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Important Days later, on August 9, a second nuclear bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. 1-7 August - World Breastfeeding Week International Beer Day World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated International Beer Day is observed on the every year from 1 to 7 August to first Friday of August. Originally it was encourage breastfeeding and improve started in Santa Cruz, California in 2007. the health of babies around the world. It commemorates the Innocent Declaration Quit Movement Day is observed signed in August 1990 by government on August 8 policymakers, WHO, UNICEF and other All India Congress Committee session in Bombay on 8 August, 1942, Mohandas organizations to protect, promote and Karamchand Gandhi launched the 'Quit support breastfeeding. The 2020 theme India Movement'. It is also known as is “Support breastfeeding for a healthier August Movement or August Kranti. planet”. President Ram Nath Kovind has honoured and felicitated 202 freedom World Sanskrit Day is observed on 3 fighters from across the country on the August occasion of 78th anniversary of Quit India The World Sanskrit Day is being Day. celebrated on Aug 3. Sanskrit is the World Tribal Day is observed on ancient language of India. August 9 US Coast Guard Day is observed on 4 International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples or World Tribal Day August is being observed on August 9. The day Every year on 4 August US Coast Guard is aimed at promoting and protecting the Day is observed to honour the rights of the world’s indigenous establishment of the Revenue Marine on population. The date recognizes the first 4 August in 1790 by the Secretary of the meeting of the United Nations Working Treasury Alexander Hamilton. Group on Indigenous Populations in Geneva in 1982. Hiroshima Day is observed on 6 August World Biofuel Day is observed on 10th Hiroshima Day is observed on 6 August August "World Biofuel Day" is observed every every year. On this day, 75 years ago, a year on 10th August. World Bio-Fuel Day US warplane dropped a nuclear bomb on is observed in a bid to create awareness Hiroshima and destroyed the city and about non fossil-fuels (Green Fuels). killed 350,000 living there. Three days Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry today organized a webinar on the

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International Youth Day is observed World Humanitarian Day is observed on 12 August on 19 August International Youth Day was designated World Humanitarian Day is observed by the United Nations (UN) in the year annually on 19 August around the world 1999, in an attempt to raise awareness to pay tribute to aid workers who risk their regarding the cultural and legal issue lives in humanitarian service. This day concerning youth. The first IYD was also honour the work of women in crises observed on 12 August 2000 and has throughout the world. been observed annually ever since. The theme of International Youth Day 2020, World Mosquito Day is observed on 20 “Youth Engagement for Global Action”. August World Mosquito Day is observed on 20 World Organ Donation Day is August every year to commemorate the observed on August 13 British doctor, Sir Ronald Ross's Organ Donation Day is observed every discovery in 1897 that 'female year on 13th of August. The aim of this mosquitoes transmit malaria between day is to motivate normal human beings humans'. to pledge to donate organs after death, and to spread awareness about the Sadbhavna Diwas is observed on 20 importance of organ donation. August Sadbhavna Divas is observed on 20 International Lefthanders Days is August every year to commemorate the observed on August 13 memory of our late Prime Minister Rajiv International Left Handers Day is an Gandhi. In English, Sadbhavna means international day observed annually on goodwill and bonafide. August 13 to celebrate the uniqueness and differences of the left handers. The Indian Akshay Urja Day is observed day was first observed in 1976 by Dean on 20 August . Campbell, founder of the Lefthanders Indian Akshay Urja Day is celebrated on International, Inc. 20 August annually to raise awareness about the development of renewable energy in India. It is a campaign that is

Please Support Us Like us facebook.com/ExamsCartOfficial& Follow Us On Instagram.com/Exams_Cart Daily Visit: ExamsCart.com Free Study Material Join: Telegram.me/ExamsCart celebrated since 2004. This day Nobel Laureate founded the Missionaries commemorates the birthday of former of Charity and spent 45-years serving the Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. poor, sick, orphaned and dying on the streets of Kolkata. She died at the age of International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and 87 in Kolkata in 1997. Mother Teresa was its Abolition declared as a Saint on 4th September This day is observed on 23 August every 2016. year to remind us about the tragedy of the slave trade in memory of all peoples National Sports Day is celebrated on that is about the tragedy of the 29 August transatlantic slave trade. It provides a National Sports Day is celebrated on 29 chance to think about the historic causes August every year to honour the birthday and the consequences of the slave trade. of Dhyan Chand a field hockey player. National Sports Day is also known as European Day of Remembrance for Rashtriya Khel Divas. Victims of Stalinism and Nazism This day is observed on 23 August every Telugu Language Day is observed on year as a remembrance day for victims of 29 August totalitarian regimes mainly Communism, Telugu Language Day is observed on 29 Fascism, Nazism, etc. It is also known as August each year in the State of Andhra Black Ribbon Day in some countries. Pradesh of the Republic of India. This This day also symbolises the rejection of date was chosen to coincide with the "extremism, intolerance, and birthday of the Telugu poet Gidugu oppression". Venkata Ramamurthy.

Women's Equality Day is observed on Small Industry Day is observed on 30 26 August August Women's Equality Day is observed on 26 Small Industry Day is celebrated every August. This day commemorates the year on 30 August. This day is celebrated passage of the 19th Amendment to the with the aim of promoting Small Industry U.S. Constitution which granted the and providing employment opportunities women right to vote. In 1971, the U.S. to the unemployed. A small industry has Congress officially recognized August 26 an important role in economic as Women's Equality Day. development in a developing country like India. 26th of August is birth anniversary of Mother Teresa Malaysia National Day is celebrated 26th of August is the birth anniversary of on 31 August Mother Teresa. She was born Anjezë Malaysia's Independence Day is Gonxhe Bojaxhiu on 26th of August 1910 celebrated on 31 August. Also known as in Skopje. Mother Teresa arrived in India Merdeka Day (Freedom Day), this is in 1929 and spent most of her life in Malaysia's National Day. The day service of the destitute in India. The commemorates the independence of the

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Federation of Malaya from British corona infection and for that it is very colonial rule in 1957. Malaysia was important to wear a mask at all times. formed in 1963 when the former British Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also appealed to the people to wear masks colony of Singapore and the East and follow physical distance. Following Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, the Prime Minister's appeal, a public joined the Federation of Malaya. This awareness campaign called ‘Ek Mask- event is marked by Malaysia Day. Anek Zindagi’ means one mask-many Singapore left the federation in August lives will be conducted from August 1 till 1965. August 15 in many districts of Madhya Pradesh. The Mask Bank will also be State in News established under the Ek Mask-Anek Zindgi Campaign. In this mask bank, WHO appreciates Covid-19 masks will be collected from donors and management model of Ahmedabad distributed free of cost to the poor people. city The Covid-19 management model of Delhi Police prohibits flying of UAVs, Ahmedabad city was appreciated by the air balloons till Independence Day World Health Organization. WHO Delhi Police Commissioner S N scientist called the model worth Shrivastava issued an order prohibiting emulating for other cities in the world. the flying of 'sub-conventional aerial Various initiatives taken by Ahmedabad platforms' like UAVs, paragliders, and hot such as dhanvantari rath, 104 helpline, air balloons in the national capital till corona ghar seva. August 15 citing security reasons.

Nitin Gadkari inaugurates upstream Telangana launches iMASQ mobile carriageway of Mahatma Gandhi covid-19 testing centers bridge over river Ganga in Bihar The Telangana government has rolled Road, Transport and Highways Minister out mobile covid-19 testing centers in Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the upstream containment zones and low income carriageway of Mahatma Gandhi bridge group residential areas across the state. over river Ganga in Bihar through video The buses are built with ‘Intelligent conference. Over 5.5 kilometres long, the Monitoring Analysis Services four lane bridge lies on NH-19 between Quarantine’ (iMASQ) technology by Patna and Hajipur. It is being constructed Hyderabad-based Vera Smart at a cost of one thousand 742 crore Healthcare. Each mobile center has two rupees. It involves replacement of the sample collection teams and 10 sample existing concrete superstructure of old collection counters. The mobile centers bridge by new steel deck superstructure. will visit the predesignated containment The work on the bridge was started in areas from 8am to 5pm so that local June 2017. people can avail the services.

Madhya Pradesh to begin ‘Ek Mask- Union Tourism Minister inaugurates Anek Zindagi’ public awareness Thenzawl Golf Resort project in campaign Mizoram Protection is the keyword to prevent Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel

Please Support Us Like us facebook.com/ExamsCartOfficial& Follow Us On Instagram.com/Exams_Cart Daily Visit: ExamsCart.com Free Study Material Join: Telegram.me/ExamsCart today virtually inaugurated world class Goa launches online ITI admissions, Thenzawl Golf Resort project student data management system implemented in Mizoram under the Goa Skill Development Minister Vishwajit Swadesh Darshan Scheme. The Project P Rane on Monday announced the was sanctioned under the Integrated launch of online ITI admission process Development of New Eco Tourism. Golf and student data management system in tourism in India has a strong potential the state. The new online admission since the climatic condition is more process will allow pre-filing of trade favourable as compared to most preferences, instead of waiting on the countries. day of the rounds, as done earlier. Now candidates would also not need to buy HRD Minister lays foundation stone of the hardcopy of the prospectus from IIM at Dhaula Kuan, Himachal Pradesh designated centres. In Himachal Pradesh, Union Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank, Karnataka Medical Education Minister Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, Union inaugurates nation’s first ICMR Minister of State for Education Sanjay approved mobile RT-PCR Covid lab Dhotre and Union Minister of State for Nation’s first ICMR approved mobile Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag RTPCR Covid lab developed by Indian Singh Thakur laid the foundation stone of Institute of Science in Bengaluru was Indian Institute of Management (IIM) at inaugurated by Karnataka Medical Dhaula Kuan in Sirmour district through Education Minister Dr.K Sudhakar today. video conferencing. The first phase of Packed with all the safety features, this this Institute would be completed by unique lab is capable of producing spending an amount of Rs. 392.51 crore. accurate results within four hours. In a month the mobile lab can conduct 9000 Karnataka gets 681 ventilators from tests. The lab can be utilised for testing Centre under PM CARES H1N1,HCV,TB,HPV,HIV virus also. The Karnataka has received 681 ventilators mobile lab was handed over to Rajiv from the Centre under the PM CARES Gandhi University of Health Sciences in fund. The state government said another Bengaluru. 1279 ventilators will arrive in Karnataka during the month. The number of people West Bengal plans to provide 100% requiring intensive care has risen in tap connections to all households by Karnataka over the last few weeks. 2024 under Jal Jeevan Mission West Bengal has planned to provide 100 Hyderabad international airport gets per cent tap connections to all the mass fever screening system households in the State by 2024 under Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Jal Jeevan Mission. Out of 1.63 Crore Hyderabad has been provided a mass rural households in West Bengal, 2.19 fever screening system to help the lakh households have already got tap authorities screen passengers for Covid- connections. The State is planning to 19. The new thermal scanner at the provide tap connections to 55.60 lakh airport is a ceiling-mounted mass fever households in 2020-21. screening system. UNICEF has funded the project.

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J&K govt decides to resume Vaishno participation in governance the Himachal Devi yatra from Aug 16 Government has decided to start a Vaishno Devi Yatra will resume on program in lines with Mann ki Baat for the August 16 after the Jammu and Kashmir people of the state. The program would government decided to open religious be broadcast once in every month places in the Union Territory. Shri Mata through social media, radio, and Vaishno Devi Shrine Board announced television. It will be organized along the the resumption of the pilgrimage almost lines of "Mann Ki Baat". People of the four months after it was suspended state can share their suggestions because of the coronavirus pandemic. regarding the events, inspirational works, The Jammu and Kashmir government and schemes of the Himachal has decided to open all religious places government. Through this interface, the across the Union Territory from 16th of common citizen of the state can also this month, a day after Independence convey their personal views to the Chief Day celebrations. Minister as well. The state government has asked suggestions from the people, Free online admission in 22 for this Digital program. government degree colleges in Tripura Teleconsultation service eSanjeevani Tripura's Education Minister Ratan Lal gets tremendous response in Tamil Nath announced that admission to the Nadu state's 22 general degree colleges will be In Tamil Nadu, the national health done online in view of the COVID-19 teleconsultation service called pandemic. Tripura's Education Minister eSanjeevani has got a tremendous Ratan Lal Nath said the decision was response from the public. So far, over 25- taken by the government for the welfare thousand people have consulted doctors of the students. The admission will be through video-call. done on the basis of merit. India plans to set up Japanese HAL donates two ambulances to industrial township in Assam Bowring & Lady Curzon Medical India is planning to set up the 13th College & Research Institute in Japanese industrial township in Assam, Bengaluru a move aimed at promoting domestic To meet the ever growing demand for manufacturing and strengthening ambulances during the COVID -19 economic ties between the two countries. pandemic, the public sector undertaking DPIIT said they are working on a HAL( Hindustan Aeronautics Limited) Geographic Information System-enabled has donated two ambulances to Bowring data base of industrial areas and clusters & Lady Curzon Medical College & across the country. Fast track system is Research Institute in Bengaluru under its being worked out with the objective to Corporate Social Responsibility program. identify and solve problems faced by Japanese companies and investors. HP government to start a program in lines with Mann ki Baat govt to supply milk Considering the importance of powder to children, lactating mothers technology and to increase public The Maharashtra Government has

Please Support Us Like us facebook.com/ExamsCartOfficial& Follow Us On Instagram.com/Exams_Cart Daily Visit: ExamsCart.com Free Study Material Join: Telegram.me/ExamsCart decided to supply milk powder book exams manufactured from additional milk stock The Delhi high court allowed Delhi to pregnant women, lactating mothers University to conduct online open-book and children under the Amrut Aahar examinations (OBE) for final-year scheme. The Amrut Aahar scheme will students as per schedule. The court be implemented for a year at the cost of passed a slew of directions to address ₹121 crore, while the manufacturing cost concerns raised by students. The online of the milk powder is over ₹246 per kg. OBE are slated to begin from 10 August. Milk powder will be packaged and Students had pleaded that final-year provided to 6.51 lakh children and 1.21 exams should be cancelled and the lakh pregnant women and lactating results should calculated on the basis of mothers. internal assessment.

Haryana govt to bring ordinance to West Bengal observes death prevent fraudulent land registries anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Tagore Chautala said that the state government West Bengal observes the death is going to bring an ordinance to amend anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath an act related to registration of lands to Tagore today . Tagore died on this day in prevent fraudulent registries. This 1941. Special prayer meeting was held at ordinance will help keep a check on Viswa Bharati in Shantiniketan this fraudsters. The state government has morning to observe the day where Vice - given serious consideration to the Chancellor Prof Bidyut Chakraborty , complaints of malpractices that exist in noted Physician Dr. Sushovon Banerjee the current mechanism for registration of and others were present. deeds for the transfer of land. Maharashtra govt announces Delhi notifies policy to have 25% partnership with Google for registration coming from electric cars introducing digital education tools in by 2024 schools across state The Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi The Maharashtra government has government notified the Electric Vehicle announced a partnership with Google for Policy which aims to reduce pollution and introducing digital education tools in generate employment opportunities in schools across the state. It will enable 2.3 the national capital. The policy, which crore students and teachers to access was approved by the Cabinet in the technology giant's blended learning December, will be in force for three programmes that combine classroom years. The state government will approach with online learning. As part of incentivise purchase of electric vehicles the tie-up, which has come at a time with benefits of up to ₹30,000 for two- when online classes have become a wheelers. A state electric vehicle board is norm due to the COVID-19 pandemic, being created which will be chaired by Google will deploy free tools like G Suite the transport minister. for Education, Google Classroom and Google Meet to facilitate remote learning. Delhi high court allows Delhi University to conduct online open-

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Delhi government launches electric Easing restrictions, the West Bengal vehicle policy, announces incentives government decided to allow of up to ₹1.5 lakh international charter flights carrying The Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi Indian nationals with COVID-negative launched the Electric Vehicle Policy for certificates to land at the airports in the the national capital under which the AAP state. The restrictions on Vande Bharat government will waive registration fee, Mission flights will, however, continue. A road tax, and provide an incentive of up clearance from the Indian missions in the to ₹1.5 lakh for new cars. Delhi originating countries or the Ministry of government will give incentive of up to External Affairs will be required. ₹30,000 for two-wheelers, autos, e- rickshaws and freight vehicles while for West Bengal govt puts cap on cars, it will provide an incentive of up to advance deposit for private hospitals ₹1.5 lakh. Private hospitals in West Bengal cannot charge patients more than 20 per cent of Delhi airport develops online portal the estimated cost of treatment or a for international passengers maximum of ₹50,000 at the time of The Delhi international airport has admission, as per a new directive of the developed an online portal that will allow state government. The West Bengal international arriving passengers to fill a Clinical Establishment Regulatory mandatory self-declaration form and Commission (WBCERC) has issued a eligible passengers to apply for notification in this regard. Clinical exemption from compulsory institutional establishments would not be entitled to quarantine for coronavirus. The Delhi demand more than 20 per cent of the International Airport Limited (DIAL) said estimated cost of treatment or a the portal will make passengers' journey maximum amount of ₹50,000 whichever contactless as they won't have to fill is less, at the time of admission. physical copies of a self declaration form and a quarantine exemption form at the Delhi University will give digital time of arrival in India. degrees online to pass outs In a relief to those who graduated from JK govt plans to build 600 km highway Delhi University up till last year but did along border to explore tourist sites not received their degrees, DU has A 600 km-long highway will be activated an online portal for issuance of constructed along the border touching all digital degree certificates to speed up the picturesque tourist spots in the Kashmir process. August 15 is the last date by Valley, each of which will be "another which the degree certificates would have Gulmarg". The ₹8,000 crore road project to be uploaded for processing to the ‘My will connect Gulmarg with Kargil and ECFMG’ mobile application. The digital Drass in Ladakh. The chief secretary said degree certificates will be issued by DU there will be 12-13 major tunnels along within a week. the road and it will also facilitate connectivity to the forward locations. No quarantine for air passengers visiting Assam for less than 72 hours West Bengal allows international The Sarbananda Sonowal government in charter flights to land in Kolkata Assam said any air traveler to Assam,

Please Support Us Like us facebook.com/ExamsCartOfficial& Follow Us On Instagram.com/Exams_Cart Daily Visit: ExamsCart.com Free Study Material Join: Telegram.me/ExamsCart who will depart from the state territory and signage. Brihanmumbai Municipal within 72 hours of his arrival will not have Corporation (BMC) has installed traffic to undergo quarantine provided his Rapid signals that display female icons sporting Antigen Test (RAT) result at the airport is triangular frock, a shift from the default negative. Assam Health Department's representation of men. Principal Secretary Samir Sinha said the passenger will also have to provide a Gujarat Launches New Scheme To copy of his return ticket indicating his Compensate Farmers For Crop Loss departure within 72 hours. The Gujarat government launched a new scheme under which farmers facing crop Vice President lays foundation stone losses due to drought, excess rain or of housing complex for RS employees unseasonal rain will get compensation in New Delhi without collection of any premium from Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today them. The new scheme – Mukhya Mantri laid the foundation stone of a Rs. 46 Kisan Sahay Yojana – will replace the crore housing complex for Rajya Sabha Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana employees at R K Puram in New Delhi. (PMFBY) for this year only. For crop loss The land was allotted for the project as between 33 and 66 per cent, a farmer will early as in 2003. get a compensation of Rs 20,000 per hectare for maximum four hectares. For Karnataka urges PM to resume crop loss above 60 per cent, a farmer will medical courses to mitigate get Rs 25,000 per hectare for maximum manpower shortage to battle covid- 19 four hectares. This new scheme will Karnataka government requested Prime benefit all the 56 lakh farmers of the Minister Narendra Modi to allow the state state. It is also simpler than PMFBY. to resume classes for students of medical courses, who can be utilized for covid-19 Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan related healthcare services. Medical Launches YSR Cheyutha For Women education minister K.Sudhakar said that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan this would help make up for the shortage Mohan Reddy launched YSR Cheyutha of manpower. scheme from his camp office in Tadepalli. Through this scheme, the government Govt to restore 4G internet on trial will offer financial assistance to all the period in one district each of J&K SC, ST, BC, Minorities women who are The Centre informed the Supreme court aged between 45-60. The state that 4G internet services shall be government had deposited Rs 18,750 restored in one district in Jammu and one directly into the bank accounts of every district in Kashmir on trial basis for two beneficiary. The YSR Congress party months, beginning 16 August. The trail government had allotted Rs 4,700 crore period will last for two months and begin in the budget, for the implementation of on 16 August. YSR Cheyutha scheme.

