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Index

No. of Chapter Topics Name Page No.

Chapter 1 Important Appointment (National, 3-19 International)

Chapter 2 Awards (National, International) 20-34

Chapter 3 Government Scheme/ campaign 35-45

Chapter 4 Summit/ Conference 45-51

Chapter 5 Ranking Index 52-57

Chapter 6 Partnership/ Agreement 58-63

Chapter 7 loans agreement for from different 64-67 organizations

Chapter 8 Mergers and Acquires 68-71

Chapter 9 APP/Website/Card 72-81

Chapter 10 India’s GDP Forecast FY20 &21 (Last 82-83 Update 8th NOV)

Chapter 11 Budget 2020 & Atma Nirbhar Package 84-85

Chapter 12 Important Committee 86-92

Chapter 13 Banking & Financial 93-102

Chapter 14 Current Affairs (National) In Short 103-128

Chapter 15 Current Affairs (International) In Short 129-134

Chapter 16 Defence News 135-139

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Chapter 17 Sports News 140-145

Chapter 18 Upcoming Sports Events & Venues 146-147

Chapter 19 List of Important Book and Author 2020 148-150

Chapter 20 Important Day and Theme 2020 151-166

Chapter 21 Obituary 167-171

Chapter 22 Science related News 172-173

Chapter 23 Banks Name & CEO of Bank & 174-175 Headquarter & Tagline

Chapter 24 State Chief Ministers and Governors 176-177

Chapter 25 Cabinet ministers of India with their 178-179 constituency

Chapter 26 List of Union Ministry Secretary 180

Part- 2

No. of Chapter Topics Name (Page No. 181 to 220)

Chapter 1 in India

Chapter 2 Folk Dance

Chapter 3 List of International & Domestic Airport: State wise

Chapter 4 International borders / Boundary lines

Chapter 5 International Organizations & Headquarter

Chapter 6 List of

Chapter 7 List of Important Indian Cities on Rivers banks

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Chapter 8 List of National Parks of India

Chapter 9 Nuclear Power Plants in India

Chapter 10 Thermal Power Plants in India

Chapter 11 Solar Power Plant in India

Chapter 12 List of Ports in India: State Wise

Chapter 13 List of River a Cross State

Chapter 14 Stadiums in India

Chapter 15 Famous Temple in India

Chapter 16 List of Reserve in India

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

Chapter 18 Capital & Currency

Note: if You want banking and financial awareness capsule: Click here Chapter 1: Important Appointment (National & International)

National Level Appointment

Organization Persons

New NTPC director (operations) Ramesh Babu

(Update 1st May)

New Commander of Army Training Lt Gen Raj Shukla Command (Update 1st May)

New MD & CEO Max Bupa Health Insurance Krishnan Ramachandran

(Update 5th May)

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Director on the Central Board of Reserve Secretary of Economic Affairs Department Bank of India (RBI) Ministry of Finance Tarun Bajaj

(Update 5th May)

New head India’s Paralympic Committee Deepa Malik (Update 12 May)

New chairman of the Central Board of Manoj Ahuja Secondary Education (CBSE) (Update 12 May)

New Archaeological Survey chief V. Vidyavathi (Update 12 May)

Director general of NAREDCO (National Real Rajesh Goel Estate Development Council) (Update 16th May)

New NABARD chairman Govinda Rajulu Chintala

(Update 18th May)

New president of Indian Steel Association Mr. Dilip Oommen

(Update 19th May)

New CMD of Oriental Insurance SN Rajeswari

(Update 27th May)

Wipro's new CEO and MD Thierry Delaporte

(Update 29th May)

Director General of the Sports Authority of Sandip Pradhan (extended by two years) India (SAI) (6/6/20)

New CMD of Power Finance Corporation Ravinder Singh Dhillon

(Update 30th May)

New CEO of FSSAI Arun Singhal

(Updated 29th May)

Commander-in-Chief of Andaman and Manoj Pande Nicobar Command (Updated 1st June)

Managing director of the India Infrastructure PR Jaishankar Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL) (Updated 1st June)

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New Secretary in the Ministry of Steel Pradip Kumar Tripathi

(Updated 1st June)

New President of the Confederation of Indian Uday Kotak Industry (CII) (Updated 4th June)

New Chairman & Managing Director of Virendra Datt National Fertilizers Limited (Updated 5th June)

Google Cloud India as Senior Director Anil Valluri

(Updated 9th June)

Gargo International Proudly Presents Brand Sonu Sood Ambassador (Updated 11th June)

CEO of UTI Mutual Fund Imtaiyazur Rahman

(Updated 14th June)

Attorney General K K Venugopal, 1-year extension

Chairman of "National Institute of Public Former RBI Governor Urjit Patel Finance and Policy is privileged (Updated 22nd June)

International Cricket Council’s chairman Imran Khwaja

(Updated 1st July)

New CEO of Central Board of Films Mr Ravinder Bhakar Certification (Updated 2nd July)

IOC Chairman Shrikant Madhav Vaidya

(Updated 2nd July)

New MD of Cholamandalam MS General V Suryanarayanan Insurance Company (Updated 2nd July)

New chairman of the International Financial Injeti Srinivas Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) (Updated 6th July)

Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN) (2nd Term) Chairperson (Updated 12 July)

New HCL Chairman Roshni Nadar Malhotra (Updated 17 July)

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New SBI Cards MD & CEO Ashwini Kumar Tewari

(Effect 1st August)

New Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Smit Deb National Mineral Development Corporation (Updated 21 July) (NMDC)

New Chairman of Bajaj Finance Sanjiv Bajaja

(Effect 31st July)

New MD & CEO SBI General Insurance Prakash Kandpal (Updated 20 July)

New CEO & Director of MFIN Alok Mishra

(Effect 1st August)

Tata AIA names as CEO and MD Naveen Tahilyani (Updated 29 July)

Paytm Money appoints as CEO Varun Sridhar (Updated 30 July)

ICRA new MD and Group CEO Sivaraman (Effect 10 August)

Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd New Urjit Patel Additional & Independent Director (Update 1 August)

HP new India MD Ketan Patel (Update 2 August)

New CAG Girish Chandra Murmu (Update 5th August)

New lieutenant governor of and Manoj Sinha (Update 6th August)

PNB Housing Finance Limited new MD & CEO Hardayal Prasad (Update 10th August)

New Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Patanjali Jha Tax (Update 10th August)

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New Chairman of Indian Council for Research Pramod Bhasin on International Economic Relations (Update 13th August) (ICRIER)

Next chairman of Soma Mondal (Update 13th August)

GoAir New CEO Kaushik Khona (Update 15th August)

DBS Bank new Managing Director and Head Prashant Joshi of National Distribution (Update 19th August)

‘NPCI International Payments Limited’ CEO Ritesh Shukla (Update 21st August)

New managing director of State Bank of India Ashwani Bhatia (Update 22nd August)

SBI Mutual Fund New MD and CEO Vinay Tonse (Update 26th August)

Reliance as Group President Former IOC Chairman Sanjiv Singh (Update 26th August)

New Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar (Update 22nd August)

New Chairman of Press Trust of India Aveek Sarkar (Update 2nd Sep)

New CMD of Hindustan Shipyard Limited Hemant Khatri (Update 2nd Sep)

New CMD of BPCL K Padmakar

First woman DG of Bureau of Civil Aviation Usha Padhee Security (Update 3 sep)

Railway Board's first ever CEO V K Yadav (Update 3 sep)

35th President of Federation of Automobile Vinkesh Gulati Dealers Associations (FADA)

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brand ambassadors of Playerzpot Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Smriti Mandhana (Update 10th Sep)

New President of All India Tennis Anil Jain Association

New chairperson of National School of Drama (Update 10th Sep)

WHO panellist Preeti

UNICEF’s celebrity advocate in India Ayushman Khurrana

New Chairman of Advertising Standards Subhash Kamath Council of India (ASCI)

Executive director of World Bank Rajesh Khullar (Update 15 sep)

Executive Director of ADB Sameer Kumar Khare

Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha Harivansh Narayan Singh (re-elected)

New Minister of Food Processing Industries Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has Ministry given additional charge.

Chief of National Technical Research Anil Dhasmana Organisation (NTRO) (Update 19th Sep)

Advisor to IMF Executive Director Simanchala Dash (Update 23 sep)

Regional Ambassador for India by the UNEP- Khushi Chindaliya Tunza Eco-Generation

New administrator of and AK Dixit Co-operative (PMC) Bank (effect from 23 September)

New Managing Director of Energy Efficiency Rajat Sud Services Ltd (EESL)

President of FTII (Update 1st October)

Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of SBI Charanjit Singh Attra

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(Update 1st October)

Brand ambassador of Hudle Ajinkya Rahane

Director-General of Bureau of Civil Aviation M A Ganapathy Security (BCAS) (Update 6th October)

MD, CEO of India Post Payments Bank J Venkatramu (Update 7th October)

New deputy governor of RBI (4th) M Rajeshwar Rao (Update 7th October)

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Piyush Goyal Public Distribution Additional charge

Brand ambassador for Indian brand Chetan Anand ‘Transform’

NTPC Ltd chairman and managing director Gurdeep Singh (Update 17th October)

New chairman of Indian Banks' Association Union Bank of India's MD and CEO Rajkiran Rai (IBA) G Note: State Bank of India's Chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara has been elected as the deputy chairman of the association. (Update 20th October)

Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports Bimal Julka Chairman (Update 25th October)

New Chief Information Commissioner Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha (Update 28th October)

(International Level Appointment)

Organization/ Country Persons

India's new Permanent Representative to the T S Tirumurti UN (Update 30th April)

US representative to the International Bank Indian-American lawyer Ashok Michael Pinto

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for Reconstruction and Development, the (Update 5th May) World Bank's lending arm.

Iraq’s new Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi (Update 7th May) Capital: Baghdad Currency: Iraqi dinar President: Barham Salih

Prime Minister Of Benjamin Netanyahu, 5th Times(Update 17th May) Capital: Jerusalem Currency: Israeli Shekel

Lesotho's new prime minister Moeketsi Majoro (Update 19th May) Capital: Maseru Currency: loti

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, 2nd Term (Update 20th May) Capital: Taipei Currency: dollar

President of the International Hockey Narinder Batra (now been extended to May Federation (FIH) 2021)

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

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

NDB’s new President ’s Marcos Troyjo

(Update 26th May)

New Vice president of the NDB Anil Kishora

(Update 26th May)

New WHO Executive Board chairman Health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan

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(Update 21st May)

New member of the Olympic Channel Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Commission. Narinder Batra (Update 26th May)

New chairman of the board of Twitter Patrick Pichette

Senior advisor to the World Bank Executive Rajeev Topno Director (Updated 5th June)

Ambassador to WTO (World Trade Brajendra Navnit Orgnisation) (Updated 7th June)

New chairman of British Academy of Film Krishnendu Majumdar and Television Arts (BAFTA) (Updated 9th June)

President of 75th UN General Assembly 's Volkan Bozkir

(Updated 17th June)

First female MCC president Cricketer Clare Connor

(Updated 24th June)

Among ambassadors for virtual TIFF 2020 Actor Priyanka Chopra and filmmaker Anurag Kashyap

New president Lazarus Chakwera

(Updated 25th June) Capital: Lilongwe Currency: Malawian kwacha

Ireland’s new prime minister Micheál Martin

(Updated 26th June) Capital: Dublin Currency: Euro

Prime Minister of Kubatbek Boronov

(Updated 16th June) Capital: Bishkek Currency: Kyrgyzstani som

India's Permanent Representative To UN In Indra Mani Pandey Geneva

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(Updated 2nd July)

New prime minister of Jean Castex President: Emmanuel Macron Capital: Paris Currency: Euro

Prime Minister of Lee Hsien Loong (3RD time) Currency: Singapore dollar Capital: Singapore

Poland's president Andrzej Duda (2nd Time) Capital: Warsaw Currency: Polish złoty

Vice-president of private sector in ADB Ashok

(Effect 31st August)

Suriname new President Chan Santokhi Capital: Paramaribo. Currency : Dollar.

First woman prime minister Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda Capital: Libreville Currency: Central African CFA franc

Adviser to the steering committee for the Sahil Seth (2020-23) BRICS Chamber of Commerce (CCI) (Updated 23 July)

New Vice-Chairman of International Union of Arun Kumar Railways (Updated 23 July)

Tunisia New PM Hichem Mechichi Capital: Tunis Currency: Tunisian dinar

Ivory Coast New PM Hamed Bakayoko (Update 1 August) Capital: Yamoussoukro Currency: West African CFA franc

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New President of Mohamed Irfaan Ali

(Update 2nd August) Capital– Georgetown Currency- Guyanese Dollar

Srilanka New Prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa (4th Times) (Update 9 August) Capital: Colombo Currency: Sri Lankan rupee

New Prime Minister of Walter Roger Martos Ruiz (Update 8 August) Capital: Lima Currency: Nuevo Sol

New Prime Minister of Mohamed Ould Bilal (Update 12 August) Capital : Nouakchott. Currency : Mauritanian ouguiya.

54th President of Luis Rodolfo Abinader

(Update 18th August) Capital – Santo Domingo Currency – Dominican Peso.

Prime Minister of Dr. Keith Christopher Rowley (2nd Consecutive Term) (Update 20th August) Capital: Port of Currency: Trinidad and Tobago dollar

Lebanon New PM Mustapha Adib

(Update 31st August) Capital: Beirut Currency: Lebanese pound

Japan’s new prime minister Yoshihide Suga (Update 14 Sep) Capital: Tokyo Currency: Japanese yen

Mali’s interim president Bah Ndaw (Update 23 Sep) Capital: Bamako Currency: West African CFA franc

New president of Bougainville Ishmael Toroama

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(Update 24 Sep) Capital: Buka

Currency: Papua New Guinean kina (PGK)

Somalia’s new prime minister Mohamed Hussein Roble (Update 22 Sep) Capital: Mogadishu President: Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo Currency: Somali shilling

Kuwait's new ruling emir Crown prince Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah Capital: City Currency: Kuwaiti dinar

Jordan new PM Bishr al-Khasawneh Capital: Amman Currency: Jordanian dinar

Kuwait's new ruling emir Crown prince Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al (Update 1st October) Sabah Capital: Kuwait City Currency: Kuwaiti dinar new PM Bishr al-Khasawneh (Update 4th October) Capital: Amman Currency: Jordanian dinar PM Jacinda Ardern (2nd terms) (Update 17th October) Capital: Wellington Currency: New Zealand dollar Permanent Representative of India to Vishal V Sharma UNESCO Interim President Of The IWF Dr. Michael Irani (Update 19th October) Ambassador of LG Signature Lewis Hamilton (Update 19th October)

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

Important Brand Ambassador

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

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

▪ RedBus, Dream 11, Mastercard ▪ Mahendra Singh Dhoni

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

▪ New brand “V-Nourish” ▪ ▪ TAFE (Tractors and Farm Equipment) ▪ Askhay Kumar

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▪ JBL’s New global brand ambassador ▪ Actor Ranveer Singh

▪ Brand ambassador for Gatorade by ▪ Hima Das PepsiCo India ▪ New brand ambassador of Madhya ▪ Actor Govinda Pradesh ▪ Visa ▪ PV Sindhu ▪ Maharashtra Assembly polls 2019 ▪

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

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

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

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

Brand ambassador of Paytm First Games Sachin Tendulkar Brand ambassador for 9stacks Suresh Raina Bengal Peerless brand ambassador Sourav Ganguly

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Brand ambassador for Indian brand Chetan Anand ‘Transform’ Parle agro brand ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas Healthcare brand Dr Trust, Vega Rohit Sharma

List of Chief Justices

▪ Supreme court chief justice Sharad Arvind Bobde (47th)

▪ High Court Chief Justice AK Mittal

▪ High Court Chief Justice Sanjay Karol

▪ New Chief Justices Himachal Pradesh Lingappa Narayana Swamy High Court

▪ New Chief Justices Punjab and Shanker Jha High Court

▪ New Chief Justices High Indrajit Mahanty Court

▪ New Chief Justices High Court Arup K. Goswami

▪ New Chief Justices High Court Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi

▪ New Chief Justices Ajai Lamba

▪ New Chief Justices J.K. Maheshwari High Court

▪ New Chief Justices High Court S. Manikumar

▪ New Chief Justice of HC Justice Vikram Nath

▪ New Chief Justice of Chhatisgarh HC P Ramachandra Menon

▪ New Chief Justice of HC Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel

▪ New Chief Justice of J& K HC Gita Mittal

▪ New Chief Justice of HC Abhay Shreeniwas Oka ▪ New Chief Justice of Bombay HC Justice Dipankar Datta

▪ New Chief Justice of HC Ramalingam Sudhakar ▪ New Chief Justice of HC Biswanath Somadder ▪ New Chief Justice of HC Mohammad Rafiq

▪ New Chief Justice of Madras HC Ameshwar Pratap Sahi

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▪ New Chief Justice of HC Raghvendra Singh Chauhan

▪ New Chief Justice of HC Govind Mathur

▪ New Chief Justice of Calcutta HC Thottathil B. RadhaKrishanan

▪ New Chief Justice of HC Ravi Ranjan

▪ New Chief Justice of Uttrakhand HC Ravi Vijaykumar Malimath

Permanent Judge of the common High Justice Rajnesh Oswal Court of Jammu & Kashmir and

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

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

▪ Naval Chief ▪ Karambir Singh ▪ Air Chief ▪ Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria ▪ IB ▪ Arvind Kumar ▪ BSF ▪ Rakesh Asthana ▪ CRPF ▪ AP Maheshwari (CRPF IG- P S Ranipse)

▪ CISF ▪ Rajesh Ranjan ▪ ITBP ▪ SS Deswal ▪ NSG ▪ Anup Kumar Singh ▪ NDRF ▪ SN Pradhan ▪ RAW ▪ Samant Goel

List of Chairman of Important Organisation

Organisation Chairman Name

▪ SIDBI ▪ Mohammad Mustafa

▪ SEBI ▪ Ajay Tyagi

▪ NABARD ▪ Chintala Govinda Rajulu

▪ NHRC ▪ H.L Dattu

▪ NITI Aayog ▪ PM Narendra Modi

▪ ISRO ▪ K.Sivan

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▪ UIDAI ▪ Shri Pankaj Kumar

▪ UGC ▪ Dhirendra Pal Singh

▪ DRDO ▪ G Satheesh Reddy

▪ New Election Commissioner ▪ Rajiv Kumar

▪ New UPSC chairman ▪ Pradeep Kumar Joshi

Chapter 2: Awards (Covered April to 15th October)

2020 Nobel Prize List

Category Persons Reasons

Medicine or • Harvey J Alter (US) For the discovery of Physiology Hepatitis C virus.” • Michael Houghton (UK)

• Charles M. Rice (US) Physics • Roger Penrose (UK) The award has, in the past, honoured discoveries • Reinhard Genzel () about the tiniest of • Andrea Ghez (US) particles and the vast mysteries of outer space. While one half of the Nobel was awarded to Penrose for his discovery on black holes, the other half was jointly awarded to Genzel and Ghez ‘for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of the galaxy’.

Chemistry • Emmanuelle Charpentier for the development of a (France) method for genome editing • Jennifer A. Doudna (US) Literature • American poet Louise Glück For her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes

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

auction theory • Robert B Wilson (US)

Padma Vibhushan Award 2020 (Total-7)

The Padma Vibhushan is the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, second only to the Bharat Ratna. Established: 1954

Name Field State/Country

1. George Fernandes Public Affairs

(Posthumous)

2. Arun Jaitley Public Affairs Delhi (Posthumous)

3. Sir Anerood Jugnauth Public Affairs 4. M. C. Mary Kom Sports Manipur 5. Art 6. Sushma Swaraj Public Affairs Delhi (Posthumous)

7. Sri Vishveshateertha Swamiji Sri Pejavara Others-Spiritualism Karnataka Adhokhaja Matha Udupi (Posthumous)

Padma Bhushan Award 2020 (Total-16)

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The is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Established: 1954

Name Field State/Country

M. Mumtaz Ali () Others-Spiritualism Kerala

Syed Muazzem Ali Public Affairs

(Posthumous)

Muzaffar Hussain Baig Public Affairs Jammu and Kashmir

Ajoy Chakravorty Art

Manoj Das Literature and Puducherry

Education

Balkrishna Doshi Others-Architecture Gujarat Social Work S. C. Jamir Public Affairs Social Work Dr. Tsering Landol Medicine Ladakh Trade and Industry Maharashtra Neelakanta Ramakrishna Public Affairs Kerala Madhava Menon (Posthumous)

Manohar Gopalkrishna Public Affairs Prabhu Parrikar (Posthumous)

Prof. Literature and USA Education

P. V. Sindhu Sports Telangana Trade and Industry Tamil Nadu

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

Awards (October)

Awards Persons/Organization Purpose/ Field

Gandhi Award AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay He was instrumental in India''s Singh Diplomatic intervation to remove Mahatma Ghandhi's Image on beer bottles of Private company in Isreal. Sanjay singh raised the issue in the Parliament.

Indo-American Chamber of Ratan Tata Commerce (IACC) achievement award

SDG Special Humanitarian Actor Sonu Sood For his philanthropic work Action Award by UNDP during coronavirus induced lockdown

World's most influential Ravi Santhanam, Chief Ranked at Number 39, he is the CMOs Marketing Officer (CMO), only CMO of an Indian HDFC Bank company to be featured in the

illustrious list which includes marketing heads of Apple, BMW, Lego, Adobe, Microsoft, P&G among others.

Central bank of the year “Bank of ” “Bank of Ghana” has won the award 2020 Central bank of the year award 2020. Apart from this, Mark

Carney (Governor of the Bank of England) has won the Governor of the year at the

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Central bank of the year award 2020.

Right Livelihood Award 2020 • Nasrin Sotoudeh- Fields as environmental protection, human rights, • Bryan Stevenson-USA sustainable development, • Lottie Cunningham health, education, and peace. Wren- "Alternative Nobel Prize",it is • Ales Bialiatski- not a Nobel prize

Wildlife Photographer of the Aishwarya Sridhar, first Her photo won among 50,000 Year award Indian woman entries from over 80 countries across the world.

EU awards human rights Belarus opposition Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, for prize movement their challenge to President Alexander Lukashenko’s long, hard-line reign.

‘Outstanding Young Person UK-based Indian-origin Dr Non-profit NGO for her of the World 2020’ Jajini Varghese “incredible” scientific contributions to diagnosing and treating breast cancer.

Special prize in Global Art six year old Bangladeshi boy for his artwork in the global art Competition Anzar Mustaeen Ali competition organised by the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR).

Won best Child/Young girl K Mahashweta For her role in the short film Actress award at the Las Grandma Toy Vegas Movie Awards 2020

UN Climate Action Award India’s Global Himalayan help remote communities Expedition access solar energy

Jal Shakti Minister presented 2020 Swachh Bharat Awards Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat presented the Swachh Bharat Awards 2020 particularly under the drinking water and cleanliness categories. The awards were given to States, Districts, Blocks and Village Panchayats. GoI had earlier launched three missions namely Swachh Sundar Samudayik Shouchalaya, Samudayik Shouchalaya Abhiyan and Gandagi Mukth Bharat. Samudayik Shouchalaya Category

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• Gujarat won the first prize at state level. • Tirunelveli of Tamil Nadu got the first prize at district level. • Kharchrod block in Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh won the first prize at block level. • Chinnanur village of Tamil Nadu got the first prize a Gram Panchayat level Samudayik Shouchalya category • Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh came out to be best performing states. • Prayagraj and Bareilly were the best performing districts. Gandagi Mukt Bharat Mission

• Telangana and Haryana got the first prize. Right Livelihood Award 2020 The Right Livelihood Award is an international award to "honour and support those offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today." The prize was established in 1980 by German-Swedish philanthropist Jakob von Uexkull. An international jury, invited by the five regular Right Livelihood Award board members, decides the awards in such fields as environmental protection, human rights, sustainable development, health, education, and peace. Although it is promoted as an "Alternative Nobel Prize",it is not a Nobel prize. List of Winners 2020 • Nasrin Sotoudeh-Iran • Bryan Stevenson-USA • Lottie Cunningham Wren- Nicaragua • Ales Bialiatski-Belarus

September 2020

Awards Persons/Organization Purpose/ Field

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

Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2020 British Broadcaster David David Attenborough was given the Attenborough prize for “revealing the wonders of

the natural world, educating and entertaining generations of people through his films and books for tirelessly working to awaken humankind to the need to preserve and protect the on our planet, and advocating the necessity to live a sustainable and harmonious way of life.

CII-GBC ‘National Energy Leader’ International Airport The GMR led Rajiv Gandhi award International Airport (Hyderabad International Airport) won the

‘National Energy Leader’ and ‘Excellent Energy Efficient Unit’ awards at the 21st National Awards for ‘Excellence in Energy Management’.

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

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

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

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

United Nations to the 2020 cohort Udit Singhal The highest profile recognition of young leaders for the opportunity at the world body for Sustainable Development Goals youngsters who are leading efforts to combat the world’s most pressing issues.

Asia Game Changer award 2020 Michelin-star chef Vikas Khanna Feeding millions across India amid the COVID-19 pandemic through a massive food distribution drive that he coordinated from thousands of miles away in his Manhattan home.

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

Lifetime Achievement Award by Aditya Puri, MD, HDFC Bank The publication has recognised the Euromoney 2020 iconic leader for his skills in building a world-class Indian bank at a time

where there were no similar institutions in existence.

August 2020

Awards Persons/Organization Purpose/ Field

Pallikkutam National Award St Christopher School, Chessore, The award winners were chosen Village, Nagaland. byan expert jury set up by the Indian Institute of Management, (IIM-K). The award

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committee deeply appreciated the effort of all the school leaders and teachers who ensured that students continued to learn in spite of Covid- 19 crisis.

Swachhta Hi Seva 2019 award Neyveli Lignite Corporation India The award was given to the PSU for Ltd (NLCIL) transforming Neyveli township

into a plastic-, clean and green campus.

National Award To Teachers Ms. Sudha Painuli First NAT Awardee from the 2020 Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) established under

Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

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

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

bilateral economic partnership

20th Indian Film Moothon’, ‘Son Rise’ National Award-winning Festival documentary “Son Rise” and Geetu Mohandas-directed

“Moothon” had been among the many movies that took residence the massive honours at the 20th New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF),

International Booker Prize 2020 Dutch Writer Marieke Lucas A 29-year-old Dutch writer has Rijneveld become the youngest author

Literary fiction book ‘The Discomfort of Evening’,"

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

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

bilateral economic partnership

20th New York Indian Film Moothon’, ‘Son Rise’ National Award-winning Festival documentary “Son Rise” and Geetu Mohandas-directed

“Moothon” had been among the many movies that took residence the massive honours at the 20th New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF),

International Booker Prize 2020 Dutch Writer Marieke Lucas A 29-year-old Dutch writer has Rijneveld become the youngest author

Literary fiction book ‘The Discomfort of Evening’,"

July 2020

Awards Persons/Organization Purpose/ Field

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2020 Booker Prize longlist Indian-origin author Avni Doshi's Indian-origin author Avni Doshi's debut novel Burnt Sugar – released in

India as Girl in White Cotton – has been longlisted for the 2020 Booker prize

President's Award For COVID Kala Narayanasamy Indian-origin nurse in Singapore Services has been conferred with the President's Award for Nurses for

serving on the frontline during the COVID-19 pandemic

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

Laureates Of UN Nelson Mandela Marianna Vardinoyannis, Morissana Marianna Vardinoyannis of Prize Kouyate and Morissana Kouyate of were on 18th July announced the

laureates of the United Nations 2020 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize by General Assembly President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande.

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

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USIBC Global Leadership Award Tata group Chairman N For business Chandrasekaran and Lockheed

Martin CEO Jim Taiclet

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

Paul Harris Fellow Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Recognition by Rotary Foundation K Palaniswami of Rotary International having its

headquarters at Chicago. Paul Harris Fellow usually honors people who make successful services to their people in providing drinking water, sanitation, disease prevention, environment, world peace, etc.

Global Humanitarian Award Sachin Awasthi President, National Media Club has and Founder of Shri Ram Seva Mission.

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

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

'2020 Great Immigrants' Pulitzer winner Siddhartha Two renowned Indian-Americans honourees Mukherjee, Prof Raj Chetty who have contributed towards the efforts in mitigating the COVID-19

health crisis are among the 38 immigrants honoured by a prestigious American foundation ahead of US Independence Day commemoration this year.

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

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

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

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

June 2020

Awards Persons/Organization Purpose/ Field

Panchayati raj department Prize Himachal Pradesh The state has been selected for the award for effective implementation of the e-application developed by the central government and other applications developed by the state government.

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

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Arjuna award for 2018 Sanjita Chanu Cleared of the dope taint, two- time Commonwealth Games gold-

winning weightlifter Sanjita Chanu will finally get the coveted Arjuna award which has been on hold since 2018.

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

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

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

World No Tobacco Day Award NGO ‘SEEDS’ The World Health 2020 Organization(WHO) has accorded the World No Tobacco Day Award 2020 to Socio-Economic and Educational Development Society(SEEDS), an Indian non- governmental organization(NGO), one among the 3 SouthEast Asian Region awardees, for its efforts to ban pan masala, gutkha, e-cigarettes and hookah in Bihar and Jharkhand.

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

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

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Richard Dawkins Award Every year, the award recognises a distinguished individual from the field of science, scholarship, education, or entertainment

NASA Distinguished Public Renjith Kumar For his service to NASA through Service Medal” executive leadership, engineering contribution, technical excellence

and customer satisfaction.

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

to Australia globally or domestically.

World Food Prize Indian-American soil scientist 2020 World Food Prize Laureate for Rattan Lal developing and mainstreaming a

soil-centric approach to increasing food production that conserves natural resources and mitigates climate change.

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

International Film Festival 2020.

2020 German Trade Peace Prize Economist Amartya Sen Germany’s publishers and booksellers association—has

announced on June 17 that Indian economist, philosopher, and Nobel (1998) laureate Amartya Sen is the recipient of the 2020 Peace Prize of the German book trade.

May 2020

Awards Persons/Organization Purpose/ Field

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

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

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

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

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

Pulitzer prize 2020 Channi Anand, Dar Yasin and They won the prize for their Mukhtar Khan coverage of Kashmir, especially

during the lockdown that was implemented after Article 370

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

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

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

announcement came on World Press Freedom Day.

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

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

Inventor of the Year Indian-American alumnus & IBM Dr Joshi, who is a master inventor scientist Rajiv Joshi with more than 250 patented

inventions in the US, works at the IBM Thomson Watson Research Center in New York.

UN military gender award for An officer Major selected for the prestigious United women peacekeepers Suman Gawani and a Brazilian Nations Military Gender Advocate woman Commander Carla Monteiro of the Year Award (2019).

de Castro Araujo The woman peacekeeper were described as "powerful role models" by the UN Chief Antonio Guterres.

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Chapter 3: Government Scheme/ campaign

(October)

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

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Net Project of the Central government. The programme comply with the India’s Digital India Mission. The villages will be connected with the 100 MBps optical fibre network with an aim to make every village a mini Sachivalay. 'Yudh Pradushan Ke Virudh' As the winter season is impending during which the national capital faces a huge menace in the form of air (Delhi) pollution, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government has launched a campaign against it. 'Yudh Pradushan Ke Virudh' was announced on 5th October by the CM. As a part of the campaign, technology developed by Pusa Agriculture Institute to curb stubble-burning ‘Gram Darshan’ “With the launch of Gram Darshan, the details of the completed, ongoing and required development (Haryana) projects of every village in Haryana will be digitally available. Pathashree Abhijan Scheme West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on 1st September launched the Pathashree Abhijan, a (West Bengal) road repair scheme, where more than 7,000 stretches of roads comprising 12,000 kilometers across the state will be repaired. Make Small Strong campaign Google India on September 30, 2020 announced the launch of its nationwide campaign “Make Small (Google India) Strong” in order to help support small businesses and drive demand through customer support. ‘Red Light On, Gaadi Off’ New anti-pollution campaign under which campaign motorists will be encouraged to switch off vehicles while waiting for the lights to turn green at traffic (Delhi) signals. “hath dhona, roke corona” This campaign was launched while emphasising upon campaign the sanitation practices on the occasion of Global Handwashing Day. (UP) ‘My Town My Pride’ Part of the public outreach initiative “in J&K’s towns to programme deliver services at doorsteps to the urban population”. (J & K) Three main objectives — public outreach in towns, strengthening grassroots democracy, and service

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delivery at doorsteps.

