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Famous filmmaker Basu Chatterjee passes away at 90

June 4, 2020
Basu Chatterjee
  • Famous film director and screenwriter Basu Chatterjee, popular for his pragmatic and groundbreaking movies such as Rajnigandha, Chitchor, Baton Baton Mein, and Ek Ruka Hua Faisla, passed away on 4th June in Mumbai, because of age-related ailments. He was 90 years old.

4th June is observed as International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

June 4, 2020
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
  • United Nations observes June 4 of annually as the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression. These vulnerable members of the society are supplied in wars, their schools are attacked, and are often sexually abused, abducted and killed.

DRDO prepares ‘Ultra Swachh’ for PPE disinfection

June 4, 2020
DRDO prepares ‘Ultra Swachh’ for PPE disinfection
  • The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on 2nd June said that it has prepared a disinfection unit called ”Ultra Swachh” to disinfect a broad range of materials, including Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs), electronics items and fabrics.

NGO ‘SEEDS’ gets the World No Tobacco Day Award 2020

June 4, 2020
Socio-Economic and Educational Development Society
  • World Health Organization(WHO) has hosted the World No Tobacco Day Award 2020 to Socio-Economic and Educational Development Society(SEEDS), an Indian non-governmental organization(NGO), one among the 3 SouthEast Asian Region awardees, for its struggles to ban pan masala, gutkha, e-cigarettes and hookah in Bihar and Jharkhand.

RK Chaturvedi takes over Charge as Secretary, Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals

June 4, 2020
RK Chaturvedi
  • Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi (IAS) has taken over charge as Secretary in the Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers on 1st June. With this, Chaturvedi has substituted P Raghavendra Rao who superannuated on May 31.

National Fertilizers Limited selects V N Datt as Chairman & Managing Director

June 4, 2020
National Fertilizers Limited selects V N Datt as Chairman & Managing Director
  • Virendra Nath Datt, Director (Marketing), National Fertilizers Limited -NFL has appointed as Chairman & Managing Director of the Company on 4th June. Datt is linked with Company as Director (Marketing) since October 2018.

Twitter selects ex-Google CFO as new board chairman

June 4, 2020
Patrick Pichette
  • Twitter on 3rd June designated ex-Google chief financial officer Patrick Pichette as the company’s new chairman of the board. Pichette takes over the role after joining Twitter’s board of directors in 2017.

Uday Kotak selected as CII President

June 4, 2020
Uday Kotak
  • Expert banker Uday Kotak has been selected as the new President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2020-21. Uday, who was also the President-Designate of CII for the last two years, will substitute Vikram Kirloskar.

Govt starts SWADES scheme for jobs opportunities to returning Indians from abroad

June 4, 2020
SWADES
  • The government has started a new scheme SWADES (Skilled Workers Arrival Database for Employment Support) to carry out a skill mapping exercise and present employment opportunities to the returning citizens under the Vande Bharat Mission.

Govt. Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) campaign started for 1.5 crore dairy farmers

June 4, 2020
Kisan Credit Cards
  • The Government will give Kisan Credit Card (KCC) to 1.5 crore dairy farmers relating to Milk Unions and Milk producing Companies within the succeeding two months (1st June-31st July 2020) under a exceptional drive.