Mumbai’s Dadar becomes the first city Himachal Pradesh govt launches to have female icons on traffic signals Nutritional Immunity Boosting ‘Him Mumbai has become the first city in India Haldi Dudh’ to have women symbols on traffic signals Himachal Pradesh state government

Please Support Us Like us facebook.com/ExamsCartOfficial& Follow Us On Instagram.com/Exams_Cart Daily Visit: ExamsCart.com Free Study Material Join: Telegram.me/ExamsCart launched Nutritional Immunity Boosting several air purifiers to clean the air. IIT- ‘Him Haldi Dudh(Turmeric Latte)’ Bombay will be the technical consultant, manufactured by MILKFED. On this NBCC will be the project management occasion, Chief minister Jairam Thakur consultant and IIT-Delhi will also assist in also disbursed incentives to the Milk the project. Drawings will be provided by Producers of Mandi, Shimla and Kullu the University of Minnesota. The MoU district under the National Programme for signed by the Delhi government is similar Diary Development. Him Haldi Dudh has to the one done by the Central been developed by the Bio Technology government and the project is expected Department of Punjabi University Patiala to cost around 19 crore. and has been patented. This drink is a Detox drink which has antihangover, anti- Telangana launches Articial oxidant, anti-inflammatory and immunity Intelligence to help in farming booster contents in it. Telangana government launched it’s Artificial Intelligence for Agricultural Assam to launch mega scheme for Innovation (AI4AI) programme. The women’s financial empowerment programme will be held in collaboration In a bid to financially empower women, with the Centre for the Fourth Industrial the Assam government would provide Rs Revolution (C4IR), World Economic 830 per month each to 17 lakh poor Forum, India. families under the ambitious “Orunodoi” scheme, Finance and Health Minister West Bengal government launches Himanta Biswa Sarma announced. “The scheme to provide soft loans, “Orunodoi” would be the biggest scheme subsidies to youth in Assam which would initially benefit at On the occasion of International Youth least 17 lakh families and the number Day, the West Bengal government would subsequently increase to 25 lakh, launched ‘Karma Sathi Prakalpa’ he added. However, Sarma clarified, that scheme under which one lakh while selecting the beneficiaries, there unemployed youth would be provided would be economic criteria and “those soft loans and subsidies to make them who have certain movable and self-reliant. immovable assets including land, big houses, vehicles, electronic gadgets, Punjab govt distributes free and most government and semi- smartphones to class 12 students government employees, would be Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder excluded”. A sum of Rs 280 crore has Singh launched a state-wide Rs 92 crore been earmarked for the new scheme. `Punjab Smart Connect Scheme’ that aims at providing more than 1.74 lakh Delhi government signed MoU with class XII students with smartphones by IIT-B for smog tower at Connaught November 2020. The scheme will benefit Place a total of 1,74,015 Class XII students of The Delhi government has signed an government schools in the first phase. MoU with IIT-Bombay and Tata Projects The scheme will provide a global Limited to construct a smog tower in connectivity to the students and enable Connaught Place. The smog tower is a access to online education amid COVID- 20-metre-high structure fitted with 19 pandemic.

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Goa Government Signs Pact For hoisting the national flag at the exhibition German Vocational Training In IITs ground in Bhubaneswar, Chief Minister The Goa government has signed a tri- Naveen Patnaik said that during the last partite agreement to carry out world- 6 months the State has received an class German dual vocational education investment proposal worth Rs 12,000 and training in the Industrial Training crore. Institutes (ITIs) of the state. This will “ensure optimal up-skilling of ITI Gujarat celebrates Independence Day graduates, including green skilling at par with themes of Corona Warriors, Atma with the latest technological Nirbhar Bharat and Atma Nirbhar developments in the industry, thereby Gujarat remarkably enhancing the employability Gujarat is celebrating 74th of graduates from these IITs. The MoU Independence Day today with full fervor was signed between the Directorate of and patriotism. Governor Shri Acharya Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Devvrat unfurled the national tricolor at Siemens Limited and the German- Rajbhavan in Gandhinagar. Chief headquartered GIZ. Siemens and GIZ Minister Vijay Rupani also unfurled the India will undertake intensive coaching of tricolor at Swarnim Park in Gandhinagar instructors of ITIs. this morning. The main theme of today’s Independence Day celebrations is Ladakh celebrates its first Corona Warriors, Atma Nirbhar Bharat Independence Day as a Union and Atma Nirbhar Gujarat. Governor Territory Acharya Devvrat unfurled the tricolor at Union territory Ladakh has celebrated its Rajbhavan and planted a tree. The 74th Independence Day. As a young traditional At Home ceremony hosted by Union Territory, this is the first the Governor every year has been Independence Day celebration for the cancelled due to COVID-19. Union territory. West Bengal celebrates Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio launches Independence Day with tableaus to 'Yellow Chain' e-commerce platform spread awareness on use of face on Independence day masks Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio launched the West Bengal joined the rest of the nation Yellow Chain, a single window e- in celebrating the Independence Day in commerce platform developed to an apposite manner. The main promote local business and Programme was held at Barrackpore entrepreneurship in the State. On the Gandhi Ghat where State Governor Mr. occasion, Governor of Nagaland R N Jagdeep Dhankhar paid floral tributes at Ravi also greeted the people of the the martyrs column. The Chief Minister country. Miss Mamata Banerjee hoisted the National Tricolour at a programme at Red Odisha emerges as no. 1 investment Road in Kolkata this morning and took destination in the country guard of honour. She honoured a few Odisha has emerged as the number one COVID warriors and presented the Chief investment destination in the country. Minister's Police medals to 10 officials. Addressing the people of the State after

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Meghalaya govt. plans to launch rice and salt from September 1. Chief ‘Restart Meghalaya Mission’ Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan gave this Chief Minister’s Task Force on the information while interacting with the new Economy was constituted to recommend beneficiaries of the public distribution reforms to rejuvenate the economy in the system through video conferencing. short, medium and long-term and based on these recommendations the MP: 'Ek Sankalp - Bujurgo ke naam’ Government will launch ‘Restart campaign proves to be boon for Meghalaya Mission’. senior citizens amid corona pandemic In Madhya Pradesh, a unique campaign Gwalior-Chambal Expressway to be 'Ek Sankalp - Bujurgo ke naam’ i.e. 'a named after Atal Bihari Vajpayee commitment for elders' is being run by Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh the Chhatarpur Police in the midst of Chouhan announced that the Gwalior- corona infection in the state. Renowned Chambal Expressway will be named Shri social worker Anna Hazare has also Atal Bihari Vajpayee Chambal praised this campaign being run Progressway. This is the tribute to former specifically for the elderly and helpless prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on people. This unique campaign is proving his second death anniversary. to be a boon for the elderly people living alone in homes during the global Indian Railways is constructing the pandemic COVID-19. In this campaign, world’s tallest pier bridge in Manipur the police are taking care of the elderly Indian Railways is constructing the people from the food to their health. world’s tallest pier bridge in Manipur. The bridge which is being constructed across Gujarat govt allows more than 70 river Ijai near Noney is an engineering storey skyscrapers in five big cities marvel because the tallest pier height will In Gujarat, the five big cities Ahmedabad, be 141 meter. It will surpass the existing Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot and record of 139 meter of Mala – Rijeka Gandhinagar can now have tall buildings viaduct, Montenegro in Europe. The with a height of 70 storey or more. The Manipur bridge is located at the hilly Gujarat government said, Dubai and terrain of Marangching village in Noney Singapore like skyscrapers and iconic district, about 65 km west of Imphal. The structures will be permitted in five cities total estimated cost of the bridge is 280 of the state. The ceiling of construction till crore rupees, and it will be completed by now was 22 to 23 storey buildings. The March 2022. The bridge is a part of Government said that vertical Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal new BG line development is necessary to ensure project. use of land in the cities. It said that allowing taller buildings will bring MP govt to provide poor people Rs. down land cost and people will have one per kg wheat, rice, salt from Sept access to affordable houses. 1 In Madhya Pradesh, all poor people of New Electronics Manufacturing Policy the state, who have not received ration announced in UP from the Public Distribution System so In a bid to support Prime Minister far, will now get one rupee per kg wheat, Narendra Modi's vision of achieving

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ZERO import of electronics goods, Uttar connectivity this month. Bharat Sanchar Pradesh government has announced it's Nigam Limited has installed a network Electronics Manufacturing Policy 2020. tower which has become functional now. The policy aims at inviting investment of The 2G mobile service that Bharat 40 thousand Crore rupees in next five Sanchar Nigam Limited, BSNL launched years and generate four lakh direct in Vijaynagar area on first of August this employment. month will be a boon for the people of this isolated place. Five-day online IMPACT training concludes under Samagra Shiksha in Chandigarh administration launches J&K new website Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Environment Information System the five-day online IMPACT training of (ENVIS) of the Department of Grade II and III teachers concluded Environment of Chandigarh under Samagra Shiksha yesterday. AIR, Administration has launched a new Jammu Correspondent reports that website. The URL of the website is about 400 teachers from two zones of http://chandigarhenvis.gov.in . district Doda attended the online programme. The training was conducted MP emerges as leading state in through DIET using JKKN platform and implementation of Pradhan Mantri ten Resource Persons facilitated by five Street Vendors Atma-Nirbhar Scheme Course Education Mentors (CEMs) and Madhya Pradesh has emerged as the Pratham Facilitators (PFs) conducted the leading state in the implementation of technical sessions. Pradhan Mantri Street Vendors Atma- Nirbhar Scheme-PM Swa-Nidhi. PM Lieutenant Governor inaugurates Swa-Nidhi is a Central Sector Scheme to motorable bridge in Ladakh facilitate street vendors to access Ladakh Lieutenant Governor R. K. affordable working capital loan for Mathur inaugurated a 60- metre span resuming their livelihoods activities. double lane motorable bridge over river Indus at Choglamsar. After dedicating Odisha govt forms multi-disciplinary the bridge to the public, Mr Mathur said technical committee to monitor that Infrastructure development in COVID-19 treatment Ladakh is on top priority. He also said The government of Odisha has formed a that the provision of Special multi-disciplinary technical committee to Development Package by the Prime monitor and provide technical assistance Minister Narendra Modi is to develop to covid healthcare facilities round the infrastructure, education and health clock. Senior professors and doctors of sectors on priority in Ladakh. each of the 7 medical colleges in the state have been formed as technical Vijaynagar, one of the remotest groups to guide the doctors of districts corners in Arunachal Pradesh, gets assigned to them. mobile connectivity Vijaynagar in Arunachal Pradesh, one of Tamil Nadu govt launches post the remotest and easternmost part of the COVID-19 follow up clinic in Chennai country, has been connected with mobile for patients who recovered from the

Please Support Us Like us facebook.com/ExamsCartOfficial& Follow Us On Instagram.com/Exams_Cart Daily Visit: ExamsCart.com Free Study Material Join: Telegram.me/ExamsCart virus addition to the Minor Forest Produces The Tamil Nadu Health Department has (MFPs) collected by the tribal forest launched the Post-Covid-19 Follow Up gatherers. 'TRIFOOD' project is being Clinic in Chennai. It is exclusively for implemented by Tribal Cooperative those who recovered from the viral Marketing Development Federation of infection and later suffer from other India (TRIFED). diseases. Chhattisgarh declared as cleanest J&K govt publishes its work done state of country under ‘Back to Village (B2V)' Chhattisgarh has been declared as the programme cleanest state of the country as per the In a first of its kind, government of Cleanliness Survey 2020 organized by Jammu and Kashmir published its work Union Housing and Urban Affairs done under ‘Back to Village (B2V)' Ministry. Chhattisgarh has bagged 14 programme. All the 1930 projects national awards in various categories. finished during the financial year 2019-20 The state had taken many initiatives to have been showcased in an e-book achieve this success. In Chhattisgarh, recently released by the Finance 100% door to door garbage collection department. The same has been done to was ensured. All 166 municipal bodies bring in transparency and accountability are ensuring collection of waste from in the expenditure-making by the every household and 100% disposal of government departments. the same in SLRM center. Various innovative initiatives were taken by all Poultry Research Institute to be set up urban bodies and citizens for cleanliness. in Namakkal, Tamil Nadu Garbage collection vehicles and all Tamilnadu Chief Minister Edapadi K Swachhta Didis, Safai Mitra were Palanisami has announced that a Poultry monitored online. Research Institute will be set up in Namakkal. Speaking to press persons Madhya Pradesh becomes first state after chairing a Covid 19 and to provide govt jobs on basis of NRA Development Schemes review meeting, marks he said that the institute is being planned Madhya Pradesh has become the first on the lines of the High Security Animal state to provide government jobs on the Research Institute Bhopal and Poultry basis of marks obtained in exams Management Institute . conducted by the newly-formed National Recruitment Agency (NRA). Chief Arjun Munda virtually launches Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the 'TRIFOOD' Project in Raigad, state government has decided to provide Jagdalpur jobs only on the basis of marks obtained Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda in the examinations conducted by the virtually launched the tertiary processing NRA. centres under the 'TRIFOOD' project at Raigad in Maharashtra and Jagdalpur in Gujarat govt sets time limit for Chhattisgarh. The TRIFOOD Project delivery of services related to ration aims at enhancing the income of tribals cards through better utilization and value Gujarat Government has fixed the time

Please Support Us Like us facebook.com/ExamsCartOfficial& Follow Us On Instagram.com/Exams_Cart Daily Visit: ExamsCart.com Free Study Material Join: Telegram.me/ExamsCart limits for delivery of services related to next month subject to the approval of the ration cards under the public distribution Centre. system. The applications under form number-2 for new ration cards will need Handicraft production centre to be cleared in 15 days. Applications inaugurated in Guwahati, Assam related to addition of new name, In Assam, in a bid to give a boost to the cancellation of existing name and Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Mission, a changes in existing name or address in handicraft production centre is ration card will need to be cleared on the inaugurated in Guwahati today by Assam same day of filing of form. Applications Apex Weavers and Artisans Cooperative related to division in family and separate Federation Limited- ARTFED. ration cards will need to be cleared in a seven-day period. CM Yogi Adityanath launches NRI unified portal in UP People of Odisha celebrates ‘Nuakhai’ In Uttar Pradesh, the State Government festival will prepare a database of the migrant People of Odisha today are celebrating workers of the state working in different Nuakhai- a major and mass agrarian countries of the world. It will help in festival of the state. Coming a day after providing them assistance during any Ganesh Chaturthi, this ancient festival is emergency. Chief Minister Yogi observed on the fifth day of the bright Adityanath launched an ambitious NRI fortnight of the month of Bhadrava. The unified portal. Speaking at the launch, festival, mainly celebrated across Yogi Adityanath said that this portal western Odisha, marks the welcoming of would not only help in investment in the the new rice of the season. state, but also provide an opportunity for those who want to go abroad. 10-bed portable hospital opened at NDRF campus in Ghaziabad Classroom learning for graduate Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan courses to begin from 1 October in has inaugurated a 10-bed portable Karnataka hospital at the National Disaster The Karnataka government said it will Response Force's (NDRF) 8th Battalion commence online classes for the new campus in Kamla Nehru Nagar, academic year from 1 September and Ghaziabad. classroom learning from 1 October. Campuses have been shut for over five Assam Higher Secondary Education months now. Deputy chief minister and Council decided to reduce syllabus by higher education minister C.N. 30 per cent for this year Ashwathnarayan said students in degree Assam Higher Secondary Education courses will begin attending college from Council has decided to reduce 30 per 1 October. cent of syllabus for this academic year due to CPVID-19 pandemic. Education National traditional paddy cultivation Department has set up a task force which festival held in Nagapattinam, Tamil will decide on reopening of educational Nadu institutes. The Assam government is A national traditional paddy cultivation mulling to resume classes from 1st of festival was held on Tuesday in

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Nagapattinam, right in the heart land of departments in Delhi for afforestation the Cauvery region in Tamilnadu. purposes. More than 110 traditional paddy varieties were exhibited in the day long festival. Delhi government schools give These included various lesser known fitness training to students via items in the samba variety like kottaram YouTube channel samba, keerai samba etc. Outdoor Delhi government schools have found a practical sessions of traditional paddy way to take physical education classes cultivation techniques were another online as well. From yoga, to Zumba, to attraction of the festival. Traditional aerobics, now weekly videos are posted farmers, modern agriculturists, on YouTube for students to view and agriculture scientists and environment practise. Since June, classes in all protection volunteers took part in the government schools are being held festival. online. But extra-curricular activities were till now stalled due to the pandemic since Karnataka CM addresses virtual Indo- March. Japan business forum from Bengaluru Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Karnataka Chief Minister B S virtually inaugurates two new Medical Yediyurappa addressed a virtual Indo- Colleges & three Super-Speciality Japan business forum from Bengaluru. In Blocks in Rajasthan his speech the Chief Minister informed Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan that the state has announced a 25 inaugurated two medical colleges and percent capital investment subsidy on three super specialty blocks in Rajasthan land for industries. He said Karnataka through video conference. Speaking on tops innovation index in the country. The the occasion, the Health Minister said state has set up a Japanese Industrial that India has outperformed other big Township near Tumkuru on 519 acres countries in the fight against coronavirus. and an agreement is signed to promote Indo-Japan start ups in the state. Mr. Grape cultivation & food processing Yediyurappa added that select Indian taken up under "One Crop, One start ups are identified for the Japanese District" scheme in Ariyalur district, market. He pointed out that the state has Tamil Nadu set up a single window clearance system Grape cultivation and food processing for the investors. based on grapes is being taken up as a major initiative under the "One Crop, One Delhi aims at 25% green cover in next District" scheme in Ariyalur district of three years Tamil Nadu near Trichy. At present more The Delhi government has set an than 25,000 acres of land is being utilised ambitious target to increase the city's in various panchayats of the district like green cover from 22% at present to 25% Andimadham and Jayakondam for grape in the next three years. Delhi's green cultivation and setting up vineyards. The cover can be increased to 25% of its total One District One Crop scheme, which is area of 1,484 sq km. It means 45 sq km part of the Atmanirbhar initiative of the land is available with various Central government, will make fund