Campaign ‘KAPILA’ Kalam Program for Intellectual Property Literacy and Awareness campaign, honour of 89th birth (Union Education Minister) anniversary celebration of former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. Mission Shakti’ Awareness and tackle crime against women in the state. (UP) AYUSHMAN SAHAKAR scheme Aims: The scheme is an unique way that will assist cooperatives to play an important role in creation of (Union Agriculture Minister) healthcare infrastructure in the country. The scheme would be providing a working capital and margin money to meet operational requirements of the health facilities. It also provides interest subvention of one percent to cooperatives where women are in majority. 'Safe City Project' The Governor spoke while inaugurating the 'Safe City Project', a 180-day-long campaign under which the (UP) police and other departments will work towards safety of women. Smart blackboard scheme Aims: The scheme is aimed at using the audio visual teaching material in the schools. It can also be (Tamil Nadu) integrated with digital classrooms and smart classroom schemes. The smart boards will create materials that can be fed into computer screens using pen drives. "YSR Bima" Benefit: it will take 15 days to settle the insurance claims, the government will provide Rs 10,000 as (AP) immediate aid to the family members if the insurance holder met with an accident or died. Model Agricultural Village Aims: "Integrated Model Agricultural Village scheme scheme (Ekikrit Adarsh Krishi is a concept which will prove to be a milestone in Gram Yojana) strengthening the economy of farmers and doubling their income. (Uttarakhand) Kisan Suryoday Yojana Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Kisan Suryoday Yojana in Gujarat on October 24, 2020. The (Gujarat) primary aim of the scheme is to provide day time power supply for irrigation in the region.

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The farmers will be provided with power supply between 5 AM and 9 PM, under the scheme. “Life in Miniature” Project, a collaboration between the National Museum, , Ministry of Culture, and Google (Union Minister of State for Arts & culture. Culture and Tourism) 'Green Delhi' Citizens can click pictures or make a video of pollution causing activities, such as burning of garbage, (Delhi) industrial pollution, dust etc. and upload them on the application. Young Advocates Welfare Fund Aims: It provides monthly financial assistance of three thousand rupees each for two years to the lawyers (Tamil Nadu) who just come out of law colleges.

September 2020

SCHEME PURPOSE

‘Gandagi Bharat Chhodo’ campaign Madhya Pradesh government has launched a 15-day campaign named ‘Gandagi Bharat Chhodo’. Under the campaign awareness (Madhya Pradesh govt.) programmes were organized in seven thousand 178 settlements.

"SVAYEM" scheme In Assam, the State Government re-launched a scheme to provide self-employment to around 2 lakh youths of the state. (Assam Govt.) Known as Swami Vivekananda Assam Youth Empowerment (SVAYEM). It would provide 50 thousand rupees each as seed money to selected youths to start business ventures.

YSR ‘Sampoorna Poshana’ and YSR Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will launch YSR Sampoorna Poshana Plus schemes Sampoorna Poshana and YSR Sampoorna Poshana Plus schemes aimed at providing nutritious food for pregnant women, (Andhra Pradesh government) lactating mothers and children, on 7th September.

Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to launch Rs 20,050 crore- Yojana Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) on 9th September. Along with the scheme, the PM will also launch e-Gopala (Central Govt.) application. The scheme focuses on sustainable development of fisheries in India. It is to be implemented between 2020-21 and 2024-25. Aims: The scheme aims to enhance fish production to 70 lakh tonnes by 2024-25. It aims to double income of fish farmers. The

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scheme will reduce the post harvest losses of fisheries sector from 20% to 25% to 10%.

Five Star Village Scheme Department of Posts launched a scheme called the “Five Star Villages” on 10th September. The scheme ensures universal (Central Govt.) coverage of flagship postal schemes in rural areas of India. It seeks to bridge the gap in public awareness and reach postal services and products in the interior of villages.

‘My Family, My Responsibility’ Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray on 13th September campaign announced that the government is launching 'My Family, My Responsibility' campaign to tackle coronavirus. (Maharashtra Govt.)

"GARIMA" Welfare Scheme (Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on 12th September launched " Govt.) GARIMA" a new Scheme to ensure Safety and Dignity of Core Sanitation Workers of the State. Under this scheme, about 20,000 core sanitation workers and their families covering one lakh population are likely to be benefitted.

“Arthika Spandana” programme Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa launched the “Arthika Spandana” programme on 16 September 2020, under (Karnataka Govt.) which loans worth Rs. 39,300 crores would be disbursed through various cooperative institutions, for helping people during the times of COVID-19 and floods. Of the total, Rs. 15,300 crore for the agriculture sector while Rs. 24,000 crore for the non-agricultural sector.

Mukhyamantri Mahila Utkarsh Yojana Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani has launched a scheme named Mukhyamantri Mahila Utkarsh Yojana (MMUY) that will (Gujarat Govt.) provide interest-free loans to women’s groups in the state. Aim: Under the scheme, Gujarat State Govt will provide an interest- free loan of Rs 1 lakh to these one lakh women JLEGs. The interest amount will be borne by the state government.

“Mahila Atmanirbharshil Aachani” SBI started a programme by the name “Mahila Atmanirbharshil Aachani” (Women Self-Reliance programme) in Assam to support (SBI in Assam) Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhijan launched by Prime Minister of India to the ground level.

Ghar tak fibre Scheme PM Narendra Modi has launched 9 highway projects and Ghar tak Fiber scheme in Bihar on 21 September 2020. Under the Ghar (PM Modi in Bihar) tak fibre Scheme, optical fibre services will be provided to every households. 9 highway projects: Bihar Highway projects will construct 350 kilometer of road. The roads will be built at a cost of Rs 14,250 crores (Rs 142.5 Billions).

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Mukhya Mantri Kisan Kalyan Yojana Madhya Pradesh government has announced ‘Mukhya Mantri Kisan Kalyan Yojana’ on the lines of Pradhan Mantri Kisan (Madhya Pradesh Govt.) Samman Nidhi. Under the announced scheme, the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, getting Rs. 6,000 per annum, will be getting additional financial assistance of Rs. 4,000, making their total annual assistance to be Rs. 10,000 per annum.

"Moksh Kalash yojna 2020" Rajasthan govt's launched "Moksh Kalash yojna 2020" for special free bus service. (Rajasthan Govt) The Ashok Gehlot led Rajasthan government has announced that the special free bus service, for people to go for immersion of ashes from Rajasthan to Uttarakhand ().

Mukhyamantrir Grammya Paribahan Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on 23rd September launched Achoni the Mukhyamantrir Grammya Paribahan Achoni and distributed vehicles under the scheme to beneficiaries at a (Assam Govt.) programme held at Assam Administrative Staff College by transport department.

(August)

SCHEME PURPOSE

'Major Dhyan Chand Vijaypath Yojana' Major Dhyan Chand Vijaypath Yojana under which 19 international players from the state will get road connectivity (UP Govt.) to their houses.

Niraman Mazdoor Registration For construction workers will be conducted from 24th August 2020 Abhiyan to 11th September 2020. (Delhi Govt.) This special camp will provide tech support to the construction workers.

Gareeb Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan Indian Railways generates 6,40,000 Mandays of work under the scheme in six states. (Indian Railways) Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha,OIRajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh

'Padhai Tuhar Para' ‘Padhai Tuhar Para’ scheme to teach children with the help of community in their localities and villages. (Chhattisgarh Govt.)

‘Karma Sathi Prakalpa’ Under which one lakh unemployed youth would be provided soft loans and subsidies to make them self-reliant. (West Bengal)

‘Punjab Smart Connect Scheme’ That aims at providing more than 1.74 lakh class XII students

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(Punjab Govt.) with smartphones by November 2020.

Arunodoi Scheme For women that will empower them and will contribute to the economic development. Provided Rs 830 to families having an (Assam Govt.) annual income of less than Rs. 2 lakh.

Mukhya Mantri Kisan Sahay Yojana Under which farmers facing crop losses due to drought, excess rain or unseasonal rain will get compensation without collection of (Gujarat Govt.) any premium from them. The new scheme - Mukhya Mantri Kisan Sahay Yojana - will replace the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) for this year only, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani announced.

Shaheed Mahendra Karma Tendupatta The scheme, named after slain Congress leader Mahendra Sangrahak Samajik Suraksha Yojana Karma, Senior Congress leaders, who were killed in a Naxal attack in (Chhattisgarh Govt.) Jhiram of Bastar district on May 25, 2013.

Social security scheme for tendu leaves collectors in the state, which will benefit over 12 lakh families, mostly tribals and forest dwellers engaged in its collection.

Indira Van Mitan Yojana Under this scheme, groups of youth will be formed in 10,000 villages of tribal area of the state and all forest-based economic (Chhattisgarh Govt.) activities will be conducted through these groups.

''Parivar Pehchan Patras'' To enable the citizens to get the benefits of various central and state government schemes. (Haryana Govt.)

Gramodyog Vikas Yojana’. Help to boost the indigenous production of agarbatti and will pave way to generate rural employment”. (MSME Govt.)

Healthy Body, Healthy Mind’ Fitness For the students who are confined in their homes because of the Campaign lockdown imposed on Schools and colleges due to COVID-19 pandemic. (Delhi Govt) As a part of the “Healthy Body, Healthy Mind” campaign, a YouTube channel has been started which uploads a video on every .

'Ek Sankalp - Bujurgo ke naam’ 'a commitment for elders' is being run by the Chhatarpur Police in the midst of corona infection in the state. (MP Police)

'DIGITAL APNAYEN Encourage digital banking

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(Punjab National Bank)

‘Ek Mask – Anek Zindagi’ “Despite having come in contact with many novel coronavirus- infected individuals, I remained safe due to my mask and gloves. (MP)

Itna Aasan Hai’ has made it easier for anyone who wants to move their business online. (Amezon)

July 2020

SCHEME PURPOSE

“Vriksharopan Abhiyan” The scheme will focus on creating green spaces by planting tree saplings in mined out areas. (Home Minister)

Mukhya Mantri Ghar Ghar Ration On its implementation, ration will be delivered to the house of Yojana’ beneficiaries. They will not have to come to the ration shops. (Delhi Govt.)

‘”One-stop shop” scheme Rajasthan is set to fast-track investments and help revive industries in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic by giving as (Rajasthan) many as 98 types of clearances under one roof to the potential investors through the Bureau of Investment Promotion (BIP). The new scheme will expedite all the processes for investment proposals above ₹10 crore.

'Navin Rojgar Chhatri Yojana' For an all round development of the Scheduled Castes. He transferred a financial assistance of 17.42 crore online to 3,484 (UP) people under the 'Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Swarojgar Yojana' and interacted with some beneficiaries from Rae Bareli, Gorakhpur, Basti, Meerut, Azamgarh and Moradabad districts

Weavers Sammaan Yojana Under this scheme, 19,744 handloom weavers in the state will get annual financial assistance of two thousand rupees through Direct (Karnataka) Benefit Transfer.

'Mission Vriksharopan-2020' Under this programme, more than 25 crore saplings will be planted across the state. (UP)

scheme 'Balaram' Provide agricultural credit of Rs 1,040 crore to landless farmers who are facing hardships due to the coronavirus outbreak. (Odisha) Around seven lakh landless cultivators will be benefited from the programme in the next two years.

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'Sabuja Odisha' The Odisha Government on 1st June planned to implement a new initiative 'Sabuja Odisha' to increase green cover through (Odisha) extensive over 1,30,264 Hectares of land.

''Dream Kerala Project'' to tap the potential and experience of those returning from abroad and other states after losing their jobs due to the COVID-19 (Kerala) pandemic.

‘Hamara Ghar-Hamara Vidyalaya’ In Madhya Pradesh, the school bell will be ringing in the houses campaign of the state too from July 6. Children will read, perform yoga, write and listen to stories and make notes on them. (Madhya Pradesh)

'Intzaar Aap Ka' campaign To attract tourists to the tourist places of the state; 'Intzaar Aap Ka' means waiting for you campaign has started on social media (Madhya Pradesh) platforms.

'Roko -Toko' campaign Roko -Toko (रोको टोको) means stop and campaign for those who do not wear masks. (Madhya Pradesh)

Campaign 'Pure for Sure' Samples of milk and dairy products will be collected under the campaign 'Pure for Sure' from July 8-July 14. (Rajasthan)

campaign 'CybHER' Telangana Police on 15th July launched a month-long virtual awareness campaign 'CybHER' in the wake of cybercrime against (Telangana Police) the women and children in the state.

Fit Hai to Hit Hai India’ Union Human Resource Development Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' and Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs (HRD Minister and Sports Minister) and Ministry of Minority Affairs Shri Kiren Rijiju interacted with students here under the Fit India campaign by the .

June 2020

SCHEME PURPOSE

"PM SVANIDHI" For street vendors to get loans of up to ₹10,000 (Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs) The the scheme is valid until March 2022.

”At One Click” online aid initiative ‘At One Click’ with Rs 1,369 crore for around 13000 Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) (i.e. MSMEs (Gujarat Govt’s) and textile industries) in Gujarat.

PM Formalization of Micro Food Launched by Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Processing Enterprises (PM FME) Harsimrat Kaur Badal, the scheme would generate a total

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scheme investment of Rs 35,000 crore and generate 9 lakh skilled semi- skilled employment. (Union Minister for Food Processing Industries) Purpose: It will benefit 8 lakh units through access to information, training, better exposure and formalization.

‘Kill Corona campaign’ Madhya Pradesh government will launch a ‘Kill Corona campaign’ from July 1 to screen entire population of the state in a fortnight. (MP)

“Mukhyamantri Shahri Path Vyavasayi for Street Vendors, The new MP Shahri Path Vyavasayi Utthan Utthan Yojana” Yojana is an extension of the PM Street Vendor Atmanirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme in the Madhya Pradesh state. (MP Govt.)

Maha Parwana In a bid to attract fresh industrial investments in Maharashtra.

(Maharashtra government)

Mukhyamantri Matru Pushti Uphaar to provide nutrition kits to pregnant and lactating women. Scheme (Tripura Govt.)

‘ Play little, Study little’ scheme Aims: As per the scheme, the students would be getting audio and video contents on learning activities , projects alongwith fun and (Tripura Govt.) gaming activities via SMS or WhatsApp services.

YSR Kapu Nestham scheme Aims: Under the scheme, the government will provide Rs 15,000 per year for all the eligible women aged between 45 and 60 years for a (AP Govt.) period of five years.

"Jagananna Chedodu" Purpose: Rs. 10,000 provide to Nayi Brahmins, Laundry men and Tailors as a financial aid. (AP Govt.)

Nishtha Vidyut Mitra Scheme for women empowerment in one of its kind of initiatives. In this scheme, women Self-Help Groups at Gram Panchayat level will work (MP Govt.) as Nishtha Vidyut Mitra.

"Indira Rasoi Yojna" Aims: Under this scheme, pure and nutritious food on concessional rates will be provided to the needy twice a day,State government will (Rajasthan Govt) spend Rs 100 crore every year on the Indira Rasoi Yojna (Indira Kitchen Scheme).

YUKTI 2.0 Aims: fostering and promoting innovation among students and teachers. (HRD Minister)

Job Gaurantee Scheme Jharkhand is set to become the first state to launch an employment guarantee scheme for urban poor on the lines of the (Jharkhand Govt.) Employment Guarantee Act. About Scheme: The scheme called Mukhyamantri Shramik Yojna will

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guarantee 100 days of work in a financial year for urban unskilled labourers. The new scheme would have a provision to pay an unemployment allowance if the state fails to provide 100 days of work.

‘Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan’ To empower and provide livelihood opportunities to the returnee migrant workers and rural citizens. (Central Govt.) The campaign of 125 days across 116 districts in 6 states (Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Odisha). INVESMENT: 50000cr.

''Karmo Bhumi'' for IT professionals who have returned to the state amid the COVID- 19 pandemic. (West Bengal Govt.)

“GermiBAN” The device launched has UV C and other B, C, D components, the patenting technology that kills surface and air microbes at 99.9 per (Union Minister of State for Home cent, useful for isolation wards, quarantine centres, hospitals for Affairs, G Kishan Reddy) killing viruses like corona.

‘Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana’ to educate child labourers in the state. The scheme's launch coincides with the 'World Day Against Child Labour'. (UP Govt.)

Shakar Mitra’ scheme Aims: The program will provide practical experience of the cooperative sector and assured project loans on liberalized terms to (Union Agriculture and Farmers young professionals in the start-up industry. The portal for online Welfare Minister) application is available on the NCDC website.

'Panchvati Yojana' Aims: "The main objective of the scheme is to provide parks and gardens along with entertainment to the senior citizens of the state. (Himachal Pradesh)

‘STREE' Aims: The main aim of the programme is to create a platform for women from various walks of the community to come together and (Hyderabad City Police) joint forum for women and Police to work together on issues of safety and security of women and girls.

Nagar Van” scheme Aim: The scheme emphasises on urban forestry. Under the scheme, around 200 urban forests are to be developed all over the country in (Environment Minister) next five years.

SWADES scheme The government has launched a new initiative SWADES (Skilled Workers Arrival Database for Employment Support) to conduct a (Central Govt.) skill mapping exercise and provide employment opportunities to the returning citizens under the Vande Bharat Mission

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Production Linked Incentive Scheme, The triology of schemes that entail an outlay of about Rs 50,000 crore (approximately $7 billion), will help offset the disability for Component Manufacturing Scheme, domestic electronics manufacturing, which will strengthen the Modified Electronics Manufacturing electronics manufacturing ecosystem in the country. Clusters Scheme

(Central Govt.)

"K-FON" Kerala Fibre Optic Network Project (K-FON) project that will provide free internet access to the poor will roll out by December (Kerala Govt.) 2020.

“Thank Mom” In Madhya Pradesh, a plantation drive named "Thank Mom" has been started on the premises of Social Justice and Disabled (Madhya Pradesh) Welfare Directorate from today on World Environment Day.

May 2020

SCHEME PURPOSE

"AYURAKSHA" A programme titled AYURAKSHA "Corona Se Jung- Delhi Police Ke Sang" was organized for Delhi Police personnel at New Delhi on 30 April. (under the Ministry of Ayurvedic, The programme aims to fight against corona through simple and time tested Yoga, and Naturopathy) Ayurveda immunity-boosting measures. The AYURAKSHA programme was organized by the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA).

Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Under the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana, people in the state Yojana can avail the benefits of free and cashless health insurance. (Maharashtra government)

IDEAthon IDEAthon on “The future of River Management’ to explore how the COVID-19 crisis can shape River Management strategies for the future. (Ministry of Jal Shakti and National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA)

‘Mukhya Mantri Shahari Rojgar Aims: The cabinet decided to launch the Mukhya Mantri Shahari Rojgar Guarantee Yojna’ Guarantee Yojna, under which 120 days' assured employment will be provided to people living in urban areas. (HP govt)

Birsa Harit Gram Yojana for rural Jharkhand govt launches three schemes to boost rural employment

Jal Sammridhi Yojna Veer SahidPotoHoKhelVikas

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Scheme

‘Nigah’ State government has decided to launch a new programme ‘Nigah’, in order to sensitize and educate the family members of the people coming to the (HP Govt.) state from various parts of the country.

Surakshit Dada-Dadi & Nana-Nani Purpose: ''Surakshit Dada-Dadi & Nana-Nani Abhiyan'' is aimed at creating Abhiyan’ awareness about various aspects of senior citizens'' health and lifestyle including preventive measures and requisite behavioral changes in view of (NITI Aayog) COVID-19 pandemic.

FIR Aapke Dwar’ Madhya Pradesh on 11th May launched “FIR Aapke Dwar”, an initiative that will see police officials going to homes of victims to register a First (MP Govt.) Information Report (FIR) than the other way round.

“Champions portal” Aim: 'The system utilising modern ICT tools is aimed at assisting Indian MSMEs march into big league as National and Global CHAMPIONS,''. (MSME Ministry) The Champions stand here for Creation and Harmonious Application of Modern Processes for Increasing the output and national strength. Accordingly, the name of the system is CHAMPIONS.

‘Bharosa' Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishak has launched a dedicated counselling helpline for the students of Central University of (HRD Ministry) Odisha. The helpline will assist students who are suffering from mental distress and need counselling in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

'HOPE' The portal, 'HOPE' - Helping Out People Everywhere, has already begun collecting data on the youths staying in the state as well as migrant youths (Uttarakhand) who have returned recently from outside.

‘Matir Smristi’ "There is at least 50,000 acre of barren land in Bankura, Birbhum, Purulia, Jhargram, West Burdwan and West Midnapore districts, which cannot (West Bengal government) produce anything naturally nor can the farmers cultivate on the strip. WB Govt. have decided to use this for horticulture and pisciculture involving the locals.

“SAMARTH” Aim: The aim of the e-Governance platform, SAMARTH, is to provide quality education to students across all Universities & Higher Education Institutions (Ministry of Human Resource (HEIs). The objective of this initiative is to automate the processes of the Development) Institute.

‘Goal’ Aims: The GOAL (Going Online As Leaders) programme is designed to provide mentorship to tribal youth through digital mode. (Union Minister for Tribal Affairs)

‘Atmanirbhar Gujarat Sahay Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on 14th May announced Yojna’ “Atmanirbhar Gujarat Sahay Yojana” wherein the urban and district cooperative banks and credit societies in the state will provide Rs (Gujarat Govt) 5,000 crore as loans to small entrepreneurs and businessmen here at an

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interest rate of two per cent.

‘Sneher Porosh’ & ‘Prochesta’ Prochesta Scheme: Prochesta Scheme is to provide daily wages to all the daily wage workers whose livelihood are disturbed because of the national (WB Govt.) lockdown. Sneher Parash: Snehera Parash scheme is to provide support for the migrant workers of West Bengal who are stranded in different parts of the nation.

Charan Paduka for the migrant labourers passing through the state. Under this campaign, the migrant labourers going barefoot are being providing shoes and (MP Govt.) slippers to reduce their pain.

SUKOON’ Aims: The aim is to ensure that people stay mentally fit and cope with the fears related to COVID-19 with a sound mind. This initiative is in line with (J&k) the growing concern that COVID-19 pandemic and the prolonged lockdown has resulted in tremendous stress among various sections of the society.

Mee Annapurna Mee Annapurna, an inclusive programe has been launched for the welfare of farmers and Bhoomiputras in Maharashtra. The initiative was (Maharashtra) announced by Integrated Risk Insurance, an IRDA Licensed insurance intermediary.

'UP Startup Fund' Chief Minister on 20th May launched the “Uttar Pradesh Startup Fund” to revive the State’s economy amid COVID-19 (UP Govt) pandemic and handed over the first installment of Rs 15 crore to Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI).

"Nyay scheme" Congress president Sonia Gandhi launched the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay scheme in Chhattisgarh through video conferencing on 21st May and said (Chhattisgarh) this was a true tribute to the former prime minister. Benefit: The aim of the scheme is to help farmers earn more and bring more area in the state under cultivation, which currently stands at 20 per cent.

Didi Vehicle Service In the tribal-dominated Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh, the women of Rural Livelihood Mission have started Didi Vehicle Service for rural (MP Govt) women for the safe delivery. This vehicle service is completely free.

'Tatpar' 'Tatpar' programme was launched by the district administration to ease their tiresome journey on foot. (Ranchi) Aims: Under the programme, officials collect information about those walking on national highways or on any other road to provide them transport facilities.

'Everybody will get employment' Aims: The scheme aims to provide employment to migrant labourers and scheme those labourers who have gone out of the state in search of employment, in

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(MP Govt) their village and gram Panchayat area itself. Under this scheme, MNREGA job cards will be distributed to the labourers.

“Van Dhan Scheme A Webinar under Know Your Scheme-Lecture Series on “Van Dhan Yojana : Learning For Post Covid-19” was organized by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Rajasthan in association with Trifed, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India.

Mukhyamantri Swarozgar Yojana Under this scheme, the district magistrate should coordinate with the bankers so that the beneficiaries do not have any problem in taking loan. (Uttarakhand)

‘Rozgar Setu’ Aims: The main aim is to link the skilled migrant labourers with the employers (job providers). As a part of short term planning, govt. has taken (MP Govt.) data from panchayats and regularize migrant workers in construction, industries, factories and other businesses.

Mukhyamantri Yuba Yogayog Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on 6th May launched an online Yojana’ Scholarship portal. The portal scholarships.gov.in was launched under ‘Mukhyamantri Yuba Yogayog Yojana’ at the state secretariat. (Tripura govt.)

Chapter 4- Summit/ Conference (October) Summit/ Conference Location About VAIBHAV Summit virtual summit The aim of the summit is to bring Indian origin luminaries in academic institutes and R&D organizations across the world and resident counterparts on a single platform to debate upon collaboration mechanisms to strengthen academic and S&T base in India for global development. World Bank Development video conferencing Union Minister of Finance & Committee Plenary Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman participated in the 102nd meeting. India International Science virtual platform Held from Dec 22-25 on virtual

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Festival (IISF), 2020 platform headed by Harsh Vardhan Aims: Promoting passion for science among young people and students by bringing science outside the laboratories, IISF 2020 must also reflect on the role of Indian scientists and science and Technology innovations for not just an ''Aatmanirbhar Bharat'', but also for global welfare. Prosecutors General of SCO Beijing, video India was represented by the conference Solicitor General Tushar Mehta. . India will host the SCO Prosecutors General Meeting in 2021. G-20 Anti-Corruption became Union Minister Jitendra Singh Working Group the first country to addressed the first ministerial host the first ever meeting of G-20 anti-corruption

meeting. working group on October 22, 2020. SCO Ministers handling India Minister of Commerce and economy and foreign trade Industry Shri Piyush Goyal said that the current crisis due to Covid-

19 is a clarion call to the SCO countries to leverage the economic strength and explore partnerships that enhance trade and investment in the region.

September 2020

Summit/ Conference Location About

17th ASEAN-India Economic Held virtually Minister of Commerce and Industry & Railways Ministers’ consultations Piyush Goyal and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tran Tuan Anh co-chaired. The meeting was attended by the Trade Ministers of all the 10 ASEAN countries— , , , , , , , Singapore, and Vietnam.

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Combined meeting of Defence Moscow, Russia Raksha Mantri Shri visited Ministers of Shanghai Moscow from September 3-5, 2020 at the Cooperation Organisation invitation of Defence Minister of Russian (SCO), Collective Security Federation General Shergei Shoigu to attend the Treaty Organisation (CSTO) SCO, CSTO and CIS member States in and Commonwealth of commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of Independent States (CIS) victory in the World War II.

Summit of the council of India India will host a summit of the council of heads heads of government of the of government of the Shanghai Cooperation Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on November 30 with a focus Organisation (SCO) on contributing to the trade and economic agenda of the influential grouping.

G-20 Virtual Meeting of Trade Virtual meeting Union Commerce and Industry & Railways & Investment Ministers Minister Shri Piyush Goyal on 22 September 2020 took part in the virtual meeting of the G-20 Trade and Investment Ministers. Making interventions during the meeting, he called upon G-20 to play a leadership role in crafting a pathway to recover from COVID19. India stands ready to engage constructively with all G- 20 Members to push an agenda that is inclusive and development oriented. Shri Goyal announced that India is not in a position to accept the concept of Data Free with Trust (DFFT)

G20 Foreign Ministers’ Under the presidency The G20 Foreign Ministers’ Extraordinary Extraordinary Meeting of Saudi Arabia Meeting was convened by the current G20 Chair, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al-Saud, chaired the meeting. Jaishankar represented India. The discussions centred on strengthening international cooperation across borders in the wake of COVID-19 crisis.

5th BRICS Culture Ministers Under the Union Minister of State for Culture and Meet chairmanship of the Tourism Shri Prahlad Singh Patel attended the Russia 5th BRICS Culture Ministers Meet. It was held under the chairmanship of the Russian Federation. Discussion: To explore options of hosting Digital Online Exhibition. To extend full cooperation of

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content sharing website under BRICS alliance.

4th Global Ayurveda Summit Held virtually The 4th edition of Global Ayurveda Summit was virtually inaugurated by Vice-President Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu on the theme “Emerging Opportunities for Ayurveda during Pandemic”. The objective of the summit is to showcase the Ayurveda immunity model to the global level as a solution named ‘Health as One’ and ‘Immunity through Ayurveda’.

Joint G20 Finance and Health Through video Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health Ministers Meeting conference under the and Family Welfare attended Joint G20 Finance presidency of Saudi and Health Ministers Meeting through video Arabia. conference. Saudi Arabia bestowed with the Presidency of G20 grouping hosted the session.

Global Climate Summit 2020 Co-hosted by UN and The and the United Nations are United Kingdom going to co-organise a global climate summit on December 12, 2020, to mark the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will co-host the event. The summit will increase the momentum ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 26) to be held in Glasgow, Scotland in November 2021.

August 2020

Summit/ Conference Location About

6th BRICS Environment Minister Video conferencing under Representing India at the meeting Union meeting the presidency of Russia. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar emphasized India’s concern towards attaining SDG (Sustainable Development Goal).

World Conference of Speakers of Video conferencing Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla attended the Parliament fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament. The conference was organized by Parliament of and Inter-Parliamentary Union, Geneva with the support of United

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Nations. Theme: Parliamentary leadership for more effective multilateralism that delivers peace and sustainable development for the people and the planet

July 2020

Summit/ Conference Location About

3rd G20 Finance Ministers and Video Conferencing Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman participated in the 3rd G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting under the Saudi Arabian Presidency.

SCO Health Ministers Digital Meet Video Conferencing Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, virtually participated in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Health Minister's Digital Meet on 24th July. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Mikhail Murashko, Minister of Health of the Russian Federation.

June 2020

Summit/ Conference Location About

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

Chapter 5: Ranking Index

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Index Index released by India’s 1st Rank Rank

Forbes India Rich List Forbes Magazine 1) Mukesh Ambani; 2020 US$88.7 billion (Update 7th Oct) 2) Gautam Adani; $25.2 billion

3) Shiv Nadar; $20.4 billion Oxfam’s Commitment to International charitable 129th Rank 1: Reducing Inequality organisation ‘Oxfam 158th: (CRI) Index 2020 International’ in (Bottom) partnership with (Update 13th Oct) Development Finance International and with inputs from independent experts. Arton Capital's Passport by global financial advisory 58th New Zealand Index 2020 firm Arton Capital. Global hunger index Welhunger life and 94th 2020 Concern Worldwide (Update 17th Oct)

Most powerful country in Sydney-based Lowy 4th 1-US Asia Power Index 2020 Institute 2- (Update 19th Oct) 3-Japan Anemia Mukt Bharat National Health Mission Top -Haryana Index (Update 22nd Oct) World’s Best Employer Forbes Top industry Top- Samsumg 2020 (India) –HCL (30th 2nd –Amazon globally) 3rd - IBM Banking sector- HDFC (176th

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Globally) Indian PSUs- NTPC FiFa Rank (Men) FIFA 109th Rank 1: Rank 2: France Rank (Update 28th Oct) 3: Brazil

Arton Capital's Passport by global financial 58th New Zealand Index 2020 advisory firm Arton Capital.

Global Innovation Index World Intellectual 48th 2020 Property Organization (WIPO) (Updated 2nd Sep)

Rabobank's 16th –Amul Switzerland's Nestle

(Updated 6th Sep)

THE World University Times Higher Education Indian Institute of University of Oxford Ranking 2021 Science, or IISc, Bengaluru was (Updated 6th Sep) placed in 301-350 overall category in the global rankings.

