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Para 13.2 Exam GK Capsule Part 1 (Covered January to October 2020) Index No. of Chapter Topics Name Page No.

Chapter 1 Important Appointment (National, 3-21 International)

Chapter 2 Awards (National, International) 21-37

Chapter 3 Government Scheme/ campaign 38-47

Chapter 4 Summit/ Conference 48-53

Chapter 5 Ranking Index 54-58

Chapter 6 Partnership/ Agreement 58-66

Chapter 7 loans agreement for from different 67-70 organizations

Chapter 8 Mergers and Acquires 71-74

Chapter 9 APP/Website/Card 75-83

Chapter 10 India’s GDP Forecast FY20 &21 (Last 84-85 Update 25th NOV)

Chapter 11 Budget 2020 & Atma Nirbhar Package 86-88

Chapter 12 Important Committee 89-94

Chapter 13 Banking & Financial 95-105

Chapter 14 Current Affairs (National) In Short 106-132

Chapter 15 Current Affairs (International) In Short 133-138

Chapter 16 Defence News 138-143

Chapter 17 Sports News 144-147

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Chapter 18 Upcoming Sports Events & Venues 148-151

Chapter 19 List of Important Book and Author 2020 152-154

Chapter 20 Important Day and Theme 2020 155-169

Chapter 21 Obituary 170-173

Chapter 22 Science related News 174-177

Chapter 23 Banks Name & CEO of Bank & 178-184 Headquarter & Tagline

Chapter 24 State Chief Ministers and Governors 185-189

Chapter 25 Cabinet ministers of India with their 190-194 constituency

Chapter 26 List of Union Ministry Secretary 200

Static No. of Chapter Topics Name (Page No. 200 to 250)

Chapter 1 Dams in India

Chapter 2 Folk Dance

Chapter 3 List of International & Domestic Airport: State wise

Chapter 4 International borders / Boundary lines

Chapter 5 International Organizations & Headquarter

Chapter 6 List of Lakes

Chapter 7 List of Important Indian Cities on Rivers banks

Chapter 8 List of National Parks of India

Chapter 9 Nuclear Power Plants in India

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Chapter 10 Thermal Power Plants in India

Chapter 11 Solar Power Plant in India

Chapter 12 List of Ports in India: State Wise

Chapter 13 List of River a Cross State

Chapter 14 Stadiums in India

Chapter 15 Famous Temple in India

Chapter 16 List of Reserve in India

Chapter 17 List of Indian National Trophies and Cups associated with sports

Chapter 18 Capital & Currency

Chapter 19 Wildlife Sanctuary

Note: 13.2 Promotion Exam GK capsule Part 2 on 15th January 2021 (Coverd November to 15th Jan) Chapter 1: Important Appointment (National & International) National Level Appointment Organization Persons Permanent Judge of the common High Justice Rajnesh Oswal Court of Jammu & Kashmir and (Update 4th April) Nasscom New Chairman Infosys' chief operating officer UB Pravin Rao Note: Rekha Menon, chairman and senior MD of Accenture in India as the vice- chairperson. (Update 6th April) Bharti AXA Life Insurance New MD & CEO Parag Raja (Update 7th April) New MD & CEO MD & CEO of Care Ratings Ajay Mahajan (Update 12th April) New MD & CEO of Paytm General Vineet Arora

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Insurance (Update 15th April)

New CEO of HSBC Noel Quinn (Update 21st April) New Chief Vigilance Commissioner Sanjay Kothari Note: 1 chief Vigilance Commissioner and 2 Vigilance Commissioner allow (Update 25th April) New vigilance commissioner Ex-Andhra Bank chief Suresh N Patel (Update 29th April) New Chairman of Public Enterprises Rajiv Kumar Selection Board (PESB) (Update 29th April) New NTPC director (operations) Ramesh Babu (Update 1st May) New Commander of Army Training Lt Gen Raj Shukla Command (Update 1st May) New MD & CEO Max Bupa Health Insurance Krishnan Ramachandran (Update 5th May) Director on the Central Board of Reserve Secretary of Economic Affairs Department Bank of India (RBI) Ministry of Finance Tarun Bajaj (Update 5th May) New head India’s Paralympic Committee Deepa Malik (Update 12 May) New chairman of the Central Board of Manoj Ahuja Secondary Education (CBSE) (Update 12 May) New Archaeological Survey chief V. Vidyavathi (Update 12 May) Director general of NAREDCO (National Real Rajesh Goel Estate Development Council) (Update 16th May) New NABARD chairman Govinda Rajulu Chintala (Update 18th May) New president of Indian Steel Association Mr. Dilip Oommen (Update 19th May) New CMD of Oriental Insurance SN Rajeswari (Update 27th May) Wipro's new CEO and MD Thierry Delaporte (Update 29th May) Director General of the Sports Authority of Sandip Pradhan (extended by two years) India (SAI) (6/6/20) New CMD of Power Finance Corporation Ravinder Singh Dhillon (Update 30th May) New CEO of FSSAI Arun Singhal (Updated 29th May) Commander-in-Chief of Andaman and Lieutenant General Manoj Pande Nicobar Command (Updated 1st June) Managing director of the India Infrastructure PR Jaishankar Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL) (Updated 1st June) New Secretary in the Ministry of Steel Pradip Kumar Tripathi

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(Updated 1st June) New President of the Confederation of Indian Uday Kotak Industry (CII) (Updated 4th June) New Chairman & Managing Director of Virendra Nath Datt National Fertilizers Limited (Updated 5th June) Google Cloud India as Senior Director Anil Valluri (Updated 9th June) Gargo International Proudly Presents Brand Sonu Sood Ambassador (Updated 11th June) CEO of UTI Mutual Fund Imtaiyazur Rahman (Updated 14th June) Attorney General K K Venugopal, 1-year extension Chairman of "National Institute of Public Former RBI Governor Urjit Patel Finance and Policy is privileged (Updated 22nd June) International Cricket Council’s chairman Imran Khwaja (Updated 1st July) New CEO of Central Board of Films Mr Ravinder Bhakar Certification (Updated 2nd July) IOC Chairman Shrikant Madhav Vaidya (Updated 2nd July) New MD of Cholamandalam MS General V Suryanarayanan Insurance Company (Updated 2nd July) New chairman of the International Financial Injeti Srinivas Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) (Updated 6th July) Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN) Manoj Kumar (2nd Term) Chairperson (Updated 12 July) New HCL Chairman Roshni Nadar Malhotra (Updated 17 July) New SBI Cards MD & CEO Ashwini Kumar Tewari (Effect 1st August) New Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Smit Deb National Mineral Development Corporation (Updated 21 July) (NMDC) New Chairman of Bajaj Finance Sanjiv Bajaja (Effect 31st July) New MD & CEO SBI General Insurance Prakash Chandra Kandpal (Updated 20 July) New CEO & Director of MFIN Alok Mishra (Effect 1st August) Tata AIA names as CEO and MD Naveen Tahilyani (Updated 29 July) Paytm Money appoints as CEO Varun Sridhar (Updated 30 July) ICRA new MD and Group CEO Sivaraman (Effect 10 August) Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd New Urjit Patel Additional & Independent Director (Update 1 August) HP new India MD Ketan Patel (Update 2 August)

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New CAG Girish Chandra Murmu (Update 5th August) New lieutenant governor of Jammu and Manoj Sinha Kashmir (Update 6th August) PNB Housing Finance Limited new MD & CEO Hardayal Prasad (Update 10th August) New Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Patanjali Jha Tax (Update 10th August) New Chairman of Indian Council for Research Pramod Bhasin on International Economic Relations (Update 13th August) (ICRIER) Next chairman of Soma Mondal (Update 13th August) GoAir New CEO Kaushik Khona (Update 15th August) DBS Bank new Managing Director and Head Prashant Joshi of National Distribution (Update 19th August) ‘NPCI International Payments Limited’ CEO Ritesh Shukla (Update 21st August) New managing director of State Bank of India Ashwani Bhatia (Update 22nd August) SBI Mutual Fund New MD and CEO Vinay Tonse (Update 26th August) Reliance as Group President Former IOC Chairman Sanjiv Singh (Update 26th August) New Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar (Update 22nd August) New Chairman of Press Trust of India Aveek Sarkar (Update 2nd Sep) New CMD of Hindustan Shipyard Limited Hemant Khatri (Update 2nd Sep) New CMD of BPCL K Padmakar First woman DG of Bureau of Civil Aviation Usha Padhee Security (Update 3 sep) Railway Board's first ever CEO V K Yadav (Update 3 sep) 35th President of Federation of Automobile Vinkesh Gulati Dealers Associations (FADA) brand ambassadors of Playerzpot Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Smriti Mandhana (Update 10th Sep) New President of All India Tennis Anil Jain Association New chairperson of National School of Drama Paresh Rawal (Update 10th Sep) WHO panellist Preeti Sudan UNICEF’s celebrity advocate in India Ayushman Khurrana New Chairman of Advertising Standards Subhash Kamath Council of India (ASCI) Executive director of World Bank Rajesh Khullar

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(Update 15 sep) Executive Director of ADB Sameer Kumar Khare Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha Harivansh Narayan Singh (re-elected) New Minister of Food Processing Industries Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has Ministry given additional charge. Chief of National Technical Research Anil Dhasmana Organisation (NTRO) (Update 19th Sep) Advisor to IMF Executive Director Simanchala Dash (Update 23 sep) Regional Ambassador for India by the UNEP- Khushi Chindaliya Tunza Eco-Generation New administrator of and AK Dixit Co-operative (PMC) Bank (effect from 23 September) New Managing Director of Energy Efficiency Rajat Sud Services Ltd (EESL) President of FTII Shekhar Kapur (Update 1st October) Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of SBI Charanjit Singh Attra (Update 1st October) Brand ambassador of Hudle Ajinkya Rahane Director-General of Bureau of Civil Aviation M A Ganapathy Security (BCAS) (Update 6th October) MD, CEO of India Post Payments Bank J Venkatramu (Update 7th October) New deputy governor of RBI (4th) M Rajeshwar Rao (Update 7th October) Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Piyush Goyal Public Distribution Additional charge Brand ambassador for Indian brand Chetan Anand ‘Transform’ NTPC Ltd chairman and managing director Gurdeep Singh (Update 17th October) New chairman of Indian Banks' Association Union Bank of India's MD and CEO Rajkiran Rai (IBA) G Note: State Bank of India's Chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara has been elected as the deputy chairman of the association. (Update 20th October) Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports Bimal Julka Chairman (Update 25th October) New Chief Information Commissioner Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha (Update 28th October)

(International Level Appointment) Organization/ Country Persons India's new Permanent Representative to the T S Tirumurti UN (Update 30th April) US representative to the International Bank Indian-American lawyer Ashok Michael Pinto

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for Reconstruction and Development, the (Update 5th May) World Bank's lending arm. Iraq’s new Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi (Update 7th May) Capital: Baghdad Currency: Iraqi dinar President: Barham Salih Prime Minister Of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, 5th Times(Update 17th May) Capital: Jerusalem Currency: Israeli Shekel Lesotho's new prime minister Moeketsi Majoro (Update 19th May) Capital: Maseru Currency: Lesotho loti Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, 2nd Term (Update 20th May) Capital: Taipei Currency: Taiwan dollar President of the International Hockey Narinder Batra (now been extended to May Federation (FIH) 2021)

News Chief economist and vice president of Carmen Reinhart World Bank (Update 20th May)

World Bank to a key position on climate Abhas Jha change and disaster management in South (Update 20th May) Asia

NDB’s new President Brazil’s Marcos Troyjo (Update 26th May) New Vice president of the NDB Anil Kishora (Update 26th May) New WHO Executive Board chairman Health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan (Update 21st May) New member of the Olympic Channel Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Commission. Narinder Batra (Update 26th May) New chairman of the board of Twitter Patrick Pichette Senior advisor to the World Bank Executive Rajeev Topno Director (Updated 5th June) Ambassador to WTO (World Trade Brajendra Navnit Orgnisation) (Updated 7th June) New chairman of British Academy of Film Krishnendu Majumdar and Television Arts (BAFTA) (Updated 9th June) President of 75th UN General Assembly Turkey's Volkan Bozkir (Updated 17th June)

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New Malawi president Lazarus Chakwera (Updated 25th June) Capital: Lilongwe Currency: Malawian kwacha Ireland’s new prime minister Micheál Martin (Updated 26th June) Capital: Dublin Currency: Euro Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Kubatbek Boronov (Updated 16th June) Capital: Bishkek Currency: Kyrgyzstani som India's Permanent Representative To UN In Mani Pandey Geneva (Updated 2nd July)

New prime minister of France Jean Castex President: Emmanuel Macron Capital: Paris Currency: Euro Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong (3RD time) Currency: Singapore dollar Capital: Singapore Poland's president Andrzej Duda (2nd Time) Capital: Warsaw Currency: Polish złoty Vice-president of private sector in ADB Ashok (Effect 31st August) Suriname new President Chan Santokhi Capital: Paramaribo. Currency : Suriname Dollar. First woman prime minister Gabon Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda Capital: Libreville Currency: Central African CFA franc Adviser to the steering committee for the Sahil Seth (2020-23) BRICS Chamber of Commerce (CCI) (Updated 23 July) New Vice-Chairman of International Union of Arun Kumar Railways (Updated 23 July) Tunisia New PM Hichem Mechichi Capital: Tunis Currency: Tunisian dinar Ivory Coast New PM Hamed Bakayoko (Update 1 August) Capital: Yamoussoukro Currency: West African CFA franc New President of Guyana Mohamed Irfaan Ali (Update 2nd August) Capital– Georgetown Currency- Guyanese Dollar Srilanka New Prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa (4th Times) (Update 9 August) Capital: Colombo Currency: Sri Lankan rupee

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New Prime Minister of Peru Walter Roger Martos Ruiz (Update 8 August) Capital: Lima Currency: Nuevo Sol New Prime Minister of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Bilal (Update 12 August) Capital : Nouakchott. Currency : Mauritanian ouguiya. 54th President of Dominican Republic Luis Rodolfo Abinader (Update 18th August) Capital – Santo Domingo Currency – Dominican Peso. Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Dr. Keith Christopher Rowley (2nd Consecutive (Update 20th August) Term) Capital: Port of Spain Currency: Trinidad and Tobago dollar Lebanon New PM Mustapha Adib (Update 31st August) Capital: Beirut Currency: Lebanese pound Japan’s new prime minister Yoshihide Suga (Update 14 Sep) Capital: Tokyo Currency: Japanese yen Mali’s interim president Bah Ndaw (Update 23 Sep) Capital: Bamako Currency: West African CFA franc New president of Bougainville Ishmael Toroama (Update 24 Sep) Capital: Buka Currency: Papua New Guinean kina (PGK) Somalia’s new prime minister Mohamed Hussein Roble (Update 22 Sep) Capital: Mogadishu President: Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo Currency: Somali shilling Kuwait's new ruling emir Crown prince Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah Capital: Kuwait City Currency: Kuwaiti dinar Jordan new PM Bishr al-Khasawneh Capital: Amman Currency: Jordanian dinar Kuwait's new ruling emir Crown prince Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al (Update 1st October) Sabah Capital: Kuwait City Currency: Kuwaiti dinar Jordan new PM Bishr al-Khasawneh (Update 4th October) Capital: Amman Currency: Jordanian dinar New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern (2nd terms) (Update 17th October) Capital: Wellington Currency: New Zealand dollar Permanent Representative of India to Vishal V Sharma UNESCO Interim President Of The IWF Dr. Michael Irani

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(Update 19th October) Ambassador of LG Signature Lewis Hamilton (Update 19th October)

Lebanon PM Saad al-Hariri (Update 23rd October) Capital: Beirut Currency: Lebanese pound Seychelles President Indian-origin Wavel Ramkalawan (Update 24th October) Capital: Victoria Currency: Seychellois rupee Bolivia's new President Luis Arce Catacora (Update 25th October) Capitals: La Paz, Sucre Currency: Boliviano

Important Brand Ambassador

Brand Ambassador ▪ New brand ambassador of Reebok ▪ Varun Dhawan, Katrina Kaif

▪ New brand ambassador of FanMojo ▪ Prithvi Shaw ▪ Hero MotoCorp new brand ambassador ▪ Yerry Mina

▪ RedBus, Dream 11, Mastercard ▪ Mahendra Singh Dhoni

▪ PhonePe , Vivo, Ceat Tyres ▪ Aamir Khan ▪ Bharat Pe, Pepsi ▪ Salman Khan ▪ Educated Girl ▪ Katrina Kaif ▪ Bata ▪ Kriti Sanon ▪ Myntra ▪ Virat and Anushka, Kiara Advani, Disha Patani ▪ Maruti Suzuki ▪ Varun Dhawan ▪ Uber, Mobile Premier League, Great ▪ Virat Kohli Learning’s ▪ GST ▪ Amitabh Bachchan ▪ Skill India ▪ Varun Dhwan and Anushka sharma ▪ Tribes India ▪ Marry kom ▪ Fit India, Acer India’s ▪ Sonu Sude ▪ Swasth Immunised India, Puma ▪ Kareena Kapoor Khan

▪ New brand “V-Nourish” ▪ Shah Rukh Khan ▪ TAFE (Tractors and Farm Equipment) ▪ Askhay Kumar brand ambassador ▪ JBL’s New global brand ambassador ▪ Bollywood Actor Ranveer Singh

▪ Brand ambassador for Gatorade by ▪ Hima Das PepsiCo India

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▪ New brand ambassador of Madhya ▪ Actor Govinda Pradesh ▪ Visa ▪ PV Sindhu ▪ Maharashtra Assembly polls 2019 ▪ Madhuri Dixit

▪ IOC's 2020 Olympics athlete ambassadors’ ▪ M. C. Mary Kom group ▪ Ambassador of Global Investors’ Meet ▪ Yami Gautam 2019 by govt

▪ National Anti-doping Agency brand ▪ Suniel Shetty ambassador ▪ PUMA brand ambassador ▪ Sunil Chhetri, Virat Kohli, Sara Ali Khan, MC Mary Kom and Dutee Chand, Kareena Kapoor Khan

▪ Ambassadors for ‘Bharat Ki Laxmi’ ▪ Deepika Padukone and shuttler PV Sindhu (by Prime Minister Narendra Modi)

▪ Tata Power as brand ambassador ▪ Shardul Thakur ▪ JSW Steel as brand ambassador ▪ Rishabh Pant ▪ Brand ambassador for Mobile Premier Actress Tamannaah Bhatia, Virat Kohli League ▪ New Ambassador for World Wildlife Fund Five-time World chess champion Viswanathan (WWF) Anand ▪ Brand ambassador for edtech company Ajinkya Rahane ELSA Corp & Hudle ▪ United Nations Environment Programme Dia Mirza (extended 2yrs, December 2022) (UNEP) Goodwill Ambassador ▪ Adidas brand ambassador Manushi Chhillar joins Rohit, Hima ▪ IIFL Finance as its first-ever brand Rohit Sharma ambassador, Oakley’s ▪ UNADAP Goodwill Ambassador Thirteen-year-old M. Nethra daughter of C. Mohan an owner of salon in ▪ Brand Ambassadors for JSW Cement Sourav Ganguly, Sunil Chhetri ▪ Luxury Ride as brand ambassador Sukhbir Singh ▪ New brand ambassador of SportsAdda Brett Lee ▪ ebikeGo New brand ambassador Harbhajan Singh Bajaj Allianz Life’s brand ambassador Ayushmann Khurrana

Brand ambassador of Paytm First Games Sachin Tendulkar Brand ambassador for 9stacks Suresh Raina Bengal Peerless brand ambassador Sourav Ganguly Brand ambassador for Indian brand Chetan Anand ‘Transform’ Parle agro brand ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas Healthcare brand Dr Trust, Vega Rohit Sharma

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List of Chief Justices ▪ Supreme court chief justice Sharad Arvind Bobde (47th) ▪ High Court Chief Justice AK Mittal ▪ Patna High Court Chief Justice Sanjay Karol ▪ New Chief Justices Himachal Pradesh Lingappa Narayana Swamy High Court

▪ New Chief Justices Punjab and Ravi Shanker Jha High Court

▪ New Chief Justices High Indrajit Mahanty Court

▪ New Chief Justices High Court Arup K. Goswami ▪ New Chief Justices High Court Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi ▪ New Chief Justices Gauhati High Court Ajai Lamba

▪ New Chief Justices J.K. Maheshwari High Court

▪ New Chief Justices High Court S. Manikumar

▪ New Chief Justice of HC Justice Vikram Nath ▪ New Chief Justice of Chhatisgarh HC P R Ramachandra Menon

▪ New Chief Justice of HC Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel

▪ New Chief Justice of J& K HC Gita Mittal

▪ New Chief Justice of HC Abhay Shreeniwas Oka ▪ New Chief Justice of Bombay HC Justice Dipankar Datta ▪ New Chief Justice of HC Ramalingam Sudhakar ▪ New Chief Justice of HC Biswanath Somadder ▪ New Chief Justice of HC Mohammad Rafiq ▪ New Chief Justice of Madras HC Ameshwar Pratap Sahi

▪ New Chief Justice of HC Raghvendra Singh Chauhan

▪ New Chief Justice of Allahabad HC Govind Mathur

▪ New Chief Justice of Calcutta HC Thottathil B. RadhaKrishanan

▪ New Chief Justice of HC Ravi Ranjan ▪ New Chief Justice of Uttrakhand HC Ravi Vijaykumar Malimath Permanent Judge of the common High Justice Rajnesh Oswal

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Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh

Chiefs and DGS Department Chief/DGS ▪ Chief of Defence Staff ▪ Bipin Rawat

▪ Army Chief ▪ Manoj Mukund Naravane (Effect -1jan2020)

▪ Naval Chief ▪ Karambir Singh ▪ Air Chief ▪ Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria ▪ IB ▪ Arvind Kumar ▪ BSF ▪ Rakesh Asthana ▪ CRPF ▪ AP Maheshwari (CRPF IG- P S Ranipse) ▪ CISF ▪ Rajesh Ranjan ▪ ITBP ▪ SS Deswal ▪ NSG ▪ SS Deswal (Additional) ▪ NDRF ▪ SN Pradhan ▪ RAW ▪ Samant Goel

List of Chairman of Important Organisation Organisation Chairman Name ▪ SIDBI ▪ Mohammad Mustafa ▪ SEBI ▪ Ajay Tyagi ▪ NABARD ▪ Chintala Govinda Rajulu ▪ NHRC ▪ H.L Dattu ▪ NITI Aayog ▪ PM Narendra Modi ▪ ISRO ▪ K.Sivan ▪ UIDAI ▪ Shri Pankaj Kumar ▪ UGC ▪ Dhirendra Pal Singh ▪ DRDO ▪ G Satheesh Reddy ▪ New Election Commissioner ▪ Rajiv Kumar ▪ New UPSC chairman ▪ Pradeep Kumar Joshi

Chapter 2: Awards 2020 Nobel Prize List Category Persons Reasons Medicine or • Harvey J Alter (US) For the discovery of Physiology • Michael Houghton (UK) Hepatitis C virus.” • Charles M. (US) Physics • Roger Penrose (UK) The award has, in the • Reinhard Genzel (Germany) past, honoured discoveries • Andrea Ghez (US) about the tiniest of

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particles and the vast mysteries of outer space. While one half of the Nobel was awarded to Penrose for his discovery on black holes, the other half was jointly awarded to Genzel and Ghez ‘for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of the galaxy’. Chemistry • Emmanuelle Charpentier for the development of a (France) method for genome • Jennifer A. Doudna (US) editing Literature • American poet Louise Glück For her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence

universal.” Peace • United nation’s World Food The programme has been Programme (WFP) awarded the prize for its efforts to fight the hunger specially in the war zones and conflict affected areas. Economics • Paul R Milgrom (US) and For improvements to

• Robert B Wilson (US) auction theory

Padma Vibhushan Award 2020 (Total-7) The Padma Vibhushan is the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, second only to the Bharat Ratna. Established: 1954 Name Field State/Country

1. George Fernandes Public Affairs (Posthumous)

2. Arun Jaitley Public Affairs Delhi (Posthumous) 3. Sir Anerood Jugnauth Public Affairs Mauritius 4. M. C. Mary Kom Sports Manipur 5. Chhannulal Mishra Art

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6. Sushma Swaraj Public Affairs Delhi (Posthumous)

7. Sri Vishveshateertha Swamiji Sri Others-Spiritualism Karnataka Pejavara Adhokhaja Matha Udupi (Posthumous) Padma Bhushan Award 2020 (Total-16) The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Established: 1954 Name Field State/Country M. Mumtaz Ali (Sri M) Others-Spiritualism Kerala Syed Muazzem Ali Public Affairs Bangladesh (Posthumous) Muzaffar Hussain Baig Public Affairs Jammu and Kashmir Ajoy Chakravorty Art Manoj Das Literature and Puducherry Education Balkrishna Doshi Others-Architecture Gujarat Krishnammal Jagannathan Social Work S. C. Jamir Public Affairs Anil Prakash Joshi Social Work Dr. Tsering Landol Medicine Ladakh Anand Mahindra Trade and Industry Maharashtra Neelakanta Ramakrishna Public Affairs Kerala Madhava Menon (Posthumous) Manohar Gopalkrishna Public Affairs Prabhu Parrikar (Posthumous) Prof. Jagdish Sheth Literature and USA Education P. V. Sindhu Sports Telangana Venu Srinivasan Trade and Industry Tamil Nadu

72nd Emmy Awards 2020 Popular sitcom Schitt’s Creek wons most awards in a single season by a comedy series. He took home seven Primetime awards and nine Emmys in the comedy categories. The family saga series Succession took home five awards that also include best drama series at the 72nd Emmy Awards. Thus a new record is set. Euphoria’s Zendaya became the youngest winner for best lead actress in the drama series category. A mini FRIENDS reunion also took place with the show’s three female leads – JenniferAniston, Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow. List of winners is given click here

Awards (October) Awards Persons/Organization Purpose/ Field

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Gandhi Award AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay He was instrumental in India''s Singh Diplomatic intervation to remove Mahatma Ghandhi's Image on beer bottles of Private company in Isreal. Sanjay singh raised the issue in the Parliament. Indo-American Chamber of Ratan Tata Commerce (IACC) lifetime achievement award SDG Special Humanitarian Actor Sonu Sood For his philanthropic work Action Award by UNDP during coronavirus induced lockdown World's most influential Ravi Santhanam, Chief Ranked at Number 39, he is the CMOs Marketing Officer (CMO), only CMO of an Indian HDFC Bank company to be featured in the illustrious list which includes marketing heads of Apple, BMW, Lego, Adobe, Microsoft, P&G among others. Central bank of the year “Bank of Ghana” “Bank of Ghana” has won the award 2020 Central bank of the year award 2020. Apart from this, Mark Carney (Governor of the Bank of England) has won the Governor of the year at the Central bank of the year award 2020. Right Livelihood Award 2020 • Nasrin Sotoudeh-Iran Fields as environmental • Bryan Stevenson-USA protection, human rights, • Lottie Cunningham sustainable development, Wren- Nicaragua health, education, and peace. • Ales Bialiatski- "Alternative Nobel Prize",it is Belarus not a Nobel prize Wildlife Photographer of the Aishwarya Sridhar, first Her photo won among 50,000 Year award Indian woman entries from over 80 countries across the world. EU awards human rights Belarus opposition Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, for prize movement their challenge to President Alexander Lukashenko’s long, hard-line reign. ‘Outstanding Young Person UK-based Indian-origin Dr Non-profit NGO for her of the World 2020’ Jajini Varghese “incredible” scientific contributions to diagnosing and treating breast cancer. Special prize in Global Art six year old Bangladeshi boy for his artwork in the global art Competition Anzar Mustaeen Ali competition organised by the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR).

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Won best Child/Young girl K Mahashweta For her role in the short film Actress award at the Las Grandma Toy Vegas Movie Awards 2020 UN Climate Action Award India’s Global Himalayan help remote communities Expedition access solar energy

Jal Shakti Minister presented 2020 Swachh Bharat Awards Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat presented the Swachh Bharat Awards 2020 particularly under the drinking water and cleanliness categories. The awards were given to States, Districts, Blocks and Village Panchayats. GoI had earlier launched three missions namely Swachh Sundar Samudayik Shouchalaya, Samudayik Shouchalaya Abhiyan and Gandagi Mukth Bharat. Samudayik Shouchalaya Category • Gujarat won the first prize at state level. • Tirunelveli of Tamil Nadu got the first prize at district level. • Kharchrod block in Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh won the first prize at block level. • Chinnanur village of Tamil Nadu got the first prize a Gram Panchayat level Samudayik Shouchalya category • Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh came out to be best performing states. • Prayagraj and Bareilly were the best performing districts. Gandagi Mukt Bharat Mission • Telangana and Haryana got the first prize. Right Livelihood Award 2020 The Right Livelihood Award is an international award to "honour and support those offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today." The prize was established in 1980 by German-Swedish philanthropist Jakob von Uexkull. An international jury, invited by the five regular Right Livelihood Award board members, decides the awards in such fields as environmental protection, human rights, sustainable development, health, education, and peace. Although it is promoted as an "Alternative Nobel Prize",it is not a Nobel prize. List of Winners 2020 • Nasrin Sotoudeh-Iran • Bryan Stevenson-USA • Lottie Cunningham Wren- Nicaragua • Ales Bialiatski-Belarus September 2020 Awards Persons/Organization Purpose/ Field

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PATA (Pacific- Asia Travel Kerala Tourism’s Kerala Tourism’s internationally- Association) Grand Award 2020 acclaimed ‘Human by Nature’ campaign won the prestigious PATA (Pacific- Asia Travel Association) Grand Award 2020 for Marketing.

Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2020 British Broadcaster David David Attenborough was given the Attenborough prize for “revealing the wonders of the natural world, educating and entertaining generations of people through his films and books for tirelessly working to awaken humankind to the need to preserve and protect the on our planet, and advocating the necessity to live a sustainable and harmonious way of life. CII-GBC ‘National Energy Leader’ Hyderabad International Airport The GMR led Rajiv Gandhi award International Airport (Hyderabad International Airport) won the ‘National Energy Leader’ and ‘Excellent Energy Efficient Unit’ awards at the 21st National Awards for ‘Excellence in Energy Management’.

‘People’s Choice Winner’ At AZ Odisha’s Krushi Bhawan The Krushi Bhawan was the only award project from India at the globally acknowledged prestigious award.

2020 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Colombian investigative journalist Jineth Bedoya Lima’s reporting has World Press Freedom Prize Jineth Bedoya Lima focused on the armed conflict and peace process in Colombia and on sexual violence against women.

“Ig Nobel Prize 2020” Prime Minister Narendra Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been awarded the Ig Nobel Prize 2020 for Medical Education.

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2020 Dayton Literary Peace Margaret Atwood The award celebrates literature’s Prize’s lifetime achievement power to foster peace, social justice award and global understanding. Margaret Atwood is a prolific writer of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, essays and comic books.

United Nations to the 2020 cohort Udit Singhal The highest profile recognition of young leaders for the opportunity at the world body for Sustainable Development Goals youngsters who are leading efforts to combat the world’s most pressing issues. Asia Game Changer award 2020 Michelin-star chef Vikas Khanna Feeding millions across India amid the COVID-19 pandemic through a massive food distribution drive that he coordinated from thousands of miles away in his Manhattan home.

first airport in the world to be Fiumicino International Airport From Skytrax, a U.K.-based airport certified with “COVID-19 5-star (FCO) in Rome, Italy and airline review firm. FCO, also airport rating” known as the Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, is the busiest airport in Italy. Place to help reduce the spread of Coronavirus.

Lifetime Achievement Award by Aditya Puri, MD, HDFC Bank The publication has recognised the Euromoney 2020 iconic leader for his skills in building a world-class Indian bank at a time where there were no similar institutions in existence.

August 2020 Awards Persons/Organization Purpose/ Field Pallikkutam National Award St Christopher School, Chessore, The award winners were chosen Village, Nagaland. byan expert jury set up by the Indian Institute of Management, (IIM-K). The award committee deeply appreciated the effort of all the school leaders and teachers who ensured that students

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continued to learn in spite of Covid- 19 crisis. Swachhta Hi Seva 2019 award Neyveli Lignite Corporation India The award was given to the PSU for Ltd (NLCIL) transforming Neyveli township into a plastic-free, clean and green campus. National Award To Teachers Ms. Sudha Painuli First NAT Awardee from the 2020 Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) established under Ministry of Tribal Affairs. Asian College of Journalism’s Nitin Sethi and Shiv Sahay Singh for investigative journalism and award the K P Narayana Kumar Memorial Award for social impact journalism respectively.

2020 Leadership Awards from Anand Mahindra & Shantanu Displayed tremendous USISPF Narayen leadership and ambition in strengthening the US-India bilateral economic partnership

20th New York Indian Film Moothon’, ‘Son Rise’ National Award-winning Festival documentary “Son Rise” and Geetu Mohandas-directed “Moothon” had been among the many movies that took residence the massive honours at the 20th New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF),

International Booker Prize 2020 Dutch Writer Marieke Lucas A 29-year-old Dutch writer has Rijneveld become the youngest author Literary fiction book ‘The Discomfort of Evening’,"

Asian College of Journalism’s Nitin Sethi and Shiv Sahay Singh for investigative journalism and award the K P Narayana Kumar Memorial Award for social impact journalism respectively.

2020 Leadership Awards from Anand Mahindra & Shantanu Displayed tremendous USISPF Narayen leadership and ambition in strengthening the US-India bilateral economic partnership

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20th New York Indian Film Moothon’, ‘Son Rise’ National Award-winning Festival documentary “Son Rise” and Geetu Mohandas-directed “Moothon” had been among the many movies that took residence the massive honours at the 20th New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF), International Booker Prize 2020 Dutch Writer Marieke Lucas A 29-year-old Dutch writer has Rijneveld become the youngest author Literary fiction book ‘The Discomfort of Evening’,"

July 2020 Awards Persons/Organization Purpose/ Field

Lifetime Achievement Award of Legendary Hockey Player Ashok key player of the 1975 World Cup Mohun Bagan Football Club Kumar winning Indian Hockey team

Elites Excellence Awards-2020 The Mukhyamantri Darpan and The state of has been mobile App awarded this honour by the country's prestigious IT institution Elites Technomedia under the 'Digital India initiative'.

2020 Von Karman Award ISRO chief Dr Kailasavadivoo Sivan The award which is the highest distinction of the Academy will be conferred in March 2021 in Paris.

Prestigious CII-ITC Sustainability NTPC Limited Under Outstanding Accomplishment Award 2019 in Corporate Excellence Category.

Dada Saheb Phalke award 2020 A short documentary movie Chi Lupo ’s Kezang D Thondok, an independent filmmaker, made the documentary

Best Police Stations of India Nadaun Police Station of Hamirpur district, Himachal pradesh

Karamveer Chakra Award from Founder of SS Motivation, World He addresses social issues and United Nations and ICONGO record holder Sunil ydv SS was motivates people every day through honoured his channel.

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2020 Booker Prize longlist Indian-origin author Avni Doshi's Indian-origin author Avni Doshi's debut novel Burnt Sugar – released in India as Girl in White Cotton – has been longlisted for the 2020 Booker prize

President's Award For COVID Kala Narayanasamy Indian-origin nurse in Singapore Services has been conferred with the President's Award for Nurses for serving on the frontline during the COVID-19 pandemic

Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity Greta Thunberg Climate activist Greta Thunberg on 20th July announced that she would donate her 1 million euros ($1.15 million) prize to groups working to protect the environment and halt climate change

Laureates Of UN Nelson Mandela Marianna Vardinoyannis, Morissana Marianna Vardinoyannis of Greece Prize Kouyate and Morissana Kouyate of Guinea were on 18th July announced the laureates of the United Nations 2020 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize by General Assembly President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande.

2020 TIFF Tribute Actor Award Kate Winslet at the Toronto Film Festival.

USIBC Global Leadership Award Tata group Chairman N For business Chandrasekaran and Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet

International Press Freedom Shahidul Alam from Bangladesh, All four journalists have faced Awards 2020 Mohammad Mosaed from Iran, Dapo arrests or criminal prosecution in Olorunyomi from Nigeria and reprisal for their reporting. Svetlana Prokopyeva from Russia.

Paul Harris Fellow Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Recognition by Rotary Foundation K Palaniswami of Rotary International having its BEST ONLINE TEST SERIES SITE FOR PARA 13.2 , III EXAM, GIPSA OFFICER SCALE 1-5 24

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headquarters at Chicago. Paul Harris Fellow usually honors people who make successful services to their people in providing drinking water, sanitation, disease prevention, environment, world peace, etc. Global Humanitarian Award Sachin Awasthi President, National Media Club has and Founder of Shri Ram Seva Mission.

UNIFIL Environment Award for Indian battalion for a project that aims to decrease 2020 waste generation, reuse plastic, build green houses and compost pits.

2020 Commonwealth Short Story Kritika Pandey for her short story, The Great Indian Prize Tee and , which centres around an unlikely friendship struck at the background of a tea stall.

'2020 Great Immigrants' Pulitzer winner Siddhartha Two renowned Indian-Americans honourees Mukherjee, Prof Raj Chetty who have contributed towards the efforts in mitigating the COVID-19 health crisis are among the 38 immigrants honoured by a prestigious American foundation ahead of US Independence Day commemoration this year.

named members of an Prof. Rattan Lal and Dr. Uma Lele Two eminent agricultural experts international scientific group hailing from India have been named members of an international scientific group, aimed to offer foremost scientific evidence for sustainable food systems, established by UN chief Antonio Guterres ahead of a global food summit next year.

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Development Marketplace Award’ Cambodian NGO, ‘SMARTgirl The World Bank Group and the Chatline’ Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) have partnered to address this global pandemic by launching the Development Marketplace to Address Gender-Based Violence

EU Green Building Leadership International Olympic Committee Olympic House, which also holds the Award 2020 (IOC) rigorous LEED Platinum certification, is one of the most sustainable buildings in the world.

The Diana Award 2020 Delhi School Girl Thirteen-year-old social action or humanitarian efforts Freya Thakral

June 2020 Awards Persons/Organization Purpose/ Field Panchayati raj department Prize Himachal Pradesh The state has been selected for the award for effective implementation of the e-application developed by the central government and other applications developed by the state government.

Vithabai Narayangaokar lifetime Gulabbai Sangamnerkar and Senior tamasha (folk art) artist, achievement award 2018-19 Sangeetacharya Annasaheb Gulabbai Sangamnerkar and Sangeetacharya Annasaheb Kirloskar musical theatre lifetime achievement award will be given to Veteran theatre actress- singer Madhuvanti Dandekar.

Arjuna award for 2018 Sanjita Chanu Cleared of the dope taint, two- time Commonwealth Games gold- winning weightlifter Sanjita Chanu will finally get the coveted Arjuna award which has been on hold since 2018.

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Honoured by the United Nations Kerala Health Minister KK Kerala’s Health Minister KK efforts to tackle the coronavirus Shailaja Shailaja was honoured by the pandemic United Nations for her efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. She was among a few of the world leaders invited to speak on the occasion of the United Nations Public Service Day.

Prof. P.V. Sukhatme National Dr Arvind Pandey and Dr. Award in Statistics Akhilesh Chandra Kulshreshtha

Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis National Former RBI Governor C. Award in Official Statistics’ Rangarajan

World No Tobacco Day Award NGO ‘SEEDS’ The World Health 2020 Organization(WHO) has accorded 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 efforts to ban pan masala, gutkha, e-cigarettes and hookah in Bihar and Jharkhand.

Asia in 2020 Commonwealth Kritika Pandey won for her story The Great Indian Short Story Prize Tee and Snakes

EY World Entrepreneur of the Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw First woman entrepreneur Year 2020 (WEOY) Biocon Ltd contribution in improving universal access to affordable life-saving medicine and transforming the world in one of its kind virtual entrepreneurship award ceremony.

Richard Dawkins Award Javed Akhtar Every year, the award recognises a distinguished individual from the field of science, scholarship, education, or entertainment NASA Distinguished Public Renjith Kumar For his service to NASA through Service Medal” executive leadership, engineering contribution, technical excellence and customer satisfaction.

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“The Medal of the Order of Indian Musician Shobha Sekhar The medal of the order of Australia Australia” is awarded to the individuals contributing to their community or to Australia globally or domestically.

World Food Prize Indian-American soil scientist 2020 World Food Prize Laureate for Rattan Lal developing and mainstreaming a soil-centric approach to increasing food production that conserves natural resources and mitigates climate change.

COVID-19 International film Martyapura Re Jamaraj (‘Yamaraj Ankushpur village of Odisha’s festival on earth’) Ganjam district has won a special jury award at the COVID-19 International Film Festival 2020.

2020 German Trade Peace Prize Economist Amartya Sen Germany’s publishers and booksellers association—has announced on June 17 that Indian economist, philosopher, and Nobel (1998) laureate Amartya Sen is the recipient of the 2020 Peace Prize of the German book trade.

May 2020 Awards Persons/Organization Purpose/ Field

Young Career Award Award in Saurabh Lodha “This award recognises his Nano Science & Technology for pioneering contributions in the the year 2020 development of logic transistor technologies beyond silicon and nanoelectronic devices based on two-dimensional Van der Waals materials,”.

World Airport Awards Bangaluru's Kempegowda Voted by customers in the largest, (best regional airport in India & International Airport annual global airport customer Central Asia) satisfaction survey.

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Regional Partner of the Year Anunta For the Services Excellence Award category. Help customers maximize the value received from their VMware investments.

Japan's 'Order of Rising Sun' Manipuri doctor Thangjam Dhabali for his efforts in promoting a better Singh understanding of Japan in India and bringing the two nations closer.

Nikkei Asia Prize 2020 in 'Science IIT Madras Prof. T. Pradeep He has been accorded this honour in and Technology' recognition of his pioneering work in nanotechnology-based water purification. They are awarded annually in three areas - Economic and Business Innovation, Science and Technology and Culture and Community.

Pulitzer prize 2020 Channi Anand, Dar Yasin and They won the prize for their Mukhtar Khan coverage of Kashmir, especially during the lockdown that was implemented after Article 370

Marcus Wallenberg Prize 2020 Nicholas C. Coops, Joseph J. ‘Marcus Wallenberg Prize(MWP) Landsberg and Richard H. Waring 2020’ or ‘the Nobel Prize for sector’ for 3-PG (Physiological Principles Predicting Growth), a model to predict forest growth in a changing climate.

Commemorative World War II Kim Jong-un Russian President Vladimir Putin medal has awarded Kim Jong-un a commemorative war medal marking the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, the Russian embassy in Pyongyang announced 5th May.

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Deutsche Welle Freedom of Indian journalist Siddharth “outstanding commitment to Speech Award Varadarajan human rights and freedom of expression in the media”. The announcement came on World Press Freedom Day.

Fed Cup Heart Award Tennis star Sania Mirza First Indian to win the Fed Cup Heart Award

"Global Asian award" Bengaluru doctor Hema Divakar for her yeomen services and contributions to the women's healthcare ecosystem, in India.

Inventor of the Year Indian-American alumnus & IBM Dr Joshi, who is a master inventor scientist Rajiv Joshi with more than 250 patented inventions in the US, works at the IBM Thomson Watson Research Center in New York.

UN military gender award for An Indian Army officer Major selected for the prestigious United women peacekeepers Suman Gawani and a Brazilian Nations Military Gender Advocate woman Commander Carla Monteiro of the Year Award (2019). de Castro Araujo The woman peacekeeper were described as "powerful role models" by the UN Chief Antonio Guterres.

April, 2020 Awards Persons/Organization Purpose/ Field

Peta India Naveen Patnaik Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has been conferred with an award by animal rights body PETA India for allocating funds to feed community animals in Odisha during the lockdown over the novel coronavirus pandemic

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Skoll Award for Social Indian NGO ARMMAN Indian NGO ARMMAN wins Entrepreneurship prestigious USD 1.5 million Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. ARMMAN, an India-based non-profit organization, has been awarded the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship 2020 for its exceptional work in the maternal and child health space in India.