Please Support Us Like us facebook.com/ExamsCartOfficial& Follow Us On Instagram.com/Exams_Cart Daily Visit: ExamsCart.com Free Study Material Join: Telegram.me/ExamsCart availability and access to business Maharashtra govt slashes stamp duty easier. by 3% until Dec 2020 Maharashtra government decided to Ladakh observes first Martyrs Day reduce stamp duty on housing units by after becoming Union Territory 3% until 31 December 2020 to boost the Ladakh has observed the first Martyrs real estate market that has been hit by Day, after becoming a Union Territory. In the pandemic. In Maharashtra, stamp a low key programme organised by the duty charges are 5% in key cities such as Ladakh Buddhist Association, at Martyrs Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, and Nashik and Memorial in Leh, senior leaders of 6% in others. A reduction of 2-3% in rates various political parties paid homage to will result in handsome savings for home martyrs who laid down their lives in the buyers. agitations for Scheduled Tribes status, and Union Territory status to Ladakh. Arunachal Pradesh assembly passes resolution to bring state under Sixth “Chase the Virus" strategy will be Schedule executed across Maharashtra to break The Arunachal Pradesh Assembly has chain of Corona Virus passed a resolution to bring the state Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav under the ambit of Sixth Schedule of the Thackeray has said that, "Chase the Constitution besides amending Article Virus" strategy will be executed across 371(H) by provisions to safeguard tribes the state to break the chain of Corona of the state. The resolution which was Virus. He was inaugurating the 816 bed moved by Legislative Affairs Minister Jumbo Covid Facility in Pimpri of Pune Bamang Felix yesterday on behalf of the District. He said that due to this strategy State Government was passed by voice the pandemic was brought under control vote following a marathon discussion in in many hotspots in the state. He said it the house. Participating in the is necessary for the health machinery to discussion, Chief Minister Pema Khandu reach the symptomatic patients through said, it is a historic resolution moved by this strategy. Pune is becoming fully the State Government. Stating that it is a equipped to fight the pandemic with two long-time exercise, the Chief Minister Jumbo Covid Facilities within a week. appealed to everyone for their cooperation as and when required. Gujarat tops in first ever Export Preparedness index 2020 released by Assam Cabinet approves ‘Assam Skill NITI Ayog Development University Bill’ Gujarat has been ranked first in the first The Assam Cabinet has approved the ever Export Preparedness index 2020 Assam Skill Development University Bill released by NITI Ayog. It is the first of its which provides for setting up of Skill kind index on the lines of ease of doing University at Mangaldoi at the cost of 900 business ranking, which has ranked all crore rupees. The meeting held under the the states and Union Territories on Chairmanship of Chief Minister various parameters of export Sarbananda Sonowal in Guwahati also preparedness and competitiveness. decided to increase the upper age limit for State government jobs for Group III and Group IV for two years so that

Please Support Us Like us facebook.com/ExamsCartOfficial& Follow Us On Instagram.com/Exams_Cart Daily Visit: ExamsCart.com Free Study Material Join: Telegram.me/ExamsCart unemployed youth can apply for jobs National News upto 40 years. to the tune of 50 lakh rupees to journalists, home PM Modi pays tribute to freedom guards and all casual employees fighter Lokmanya Tilak on his 100th succumbed to Covid-19 infection while death anniversary performing their duties was approved Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the meeting. remembered Lokmanya Tilak on his 100th Punya Tithi. Information and Delhi govt to launch aggressive Broadcasting Minister Prakash contact tracing of coronavirus Javadekar too paid tributes to freedom patients fighter Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak The Delhi government will scale up on his death anniversary today. He COVID-19 testing through its network of remembered the social reformer as the 300 dispensaries and hospitals, and start one who pioneered and fought for the aggressive contact tracing of coronavirus idea of self-rule as birthright for every patients in the city. The health minister Indian. said Delhi was still halfway behind the peak of the pandemic and the rise in Govt to permit export of ventilators number of positive cases in last few days Government has decided to permit was not a second wave. exports of ventilators. The decision was taken as India continues to maintain a Centre to develop three Bamboo progressively declining low rate of case Clusters in Jammu, Katra and Samba fatality of COVID-19 patients, which areas of J&K currently stands at 2.15 per cent. The Minister of Development of North Eastern Group of Ministers, GOM on COVID-19 Region (DoNER), Dr Jitendra Singh has has considered and agreed to the said that three Bamboo Clusters will be proposal of the Ministry allowing the developed in Jammu, Katra and Samba export of Made-in-India ventilators. areas for making of Bamboo basketry, Agarbatti and Bamboo Charcol. He said Dr Harsh Vardhan launches 'Vidyarthi it will provide direct employment to nearly Vigyan Manthan 2020-21 25 thousand people. Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan today launched 'Vidyarthi CM Yediyurappa to flag off first RORO Vigyan Manthan, 2020-21. This initiative train from Bengaluru to Solapur is a national programme for popularizing The maiden 'Roll On Roll Off' (RORO) science among school students of Class train between Bengaluru and Solapur in 6th to 11th. It was designed to identify the Maharashtra consisting of open flat bright minds with a scientific aptitude wagon on which trucks with goods are among the student community. loaded will start from 30 August. The train will take 17 hours to reach its final Ravi Shankar Prasad invites global destination which is at a distance of mobile manufacturing stalwarts to about 682 kms. The train will run via intensify manufacturing in India Dharmavaram, Guntakal, Raichur and India is poised to become a global Wadi to reach Bale near Solapur in electronic manufacturing hub. Briefing Maharashtra. the media in New Delhi today, Union

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Electronics Minister Ravi Shankar the process is completed only BIS- Prasad informed that the government certified helmets for two-wheeler riders has received a warm response to the would be manufactured and sold in India. production linked incentive scheme it had rolled out to boost electronic Producers must obtain NOC before manufacturing in the country. He also telecast of Army theme film, web invited global mobile manufacturing series stalwarts including Apple and Samsung The Defence Ministry has written to the to intensify manufacturing in India. Central Board of Film Certification asking them to direct producers of movies and PM Modi congratulates telecom web series to seek permission from the industry for completing 25 years of ministry before airing films depicting the mobile telephony in country or military personnel. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated the telecom industry for Housing minister Hardeep Puri completing 25 years of mobile telephony launches digital platforms to market in the country. The Department of residential properties Telecommunications (DoT) and the Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Cellular Operators Association of India Hardeep Singh Puri launched digital (COAI) organised a special online event platforms of real estate bodies CREDAI "Desh Ki Digital Udaan" to commemorate and NAREDCO to market residential the event. properties, besides releasing a guide book for affordable rental housing MyGov to organise AatmaNirbhar scheme for migrants. The minister Bharat logo design contest launched ‘CREDAI Awaas App’ and Government is looking to have a distinct NAREDCO’s onlineportal identity for 'AatmaNirbhar Bharat ‘HousingforAll.com’ through a video Abhiyan' by developing a logo based on conference. creative and innovative inputs from the citizens of the country. MyGov.in platform Narendra Singh Tomar releases has started the AatmaNirbhar Bharat booklet on Best Practices in Digital Logo Design Contest on its website India Land Records Modernization where Indian Citizens can submit their Programme entries without any hassle through online Union Minister of Rural Development and medium. The last date for submission of Panchayati Raj, Narendra Singh Tomar entries is 5th of August till 11.45 PM. The released a booklet on “Best Practices in winning logo will be awarded a cash prize Digital India Land Records of 25 thousand rupees. Modernization Programme (DILRMP)” of Department of Land Resources (DoLR), Govt to bring helmets under Ministry of Rural Development based on mandatory BIS regime the presentations made by the States The government has initiated a process during Regional and National workshops to bring helmets under mandatory BIS since inception of the programme. regime as part of efforts to reduce fatal injuries involving two-wheelers, the Road Nitin Gadkari inaugurates upstream Transport and Highways Ministry. Once carriageway of Mahatma Gandhi

Please Support Us Like us facebook.com/ExamsCartOfficial& Follow Us On Instagram.com/Exams_Cart Daily Visit: ExamsCart.com Free Study Material Join: Telegram.me/ExamsCart bridge over river Ganga in Bihar Shashi Shekhar Vempati said it is a Road, Transport and Highways Minister moment of pride that DD has launched Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the upstream DD Assam. carriageway of Mahatma Gandhi bridge over river Ganga in Bihar through video Union Education Minister releases conference. Alternative Academic Calendar for Over 5 kilometres long, the four lane upper primary stage students bridge lies on NH-19 between Patna and Union Education Minister Ramesh Hajipur. It is being constructed at a cost Pokhriyal Nishank released the of one thousand 742 crore rupees. Alternative Academic Calendar for upper primary stage students. NCERT under Government launches programme for the guidance of Education Ministry has artisans involved in manufacturing of developed the alternative academic agarbatti calendars for students , parents and The government (MSME Ministry) has teachers of primary and upper primary approved a programme for the benefit of stages with an aim to engage students artisans involved in manufacturing of meaningfully during their stay at home agarbatti and to develop village industry due to COVID-19. under the ‘Gramodyog Vikas Yojana’. Initially four pilot projects will be started Govt formulates draft Defence as part of the programme, including one Production and Export Promotion in the North East. This decision will help Policy 2020 to boost the indigenous production of Defence Ministry has formulated a draft agarbatti and will pave way to generate Defence Production and Export rural employment. Promotion Policy 2020 (DPEPP-2020). The policy aims to provide impetus to Northern Railway runs First-ever self-reliance in defence manufacturing Vyapar Mala Express train under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Scheme. Northern Railway ran first-ever Vyapar The DPEPP-2020 is envisaged as Mala Express train. General Manager of overarching guiding document of Northern and North Central Railway Rajiv Defence Ministry to provide a focused, Chaudhry stated, this train destined for structured and significant thrust to Jirania in Tripura has 46 wagons. defence production capabilities of the country for self-reliance and exports. Prakash Javadekar launches DD Assam 24x7 channel through video NIT Trichy to offer MA in English conferencing Literature Information and Broadcasting Minister The National Institute of Technology Prakash Javadekar today launched DD (NIT) Trichy has started an MA Assam 24x7 channel through video programme in English Literature, as a conferencing. Mr. Javadekar said first step in removing barriers between free Dish offers 104 arts, sciences and Technology, in line channels free of cost for and with the recently announced National people need to just get a set top box and Education Policy (NEP). The NIT is also enjoy the channels without paying any taking serious steps to achieve the status subsciption fee. CEO of Prasar Bharati of being “Locally Relevant and Globally

Please Support Us Like us facebook.com/ExamsCartOfficial& Follow Us On Instagram.com/Exams_Cart Daily Visit: ExamsCart.com Free Study Material Join: Telegram.me/ExamsCart competitive” as envisaged by the Prime India has extended Line of Credit worth Minister in his Man Ki Baat address. 18 million US dollars to the Government of Maldives for the expansion of fishing NIDM in collaboration with IMD facilities at Maldives Industrial Fisheries organises webinar series on “Hydro- Company (MIFCO). The project Meteorological Hazards Risk envisages investment in fish collection Reduction” and storage facilities and the setting up National Institute of Disaster of a tuna cooked plant and fishmeal Management in collaboration with India plant. It is part of the 800 million US Meteorological Department organised a dollars line of credit offered by India with webinar series on “Hydro-Meteorological repayment tenor of 20 years and a 5-year Hazards Risk Reduction”. The webinar moratorium. series include four webinars focusing on Thunderstorms and Lightning, Centre accepts Bihar govt’s Cloudburst and Floods, Cyclones and recommendation of CBI inquiry into Storm Surges and Climate Change and the death of actor Sushant Singh Extreme Weather Events. The webinar Rajput series exhorted on enhancing human The Centre today informed the Supreme capacity in terms of better understanding Court that it has accepted the Bihar of Hydro-Meteorological Hazards Risk government's recommendation for CBI and effective collaborative actions. investigation into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. Solicitor General All states, UTs lifted about 118 Lakh Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, Metric Tonne of food grains for NFSA told the court that Bihar government's beneficiaries recommendation for CBI investigation in All States and UTs have lifted about 118 the case has been accepted. Lakh Metric Tonne of three-month food grains from FCI depots and central pool Govt to create online courses in for distribution among National Food liberal arts in sync with new education Security Act beneficiaries. Further, all policy States and UTs have reported a India’s education regulators are working distribution of over 111.52 Lakh Metric to create online courses in liberal arts, Tonne, which is 93.5 percent of allocated lagging so far, keeping in mind the tenet food grains for the period between April of inter-disciplinary learning of the and June. According to FCI, 37.5 Lakh National Education Policy (NEP). In the Metric Tonne food grains were first phase, UGC has proposed distributed in April and May covering 75 developing 171 undergraduate online crore beneficiaries in each month. In courses in six subjects of humanities and June, 36.54 Lakh Metric Tonne food social science like history, political grains were distributed covering about 73 science, commerce, sociology, public crore beneficiaries. administration and anthropology.

India extends Line of Credit worth 18 Ram Temple is a Symbol of Unity, million US dollars to Maldives for says Prime Minister Modi expansion of fishing facilities at Addressing the gathering after Bhoomi MIFCO Poojan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Please Support Us Like us facebook.com/ExamsCartOfficial& Follow Us On Instagram.com/Exams_Cart Daily Visit: ExamsCart.com Free Study Material Join: Telegram.me/ExamsCart said, Ram Temple is a symbol of national COVID-19 Emergency Response and unity. Mr Modi said, a golden chapter is Health System Preparedness Package being written in the history of India and to 22 States and Union Territories. These Lord Ram remains in our minds and States and UTs are Chhattisgarh, hearts. The Prime Minister said that Lord Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rama belongs to everyone and his ideals Rajasthan, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, continue to inspire millions across the Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab, globe. Mr. Modi said the construction of Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Dadra and Ram temple has been a fulfillment of the Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, desire of the people of the country. He Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, added that it will also give a fillip to the Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and local economy. Sikkim. The amount of the financial assistance is based on the COVID-19 Union Agriculture Minister launches case load in these States and UTs. Union Sahakar Cooptube NCDC Channel Health Ministry said the financial aid will Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh be used for strengthening of public health Tomar today launched the Sahakar facilities infrastructure for testing Cooptube NCDC Channel, a new including procurement and installation of initiative by National Cooperative RT-PCR machines and RNA extraction Development Corporation. Mr Tomar kits. said that his Ministry is in the forefront of operationalizing different aspects of India looks forward to further increase Atma Nirbhar Bharat call given by Prime its cooperation with Japan, says Minister Narendra Modi. Piyush Goyal India looks forward to further increasing Indian Army begins process to grant its cooperation and working together with Permanent Commission to eligible Japan to meet the global requirements of women officers the future. Addressing the Digital Edition Indian Army has kickstarted the process of Make in India, Japan Roadshow 3.0 to grant Permanent Commission to today, Commerce and Industry Minister eligible women officers, nearly two weeks Piyush Goyal said the whole world is after the defence ministry approved the looking at a balanced and equitable trade proposal. Women Officers who have and India would like to work with Japan joined the Indian Army through the to balance the Indo-Japan trade. Women Special Entry Scheme and Short Service Commission Women are being First Kisan Special parcel train to run considered and all of them have been from Maharashtra to Bihar instructed to submit their application Indian Railways will flag off its first ‘Kisan forms, option certificate and other related Special’ parcel train from Devlali in documents to Army. Maharashtra to Bihar’s Danapur. The train will transport perishable agricultural Centre releases over 890 crore rupees products such as vegetables and fruits to as second installment of emergency the market in a time-bound manner. It will COVID-19 package to 22 States/UTs have frozen containers for perishables, Centre has released over 890 crore including fish, meat and milk. rupees as the second installment of the

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PM Modi to inaugurate Rashtriya connect weavers and other stakeholders Swachhata Kendra digitally. She said, through this Prime Minister Narendra Modi will Handloom portal people can get inaugurate Rashtriya Swachhata information regarding programmes Kendra, (RSK) tomorrow. The Kendra is launched by the textile Ministry. The an interactive experience centre on the Minister also launched India's first Swachh Bharat Mission, which was first Handloom Craft Village Sharan in announced by Mr Modi on the occasion Himachal Pradesh. of centenary celebrations of Gandhiji's Champaran Satyagraha in 2017. The Arjun Munda flags off “Medicine Van” Swachh Bharat Mission has transformed for Bihar flood victims rural sanitation in India and has changed Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda the behaviour of over 55 crore people flagged off “Medicine Van” for flood from open defecation to using a toilet. victims of Bihar. The medicine support of 15 Lakh rupees has been provided by the PM to inaugurate submarine Optical Thakurdwara Trust, of Jorbhag Delhi. Fibre Cable connecting Chennai and Around two thousands volunteers are Port Blair working on ground to serve the flood Prime Minister Narendra Modi will victims. inaugurate and dedicate the submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connecting Western Railway refunds ₹400 crore Chennai and Port Blair to the nation on through cancelled tickets amid Monday through video conferencing. The coronavirus submarine cable will also connect Port After bearing revenue loss of ₹2,026 Blair to Swaraj Dweep, Little Andaman, crores, the Western Railway has Car Nicobar, Kamorta, Great Nicobar, refunded over ₹400 crore upon Long Island and Rangat. cancellation of tickets during the COVID- 19-induced lockdown. Till now, 63.13 Shipping Minister virtually launches lakh passengers have canceled their online exit exam for seafarers tickets over the entire Western Railway. Shipping Minister Mansukh Mandaviya They have received their refund amount virtually launched an online exit accordingly, the Western Railway said. examination for the seafarers. Seafarers can now appear in the exam from their PM Narendra Modi launches week- homes during this unprecedented long cleanliness drive to free India of pandemic period. garbage Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Textiles Minister Smriti Irani a week-long campaign to free India of inaugurates Celebration of 6th garbage. The campaign will continue till National Handloom Day 2020 August 15. Each day will have a special Textiles Minister Smriti Irani today swachhata initiatives in urban and rural inaugurated the Celebration of 6th India. He also stressed that Swachh National Handloom Day 2020. She also Bharat Abhiyan has been a great support launched Mobile app and a portal to during fight against coronavirus. propagate the handloom industry. Mrs Irani said, government is aiming to

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PM Modi to inaugurate and dedicate Finance submarine OFC connecting Chennai The Institute of Chartered Accountants of and Port Blair to nation India on Thursday announced that it Prime Minister Narendra Modi will would be conducting first computer- inaugurate and dedicate the submarine based examination for Post Qualification Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connecting Course Diploma on Management and Chennai and Port Blair to the nation Business Finance. The examination will through video conferencing. The be held in three groups: Group I will be submarine cable will also connect Port held on 24 and 25 August; Group II on 26 Blair to Swaraj Dweep, Little Andaman, and 27 August, and Group III will be held Car Nicobar, Kamorta, Great Nicobar, on 28 and and 29 August. ICAI also Long Island and Rangat. This enlisted 21 places as the examination connectivity will enable delivery of faster centers. and more reliable mobile and landline telecom services to Andaman and Railway to observe cleanliness week Nicobar Islands, at par with other parts of from August 10 to mark Independence India. At present, Andaman and Nicobar Day Islands have very weak telecom Railway will observe cleanliness week systems, that hamper communications from August 10 to mark the with mainland and within the islands. Independence Day. During the week, a special Cleanliness drive will be Ayodhya Bhumi Pujan ceremony launched and special focus will be given watched by 160 million people to clean the tracks, station offices , Over 160 million people watched the live colonies, work sites, edge of stations and telecast of the Ayodhya Ram Temple other areas near railway premises. Bhumi Pujan ceremony this week, resulting in viewership of more than 7 FM Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurates billion viewing minutes across the TV NIP Online Dashboard universe in India, according to state Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister broadcaster Doordarshan. Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the National Infrastructure Pipeline, NIP, Air India Express flight from Dubai Online Dashboard in New Delhi through crashes at Kozhikode video conferencing. The online An Air India Express flight from Dubai dashboard is envisaged as a one stop carrying 191 people skidded off a wet solution for all stakeholders looking for runway while landing at the Kozhikode information on infrastructure projects in airport in Kerala on Friday evening and New India. The dashboard is being crashed into a ravine, breaking into two hosted on the India Investment Grid, IIG and leaving 17 people, including the two www.indiainvestmentgrid.gov.in. IIG is pilots, dead and several critically injured. an interactive and dynamic online A total of 189 passengers had booked platform that showcases real-time tickets, but only 184 boarded the flight. investment opportunities in the country.

