Category: All Current Affairs

IAF’s plane AN-32 with bio-jet fuel takes wings from Leh airfield.

Indian Air Force (IAF) AN-32

The aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) AN-32 with indigenous bio-jet fuel has taken wings successfully from Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport in Leh for the first time.

Rajnath Singh at 12th South Asia Conference

12th South Asia Conference

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh delivered the inaugural address at 12th edition of the annual South Asia Conference which was held in New Delhi. India’s “Neighbourhood First” Policy: Regional Perceptions was the theme of The South Asia Conference 2020.

Kashmiri journalist Yusuf Jameel receives PEN Gauri Lankesh Award

Kashmiri journalist Yusuf Jameel

Yusuf Jameel, Kashmiri reporter has won the second edition of an award set up in the memory of journalist Gauri Lankesh. Jameel was awarded for showing an exemplary commitment to professional integrity and the ideals of democracy.

Indian Bank introduces tailor made credit products

Indian Bank

Indian Bank has launched two tailor-made credit products for the well-being of the textile sector. The products are Corporate Loan and Ind Surya Shakti/ Indian Bank Solar

ICICI Bank introduces iBox

ibox

ICICI Bank Limited has introduced iBox, a unique self-service delivery facility that permits its customers to collect their deliverables such as different cards, cheque book and returned-cheques.

TN CM launches Direct CTO scheme for green category industries

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami announced a new initiative, ”Direct CTO”, to enable companies operating under ”green category industries” receive faster clearances from government to commence operations.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami launched Direct CTO for companies operating under green category industries to receive faster clearances from government to commence operations.

First Train with Banana Container sent to JNPT for Exports.

First Train with Banana Container

State Government of Andhra Pradesh has dispatched the first train with high quality bananas from Tadipatri, Anantpur in Andhra Pradesh to Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) in Mumbai for export to international markets.

AIDC will be implemented by Indian Railways.

Automatic Identification and Data Collection

The Railway of India has gone under Radio-frequency identification (RFID) project for Automatic Identification and Data Collection(AIDC) of rolling stock for improving the safety and reliability.

The estimated cost of Forex reserve is $ 461.2 billion in 2019-20

forex

The forex reserves of India  are comfortably placed at USD 461.2 billion, says the Economic Survey 2019-20, presented by Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Second largest Emerging Green Bond Market is India.

Second largest Emerging Green Bond Market

After China, India is ranked as the second largest emerging Green Bond Market by Economic Survey. India also joined IPSF( International Platform on Sustainable Finance ) in 2019 to measure environmentally sustainable investments.