Ease of doing business 'State Business Reform Andhra Pradesh-1st 2019 ranking Action Plan 2019' (BARP) Uttar Pradesh-2nd (Updated 8th Sep) Telangana-3rd

EASE Banking Reforms Indian Banking 1st –BOB Index 2.0 Association (IBA) 2nd –SBI (Updated 12th Sep) 3rd -Oriental Bank of Commerce

Global Economic 's Fraser Institute 105th Hong Kong Freedom Index 2020

(Updated 16th Sep)

Global Smart City Index The Institute for 85th –Hyderabad Singapore 2020 Management 86th – New Delhi Development (IMD), in (Updated 18th Sep) collaboration with 93rd- Singapore University for Technology and Design

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(SUTD) 95th Bengaluru

Human Capital Index World Bank 116th 1st-Singapore 2020 2nd- Hongkong and China (Updated 20th Sep) 3rd- Japan

World Risk Index (WRI) United Nations 89th 2020 University Institute for Environment and (Updated 27th Sep) Human Security (UNU- EHS), Bundnis Entwicklung Hilft and the University of Stuttgart in Germany.

Future Brand Index PwC Global Reliance (2nd Rank) Apple 2020

(Update 4th August)

Fortune's top 100 global Fortune Walmart companies 2020 (96th Rank)

(Update 11th August)

“The Highest-Paid Forbes 6th Dwayne Johnson ($87.5 Million ) Actors Of 2020” Rank ($48.5 million) (Update 11th August)

Digital Quality of Life online privacy solutions 57th 2020 provider Surf Shark

(Update 20th August)

Export Preparedness NITI Aayog Gujarat Index (EPI) 2020

(Update 22nd August)

Global list with average Picodi.com 72nd Rs 32,800 Switzerland Rs 4,49,000 ($5,989) monthly wage ($437) Bottom- , Rs 2,700 ($36). (Update 28th August)

Swachh Survekshan Union Urban States with over India's Cleanest cities : 2020 Development Minister 100 cities 1) Indore,MP Hardeep Singh Puri Top-Chhattisgarh

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States with less 2) Surat,Gujarat than 100 cities. 3) ,Maharashtra Top-Jharkhand In less than 1 lakh population Among the towns category: along the banks of 1) Karad,Maharashtra river Ganga 2) Saswad,Maharashtra Top- 3) Lonavala,Maharashtra

Sustainable Teams of independent 117th Development Report experts at the Sustainable 2020 Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the (Update-1st July) Bertelsmann Stiftung.

“INFORM Report 2020 Research centre INFORM, 31st operating under (Updates 8 July) European Commission (EU)

Global Real Estate 34th Transparency Index

Cancer preparedness Economist Intelligence 8th Australia Index Unit (EIU) (Updates 12July)

Global Manufacturing Cushman & Wakefield 3rd China Risk Index Report (Updates 16July)

Billionaires Index business magazine 5th, Mr Ambani's Jeff Bezos-$185.8 Billion Forbes wealth at $75 (Updates 18July) -$113.1 Billion billion Bernard Arnault and family- $112 Billion Mark Zuckerberg-$89 Billion

Surveilled cities Index UK-based Comparitech Hyderabad is 16th Taiyuan (China) (Updates 25th July) at 21 and Delhi ranked at 33.

Global Forest Resources United Nations Food and 3rd China Agriculture Organization

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Assessment (FRA) (FAO). (Updates 28th July)

Startup Ecosystem StartupBlink 23rd US Rankings Report 2020 Three key factors: Quantity, (Updated 13June) Quality and Business Environment.

Forbes highest-paid Forbes Akshay Kumar Kylie Jenner celebrities 2020 (Rank 52) (Updated 6th June)

THE Asia University Time Higher Education IIT-Ropar (Rank Rank 1: Tsinghua University, Ranking 2020 47), IIT-Indore China Rank 2: Peking (Rank 55), IIT- University, China (Updated 11June) Kharagpur (Rank 59)

FSSAI food safety index Food Safety and Among the smaller Largest States: Gujarat has for 2019-20 Standards Authority of states, Goa came topped following by Tamil Nadu India (FSSAI) first followed by and Maharashtra

Manipur and Among UT Chandhigarh, Delhi (Updated 12June) Meghalaya. and Andaman Island secured top three rank.

Environmental Yale and Columbia 168th 1st: Denmark Performance Index universities 2nd: 2020 (Updated 9 June)

2020 Cost of Living Mercer’s Mumbai Hong Kong Survey’ World Rank: 60th (Updated 11June) Asia: 19th

NIRF Rankings 2020 Ministry of Human Rank 3: Banaras Rank 1: Indian Institute of Resource Development Hindu University Science (Updated 11June) Rank 2: University

QS World University Quacquarelli Symonds Rank 172: IIT Massachusetts Institute for Rankings 2021 Bombay Technology (MIT). USA (Updated 11June) Rank 185: IISc

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Safety and risk Deep Knowledge 56th Switzerland assessment of nations Ventures tackling Covid-19. (Updated 9 June)

Fifa’s Latest Ranking FIFA 108TH Belgium (Updated 12June)

Nature Index 2020 Nature Research 12th of America (Updated 12June)

NIRF Pharmacy Colleges HRD Minister, Ramesh Rank 2: Panjab Rank1: Jamia Hamdard, New Ranking 2020 Pokhriyal University, Delhi (Updated 12June)

World Competitiveness Institute for Management 43th Singapore Index 2020 Development (IMD) (Updated 16 June)

SIPRI’s Yearbook 2020 Stockholm International 6th 1st: US Peace Research Institute (Updated 15 June) 2nd: Russia (SIPRI). The Swedish think-tank 3rd: UK

Most valuable firm Reliance Saudi Aramco ($ 1,764.50 globally by market-cap Industries (RIL). billion) Rank 57th ($150 (Updated 16 June) billion.)

THE Young University Times Higher Education 62nd -IIT Ropar The Hong Kong University of Ranking 2020 (THE) Science and Technology 64th -IIT Indore (Updated 24 June)

Accounting money in Switzerland’s central 77th UK Swiss banks bank

Budget transparency, International Budget 53rd New Zealand accountability 2019 Partnership (IBP) (Update -1st May)

Research and NSTMIS (National Science 3rd 1st-US Development (R&D) and Technology

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Statistics and Indicators Management Information 2nd –China 2019-20 System) (Update -4th May)

Top 50 of FT Executive IIM-Bangalore IESE Business School, Education Ranking only Indian University of Navarra institute (Update -11May) (45th Rank)

WEF’s global Energy Geneva-based World 74th Sweden Transition index 2020 Economic Forum (WEF) (Update -12th May)

Forbes top 100 highest- Forbes Virat Kohli 1st -Roger Federer ($106.3 paid athletes million) (June 1, 2019, until June Rank-66th (Update -31st May) 1, 2020) 2nd – Ronaldo($105 million) ($26 million) 3rd– great Lionel Messi($104

million) 4th– Brazil’s Neymar ($95.5 million.)

World’s Highest-Paid Forbes Naomi Osaka (Japan-Tennis) Female $37.4 million

34th Forbes billionaires Forbes Mukesh Ambani is 1st: Amazon Founder and CEO list 2020 17th position with Jeff Bezos has top slot as worlds 44.8 billion. richest man with a net worth of (Update-7April 2020) $113 billion 2nd: Bill gates (98 billion)

FIFA’s latest ranking FIFA 108th 1-Belgium (Update-9April 2020) 2-France 3-Brazil

Global Press Freedom Published by Reporters 142nd Norway Index 2020 Without Borders (Update-22April 2020)

Times Higher Education Times IIT-Kharagpur University of Auckland Impact Rankings 2020 (57th rank)

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Chapter 6: Partnership/ Agreement

September/October 2020

Partnership/ Agreement Aims

SBI Life Insurance inks pact with Bank Sell insurance policies

BHEL ties up with SwissRapide AG To bring Maglev high-speed trains to India

Rajasthan and Gujarat government signs pact with Develop the MSME ecosystem in the state. Sidbi

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

ICICI Lombard announces bancassurance tie-up “The partnership will provide the bank’s diverse with Yes Bank customer base access to the insurer’s portfolio and make insurance more accessible to its customers across

India. it aims to offer innovative insurance solutions to the bank’s customers across the country.

ADB, Suguna Foods sign The ADB on 12th September annouced it has signed a pact for a USD 15-million debt financing through the subscription of non-convertible debentures for Suguna Foods, to help sustain poultry farming operations, rural livelihoods and food security in India during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

WhatsApp and Cyber Peace Foundation partner For cyber security The partners aim to reach about 15,000 students in five Indian states, including Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Maharashtra by the end of this year, under the first phase of a pan-India programme.

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

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

(August 2020)

Partnership/ Agreement Aims

Ericsson & UNICEF Partnered Map internet connectivity landscape for schools in 35 countries by the end of 2023 to provide digital learning access to the children.

SBI partners with AddaCorner Aim of boosting the real estate sector in Bengaluru, the Carnival will invite all prospective home-buyers to virtually come together as a group to team up and directly connect and negotiate with empaneled real estate sellers, on real-time basis.

KVG Bank inks pact with SBI General Insurance Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SBI

General Insurance Co. Ltd. for selling general insurance products through its branches.

Flipkart partners with 's Sastodeal Flipkart has partnered with Nepal’s leading e- commerce firm Sastodeal to sell products from various verticals like baby care & kids, women’s ethnic wear and sports & fitness among others in the neighbouring country.

Maruti Suzuki partners with IIM Bangalore Maruti Suzuki India said this partnership will help startups working in technology-based innovations that can be applied in the mobility sector.

AP Govt Signed MoU with Reliance Retail, Jio and Andhra Pradesh(AP) government has signed an Allana Group Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with Reliance Retail, Reliance Jio Infocomm and Allana Group to empower women and help women Self-Help Groups(SHGs) in the state to market their products.

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

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

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

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

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

HDFC Bank partners Adobe HDFC Bank has announced a strategic partnership with Adobe to help improve digital experience journey of its customers

Reliance General Insurance partnership Bharat Reliance General Insurance has announced their Bill association with National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI), launching a platform for making

insurance premium payments digitally through Bharat Bill Payment System.

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

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

(July 2020)

Partnership/ Agreement Aims

PFC signs agreement with IIT-Kanpur for research, training in smart grid technology

GAIL and CCSL sign MoU for partnership GAIL (India) and Carbon Clean Solutions (CCSL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for exploring project development opportunities in Compressed Biogas (CBG) value chain in India.

IRCTC of Indian Railways and SBI launch Co-branded Contactless Credit Card on RuPay Platform

Amazon Pay joins hands with Acko Amazon Pay, the payments arm of e-commerce giant Amazon India, has partnered Acko General Insurance Ltd to offer insurance for two- as well as four-wheelers.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Aims: Under Strategy 2030, ADB will ensure that 75% of its Green Climate Fund (GCF) committed projects will support climate change mitigation and adaptation by 2030.

India- sign Agreement On Scientific and Technological Cooperation for the next five years (2020-2025).

LIC signs agreement with UBI Corporate Agency Tie-up by which LIC policies will be distributed through the bank.

Andhra Pradesh signs MoU with AMUL to help Women Self Help Groups boost milk cooperatives

CBIC and CBDT sign MoU Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) on 21st July data exchange between the two organisations.

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CBDT signs MoU with MSME ministry facilitate the process of data exchange

CBSE Collaborates with IBM To Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the high school curriculum (Grade XI & XII) for the current academic year (2020 – 2021).

UNICEF INDIA announced its partnership UNICEF’s#Reimagine Campaign to support the most with FICCI vulnerable populations and children during the COVID-19 response and its after-math in India.

Visa Partners With Federal Bank E-Commerce

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) For data exchange between the two organizations. between CBDT and SEBI signed

MoU signed between Indianoil, NTPC Ltd, For Waste to Energy plant in Delhi and SDMC

Karur Vysya Bank partners with Star Health Health insurance products to its customers. Insurance

CBSE partners with Facebook Curriculum on digital safety and online well-being and Augmented Reality for students and educators.

Railways, BHEL tie up For solar power generation, The project is of 1.7 MWp (megawatt peak) at Bina (Madhya Pradesh) which shall be connected directly to Overhead Traction System.

(June 2020)

Partnership/ Agreement Aims

Wipro partners with IBM Wipro has partnered with IBM to help customers embark on a hybrid cloud migration journey.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chapter 7: list of loans agreement for India from different organizations Loan (October)

ORGANIZATION/BANK Loan Amount PURPOSE

New Development Bank (NDB) US $500 million for the Delhi--Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project.

New Development Bank (NDB) US $241 million loan for Mumbai metro

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

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

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

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

Loan (September)

ORGANIZATION/BANK Loan Amount PURPOSE

European Investment Bank (EIB) 650 million euros Kanpur’s first city metro line.

World Bank $82 million Himachal Pradesh by improving the condition, safety, resilience, and engineering standards of state road network.

Asian Development Bank (ADB) $500 million Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), ADB has approved a loan of $1 billion for the construction of the high speed, Delhi- Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS).

Asian Development Bank (ADB) $65.5 million (₹466- Construct and operate a 200-megawatt crore) alternating current solar photovoltaic-based power plant at Raghanesda Solar Park in India’s western state of Gujarat. Through ENGIE group

Asian Development Bank (ADB) $300 million (₹2200 Water supply and sanitation infrastructure and cr.) services in secondary towns of Rajasthan.

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

August 2020

ORGANIZATION/BANK Loan Amount PURPOSE

Asian Development Bank Dollar 200 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a dollar 200 million financing deal with the Reliance Bangladesh

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(ADB) million LNG and Power Limited (RBLPL) to build and operate a 718 megawatt combined-cycle gas-fired power plant in Bangladesh.

ADB $1 billion loan support construction of the modern, high-speed Delhi– Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System.

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

July 2020

ORGANIZATION/BANK Loan Amount PURPOSE

Asian Development Bank (ADB) USD 3 million Asia Pacific Disaster Respond Fund. The bank has provided the grant to support India’s emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

World Bank USD 400 million (about for rejuvenating Ganga Rs 3,000 crore)

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

♦June 2020

ORGANIZATION/BANK Loan Amount PURPOSE

World Bank $250 million For two projects to help low-income groups in the state get access to affordable housing in Tamilnadu.

$200 million First Tamil Nadu Housing Sector Strengthening Programme and $50 million Tamil Nadu Housing and Habitat Development Project

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

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

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

♦May 2020

ORGANIZATION/BANK Loan Amount PURPOSE

World Bank USD 400 million Improve coastal resources in India

AIIB USD 500 million “COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project”

AIIB USD 145 million Improve irrigation services in West Bengal

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

♦April 2020

ORGANIZATION/BANK Loan Amount PURPOSE

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

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

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

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

♦March 2020

ORGANIZATION/BANK Loan Amount PURPOSE

World Bank $80 million Govt of Himachal Pradesh for improve water management practices

Aims: The aim is to improve water management practices and increase agricultural productivity in selected Gram Panchayats in Himachal Pradesh

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

Chapter 8: Merger and Acquires (October) Merger Company About

Infosys to acquire Blue Acorn iCi , an IT services major, said it will acquire Blue Acorn iCi, an Adobe Platinum partner in the US, and a provider in digital customer experience, commerce and analytics for up to $125 million.

Buy Stake in Reliance Retail • GIC- Rs 5,512.5 crore (1.22%)

• TPG- Rs 1,837.50 crore (0.41%)

• Mubadala Investment- Rs 6,247.5 crore (1.40%)

• Silver Partners- Rs. 7500cr. (1.75%)

• US buyout firm KKR & Co - Rs 5,550 crore (1.28%)

• General Atlantic- Rs 3,675 crore (0.84%)

• Silver Lake co-investor-Rs 1,875 crore (0.38%)

September

Merger Company About

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

Infosys to buy Czech consultancy firm GuideVision IT firm Infosys annunced it signed a definitive agreement to acquire GuideVision, an enterprise service management consultancy for up to 30 million euros including earn-out and bonuses.

Infosys acquires product design firm Kaleidoscope Global software major Infosys 3rd September Innovation announced it has acquired U.S.-based product design firm Kaleidoscope Innovation for $42 million to

expand its engineering service offerings in medical devices, consumer and industrial markets across America.

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

(August)

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

Adani Group to acquire 74% stake in Mumbai Gautam Adani-led Adani Group is set to acquire a International Airport 74 per cent stake in Mumbai International Airport (MIAL), which operates the country’s second-largest

airport, with the current operator settling its disputes with its minority partner and exiting the venture.

ICICI Lombard to acquire Bharti AXA General Bharti AXA’s non-life insurance business will merge Insurance with ICICI Lombard’s general insurance business through a scheme of arrangement.

Bharti Enterprises currently owns 51 per cent stake in Bharti AXA General Insurance, while French insurer AXA has 49 per cent.

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Reliance Retail acquires majority stake in Netmeds Reliance Industries Limited through its wholly- owned subsidiary Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL) has acquired majority equity stake in Chennai-based Vitalic Health Pvt. Ltd. and its subsidiaries (collectively known as ‘Netmeds’) for approximately ₹620 crores in cash.

LIC acquires 5% stake in YES Bank LIC purchased 105.98 crore shares, reflecting 4.23 per cent stake. Prior to this, LIC had 0.75 per cent stake in Yes Bank though 19 crore shares held. LIC holding in the bank increased to 4.98 per cent through 125 crore shares held.

July 2020

Merger Company About

RELIANCE JIO STAKE SALE RELIANCE JIO STAKE SALE Face Book Stake : 9.99%, Investment : $5.7 Billion ( 43,574 Crore) SILVER LAKE • Stake : 1.15%, Investment : $747 Million ( 5,655.75 Crore) + Stake: 0.93%, Investment: $600 million (4546.80cr. ) VISTA •Stake : 2.32%, Investment : $7.95 Billion ( 11,367 Crore) GENERAL ATLANTIC Stake : 1.34%, Investment : $869 Million (6,598.38 Crore) KKR Stake : 2.32%, Investment : $7.95 Billion (11,367 Crore) Mubadala Stake: 1.85%, Investment: 9,093.60cr. Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Stake: 1.16%, Investment: 5683.50cr.

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TPG Stake: 0.93%, Investment: 4546.80cr. L Catterton Stake: 0.39%, Investment: 1894.50cr. PIF Stake: 2.32%, Investment: 11,367cr. Intel Stake: 0.39%, Investment: 1894.50cr. Qualcomm Ventures 0.15% stake at Rs 730cr Google 7.7% stake at 33,737cr. Total: Rs. 1,52,056 crores , Stake: 32.94%

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

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

June 2020

Yes Bank acquires 24.19% stake in Dish TV Yes Bank Ltd acquired a 24.19% stake in direct-to- home service provider, Dish TV India Ltd, by

invoking pledges against 44.53 equity shares kept as collateral with the private lender for a loan.

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Adani Power to acquire US-based AES' 49% stake in Adani Power will purchase a 49 percent equity Odisha Power stake in Odisha Power Generation Corporation (OPGC) for $135 million (around Rs 1,019 crore) from US-based The AES Corporation's, the company announced on June 23. The Odisha government holds the balance 51 percent stake in OPGC.

Chapter 9: APP/Website/Card

(October)

APP/ Website/Portal Company/ Department Purpose

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

Application programming Ministry of Housing & Urban The application programming interface (API) interface (API) Affairs between SVANidhi portal and various banks to expedite loan sanctioning and disbursement process under Modi government’s PM SVANidhi scheme for nano entrepreneurs.

Mo Bidyut Odisha Its mobile app to provide efficient, time- bound and transparent online service to the people of the State.

Dharani Portal Telangana The portal will be used to store land records and for property registrations digitally.

September

APP/ Website/Portal Company/ Department Purpose

App “e-Gopala” PM launches Provide solutions to farmers on livestock related issues and inaugurated Semen Station with state-of-the-art facilities in Purnea with an investment of ₹84.27 crore on 75 acres of land made

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available by the Bihar government Mobile app “EnglishPro” Union Minister of This app will be “a useful digital tool” Education and will act as an educational resource for

the teachers, students and for people from varied backgrounds. 'I Rakhwali' application Punjab State Forest To help netizens to become 'Greenery Department Saviours'. To further strengthen its drive to preserve and maintain the environment in Punjab.

August 2020

APP/ Website/Portal Company/ Department Purpose

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

AIR SUVIDHA Delhi International Airport AIR SUVIDHA Portal will help in making Limited (DIAL) passengers’ journey more convenient and comfortable in a contactless way as they won’t have to fill the physical copies of the forms on arrival.

Portal 'SRIJAN' Defence Ministry Online portal that provides information about defence equipment and items that can be taken up for indigenisation by private sector companies.

‘Shaurya KGC Card HDFC Bank HDFC Bank Ltd announced the launch of a 1st-of–its-kind product for the armed forces. Called ‘Shaurya KGC Card’, this product comes with never-seen-before features and eligibility criteria specially crafted for over 45 lakh personnel. Benefit: Life cover of Rs 10 lakh as against Rs 2 lakh for an average card.

“YellowChain” Nagaland Govt. “Yellow Chain”- a centralized e-commerce platform, to promote local business and

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entrepreneurship in the State.

"Harit Path app" NHAI and Road& Transport The road transport minister also launched a Minister mobile app 'Harit Path' to monitor the plantation along the national highways. The app has been developed by NHAI

Super App Tata Digital Tata Digital, India’s oldest conglomerate Tata Group’s foray into the tech sector, is set to launch an integrated ‘Super App’ which will combine the company’s consumer offerings on a single platform.

'MY IAF' Indian Air Force Mobile application 'MY IAF' at IAF Headquarters (Vayu Bhawan) to provide career-related information to aspirants as a part of Digital India initiative.

App “DGNCC” Defence Ministry Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh launched the Directorate General National Cadet Corps (DGNCC) Mobile Training App. The mobile app, called "DGNCC", aims at providing NCC cadets all training materials, including syllabus, training videos and frequently asked questions, on one platform,.

July 2020

APP/ Website/Portal Company/ Purpose Department

Web portal 'Rozgar Bazar' Delhi government Make job opportunities available to those who lost employment due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown.

“Pravasi Rojgar App” Actor Sonu Sood Which will provide all the necessary information and right linkages to find jobs.

PM SVANidhi app Central Govt. Mobile App aims to provide user-friendly digital interface for lending institutions and their field functionaries for sourcing and processing loan applications of street vendors under the scheme

'MahaJob' portal Maharashtra govt. This portal will bring unemployed youth (sons of the soil) and companies looking for skilled labours on one platform.

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'e-Kisaan Dhan' HDFC Bank Through this app the farmers will be able to access a bouquet of services, both banking and agriculture, through their mobile phones.

June 2020

APP/ Website/Portal Company/ Department Purpose

MeraVetan (Version-1)” Lieutenant Governor of The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Jammu & Kashmir Kashmir, Girish Chandra Murmu launched the first version of the Salary Tracker Mobile app “MeraVetan” developed by the National Informatics Centre(NIC).

“TULIP" Union human resource Portal to provide internships to graduates, development (HRD) engineers

‘Indus Corporate’ IndusInd Bank Open current accounts for self-employed individuals and businesses digitally, in just a few hours.

Raj Kaushal Portal and Rajasthan Under this portal, employment is ensured to Online Shramik Employment those migrant workers who are Exchange unemployed. So, Jobless candidates and workers must have to register the Raj Kaushal Yojana Portal online mode through official web portal www. rajkaushal. rajasthan. gov. in and also check the Online Shramik Employment Exchange.

Aarogya Path portal Central Govt. It will provide real-time availability of critical healthcare supplies for manufacturers, customers, and suppliers.

eBloodServices’ Health minister Union health minister Harsh Vardhan launched the 'eBloodServices’ App in partnership with the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS), for easy access to blood in this critical time of coronavirus pandemic. The app is developed by the ERaktkosh team and will bring 'transparency' in the blood donation program.

May 2020

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APP/ Website/Portal Company/ Department Purpose

‘Collab’ Facebook Facebook has quietly launched an experimental app to take on Chinese grown TikTok The app named ‘Collab’ has been launched with a promise to bring a new approach to collaborative music production.

UMANG App India Meteorological The India Meteorological Department Department (IMD) has onboarded its seven services to

the “UMANG” application. Current temperature, humidity, wind speed, direction for 150 cities are updated 8 times a day.

‘National Abhyas App’ National Testing Agency (NTA) The objective of the mobile app is to enable candidates to take mock tests for upcoming exams such as JEE (Main), NEET 2020 under the NTA’s purview. The app has been launched to facilitate candidates’ access to high quality mock tests.

App ‘OrderMe’ Patanjali Swami Ramdev’s Patanjali foray into e- commerce through its app ‘OrderMe’ has started with average 10,000 daily transaction. The app went live last . “During first four days, we have got tremendous response with over 10,000 transactions on a daily basis.

Kisan Sabha App Council of Scientific and The Kisan Sabha application was launched Industrial Research-Central by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Road Research Institute Research-Central Road Research Institute (CSIR-CRRI) (CSIR-CRRI) on May 1, 2020. The application will connect farmers to freight transportation management and supply chain amid COVID-19 lockdown.

List of App/ Website related to Covid-19

“APP” State Govt./Govt. Purpose of India

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

‘GoK Direct’ App Kerala The Kerala government launched the ‘GoK Direct’ app to increase awareness on the coronavirus pandemic. It is essentially a news providing application. ‘Test Yourself Goa App” GOA The Goa Health Ministry collaborated with Innovaccer to develop the ‘Test Yourself Goa’ application. It was launched to help users self-diagnose and find out if they have any telling symptom associated with the novel coronavirus disease. “MahaKavach’ App Maharashtra Govt. The ‘Mahakavach’ app was developed to trace the contact history of COVID-19 patients, by finding out the places

they visited and people they interacted with before the virus infection was detected. “Apurti Suvidha App” Authority The ‘Noida Authority Apurti Suvidha’ application was launched this week to start home delivery of essential

items to residents.

COVID-19 Quarantine Tamil Nadu To ensure that people under home quarantine do not monitoring app violate any rule, the COVID-19 Quarantine Monitor application was launched. The Tamil Nadu government collaborated with Pixxon Ai Solutions to develop this app. Users can also use the application to check if they have any COVID-19 symptom. “TOP Parent” MP Department of school education, Madhya Pradesh government has launched Top Parent Mobile App and is available to download from google play store. MP govt. also starts Digi Lap – Aapki Padhai Aapke Ghar Scheme 2020 for students learning at home. CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan has sent the first whatsapp message to students through digi lap appki padhai aapke ghar scheme. These initiatives will enable students to continue their studies in an interesting manner at home. “Corona Watch App” Karnataka ‘Corona Watch’ that reportedly shows the location of COVID-19-infected persons and their movement history of 14 days. The app developed by Karnataka Geographic Information System Agency features a map of Karnataka that highlights all spots visited by COVID-19 patients before they were diagnosed. ‘Quarantine Watch’ Karnataka It has a GPS-based feature that helps track people under home quarantine to make sure they do not venture out. It App also has a provision to send selfies to the government to prove they are strictly following isolation rules. “COVA App” Punjab The COVA Punjab was launched by the Punjab

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government. It is essentially a coronavirus tracker that can also be used to obtain curfew passes and report large gatherings of people. “Sandhan App” West Bengal The West Bengal government is launch the “Sandhan” app for health workers moving from one locality to another to find out in which areas people are affected and then the precautionary measures will be taken for those areas. This app will help locate COVID-19 hotspots in the state. “Vera’s App”: Telangana Public Health and Family Welfare Department, Govt of Telangana, swiftly deployed India’s first automated

“COVID – 19 Monitoring System App” developed by Vera Smart Healthcare to identify, undertake live surveillance, track, monitor, and provide real-time analytics to Chief Minister and the Health Department. “Covidcare App” Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh government has launched a newly developed app called COVIDCARE, in an effort to fight COVID-19. This app has been developed for those people who are quarantined, asymptomatic or COVID-19 patients to self- report their health status, including body temperature and vital symptoms and in case of emergency, the patient will be able to call for help through the app itself

“Naadi” App Puducherry NAADI platform offers Comprehensive Multi-Level, Multi- modal and Multi-lingual Tracing, Tracking and Containment of COVID-19 Quarantined/Under Observation/Infected Individuals. “Rakhsa Serva App”: Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh police and a Noida based startup ‘Mobcoder’ developed an app called ‘Raksha Sarva’ which will help

them to track the quarantined people amidst of COVID-19 through Google map. ‘MCovid-19” App Mizoram government has launched a comprehensive mobile app containing various information and updates on COVID-19. “Pragyaam App” Jharkhand Jharkhand Govt has launched the Pragyaam app to issue e- passes to those working in essential services. “Self Declaration” App Nagaland Update the health status daily in the App by using the home quarantine tab, answer phone calls from control room/surveillance team, cooperate with the surveillance team during home visits and strictly follow the guidelines on home quarantine Corona Kavach Union Ministry of App created by the Union Ministry of Electronics and Electronics and Information Technology in collaboration with the Ministry Information Technology of Health and Family Welfare. This application provides users with real-time location of

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infected users who have activated the ‘Kavach’ feature.

“Corontine” App IIT Bombay A team at IIT Bombay along with some professional and experienced alumni claimed to have built a mobile app named ‘CORONTINE’ that will help in tracking the potential or suspected asymptomatic carriers (AC) of coronavirus if they leave their quarantine zone. COVID-19 Feedback Govt. of India This application was developed by the Centre to get direct feedback from people who have undergone coronavirus treatment in the country. Chatbot Govt. of India The Prime Minister had announced the launch of a WhatsApp chatbot so that the citizens can get instant and authentic answers to all their queries related to the coronavirus pandemic. All they have to do is drop a ‘Hi’ on the number 919013151515. One can also call on the MyGov Corona Helpdesk to get answers to pertinent queries such as the symptoms of the deadly disease, nearest COVID-19 testing facility. 'Mo Prativa' Odisha Odisha government in collaboration with the UNICEF has launched an online competition programme ‘Mo Prativa’ to engage the children and youth who are staying at home during the lockdown. Those in the age group of 5 to 18 years can participate in art, slogan writing, short story writing (within 500 words), poem writing and poster making, that winning entries will get certificates and may be used in IEC materials.

‘CHARAK’ Indian Railways Indian Railways develops mobile doctor booth! With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting a large number of people, the doctors who are continuously fighting with this situation, require a “zero contact check-up facility”. Thus, in order to mitigate this challenge, Indian Railways’ Coach Rehabilitation Workshop, Bhopal, which falls under the West Central Railway zone, has designed a “mobile doctor booth” named “CHARAK”.

YUKTI Union HRD Minister Union Minister for HRD Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank” has launched a web-portal YUKTI (Young India Combating COVID with Knowledge, Technology and Innovation) today in New Delhi. It is a unique portal with a dashboard to monitor and record the efforts and initiatives of MHRD. The portal will cover various initiatives and efforts of the

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institutions in academics, research especially related to COVID-19, social initiatives by institutions and the measures taken for the betterment of the well-being of the students.

Aayu & Sehat Sathi Rajasthan Govt. The Rajasthan government has partnered with healthcare startup MedCords to launch an 24*7 online consultation and medicine delivery to people of Rajasthan as the state battles the COVID-19 outbreak. The app, which will be called 'Aayu & Sehat Sathi app', will help over 68 million people of Rajasthan, the government has claimed.

Assess Koro Na’ Delhi Govt. Delhi Chief Secretary Vijay Dev has asked all district magistrates to use the new ''Assess Koro Na'' app for door-to-door survey in COVID-19 containment zones to speed up decision-making by analysing real-time data. Officials say the delay in collecting and analysing the data of a person in physical form is a major challenge.

"Apthamitra" Karnataka government Karnataka government on 22nd April launched "Apthamitra" helpline with an exclusive toll free number and a mobile app. Aims: Providing required medical advice and guidance for those in need.

'e-office' CISF Aims: "This is an application, which mimics each and every function of traditional file movement in CISF.

"Unique" Central University of The Central University of Punjab, Bathinda (CUPB) has Punjab, Bathinda launched a "unique" COVID-19 information portal at CUPB City Campus, on which most of the "authentic information and sources are available for the references, research, and common understanding of the phenomenon."

"Access to COVID-19 WHO World Health Organization (WHO) has partnered with Tools Accelerator or Global Fund, UNTAID, Coalition for Epidemic the ACT Accelerator." Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), etc. and launched the "Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator or the ACT

Accelerator." Benefit: The process will help "speed up and harmonize" the development, production, and equitable distribution of

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vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics for COVID-19.