Chapter 3: Government Scheme/ campaign (October) SCHEME PURPOSE “Sujal” Naveen Patnaik has inaugurated “Sujal”, ‘Drink from Tap (Odisha) Mission’ scheme, to provide round the clock supply of quality tap drinking water in all urban areas of the state. ‘SVAMITVA’ (ownership) scheme Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to launch the (PM Modi) physical distribution of property cards under the ‘SVAMITVA’ (ownership) scheme on October 11, 2020. This will be a historic move to transform the rural India. The move will provide villagers a way to use property as a financial asset. The villagers could use their property for taking loans and other financial benefits. “Swa-nirbhar Naari, Atmanirbhar bid to empower the economically disadvantaged women Asom” of the State in a programme organized by Panchayat & () Rural Development Department at Chandrapur in Kamrup (Metro) district. 'Jagananna Vidya Kanuka' Government scheme for school children up to 10th standard, (Andhra Pradesh) supplying uniforms, books, shoes, socks, belts and school bags to lakhs of students. Mukhya Mantri Saur Swarojgar Yojana under which 10,000 youth and migrants of the Yojana states will get self employment in the green energy (Uttrakhand) sector. “Jan Andolan campaign” Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a campaign (PM Modi) called Jan Andolan for COVID-19 Appropriate Behaviour on October 8, 2020. The campaign was launched through a tweet by him using a hashtag #Unite2FightCorona. “Digital Seva Setu Programme” The Gujarat State Government launched the “Digital Seva (Gujarat) Setu Programme” for rural areas on October 6, 2020. It was launched under the Bharat Net Project of the Central government. The programme comply with the India’s Digital India BEST ONLINE TEST SERIES SITE FOR PARA 13.2 , III EXAM, GIPSA OFFICER SCALE 1-5 31

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Mission. The villages will be connected with the 100 MBps optical fibre network with an aim to make every village a mini Sachivalay. 'Yudh Pradushan Ke Virudh' As the winter season is impending during which the national (Delhi) capital faces a huge menace in the form of air pollution, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government has launched a campaign against it. 'Yudh Pradushan Ke Virudh' was announced on 5th October by the CM. As a part of the campaign, technology developed by Pusa Agriculture Institute to curb stubble-burning ‘Gram Darshan’ “With the launch of Gram Darshan, the details of the (Haryana) completed, ongoing and required development projects of every village in Haryana will be digitally available. Pathashree Abhijan Scheme West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on 1st (West Bengal) September launched the Pathashree Abhijan, a road repair scheme, where more than 7,000 stretches of roads comprising 12,000 kilometers across the state will be repaired. Make Small Strong campaign Google India on September 30, 2020 announced the launch (Google India) of its nationwide campaign “Make Small Strong” in order to help support small businesses and drive demand through customer support. ‘Red Light On, Gaadi Off’ campaign New anti-pollution campaign under which motorists will (Delhi) be encouraged to switch off vehicles while waiting for the lights to turn green at traffic signals. “hath dhona, roke corona” This campaign was launched while emphasising upon the campaign sanitation practices on the occasion of Global Handwashing (UP) Day. ‘My Town My Pride’ programme Part of the public outreach initiative “in J&K’s towns to (J & K) deliver services at doorsteps to the urban population”. Three main objectives — public outreach in towns, strengthening grassroots democracy, and service delivery at doorsteps. Campaign ‘KAPILA’ Kalam Program for Intellectual Property Literacy and (Union Education Minister) Awareness campaign, honour of 89th birth anniversary celebration of former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. Mission Shakti’ Awareness and tackle crime against women in the state. (UP) AYUSHMAN SAHAKAR scheme Aims: The scheme is an unique way that will assist (Union Agriculture Minister) cooperatives to play an important role in creation of healthcare infrastructure in the country. The scheme would be providing a working capital and margin money to meet operational requirements of the health facilities. It also provides interest subvention of one percent to cooperatives where women are in majority.

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'Safe City Project' The Governor spoke while inaugurating the 'Safe City (UP) Project', a 180-day-long campaign under which the police and other departments will work towards safety of women. Smart blackboard scheme Aims: The scheme is aimed at using the audio visual (Tamil Nadu) teaching material in the schools. It can also be integrated with digital classrooms and smart classroom schemes. The smart boards will create materials that can be fed into computer screens using pen drives. "YSR Bima" Benefit: it will take 15 days to settle the insurance claims, (AP) the government will provide Rs 10,000 as immediate aid to the family members if the insurance holder met with an accident or died. Model Agricultural Village scheme Aims: "Integrated Model Agricultural Village scheme is a (Ekikrit Adarsh Krishi Gram concept which will prove to be a milestone in strengthening Yojana) the economy of farmers and doubling their income. (Uttarakhand) Kisan Suryoday Yojana Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Kisan Suryoday (Gujarat) Yojana in Gujarat on October 24, 2020. The primary aim of the scheme is to provide day time power supply for irrigation in the region. The farmers will be provided with power supply between 5 AM and 9 PM, under the scheme. “Life in Miniature” Project, a collaboration between the National Museum, New (Union Minister of State for Culture Delhi, Ministry of Culture, and Google Arts & culture. and Tourism) 'Green Delhi' Citizens can click pictures or make a video of pollution (Delhi) causing activities, such as burning of garbage, industrial pollution, dust etc. and upload them on the application. Young Advocates Welfare Fund Aims: It provides monthly financial assistance of three (Tamil Nadu) thousand rupees each for two years to the lawyers who just come out of law colleges.

September 2020 SCHEME PURPOSE

‘Gandagi Bharat Chhodo’ campaign Madhya Pradesh government has launched a 15-day campaign (Madhya Pradesh govt.) named ‘Gandagi Bharat Chhodo’. Under the campaign awareness programmes were organized in seven thousand 178 settlements. "SVAYEM" scheme In Assam, the State Government re-launched a scheme to (Assam Govt.) provide self-employment to around 2 lakh youths of the state. Known as Swami Vivekananda Assam Youth Empowerment (SVAYEM). It would provide 50 thousand rupees each as seed money to selected youths to start business ventures. YSR ‘Sampoorna Poshana’ and YSR Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will launch YSR Sampoorna Poshana Plus schemes Sampoorna Poshana and YSR Sampoorna Poshana Plus schemes

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(Andhra Pradesh government) aimed at providing nutritious food for pregnant women, lactating mothers and children, on 7th September. Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to launch Rs 20,050 crore- Yojana Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) on 9th (Central Govt.) September. Along with the scheme, the PM will also launch e-Gopala application. The scheme focuses on sustainable development of fisheries in India. It is to be implemented between 2020-21 and 2024-25. Aims: The scheme aims to enhance fish production to 70 lakh tonnes by 2024-25. It aims to double income of fish farmers. The scheme will reduce the post harvest losses of fisheries sector from 20% to 25% to 10%. Five Star Village Scheme Department of Posts launched a scheme called the “Five Star (Central Govt.) Villages” on 10th September. The scheme ensures universal coverage of flagship postal schemes in rural areas of India. It seeks to bridge the gap in public awareness and reach postal services and products in the interior of villages. ‘My Family, My Responsibility’ Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray on 13th September campaign announced that the government is launching 'My Family, My (Maharashtra Govt.) Responsibility' campaign to tackle coronavirus. "GARIMA" Welfare Scheme (Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on 12th September launched " Govt.) GARIMA" a new Scheme to ensure Safety and Dignity of Core Sanitation Workers of the State. Under this scheme, about 20,000 core sanitation workers and their families covering one lakh population are likely to be benefitted. “Arthika Spandana” programme Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa launched the (Karnataka Govt.) “Arthika Spandana” programme on 16 September 2020, under which loans worth Rs. 39,300 crores would be disbursed through various cooperative institutions, for helping people during the times of COVID-19 and floods. Of the total, Rs. 15,300 crore for the agriculture sector while Rs. 24,000 crore for the non-agricultural sector. Mukhyamantri Mahila Utkarsh Yojana Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani has launched a scheme (Gujarat Govt.) named Mukhyamantri Mahila Utkarsh Yojana (MMUY) that will provide interest-free loans to women’s groups in the state. Aim: Under the scheme, Gujarat State Govt will provide an interest- free loan of Rs 1 lakh to these one lakh women JLEGs. The interest amount will be borne by the state government. “Mahila Atmanirbharshil Aachani” SBI started a programme by the name “Mahila Atmanirbharshil (SBI in Assam) Aachani” (Women Self-Reliance programme) in Assam to support Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhijan launched by Prime Minister of India to the ground level. Ghar tak fibre Scheme PM Narendra Modi has launched 9 highway projects and Ghar (PM Modi in Bihar) tak Fiber scheme in Bihar on 21 September 2020. Under the Ghar tak fibre Scheme, optical fibre services will be provided to every households. 9 highway projects: Bihar Highway projects will construct 350 kilometer of road. The roads will be built at a cost of Rs 14,250 crores (Rs 142.5 Billions).

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Mukhya Mantri Kisan Kalyan Yojana Madhya Pradesh government has announced ‘Mukhya Mantri (Madhya Pradesh Govt.) Kisan Kalyan Yojana’ on the lines of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi. Under the announced scheme, the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, getting Rs. 6,000 per annum, will be getting additional financial assistance of Rs. 4,000, making their total annual assistance to be Rs. 10,000 per annum. "Moksh Kalash yojna 2020" Rajasthan govt's launched "Moksh Kalash yojna 2020" for (Rajasthan Govt) special free bus service. The Ashok Gehlot led Rajasthan government has announced that the special free bus service, for people to go for immersion of ashes from Rajasthan to Uttarakhand (Haridwar). Mukhyamantrir Grammya Paribahan Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on 23rd September launched Achoni the Mukhyamantrir Grammya Paribahan Achoni and (Assam Govt.) distributed vehicles under the scheme to beneficiaries at a programme held at Assam Administrative Staff College by transport department. (August) SCHEME PURPOSE 'Major Dhyan Chand Vijaypath Yojana' Major Dhyan Chand Vijaypath Yojana under which 19 (UP Govt.) international players from the state will get road connectivity to their houses. Niraman Mazdoor Registration For construction workers will be conducted from 24th August 2020 Abhiyan to 11th September 2020. (Delhi Govt.) This special camp will provide tech support to the construction workers. Gareeb Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan Indian Railways generates 6,40,000 Mandays of work under the (Indian Railways) scheme in six states. Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha,OIRajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh 'Padhai Tuhar Para' ‘Padhai Tuhar Para’ scheme to teach children with the help of (Chhattisgarh Govt.) community in their localities and villages. ‘Karma Sathi Prakalpa’ Under which one lakh unemployed youth would be provided soft (West Bengal) loans and subsidies to make them self-reliant. ‘Punjab Smart Connect Scheme’ That aims at providing more than 1.74 lakh class XII students (Punjab Govt.) with smartphones by November 2020.

Arunodoi Scheme For women that will empower them and will contribute to the (Assam Govt.) economic development. Provided Rs 830 to families having an annual income of less than Rs. 2 lakh. Mukhya Mantri Kisan Sahay Yojana Under which farmers facing crop losses due to drought, excess (Gujarat Govt.) rain or unseasonal rain will get compensation without collection of any premium from them. The new scheme - Mukhya Mantri Kisan Sahay Yojana - will replace the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) for this year only, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani announced. Shaheed Mahendra Karma Tendupatta The scheme, named after slain Congress leader Mahendra Sangrahak Samajik Suraksha Yojana Karma, Senior Congress leaders, who were killed in a Naxal attack (Chhattisgarh Govt.) in

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Jhiram valley of on May 25, 2013. Social security scheme for tendu leaves collectors in the state, which will benefit over 12 lakh families, mostly tribals and forest dwellers engaged in its collection. Indira Van Mitan Yojana Under this scheme, groups of youth will be formed in 10,000 (Chhattisgarh Govt.) villages of tribal area of the state and all forest-based economic activities will be conducted through these groups. ''Parivar Pehchan Patras'' To enable the citizens to get the benefits of various central and (Haryana Govt.) state government schemes. Gramodyog Vikas Yojana’. Help to boost the indigenous production of agarbatti and will (MSME Govt.) pave way to generate rural employment”. Healthy Body, Healthy Mind’ Fitness For the students who are confined in their homes because of the Campaign lockdown imposed on Schools and colleges due to COVID-19 (Delhi Govt) pandemic. As a part of the “Healthy Body, Healthy Mind” campaign, a YouTube channel has been started which uploads a video on every Wednesday. 'Ek Sankalp - Bujurgo ke naam’ 'a commitment for elders' is being run by the Chhatarpur Police (MP Police) in the midst of corona infection in the state. 'DIGITAL APNAYEN Encourage digital banking (Punjab National Bank) ‘Ek Mask – Anek Zindagi’ “Despite having come in contact with many novel coronavirus- (MP) infected individuals, I remained safe due to my mask and gloves. Itna Aasan Hai’ Amazon has made it easier for anyone who wants to move their (Amezon) business online.

July 2020 SCHEME PURPOSE “Vriksharopan Abhiyan” The scheme will focus on creating green spaces by planting tree (Home Minister) saplings in mined out areas. Mukhya Mantri Ghar Ghar Ration On its implementation, ration will be delivered to the house of Yojana’ beneficiaries. They will not have to come to the ration shops. (Delhi Govt.) ‘”One-stop shop” scheme Rajasthan is set to fast-track investments and help revive (Rajasthan) industries in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic by giving as many as 98 types of clearances under one roof to the potential investors through the Bureau of Investment Promotion (BIP). The new scheme will expedite all the processes for investment proposals above ₹10 crore. 'Navin Rojgar Chhatri Yojana' For an all round development of the Scheduled Castes. He (UP) transferred a financial assistance of 17.42 crore online to 3,484 people under the 'Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Swarojgar Yojana' and interacted with some beneficiaries from Rae Bareli, Gorakhpur, Basti, Meerut, Azamgarh and Moradabad districts Weavers Sammaan Yojana Under this scheme, 19,744 handloom weavers in the state will get (Karnataka) annual financial assistance of two thousand rupees through Direct Benefit Transfer. 'Mission Vriksharopan-2020' Under this programme, more than 25 crore saplings will be (UP) planted across the state. BEST ONLINE TEST SERIES SITE FOR PARA 13.2 , III EXAM, GIPSA OFFICER SCALE 1-5 36

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scheme 'Balaram' Provide agricultural credit of Rs 1,040 crore to landless (Odisha) farmers who are facing hardships due to the coronavirus outbreak. Around seven lakh landless cultivators will be benefited from the programme in the next two years. 'Sabuja Odisha' The Odisha Government on 1st June planned to implement a new (Odisha) initiative 'Sabuja Odisha' to increase green cover through extensive plantation over 1,30,264 Hectares of land. ''Dream Kerala Project'' to tap the potential and experience of those returning from abroad (Kerala) and other states after losing their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ‘Hamara Ghar-Hamara Vidyalaya’ In Madhya Pradesh, the school bell will be ringing in the houses campaign of the state too from July 6. Children will read, perform yoga, (Madhya Pradesh) write and listen to stories and make notes on them.

'Intzaar Aap Ka' campaign To attract tourists to the tourist places of the state; 'Intzaar Aap (Madhya Pradesh) Ka' means waiting for you campaign has started on social media platforms. 'Roko -Toko' campaign Roko -Toko (रोको टोको) means stop and campaign for those who (Madhya Pradesh) do not wear masks. Campaign 'Pure for Sure' Samples of milk and dairy products will be collected under the (Rajasthan) campaign 'Pure for Sure' from July 8-July 14. campaign 'CybHER' Telangana Police on 15th July launched a month-long virtual (Telangana Police) awareness campaign 'CybHER' in the wake of cybercrime against the women and children in the state. Fit Hai to Hit Hai India’ Union Human Resource Development Minister Shri Ramesh (HRD Minister and Sports Minister) Pokhriyal 'Nishank' and Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs and Ministry of Minority Affairs Shri Kiren Rijiju interacted with students here under the Fit India campaign by the Government of India.

June 2020 SCHEME PURPOSE "PM SVANIDHI" For street vendors to get loans of up to ₹10,000 (Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs) The the scheme is valid until March 2022. ”At One Click” online aid initiative ‘At One Click’ with Rs 1,369 crore for around (Gujarat Govt’s) 13000 Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) (i.e. MSMEs and textile industries) in Gujarat. PM Formalization of Micro Food Launched by Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Processing Enterprises (PM FME) Harsimrat Kaur Badal, the scheme would generate a total scheme investment of Rs 35,000 crore and generate 9 lakh skilled semi- (Union Minister for Food Processing skilled employment. Industries) Purpose: It will benefit 8 lakh units through access to information, training, better exposure and formalization. ‘Kill Corona campaign’ Madhya Pradesh government will launch a ‘Kill Corona campaign’ (MP) from July 1 to screen entire population of the state in a fortnight. “Mukhyamantri Shahri Path Vyavasayi for Street Vendors, The new MP Shahri Path Vyavasayi Utthan Utthan Yojana” Yojana is an extension of the PM Street Vendor Atmanirbhar Nidhi (MP Govt.) (PM SVANidhi) Scheme in the Madhya Pradesh state.

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Maha Parwana In a bid to attract fresh industrial investments in Maharashtra. (Maharashtra government) Mukhyamantri Matru Pushti Uphaar to provide nutrition kits to pregnant and lactating women. Scheme (Tripura Govt.) ‘ Play little, Study little’ scheme Aims: As per the scheme, the students would be getting audio and (Tripura Govt.) video contents on learning activities , projects alongwith fun and gaming activities via SMS or WhatsApp services. YSR Kapu Nestham scheme Aims: Under the scheme, the government will provide Rs 15,000 per (AP Govt.) year for all the eligible women aged between 45 and 60 years for a period of five years. "Jagananna Chedodu" Purpose: Rs. 10,000 provide to Nayi Brahmins, Laundry men and (AP Govt.) Tailors as a financial aid. Nishtha Vidyut Mitra Scheme for women empowerment in one of its kind of initiatives. In this (MP Govt.) scheme, women Self-Help Groups at Gram Panchayat level will work as Nishtha Vidyut Mitra. "Indira Rasoi Yojna" Aims: Under this scheme, pure and nutritious food on concessional (Rajasthan Govt) rates will be provided to the needy twice a day,State government will spend Rs 100 crore every year on the Indira Rasoi Yojna (Indira Kitchen Scheme). YUKTI 2.0 Aims: fostering and promoting innovation among students and (HRD Minister) teachers. Job Gaurantee Scheme Jharkhand is set to become the first state to launch an (Jharkhand Govt.) employment guarantee scheme for urban poor on the lines of the Mahatma Gandhi Employment Guarantee Act. About Scheme: The scheme called Mukhyamantri Shramik Yojna will guarantee 100 days of work in a financial year for urban unskilled labourers. The new scheme would have a provision to pay an unemployment allowance if the state fails to provide 100 days of work. ‘Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan’ To empower and provide livelihood opportunities to the returnee (Central Govt.) migrant workers and rural citizens. The campaign of 125 days across 116 districts in 6 states (Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Odisha). INVESMENT: 50000cr. ''Karmo Bhumi'' for IT professionals who have returned to the state amid the COVID- (West Bengal Govt.) 19 pandemic. “GermiBAN” The device launched has UV C and other B, C, D components, the (Union Minister of State for Home patenting technology that kills surface and air microbes at 99.9 per Affairs, G Kishan Reddy) cent, useful for isolation wards, quarantine centres, hospitals for killing viruses like corona. ‘Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana’ to educate child labourers in the state. The scheme's launch (UP Govt.) coincides with the 'World Day Against Child Labour'. Shakar Mitra’ scheme Aims: The program will provide practical experience of the (Union Agriculture and Farmers cooperative sector and assured project loans on liberalized terms to Welfare Minister) young professionals in the start-up industry. The portal for online application is available on the NCDC website.

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'Panchvati Yojana' Aims: "The main objective of the scheme is to provide parks and (Himachal Pradesh) gardens along with entertainment to the senior citizens of the state. ‘STREE' Aims: The main aim of the programme is to create a platform for (Hyderabad City Police) women from various walks of the community to come together and joint forum for women and Police to work together on issues of safety and security of women and girls. Nagar Van” scheme Aim: The scheme emphasises on urban forestry. Under the scheme, (Environment Minister) around 200 urban are to be developed all over the country in next five years. SWADES scheme The government has launched a new initiative SWADES (Skilled (Central Govt.) Workers Arrival Database for Employment Support) to conduct a skill mapping exercise and provide employment opportunities to the returning citizens under the Vande Bharat Mission Production Linked Incentive Scheme, The triology of schemes that entail an outlay of about Rs 50,000 crore Component Manufacturing Scheme, (approximately $7 billion), will help offset the disability for Modified Electronics Manufacturing domestic electronics manufacturing, which will strengthen the Clusters Scheme electronics manufacturing ecosystem in the country. (Central Govt.) "K-FON" Kerala Fibre Optic Network Project (K-FON) project that will (Kerala Govt.) provide free internet access to the poor will roll out by December 2020. “Thank Mom” In Madhya Pradesh, a plantation drive named "Thank Mom" has (Madhya Pradesh) been started on the premises of Social Justice and Disabled Welfare Directorate from today on World Environment Day.

May 2020 SCHEME PURPOSE "AYURAKSHA" A programme titled AYURAKSHA "Corona Se Jung- Delhi Police Ke (under the Ministry of Ayurvedic, Sang" was organized for Delhi Police personnel at New Delhi on 30 April. Yoga, and Naturopathy) The programme aims to fight against corona through simple and time tested Ayurveda immunity-boosting measures. The AYURAKSHA programme was organized by the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA). Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Under the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana, people in the state Yojana can avail the benefits of free and cashless health insurance. (Maharashtra government) IDEAthon IDEAthon on “The future of River Management’ to explore how the (Ministry of Jal Shakti and COVID-19 crisis can shape River Management strategies for the future. National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) ‘Mukhya Mantri Shahari Rojgar Aims: The cabinet decided to launch the Mukhya Mantri Shahari Rojgar Guarantee Yojna’ Guarantee Yojna, under which 120 days' assured employment will be (HP govt) provided to people living in urban areas. Birsa Harit Gram Yojana for rural Jharkhand govt launches three schemes to boost rural employment plantations Jal Sammridhi Yojna Veer SahidPotoHoKhelVikas Scheme

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‘Nigah’ State government has decided to launch a new programme ‘Nigah’, in order (HP Govt.) to sensitize and educate the family members of the people coming to the state from various parts of the country. Surakshit Dada-Dadi & Nana-Nani Purpose: ''Surakshit Dada-Dadi & Nana-Nani Abhiyan'' is aimed at creating Abhiyan’ awareness about various aspects of senior citizens'' health and lifestyle (NITI Aayog) including preventive measures and requisite behavioral changes in view of COVID-19 pandemic. FIR Aapke Dwar’ Madhya Pradesh on 11th May launched “FIR Aapke Dwar”, an initiative that (MP Govt.) will see police officials going to homes of victims to register a First Information Report (FIR) than the other way round. “Champions portal” Aim: 'The system utilising modern ICT tools is aimed at assisting Indian (MSME Ministry) MSMEs march into big league as National and Global CHAMPIONS,''. The Champions stand here for Creation and Harmonious Application of Modern Processes for Increasing the output and national strength. Accordingly, the name of the system is CHAMPIONS. ‘Bharosa' Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishak has launched a (HRD Ministry) dedicated counselling helpline for the students of Central University of Odisha. The helpline will assist students who are suffering from mental distress and need counselling in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. 'HOPE' The portal, 'HOPE' - Helping Out People Everywhere, has already begun (Uttarakhand) collecting data on the youths staying in the state as well as migrant youths who have returned recently from outside. ‘Matir Smristi’ "There is at least 50,000 acre of barren land in Bankura, Birbhum, Purulia, (West Bengal government) Jhargram, West Burdwan and West Midnapore districts, which cannot produce anything naturally nor can the farmers cultivate on the strip. WB Govt. have decided to use this for horticulture and pisciculture involving the locals. “SAMARTH” Aim: The aim of the e-Governance platform, SAMARTH, is to provide quality (Ministry of Human Resource education to students across all Universities & Higher Education Institutions Development) (HEIs). The objective of this initiative is to automate the processes of the Institute. ‘Goal’ Aims: The GOAL (Going Online As Leaders) programme is designed to (Union Minister for Tribal Affairs) provide mentorship to tribal youth through digital mode. ‘Atmanirbhar Gujarat Sahay Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on 14th May announced Yojna’ “Atmanirbhar Gujarat Sahay Yojana” wherein the urban and district (Gujarat Govt) cooperative banks and credit societies in the state will provide Rs 5,000 crore as loans to small entrepreneurs and businessmen here at an interest rate of two per cent.

‘Sneher Porosh’ & ‘Prochesta’ Prochesta Scheme: Prochesta Scheme is to provide daily wages to all the (WB Govt.) daily wage workers whose livelihood are disturbed because of the national lockdown. Sneher Parash: Snehera Parash scheme is to provide support for the migrant workers of West Bengal who are stranded in different parts of the nation. Charan Paduka for the migrant labourers passing through the state. Under this campaign, (MP Govt.) the migrant labourers going barefoot are being providing shoes and slippers to reduce their pain.

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SUKOON’ Aims: The aim is to ensure that people stay mentally fit and cope with the (J&k) fears related to COVID-19 with a sound mind. This initiative is in line with the growing concern that COVID-19 pandemic and the prolonged lockdown has resulted in tremendous stress among various sections of the society. Mee Annapurna Mee Annapurna, an inclusive programe has been launched for the (Maharashtra) welfare of farmers and Bhoomiputras in Maharashtra. The initiative was announced by Integrated Risk Insurance, an IRDA Licensed insurance intermediary. 'UP Startup Fund' Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on 20th May launched the “Uttar (UP Govt) Pradesh Startup Fund” to revive the State’s economy amid COVID-19 pandemic and handed over the first installment of Rs 15 crore to Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI). "Nyay scheme" Congress president Sonia Gandhi launched the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay (Chhattisgarh) scheme in Chhattisgarh through video conferencing on 21st May and said this was a true tribute to the former prime minister. Benefit: The aim of the scheme is to help farmers earn more and bring more area in the state under cultivation, which currently stands at 20 per cent. Didi Vehicle Service In the tribal-dominated of Madhya Pradesh, the women (MP Govt) of Rural Livelihood Mission have started Didi Vehicle Service for rural women for the safe delivery. This vehicle service is completely free. 'Tatpar' 'Tatpar' programme was launched by the Ranchi district administration (Ranchi) to ease their tiresome journey on foot. Aims: Under the programme, officials collect information about those walking on national highways or on any other road to provide them transport facilities. 'Everybody will get employment' Aims: The scheme aims to provide employment to migrant labourers and scheme those labourers who have gone out of the state in search of employment, in (MP Govt) their village and gram Panchayat area itself. Under this scheme, MNREGA job cards will be distributed to the labourers. “Van Dhan Scheme A Webinar under Know Your Scheme-Lecture Series on “Van Dhan Yojana : Learning For Post Covid-19” was organized by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Rajasthan in association with Trifed, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India. Mukhyamantri Swarozgar Yojana Under this scheme, the district magistrate should coordinate with the (Uttarakhand) bankers so that the beneficiaries do not have any problem in taking loan. ‘Rozgar Setu’ Aims: The main aim is to link the skilled migrant labourers with the (MP Govt.) employers (job providers). As a part of short term planning, govt. has taken data from panchayats and regularize migrant workers in construction, industries, factories and other businesses. Mukhyamantri Yuba Yogayog Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on 6th May launched an online Yojana’ Scholarship portal. The portal scholarships.gov.in was launched under (Tripura govt.) ‘Mukhyamantri Yuba Yogayog Yojana’ at the state secretariat.

April 2020 SCHEME PURPOSE Swasth ke Sipahi Swasth ke Sipahi, the pharmacists of Pradhan Mantri Jan (Government of India) Aushadhi Kendra , are delivering essential services and medicines at doorstep of patients and elderly under Pradhan

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Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) of the Government of India. 'Samadhan' The Innovation Cell of the Ministry of Human Resource has (Ministry of Human Resource Develoment) launched an online challenge ‘Samadhan’ to invite ideas and innovations that can help fight against the novel coronavirus. Operation 'Shield' Delhi government has come up with a term for its strategy (Delhi Govt.) to contain the spread of novel coronavirus - Operation “Shield”. As per the government strategy, SHIELD stands for sealing, home quarantine, isolation and tracing, essential supply, local sanitation and door-to-door checks. "DekhoApnaDesh" Ministry of Tourism has launched its "DekhoApnaDesh" (Ministry of Tourism) webinar series on April 14 to provide information on the many destinations and the sheer depth and expanse of the culture and heritage of our Incredible India. “Sahyog” The Department of Science and Technology (DST), (Department of Science and Technology Government of India, has rolled out an Integrated Geospatial (DST)) Platform known as “SAHYOG”. Benefit: This integrated geospatial platform aims to help in decision making during the present COVID-19 outbreak and support with area-specific strategies in order to handle the socio-economic impact in the recovery phase. The mobile application SAHYOG will also complement the “AAROGYA- SETU” mobile application for Contact tracing, Public awareness, and Self-assessment objectives. e-Gram Swaraj, Swamitva yojana PM Narendra Modi on 25th April launched e-Gram Swaraj & (PM Narendra Modi) Swamitva Yojana, two web portals for accelerating the pace of development in India's villages. Benefit: The eGram Swaraj app will provide panchayats a single interface to complete development projects. The app will help in accelerating projects in villages from planning to completion. Swamitva Yojana will use drones in mapping of properties in villages. This will help in reducing disputes over property. The portal will help in making it easier for villagers to avail loans from banks. Jeevan Shakti Yojana Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan launched the Jeevan (MP) Shakti Yojana on 25th April. Benefit: Under this scheme, women in urban areas can earn by making masks at home. The government will pay them Rs 11 per mask.

Chapter 4- Summit/ Conference (October) Summit/ Conference Location About VAIBHAV Summit virtual summit The aim of the summit is to bring Indian origin luminaries in academic institutes and R&D organizations

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across the world and resident counterparts on a single platform to debate upon collaboration mechanisms to strengthen academic and S&T base in India for global development. World Bank Development video conferencing Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Committee Plenary Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman participated in the 102nd meeting. India International Science virtual platform Held from Dec 22-25 on virtual platform Festival (IISF), 2020 headed by Harsh Vardhan Aims: Promoting passion for science among young people and students by bringing science outside the laboratories, IISF 2020 must also reflect on the role of Indian scientists and science and Technology innovations for not just an ''Aatmanirbhar Bharat'', but also for global welfare. Prosecutors General of SCO Beijing, video India was represented by the Solicitor conference General Tushar Mehta. . India will host the SCO Prosecutors General Meeting in 2021. G-20 Anti-Corruption Working Saudi Arabia became Union Minister Jitendra Singh addressed Group the first country to host the first ministerial meeting of G-20 anti- the first ever meeting. corruption working group on October 22, 2020. SCO Ministers handling India Minister of Commerce and Industry economy and foreign trade Shri Piyush Goyal said that the current crisis due to Covid-19 is a clarion call to the SCO countries to leverage the economic strength and explore partnerships that enhance trade and investment in the region.

September 2020 Summit/ Conference Location About 17th ASEAN-India Economic Held virtually Minister of Commerce and Industry & Railways Ministers’ consultations Piyush Goyal and Minister of Industry and Trade of Vietnam Tran Tuan Anh co-chaired. The meeting was attended by the Trade Ministers of all the 10 ASEAN countries— Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

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Combined meeting of Defence Moscow, Russia Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh visited Ministers of Shanghai Moscow from September 3-5, 2020 at the Cooperation Organisation invitation of Defence Minister of Russian (SCO), Collective Security Federation General Shergei Shoigu to attend the Treaty Organisation (CSTO) SCO, CSTO and CIS member States in and Commonwealth of commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of Independent States (CIS) victory in the World War II. Summit of the council of India India will host a summit of the council of heads heads of government of the of government of the Shanghai Cooperation Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on November 30 with a focus Organisation (SCO) on contributing to the trade and economic agenda of the influential grouping. G-20 Virtual Meeting of Trade Virtual meeting Union Commerce and Industry & Railways & Investment Ministers Minister Shri Piyush Goyal on 22 September 2020 took part in the virtual meeting of the G-20 Trade and Investment Ministers. Making interventions during the meeting, he called upon G-20 to play a leadership role in crafting a pathway to recover from COVID19. India stands ready to engage constructively with all G- 20 Members to push an agenda that is inclusive and development oriented. Shri Goyal announced that India is not in a position to accept the concept of Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT) G20 Foreign Ministers’ Under the presidency The G20 Foreign Ministers’ Extraordinary Extraordinary Meeting of Saudi Arabia Meeting was convened by the current G20 Chair, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al-Saud, chaired the meeting. Jaishankar represented India. The discussions centred on strengthening international cooperation across borders in the wake of COVID-19 crisis. 5th BRICS Culture Ministers Under the Union Minister of State for Culture and Meet chairmanship of the Tourism Shri Prahlad Singh Patel attended the Russia 5th BRICS Culture Ministers Meet. It was held under the chairmanship of the Russian Federation. Discussion: To explore options of hosting Digital Online Exhibition. To extend full cooperation of content sharing website under BRICS alliance. 4th Global Ayurveda Summit Held virtually The 4th edition of Global Ayurveda Summit was virtually inaugurated by Vice-President Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu on the theme “Emerging Opportunities for Ayurveda during Pandemic”. The objective of the summit is to showcase the Ayurveda immunity model to the global level as a solution named ‘Health as One’ and ‘Immunity

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through Ayurveda’. Joint G20 Finance and Health Through video Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health Ministers Meeting conference under the and Family Welfare attended Joint G20 Finance presidency of Saudi and Health Ministers Meeting through video Arabia. conference. Saudi Arabia bestowed with the Presidency of G20 grouping hosted the session. Global Climate Summit 2020 Co-hosted by UN and The United Kingdom and the United Nations are United Kingdom going to co-organise a global climate summit on December 12, 2020, to mark the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will co-host the event. The summit will increase the momentum ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 26) to be held in Glasgow, Scotland in November 2021.

August 2020 Summit/ Conference Location About 6th BRICS Environment Minister Video conferencing under Representing India at the meeting Union meeting the presidency of Russia. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar emphasized India’s concern towards attaining SDG (Sustainable Development Goal). World Conference of Speakers of Video conferencing Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla attended the Parliament fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament. The conference was organized by Parliament of Austria and Inter-Parliamentary Union, Geneva with the support of United Nations. Theme: Parliamentary leadership for more effective multilateralism that delivers peace and sustainable development for the people and the planet

July 2020 Summit/ Conference Location About 3rd G20 Finance Ministers and Video Conferencing Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman participated in the 3rd G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting under the Saudi Arabian Presidency. SCO Health Ministers Digital Meet Video Conferencing Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, virtually participated in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Health Minister's Digital

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Meet on 24th July. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Mikhail Murashko, Minister of Health of the Russian Federation.

June 2020 Summit/ Conference Location About 36th ASEAN Summit Vietnam focus on handling regional public health issues and funding to cope with COVID-19. The Director-General of the Department of Information, and spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cherdkiat Atthakor, accompanied by the Deputy Director-General of the ASEAN Affairs Department, Usana Peeranon, announced that the 36th ASEAN Summit, being hosted by Vietnam from June 22 to 26, 2020, will take place via teleconference in light of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Chapter 5: Ranking Index

Index Index released by India’s 1st Rank Rank Forbes India Rich List Forbes Magazine 1) Mukesh Ambani; 2020 US$88.7 billion (Update 7th Oct) 2) Gautam Adani; $25.2 billion 3) Shiv Nadar; $20.4 billion Oxfam’s Commitment to International charitable 129th Rank 1:Norway Reducing Inequality organisation ‘Oxfam 158th: South Sudan (CRI) Index 2020 International’ in (Bottom) (Update 13th Oct) partnership with Development Finance International and with inputs from independent experts. Arton Capital's Passport by global financial 58th New Zealand Index 2020 advisory firm Arton Capital. Global hunger index Welhunger life and 94th 2020 Concern Worldwide (Update 17th Oct)

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Anemia Mukt Bharat National Health Mission Top -Haryana Index (Update 22nd Oct) World’s Best Employer Forbes Top industry Top- Samsumg 2020 (India) –HCL (30th 2nd –Amazon globally) 3rd - IBM Banking sector- HDFC (176th Globally) Indian PSUs- NTPC FiFa Rank (Men) FIFA 109th Rank 1: Belgium (Update 28th Oct) Rank 2: France Rank 3: Brazil

Arton Capital's Passport by global financial 58th New Zealand Index 2020 advisory firm Arton Capital. Global Innovation Index World Intellectual 48th Switzerland 2020 Property Organization (Updated 2nd Sep) (WIPO) Rabobank's 16th –Amul Switzerland's Nestle (Updated 6th Sep) THE World University Times Higher Education Indian Institute of University of Oxford Ranking 2021 Science, or IISc, (Updated 6th Sep) Bengaluru was placed in 301-350 overall category in the global rankings. Ease of doing business 'State Business Reform Andhra Pradesh-1st 2019 ranking Action Plan 2019' (BARP) Uttar Pradesh-2nd (Updated 8th Sep) Telangana-3rd EASE Banking Reforms Indian Banking 1st –BOB Index 2.0 Association (IBA) 2nd –SBI (Updated 12th Sep) 3rd -Oriental Bank of Commerce Global Economic Canada's Fraser Institute 105th Hong Kong Freedom Index 2020 (Updated 16th Sep) Global Smart City Index The Institute for 85th –Hyderabad Singapore 2020 Management 86th – New Delhi (Updated 18th Sep) Development (IMD), in 93rd- collaboration with 95th Bengaluru Singapore University for Technology and Design (SUTD) Human Capital Index World Bank 116th 1st-Singapore 2020 2nd- Hongkong and China

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Chapter 6: Partnership/ Agreement September/October 2020 Partnership/ Agreement Aims SBI Life Insurance inks pact with Yes Bank Sell insurance policies

BHEL ties up with SwissRapide AG To bring Maglev high-speed trains to India Rajasthan and Gujarat government signs pact with Develop the MSME ecosystem in the state. Sidbi

SBI General Insurance and YES Bank The general insurer’s retail products to its customers.

ICICI Lombard announces bancassurance tie-up “The partnership will provide the bank’s diverse with Yes Bank customer base access to the insurer’s portfolio and make insurance more accessible to its customers across India. it aims to offer innovative insurance solutions to the bank’s customers across the country. ADB, Suguna Foods sign The ADB on 12th September annouced it has signed a pact for a USD 15-million debt financing through the subscription of non-convertible debentures for Suguna Foods, to help sustain poultry farming operations, rural livelihoods and food security in India during the COVID-19 pandemic.

TPT South Africa partners with TCS Help the latter develop an integrated online marketplace platform by bringing together cargo owners, shipping lines, clearing and forwarding agents, and road/rail haulers.

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Vedanta ties up with SBI For a long-term syndicated loan facility worth Rs 10,000 crore.

BSE signs MoU with ICCI Stock exchange BSE on 25th October announced it has signed an agreement with Inventivepreneur Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ICCI) to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups, and promote their listing on the exchange.

(August 2020) Partnership/ Agreement Aims Ericsson & UNICEF Partnered Map internet connectivity landscape for schools in 35 countries by the end of 2023 to provide digital learning access to the children. SBI partners with AddaCorner Aim of boosting the real estate sector in Bengaluru, the Carnival will invite all prospective home-buyers to virtually come together as a group to team up and directly connect and negotiate with empaneled real estate sellers, on real-time basis. KVG Bank inks pact with SBI General Insurance Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SBI General Insurance Co. Ltd. for selling general insurance products through its branches. Flipkart partners with Nepal's Sastodeal Flipkart has partnered with Nepal’s leading e- commerce firm Sastodeal to sell products from various verticals like baby care & kids, women’s ethnic wear and sports & fitness among others in the neighbouring country. Maruti Suzuki partners with IIM Bangalore Maruti Suzuki India said this partnership will help startups working in technology-based innovations that can be applied in the mobility sector.

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Reliance Foundation partners with USAID To bridge gender digital divide in India Purpose: “The W-GDP Fund was created to source and scale the most innovative programmes to advance women’s economic empowerment.

Flipkart signs MoU with UP government's E-commerce marketplace Flipkart has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the One District, One Product (ODOP) scheme of the Uttar Pradesh government to bring artisans, weavers and craftsmen into mainstream business.

Airtel Payments Bank ties up with Bharti AXA Airtel Payments Bank announced that it will offer General Insurance Shop Insurance exclusively for its Retailers and Merchants. Offered in partnership with Bharti AXA General Insurance,.

Maharashtra govt and Google tie-up The Maharashtra government on 6th August announced a partnership with Google that will enable 2.3 crore students and teachers to access the technology giant's blended learning programmes that combine classroom approach with online learning.

Bharti AXA Life partners with SBM Bank Bharti AXA Life Insurance on 18th August announced its bancassurance partnership with SBM Bank India. Under this agreement, the insurer will offer its life insurance products, including protection, health, savings and investment plans, to customers of SBM Private Wealth, the retail banking arm of SBM Bank India. HDFC Bank partners Adobe HDFC Bank has announced a strategic partnership with Adobe to help improve digital experience journey of its customers

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AP govt ties up with ITC, HUL and P&G The Andhra Pradesh government on 3rd August signed a pact with three FMCG companies -- Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL), ITC and Procter and Gamble (P&G) -- for marketing and technology support for economic empowerment of women under two new schemes to be launched soon.

Bharti Airtel inks with Amazon Bharti Airtel on 5th August announced a multi-year strategic pact with Amazon Web Services (AWS) – the cloud services arm of the retail giant – to deliver Cloud solutions to large as well as small and medium enterprise (SME) customers in India. 50:50 strategic partnership.

(July 2020) Partnership/ Agreement Aims PFC signs agreement with IIT-Kanpur for research, training in smart grid technology GAIL and CCSL sign MoU for partnership GAIL (India) and Carbon Clean Solutions (CCSL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for exploring project development opportunities in Compressed Biogas (CBG) value chain in India. IRCTC of Indian Railways and SBI launch Co-branded Contactless Credit Card on RuPay Platform Amazon Pay joins hands with Acko Amazon Pay, the payments arm of e-commerce giant Amazon India, has partnered Acko General Insurance Ltd to offer insurance for two- as well as four-wheelers. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Aims: Under Strategy 2030, ADB will ensure that 75% of its Green Climate Fund (GCF) committed projects will support climate change mitigation and adaptation by 2030. India-European Union sign Agreement On Scientific and Technological Cooperation for the next five years (2020-2025). LIC signs agreement with UBI Corporate Agency Tie-up by which LIC policies will be distributed through the bank. Andhra Pradesh signs MoU with AMUL to help Women Self Help Groups boost milk cooperatives CBIC and CBDT sign MoU Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) on 21st July data exchange between the two organisations. CBDT signs MoU with MSME ministry facilitate the process of data exchange

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CBSE Collaborates with IBM To Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the high school curriculum (Grade XI & XII) for the current academic year (2020 – 2021). UNICEF INDIA announced its partnership UNICEF’s#Reimagine Campaign to support the most with FICCI vulnerable populations and children during the COVID-19 response and its after-math in India. Visa Partners With Federal Bank E-Commerce Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) For data exchange between the two organizations. between CBDT and SEBI signed MoU signed between Indianoil, NTPC Ltd, For Waste to Energy plant in Delhi and SDMC Karur Vysya Bank partners with Star Health Health insurance products to its customers. Insurance CBSE partners with Facebook Curriculum on digital safety and online well-being and Augmented Reality for students and educators. Railways, BHEL tie up For solar power generation, The project is of 1.7 MWp (megawatt peak) at Bina (Madhya Pradesh) which shall be connected directly to Overhead Traction System.