ICAI announces computer-based Rajnath Singh launched 'Atma Nirbhar exams for post qualification course Bharat Saptah diploma in Management & Business Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

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Narendra Singh Tomar launches Jal Shakti Minister launches Swachh ICAR’s data recovery centre ‘Krishi Bharat Mission Academy as part of Megh’ campaign Gandagi Mukt Bharat Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Tomar has launched ICAR’s data Shekhawat launched Swachh Bharat recovery centre – Krishi Megh. The move Mission, SBM Academy in New Delhi, as is aimed at protecting the precious data part of the ongoing week-long behaviour of the government’s premier research change campaign Gandagi Mukt Bharat. body Indian Council of Agricultural He launched SBM Academy by dialling Research. It has been set up at National the designated IVR toll-free number. Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM) in Hyderabad. PM Modi launches ‘Transparent Taxation – Honoring the Honest’ Education Minister launches platform Minimum Standards of Architectural Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Education Regulations, 2020 Transparent Taxation – Honoring the Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Honest’. He stated it will strengthen the Nishank virtually launched the Minimum efforts of reforming and simplifying Standards of Architectural Education India’s tax system. The Prime Minister Regulations, 2020 in New Delhi. Mr also unveiled the next phase of direct tax Pokhriyal highlighted about unique reforms aimed at easing compliance and architectural beauty of India, its rewarding honest taxpayers in a bid to monuments and temples. He stated that rebuild Indian economy. Council of Architecture should draw inspiration from the present and past MoRTH allows sale and registration of treasures of Architecture and bring a electric vehicles without batteries paradigm shift in the field of Architecture The Ministry of Road Transport and to make India a world leader again. The Highways (MoRTH) has allowed Minister stated, the architecture of India registration of electric vehicles without is rooted in its history, culture and pre-fitted batteries. In a letter to religion. Transport Secretaries of all the States and UTs, the ministry has clarified that Tribal Affairs Ministry develops nine vehicles without batteries can be sold ‘Tribal Freedom Fighters’ Museums and registered based on the type Tribal Affairs Ministry is developing approval certificate issued by the test “Tribal Freedom Fighters’ Museums agency. Further, that there is no need to dedicated to the contributions of the tribal specify the make/type or any other people in India to the freedom struggle. details of the battery for the purpose of Out of nine sanctioned museums, two registration. However, the prototype of museums are near completion and the electrical vehicle, and the battery remaining seven are at different stages of (regular battery or the swappable battery) progress. The Ministry stated that by the is required to be type approved by the

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India’s Katra-Delhi Express Road to Shivaji Maharaj top page on Marathi be completed by 2023 Wikipedia, Guru Granth Sahib on The work has started on the first-of-its- Punjabi kind Katra-Delhi express road corridor, Wikipedia is the first port of call for many which will be ready by 2023 and when it internet users globally when they want to becomes functional, the travel time from dig up information. In India, an increasing Katra to Delhi will get reduced to around number of people are turning to six and half hours, and from Jammu to Wikipedia’s Indian-language editions, Delhi to just about six hours. It was Wikipedia data shows. So far this year, announced by Union Minister Jitendra Indian internet users have browsed the Singh. The project is estimated to cost pages of Wikipedia more than 500 million over Rs350bn ($4.6bn). This corridor will times in their local languages. pass through Jammu and Kathua in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, as well as Ministry of Social Justice and Jalandhar, Amritsar, Kapurthala and Empowerment launches 'Nasha-Mukt Ludhiana in Punjab. Bharat' campaign in J&K Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Rajnath Singh launches Naval Directorate of Social Welfare launched Innovation and Indigenisation 'Nasha-Mukt Bharat'- Drug free India Organisation campaign of the Ministry of Social Justice Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Empowerment, Govt. of India today launched the Naval Innovation and with an aim to curb the menace of Drug Indigenisation Organisation (NIIO) Addiction in the society. through an online webinar. The NIIO puts in place dedicated structures for the end AYUSH Ministry launches 3-month users to interact with academia and campaign for Immunity industry towards fostering innovation and AYUSH Ministry has launched a three- indigenisation for self-reliance in month campaign on Ayush for Immunity defence. through a webinar. More than 50,000 people participated in the Webinar. PM Modi launches National Digital Secretary in the Ministry of AYUSH Health Mission Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha elaborated on Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the theme of the event, accessible and the National Digital Health Mission, while affordable health for all, through Ayush addressing the nation from Red Fort on solutions. India's 74th Independence Day. The National Digital Health Blueprint of the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh mission was prepared by a health launches SRIJAN portal for ministry panel to create a framework for Indigenization in Defence Sector the national health stack proposed in Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has 2018 by the NITI Aayog. Every Indian launched a portal SRIJAN which is a one under the mission would get an ID card stop shop online portal that provides containing all relevant information about access to the vendors to take up items for

Please Support Us Like us facebook.com/ExamsCartOfficial& Follow Us On Instagram.com/Exams_Cart Daily Visit: ExamsCart.com Free Study Material Join: Telegram.me/ExamsCart indigenization. Mr Singh said this will LS Speaker Om Birla attends help industry partners to play an active inaugural ceremony of 5th World role in the goal of self-reliance in the Conference of Speakers of Parliament defence sector. Pursuant to Atmanirbhar Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla today Bharat announcement, Department of attended the inaugural ceremony of the Defence Production has developed an Fifth World Conference of Speakers of indigenization portal, Parliament (5WCSP). The two day srijandefence.gov.in, as 'opportunities for Conference is being organized jointly by Make in India' in Defence. the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Geneva and the Parliament of Austria PM launches Project Lion, Project with the support of the United Nations Dolphin (UN). This is the first time that an Prime Minister Narendra Modi international Parliamentary Conference announced the launch of Project Lion of such a magnitude is being organised and Project Dolphin for the conservation in Virtual mode. Members of Parliament of the two endangered species in the Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Meenakashi country using modern technology. Lekhi, both will also be attending the Project Lion would involve conservation Conference. of the Asiatic Lion, and its landscape. The project will entail habitat Hardeep Singh Puri reviews progress development by engaging modern of PM SVANidhi Scheme technologies in management and Housing and Urban Affairs Minister addressing the issue of diseases in lion Hardeep Singh Puri yesterday reviewed and its associated species through the implementation status and progress advanced world-class research and of PM SVANidhi Scheme with State veterinary care. Meanwhile, Project Urban Development Ministers, Chief Dolphin aims at the conservation and Secretaries, Municipal Commissioners, protection of the Dolphins in rivers and Directors General of Police and other oceans of the country. It involves senior officials of different States and conservation of Dolphins and the aquatic UTs. habitat through the use of modern technology—specially in enumeration Rail Bicycle introduced to quickly and anti-poaching activities. travel on rail tracks for inspections Indian Railways has introduced an NTPC develops infrastructure at innovative system to ensure passenger Rihand project for increased use of fly security in the country. Recently, the ash national transporter introduced a novel To transport fly ash to cement plants mechanism, Rail Bicycle to quickly travel located at distance, NTPC Limited has on rail tracks for inspections, monitoring, developed infrastructure at Rihand and urgent repairs. The Railway Ministry project in Uttar Pradesh, informed the said, during monsoon seasons, central public sector unit (PSU). The sometimes the situation becomes very development is in line with NTPC’s difficult, causing unwanted detention of commitment towards 100 per cent train services. With the help of Rail utilisation of fly ash from power plants, Bicycle, any emergency location can be stated NTPC. easily reached for urgent repairs.

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Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan IIT Madras retains number-one presides over online orientation position in list of top innovative workshop organised by FSSAI educational institutes in India Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan today Indian Institute of Technology, Madras presided over an online orientation has retained its number-one position in workshop organised by Food Safety and the list of top innovative educational Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) as institutes in India for the second part of its Eat Right Challenge. He also consecutive year. The premier institute launched FSSAI’s ‘Eat Right India’ has been ranked number-one in the 'Atal Handbook and the website to help Ranking of Institutions on Innovation various stakeholders scale up ‘Eat Right Achievements,' released by Vice India’ initiatives across the country. The President Venkaiah Naidu, in presence ‘Eat Right India’ movement initiated by of Union Minister of Education, Ramesh FSSAI has been creating awareness Pokhriyal ‘Nishank,’ in a virtual event. among the people about safe, healthy and sustainable dietary habits. DRDO develops UV disinfection tower for sanitising coronavirus-prone Cabinet clears proposal for leasing areas out Jaipur, Guwahati, Defence Research and Development Thiruvananthapuram airports through Organisation, DRDO has developed an PPP equipment named UV blaster which is a The Cabinet which met under the Ultra Violet based area sanitiser. chairmanship of the Prime Minister on Designed and developed by Laser Wednesday also approved a proposal for Science and Technology Centre, leasing out three airports of Airports LASTEC, the Delhi based premier Authority of India through Public Private laboratory of DRDO, the equipment is Partnership. Briefing media, Union useful for high tech surfaces like Minister Prakash Javadekar said, the electronic equipment, computers and three airports are Jaipur, Guwahati and other gadgets in laboratories and offices Thiruvananthapuram. that are not suitable for disinfection with chemical methods. Drone based surveillance system introduced for Railway Security PM Modi to inaugurate First World Indian Railways have introduced Drone Solar Technology Summit to be held based surveillance system for Railway on Sept 8 security. Railway Ministry said, Railway The First World Solar Technology Protection Force, RPF has planned Summit will be organized by International extensive use of drones for the purpose Solar Alliance, ISA on a virtual platform of Railway security. Nine drones have on 8th of September. Sharing details of been procured by RPF so far at a cost of the summit, President of the ISA around 32 lakh at South Eastern Railway, Assembly and New and Renewable Central Railway, Modern Coaching Energy Minister R. K. Singh said Prime Factory, Raebareli and South Western Minister Narendra Modi will deliver the Railway. inaugural address of the First World Solar Technology Summit and it will be

Please Support Us Like us facebook.com/ExamsCartOfficial& Follow Us On Instagram.com/Exams_Cart Daily Visit: ExamsCart.com Free Study Material Join: Telegram.me/ExamsCart graced by Ministers from member The NRA will have representatives from countries from across all ISA regions. the Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Finance, SSC, RRB and IBPS. Special Govt launches e-portal on tribal health focus on creating examination & nutrition infrastructure in the 117 Aspirational Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda Districts would go a long way in affording inaugurated the e-portal on tribal health access to candidates at a place nearer to and nutrition named 'Swasthya'. The where they reside. The CET score of the portal provides all health and nutrition candidate shall be valid for a period of related information of the tribal three years from the date of declaration population of India on a single platform. of the result. The best of the valid scores Swasthya will also curate innovative shall be deemed to be the current score practices, case studies, and best of the candidate. practices collected from different parts of India to facilitate the exchange of India ranks first in the number of evidence, expertise and experiences. organic farmers The growth story of organic farming is Mysuru Division of South Western unfolding with increasing demand not Railways achieves highest ever yearly only in India but also globally. India ranks loading of 8.137 million tonnes of first in number of organic farmers and material ninth in terms of area under organic The Mysuru Division of South Western farming. Sikkim became the first state in Railways has turned adversities into the world to become fully organic and opportunities by maintaining a supply other states including Tripura and chain of 125 rakes of essential and 173 Uttarakhand have set similar targets. non-essential commodities at six goods sheds since May. The Divisional Railway PM Modi pays tribute to former PM Manager Aparna Garg has informed Rajiv Gandhi on his 76th birth media persons that they achieved the anniversary highest ever yearly loading of 8.137 Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid million tonnes of material during the tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv 2019-20 financial year, surpassing Gandhi on his 76th birth anniversary. In previous year record of 6.624 million 1984, Rajiv Gandhi assumed office of the tonnes of goods. Prime Minister at the age of 40 to become the youngest individual to hold Union Cabinet gives a go ahead to the office in the country. He served in the setting up of National Recruitment post till 2nd December 1989. Agency, to benefit job seeking youth of the country Health Ministry's 'eSanjeevani' digital The Cabinet has approved the setting up platform records 2 lakh consultations of the National Recruitment Agency The ‘e-Sanjeevani’ digital platform of the (NRA) to conduct Common Eligibility Health Ministry has completed two lakh Test. The National Recruitment Agency tele-consultations. This milestone was will conduct a Common Eligibility Test to achieved within a short span of ten days screen and shortlist candidates for the since the 9th of August when Health Group B and C (non-technical) posts. Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan presided

Please Support Us Like us facebook.com/ExamsCartOfficial& Follow Us On Instagram.com/Exams_Cart Daily Visit: ExamsCart.com Free Study Material Join: Telegram.me/ExamsCart over a meeting to commemorate the Dr Harsh Vardhan launches completion of 1.5 lakh tele-consultations. interactive first-of-its-kind video game The e-Sanjeevani platform has proved its 'Corona Fighters' to spread utility and easy access for the caregivers awareness and the medical community and those Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan has seeking health care services in the times launched an interactive first-of-its-kind of COVID. game on COVID-19, the Corona Fighters. The Minister yesterday also Ministry of Skill Development, launched two new videos urging Ministry of Shipping ink MoU for skill adherence to key COVID Appropriate development in port & maritime sector Behaviours. A Memorandum of Understanding, MoU was signed between Ministry of Skill Kempegowda Intl Airport in Development and Ministry of Shipping Bengaluru creates virtual Information today for skill development in port and Desk facility at four locations maritime sector. The MoU is aimed at The Kempegowda International Airport in skilling, re-skilling and up-skilling Bengaluru has created a virtual manpower for the growing maritime Information Desk facility at four locations industry and development of coastal within the terminal for contactless community. passenger processing. The virtual desk enables passengers to have real time Direct shipping service between India conversation with Airport staff located & Maldives to be flagged off next remotely, over touch free video. The month service is available round the clock A direct shipping service between India extending assistance about flight details, and Maldives would be flagged off next food and beverages and transport month. The service, agreed upon during arrangements. The terminal personnel the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi are trained to address queries in Hindi, to Maldives last year shall be connecting Kannada and English. The airport had in Cochin and Tuticorin with Maldives May rolled out a contactless journey from capital Male. parking to boarding at the airport providing biometric based self boarding, KVIC issues legal notices to Khadi self bag drop, contactless check-in, retail Essentials and Khadi Global and touch free hand sanitisers. Khadi and Village Industries Commission, KVIC has issued legal Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan notices to Khadi Essentials and Khadi inaugurates 10-bedded make-shift Global. It has said that these two firms Hospital at NDRF base in Ghaziabad are unauthorizedly and fraudulently Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan today using the brand name ‘Khadi’. KVIC in a inaugurated a 10-bedded make-shift statement has said today that the two Hospital at NDRF base in Ghaziabad, firms are engaged in selling a range of Uttar Pradesh. The hospital has been set cosmetic and beauty products through up by NDRF in collaboration with CSIR various e-commerce platforms using the constituent laboratory CSIR-CBRI, brand name “Khadi” and thus misleading Central Building Research Institute, consumers. Roorkee.