“Covid Pharma’ Andhra Pradesh The Medical and Health Department of Andhra Pradesh on 25th April launched 'Covid Pharma', a mobile application to keep a track of people purchasing medicines over-the-counter (OTC) for cough, cold and fever from medical stores across the state.

"Ayush Kavach" UP Govt Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on 5th May launched the “Ayush Kavach” app that will provide health-related tips and information about ayurvedic medicines amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Exit app West Bengal The government on 4th May launched an app for people from other states who are stranded in West Bengal due to the lockdown and want to return to their native place, state Home secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay said.

‘AYUSH Sanjivani’ App Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union About App: The ‘AYUSH Sanjivani ’ mobile app, which has Health & Family Welfare been launched will help to generate data on acceptance Minister and usage of AYUSH advocacies and measures among the population and its impact in prevention of COVID 19.

'Pravasi Raahat Mitra' Uttar Pradesh Aims: Aiding migrant citizens coming to Uttar Pradesh from other states so that they can take advantage of government schemes. The app will also help to monitor their health besides providing jobs and livelihood, related to their skills.

‘Sodar’ Google Google is trying to do its bit in helping people maintain their social distance. The tech giant has launched a new app that will help people maintain distance in real life using augmented reality.

“SwissCovid Switzerland The first app to take advantage of the Apple and Google Exposure Notification API has been released in Switzerland. The app is called “SwissCovid” and is currently available to select essential workers.

"Delhi Corona" Delhi government Residents track the availability of hospital beds and ventilators for Covid-19 patients.

‘COVID BEEP’ First indigenous wireless physiological parameters monitoring system facilitated for COVID-19 affected patients. developed by Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) medical college, Hyderabad and (IIT)

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Hyderabad

“Ghar Ghar Nigrani” Punjab Undertaking house to house surveillance to contain the spread of COVID-19. The application is to be used as a tool for early detection and testing of COVID-19 and prevent community spread.

Chapter 10 India’s GDP Forecast FY20 &21 (Last Update 8th Nov)

Organization 2019-20 2020-21

Fitch 4.9% (-)10.5% (Update-8 Sep)

HDFC Bank 6% (-)7.5% (Update 24 JULY)

RBI forecasted 5% (Updated 4 dec) (-)9.5%(Update-9 Oct)

Moody 4.9% (-)11.5%(Update-14 Sept)

Asian Development Bank (ADB) 5.1% (-)9%(Update-15 Sept)

World Bank 4.8% (-)9.6%(Update-6 Oct)

World Economic Outlook released 4.2% (-)10.3% (Update-13 Oct) by International Monetary Fund (IMF)

FICCI 5% (-)4.5%

Organisation for Economic Co- 4.9% (Updated 3 march 2020 ) (-)10.2% (Update-17 Sept) operation and Development (OECD)

DBS Bank (-)6% (Update 22 July)

Goldman Sachs 5.3% (-)5%

CRISIL 5.1% (-)9%(Update 11 Sep)

UN (United Nation) 5% 1.2%

Confederation of Indian Industry between (-)0.9 per cent and

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(CII) 1.5 per cent

India Ratings & Research 5% fY 2020. (-)11.8% (Update-8 Sep)

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

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

Chapter 11: Budget 2020 & Atma nirbhar Package

Budget 2020

Purpose Amount

Agriculture and allied activities 2.83 lakhs cr

Trnasfort Infra 1.7 lakhs cr

Defence pension 1.33 lakhs cr.

Education ++ skill development 99300+3000 cr.

Welfare of SCs and ObCs 85000 Cr.

Healthcare 69000cr.

Welfare of STs 53,700

Nutrition Programme 35600cr.

Development of J&K 30,757cr.

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

Power & Renewable energy 22000cr.

Swachh bharat Mision 12,300cr.

Sr. Citizens and Divyang 9500cr.

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Bharat Net Program 6000cr.

Development Of Ladakh 5958 cr.

Clean Air 4400

Minstry of Culture 3150cr.

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

Tourism promotion 2500cr.

hosting G20 presidency in 2022 100cr.

FY21 divestment target 2.1 lakhs Cr.

piped water supply to households 3.6 lakhs Cr.

National Textile Mission 1480 cr.

• 5 archaeological sites to be developed with on-site museums o , Haryana. o Hastinapur, Uttar Pradesh. o Sivasagar, Assam. o Dholavira, Gujarat. o Adichanallur, Tamil Nadu • Those earning up to Rs 5 lakhs are exempt from paying taxes • 10% tax for everyone earning Rs 5-7.5 lakh against the current 20% • 15% tax for everyone earning Rs 7.5- 10 lakhs against current 20% • 20% tax for everyone earning Rs 10-12.5 lakhs against current 30% • 25% tax for everyone earning Rs 12.5-15 lakhs against the current 30% • Those earning more than Rs 15 lakhs get no exemptions • Additional Rs 1.5 lakh tax benefit on affordable housing loans • Rs 40,000 cr per annum will be revenue foregone from new income tax rates for individuals • 100 more airports to be developed by 2025

“Aatma Nirbhar Bharat” Package Details: In Shortcut

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PM announced a special economic package on 12 May. This will play an important role in the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’. The announcements made by the govt over COVID, decisions of RBI & today’s package totals to Rs 20 Lakh Crores. These reforms will focus on strengthening the infrastructure, economy and buisness in India. Aatma Nirbharta will help India to excell in the competition of global supply change and the new economic package is made keeping in mind to increase the efficiency and improve quality of all sectors.

Pillars of “Aatma Nirbhar Bharat” 1. Economy- quantum jump not incremental change 2. Infrastructure- for modern India 3. System- technology driven for 21st century 4. Demography- vibrant demography as world’s largest democracy 5. Demand- optimism demand and supply chain in the economy

Nirmala Sitharaman Press Conference daily basis (13th May to 17th May) and Provide Details about “Aatma Nirbhar Bharat” Package

♦Nirmala Sitharaman Press Conference Important Highlight

• Tranche 1: Rs 5,94,550 crore • Tranche 2: Rs 3,10,000 crore • Tranche 3: Rs 1,50,000 crore • Tranche 4+5: Rs 48,100 crore Sub-total- 11,02, 650

• Earlier measures including PMGKP: Rs 1,92,000 crore • RBI measures: Rs 8,01,603 crore Sub-total- 9,94,403Cr.

⇒Total: 20,97,053 crore

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Chapter 12: List of Important Committee 2020

(October 2020)

Committee Headed by Purpose

All India Council for M.S. Ananth The committee will function Technical Education (AICTE) under the chairmanship of M.S. Ananth, former director, IIT

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Mardas. Mr. Somaprasad had pointed out that though there were 10,396 engineering institutes in India approved by the AICTE at present, only few were imparting quality education.

Prevent stubble burning Retired apex court judge One-man committee to take Justice Madan B Lokur steps for preventing stubble

burning in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh which is a source of pollution in Delhi- national capital region (NCR).

Recommending Policy on by Madhabi Puri Buch Recommend appropriate policy Market Data Access for access to securities market data, identify segment wise data perimeters, data needs and gaps, recommend data privacy and data access regulations applicable to market data.

400th birth anniversary of PM Modi The committee will look into Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur the approval of policies, plans, programmes and supervision and guiding the commemoration, as well as for deciding dates for detailed programmes of celebration.

Committee (September 2020)

Committee Headed by Purpose

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

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

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

NITI Aayog preparing Ms Sanyukta Samaddar “Global Indices to Drive Reforms Multidimensional Poverty index and Growth (GIRG)” exercise is to

fulfil the need to measure and monitor India’s performance on various important social and economic parameters and enable the utilisation of these Indices as tools for self-improvement, bring about reforms in policies, while improving last-mile implementation of government schemes.

August 2020

Committee Headed by Purpose

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Setting Parameters for Loan KV Kamath RBI on the required financial Restructuring parameters, along with the sector specific benchmark ranges for such

parameters, to be factored into resolution plans. The expert committee will also undertake a process validation of resolution plans for borrowal accounts above a specified threshold."

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

Fix ceiling rates under duty Chaired by Secretary (retd) G K The reimbursement of taxes under reimbursement scheme for Pillai. the Remission of Duties and Taxes exporters on Export Products (RoDTEP) such as duty on power charges, VAT on fuel in transportation, farm sector, captive power generation, mandi tax, stamp duty and central excise duty on fuel used in transportation would make Indian products competitive in global markets.

Kozhikode plane crash Captain S S Chahar The Aircraft Accident Investigation Board (AAIB) said it has formed a five-member panel to inquire into the circumstances of a plane crash in Kerala's Kozhikode airport.

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

Dividend of ₹57,128 crore to Shaktikanta Das Reserve Bank of India on 13th government. August approved dividend of ₹57,128 crore to government.

The decision was taken when the Central Board of the RBI met on 13th August under the chairmanship of Governor Shaktikanta Das through video conference

Business Responsibility Rajesh Verma The Corporate Affairs Ministry Reporting (BRR) (MCA) will work closely with capital markets regulator SEBI for

implementation of the ‘Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR)’ framework in the country.

July 2020

Committee Headed by Purpose

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

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

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

Sebi rejigs advisory The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has revamped its committee that advises the capital markets regulator on matters related to regulation and development of mutual fund industry.

Note: Earlier in 2013, the panel had 15 members and was headed by Janki Ballabh, former Chairman of SBI.

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

Human rights and future response K S Reddy The expert committee would assess the of the government. impact of Covid-19 on human rights of people, especially marginalised and vulnerable sections of the society, including migrant labourers. Find space for selling Surety Bonds G. Srinivasan. The IRDAI has set up the committee after the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways requested it to examine the possibility of offering Surety Bond for contractors.

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National level Ranbir Singh The committee, which has several leading committee for reform in criminal legal academicians on board, would be law gathering opinions online, consulting with experts and collating material for their report to the government.

June 2020

Committee Headed by Purpose

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

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

Review private bank shareholding RBI executive director PK Mohanty The group will examine the existing norms licensing guidelines and regulations on ownership and control of private sector banks. Trustees of PM CARES Sunil Kumar Gupta Trustees of the PM CARES Fund have appointed SARC & Associates as auditor of the fund.

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IBBI reconstitutes advisory panel Uday Kotak This Advisory Committee will on corporate insolvency resolution advise and provide professional process support— on a request from the IBBI or on its own volition—on any matter relating to the Corporate Insolvency resolution and liquidation dealt with by the Board under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016.

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

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

May 2020

Committee Headed by Purpose

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

Banning on the use of saliva to Anil Kumble The International Cricket Council’s shine the ball (ICC) Cricket Committee has recommended banning on the use of saliva to shine the ball. The practice meant for swing bowling is now primarily held as health risk due to the threats of COVID-19 and protect the safety of players and match officials.

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Border Infrastructure Lt General D B Shekatkar (Retd) These were related to speeding up road construction, leading to socio economic development in the border areas.

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

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

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

Examine the comments received The Ministry of Corporate Affairs Purpose: The committee will on the consultation paper floated (MCA) has constituted a seven- examine the comments and make member committee to examine the recommendations requiring any comments received on the amendments in law, rules and consultation paper floated by it for standards to achieve the objective of enhancing audit independence and enhancement of audit independence accountability in the country. and accountability. The panel has been asked to submit its report by 30 June 2020.

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Reconstitutes National Shipping headed by ex-DG Shipping Malini The government has approved Board Shankar reconstitution of the National Shipping Board to be headed by former Director General of Shipping Malini Shankar, an official said. The National Shipping Board (NSB) is the highest advisory body on matters related to Indian shipping including the development there of and on such other matters arising out of the Merchant Shipping Act.

Chapter 13: Banking & Financial

October

RBI defers Basel III provisions amid NABARD launches refinance scheme Covid Uncertainty for WASH programme, earmarks Rs 800 cr for FY''21 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has deferred implementation of provisions In a bid to promote sustainable and made under Basel III capital due to healthy lifestyle in rural areas, National uncertainty related to COVID crisis. Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) on 1st October In this regard, RBI will repel the final announced a special refinance facility to tranche of the capital conservation buffer support the government''s Water, (CCB) and the implementation of net Sanitisation and Hygiene (WASH) stable funding ratio (NSFR) by six programme. months i.e. April 1, 2021. An amount of Rs 800 crore has been The capital conservation buffer is an earmarked for this purpose for the additional pool that banks build in normal financial year 2020-21. NABARD will times for its use during periods of stress. provide concessional refinance to all The RBI had asked banks to build up the eligible financial institutions, including capital conservation buffer to the commercial banks, regional rural required 2.5% in stages. The last stage of banks and cooperative banks, with a 0.625% was to start on Sept. 30, 2020. repayment period of up to 36 months. This has now been deferred to April 1, 2021. The RBI had earlier deferred the RTGS to be available 24x7x365 from implementation by six months from Dec 2020 March 31, 2020. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its Statement on Development and Regulatory Policies has announced that

@ambitiousbaba Ambitious Baba Join Group daily_current_affairss ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series the money transfer facility, RTGS, will be RBI raises banks’ aggregate exposure available round the clock, 24 hours a limit for small businesses day, 7 days a week from December Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has raised 2020. the banks’ maximum aggregate retail Under the current rules, the transfers can exposure limit to entities with turnover be made between 7 AM and 6 PM on all up to Rs 50 crore to Rs 7.5 crore. working days except for the second and Earlier this limit was Rs 5 crore. The fourth of the month and on decision has been taken to increase Sundays. credit flow to small businesses. The announcement comes after the RBI The risk weight of 75 per cent will apply made the NEFT facility available 24X7 to all fresh exposures and also to existing from December 16, 2019. exposures where incremental exposure may be taken by the banks up to the Exim Bank's Government of India revised limit of Rs 7.5 crore. supported Line of Credit (LoC) of USD 310 million to the Government of the API integration between PM SVANidhi, Republic of SBI portal launched Export-Import Bank of India (Exim The Ministry of Housing & Urban Bank) has entered into an agreement Affairs will integrate the application with the Government of the Republic of programming interface (API) between Zimbabwe, for making available to the SVANidhi portal and various banks to latter, Government of India supported expedite loan sanctioning and Line of Credit (LoC) of USD 310 million disbursement process under Modi (USD Three Hundred and Ten million government’s PM SVANidhi scheme for only) for the purpose of financing nano entrepreneurs. repowering of Hwange Thermal Power Station in the Republic of Zimbabwe. Exim Bank extends $400 mn soft loan to for connectivity project India has extended a USD 400 million (about Rs 2,932 crore) soft loan to Maldives through the Exim Bank to finance a connectivity project in the nation of islands on 12th October. Saral Jeevan Beema for Bharat: Irdai term life insurance product called Saral introduces standard life product Jeevan Bima. This will be mandatorily offered by all life insurance companies The Insurance Regulatory and from January 1, 2021, onwards. Insurers Development Authority of India (Irdai) have to file the product with the regulator has come out with a standard, individual latest by December 1.

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The Saral Jeevan Bima product to be IndusInd Bank first bank to go live on offered by all life insurance companies RBI’s 'Account Aggregator Framework' will be a non-linked non-participating IndusInd Bank announced that it has individual pure-risk premium life gone live as a ‘Financial Information insurance plan. Provider’ (FIP) under the new ‘Account RBI asks lending institutions to Aggregator Framework’ of the Reserve implement waiver of interest on Bank of India (RBI), making it the first interest schemes bank in the country to do so. The Reserve Bank of India has asked Benefit: Customers can now avail a host all the lending institutions to of benefits such as viewing statements of implement the waiver of interest on their accounts, track deposits, plan interest schemes for loans up to Rs 2 investments (such as shares, mutual crore. The lending institutions also funds, Insurance, EPF, PPF), avail credit including non-banking financial cards, etc. on a single window, thereby companies. empowering them to take informed decisions pertaining to their finances. The Reserve Bank of India had announced a moratorium on DBS named Asia's Safest Bank for 12th repayment of loan for six months in consecutive year effect from March 1, 2020. The DBS Bank has been named the 'Safest moratorium was provided in order to Bank in Asia' for the 12th consecutive help businesses and individuals to year by New York-based trade publication overcome the financial problems that Global Finance. DBS' rankings as the they faced during the COVID-19 lockdown fourth-safest commercial bank in the because of disruption in normal business world and 14th safest bank globally activities . Later, the Supreme Court had remain unchanged from 2019 and 2018. asked the Centre to implement the interest waiver scheme on loans up to Environment is likely to remain Rs 2 crore under the RBI moratorium uncertain, we are confident that our scheme on October 14, 2020. strong capital base, deep customer relationships and robust digital strategy RBI imposes Rs 22 lakh fine on DCB will ensure that we are able to continue Bank for violating marketing norms supporting our customers and Private sector lender DCB Bank on communities.” 29th October said RBI has imposed a 'Safest Bank in World' fine of Rs 22 lakh on the bank for violating marketing norms for Rank 1: KfW (Germany) financial products. The Reserve Bank Rank 2: Zuercher kantonalbank imposed the penalty by an order dated (Switzerland) October 28. Rank 3: BNG Bank (Netherland) Rank 4: DBS (Singapore)

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RBI revises priority sector lending Limited which holds 51% in ABIP bank guidelines and the remaining 49% by Grasim The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 4th Industries Limited. September said it has revised priority Reliance Industries becomes first Indian sector lending (PSL) guidelines to include firm to top $200 bn market cap entrepreneurship and renewable resources, Reliance Industries (RIL) on 10th in line with emerging national priorities. September became the first Indian Bank finance to start-ups (up to Rs 50 company to surpass $200 billion in market crore), loans to farmers for installation of capitalisation (m-cap). On 10th September solar power plants for solarisation of grid- closing price, RIL had an m-cap of Rs 15.3 connected agriculture pumps and loans for trillion ($208 billion). Tata Consultancy setting up Compressed BioGas plants have Services (TCS) is a distant second, with an been included as fresh categories eligible for m-cap of Rs 8.75 trillion, ($119 billion). finance under priority sector. FDI inflow from China declines to USD Vodafone Idea rebrands itself, to go by 163.77 million in FY20 brand name "Vi" There has been decline in foreign direct Vodafone Idea Ltd said on 7th September inflow from China in the last three years announced that it will go by the brand name with FDI coming down to USD 163.77 "Vi". million in 2019-20, Minister of State for Bank of India launches ‘Signature Visa Finance Anurag Singh Thakur informed Lok Debit Card’ for HNIs Sabha on 14th September. Bank of India, on the occasion of its 115th Giving details of the total foreign direct Foundation Day on September 7, 2020 investment (FDI) inflow from Chinese decided launched “Signature Visa Debit companies in India, he said, it was USD Card” for the affluent/high net worth 350.22 million in 2017-18, while it individuals maintaining an average declined to USD 229 million in the quarterly balance of ₹10 lakhs and above. following year. During 2019-20, FDI This card will have a spending limit of up to further came down to USD 163.77 million, Rs. 5 lakhs on POS & E-commerce and Rs.1 he said in a written reply on the first day of lakh on ATM. the session. Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank ceased to SBI and Titan launch India’s first be banking company: RBI contactless payment watch Reserve Bank of India has ceased the The State Bank of India (SBI), India’s Banking operations by the Aditya Birla largest public sector lender, and Titan Idea Payments (ABIP) Bank under Banking Company have partnered to launch Regulations Act 1949 with effect from July contactless payment services through 28, 2020. watches, called “Titan Pay”. The decision to shut operations by the Aditya India extends $250 million support to Birla Idea Payments Bank was taken due to Maldives to overcome economic impact of unanticipated developments in the business Covid-19 landscape which have made the economic India has provided financial assistance of model unviable, a regulatory filing by the USD 250 million to the Maldives to help it Vodafone Idea Limited had said in July last mitigate the economic impact of the year. Now the bank company could not able COVID-19 pandemic, the Indian embassy to work successfully and applied for here said on 20 September. voluntary winding up by the Vodafone Idea

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The grant, provided under the most Lhaviyani Atoll, through the development of favourable terms possible, India has fish collection and storage facilities, and the provided a sovereign guarantee to SBI for setting up of a tuna cooked plant and fishmeal this financial assistance. The soft loan of $ plant. 250 million has a comfortable tenor of 10 The credit line agreement was signed by years and a very low interest rate. India’s Export-Import Bank (EXIM). RBI publishes “’Technology Vision for Exim Bank extends $250 million line of Cyber Security’ for UCBs credit to The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) implement the “Technology Vision for on 7th August said it has extended a USD Cyber Security’ for Urban Co-operative 250-million (about Rs 1,870 crore) line of Banks (2020-2023) to enhance the IT credit (LOC) to Mozambique for improving security system of Urban Co-operative power supply quality in the country. banking to prevent, detect, respond to and With the signing of this LOC agreement, Exim recover from cyber-attacks. Bank till date has extended 14 LOCs to The Technology Vision Document aims at Mozambique, taking their total value to USD enhancing the cybersecurity posture of the 772.44 million. Urban Co-operative banking sector against Home-grown social media app ShareChat evolving IT and cyber threat environment. to get $100 million funding from Microsoft RBI will achieve this objective using its five- Microsoft run enterprise is all set to invest pillared strategic approach ‘GUARD’. about $100 million in the home-grown August regional language social media app Reliance Power, JERA ink loan agreement ShareChat. ShareChat which has a user base with banks for new power plant in of over 140 million monthly active users in Bangladesh the country did not respond to an email Reliance Power announced on 31stJuly that query. it has signed a loan agreement, along with NPCI launches omni-channel loyalty Japanese utility JERA, for $642 million platform ‘nth Rewards’ with a group of lenders for their 745 The National Payment Corporation of megawatt gas-based project in India (NPCI) has launched a loyalty platform Bangladesh. named ‘nth Rewards’. Here nth represents Reliance Power hold 51% stake while “infinite possibilities”. JERA will hold 49% stake in the joint Benefit: It is an analytics-enabled venture company. omnichannel multi-branded loyalty platform. National Bank of selects Infosys It allows users to earn “nth” (infinite) Finacle for transformation of transaction loyalty points through various bank banking business transactions. These rewards point can be National Bank of Bahrain and Infosys redeemed for various purposes including Finacle announced the bank's decision to online shopping. adopt the Finacle Cash Management Suite South Indian Bank gets RBI's nod to set up to digitally transform its transaction non-financial subsidiary banking business. Private sector lender South Indian Bank India extended US$18 mn Line of Credit to (SIB) on 12th August announced the RBI has Maldives for expansion of fishing facilities given an in-principle approval for setting India has extended the Line of Credit (LoC) up a wholly owned non-financial worth US$18 million to the Government of subsidiary. Maldives for the expansion of fishing India extends assistance of USD 1 million facilities at Maldives Industrial Fisheries to to combat COVID- Company (MIFCO) based in Felivaru, 19 pandemic

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The Indian government has extended an Driving utilisation of data and artificial assistance of USD 1 million to Antigua and intelligence (AI) could play a crucial role Barbuda to combat the ongoing COVID-19 in realising India’s 2025 vision of inclusive pandemic. development and deliver over $500 billion The provided assistance is aimed at in value to the economy, says a Nasscom improving health capacities and report. infrastructure in the Caribbean country. This segment could account for 10 per cent RBI governor announces 'positive pay' of the country’s GDP by 2025, according to feature to help avert cheque frauds the industry body. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on 13th HSBC India launched green deposit August said that the banking system will programme for corporate clients move to a positive pay practice in cheque HSBC India on 21st August launched a transactions to curb frauds. “green deposit programme”, exclusively for "To enhance safety of cheque payments, it has corporate clients, under which deposits will been decided to introduce a mechanism of be used by the bank to finance green 'Positive Pay' for all cheques of value Rs initiatives and environment friendly projects. 50,000 and above. HSBC India Launched Omni Collect, a One India announces USD 500 million help in Stop Solution to Businesses Maldives Connectivity project HSBC India has launched Omni Collect, a Maldives has thanked India for its one-stop solution in India. It supports developmental assistance as budget businesses to offer multiple payment support and greater Male connectivity options on a single platform. project. It is designed for businesses to easily collect India support the implementation of GMCP in payments through various digital Maldives, through a financial package methods, thereby allowing them to easily consisting of a grant of USD 100 million adapt to the changes in consumer spending. and a new Line of Credit of USD 400 Axis Bank introduced ‘Liberty Savings million. Account’ for the Indian Youth RBI mandates system-based asset Axis Bank has introduced ‘Liberty Savings classification for UCBs Account’ for the Indian Youth, to address the The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 12th ever-changing lifestyle needs of young and August asked urban co-operative banks digitally interested Indians. (UCBs) with assets of ₹2,000 crore or more It offers a complimentary hospital cash to implement system-based asset insurance cover of up to Rs 20,000 per year, classification from 30 June 2021. which covers hospital expenses incurred System-based asset classification refers to under COVID -19, which makes this a 1st of asset classification (downgrading as well as its kind savings account to cover the upgrading) carried out by computerized pandemic. This account targets to meet the systems of a bank in an automated lifestyle requirements of the working class manner. that falls under 35 years of age. SBI General Insurance Launches ‘Shagun – TN women top the list of MUDRA loan Gift an insurance’ policy scheme beneficiaries SBI General Insurance, one of the leading According to the data Tamil Nadu topped general insurance companies in India, the list in availing loans to women. It was announced the launch of first-of-its-kind followed by West Bengal and Karnataka. offering, ‘Shagun – Gift an Insurance”, a • The loans provided by other unique gift of Personal Accident policy. states are as follows Data & AI have potential to add $500 • Tamil Nadu: Rs 58,227 crores. billion to economy by 2025: Nasscom • West Bengal: Rs 55,232 crores • Karnataka: Rs 47,714 crores

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Nabard launches credit guarantee product will now be available in tier 2 and programme for NBFC-MFIs 3 cities across India. The National Bank for Agriculture and Yes Bank launches ‘Loan in Seconds’ for Rural Development (Nabard) on 24th instant loan disbursements August said it has introduced a dedicated YES BANK announced the launch of ‘Loan debt and credit guarantee product to ensure in Seconds’, a unique solution enabling unhindered flow of credit in rural areas hit by instant disbursement of retail loans for the the COVID-19 pandemic, loans extended to Bank’s pre-approved liability account small and mid-sized micro finance holders, in line with the Bank’s strategy of institutions (MFIs). building a transformed ‘Digital Bank’. It will help in facilitating Rs 2,500 crore Fino Payments Bank launches 'Bhavishya' funding in the initial phase which is savings account for minors expected to be scaled up in the future. The Fino Payments Bank Limited on 7th July program is targeting to cover over 1 million announced the launch of a savings account households across 28 States and 650 districts. scheme for minors aged between 10-18 3nd RBI Monetary Policy 2020-21: Bank years. keeps repo rate unchanged Cabinet approves capital infusion of Rs The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) 12,450 crore in 3 state-run insurance Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on 7th companies October kept the repo rate and reverse The Union Cabinet on 8th July approved repo rate unchanged. capital infusion of Rs 12,450 crore for The MPC maintained the policy stance at three public sector general insurance accommodative, RBI Governor Shaktikanta companies namely Oriental Insurance Das said. Company Ltd, National Insurance Repo Rate-4.% Company Ltd & United India Insurance Reverse Repo Rate -3.35% Company Ltd (including Rs 25,00 crore Marginal Standing Facility(MSF) Rate- infused in FY 2019-20). 4.25% Tamil Nadu tops market borrowings Bank Rate-4.25% among States so far, in 2020-21 Cash reserve Ratio(CRR)-3% Tamil Nadu has so far raised ₹30,500 Statutory Liquidity Ratio(SLR)-18% crore in the fiscal 2020-21 and has topped RBI Annual Report 2019-20 market borrowings among States in the Reserve Bank of India released its annual country. Tamil Nadu has accounted for report 2019-20. The report has made it very 17% of the borrowings done through the clear to the world that the apex bank stands issue of bonds, known as state development as a bank with the highest levels of financial loans, according to data from the Reserve resilience globally. Bank of India (RBI). According to the report, the total income in With borrowings of ₹25,500 crore, 2019-20 has increased by 28.97%. READ Maharashtra accounted for 14%, followed MORE.... click Link by Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh at 9% July 2020 each (₹17,000 crore), as per the data. HDFC Bank to Offer ‘ZipDrive’, an Online Google announces India Digitization Fund, Instant Auto Loans to its Customers will invest Rs 75,000 crore: Sundar Pichai HDFC Bank annouced it will offer ZipDrive Google for India 2020 has thrown up a few instant auto loans to customers in 1,000 surprises, with the company announcing a cities across India. ZipDrive is HDFC Bank's major Rs 75,000 crore (approximately $10 instant auto loan disbursal product for billion) fund for the upscaling of its digital customers with pre-approved offer. The India mission. At the online-only event, Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, made the announcement of India Digitization Fund,

@ambitiousbaba Ambitious Baba Join Group daily_current_affairss ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series which will see the company invest Rs 75,000 In a bid to secure its Internet banking crore in India in 5-7 years. channels as also mobile, card, call centres India moves up a rank, becomes second- and ATMs, among others, against cyber largest foreign investor in UK fraud, the state-owned Bank of India invested in 120 projects and created Maharashtra has joined hands with 5,429 new jobs in the UK to become the Uniken, a pioneer in the field of digital second-largest source of foreign direct security in India. The bank will use Uniken’s investment (FDI) after the US in 2019, REL-ID technology for Omni-channel security. according to new UK government figures. SBI providing USD 16 million liquidity NABARD launches Scheme: Rs 5,000 support for local businesses in Maldives crores allocated to computerise PACS Amid the COVID-19 pandemic which has The National Bank for Agriculture and affected economies across the world, while Rural Development (NABARD) has the smaller nations facing the brunt of the launched a refinance scheme for financial pandemic even more, the State Bank of India institutions and banks. It has allocated Rs (SBI) in order to assist one such friendly 5,000 crores for the scheme. nation, the Maldives, is providing liquidity Aims: Under the scheme, the Primary support of USD 16.20 million for local Agricultural Credit Societies are to be turned businesses and deferred loan repayment for into multi-service centres. The fund allocated over 200 retail accounts, the Indian High under the scheme is to be made available to Commission in the Maldives said on 28th July. financial institutions and banks to lend to the beneficiaries in 2,150 water shed June 2020 development projects. PSBs Sanction Loans Worth Rs 10,361 NABARD has also launched the scheme to Crore To MSMEs Under ECLGS computerise PACS (Primary Agricultural Public sector banks have sanctioned loans Credit Societies). Under the scheme, 5,000 worth Rs 10,361.75 crore under the 100 PACS are to be upgraded in the initial percent Emergency Credit Line Guarantee phases, 15,000 by 2022 and another Scheme, said Finance Minister Nirmala 15,000 by 2023. Sitharaman's office on 3rd June. Public Tamil Nadu signs MoUs with 8 companies sector banks have disbursed Rs 3,892.78 worth Rs 10,399 crore crore in the first two days of the month Tamil Nadu on signed Memorandum of under the Rs 3-lakh crore Emergency Understanding (MoUs) with eight Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) for companies to set up their manufacturing the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises units in the state bringing an investment of (MSME) sector hit hard by the Rs 10,399 crore. coronavirus-induced lockdown. The cumulative investment envisaged in the RBI sets up Payment Infrastructure projects will create 13,507 jobs across the Development Fund (PIDF) of Rs 500 crore state in solar cells, data centres and industrial to promote digital payments parks. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 5th FamPay launches India’s first numberless June said it was setting up a Payment card for teenagers Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) FamPay is India’s first neo bank for with a corpus of Rs 500 crore, with an aim teenagers that allows them to make UPI to give a push to digital payments nationwide. and P2P transactions through their own The RBI has made an initial contribution of Rs unique UPI ID without the need to set up a 250 crore covering half the fund. The bank account has recently launched India’s remaining will come from the card-issuing first numberless card – FamCard. banks and card networks operating in the Bank of Maharashtra joins hands with country. Uniken for Omni-channel security