(June 2020) Partnership/ Agreement Aims Wipro partners with IBM Wipro has partnered with IBM to help customers embark on a hybrid cloud migration journey.

Maruti partners with Karur Vysya Bank Car market leader Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on 16th June announced it has partnered with Karur Vysya Bank to offer simpler and flexible financing schemes for new customers.

Hyundai Motor India partners with HDFC Bank offer online car loans on Click to Buy

UCO Bank partners with four insurers The lender teamed up with SBI Life Insurance Company, the Oriental Insurance Company and Religare Health Insurance Company, Star Health and Allied Insurance Company for selling their products.

Indian Railways signs MoU with RailTel For providing Video Surveillance System (VSS) work at 6049 stations of Category A1, A, B, C ,D& E of Indian Railways.

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Yes Bank partners with UDMA Private lender Yes Bank has joined hands with UDMA technologies to unveil digital wallet solution 'Yuva Pay'. This new product from the lender will help the customers with contactless payments. The digital wallet is issued under minimum KYC regulations to Yes Bank.

PhonePe partners with ICICI Bank Flipkart-owned PhonePe it has partnered with ICICI Bank on UPI multi-bank model, giving its users the option to create and use multiple UPI IDs with ICICI and Yes Bank''s handles.

(May 2020) Partnership/ Agreement Aims Vakrangee ties up with LIC Vakrangee Ltd said on 27th May it has tied up with Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) to distribute micro insurance products in unserved and underserved areas through its centres across the country.

Fintech startup Zaggle joins hands with Visa Aims: This partnership is aimed at helping SMEs and startups improve productivity, reduce costs and get access to faster credit through a card which would have both inbuilt forex and prepaid.

Infosys partners with Avaloq Infosys said it partnered with Avaloq, a wealth management software and digital technology provider headquartered in Switzerland, to provide end-to-end wealth management capabilities through digital platforms.

Maruti Suzuki ties-up with Cholamandalam The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India Investment & Finance on 22nd May announced partnership with Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Company Ltd to provide customised auto retail financing solutions to retail buyers. The new solution 'Buy-Now-Pay-Later Offer' is aimed to provide customers with easy financing options, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI).

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ONGC & NTPC sign MOU Aims: "As per the MoU, NTPC and ONGC will explore and set up renewable power assets including offshore wind, in India and overseas, and explore opportunities in the fields of sustainability, storage, e-mobility and ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) compliant projects

Flipkart Partners With Vishal Mega Mart E-commerce marketplace Flipkart on 20th May announced a partnership with Vishal Mega Mart retail store chain to facilitate the delivery of essentials at consumers' doorstep in 26 cities across the country.

UNICEF and Airtel Africa announce partnership Under this partnership, UNICEF and Airtel Africa will use mobile technology to benefit an estimated 133 million school age children currently affected by school closures in 13 countries across sub-Saharan Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Flipkart ties up with Bajaj Allianz General Flipkart and Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Insurance Company have partnered to offer a digital motor insurance policy to customers of the e-commerce major.

Federal Bank and MoneyGram tie up MoneyGram Payment Systems has tied up with Federal Bank to offer a cost-effective direct-to-bank account credit option for customers in India.

Chapter 7: list of loans agreement for India from different organizations Loan (October) ORGANIZATION/BANK Loan Amount PURPOSE New Development Bank (NDB) US $500 million for the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project. New Development Bank (NDB) US $241 million loan for Mumbai metro

Asian Development Bank (ADB) $15 million The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced that it has signed an agreement to invest $15 million in Avaada Energy Private Limited (AEPL) to help expand the company’s solar generation capacity in the country. ADB added that this was its second investment in Avaada Energy after the first round of $50 million invested in April 2019.

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World Bank 3 Crore for Goa to develop India’s first sand dune parks

under Japan Bank for USD 482 million or In the first funding for NTPC Ltd under Japan International Co-operation Rs. 3,582 crore Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC)’s (JBIC)’s GREEN or Global Action for Reconciling Economic growth and Environment preservation initiative, India’s largest power producer today entered into foreign currency loan agreement with Japanese Government’s financial institution for JPY 50 billion (approx. USD 482 million or Rs. 3,582 crore).

Japan Bank for International $1 billion The loan will facilitate the operations of Japanese Cooperation car companies in India. The financing will assist in Government of India’s ‘Make in India’ initiative.

Loan (September) ORGANIZATION/BANK Loan Amount PURPOSE European Investment Bank (EIB) 650 million euros Kanpur’s first city metro line.

World Bank $82 million Himachal Pradesh by improving the condition, safety, resilience, and engineering standards of state road network. Asian Development Bank (ADB) $500 million Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), ADB has approved a loan of $1 billion for the construction of the high speed, Delhi- Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS). Asian Development Bank (ADB) $65.5 million (₹466- Construct and operate a 200-megawatt crore) alternating current solar photovoltaic-based power plant at Raghanesda Solar Park in India’s western state of Gujarat. Through ENGIE group Asian Development Bank (ADB) $300 million (₹2200 Water supply and sanitation infrastructure and cr.) services in secondary towns of Rajasthan.

Asian Development Bank (ADB) $270 million (about Water supply and integrated storm water and sewage Rs 1,988 crore) management infrastructure in Madhya Pradesh.

August 2020 ORGANIZATION/BANK Loan Amount PURPOSE Asian Development Bank Dollar 200 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a dollar (ADB) million 200 million financing deal with the Reliance Bangladesh LNG and Power Limited (RBLPL) to build and operate a 718 megawatt combined-cycle gas-fired power plant in Bangladesh. ADB $1 billion loan support construction of the modern, high-speed Delhi–

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Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System. Asian Infrastructure USD 500 million Purpose: Mumbai Urban Transport Project-III to improve the Investment Bank (AIIB) network capacity, service quality and safety of the suburban railway system in Mumbai.

July 2020 ORGANIZATION/BANK Loan Amount PURPOSE

Asian Development Bank (ADB) USD 3 million Asia Pacific Disaster Respond Fund. The bank has provided the grant to support India’s emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic. World Bank USD 400 million (about for rejuvenating Ganga Rs 3,000 crore)

World Bank USD 750 million MSMEs to increase liquidity access for viable small businesses impacted by COVID-19.

♦June 2020 ORGANIZATION/BANK Loan Amount PURPOSE

World Bank $250 million For two projects to help low-income groups in the state get access to affordable housing in Tamilnadu. $200 million First Tamil Nadu Housing Sector Strengthening Programme and $50 million Tamil Nadu Housing and Habitat Development Project

World Bank USD 500 million To improve quality and governance of (about Rs 3,700 school education in six Indian states. crore) The board approved a loan for Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States Program (STARS) on June 24, 2020.

AIIB USD 750 million Help the government strengthen its (around Rs 5,714 battle against the adverse impact of Covid- crore) 19 on poor and vulnerable households.

World Bank Rs. 1,950 crore W. Bengal Govt for tackling COVID situation France 200 million euros Support Delhi’s Covid response

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World Bank USD 400 million Improve coastal resources in India

AIIB USD 500 million “COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project” AIIB USD 145 million Improve irrigation services in West Bengal

ADB USD 177 million To upgrade 450 kilometers (km) of state highways and major district roads in the state of Maharashtra

♦April 2020 ORGANIZATION/BANK Loan Amount PURPOSE

ADB 346 million (around Provide reliable power connection in Rs 2,616 crore) rural areas of Maharashtra.

ADB USD 1.5 billion Help fund its fight against (about Rs 11,400 coronavirus pandemic. crore)

Asian Infrastructure Investment $500 million Help the country improve its health care Bank (AIIB) systems. With this, AIIB has doubled its funds under the COVID-19 Crisis Recovery Facility.

World Bank 82 million US dollars For Himachal Pradesh State Roads (585 crore rupees) Transformation Project. The World Bank has approved 82 million US dollars (585 crore rupees) for the Himachal Pradesh State Roads Transformation Project (HPSRTP) for upgradation of major roads and modernization of the Public Works Department in the state. ADB $60m The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed an agreement to lend up to $60 million to Aavas Financiers Ltd , a housing finance company in India, to improve access to housing finance for lower-income borrowers, particularly women.

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♦March 2020 ORGANIZATION/BANK Loan Amount PURPOSE World Bank $80 million Govt of Himachal Pradesh for improve water management practices Aims: The aim is to improve water management practices and increase agricultural productivity in selected Gram Panchayats in Himachal Pradesh

ADB $100 million Asian Development Bank (ADB) on 30th March announced a USD 100 million funding for the Indian infrastructure sector through the government-promoted NIIF. The ADB will be investing in the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund’s (NIIF) “fund of funds” which will ensure that the actual money invested will be a few times more than the USD 100 million.

Chapter 8: Merger and Acquires (October) Merger Company About Infosys to acquire Blue Acorn iCi Infosys, an IT services major, said it will acquire Blue Acorn iCi, an Adobe Platinum partner in the US, and a provider in digital customer experience, commerce and analytics for up to $125 million. Buy Stake in Reliance Retail • GIC- Rs 5,512.5 crore (1.22%) • TPG- Rs 1,837.50 crore (0.41%) • Mubadala Investment- Rs 6,247.5 crore (1.40%) • Silver Lake Partners- Rs. 7500cr. (1.75%) • US buyout firm KKR & Co - Rs 5,550 crore (1.28%) • General Atlantic- Rs 3,675 crore (0.84%) • Silver Lake co-investor-Rs 1,875 crore (0.38%)

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TikTok to merge with Oracle Byte Dance a Chinese Company which owns a popular video-sharing app called TikTok in its recent merger deals choose Oracle a US-based firm.

Infosys to buy Czech consultancy firm GuideVision IT firm Infosys annunced it signed a definitive agreement to acquire GuideVision, an enterprise service management consultancy for up to 30 million euros including earn-out and bonuses. Infosys acquires product design firm Kaleidoscope Global software major Infosys 3rd September Innovation announced it has acquired U.S.-based product design firm Kaleidoscope Innovation for $42 million to expand its engineering service offerings in medical devices, consumer and industrial markets across America.

Reliance Retail Ventures Stake Silver Lake - 1.75% stake (7500cr.) KKR- 1.28% equity (5500 cr.)

(August) Merger Company About Reliance Retail acquires Future Group’s retail Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL), a subsidiary of business Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), has acquired Future Group’s retail and wholesale business, and logistics and warehousing business for ₹24,713 crore.

Adani Group to acquire 74% stake in Mumbai Gautam Adani-led Adani Group is set to acquire a International Airport 74 per cent stake in Mumbai International Airport (MIAL), which operates the country’s second-largest airport, with the current operator settling its disputes with its minority partner and exiting the venture.

ICICI Lombard to acquire Bharti AXA General Bharti AXA’s non-life insurance business will merge Insurance with ICICI Lombard’s general insurance business through a scheme of arrangement. Bharti Enterprises currently owns 51 per cent stake in Bharti AXA General Insurance, while French insurer AXA has 49 per cent.

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Reliance Retail acquires majority stake in Netmeds Reliance Industries Limited through its wholly- owned subsidiary Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL) has acquired majority equity stake in Chennai-based Vitalic Health Pvt. Ltd. and its subsidiaries (collectively known as ‘Netmeds’) for approximately ₹620 crores in cash. LIC acquires 5% stake in YES Bank LIC purchased 105.98 crore shares, reflecting 4.23 per cent stake. Prior to this, LIC had 0.75 per cent stake in Yes Bank though 19 crore shares held. LIC holding in the bank increased to 4.98 per cent through 125 crore shares held.

July 2020 Merger Company About

RELIANCE JIO STAKE SALE RELIANCE JIO STAKE SALE Face Book Stake : 9.99%, Investment : $5.7 Billion ( 43,574 Crore) SILVER LAKE • Stake : 1.15%, Investment : $747 Million ( 5,655.75 Crore) + Stake: 0.93%, Investment: $600 million (4546.80cr. ) VISTA •Stake : 2.32%, Investment : $7.95 Billion ( 11,367 Crore) GENERAL ATLANTIC Stake : 1.34%, Investment : $869 Million (6,598.38 Crore) KKR Stake : 2.32%, Investment : $7.95 Billion (11,367 Crore) Mubadala Stake: 1.85%, Investment: 9,093.60cr. Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Stake: 1.16%, Investment: 5683.50cr. TPG Stake: 0.93%, Investment: 4546.80cr. L Catterton Stake: 0.39%, Investment: 1894.50cr. PIF Stake: 2.32%, Investment: 11,367cr. Intel Stake: 0.39%, Investment: 1894.50cr. Qualcomm Ventures 0.15% stake at Rs 730cr Google 7.7% stake at 33,737cr. Total: Rs. 1,52,056 crores , Stake: 32.94%

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KKR to buy 54% Stake in JB Chemicals and Global investment firm KKR will buy a 54% equity Pharmaceuticals stake in JB Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals, a Mumbai based pharmaceutical major for Rs 3,109 crore.

UltraTech's Subsidiary To Sell Entire Stake In Krishna Holdings, a subsidiary of UltraTech Chinese Cement Firm Nathdwara Cement, will sell its entire 92.5 per cent stake in China's Shandong Binani Rongan Cement for around $129 million. UltraTech Nathdwara Cement is a subsidiary of the UltraTech Cement.

June 2020 Yes Bank acquires 24.19% stake in Dish TV Yes Bank Ltd acquired a 24.19% stake in direct-to- home service provider, Dish TV India Ltd, by invoking pledges against 44.53 equity shares kept as collateral with the private lender for a loan. Adani Power to acquire US-based AES' 49% stake in Adani Power will purchase a 49 percent equity Odisha Power stake in Odisha Power Generation Corporation (OPGC) for $135 million (around Rs 1,019 crore) from US-based The AES Corporation's, the company announced on June 23. The Odisha government holds the balance 51 percent stake in OPGC.

May 2020 Merger Company About ITC to acquire 100% equity share capital of Sunrise ITC Limited has entered into a Share Purchase Foods Agreement (SPA) on May 23, 2020 to acquire 100% of the equity share capital of Sunrise Foods Private Limited (SFPL), a company primarily engaged in the business of under the trademark ‘Sunrise’, subject to fulfilment of various terms and conditions as specified in the SPA.

Ola Electric acquires Etergo, to launch electric two- Ola Electric on 27th May acquired the Netherlands- wheeler based Etergo BV, an innovative electric scooter company known for its award-winning AppScooter for an undisclosed sum, and announced its foray into the premium electric two-wheeler market, both globally and nationally.

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RITES signs pact to acquire 24% stake in Indian State-owned RITES Ltd on 22nd May has signed an Railway Station Development agreement to buy 24% stake in Indian Railway Station Development Corp. Ltd, (IRSDC), the company tasked with redeveloping railway stations across the country.

100% acquisition of Emami Cement by NVCL The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved acquisition of 100% of the total issued and paid up share capital of Emami Cement Limited (ECL), on a fully diluted basis, by Nuvoco Vistas Corporation Limited (NVCL). Carlyle to buy 74% stake in SeQuent The US based private equity firm The Carlyle Group has agreed to acquire 74% stake in SeQuent Scientific Limited, the largest pure-play animal healthcare company in India, for $210 million (Rs.1587 crore). Polycab India buys 50% stake in Ryker from Polycab India (PIL) on 2 May 2020 announced that it Trafigura has signed an agreement with Trafigura, Singapore, to acquire 50% stake in Ryker Base thereby terminating the existing joint venture.

Manulife picks 49% stake in Mahindra AMC Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services (Mahindra Finance) on 29th April announce global financial services group Manulife has acquired 49 per cent stake in its wholly-owned subsidiary Mahindra Asset Management Company. invested $35 million or Rs 265 crore

BP Global’s 49% acquisition of Reliance BP Mobility The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has Limited approved the proposed combination between BP Global Investments Ltd and Reliance BP Mobility Ltd (RBPML) under Section 31(1) of the Competition Act 2002. Acquisition of 100% shares and control of Tech The Competition Commission of India (CCI) Data Corporation by Tiger Midco LLC approves the proposed acquisition of 100% shares and control of Tech Data Corporation by Tiger Midco LLC.

Chapter 9: APP/Website/Card (October) APP/ Website/Portal Company/ Department Purpose

“SURAKHSYA” Union Environment Minister National Portal on Human Elephant conflict called “SURAKHSYA”. The portal aims to collect real time information and will also manage conflicts on real time basis.

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Application programming Ministry of Housing & Urban The application programming interface (API) interface (API) Affairs between SVANidhi portal and various banks to expedite loan sanctioning and disbursement process under Modi government’s PM SVANidhi scheme for nano entrepreneurs. Mo Bidyut Odisha Its mobile app to provide efficient, time- bound and transparent online service to the people of the State. Dharani Portal Telangana The portal will be used to store land records and for property registrations digitally.

September APP/ Website/Portal Company/ Department Purpose App “e-Gopala” PM launches Provide solutions to farmers on livestock related issues and inaugurated Semen Station with state-of-the-art facilities in Purnea with an investment of ₹84.27 crore on 75 acres of land made available by the Bihar government Mobile app “EnglishPro” Union Minister of This app will be “a useful digital tool” Education and will act as an educational resource for the teachers, students and for people from varied backgrounds. 'I Rakhwali' application Punjab State Forest To help netizens to become 'Greenery Department Saviours'. To further strengthen its drive to preserve and maintain the environment in Punjab.

August 2020 APP/ Website/Portal Company/ Department Purpose

“SURAKHSYA” Union Environment Minister National Portal on Human Elephant conflict called “SURAKHSYA”. The portal aims to collect real time information and will also manage conflicts on real time basis. AIR SUVIDHA Delhi International Airport AIR SUVIDHA Portal will help in making Limited (DIAL) passengers’ journey more convenient and comfortable in a contactless way as they won’t have to fill the physical copies of the forms on arrival. Portal 'SRIJAN' Defence Ministry Online portal that provides information about defence equipment and items that can be taken up for indigenisation by private sector companies.

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‘Shaurya KGC Card HDFC Bank HDFC Bank Ltd announced the launch of a 1st-of–its-kind product for the armed forces. Called ‘Shaurya KGC Card’, this product comes with never-seen-before features and eligibility criteria specially crafted for over 45 lakh Indian armed forces personnel. Benefit: Life cover of Rs 10 lakh as against Rs 2 lakh for an average card. “YellowChain” Nagaland Govt. “Yellow Chain”- a centralized e-commerce platform, to promote local business and entrepreneurship in the State. "Harit Path app" NHAI and Road& Transport The road transport minister also launched a Minister mobile app 'Harit Path' to monitor the plantation along the national highways. The app has been developed by NHAI Super App Tata Digital Tata Digital, India’s oldest conglomerate Tata Group’s foray into the tech sector, is set to launch an integrated ‘Super App’ which will combine the company’s consumer offerings on a single platform. 'MY IAF' Indian Air Force Mobile application 'MY IAF' at IAF Headquarters (Vayu Bhawan) to provide career-related information to aspirants as a part of Digital India initiative. App “DGNCC” Defence Ministry Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh launched the Directorate General National Cadet Corps (DGNCC) Mobile Training App. The mobile app, called "DGNCC", aims at providing NCC cadets all training materials, including syllabus, training videos and frequently asked questions, on one platform,.

July 2020 APP/ Website/Portal Company/ Purpose Department Web portal 'Rozgar Bazar' Delhi government Make job opportunities available to those who lost employment due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown. “Pravasi Rojgar App” Actor Sonu Sood Which will provide all the necessary information and right linkages to find jobs. PM SVANidhi app Central Govt. Mobile App aims to provide user-friendly digital interface for lending institutions and their field functionaries for sourcing and processing loan applications of street vendors under the scheme 'MahaJob' portal Maharashtra govt. This portal will bring unemployed youth (sons of the soil) and companies looking for skilled labours on one platform. 'e-Kisaan Dhan' HDFC Bank Through this app the farmers will be able to access a bouquet of services, both banking and agriculture,

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June 2020 APP/ Website/Portal Company/ Department Purpose

MeraVetan (Version-1)” Lieutenant Governor of The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Jammu & Kashmir Kashmir, Girish Chandra Murmu launched the first version of the Salary Tracker Mobile app “MeraVetan” developed by the National Informatics Centre(NIC). “TULIP" Union human resource Portal to provide internships to graduates, development (HRD) engineers ‘Indus Corporate’ IndusInd Bank Open current accounts for self-employed individuals and businesses digitally, in just a few hours. Raj Kaushal Portal and Rajasthan Under this portal, employment is ensured to Online Shramik Employment those migrant workers who are Exchange unemployed. So, Jobless candidates and workers must have to register the Raj Kaushal Yojana Portal online mode through official web portal www. rajkaushal. rajasthan. gov. in and also check the Online Shramik Employment Exchange. Aarogya Path portal Central Govt. It will provide real-time availability of critical healthcare supplies for manufacturers, customers, and suppliers. eBloodServices’ Health minister Union health minister Harsh Vardhan launched the 'eBloodServices’ App in partnership with the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS), for easy access to blood in this critical time of coronavirus pandemic. The app is developed by the ERaktkosh team and will bring 'transparency' in the blood donation program.

May 2020 APP/ Website/Portal Company/ Department Purpose

‘Collab’ Facebook Facebook has quietly launched an experimental app to take on Chinese grown TikTok The app named ‘Collab’ has been launched with a promise to bring a new approach to collaborative music production. UMANG App India Meteorological The India Meteorological Department Department (IMD) has onboarded its seven services to the “UMANG” application. Current temperature, humidity, wind speed, direction for 150 cities are updated 8 times a

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‘National Abhyas App’ National Testing Agency (NTA) The objective of the mobile app is to enable candidates to take mock tests for upcoming exams such as JEE (Main), NEET 2020 under the NTA’s purview. The app has been launched to facilitate candidates’ access to high quality mock tests. App ‘OrderMe’ Patanjali Swami Ramdev’s Patanjali foray into e- commerce through its app ‘OrderMe’ has started with average 10,000 daily transaction. The app went live last week. “During first four days, we have got tremendous response with over 10,000 transactions on a daily basis. Kisan Sabha App Council of Scientific and The Kisan Sabha application was launched Industrial Research-Central by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Road Research Institute Research-Central Road Research Institute (CSIR-CRRI) (CSIR-CRRI) on May 1, 2020. The application will connect farmers to freight transportation management and supply chain amid COVID-19 lockdown.

List of App/ Website related to Covid-19 “APP” State Govt./Govt. Purpose of India “Arogya Setu App” Govt. of India The Aarogya Setu is a tracking app that has been recently launched by the Centre to find out about coronavirus infection cases using a GPS system and Bluetooth – features present in all smartphones. The government will use these smartphone features to determine if a person is living close to a patient of COVID-19. The application supports 11 languages.

‘GoK Direct’ App Kerala The Kerala government launched the ‘GoK Direct’ app to increase awareness on the coronavirus pandemic. It is essentially a news providing application. ‘Test Yourself Goa App” GOA The Goa Health Ministry collaborated with Innovaccer to develop the ‘Test Yourself Goa’ application. It was launched to help users self-diagnose and find out if they have any telling symptom associated with the novel coronavirus disease. “MahaKavach’ App Maharashtra Govt. The ‘Mahakavach’ app was developed to trace the contact history of COVID-19 patients, by finding out the places they visited and people they interacted with before the virus infection was detected. “Apurti Suvidha App” Noida Authority The ‘Noida Authority Apurti Suvidha’ application was launched this week to start home delivery of essential items to residents.

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COVID-19 Quarantine Tamil Nadu To ensure that people under home quarantine do not monitoring app violate any rule, the COVID-19 Quarantine Monitor application was launched. The Tamil Nadu government collaborated with Pixxon Ai Solutions to develop this app. Users can also use the application to check if they have any COVID-19 symptom. “TOP Parent” MP Department of school education, Madhya Pradesh government has launched Top Parent Mobile App and is available to download from google play store. MP govt. also starts Digi Lap – Aapki Padhai Aapke Ghar Scheme 2020 for students learning at home. CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan has sent the first whatsapp message to students through digi lap appki padhai aapke ghar scheme. These initiatives will enable students to continue their studies in an interesting manner at home. “Corona Watch App” Karnataka ‘Corona Watch’ that reportedly shows the location of COVID-19-infected persons and their movement history of 14 days. The app developed by Karnataka Geographic Information System Agency features a map of Karnataka that highlights all spots visited by COVID-19 patients before they were diagnosed. ‘Quarantine Watch’ Karnataka It has a GPS-based feature that helps track people under App home quarantine to make sure they do not venture out. It also has a provision to send selfies to the government to prove they are strictly following isolation rules. “COVA App” Punjab The COVA Punjab was launched by the Punjab government. It is essentially a coronavirus tracker that can also be used to obtain curfew passes and report large gatherings of people. “Sandhan App” West Bengal The West Bengal government is launch the “Sandhan” app for health workers moving from one locality to another to find out in which areas people are affected and then the precautionary measures will be taken for those areas. This app will help locate COVID-19 hotspots in the state. “Vera’s App”: Telangana Public Health and Family Welfare Department, Govt of Telangana, swiftly deployed India’s first automated “COVID – 19 Monitoring System App” developed by Vera Smart Healthcare to identify, undertake live surveillance, track, monitor, and provide real-time analytics to Chief Minister and the Health Department. “Covidcare App” Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh government has launched a newly developed app called COVIDCARE, in an effort to fight COVID-19. This app has been developed for those people who are quarantined, asymptomatic or COVID-19 patients to self- report their health status, including body temperature and vital symptoms and in case of emergency, the patient will be able to call for help through the app itself “Naadi” App Puducherry NAADI platform offers Comprehensive Multi-Level, Multi-

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modal and Multi-lingual Tracing, Tracking and Containment of COVID-19 Quarantined/Under Observation/Infected Individuals. “Rakhsa Serva App”: Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh police and a Noida based startup ‘Mobcoder’ developed an app called ‘Raksha Sarva’ which will help them to track the quarantined people amidst of COVID-19 through Google map. ‘MCovid-19” App Mizoram government has launched a comprehensive mobile app containing various information and updates on COVID-19. “Pragyaam App” Jharkhand Jharkhand Govt has launched the Pragyaam app to issue e- passes to those working in essential services. “Self Declaration” App Nagaland Update the health status daily in the App by using the home quarantine tab, answer phone calls from control room/surveillance team, cooperate with the surveillance team during home visits and strictly follow the guidelines on home quarantine Corona Kavach Union Ministry of App created by the Union Ministry of Electronics and Electronics and Information Technology in collaboration with the Ministry Information Technology of Health and Family Welfare. This application provides users with real-time location of infected users who have activated the ‘Kavach’ feature. “Corontine” App IIT Bombay A team at IIT Bombay along with some professional and experienced alumni claimed to have built a mobile app named ‘CORONTINE’ that will help in tracking the potential or suspected asymptomatic carriers (AC) of coronavirus if they leave their quarantine zone. COVID-19 Feedback Govt. of India This application was developed by the Centre to get direct feedback from people who have undergone coronavirus treatment in the country. Chatbot Govt. of India The Prime Minister had announced the launch of a WhatsApp chatbot so that the citizens can get instant and authentic answers to all their queries related to the coronavirus pandemic. All they have to do is drop a ‘Hi’ on the number 919013151515. One can also call on the MyGov Corona Helpdesk to get answers to pertinent queries such as the symptoms of the deadly disease, nearest COVID-19 testing facility. 'Mo Prativa' Odisha Odisha government in collaboration with the UNICEF has launched an online competition programme ‘Mo Prativa’ to engage the children and youth who are staying at home during the lockdown. Those in the age group of 5 to 18 years can participate in art, slogan writing, short story writing (within 500 words), poem writing and poster making, that winning entries will get certificates and may be used in IEC materials.

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people, the doctors who are continuously fighting with this situation, require a “zero contact check-up facility”. Thus, in order to mitigate this challenge, Indian Railways’ Coach Rehabilitation Workshop, , which falls under the West Central Railway zone, has designed a “mobile doctor booth” named “CHARAK”.

YUKTI Union HRD Minister Union Minister for HRD Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank” has launched a web-portal YUKTI (Young India Combating COVID with Knowledge, Technology and Innovation) today in New Delhi. It is a unique portal with a dashboard to monitor and record the efforts and initiatives of MHRD. The portal will cover various initiatives and efforts of the institutions in academics, research especially related to COVID-19, social initiatives by institutions and the measures taken for the betterment of the well-being of the students.

Aayu & Sehat Sathi Rajasthan Govt. The Rajasthan government has partnered with healthcare startup MedCords to launch an 24*7 online consultation and medicine delivery to people of Rajasthan as the state battles the COVID-19 outbreak. The app, which will be called 'Aayu & Sehat Sathi app', will help over 68 million people of Rajasthan, the government has claimed. Assess Koro Na’ Delhi Govt. Delhi Chief Secretary Vijay Dev has asked all district magistrates to use the new ''Assess Koro Na'' app for door-to-door survey in COVID-19 containment zones to speed up decision-making by analysing real-time data. Officials say the delay in collecting and analysing the data of a person in physical form is a major challenge. "Apthamitra" Karnataka government Karnataka government on 22nd April launched "Apthamitra" helpline with an exclusive toll free number and a mobile app. Aims: Providing required medical advice and guidance for those in need. 'e-office' CISF Aims: "This is an application, which mimics each and every function of traditional file movement in CISF.

"Unique" Central University of The Central University of Punjab, Bathinda (CUPB) has Punjab, Bathinda launched a "unique" COVID-19 information portal at CUPB City Campus, on which most of the "authentic information and sources are available for the references, research, and common understanding of the phenomenon." "Access to COVID-19 WHO World Health Organization (WHO) has partnered with Tools Accelerator or Global Fund, UNTAID, Coalition for Epidemic the ACT Accelerator." Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), etc. and launched the

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"Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator or the ACT Accelerator." Benefit: The process will help "speed up and harmonize" the development, production, and equitable distribution of vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics for COVID-19. “Covid Pharma’ Andhra Pradesh The Medical and Health Department of Andhra Pradesh on 25th April launched 'Covid Pharma', a mobile application to keep a track of people purchasing medicines over-the-counter (OTC) for cough, cold and fever from medical stores across the state.

"Ayush Kavach" UP Govt Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on 5th May launched the “Ayush Kavach” app that will provide health-related tips and information about ayurvedic medicines amid the coronavirus pandemic. Exit app West Bengal The government on 4th May launched an app for people from other states who are stranded in West Bengal due to the lockdown and want to return to their native place, state Home secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay said. ‘AYUSH Sanjivani’ App Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union About App: The ‘AYUSH Sanjivani ’ mobile app, which has Health & Family Welfare been launched will help to generate data on acceptance Minister and usage of AYUSH advocacies and measures among the population and its impact in prevention of COVID 19. 'Pravasi Raahat Mitra' Uttar Pradesh Aims: Aiding migrant citizens coming to Uttar Pradesh from other states so that they can take advantage of government schemes. The app will also help to monitor their health besides providing jobs and livelihood, related to their skills. ‘Sodar’ Google Google is trying to do its bit in helping people maintain their social distance. The tech giant has launched a new app that will help people maintain distance in real life using augmented reality. “SwissCovid Switzerland The first app to take advantage of the Apple and Google Exposure Notification API has been released in Switzerland. The app is called “SwissCovid” and is currently available to select essential workers. "Delhi Corona" Delhi government Residents track the availability of hospital beds and ventilators for Covid-19 patients. ‘COVID BEEP’ First indigenous wireless physiological parameters monitoring system facilitated for COVID-19 affected patients. developed by Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) medical college, Hyderabad and (IIT) Hyderabad “Ghar Ghar Nigrani” Punjab Undertaking house to house surveillance to contain the spread of COVID-19. The application is to be used as a tool for early detection and testing of COVID-19 and prevent community spread.

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Chapter 10 India’s GDP Forecast FY20 &21 (Last Update 25th Nov) Organization 2019-20 2020-21 Fitch 4.9% (-)10.5% (Update-8 Sep) HDFC Bank 6% (-)7.5% (Update 24 JULY) RBI forecasted 5% (Updated 4 dec) (-)9.5%(Update-9 Oct) Moody 4.9% (-)8.9%(Update-14Nov) Asian Development Bank (ADB) 5.1% (-)9%(Update-15 Sept) World Bank 4.8% (-)9.6%(Update-6 Oct) World Economic Outlook released 4.2% (-)10.3% (Update-13 Oct) by International Monetary Fund (IMF) FICCI 5% (-)4.5% Organisation for Economic Co- 4.9% (Updated 3 march 2020 ) (-)10.2% (Update-17 Sept) operation and Development (OECD) DBS Bank (-)6% (Update 22 July) Goldman Sachs 5.3% (-)5% CRISIL 5.1% (-)9%(Update 11 Sep) UN (United Nation) 5% 1.2% Confederation of Indian Industry between (-)0.9 per cent and (CII) 1.5 per cent India Ratings & Research 5% fY 2020. (-)11.8% (Update-8 Sep)

Economy Survey 6-6.5% 2-3% National Council of Applied 4.9% (Updated- 21 Feb 2020) (-)12.6%(Update-26 Sept) Economic Research (NCAER) Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 6.3% (-)5% ICRA (-)11% (Update-29 Sept) State Bank of India (SBI) 4.2% (-)10% (Update-20 August)

UBC (Updated 23 March 2020) 4% CARE Ratings (-)8% (Update-14 sept) Normura -6.1% (Update-20 July) UBS -8.6% (Update-17 sept)

Chapter 11: Budget 2020 & Atma nirbhar Package Budget 2020 Purpose Amount

Agriculture and allied activities 2.83 lakhs cr

Trnasfort Infra 1.7 lakhs cr

Defence pension 1.33 lakhs cr.

Education ++ skill development 99300+3000 cr.

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Welfare of SCs and ObCs 85000 Cr.

Healthcare 69000cr.

Welfare of STs 53,700

Nutrition Programme 35600cr.

Development of J&K 30,757cr.

Women-specific proframmes Decelopment of Industry & 28600+ 27300 cr. Commerce

Power & Renewable energy 22000cr.

Swachh bharat Mision 12,300cr.

Sr. Citizens and Divyang 9500cr.

Bharat Net Program 6000cr.

Development Of Ladakh 5958 cr.

Clean Air 4400

Minstry of Culture 3150cr.

National Mission on Quantum Computing and Technology Rs 8,000 crore

Tourism promotion 2500cr.

hosting G20 presidency in 2022 100cr.

FY21 divestment target 2.1 lakhs Cr.

piped water supply to households 3.6 lakhs Cr.

National Textile Mission 1480 cr.

• 5 archaeological sites to be developed with on-site museums o , Haryana. o Hastinapur, Uttar Pradesh. o Sivasagar, Assam. o Dholavira, Gujarat. o Adichanallur, Tamil Nadu • Those earning up to Rs 5 lakhs are exempt from paying taxes • 10% tax for everyone earning Rs 5-7.5 lakh against the current 20% • 15% tax for everyone earning Rs 7.5- 10 lakhs against current 20% • 20% tax for everyone earning Rs 10-12.5 lakhs against current 30% • 25% tax for everyone earning Rs 12.5-15 lakhs against the current 30% • Those earning more than Rs 15 lakhs get no exemptions • Additional Rs 1.5 lakh tax benefit on affordable housing loans

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• Rs 40,000 cr per annum will be revenue foregone from new income tax rates for individuals • 100 more airports to be developed by 2025 “Aatma Nirbhar Bharat” Package Details: In Shortcut PM announced a special economic package on 12 May. This will play an important role in the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’. The announcements made by the govt over COVID, decisions of RBI & today’s package totals to Rs 20 Lakh Crores. These reforms will focus on strengthening the infrastructure, economy and buisness in India. Aatma Nirbharta will help India to excell in the competition of global supply change and the new economic package is made keeping in mind to increase the efficiency and improve quality of all sectors. Pillars of “Aatma Nirbhar Bharat” 1. Economy- quantum jump not incremental change 2. Infrastructure- for modern India 3. System- technology driven for 21st century 4. Demography- vibrant demography as world’s largest democracy 5. Demand- optimism demand and supply chain in the economy Nirmala Sitharaman Press Conference daily basis (13th May to 17th May) and Provide Details about “Aatma Nirbhar Bharat” Package ♦Nirmala Sitharaman Press Conference Important Highlight • Tranche 1: Rs 5,94,550 crore • Tranche 2: Rs 3,10,000 crore • Tranche 3: Rs 1,50,000 crore • Tranche 4+5: Rs 48,100 crore Sub-total- 11,02, 650 • Earlier measures including PMGKP: Rs 1,92,000 crore • RBI measures: Rs 8,01,603 crore Sub-total- 9,94,403Cr. ⇒Total: 20,97,053 crore Click Here Read Details ………………….. Chapter 12: List of Important Committee 2020 (October 2020) Committee Headed by Purpose All India Council for Technical M.S. Ananth The committee will function under Education (AICTE) the chairmanship of M.S. Ananth, former director, IIT Mardas. Mr. Somaprasad had pointed out that though there were 10,396 engineering institutes in India approved by the AICTE at present, only few were imparting quality education.

Prevent stubble burning Retired apex court judge Justice One-man committee to take steps Madan B Lokur for preventing stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh which is a source of pollution in Delhi-national capital region (NCR).

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Data Access access to securities market data, identify segment wise data perimeters, data needs and gaps, recommend data privacy and data access regulations applicable to market data. 400th birth anniversary of Shri PM Modi The committee will look into the Guru Tegh Bahadur approval of policies, plans, programmes and supervision and guiding the commemoration, as well as for deciding dates for detailed programmes of celebration.

Committee (September 2020) Committee Headed by Purpose

Government gives one-year Rajesh Verma Functioning of the National extension to Company Law Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) Committee and make recommendations on various issues pertaining to implementation of the Companies Act as well as the Limited Liability Partnership Act.

National Cyber Security Rajesh Pant The expert committee, led by Lt Coordinator to study the Gen (retd) Rajesh Pant, India’s revelations in China Watching chief coordinator on cyber security, will evaluate the “implications” of the digital surveillance by Data Information Technology Co. Limited and “assess any violations of law and submit its recommendations within thirty days.”

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Assessment of relief to bank Former CAG Rajiv Mehrishi Will measure the impact on the borrower national economy and financial stability of waiving of interest and COVID-19 related moratorium. It will also give suggestions to mitigate financial constraints of various sections of society in this respect and measures to be adopted in this regard.

NITI Aayog preparing Ms Sanyukta Samaddar “Global Indices to Drive Reforms Multidimensional Poverty index and Growth (GIRG)” exercise is to fulfil the need to measure and monitor India’s performance on various important social and economic parameters and enable the utilisation of these Indices as tools for self-improvement, bring about reforms in policies, while improving last-mile implementation of government schemes.

August 2020 Committee Headed by Purpose

Setting Parameters for Loan KV Kamath RBI on the required financial Restructuring parameters, along with the sector specific benchmark ranges for such parameters, to be factored into resolution plans. The expert committee will also undertake a process validation of resolution plans for borrowal accounts above a specified threshold."

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Plan to develop international Pradip Shah Centres Authority (IFSCA) set up a retail business panel of industry experts to formulate a plan to develop international retail business at the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC). The committee will be chaired by Pradip Shah, chairman at Indasia Fund Advisors.

Fix ceiling rates under duty Chaired by Secretary (retd) G K The reimbursement of taxes under reimbursement scheme for Pillai. the Remission of Duties and Taxes exporters on Export Products (RoDTEP) such as duty on power charges, VAT on fuel in transportation, farm sector, captive power generation, mandi tax, stamp duty and central excise duty on fuel used in transportation would make Indian products competitive in global markets. Kozhikode plane crash Captain S S Chahar The Aircraft Accident Investigation Board (AAIB) said it has formed a five-member panel to inquire into the circumstances of a plane crash in Kerala's Kozhikode airport.

Sugarcane Prices to Sugar Rate Ramesh Chand Niti Aayog Member(Agriculture), “Sugarcane and Sugar Industry” recommended linking of Sugarcane prices to sugar rate to maintain the financial state and stability of the industry and to clear the arrears of the sugarcane farmers.

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Dividend of ₹57,128 crore to Shaktikanta Das on 13th government. August approved dividend of ₹57,128 crore to government. The decision was taken when the Central Board of the RBI met on 13th August under the chairmanship of Governor Shaktikanta Das through video conference

Business Responsibility Rajesh Verma The Corporate Affairs Ministry Reporting (BRR) (MCA) will work closely with capital markets regulator SEBI for implementation of the ‘Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR)’ framework in the country.

July 2020 Committee Headed by Purpose

Violation of environment rules. Anil Kumar Jha The panel appraises projects that are commissioned without obtaining prior environmental clearance and have been termed as cases of violation. The panel was earlier constituted in June 2017 for three years. Its tenure has now been extended till June 2021.

Analysis of QR (Quick Response) Prof. Deepak.B. Phatak The report has recommended making QR Code’ codes more interoperable. QR code is used to pay utility bills, fuel, grocery, food, travel, and several other categories.

National Financial Reporting Professor R. The members of the committee will support Authority Narayanaswamy and provide insights to the Executive body of the NFRA on the issues related to the drafts of the accounting and auditing standards. The committee will also provide the inputs from the perspectives of the users, preparers and auditors of the financial statements.

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Sebi rejigs advisory Usha Thorat The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has revamped its committee that advises the capital markets regulator on matters related to regulation and development of mutual fund industry. Note: Earlier in 2013, the panel had 15 members and was headed by Janki Ballabh, former Chairman of SBI.

‘Pandemic Risk Pool’ Suresh Mathur “The Covid-19 pandemic, which started as a public health crisis, has led to a significant disruption in the economic activity mainly due to measures taken to stop the spread of the disease,” TL Alamelu, Member, Non- Life, Irdai, said in an order.

Human rights and future response K S Reddy The expert committee would assess the of the government. impact of Covid-19 on human rights of people, especially marginalised and vulnerable sections of the society, including migrant labourers. Find space for selling Surety Bonds G. Srinivasan. The IRDAI has set up the committee after the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways requested it to examine the possibility of offering Surety Bond for contractors. National level Ranbir Singh The committee, which has several leading committee for reform in criminal legal academicians on board, would be law gathering opinions online, consulting with experts and collating material for their report to the government.

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IBBI advisory committee on T V Mohandas Pai The 12-member panel would advise service providers and provide professional support on regulation and development of the service providers dealt with by the IBBI , according to an order. The service providers include insolvency professionals, insolvency professionals agencies, insolvency professional entities and information utilities.

MSME loan scheme Defence Minister Rajnath Singh To resolve any problem in the implementation implementation of the Rs 3 lakh crore collateral-free loan scheme for MSMEs. Welfare of freedom fighters G Kishan Reddy The ministry has a separate division to serve freedom fighters who are alive and their families. It disburses pension to about 30,000 freedom fighters and their families.

Review private bank shareholding RBI executive director PK Mohanty The group will examine the existing norms licensing guidelines and regulations on ownership and control of private sector banks. Trustees of PM CARES Sunil Kumar Gupta Trustees of the PM CARES Fund have appointed SARC & Associates as auditor of the fund. IBBI reconstitutes advisory panel Uday Kotak This Advisory Committee will on corporate insolvency resolution advise and provide professional process support— on a request from the IBBI or on its own volition—on any matter relating to the Corporate Insolvency resolution and liquidation dealt with by the Board under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016.

Sebi panel suggests measures to headed by former Supreme Court Purpose: The committee has strengthen enforcement, recovery Judge Anil Dave examined the insolvency, recovery mechanism and securities laws jurisprudence of India and abroad and suggested suitable changes in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code to ensure that insolvency law is not used as a refuge by defaulters, thereby protecting the interest of investors.