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Power Ministry advises all power Registration and Renewal of Jewellers in companies to charge LPS at maximum New Delhi yesterday. He said that the 12 per cent per annum best thing about the online system is that The Power Ministry has advised all there will be no human interface in power generating and transmission processing the applications. Now, companies to charge Late Payment Jewellers can apply online and submit Surcharge (LPS) at a rate not exceeding required necessary documents and fees 12 per cent per annum for all payments for obtaining a licence through this portal. made under liquidity infusion scheme. Mr Paswan said that the moment a The financial burden on Discoms will jeweller submits the application with the ease out with this measure. requisite fees, he will be granted registration. Election Commission issues guidelines to conduct elections amid Railways generate over 6,40,000 man COVID-19 pandemic days of work under Gareeb Kalyan Election Commission has issued detailed Rozgar Abhiyan in 6 States guidelines related to key activities for Railways have generated more than conducting upcoming General Elections 6,40,000 man days of work under and bye-elections in various States and Gareeb Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan in six Union Territories during the period of states. The states are Bihar, Jharkhand, COVID-19 Pandemic. The guidelines laid Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan down strict compliance norms to be and Uttar Pradesh. Rail Minister Piyush followed by Candidates and officials Goyal is closely monitoring the progress conducting the Elections. Those found made in these projects and generation of violating the instructions on COVID-19 work opportunities for the migrant measures even during the campaign labourers under the scheme. process will be liable to be proceeded against, as per the provisions of the Centre constitutes National Council Disaster Management Act, 2005. During for Transgender Persons the campaign process, not more than 5 The Centre has constituted a National people have been allowed for door to Council for Transgender Persons door campaigning. During the road through a notification. The Social Justice shows, the convoy should have a gap and Empowerment Minister will be the after every set of five vehicles and Public ex-officio Chairperson and Union gatherings and rallies can be conducted Minister of State for Social Justice and with strict adherence to the COVID-19 Empowerment will be ex-officio Vice- guidelines. Chairperson. The National Council will advise the Centre on the formulation of Consumer Affairs Minister says policies, programmes, legislation and hallmarking of precious metals will be projects with respect to transgender mandatory from June 1 next year persons. It will monitor and evaluate the Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas impact of policies and programmes Paswan has said that hallmarking of designed for achieving equality and full precious metals will be mandatory from participation of transgender persons. 1st June next year. Mr Paswan said this while launching the online system of

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PM Modi pays tributes to Govt extends validity of Motor Vehicle Narmadashankar Dave 'Narmad' on documents till Dec 31 his 187th birth anniversary The Road Transport and Highways Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid Ministry has decided to extend the tributes to Gujarati poet, playwright and validity of Motor Vehicle documents till social reformer Narmadashankar Dave the 31st of December. The Ministry had 'Narmad' on his 187th birth anniversary. earlier issued advisories on 30th March and 9th June this year regarding India's longest river ropeway extension of validity of the documents connecting Guwahati and North related to Motor Vehicles Act and Central Guwahati over Brahmaputra river Motor Vehicle Rules. It was advised that inaugurated the validity of Fitness, Permit, License, In Assam, the longest river ropeway of Registration or any other concerned the country is inaugurated connecting documents may be treated to be valid till Guwahati and North Guwahati. Health 30th of September. Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Guwahati Development Department INS Viraat to be dismantled at Alang in Minister Siddhartha Bhattacharya Gujarat inaugurated the 1.8- kilometre long INS Viraat, the aircraft carrier that served ropeway service. The ropeway has been the Indian Navy for 30 years before being operated from Kachari Ghat in Guwahati decommissioned three years ago, is to Dol Govinda temple in North likely to be towed from Mumbai to Alang Guwahati. in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district next month to be dismantled and sold as KVIC creates local employment for scrap. migrant workers through its flagship Honey Mission programme Govt makes FASTag mandatory for Khadi and Village Industries availing discount on toll Commission, KVIC has taken a big leap In order to further promote digital towards Atma Nirbhar Bharat by creating payments on the fee plazas on the local employment for migrant workers national highways, it is decided that through its flagship Honey Mission discount for users who make return programme. Minister of State for MSME, journey within 24 hours and all other local Pratap Chandra Sarangi today exemptions shall be provided only if the distributed 700 bee boxes to 70 migrant vehicle carries a valid functional FASTag. workers of Saharanpur and Bulandshahr districts of Uttar Pradesh. They had Government has launched Garib returned to their hometown from Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan to provide Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat due to employment to migrant workers COVID-19 lockdown. KVIC has imparted In the wake of COVID-19 outbreak, them training on bee-keeping and Government has launched Garib Kalyan provided the necessary tool kit and bee Rojgar Abhiyaan, GKRA to boost boxes for them to carry out bee-keeping employment and livelihood opportunities activities. for migrant workers returning to villages and similarly affected citizens in rural areas. The Abhiyaan is taking action on

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IT minister launches 'Chunauti' a PMJDY completes six years programme to further boost startups, Central government's flagship financial software product inclusion programme Pradhan Mantri Minister for Electronics and Information Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) has Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad completed six years. The scheme was launched “Chunauti”- Next Generation launched on 28th of August in 2014 with Startup Challenge Contest to further an aim to provide universal access to boost startups and software products banking facilities to the people in the with special focus on Tier-II towns of the country. While launching the programme, country. The government has earmarked Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a budget of over 95 crore rupees over a described the occasion as a festival to period of three years for this programme. celebrate the liberation of the poor from a It aims at identifying around three vicious cycle. Over 40 crore 35 lakh bank hundred startups working in identified accounts have been opened under the areas and provide them seed fund of scheme since its inception and One lakh upto 25 lakh rupees and other facilities. 31 thousand crore rupees have been deposited in these accounts. About eight BPR&D celebrates its Golden Jubilee crore PMJDY account holders are Anniversary receiving Direct Benefit Transfer from the The Bureau of Police Research and Government under various schemes. Development, BPR&D is celebrating its Golden Jubilee Anniversary. Greeting Vande Bharat Mission Phase 6 to BPR&D on the occasion, Prime Minister begin on Sept. 1 Narendra Modi said, over the last 50 Phase Six of the Vande Bharat Mission is years, the Organization has been scheduled to begin on 1st of September. unwavering in its commitment in the Phase Five of the Mission will be over on service of the nation. He said, 31st August. External Affairs Ministry Government has laid emphasis on a spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said modern, effective and sensitive security flights are being rescheduled by Air India architecture that inspires a sense of group and private carriers based on an safety among all sections of the society. assessment of demand by Indian missions abroad. Durga Shanker Mishra launches PM Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi, No fuel without pollution certificate PM SVANidhi online dashboard The Supreme Court set aside a National Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Green Tribunal order directing that Durga Shanker Mishra today launched vehicles not complying with pollution the PM Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar under control (PUC) norms in Madhya Nidhi, PM SVANidhi online dashboard Pradesh would not be given petrol at fuel through video conferencing. The online stations.

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Sadananda Gowda complements uniqueness. He said, it should be NPPA on its Foundation Day for considered as a good opportunity for the playing crucial role in reasonable village. pricing, availability of essential medicines BJP to celebrate PM Modi's birthday Chemical and Fertilizers Minister D. V. as ‘Seva Saptah’ from Sep 14-20 Sadananda Gowda has complemented The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has National Pharmaceuticals Pricing decided to celebrate Prime Minister Authority, NPPA for working tirelessly to Narendra Modi's birthday on September ensure availability of life-saving drugs at 17 by observing Seva Saptah from 14th reasonable prices consistently to all to 20th September. Prime minister will citizens. turn 70 this year.

Government launches contest Indigenous toy-making to be “Chunauti” to promote startups in introduced as theme in Kala Utsav small towns encourage students to explore, Minister for Electronics and Information develop variety of local toys Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad has Union Education Minister Ramesh launched “Chunauti”- Next Generation Pokhriyal Nishank has informed that in Startup Challenge Contest to further line with the vision of Prime Minister boost startups and software products Narendra Modi, Toy and Puppet making with special focus on Tier-II towns of the skills will be developed among school country. The government has earmarked students. He said, indigenous toy- a budget of over 95 crore rupees over a making will be introduced as a theme in period of three years for this programme. Kala Utsav to encourage students to It aims at identifying around three explore and develop a variety of local hundred startups working in identified toys. Dr. Nishank also called for initiating areas and providing them seed funds of puppet show in Kala Utsav for secondary upto 25 lakh rupees and other facilities. and higher secondary students.

Famous art of 'Atikoppaka' dolls of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari to Visakhapatnam district finds a place inaugurate and lay foundation stone in "Mann ki Baat" of 11 highway projects in UP The famous art of 'Atikoppaka' dolls of Road Transport and Highways Minister Visakhapatnam district finds a place in Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate and lay the the "Mann ki Baat" programme of Prime foundation stone of 11 highway projects Minister Narendra Modi. In the Mann Ki in Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh Chief Baat speech, PM Modi made a special Minister Yogi Adityanath will preside over mention of the famous Atikoppaka dolls the virtual function which will be attended saying that the toys would be useful to by the Minister of State for Road unleash the creativity in children in the Transport and Highways General current Pandemic situation. Atikoppaka (Retd.). These projects for inauguration artist CV Raju, whose work was and foundation laying carry a Road appreciated by the Prime Minister said, length of 363 kilometres, involving he is happy to be mentioned in "Mann Ki construction value of Rs 4,281 crore. Baat" besides attracting the center of

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India emerges as key player in global become less reliant on oil and gas, the organic marketing current India has emerged as a key player in source of the vast majority of its energy. global organic marketing. Agriculture UAE is among the world’s biggest fossil Ministry has said that India ranks first in fuels producers. number of organic farmers and ninth in terms of area under organic farming. Bangladesh Receives $202 million Sikkim became the first state to become from World Bank to Increase Food fully organic and other states including Security for 4.5 Million People Tripura and Uttarakhand have set similar The World Bank’s Board of Executive targets. North East India has traditionally Directors approved $202 million in been organic and the consumption of additional financing for the Modern Food chemicals is far less than rest of the Storage Facilities Project to increase the country. storage capacity of Bangladesh’s national strategic grain reserves by International News 535,500 tons for 4.5 million households. The project is helping Bangladesh ADB signs Dollar 200 million financing address food insecurity in challenging deal with Reliance for power plant in times, such as frequent climate-induced Bangladesh disasters or crisis situations like the The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has current COVID-19 pandemic. It is signed a dollar 200 million financing deal supporting the construction of eight with the Reliance Bangladesh LNG and public modern grain storage steel silo Power Limited (RBLPL) to build and complexes for rice and wheat in eight operate a 718 megawatt combined-cycle different districts. gas-fired power plant in Bangladesh. Announcing the deal in a press release UAE becomes first country in Arab on Friday, the ADB said that the project World to produce nuclear energy will ease ongoing energy shortages and As the Barakah Nuclear Plant's 1st Unit drive further private sector investments in got operational, UAE became the first the country’s power sector. country in the Arab World to produce nuclear energy. Barakah plant situated in Russia plans mass vaccination the Al Dhafrah region of Abu Dhabi against coronavirus from October started producing heat, the Emirates Russian Health Minister Mikhail Nuclear Energy Corporation said in a Murashko said that the country would statement. The plant, powered by South start mass inoculation process of its Korean technology , hopes to produce vaccine from October. He also said that 5.6 gigawatts of electricity and supply up doctors and teachers would be the first to to 25% of the UAE's electricity needs get vaccinations. Two Indian nationals released from UAE becomes rst country in Arab captivity in Afghanistan return to India World to produce nuclear energy Two Indian nationals released from UAE became the first country in the Arab captivity in Afghanistan returned to India. World to produce nuclear energy. The They were released on the 31st of last new plant is part of the UAE’s graph to month. Seven Indian nationals were

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Please Support Us Like us facebook.com/ExamsCartOfficial& Follow Us On Instagram.com/Exams_Cart Daily Visit: ExamsCart.com Free Study Material Join: Telegram.me/ExamsCart spend $500 million on first EU data dirhams in fines of Indian expatriates center. whose visas had expired before March 1, helping them return home without Bangladesh to construct memorial for additional expenses amidst the COVID- Indian soldiers martyred in 1971 19 outbreak. Already 145 Indians have liberation war availed the benefits of the scheme which Bangladesh will construct a memorial for was proposed by the Indian missions in the Indian soldiers martyred during the the UAE. country’s liberation war in 1971. The memorial will be constructed coinciding India says it would like Sri Lanka to with the 50th anniversary of the liberation send first flight to newly upgraded of Bangladesh, said the Minister of Kushinagar airport Liberation War Affairs of Bangladesh India has said it would like Sri Lanka to AKM Muzammel Haq. High send the first international flight to the Commissioner of India in Bangladesh newly upgraded Kushinagar airport in Riva Ganguly Das had called on the Uttar Pradesh. This was conveyed by Minister for Liberation War Affairs and Indian High commissioner to Sri Lanka discussed issues of mutual interest and Gopal Baglay during his meeting with Sri the upcoming 50 year anniversary of Lankan Prime minister Mahinda Liberation War. Rajapaksa today to convey his best wishes following the latter’s victory at this Jaishankar discusses covid week parliamentary election. challenges with FMs of US, Australia, Israel, Brazil OCI card holders from USA, UK, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Germany, France can visit India Friday held a meeting with his Union Home Ministry has permitted counterparts from US, Australia, Israel, Overseas Citizen of India, OCI Brazil and South Korea and discussed cardholders to enter India who belong to challenges related to coronavirus. countries with which air bubble arrangements have been finalised by the WHO appeals for $15-mn aid for Civil Aviation Ministry. Indian citizens Lebanon after Beirut blast have also been allowed to travel to such The World Health Organisation (WHO) is countries on any type of visa. Ministry of appealing for $15 million to cover Civil Aviation has worked out air bubble emergency health needs in Lebanon scheme with USA, UK, Germany and following the Beirut port explosion that hit France and the countries that may be amid an economic crisis and rising included under such scheme in future. coronavirus cases. The blast, which killed more than 150 and injured more China resumes tourist Visas to Macau than 5,000, also destroyed 17 containers China will resume issuing tourist visas for holding WHO medical supplies including visitors to Macau, paving the way for the personal protective equipment. mass return of Chinese punters to the world’s largest gaming hub after months UAE waives visa fines of stranded of losses. Indians The UAE has waived thousands of

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Russia develops first vaccine against Projects and Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar coronavirus Highway improvement project among the Russia has developed the first vaccine seven projects. The loan carries an against the coronavirus. The interest rate of 0.65 percent with a announcement was made by President repayment period of 30 years including Vladimir Putin during a televised video initial 10 years as grace period. conference call with government ministers. He said one of his daughters India extends USD 1 million has already been inoculated. As the assistance to Antigua, Barbuda to number of coronavirus cases continues combat COVID19 to rise at an alarming rate across the India has extended an assistance of USD globe, scientists and medical experts are 1 million to Antigua and Barbuda to making accelerated efforts to develop a combat the COVID-19 outbreak. This vaccine fit for human use. assistance is aimed at improving health infrastructure and capacities in Antigua EU to give 1.65 million euro to flood hit and Barbuda. The same level of people in South Asia assistance, i.e. USD 1 million, has been The European Union stated it is providing offered to each Caribbean Community 1.65 million euro in humanitarian aid in (CARICOM) CARICOM is a group of response to severe flooding that has twenty developing countries in the affected South Asia-most notably Caribbean. Bangladesh, India and Nepal. The funding comes on top of the 1.8 million India Announces $500-Million euro announced earlier this year to Package For Connectivity Project, support families affected by a series of Creation Of Air Travel Bubble With disasters, including Cyclone Amphan Maldives that ravaged India and Bangladesh in India announced a USD 500 million- May. A further 5 lakh euro will be used in package to the Maldives for the largest India to provide food and livelihood connectivity project in the island nation to assistance, emergency relief supplies, connect Male with three neighbouring and water and sanitation services. islands. The interaction which took place through video conference was part of Bangladesh to get largest ever dollar regular high-level exchanges between 3.1 billion loan package from Japan India and Maldives, according to a Japan has signed its largest ever loan statement by the Ministry of External package worth dollar 1 billion for Affairs (MEA). Bangladesh. The embassy of Japan stated that the loan under its Official Pompeo inks deal for US troop move Development Assistance (ODA) will be from Germany to Poland given for seven projects of Bangladesh U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo under concessional terms. The loan will sealed a defense cooperation deal with cover the construction of Jamuna railway Polish officials that will pave the way for bridge in parallel to the existing the redeployment of American troops Bangabandhu Bridge, expansion of the from Germany to Poland. President Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Donald Trump said in a statement that Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Development the pact was the culmination of months of

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Independence Day observed in FM Nirmala Sitharaman holds bilateral Bangladesh meeting with UAE counterpart Obaid Independence Day was observed Al Tayer solemnly in Dhaka at the Chancery Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman premises of the High Commission of yesterday held a bilateral meeting with India. High Commissioner Riva Ganguly Minister of State for Financial Affairs of Das unfurled the national flag and read UAE Obaid Al Tayer through video out the President’s address to the Nation conferencing. Both leaders expressed at the Chancery premises. respect for the long-standing relationship between India and UAE and the need to India will fund Greater Male take it further in mutually beneficial ways. Connectivity Project through USD 400 mn Line of Credit & USD 100 mn grant US expands sanctions on Chinese External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar company Huawei has announced that India will fund the The United States Administration has implementation of Greater Male expanded sanctions on the Chinese Connectivity Project through a 400 company Huawei, which are aimed at million dollar Line of Credit and 100 further restricting the tech giant's access million dollar grant. This 6.7 kilometre to computer chips and other bridge project connecting Male with technologies. The US Commerce Gulhifalhu Port and Thilafushi industrial Department has blacklisted 38 Huawei zone will help revitalise and transform subsidiaries around the world, saying the Maldivian economy. company is using international subsidiaries to circumvent sanctions that EAM Dr S Jaishankar speaks to Acting prevent technology exports from the US. Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Mohammed Haneef Atmar

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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar NEC to build India-Singapore subsea holds talks with his UAE counterpart; cable link with OLL Invites further investments in key Japan-based NEC Corp. and Singapore- sectors based Orient Link Pte. Ltd (OLL) External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar announced that they have signed an yesterday held extensive talks with his agreement to build the MIST Cable counterpart from the United Arab System (Myanmar/Malaysia India Emirates Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Singapore Transit). MIST will directly Nahyan covering a range of areas connect Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar, including ways to further boost strategic Thailand and India (Mumbai and ties and the situation in the Chennai) and deliver a design capacity of neighbourhood of both countries. The more than 216 terabits per second (tbps). virtual talks were held as part of the 13th Construction of the nearly 8,100-km Session of the India-UAE Joint optical submarine cable is targeted to be Commission Meeting on Trade, completed by the third quarter of Economic and Technical Cooperation. FY2022.