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Adani Green Energy wins world's largest India 9th largest recipient of FDI in 2019: solar bid worth $6 billion UN Adani Green Energy Ltd has bagged the India received USD 51 billion in foreign world's largest solar bid entailing building investment in 2019 and was the world's a photovoltaic (PV) power plant of 8,000 9th largest recipient of foreign direct MW and setting up a domestic solar panel investments (FDI) in 2019, according to a manufacturing capacity of 2,000 MW, report by the UN's trade body. envisaging a total investment of roughly Airtel Payments Bank launches 'Suraksha $6 billion. Salary' account for MSMEs India becomes 2nd nation to have contact- Airtel Payments Bank announced a salary free ATM cash withdrawals account for micro, small and medium In order to eliminate the use of physical enterprises (MSME). card or touch an ATM PIN pad, amid the Maharashtra signs MoUs with domestic spread of coronavirus from contaminated and foreign companies for FDI worth over surfaces, Empays Payment Systems has Rs 16,000 crores: Magnetic Maharashtra joined hands with Mastercard to launch 2.0 “Cardless ATM powered by Mastercard” in Maharashtra signed 12 Memorandum of India based on the standards of EMV Understanding(MoUs) with 12 domestic (Europay, Mastercard, and Visa). With this, and foreign companies for Foreign Direct India will be the first country outside the Investment(FDI) worth over Rs 16,000 United States (US) where this product will crores. be launched. It is a part of the Magnetic Maharashtra 2.0 India to Launch First-Ever Coal Trading initiative. The MoU was signed by the global Exchange companies in the field of engineering, car and India is reportedly planning to open its spare parts manufacturing, information first coal trading exchange on the basis of technology, logistics, chemicals, and food commodity or energy exchanges. Coal processing. consumers and traders throughout the RIL becomes first Indian company to hit country welcomed the move but said the $150-billion market cap exchange should be started only when there The market valuation of Reliance are more buyers and sellers. Industries Ltd crossed Rs 11 lakh crore on Exim Bank extends $216 million credit after chairman Mukesh Ambani announced line to Malawi govt that his oil-to-telecom conglomerate had Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) become net debt-free. Reliance Industries is on 12th June announced it has extended a also the first Indian company to cross the line of credit (LOC) worth $215.68 million Rs 11 lakh crore market valuation mark. to the Malawi government for drinking Mukesh Ambani, the chairman and managing water supply schemes and other director of India's most-valued company development projects. Reliance Industries (RIL). With the signing of this agreement, Exim Mukesh Ambani Joins Club Of World’s 10 Bank, so far, has extended five LOCs to Richest As Net Worth Jumps To $64.6 BN Malawi, on behalf of the Indian government, Mukesh Ambani has entered the list of top taking the total value of LOCs extended to ten richest persons in the world, according $395.68 million. to the Forbes Real-Time Billionaire list. Focus Africa: Exim Bank has now in place Mukesh Ambani's net worth increased by 260 LOCs, covering 62 countries in Africa, over 12 times from USD 5.3 billion to USD Asia, Latin America and the CIS, with credit 64.6 billion (Rs 4.9 lakh crore). commitments of around $25.68 billion, Exim Bank extends USD 20.1 mn credit available for financing exports from India. line to Nicaragua govt

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Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) Govt to provide 2% interest subsidy to on 20th June said it has extended a line of 'Shishu' borrowers under Mudra Yojna credit (LOC) of USD 20.10 million to the The government on 24th June decided to government of Nicaragua for provide 2% interest subvention to reconstruction of Aldo Chavarria Hospital. borrowers under the 'Shishu' category of With signing of this agreement, Exim Bank, so the flagship Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana far, has extended four LOCs to Nicaragua, on (PMMY). behalf of the Indian government, taking the Under the Shishu category, collateral free total value to USD 87.63 million. loans of up to ₹50,000 are given to Yes Bank partners Affordplan to launch beneficiaries. co-branded cashless healthcare card About: Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana called ‘Swasth Card’ Shishu loan: Shishu loans under the Mudra Yes Bank Limited, an Indian public bank, scheme allow entrepreneurs on the has joined hands with Delhi-based fintech threshold of starting a business to borrow startup Affordplan, to launch a first of its kind co-branded healthcare card called up to Rs. 50,000. ‘Swasth Card’ under Swasth program with Kishore loan: Kishore loans range from Rs. the aim to enable families plan and manage 50,001 to Rs. 5,00,000. their finances for their healthcare needs. Tarun loan: Tarun loans under the PMMY The co-branded card will have flexible scheme range from Rs. 5,00,001 to Rs recharges from Rs 100 up to a maximum 10,00,000. balance of Rs 1 lakh. India retains position of 3rd-largest Cooperative banks to be brought under economy on PPP basis for 2017 RBI supervision India has retained and consolidated its The Union Cabinet approved inclusion of position as the third-largest economy after co-operative banks under supervisory China and the US in terms of purchasing powers of the Reserve Bank of India, while power parity (PPP) for 2017, said the announcing a Rs 1,542 crore year-long government quoting the World Bank data. interest subvention scheme for micro loan NABARD provides Rs 270 crore to Assam borrowers. Gramin Vikash Bank Among a number of decisions taken by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Cabinet on Wednesday, the government Development (NABARD) has made decided to put government banks, including available a Special Liquidity Facility (SLF) 1,482 urban cooperative banks and 58 of Rs 270 crore to Assam Gramin Vikash multi-state cooperative banks, under the Bank for supporting the agricultural supervisory powers of RBI, through an activities of the farmers. ordinance. The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has RBI's powers on scheduled banks will be announced a Rs 50,000 crore refinance hence applicable on co-operative banks as facility for 3 All-India Financial well. Institutions(AIFI) namely: NABARD, the Karnataka Bank launches KBL Micro Mitra Small Industries Development Bank of for micro enterprises India (SIDBI), and the National Housing Karnataka Bank has launched a new Bank (NHB). product KBL Micro Mitra, wherein From the total of Rs 50,000 crore NABARD financial assistance up to Rs.10 lakhs can received Rs 25,000 crore to refinance be provided to the Micro manufacturing Regional Rural Banks(RRBs), co- and service enterprises either for working operative(co-op) banks and Microfinance capital or for investment purposes. Institutions(MFIs) to ensure credit flow to The facility comes with a simplified procedure and competitive rate of interest.

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

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Penrose Mercantiles Ltd, Manohar Finance lender will hold no control in the India Ltd, Chandelier Tracon Pvt Ltd, and management of the insurer. Sanghi Hire Purchase Ltd are among the Earlier, the bank was expected to divest NBFCs which have surrendered their either the entire stake in IndiaFirst Life certificates. Insurance, or a considerable part of it, as The certificate of registration is granted by IRDAI guidelines restrict a lender to own the RBI. With surrendering the certificates, more than 10 percent stake in two the companies cannot the business of insurance companies. a non-banking financial institution. PFC signs MoU with NBPCL to fund In another statement, the central bank projects worth ₹ 22,000 crore for 225 MW said it has cancelled the certificate of hydro-electric projects in MP registration of 14 non-banking financial Power Finance Corporation (PFC), the companies (NBFCs). central PSU under Ministry of Power and Nabard extends ₹20,500-cr special India's leading NBFC on 26th May entered liquidity facility to co-op banks, RRBs into an agreement with Narmada Basin The National Bank for Agriculture and Projects Company Ltd. (NBPCL), a wholly- Rural Development (Nabard), on 19th May, owned company of Govt. of Madhya said it has extended ₹20,500-crore special Pradesh, to fund projects worth Rs.22,000 liquidity facility to co-operative banks crore for 225 MW hydro-electric projects (₹15,200 crore) and Regional Rural Banks & multipurpose projects in the State of (₹5,300 crore) in various States. Madhya Pradesh. This is against the ₹5,000 crore lent The funds will be deployed by NBPCL for during the first quarter of the last year. setting up hydroelectric projects of 225 MW Kotak Mahindra Bank becomes first and power components of 12 major Indian lender to allow video KYC multipurpose projects in Madhya Pradesh. Kotak Mahindra Bank on 18th May has The MoU will help PFC to actively partner introduced video-KYC facility for with NBPCL and provide finance for hydro- customers opening savings account on electric plants totaling 225 MW along with Kotak 811 - the banks digital banking power components of multipurpose projects platform. The private lender is the first Indian as part of state government’s endeavor to bank to offer video based "zero-contact" implement twelve major multipurpose onboarding service. projects. Finance ministry exempts B2B firms from FDI in India jumps 13% to record USD using only BHIM, RuPay for accepting 49.98 bn in 2019-20 payments Foreign direct investment (FDI) in India The finance ministry on 20th May rose by 13 per cent - the sharpest pace in exempted companies with a turnover of the last four fiscals - to a record of USD over ₹50 crore and involved in only B2B 49.97 billion in 2019-20, according to transactions from the requirement of official data. accepting payments only by electronic The country had received FDI of USD 44.36 modes like RuPay or BHIM-UPI. billion during April-March 2018-19. IRDAI allows Union Bank of India to Foreign investments in the last fiscal grew continue 30% holding in IndiaFirst Life at the sharpest pace since 2015-16 when Insurance the inflows had jumped by 35 per cent. Insurance Regulatory and Development Also, the country logged its all-time high FDI Authority of India (IRDAI) has allowed in a fiscal year since 2000-01 when the first Union Bank of India’s proposal to continue such data was released. with its 30 prcent holding in IndiaFirst Singapore top source of FDI in FY20 Life Insurance with the condition that the (2019-20) with investments worth USD 14.67 bn

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Fiscal deficit widens to 4.6% of GDP in The National Bank for Agriculture and 2019-20 Rural Development (NABARD) has India's fiscal deficit widened to 4.6 per sanctioned credit of Rs 1,050 crore in the cent of the Gross Domestic Product in current fiscal so far to West Bengal for 2019-20 mainly on account of poor benefit of farmers and poor people in revenue realisation. The deficit, which rural areas. signifies the gap between government The credit support under special liquidity revenue and expenditure, is higher than the facility (SLF) will be extended to state revised estimate of 3.8 per cent for the cooperative banks, regional rural banks and fiscal. micro-finance institutions (MFIs). NABARD sanctions Rs 1,050 crore credit The NABARD has already disbursed an support to West Bengal amount of Rs 720 crore to state coperative and regional rural banks.

Chapter 14: Current Affairs (National) In Short

Important India’s First Woman in News 2019-20

First Name

First woman fighter pilot to fly Rafale Shivangi Singh

First women Navy officers to be posted on Indian Sub Lt Kumudini Tyagi and Sub Lt Riti Singh warship

First time lead woman army officer Parade at Tania Shergill Republic day

World’s first female spacewalking- Christina Koch and Jessica Meir

First Female Flight Commander Shalija Dhami

First Woman Flight Engineer of Indian Air Force Hina Jaiswal

First Woman To Qualify To Go To Day Missions Bhawana Kanth

First Indian Woman Who Flew a Fighter aircraft Avani Chaturvedi Solo

First Woman Fighter Pilot to Undertake Missions by Mohana Singh day on Hawk

India's First Female Military diplomat Anjali Singh

First Woman Pilot of Shivangi

World’s first female spacewalking Christina Koch and Jessica Meir

first female match referee by icc GS

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List of Cyclone/ Typhoon (2019-20)

Cyclone/ Typhoon Country/ State

Cyclone storm Amphan Bengal and Odisha

Cyclonic storm Nisarga Maharashtra and Gujarat

Cyclone Maha The Cyclone Maha in the Arabian Sea has crossed Lakshadweep.

Cyclonic storm ‘Bulbul’ Bangladesh and West Bengal

Typhoon hagibis Japan

Tropical Storm Fay New Jersey

Tropical storm Amanda and .

Tropical Storm Cristobal Louisiana, Mississippi Coasts

Cyclone Kyaar south Gujarat, (cyclonic storm “Kyaar” hovering over the Arabian Sea.)

Typhoon Faxai Tokyo, Japan

Typhoon Kammuri Philippines

Typhoon Phanfone Philippines

Tropical Cyclone Sarai

Cyclone Tino Fiji

Recent GI Tag List

Item State

“Dalle Khursani” Famous Chilli of Sikkim Sweet dish ‘Khaje’, spicy Harmal Chilli and Goa Myndoli Banana (Moira Banana)

Kodaikanal Malai Pandu, Garlic Tamil Nadu

Zeerafool, Rice (CG),Thirubuvanam Slik Tamil Nadu

DindiGul Lock & Kandangi Saree Tamil Nadu

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Pathama Dai Mat Tamil Nadu

‘Panchamirtham’ of Palani temple Tamil Nadu

Marayoor Jaggerry Kerala

Tirur Supari Kerala

Arcanut (Sirsi Supadi) Karnataka

TavlohoPuan Mizoram

Green and White Tea Darjeeling

Srivilliputtur Palkova” Channai

Mizo Paunchei, Coloured Shawl Mizoram

Rasogulla Odisha

Chak-Hao Manipur

terracotta Gorakhpur (UP)

Kashmiri Saffron Kashmiri

Sohrai Khovar painting Jharkhand

Telia Rumal Telangana

Arumbavur wood carvings Tamil Nadu

Thanjavur netti Tamil Nadu

List of Changing Name 2019-20

Old Name New Name Naugarh Railway Station Siddharthnagar (UP)

Hubli Railway Station: Siddharoodha Swamiji Railway Station

Manduadih Station 'Banaras' Station

Gwalior-Chambal Expressway Atal Bihari Vajpayee Chambal Progressway

Mumbai- expressway Bal Thackeray

Rohtang tunnel in Himachal Pradesh Atal tunnel (mark the 95th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee)

Chenani Nashari Tunnel Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee (Chenani Nashri Tunnel on NH 44 in Jammu & Kashmir as Dr Syama Prasad

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Mookerjee Tunnel)

Habibganj Railway Station Atal Bihari Vajpayee Railway Station

Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium

Bhopal Metro Rail Raja Bhoj

Bogibeel Bridge Atal Setu

Naya Raipur Atal Nagar

Bundel Section Express-Way Atal Path

Hazratganj intersection Atal Chowk

Deoghar Airport (Jharkhand) Atal Bihari Vajpayee Airport

Aligarh Harigarh

Ahmedabad Karnavati

Shimla Shyamla

Sahibganj Harbor Atal Bihari Vajpayee Harbor

Agartala Airport Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport

Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport

Kandla Port Deendayal Port

Sabarmati Ghat Atal Ghat

Bhamashah Health Insurance Scheme Bhamashah Suraksha Kavach

Mughal Sarai Railway Station Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Railway Station

Ballabhgarh Metro Station Amar Shaheed Raja Nahar Singh Metro Station

Gorakhpur Airport Mahayogi Gorakhnath Airport

NIFM Arun Jaitley Institute of Financial Management

Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra Sushma Swaraj Bhavan

Foreign Service Institute Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service.

Delhi metro's Pragati station Supreme Court station

Railway Protection Force Indian Railway Protection Force Service

Kolkata Port Trust Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Port

IDSA ' Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses'

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Village of Mian, Village (Barmer, Rajasthan) Mahesh Nagar

Indian Govt, target important project list

Aims Target Time

▪ PM vision of $ 5 trillion Economy 2025

▪ self-reliant in fertilisers production 2023

▪ To Eliminate TB 2025

▪ 100 MT coal gasification target 2030

▪ Housing for All 2022

▪ Doubling Farmers income 2022

▪ One Nation One Ration Card 2021

▪ To generate solar Power (500GW) 2030

▪ Har Ghar Jal 2024

▪ Utkarsh (Road Plan by RBI) 2022

▪ Clean Drinking water to all by 2024

▪ TAPI gas pipeline project is expected to be 2022 completed by

▪ Bharatmala project 35000km highway by 2018-22

▪ India to surpass china’s population 2027

▪ Net zero carbon emitting in indian railways 2030

▪ Free WiFi to all villages connected via Bharat till March 2020 Net

▪ Fulfil Jal Jeevan Mission 2024

▪ Railways to run 100% on electricity 2024

▪ zero road accident fatalities 2030

▪ Green Railway’ 2030

Jal Jeevan Mission Funds allocated to State (2020-21)

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

Festival 2019-20

State/UT City Festival

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

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Himachal Pradesh • Losar Festival

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

Khajuraho • International Film Festival

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

Mandu • Mandu festival

• Namaste Orchha festival (1st-ever in 2020) • Lokrang Festival • Festival Maharashtra Nagpur • Khasdar Mahostav • Orange Festival • Sangai Festival

Manipur Ukhrul • Shirui Lily Festival

• Sangai Festival

Meghalaya • Behdinkhelam Festival • Cherry Blossom Festival Nagaland • Festival

Delhi New Delhi • National Tribal Festival - Aadi Mahotsav

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

Cuttack • 'Bali ' festival

Rajasthan Bikaner • Camel Festival

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

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

Till 15th October Operation Milap-by Delhi police to South Eastern Railway launches rescue 333 children 'Operation My Saheli' to enhance Operation Sankalp-Indian navy (in gulf security of women passengers of and Persian gulf) The South Eastern Railway has Operation Smile-Hyderabad police for launched a project to boost the security 325 children rescued. of women passengers in trains during Operation Sudarshan -BSF (border their entire journey, an official said. security force) to secure 100m border 'Operation My Saheli (friend) gives from security to women passengers from the Operation Sunrise-Between the armies originating point to the destination. of India & Mayanmar Initiated as a pilot project, it has been Operation Support-By India for people introduced in three trains - suffering from Idi Strom in Mozambique Yeshvantpur Duronto Special, Howrah- Operation Swift Retort-Pakistan strike Ahmedabad Special and Howrah-Mumbai after operation Bandar Special since September 18. Operation Thirst-RPF To healthy Note: List of Important Operations drinking water (2019-20) Atal Tunnel Rohtang: PM Modi Operation Bandar-Balakot strike inaugurates world’s longest highway Operation Khumaar- J&k (drug free tunnel panchayat)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has building the set to inaugurated Atal Tunnel in Manali. It is come up in ’s . “world’s longest highway” tunnel and is Delhi Government passed the Tree named Atal Tunnel, Rohtang. The 9.02 Transplantation Policy kilometres long engineering marvel The Delhi government passed a new connects Manali in Himachal Pradesh tree transplantation policy on October to Lahaul-Spiti throughout the year. 9, 2020. Under the policy, 80% of the The Atal tunnel has huge strategic trees that are uprooted for any significance as it will greatly assist in the construction or development project movement of armed forces. will be transplanted elsewhere. Atal Tunnel or the Rohtang tunnel has PM Modi releases Rs 100 been built in the Pir Panjal range of commemorative coin in honour of . The tunnel is located at an Vijaya Raje Scindia altitude of 10,000 Feet from the Mean Sea Prime Minister Narendra Modi Level (MSL). The tunnel is set to reduce released commemorative coin of Rs. road distance by 46 kilometres between 100 denomination to celebrate the Leh and Manali. Birth Centenary of Rajmata Vijaya Raje Famous Chilli of Sikkim “Dalle Scindia today through video conference. Khursani” Gets GI Tag Har Ghar Jal: Goa Becomes First State The red cherry pepper chilli of Sikkim To Provide Piped Tap Water which is locally known as the “Dalle Connection To All Rural Households Khursani” has earned the geographical Goa has become the first in the nation indication (GI) tag from the Union to ensure cent per cent water department of Industry promotion and connections in the rural areas covering internal trade. a total of 2.3 lakh households. Piyush Goyal Inaugurates Renaming Of Kerala becomes first state to have Naugarh Railway Station To completely digital, hi-tech classrooms Siddharthnagar in all public schools Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on 5th Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has October through a video link inaugurated declared the state public education sector the renaming of Naugarh railway completely digital as Kerala has become station to Siddharthnagar railway the first state in the country to have high- station situated at Siddharthnagar tech classrooms in all its public schools. district in Uttar Pradesh. Rs 75 Commemorative coin to be : Zurich firm signs released in India to mark the 75th agreement with UP government Anniversary of FAO Uttar Pradesh government on 7th Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi October signed the concessionaire will release a commemorative coin of Rs agreement with Zurich Airport to begin 75 denomination in order to mark the the development of Jewar Airport. long-standing relation of India with Food In November last year, Zurich Airport and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on International AG had won the bid for

@ambitiousbaba Ambitious Baba Join Group daily_current_affairss ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series the occasion of 75th Anniversary of FAO Uttar Pradesh emerges as top on October 16, 2020. destination in 2019 for attracting India aims to achieve Trans Fat Free domestic tourists status by 2022 Uttar Pradesh has emerged as the top Union Health Minister Dr Harsh said on destination for attracting the highest October 16, 2020 that the aim of the number of domestic tourists visiting government is to make India Trans Fat the state in 2019 as per the Indian free by 2022. It is in line with the Prime Tourism Statistics (ITS), 2020, released Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a by the Ministry of Tourism. New India on 75 years of About 53.6 crore domestic tourists independence. visited Uttar Pradesh in 2019, which is Kati Bihu festival Celebrated In Assam 23.1% of the total travellers. Tamil Nadu Kati Bihu is a regional public holiday in (21.3%) came second followed by the Indian state of Assam on the first Andhra Pradesh (10.2%). day of the month of Kati (Kartik) in the For attracting foreign travellers: Assamese . Kati Bihu is also Top: Tamil Nadu (68 lakhs foreigners called Kongali ("Poor") as the granaries visiting) are usually empty and there is not much Second Position: Maharashtra (over 55 to eat at this time of the year. lakh) India’s first ever multi-modal logistics Third Position: Uttar Pradesh (over 47 park – to be set up in Assam lakhs) Union Minister Nitin Gadkari will lay Bottom: Goa (9 lacs) down the foundation stone for India’s of Himachal Pradesh first multi-modal logistics park in bags top position for implementing Assam on October 20, 2020. This multi- PMGSY modal logistics park have an estimated Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh has budget of ₹694 crore. bagged the first position among 30 This multi-modal logistic park will be districts of the country for successfully developed under the Bharatmala implementing the Pradhan Mantri Pariyojna. The project would provide Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). direct connectivity through air, road, Union Ministry of Rural Development rail and waterways to the people. declared the list of top performing 30 Union Cabinet Approves Adoption Of districts in the country. Mandi district has Jammu & Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act received top position for constructing The Union Cabinet on 21st October roads of maximum length in 2020-21. approved the adoption of the Jammu & UP secured first rank in disbursing Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989, a loans under PM Swanidhi Scheme government spokesperson said. Briefing Uttar Pradesh government has secured the press after a Cabinet meeting chaired the first rank in central government’s by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PM Atmanirbhar Nidhi Scheme (SVANidhi Scheme) by approving the

@ambitiousbaba Ambitious Baba Join Group daily_current_affairss ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series highest number of loans under the Delhi recorded the highest number of scheme. deaths due to dangerous driving and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will overall road accidents in 2019 among all distribute loans to around 3 lakh cities, the data shared by National Crime beneficiaries. Uttar Pradesh has ranked Records Bureau showed. According to the data, a total of 1,400 first in all the categories including persons died in road accidents. Applications, Sanctions and Rank City Disbursements of the loans. Microsoft & NSDC tie-up to empower 1 1 Delhi (529 Persons Died) lakh women with digital skills 2 Jaipur (320 Persons Died) Microsoft has collaborated with the 3 Asansol (WB), (301 Persons Died) National Skill Development Ladakh, Lakshadweep join 'One Nation, Corporation (NSDC) to impart digital One Ration Card' scheme; 26 states, UTs skills to more than one lakh underserved now linked women in India over the next ten months. Ladakh and Lakshadweep have the joined This initiative is an extension of the Centre's ration card portability scheme Microsoft’s partnership with NSDC to 'One Nation-One Ration Card', taking the provide digital skills to over 1 lakh total number of states and Union youth in the country. territories linked with the scheme to 26. September 2020 Under the scheme, eligible beneficiaries CSIR-CMERI develops World’s Largest under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) Solar Tree will be able to avail their entitled foodgrains The CSIR's Central Mechanical Engineering from any Fair Price Shop (FPS), also called Research Institute (CMERI) has claimed to ration shops, in the country using the same have developed the world's largest 'solar ration card. Remaining states are targeted to tree' which is installed at its residential be integrated in the scheme by March complex in in West Bengal and 2021. created a model which can be customized for Cabinet approves Bill to include Kashmiri, use in agricultural activities. “The installed Dogri, Hindi as official languages in J&K nd capacity of the Solar Tree is above 11.5 The Union Cabinet on 2 September kWp. It has the annual capacity to generate approved a bill under which Kashmiri, 12,000-14,000 units of Clean and Green Dogri and Hindi, apart from the existing Power”. Urdu and English, will be the official GoI bans printing of , diaries and languages in the union territory of Jammu festival greeting cards and Kashmir. Announcing the decision at a The Government of India banned printing news briefing, Union Minister Prakash materials such as diaries, calendars and Javadekar said the Jammu and Kashmir festival greeting cards. The order was Official Languages Bill, 2020. passed by the Ministry of Finance. The India now got world’s 2nd largest road ministry has asked the government organs to network: Nitin Gadkari adopt digital means to publish such materials. India has now the second largest road Delhi tops deaths due to road accidents in network in the world being fuelled by the 2019: National Crime Records Bureau tremendous growth in construction of Data expressways and highways. Road,

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Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Govt launches 24X7 toll free mental Gadkari said this while addressing the 60th rehabilitation helpline KIRAN in 13 annual convention of SIAM through video languages conference on 4th September. The Centre on 7th September launched a Vice President Venkaiah Naidu released 24X7 toll free mental rehabilitation ‘The State of Young Child in India’ report helpline for providing psychological Vice President Venkaiah Naidu released support to people. The helpline ‘KIRAN’ the “State of Young Child in India” report. (1800-599-0019) was launched by Union The report was prepared by the Mobile minister for social justice and empowerment Creches, a policy advocacy organization. Thaawarchand Gehlot. The report measured Health and Nutrition in NSO Survey: Kerala tops literacy rate at the country. 96.2%, Andhra Pradesh Worst The top five high performing states Performance at 66.4% according to Environment Index are Kerala, National Statistical Office released its report Goa, Punjab, Sikkim and Himachal Pradesh. on “Household Social Consumption: There are eight states in the country that Education in India as part of 75th round of have scores less than the country’s average in National Sample Survey”. The survey child development. They are Assam, provides state wise details of literacy Rajasthan, Meghalaya, Madhya Pradesh, between the period July 2017 and June Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar and Uttar 2018. Pradesh. Rank Top Literacy State/UT Worst Literacy State

1 Kerala (96.2%) Andhra Pradesh (66.4%.)

2 Delhi (88.7%) Rajasthan (69.7%)

3 Uttarakhand (87.6%) Bihar (70.9%)

4 Himachal Pradesh (86.6%) Telangana at 72.8%

5 Assam at 85.9%. Uttar Pradesh at 73% Madhya Pradesh at 73.7%.

PM Modi inaugurates Patrika Gate in Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa Jaipur on 8th September launched the country's Prime Minister Narendra Modi first integrated air ambulance service inaugurated the Patrika Gate in Jaipur jointly launched by the International through video conference. The Iconic Gate is Critical Air Transfer Team (ICATT) and the built by the Patrika Group of Newspapers Kyathi in the city. on the Jawaharlal Nehru Marg in the Pink SAROD ports launched by Shipping City. Prime Minister Modi also released two Ministry books written by the Group Chairman on the Union Minister of Shipping Manusukh occasion. Mandaviya launched a dispute redressal Karnataka CM launches first integrated air mechanism called SAROD Ports. SAROD is ambulance service Society for Affordable Redressal of Disputes.

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Golden Temple gets FCRA Registration “Swachhta Pakhwara” is being observed The Union Home Ministry recently by over Indian Railways. Swachhta granted Foreign Contribution Regulation Pakhwara’ is being observed all over Indian Act (FCRA) registration to Gurdwara Railways from 16th to 30th September Harmandir Sahib, or the Golden Temple, in 2020. Amritsar. It will now enable the Golden 8 Indian beaches recommended for ‘Blue Temple to receive foreign donations. Flag’ eco-label J&K govt. announced Free health In a first-of-its-kind initiative, eight insurance for J&K residents beaches of India have been recommended Jammu & Kashmir government announced for the Blue flag certification. The selection the health scheme in which the of the beaches was made by an independent government will provide universal health national jury composed of eminent insurance. The scheme which is environmentalists and scientists. implemented by Lt Governor in convergence List of eight beaches selected for Blue flag with Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan certification are Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) will provide • Shivrajpur in Gujarat universal health insurance coverage to all the • Ghoghla in Daman & Diu residents of Jammu & Kashmir. • Kasarkod in Karnataka PM Modi addresses the ‘Grih Pravesham’ • Padubidri beach in Karnataka event in MP • Kappad in Kerala Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has • Rushikonda in Andhra Pradesh addressed the ‘Grih Pravesham’ event in • The golden beach of Odisha Madhya Pradesh through video • Radhanagar beach in Andaman and conferencing. Under this, 1.75 Lakh Nicobar Families in Madhya Pradesh were delivered Airbus to launch World’s first Commercial pucca houses under the Pradhan Mantri Hydrogen aircraft by 2035 Awas Yojana- Grameen (PMAY-G). This Aviation company airbus launched three social welfare program was initiated to meet concepts for the first zero emission the objectives of the “Housing for All” commercial aircraft on 22nd September. scheme by the year 2022. Their aircraftcraft is to enter into service by Centre approves setting up AIIMS in 2035. Bihar’s at cost of Rs 1,264 Atal tunnel: The world's longest highway crore tunnel above 10,000 ft The Union Cabinet has approved Atal tunnel is the world’s longest highway establishment of a new All India Institute tunnel above 10,000 ft. This 9.02 km long of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Bihar’s tunnel connects Manali to Lahaul & Spiti Darbhanga. The institute will come up under Valley throughout the year. It has been the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha named after former Indian Prime Minister Yojana (PMSSY) at a total cost of Rs 1,264 Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This all-weather crore. The new AIIMS is likely to be tunnel will reduce the distance between completed within a period of 48 months Manali & Leh by 46 kms. from the date of the approval by the Centre. August “Swachhta Pakhwara” is being observed by over Indian Railways IOCL To Invest Rs 13,805 Cr To Set Up New Plant In Odisha

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Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) will UNESCO for greater preparedness to face the invest Rs 13,805 crore to set up a plant in tsunami disaster. Odisha's Paradip to manufacture raw PM Modi to inaugurate submarine cable materials for the textile sector. connectivity to Andaman & Nicobar The project is expected to be completed by Islands 2024.The project will generate Prime Minister Narendra Modi will approximately five million man-days of inaugurate and dedicate to the Nation employment over the three-year plant through video conferencing the submarine construction period. Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connecting I&B Minister Launches 'DD Assam' Chennai and on 10th August, Channel Virtually 2020. Union Minister of Information & The submarine cable will also connect Port Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar, on Blair to Swaraj Dweep (Havelock), Little August 4, digitally launched “DD Assam,” a Andaman, Car Nicobar, Kamorta, Great 24X7 Assamese satellite channel. Nicobar, Long Island, and Rangat. Central Railway designs robot ‘Rakshak’ Delhi Govt. launches Electric Vehicle for health assistant Policy In the fight against the spread of Covid-19 Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on 7th pandemic, the Mumbai Division of Central August launched its Electric Vehicle (EV) Railway (CR) has designed a health assistant Policy and said it stands as the most robot ‘Rakshak’ who can remotely progressive in the entire country and that it communicate between doctor and patient. will strive to bring down pollution levels here First anniversary of creation of UTs of J&K, while generating employment. Ladakh He said that the objective is that by 2024, The first anniversary of the creation of 25% of all new vehicle registrations UTs – Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh is should be for EVs. being celebrated on August 05. This PM Modi launches Transparent Taxation completes one year from the date of such platform to benefit honest taxpayers bifurcation by the Union Government in Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 13th which J&K and Ladakh have been made as August launched the platform for separate territories. 'Transparent Taxation – Honoring the Odisha becomes first state to get 'tsunami Honest' aimed at easing compliance and ready' tag expediting refunds, benefiting honest Odisha has become the first state in the taxpayers. Indian Ocean region to get two coastal Three main features of the platform are villages 'tsunami ready', on 6th August. This faceless assessment, faceless appeal and also makes the country to become the first in tax payers' charter, PM Modi announced. the Indian Ocean region to achieve the Odisha bags 1st position in AMRUT honour. scheme Venkatraipur (Boxipalli) village of Odisha continued to be the top performer Rangeilunda block under Ganjam district in implementation of Atal Mission for and Noliasahi village of Ersama block Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation under Jagatsinghpur district have been Scheme (AMRUT) by making significant acknowledged by the Intergovernmental strides in providing piped water supply to Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of households in urban areas of the State. • Rank 2: Chandigarh

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• Rank 3: Telangana Jal Shakti Minister launches Swachh India celebrates 74th Independence day Bharat Mission Academy India is celebrating its 74th Independence Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Day on 15th August. Prime Minister Shekhawat launched Swachh Bharat Narendra Modi visited the Rajghat and paid Mission, SBM Academy in New Delhi. It is a tributes to Mahatma Gandhi as the part of the ongoing week-long behaviour celebrations started. change campaign ‘GandagiMukt Bharat. One India One Market for Farmers EU launches 1-mn-euro project in Farming Produce Trade and Commerce Maharashtra, Odisha for skilling women in (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance, housing sector 2020, which will pave the way for creating European Union has launched a 1-million- 'One India, One Agriculture Market'. euro project in four districts of Briefing the decisions taken in the Cabinet Maharashtra and Odisha meeting headed by Prime Minister The project aims at targeting 3,000 Narendra Modi. women-led households in these four PM Modi announced India will soon districts and is being implemented with the introduce a new cyber security policy. housing-focussed not-for-profit Habitat for The National Cyber Security Strategy 2020 Humanity India. (NCSS 2020), overseen by the National UK launches 3 million pounds Innovation Security Council Secretariat, collected Challenge Fund in India public comments till January this year. The UK government has launched a Pound These frameworks will have a bearing on 3 million innovation challenge fund in incidents similar to the hacking of 121 India to support scientists in academia Indians’ WhatsApps in 2019 by the Isreali and industry to tackle the COVID-19 cyber firm NSO Group. pandemic and climate change. PM Modi launches National Digital Health Indian Railways constructing world's Mission tallest pier bridge in Manipur The genesis of the new digital health Indian Railways in its effort to provide infrastructure in India came about in the connectivity to various parts of the 2017 National Health Policy, which specially in the remote ares is taking multiple proposed a new National Digital Health steps where transportation is still a major Authority. Then, a committee headed by problem for the people living in those areas. former UIDAI chairman Satyanarayana Manduadih becomes 'Banaras': MHA gives released the National Digital Health nod for name change of major railway Blueprint in July 2019. station in UP Optical-fibre connectivity The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has Modi said in the upcoming 1000 days approved the Uttar Pradesh government's nearly 6 lakh Indian villages will be request to change the name of Manduadih connected with optical fibre. Railway Station to “Banaras”, according to a Supreme Court judgment on daughters’ senior government official. right to property UP Govt. launched the Electronics The Supreme Court held that daughters Manufacturing Policy have coparcenary rights on the property of Uttar Pradesh Government launched the their parents even if the latter died before the Electronics Manufacturing Policy. It aims Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 to bring in Rs 40,000 crores of investment came into force.