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Assam Gas Leak Justice BP Katakey The National Green Tribunal has imposed an interim penalty of Rs 25 crore on PSU major over its failure to stop fire in Assam’s Baghjan oil well resulting in damage to the environment. May 2020 Committee Headed by Purpose

Reforms in India’s drug regulatory Rajesh Bhushan A high-level committee of experts system has been formed by the government to recommend reforms in India’s drug regulatory system so that approval processes can be fast-tracked.

Banning on the use of saliva to Anil Kumble The International Cricket Council’s shine the ball (ICC) Cricket Committee has recommended banning on the use of saliva to shine the ball. The practice meant for swing bowling is now primarily held as health risk due to the threats of COVID-19 and protect the safety of players and match officials. Border Infrastructure Lt General D B Shekatkar (Retd) These were related to speeding up road construction, leading to socio economic development in the border areas.

Vizag gas leak Neerabh Kumar Prasad The Andhra Pradesh government on 16th may constituted a five-member High-Power Committee to probe into the causes behind the leakage of styrene gas from the LG Polymer plant at RR Venkatapuram in Visakhapatnam.

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4G internet services in J&K Ministry of Home Affairs SC A bench comprising Justices N V Ramana, Justices R Subhash Reddy and B R Gavai said the committee would also include the Chief Secretary of the UT and the Secretary of Ministry of Communications to look into the demands by petitioners seeking restoration of 4G internet speed there.

Parliament’s Public Accounts Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Members of the public accounts Committee committee are elected every year. The 22-member panel includes 15 members from the Lok Sabha and seven from the Rajya Sabha. Works: The PAC examines accounts showing the appropriation of sums granted by Parliament for the expenditure of the Government of India, the annual financial accounts of the Government, and others.

Examine the comments received The Ministry of Corporate Affairs Purpose: The committee will on the consultation paper floated (MCA) has constituted a seven- examine the comments and make member committee to examine the recommendations requiring any comments received on the amendments in law, rules and consultation paper floated by it for standards to achieve the objective of enhancing audit independence and enhancement of audit independence accountability in the country. and accountability. The panel has been asked to submit its report by 30 June 2020. Reconstitutes National Shipping headed by ex-DG Shipping Malini The government has approved Board Shankar reconstitution of the National Shipping Board to be headed by former Director General of Shipping Malini Shankar, an official said. The National Shipping Board (NSB) is the highest advisory body on matters related to Indian shipping including the development there of and on such other matters arising out of the Merchant Shipping Act.

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Chapter 13: Banking & Financial October RBI defers Basel III provisions amid The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its Covid Uncertainty Statement on Development and The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has Regulatory Policies has announced that deferred implementation of provisions the money transfer facility, RTGS, will be made under Basel III capital due to available round the clock, 24 hours a uncertainty related to COVID crisis. day, 7 days a week from December In this regard, RBI will repel the final 2020. tranche of the capital conservation buffer Under the current rules, the transfers can (CCB) and the implementation of net be made between 7 AM and 6 PM on all stable funding ratio (NSFR) by six working days except for the second and months i.e. April 1, 2021. fourth Saturday of the month and on The capital conservation buffer is an Sundays. additional pool that banks build in normal The announcement comes after the RBI times for its use during periods of stress. made the NEFT facility available 24X7 The RBI had asked banks to build up the from December 16, 2019. capital conservation buffer to the Exim Bank's Government of India required 2.5% in stages. The last stage of supported Line of Credit (LoC) of USD 0.625% was to start on Sept. 30, 2020. 310 million to the Government of the This has now been deferred to April 1, Republic of Zimbabwe 2021. The RBI had earlier deferred the Export-Import Bank of India (Exim implementation by six months from Bank) has entered into an agreement March 31, 2020. with the Government of the Republic of NABARD launches refinance scheme Zimbabwe, for making available to the for WASH programme, earmarks Rs latter, Government of India supported 800 cr for FY''21 Line of Credit (LoC) of USD 310 million In a bid to promote sustainable and (USD Three Hundred and Ten million healthy lifestyle in rural areas, National only) for the purpose of financing Bank for Agriculture and Rural repowering of Hwange Thermal Power Development (NABARD) on 1st October Station in the Republic of Zimbabwe. announced a special refinance facility to Exim Bank extends $400 mn soft loan support the government''s Water, to Maldives for connectivity project Sanitisation and Hygiene (WASH) India has extended a USD 400 million programme. (about Rs 2,932 crore) soft loan to An amount of Rs 800 crore has been Maldives through the Exim Bank to earmarked for this purpose for the finance a connectivity project in the financial year 2020-21. NABARD will nation of islands on 12th October. provide concessional refinance to all RBI raises banks’ aggregate exposure eligible financial institutions, including limit for small businesses commercial banks, regional rural Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has raised banks and cooperative banks, with a the banks’ maximum aggregate retail repayment period of up to 36 months. exposure limit to entities with turnover RTGS to be available 24x7x365 from up to Rs 50 crore to Rs 7.5 crore. Dec 2020 Earlier this limit was Rs 5 crore. The

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September RBI revises priority sector lending The decision to shut operations by the Aditya guidelines Birla Idea Payments Bank was taken due to The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 4th unanticipated developments in the business September said it has revised priority landscape which have made the economic sector lending (PSL) guidelines to include model unviable, a regulatory filing by the entrepreneurship and renewable resources, Vodafone Idea Limited had said in July last in line with emerging national priorities. year. Now the bank company could not able Bank finance to start-ups (up to Rs 50 to work successfully and applied for crore), loans to farmers for installation of voluntary winding up by the Vodafone Idea solar power plants for solarisation of grid- Limited which holds 51% in ABIP bank connected agriculture pumps and loans for and the remaining 49% by Grasim setting up Compressed BioGas plants have Industries Limited. been included as fresh categories eligible for Reliance Industries becomes first Indian finance under priority sector. firm to top $200 bn market cap Vodafone Idea rebrands itself, to go by Reliance Industries (RIL) on 10th brand name "Vi" September became the first Indian Vodafone Idea Ltd said on 7th September company to surpass $200 billion in market announced that it will go by the brand name capitalisation (m-cap). On 10th September "Vi". closing price, RIL had an m-cap of Rs 15.3 Bank of India launches ‘Signature Visa trillion ($208 billion). Tata Consultancy Debit Card’ for HNIs Services (TCS) is a distant second, with an Bank of India, on the occasion of its 115th m-cap of Rs 8.75 trillion, ($119 billion). Foundation Day on September 7, 2020 FDI inflow from China declines to USD decided launched “Signature Visa Debit 163.77 million in FY20 Card” for the affluent/high net worth There has been decline in foreign direct individuals maintaining an average inflow from China in the last three years quarterly balance of ₹10 lakhs and above. with FDI coming down to USD 163.77 This card will have a spending limit of up to million in 2019-20, Minister of State for Rs. 5 lakhs on POS & E-commerce and Rs.1 Finance Anurag Singh Thakur informed Lok lakh on ATM. Sabha on 14th September. Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank ceased to Giving details of the total foreign direct be banking company: RBI investment (FDI) inflow from Chinese Reserve Bank of India has ceased the companies in India, he said, it was USD Banking operations by the Aditya Birla 350.22 million in 2017-18, while it Idea Payments (ABIP) Bank under Banking declined to USD 229 million in the Regulations Act 1949 with effect from July following year. During 2019-20, FDI 28, 2020. further came down to USD 163.77 million,

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Benefit: It is an analytics-enabled to implement system-based asset omnichannel multi-branded loyalty platform. classification from 30 June 2021. It allows users to earn “nth” (infinite) System-based asset classification refers to loyalty points through various bank asset classification (downgrading as well as transactions. These rewards point can be upgrading) carried out by computerized redeemed for various purposes including systems of a bank in an automated online shopping. manner. South Indian Bank gets RBI's nod to set up SBI General Insurance Launches ‘Shagun – non-financial subsidiary Gift an insurance’ policy Private sector lender South Indian Bank SBI General Insurance, one of the leading (SIB) on 12th August announced the RBI has general insurance companies in India, given an in-principle approval for setting announced the launch of first-of-its-kind up a wholly owned non-financial offering, ‘Shagun – Gift an Insurance”, a subsidiary. unique gift of Personal Accident policy. India extends assistance of USD 1 million Data & AI have potential to add $500 to Antigua and Barbuda to combat COVID- billion to economy by 2025: Nasscom 19 pandemic Driving utilisation of data and artificial The Indian government has extended an intelligence (AI) could play a crucial role assistance of USD 1 million to Antigua and in realising India’s 2025 vision of inclusive Barbuda to combat the ongoing COVID-19 development and deliver over $500 billion pandemic. in value to the economy, says a Nasscom The provided assistance is aimed at report. improving health capacities and This segment could account for 10 per cent infrastructure in the Caribbean country. of the country’s GDP by 2025, according to RBI governor announces 'positive pay' the industry body. feature to help avert cheque frauds HSBC India launched green deposit RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on 13th programme for corporate clients August said that the banking system will HSBC India on 21st August launched a move to a positive pay practice in cheque “green deposit programme”, exclusively for transactions to curb frauds. corporate clients, under which deposits will "To enhance safety of cheque payments, it has be used by the bank to finance green been decided to introduce a mechanism of initiatives and environment friendly projects. 'Positive Pay' for all cheques of value Rs HSBC India Launched Omni Collect, a One 50,000 and above. Stop Solution to Businesses India announces USD 500 million help in HSBC India has launched Omni Collect, a Maldives Connectivity project one-stop solution in India. It supports Maldives has thanked India for its businesses to offer multiple payment developmental assistance as budget options on a single platform. support and greater Male connectivity It is designed for businesses to easily collect project. payments through various digital India support the implementation of GMCP in methods, thereby allowing them to easily Maldives, through a financial package adapt to the changes in consumer spending. consisting of a grant of USD 100 million Axis Bank introduced ‘Liberty Savings and a new Line of Credit of USD 400 Account’ for the Indian Youth million. Axis Bank has introduced ‘Liberty Savings RBI mandates system-based asset Account’ for the Indian Youth, to address the classification for UCBs ever-changing lifestyle needs of young and The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 12th digitally interested Indians. August asked urban co-operative banks It offers a complimentary hospital cash (UCBs) with assets of ₹2,000 crore or more insurance cover of up to Rs 20,000 per year,

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ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) (MSME) sector hit hard by the on 12th June announced it has extended a coronavirus-induced lockdown. line of credit (LOC) worth $215.68 million RBI sets up Payment Infrastructure to the Malawi government for drinking Development Fund (PIDF) of Rs 500 crore water supply schemes and other to promote digital payments development projects. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 5th With the signing of this agreement, Exim June said it was setting up a Payment Bank, so far, has extended five LOCs to Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) Malawi, on behalf of the Indian government, with a corpus of Rs 500 crore, with an aim taking the total value of LOCs extended to to give a push to digital payments nationwide. $395.68 million. The RBI has made an initial contribution of Rs Focus Africa: Exim Bank has now in place 250 crore covering half the fund. The 260 LOCs, covering 62 countries in Africa, remaining will come from the card-issuing Asia, Latin America and the CIS, with credit banks and card networks operating in the commitments of around $25.68 billion, country. available for financing exports from India. Adani Green Energy wins world's largest India 9th largest recipient of FDI in 2019: solar bid worth $6 billion UN Adani Green Energy Ltd has bagged the India received USD 51 billion in foreign world's largest solar bid entailing building investment in 2019 and was the world's a photovoltaic (PV) power plant of 8,000 9th largest recipient of foreign direct MW and setting up a domestic solar panel investments (FDI) in 2019, according to a manufacturing capacity of 2,000 MW, report by the UN's trade body. envisaging a total investment of roughly Airtel Payments Bank launches 'Suraksha $6 billion. Salary' account for MSMEs India becomes 2nd nation to have contact- Airtel Payments Bank announced a salary free ATM cash withdrawals account for micro, small and medium In order to eliminate the use of physical enterprises (MSME). card or touch an ATM PIN pad, amid the Maharashtra signs MoUs with domestic spread of coronavirus from contaminated and foreign companies for FDI worth over surfaces, Empays Payment Systems has Rs 16,000 crores: Magnetic Maharashtra joined hands with Mastercard to launch 2.0 “Cardless ATM powered by Mastercard” in Maharashtra signed 12 Memorandum of India based on the standards of EMV Understanding(MoUs) with 12 domestic (Europay, Mastercard, and Visa). With this, and foreign companies for Foreign Direct India will be the first country outside the Investment(FDI) worth over Rs 16,000 United States (US) where this product will crores. be launched. It is a part of the Magnetic Maharashtra 2.0 India to Launch First-Ever Coal Trading initiative. The MoU was signed by the global Exchange companies in the field of engineering, car and India is reportedly planning to open its spare parts manufacturing, information first coal trading exchange on the basis of technology, logistics, chemicals, and food commodity or energy exchanges. Coal processing. consumers and traders throughout the RIL becomes first Indian company to hit country welcomed the move but said the $150-billion market cap exchange should be started only when there The market valuation of Reliance are more buyers and sellers. Industries Ltd crossed Rs 11 lakh crore on Exim Bank extends $216 million credit after chairman Mukesh Ambani announced line to Malawi govt that his oil-to-telecom conglomerate had become net debt-free. Reliance Industries is

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ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series also the first Indian company to cross the supervisory powers of RBI, through an Rs 11 lakh crore market valuation mark. ordinance. Mukesh Ambani, the chairman and managing RBI's powers on scheduled banks will be director of India's most-valued company hence applicable on co-operative banks as Reliance Industries (RIL). well. Mukesh Ambani Joins Club Of World’s 10 Karnataka Bank launches KBL Micro Mitra Richest As Net Worth Jumps To $64.6 BN for micro enterprises Mukesh Ambani has entered the list of top Karnataka Bank has launched a new ten richest persons in the world, according product KBL Micro Mitra, wherein to the Forbes Real-Time Billionaire list. financial assistance up to Rs.10 lakhs can Mukesh Ambani's net worth increased by be provided to the Micro manufacturing over 12 times from USD 5.3 billion to USD and service enterprises either for working 64.6 billion (Rs 4.9 lakh crore). capital or for investment purposes. Exim Bank extends USD 20.1 mn credit The facility comes with a simplified line to Nicaragua govt procedure and competitive rate of interest. Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) Govt to provide 2% interest subsidy to on 20th June said it has extended a line of 'Shishu' borrowers under Mudra Yojna credit (LOC) of USD 20.10 million to the The government on 24th June decided to government of Nicaragua for provide 2% interest subvention to reconstruction of Aldo Chavarria Hospital. borrowers under the 'Shishu' category of With signing of this agreement, Exim Bank, so the flagship Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana far, has extended four LOCs to Nicaragua, on (PMMY). behalf of the Indian government, taking the Under the Shishu category, collateral free total value to USD 87.63 million. loans of up to ₹50,000 are given to Yes Bank partners Affordplan to launch beneficiaries. co-branded cashless healthcare card About: Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana called ‘Swasth Card’ Shishu loan: Shishu loans under the Mudra Yes Bank Limited, an Indian public bank, scheme allow entrepreneurs on the has joined hands with Delhi-based fintech threshold of starting a business to borrow startup Affordplan, to launch a first of its kind co-branded healthcare card called up to Rs. 50,000. ‘Swasth Card’ under Swasth program with Kishore loan: Kishore loans range from Rs. the aim to enable families plan and manage 50,001 to Rs. 5,00,000. their finances for their healthcare needs. Tarun loan: Tarun loans under the PMMY The co-branded card will have flexible scheme range from Rs. 5,00,001 to Rs recharges from Rs 100 up to a maximum 10,00,000. balance of Rs 1 lakh. India retains position of 3rd-largest Cooperative banks to be brought under economy on PPP basis for 2017 RBI supervision India has retained and consolidated its The Union Cabinet approved inclusion of position as the third-largest economy after co-operative banks under supervisory China and the US in terms of purchasing powers of the Reserve Bank of India, while power parity (PPP) for 2017, said the announcing a Rs 1,542 crore year-long government quoting the World Bank data. interest subvention scheme for micro loan NABARD provides Rs 270 crore to Assam borrowers. Gramin Vikash Bank Among a number of decisions taken by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Cabinet on Wednesday, the government Development (NABARD) has made decided to put government banks, including available a Special Liquidity Facility (SLF) 1,482 urban cooperative banks and 58 of Rs 270 crore to Assam Gramin Vikash multi-state cooperative banks, under the

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Bank for supporting the agricultural Sitharaman suggested steps like deepening activities of the farmers. bond markets, setting up of development The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has financial institutions and land monetisation announced a Rs 50,000 crore refinance to meet the funding needs, the ministry said facility for 3 All-India Financial in a statement. Institutions(AIFI) namely: NABARD, the The task force was set up following Prime Small Industries Development Bank of Minister Narendra Modi Independence India (SIDBI), and the National Housing Day speech of 2019 where he alluded to an Bank (NHB). investment of Rs 100 lakh crore in From the total of Rs 50,000 crore NABARD infrastructure. received Rs 25,000 crore to refinance RBI cancels licence of Mumbai-based CKP Regional Rural Banks(RRBs), co- Cooperative Bank operative(co-op) banks and Microfinance The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 2nd Institutions(MFIs) to ensure credit flow to May cancelled the licence of Mumbai- farmers for agricultural operations during based CKP Co-operative Bank Ltd. The COVID-19 pandemic. bank has about 97 percent NPAs. The licence Note of CKP Co-operative Bank Ltd has been • NABARD disbursed Rs 12,767 cancelled with effect from the close of crores to State(Co-op) Banks & business on April 30, 2020, as the bank's Regional Rural Banks(RRBs) across financial position had worsened. the country. Nabard disburses ₹12,767 cr to State Co- • Sanctioned Rs 1,500 crores for op Banks, RRBs Punjab, out of which Rs 1,000 crores The National Bank for Agriculture and is sanctioned to Punjab State Rural Development (Nabard), on 6th May, Cooperative Bank and Rs 500 said it has disbursed ₹12,767 crore to crores to Punjab Gramin Bank. State Co-operative Banks (StCBs) and • Extended Rs 1,050 crores SLF to Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) across the West Bengal so far in the current country to augment their resources for fiscal year (FY 21), of the total extending credit to farmers during the amount, Rs 300 crore disbursed for ongoing lockdown. MFIs, Rs 700 crore sanctioned for There are 33 StCBs and 45 RRBs in the state cooperative banks and Rs 50 country, and they are important crore for RRBs. intermediaries in the rural credit structure. • Extended Rs 20,500 crores SLF to India Raises FY21 Gross Borrowing Target co-operative banks(Rs 15,200 To Rs 12 Lakh Crore crores) and Regional Rural The Indian government has raised its Banks(Rs 5,300 crores) in various gross borrowing programme for the States. current financial year sharply as it seeks May 2020 more funds to deal with the economic fallout of Covid-19. Govt. task force projects Rs 111 lakh cr In a circular issued on 8th May, the infrastructure investment over five years government said that the gross borrowing to FY2025: Finance ministry target for the year has been raised to Rs Government task force has projected total 12 lakh crore from the budgeted Rs 7.8 investment of Rs 111 lakh crore in infra lakh crore. projects over five years, the Finance Nabard sanctions Rs 1,500 cr for Punjab to Ministry said on 29th April. ensure credit flow to farmers The final report of the task force on National The National Bank for Agriculture and Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) for 2019- Rural Development (NABARD) has 2025 presented to Finance Minister Nirmala sanctioned Rs 1,500 crore for Punjab to

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ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series ensure continuous credit flow to farmers, The finance ministry on 20th May through state cooperative banks, amid the exempted companies with a turnover of COVID-19 pandemic. over ₹50 crore and involved in only B2B "Nabard has sanctioned a sum of Rs 1,500 transactions from the requirement of crore, out of which an amount of Rs 1,000 accepting payments only by electronic crore has been sanctioned to Punjab State modes like RuPay or BHIM-UPI. Cooperative Bank and Rs 500 crore to IRDAI allows Union Bank of India to Punjab Gramin Bank. continue 30% holding in IndiaFirst Life Nine NBFCs surrender certificate of Insurance registration Insurance Regulatory and Development Nine NBFCs, including Reliance Net and Authority of India (IRDAI) has allowed Nischaya Finvest Private Limited, have Union Bank of India’s proposal to continue surrendered their certificate of with its 30 prcent holding in IndiaFirst registration, the Reserve Bank of India. Life Insurance with the condition that the Penrose Mercantiles Ltd, Manohar Finance lender will hold no control in the India Ltd, Chandelier Tracon Pvt Ltd, and management of the insurer. Sanghi Hire Purchase Ltd are among the Earlier, the bank was expected to divest NBFCs which have surrendered their either the entire stake in IndiaFirst Life certificates. Insurance, or a considerable part of it, as The certificate of registration is granted by IRDAI guidelines restrict a lender to own the RBI. With surrendering the certificates, more than 10 percent stake in two the companies cannot transact the business of insurance companies. a non-banking financial institution. PFC signs MoU with NBPCL to fund In another statement, the central bank projects worth ₹ 22,000 crore for 225 MW said it has cancelled the certificate of hydro-electric projects in MP registration of 14 non-banking financial Power Finance Corporation (PFC), the companies (NBFCs). central PSU under Ministry of Power and Nabard extends ₹20,500-cr special India's leading NBFC on 26th May entered liquidity facility to co-op banks, RRBs into an agreement with Narmada Basin The National Bank for Agriculture and Projects Company Ltd. (NBPCL), a wholly- Rural Development (Nabard), on 19th May, owned company of Govt. of Madhya said it has extended ₹20,500-crore special Pradesh, to fund projects worth Rs.22,000 liquidity facility to co-operative banks crore for 225 MW hydro-electric projects (₹15,200 crore) and Regional Rural Banks & multipurpose projects in the State of (₹5,300 crore) in various States. Madhya Pradesh. This is against the ₹5,000 crore lent The funds will be deployed by NBPCL for during the first quarter of the last year. setting up hydroelectric projects of 225 MW Kotak Mahindra Bank becomes first and power components of 12 major Indian lender to allow video KYC multipurpose projects in Madhya Pradesh. Kotak Mahindra Bank on 18th May has The MoU will help PFC to actively partner introduced video-KYC facility for with NBPCL and provide finance for hydro- customers opening savings account on electric plants totaling 225 MW along with Kotak 811 - the banks digital banking power components of multipurpose projects platform. The private lender is the first Indian as part of state government’s endeavor to bank to offer video based "zero-contact" implement twelve major multipurpose onboarding service. projects. Finance ministry exempts B2B firms from FDI in India jumps 13% to record USD using only BHIM, RuPay for accepting 49.98 bn in 2019-20 payments Foreign direct investment (FDI) in India rose by 13 per cent - the sharpest pace in

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ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series the last four fiscals - to a record of USD programme on India INX’s Global 49.97 billion in 2019-20, according to Securities Market Green Platform (GSM). official data. PNB Housing Finance signs pact with JICA The country had received FDI of USD 44.36 to raise $75 million billion during April-March 2018-19. PNB Housing Finance has signed an Foreign investments in the last fiscal grew agreement with Japan International at the sharpest pace since 2015-16 when Cooperation Agency (JICA) to raise 75 the inflows had jumped by 35 per cent. million dollars (about ₹568 crore) with co- Also, the country logged its all-time high FDI financing of 25 million dollars (about ₹190 in a fiscal year since 2000-01 when the first crore) by Citibank to finance mortgage loans such data was released. in the affordable housing segment. Singapore top source of FDI in FY20 Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan (2019-20) with investments worth USD appointed to a 12-member advisory group 14.67 bn to IMF Fiscal deficit widens to 4.6% of GDP in Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has 2019-20 been appointed to a 12-member advisory India's fiscal deficit widened to 4.6 per group to International Monetary Fund cent of the Gross Domestic Product in (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina 2019-20 mainly on account of poor Georgieva. revenue realisation. The deficit, which The External Advisory Group will provide its signifies the gap between government perspectives from around the world on revenue and expenditure, is higher than the developments and policy issues, including revised estimate of 3.8 per cent for the policy responses to the exceptional fiscal. challenges surrounding the global NABARD sanctions Rs 1,050 crore credit coronavirus pandemic and its economic support to West Bengal impact, the world organisation said in a The National Bank for Agriculture and release on 11th April. Rural Development (NABARD) has Key Point (Highlights) from RBI Governor sanctioned credit of Rs 1,050 crore in the Shaktikanta Das’ media address: 17th current fiscal so far to West Bengal for April 2020 benefit of farmers and poor people in Period of resolution plan for NPAs to be rural areas. extended by 90 days The credit support under special liquidity RBI undertook three long-term repo facility (SLF) will be extended to state operations (TLTRO) to ease liquidity cooperative banks, regional rural banks and constraints. The TLTRO option of Rs 25000 micro-finance institutions (MFIs). crore is to be conducted today (April The NABARD has already disbursed an 17): Governor Shaktikanta Das amount of Rs 720 crore to state coperative The measures though significant were not and regional rural banks. substantial enough as a mere Rs 50,000 April 2020 crore in the form of TLTRO is rather SBI lists $100 million green bonds on India conservative. However, for the moment INX major concerns have been addressed as real BSE’s India International Exchange (India estate and NBFC sectors have received INX) on 2nd April said state-owned SBI has massive relief, NBFCs (small and large) have listed green bonds of USD 100 million liquidity coming in from TLTRO 2.0, financial (about Rs 750 crore) on its debt listing institutions like SIDBI, NABARD and platform. The bank has listed green bonds NHB have received liquidity directly from the of USD 100 million under its USD 10 RBI and there is relief on the NPA recognition billion global medium term note and stressed asset reclassification for Banks. • 25000 cr. to NABARAD.

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• 10000 cr. to NHB entity situated in or a citizen of such • 15000 cr to SIDBI countries. RBI increases WMA limit of state govts by India shares a border with China, Pakistan, 60% for 30% Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Bhutan and RBI cancels banking license of Mapusa Afghanistan. Urban Co-op Bank RBI announces ₹50,000 crore special The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, vide liquidity facility for mutual funds order dated April 16, 2020 cancelled the The Reserve Bank of India on 27th April licence of The Mapusa Urban Co-operative announced a special liquidity facility of Bank of Goa Ltd, Goa, to carry on banking ₹50,000 crore for mutual funds in the wake business, with effect from the close of of the winding up of six debt funds by business on April 16, 2020. The Central Franklin Templeton. Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Transcorp becomes the 1st non-bank Government of India has also been requested company to receive RBI nod to enter into to issue an order for winding up the bank and co-branding arrangements appoint a liquidator for the bank. Transcorp International Ltd has received Government revised FDI Rules to limit the RBI nod for entering into co-branding takeover of Indian firms arrangements for Prepaid Instruments The central government has that can be used in over 35 lakh stores and revised the Foreign Direct Investment online gateways. With this, Transcorp has (FDI) policy in an attempt to become one of the first non-bank limit opportunistic companies to obtain this authorization takeovers or acquisitions of Indian from RBI, the company said in a statement. companies who are in bad place and whose India facilitates $ 150 million foreign stock prices are falling due to the COVID- currency swap facility to Maldives due to 19 pandemic. Covid-19 The government has now narrowed the scope India has extended $ 150 million foreign of eligible investors. Now, entities from currency swap support to Maldives to help countries which share a land border with reduce the impact of the virus. On behalf of India will now be permitted to invest only India, this facility has been extended under under approval route. Companies in the the $ 400 million currency swap agreement country that shares a border with India will between the two countries signed in July now have to approach the govt. for investing 2019. Maldives is the only country other than in India and not go via the automatic route. Bhutan to have been given this facility. This restriction will also apply if the beneficial owner of the investment is an

Chapter 14: Current Affairs (National) In Short Important India’s First Woman in News 2019-20 First Name First woman fighter pilot to fly Rafale Shivangi Singh First women Navy officers to be posted on Indian Sub Lt Kumudini Tyagi and Sub Lt Riti Singh warship First time lead woman army officer Parade at Tania Shergill Republic day World’s first female spacewalking- Christina Koch and Jessica Meir First Female Flight Commander Shalija Dhami

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First Woman Flight Engineer of Indian Air Force Hina Jaiswal

First Woman To Qualify To Go To Day Missions Bhawana Kanth First Indian Woman Who Flew a Fighter aircraft Avani Chaturvedi Solo First Woman Fighter Pilot to Undertake Missions by Mohana Singh day on Hawk India's First Female Military diplomat Anjali Singh First Woman Pilot of Shivangi World’s first female spacewalking Christina Koch and Jessica Meir first female match referee by icc GS Lakshmi

List of Cyclone/ Typhoon (2019-20) Cyclone/ Typhoon Country/ State Cyclone storm Amphan Bengal and Odisha Cyclonic storm Nisarga Maharashtra and Gujarat Cyclone Maha The Cyclone Maha in the has crossed . Cyclonic storm ‘Bulbul’ Bangladesh and West Bengal Typhoon hagibis Japan Tropical Storm Fay New Jersey Tropical storm Amanda El Salvador and Guatemala.

Tropical Storm Cristobal Louisiana, Mississippi Coasts Cyclone Kyaar south Gujarat, Saurashtra (cyclonic storm “Kyaar” hovering over the Arabian Sea.) Typhoon Faxai Tokyo, Japan Typhoon Kammuri Philippines Typhoon Phanfone Philippines Tropical Cyclone Sarai Fiji Cyclone Tino Fiji

Recent GI Tag List Item State “Dalle Khursani” Famous Chilli of Sikkim Sweet dish ‘Khaje’, spicy Harmal Chilli and Goa Myndoli Banana (Moira Banana) Kodaikanal Malai Pandu, Garlic Tamil Nadu Zeerafool, Rice (CG),Thirubuvanam Slik Sari Tamil Nadu

DindiGul Lock & Kandangi Saree Tamil Nadu Pathama Dai Mat Tamil Nadu ‘Panchamirtham’ of Palani temple Tamil Nadu Marayoor Jaggerry Kerala Supari Kerala

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List of Changing Name 2019-20 Old Name New Name Naugarh Railway Station Siddharthnagar (UP) Hubli Railway Station: Siddharoodha Swamiji Railway Station Manduadih Station 'Banaras' Station Gwalior-Chambal Expressway Atal Bihari Vajpayee Chambal Progressway Mumbai- expressway Bal Thackeray Rohtang tunnel in Himachal Pradesh Atal tunnel (mark the 95th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee) Chenani Nashari Tunnel Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee (Chenani Nashri Tunnel on NH 44 in Jammu & Kashmir as Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Tunnel) Railway Station Atal Bihari Vajpayee Railway Station Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium Arun Jaitley Stadium Bhopal Metro Rail Raja Bhoj Bogibeel Bridge Atal Setu Naya Raipur Atal Nagar Bundel Section Express-Way Atal Path Hazratganj intersection Atal Chowk Deoghar Airport (Jharkhand) Atal Bihari Vajpayee Airport Aligarh Harigarh

Ahmedabad Karnavati Shimla Shyamla Sahibganj Harbor Atal Bihari Vajpayee Harbor Agartala Airport Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Kandla Port Deendayal Port Sabarmati Atal Ghat Bhamashah Health Insurance Scheme Bhamashah Suraksha Kavach

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Mughal Sarai Railway Station Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Railway Station Ballabhgarh Metro Station Amar Shaheed Raja Nahar Singh Metro Station Gorakhpur Airport Mahayogi Gorakhnath Airport NIFM Arun Jaitley Institute of Financial Management Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra Sushma Swaraj Bhavan Foreign Service Institute Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service. Delhi metro's Pragati station Supreme Court station Railway Protection Force Indian Railway Protection Force Service Port Trust Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Port IDSA 'Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses' Village of Mian, Village (Barmer, Rajasthan) Mahesh Nagar Indian Govt, target important project list Aims Target Time ▪ PM vision of $ 5 trillion Economy 2025 ▪ self-reliant in fertilisers production 2023 ▪ To Eliminate TB 2025 ▪ 100 MT coal gasification target 2030 ▪ Housing for All 2022 ▪ Doubling Farmers income 2022 ▪ One Nation One Ration Card 2021 ▪ To generate solar Power (500GW) 2030

▪ Har Ghar Jal 2024 ▪ Utkarsh (Road Plan by RBI) 2022 ▪ Clean Drinking water to all by 2024 ▪ TAPI gas pipeline project is expected to be 2022 completed by ▪ Bharatmala project 35000km highway by 2018-22 ▪ India to surpass china’s population 2027

▪ Net zero carbon emitting in indian railways 2030

▪ Free WiFi to all villages connected via Bharat till March 2020 Net ▪ Fulfil Jal Jeevan Mission 2024

▪ Railways to run 100% on electricity 2024

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▪ zero road accident fatalities 2030

▪ Green Railway’ 2030

Jal Jeevan Mission Funds allocated to State (2020-21) State Allocated Amount Karnataka Rs 1,189.40 Crore Tripura Rs 156.61 Crore Maharashtra Rs 1,829 MP 1280 cr. Telangana: 412.19 cr. Jharkhand 572 cr. Arunachal Pradesh 255 crores J & K 680 crores Chattisgarh 445 crores Meghalaya 175 crores Odisha 812 crores Assam 1407 crores Bihar 1,832 crores Gao 12.40 crs. Himachal Pradesh Rs. 326.20 crs.

Festival 2019-20 State/UT City Festival

Andhra Pradesh • Flamingo Festival • Magh Bihu • Rongali or Bohag Bihu Assam • Dwizling Festival • Parag Festival • Ambubachi Mela Chhattisgarh Raipur • National Tribal Dance Festival • International Film Festival of India (IFFI) Goa (51st edition in 2020) • International Kite Festival (31st Gujarat Ahmedabad edition in 2020)

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Himachal Pradesh • Losar Festival • Mela Kheer Bhavani J&K • Jhiri Mela Karnataka • Karavali Utsav • • Dragonfly Festival or Thumbi Kerala Mahotsavam (1st-ever of state in 2020) • Festival • Naropa Festival Ladakh • Addi Mahotsav

Khajuraho • International Film Festival

• Tansen Music Festival or the Tansen Gwalior Sangeet Sammelan or the Tansen Utsav Madhya Pradesh Mandu • Mandu festival

• Namaste Orchha festival (1st-ever in 2020) • Lokrang Festival • Owl Festival Maharashtra • Khasdar Mahostav Nagpur • Orange Festival Imphal • Sangai Festival Manipur Ukhrul • Shirui Lily Festival • Sangai Festival • Behdinkhelam Festival Meghalaya • Cherry Blossom Festival Nagaland • Hornbill Festival • National Tribal Festival - Aadi Delhi New Delhi Mahotsav

• Nuakhai Festival • Raja Parba festival Odisha • Konark Festival • International Sand Art Festival

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Cuttack • 'Bali Yatra' festival

Rajasthan Bikaner • Camel Festival • Nagoba Jatara festival Telangana • Bathukhamma Floral • Hornbill Festival (1st-ever of state in Tripura 2020) • Khrachi Puja Sikkim • Pang Lhabsol

Uttar Pradesh Agra • Festival • Ganga Kayak Festival (8th edition in Uttarakhand 2020) • Harela Festival

October

South Eastern Railway launches Operation Sudarshan -BSF (border 'Operation My Saheli' to enhance security force) to secure 100m border security of women passengers from Pakistan The South Eastern Railway has Operation Sunrise-Between the armies launched a project to boost the security of India & Mayanmar of women passengers in trains during Operation Support-By India for people their entire journey, an official said. suffering from Idi Strom in Mozambique 'Operation My Saheli (friend) gives Operation Swift Retort-Pakistan strike security to women passengers from the after operation Bandar originating point to the destination. Operation Thirst-RPF To healthy Initiated as a pilot project, it has been drinking water introduced in three trains Howrah- Atal Tunnel Rohtang: PM Modi Yeshvantpur Duronto Special, Howrah- inaugurates world’s longest highway Ahmedabad Special and Howrah-Mumbai tunnel Special since September 18. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has Note: List of Important Operations inaugurated Atal Tunnel in Manali. It is (2019-20) “world’s longest highway” tunnel and is Operation Bandar-Balakot strike named Atal Tunnel, Rohtang. The 9.02 Operation Khumaar- J&k (drug free kilometres long engineering marvel panchayat) connects Manali in Himachal Pradesh Operation Milap-by Delhi police to to Lahaul-Spiti throughout the year. rescue 333 children The Atal tunnel has huge strategic Operation Sankalp-Indian navy (in gulf significance as it will greatly assist in the of Oman and Persian gulf) movement of armed forces. Operation Smile-Hyderabad police for Atal Tunnel or the Rohtang tunnel has 325 children rescued. been built in the Pir Panjal range of . The tunnel is located at an

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ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series altitude of 10,000 Feet from the Mean Sea Birth Centenary of Rajmata Vijaya Raje Level (MSL). The tunnel is set to reduce Scindia today through video conference. road distance by 46 kilometres between Har Ghar Jal: Goa Becomes First State Leh and Manali. To Provide Piped Tap Water Famous Chilli of Sikkim “Dalle Connection To All Rural Households Khursani” Gets GI Tag Goa has become the first in the nation The red cherry pepper chilli of Sikkim to ensure cent per cent water which is locally known as the “Dalle connections in the rural areas covering Khursani” has earned the geographical a total of 2.3 lakh households. indication (GI) tag from the Union Kerala becomes first state to have department of Industry promotion and completely digital, hi-tech classrooms internal trade. in all public schools Piyush Goyal Inaugurates Renaming Of Chief Minister Vijayan has Naugarh Railway Station To declared the state public education sector Siddharthnagar completely digital as Kerala has become Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on 5th the first state in the country to have high- October through a video link inaugurated tech classrooms in all its public schools. the renaming of Naugarh railway Rs 75 Commemorative coin to be station to Siddharthnagar railway released in India to mark the 75th station situated at Siddharthnagar Anniversary of FAO district in Uttar Pradesh. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Jewar airport: Zurich firm signs will release a commemorative coin of Rs agreement with UP government 75 denomination in order to mark the Uttar Pradesh government on 7th long-standing relation of India with Food October signed the concessionaire and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on agreement with Zurich Airport to begin the occasion of 75th Anniversary of FAO the development of Jewar Airport. on October 16, 2020. In November last year, Zurich Airport India aims to achieve Trans Fat Free International AG had won the bid for status by 2022 building the greenfield airport set to Union Health Minister Dr Harsh said on come up in Greater Noida’s Jewar. October 16, 2020 that the aim of the Delhi Government passed the Tree government is to make India Trans Fat Transplantation Policy free by 2022. It is in line with the Prime The Delhi government passed a new Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a tree transplantation policy on October New India on 75 years of 9, 2020. Under the policy, 80% of the independence. trees that are uprooted for any Kati Bihu festival Celebrated In Assam construction or development project Kati Bihu is a regional public holiday in will be transplanted elsewhere. the Indian state of Assam on the first PM Modi releases Rs 100 day of the month of Kati (Kartik) in the commemorative coin in honour of Assamese calendar. Kati Bihu is also Vijaya Raje Scindia called Kongali ("Poor") as the granaries Prime Minister Narendra Modi are usually empty and there is not much released commemorative coin of Rs. to eat at this time of the year. 100 denomination to celebrate the India’s first ever multi-modal logistics park – to be set up in Assam BEST ONLINE TEST SERIES SITE FOR PARA 13.2 , III EXAM, GIPSA OFFICER SCALE 1-5 105

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ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series kWp. It has the annual capacity to generate and Kashmir. Announcing the decision at a 12,000-14,000 units of Clean and Green news briefing, Union Minister Prakash Power”. Javadekar said the Jammu and Kashmir GoI bans printing of calendars, diaries and Official Languages Bill, 2020. festival greeting cards India now got world’s 2nd largest road The Government of India banned printing network: Nitin Gadkari materials such as diaries, calendars and India has now the second largest road festival greeting cards. The order was network in the world being fuelled by the passed by the Ministry of Finance. The tremendous growth in construction of ministry has asked the government organs to expressways and highways. Road, adopt digital means to publish such materials. Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Delhi tops deaths due to road accidents in Gadkari said this while addressing the 60th 2019: National Crime Records Bureau annual convention of SIAM through video Data conference on 4th September. Delhi recorded the highest number of Vice President Venkaiah Naidu released deaths due to dangerous driving and ‘The State of Young Child in India’ report overall road accidents in 2019 among all Vice President Venkaiah Naidu released cities, the data shared by National Crime the “State of Young Child in India” report. Records Bureau showed. The report was prepared by the Mobile According to the data, a total of 1,400 Creches, a policy advocacy organization. persons died in road accidents. The report measured Health and Nutrition in Rank City the country. The top five high performing states 1 Delhi (529 Persons Died) according to Environment Index are Kerala, 2 Jaipur (320 Persons Died) Goa, Punjab, Sikkim and Himachal Pradesh. There are eight states in the country that 3 Asansol (WB), (301 Persons Died) have scores less than the country’s average in Ladakh, Lakshadweep join 'One Nation, child development. They are Assam, One Ration Card' scheme; 26 states, UTs Rajasthan, Meghalaya, Madhya Pradesh, now linked Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar and Uttar Ladakh and Lakshadweep have the joined Pradesh. the Centre's ration card portability scheme Govt launches 24X7 toll free mental 'One Nation-One Ration Card', taking the rehabilitation helpline KIRAN in 13 total number of states and Union languages territories linked with the scheme to 26. The Centre on 7th September launched a Under the scheme, eligible beneficiaries 24X7 toll free mental rehabilitation under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) helpline for providing psychological will be able to avail their entitled foodgrains support to people. The helpline ‘KIRAN’ from any Fair Price Shop (FPS), also called (1800-599-0019) was launched by Union ration shops, in the country using the same minister for social justice and empowerment ration card. Remaining states are targeted to Thaawarchand Gehlot. be integrated in the scheme by March NSO Survey: Kerala tops literacy rate at 2021. 96.2%, Andhra Pradesh Worst Cabinet approves Bill to include Kashmiri, Performance at 66.4% Dogri, as official languages in J&K National Statistical Office released its report The Union Cabinet on 2nd September on “Household Social Consumption: approved a bill under which Kashmiri, Education in India as part of 75th round of Dogri and Hindi, apart from the existing National Sample Survey”. The survey and English, will be the official provides state wise details of literacy languages in the union territory of Jammu

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List of eight beaches selected for Blue flag In the fight against the spread of Covid-19 certification are pandemic, the Mumbai Division of Central • Shivrajpur in Gujarat Railway (CR) has designed a health assistant • Ghoghla in Daman & Diu robot ‘Rakshak’ who can remotely • Kasarkod in Karnataka communicate between doctor and patient. • Padubidri beach in Karnataka First anniversary of creation of UTs of J&K, • in Kerala Ladakh • Rushikonda in Andhra Pradesh The first anniversary of the creation of • The golden beach of Odisha UTs – Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh is • Radhanagar beach in Andaman and being celebrated on August 05. This Nicobar completes one year from the date of such Airbus to launch World’s first Commercial bifurcation by the Union Government in Hydrogen aircraft by 2035 which J&K and Ladakh have been made as Aviation company airbus launched three separate territories. concepts for the first zero emission Odisha becomes first state to get 'tsunami commercial aircraft on 22nd September. ready' tag Their aircraftcraft is to enter into service by Odisha has become the first state in the 2035. region to get two coastal Atal tunnel: The world's longest highway villages 'tsunami ready', on 6th August. This tunnel above 10,000 ft also makes the country to become the first in Atal tunnel is the world’s longest highway the Indian Ocean region to achieve the tunnel above 10,000 ft. This 9.02 km long honour. tunnel connects Manali to Lahaul & Spiti Venkatraipur (Boxipalli) village of Valley throughout the year. It has been Rangeilunda block under Ganjam district named after former Indian Prime Minister and Noliasahi village of Ersama block Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This all-weather under Jagatsinghpur district have been tunnel will reduce the distance between acknowledged by the Intergovernmental Manali & Leh by 46 kms. Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO for greater preparedness to face the tsunami disaster. August PM Modi to inaugurate submarine cable IOCL To Invest Rs 13,805 Cr To Set Up New connectivity to Andaman & Nicobar Plant In Odisha Islands Ltd (IOCL) will Prime Minister Narendra Modi will invest Rs 13,805 crore to set up a plant in inaugurate and dedicate to the Nation Odisha's Paradip to manufacture raw through video conferencing the submarine materials for the textile sector. Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connecting The project is expected to be completed by Chennai and Port Blair on 10th August, 2024.The project will generate 2020. approximately five million man-days of The submarine cable will also connect Port employment over the three-year plant Blair to Swaraj Dweep (Havelock), Little construction period. Andaman, Car Nicobar, Kamorta, Great I&B Minister Launches 'DD Assam' Nicobar, Long Island, and Rangat. Channel Virtually Delhi Govt. launches Electric Vehicle Union Minister of Information & Policy Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar, on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on 7th August 4, digitally launched “DD Assam,” a August launched its Electric Vehicle (EV) 24X7 Assamese satellite channel. Policy and said it stands as the most Central Railway designs robot ‘Rakshak’ progressive in the entire country and that it for health assistant

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Jeevan Mission, the flagship programme of World's first electrified double-stack Government, which aims to provide safe container tunnel underway in India drinking water to all. The Indian Railways is constructing the Govt has approved Zonal Master Plan of world's first electrified double-stack Bhagirathi Eco-Sensitive Zone container tunnel near Haryana's . A Environment, Forest and Climate Change double-stack container goods train will be Minister Prakash Javadekar informed that able to run at a speed of more than 100 km the Zonal Master Plan of Bhagirathi Eco- from within this tunnel. Sensitive Zone has been approved by the Centre to convert ravines of Chambal government. This will pave way for faster region into arable land with World Bank execution of the Chaardhaam Project and support give a boost to conservation of the ecology The Centre, in collaboration with the and developmental activities. World Bank, has decided to convert large Capitals of NE states to be connected to area of ravines in Gwalior-Chambal belt of rail network by 2023: Railway Board Madhya Pradesh into arable land, and a Railway Board Chairman VK Yadav on preliminary report for the same will be 18th July announced that all the capitals of prepared in a month, Agriculture Minister North-Eastern states will be connected to Narendra Singh Tomar said on 27th June. the rail network by 2023. After preparation of the initial report, J&K panchayat members to get Rs 25 lakh subsequent meetings will be held with the insurance for death due to militancy chief minister of Madhya Pradesh for further In a view to strengthening grass roots course of action. democracy by providing a sense of security to At 2,967, India has 70% of global tiger the elected members of local bodies, Jammu population and Kashmir has approved an insurance India’s tiger population now stands at cover of Rs 25 lakh to all the elected 2,967 which is 70 percent of the global panchayat and Urban Local Body (ULB) tiger population, according to a detailed members in case of militancy-related report of Tiger Census on the eve of Global death. Tiger Day, released by the Ministry of Employees' Welfare Scheme Launched In Environment, Forest and Climate Change here Arun Jaitley's Name In Rajya Sabha on 29th July. The Rajya Sabha Secretariat has launched India has doubled its tiger population an employees' welfare scheme in the name ahead of the target year of 2022. of late Arun Jaitley ("Shri Arun Jaitley Green-Ag project launched in Mizoram Financial Assistance for Group C A project which aims to catalyse Employees" Scheme), which will be funded sustainable transformation of agriculture by the pension his family receives as he has without compromising the countrys food been a member of the upper house. security and farmers income was launched in India to have 60% renewable energy by Mizoram. 2030: Power minister RK Singh The project will be implemented in Dampa India will have around 60 per cent of its Tiger Reserve in west Mizorams Mamit installed electricity generation capacity district and Thorangtlang Wildlife from clean sources by 2030, Power and Sanctuary in Lunglei district in the New & Renewable Energy Minister R K Singh southern part of the state covering more than said on 22nd July. 30 villages. Mizoram is among the five states The minister also exuded confidence that the where the Green-Ag project, funded by Global renewable energy capacity would touch 510 Environment Facility (GEF), is being GW by 2030, including 60 GW of hydro implemented. The other states are Madhya power. Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand.