Senator Kamala Harris becomes first India, Singapore sign Implementing Indian American to accept Democratic Arrangement on Humanitarian Party nomination for Vice President Assistance & Disaster Relief post in US India and Singapore today signed US Senator Kamala Harris has accepted Implementing Arrangement on her nomination for the US Vice Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Presidential candidate for Democratic Relief. The two countries held a Defence Party. In her acceptance speech she said Policy Dialogue via video conferencing that she was honoured to accept the today. It was co-chaired by Defence nomination for Vice President of the Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar and Permanent United States. Beginning her speech she Secretary (Defence), Singapore Mr Chan spoke about her own story of how Heng Kee. growing up shaped her. MEA in partnership with Foreign India, Israel sign cultural agreement to Ministry of Thailand organize 6th further boost people-to-people ties Round Table of AINTT India and Israel signed a cultural The Ministry of External Affairs in agreement that outlines a three-year partnership with the Foreign Ministry of programme of cooperation to further Thailand has organized the 6th Round strengthen their strategic bilateral Table of ASEAN-India Network of Think relations today. It aims to promote Tanks (AINTT) which culminated. The greater people-to-people exchanges. theme of the two day Round Table which The agreement was signed by Israel's was conducted through video Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and conferencing was 'ASEAN-India: India's Ambassador to Israel, Sanjeev Strengthening Partnership in the Post Singla, at the foreign ministry in COVID Era'. It was jointly inaugurated by Jerusalem. External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar and the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Thailand

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Mr. Don Pramudwinai. ASEAN Secretary between 10,000 pounds and 15,000 General Mr. Lim Jock Hoi also addressed pounds. the inaugural session. India and Uzbekistan hold virtual Senator Kamala Harris becomes first meeting to monitor implementation of Indian American to accept Democratic mutually agreed projects Party nomination for Vice President Minister of State for External Affairs V. post in US Muraleedharan co-chaired the first India- US Senator Kamala Harris has accepted Uzbekistan National Coordination her nomination for the US Vice Committee meeting virtually with Uzbek Presidential candidate for Democratic Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Party. In her acceptance speech she said Investments and Foreign Economic that she was honoured to accept the Relations Sardor Umurzakov. The nomination for Vice President of the meeting was held for monitoring United States. Beginning her speech she implementation of mutually agreed spoke about her own story of how projects between India and Uzbekistan, growing up shaped her. constituted under the directions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uzbek Singapore govt invests ₹450 crore in President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Phoenix Mills share sale The government of Singapore has Africa to be declared polio-free invested ₹450 crore in the recent The World Health Organization (WHO) is qualified institutional placement (QIP) set to certify that the African continent is offering of mall developer Phoenix Mills free from wild polio, four years after the Ltd, the company said in a filing to the last cases appeared in northeastern stock exchanges. The company intends Nigeria. to use the QIP proceeds to fund growth opportunities including investing in Sri Lanka will adopt India first existing and proposed business approach ventures, proposed acquisitions, debt Sri Lanka will adopt an "India first obligations, capital expenditure and approach" as its new foreign policy plank working capital requirements. and protect New Delhi's strategic security interests, the country's Foreign Secretary Spectacles believed to be worn by Jayanath Colombage has said as he Mahatma Gandhi set auction record in sought to allay concerns amid China's UK growing presence in the island nation. A pair of gold-plated spectacles believed Colombage said that despite opposition to have been worn by Mahatma Gandhi from port worker trade unions, President and presented as a gift in the 1900s have Rajapaksa would go ahead with the broken all records for a United Kingdom memorandum of cooperation signed with auction house by selling for Rs. 2.55 India. He also said that President crore or 2,60,000 pounds. The glasses, Gotabaya Rajapaksa would have an which were dropped through the India first approach as the key to letterbox of East Bristol Auctions in strategic security. Hanham, south-west England, four weeks ago were estimated to fetch

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BRICS Industry Ministers attend video agricultural trading platform to connect meeting to discuss ways to boost Indian farmers with food companies in cooperation in 5G, AI the United Arab Emirates, as the Gulf Industry Ministers of BRICS countries Arab country seeks to enhance its food attended a video meeting yesterday to security amid disruption of supply chains discuss ways to boost cooperation in caused by the coronavirus. Dubai Multi areas including 5G and Artificial Commodities Centre’s platform, named Intelligence. As per Chinese state media, Agriota and developed with India’s the meeting adopted a joint statement on CropData Technology, will enable cooperation in new industries such as trading in cereals, pulses, oil seeds, 5G, AI and the industrial Internet, among fruits, vegetables, spices and BRICS countries - five members bloc condiments. which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Beximco Pharma to cooperate with Serum Institute of India for supply of Dr Reddy's launches Wilson's disease COVID 19 Vaccine in Bangladesh treatment capsules in US The Bangladeshi generic medicine Pharma major Dr Reddy's Laboratories producer Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd. said it has launched generic (BPL) has announced its intention to Penicillamine capsules, used for cooperate with the Serum Institute of treatment of Wilson's disease and India (SII) for the exclusive supply of its cystinuria, in the US market. The vaccine in Bangladesh. Heads of both company announced the launch of the companies hailed it as a ‘landmark Penicillamine capsules USP in the agreement’ to help mitigate the health strength of 250 mg after it was approved crisis caused by the COVID-19 by the United States Food and Drug pandemic. Administration. The capsules are indicated in the treatment of Wilson's India, Singapore sign Implementing disease, cystinuria, and in patients with Arrangement on Humanitarian severe, active rheumatoid arthritis. Assistance & Disaster Relief India and Singapore signed India provides COVID-19 support to St Implementing Arrangement on Lucia Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster India gifted medical supplies, protective Relief. The two countries held a Defence gear to the government of St Lucia as a Policy Dialogue via video conferencing tool to assist in tackling the COVID-19 today. It was co-chaired by Defence pandemic, informed the Development Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar and Permanent Partnership Administration (DPA) of Secretary (Defence), Singapore Mr Chan External Affairs Ministry of India. St Lucia Heng Kee. has a total of 26 COVID-19 cases, as per the latest update provided by Johns Bangladesh remembers its national Hopkins University. poet Nazrul on his death anniversary Bangladesh observed the 44th death Dubai sets up trading platform to anniversary of the national poet Kazi boost food imports from India Nazrul Islam. Various social and cultural A freezone in Dubai has established an organisations organised programmes

Please Support Us Like us facebook.com/ExamsCartOfficial& Follow Us On Instagram.com/Exams_Cart Daily Visit: ExamsCart.com Free Study Material Join: Telegram.me/ExamsCart observing health guidelines to streamlined customs and regulatory commemorate the death anniversary of procedures. Union Commerce and Nazrul. TV Channels aired special Industry Minister Piyush Goyal while co- programmes to mark the day. Dhaka chairing the 17th ASEAN-India Economic University held a virtual discussion Ministers Consultations said the Free Chaired by the Vice Chancellor Professor Trade Agreement has to be mutually Md Akhtaruzzaman. It was addressed by beneficial and a win-win for all sides. the national professor Dr. Md. Rafiqul Islam. India co-sponsors UN security council resolution on women peacekeepers Sri Lanka to ban imports of plastic India has co-sponsored a security council goods to protect elephants resolution that calls for full, effective and Sri Lanka will ban the import of most meaningful participation of women plastic products in a bid to protect wild personnel in peacekeeping operations. elephants and deer that die eating the In a tweet, India's Permanent Mission to waste. Plastic in Sri Lankan landfills is a the UN said that India is proud to co- major killer of elephants, with autopsies sponsor the resolution which was put showing kilos of it in the stomachs of forth by Indonesia. The mission said UN animals. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Security Council Resolution on ‘women has given wildlife officials two years to in peacekeeping' calls for full, effective implement a plan to reduce human- and meaningful participation of women in elephant conflict that has claimed the peacekeeping operations. India is one of lives of 607 elephants and 184 people. the largest troop contributors to UN peacekeeping operations. The mission India withdraws from multilateral said India has set for itself during its military exercise in Russia next month tenure in the Security Council beginning India has announced that it is 2021 that India will continue to push for withdrawing from multilateral Military greater involvement of women in all Exercise Kavkaz 2020 to be held in areas. Russia next month. Defence Ministry said, Russia and India are close and Singapore to offer free COVID-19 tests privileged strategic partners and at to taxi drivers, delivery workers Russia's invitation India has been Singapore will offer free coronavirus tests participating in many international to community groups such as taxi drivers, events. food delivery workers and hawkers as part of efforts to expand the COVID-19 India, ASEAN countries agree to testing regime. review free trade agreement to make it simple, facilitative Biocon Biologics, partner Mylan India and ASEAN countries have agreed launch insulin glargine in US to review the free trade agreement to iocon Biologics India Ltd and its partner make it more user friendly, simple and Mylan N.V. launched their insulin facilitative. The review will make the glargine injection under the brand ASEAN India trade in Goods Agreement Semglee in the US in vial and pre-filled (AITIGA) modern with contemporary pen presentations. Mylan, which is trade facilitative practices, and responsible for commercialisation in the

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US, would offer Semglee at a wholesale Banks sanction ₹1.37 trillion under cost of $147.98 per package of five 3ml emergency credit line guarantee pens and $98.65 per 10ml vial, making it scheme the cheapest brand of insulin glargine in Banks have banks have sanctioned the US market. ₹1.37 trillion, under the 100% emergency credit line guarantee scheme (ECLGS) Brigade Commander-level Flag rolled out in May to support small Meeting between Indian Army & businesses. Out of this, two-third has China’s PLA underway at Chushul already been disbursed, latest data A Brigade Commander-level Flag show. Meeting between Indian Army and People's Liberation Army of China is in BlackRock, three others buy ₹10,600 progress at Chushul to discuss PLA crore of shares troops provocative military movements. BlackRock Inc. and Singapore’s GIC Pte. Indian Army said that PLA troops violated bought shares in Bandhan Bank Ltd. as the previous consensus arrived at during the main shareholder of India’s most military and diplomatic engagements profitable bank sold 106 billion rupees during the ongoing standoff in Eastern ($1.4 billion) of its stake to meet the Ladakh. regulator’s ownership rules. Temasek Holdings Pte and SBI Mutual Fund also Banking & Finance bought shares.

Govt to extend Emergency Credit Line UPI to launch NFC-based payments Guarantee Scheme to individuals now National Payments Corp. of India (NPCI), Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman which operates the Unified Payments allowed loans for larger MSMEs and Interface (UPI), plans to add near-field professionals for business purposes communication (NFC) capabilities to its within the ambit of Emergency Credit payments infrastructure and is in talks Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS). with payment aggregators to push the Individuals can avail themselves of product across point-of-sale (PoS) ECLGS if they already had loans for devices. The move is expected to expand business purposes and subject to UPI’s reach to offline merchants by condition that they fulfill eligibility criteria. tapping the PoS ecosystem and thus The finance ministry has increased the trigger more peer-to-merchant annual turnover ceiling of companies that transactions. could avail loans under the scheme to ₹250 crore from ₹100 crore at present. RBI to allow offline payments through cards on pilot basis SEBI to set up virtual museum of The RBI announced a scheme on pilot securities market basis for offline retail payments using Sebi is planning to set up a virtual cards and mobile devices to encourage museum of securities market to highlight customers to go for digital transactions achievements and milestones in the even in those places that lack internet Indian capital market. Sebi has invited connectivity. Expression of Interest (EoI) from agencies to develop the virtual museum.

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RBI to set up 'Innovation Hub' to recommend parameters related to the promote financial inclusion, efficient debt recast window and vet resolution banking plans of ₹1,500 crore and more. Headed The Reserve Bank will set up an by veteran banker KV Kamath, the 'Innovation Hub' in the country for committee will have four other members ideation and incubation of new - Diwakar Gupta, whose term will be capabilities which can be leveraged to effective 1 September, after the deepen financial inclusion and promote completion of his term as vice-president, efficient banking services. The ADB. Innovation Hub will support, promote and hand-hold cross-thinking spanning Banks will not open current accounts regulatory remits and national for those with cash credit, overdraft boundaries. RBI said rather than opening a new current account, all transactions should RBI announces special liquidity be routed through Cash Credit or facility of ₹10,000 cr for Nabard, NHB OverDraft account. With a view to The Reserve Bank announced an improve credit discipline, the Reserve additional special liquidity facility (ASLF) Bank on Thursday barred banks from of ₹10,000 crore equally split between opening current accounts for customers Nabard and the NHB to help small who have availed cash credit or overdraft financiers and home loan companies facilities, stressing that there is a "need amid COVID-19 difficulties. The liquidity for discipline" on this front. facility to both the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development ₹68K cr of loans released under (Nabard) and the discoms liquidity package (NHB) will be offered at the policy repo As much as ₹68,000 crore worth of loans rate. under ₹90,000 liquidity package announced for the stressed power RBI enhances security features for distribution utilities have been sanctioned cheques above ₹50,000 so far which is expected to create The (RBI) plans to buoyancy in the sector. Finance Minister introduce a mechanism called 'Positive Nirmala Sitharaman in May announced Pay' in order to enhance safety features the ₹90,000 crore liquidity infusion into of cheques of value ₹50,000 and above. cash-strapped discoms, facing demand Under the mechanism all cheques will be slump due to the lockdown to contain processed for payment by the drawee COVID-19. bank based on information passed on by its customer at the time of issuance of PM Modi launches ₹1 trillion agri cheque. infrastructure fund To improve farm gate prices and grower RBI forms five-member expert incomes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi committee to oversee one-time debt on Sunday launched a ₹1 trillion recast agriculture infrastructure fund to give a The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) leg up to post-harvest management and announced the formation of a five- marketing of agricultural produce. The member expert committee to fund was launched with ₹1,128 crore of

Please Support Us Like us facebook.com/ExamsCartOfficial& Follow Us On Instagram.com/Exams_Cart Daily Visit: ExamsCart.com Free Study Material Join: Telegram.me/ExamsCart new loans disbursed to over 2,200 South Indian Bank to set up non- cooperative societies. The prime minister financial subsidiary also transferred ₹17,100 crore to farmers The Kerala-based South Indian Bank has under the PM-Kisan direct income obtained in-principle approval from the assistance scheme. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to set up a wholly owned non- financial subsidiary. Govt may allow cooperative banks to The subsidiary would commence lend under MSME credit guarantee operations once the bank completes the scheme related formalities and after obtaining the The government may include final approval from the regulators. cooperative banks as a lending institution under the emergency credit line Razorpay launches payment gateway guarantee scheme (ECLGS) that was ‘Button’ to digitise freelancers, NGOs announced to support stressed micro, Payment gateway startup Razorpay has small and medium enterprises (MSME). introduced a feature that allows micro ECLGS was announced as a part of the entrepreneurs and freelancers to government’s ₹20 trillion financial instantaneously accept digital payments package to help the poor and small online, a move attempted to corner the businesses tide over the covid-19 crisis, market of the rapidly digitising small by providing them additional funding of businesses amid the ongoing pandemic. up to ₹3 trillion in the form of a fully The feature called the ‘Payment Button’ guaranteed emergency credit line. will enable businesses and freelancers to add a single line of code on a website or PM launches ₹1 trillion fund to boost blog and go live with a payment gateway agri infra within a few minutes. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched a ₹1 trillion agriculture Paytm launches first pocket Android infrastructure fund to give a leg up to POS device for contactless payments post-harvest management and in India marketing of agricultural produce, in turn Paytm has launched the first pocket helping improve farm-gate prices. The Android POS device for contactless scheme will provide better warehousing ordering and payments in India, a move and cold storage facilities for farmers. that will make this technology more affordable for SMEs. The company has SEBI provides for assistance to introduced ‘Paytm All-in-One Portable trustees to monitor mutual fund Android Smart POS’ at an introductory activities price of Rs 499 per month rental. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) issued guidelines to provide Federal Bank chooses Fiserv to administrative assistance to mutual fund support launch of first independent trustees for monitoring the various credit card activities of mutual funds. Mutual fund Private sector lender Federal Bank has regulations as prescribed by Sebi lays a chosen global provider of payments and lot on onus on the trustee board. The financial services technology solutions officer should be employee of the Fiserv to enable digitisation of the bank’s trustees and directly report to them. end-to-end card issuance and

Please Support Us Like us facebook.com/ExamsCartOfficial& Follow Us On Instagram.com/Exams_Cart Daily Visit: ExamsCart.com Free Study Material Join: Telegram.me/ExamsCart processing cycle, and support the launch RBI Board approves transfer of Rs of its credit card. The bank will also 57,128 cr as surplus to central govt outsource associated operational The RBI Board has approved the transfer processes to Fiserv, it stated. of 57,128 crore rupees as surplus to the central government for the accounting RBI to implement system-based asset year 2019-20. In a statement, RBI has classification in urban co-operative informed that it has also decided to banks maintain a Contingency Risk Buffer at 5.5 RBI has decided to implement system- percent. These decisions were taken at based asset classification in urban co- the 584th meeting of RBI’s Central Board operative banks (UCBs), prescribing a held earlier today through video timeline based on their asset size. The conferencing. central bank stated this move is aimed at improving the efficiency, transparency PNB launches "Digital Apnayen" and integrity of the asset classification campaign to encourage digital process. System-based asset banking classification means asset classification State-owned Punjab National Bank (downgrading as well as upgrading) launched a campaign to encourage carried out by the core banking solution / customers to use digital banking computerised systems of the bank in an channels. Under the campaign ‘DIGITAL automated manner on an ongoing basis, APNAYEN’, the bank will contribute Rs 5 based on the relevant RBI towards the PM CARES Fund on behalf instructions/guidelines. The RBI stated of each customer conducting the first UCBs having total assets of 2,000 crore financial transaction to activate their or above as on March 31, 2020, have to RuPay Debit card either on point of sale implement system-based asset (PoS) or e-commerce platform. classification with effect from June 30, 2021. NSE, IIM-Bangalore join hands to offer platform for investor education HDFC Bank launches Shaurya KGC The National Stock Exchange (NSE) Card for armed forces announced the launch of a digital Private sector HDFC Bank launched a learning platform for investor education. ‘Shaurya KGC Card’ for the armed The platform, an online investor forces. The Shaurya KGC Card will education resource centre, has been provide armed forces personnel with developed jointly by NSE Investor finance for agricultural requirements like Protection Fund Trust and IIM Bangalore. production of crop, post-harvest The platform was launched by Sebi”s maintenance and consumption needs. executive director Nagendraa Parakh, in They can also avail of this funding to a virtual function. purchase farm machinery, irrigation equipment or construct storage SBI waives off SMS charges for all structures, HDFC Bank stated, adding savings accounts that the loan facility can be availed at its State Bank of India, SBI has waived off branches or through its e-Kisan Dhan. SMS charges in addition to its penalty waiver on non-maintenance of minimum balance for all its Savings Accounts. SBI