@ambitiousbaba Ambitious Baba Join Group daily_current_affairss ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series in five years. The policy aims to develop India’s first International Women Trade Bundelkhand and Purvanchal regions. Centre to be set up in Kerala Dhanwantari Rath: Ayurveda at doorsteps Kerala will set up India's first of Delhi Police Families international women's trade centre (WTC), A MoU was signed between the All India in consonance with the United Nations Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) and the Delhi sustainable development goals (SDGs), at Police on 18th August for extending Angamaly. ayurvedic mode of preventive and Indian Railways to meet energy needs of promotive health services in the 33 bn units by 2030 residential colonies of the force. Indian Railways organised a discussion India ranks first in number of organic over a wide range of topics with the farmers stakeholders, chaired by Piyush Vedprakash India ranks first in the number of organic Goyal, Union Minister of Railways, to farmers and ninth in terms of area under become 100% self-sustainable for all its organic farming. Sikkim became the first energy needs and to contribute to the state to become fully organic and other states National Solar Mission of India. including Tripura and Uttarakhand have set 51st IFFI to be held in Goa from Nov 20 similar targets. Fifty first International Film Festival of National Commission on Population: India IFFI will be held in Goa, from India’s Population to be more feminine in November 20th to 28th. 2036 This film festival being a hybrid film festival National Commission on Population due to Covid 19, would screen films on official submitted its report on population digital platform along with the theatrical projections for the period of 2011-36. The screenings. commission was set up by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The report says that the July 2020 sex ratio of the country is to increase from IIT Madras launches world’s first online 943 (2011) to 957 (2036). Sex Ratio is BSc degree in Programming and Data number of females per 1000 males. Science Israel’s MoU with UP to resolve The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bundelkhand water crisis Madras on 30th June announced it has The Uttar Pradesh and Israel governments launched the “world’s first” online BSc st on 21 August signed a ‘plan of cooperation’ degree course in Programming and Data to resolve water crisis in Bundelkhand Science. region. Stamp to honour former Prime Minister Karnataka Government to build “Transit The Centre on 30th June announced the Homes” for Migrant Workers release of a commemorative stamp in the The Karnataka Government is to build honour of former PM PV Narasimha Rao. transit homes for igrant workers. The The decision comes a day after the national project is being launched with an inspiration celebrated the 100th birth anniversary of from “Apna Ghar” project of Kerala. Rao. Aims: The homes aim to provide better Rao served as the ninth Prime Minister of living conditions for the migrant workers. India from 1991 to 1996. This is being launched because of the reverse Government Declares Entire Nagaland migration in Karnataka amid lock down. ‘Disturbed Area’ for 6 more Months Under AFSPA Act 1958

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The Central government has declared the Madhya Pradesh (MP)'s Rewa district on 10 entire Nagaland as “disturbed area” for a July. period of six more months till December Assam government to upgrade Dehing 2020. Patkai wildlife sanctuary to national park Govt makes first move to privatise The Assam government on 6th July decided to Railways, invites private players to run upgrade Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary 151 trains into a national park. The announcement In a significant push to privatisation in the comes just months after the National Board of Indian Railways, Railways Board chairman Wildlife’s (NBWL) conditional clearance to a VK Yadav said that by 2023, about 5 per coal mining project by Coal India Limited cent of passenger train operations will be (CIL) in the Dehing Patkai Elephant Reserve conducted by the private players, so as to sparked a spate of virtual protests in the initiate a jump towards technological state. improvements and increased speeds in the Andhra Pradesh celebrates Farmers’ Day Railway operations. as tribute to YSR Reddy on his birth Delhi L-G Anil Baijal inaugurates world’s anniversary ‘largest’ COVID care centre The state of Andhra Pradesh is celebrating Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal July 8 as Rythu Dinotsavam (Farmers’ inaugurated the 10,000-bed Sardar Patel Day) as it marks the birth anniversary of YS COVID care centre, the “largest” of its kind in Rajasekhara Reddy, the 14th chief the world, at the Radha Soami Satsang Beas minister of Andhra Pradesh who served here on 5th July. from 2004 to 2009. AMC launched Dhanvantri Rath to take New Building of IARI, Jharkhand named Non-COVID healthcare services to after Dr.Shyama Prasad Mukherjee doorsteps in Ahmedabad The new administrative and academic Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) building of the Indian Agricultural has launched Dhanvantri Rath to take research Institute (IARI),at Gouria Karma in Non-COVID healthcare services to peoples’ Hazaribagh, Jharkhand is named after doorsteps amid the ongoing COVID-19 Dr.Shyama Prasad Mukherjee the founder pandemic. of Bharatiya Jan Sangh, on the event of his Himachal Pradesh becomes First State in birth anniversary. India to have LPG Gas Connection in Every AIR to broadcast its first-ever 'News Household Magazine' programme in Sanskrit Himachal Pradesh has become the first The (AIR) will broadcast its state in the country to have 100% cent first- ever 'News Magazine' programme in percent households with LPG gas Sanskrit on 4th July which will have news connections, chief minister Jai Ram Thakur from the world of Sanskrit and prominent said on 6th July. developments of the week. PM Modi to inaugurate Asia’s largest solar Odisha becomes First State in India to Use plant in Madhya Pradesh on 10th July Space Technology & Artificial Intelligence PM Modi To Inaugurate Asia's Largest 750 for Safeguarding Government Lands MW Ultra Mega Solar Power Plant Situated Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on In Rewa On 10 July. Prime Minister (PM)) July 8 launched Bhubaneshwar Land Use Narendra Modi is set to dedicate to the nation Intelligence System (BLUIS) to monitor Asia's largest solar power plant situated in changes in all the government lands in Bhubaneshwar.

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India's 2018 tiger census sets new anniversary has been observed as Tamil Guinness Record as largest camera-trap Nadu’s Educational Development Day. wildlife survey Indian Railways’ 1st cable-stayed rail India's tiger estimation for the year 2018 bridge, Anji Khad bridge has entered the record books as it was A big milestone for a better and more awarded the Guiness World Record on connected India! The country’s “first cable- 11th July for being the largest camera-trap stayed” Indian Railways bridge – the wildlife survey. In 2018, India had as many magnificent Anji Khad Bridge will soon as 2,967 in the wild, with more than connect Katra and Reasi in Jammu and half of them in Madhya Pradesh and Kashmir. Karnataka, according to that year's tiger Poba Reserve Forest in Dhemaji to be estimation report. Upgraded to Wildlife Sanctuary NATGRID to have access to database that Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal links around 14,000 police stations announced that the Poba Reserve Forest The National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) in Dhemaji district would be upgraded to a has signed a memorandum of wildlife sanctuary. Poba Reserve Forest, understanding with the National Crime declared in 1924 with an area of 10,522 Records Bureau (NCRB) to access the hectares, is home to large number of flora centralised online database on FIRs and and fauna. stolen vehicles. India’s first trans-shipment hub in Cochin Nabard to organise 'Digital Choupal' on its port, Kerala 39th foundation day Minister of State for Shipping (I/C) Shri The National Bank for Agriculture and Mansukh Mandaviya has reviewed the Rural Development (Nabard) announced it development activities of Vallarpadam conduct its first 'Digital Choupal' via video Terminal of Cochin Port. It is envisaged as conferencing with participants of various first trans-shipment port of India. projects initiated by it, to share their Hyderabad Airport Gets India's 1st and experiences about the projects they are Only Completely Contactless Car Parking involved in. GMR Hyderabad International Airport Nabard is organising Digital Choupal on Limited (GHIAL) that operates the city July 13 to mark its 39th foundation day. airport announced it is offering fully Govt aims to increase public health contact-less airport car parking service. expenditure to 2.5% of GDP by 2025 Apart from offering an end-to-end contact- The Union Health Ministry has pushed for less boarding experience for safe travel, an increased expenditure on public health. GHIAL has also scaled up its NETC (National In a meeting with the 15th Finance Electronic Toll Collection) FASTag Car Commission, the Union Health Minister Dr. Parking in collaboration with NPCI (National Harsh Vardhan, on 15th July highlighted that Payments Corporation of India). the government aims at gradually increasing Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat the public health expenditure to 2.5 per Inaugurates ‘Smriti Van’ in on cent of the nation's GDP by the year 2025. Harela Festival 117th birthday Anniversary of Ex CM of On the occasion of Harela festival in Tamil Nadu state K Kamaraj, celebrated Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Trivendra as Educational Development Day Singh Rawat on 16th July inaugurated The former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu 'Smriti Van' at Asthal village of Dehradun Shri K.Kamaraj ji’s 117th birth

@ambitiousbaba Ambitious Baba Join Group daily_current_affairss ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series district in the memory of famous folk singer India to have 60% renewable energy by of the state late Jeet Singh Negi. 2030: Power minister RK Singh Jal Jeevan Mission: Arunachal plans 100% India will have around 60 per cent of its tap connections by 2023 installed electricity generation capacity Arunachal Pradesh Government has decided from clean sources by 2030, Power and to provide 100% tap water connections to all New & Renewable Energy Minister R K Singh the households in the State by 2023 under Jal said on 22nd July. Jeevan Mission, the flagship programme of The minister also exuded confidence that the Government, which aims to provide safe renewable energy capacity would touch 510 drinking water to all. GW by 2030, including 60 GW of hydro Govt has approved Zonal Master Plan of power. Bhagirathi Eco-Sensitive Zone World's first electrified double-stack Environment, Forest and Climate Change container tunnel underway in India Minister Prakash Javadekar informed that The Indian Railways is constructing the the Zonal Master Plan of Bhagirathi Eco- world's first electrified double-stack Sensitive Zone has been approved by the container tunnel near Haryana's . A government. This will pave way for faster double-stack container goods train will be execution of the Chaardhaam Project and able to run at a speed of more than 100 km give a boost to conservation of the ecology from within this tunnel. and developmental activities. Centre to convert ravines of Chambal Capitals of NE states to be connected to region into arable land with World Bank rail network by 2023: Railway Board support Railway Board Chairman VK Yadav on The Centre, in collaboration with the 18th July announced that all the capitals of World Bank, has decided to convert large North-Eastern states will be connected to area of ravines in Gwalior-Chambal belt of the rail network by 2023. Madhya Pradesh into arable land, and a J&K panchayat members to get Rs 25 lakh preliminary report for the same will be insurance for death due to militancy prepared in a month, Agriculture Minister In a view to strengthening grass roots Narendra Singh Tomar said on 27th June. democracy by providing a sense of security to After preparation of the initial report, the elected members of local bodies, Jammu subsequent meetings will be held with the and Kashmir has approved an insurance chief minister of Madhya Pradesh for further cover of Rs 25 lakh to all the elected course of action. panchayat and Urban Local Body (ULB) At 2,967, India has 70% of global tiger members in case of militancy-related population death. India’s tiger population now stands at Employees' Welfare Scheme Launched In 2,967 which is 70 percent of the global Arun Jaitley's Name In Rajya Sabha tiger population, according to a detailed The Rajya Sabha Secretariat has launched report of Tiger Census on the eve of Global an employees' welfare scheme in the name Tiger Day, released by the Ministry of of late Arun Jaitley ("Shri Arun Jaitley Environment, Forest and Climate Change here Financial Assistance for Group C on 29th July. Employees" Scheme), which will be funded India has doubled its tiger population by the pension his family receives as he has ahead of the target year of 2022. been a member of the upper house. Green-Ag project launched in Mizoram

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A project which aims to catalyse Govt. Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) campaign sustainable transformation of agriculture launched for 1.5 crore dairy farmers without compromising the countrys food The Government will provide Kisan Credit security and farmers income was launched in Card (KCC) to 1.5 crore dairy farmers Mizoram. belonging to Milk Unions and Milk The project will be implemented in Dampa producing Companies within the next two Tiger Reserve in west Mizorams months (1st June-31st July 2020) under a district and Thorangtlang Wildlife special drive. Sanctuary in district in the Karnataka’s Hubballi to get world’s southern part of the state covering more than longest railway platform 30 villages. Mizoram is among the five states Karnataka’s Hubballi railway station is set where the Green-Ag project, funded by Global to get the world’s longest railway platform Environment Facility (GEF), is being with dimensions of 1,400 metres length implemented. The other states are Madhya and 10 metres width. Confirming the same, Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and South Western Railway (SWR) officials told Uttarakhand. that the extension work in Platform number 1 National education policy 2020 Highlights of the Hubballi Junction is underway. The Union Cabinet has approved the new While the existing platform is 550-metres education policy. The New Education Policy long, it will be extended to 1,400 metres in (NEP 2020) aims at revamping all aspects a year. of the Indian education structure. The new Power Minister launches the ‘#iCommit’ policy aims to universalise the pre-primary initiative on World Environment Day education by 2025 and provide Shri R. K. Singh, the Minister of State (IC) foundational literacy and numeracy for all. for Power and New & Renewable Energy, READ MORE……… initiated the ‘#iCommit’ campaign, on the June 2020 occasion of World Environment Day. The Prime Minister announces "My Life My initiative is a clarion call to all stakeholders Yoga" Video Blogging contest and individuals to continue moving towards Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of energy efficiency, renewable energy, and India on 31st May called upon one and all sustainability to create a robust and resilient to participate in the “My Life – My energy system in the future. Yoga”(also called “Jeevan Yoga”) Video Hyderabad airport receives ACI Blogging Contest, a joint effort by the recognition for green practices Ministry of AYUSH and the Indian Council GMR-led Hyderabad International Airport for Cultural Relations (ICCR), during the (Rajiv Gandhi International Airport) course of his monthly Mann Ki Baat address received the highest Platinum Recognition to the nation. in the Airports Council International (ACI) Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Asia-Pacific Green Airports Recognition Airport becomes 1st in India with this new 2020 in the 15-35 million passengers per tech at both ends of runway annum (MPPA) category. Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International India loses 750 tigers in last eight years; Airport gets Aviation Weather Monitoring MP report maximum casualties: Govt System! For the first time in India, an As many as 750 tigers have died in the Aviation Weather Monitoring System has country in the last eight years due to been installed at the Bangalore airport at poaching and other causes, with Madhya both ends of the runway.

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Pradesh reporting the highest casualties at powered Big Data Analytics platform – Data 173, according to an official data. Lake and Project Management Software. Andhra Pradesh to launch online waste Up 151, Gujarat now has 674 Asiatic lions management platform as two new dists get in the king’s camp On World Environment Day, Andhra GUJARAT is now home to 674 Asiatic lions, Pradesh will launch an online waste the state forest department announced on management platform to handle liquid 10th June while declaring results of Poonam waste, hazardous, and non-hazardous Avlokan, a lion population “observation” solid waste and air pollutants. exercise undertaken the last full in Gairsain declared summer capital of place of the 15th lion census. The figure is Uttarakhand 151 more than the 523 Asiatic lions Gairsain in Chamoli district was declared estimated in Gir forest and other areas of as the summer capital of Uttarakhand on Saurashtra in 2015. 8th June. Karnataka bans online classes from LKG to ''Bande Utkala Janani'' gets state anthem V; warns against increasing fees status in Odisha Minister for primary and secondary The Odisha Cabinet on 7th June approved education S Suresh Kumar on 10th June a proposal to give state anthem status to said that online classes cannot be held for ''Bande Utkala Janani''. the kids from LKG to class V. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Bikram He also said that the strict action will be taken Keshari Arukh said that the Cabinet headed against the schools charging extra fees in the by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik accorded name of online classes. state anthem status to ''Bande Utkala GMR signs pact with Andhra govt to Janani''. develop greenfield airport at Bhogapuram This patriotic poem was written by The Andhra Pradesh government on 12th Kantakabi Laxmikanta Mohapatra in 1912. June signed a concession agreement with Highest ever allocation of fund worth Rs GMR Airports Ltd for construction of a 1,01,500 crore in MGNREGS for FY 2020- greenfield international airport at 21 Bhogapuram in Vizianagaram district. A provision of Rs 1,01,500 crore has been GMR Group would develop a state-of-the-art made under Mahatma Gandhi National international airport at Bhogapuram which Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme would be ready by 2023. (MGNREGS) in the current financial year Odisha Becomes First State to Get ISO 2020-2021. Certification for Tribal Hostels For the financial year 2020-21, a sum of Rs Odisha has become the first state in the 31,493 crore has already been released which country to receive ISO certification for is more than 50 per cent of the budget hostels meant for tribal students. The estimate of the current Financial Year. ST&SC Welfare Department had earlier NHAI becomes first construction sector launched the 'Mission Suvidya' project to organisation to go ‘Fully Digital’ provide all the tribal hostels of the state As one of the biggest reform, the National uniform standards of infrastructure, Highway Authority of India (NHAI) under amenities and human resources. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways MP becomes country's top wheat has gone ‘Fully Digital’, with the launch of procurer; farmers get Rs 25,000 crore unique cloud based and Artificial Intelligence boost

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Madhya Pradesh is set to pump in around The finding is the part of INTACH’s Rs 25,000 crore into its rural economy by Mahanadi Valley Heritage Sites the time its all-time high wheat Documentation project. procurement draws to a close. This has Karnataka Observes Mask Day on 18th made the state the country’s largest wheat June 2020 purchaser in 2020-21. Karnataka observe on 18th June as 'Mask MP procured around 12.77 million tonnes Day' to create awareness in the masses of wheat, Punjab has closed its procurement about the importance of wearing one amid for this year at 12.76 million tonnes. the Covid pandemic. Indian Railways creates new world record Infosys joins Amazon's The Climate Pledge by successfully running first Double-Stack to be net zero carbon Container Train in OHE electrified Bengaluru-based IT major Infosys Ltd has territory joined The Climate Pledge, an initiative co- Indian Railways has created a new world founded by e-commerce firm Amazon and benchmark by successfully running first environment firm Global Optimism, to Double-Stack Container Train in high-rise make a commitment to meet the Paris in Over Head Equipment electrified Agreement 10 years early. territory on Western Railway. The Climate Pledge calls on new signatories Central Railways launches robotic 'Captain to be net zero carbon across their Arjun' for screening of passengers for businesses by 2040, a decade ahead of the COVID-19 Paris Accord’s goal of 2050. Amazon plans Central Railways has launched a robot to announce many more signatories named 'Captain Arjun'' for the screening of throughout 2020. passengers for COVID-19 infection and Nita Ambani only Indian among top global surveillance on railway premises in Pune. philanthropists of 2020 Indian Gas Exchange (IGX): First Reliance Foundation chairperson Nita Nationwide Online ‘Gas Trading Platform’ Ambani became the only Indian to feature Launched in Town & Country magazine's top global Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & philanthropists of 2020 list. Steel Pradhan launched the Ambani features alongside prominent global Indian Gas Exchange (IGX), first nationwide individuals including as Tim Cook, Oprah online delivery-based gas trading Winfrey, Laurene Powell Jobs, the Lauder platform. IGX will be a delivery-based Family, Donatella Versace, Michael trading platform for delivery of natural Gas. Bloomberg and Leonardo Di Caprio among The trade on the platform commenced in his others. auspicious presence. Reason: The magazine highlighted Ambani 500-yr-old temple rises from Mahanadi for leading Reliance Foundation's efforts in water feeding frontline workers and the An ancient temple, submerged in river underprivileged, a contribution of $72 Mahanadi (has re-appeared after 11 years million to an emergency fund for relief in Nayagarh district (Odisha). Project work, and for setting up India's first Covid-19 assistant Deepak Kumar Nayak, who had hospital. documented the site with help of a local Rs 3,100 crore from PM CARES allocated to heritage enthusiast Rabindra Kumar Rana, buy ventilators, help migrants and said the temple was dedicated to Gopinath develop a vaccine Deba, a form of Lord Krishna.

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Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said the long tree plantation campaign called Trust has decided to allocate Rs 3,100 core ‘Sankalp Parva’ from 28th June to 12th July for the fight against Covid-19. Out of the Rs 2020. This was informed by the Union 3100 crore, a sum of approximately Rs 2,000 Minister of State for Culture (Independent crore will be earmarked for the purchase Charge) Prahlad Joshi. Under the Sankalp of ventilators, Rs 1,000 crores will be used Parva, the Ministry of Culture has for care of migrant labourers and Rs 100 recommended planting 5 tress: Bargad, crores will be given to support vaccine Awla, Pepal, Ashok and Bel. development. Delhi Government to set up ‘Plasma Bank’ Haryana govt and Reliance Jio TV at ILBS, the First Plasma Bank in India agreement to educate 52 lakh students Delhi government on 29th June announced Haryana government and Reliance Jio TV setting up of a plasma bank for the have entered an agreement that is treatment of covid-19 patients. Delhi was expected to benefit around 52 lakh school one of the first states to have given a go- children in rural areas. This new agreement ahead for plasma therapy in April. is done under the Chief Minister's Distance Maharashtra CM launches world’s largest Education Programme in order to expand convalescent plasma project education in rural areas without jeopardizing Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav social distancing during the Covid-19 Thackeray on 29th June launched pandemic. convalescent plasma therapy-cum- trial Mumbai civic body on Mission Zero for 6 project for treatment of critical COVID-19 wards in city’s suburbs to curb Covid-19 patients with a state medical education cases department official calling it the largest Civic chief IS Chahal on 23rd June initiative of its kind in the world. “The project, launched ‘Mission Zero’, as part of the titled ‘Platina’, is the largest convalescent Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s plasma therapy-cum-trial project in the (BMC) rapid action plan to curb rising Covid- world. 19 cases in the suburbs. He also inaugurated May 2020 50 ambulances given to BMC as part of a Ministry of Culture released Prof B.B. Lal - public-private partnership. India Rediscovered on the 100th birth Devika and Puneja bridges inaugurated in anniversary of Prof Lal Jammu and Kashmir Union Culture Minister Shri Prahlad Singh Union Minister of State (Independent Patel released an e-book "Prof B.B. Lal - Charge) Development of North Eastern India Rediscovered" on 2 May on the Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public occasion of the centenary year of great Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and archaeologist Professor B. B. Lal. The book Space, Jitendra Singh inaugurated Devika is a tribute from the Ministry of Culture for and Puneja bridges in Udhampur and his immense contribution to the field of Doda districts, Jammu and Kashmir. archaeology. ‘Sankalp Parva’ on the call of Prime Maharashtra the first state government to Minister by Ministry of Culture from 28th announces free and cashless insurance to June to 12th July 2020 the all citizens The Union Ministry of Culture has Maharashtra government announced free announced on 27th June 2020 that on the health insurance scheme to all its citizens, call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi the state health minister Rajesh Tope said on Ministry has decided to celebrate a 2-week 2nd May. It is the first state in India to take

@ambitiousbaba Ambitious Baba Join Group daily_current_affairss ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series such initiative.Under the Mahatma Jyotiba the name -- Thermal Corona Combat Gear Phule Jan Arogya Yojana. (TCCH). Rajnath Singh inaugurates Kailash India Post releases special postal cover for mansarovar road link via video migrant workers conference India Post on May 13 paid a tribute to Union defence minister Rajnath Singh on migrant workers by releasing a special 8th May inaugurated 75-km long Kailash postal cover dedicated to them in Mumbai, Mansarovar road link in Uttarakhand’s a press release by the Press Information Pithoragarh through video-conferencing. Bureau has said. 75.54 km long road from Ghatibagar in MOHUA announces results of Star rating of Dharchula to Lipulekh near the border garbage free cities with China. Shri Hardeep S, Puri, Minister of State Nitin Gadkari sets road construction (I/C) for Housing and Urban Affairs, hs target for next two years at Rs 15 lakh informed that for the assessment year crore 2019-2020, a total of six cities have been The government is planning to build certified as 5-Star (Ambikapur, , highways worth Rs 15 lakh crore in the Surat, Mysuru, Indore and Navi Mumbai), next two years, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari 65 cities as 3-Star and 70 cities as 1-Star. said on 7th May. The road transport, While announcing the results of the Star highways and MSME minister also said that Rating of Garbage Free Cities on 19th May. the auto scrapping policy is likely to be Government launches scheme for 100 % finalised soon. solarisation of Konark sun temple & In a video conference with the members of Konark town SIAM (Society of Indian Automobile The Ministry of New and Renewable Manufacturers) Institute over impact of Energy (MNRE) has taken up the Complete Covid-19 on the automobile sector, the Solarisation of Konark sun temple and minister suggested to focus on enhancing Konark town in Odisha. liquidity in business, as ups and downs are Govt extends ‘Pradhan Mantri Vaya common. Vandana Yojana’ by 3 yrs till Mar 2023 Number of Tigers in the Rises The Union Cabinet on Wednesday From 88 to 96 extended the Pradhan Mantri Vaya The number of tigers in the Sunderbans Vandana Yojana (PMVVY), a social security reserve forest in West Bengal has scheme for senior citizens, for three years increased to 96 from the previous till March, 2023. estimate of 88, an official said on 7th May. PMVVY scheme, implemented through the Delhi Police gets India's first 'Thermal Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), is intended Corona Combat Headgear' to enhance to give an assured minimum pension to social distancing senior citizens (60 years and above) based Delhi Police has inducted in service India's on an assured return on the purchase first thermal detection headgear that will price/subscription amount. The assured rate enhance the social distancing while still of return for fiscal 2020-21 has been pegged enabling the policemen to perform their at 7.4 per cent per annum and thereafter to duties. Indian Robo Store group in be reset every year, an official release said partnership with the Delhi Police has after the Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister invented this headgear that has been given Narendra Modi, decided to extend the scheme

@ambitiousbaba Ambitious Baba Join Group daily_current_affairss ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series for a further period of three years up to Taking to his social media handle on May March 31, 2023. 25, 2020, Salman Khan launched his new 'Hunar Haat' to make comeback in grooming and personal care brand FRSH. September with theme 'Local to Global' LIC launches modified PM Vaya Vandana ‘Hunar Haat’ a platform for Yojana artisans/craftsmen which helps them to Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) generate employment, will return in on 25th May announced the launch of the September with a 'Local to Global' theme Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana after an over five-month gap due to the (Modified- 2020) Scheme. coronavirus pandemic. It is an initiative by “This plan will be available for sale the Minority Affairs Ministry. commencing from May 26 for three Chhattisgarh to observe May 25 as Jhiram financial years – up to March 31, 2023. tribute day This scheme can be purchased offline as well The Chhattisgarh government will observe as online from LIC of India. May 25 as 'Jhiram Shraddhanjali Diwas' to Aarogya Setu becomes world's largest pay tribute to Congress leaders who were contact tracing app: Dr Harsh Vardhan killed in a Maoist attack in Bastar district Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan on 27th on this day in 2013 as well as other May said, Aarogya Setu has become world's victims of Naxal violence. largest contact tracing app reaching over PMMSY aims to enhance fish production to 11 crore 40 lakh people in 40 days. 220 LMT with an investment of over Petroleum Minister dedicates to nation, 56 Rs.20,000 crores in next five years CNG stations The Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Yojana (PMMSY) aims to enhance fish Dharmendra Pradhan dedicated to nation, production to 220 lakh metric tons by 56 CNG stations spread over 11 States and 2024-25 from 137.58 lakh metric tons in Union Territories. These stations are in 2018-19 at an average annual growth rate of Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, about 9%. Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, New Delhi, Gadkari inaugurates Chamba Tunnel Punjab, Rajasthan, Telangana and Uttar under Chardham Pariyojana Pradesh. Union Minister for Road Transport & ‘One Sun One World One Grid’: India Highways and MSMEs Shri Nitin Gadkari initiates talks on West to SE Asia solar grid on 26th May inaugurated the breakthrough India has come up with a ‘One Sun One event of Chamba Tunnel under Chardham World One Grid’ (OSOWOG) initiative to Pariyojana through video conference mode. set up a framework for facilitating global Border Roads Organisation (BRO) achieved cooperation in this regard aiming at building this major milestone by digging up a 440 m a global ecosystem of interconnected long Tunnel below the busy Chamba town renewable energy resources that can be on Rishikesh-Dharasu road Highway (NH seamlessly shared. 94). Salman Khan Launches His New Grooming Brand FRSH

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Chapter 15: Current Affairs (International) In Short

Till 15th October Members ministers. A total of 53 India To Build 100-Bedded Cancer member countries and 5 signatory and Hospital, Cricket Stadium In Maldives prospective member countries India will build a 100-bedded cancer participated in the assembly. hospital and a 22,000-seater cricket India Ranks Second in Inflow of stadium in Maldives, under the USD 800 Migrants to OECD Countries, China million Line of Credit (LoC) that was Retains Top Spot extended to the country last year. India ranked second in terms of the Prince William Officially Launches “total” inflow of new migrants to OECD Earthshot, the Nobel of Environmental countries during the year 2018 as well Prizes as in the number of Indians obtaining Britain's Prince William officially citizenship of these countries, a report by announced the launch of a $65 million- OECD revealed. Notably, China continued dollar prize to solve some of the climate to retain the top position as the largest crisis' most urgent challenges. Prince source country, India overtook William's original announcement of the to emerge as the second-largest source Earthshot prize at the end of 2019, country. including the prize amount. Migration from India to OECD countries China and Russia win seats on U.N. climbed significantly by 10% and hit rights council, Saudis lose 3.3 lakh and it accounted for about 5% China, Russia and Cuba won seats on of the overall migration to OECD the U.N.’s premiere human rights body countries. on October 13 despite opposition from Air pollution: India has the highest activist groups over their abysmal human annual average exposure 2019: SoGA rights records, but another target, Saudi 2020 Arabia, lost. A new global study, State of Global Air Russia and Cuba were running 2020 (SoGA 2020)- puts India at the unopposed, but China and Saudi top of the tally on some worrying air Arabia were in a five-way race in the pollution parameters. only contested race for seats on the Sudan becomes third Arab State to Human Rights Council. normalise relations with Israel India and France re-elected as Sudan recognized the Israel on president and co-president of October 23, 2020. It has became the International Solar Alliance third country to recognize Israel after India and France were re-elected as UAE and Bahrain. Background The the president and co-president of the United States (US) recently made International Solar Alliance (ISA) for a Israel, UAE and Bahrain to sign as term of two years on 14th October at the agreement. Under the US-led agreement, virtual meeting of the third assembly. UAE and Bahrain agreed to recognise The event was attended by 34 ISA Israel as an independent state.