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National education policy 2020 Highlights While the existing platform is 550-metres The Union Cabinet has approved the new long, it will be extended to 1,400 metres in education policy. The New Education Policy a year. (NEP 2020) aims at revamping all aspects Power Minister launches the ‘#iCommit’ of the Indian education structure. The new initiative on World Environment Day policy aims to universalise the pre-primary Shri R. K. Singh, the Minister of State (IC) education by 2025 and provide for Power and New & Renewable Energy, foundational literacy and numeracy for all. initiated the ‘#iCommit’ campaign, on the READ MORE……… occasion of World Environment Day. The June 2020 initiative is a clarion call to all stakeholders Prime Minister announces "My Life My and individuals to continue moving towards Yoga" Video Blogging contest energy efficiency, renewable energy, and Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of sustainability to create a robust and resilient India on 31st May called upon one and all energy system in the future. to participate in the “My Life – My Hyderabad airport receives ACI Yoga”(also called “Jeevan Yoga”) Video recognition for green practices Blogging Contest, a joint effort by the GMR-led Hyderabad International Airport Ministry of AYUSH and the Indian Council (Rajiv Gandhi International Airport) for Cultural Relations (ICCR), during the received the highest Platinum Recognition course of his monthly Mann Ki Baat address in the Airports Council International (ACI) to the nation. Asia-Pacific Green Airports Recognition Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International 2020 in the 15-35 million passengers per Airport becomes 1st in India with this new annum (MPPA) category. tech at both ends of runway India loses 750 tigers in last eight years; Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International MP report maximum casualties: Govt Airport gets Aviation Weather Monitoring As many as 750 tigers have died in the System! For the first time in India, an country in the last eight years due to Aviation Weather Monitoring System has poaching and other causes, with Madhya been installed at the Bangalore airport at Pradesh reporting the highest casualties at both ends of the runway. 173, according to an official data. Govt. Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) campaign Andhra Pradesh to launch online waste launched for 1.5 crore dairy farmers management platform The Government will provide Kisan Credit On World Environment Day, Andhra Card (KCC) to 1.5 crore dairy farmers Pradesh will launch an online waste belonging to Milk Unions and Milk management platform to handle liquid producing Companies within the next two waste, hazardous, and non-hazardous months (1st June-31st July 2020) under a solid waste and air pollutants. special drive. Gairsain declared summer capital of Karnataka’s Hubballi to get world’s Uttarakhand longest railway platform Gairsain in Chamoli district was declared Karnataka’s Hubballi railway station is set as the summer capital of Uttarakhand on to get the world’s longest railway platform 8th June. with dimensions of 1,400 metres length ''Bande Utkala Janani'' gets state anthem and 10 metres width. Confirming the same, status in Odisha South Western Railway (SWR) officials told The Odisha Cabinet on 7th June approved that the extension work in Platform number 1 a proposal to give state anthem status to of the Hubballi Junction is underway. ''Bande Utkala Janani''. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Bikram Keshari Arukh said that the Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik accorded

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ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series state anthem status to ''Bande Utkala greenfield international airport at Janani''. Bhogapuram in Vizianagaram district. This patriotic poem was written by GMR Group would develop a state-of-the-art Kantakabi Laxmikanta Mohapatra in 1912. international airport at Bhogapuram which Highest ever allocation of fund worth Rs would be ready by 2023. 1,01,500 crore in MGNREGS for FY 2020- Odisha Becomes First State to Get ISO 21 Certification for Tribal Hostels A provision of Rs 1,01,500 crore has been Odisha has become the first state in the made under Mahatma Gandhi National country to receive ISO certification for Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme hostels meant for tribal students. The (MGNREGS) in the current financial year ST&SC Welfare Department had earlier 2020-2021. launched the 'Mission Suvidya' project to For the financial year 2020-21, a sum of Rs provide all the tribal hostels of the state 31,493 crore has already been released which uniform standards of infrastructure, is more than 50 per cent of the budget amenities and human resources. estimate of the current Financial Year. MP becomes country's top wheat NHAI becomes first construction sector procurer; farmers get Rs 25,000 crore organisation to go ‘Fully Digital’ boost As one of the biggest reform, the National Madhya Pradesh is set to pump in around Highway Authority of India (NHAI) under Rs 25,000 crore into its rural economy by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways the time its all-time high wheat has gone ‘Fully Digital’, with the launch of procurement draws to a close. This has unique cloud based and Artificial Intelligence made the state the country’s largest wheat powered Big Data Analytics platform – Data purchaser in 2020-21. Lake and Project Management Software. MP procured around 12.77 million tonnes Up 151, Gujarat now has 674 Asiatic lions of wheat, Punjab has closed its procurement as two new dists get in the king’s camp for this year at 12.76 million tonnes. GUJARAT is now home to 674 Asiatic lions, Indian Railways creates new world record the state forest department announced on by successfully running first Double-Stack 10th June while declaring results of Poonam Container Train in OHE electrified Avlokan, a lion population “observation” territory exercise undertaken the last full moon in Indian Railways has created a new world place of the 15th lion census. The figure is benchmark by successfully running first 151 more than the 523 Asiatic lions Double-Stack Container Train in high-rise estimated in Gir forest and other areas of in Over Head Equipment electrified Saurashtra in 2015. territory on Western Railway. Karnataka bans online classes from LKG to Central Railways launches robotic 'Captain V; warns against increasing fees Arjun' for screening of passengers for Minister for primary and secondary COVID-19 education S Suresh Kumar on 10th June Central Railways has launched a robot said that online classes cannot be held for named 'Captain Arjun'' for the screening of the kids from LKG to class V. passengers for COVID-19 infection and He also said that the strict action will be taken surveillance on railway premises in Pune. against the schools charging extra fees in the Indian Gas Exchange (IGX): First name of online classes. Nationwide Online ‘Gas Trading Platform’ GMR signs pact with Andhra govt to Launched develop greenfield airport at Bhogapuram Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & The Andhra Pradesh government on 12th Steel Dharmendra Pradhan launched the June signed a concession agreement with Indian Gas Exchange (IGX), first nationwide GMR Airports Ltd for construction of a online delivery-based gas trading

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ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series platform. IGX will be a delivery-based Reason: The magazine highlighted Ambani trading platform for delivery of natural Gas. for leading Reliance Foundation's efforts in The trade on the platform commenced in his feeding frontline workers and the auspicious presence. underprivileged, a contribution of $72 500-yr-old temple rises from million to an emergency fund for relief water work, and for setting up India's first Covid-19 An ancient temple, submerged in river hospital. Mahanadi (has re-appeared after 11 years Rs 3,100 crore from PM CARES allocated to in Nayagarh district (Odisha). Project buy ventilators, help migrants and assistant Deepak Kumar Nayak, who had develop a vaccine documented the site with help of a local Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said the heritage enthusiast Rabindra Kumar Rana, Trust has decided to allocate Rs 3,100 core said the temple was dedicated to Gopinath for the fight against Covid-19. Out of the Rs Deba, a form of Lord Krishna. 3100 crore, a sum of approximately Rs 2,000 The finding is the part of INTACH’s crore will be earmarked for the purchase Mahanadi Valley Heritage Sites of ventilators, Rs 1,000 crores will be used Documentation project. for care of migrant labourers and Rs 100 Karnataka Observes Mask Day on 18th crores will be given to support vaccine June 2020 development. Karnataka observe on 18th June as 'Mask Haryana govt and Reliance Jio TV Day' to create awareness in the masses agreement to educate 52 lakh students about the importance of wearing one amid Haryana government and Reliance Jio TV the Covid pandemic. have entered an agreement that is Infosys joins Amazon's The Climate Pledge expected to benefit around 52 lakh school to be net zero carbon children in rural areas. This new agreement Bengaluru-based IT major Infosys Ltd has is done under the Chief Minister's Distance joined The Climate Pledge, an initiative co- Education Programme in order to expand founded by e-commerce firm Amazon and education in rural areas without jeopardizing environment firm Global Optimism, to social distancing during the Covid-19 make a commitment to meet the Paris pandemic. Agreement 10 years early. Mumbai civic body on Mission Zero for 6 The Climate Pledge calls on new signatories wards in city’s suburbs to curb Covid-19 to be net zero carbon across their cases businesses by 2040, a decade ahead of the Civic chief IS Chahal on 23rd June Paris Accord’s goal of 2050. Amazon plans launched ‘Mission Zero’, as part of the to announce many more signatories Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s throughout 2020. (BMC) rapid action plan to curb rising Covid- Nita Ambani only Indian among top global 19 cases in the suburbs. He also inaugurated philanthropists of 2020 50 ambulances given to BMC as part of a Reliance Foundation chairperson Nita public-private partnership. Ambani became the only Indian to feature Devika and Puneja bridges inaugurated in in Town & Country magazine's top global Jammu and Kashmir philanthropists of 2020 list. Union Minister of State (Independent Ambani features alongside prominent global Charge) Development of North Eastern individuals including as Tim Cook, Oprah Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Winfrey, Laurene Powell Jobs, the Lauder Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Family, Donatella Versace, Michael Space, Jitendra Singh inaugurated Devika Bloomberg and Leonardo Di Caprio among and Puneja bridges in Udhampur and others. Doda districts, Jammu and Kashmir.

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‘Sankalp Parva’ on the call of Prime Maharashtra government announced free Minister by Ministry of Culture from 28th health insurance scheme to all its citizens, June to 12th July 2020 state health minister Rajesh Tope said on The Union Ministry of Culture has 2nd May. It is the first state in India to take announced on 27th June 2020 that on the such initiative.Under the Mahatma Jyotiba call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi the Phule Jan Arogya Yojana. Ministry has decided to celebrate a 2-week Rajnath Singh inaugurates Kailash long tree plantation campaign called mansarovar road link via video ‘Sankalp Parva’ from 28th June to 12th July conference 2020. This was informed by the Union Union defence minister Rajnath Singh on Minister of State for Culture (Independent 8th May inaugurated 75-km long Kailash Charge) Prahlad Joshi. Under the Sankalp Mansarovar road link in Uttarakhand’s Parva, the Ministry of Culture has Pithoragarh through video-conferencing. recommended planting 5 tress: Bargad, 75.54 km long road from Ghatibagar in Awla, Pepal, Ashok and Bel. Dharchula to Lipulekh near the border Delhi Government to set up ‘Plasma Bank’ with China. at ILBS, the First Plasma Bank in India Nitin Gadkari sets road construction Delhi government on 29th June announced target for next two years at Rs 15 lakh setting up of a plasma bank for the crore treatment of covid-19 patients. Delhi was The government is planning to build one of the first states to have given a go- highways worth Rs 15 lakh crore in the ahead for plasma therapy in April. next two years, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Maharashtra CM launches world’s largest said on 7th May. The road transport, convalescent plasma project highways and MSME minister also said that Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav the auto scrapping policy is likely to be Thackeray on 29th June launched finalised soon. convalescent plasma therapy-cum- trial In a video conference with the members of project for treatment of critical COVID-19 SIAM (Society of Indian Automobile patients with a state medical education Manufacturers) Institute over impact of department official calling it the largest Covid-19 on the automobile sector, the initiative of its kind in the world. “The project, minister suggested to focus on enhancing titled ‘Platina’, is the largest convalescent liquidity in business, as ups and downs are plasma therapy-cum-trial project in the common. world. Number of Tigers in the Rises May 2020 From 88 to 96 Ministry of Culture released Prof B.B. Lal - The number of tigers in the Sunderbans India Rediscovered on the 100th birth reserve forest in West Bengal has anniversary of Prof Lal increased to 96 from the previous Union Culture Minister Shri Prahlad Singh estimate of 88, an official said on 7th May. Patel released an e-book "Prof B.B. Lal - Delhi Police gets India's first 'Thermal India Rediscovered" on 2 May on the Corona Combat Headgear' to enhance occasion of the centenary year of great social distancing archaeologist Professor B. B. Lal. The book Delhi Police has inducted in service India's is a tribute from the Ministry of Culture for first thermal detection headgear that will his immense contribution to the field of enhance the social distancing while still archaeology. enabling the policemen to perform their Maharashtra the first state government to duties. Indian Robo Store group in announces free and cashless insurance to partnership with the Delhi Police has the all citizens invented this headgear that has been given

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ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series the name -- Thermal Corona Combat Gear ‘Hunar Haat’ a platform for (TCCH). artisans/craftsmen which helps them to India Post releases special postal cover for generate employment, will return in migrant workers September with a 'Local to Global' theme India Post on May 13 paid a tribute to after an over five-month gap due to the migrant workers by releasing a special coronavirus pandemic. It is an initiative by postal cover dedicated to them in Mumbai, the Minority Affairs Ministry. a press release by the Press Information Chhattisgarh to observe May 25 as Jhiram Bureau has said. tribute day MOHUA announces results of Star rating of The Chhattisgarh government will observe garbage free cities May 25 as 'Jhiram Shraddhanjali Diwas' to Shri Hardeep S, Puri, Minister of State pay tribute to Congress leaders who were (I/C) for Housing and Urban Affairs, hs killed in a Maoist attack in Bastar district informed that for the assessment year on this day in 2013 as well as other 2019-2020, a total of six cities have been victims of Naxal violence. certified as 5-Star (Ambikapur, Rajkot, PMMSY aims to enhance fish production to Surat, Mysuru, Indore and Navi Mumbai), 220 LMT with an investment of over 65 cities as 3-Star and 70 cities as 1-Star. Rs.20,000 crores in next five years While announcing the results of the Star The Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Rating of Garbage Free Cities on 19th May. Yojana (PMMSY) aims to enhance fish Government launches scheme for 100 % production to 220 lakh metric tons by solarisation of Konark sun temple & 2024-25 from 137.58 lakh metric tons in Konark town 2018-19 at an average annual growth rate of The Ministry of New and Renewable about 9%. Energy (MNRE) has taken up the Complete Gadkari inaugurates Chamba Tunnel Solarisation of Konark sun temple and under Chardham Pariyojana Konark town in Odisha. Union Minister for Road Transport & Govt extends ‘Pradhan Mantri Vaya Highways and MSMEs Shri Nitin Gadkari Vandana Yojana’ by 3 yrs till Mar 2023 on 26th May inaugurated the breakthrough The Union Cabinet on Wednesday event of Chamba Tunnel under Chardham extended the Pradhan Mantri Vaya Pariyojana through video conference mode. Vandana Yojana (PMVVY), a social security Border Roads Organisation (BRO) achieved scheme for senior citizens, for three years this major milestone by digging up a 440 m till March, 2023. long Tunnel below the busy Chamba town PMVVY scheme, implemented through the on Rishikesh-Dharasu road Highway (NH Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), is intended 94). to give an assured minimum pension to Salman Khan Launches His New Grooming senior citizens (60 years and above) based Brand FRSH on an assured return on the purchase Taking to his social media handle on May price/subscription amount. The assured rate 25, 2020, Salman Khan launched his new of return for fiscal 2020-21 has been pegged grooming and personal care brand FRSH. at 7.4 per cent per annum and thereafter to LIC launches modified PM Vaya Vandana be reset every year, an official release said Yojana after the Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) Narendra Modi, decided to extend the scheme on 25th May announced the launch of the for a further period of three years up to Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana March 31, 2023. (Modified- 2020) Scheme. 'Hunar Haat' to make comeback in “This plan will be available for sale September with theme 'Local to Global' commencing from May 26 for three financial years – up to March 31, 2023.

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This scheme can be purchased offline as well programme aimed at promoting the “more as online from LIC of India. crop per drop” concept by focussing on Aarogya Setu becomes world's largest water-saving technologies. contact tracing app: Dr Harsh Vardhan The state is followed by Karnataka and Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan on 27th Gujarat with 1,41,103.56 Ha and 1,08,322.00 May said, Aarogya Setu has become world's Ha of coverage respectively. largest contact tracing app reaching over Prasar Bharati launches new channel DD 11 crore 40 lakh people in 40 days. Retro Petroleum Minister dedicates to nation, 56 Buoyed by the strong viewer interest in CNG stations ‘Ramayan’ and ‘Mahabharat’, public Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister broadcaster Prasar Bharati has launched a Dharmendra Pradhan dedicated to nation, new channel DD Retro that will air classic 56 CNG stations spread over 11 States and shows. “To relive the nostalgia of your Union Territories. These stations are in favourite memorable serials of , Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, watch DD Retro,” the pubcaster announced Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, New Delhi, on 13th April. Punjab, Rajasthan, Telangana and Uttar Jim Corbett becomes India's first Pradesh. quarantine facility for animals ‘One Sun One World One Grid’: India India's oldest National Park Jim Corbett, initiates talks on West to SE Asia solar grid situated in Uttarakhand's Paurhi Garhwal India has come up with a ‘One Sun One region, has built isolation wards for World One Grid’ (OSOWOG) initiative to animals. set up a framework for facilitating global UP becomes first state with in-house cooperation in this regard aiming at building facility of virtual courts a global ecosystem of interconnected Amid the country-wide corona-triggered renewable energy resources that can be lockdown , Uttar Pradesh has become the seamlessly shared. first state to have the requisite April 2020 infrastructure in all its courts for hearing Cabinet reduces salaries of MPs by 30% cases through video conferencing, the for a year, no MPLAD funds for 2 years Allahabad High Court said in a statement on In This emerging situation arising due to 23rd April. the rapid spread of coronavirus, the cabinet World Bank ties-up with AIMA to organize promulgated an ordinance to reduce the virtual workshop on “Contract salaries, allowances and pensions of Management during Emergency Members of Parliament (MPs) by 30 per situations” cent for one year. The minister also World Bank (WB) has joined hands with announced that The President, Vice AIMA (All India Management Association), President, Governors of States have one of the most renowned business schools in voluntarily decided to take a pay cut as a India, to organize a virtual workshop called social responsibility. The money will go to “The Contract Management during Consolidated Fund of India. Emergency situations”. Tamil Nadu finishes on top in micro- Aims: To create awareness about the likely irrigation coverage impact of the coronavirus (COVID -19) Tamil Nadu financial year 2019-20, the pandemic on the implementation of the bank- State finished on top it coverage of funded projects. 2,06,853.25 ha at the all-India level for micro- NTPC launched Hydrogen Fuel bus and car irrigation coverage. This has been achieved as project for Leh, New Delhi part of implementation of the Pradhan India's largest power producer, NTPC Ltd, Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY), a has invited Global Expression of Interest (EoI) to provide 10 Hydrogen Fuel Cell

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(FC) based electric buses and an equal number of Hydrogen Fuel Cell-based electric cars in Leh and Delhi. Total installed Position Karnataka tops in total installed State renewable capacity Secured renewable capacity: CRISIL Research in Mega Watt (MW) report Karnataka’s total renewable energy 1 Karnataka 15,232 installed capacity stood at 15,232 MegaWatt(MW) as on March 31, 2020 Tamil 2 14, 347 against 13,845 MW as on March 31, 2019. Nadu According to a CRISIL Research report, Karnataka retained its 1st position in 3 Gujarat 10,586 terms of total installed renewable capacity in FY20 followed by Tamil Nadu(2nd) & Gujarat(3rd).

Chapter 15: Current Affairs (International) In Short 15th October Arabia were in a five-way race in the India To Build 100-Bedded Cancer only contested race for seats on the Hospital, Cricket Stadium In Maldives Human Rights Council. India will build a 100-bedded cancer India and France re-elected as hospital and a 22,000-seater cricket president and co-president of stadium in Maldives, under the USD 800 International Solar Alliance million Line of Credit (LoC) that was India and France were re-elected as extended to the country last year. the president and co-president of the Prince William Officially Launches International Solar Alliance (ISA) for a Earthshot, the Nobel of Environmental term of two years on 14th October at the Prizes virtual meeting of the third assembly. Britain's Prince William officially The event was attended by 34 ISA announced the launch of a $65 million- Members ministers. A total of 53 dollar prize to solve some of the climate member countries and 5 signatory and crisis' most urgent challenges. Prince prospective member countries William's original announcement of the participated in the assembly. Earthshot prize at the end of 2019, India Ranks Second in Inflow of including the prize amount. Migrants to OECD Countries, China China and Russia win seats on U.N. Retains Top Spot rights council, Saudis lose India ranked second in terms of the China, Russia and Cuba won seats on “total” inflow of new migrants to OECD the U.N.’s premiere human rights body countries during the year 2018 as well on October 13 despite opposition from as in the number of Indians obtaining activist groups over their abysmal human citizenship of these countries, a report by rights records, but another target, Saudi OECD revealed. Notably, China continued Arabia, lost. to retain the top position as the largest Russia and Cuba were running source country, India overtook Romania unopposed, but China and Saudi

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ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series to emerge as the second-largest source The Principality of Andorra joined the country. International Monetary Fund (IMF) On Migration from India to OECD countries 16th October when Ambassador climbed significantly by 10% and hit Elisenda Vives Balmaña signed the 3.3 lakh and it accounted for about 5% IMF’s Articles of Agreement at a of the overall migration to OECD ceremony in Washington D.C. Andorra countries. had applied for membership to the IMF in Air pollution: India has the highest January 2020. annual average exposure 2019: SoGA EU Environmental Ministers made 2020 2050 Net Zero Emissions Target legally A new global study, State of Global Air binding 2020 (SoGA 2020)- puts India at the European Union (EU) Environment top of the tally on some worrying air Ministers signed a deal in Luxembourg pollution parameters. on October 23, 2020. The deal has made Sudan becomes third Arab State to EU’s 2050 net-zero emissions target normalise relations with Israel legally binding on the states. Sudan recognized the Israel on The EU has aimed at becoming climate- October 23, 2020. It has became the neutral by 2050 by bringing the net third country to recognize Israel after greenhouse gas emission to zero. This UAE and Bahrain. Background The objective of the EU is the central portion United States (US) recently made of the European Green Deal. The aim also Israel, UAE and Bahrain to sign as comply with the EU’s commitment to agreement. Under the US-led agreement, global climate action under the Paris UAE and Bahrain agreed to recognise Agreement. Israel as an independent state. India offered USD 1 bn credit line to Egypt was the first country to central Asian countries for priority recognise Israel. After Egypt, Jordan projects recognised Israel by establishing peace India announced to extend USD 1 deal with Israel. billion line of credit for priority India gets Chairmanship of ILO developmental projects in central Asian Governing body after a gap of 35 years countries on October 28, 2020. India also "After 35 years, India assumed the vow to further expand cooperation with Chairmanship of the Governing Body of the resource-rich region including ILO (International Labour confrontation of the common Organisation). Labour Secretary Apurva challenges of terrorism and Chandra has been elected as the extremism. Chairperson of the Governing Body of The virtual meeting was chaired by the ILO for the period October 2020- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and June 2021. his counterparts from Kazakhstan, The Governing Body (GB) is the apex Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. executive body of the ILO, which decides The ministers talked about the policies, programmes, agenda, budget, importance of connectivity for and elects the Director-General. At increasing trade, commerce, people-to- present, the ILO has 187 members. people contacts between India and the Principality of Andorra becomes IMF’s Central Asian countries. 190th Member BEST ONLINE TEST SERIES SITE FOR PARA 13.2 , III EXAM, GIPSA OFFICER SCALE 1-5 122

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Benefit: These countries would utilize the UAE starts up Arab world's first nuclear priority developmental projects in fields plant including the connectivity, IT, energy, The United Arab Emirates has launched education, healthcare and agriculture. operations at the Arab world's first nuclear power plant, on the Gulf coast just east of Qatar. Nuclear fission has begun in one of September 2020 four reactors at the Barakah plant, which India, US and Israel collaborate to develop uses South Korean technology. 5G tech UK considers Gandhi coin to India, Israel and the United States have commemorate Indian independence icon begun collaboration in developmental The United Kingdom is considering area, and in next generation of emerging minting a coin to commemorate India's technologies, including a transparent, open, independence hero Mahatma Gandhi, amid reliable and secure 5G communication growing interest in recognising the network. contributions of people from Black, Asian and Women empowerment: India beats China, other minority ethnic (BAME) communities. becomes member of United Nations's "Royal Mint Advisory Committee (RMAC) is ECOSOC currently considering a coin to commemorate In a significant development, India has Gandhi. been elected as the member of the Mauritius declares emergency as stranded Commission on Status of Women (CSW), a ship spills fuel body of the Economic and Social Council The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius (ECOSOC). India will be a member of the declared a “state of environmental prestigious body for four years, 2021 to emergency” on 7th August after a 2025. Japanese-owned ship that ran aground Israel, UAE and Bahrain sign Abraham offshore days ago began spilling tons of Accord fuel. US President Donald Trump on 15th UAE-Israel agreed for peace agreement September hosted Israeli Prime Minister namely “Abraham Accord” Benjamin Netanyahu and foreign Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of ministers of the United Arab Emirates and Israel, and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed, Bahrain for the signing of the historic Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Abraham Accord, which is the first Arab- Supreme Commander of the United Arab Israeli peace deal in 26 years. Egypt was Emirates, have agreed for the Israel–United the first Arab State to sign a peace deal with Arab Emirates peace agreement, or the Israel in 1979. Jordon signed a peace pact in Abraham Accord to establish full diplomatic 1994. ties. India launches first ever cargo ferry with India, Japan and Australia to launch Maldives to boost trade “Supply Chain Resilience Initiative” to The first ever Cargo Ferry Service between counter China India and the Maldives was jointly launched The Supply Chain Resilience Initiative first on 21st September opening a new chapter in proposed by Japan. The initiative purpose connectivity initiatives in the Indian Ocean to reduce the dependency in China. Region. The Cargo Ferry Vessel MCP Linz Japan is to be joined by India and operated by the Shipping Corporation of Australia. It is a direct response to India (SCI) will connect Tuticorin and companies that are concerned about Chinese Cochin ports in India with Kulhudhuhfushi political behaviour and disruption to supply and Male ports in the Maldives. chain. August 2020

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Google Launches 'The Anywhere School' Uganda becomes first African country to With 50 New Features To Boost Online submit REDD+ results, paves way for Learning payments To help millions of students tide over the Uganda has become the first African pandemic-induced learning from home tech country to submit results for Reducing giant Google has announced a new emissions from deforestation and forest initiative called 'The Anywhere School'. degradation (REDD+) to the United With this initiative, Google will also roll out Nations Framework Convention on over 50 new features across Meet, Climate Change (UNFCCC). REDD+ is a Classroom, G Suite and other products to mechanism developed by the parties to the hundreds of thousands of viewers in more UNFCCC to reduce emissions from than 250 countries around the world. deforestation and forest degradation. Russia releases declassified video of Russian voters overwhelmingly back a largest-ever hydrogen bomb blast ploy by President Vladimir Putin to rule Russia released a 40-minute video of until 2036 detonation of the world’s most powerful President Vladimir Putin has won a hydrogen bomb. The bomb was called the resounding victory in his bid to stay in “Tsar Bomb”. power until the middle of the next decade, It is believed to be 3,333 times more as Russians voted overwhelmingly to destructive than that of the Hiroshima endorse the country's political status quo, Nagasaki Atom bombs Little Boy and Fat according to preliminary results. Man. ADB Becomes Observer Of Network For WHO declares Africa free of Wild Polio Greening The Financial System World Health Organisation declared Africa The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has polio-free. The disease is now found only in joined the central banks and supervisors Afghanistan and Pakistan. Nigeria is the Network for Greening the Financial last African country to be declared free from System (NGFS) as an observer. wild polio. NGFS, launched at the Paris One Planet July 2020 Summit on December 12, 2017, ADB joins India joins ‘Alliance for Poverty the ranks of the World Bank, the Eradication’ at UN as founding member International Finance Corporation, the India has become a founding member of International Monetary Fund, and the an Alliance for Poverty Eradication at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation UN, launched by the President of the General and Development as NGFS observers. Assembly, aimed at focussing on efforts to United Nations Announces US to Withdraw boost global economy in the aftermath of the From WHO in July 2021 Covid-19 pandemic. The United States will leave the World President of the 74th Session of the UN Health Organisation (WHO) on July 6, General Assembly Tijjani Muhammad- 2021, the United Nations said on 8th July, Bande will formally launch the ‘Alliance for after receiving notification of the decision by Poverty Eradication’ on June 30. President Donald Trump, who has accused Madeline Swegle becomes US Navy's first the agency of becoming a puppet for China Black female fighter pilot in its 110-year during the coronavirus pandemic. history Maldives, Sri Lanka eliminate measles and Lt. j.g. Madeline Swegle made history by rubella, ahead of 2023 target: WHO becoming the U.S. Navy's first Black female Sri Lanka and Maldives have become the tactical fighter pilot. first two countries in the World Health Organisation's South-East Asia region to eliminate both measles and rubella ahead

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ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series of a 2023 target, the UN health agency Aviation has planned to bring down the air announced 8th July. travel charges by 25%. WHO sets up panel to review handling of Turkmenistan gets observer status in COVID-19 pandemic World Trade Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) has Turkmenistan has been granted Observer announced it is setting up an independent status (25th country) by the World Trade panel to review its handling of the COVID-19 Organization (WTO ) General Council. pandemic and the response by governments Turkmenistan has become the last former worldwide. Former New Zealand Prime Soviet republic to establish formal ties with Minister Helen Clark and former Liberian the trade body. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf have agreed Nicaragua becomes 87th country to sign to head the panel. International Solar Alliance Framework ADB & Education Above All joint Projects Agreement worth $100 million for quality Primary Nicaragua has become the 87th country to Education for Out-of-School Children join the International Solar Alliance (ISA) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Framework Agreement, an initiative led by the Qatar-based Education Above All India to promote sustainable energy. (EAA) Foundation have signed an agreement The agreement on behalf of the Central to carry out $100 million in joint projects American country Nicaragua was signed by to put out-of-school and at-risk children the Permanent Representative to the United into quality primary education. Nations Jaime Hermida Castillo at the India will not run the World’s Emptiest Permanent Mission of India to the United Airport- Mattala Rajapaksa International Nations in New York on 22, July 2020. Airport India hands over 10 broad gauge Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Mahinda locomotives to Bangladesh Rajapaksa has informed that on the request India provided 10 railway locomotives to of his Government the Indian Government Bangladesh on 27th July as grant assistance, has agreed to not form a joint venture with the leadership of the two sides company with Sri Lanka for running the committing themselves to more connectivity Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport. and infrastructure initiatives to boost trade U.S. remains India's top trading partner in and create new supply chains. 2019-20 The move was part of a sharpened focus on The US remained India's top trading India’s “neighbourhood first” policy. partner for the second consecutive fiscal India to set up solar power park in Sri in 2019-20, which shows increasing Lanka economic ties between the two countries. India plans to build a solar power park in According to the data of the commerce Sri Lanka as part of a strategy to project its ministry, in 2019-20, the bilateral trade presence in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) between the US and India stood at USD amid Chinese attempts to lure nations into 88.75 billion as against USD 87.96 billion its ‘Belt and Road’ initiative. Leveraging its in 2018-19. solar expertize, India’s largest power India 'Air bubbles' formed with US, France generation utility NTPC Ltd plans to set up & Germany this project in the island nation under the Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep aegis of International Solar Alliance (ISA). Singh Puri announced that India is to PM Modi to virtually inaugurate new resume operation of international Supreme Court building in Mauritius commercial flights with France and US. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his The Government of India has signed Mauritius counterpart Pravind Jugnauth agreements with US, UK, France and will jointly inaugurate the new Supreme countries in UAE. The Ministry of Civil Court building of Mauritius on July 30.

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June 2020 held for the five non-permanent members Myanmar’s Military Returns to Facebook on 17th June. India won 184 votes out of to Provide ‘Accurate’ News 192 valid votes cast. Myanmar military “Tatmadaw” has Previously, India has been elected as a non- decided to use Facebook again to provide permanent member of the Council for the ‘accurate’ news to people. Myanmar years 1950—1951, 1967—1968, 1972— Military using Facebook again because it is 1973, 1977—1978, 1984—1985, 1991— the most widely used social media platform in 1992 and 2011—2012. the country and is the best way to reach Ireland, Mexico and Norway were also people. elected as non-permanent members of the UN Facebook had removed several accounts Security Council. India’s term will begin linked to the Myanmar military in 2018. from January 2021. Facebook, Google and Microsoft join hands India To Send 75-Member Tri-Service for "Project Protect" to fight online child Contingent To World War II Victory sexual abuse Parade In Moscow Facebook joined Google, Microsoft and 15 India will send a contingent of 75 other tech companies to announce the personnel from its three armed forces to formation of "Project Protect": A plan to Moscow to participate in Russia's 75th combat online child sexual abuse – a renewed World War II Victory Day parade on June commitment and investment from the 24. Technology Coalition expanding its scope and "On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of impact to protect kids online and guide its the victory in the Second World War, there work for the next 15 years. will be a military parade in Moscow to Anmol Narang becomes first observant honour the heroism and sacrifices made by Sikh to graduate from US Military the Russian and other friendly people. Academy India will be United Nations Security Anmol Narang has made history by Council President for August, 2021 becoming the first observant Sikh to India, which has been elected as a non- graduate from the prestigious United permanent member of the Security States Military Academy at West Point, and Council, will serve as the president of the the Second Lieutenant is hopeful that her powerful 15-nation UN body for the month efforts to represent her religion and of August, 2021. community will encourage Americans to Nepalese FM radio stations start giving learn more about Sikhism. weather bulletins of Lipulekh, Kalapani India becomes founding member of global and Limpiyadhura alliance on Artificial Intelligence After Nepal’s parliament endorsed the India joined international and multi- political map that shows the disputed stakeholder initiative Global Partnership areas of Lipulekh, Kalapani and for Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) as its Limpiyadhura as part of its territory founding member on June 15, 2020. By earlier this month, some Nepalese FM radio becoming the founding member of the stations close to India-Nepal border in initiative, India has joined the leading nations Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh have started of the world including the UK, EU, US, giving weather bulletins of these three Australia among others. areas. India wins 184 out 192 votes to enter UN China To Join UN Arms Trade Treaty To Security Council Enhance ‘peace And Stability’ India scored a major diplomatic victory to China has decided to join a global pact on enter the non-permanent category of the regulations of arms sales showing its UN Security Council when elections were willingness to address the poorly regulated international arms trade after

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ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series the United States pulled out last year. WHO, UN''s postal agency release National People’s Congress, China’s top commemorative stamp on 40th legislative body, voted to join the global anniversary of smallpox eradication treaty to regulate conventional arms sales at The WHO and the UN''s postal agency have a time when the country has been cornered released a commemorative postage stamp over its handling of pandemic and curbing of on the 40th anniversary of the eradication Hong Kong’s autonomy. of smallpox, with the head of the global Bill to Rename ‘Tonoshiro’ to ‘Tonoshiro health body expressing gratitude to top Senkaku’ triggered tensions between Indian-origin UN official Atul Khare. Japan and China Israel Names Street After Rabindranath A group of Islands without inhabitants Tagore On The Poet's 159th Birthday located at the South China Sea has been a Israel has named a street in Tel Aviv after point of disagreement between Japan and celebrated Indian poet Rabindranath China since 1972. The island is known by Tagore as a tribute on his 159th birthday. the name Senkakus in Japan, while in the On May 7, the Israeli Embassy in India People’s Republic of China the Islands are tweeted a photo of a signboard where the known by the name Diaoyu. street was named Rehov Tagore; 'rehov' World's First Yoga University, Named means street. After Vivekananda, Launched Outside India Provides US$ 2 Million to UNRWA for India the Welfare of Palestine Refugees 6th International Yoga Day The Government of India has contributed commemorations, the world's first yoga US$ 2 million to the United Nations Relief university outside India has been and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees launched in Los Angeles, offering in the Near East (UNRWA) in support of the programmes that combine scientific Agency’s core programmes and services, principles and modern research approaches including education, health care, relief and to the ancient Indian practice of yoga. social services. India's NTPC wins PMC job for 500-MW The contribution was presented to UNRWA solar project in Mali by the Representative of India to State of Indian power producer NTPC Ltd has won Palestine, H.E. Mr. Sunil Kumar. a project management consultancy (PMC) Nepal approves new map including contract for the development of a 500-MW Lipulekh, Kalapani, Limpiyadhura amidst solar park in the Republic of Mali. border row with India The award was made at an event held on June Nepal’s Cabinet has endorsed a new 24, NTPC said in a statement, without giving political map showing Lipulekh, Kalapani more details about the project. At present, and Limpiyadhura under its territory, NTPC has 62,110 MW of installed capacity amidst a border dispute with India. and has an objective to become a 130 GW World Bank to rescue with $160-billion company by 2032. aid to 100 nations May 2020 The Covid-19 pandemic is expected to put Irans parliament introduces new over 60 million people into extreme currency, Toman, to tackle inflation poverty globally, the World Bank has said as The Iranian Parliament has announced the it announced emergency operations worth decision to replace its currency "Rial" with $160 billion in 100 developing countries another basic unit of currency called the to fight the deadly virus. "Toman." Each toman will be worth 10,000 Of the 100 countries, home to 70 per cent of rials under the new system. the world's population, 39 are in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Corona Impacts Economies: Poverty To U.S. joins G7 artificial intelligence group to Engulf 672 Million Children By 2020-End, counter China Says UNICEF The US has joined an international panel The coronavirus pandemic has halted the for setting ethical guidelines for the use of world economy pushing many households artificial intelligence. The Trump into distressing circumstances. administration had earlier dismissed the idea. Amid the financial hardship across the globe, China announces USD 2 billion in child poverty especially in low and middle- coronavirus help at WHO assembly income countries could witness a surge of China will provide USD 2 billion over two 15 per cent. This is likely to deprive about years to fight the coronavirus pandemic, 86 million children of essential services President Xi Jinping said on 18th May, rallying leaving a total of 672 million people below around the World Health Organization and its poverty line, a study conducted by the efforts even as the Trump administration has UNICEF and humanitarian organisation Save slashed funding for the UN health agency. the Children suggested.