Please Support Us Like us facebook.com/ExamsCartOfficial& Follow Us On Instagram.com/Exams_Cart Daily Visit: ExamsCart.com Free Study Material Join: Telegram.me/ExamsCart has over 44 crore savings accounts. The net worth of over 500 crore rupees will be public sector bank informed that the eligible to set up an umbrella entity which waiver of such charges is applicable for among other things will be permitted to all kinds of savings accounts including set up, manage and operate new those with cheque or Internet Banking payment systems in the retail space facilities. comprising ATMs, White Label PoS, Aadhaar-based payments and Banks sanction loans worth over one remittance services. lakh 50 thousand crore rupees under Emergency Credit Line Guarantee SBI partners with AddaCorner to Scheme boost real estate deals in Bengaluru Public and Private sectors banks have State Bank of India (SBI) unveiled an sanctioned loans worth over one lakh 50 online home carnival in partnership with thousand crore rupees under the real-time group negotiation e-platform Emergency Credit Line Guarantee AddaCorner. The carnival will invite Scheme. Finance Ministry said, more prospective home-buyers to virtually than one lakh crore rupees has already come together as a group and directly been disbursed. The scheme was negotiate with empaneled real estate announced by the government as a part sellers on real-time basis. of Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Package, to mitigate the distress caused by lockdown UTI Mutual Fund launches paperless due to COVID-19 by providing credit to eKYC services for first time investors different sectors, especially MSMEs. UTI Mutual Fund has launched completely paperless eKYC service on IDFC Mutual Fund enables video e- its website for the first time investors. If KYC for first-time investors you are a first-time investor, it is IDFC Mutual Fund has enabled Aadhaar- mandatory to be KYC-compliant to start based and non-Aadhaar based paper- your mutual fund transactions. Through less e-KYC on its website. The Aadhaar- the eKYC services, UTI Mutual Fund based KYC will be done through an XML allows investors to be KYC compliant upload. Non-Aadhaar based KYC is a within minutes and without stepping out video-based KYC procedure. The e-KYC of their homes. facility will help those investors who were planning to delay their investments due ICICI Lombard, Bharti to merge to social distancing norms. These businesses facilities do not require paper-based KYC ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co. documentation. IDFC Mutual Fund has Ltd. and Bharti AXA General Insurance enabled these feature under the Co. Ltd., announced that they will ‘Services’ tab on its website. combine their insurance businesses through a share swap deal, which once RBI releases framework for pan-India consummated will create the country's entity for retail payments third largest general insurance entity. Reserve Bank of India has unveiled the framework for setting up of pan-India State Bank of India (SBI) has Umbrella Entity for Retail Payments. As introduced doorstep ATM service for per the framework, the companies with a its customers

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State Bank of India (SBI) has introduced ₹2,000 notes were not printed in 2019- doorstep ATM service for its customers. 20: RBI annual report All you need to do is to just send a Currency notes of ₹2,000 denomination WhatssApp message or make a call to were not printed in 2019-20 and the SBI, and a mobile ATM will come to your circulation of these notes have declined location. This will indeed bring respite to over the years, according to RBI's annual customers maintaining social distancing report. The supply of banknotes during during the novel coronavirus. Ajay Kumar 2019-20 was also lower by 23.3 % than Khanna, Chief General Manager, State in the previous year mainly due to the Bank of India, Lucknow Circle informed disruptions caused by the outbreak of about the decision to introduce the SBI COVID-19 and the ensuing lockdown. doorstep ATM service at present in Lucknow. Axis launches Liberty Savings Account aimed at millennials Aadhaar authentication now open for has launched a new savings new GST registrations account called the Axis Liberty Savings New businesses can now opt for a quick Account, aimed at millennial customers. authentication of their credentials using It offers customers the option of Aadhaar, the 12-digit biometric maintaining a minimum balance of identification number, and secure Goods ₹25,000 per month or spending the same and Services Tax (GST) registration amount every month using the bank's without physical verification of their debit card. It also provides a premises. complimentary insurance cover of ₹20,000, which includes expenses RBI projects country's growth rate at incurred for covid-19-related (-) 4.5 per cent for 2020-21 hospitalization. The Reserve Bank has projected India's growth rate at (-) 4.5 percent for 2020-21. DoPPW to integrate e- Pension In its annual report released today, RBI Payment Order with Digi Locker projected global growth rate between (-) The Department of Pension & 6.0 per cent and (-) 7.6 per cent. The Pensioners’ Welfare, DoPPW has report says that expected headline decided to integrate the electronic inflation will remain elevated in the Pension Payment Order, e-PPO current quarter, but likely to ease in the generated through PFMS application of second half of the fiscal. Controller General of Accounts, with Digi Locker, to enhance Ease of Living of RBI announces OMO of govt Central Government Civil Pensioners. securities worth ₹20,000 crore This system will enable any Pensioner to The Reserve Bank of India announced obtain an instant print-out of the latest that it will conduct open market copy of their PPO, from their Digi Locker operations or OMO of government t account. This initiative will create a securities worth ₹20,000 crore in two permanent record of their PPO in their tranches. The auctions would be Digi Locker and at the same time conducted on August 27, 2020 and eliminate delays in reaching the PPO to September 03, 2020. new Pensioners, as well as the necessity of handing over a physical copy.

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17th meeting of India-Vietnam Joint purchases across multiple providers. The Commission held via video- aim is to simplify the way businesses conference collect payments through various digital The 17th meeting of the India-Vietnam modes. Joint Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation RBI to sell gold at ₹5,117 per gram in was held via video-conference. It was co- latest issue of sovereign gold bond chaired by External Affairs Minister Dr. S. The Reserve Bank of India has fixed the Jaishankar and his Vietnamese rate for investing in the sixth tranche of counterpart Pham Binh Minh. During the sovereign gold bond at ₹5117 per gram. meeting, both sides reviewed the recent The issue opens on Monday and closes developments in India-Vietnam on September 4. The nominal value of Comprehensive Strategic Partnership the bond is based on the simple average and discussed the future trajectory of closing price, as published by the India their wide-ranging engagement. They Bullion and Jewellers Association, for agreed to add new momentum to the gold of 999 purity of the last three economic and defence engagement business days of the week preceding the between the two countries and to explore subscription period. closer cooperation in emerging areas such as civil nuclear energy, space, Finance Ministry asks banks to refund marine sciences and new technologies. charges collected after 1st Jan'20 on electronic transactions Punjab and Sind Bank declares DHFL The Finance Ministry has asked banks to loan account as fraud immediately refund the charges collected Public sector lender Punjab and Sind after 1st of January this year on Bank has declared its exposure of transactions carried out using the ₹815.44 crore to Dewan Housing electronic mode prescribed under the IT Finance Corp Ltd (DHFL) as fraud. With act. The Ministry also advised banks not outstanding dues of ₹815.44 crore has to impose charges on any future been declared as fraud and reported to transaction carried out through the RBI as per regulatory requirement. electronic mode.

HSBC launches one-stop solution for Business & Economy multiple payment options HSBC India on Wednesday introduced Paisabazaar.com launches Omni Collect — a one-stop solution to ‘Paisabazaar Stack’ – to offer provide multiple payment options on completely digital lending solutions single platform. The aim is to simplify the Paisabazaar.com, India’s largest digital way businesses collect payments marketplace for lending products, through various digital modes. With this, announced the launch ‘Paisabazaar the businesses can offer various digital Stack’ – a Stack of capabilities that would payment modes to their customers. It make loan disbursals and credit card also helps them with a comprehensive issuance completely digital. view of their collections. With single API connectivity, HSBC will be able to Khadi and Village Industries support both in-store as well as online Commission signs MoU to supply

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Technical Textiles Mission which was according to its latest payroll data, announced in February this year. providing a perspective on employment in the formal sector amid the COVID-19 Maruti Suzuki partners with IIM crisis. Bangalore to incubate mobility startups Lava launches feature phone with To engage with startups in the area of heart-rate, blood pressure sensor, mobility, India's largest carmaker Maruti priced below ₹2000 Suzuki India today announced its Indian smartphone and feature phone partnership with Indian Institute of manufacturer, Lava has launched a new Management, Bangalore (IIMB). Maruti feature phone that has some Suzuki will co-create technology-led smartphone-like features. The feature mobility business solution with startups. phone called Lava Pulse gets features The program will select professionals like heart rate and blood pressure who have technology in digital, data and sensor. Despite the additional hardware, AI/ML. the phone is still priced reasonably at ₹1,599. The device will be available on IIT Roorkee inks MoU with Bureau of Amazon, Flipkart and at 100K+ retail Indian Standards stores across the country. Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee has signed an MoU with the Bureau of Ministry of Skill Development, Indian Standards for collaboration in the Ministry of Shipping ink MoU for skill areas of standardisation and conformity development in port & maritime sector assessment based on equality and A Memorandum of Understanding, MoU reciprocity. As per the Memorandum of was signed between Ministry of Skill Understanding (MoU), both entities will Development and Ministry of Shipping collaborate in a number of fields including today for skill development in port and civil, electrical, mechanical, chemical, maritime sector. The MoU is aimed at earthquake engineering, development skilling, re-skilling and up-skilling and management of water resources and manpower for the growing maritime renewable energy projects. industry and development of coastal community. Delhivery partners Volvo Trucks for express operations Web Werks launches 4th data centre, Logistics unicorn Delhivery and Volvo expands into Pune Trucks have joined hands to test and National data center provider Web Werks deploy a new transport solution for announced its fourth data center in India. express operations that will help them The Center will be opened in Hinjewadi- address the challenges in speedy Pune and will be company’s second delivery and cost efficiencies of services. there. The recently constructed first phase of the center establishes Web EPFO records 6.55 lakh net new Werks’ position as one of the top- data enrolments in June center providers in the city of Pune. Net new enrolments with retirement fund body EPFO rose to 6.55 lakh in June Co from 1.72 lakh during May 2020, renamed Care Health Insurance

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Religare Enterprises has changed the governments for the implementation of name of its health insurance subsidiary to agri export policy. Several States, Care Health Insurance. Name of Religare including Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh Health Insurance Company Ltd has been and Kerala have also finalised the action changed to Care Health Insurance Ltd plan for the implementation of policy. with effect from August 19, 2020. APEDA signed MoUs with AFC India Ltd, and National Cooperative Union of India Sokin enters India with Razorpay (NCUI), Delhi to utilise their expertise in partnership the agri sector. The agriculture export Sokin, the new generation fintech policy was framed with a focus on payment firm, has signalled its intention agriculture export oriented production, to become a market leader in India, as it promotion of outbound shipments, better inks a significant deal with Razorpay, the price realisation to farmers and leading full stack financial solutions synchronisation within policies and company to enter the Indian market. programmes of the central government. Sokin will work with the RazorpayX, to provide its clients with a fully operational Govt, AIIB ink pact for $500 million business banking service including loan to improve network capacity of current accounts which can be Mumbai suburban rail seamlessly integrated with Sokin's The Centre, Maharashtra government, simple app, or online-based platform, Mumbai Railway Vikas Corp.Ltd and which allows multiple international Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank transfers with no hidden costs, all for a (AIIB) signed a $500 million loan fixed monthly fee. agreement to improve the network capacity, service quality and safety of the IBM to offer free training in new IT suburban railway system in Mumbai. The technologies, partners with NSDC total estimated cost of the project is IBM announced its collaboration with ₹10,947 crore, out of which ₹3500 crore National Skill Development Corporation will be financed by the AIIB. (NSDC) to offer a free digital education platform focused on emerging Apple iPhone SE 2020 manufactured technologies and professional in India now development skills. As a part of the The 2020 version of the iPhone SE is collaboration, IBM will curate online now being manufactured in India, Apple courses from Open P-Tech platform and confirmed today. iPhone SE packs our offer it to users via NSDC's eSkill India most powerful chip into our most popular portal to empower Indian youth on size at our most affordable price and various skills to succeed in future we’re excited to be making it in India for careers. our local customers. Apple currently makes the iPhone XR and iPhone 11 in APEDA signs MoUs with AFC India Foxconn’s factory in Chennai. Ltd and NCUI, Delhi to utilise their expertise in agri sector Flipkart to move to 100% EV usage by Agricultural and Processed Food 2030, joins Climate Group's EV100 Products Export Development Authority initiative (APEDA) is engaged with State Walmart-owned Flipkart said it will

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Aditya Puri who will step down as the Paytm appoints Bhavesh Gupta as bank’s longest serving CEO ever since CEO of lending business he took charge 26 years ago. Puri is set One97 Communications Ltd, which to retire by October this year. Jagdishan operates Paytm, has appointed Bhavesh is currently additional director and head Gupta as chief executive officer (CEO) of of finance, human resources, at the bank. its lending business. In his new role, Bhavesh will develop and expand Ashwini Kumar Tewari assumes Paytm's lending services and help the charge as MD and CEO of SBI Card company create new credit products for Ashwini Kumar Tewari has assumed as customers and SMEs in partnerships its new Managing Director (MD) and with other banks and NBFCs. Gupta will Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SBI be reporting to Amit Nayyar, President at Cards & Payment Services (SBI Card) Paytm. with effect from 1 August 2020. Tewari has replaced Hardayal Prasad who Dr. Pradeep Kumar Joshi takes oath retired on July 31, 2020. as Chairman of UPSC Dr. Pradeep Kumar Joshi took oath as Ajay Tyagi gets an extension of 18 Chairman of Union Public Service months as SEBI chief Commission (UPSC). Prof. Joshi joined Opting for continuity the finance ministry the Commission as a member in the year decided to extend the incumbent 2015. He served as Director of the Securities and Exchange Board of India National Institute of Educational Planning (Sebi) chief's tenure for 18 months. In and Administration. During his career, Dr. effect his appointment which was for Joshi taught more than 28 years at post- three years starting March 2017 has graduation level and held many important been extended by two years. Ajay Tyagi, positions in various policy making, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) academic and administrative bodies. Officer of Himachal Pradesh Cadre will now head the regulator till at least 28 GC Murmu appointed as CAG February 2022. Girish Chandra Murmu, who resigned as the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Manoj Sinha appointed as new Kashmir (J&K) has been appointed as Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and the central government’s statutory Kashmir auditor, said a government official. The President Ram Nath Kovind has Murmu was appointed as the first Lt appointed Manoj Sinha as the Lieutenant Governor of J&K when the union territory Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. The was carved out of the erstwhile state of President accepted the resignation of Jammu and Kashmir. Girish Chandra Murmu as Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. Mr Mahinda Rajapaksa to take oath as PM Murmu, a 1985 batch Gujarat cadre IAS of Sri Lanka officer was appointed as the LG in Mahinda Rajapaksa will take oath as the October last year. Our correspondent new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka after the quoting sources reports, Mr Murmu had landslide victory of his party at general sent his resignation to President Ram elections held on Wednesday. His party Nath Kovind. and allies have secured two-thirds

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BharatPe appoints Suhail Sameer as ADB had announced his appointment to Group President the post. BharatPe has appointed Suhail Sameer as Group President. Sameer along with Rakesh Asthana appointed as DG of CEO & Co-Founder Ashneer Grover will Border Security Force have the overall responsibility for building An Indian Police Service Officer the organization, merchant network, belonging to 1984 batch of Gujarat cadre business, and revenue. He is the first Rakesh Asthana has been appointed as Group President at BharatPe and will the Director General of Border Security have all the CXOs report into him. Force, BSF. According to a Personnel Ministry order issued today, he will be in Vikram Kumar Doraiswami appointed the post up to 31st July, 2021, the date of as India’s next envoy to Bangladesh his superannuation. Mr Asthana is Indian Foreign Service officer Vikram presently working as the Director Kumar Doraiswami has been appointed General of Bureau of Civil Aviation as the next High Commissioner of India Security, BCAS. He will continue to hold to Bangladesh, according to a statement the additional charge of DG, Narcotics from the Ministry of External Affairs Control Bureau. (MEA). Doraiswami succeeds Riva Ganguly Das as the Indian envoy in V.S.K. Kaumudi appointed as Special Dhaka. Secretary (Internal Security) in the Home Ministry Indian Idol Fame Shahzan Mujeeb IPS officer belonging to 1986 batch of signed as First ever National Brand Andhra Pradesh cadre, V. S. K. Kaumudi Ambassador of Aligarh Municipal will be Special Secretary (Internal Corporation Security) in the Home Ministry. He is Aligarh Municipal Corporation (AMC) has presently working as DG, Bureau of recently roped in Indian Idol Season 11 Police research and Development. He Finalist and Oscar Nominated Playback will be in the post till 30th November, Singer Shahzan Mujeeb as its First Ever 2022, the date of his superannuation. National Brand Ambassador for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Campaign at National Satya Pal Malik appointed as and International level. Meghalaya Governor The Governor of Goa, Satya Pal Malik Ashok Lavasa resigns as Election has been transferred and appointed as Commissioner; to join ADB as Vice Governor of Meghalaya. Rashtrapati President Bhavan in a communique said that Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh resigned from his post to join the Koshyari will discharge the functions of Philippines-based Asian Development the Governor of Goa in addition to his Bank (ADB) as vice-president next own duties. month. Mr. Lavasa has submitted his resignation to President Ram Nath Rajiv Kumar appointed as new Kovind and has requested to be relieved Election Commissioner by the end of this month. Last month, the Former finance secretary Rajiv Kumar has been appointed new election

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Nadu on cricket globally. The format of the ICC The former Indian Police Service officer Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 will remain K. Annamalai has been appointed the as it was for 2020 and all teams that new Vice President of the BJP in Tamil qualified for that event will now Nadu. He joined the party on the 25th of participate in India in 2021. this month. Lewis Hamilton wins his seventh Mr Shinzo Abe resigned from the post British Grand Prix of Prime Minister of Japan Lewis Hamilton claimed his seventh Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has British Grand Prix victory in dramatic announced his resignation for health fashion, crossing the line on three wheels reasons. The 65-year-old has suffered after a puncture in the final lap. Max for many years from ulcerative colitis, an Verstappen finished Second. inflammatory bowel disease, but he said his condition had worsened recently. Last 3 male paddlers selected for TOPS year, he became Japan's longest serving from Gujarat prime minister. His current period in 3 out of 4 male paddlers selected for the office began in 2012. He will remain in his Target Olympics Podium Scheme post until a successor is chosen. (TOPS) are from Gujarat. According to Gujarat State Table Tennis Association, Indian-origin Pritam Singh becomes three players Harmeet Desai, Manav Singapore's first Leader of Opposition Thakkar and Manush Shah are among Pritam Singh, Singapore's Indian-origin four male TT players selected in the politician scripted history when the city- Sports Ministry’s scheme. Soumyajit state's Parliament conferred the duties Ghosh is the fourth paddler. and privileges to him as the country's first Leader of the Opposition. Addressing IPL Cricket - 2020 to begin from Sept Parliament, Singh underlined the need to 19 in UAE focus on foreigners and their living IPL 2020 will be played from September conditions. 19 to November 10 in the UAE this year. The decision to this effect was taken at a Sports virtual meeting of IPL Governing Council. The matches will be played in Dubai, India to host 2021 T20 World Cup, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi subject to 2022 edition in Australia: ICC necessary clearances from the International Cricket Council has Government of India. The final will be confirmed that the ICC Men’s T20 World played on 10th November this year. The Cup 2020 that was postponed due to 53-day tournament will witness 10- Covid-19 will be held in Australia in 2022. afternoon matches starting at 3:30 PM India will host the ICC Men’s T20 World Indian time while the evening matches Cup 2021 as planned. Cricket’s will start at 7:30 PM. governing body has also decided to postpone the ICC Women’s Cricket India withdraws from women's world World Cup 2021 in New Zealand till team Squash championship in Kuala February – March 2022 because of the Lumpur impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had India has withdrawn from the women's

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Lanka. Questions regarding investment against Pakistan at the Bowl. On of Chinese company Tencent in Day 5 of the match, he dismissed Dream11 have also affected its Pakistan batsman Azhar Ali to claim his credibility. 600th wicket.

