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India loses 750 tigers in previous eight years; MP report highest casualties

June 7, 2020
Tiger
  • As many as 750 tigers have died in the country in the last eight years because of poaching and other causes, with Madhya Pradesh reporting the maximum casualties at 173, according to the official data.

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot starts Raj Kaushal Portal and Online Shramik Employment Exchange

June 6, 2020
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot
  • The Labor and Employment Department Government of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has released the Raj Kaushal Portal and online Shramik exchange on World Environment Day. Under this portal, employment is secured to those migrant workers who are jobless.

Hyderabad airport gets ACI recognition for green practices

June 6, 2020
Hyderabad airport gets ACI recognition for green practices
  • GMR-led Hyderabad International Airport got the highest Platinum Recognition in the Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific Green Airports Recognition 2020 in the 15-35 million travelers per annum (MPPA) category.

J&K LG begins salary tracker mobile app “MeraVetan (Version-1)” for Govt.employees

June 5, 2020
  • The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Girish Chandra Murmu started the first version of the Salary Tracker Mobile app “MeraVetan” produced by the National Informatics Centre(NIC).

Karnataka’s Hubballi to be the world’s longest railway platform

June 5, 2020
Karnataka’s Hubballi to be the world’s longest railway platform
  • Karnataka’s Hubballi railway station is ready to get the world’s longest railway platform with measurement of 1,400 meters length and 10 meters width. Confirming the same, South Western Railway (SWR) officials stated that the extension work in Platform number 1 of the Hubballi Junction is underway.

Nisarga to thrash Maharashtra and Gujarat on 3rd June

June 2, 2020
Nisarga to thrash Maharashtra and Gujarat on 3rd June
  • Cyclonic storm Nisarga is likely to transform into a ‘severe cyclonic storm’ in the next 24 hours and hit coastal Maharashtra and Gujarat in the evening time of June 3.

Kerala govt declared “K-FON” free internet project by December 2020

June 2, 2020
K-FON
  • Kerala Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan has declared that Kerala Fibre Optic Network Project (K-FON) project of Rs. 1,500 crore that will give free internet access to the poor will roll out by December 2020.

2nd June is observed as Telangana Formation Day

June 2, 2020
Telangana Formation Day
  • June 2 is observed annually as Telangana Formation Day as this is the day when the Telangana state authoritatively came into existence under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act of Parliament in 2014.

Cyclone Nisarga heading towards Mumbai

June 1, 2020
Cyclone
  • Scientists of Indian Meteorological Department(IMD) has warned about cyclone “Nisagra” that is heading towards Gujarat and Mumbai. It made a landfall in maharashtra , and speed recorded was 110km/h

  • It was also the first cyclone impact to Mumbai since Cyclone Phyan of 2009.

Gujarat to be the first state to complete the migration of workers to their native state by Shramik Special trains

June 1, 2020
Shramik Special trains
  • According to sources, Gujrat is the first and the only state which had run more than 1,000 shramik special trains for sending 15 lakh 18 thousand migrant workers to their native state.