Chapter 16- Defence News October Velocity Reduction Mechanism (VRM) DRDO Successfully Test Fires Extended have been met perfectly. Range BrahMos Supersonic Cruise India successfully test-fires Rudram- Missile With Range Of Over 400 KM. an Anti-Radiation Missile India on 30 September successfully test- India has successfully test-fired the fired extended range BrahMos supersonic Rudram – an Anti-Radiation Missile on cruise missile which is capable of hitting October 9, 2020. It has been developed by targets situated over 400 kilometres Defence Research and Development away. Organisation (DRDO). The missile was India successfully test-fires new test fired from its primary test platform version of Shaurya Missile Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft off the east India successfully test-fired a new coast. version of nuclear-capable Shaurya The missile will provide air superiority missile on October 3, 2020 from the and capability for the Indian Air Force coast of Odisha. The missile can strike (IAF) fighter aircraft. It has been designed targets at around 800 kms. This has for suppression of enemy air defences been launched amid the ongoing tensions (SEAD). at India-China Border. Army chief MM Naravane to get DRDO has been Successful Flight Test honorary rank of General of Nepali of SMART Army Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Army chief General M.M. Naravane will Torpedo (SMART) has been be visiting Nepal next month where he successfully flight tested on 5th Oct will be conferred the honorary rank of 2020 from Wheeler Island off the coast of General of the Nepali Army in an Odisha. All the mission objectives investiture ceremony, the Nepal Army including missile flight upto the range and said on 14th October. altitude, separation of the nose cone, India To Deliver Kilo Class Submarine release of Torpedo and deployment of INS Sindhuvir To Myanmar Navy

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India will be delivering a kilo class Australia will participate in Malabar, submarine INS Sindhuvir to Myanmar the major naval exercise in the Indian Navy and this will be the first submarine Ocean next month, along with India, of the neighbouring country. the United States and Japan. The step is in accordance with India's Discussions have been going on about vision of SAGAR (Security and Growth for getting Australia, the fourth member of All in the Region) and also in line with the Quad, to take part. Sources said India's commitment to building capacities Australia's participation is now final. The and self-reliance in the neighbouring exercise is planned for late November in countries. the Indian Ocean. BRAHMOS missile test-fired India successfully test fired SANT successfully Missile BrahMos, the supersonic cruise missile India successfully test fired the Stand- was successfully test fired on 18th Off Anti-Tank Missile named as SANT October from Indian Navy’s on October 19, 2020. It will be inducted indigenously-built stealth destroyer in the Indian Air Force. The missile has INS Chennai, hitting a target in the been developed by the Defence Research Arabian Sea. The missile hit the target and Development Organization successfully with pin-point accuracy after (DRDO). The missile was test fired from performing high-level and extremely the Chandipur test range. The SANT complex manoeuvres. missile has the capability of lock-on BrahMos as ‘prime strike weapon’ will before launch and lock-on after launch. ensure the warship’s invincibility by DRDO successfully conducts final trial engaging naval surface targets at long of Nag anti-tank guided missile in ranges, thus making the destroyer Pokhran range another lethal platform of Indian Navy. India successfully carried out the final India successfully testfires Prithvi-2 trial of the Defence Research and ballistic missile with over 250 km Development Organization (DRDO)- strike range developed Nag anti-tank guided India, on 18th October, successfully missile with a warhead. testfired the over 250 km strike range The test was carried out on 22nd October Prithvi-2 ballistic missile off the coast of at the Pokhran field firing ranges in Balasore, Odisha. The DRDO-developed Rajasthan. The trial of Nag anti-tank Missile is already the part of the Strategic guided missile comes after the DRDO Forces Command, which is the custodian tested the helicopter launched Stand-off of India's nuclear arsenal. Anti-Tank Missile (SANT) with a range This is the latest in the series of missile beyond 10 km from Balasore testing tests conducted by India in the recent range in Odisha on 19th October. past. the DRDO launched Nirbhay missile, "INS ” commissioned into the 10th successive missile launch by Indian Navy the defence research agency in just 35 The Chief of Army Staff, General MM days. Naravane has commissioned the ‘INS Australia to participate in Malabar Kavaratti’, the last of four indigenously- naval exercise next month along with built anti-submarine warfare (ASW) India, US and Japan stealth corvettes, into the Indian Navy in Visakhapatnam. BEST ONLINE TEST SERIES SITE FOR PARA 13.2 , III EXAM, GIPSA OFFICER SCALE 1-5 129

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(ADE) of the DRDO. The vehicle has been programmed for fully autonomous flight. September 2020 Indian Defence Ministry signs Rs 2,580 Cr deal to India successfully Fire tested Prithvi II procure Pinaka rocket launchers Missile In a big boost to the 'Make in India' India successfully test fired the Prithvi II initiative, the Defence Ministry has signed missile which was developed indigenously. contracts worth Rs 2580 crores with The test was conducted at the Chandipur Indian companies to supply six Army Integrated Test Range, Odisha. The missile regiments with Pinaka missiles. The attained the range of 350 km. The test fire Acquisition Wing, Ministry of Defence signed was a routine exercises. Electro optical contracts with Bharat Earth Movers Ltd tracking systems, radars and telemetry (BEML), Tata Power Company Ltd (TPCL), stations of Defense Research and and Larsen & Toubro (L & T) on August 31. development Organizations (DRDO) traced These will be operationalised along the the trajectory of the missile. northern and eastern borders, and their induction is planned to be completed by August 2020 2024. Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi assumes India-Russia sign agreement on charge as Director General Naval manufacturing AK-203 rifles Operations The Defence Minister is at Russia’s capital Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi assumed Moscow attending SCO meet. He arrived on charge as Director General Naval September 2, 2020 and is on a three-day Operations (DGNO) on 13th August, said the visit. The Defence Minister on the side lines Indian Navy. The Flag Officer commanded of the SCO meet held talks with his Russian the eastern fleet from January 15, 2018, to counter part Shoigu. During the meet, the March 30, 2019. leaders signed the AK-203 rifles deal. India Pavilion At Army-2020 Forum According to the deal, the rifles are to be Inaugurated In Russia produced in India under the Make in India The India Pavilion at the Army-2020 initiative with Russia support. International Military and Technical India successfully test scramjet technology Forum was inaugurated by Secretary for hypersonic missiles (Defence Production) Raj Kumar and Indian India joined the elite group Russia, China, Ambassador DB Venkatesh Verma outside US, after successfully conducting first test Moscow. flight of the indigenously developed HSTDV First marine ambulance ‘Pratheeksha’ (Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator launched in Kerala Vehicle) from Odisha coast. This giant leap The Chief Minister of Kerala, Shri Pinarayi will lead to the development of hypersonic Vijayan inaugurated the first ever marine cruise missiles in future. HSTDV abbreviated ambulance named ‘PRATHEEKSHA’ on 27 form of Hypersonic Technology August 2020. Demonstrator Vehicle is an unmanned Pratheeksha is first in the series of 3 fully scramjet demonstration aircraft. equipped marine ambulance boat built by India conducts successful flight test of Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), for the ABHYAS from Odisha test range Department of Fisheries, Govt. of Kerala. India on 22nd September successfully The other two other boats namely conducted the flight test of ABHYAS - High- ‘Prathyasha’ and ‘Karunya’ were also speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) - launched on the same day. from a test range in Odisha. ABHYAS has 14th India-Singapore Defence Policy been designed and developed by the Dialogue Aeronautical Development Establishment

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On August 28, 2020, the India-Singapore rifles — the Arad and the Carmel — are set Defence Policy Dialogue was held in video to be manufactured in India. conference. The countries agreed to discuss Dhruvastra, India's anti-tank guided number of issues of bilateral defence missile, test-fired successfully in Odisha engagements. They agreed to enhance the The flight trials of India’s anti-tank guided security partnership. missile ‘Dhruvastra’ were successfully The HADR agreement was signed between conducted at the Interim Test Range (ITR) in the countries during the dialogue. HADR is Odisha. Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster ANASIS II: First-ever military satellite of Relief. South Korea India withdraws from Russia’s KavKaz South Korea recently launched its first 2020 Military ever military satellite to defend itself India recently announced its withdrawal against nuclear armed North Korea. The from the KavKaz Military Exercise to be satellite has been named “ANASIS II”. held in Russia. The exercise is to be held The launch of ANASIS II has made South between September 15, 2020 and Korea the 10 country in the world to have September 26, 2020. its own military communication satellite. Reason: China, Pakistan and member nations 5 Rafale jets, first batch from France, land of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation at Ambala air base (SCO) are set to take part in the strategic The first five of the 36 Rafale fighter jets command-post exercise KavKaz 2020. India procured from the Dassault Aviation July 2020 company of France arrived in Haryana's MoD approves 33 new fighter jets for IAF Ambala Indian Air Force (IAF) station on in deals worth ₹38,900 crore 29th July. Amid the continued tensions on the border June 2020 with China, the Defence Acquisition Council DRDO Develops 'Ultra Swachh' For PPE (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Disinfection Singh, on 2nd July accepted deals worth The Defence Research and Development ₹38,900 crore. This contains procurement of Organisation (DRDO) on 2nd June said that it 21 MiG-29 fighter jets for the Indian Air has developed a disinfection unit named Force (IAF), improve of 59 of them and ''Ultra Swachh'' to disinfect a wide range of acquirement of 12 Su-30 MKI plane. materials, including Personal Protective Indian Coast Guard & Indonesia Coast Equipment (PPEs), electronics items and Guard sign MoU to boost maritime fabrics. relations System uses an advanced oxidative Comprehensive strategic partnership process comprising of multiple barrier between India and Indonesia, a MoU has disruption approach using Ozonated Space been signed between the Indian Coast Guard Technology for disinfection. and Indonesia Coast Guard. Union Government Granted Rs 500 cr Aims: This will enhance collaborative and Emergency Funds to Armed Forces for cooperative engagements in the domains of War Preparedness maritime law enforcement, maritime search The Central Government has granted special and rescue and marine pollution response. financial powers of Rs 500 crore as Two new Israeli assault rifles Arad and emergency funds to armed forces for war Carmel now set to be manufactured in preparedness amid ongoing border tensions India with China. In a boost to the fledgling domestic small May 2020 arms industry, two latest Israeli assault Indian Navy launches 'Operation Setu' to repatriate Indians from overseas

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The Indian Navy on 5TH May launched Defence Minsitry Approves Rs 400 Crore- Operation 'Samudra Setu' (meaning 'Sea Scheme For Testing Domestic Defence Bridge'), as a part of national effort to Products repatriate Indian citizens from overseas amid Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on 15th coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown. Indian may approved a Rs 400 crore-scheme to Naval Ships Jalashwa and Magar are develop infrastructure to help domestic currently en route to the port of Male in military firms carry out testing of the Maldives to commence evacuation indigenously developed military operations from May 8 as part of Phase-1. hardware. Defence Ministry signs contract with Tata Army's "Game-Changing" Proposal To Power SED for infra modernisation at 37 Allow 3-Year Tenure For Civilians airfields The Army is considering a proposal to The Defence Ministry signed a contract allow civilians, including young working with Tata Power SED on Friday for professionals, to join the force for three modernisation of infrastructure at 37 years as officers and in other ranks in areas airfields of the Indian Air Force, Coast like logistics and front-line formations. Guard and the Navy at a cost of around Rs Indian Navy's made ''breathable'' PPE kit 1,200 crore. ''NavRakshak'' India launches Mission Sagar to assist The Indian Navy''s indigenously-made PPE island nations in Eastern Indian Ocean kit, ''NavRakshak'', made for enhancing India launched Mission Sagar on 10th may comforts of the health workers under as part of the government’s outreach Indian conditions, is helping fight the war initiative towards five Island nations in the against Covid-19 in a better and effective Indian Ocean amidst the ongoing COVID-19 manner. pandemic. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) India helps to set up a military war game in a statement said, "Indian Naval Ship centre in Jinja district (Uganda) Kesari has departed for Maldives, Indian Association in Uganda, with help of Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar and the Indian Military training team, set up a Comoros, to provide Food Items, COVID military war game centre in Jinja district. related Medicines including HCQ Tablets and On 25th May, Ugandan President Yoweri Special Ayurvedic Medicines with Medical Museveni inaugurated the war game centre Assistance Teams embarked." conceptualised by Indian military team for Govt Approves 26 Defence Items From Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF). Local Suppliers to Boost ‘Make in India’ The war game centre is named 'INDIA' and The Central Government has issued Public is a type of strategy game that simulates Procurement to encourage ‘Make in India’ warfare realistically, as opposed to abstract and to promote manufacturing and strategy games such as chess. production of goods and services in India. Missile Park ‘Agneeprastha’ to be set up at Under this order, Department of Defence INS Kalinga Production (DDP), Ministry of Defence has The foundation stone for a Missile Park so far notified 127 items where purchase “Agneeprastha’ was laid at INS Kalinga by preference is given to local suppliers as Commodore Rajesh Debnath, per PPP-MII 2017. Commanding Officer, in the presence of Vice FDI in defence increased from 49% to Admiral Atul Kumar Jain, Flag Officer 74% Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Naval "The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Command here on 28th May. defence manufacturing under automatic April 2020 route is also being raised from 49 per cent Operation Sanjeevani: IAF airlifts medical to 74 per cent," the Finance Minister said. and hospital consumables for the Maldives

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Indian Air Force (IAF) airlifts around 6.2 Harpoon air-launched anti-ship missiles tonnes of essential medicines and hospital and Mark 54 lightweight torpedoes worth consumables onboard C-130 aircraft from USD 155 million to India to enhance its India to Male. Since there has been lockdown deterrent capabilities against "regional in India due to COVID-19. IAF launched threats" and to bolster its homeland defence. `Operation Sanjeevani’ and with the help of India third largest military spender in the Indian Army medicines were lifted world, after US and China from different airports across the country India has become the third largest military including — New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai spender in the world, after the US and and Madurai and then were flown to the China, according to a Stockholm Maldives. International Peace Research Institute US approves sale of anti-ship missiles, (SIPRI) report. This is the first time that torpedoes worth USD 155 million to India India and China are among the top three The Trump administration has notified the military spenders. Congress of its determination to sell

♦Bilateral exercise These exercises are conducted between two countries. List of few bilateral exercises conducted by the military are given below: Bilateral exercise Participating countries Kiran India and Nepal Sampriti India and Bangladesh Bongosagar India and Bangladesh (Navi) Harimau Shakti India and Malaysia Ekuverin India and Maldives Varuna India and France Red Flag India and US Al Nagah India and Oman ‘Naseem-Al-Bahr’ India and Oman (Navy) Bold India and Singapore Hand in Hand India and China Ekuverin India and Maldives Garuda Shakti India and Indonesia Indra India and Russia Khanjar India and Kyrgyzstan Lamitye India and Seychelles Maitree India and Thailand

Mitra Shakti India and Sri Lanka

Multi-national FTX ASEAN plus

Nomadic Elephant India and Mongolia

Prabal Dostyk India and Kazakhstan

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Sampriti India and Bangladesh

Surya Kiran India and Nepal

Ajeya Warrior India and UK

Indradhanush India and UK (Airforce)

‘Sahyog Kaijin’ India and Japan

“Mainamati Maitree Exercise Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB)

‘IN – VPN BILAT EX’ Indo-Vietnam (Navy)

IMDEX India- Singapore

“Tiger Triumph” India and US

SLINEX India and Srilanka(SL)

KAZIND India and Kazakhstan

Dharma Guardian India and Japan

Shinyuu Maitri’ India and Japan (Airforce) Exercise JIMEX Indian and Japanese (navies) Dustlik India-Uzbekistan Samudra Shakti Indian Navy-Indonesian Navy bilateral Yudh Abhyas India and United States Passex India, Australian and United States (Navy)

Chapter 17- Sports News Australian Open 2020 Event Winner Runner-Up Men’s Singles N. Djokovic (Serbia) Dominic Thiem (Austria) Women’s Singles Sofia Kenin (US) G. Muguruza (Spain) Men’s Doubles J. Salisbury (UK) M. Purcell (Aus) L. Saville (Aus) R. Ram (US) Women’s Doubles K. Mladenovic (Franch) S. Hsieh (Taiwan)

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T. Babos (Hungary) B. Strýcová (Czech Republic) Mix Doubles N. Mektić (Croatia) J. Murray (UK) B. Krejčíková (Czech Republic) B. Mattek-Sands (US) US Open 2020 Title Winner Runner up Men’s Singles Dominic Thiem Alexander Zverev Women’s Singles Naomi Osaka Victoria Azarenka Men’s doubles Mate Pavić and Bruno Soares Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektić Women’s doubles Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva Nicole Melichar and Xu Yifan Mixed doubles The mixed doubles event has been canceled French open 2020 Title Winner Runner up Men’s Singles RafaelNadal NovakDjokovic Women’s Singles IgaŚwiątek SofiaKenin Men’s doubles AndreasMies MatePavić KevinKrawietz BrunoSoares Women’s doubles TímeaBabos DesiraeKrawczyk KristinaMladenovic AlexaGuarachi Mixed doubles The mixed doubles event has been canceled

F1 Race 2020 F1 Grand Prix Winning Driver Constructor Steiermark Grand prix Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Britain) Austrian Grand Prix Valtteri Battas (Mercedes-fin land) Hungarian Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Britain) British Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Britain) F1 70th Anniversary Grand Prix Max Emilian Verstappen (Red Bull-Netherland) Spanish Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Britain) Belgian Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Britain) Italian Grand Prix Pierre Gasly (Alpha Tauri-Honda-France) Tuscan Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Britain) Russian Grand Prix Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes-finland) Eifel GP Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Britain) Portuguese GP Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Britain)

List of Banned Players (Recently)

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Name Sport Ban Time Kiranjeet Kaur Long-Distance Runner 4 years Sandeep Kumari Discus thrower 4 years Youssef Hossam Egypt’s tennis player life time ban Rémy di Grégorio French rider 4 years Savita Kumari and Ankit Shishodia Powerlifters Provisionally suspended Ramshad AR Weightlifter 2 years Ravinder Kumar Wrestler 4 years Amit Dahiya Javelin throwe 4 years Umar Akmal Pak Cricketer 3yrs Jhuma Khatun Middle distance runner 4 years Gomathi Marimuthu 800 m Runner 4 Years Alexander Shustov Russian high jumper 4 Years Kalra Cricket (U 19) 1 year Sarbjeet Kaur Weightlifter 4years Seema Weightlifter 4years Shakib Al Hasan Cricket 2 years

October & September 2020 her silver medal at the Wushu World Los Angeles Lakers wins 17th NBA Championship last year has been upgraded Championship to a Gold medal. Poonam had lost the final to Iranian opponent Mariyam in the The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Women’s 75 kg category but after Mariyam Miami Heat to win the National recently failed the dope test, the gold medal Basketball Association (NBA) has been awarded to Poonam Khatri. Championship 2020. Professional tennis player, former Indian Grandmaster P Iniyan Wins World cricketer Ashleigh Barty wins Golf Open Online Chess Tournament Championship Indian Grandmaster P Iniyan won the Multi-talented Ashleigh Barty has prestigious Annual World Open online conquered tennis, been a professional chess tournament held recently, having cricketer and has now added another string practiced at night to get used to the to her sporting bow by winning Brookwater American time zone. The Tamil Nadu player Golf Club women’s championship. The 24- scored seven and half points out of a possible year-old Australian, who famously played nine with six victories and three draws to professional cricket during a year out from finish on top, ahead of many higher rated tennis, decided not to leave home for the U.S. Grandmasters Open or her title defence at Roland Garros Police Officer Poonam Khatri crowned because of the pandemic. Wushu World Champion 2019 Indian Wushu stalwart Poonam Khatri has claimed World Championship status after

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Italian Open 2020 The International Cricket Council (ICC) Category Name of the Sportsperson inducted three retired greats of the game into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame during an Men’s Single Novak Djokovic absorbing show broadcast around the world Women’s Simona Halep via ICC digital channels. Single South Africa’s gritty all-rounder Jacques Men’s Double Marcel Granollers and Kallis and talented Australian World Cup- Horacio Zeballos winning all-rounder Lisa Sthalekar were Women’s Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora joined by Zaheer Abbas of Pakistan, a Double Strýcová stylish batsman of the 1970s and 80s who August 2020 was also known as the Asian Bradman. National Sports Awards: Full List Bayern Munich won UEFA Champions "The National Sports Awards Selection League 2019-20 Committee members, headed by Retired German professional sports club, Bayern Supreme Court Justice Mukundakam Munich won the UEFA Champions League Sharma, handed over the recommendations 2019-20 title by defeating Paris Saint- for National Sports Award of 2020. Click Germain 1-0. The final was played in Lisbon, Here READ FULL LIST …………… Portugal. India withdraws from Women’s World AIFC signs MoU with FCA for the Team Squash Championship 2020 development of & Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI) Australia has withdrawn from the Women’s World Association of Indian Football Coaches Team Squash Championship 2020 ,due to (AIFC) and Football Coaches lack of preparation, time and match-readiness Australia(FCA) signed a Memorandum of of athletes, which is scheduled in Kuala Understanding(MoU) to support the Lumpur, Malaysia from December 15 to development of football in both India and 20,2020. Australia. Under this MoU AIFC and FCA MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina retire from will support each other to educate and equip international cricket on the same day the coaches and work together for the Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni announced betterment of the coaches. retirement from international cricket on Dwayne Bravo becomes first bowler to the same day on August 15. Both scalp 500 wickets in T20 Cricket announced their decisions on Instagram. West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo on Dream11 wins IPL 2020 title sponsorship 27th August became the first bowler to rights for ₹222 crore reach the mark of 500 wickets in T20 Fantasy sports platform Dream11 on 18th cricket. August signed a ₹222-crore deal with BCCI India, Russia announced joint winners of for title sponsorship rights for the Chess Olympiad after controversial finish upcoming season of IPL. India were named joint gold medal Ronnie O’Sullivan Wins Sixth World winners of the Chess Olympiad after a Snooker Championship 2020 dramatic and controversial finish to the Ronnie O'Sullivan wins sixth world title. final against Russia on 30th August. Ronnie O'Sullivan claimed his sixth World India to host BRICS Games 2021 during Championship title with a dominant 18-8 Khelo India Games victory over Kyren Wilson at Sheffield's Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju Crucible Theatre. announced that India is planning to host Jacques Kallis, Sthalekar and Zaheer BRICS Games 2021 aligned with Khelo Abbas inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of India Games. Fame England’s James Anderson becomes first fast bowler to take 600 Test wickets

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England’s James Anderson has become the Manju Rani secured the second spot in the first fast bowler to reach 600 Test wickets. women’s 48kg category. Mary Kom was Anderson, who made his Test debut in 2003 placed at the third spot in her 51kg against Zimbabwe. category. July 2020 Gyanendro Ningombam named officiating Lt. Col. Bharat Pannu creates history by president of Hockey India securing a podium place at the first Former chief executive officer (CEO) of edition of Virtual Race Across America Manipur Hockey, Gyanendro Ningombam, Lt. Col. Bharat Pannu, a serving Indian has been named as the new officiating Army Officer created history on 28th June president of Hockey India by its Executive 2020 by successfully securing a podium Board on 10th July. Following the place at the first edition of the Virtual Race resignation of Mohd Mushtaaque Ahmad Across America (VRAAM) 2020 and became as the president of the Hockey India in July the first Indian ever to win a podium place citing personal and family commitments. at an international ultracycling race. IOC postpones 2022 Youth Olympic Games Bayern Munich won 20th German Cup to 2026 Robert Lewandowski passed the 50-goal The reason for postponing the YOG in 2022 mark this season as Bayern Munich is because of the numerous operational completed the double with a 4-2 victory challenges, which the IOC, NOC and IFs are over Bayer Leverkusen behind closed doors facing due to the postponement of the Tokyo to win a 20th German Cup on 4th July. Olympics, 2020 to 2021. Tamil Nadu's G Akash becomes India's Real Madrid’s 1st La Liga title without 66th chess Grandmaster Cristiano Ronaldo Tamil Nadu's G Akash became the Real Madrid sealed its record 34th league country's 66th chess Grandmaster while title with a 2-1 win over Villarreal at the his statemate M Pranesh and Goa's Ameya Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium on 16th July. Audi earned International Master titles. The victory left Madrid seven points in front Akash's GM title was confirmed at the second of second-place Barcelona with one round to council meet of International Chess go. Barcelona lost 2-1 to Osasuna at the Camp Federation (FIDE) for the year 2020 held Nou Stadium. recently. Haryana To Host 4th Edition Of Khelo IOA adopts new identity on its 100-year India Youth Games In 2021 milestone at Olympic Games Haryana will host the fourth edition of the The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Khelo India Youth Games after the 2021 6th June adopted a new branding and visual Tokyo Olympics, the state's chief minister identity, including an institutional and a and union sports commercial logo, to celebrate a century of minister Kiren Rijiju announced on 25th July. participation of the country’s athletes at the The Games will be held in . The Summer Olympics. announcement was made via video Amit Phangal ranked world no.1, Manju conference. Rani secure second spot as per latest AIBA India’s 2018 Asian Games mixed relay release medal upgraded to gold after Bahrain’s The International Boxing Association disqualification (AIBA) has released the world rankings The Indian 4x400m mixed relay team’s 2020 for women’s and men’s boxing. silver medal in the 2018 Asian Games has Amit Phangal has been ranked no.1 in the been upgraded to gold following the men’s 52kg weight category as per the disqualification of original winners latest rankings released by the Amateur Bahrain on account of a doping ban handed Indian Boxing Association (AIBA). to one of its runners.

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The Indian quartet of Mohammed Anas, the second spot along with Rustam MR Poovamma, Hima Das and Arokia Rajiv Kasmidzhanov of Uzbekistan. had clocked 3:15:71 behind Bahrain Top seed Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of (3:11:89). Azerbaijan was leading the tournament Jamie Vardy wins Premier League’s with four points. Harikrishna's only defeat Golden Boot award came against him. Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy bagged Fourth edition of Asian Youth Para Games the Premier Leagues Golden Boot award to be held in Bahrain in December 2021 after netting 23 goals across the 2019/20 The Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) on season. 17th June announced that Bahrain will Bangladeshi pacer Kazi Anik gets 2- host the fourth edition of the Asian Youth year ban for doping Para Games from December 1 to 10 next Bangladeshi pacer, Kazi Anik Islam has year. been handed a 2-year ban by the national Napoli beat Juventus on penalties to win cricket board for failing a dope test in sixth Italian Cup 2018. Napoli beat Juventus 4-2 on penalties to Stuart Broad becomes only the seventh lift the Italian Cup for the sixth time after bowler EVER to take 500 Test wickets the score was 0-0 after 90 minutes in an England fast bowler Stuart Broad took his empty Stadio Olimpco in Rome. 500th Test wicket on 28th July when he Napoli are sixth in the league table as they trapped West Indies batsman Kraigg target a return to the Champions League. Brathwaite leg before wicket on the last day Dope-cleared Sanjita Chanu to finally get of the third and final Test at Old Trafford. Arjuna award for 2018 June 2020 Cleared of the dope taint, two-time SAI to launch Khelo India e-Pathshala, an Commonwealth Games gold-winning online coaching programme for grassroot weightlifter Sanjita Chanu will finally get level the coveted Arjuna award which has been The Sports Authority of India (SAI) is all on hold since 2018. set to launch Khelo India e-Pathshala in Liverpool First time wins 2019-20 English association with National Sports Premier League title Federations (NSF) from June 1 with an aim Following Manchester City’s 2-1 defeat to to provide first-ever national-level open Chelsea on 25th June 2020, Liverpool online coaching and education clinched the 2019-20 English Premier programme for grassroot-level athletes. League season with 7 games still left in the Russia's Daniil Dubov wins chess Rapid season. This is the first time that Liverpool Challenge in Armageddon has won the English Premier League title. In chess, the final of the Lindores Abbey India's Nitin Menon becomes youngest Rapid Challenge went all the way to a tie- umpire to enter ICC Elite Panel breaking Armageddon match from which India’s Nitin Menon on 29th June became Russian Daniil Dubov emerged as the youngest ever to be included in the champion after beating Hikaru Nakamura International Cricket Council’s Elite Panel of the United States. of Umpires for the upcoming 2020-21 Azerbaijan’s Mamedyarov Shakhriyar season, replacing England’s Nigel Llong. wins Sharjah World Stars online chess Muttiah Muralitharan named Most tournament; India’s P. Harikrishna 2nd Valuable Test player of 21st century Harikrishna was placed joint second at the Former Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah end of the opening day of the Sharjah Muralitharan has been named as the Most World Stars online chess tournament. He Valuable Test Player of the 21st Century scored four points from five rounds to share by the Wisden Cricket Monthly magazine.

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Data concerning the performance of players Mizoram Govt becomes first in India to had been collected from 2000 to 2020. Grant Industry Status to Sports Ravindra Jadeja has been named the Indian The northeastern state of Mizoram has Cricket Team’s Most Valuable Test Player accorded ‘industry’ status to sports. On (MVP) of the 21st century. Jadeja, who has a 23th May, the Cabinet cleared the Sports and MVP rating of 97.3, was rated the second Youth Service department’s proposal to most valuable player of 21st century recognise sports as an ‘industry’ in the state. behind Muralitharan. April 2020 Kiren Rijiju launches NADA app to help athletes stay updated on banned World Games in Birmingham, Alabama substances postponed until 2022 Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on 30th June The 2021 World Games have been pushed unveiled National Anti-Doping Agency’s back by a year to avoid clashing with the first mobile app to provide information Tokyo Olympics which were rescheduled due about prohibited substances and their to the coronavirus pandemic, World Games inadvertent use, calling the initiative an organisers said on 3rd April. important step towards dope-free sports. The World Games, which are held every May 2020 four years and feature 32 sports that are China wins Online Nations Cup, India not part of the Olympic program, were finish dismal fifth scheduled to take place in Birmingham, Top-seed and favourite China were Alabama, from 15–25 July next year but crowned champions at the FIDE Chess.com have now been postponed to 7-17 July, Online Nations Cup on 10th May by virtue of 2022. superior points tally despite their final Tokyo 2020 weightlifting bans for match against the USA ending in 2-2 draw. Thailand and Malaysia India which had Viswanathan Anand, Vidit S The Thai Amateur Weightlifting Gujrathi, P Harikrishna, B Adhiban, Koneru Association (TAWA) and the Malaysian Humpy and D Harika in its ranks, finished a Weightlifting Federation (MFW) have also poor fifth in the six-team event. been suspended as members of the Sania Mirza Becomes 1st Indian to Win International Weightlifting Federation Fed Cup Heart Award (IWF) for three years and one year, Tennis star Sania Mirza on 11thh May respectively. became the first Indian to win the Fed Cup Ben Stokes named leading cricketer in the Heart Award for her successful return to the world court post motherhood. Ben Stokes has ended Virat Kohli’s three- Naomi Osaka becomes world’s highest- year reign as Wisden’s leading cricketer in paid female athlete the world after playing a starring role in Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has England’s World Cup win last year. become the highest paid female athlete in Australia’s Ellyse Perry reclaimed the the world, topping American great Serena leading women’s cricketer in the world Williams. According to the Forbes magazine, title from Smriti Mandhana. Osaka earned $37.4 million in the last 12 BWF names PV Sindhu as an ambassador months from prize money and endorsements, for ‘I am badminton’ campaign $1.4 million more than Williams, setting an The Badminton World Federation (BWF) all-time earnings record for a female athlete on 22nd April named Indian shuttler PV in a single year. Sindhu as one of the ambassadors for its 'I am badminton' awareness campaign.

Chapter 18: Upcoming Sports Events & Venues

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Summer Olympic • 2021- Tokyo, Japan • 2024 - Paris, France • 2028 - Los Angeles, USA

Winter Olympic • 2022 - Beijing, China • 2026 - Milan & Cortina , Italy

Asian Games • 2022 - Hangzhou, China • 2026 - Nagoya, Japan

National Games of India • 2020 - Goa ( 36 ) • 2021 - Chhattisgarh ( 37 ) • 2022- Uttrakhand ( 38 ) • 2023 - Meghalaya ( 39 )

FIFA World Cup • 2022 - Qatar • 2026 - Canada, Mexico, US

FIFA U-20 Men's World Cup • 2021 - Indonesia FIFA U-17 World Cup • 2022 - Women's : India • 2021- Men's : Peru

ICC Men's T20 World Cup • 2021 – India • 2022 - Australia

ICC Women's T20 World Cup • 2020 – Australia • 2022 - South Africa

ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup • 2020 - South Africa ICC Women's U-19 World Cup • 2021- Bangladesh ICC Cricket World Cup • 2021 - Women's : New Zealand • 2023 - Men's : India AIBA World Boxing Men's C'Ship • 2021 - Serbia

AIBA (International Boxing Association) Team • 2020 - Russia World Cup

World Games • 2022 - Birmingham, US

Commonwealth Games • 2022 - Birmingham ,UK

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Commonwealth Youth Games • 2023 - Trinidad & Tobago

World Athletics Championships • 2022 - Eugene, Oregon, US • 2023 - Budapest, Hungary

South Asian Games • 2021 - Pakistan

Commonwealth Archery & Shooting • 2022 - India Championships

Asian Youth Games • 2021 - China

Asian Para Games • 2022 - China Badminton World Championship • 2021 - Spain

FINA Aquatics World Championships • 2022 - Fukuoka, Japan

Hockey World Cup • 2022 - Women : Spain and Netherland • 2023 - Men's : Bhubaneswar and Rourkela, Odisha

National Hockey Championship • 2021 - Men's : Maharashtra • 2021- Women's : Uttar Pradesh

AFC Women’s Asian Cup • 2022 - India Asian youth Para Game • 2021- Bahrain

FIFA Women's World Cup • 2023 - Australia and New Zealand Cycling Summit • 2021- India

Chapter 19: List of Important Book and Author 2020 Books/ Author (October) Books Author ‘Deh Vechwa Karani’ Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi released the autobiography of Dr. Balasaheb Vikhe Patil “The Battle of Belonging” Shashi Tharoor “Portraits of Power: Half a Century of Being at N K (Nand Kishore) Singh Ringside”. He is currently serving as the Chairman of the 15th Finance Commission.

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Books/ Author (September) Books Author 'A Promised Land’ A Promised Land is a forthcoming memoir by Barack Obama. It is due to be published on November 17, 2020. It is the first of a planned two volumes that Obama has written following his incumbency as President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. ‘Deh Vechwa Karani’ Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi released the autobiography of Dr. Balasaheb Vikhe Patil “Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction”. Arundhati Roy “My Life In Design” Gauri Khan

Books/ Author (August) Books Author “National Security Challenges: Young Scholars’ Indian Army Chief Perspective” “Delhi Riots 2020: the Untold Story” Authored by Monika Arora, advocate, Sonali Chitalkar(political Science) and Prerna Malhotra(English) ‘One Arranged Murder’ Author Chetan Bhagat “Disloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal Michael Cohens Attorney to President Donald J. Trump” 'Our Only Home: A Climate Appeal to the World' The Tibetan spiritual leader, Dalai Lama, will release a new book titled “Our Only Home: A Climate Appeal to the World” on climate change with German environmental journalist, Franz Alt in November. “Siyasat Mein Sadasyata” Authored by Vijay Kumar Choudhary “The Swachh Bharat Revolution edited by Parameswaran Iyer, Secretary of Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation

Books/ Author (July) 2020 Books Author “The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World” External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar The illustrated book - "A Song of India", Ruskin Bond ‘His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama: An Tenzin Geyche Tethong Illustrated Biography’ ‘Mahaveer:The Soldier Who Never Died’ A.K. Srikumar and his wife, Rupa Srikumar Titled 'Overdraft: Saving the Indian Saver', Former RBI governor Urjit Patel “The Future of Higher Education” CA V Pattabhi Ram.

Books/ Author (June) 2020 Books Author “The Future of Higher Education” CA V Pattabhi Ram Legend of Suheldev: “The King who saved India” Amish Tripathi

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Books/ Author (May) 2020 Books Author

“Shivaji in South Block: The Unwritten History of a Written by journalist Girish Kuber Proud People”

'COVID Katha' Health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan launches multimedia guide

Vijyant at Kargil: The Life of a Kargil War Hero Authored by Vijyant’s father Colonel VN Thapar and writer Neha Dwivedi, a martyr’s daughter.

'Finding Freedom' The first biopic on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's life written by royal reporters Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand.

“Wuhan Diary: Dispatches from a Quarantined City” authored by Fang Fang

“The Ickabog" "Harry Potter" author JK Rowling

Chapter 20: Important Day and Theme 2020 Important Day (October) Dates Day Theme/Important

1st October: International Day of Older Persons Theme 2020: “Pandemics: Do They Change How We Address Age and Ageing?”. 1st October International Day 2020

1st October World Vegetarian Day

2nd October Non-Violence Day & Gandhi Jayanti & Lal Bahadur Shastri Jayanti 2nd October World Day For Farmed Animals

4th October World Animal Welfare Day

5th October World Teachers’ Day Theme 2020- “Teachers: Leading in Crisis, Reimagining the Future”. First Monday of October World Habitat Day Theme 2020- Housing for All-A better (October 5) Urban Future 4 to 10 October: World Space Week Theme 2020: “Satellites improve life.”

7th October World Cotton Day

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8th October Air Force Day Second Thursday of World Sight Day Theme 2020:Hope on Sight October 9th October World Postal Day or World Post Office Day

10th October World Mental Health Day Theme 2020: 'Mental Health for All: Greater Investment – Greater Access'. 10th October World Migratory Bird Day Theme 2020: “Birds Connect Our World” 10th October World Day Against the Death Penalty

12th October World Arthritis Day 13th October International Day for Disaster Reduction Theme 2020: Disaster risk governance’ 14th October: World Standards Day Theme 2020: "Protecting the planet with standards” 15th October World Students Day 2020 Birth anniversary of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. 15 October International Day of Rural Women Theme 2020: “Building rural women’s resilience in the wake of COVID-19,” 15th October Global Handwashing Day Theme 2020: "Hand Hygiene for All’

16th October World Food Day Theme 2020: “Grow, Nourish, Sustain. Together. Our actions are our future.” 17th October International Poverty Eradication Day Theme 2020: "Acting together to achieve social and environmental justice for all" 20th October World Statistics Day Theme 2020: “Connecting the world with data we can trust.” 20th October International Chefs Day Theme 2020: 'Healthy Food For the Future'. 21st October Police Commemoration Day

22nd October International Stuttering Awareness Day Theme 2020": “Journey of Words – Resilience and Bouncing Back”. 24th October United Nations Day Theme 2020: ‘The Future We Want, the UN We Need: Reaffirming our Collective Commitment to Multilateralism’. 24th October World Polio Day Theme 2020: “A win against polio is a win for global health.” 24th October World Development Information Day

29th October International Internet Day

31st Oct World Thrift Day

31st Oct National unity day (birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhai Patel.)

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September 2020

Date Day Theme/Importance to provide knowledge among people September 1-7 National Nutrition Week about the importance of nutrition for better health.

September 2 World Coconut Day

It is celebrated in the memory of William Can Aien on his birthday. William Can Aien is a genius behind the September 3 Skyscraper Day construction of the Chrysler Building which is one of the iconic landmarks in New York City.

International Day of Charity September 5 Teachers’ Day falls on the birth anniversary of India’s second president Teachers' Day (India) and first Vice President Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. The very first International Day of Clean September 7 International Day of Clean Air for blue skies Air for blue skies will be held on September 7th, 2020. September International Literacy Day 8 September International Day to Protect Education from

9 Attack

September 10 World Suicide Prevention Day

September 12 World First Aid Day Theme 2020: First aid saves lives

September 14 National Hindi Diwas

The birth anniversary of Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, on Engineers Day September 15, is celebrated as Engineer's Day in India every year. September 15

International Day of Democracy

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Theme 2020: "Ozone for life: 35 years September 16 World Ozone Day of ozone layer protection". Theme 2020: Health Worker Safety: A September 17 World Patient Safety Day Priority for Patient Safety.

World Day Theme 2020: ‘BAMBOO NOW.’

September 18 World Water Monitoring Day Theme 2020: ‘Solve Water.’

International Equal Pay Day Theme 2020: "Shaping Peace International Day of Peace / World Peace Day September 21 Together." World Alzheimer's Day

World Rose Day September 22 World Rhino Day

September 23 International Day of Sign Languages

Theme 2020: Transforming global World Pharmacist Day health September 25 To mark the birth anniversary of Pandit Antyodaya Diwas Deendayal Upadhyaya. Last week of Theme 2020: "Sustainable shipping for September on World Maritime Day a sustainable planet" Thursday Theme 2020: Environmental health, a World Environmental Health Day 26th September key public health intervention in

disease pandemic prevention. This day is celebrated to mark the birth 25th September Nation observes Antyodaya Divas anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya. Fourth Sunday of International Daughters’ Day September International Day for the Total Elimination of 26th September Nuclear Weapon

29th September World Heart Day

30th September International Translation Day

August 2020 Dates Day Theme/Important

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1st August Muslim Women Rights Day Organised at National Commission for Minorities

1st August National Mountain Climbing Day

1st August Yorkshire Day

4th August Coast Guard Day

6th August Hiroshima Day 2020 On 6 August 1945, a US bomber dropped the uranium bomb above the city bomb, named “Little Boy”

7th August 6th National Handloom Day 9th August International day of the world’s COVID-19 and indigenous peoples’ indigenous peoples 2020 resilience. 10th August World Biofuel Day 10th August World Lion Day 12th August World Elephant Day 7th to 14th August ‘Atmanirbharta Saptah’ Defence Ministry introduced an import embargo on 101 items, in order to boost indigenisation of defence production. 12th August International Youth Day Theme: “Youth Engagement for Global Action” 13th August World Organ Donation Day 16th August Atal Bihari Vajpayee Second death anniversary 19th August World Photography Day 19th August World Humanitarian Day 17th to 21st August Healthcare Week CII is organising a public health conference 20th August World Mosquito Day 20th August Sadbhavana Diwas Birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. 20th August Indian Akshay Urja Day 21St August World Senior Citizen’s Day 26th August Women’s Equality Day 24to 28th August World Water Week The theme 2020: ‘Water and Climate change: Accelerating Action’.

29th August National Sports Day Birth anniversary of hockey legend Dhyan Chand Singh 29th August International Day against Nuclear Tests

30th August National Small Industry Day

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July 2020 Dates Day Theme/Important

1st July National Doctor’s Day Theme 2020: ‘Lessen the mortality of COVID-19’

1st July National Postal Worker Day

July 2 World Sports Journalists Day 2020

First Saturday of July International Day of Cooperatives Theme: ‘Cooperatives for Climate (4th July 2020) Action’

6th July World zoonoses day 2020

7th July World Chocolate Day

11th July World Population Day Theme 2020: Putting the brakes on COVID-19: Safeguarding the health and rights of women and girls.

12th July Malala Day 2020 July 14 Bastille Day 15th July World Youth Skills Day Theme 2020: Skills for a resilient youth

17th July World Day for International Justice

18th July Nelson Mandela Day 20 July World Chess Day 20th July Space Exploration Day Anniversary of the first manned mission to the Moon. On July 20, 1969, Americans astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to step foot on the surface of the Moon. 23rd July National Broadcasting Day 2020 26th July 21st Kargil Vijay Diwas July 27 CRPF Raising Day 27th July APJ Abdul Kalam Death Anniversary 28th July World hepatitis day Theme 2020: “Hepatitis-free future:”

28th July World Nature Conservation Day 29th July International Tiger Day 2020

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30th July World day against trafficking in persons The 2020 theme for the World Day Against Trafficking: “Committed to the Cause – Working on the Frontline to End Human Trafficking”.

1st August Muslim Women Rights Day organised at National Commission for Minorities

June 2020 Dates Day Theme/Important 1st June World Milk Day 2020 Theme 2020: “20th Anniversary of World Milk Day” 1st June Global Day of Parents 2020 Theme 2020: “Appreciate all parents throughout the world” nd 2 June International Sex Workers’ Day 2020 2nd June Telangana Formation Day rd 3 June World Bicycle Day 2020 4th June International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression 5th June World Environment Day The theme of World Environment 2020 is ‘celebrating biodiversity’ 5th June International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing

7th June World Food Safety Day Theme 2020: “Food safety, everyone’s business”.

6th June Russian Language Day

8th June World Oceans Day Theme 2020: ‘Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean’.

12th June World Day Against Child Labour 2020 Theme 2020: “COVID-19 – Protect children from child labour now, more than ever”.

13th June International Albinism Awareness Day Theme 2002: Made to Shine

14th June World Blood Donor Day 2020 Theme 2020: ‘Safe Blood Saves Lives’ 15th June World Wind Day 2020 15th June World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2020 Theme 2020: “Lifting Up Voices”

15th June National Nature Photography Day

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16th June International Day Of Family Remittances 2020 17th June World day to combat desertification and 2020 Theme: Food. Feed.Fibre. – drought the links between consumption and land 18th June International Picnic Day 2020 20th June World Refugee Day 2020 Theme 2020: Step with Refugee 21st June World Hydrography Day Theme 2020” Hydrography- Enabling Autonomous Technologies 21st June International Yoga Day 2020 Theme 2020: “Yoga for Health – Yoga at Home”. Third Sunday of June Father’s Day

21st June World Music Day Theme 2020: “Music at the intersections”. 23rd June United Nations Public Service Day 2020

rd 23 June International Widows Day 23rd June International Olympic Day 2020 25th June Day of the Seafarer 2020 26th June International Day Against Drug Abuse Theme 2020: “better knowledge for and Illicit Trafficking 2020 better care.”