Jacques Kallis, Zaheer Abbas, Lisa FanCode launches online fan Sthalekar inducted into ICC Hall of merchandise store with six IPL teams Fame Multi-sport aggregator platform FanCode Legendary South African all-rounder announced the launch of its online shop Jacques Kallis, Pakistan batting great that will sell official licensed merchandise Zaheer Abbas and Pune-born former of six Indian Premier League (IPL) teams Australian captain Lisa Sthalekar were -- Delhi Capitals, Sunrisers Hyderabad, on Sunday inducted into the International Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Cricket Council's Hall of Fame. Among Rajasthan Royals, and Kings XI Punjab. the finest all-rounders to ever play the Fancode Shop will offer merchandise, game, Jacques Kallis represented South including official match jerseys, t-shirts, Africa in 166 Tests, 328 ODIs and 25 jackets, joggers, caps, masks, phone T20s between 1995 and 2014. covers, coasters, key-chains and wristbands. First female golfer from Germany Sophia Popov wins Women’s British BCCI announces Unacademy as Open Official Partner for IPL World number 304 Sophia Popov Bengaluru-based edu-tech firm became the first female golfer from 'Unacademy' has been roped in the as Germany to capture a major title after official partner for the Indian Premier winning the Women's British Open by League for three seasons. With this two strokes at Royal Troon in Scotland. partnership, we will double-down on our efforts to make Unacademy the biggest Bayern Munich beat Paris Saint- brand in the consumer-internet space, Germain to win UEFA Champions said the company. The BCCI had earlier League announced fantasy gaming platform In Football, German giants Bayern Dream11 as this year's IPL title sponsor. Munich have won the European Champions League for the sixth time Sports Minister announces massive after beating French side Paris Saint- hike in prize money of National Sports Germain 1-0 at the final in Portugal's Awards capital, Lisbon. Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju officially announced a massive hike in the prize England pacer James Anderson money in four of the seven categories of became 1st fast bowler in history to the National Sports and Adventure take 600 Test wickets Awards, which were given away in a England pacer James Anderson became virtual ceremony this year due to the the first fast bowler in history to take 600 COVID-19 pandemic. The prize money Test wickets yesterday. The 38-year-old for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award was seven wickets away from the feat has been increased to a whopping ₹25 when he started playing the third Test lakh from the previous amount of ₹7.5

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WhatsApp Web gets Facebook treatment of coronavirus patients in India. Messenger Rooms shortcut The drug has been launched under the Facebook Messenger rooms, which can brand name 'BDFAVI'. BDR Pharma's incorporate 50 people in a single video antiviral drug 'BDFAVI' is available as conference, has finally made its way the 200 mg tablets in the form of a strip of 10 company's instant messaging application tablets, and priced at ₹630 per strip. WhatsApp. The Messenger Rooms support is now accessible via WhatsApp Google to stop automatic recording of on the desktop version of the app. Assistant conversations WhatsApp Web is now enabled to let you Google will stop automatic recording of connect with people via Messenger's interactions a user has with Google video conferencing feature right from Assistant, the company announced in an there. To create a room using email sent to users. Google had come WhatsApp's shortcut, you first have to under investigation in Germany last year update your WhatsApp Web version. for possibly violating the General Data Protection Regulations, specifically Nokia to set up robotics lab at Indian because of the human review process. Institute of Science Nokia will set up a robotics lab at the Facebook launches a new TikTok Indian Institute of Science (IISc), clone, Instagram Reels Bengaluru for research on socially- Facebook's Instagram is launching its relevant use cases based on 5G and answer to the hit short video app TikTok emerging technologies. Nokia Center of — Instagram Reels. Instagram Reels will Excellence (CoE) for networked robotics let users record and edit 15-second multi- will promote interdisciplinary research clip videos with audio, and will let users involving robotics, advanced add visual effects. Users will be able to communication technologies and share Reels with followers in Instagram artificial intelligence. in a dedicated section called Reels in.

Sun Pharma launches FluGuard for Astronauts for India's first manned covid treatment space mission Gaganyaan complete Sun Pharmaceutical Industries training announced that it has launched FluGuard The four astronauts-elect for India's first (Favipiravir 200 mg) at a price of Rs. 35 manned space mission Gaganyaan have per tablet, for the treatment of mild to completed training in Russia on crew moderate cases of Covid-19 in India. actions in the event of an abnormal Favipiravir was originally developed by descent module landing, Glavkosmos. Japan's Fujifilm Holdings Corp under the The astronauts were in good health and brand name Avigan for treating influenza. determined to continue their training, Glavkosmos, a subsidiary of Russian BDR Pharma launches Favipiravir at space organisation Roscosmos said. ₹63 per tablet for treatment of COVID- The Indian astronauts are undergoing 19 training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut BDR Pharmaceuticals, a Mumbai based Training Center (GCTC). drug company, announced the launched its antiviral drug Favipiravir for the

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IIT Kanpur develops indigenous seed Chandrayaan-2 captures image of balls BEEG for farmers crater on Moon; ISRO names it after In Uttar Pradesh, IIT Kanpur has Vikram Sarabhai developed indigenous seed balls named Chandrayaan-2 has captured images of BEEG (Bio - compost Enriched Eco- the Moon and one of the craters has friendly Globule) which will help people been named after Vikram Sarabhai, the and farmers in plantation with safety in father of the Indian space programme. Corona times and will also provide Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai’s 100th birth employment to people. The BEEG is century was observed on 12th of August, developed in collaboration with Agnys 2020. The Indian Space Research Waste Management Private Limited Organisation (ISRO) has sought to pay (start-up at IIT Kanpur). tribute to him in a special way by announcing that Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter Indian Spacetech Startup Skyroot has captured the Moon images of Aerospace Successfully Test-Fires ‘Sarabhai Crater’. Rocket Engine Aerospace startup Skyroot Aerospace IIT Kharagpur Launches DEEKSHAK has successfully test fired an upper- Platform for Organizations to Conduct stage rocket engine, becoming the first Online Classes Indian private company to demonstrate IIT Kharagpur has developed an e- the capability to build a homegrown classroom software called “DEEKSHAK” rocket engine. The 3-D printed rocket for organizations to conduct online engine – Raman, named after Nobel classes. Researchers at IIT Kharagpur laureate CV Raman – has fewer moving have come up with this software as users parts and weighs less than half of are frequently experiencing challenges conventional rocket engines with a and more importantly, the operational similar capacity. requirements of an electronic classroom. The DEEKSHAK platform by IIT Israel, US successfully test Arrow-2 Kharagpur utilizes one-way ballistic missile defense system communication for bandwidth efficiency. Israel successfully tested its Arrow-2 Therefore, instead of all students ballistic missile interceptor. The Missile participating in a class as in meeting test was conducted in the test site in software, the focus is only on the teacher Central Israel over the Mediterranean and the learning materials. DEEKSHAK Sea. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is a low bandwidth web-based software of the United States of America along that can be accessed using any with Israeli Air Force and Israel computer or even on mobile phones. Aerospace Industries conducted the testing. The Arrow-2 interceptor NHAI develops mobile App ‘Harit Path' successfully performed its planned to facilitate creation of Green trajectory and destroyed the target. Highways across country During the test, the Arrow intercepted an The National Highways Authority of India Israeli Sparrow-class medium-range (NHAI), a PSU under the Ministry of target missile. Road and Transport, has developed a mobile App, ‘Harit Path' to facilitate creation of Green Highways across the

Please Support Us Like us facebook.com/ExamsCartOfficial& Follow Us On Instagram.com/Exams_Cart Daily Visit: ExamsCart.com Free Study Material Join: Telegram.me/ExamsCart country. The App will also be used to recycle around 2000 Kg per day of the monitor location, growth, species details, biodegradable waste generated in maintenance activities, targets and township including the horticulture waste achievements of each of the PSU’s field and convert it into ready to use compost. units for every plant under the Highway plantation projects. Harit Path was Govt panel allows Bharat Biotech to inaugurated by the Union Minister for test administration of Covaxin Road and Transport, Nitin Gadkari. through skin A subject-expert committee at the IIT Madras-incubated start-up Central Drugs Standard Control develops portable hospital unit for Organisation has given an approval to COVID-19 patients Bharat Biotech International Ltd to IIT Madras-incubated Start-up, Modulus conduct a separate trial for administrating Housing has developed a portable ‘Covaxin’, its covid-19 vaccine candidate, hospital unit that can be installed through intradermal route, that is just anywhere within two hours by four under the skin, as against the people. 'MediCAB' is a decentralized intramuscular route in the current trial. approach to detect, screen, identify, isolate and treat COVID-19 patients in IIT Bombay,Shiv Nadar researchers their local communities through these develop environment friendly lithium portable microstructures. 'MediCAB' was batteries launched recently in Wayanad District of Researchers at the Indian Institute of Kerala where the units are being Technology (IIT) Bombay and Shiv deployed to treat COVID-19 Patients. Nadar University claim to have The startup is developing micro hospitals developed a technology for production of that can be deployed rapidly across the environment friendly Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) nation. The hospital unit is foldable and is batteries which will be three times more composed of four zones - a doctor's energy efficient and cost effective than room, an isolation room, a medical Lithium-ion batteries commonly used at room/ward and a twin-bed ICU, present. The researchers said the maintained at negative pressure. technology has the potential to aid multi- billion dollar industries that depend on National Fertilizers Limited to set up such batteries. The new battery an Organic Waste Converter Plant technology synthesizes a bio-based National Fertilizers Limited, NFL, a PSU molecule, capable of commercial-scale under the Department of Fertilizers in production. Vijaipur, Madhya Pradesh is going to set up an Organic Waste Converter, OWC Microsoft introduces Hindi, Indian Plant. The biodegradable waste English to Neural Text-to- Speech collected in the unit will be transported to service OWC where it will be segregated from Microsoft India has announced the non-degradable parts. It will take around addition of English (India) and Hindi to its 10 days to convert it into ready to use Neural Text to Speech (Neural TTS) compost. Ministry of Chemical and service language set, featuring the two Fertilizers said, an initiative towards languages among the 15 new dialects Swachh Bharat, the project aims to added to the service enabled with state-

Please Support Us Like us facebook.com/ExamsCartOfficial& Follow Us On Instagram.com/Exams_Cart Daily Visit: ExamsCart.com Free Study Material Join: Telegram.me/ExamsCart of-the-art artificial intelligence (AI) audio Students and alumni of various Indian quality. Institutes of Technology (IITs) have launched a portal to help JEE and NEET Tripura University scientist designs candidates with transportation facility. WARBOT to protect doctors In the war against Covid-19 pandemic, IIT Bombay students launch Scanning doctors and medical staff remained at the Apps forefront of the fight and many doctors Taking inspiration from Prime Minister have sacrificed their lives while treating Narendra Modi's clarion call for an Atma and saving the life of positive patients. In Nirbhar Bharat, two final year B.Tech fact, the doctors and medical staff are at students pursuing Civil Engineering at IIT the most risk point to contract the virus as Bombay, launched AIR Scanner, a free- they directly come in contact with of-cost document-scanning mobile patients. application. Currently the app is available for Android users only but soon it will be Asteroid over 22 and 49 metres in released for iOS users too. diameter to pass by Earth An asteroid with diameters between 22 Obituary and 49 metres will shoot pass Earth in a distance closer than Earth from the Moon Senior Congress leader Nandi on September 1, according to the Yellaiah passes away National Aeronautics and Space Senior Congress leader and former Vice Administration (NASA). NASA estimates President of Telangana Pradesh the asteroid's relative speed at around Congress Committee (TPCC) Nandi 8.16 kilometres per second. The last time Yellaiah passed away. He was 85. Nandi asteroid 2011 ES4 fly by the Earth was Yellaiah died while taking treatment at visible from ground for four days. the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad. He had tested positive for SpiceJet launches portable ventilator Corona virus 10 days ago and breathed SpiceOxy for patients with breathing his last this morning. Yellaiah was a six- issues time member of Lok Sabha and served SpiceJet introduced a portable ventilator as the MP of Nagarkurnool constituency for patients with mild-to-moderate till 2019. breathing issues. Dubbed as 'SpiceOxy', the compact ventilator was designed by Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh engineers of SpiceJet Technic, a passes away subsidiary of SpiceJet. Dubbed as Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh, 'SpiceOxy', the non-invasive ventilator who was admitted to a hospital in was designed by engineers of SpiceJet Singapore, passed away. He was ailing Technic, a subsidiary of SpiceJet. for the past few months. He had earlier SpiceOxy has been certified by undergone a kidney transplant surgery. international agency TUV and has also obtained ISO certification. Former Union Home Secretary Ram Pradhan passes away IITians launch website to help JEE, Former Union Home Secretary Ram NEET candidates in need of transport Pradhan passed away in Mumbai due to

Please Support Us Like us facebook.com/ExamsCartOfficial& Follow Us On Instagram.com/Exams_Cart Daily Visit: ExamsCart.com Free Study Material Join: Telegram.me/ExamsCart age-related ailments. Mr Pradhan served 1970 and led the party from 1979 until as the governor of Arunachal Pradesh 2001. during Rajiv Gandhi's tenure as Prime Minister. He played a major role in the Former Maharashtra Chief Minister signing of the Assam Accord and Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar passes Mizoram Peace Accord. away at 88 Senior Congressman and former Tamil writer, lmmaker Sa Kandasamy Maharashtra Chief Minister Shivajirao passes away Patil Nilangekar passed away at a private Tamil writer and documentary hospital in Pune following a brief illness. filmmakerSa Kandasamy has passed He was 88. away. He was 81. He was a prolific Tamil writer and literary critic. Kandasamy’s Veteran CPIM leader Shyamal “Vicharanai Commission” won the Chakraborty dies of Coronavirus Sahitya Akademi award for best Tamil Veteran CPIM leader and former West novel in 1998. Bengal Minister Shyamal Chakraborty died of Corona infection in Kolkata. He Former Goa Assembly Speaker Anant was 77. Shyamal Chakraborty was Shet passes away elected four times consecutively in the Former speaker of Goa Assembly and State Assembly since 1981. He was BJP leader Anant Shethas passed away. Transport Minister in the Jyoti Basu He was 59. He was speaker of the Goa cabinet in the State. He was also elected Legislative Assembly from January 12, in Rajya Sabha. 2016 to March 14, 2017. Poet Rahat Indori passed away Uttar Pradesh minister Kamal Rani A day after testing positive for corona Varun passes away due to virus, legendary Urdu poet and lyricist Dr coronavirus Rahat Indori, 70, passed away at Uttar Pradesh’s Technical Education Indore's Aurobindo Hospital. Minister Kamal Rani Varun, has passed away due to novel coronavirus. The 62- BJP MLA Janmejai Singh passes year-old, the only woman in the Yogi away Adityanath Cabinet. She was MLA from Bharatiya Janata Party sitting MLA Ghatampur in Kanpur Nagar. Janmejai Singh from Deoria Sadar seat died of heart attack in Lucknow last night. Nobel Laureate John Hume died He was 75. The MLA was admitted to following long period of illness Lohia Hospital after he developed health Nobel Laureate John Hume, a prominent complications. He was initially taken to Northern Ireland politician has died the Civil Hospital from his residence but yesterday, following a long period of was later referred to Lohia Hospital by illness. He was 83. Hume was one of the the doctors. Earlier, his Coronavirus test highest-profile politicians in Northern report came negative. Ireland for more than 30 years. He was a founding member of the Social Veteran sports journalist GK Menon Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) in passes away Veteran sports journalist GK Menon

Please Support Us Like us facebook.com/ExamsCartOfficial& Follow Us On Instagram.com/Exams_Cart Daily Visit: ExamsCart.com Free Study Material Join: Telegram.me/ExamsCart passed away. He was 93. He worked She was 72. Ms. Mahanta was also a with the Indian Express and The Times of reputed artist of All India Radio, India and ended his freelance career in Guwahati also. the early 1990s. Menon played cricket at the club level and also was an active Congress MP Harikrishnan member of the Shivaji Park Gymkhana in Vasanthakumar passed away Dadar, central Mumbai. In Tamil Nadu, Congress MP H. Vasantha Kumar representing Singer and Actor Trini Lopez passes Kanyakumari Lok Sabha Constituency away passed away in Chennai, due to COVID- Trini Lopez, the singer whose hits 19. He was 70. included “If I Had a Hammer” and “Lemon Tree,” has passed away at 83 of Veteran Athletics coach Purshottam complications due to COVID-19. After Rai passed away receiving a Grammy nomination in 1963, Veteran athletics coach Purshottam Rai he went on to star in a variety-show died due to a cardiac arrest in Bengaluru. special for NBC and act in He was to be conferred the prestigious 1965’sMarriage on the Rocks and 1967’s Dronacharya Award in the lifetime The Dirty Dozen. category. He was 79. Rai coached top athletes such as Olympian quartermiler Former India cricketer Chetan Vandana Rao, heptathlete Pramila Chauhan passes away due to Covid- Aiyappa, Ashwini Nachappa, Murali 19 Kuttan, MK Asha, EB Shyla, Rosa Kutty Former Test batsman Chetan Chauhan and GG Pramila. has passed away following complications due to Covid-19. He was 73. Lok Sabha member H. Vasantha Kumar passed away Robert Trump, brother of president Lok Sabha member H.Vasantha Kumar Donald Trump passes away passed away in Chennai. He was 70. He Donald Trump’s younger brother, Robert was representing the Kanyakumari Trump has passed away aged 71. constituency where he won on the Congress ticket in the last General Renowned Carnatic musician & Veena Election. artist Dr B Siva Kumar passes away Noted Carnatic musician and renowned Nelson Mandela's personal Indian- veena vidwan Dr B Siva Kumar, senior origin physician Vejay Ramlakan veena artist. He was 53. He has won passed away several awards including the Tamil Iyal Nelson Mandela's personal Indian-origin Isai Nataka sangam award and the physician Vejay Ramlakan, who served award for Ragam Tanam Pallavi him for a decade until the South African presentation from the Tamil Isai Sangam. leader's death in 2013, passed away here following a cardiac arrest. He was Renowned singer Archana Mahanta 62. passed away Noted singer Archana Mahanta passed India’s first female cardiologist Dr S away in Guwahati in a private hospital. Padmavati passed away

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Noted cardiologist Dr S Padmavati has died at 103 due to COVID-19, the National Heart Institute said on Sunday. Dr S Padmavati, an eminent cardiologist, rather the first female cardiologist of the India, popularly known as 'God Mother of Cardiology'.

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