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Prime Minister declares Economic Package of Rs 20 Lakh Crore

May 13, 2020
PM Modi
  • PM of India Narendra Modi pontificated his countrymen and declared an Economic Package of Rs 20 Lakh crore, giving importance on land, labor, liquidity and law.

Anunta receives VMware 2020 Regional Partner of the Year Award

May 13, 2020
Anunta
  • Anunta declared that it has received the Regional Partner of the Year Award for the Services Excellence category, to help customers maximize the value received from their VMware investments.

Jharkhand’s Sohrai Khovar painting & Telangana’s Telia Rumal receives GI-Tag

May 13, 2020
Jharkhand’s Sohrai Khovar painting & Telangana’s Telia Rumal receives GI-Tag
  • The Sohrai Khovar painting of Jharkhand and Telia Rumal of Telangana has got the Geographical Indication (GI) tag from the Geographical Indications Registry.

IIIT-Guwahati planned Poster Making Competition under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat Campaign

May 13, 2020
IIIT-Guwahati planned Poster Making Competition under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat Campaign
  • Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati (IIIT-Guwahati) recently arranged a Poster Making Competition under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat (EBSB) Campaign.
  • The Ministry for Human Resource Development (HRD) is the nodal ministry for the EBSB campaign which is gone along with various other partner ministries and states.

ASSOCHAM arranges Indo-Bangladesh “Virtual Conference”

May 13, 2020
ASSOCHAM arranges Indo-Bangladesh “Virtual Conference”
  • Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) has arranged the Indo-Bangladesh “Virtual Conference”.
  • Union DoNER Minister of State (I/C) Dr Jitendra Singh addressed the virtual conference.

Previous TT national champion Manmeet Singh passes away

May 13, 2020
Previous TT national champion Manmeet Singh
  • Previous India national table tennis champion Manmeet Singh Walia passed away. He won the national championship in 1989 by beating S. Sriram in the men singles final at Hyderabad.

French cyclist Remy Di Gregorio outlawed by UCI for 4 years

May 13, 2020
Rémy di Grégorio
  • French cyclist Remy Di Gregorio has been outlawed for 4 years by the International Cycling Union (UCI) for using a form of banned blood-boosting hormone EPO (Erythropoietin).

TDB & CII organizes Digital Conference “RE-START”

May 13, 2020
TDB & CII organizes Digital Conference “RE-START”
  • Technology Development Board (TDB) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) have jointly made a Digital Conference “RE-START”.
  • The digital conference “RE-START (Reboot the Economy through Science, Technology and Research Translations)” was discussed by Union Minister of Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Health & Family Welfare, Harsh Vardhan.

Manoj Ahuja appointed as the new chairman of CBSE

May 13, 2020
Manoj Ahuja
  • Odisha cadre IAS, Manoj Ahuja has been appointed the new chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). He will replace Anita Karwal as the chairman of the CBSE.

Founding father of Rock ‘n’ roll Little Richard passes away

May 12, 2020
Richard Wayne Pennima
  • Founding father of Rock ‘n’ roll, Little Richard passed away. His full name Richard Wayne Pennima was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of its first group of inductees in 1986.