26th June International Day In Support Of Victims Of Torture 27th June Micro-Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day 28th June National Insurance Awareness Day 2020

29th June Statistics Day” Theme 2020: SDG- 3 (Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages) & SDG- 5 (Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls) 30th June International Asteroid Day 2020

May, 2020 Dates Day Theme/Important 1st May Labour Day 2020 1st May Maharashtra, Gujarat celebrates state formation day 2nd May International Astronomy Day First Sunday of May World Laughter Day (3rd May) 3rd May World Press Freedom Day The theme -“Journalism Without Fear or Favour.” 4th May International Firefighters Day 2020 5th May (First World Asthma Day The theme for 2020 is ‘Enough Tuesday in the month Asthma Deaths’ of May) 5th May International Day of Midwives Theme 2020: ‘Celebrate.

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Demonstrate. Mobilise. Unite’ 5th May World Hand Hygiene Day Theme 2020: “SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands”. 6th May International No Diet Day First Thursday in May World Password Day (7th May) 7th May World Athletics Day 7th May Vesak day Lord Gautham Buddha attained enlightenment. 8th May World Red Cross Day This date is the anniversary of the birth of Jean Henry Dunant

8th May World Thalassemia Day Theme 2020: ‘The dawning of a new era for thalassaemia: Time for a global effort to make novel therapies accessible and affordable to patients’.

9th May World Migratory Bird Day Theme 2020: “Birds Connect Our World” Second Sunday of May Mother’s Day

11th May National Technology Day 12th May International Nurses Day Theme 2020: ‘Nurses: A Voice to Lead – Nursing the World to Health’.

15th May International Day of Families Theme 2020: “Families in Development: Copenhagen & Beijing + 25”. Third Friday of May National Endangered Species Day 16th May International Day of Living Together in Peace Third Saturday in May Armed Forces Day

16th May International Day of Light 16th May National Dengue Day 17th May World Telecommunication and Theme 2020: “Connect 2030: ICTs Information Society Day for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”.

17th May World Hypertension Day Theme 2020: “Measure Your Blood Pressure, Control It, Live Longer.”

18th May International Museum Day Theme 2020: Museums for Equality: Diversity and Inclusion. 18th May World’s AIDS Vaccine Day 20th May World Bee Day Theme: Engage BEE 20th May World Metrology Day Theme 2020: Measurements for global trade

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21st May National Anti Terrorism Day Marks the death anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi.

21st May World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

21st May International Tea Day 22nd May International Day for Biological Diversity Theme 2020: ‘Our solutions are in nature’ 23rd May International Day to End Obstetric Theme 2020:”End gender inequality! Fistula End health inequities! End Fistula now!”.

23rd May World Turtle Day 25th May International Missing Children’s Day 25th May World Thyroid Day 25th May Africa Day Africa Day (formerly African Freedom Day and African Liberation Day) 28th May World Hunger Day 29th May World Digestive Health Day Theme 2020: “Gut Microbiome: A Global Perspective 29th may International Everest Day Nepalese Tenzing Norgay and New Zealand’s Edmund Hillary had climbed the Mt. Everest on this day (29th May) in 1953, as the first humans to achieve the feat.

31st May World No Tobacco Day Theme: “Protecting youth from industry manipulation and preventing them from tobacco and nicotine use.”

April 2020 Dates Day Theme/Important

1st April Utkal Diwas or Odisha day Odisha formation of the state in the year 1936

2nd April World Autism Awareness Day Theme 2020- ‘The Transition to Adulthood’.

4th April International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action

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5th April (first time) International Day of Conscience UN General Assembly, the United Nations adopted a draft resolution submitted by the Kingdom of Bahrain

5th April National Maritime Day Awareness in supporting intercontinental commerce and the global economy

6th April International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

7th April World Health Day Theme 2020:” Support nurses and midwives’

10th April World Homeopathy Day

11th April National Safe Motherhood day

11th April National Pet Day

12th April International Day of Human Space Flight

15th April World Art day

14th March (First The International Day of Mathematics time)

16th April World Voice Day Theme 2020: FOCUS ON YOUR VOICE.

17th April World Haemophilia Day Theme 2020: “Get+involved”.

18th April World Heritage Day Theme 2020: Shared Cultures, Shared Heritage, Shared Responsibility

19th April World Liver Day 2020

21st April National Civil services day

21st April World Creativity and Innovation Day nd 22 April Earth Day 2020 Theme 2020: ‘Climate Action’. 23rd April World Book and Copyright Day

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23rd April English Language Day The day coincides with both birthday and death day of William Shakespeare and World Book Day. rd 23 April International Girls in ICT day 24th April National panchayati raj day 25th April World Malaria Day Theme 2020:”Zero malaria starts with me.”

25th April International Delegates Day 26th April World Intellectual Property Day Theme 2020: ‘Innovate for a Green Future.’ 26th April International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day 24th to 30th April World Immunization Week 28th April World Day for Safety and Health at Work Theme 2020: Stop The Pandemic

th 29 April International Dance Day 29th April International Guide Dog Day 30th April Ayushman Bharat Diwas Provide and promote affordable medical facilities in the remote parts of the country. Launch -2018

30th April International Jazz Day

March 2020 Dates Day Theme/Important

3rd March National Defence Day “IT’S MY TURN”

3rd March World Hearing Day “Hearing for Life.” 3rd March World Wildlife Day “Sustaining all life on Earth” 4th March National Safety Day 8th March International Women’s Day According to the UN, the theme of International Women’s Day 2020 is “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”. And the campaign theme for International Women’s Day 2020 is #EachforEqual.

Second Thursday of March World Kidney Day 2020 ‘Kidney health for everyone everywhere – from prevention to detection and equitable access to care’ 14th March International Pi Day 15th March World Consumer Rights Day “The Sustainable Consumer” 16th March National Vaccination Day 18th March Ordnance Factories’ Day 18th March Global Recycling Day 2020 #Recycling Heroes

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20th March International Day of Happiness ‘Happiness for all’.

20th March World sparrow day “I LOVE Sparrows” and is pictured like “I Sparrows”. 21st March World Poetry Day 21st March International Day of Forests Forests and Biodiversity.

21st March World Down Syndrome Day We Decide” 21st March International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 22nd March World Water Day Water and Climate Change’ 23rd March Shaheed Diwas 23rd March World Meteorological Day Climate and Water 24th March World Tuberculosis Day “It’s Time” 27th March World Theatre Day 2020

♦February 2020 Dates Day Theme/Important

4th February World Cancer Day Theme 2020:’I am and I will’

6th February International Day of Zero Tolerance for Theme 2020: Unleashing Youth Female Genital Mutilation Power.

10th February World Pulses Day

11th February International Day of Women and Girls in Theme 2020: “Investment in Science Women and Girls in Science for Inclusive Green Growth”

11th February World Unani Day

12th February National Productivity Day

13th February World Radio Day Theme 2020: ‘Radio and Diversity’.

13th February National Women’s Day Sarojini Naidu’s birthday 20th February World Day of Social Justice Theme: “Closing the Inequalities Gap to Achieve Social Justice” 21st February International Mother Language Day Theme 2020: ‘Languages without borders’. 22nd February World Thinking Day Living Threads 24th February Central Excise Day 27th February World NGO Day 27th February National Science Day Theme 2020: “Women in Science”

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29th February Rare Disease Day

♦January 2020 Dates Day Theme/Important

1st January Global Family day

4th January World Braille Day

9th January Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (NRI Day) Celebration of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas because on this day in 1915, Mahatma Gandhi.

10th January World Hindi Day

12th January National Youth Day Birthday of Swami Vivekananda Theme: “Channelizing Youth Power for Nation Building”.

14 January Fourth Armed Forces Veterans Day Respect and recognition of the services rendered by Filed Marshal KM Cariappa OBE.

15th January 72nd Army Day 19th January National Immunization Day Aim: NO POLIO

24th January National Girl Child Day 24th January International Day of Education “Learning for people, planet, prosperity and peace”.

25th January National Voters’ Day ”Electoral Literacy for Stronger Democracy”.

26th January International Customs Day

30th January World Leprosy Day 2020 30th January Martyrs’ Day Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom day November List of Important Days (November)

1-Nov World vegan day

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5-Nov World Radiography day

9-Nov World services day

14-Nov Children’s Day in India,Jawaharlal Nehru birthday

16-Nov International day for Endurance

17-Nov World Student day, National Journalism day

18-Nov World Adult day

19-Nov World Citizen day

20-Nov Africa Industrialization Day, Universal children day

21-Nov World Television day, World Fisheries day

25-Nov World Non-veg day

26-Nov Law day

29-Nov International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People

30-Nov Flag day

December List of Important Days (December)

1-Dec World Aids Day

2-Dec World Computer literacy day, International day of abolition of slavery

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3-Dec International Day of People with disabilities, World conservation day

4-Dec Navy Day

5-Dec International volunteer day for economic and social development

7-Dec Armed Forces Flag Day, International civil aviation day

9-Dec The International day against corruption

10-Dec Human Right Day

11-Dec International Mountain day

14-Dec International Energy day

18-Dec International Migrants day

19-Dec Goa’s liberation day

20-Dec International Human solidarity

23-Dec Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day)

Chapter 21: Obituary Obituary –October Persons About Mishti Mukherjee Bollywood actress

Prof Pushpa Bhave Veteran social activist

Vishal Anand Veteran Bollywood actor

Najeeb Tarakai Afghanistan Batsman dead road accident

Ram Vilas Paswan Union minister of consumer affairs, food and public distribution Rajan music composer

Carton Chapman Former India football Shobha Naidu Renowned Kuchipudi dance

Mahakavi Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri Legendary poet and Jnanpith laureate Bhanu Athaiya First Indian to win the Oscar award. She won the Best Costume Design Oscar for her work in the

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1982 film Gandhi

Zarina Roshan Khan Actor, Indu Dadi in Zee TV show Kumkum Bhagya.

Dr Vijaylakshmi Ramanan Indian Air Force 1st woman officer, Wing Commander

Lee Kun-Hee Samsung Chairman

Naresh Kanodia Legendary actor-turned-politician, 300 Gujarati films, and won the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award in 2012 Keshubhai Patel Former Gujarat Chief Minister

Obituary –September Persons About SP Balasubrahmanyam Legendary playback singer

Dean Jones Former Australia cricketer and renowned commentator Ang Rita Sherpa Nepal-based Ang Rita Sherpa, the first man to climb 10 times Ashalata Wabgaonkar Veteran actor Kesavananda Bharati Kesavananda Bharti, the head seer of Edneer Mutt in Kerala since 1961 Babu Sivan Tamil director Amitabha Ghosh Former RBI governor & Writer Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan Renowned scholar of Indian classical dance Swami Agnivesh Arya Samaj Leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh Former union minister Aditya Paudwal Veteran playback singer Anuradha Paudwal’s son, music composer Diana Rigg Game of Thrones' & Bond star British Actor Jaya Prakash Reddy Telugu Popular actor Jaswant Singh passes away Former BJP leader & Union Minister Prof Govind Swarup Renowned scientist and radio astronomer

Obituary –August Persons About Pranab Mukherjee Former President Dr S Padmavati India's first woman cardiologist (''God Mother of Cardiology'')

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Archana Mahanta Veteran Assamese Folk Singer Chadwick Boseman Hollywood Actor Gopalaswamy Kasturirangan Former Cricketer Pandit Jasraj Legendary classical vocalist Nishikant Kamat Bollywood Director-actor Chetan Chauhan Former India opener Cricketer Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar Former Maharashtra Chief Minister R.D. Pradhan Former Arunachal Pradesh Governor John Hume Nobel Peace Prize winner Sa Kandasamy Sahitya Akademi Awardee Famous Tamil writer and documentary filmmaker Amar Singh Politician (Rajya Sabha member) Anil Murali Malayalam Actor Rahat Indori Noted Urdu poet

Obituary –July Persons About

Parvez Khan Bollywood action director

Kumkum Veteran Bollywood Actor

Olivia de Havilland Two time Oscar winner and actress

Bijay Mohanty Odia actor

Lalji Tandon Madhya Pradesh governor

Cordy Tindell Vivian After decades of fighting for the freedom of Black Americans, civil rights leader Rev. Cordy Tindell “C.T.” Vivian died at 95 years old. C.S. Seshadri Indian mathematician

Rajat Mukherjee Bollywood director

Ramesh Tikaram Arjuna awardee and ace para-badminton player

Nagindas Sanghvi Veteran Gujarati journalist, columnist, writer and political analyst

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Jagdeep Veteran Actor-comedian

Susheel Gowda Actor and fitness trainer

Saroj Khan Choreographer Of Iconic Bollywood Numbers

Everton Weekes West Indies cricket legend

Obituary –June Persons About KR Sachidanandan The Kerala film industry plunged into sadness when the news came of ailing popular film director and script writer Sqn Ldr Parvez Jamasji Awarded the Vir Chakra, 1971 war hero Joel Schumacher Hollywood Director Vidyaben Shah Social worker and National Award winner Rajinder Goel Former cricketer Lt General Raj Mohan Vohra 1971 War Hero passed away Of COVID-19 Sreedhar Shenoy Dronacharya of Kerala hockey' Vasant Raiji World's oldest first class cricketer Sushant Singh Rajput Bollywood Actor Gulzar Dehlvi Veteran poet Chirranjeevi Sarja Kannada actor Chirranjeevi Sarja Dr Vaidyanathan Former Planning Commission member Ilayidath Hamsakkoya Former India footballer Basu Chatterjee Legendary filmmaker Anwar Sagar Veteran lyricist Yogesh Veteran lyricist Wajid Khan Music director

Obituary –May Persons About KS Nissar Ahmed Kannada poet

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Hari Vasudevan Historian Hari Vasudevan, best known for his expertise on European and Russian politics and history

Debesh Roy Bengali author Sahitya Akademi winner

Ratnakar Matkari Marathi Writer, Director Balbir Singh Sr. three-time Olympic-medal winning hockey legend

Mohit Baghel Mohit Baghel, who is popularly known as Chhote Amar Chaudhary from Salman Khan’s Ready, passed away on May 23. He was 27 and battling cancer.

Preksha Mehta Actress Preksha Mehta committed suicide In Indore

Mujtaba Hussain Noted Urdu writer and Padma Shri awardee Ajit Jogi first chief minister of Chhattisgarh

Chapter 22: Science (Covered April to Oct.) NASA’s SOFIA Discovers Water on This would catalyse efforts in order to Sunlit Surface of Moon create the conditions for a safe and NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for sustainable space environment. Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has ISRO to launch earth observation confirmed the presence of water on the satellite EOS-01 on Nov 7 sunlit surface of the Moon. This India would launch its latest earth indicates that water is not only limited to observation satellite EOS-01 and nine cold shadowed place but could be international customer spacecraft distributed across the lunar surface. onboard its Polar rocket PSLV-C49 About SOFIA: SOFIA is a modified Boeing from the spaceport of Sriharikota in 747SP aircraft. It allows astronomers to Andhra Pradesh on November 7. study the solar system and beyond. The This is the first launch by the Indian study by SOFIA is different from what is Space Research Organisation (ISRO) studied by the ground-based telescopes. since the COVID-19 induced lockdown NISAR Satellite to Be Launched By came into force in March. 2022 EOS-01 is intended for applications in The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture agriculture, forestry and disaster Radar (NISAR) satellite is scheduled to management support. be launched by 2022. This was scheduled after India and the US decided to share Space Situational Awareness Indian-origin girl Vaneeza names NASA’s Information with each other. 1st Mars helicopter as ‘Ingenuity’

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NASA has developed a new Mars universe's expansion, and search for distant helicopter and Vaneeza Rupani, a high planets beyond our solar system. schooler from Northport, Alabama, was Kathy Sullivan walk in space and reach bestowed the honour to name it. In a historic ocean's deepest point event, the 17-year-old girl of Indian origin Former NASA astronaut Kathy Sullivan Vaneeza has officially named NASA’s first became the first woman to reach Mars helicopter ‘Ingenuity’ and everyone Challenger Deep, the deepest point in the loves it. It will be the first aircraft to attempt ocean. Sullivan was also the first American powered flight on another planet. woman to complete a spacewalk over 36 ISRO directs startups to build local tech years ago. Now, she's the first human to for Gaganyaan mission have done both. India's space agency Indian Space Sullivan was a part of a roughly 5-hour Research Organisation (ISRO) has directed expedition this week that went 10,925 meters the startups to develop tools and machines below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. She for its maiden human space flight was joined by pilot Victor Vescovo of Caladan Gaganyaan-1 mission. Oceanic, a private company dedicated to the ISRO focuses to potentially help them build advancement of marine technology. products and solutions that they can Russia’s Energia Space Corporation plans exploit commercially. The move is to take first tourist on spacewalk in 2023 expected to open up opportunities for new Energia Space Corporation in Russia types of companies to come up in India. announced on June 25 that it is planning on Amid lockdown, ISRO has identified a set of taking the first tourist on a spacewalk in 17 technologies that to develop locally at 2023, under the terms of a new contract lower costs for use in its Gaganyaan missions. with a United States partner. Energia has Researchers found a new species fungi signed a contract with Space Adventures. The named "Troglomyces twitteri" contact promises to take two space Researchers from the University of tourists to the International Space Station Copenhagen's Natural History Museum of (ISS) in 2023. Denmark discover new species of parasitic NASA’s headquarter building named after fungus via Twitter. The newly discovered ‘Mary W.Jackson’ fungus was named "Troglomyces twitteri", NASA announced that its headquarters after Twitter. The discovery was made by the will be named after one of its history- biologist and associate professor Ana Sofia making engineers. In a news release, NASA Reboleira of the National Natural History Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Museum. the agency's Washington, D.C., NASA Renamed Its WFIRST Telescope headquarters building will be named after after 'Mother of Hubble' Nancy Grace Mary W. Jackson, its first African American Roman female engineer. NASA has renamed its Wide Field Infrared ISRO to launch Brazil’s Amazonia-1 Survey Telescope (WFIRST), a next- satellite onboard PSLV in August 2020 generation space telescope set to launch in The Indian Space Research Organization 2025, in honor of Nancy Grace Roman, the (ISRO) is all set to launch Brazil’s US space agency's first chief astronomer, who Amazonia-1 satellite in August 2020 paved the way for space telescopes focused onboard The Polar Satellite Launch on the broader universe. The newly named vehicle (PSLV). However, there is no Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope -- or confirmed date yet and the launch will be Roman Space Telescope, for short -- will dependent on ISRO’s schedule. investigate long-standing astronomical Benefit: The Amazonia-1 satellite which mysteries, such as the force behind the PSLV will launch will help in monitoring and

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observing the deforestation of the Amazon Skyroot India’s first private company to region. test upper-stage rocket engine United Arab Emirates launches 'Hope' Aerospace startup Skyroot Aerospace has mission to Mars on Japanese rocket successfully test fired an upper-stage A mission called Hope, the Arab region's rocket engine, becoming the first Indian first attempt to go interplanetary, is on its private company to demonstrate the way to Mars. capability to build a homegrown rocket Hope blasted off from Japan's Tanegashima engine. Space Center atop a Mitsubishi Heavy The 3-D printed rocket engine – “Raman”, Industries H-IIA rocket on July 19. The named after Nobel laureate CV Raman – has spacecraft separated from the rocket about fewer moving parts and weighs less than half an hour after liftoff and was expected to of conventional rocket engines with a similar deploy its solar panels to power the seven- capacity. month cruise to Mars. ISRO signs MoU with VSSUT to set up NASA Astronauts returns safely after Incubation Centre successful Demo-2 mission Indian Space Research Organisation Two US astronauts, Bob Behnken and (ISRO) and Veer Surendra Sai University of Doug Hurley, returned from the Technology (VSSUT) has signed a International Space Station (ISS) on 2 August Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) to 2020. The Crew Dragon was designed and set up the first of its kind innovation cum operated by Space-X. It is being used for this incubation centre, VSSUT Space flight test can stay in orbit about 110 days. Innovation Centre (VSSSIC) to promote space research.

Chapter 23- Bank Name & CEO of Bank & Headquarter & Tagline • Total PSBs: 12 • Total Pvt. Bank: 22 • Total RRBs: 43 • Foreign Banks: 44 • Payment & Small Financial Banks: 16 Public Sector Bank Bank Name CEO of Bank Headquarter Tagline

Bank of Baroda Sanjiv Chadha Vadodara India’s International Bank Bank of India Atanu Kumar Das Mumbai Relationships beyond Banking Bank of A. S. Rajeev Pune One Family One Maharashtra Bank Canara Bank Lingan Venkat Prabhakr Bangalore Together we can

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Central Bank of Pallav Mahapatra Mumbai Central To you Since India 1911, Build A Better Life Around Us Indian Bank Padmaja Chunduru Chennai Your Tech-friendly bank Indian Overseas Partha Pratim Sengupta Chennai Good people to grow Bank with Punjab & Sind S Krishnan New Delhi Where Service Is A Bank Way Of Life Punjab National Mallikarjuna Rao New Delhi The Name you can Bank Bank Upon State Bank of Dinesh Kumar Khare Mumbai With you all the way, India (Chairman) Pure Banking Ashwani Bhatia (MD) Nothing Else, The Nation’s banks on us UCO Bank Atul Kumar Goel Kolkata Honors Your Trust

Union Bank of Rajkiran Rai G. Mumbai Good people to bank India with

Private & foreign Bank Bank name Headquarter Head/ CEO/ MD Tagline Axis Bank Mr Amitabh Choudhary Badhti Ka Naam Zindagi Mumbai Bandhan Bank Kolkata Mr Chandra Shekhar Aapka Bhala, Sabki Bhalai Ghosh Catholic Syrian Bank Thrissur, Kerala Shri C.VR. Rajendran Support All the Way Central Bank of India Mumbai Pallav Mohapatra Build a better life around us City Union Bank Tamil Nadu Dr.N Kamakodi Trust and Excellence Corporation Bank Mangalore P.V. Bharathi Prosperity for All Dena Bank Mumbai Shri. Karnam Shekhar Trusted Family Bank Dena Hai Toh Bharosa Hai Development Credit Tamil Nadu Shri Murali N. Natrajan We value you Bank Dhanlaxmi Bank Thrissur, Kerala Sunil Gurbaxani Tann.Mann.Dhan ECGC Bank Mumbai Geetha Muralidhar You Focus On Exports We Cover The Risks Federal Bank Kerala Shri Shyam Srinivasan Your Perfect Banking Partner HDFC bank Mumbai Mr Sashidhar Jagdishan We Understand Your World HSBC London Noel Quinn The World’s Local Bank ICICI Bank Mumbai Mr Sandeep Bakshi Hum Hai Na, Khayal Apka IDBI Bank Mumbai Rakesh Sharma Banking For All, “Aao Sochein Bada”, Bank Aisa Dost Jaisa IDFC First Bank Mumbai Mr.V.Vaidyanathan Banking Hatke

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IndusInd Bank Maharashtra Shri Sumant Kathpalia We Care Dil Se, We Make You Feel Richer ING Vysya Bank Bart Hellemans Jiyo Easy Banglore Jammu & Kashmir Bank Sri Nagar R K Chhibber (Chairman), Serving To Empower Zubair Iqbal (MD)

Karnataka Bank Mangaluru, Shri Mahabaleshwara M.S Your Family Bank Across India Karnataka Karur Vysya Bank Karur, Tamil Nadu Shri Ramesh Boddu Smart Way to Bank Kotak Mahindra Bank Mumbai, Shri Uday Kotak Let's Make Money Simple, Ab Maharashtra Kona Kona Kotak Lakshmi Vilas Bank Chennai, Tamil Nadu Shri Subramanian Sundar The Changing Phase of Prosperity Nanital Bank Nanital, Uttrakhand Shri Mukesh Sharma Banking With Personal Touch

Ratnakar Bank Mumbai, Shri Vishwavir Ahuja Apno ka Bank Maharashtra South Indian Bank Thrissur, Kerala Murali Ramakrishnan Experience Next Generation Banking Tamilnadu Mercantile Thoothukudi, Tamil Shri Thiru K.V. Rama ---- Bank Nadu Moorthy Yes Bank Ltd Mumbai, Ravneet Gill Experience Our Expertise Maharashtra

Chapter-24: State Chief Ministers and Governors S. NO State and U.T. Chief Minister Governor 1 Andhra Pradesh Jagan Reddy Bhushan Harishchandan 2 Andaman & Nicobar U.T Admiral (Retd) Devendra Kumar Joshi (UT) 3 Arunachal Pradesh Shri Pema Khandu Retired Brigadier BD Mishra 4 Assam Shri Sarbananda Sonowal Shri Jagdish Mukhi 5 Bihar Shri Nitish Kumar Phagu Chauhan 6 Chandigarh (UT) U.T Shri V.P. Singh Badnore 7 Chhatisgarh Shri Bhupesh Baghel Anusuiya Uikey 8 Dadra and Nagar U.T Shri Vikram Dev Dutt, IAS (UT) 9 Daman and Diu (UT) U.T Shri Vikram Dev Dutt, IAS 10 Delhi (NCT) Shri Arvind Kejriwal Anil Baijal

11 Goa Shri Pramod Sawant Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has been given additional charge of Goa.

12 Gujarat Shri Vijaybhai R. Rupani Acharya Dev Vrat

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13 Haryana Shri Manohar Lal

14 Himachal Pradesh Shri Jairam Thakur Bandaru Dattarya

15 Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha (Lt. governor)

16 Jharkhand Hemant Soren Smt. Draupadi Murmu

17 Kerala Shri Pinarayi Vijayan Aarif Muhammad

18 Lakshadweep (UT) U.T Shri Vijay Kumar IAS

19 Madhya pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan Anandiben Patel

20 Maharashtra Shri uddhav thackeray Bhagat Singh Koshyari

21 Manipur Shri Nongthombam Biren Dr. Najma A. Heptulla Singh

22. Jharkhad Shri Raghubar Das Smt. Draupadi Murmu

23 Meghalya Conrad Sangma Satya Pal Malik

24. Mizoram Pu Zoramthanga P.S. Sridharan Pillai

25. Nagaland Shri. Neiphiu Rio R.N Ravi

26. Odisha Shri Naveen Patnaik Shri Ganeshi Lal

27. Puducherry (UT) Shri. V. Narayanasamy Dr. Kiran Bedi

28. Punjab Capt. Amrinder Singh Shri V.P. Singh Badnore

29 Rajasthan Shri Ashok Gehlot Kalraj Mishra

30 Sikkim Prem Singh Tamang Shri Ganga Prasad

31 Tamil Nadu Edappadi K Palaniswami Shri. Barnwarilal Purohit

32. Telangana Shri K Chandrasekhar Rao Tamilisai Soundararajan

33. Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb Ramesh Bais

34 Uttar Pradesh Shri Yogi Aadityanath Anandiben Patel

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35 Uttarakhand Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat Baby Rani Maurya

36 West Bengal Km. Mamata Banerjee Jagdeep Dhankar

37. Karnataka BS Yediyuraapa Vijubhai vala

38. Laddkh Laddak—–RK Mathur (Lt. Governor)

Chapter-25-Cabinet ministers of India with their constituency

SL Name of the Cabinet Ministry Constituency No Minister

1 Narendra Modi Personnel, Public Grievances and Varanasi (UP) Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space

2 Rajnath Singh Minister of Defence Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) 3 Amit Shah Minister of Home Affairs Gandhi Nagar (Gujarat) 4 Nitin Jairam Gadkari Minister of Road Transport and Nagpur (Maharashtra) Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

DV Sadananda Gowda Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers. Bangalore North, Karnatka 5

6 Nirmala Sitharaman Minister of Finance; and Minister of RajyaSabha (Karnataka) Corporate Affairs.

7 Piyush Goyal (additional Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food --- charge) and Public Distribution.

8 Narendra Singh Tomar Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Morena (M.P) Welfare; Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj.

9 Ravi Shankar Prasad Minister of Law and Justice; Minister Patna Sahib, Bihar of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.

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10 Narendra Singh Tomar Minister of Food Processing Morena (M.P) (Additional) Industries.

11 Thaawar Chand Gehlot Minister of Social Justice and Rajya Sabha (M.P) Empowerment.

12 Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar Minister of External Affairs. ---

13 Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' Minister of Human Resource Hardwar, Uttarakhand Development.

14 Arjun Munda Minister of Tribal Affairs. Khunti, Jharkhand

15 Smriti Irani Minister of Women and Child Amethi, U.P Development; and Minister of Textiles.

16 Dr Harsh Vardhan Minister of Health and Family Chandni Chowk, New Delhi Welfare; Minister of Science and Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences.

17 Prakash Javadekar Minister of Environment, Forest and Rajya Sabha (M.P) Climate Change; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting.

18 Piyush Goyal Minister of Railways; and Minister of Rajya Sabha (Maharashtra) Commerce and Industry.

19 Dharmendra Pradhan Minister of Petroleum and Natural Rajya Sabha (M.P) Gas; and Minister of Steel.

20 Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Minister of Minority Affairs. Rajya Sabha (Jharkhand) 21 Pralhad Joshi Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Dharwad, Karnatka Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines.

22 Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey Minister of Skill Development and Chandauli, U.P Entrepreneurship.

23 Prakash Javadekar Minister of Heavy Industries and Rajya Sabha (M.P) Public Enterprise

24 Giriraj Singh Minister of Animal Husbandry, Begusarai, Bihar Dairying and Fisheries

25 Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Minister of Jal Shakti Jodhpur, Rajasthan

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Chapter 26: List of Union Ministry Secretary ▪ New Cabinet Secretary ▪ Rajeev Gauba ▪ New Defence Secretary ▪ Ajay Kumar

▪ New home secretary ▪ Ajay Kumar Bhalla ▪ New Information and Broadcasting ▪ Amit Khare Secretary

▪ New foreign secretary ▪ Harsh Vardhan Shringla

▪ New Expenditure Secretary ▪ T.V. Somanathan

▪ New Power Secretary ▪ "Sanjeev Sahai

▪ New Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj ▪ Sunil Kumar

▪ New Union Law Secretary ▪ Anoop Kumar Mendiratta

▪ New principal secretary to PM ▪ Pramod Kumar Mishra

New Secretary of National Commission for B. Anand Minorities ▪ Secretary of Economic Affairs ▪ Tarun Bajaj New Secretary of Ministry of Road Transport Shri Giridhar Aramane and Highways (Update 2nd May) Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi (Update 11 May) New Secretary to President Kapil Dev Tripathi (Update 19th April) Secretary, Department of Chemicals & Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi Petrochemicals (Updated 1st June) New Private Secretary to Prime Minister Hardik Satishchandra Shah (Updated 30 July)

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Chapter 1: Dams in India State DAM and Location Rajasthan • RanapratapSagar Dam(), at Rawatbhata • Mahi Bajaj Sagar Dam () at Banswara district • Bisalpur Dam (), At Tonk district • Srisailam Dam(), at Kurnool district • Somasila Dam (), at Nellore district

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Andhra Pradesh • Prakasam Barrage (Krishna River), at Krishna and Guntur • Tatipudi Reservoir(River Gosthani ), at Tatipudi, Vizianagaram • Gandipalem Reservoir (River Penner) • Ramagundam dam (Godavari), in Karimnagar • Dummaguden Dam (river Godavari) Telangana • (Krishna river), at Nagarjuna Sagar Nalgonda • Sri Ram Sagar (River Godavari) • Dam () • Dindi Reservoir (River Krishna), at Dindi, Mahabubnagar town • (Manair River) • Singur Dam (river Manjira) Bihar • Kohira Dam (Kohira River), at Kaimur district • Nagi Dam (Nagi River), in Jamui District Chhattisgarh • HasdeoBango Dam (Hasdeo River), at Korba district Gujarat • SardarSarovar Dam(), at Navagam • (), at Ukai in Tapi district • Kadana Dam( Mahi River), at Panchmahal district • Reservoir (Karjan river), at Jitgadh village of Taluka, Dist. Narmada Himachal Pradesh • Bhakra Dam ( River) in Bilaspur • The Pong Dam ( ) • The Chamera Dam (River Ravi) at Chamba district J & K • Salal Dam () at Reasi district • Baglihar Dam (Chenab River) at Doda district Jharkhand • The Maithon Dam (Barakar River) at Dhanbad • Panchet Dam () at Panchet in Dhanbad • Tenughat Dam (Damodar River) at Bokaro district Karnataka • Dam at Mandya • () near the town of Hospet • () at border of Bhadravathi and Tarikere • (Sharavathi river) at Kargal village of Sagara taluk • Malaprabha dam () at Belgaum • Raja Lakhamagouda dam () at Belagavi district • Hemavathy Dam (river Hemavathy) at Gorur, near the city of Hassan • () at Uttara Kannada district • Lakya Dam (river Lakhya) • (Krishna River) at Bijapur district

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Kerala • (Pamba River) at Pathanamthitta district • The ( River) at Kuravan and Kuravathi • (Periyar River) at • Kulamavu Dam (Periyar river) Kulamavu, Idukki District • (Idamalayar River) At Ernakulam District

Madhya Pradesh • (Chambal River) at Mandsaur District • (Tawa Reservoir) at District • Indira Sagar Dam(Narmada River) at

Maharashtra • () at Koyna Nagar • () at Aurangabad district • Isapur Dam (Penganga river) at Pusad • () at Nagpur • Warna Dam (Warna River) at Kolhapur District • Bhatsa Dam (Bhatsa river) at Shahapur, district

Odisha • Hirakud Dam (Mahanadi River) at Sambalpur District • Rengali Dam() at Angul district • Indravati Dam() at Nabarangpur • The Jalaput Dam(Machkund River) at boundary between the states of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh • Mandira dam(Sankh river) at Kansbahal in Sundergarh district Punjab • The Ranjit Sagar Dam () at Border of two states of India Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab.

Tamil Nadu • (river Cauvery) at Mettur, • at district • () at

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Uttarakhand • Ramganga Dam (Ramganga River) at • Jamrani Dam(Gola River) at Nainital District • The Tehri Dam() at Tehri

Uttar Pradesh • Rihand Dam or GovindBallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand River) at Pipri in Sonbhadra District • Matatila Dam (River Betwa) at Lalitpur District • The () at Lalitpur

West Bengal • The Mukutmanipur Dam (Kansabati River ) at Bankura district

Chapter 2: FOLK DANCE States/UT Folk Dance

Jharkhand Chhanu, Sarahul, Jat-Jatin, Karma, Danga, Bidesia, Sohrai. Uttarakhand Gadhwali, Kumayuni, Kajari, Jhora, Raslila, Chappeli. Andra Pradesh Kuchipudi (Classical), Ghantamardala, (Ottam Thedal, Mohiniattam, Kummi, Siddhi, Madhuri, Chhadi. Chhattisgarh Goudi, Karma, Jhumar, Dagla, Pali, Tapali, Navrani, Diwari, Mundari.

Arunachal Pradesh Mask dance (Mukhauta Nritya), War dance. Himachal Pradesh Jhora, Jhali, Chharhi, Dhaman, Chhapeli, Mahasu, Nati, Dangi, Chamba, Thali, Jhainta, Daf, Stick dance etc. Goa Mandi, Jhagor, Khol, Dakni etc. Assam Bihu, Bichhua, Natpuja, Maharas, Kaligopal, Bagurumba, Naga dance, Khel Gopal, Tabal Chongli, Canoe, Jhumura Hobjanai etc. West Bengal Kathi, Gambhira, Dhali, Jatra, Baul, Marasia, Mahal, Keertan etc. Kerala Kathakali (Classical), Ottam Thulal, Mohini-attam, Kaikottikali, Tappatikali, Kali Auttam. Meghalaya Laho, Baala etc. Manipur Manipuri (Classical), Rakhal, Nat Rash, Maha Rash, Raukhat etc. Nagaland Chong, Khaiva, Lim, Nuralim etc. Orissa Odissi (Classical), Savari, Ghumara, Painka, Munari, Chhau, Chadya Dandanata etc. Maharashtra Lavani, Nakata, Koli, Lezim, Gafa, Dahikala Dasavtar or Bohada, Tamasha, Mauni, Powara, Gouricha etc. Karnataka Yakshagan, huttar, Suggi, Kunitha, Karga, Lambi Gujarat Garba, Dandiya Ras, Tippani Juriun, Bhavai. Punjab Bhagra, Giddha, Daff, Dhaman etc.

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Rajasthan Ghumar, Chakri, Ganagor, Jhulan Leela, Jhuma, Suisini, Ghapal, Panihari, Ginad etc. Mizoram Khanatm, Pakhupila, Cherokan etc. Jammu & Kashmir Rauf, Hikat, Mandjas, kud Dandi nach, Damali. Tamil Nadu Bharatnatyam, Kumi, Kolattam, Kavadi, Uttar Pradesh Nautanki, Raslila, Kajri, Jhora, Chappeli, Jaita. Bihar Jata-Jatin, Bakho-Bakhain, Panwariya, Sama-Chakwa, Bidesia, Jatra etc. Haryana Jhumar, Phag Dance, Daph, Dhamal, Loor, Gugga, Khor, Gagor etc.

Chapter 3: List of International & Domestic Airport: State wise State Airport

New Delhi • Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport

Maharashtra • Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaja International Airport (Mumbai) • Pune Airport (Pune) • Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport (Nagpur) • Airport (Akola) • Aurangabad Airport (Aurangabad) • Jalgaon Airport () • Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj Airport (Kolhapur) • Gandhinagar Airport (Nashik) • Solapur Airport (Solapur)

Karnataka • Kempegowda International Airport (Bengaluru) • Mangalore Airport (Mangaluru) • Belgaum Airport (Belgaum) • Hubli Airport (Hubli and Dharwad) • Airport/ Mandakalli airport (Mysore) • Jindal Vijaynagar Airport (Toranagallu)

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Tamil Nadu • Chennai International Airport (Chennai) • International Airport (Tiruchirappalli) • Coimbatore International Airport (Coimbatore)

Gujarat • Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (Ahmedabad, Hansol) • Vadodara Airport (Vadodara) • Kandla Airport (Kandla and Anjar) • Porbandar Airport (Rajkot) • Surat Airport (Surat)

Kerala • Cochin International Airport () • Calicut International Airport () • Trivandrum International Airport (Trivandrum, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari and Kollam)

Odisha • Biju Patnaik International Airport (Bhubaneswar Airport) • Jharsuguda Airport Also known as Veer Surendra Sai Airport (Durlaga)

Jammu and Kashmir • Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport (Srinagar) • The Jammu Airport, officially known as Jammu Civil Enclave (Jammu)

Madhya Pradesh • Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia Air Terminal (Maharajpur Air Force Station Gwalior) • Dumna Airport (Jabalpur) • The Khajuraho Airport (Chhattarpur district) • Khandwa Airport (Khandwa) • (Bhopal) Jharkhand • Birsa Munda Airport (Ranchi) • Dhanbad Airport (Dhanbad) • Sonari Airport (in Jamshedpur) • Atal Bihari Vajpayee Airport (at Deoghar)

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Himachal Pradesh • Kangra Airport (Gaggal near Kangra) • Shimla Airport (Shimla) • Kullu–Manali Airport (Bhuntar)

Daman and Diu • Diu Airport (Union Territory of Daman and Diu.)

Chhattisgarh • Jagdalpur Airport (Jagdalpur) • Swami Vivekananda Airport (Raipur)

Arunachal Pradesh • Tezu Airport (Tezu) • Daporijo Airport (Daporijo)

Andhra Pradesh • Visakhapatnam Airport (Visakhapatnam) • Vijayawada Airport • Kadapa (Cuddapah) Airport (Kadapa)

Assam • Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (Guwahati) • Dibrugarh Airport (Dibrugarh) • Rupsi Airport (Dhubri town)

Punjab • Chandigarh International Airport (Mohali) • Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport (Amritsar)

Bihar • Jay Prakash Narayana International Airport (At PATNA)\ • Gaya Airport (at Gaya)

Andaman and Nicobar • Veer Savarkar International Airport (Port Blair) Islands

Uttar Pradesh • Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport (Varanasi) • Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (Lucknow)

Goa • Goa International Airport also known as the Dabolim airport (at Vasco da Gama)

Telangana • Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (Hyderabad)

West Bengal • Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (Kolkata)

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Uttrakhand • Atal Bihari Vajpayee Airport (at Dehradun)

Chapter 4: International borders / Boundary lines Borders/Boundary Lines Between two Countries

Durand Line Afghanistan & Pakistan

Hindenburg Line Germany & Poland.

Mason-dixon Line Line of demarcation between four states in the United States.

Mannerheim Line Russia-Finland border.

Macmahon Line India & China

Medicine Line Canada & the United States

Order-neisse Line Poland & Germany

Radcliffe Line India & Pakistan.

Siegfried Line Germany on its border with France.

17th Parallel North Vietnam & South Vietnam

26th Parallel south Africa, Australia & South America

30TH PARALLEL Equator & the North Pole

38th Parallel Separates North Korea&South Korea.

42nd Parallel north New York – Pennsylania Border.