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Egypt was the first country to comply with the EU’s commitment to recognise Israel. After , Jordan global climate action under the Paris recognised Israel by establishing peace Agreement. deal with Israel. India offered USD 1 bn credit line to India gets Chairmanship of ILO central Asian countries for priority Governing body after a gap of 35 years projects "After 35 years, India assumed the India announced to extend USD 1 Chairmanship of the Governing Body of billion line of credit for priority ILO (International Labour developmental projects in central Asian Organisation). Labour Secretary Apurva countries on October 28, 2020. India also Chandra has been elected as the vow to further expand cooperation with Chairperson of the Governing Body of the resource-rich region including the ILO for the period October 2020- confrontation of the common June 2021. challenges of terrorism and The Governing Body (GB) is the apex extremism. executive body of the ILO, which decides The virtual meeting was chaired by policies, programmes, agenda, budget, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and and elects the Director-General. At his counterparts from , present, the ILO has 187 members. , and . Principality of becomes IMF’s The ministers talked about the 190th Member importance of connectivity for The Principality of Andorra joined the increasing trade, commerce, people-to- International Monetary Fund (IMF) On people contacts between India and the 16th October when Ambassador Central Asian countries. Elisenda Vives Balmaña signed the Benefit: These countries would utilize the IMF’s Articles of Agreement at a priority developmental projects in fields ceremony in Washington D.C. Andorra including the connectivity, IT, energy, had applied for membership to the IMF in education, healthcare and agriculture. January 2020. EU Environmental Ministers made September 2020 2050 Net Zero Emissions Target legally India, US and Israel collaborate to develop binding 5G tech European Union (EU) Environment India, Israel and the United States have Ministers signed a deal in Luxembourg begun collaboration in developmental area, and in next generation of emerging on October 23, 2020. The deal has made technologies, including a transparent, open, EU’s 2050 net-zero emissions target reliable and secure 5G communication legally binding on the states. network. The EU has aimed at becoming climate- Women empowerment: India beats China, neutral by 2050 by bringing the net becomes member of United Nations's greenhouse gas emission to zero. This ECOSOC In a significant development, India has objective of the EU is the central portion been elected as the member of the of the European Green Deal. The aim also Commission on Status of Women (CSW), a

@ambitiousbaba Ambitious Baba Join Group daily_current_affairss ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series body of the Economic and Social Council The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius (ECOSOC). India will be a member of the declared a “state of environmental prestigious body for four years, 2021 to emergency” on 7th August after a 2025. Japanese-owned ship that ran aground Israel, UAE and Bahrain sign Abraham offshore days ago began spilling tons of Accord fuel. US President Donald Trump on 15th UAE-Israel agreed for peace agreement September hosted Israeli Prime Minister namely “Abraham Accord” Benjamin Netanyahu and foreign Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of ministers of the and Israel, and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed, Bahrain for the signing of the historic Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Abraham Accord, which is the first Arab- Supreme Commander of the United Arab Israeli peace deal in 26 years. Egypt was Emirates, have agreed for the Israel–United the first Arab State to sign a peace deal with Arab Emirates peace agreement, or the Israel in 1979. Jordon signed a peace pact in Abraham Accord to establish full diplomatic 1994. ties. India launches first ever cargo ferry with India, Japan and Australia to launch Maldives to boost trade “Supply Chain Resilience Initiative” to The first ever Cargo Ferry Service between counter China India and the Maldives was jointly launched The Supply Chain Resilience Initiative first on 21st September opening a new chapter in proposed by Japan. The initiative purpose connectivity initiatives in the Indian Ocean to reduce the dependency in China. Region. The Cargo Ferry Vessel MCP Linz Japan is to be joined by India and operated by the Shipping Corporation of Australia. It is a direct response to India (SCI) will connect Tuticorin and companies that are concerned about Chinese Cochin ports in India with Kulhudhuhfushi political behaviour and disruption to supply and Male ports in the Maldives. chain. August 2020 Google Launches 'The Anywhere School' UAE starts up Arab world's first nuclear With 50 New Features To Boost Online plant Learning The United Arab Emirates has launched To help millions of students tide over the operations at the Arab world's first nuclear pandemic-induced learning from home tech power plant, on the Gulf coast just east of giant Google has announced a new . Nuclear fission has begun in one of initiative called 'The Anywhere School'. four reactors at the Barakah plant, which With this initiative, Google will also roll out uses South Korean technology. over 50 new features across Meet, UK considers Gandhi coin to Classroom, G Suite and other products to commemorate Indian independence icon hundreds of thousands of viewers in more The United Kingdom is considering than 250 countries around the world. minting a coin to commemorate India's Russia releases declassified video of independence hero Mahatma Gandhi, amid largest-ever hydrogen bomb blast growing interest in recognising the Russia released a 40-minute video of contributions of people from Black, Asian and detonation of the world’s most powerful other minority ethnic (BAME) communities. hydrogen bomb. The bomb was called the "Royal Mint Advisory Committee (RMAC) is “Tsar Bomb”. currently considering a coin to commemorate It is believed to be 3,333 times more Gandhi. destructive than that of the Hiroshima Mauritius declares emergency as stranded Nagasaki Atom bombs Little Boy and Fat ship spills fuel Man. WHO declares Africa free of Wild Polio

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World Health Organisation declared Africa Network for Greening the Financial polio-free. The disease is now found only in System (NGFS) as an observer. and Pakistan. Nigeria is the NGFS, launched at the Paris One Planet last African country to be declared free from Summit on December 12, 2017, ADB joins wild polio. the ranks of the World Bank, the July 2020 International Finance Corporation, the India joins ‘Alliance for Poverty International Monetary Fund, and the Eradication’ at UN as founding member Organisation for Economic Cooperation India has become a founding member of and Development as NGFS observers. an Alliance for Poverty Eradication at the United Nations Announces US to Withdraw UN, launched by the President of the General From WHO in July 2021 Assembly, aimed at focussing on efforts to The United States will leave the World boost global economy in the aftermath of the Health Organisation (WHO) on July 6, Covid-19 pandemic. 2021, the United Nations said on 8th July, President of the 74th Session of the UN after receiving notification of the decision by General Assembly Tijjani Muhammad- President Donald Trump, who has accused Bande will formally launch the ‘Alliance for the agency of becoming a puppet for China Poverty Eradication’ on June 30. during the coronavirus pandemic. Madeline Swegle becomes US Navy's first Maldives, eliminate measles and Black female fighter pilot in its 110-year rubella, ahead of 2023 target: WHO history Sri Lanka and Maldives have become the Lt. j.g. Madeline Swegle made history by first two countries in the World Health becoming the U.S. Navy's first Black female Organisation's South- region to tactical fighter pilot. eliminate both measles and rubella ahead becomes first African country to of a 2023 target, the UN health agency submit REDD+ results, paves way for announced 8th July. payments WHO sets up panel to review handling of Uganda has become the first African COVID-19 pandemic country to submit results for Reducing The World Health Organization (WHO) has emissions from and forest announced it is setting up an independent degradation (REDD+) to the United panel to review its handling of the COVID-19 Nations Framework Convention on pandemic and the response by governments Climate Change (UNFCCC). REDD+ is a worldwide. Former New Zealand Prime mechanism developed by the parties to the Minister Clark and former Liberian UNFCCC to reduce emissions from President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf have agreed deforestation and forest degradation. to head the panel. Russian voters overwhelmingly back a ADB & Education Above All joint Projects ploy by President Vladimir Putin to rule worth $100 million for quality Primary until 2036 Education for Out-of-School Children President Vladimir Putin has won a The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and resounding victory in his bid to stay in the Qatar-based Education Above All power until the middle of the next decade, (EAA) Foundation have signed an agreement as Russians voted overwhelmingly to to carry out $100 million in joint projects endorse the country's political status quo, to put out-of-school and at-risk children according to preliminary results. into quality primary education. ADB Becomes Observer Of Network For India will not run the World’s Emptiest Greening The Financial System Airport- Mattala Rajapaksa International The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has Airport joined the central banks and supervisors Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa has informed that on the request

@ambitiousbaba Ambitious Baba Join Group daily_current_affairss ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series of his Government the Indian Government India provided 10 railway locomotives to has agreed to not form a joint venture Bangladesh on 27th July as grant assistance, company with Sri Lanka for running the with the leadership of the two sides Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport. committing themselves to more connectivity U.S. remains India's top trading partner in and infrastructure initiatives to boost trade 2019-20 and create new supply chains. The US remained India's top trading The move was part of a sharpened focus on partner for the second consecutive fiscal India’s “neighbourhood first” policy. in 2019-20, which shows increasing India to set up solar power park in Sri economic ties between the two countries. Lanka According to the data of the commerce India plans to build a solar power park in ministry, in 2019-20, the bilateral trade Sri Lanka as part of a strategy to project its between the US and India stood at USD presence in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) 88.75 billion as against USD 87.96 billion amid Chinese attempts to lure nations into in 2018-19. its ‘Belt and Road’ initiative. Leveraging its India 'Air bubbles' formed with US, France solar expertize, India’s largest power & Germany generation utility NTPC Ltd plans to set up Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep this project in the island nation under the Singh Puri announced that India is to aegis of International Solar Alliance (ISA). resume operation of international PM Modi to virtually inaugurate new commercial flights with France and US. Supreme Court building in Mauritius The Government of India has signed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his agreements with US, UK, France and Mauritius counterpart Pravind Jugnauth countries in UAE. The Ministry of Civil will jointly inaugurate the new Supreme Aviation has planned to bring down the air Court building of Mauritius on July 30. travel charges by 25%. June 2020 Turkmenistan gets observer status in Myanmar’s Military Returns to Facebook World Trade Organization to Provide ‘Accurate’ News Turkmenistan has been granted Observer Myanmar military “Tatmadaw” has status (25th country) by the World Trade decided to use Facebook again to provide Organization (WTO ) General Council. ‘accurate’ news to people. Myanmar Turkmenistan has become the last former Military using Facebook again because it is Soviet republic to establish formal ties with the most widely used social media platform in the trade body. the country and is the best way to reach Nicaragua becomes 87th country to sign people. International Solar Alliance Framework Facebook had removed several accounts Agreement linked to the Myanmar military in 2018. Nicaragua has become the 87th country to Facebook, Google and Microsoft join hands join the International Solar Alliance (ISA) for "Project Protect" to fight online child Framework Agreement, an initiative led by sexual abuse India to promote sustainable energy. Facebook joined Google, Microsoft and 15 The agreement on behalf of the Central other tech companies to announce the American country Nicaragua was signed by formation of "Project Protect": A plan to the Permanent Representative to the United combat online child sexual abuse – a renewed Nations Jaime Hermida Castillo at the commitment and investment from the Permanent Mission of India to the United Technology Coalition expanding its scope and Nations in New York on 22, July 2020. impact to protect kids online and guide its India hands over 10 broad gauge work for the next 15 years. locomotives to Bangladesh

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Anmol Narang becomes first observant honour the heroism and sacrifices made by Sikh to graduate from US Military the Russian and other friendly people. Academy India will be United Nations Security Anmol Narang has made history by Council President for August, 2021 becoming the first observant Sikh to India, which has been elected as a non- graduate from the prestigious United permanent member of the Security States Military Academy at West Point, and Council, will serve as the president of the the Second Lieutenant is hopeful that her powerful 15-nation UN body for the month efforts to represent her religion and of August, 2021. community will encourage Americans to Nepalese FM radio stations start giving learn more about Sikhism. weather bulletins of Lipulekh, Kalapani India becomes founding member of global and Limpiyadhura alliance on Artificial Intelligence After Nepal’s parliament endorsed the India joined international and multi- political map that shows the disputed stakeholder initiative Global Partnership areas of Lipulekh, Kalapani and for Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) as its Limpiyadhura as part of its territory founding member on June 15, 2020. By earlier this month, some Nepalese FM radio becoming the founding member of the stations close to India-Nepal border in initiative, India has joined the leading nations Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh have started of the world including the UK, EU, US, giving weather bulletins of these three Australia among others. areas. India wins 184 out 192 votes to enter UN China To Join UN Arms Trade Treaty To Security Council Enhance ‘peace And Stability’ India scored a major diplomatic victory to China has decided to join a global pact on enter the non-permanent category of the regulations of arms sales showing its UN Security Council when elections were willingness to address the poorly held for the five non-permanent members regulated international arms trade after on 17th June. India won 184 votes out of the United States pulled out last year. 192 valid votes cast. National People’s Congress, China’s top Previously, India has been elected as a non- legislative body, voted to join the global permanent member of the Council for the treaty to regulate conventional arms sales at years 1950—1951, 1967—1968, 1972— a time when the country has been cornered 1973, 1977—1978, 1984—1985, 1991— over its handling of pandemic and curbing of 1992 and 2011—2012. Hong Kong’s autonomy. Ireland, and Norway were also Bill to Rename ‘Tonoshiro’ to ‘Tonoshiro elected as non-permanent members of the UN Senkaku’ triggered tensions between Security Council. India’s term will begin Japan and China from January 2021. A group of Islands without inhabitants India To Send 75-Member Tri-Service located at the South China Sea has been a Contingent To World War II Victory point of disagreement between Japan and Parade In Moscow China since 1972. The island is known by India will send a contingent of 75 the name Senkakus in Japan, while in the personnel from its three armed forces to People’s Republic of China the Islands are Moscow to participate in Russia's 75th known by the name Diaoyu. World War II Victory Day parade on June World's First Yoga University, Named 24. After Vivekananda, Launched Outside "On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of India the victory in the Second World War, there 6th International Yoga Day will be a military parade in Moscow to commemorations, the world's first yoga university outside India has been

@ambitiousbaba Ambitious Baba Join Group daily_current_affairss ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series launched in Los Angeles, offering including education, health care, relief and programmes that combine scientific social services. principles and modern research approaches The contribution was presented to UNRWA to the ancient Indian practice of yoga. by the Representative of India to State of India's NTPC wins PMC job for 500-MW Palestine, H.E. Mr. Sunil Kumar. solar project in Nepal approves new map including Indian power producer NTPC Ltd has won Lipulekh, Kalapani, Limpiyadhura amidst a project management consultancy (PMC) border row with India contract for the development of a 500-MW Nepal’s Cabinet has endorsed a new solar park in the Republic of Mali. political map showing Lipulekh, Kalapani The award was made at an event held on June and Limpiyadhura under its territory, 24, NTPC said in a statement, without giving amidst a border dispute with India. more details about the project. At present, World Bank to rescue with $160-billion NTPC has 62,110 MW of installed capacity aid to 100 nations and has an objective to become a 130 GW The Covid-19 pandemic is expected to put company by 2032. over 60 million people into extreme May 2020 poverty globally, the World Bank has said as Irans parliament introduces new it announced emergency operations worth currency, Toman, to tackle inflation $160 billion in 100 developing countries The Iranian Parliament has announced the to fight the deadly virus. decision to replace its currency "Rial" with Of the 100 countries, home to 70 per cent of another basic unit of currency called the the world's population, 39 are in Sub-Saharan "Toman." Each toman will be worth 10,000 Africa. rials under the new system. Corona Impacts Economies: Poverty To WHO, UN''s postal agency release Engulf 672 Million Children By 2020-End, commemorative stamp on 40th Says UNICEF anniversary of smallpox eradication The coronavirus pandemic has halted the The WHO and the UN''s postal agency have world economy pushing many households released a commemorative postage stamp into distressing circumstances. on the 40th anniversary of the eradication Amid the financial hardship across the globe, of smallpox, with the head of the global child poverty especially in low and middle- health body expressing gratitude to top income countries could witness a surge of Indian-origin UN official Atul Khare. 15 per cent. This is likely to deprive about Israel Names Street After Rabindranath 86 million children of essential services Tagore On The Poet's 159th Birthday leaving a total of 672 million people below Israel has named a street in Tel Aviv after poverty line, a study conducted by the celebrated Indian poet Rabindranath UNICEF and humanitarian organisation Save Tagore as a tribute on his 159th birthday. the Children suggested. On May 7, the Israeli Embassy in India U.S. joins G7 artificial intelligence group to tweeted a photo of a signboard where the counter China street was named Rehov Tagore; 'rehov' The US has joined an international panel means street. for setting ethical guidelines for the use of India Provides US$ 2 Million to UNRWA for artificial intelligence. The Trump the Welfare of Palestine Refugees administration had earlier dismissed the idea. The Government of India has contributed China announces USD 2 billion in US$ 2 million to the United Nations Relief coronavirus help at WHO assembly and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees China will provide USD 2 billion over two in the Near East (UNRWA) in support of the years to fight the coronavirus pandemic, Agency’s core programmes and services, President Xi Jinping said on 18th May, rallying around the World Health Organization and its

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Chapter 16- Defence News

Till 15th October Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft off the east DRDO Successfully Test Fires Extended coast. Range BrahMos Supersonic Cruise The missile will provide air superiority Missile With Range Of Over 400 KM. and capability for the Indian Air Force India on 30 September successfully test- (IAF) fighter aircraft. It has been designed fired extended range BrahMos supersonic for suppression of enemy air defences cruise missile which is capable of hitting (SEAD). targets situated over 400 kilometres Army chief MM Naravane to get away. honorary rank of General of Nepali India successfully test-fires new Army version of Shaurya Missile Army chief General M.M. Naravane will India successfully test-fired a new be visiting Nepal next month where he version of nuclear-capable Shaurya will be conferred the honorary rank of missile on October 3, 2020 from the General of the Nepali Army in an coast of Odisha. The missile can strike investiture ceremony, the Nepal Army targets at around 800 kms. This has said on 14th October. been launched amid the ongoing tensions India To Deliver Kilo Class Submarine at India-China Border. INS Sindhuvir To Myanmar Navy DRDO has been Successful Flight Test India will be delivering a kilo class of SMART submarine INS Sindhuvir to Myanmar Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Navy and this will be the first submarine Torpedo (SMART) has been of the neighbouring country. successfully flight tested on 5th Oct The step is in accordance with India's 2020 from Wheeler Island off the coast of vision of SAGAR (Security and Growth for Odisha. All the mission objectives All in the Region) and also in line with including missile flight upto the range and India's commitment to building capacities altitude, separation of the nose cone, and self-reliance in the neighbouring release of Torpedo and deployment of countries. Velocity Reduction Mechanism (VRM) BRAHMOS missile test-fired have been met perfectly. successfully India successfully test-fires Rudram- BrahMos, the supersonic cruise missile an Anti-Radiation Missile was successfully test fired on 18th India has successfully test-fired the October from Indian Navy’s Rudram – an Anti-Radiation Missile on indigenously-built stealth destroyer October 9, 2020. It has been developed by INS Chennai, hitting a target in the Defence Research and Development Arabian Sea. The missile hit the target Organisation (DRDO). The missile was successfully with pin-point accuracy after test fired from its primary test platform

@ambitiousbaba Ambitious Baba Join Group daily_current_affairss ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series performing high-level and extremely been developed by the Defence Research complex manoeuvres. and Development Organization BrahMos as ‘prime strike weapon’ will (DRDO). The missile was test fired from ensure the warship’s invincibility by the Chandipur test range. The SANT engaging naval surface targets at long missile has the capability of lock-on ranges, thus making the destroyer before launch and lock-on after launch. another lethal platform of Indian Navy. DRDO successfully conducts final trial India successfully testfires Prithvi-2 of Nag anti-tank guided missile in ballistic missile with over 250 km Pokhran range strike range India successfully carried out the final India, on 18th October, successfully trial of the Defence Research and testfired the over 250 km strike range Development Organization (DRDO)- Prithvi-2 ballistic missile off the coast of developed Nag anti-tank guided Balasore, Odisha. The DRDO-developed missile with a warhead. Missile is already the part of the Strategic The test was carried out on 22nd October Forces Command, which is the custodian at the Pokhran field firing ranges in of India's nuclear arsenal. Rajasthan. The trial of Nag anti-tank This is the latest in the series of missile guided missile comes after the DRDO tests conducted by India in the recent tested the helicopter launched Stand-off past. the DRDO launched Nirbhay missile, Anti-Tank Missile (SANT) with a range the 10th successive missile launch by beyond 10 km from Balasore testing the defence research agency in just 35 range in Odisha on 19th October. days. "INS Kavaratti” commissioned into Australia to participate in Malabar Indian Navy naval exercise next month along with The Chief of Army Staff, General MM India, US and Japan Naravane has commissioned the ‘INS Australia will participate in Malabar, Kavaratti’, the last of four indigenously- the major naval exercise in the Indian built anti-submarine warfare (ASW) Ocean next month, along with India, stealth corvettes, into the Indian Navy the United States and Japan. in Visakhapatnam. Discussions have been going on about getting Australia, the fourth member of September 2020 the Quad, to take part. Sources said Defence Ministry signs Rs 2,580 Cr deal to Australia's participation is now final. The procure Pinaka rocket launchers exercise is planned for late November in In a big boost to the 'Make in India' the Indian Ocean. initiative, the Defence Ministry has signed contracts worth Rs 2580 crores with India successfully test fired SANT Indian companies to supply six Army Missile regiments with Pinaka missiles. The India successfully test fired the Stand- Acquisition Wing, Ministry of Defence signed Off Anti-Tank Missile named as SANT contracts with Bharat Earth Movers Ltd on October 19, 2020. It will be inducted (BEML), Tata Power Company Ltd (TPCL), in the Indian Air Force. The missile has and Larsen & Toubro (L & T) on August 31.

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These will be operationalised along the development Organizations (DRDO) traced northern and eastern borders, and their the trajectory of the missile. induction is planned to be completed by August 2020 2024. Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi assumes India-Russia sign agreement on charge as Director General Naval manufacturing AK-203 rifles Operations The Defence Minister is at Russia’s capital Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi assumed Moscow attending SCO meet. He arrived on charge as Director General Naval September 2, 2020 and is on a three-day Operations (DGNO) on 13th August, said the visit. The Defence Minister on the side lines Indian Navy. The Flag Officer commanded of the SCO meet held talks with his Russian the eastern fleet from January 15, 2018, to counter part Shoigu. During the meet, the March 30, 2019. leaders signed the AK-203 rifles deal. India Pavilion At Army-2020 Forum According to the deal, the rifles are to be Inaugurated In Russia produced in India under the Make in India The India Pavilion at the Army-2020 initiative with Russia support. International Military and Technical India successfully test scramjet technology Forum was inaugurated by Secretary for hypersonic missiles (Defence Production) Raj Kumar and Indian India joined the elite group Russia, China, Ambassador DB Venkatesh Verma outside US, after successfully conducting first test Moscow. flight of the indigenously developed HSTDV First marine ambulance ‘Pratheeksha’ (Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator launched in Kerala Vehicle) from Odisha coast. This giant leap The Chief Minister of Kerala, Shri Pinarayi will lead to the development of hypersonic Vijayan inaugurated the first ever marine cruise missiles in future. HSTDV abbreviated ambulance named ‘PRATHEEKSHA’ on 27 form of Hypersonic Technology August 2020. Demonstrator Vehicle is an unmanned Pratheeksha is first in the series of 3 fully scramjet demonstration aircraft. equipped marine ambulance boat built by India conducts successful flight test of Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), for the ABHYAS from Odisha test range Department of Fisheries, Govt. of Kerala. India on 22nd September successfully The other two other boats namely conducted the flight test of ABHYAS - High- ‘Prathyasha’ and ‘Karunya’ were also speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) - launched on the same day. from a test range in Odisha. ABHYAS has 14th India-Singapore Defence Policy been designed and developed by the Dialogue Aeronautical Development Establishment On August 28, 2020, the India-Singapore (ADE) of the DRDO. The vehicle has been Defence Policy Dialogue was held in video programmed for fully autonomous flight. conference. The countries agreed to discuss Indian number of issues of bilateral defence India successfully Fire tested Prithvi II engagements. They agreed to enhance the Missile security partnership. India successfully test fired the Prithvi II The HADR agreement was signed between missile which was developed indigenously. the countries during the dialogue. HADR is The test was conducted at the Chandipur Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Integrated Test Range, Odisha. The missile Relief. attained the range of 350 km. The test fire India withdraws from Russia’s KavKaz was a routine exercises. Electro optical 2020 Military tracking systems, radars and telemetry India recently announced its withdrawal stations of Defense Research and from the KavKaz Military Exercise to be

@ambitiousbaba Ambitious Baba Join Group daily_current_affairss ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series held in Russia. The exercise is to be held The launch of ANASIS II has made South between September 15, 2020 and Korea the 10 country in the world to have September 26, 2020. its own military communication satellite. Reason: China, Pakistan and member nations 5 Rafale jets, first batch from France, land of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation at Ambala air base (SCO) are set to take part in the strategic The first five of the 36 Rafale fighter jets command-post exercise KavKaz 2020. India procured from the Dassault Aviation July 2020 company of France arrived in Haryana's MoD approves 33 new fighter jets for IAF Ambala Indian Air Force (IAF) station on in deals worth ₹38,900 crore 29th July. Amid the continued tensions on the border June 2020 with China, the Defence Acquisition Council DRDO Develops 'Ultra Swachh' For PPE (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Disinfection Singh, on 2nd July accepted deals worth The Defence Research and Development ₹38,900 crore. This contains procurement of Organisation (DRDO) on 2nd June said that it 21 MiG-29 fighter jets for the Indian Air has developed a disinfection unit named Force (IAF), improve of 59 of them and ''Ultra Swachh'' to disinfect a wide range of acquirement of 12 Su-30 MKI plane. materials, including Personal Protective & Indonesia Coast Equipment (PPEs), electronics items and Guard sign MoU to boost maritime fabrics. relations System uses an advanced oxidative Comprehensive strategic partnership process comprising of multiple barrier between India and Indonesia, a MoU has disruption approach using Ozonated Space been signed between the Indian Coast Guard Technology for disinfection. and Indonesia Coast Guard. Union Government Granted Rs 500 cr Aims: This will enhance collaborative and Emergency Funds to Armed Forces for cooperative engagements in the domains of War Preparedness maritime law enforcement, maritime search The Central Government has granted special and rescue and marine pollution response. financial powers of Rs 500 crore as Two new Israeli assault rifles Arad and emergency funds to armed forces for war Carmel now set to be manufactured in preparedness amid ongoing border tensions India with China. In a boost to the fledgling domestic small May 2020 arms industry, two latest Israeli assault Indian Navy launches 'Operation Samudra rifles — the Arad and the Carmel — are set Setu' to repatriate Indians from overseas to be manufactured in India. The Indian Navy on 5TH May launched Dhruvastra, India's anti-tank guided Operation 'Samudra Setu' (meaning 'Sea missile, test-fired successfully in Odisha Bridge'), as a part of national effort to The flight trials of India’s anti-tank guided repatriate Indian citizens from overseas amid missile ‘Dhruvastra’ were successfully coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown. Indian conducted at the Interim Test Range (ITR) in Naval Ships Jalashwa and Magar are Odisha. currently en route to the port of Male in ANASIS II: First-ever military satellite of the Maldives to commence evacuation operations from May 8 as part of Phase-1. South Korea recently launched its first Defence Ministry signs contract with Tata ever military satellite to defend itself Power SED for infra modernisation at 37 against nuclear armed . The airfields satellite has been named “ANASIS II”. The Defence Ministry signed a contract with Tata Power SED on for

@ambitiousbaba Ambitious Baba Join Group daily_current_affairss ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series modernisation of infrastructure at 37 years as officers and in other ranks in areas airfields of the Indian Air Force, Coast like logistics and front-line formations. Guard and the Navy at a cost of around Rs Indian Navy's made ''breathable'' PPE kit 1,200 crore. ''NavRakshak'' India launches Mission Sagar to assist The Indian Navy''s indigenously-made PPE island nations in Eastern Indian Ocean kit, ''NavRakshak'', made for enhancing India launched Mission Sagar on 10th may comforts of the health workers under as part of the government’s outreach Indian conditions, is helping fight the war initiative towards five Island nations in the against Covid-19 in a better and effective Indian Ocean amidst the ongoing COVID-19 manner. pandemic. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) India helps to set up a military war game in a statement said, "Indian Naval Ship centre in Jinja district (Uganda) Kesari has departed for Maldives, Indian Association in Uganda, with help of Mauritius, Seychelles, and the Indian Military training team, set up a , to provide Food Items, COVID military war game centre in Jinja district. related Medicines including HCQ Tablets and On 25th May, Ugandan President Yoweri Special Ayurvedic Medicines with Medical Museveni inaugurated the war game centre Assistance Teams embarked." conceptualised by Indian military team for Govt Approves 26 Defence Items From Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF). Local Suppliers to Boost ‘Make in India’ The war game centre is named 'INDIA' and The Central Government has issued Public is a type of strategy game that simulates Procurement to encourage ‘Make in India’ warfare realistically, as opposed to abstract and to promote manufacturing and strategy games such as chess. production of goods and services in India. Missile Park ‘Agneeprastha’ to be set up at Under this order, Department of Defence INS Kalinga Production (DDP), Ministry of Defence has The foundation stone for a Missile Park so far notified 127 items where purchase “Agneeprastha’ was laid at INS Kalinga by preference is given to local suppliers as Commodore Rajesh Debnath, per PPP-MII 2017. Commanding Officer, in the presence of Vice FDI in defence increased from 49% to Admiral Atul Kumar Jain, Flag Officer 74% Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Naval "The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Command here on 28th May. defence manufacturing under automatic April 2020 route is also being raised from 49 per cent Operation Sanjeevani: IAF airlifts medical to 74 per cent," the Finance Minister said. and hospital consumables for the Maldives Defence Minsitry Approves Rs 400 Crore- Indian Air Force (IAF) airlifts around 6.2 Scheme For Testing Domestic Defence tonnes of essential medicines and hospital Products consumables onboard C-130 aircraft from Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on 15th India to Male. Since there has been lockdown may approved a Rs 400 crore-scheme to in India due to COVID-19. IAF launched develop infrastructure to help domestic `Operation Sanjeevani’ and with the help of military firms carry out testing of the Indian Army medicines were lifted indigenously developed military from different airports across the country hardware. including — New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai Army's "Game-Changing" Proposal To and Madurai and then were flown to the Allow 3-Year Tenure For Civilians Maldives. The Army is considering a proposal to US approves sale of anti-ship missiles, allow civilians, including young working torpedoes worth USD 155 million to India professionals, to join the force for three

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The Trump administration has notified the India has become the third largest military Congress of its determination to sell spender in the world, after the US and Harpoon air-launched anti-ship missiles China, according to a Stockholm and Mark 54 lightweight torpedoes worth International Peace Research Institute USD 155 million to India to enhance its (SIPRI) report. This is the first time that deterrent capabilities against "regional India and China are among the top three threats" and to bolster its homeland defence. military spenders. India third largest military spender in world, after US and China

♦Bilateral exercise These exercises are conducted between two countries.

