in its Google Cloud managerial division. It has selected Anil Valluri as the Senior Director for Google Cloud India. Valluri has over 30 years of knowledge in sales and marketing in the hi-tech industry.

India’s economy to shrink by 3.2% (means -3.2%) in the fiscal year 2020-21: World Bank

June 9, 2020
GDP
  • The World Bank assumes India’s economy to contract 3.2% in the current fiscal year (2020-21), a sharp downgrade from its April projection of 1.5%-2.8% growth, citing rigorous lockdown and spillovers from weaker global growth.