49th Parallel USA&Canada

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Chapter 5: International Organizations & Headquarter Headquarter International Organizations (Establishment) New York, US • United Nations Organization (UN), 24 October 1945 • United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 11 December 1946 • United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA), 1969 Geneva, Switzerland • United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD), 30 December 1964 • World Health Organization (WHO), 7 April 1948 • World Economic Forum, January 1971 • International Labour Organisation (ILO), 29 October 1919 • World Trade Organisation, 1 January 1995 • World Meteorological Organisation, 23 March 1950 • World Intellectual Property Organisation, 14 July 1967 • International Committee of the Red Cross, 17 February 1863 Paris, France • United Nations Education Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), 16 November 1945 • Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD), 30 September 1961 Vienna, Austria • United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), 17 November 1966 • International Atomic Agency, 29 July 1957 • Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC),September 1960

London, UK • Amnesty International, July 1961 • International Maritime Organisation, 17 March 1948 • Commonwealth of Nations, 11 December 1931

Washington DC, US • International Monetary Fund (IMF),27 December 1945 • World Bank, July 1944

Shanghai, China • New Development Bank (BRICS Development Bank), 15 July 2014

Beijing, China • Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), 16 January 2016

Manila, Philippines • Asian Development Bank (ADB), 19 December 1966

Kathmandu, Nepal • South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), 8 December 1985

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Jakarta, Indonesia • Association of South East Nations (ASEAN), 8 August 1967

Singapore • Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC),November 1989

Brussels, Belgium • North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), 4 April 1949

Dubai, UAE • International Cricket Council (ICC), 15 June 1909

Rome, Italy • Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO), 16 October 1945

The Hague, The Netherland • International Court of Justice, 26 June 1945

Lausanne, Switzerland • International Olympic Committee, 23 June 1894

Zurich, Switzerland • The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), 21 May 1904

The Hague, The Netherlands • The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), 29 April 1997

Gland, Switzerland • World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), 29 April 1961

Chapter 6: List of Lake

Name of the State Name of the Lake ▪ Andhra Pradesh ▪ Kolleru Lake ▪ ▪ Assam ▪ Chandubi Lake ▪ Chapanala Lake ▪ Haflong Lake ▪ Son Beel Lake ▪ Bihar ▪ Kanwar Lake ▪ Gujarat ▪

▪ ▪ ▪ Sursagar Lake ▪ Thol Lake ▪ ▪ Himachal Pradesh ▪ Brighu Lake ▪ Dashair and Dhankar Lake ▪ Kareri and Kumarwah lake

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▪ Khajjiar Lake ▪ Macchial Lake ▪ Manimahesh Lake ▪ Nako Lake ▪ Pandoh Lake ▪ Prashar Lake ▪ Renuka Lake ▪ Rewalsar Lake ▪ Seruvalsar and Manimahesh Lake ▪ Haryana ▪ ▪ Beauty lake ▪ ▪ Sarovar ▪ Current lake ▪ Lake ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Jammu and Kashmir ▪ ▪ ▪ Mansar Lake ▪ Pangong Tso ▪ Sheshnag Lake ▪ Tso Moriri ▪ Wular Lake ▪ Karnataka ▪ Agara Lake ▪ Bellandur Lake ▪ Byrasandra Lake ▪ ▪ Kempambudhi Lake ▪ Lalbagh Lake ▪ Madiwala Lake ▪ Puttenahalli Lake ▪ Sankey Lake ▪ Ulsoor Lake ▪ Dalavai Lake ▪ Devanoor Lake ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Honnamana Kere ▪ ▪ Kerala ▪ ▪ Kuttanad Lake ▪ Maanaanchira, Kozhikode ▪ Manakody Kayal ▪ , Thrissur city ▪ Paravur Kayal

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▪ Punnamada Lake ▪ Shasthamkotta lake ▪ , Thrissur city ▪ , Thrissur ▪ ▪ Lake ▪ Madhya Pradesh ▪ Bhoj ▪ ▪ Moti lake ▪ Sarang pani lake ▪ Shahpura lake ▪ Tawa Reservoir ▪ Upper Lake ▪ Maharashtra ▪ ▪ Khindsi Lake ▪ ▪ Mehrun Lake ▪ Pashan Lake ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Shivasagar lake ▪ Talao Pali ▪ Upvan Lake ▪ Venna Lake ▪ Meghalaya ▪ Umiam Lake ▪ Manipur ▪ Loktak Lake ▪ Mizoram ▪ Palak dïl ▪ Tam Dil ▪ Odisha ▪ Anshupa Lake ▪ ▪ Kanjia lake ▪ Punjab ▪ Harike Lake ▪ Kanjli Lake ▪ Ropar Lake ▪ Rajasthan ▪ Ana Sagar Lake ▪ Balsamand lake ▪ Dhebar Lake ▪ Jaisamand Lake

▪ Jal Mahal, Man Sagar lake ▪ Kaylana Lake ▪ Nakki Lake ▪ Pushkar Lake ▪ Rajsamand Lake ▪ Ramgarh Lake ▪ Talwara Lake

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▪ Sambhar Salt Lake ▪ Fateh Sagar Lake ▪ Rangsagar lake ▪ Uday sagar Lake ▪ Sikkim ▪ Gurudongmar Lake ▪ Khecheopalri Lake ▪ Lake Tsongmo ▪ Lake Cholamu ▪ Telangana ▪ Alwal Cheruvu Lake ▪ Durgam Cheruvu (Secret Lake) ▪ Himayat Sagar ▪ Hussain Sagar ▪ Osman Sagar ▪ Safilguda Lake ▪ Saroornagar Lake ▪ Shamirpet Lake ▪ Tamil Nadu ▪ ▪ ▪ Kaliveli Lake ▪ Kaveripakkam Lake ▪ ▪ Lake ▪ ▪ Red Hills Lake ▪ Sholavaram Lake ▪ ▪ ▪ Uttar Pradesh ▪ Amakhera Lake ▪ Barua Sagar Tal ▪ Belasagar Lake ▪ Bhadi Tal ▪ Chando Tal Lake ▪ Keetham Lake ▪ Nachan Tal ▪ Ramgarh Tal Lake ▪ Sheikha Jheel ▪ Uttarakhand ▪ Skeleton Lake ( Lake) ▪ Bhimtal Lake ▪ Dodital ▪ Nainital Lake ▪ Naukuchiatal ▪ Sat Tal ▪ West Bengal ▪ Debar Lake ▪ East Calcutta ▪ Jore Pokhri ▪ Mirik Lake ▪

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▪ Rasikbil ▪ Santragachhi Lake ▪ Senchal Lake

Chapter 7: List of Important Indian Cities on Rivers banks: River wise Baranagar (West Bengal), Haridwar (Uttarakhand), Kanpur (UP), Patna (Bihar), Varanasi (UP), Mirzapur (UP), Farrukhabad (UP), Fatehgarh (UP),Kannauj (UP), Shuklaganj (UP), Chakeri (UP), Munger (Bihar), Allahabad (UP)

Yamuna Agra (UP), New Delhi, Auraiya (UP), Etawah (UP), Allahabad (UP)

Saraswati Patan (Gujarat), Allahabad (UP)

Godavari (Andhra Pradesh), Nanded (Maharashtra), Golegaon (Maharashtra), nashik (Maharashtra) , Nanded (Maharashtra),Ramagundam (Telangana), Nizamabad (Telangana)

Krishna Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh), Sangli (Maharashtra), Karad (Maharashtra), Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh)

Kaveri Thiruchirapalli (Tamil Nadu), Erode (Tamil Nadu)

Mahanadi Banki (Odisha), Cuttack (Odisha), Sambalpur (Odisha)

Rushikulya Brahmapur (Odisha), Chhatrapur (Odisha)

Brahmaputra Dibrugarh (Assam), Guwahati (Assam)

Hooghly Kolkata (West Bengal), Murshidabad (West Bengal)

Narmada Jabalpur (MP), Bharuch (Gujarat)

Chambal Kota (Rajasthan), Gwalior (MP)

Gomti Jaunpur (UP), Lucknow (UP)

Sabarmati Ahmedabad (Gujarat)

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Sarayu Ayodhya (UP)

Alaknanda Badrinath (Uttarakhand)

Banas Deesa (Gujarat)

Sutlej Ferozpur (Punjab) Musi Hyderabad (Telangana)

Tawi Jammu Tapi Surat (Gujarat) Jhelum Srinagar Vishwamitri Vadodara (Gujarat) Vrishabhavathi Bangalore (Karnataka) Teesta Rangpo (Sikkim) Aji Rajkot (Gujarat) Netravati, Gurupura Mangalore (Karnataka)

Rapti Gorakhpur (UP) Malegaon (Maharashtra) Brahmani Rourkela (Odisha) Tungabhadra Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh) Shipra Ujjain (MP) Koshi Purnia (Bihar) Shimoga (Karnataka) Bhadra Bhadravathi (Karnataka) Mula, Mutha Pune, (Maharashtra) Vaigai Madurai (Tamil Nadu) Kolhapur Panchaganga (Maharashtra) Tungabhadra Hospet (Karnataka) Kali (Karnataka) Ghataprabha Bagalkot (Karnataka) Sharavathi Honnavar (Karnataka) Hathmati Himmatnagar (Gujarat) Purna Navsari (Gujarat)

Chapter 8: List of National Parks of India State National Parks Andhra Pradesh • at East Godavari and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh and of Telangana. • Sri Venkateswara National Park at Chittoor and Cuddapah districts Telanagana • Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park in Jubilee Hills in Hyderabad, Telangana

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• Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park at Vanasthalipuram • at Hyderabad district Arunachal Pradesh • at Changlang district • at Jengging, East Siang Assam • Dibru-Saikhowa National Park at Tinsukia district • at Golaghat and Nagaon districts • or Manas Wildlife Sanctuary at Dist Baksa • at Sonitpur district • The at Darrang and Sonitpur districts Bihar • at West Champaran Chhattisgarh • Indravati National Prak at Bijapur district • Kanger valley at Bastar district • Guru Ghasi das (sanjay) at Koriya district Goa • Bhagwan Mahavir (Mollem) at Panaji district Gujarat • (Velavadar) National Park at Bhavnagar district • Gir Forest National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary at Talala Gir • Marine National Park at Jamnagar district • at Navsari district Haryana • at nagar district • at district Himachal Pradesh • at Lahaul and Spiti district • The Great Himalayan National Park at Kullu District • Inderkilla National Park at Kullu District • Khirganga National Park at Kullu District • Simbalbara National Park at Sirmour District Jammu And Kashmir/ • at Srinagar District Ladakh • at Ladakh region • at Kishtwar district • at Srinagar district Jharkhand • at Latehar District Karnataka • at Mysore & Chamarajanagar districts • Bannerghatta National Park at Bangalore district • National Park at Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Chikmagalur districts • Nagarahole National Park at Kodagu and Mysore districts • Anshi National Park at Uttara Kannada district Kerala • at Idukki district • Mathikettan National Park at Idukki district • at Idukki & Quilon districts • Silent Valley National Park at district • Shola National Park at Idukki district • Pambadum Shola National Park at Idukki district Madhya Pradesh • Bandhavgarh National Park at Bandhavgarh, Tala • at Mandla • at Shivpuri district • Mandla Plant Fossils National Park at • at Panna & Chattarpur district BEST ONLINE TEST SERIES SITE FOR PARA 13.2 , III EXAM, GIPSA OFFICER SCALE 1-5 187

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• at Seoni and districts • at Koriya, Sidhi and Singrauli districts • Satpura National Park at • at Maharashtra • at Sangli, Satara, Kolhapur, and Ratnagiri districts • at • Navegaon National Park at Bhandara (Gondia) district • Sanjay Gandhi (Borivilli) National Park at Thane & Mumbai districts • Tadoba National Park at • Pench National Park across two states - Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra

Manipur • Keibul Lamjao National Park at Bishnupur district Meghalaya • Balpakram National Park near at • at East Garo Hills district Mizoram • at Champhai district • Blue Mountain National Park at Lawngtlai district Nagaland • Intanki National Park at Peren district Odisha • Bhitarkanika National Park at Kendrapara district • at Mayurbhanj district Rajasthan • at Alwar district • Ranthambore National Park at Sawai Madhopur district • Mukundra Hills National Park at Kota • at Jaisalmer district • Keoladeo Ghana National Park at Bharatpur district Sikkim • Khangchendzonga National Park at North Sikkim district Tamil Nadu • National Park at • at Nilgiris district • Indira Gandhi (Anamalai) National Park at • at • Marine National Park at Ramanathpuram & Tuticorin districts Tripura • Rajbari National Park • Clouded National Park at the West Tripura district UttarPradesh • at Lakhimpur-Kheri district Uttarakhand • at Uttarkashi district • GovindPashuVihar National Park at Uttarkashi district • Jim Corbett National Park at Nainital district • The at peak of Nanda Devi • at Dehradun, Pauri Garhwal • Valley of Flowers National Park at the Chamoli district West Bengal • at Jalpaiguri district

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• Buxa National Park at Jalpaiguri district • Neora Valley National Park at Kalimpong district • at Darjeeling district • at Alipurduar District • at North & South 24-Paraganas district Andaman And Nicobar • Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park at South Andaman administrative district • Middle Button Island National Park at Andaman district • Mount Harriet National Park at Andaman district • North Button Island National Park at Andaman district • Rani Jhansi Marine National Park at Andaman district • Saddle Peak National Park at Andaman district • South Button Island National Park at Andaman district • Campbell Bay National Park at Nicobar district of Andaman • at Nicobar district of Andaman

Chapter 9: Nuclear Power Plants in India Uttar Pradesh • Narora Atomic Power Station (NAPS Narora, Bulandshahar District

Gujarat • Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (city of Vyara)

Karnataka • Kaiga Generating Station (Uttar Kannada district)

Tamil Nadu • Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant () • Madras Atomic Power Station ( Chennai)

Maharashtra • Tarapur Atomic Power Station (T.A.P.S.) Tarapur, Palghar • Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (Ratnagiri district)

Haryana • The Gorakhpur Nuclear Power Plant ()

Andhra Pradesh • Kovvada Atomic Power Project

Gujarat • NPP at Mithivirdi (Talaja Taluka, Bhavnagar district)

Rajasthan • Banswara Thermal Power Station

MP • The Chutka Nuclear Power Plant (Chutka Village of Mandla district)

Chapter 10: Thermal Power Plants in India

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Uttar Pradesh • Singrauli Super Thermal Power Plant (Shaktinagar in Sonebhadra district), The power plant is the first power plant of NTPC • National Capital Power Station (NCPS) Or NTPC Dadri (Dadri, G.Noida) • Rihand Super Thermal Power Project (at Renukut, Sonebhadra in Sonbhadra district) • Anpara Thermal Power Station (Anpara in Sonbhadra district) • Obra Thermal Power Project (Kanpur district) • Rosa Power Plant (at Rosa village in Shahjahanpur) • Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Plant (Unchahar in Raebareli district)

Telangana • NTPC Ramagundam (at Ramagundam in )

Odisha • Talcher Thermal Power station (Angul district) • Vedanta Jharsuguda Power Station (Jharsuguda town in Jharsuguda district) • Hirakud Power Plant (Sambalpur district)

Chhattisgarh • Korba Super Thermal Power Plant (at Jamnipali in Korba district) • Sipat Super Thermal Power Station or Rajiv Gandhi Super Thermal Power Station (at Sipat in Bilaspur district) • The NSPCL Bhilai Power Plant (at Bhilai in Durg district)

Madhya Pradesh • The Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station (Singrauli district) • Satpura Thermal Power Plant () • Sanjay Gandhi Thermal Power Plant (Umaria district) • Shree Singaji Super Thermal Power Project () • Amarkantak Thermal Power Plant ()

West Bengal • Farakka Super Thermal Power Plant (at Nabarun in Murshidabad district) • Durgapur Steel Thermal Power Station (Bardhaman district)

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Gujarat • Mundra Thermal Power Station or Mundra Thermal Power Project (at Mundra in Kutch district) • Sikka Thermal Power Station (Jamnagar) • Wanakbori Thermal Power Station (in Kheda district) • Ukai Thermal Power Station (located on the bank of the Tapi river. • Gandhinagar Thermal Power Station (bank of near Gandhinagar) • Hirakud Power Plant (Hirakud in Sambalpur district)

Maharashtra • Tiroda Thermal Power Station (at Tirora in ) • Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station (in Chandrapur district) • Kaparkheda Thermal Power Station () • RattanIndia Amravati Thermal Power Project (Amravati district)

Bihar • Barauni Thermal Power Station (at Begusarai district)

Karnataka • Bellary Thermal Power station (Kudatini Village, Bellary District) • Udupi Power Plant (north of Mangalore)

Andhra Pradesh • Simhadri Super Thermal Power Plant (Visakhapatnam district)

Rajasthan • Chhabra Thermal Power Plant (Baran district) • Kota Thermal Power Plant (west bank of the Chambal River near Kota.) • Kalisindh Thermal Power Station (Jhalawar district)

Jharkhand • Bokaro Thermal Power Station B (BTPS - B) , at Bokaro district • Patrata Thermal Power Station (Ramgarh district)

Tamil Nadu • The Mettur Thermal Power Station (Salem district) • The Ennore Thermal Power Station (Chennai Ennore)

Chapter 11: Solar Power Plant in India Gujarat • Charanka Solar Park (Patan district)

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Madhya Pradesh • The Welspun Solar (Jawad tehsil of Neemuch district)

Maharashtra • Mahagenco plans 125 MW solar power project (Malkhed village in ) • Tata Power Solar (in Rajgarh) • Photovoltaic solar energy project (Shivajinagar in Sakri taluka of district)

Odisha • Green Energy Development Corporation of Odisha Ltd. (GEDCOL)

Rajashtan • Welspun Energy 50MW Rajasthan Solar Project (Phalodhi, distt. Jodhpur) • The Dhirubhai Ambani Solar Park (Pokhran in the Jaisalmer district) • Bhadla Solar Park (Bhadla, Phalodi tehsil, Jodhpur district)

Gujarat • Bitta Solar Power Plant (Bitta village) •

Andhra Pradesh • Kurnool Ultra Mega Solar Park (Kurnool district)

Tamil Nadu • Kamuthi Solar Power Project

Kerala • Floating Solar Power Plant (Wayanad)

Karnataka. • Pavagada Solar Park (Pavagada taluk, Tumkur district)

Chapter 12: List of Ports in India: State Wise State Ports

Gujarat • Kandla Port Trust or Deendayal Port (Kutch District)

Odisha • Paradip Port (Jagatsinghpur District)

Maharashtra • Jawaharlal Nehru Port/ Nhava Sheva (Mumbai) • Mumbai Port Trust (Mumbai)

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Andhra Pradesh • Visakhapatnam Port (Visakhapatnam) • Krishnapatnam Port (Nellore District)

Tamil Nadu • Chennai Port (Chennai) • V.O.Chidambaranar Port (Thoothukudi) • Ennore Port (Chennai)

West Bengal • Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (Kolkata)

Karnataka • New Mangalore Port (Mangalore)

Kerala • Cochin Port (Kochi)

Goa • Mormugao port

Chapter 13: List of River a Cross State

Name of Rivers A cross States Length Begin From Ends in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, 2,525 Ganga Jharkhand, West Bengal K.M. Gangothri Uttarakhand,Himachal Pradesh,Uttar 1,376 Yamuna Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi K.M. Garhwall in Yamunotri Bay of Bengal 2,900 Brahmaputra Assam, Arunachal,Tibet K.M. Lake Manasarovar Bay of Bengal Mahanadi Chhattisgarh, Odisha 858 K.M. Amarkantak Plateau Bay of Bengal Maharashtra, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, 1,465 Godavari Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry K.M. Nasik Hills Bay of Bengal Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, 1,400 Near Krishna Andhra Pradesh K.M. in Maharashtra Bay of Bengal 1,315 Amarkantak hill in Narmada Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat K.M. Madhya Pradesh Arabian sea Tapti Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat 724 K.M. Bettul Arabian sea Gomti Uttarpradesh, Gujarat, 900 K.M. Gomat Taal Saidpur,Ghazipur Shigatse Prefecture, Janakpur, Koshi Sagarmatha, Koshi, Mechi Zones, Bihar 720 K.M. Ganga Ganga Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Gandaki Jharkhand, Bihar 630 K.M. Nepal Ganga Betwa Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh 590 K.M. Rajghat Dam Madhya pradesh,Uttar Pradesh, Son Jharkhand,Bihar 784 K.M. Ganga Yamuna

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1,500 Sutlej Himachal Pradesh, Punjab K.M. Mount Kailash Ropar Ravi Himachal Pradesh, Punjab 720 K.M. Himachal Pradesh Chenab Beas Himachal Pradesh, Punjab 470 K.M. Sutlej Mandi Plain Jammu and Chenab Himachal Pradesh, Punjab 960 K.M. Panjnad Kashmir Jehlam Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, 725 K.M. Pir Panjal Range Chenab Hills of Coorg, Karnataka, Tamilnadu, 765 K.M. Karnataka Bay of Bengal Shivalik Hills, Himachal Ghaggar Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan 1080 K.M Pradesh Indus Hugli (Hooghly) West Bengal, Kolkata 260 K.M Ganga Bay of Bengal; Chota Nagpur Damodar Jharkhand, Bengal 592 K.M Hoogly River, Howrah plateau. Gilgit-Baltistan, Jammu and Kashmir Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh In Tibet Kalish Range Indus Tibet 3180 K.M 5080 mts. Arabian sea Tungabhadra Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh,Telangana 531 K.M Krishna Krishna , Mahi Madhya Pradesh, Vindhyas 580 K.M Arabian Sea Sevalia Bhagirathi Uttarakhand, 205 K.M Ganga Ganga Sabarmati , Udaipur 371 K.M Dhebar Lake Gujarat Alaknanda Uttarakhand 190 K.M Ganga Nanda Devi Sikkim, India, West Bengal, Teesta India,Rangpur, Bangladesh 309 K.M Brahmaputra Rangeet River. Indravati Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra 535 K.M Kalahandi Godavari Bhima Maharashtra, Karnataka,Telangana 861 K.M Krishna River Pandharpur Subarnarek Jharkhand, Odisha,West Bengal 395 K.M Bay of Bengal Bay of Bengal Konya Maharashtra 130 K.M Krishna Rive Maharashtra Ramganga Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh 596 K.M Ganga Ramganga Dam Peena Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka 597 K.M Nandi Hills Bay of Bengal Brahmani Odisha 480 Bay of Bengal Ganga Periyar Kerala, Tamil Nadu 244 K.M Cardaman Hills Bay of Bengal Lakshadweep Sea, Mahanada West Bengal, Bihar 360 K.M Vembanad Lake Bay of Bengal Benas Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh 512 K.M Rohtang Pass Chambal Vaigai Tamil Nadu, 258 K.M Periyar Plateau Bay of Bengal

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Sharda Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh 350 K.M Ganga Ghaghra River

Longest River (Length Wise) of the World Nile (Egypt) Africa Biggest River (Flow of Water Wise) of the world Amazon (South Africa) Longest River of Europe Volga (Russia) Longest River of Asia Yangtze (China) Longest River of India Ganga Longest River of Godavari (Also Called Dakshina Ganga) River which makes estuary in India Narmada and Tapti Sorrow of Bengal Damodar River

Chapter 14: Stadiums in India Maharashtra • The Wankhede Stadium (Cricket stadium, Mumbai) • The Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium or Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium (Cricket stadium, Pune) • The DY Patil Sports Stadium (Cricket/football stadium, Mumbai) • The Cricket Association Stadium (Cricket stadium, Nagpur) • Nehru Stadium (Multi-purpose stadium in Pune) • The Brabourne Stadium (Cricket stadium, Mumbai) • Mahindra Hockey Stadium (Hockey stadium at Mumbai) • The Dadaji Kondadev Stadium called SR Bhosle Krida Sankul Stadium (Thane)

Himachal Pradesh • Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium (cricket stadium, Dharamshala) Delhi • The Feroz Shah Kotla Ground (Cricket stadium) • Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (National stadium of India) • The Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium (Hockey stadium)

Tamil Nadu • M. A. Chidambaram Stadium or Chepauk Stadium (cricket stadium in Chennai) West Bengal • (cricket ground, Kolkata)

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Jharkhand • Jharkhand States Cricket Association International Cricket Stadium, (Also known as JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi) • Keenan Stadium (Cricket and football, Jamshedpur) • Birsa Munda Athletics Stadium (football, Ranchi)

Gujarat • Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Also known as the Khandheri Cricket Stadium( Cricket stadium in Rajkot) • Reliance Stadium or Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd Sports Complex Ground (Cricket stadium, Vadodara) • Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground (Municipal Ground or Racecourse Ground Corporation Ground, Rajkot) • Motera stadium, also known as Sardar Patel stadium is now the world's largest cricket stadiumand the second largest sports stadium (Ahmedabad)

MP • Holkar Cricket Stadium (Cricket stadium, Indore) • Captain Roop Singh Stadium (Cricket stadium, Gwalior)

Telangana • The Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium (Hyderabad) • The Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium (Cricket, Hyderabad)

Andhra Pradesh • Visakhapatnam ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium (Cricket stadium,Visakhapatnam) • Indira Gandhi Stadium (Cricket ,Vijayawada) • Indira Priyadarsini Stadium (Cricket stadium,Visakhapatnam)

Rajasthan • Barkatullah Khan Stadium (Cricket ,Jodhpur) • The Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Cricket ,Jaipur) • Fort Maidan (a multi-purpose stadium, Kota)

Kerala • Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium (Cricket/football stadium, Kochi) • Kerala University Stadium (Football and also for athletics, )

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Goa • The Fatorda, officially known as the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium. Jammu & Kashmir • The Maulana Azad Stadium (Cricket ,Jammu)

Haryana • The Nahar Singh Stadium (Cricket ,Faridabad) Punjab • The Gandhi Stadium (Cricket, Amritsar) • Guru Nanak Stadium (Football stadium in Ludhiana)

Odisha • The iconic Barabati Stadium (Indian sports stadium, Cuttack) • Dilip Tirkey Stadium (Hockey stadium, Rourkela) • The Kalinga Stadium (Multi-purpose stadium, Bhubaneswar)

Karnataka • The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (Cricket, Bengaluru) UP • The K D Singh Babu Stadium (Multi-purpose stadium, in Lucknow) • Green Park Stadium (Cricket, Kanpur)

Chapter 15: Famous Temple in India: State wise State Temple and Location

Tamil Nadu • Meenakshi Temple at Madurai • Ramanathaswamy Temple at Rameshwaram • Ranganathaswamy Temple at Tiruchirapalli • Brihadeshwara Temple at Thanjavur • Suchindram Temple at Kanyakumari • Airavateswara Temple at Darasuram • Nataraja Temple at Chidambaram • Kanchipuram Temples at Kanchipuram

Karnataka • Virupaksha Temple at Hampi • Vitthala Temple at Hampi • Gomateshwara Temple at Shravanbela Gola (Rural)

Andhra Pradesh • Lord Venkateswara Temple at Thirumala

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Gujarat • Somnath Temple at Saurashtra • Dwarakadhish Temple at Dwarka

Uttar Pradesh • KashiVishwanath at Varanasi

Maharashtra • ShirdiSai Baba Temple at Shirdi • Siddivinayak Temple at Mumbai

Jammu and Kashmir • Vaishno Devi Temple at Katra • Amarnath Cave Temple

Uttarakhand • Badrinath Temple • Yamunotri Temple at Uttarkashi • Gangotri Temple at Uttarkashi • Kedarnath Temple at Garhwal area

Odisha • Jagannath Temple at Puri • Lingaraja Temple at Bhubaneswar • Konark Sun Temple at Konark

Punjab • Golden Temple at Amritsar

Rajasthan • Ranakpur Jain Temple at Pali

Madhya Pradesh • SanchiStupa at Raisen • Khajuraho Temple at Khajuraho

Kerala • Padmanabaswamy Temple at Thiruvananthapuram

Bihar • Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya

Assam • Kamakhya Temple at Guwahati

Chapter 16: List of Tiger Reserve in India: State-Wise State Reserve Uttarakhand • Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve • Rajaji National Park Uttar Pradesh • • Tiger Reserve Telangana • Kawal Tiger Reserve • Nagarjunsagar

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• Srisailam Tiger Reserve Madhya Pradesh • Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve • • Kanha Tiger Reserve • Panna Tiger Reserve • • Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve Tamil Nadu • • Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve • Mudumalai Tiger Reserve • Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve West Bengal • • Sunderbans Tiger Reserve Rajasthan • Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve • Ranthambore Tiger Reserve • Sariska Tiger Reserve Odisha • • Simlipal Tiger Reserve Mizoram • Kerala • Periyar Tiger Reserve • Parambikulam Tiger Reserve Karnataka • Bandipur Tiger Reserve • Nagarhole Tiger Reserve • Bhadra Tiger Reserve • Anshi Dandeli Tiger Reserve Jharkhand • Chhattisgarh • Indravati Tiger Reserves • Udanti & Sitanadi Tiger Reserve • Achanakmar Tiger Reserve Bihar • Valmiki National Park Maharashtra • Tiger Reserve • Pench Tiger Reserve • Tadoba Andhari Tiger Project • Sahyadri Tiger reserve • Nagzira-Navegaon Tiger Reserve • Bor Tiger Reserve Assam • Kaziranga Tiger Reserve • Manas Tiger Reserve • Nameri Tiger Reserve • Orang Tiger Reserve Andhra Pradesh • Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve Arunachal Pradesh • Namdapha Tiger Reserve • Pakhui Tiger Reserve

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Chapter 17: List of Indian National Trophies and Cups associated with sports Sports Trophies Hockey • Aga Khan Cup • All India Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold Cup • • Mumbai Gold Cup • Chakola Gold Trophy • Dhyan Chand Trophy • Gurmit Trophy • Jawaharlal • Kuppuswamy Naiduu Trophy • Lady Ratan Tata Trophy (Women) • Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold Cup • MCC Trophy • Murugappa Gold Cup • Nehru Trophy • Obaidullah Gold Cup • Rangaswami Cup • Rene Frank Trophy • Scindia Gold Cup • Settu Cup • Trophy • Surjeet Singh Cup • Tommy Emar Gold Cup (Women) Cricket • Coach Bihar Trophy • Deodhar Trophy • Duleep Trophy • Irani Cup • Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup • Rani Jhansi Trophy • Ranii Trophy • Viiay Merchant Trophy • Vizzy Trophy • Wills Cup

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Football • Ashutosh Trophy • Begum Hazrat Mahal Trophy • Chakola Gold Trophy • DCM Trophy • Dr B.C. Roy Trophy • • F.A. Cup • G.V. Raja Memorial Trophy • I.F.A. Shield • Mis lqbal Hussain Trophy • Nagjee Trophy • Nizam Gold Cup • Raghbir Singh Memorial Cup • • Saniay Gold Cup • • Sir Krishna Gold Cup • Stafford Cup • Subroto Mukerji Cup • Todd Memorial Trophy • Vittal Trophy Badminton • Amrit Diwan Cup • Hiralal Cup • Vikas Topiwala Challenge Cup • Yonex Cup

Basketball • Bangalore Blues Challenge Cup Polo • EZAR Cup • Prithi Singh Cup • Radha Mohan Cup • Winchester Cup

Rowing • Wellington Trophy Weightlifting • Burdwan Trophy Tennis • Dr. Rajindra Prasad Cup Table Tennis • Ramanujan Trophy • Rajkumari Challenge Cup • Jayalakshmi Cup

Chapter 18: Capital & Currency List of Countries having Rupee/Rupiah as their Currency Country Capital Currency

India New Delhi Rupee

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Indonesia Jakarta (Old), Island of Borneo Rupiah (New)

Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese Rupee

Sri Lanka Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte Sri Lankan Rupee

Seychelles Victoria Seychellois Rupee

Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani Rupee

Maldives Male Maldivian Rufiyaa

Mauritius Port Louis Mauritian Rupee

List of Countries having Dinar/Dirham as their Currency Country Capital Currency

Algeria Algiers Algerian Dinar

Bahrain Manama Bahraini Dinar

Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Dinar

Jordan Amman Jordanian Dinar

Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti Dinar

Libya Tripoli Libyan Dinar

Macedonia Skopje Macedonian Denar

Serbia Belgrade Serbian Dinar

Tunisia Tunis Tunisian Dinar

UAE Abu Dhabi UAE Dirham

List of Countries having Euro as their Currency Country Capital Country Capital

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Andorra Andorra la Vella Latvia Riga

Austria Vienna Luxembourg Luxembourg

Belgium Brussels Malta Valletta

Cyprus Nicosia Monaco Monaco

Estonia Tallinn Montenegro Podgorica

Finland Helsinki Netherlands Amsterdam

France Paris Portugal Lisbon

Germany Berlin San Marino San Marino

Greece Athens Slovakia Bratislava

Ireland Dublin Slovenia Ljubljana

Italy Rome Spain Madrid

Lithuania Vilnius Vatican City Vatican City

List of Countries having Dollar as their Currency Country Capital Currency

Antigua and Barbuda Saint John’s Eastern Caribbean Dollar

Australia Canberra Australian Dollar

Bahamas Nassau Bahamian Dollar

Barbados Bridgetown Barbadian Dollar

Belize Belmopan Belize Dollar

Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei Dollar

Bermuda Hamilton Bermudian Dollar

Canada Ottawa Canadian Dollar

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Dominica Roseau Eastern Caribbean Dollar

Fiji Suva Fijian Dollar

Grenada Saint George’s Eastern Caribbean Dollar

Guyana Georgetown Guyanese Dollar

Jamaica Kingston Jamaican dollar

Kiribati Tarawa Kiribati dollar

Liberia Monrovia Liberian dollar

Namibia Windhoek Namibian Dollar

Nauru Yaren District Australian Dollar

New Zealand Wellington New Zealand Dollar

Palau Ngerulmud United States Dollar

Panama Panama City United States Dollar

Singapore Singapore Singapore Dollar

Taiwan Taipei New Taiwan Dollar

Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago Dollar

Tuvalu Funafuti Australian dollar, Tuvaluan dollar

United States Washington, D.C. United States Dollar

Zimbabwe Harare Zimbabwe Dollar

Countries having Peso as their Currency Country Capital Currency

Argentina Buenos Aires Argentine peso

Chile Santiago Chilean peso

Colombia Bogotá Colombian peso

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Cuba Havana Cuban convertible peso

Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Dominican peso

Mexico Mexico City Mexican peso

Philippines Manila Philippine peso

Uruguay Montevideo Uruguayan peso

Countries having Rial/Riyal as their Currency Country Capital Currency

Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel

Iran Tehran Rial (New currency – Toman)

Oman Muscat Rial

Qatar Doha Riyal

Saudi Arabia Riyadh Saudi Riyal

Countries having Pound as their Currency Country Capital Currency

United Kingdom Landon Pound sterling

Egypt Cairo Egyptian pound

Lebanon Beirut Lebanese pound

South Sudan Juba South Sudanese pound

Sudan Khartoum Sudanese pound

Syria Damascus Syrian pound

Countries having Currency same as their Country name Country Capital Currency

Afghanistan Kabul Afghan Afghani

Bangladesh Dhaka Bangladeshi taka

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Georgia Tbilisi Georgian lari

Israel Jerusalem Israeli new shekel

Japan Tokyo Japanese yen

Kazakhstan Nursultan (New) Kazakhstani Tenge

Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Kyrgyzstani Som

Laos Vientiane Lao kip

Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Malaysian ringgit

Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Mongolian Togrog

Myanmar (Burma) Naypyidaw Burmese kyat

North Korea Pyongyang North Korean won

South Korea Seoul South Korean won

Tajikistan Dushanbe Tajikistani Somoni

Thailand Bangkok Thai baht

Turkey Ankara Turkish lira

Turkmenistan Ashgabat Turkmenistan Manat

Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistani Som

Nicaragua Managua Nicaraguan Cordoba

Bolivia Sucre La Paz Bolivian boliviano

Paraguay Asunción Paraguayan Guarani

Venezuela Caracas Venezuelan bolivar

Albania Tirana Albanian Lek

Belarus Minsk Belarusian Ruble

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Bulgaria Sofia Bulgarian lev

Croatia Zagreb Croatian Kuna

Czech Republic Prague Czech koruna

Denmark Copenhagen Danish krone

Hungary Budapest Hungarian forint

Iceland Reykjavik Icelandic krona

Norway Oslo Norwegian krone

Poland Warsaw Polish zloty

Romania Bucharest Romanian Leu

Russia Moscow Russian Ruble

Sierra Leone Freetown Sierra Leonean Leone

Rwanda Kigali Rwandan Franc

Madagascar Antananarivo Malagasy Ariary

Kenya Nairobi Kenyan shilling

Ghana Accra Ghanaian cedi

Gambia Banjul Gambian dalasi

Ethiopia Addis Ababa Ethiopian birr

Angola Luanda Angolan kwanza

Countries having Different Currencies Country Capital Currency

China Beijing Renminbi

Peru Lima Sol

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Mozambique Maputo Metical

Mali Bamako West African CFA franc

Bhutan Thimphu Bhutanese ngultrum

Chapter 19: Wildlife Sanctuary State National Parks Andhra Pradesh Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary, Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary, Kaundinya Wildlife Sanctuary, Kolleru Bird Sanctuary, Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary, Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam, Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary, Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary, Rollapadu Wildlife Sanctuary, Sri Lankamalleswara Wildlife Sanctuary, Sri Venkateshwara National Park

Telanagana Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary, Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary, Kawal Tiger Reserve, Manjira wildlife sanctuary, Pocharam Wildlife Sanctuary, Pranahita wildlife sanctuary Arunachal Pradesh Daying Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary, The Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary, Eaglenest or Eagle’s Nest Wildlife Sanctuary, The Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary, Kane wildlife sanctuary, Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary, , Pakhui Wildlife Sanctuary, Sessa Orchid Sanctuary, Talley Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, Yardi-Rabe Supse Wildlife Sanctuary

Assam Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary, Borail Wildlife Sanctuary, Bornadi Wildlife Sanctuary, Bherjan-Borajan-Padumoni, Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary, Chakrashila Wildlife Sanctuary, The Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary, Garampani Wildlife Sanctuary, Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary, The Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary, Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary, Nambor Wildlife Sanctuary, Nambor – Doigrung Wildlife Sanctuary, Pobitora or Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary, Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary, Pani Dihing Wildlife Sanctuary

Bihar Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary, GautamBudha Wildlife Sanctuary, The KanwarTaal or KabarTaalKaimur Wildlife Sanctuary, Nagi Dam Bird Sanctuary, Nagi Dam Bird Sanctuary, Valmiki National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary,VikramshilaGangetic Dolphin Sanctuary

Chhattisgarh The Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary, Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary, Badalkholsanctuary,Bhairamgarh Wildlife Sanctuary,Bhoramdeo Wildlife Sanctuary,Gomarda Wildlife Sanctuary, The Pamed Wildlife Sanctuary,Sitanadi Wildlife Sanctuary,TamorPingla Wildlife Sanctuary, Udanti Sanctuary Goa Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary, The Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary, The Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary, Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary, Netravali Wildlife BEST ONLINE TEST SERIES SITE FOR PARA 13.2 , III EXAM, GIPSA OFFICER SCALE 1-5 208

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Gujarat BalaramAmbaji Wildlife Sanctuary, Barda Wildlife Sanctuary, Gaga Wildlife Sanctuary, Gir Forest National Park, Jambughoda is a Wildlife Sanctuary, Jessore Sanctuary, Kutch Bustard Sanctuar, Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary, Marine National Park, Mitiyala Wildlife Sanctuary, NalSarovar Bird Sanctuary, Sanctuary, Pania Wildlife Sanctuary, Porbandar Bird Sanctuary, Purna Wildlife Sanctuary, Rampara Wildlife Sanctuary, Thol bird sanctuary, Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary, Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary

Haryana Abubshahar Wildlife Sanctuary, Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary, BirShikargah Wildlife Sanctuary, Chhilchhila Wildlife Sanctuary, Kalesar National Park, Khaparwas Bird Sanctuary, Khol Hi-Raitan Wildlife Sanctuary,

Himachal Pradesh Bandli Wildlife Sanctuary, Chail Wildlife Sanctuary, Churdhar Sanctuary, The Daranghati Sanctuary, Gamgul Wildlife Sanctuary, Kais wild life sanctuary, Kalatop Khajjiar Sanctuary, Kanawar Wildlife sanctuary, Khokhan wildlife sanctuary, Kibber Wildlife Sanctuary, Lipa Asrang Wildlife Sanctuary, Majathal Sanctuary, Nargu Wildlife Sanctuary, Renuka Wildlife Sanctuary, Sainj Wildlife Sanctuary, Rupi Bhaba Sanctuary, Sangla Valley (Rakchham-Chitkul), Sechu Tuan Nala Wildlife Sanctuary, Shikari Devi Sanctuary, Water Catchment Sanctuary, Talra Wildlife Sanctuary, Tirthan wildlife sanctuary, Tundah Wildlife Sanctuary

Jammu And Kashmir/ Thajwas (Thajiwas) (Baltal), Changtang Wildlife Sanctuary, Hirpora Wildlife Sanctuary, Jasrota Wildlife Sanctuary, Wildlife Ladakh Sanctuary, Lachipora Wildlife Sanctuary, Kazinag National Park, Kazinag National Park, Nandini Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajparian Wildlife Sanctuary, Ramnagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Trikuta Wildlife Sanctuary

Jharkhand Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary ,GautamBudha Wildlife Sanctuary ,Hazaribag Wildlife Sanctuary ,Koderma Wildlife Sanctuary, The Lawalong Wildlife Sanctuary , Mahuadanr (Wolf) Wildlife Sanctuary , Palkot Wildlife Sanctuary , Parasnath wildlife sanctuary , Udhwa Lake Bird Sanctuary

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Karnataka Adichunchanagiri Wildlife Sanctuary, Arabithittu Wildlife Sanctuary, Attiveri Bird Sanctuary, Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary, Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary, Biligiriranga Swamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary, wildlife sanctuary, Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary, Chincholi Wildlife Sanctuary, Daroji Sloth Bear Sanctuary, Ghataprabha Bird Sanctuary, Malai Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary, Melkote Temple Wildlife Sanctuary, Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Nugu Wildlife Sanctuary, Wildlife Sanctuary, Ranebennur Blackbuck Sanctuary, Sharavathi Wildlife Sanctuary, Shettihalli Wildlife Sanctuary, Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary, Talakaveri Wildlife Sanctuary

Kerala Wildlife Sanctuary, Chimmini Wildlife sanctuary, Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Chulanur Peafowl (Peacocks) Sanctuary, Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary, , Kurinjimala Sanctuary, Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary, Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary, Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Parambikulam Tiger Reserve, Peechi-Vazhani Wildlife Sanctuary, Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary, Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary

Madhya Pradesh Bagdara Wildlife Sanctuary,, Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary, GhatigaonWildlife Sanctuary, Ken GharialSanctuary,Kheoni Wildlife Sanctuary, National Chambal Wildlife Sanctuary, Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary,Orchha Wildlife Sanctuary, The Biosphere Reserve, Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary, Gangau is a mini wildlife sanctuary, Pench National Park, Phen Wildlife Sanctuary, Ratapani Tiger Reserve, Sailana Wildlife Sanctuary, Sanjay Dubri National Park, Sardarpur Wildlife SanctuarSinghori Wildlife Sanctuary, Son Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary, VeeranganaDurgawati Wildlife Sanctuary

Maharashtra Tadoba Andhari Reserve, Anerdam Wildlife Sanctuary, Bhamragarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary, Bor Tiger Reserve is a wildlife, Chaprala Wildlife Sanctuary, Dnyanganga Sanctuary, Gautala Autramghat Sanctuary, Jayakwadi Bird Sanctuary , Karnala, Katepurna Sanctuary, , Malvan Marine Wildlife Sanctuary, Mansingh-Deo, Mayureswar Wildlife Sanctuary, Melghat was declared, Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary, Mayureswar Wildlife Sanctuary, Nandur Madhmeshwar Bird Sanctuary, Karnala is a protected wildlife park, Navegaon National Park, Painganga Wildlife Sanctuary, Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary, Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary, Sagareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Tansa wildlife sanctuary, Tipeshwar wildlife sanctuary, Yawal Wildlife Sanctuary

Manipur Khongjaingamba Ching Wildlife Sanctuary, Yaingangpokpi Lokchao Wildlife Sanctuary Meghalaya Baghmara Pitcher Plant Wildlife Sanctuary, Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary, Siju Bird Sanctuary

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Mizoram Dampa Tiger Reserve, Khawnglung Wildlife Sanctuary, Lengteng Wildlife Sanctuary, Ngengpui Wildlife Sanctuary, Pualreng Wildlife Sanctuary, Tawi Wildlife Sanctuary Thorangtlang Wildlife, Palak (Tokalo) Wildlife Sanctuary Nagaland Fakim Wildlife Sanctuary, The Pulie Badze Wildlife Sanctuary, Rangapahar Reserve Forest Sikkim Fambong Lho Wildlife Sanctuary, Kitam Bird sanctuary, Kyongnosla Alpine Sanctuary, Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, Varsey Rhododendron Sanctuary Tamil Nadu Cauvery North Wildlife Sanctuary, Chitrangudi Bird Sanctuary, Indira Gandhi National Park, Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Kanjirankulam Bird Sanctuary, Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary, Karikili Bird Sanctuary, Wildlife Sanctuary, Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary, Mudumalai National Park, Oussudu Lake Bird Sanctuary, Point Calimere Sanctuary, Vaduvur Bird Sanctuary, Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary, Vellode Birds Sanctuary, Vettangudi Bird sanctuary Tripura Gumti Wildlife Sanctuary, Rowa Wildlife Sanctuary, Sepahijala Wildlife Sanctuary, Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary UttarPradesh The Bakhira Bird Sanctuary, The Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, The Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary, Kaimoor Wildlife Sanctuary,TheKishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary ,Lakh Bahosi Sanctuary , Mahavir Swami Sanctuary, The Okhla Bird Sanctuary , The ParvatiAranga Bird Sanctuary , Patna Vihar Bird Sanctuary , Ranipur Wildlife Sanctuary, Saman Bird Sanctuary, Samaspur Sanctuary , Sandi Bird Sanctuary , SohagiBarwa Wildlife Sanctuary , Suhelwa Wildlife Sanctuary , SoorSarovar Bird Sanctuary , Jai PrakashNarain Bird Sanctuary , Kachhua Sanctuary , VijaiSagar Sanctuary ,

Uttarakhand Nandhaur Wildlife Sanctuary, Askot Musk Deer Sanctuary, Askot Musk Deer Sanctuary, GovindPashuVihar National Park, Kedarnath Wild Life Sanctuary, Sonanadi Wildlife Sanctuary West Bengal Ballabhpur Wildlife Sanctuary, Bethuadahari Wildlife Sanctuary , The Buxa Tiger Reserve , Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary , ChintamoniKar Bird Sanctuary , The Haliday Island Wildlife , JorePokhri Wildlife Sanctuary , Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary , Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary , Ramnabagan Wildlife Sanctuary , SajnakhaliWildlifeSanctuary , Senchal Wildlife Sanctuary , The Sundarbans National Park

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