List of few bilateral exercises conducted by the military are given below:

Bilateral exercise Participating countries

Surya Kiran India and Nepal

Sampriti India and Bangladesh

Bongosagar India and Bangladesh (Navi)

Harimau Shakti India and Malaysia

Ekuverin India and Maldives

Varuna India and France

Red Flag India and US

Al Nagah India and Oman

‘Naseem-Al-Bahr’ India and Oman (Navy)

Bold India and Singapore

Hand in Hand India and China

Ekuverin India and Maldives

Garuda Shakti India and Indonesia

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Indra India and Russia

Khanjar India and Kyrgyzstan

Lamitye India and Seychelles

Maitree India and Thailand

Mitra Shakti India and Sri Lanka

Multi-national FTX ASEAN plus

Nomadic Elephant India and

Prabal Dostyk India and Kazakhstan

Sampriti India and Bangladesh

Surya Kiran India and Nepal

Ajeya Warrior India and UK

Indradhanush India and UK (Airforce)

‘Sahyog Kaijin’ India and Japan

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

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

IMDEX India- Singapore

“Tiger Triumph” India and US

SLINEX India and Srilanka(SL)

KAZIND India and Kazakhstan

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Dharma Guardian India and Japan

Shinyuu Maitri’ India and Japan (Airforce) Exercise JIMEX Indian and Japanese (navies)

Dustlik India-Uzbekistan Samudra Shakti Indian Navy-Indonesian Navy bilateral Yudh Abhyas India and United States Passex India, Australian and United States (Navy)

Chapter 17- Sports News

Australian Open 2020 Event Winner Runner-Up Men’s Singles N. Djokovic () Dominic Thiem (Austria)

Women’s Singles Sofia Kenin (US) G. Muguruza (Spain)

Men’s Doubles J. Salisbury (UK) M. Purcell (Aus) L. Saville (Aus) R. Ram (US) Women’s Doubles K. Mladenovic (Franch) S. Hsieh (Taiwan) T. Babos () B. Strýcová () Mix Doubles N. Mektić () J. Murray (UK) B. Krejčíková (Czech Republic) B. Mattek-Sands (US)

US Open 2020

Title Winner Runner up

Men’s Singles Dominic Thiem Alexander Zverev

Women’s Singles Naomi Osaka Victoria Azarenka

Men’s doubles Mate Pavić and Bruno Soares Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektić

Women’s doubles Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva Nicole Melichar and Xu Yifan

Mixed doubles The mixed doubles event has been canceled

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French open 2020

Title Winner Runner up

Men’s Singles RafaelNadal NovakDjokovic

Women’s Singles IgaŚwiątek SofiaKenin

Men’s doubles AndreasMies MatePavić

KevinKrawietz BrunoSoares

Women’s doubles TímeaBabos DesiraeKrawczyk

KristinaMladenovic AlexaGuarachi

Mixed doubles The mixed doubles event has been canceled

F1 Race 2020

F1 Grand Prix Winning Driver Constructor

Steiermark Grand prix Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Britain)

Austrian Grand Prix Valtteri Battas (Mercedes-fin land)

Hungarian Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Britain)

British Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Britain)

F1 70th Anniversary Grand Prix Max Emilian Verstappen (Red Bull-Netherland)

Spanish Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Britain)

Belgian Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Britain)

Italian Grand Prix Pierre Gasly (Alpha Tauri-Honda-France)

Tuscan Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Britain)

Russian Grand Prix Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes-) Eifel GP Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Britain) Portuguese GP Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Britain)

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List of Banned Players (Recently)

Name Sport Ban Time

Kiranjeet Kaur Long-Distance Runner 4 years

Sandeep Kumari Discus thrower 4 years

Youssef Hossam Egypt’s tennis player life time ban

Rémy di Grégorio French rider 4 years

Savita Kumari and Ankit Shishodia Powerlifters Provisionally suspended

Ramshad AR Weightlifter 2 years

Ravinder Kumar Wrestler 4 years

Amit Dahiya Javelin throwe 4 years

Umar Akmal Pak Cricketer 3yrs

Jhuma Khatun Middle distance runner 4 years

Gomathi Marimuthu 800 m Runner 4 Years

Alexander Shustov Russian high jumper 4 Years

Kalra Cricket (U 19) 1 year

Sarbjeet Kaur Weightlifter 4years

Seema Weightlifter 4years

Shakib Al Hasan Cricket 2 years

September 2020 chess tournament held recently, having Los Angeles Lakers wins 17th NBA practiced at night to get used to the American time zone. The Tamil Nadu player Championship scored seven and half points out of a possible The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the nine with six victories and three draws to Miami Heat to win the National finish on top, ahead of many higher rated Basketball Association (NBA) Grandmasters Championship 2020. Police Officer Poonam Khatri crowned Indian Grandmaster P Iniyan Wins World Wushu World Champion 2019 Open Online Chess Tournament Indian Wushu stalwart Poonam Khatri has Indian Grandmaster P Iniyan won the claimed World Championship status after prestigious Annual World Open online her silver medal at the Wushu World

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Championship last year has been upgraded Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni announced to a Gold medal. Poonam had lost the final retirement from international cricket on to Iranian opponent Mariyam in the the same day on August 15. Both Women’s 75 kg category but after Mariyam announced their decisions on Instagram. recently failed the dope test, the gold medal Dream11 wins IPL 2020 title sponsorship has been awarded to Poonam Khatri. rights for ₹222 crore Professional tennis player, former Fantasy sports platform Dream11 on 18th cricketer Ashleigh Barty wins Golf August signed a ₹222-crore deal with BCCI Championship for title sponsorship rights for the Multi-talented Ashleigh Barty has upcoming season of IPL. conquered tennis, been a professional Ronnie O’Sullivan Wins Sixth World cricketer and has now added another string Snooker Championship 2020 to her sporting bow by winning Brookwater Ronnie O'Sullivan wins sixth world title. Golf Club women’s championship. The 24- Ronnie O'Sullivan claimed his sixth World year-old Australian, who famously played Championship title with a dominant 18-8 professional cricket during a year out from victory over Kyren Wilson at Sheffield's tennis, decided not to leave home for the U.S. Crucible Theatre. Open or her title defence at Roland Garros Jacques Kallis, Sthalekar and Zaheer because of the pandemic. Abbas inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Italian Open 2020 Fame Category Name of the Sportsperson The International Cricket Council (ICC) inducted three retired greats of the game Men’s Single Novak Djokovic into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame during an Women’s Simona Halep absorbing show broadcast around the world Single via ICC digital channels. Men’s Double Marcel Granollers and ’s gritty all-rounder Jacques Horacio Zeballos Kallis and talented Australian World Cup- Women’s Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora winning all-rounder Lisa Sthalekar were Double Strýcová joined by Zaheer Abbas of Pakistan, a August 2020 stylish batsman of the 1970s and 80s who National Sports Awards: Full List was also known as the Asian Bradman. "The National Sports Awards Selection Bayern Munich won UEFA Champions Committee members, headed by Retired League 2019-20 Supreme Court Justice Mukundakam German professional sports club, Bayern Sharma, handed over the recommendations Munich won the UEFA Champions League for National Sports Award of 2020. Click 2019-20 title by defeating Paris Saint- Here READ FULL LIST …………… Germain 1-0. The final was played in Lisbon, India withdraws from Women’s World . Team Squash Championship 2020 AIFC signs MoU with FCA for the Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI) development of Football in India & has withdrawn from the Women’s World Australia Team Squash Championship 2020 ,due to Association of Indian Football Coaches lack of preparation, time and match-readiness (AIFC) and Football Coaches of athletes, which is scheduled in Kuala Australia(FCA) signed a Memorandum of Lumpur, Malaysia from December 15 to Understanding(MoU) to support the 20,2020. development of football in both India and MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina retire from Australia. Under this MoU AIFC and FCA international cricket on the same day will support each other to educate and equip the coaches and work together for the betterment of the coaches.

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Dwayne Bravo becomes first bowler to Federation (FIDE) for the year 2020 held scalp 500 wickets in T20 Cricket recently. West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo on IOA adopts new identity on its 100-year 27th August became the first bowler to milestone at Olympic Games reach the mark of 500 wickets in T20 The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on cricket. 6th June adopted a new branding and visual India, Russia announced joint winners of identity, including an institutional and a Chess Olympiad after controversial finish commercial logo, to celebrate a century of India were named joint gold medal participation of the country’s athletes at the winners of the Chess Olympiad after a Summer Olympics. dramatic and controversial finish to the Amit Phangal ranked world no.1, Manju final against Russia on 30th August. Rani secure second spot as per latest AIBA India to host BRICS Games 2021 during release Khelo India Games The International Boxing Association Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju (AIBA) has released the world rankings announced that India is planning to host 2020 for women’s and men’s boxing. BRICS Games 2021 aligned with Khelo Amit Phangal has been ranked no.1 in the India Games. men’s 52kg weight category as per the England’s James Anderson becomes first latest rankings released by the Amateur fast bowler to take 600 Test wickets Indian Boxing Association (AIBA). England’s James Anderson has become the Manju Rani secured the second spot in the first fast bowler to reach 600 Test wickets. women’s 48kg category. Mary Kom was Anderson, who made his Test debut in 2003 placed at the third spot in her 51kg against Zimbabwe. category. July 2020 Gyanendro Ningombam named officiating Lt. Col. Bharat Pannu creates history by president of Hockey India securing a podium place at the first Former chief executive officer (CEO) of edition of Virtual Race Across America Manipur Hockey, Gyanendro Ningombam, Lt. Col. Bharat Pannu, a serving Indian has been named as the new officiating Army Officer created history on 28th June president of Hockey India by its Executive 2020 by successfully securing a podium Board on 10th July. Following the place at the first edition of the Virtual Race resignation of Mohd Mushtaaque Ahmad Across America (VRAAM) 2020 and became as the president of the Hockey India in July the first Indian ever to win a podium place citing personal and family commitments. at an international ultracycling race. IOC postpones 2022 Youth Olympic Games Bayern Munich won 20th German Cup to 2026 Robert Lewandowski passed the 50-goal The reason for postponing the YOG in 2022 mark this season as Bayern Munich is because of the numerous operational completed the double with a 4-2 victory challenges, which the IOC, NOC and IFs are over Bayer Leverkusen behind closed doors facing due to the postponement of the Tokyo to win a 20th German Cup on 4th July. Olympics, 2020 to 2021. Tamil Nadu's G Akash becomes India's Real Madrid’s 1st title without 66th chess Grandmaster Cristiano Ronaldo Tamil Nadu's G Akash became the Real Madrid sealed its record 34th league country's 66th chess Grandmaster while title with a 2-1 win over Villarreal at the his statemate M Pranesh and Goa's Ameya Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium on 16th July. Audi earned International Master titles. The victory left Madrid seven points in front Akash's GM title was confirmed at the second of second-place Barcelona with one round to council meet of International Chess go. Barcelona lost 2-1 to Osasuna at the Camp Nou Stadium.

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Haryana To Host 4th Edition Of Khelo Federations (NSF) from June 1 with an aim India Youth Games In 2021 to provide first-ever national-level open Haryana will host the fourth edition of the online coaching and education Khelo India Youth Games after the 2021 programme for grassroot-level athletes. Tokyo Olympics, the state's chief minister Russia's Daniil Dubov wins chess Rapid and union sports Challenge in Armageddon minister Kiren Rijiju announced on 25th July. In chess, the final of the Lindores Abbey The Games will be held in . The Rapid Challenge went all the way to a tie- announcement was made via video breaking Armageddon match from which conference. Russian Daniil Dubov emerged as India’s 2018 mixed relay champion after beating Hikaru Nakamura medal upgraded to gold after Bahrain’s of the United States. disqualification ’s Mamedyarov Shakhriyar The Indian 4x400m mixed relay team’s wins Sharjah World Stars online chess silver medal in the 2018 Asian Games has tournament; India’s P. Harikrishna 2nd been upgraded to gold following the Harikrishna was placed joint second at the disqualification of original winners end of the opening day of the Sharjah Bahrain on account of a doping ban handed World Stars online chess tournament. He to one of its runners. scored four points from five rounds to share The Indian quartet of Mohammed Anas, the second spot along with Rustam MR Poovamma, Hima Das and Arokia Rajiv Kasmidzhanov of Uzbekistan. had clocked 3:15:71 behind Bahrain Top seed Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of (3:11:89). Azerbaijan was leading the tournament Jamie Vardy wins Premier League’s with four points. Harikrishna's only defeat Golden Boot award came against him. Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy bagged Fourth edition of Asian Youth Para Games the Premier Leagues Golden Boot award to be held in Bahrain in December 2021 after netting 23 goals across the 2019/20 The Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) on season. 17th June announced that Bahrain will Bangladeshi pacer Kazi Anik Islam gets 2- host the fourth edition of the Asian Youth year ban for doping Para Games from December 1 to 10 next Bangladeshi pacer, Kazi Anik Islam has year. been handed a 2-year ban by the national Napoli beat Juventus on penalties to win cricket board for failing a dope test in sixth Italian Cup 2018. Napoli beat Juventus 4-2 on penalties to Stuart Broad becomes only the seventh lift the Italian Cup for the sixth time after bowler EVER to take 500 Test wickets the score was 0-0 after 90 minutes in an England fast bowler Stuart Broad took his empty Stadio Olimpco in Rome. 500th Test wicket on 28th July when he Napoli are sixth in the league table as they trapped West Indies batsman Kraigg target a return to the Champions League. Brathwaite leg before wicket on the last day Dope-cleared Sanjita Chanu to finally get of the third and final Test at Old Trafford. Arjuna award for 2018 June 2020 Cleared of the dope taint, two-time SAI to launch Khelo India e-Pathshala, an Commonwealth Games gold-winning online coaching programme for grassroot weightlifter Sanjita Chanu will finally get level the coveted Arjuna award which has been The Sports Authority of India (SAI) is all on hold since 2018. set to launch Khelo India e-Pathshala in Liverpool First time wins 2019-20 English association with National Sports Premier League title

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Following Manchester City’s 2-1 defeat to Sania Mirza Becomes 1st Indian to Win Chelsea on 25th June 2020, Liverpool Fed Cup Heart Award clinched the 2019-20 English Premier Tennis star Sania Mirza on 11thh May League season with 7 games still left in the became the first Indian to win the Fed Cup season. This is the first time that Liverpool Heart Award for her successful return to the has won the English Premier League title. court post motherhood. India's Nitin Menon becomes youngest Naomi Osaka becomes world’s highest- umpire to enter ICC Elite Panel paid female athlete India’s Nitin Menon on 29th June became Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has the youngest ever to be included in the become the highest paid female athlete in International Cricket Council’s Elite Panel the world, topping American great Serena of Umpires for the upcoming 2020-21 Williams. According to the Forbes magazine, season, replacing England’s Nigel Llong. Osaka earned $37.4 million in the last 12 Muttiah Muralitharan named Most months from prize money and endorsements, Valuable Test player of 21st century $1.4 million more than Williams, setting an Former Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah all-time earnings record for a female athlete Muralitharan has been named as the Most in a single year. Valuable Test Player of the 21st Century Mizoram Govt becomes first in India to by the Wisden Cricket Monthly magazine. Grant Industry Status to Sports Data concerning the performance of players The northeastern state of Mizoram has had been collected from 2000 to 2020. accorded ‘industry’ status to sports. On Ravindra Jadeja has been named the Indian 23th May, the Cabinet cleared the Sports and Cricket Team’s Most Valuable Test Player Youth Service department’s proposal to (MVP) of the 21st century. Jadeja, who has a recognise sports as an ‘industry’ in the state. MVP rating of 97.3, was rated the second April 2020 most valuable player of 21st century behind Muralitharan. World Games in Birmingham, Alabama Kiren Rijiju launches NADA app to help postponed until 2022 athletes stay updated on banned The 2021 World Games have been pushed substances back by a year to avoid clashing with the Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on 30th June Tokyo Olympics which were rescheduled due unveiled National Anti-Doping Agency’s to the coronavirus pandemic, World Games first mobile app to provide information organisers said on 3rd April. about prohibited substances and their The World Games, which are held every inadvertent use, calling the initiative an four years and feature 32 sports that are important step towards dope-free sports. not part of the Olympic program, were May 2020 scheduled to take place in Birmingham, China wins Online Nations Cup, India Alabama, from 15–25 July next year but finish dismal fifth have now been postponed to 7-17 July, Top-seed and favourite China were 2022. crowned champions at the FIDE Chess.com Tokyo 2020 weightlifting bans for Online Nations Cup on 10th May by virtue of Thailand and Malaysia superior points tally despite their final The Thai Amateur Weightlifting match against the USA ending in 2-2 draw. Association (TAWA) and the Malaysian India which had Viswanathan Anand, Vidit S Weightlifting Federation (MFW) have also Gujrathi, P Harikrishna, B Adhiban, Koneru been suspended as members of the Humpy and D Harika in its ranks, finished a International Weightlifting Federation poor fifth in the six-team event. (IWF) for three years and one year, respectively.

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Ben Stokes named leading cricketer in the leading women’s cricketer in the world world title from Smriti Mandhana. Ben Stokes has ended Virat Kohli’s three- BWF names PV Sindhu as an ambassador year reign as Wisden’s leading cricketer in for ‘I am badminton’ campaign the world after playing a starring role in The Badminton World Federation (BWF) England’s World Cup win last year. on 22nd April named Indian shuttler PV Australia’s Ellyse Perry reclaimed the Sindhu as one of the ambassadors for its 'I am badminton' awareness campaign.

Chapter 18: Upcoming Sports Events & Venues

Summer Olympic • 2021- Tokyo, Japan

• 2024 - Paris, France

• 2028 - Los Angeles, USA

Winter Olympic • 2022 - Beijing, China

• 2026 - Milan & Cortina , Italy

Asian Games • 2022 - Hangzhou, China

• 2026 - Nagoya, Japan

National Games of India • 2020 - Goa ( 36 )

• 2021 - Chhattisgarh ( 37 )

• 2022- Uttrakhand ( 38 )

• 2023 - Meghalaya ( 39 )

FIFA World Cup • 2022 - Qatar

• 2026 - Canada, Mexico, US

FIFA U-20 Men's World Cup • 2021 - Indonesia

FIFA U-17 World Cup • 2021 - Women's : India

• 2021- Men's : Peru

ICC Men's T20 World Cup • 2021 – India

• 2022 - Australia

ICC Women's T20 World Cup • 2020 – Australia

• 2022 - South Africa

ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup • 2020 - South Africa

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ICC Women's U-19 World Cup • 2021- Bangladesh

ICC Cricket World Cup • 2021 - Women's : New Zealand

• 2023 - Men's : India

AIBA World Boxing Men's C'Ship • 2021 - Serbia

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

World Games • 2022 - Birmingham, US

Commonwealth Games • 2022 - Birmingham ,UK

Commonwealth Youth Games • 2023 - Trinidad & Tobago

World Athletics Championships • 2022 - Eugene, Oregon, US

• 2023 - Budapest, Hungary

South Asian Games • 2021 - Pakistan

Commonwealth Archery & Shooting • 2022 - India Championships

Asian Youth Games • 2021 - China

Asian Para Games • 2022 - China

Badminton World Championship • 2021 - Spain

FINA Aquatics World Championships • 2022 - Fukuoka, Japan

Hockey World Cup • 2022 - Women : Spain and Netherland

• 2023 - Men's : and Rourkela, Odisha

National Hockey Championship • 2021 - Men's : Maharashtra

• 2021- Women's : Uttar Pradesh

AFC Women’s Asian Cup • 2022 - India

Asian youth Para Game • 2021- Bahrain

FIFA Women's World Cup • 2023 - Australia and New Zealand

Cycling Summit • 2021- India

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Chapter 19: List of Important Book and Author 2020

Books/ Author (October)

Books Author ‘Deh Vechwa Karani’ Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi released the autobiography of Dr. Balasaheb Vikhe Patil

“The Battle of Belonging” Shashi Tharoor “Portraits of Power: Half a Century of Being at N K (Nand Kishore) Singh Ringside”. He is currently serving as the Chairman of the 15th Finance Commission.

Books/ Author (September)

Books Author

'A Promised Land’ A Promised Land is a forthcoming memoir by Barack Obama. It is due to be published on November 17, 2020. It is the first of a planned two volumes that Obama has written following his incumbency as President of the United States from 2009 to 2017.

‘Deh Vechwa Karani’ Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi released the autobiography of Dr. Balasaheb Vikhe Patil

“Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction”.

“My Life In Design” Gauri Khan

Books/ Author (August)

Books Author

“National Security Challenges: Young Scholars’ Indian Army Chief Perspective”

“Delhi Riots 2020: the Untold Story” Authored by Monika Arora, advocate, Sonali Chitalkar(political Science) and Prerna

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‘One Arranged Murder’ Author Chetan Bhagat

“Disloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal Michael Cohens Attorney to President Donald J. Trump”

'Our Only Home: A Climate Appeal to the World' The Tibetan spiritual leader, Dalai Lama, will release a new book titled “Our Only Home: A Climate Appeal to the World” on climate change with German environmental journalist, Franz Alt in November.

“Siyasat Mein Sadasyata” Authored by Vijay Kumar Choudhary

“The Swachh Bharat Revolution edited by Parameswaran Iyer, Secretary of Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation

Books/ Author (July) 2020

Books Author

“The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World” External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar

The illustrated book - "A Song of India",

‘His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama: An Tenzin Geyche Tethong Illustrated Biography’

‘Mahaveer:The Soldier Who Never Died’ A.K. Srikumar and his wife, Rupa Srikumar

Titled 'Overdraft: Saving the Indian Saver', Former RBI governor Urjit Patel

“The Future of Higher Education” CA V Pattabhi Ram.

Books/ Author (June) 2020

Books Author

“The Future of Higher Education” CA V Pattabhi Ram

Legend of Suheldev: “The King who saved India” Amish Tripathi

Books/ Author (May) 2020

Books Author

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

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

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

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

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

“The Ickabog" "Harry Potter" author JK Rowling

Chapter 20: Important Day and Theme 2020

Important Day (October) Dates Day Theme/Important

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

1st October International Coffee Day 2020

1st October World Vegetarian Day

2nd October Non-Violence Day & Gandhi Jayanti & Jayanti

2nd October World Day For Farmed Animals

4th October World Animal Welfare Day

5th October World Teachers’ Day Theme 2020- “Teachers: Leading in Crisis, Reimagining the Future”.

First of World Habitat Day Theme 2020- Housing for All-A October (October 5) better Urban Future

4 to 10 October: World Space Week Theme 2020: “Satellites improve

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life.”

7th October World Cotton Day

8th October Air Force Day

Second of World Sight Day Theme 2020:Hope on Sight October

9th October World Postal Day or World Post Office Day

10th October World Mental Health Day Theme 2020: 'Mental Health for All: Greater Investment – Greater Access'.

10th October World Migratory Day Theme 2020: “ Connect Our World”

10th October World Day Against the Death Penalty

12th October World Arthritis Day

13th October International Day for Disaster Theme 2020: Disaster risk Reduction governance’

14th October: World Standards Day Theme 2020: "Protecting the planet with standards”

15th October World Students Day 2020 Birth anniversary of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.

15 October International Day of Rural Women Theme 2020: “Building rural women’s resilience in the wake of COVID-19,”

15th October Global Handwashing Day Theme 2020: "Hand Hygiene for All’

16th October World Food Day Theme 2020: “Grow, Nourish, Sustain. Together. Our actions are our future.”

17th October International Poverty Eradication Theme 2020: "Acting together to Day achieve social and environmental justice for all"

20th October World Statistics Day Theme 2020: “Connecting the world with data we can trust.”

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20th October International Chefs Day Theme 2020: 'Healthy Food For the Future'.

21st October Police Commemoration Day

22nd October International Stuttering Awareness Theme 2020": “Journey of Words Day – Resilience and Bouncing Back”.

24th October United Nations Day Theme 2020: ‘The Future We Want, the UN We Need: Reaffirming our Collective Commitment to Multilateralism’.

24th October World Polio Day Theme 2020: “A win against polio is a win for global health.”

24th October World Development Information Day

29th October International Internet Day

31st Oct World Thrift Day

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

September 2020

Date Day Theme/Importance

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

September 2 World Coconut Day

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

September International Day of Charity 5

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Teachers’ Day falls on the birth anniversary of India’s second president Teachers' Day (India) and first Vice President Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.

The very first International Day of Clean September 7 International Day of Clean Air for blue skies Air for blue skies will be held on September 7th, 2020.

September International Literacy Day 8

September International Day to Protect Education from

9 Attack

September 10 World Suicide Prevention Day

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

September 14 National Hindi Diwas

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

International Day of Democracy

Theme 2020: "Ozone for life: 35 years September 16 World Ozone Day of ozone layer protection".

Theme 2020: Health Worker Safety: A September 17 World Patient Safety Day Priority for Patient Safety.

World Day Theme 2020: ‘BAMBOO NOW.’

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

International Equal Pay Day

Theme 2020: "Shaping Peace September 21 International Day of Peace / World Peace Day Together."

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World Alzheimer's Day

World Rose Day September 22 World Rhino Day

September 23 International Day of Sign Languages

Theme 2020: Transforming global World Pharmacist Day health September 25 To mark the birth anniversary of Pandit Antyodaya Diwas Deendayal Upadhyaya.

Last week of Theme 2020: "Sustainable shipping for September on World Maritime Day a sustainable planet" Thursday

World Environmental Health Day Theme 2020: Environmental health, a 26th September key public health intervention in disease pandemic prevention.

This day is celebrated to mark the birth 25th September Nation observes Antyodaya Divas anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya.

Fourth of International Daughters’ Day September

International Day for the Total Elimination of 26th September Nuclear Weapon

29th September World Heart Day

30th September International Translation Day

August 2020

Dates Day Theme/Important

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

1st August National Mountain Climbing Day

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1st August Yorkshire Day

4th August Coast Guard Day

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

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

29th August National Sports Day Birth anniversary of hockey legend Dhyan Chand Singh

29th August International Day against Nuclear Tests

30th August National Small Industry Day

July 2020

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

1st July National Postal Worker Day

July 2 World Sports Journalists Day 2020

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

6th July World zoonoses day 2020

7th July World Chocolate Day

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

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

17th July World Day for International Justice

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

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

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

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

June 2020

Dates Day Theme/Important

1st June World Milk Day 2020 Theme 2020: “20th Anniversary of World Milk Day”

1st June Global Day of Parents 2020 Theme 2020: “Appreciate all parents throughout the world”

2nd June International Sex Workers’ Day 2020

2nd June Telangana Formation Day

3rd June World Bicycle Day 2020

4th June International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

5th June World Environment Day The theme of World Environment 2020 is ‘celebrating biodiversity’

5th June International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing

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

6th June Russian Language Day

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

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

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

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

15th June National Nature Photography Day 16th June International Day Of Family Remittances 2020 17th June World day to combat desertification and 2020 Theme: Food. Feed.Fibre. – drought the links between consumption and land 18th June International Picnic Day 2020 20th June World Refugee Day 2020 Theme 2020: Step with Refugee 21st June World Hydrography Day Theme 2020” Hydrography- Enabling Autonomous Technologies 21st June International Yoga Day 2020 Theme 2020: “Yoga for Health – Yoga at Home”. Third Sunday of June Father’s Day

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

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

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

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

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May, 2020

Dates Day Theme/Important

1st May Labour Day 2020

1st May Maharashtra, Gujarat celebrates state formation day

2nd May International Astronomy Day

First Sunday of May World Laughter Day (3rd May)

3rd May World Press Freedom Day The theme -“Journalism Without Fear or Favour.”

4th May International Firefighters Day 2020

5th May (First World Asthma Day The theme for 2020 is ‘Enough in the month Asthma Deaths’ of May)

5th May International Day of Midwives Theme 2020: ‘Celebrate. Demonstrate. Mobilise. Unite’

5th May World Hand Hygiene Day Theme 2020: “SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands”.

6th May International No Diet Day First Thursday in May World Password Day (7th May) 7th May World Athletics Day 7th May Vesak day Lord Gautham Buddha attained enlightenment. 8th May World Red Cross Day This date is the anniversary of the birth of Jean Henry Dunant

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

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

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

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

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

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

18th May International Museum Day Theme 2020: Museums for Equality: Diversity and Inclusion. 18th May World’s AIDS Vaccine Day 20th May World Bee Day Theme: Engage BEE 20th May World Metrology Day Theme 2020: Measurements for global trade 21st May National Anti Terrorism Day Marks the death anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi.

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

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

23rd May World Turtle Day

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

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

April 2020

Dates Day Theme/Important

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

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

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

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

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

6th April International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

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

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10th April World Homeopathy Day

11th April National Safe Motherhood day

11th April National Pet Day

12th April International Day of Human Space Flight

15th April World Art day

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

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

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

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

19th April World Liver Day 2020

21st April National Civil services day

21st April World Creativity and Innovation Day nd 22 April Earth Day 2020 Theme 2020: ‘Climate Action’. 23rd April World Book and Copyright Day 23rd April English Language Day The day coincides with both birthday and death day of William Shakespeare and World Book Day.

rd 23 April International Girls in ICT day 24th April National panchayati raj day 25th April World Malaria Day Theme 2020:”Zero malaria starts with me.”

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

29th April International Dance Day

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30th April International Jazz Day

March 2020

Dates Day Theme/Important

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

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

Second Thursday of March World Kidney Day 2020 ‘Kidney health for everyone everywhere – from prevention to detection and equitable access to care’ 14th March International Pi Day 15th March World Consumer Rights Day “The Sustainable Consumer” 16th March National Vaccination Day 18th March Ordnance Factories’ Day 18th March Global Recycling Day 2020 #Recycling Heroes 20th March International Day of Happiness ‘Happiness for all’.

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

21st March World Down Syndrome Day We Decide” 21st March International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 22nd March World Water Day Water and Climate Change’ 23rd March Shaheed Diwas 23rd March World Meteorological Day Climate and Water

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24th March World Tuberculosis Day “It’s Time” 27th March World Theatre Day 2020

♦February 2020

Dates Day Theme/Important

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

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

10th February World Pulses Day

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

11th February World Unani Day

12th February National Productivity Day

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

13th February National Women’s Day Sarojini Naidu’s birthday 20th February World Day of Social Justice Theme: “Closing the Inequalities Gap to Achieve Social Justice” 21st February International Mother Language Day Theme 2020: ‘Languages without borders’. 22nd February World Thinking Day Living Threads 24th February Central Excise Day 27th February World NGO Day 27th February National Science Day Theme 2020: “Women in Science” 29th February Rare Disease Day

♦January 2020

Dates Day Theme/Important

1st January Global Family day

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4th January World Braille Day

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

10th January World Hindi Day

12th January National Youth Day Birthday of Swami Vivekananda

Theme: “Channelizing Youth Power for Nation Building”.

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

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

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

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

26th January International Customs Day

30th January World Leprosy Day 2020 30th January Martyrs’ Day Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom day

November

List of Important Days (November)

1-Nov World vegan day

5-Nov World Radiography day

9-Nov World services day

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

16-Nov International day for Endurance

17-Nov World Student day, National Journalism day

18-Nov World Adult day

19-Nov World Citizen day

20-Nov Africa Industrialization Day, Universal children day

21-Nov World Television day, World Fisheries day

25-Nov World Non-veg day

26-Nov Law day

29-Nov International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People

30-Nov Flag day

December

List of Important Days (December)

1-Dec World Aids Day

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

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

4-Dec Navy Day

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5-Dec International volunteer day for economic and social development

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

9-Dec The International day against corruption

10-Dec Human Right Day

11-Dec International Mountain day

14-Dec International Energy day

18-Dec International Migrants day

19-Dec Goa’s liberation day

20-Dec International Human solidarity

23-Dec Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day)

Chapter 21: Obituary

Obituary –October

Persons About Bollywood actress Mishti Mukherjee Veteran social activist Prof Pushpa Bhave Veteran Bollywood actor Vishal Anand Afghanistan Batsman dead road accident Najeeb Tarakai Union minister of consumer affairs, food and public distribution

Kannada music composer Rajan Former India football Carton Chapman Renowned dance Shobha Naidu Legendary Malayalam poet and Jnanpith Mahakavi Akkitham Achuthan laureate Namboothiri First Indian to win the Oscar award. She Bhanu Athaiya won the Best Costume Design Oscar for her

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work in the 1982 film Gandhi

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

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

Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-Hee Legendary actor-turned-politician, 300 Naresh Kanodia Gujarati films, and won the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award in 2012

Former Gujarat Chief Minister

Obituary –September

Persons About Legendary playback singer SP Balasubrahmanyam Former Australia cricketer and renowned Dean Jones commentator Nepal-based Ang Rita Sherpa, the first man to climb Ang Rita Sherpa Mount Everest 10 times

Veteran actor Ashalata Wabgaonkar Kesavananda Bharti, the head seer of Edneer Mutt in Kesavananda Bharati Kerala since 1961

Tamil director Babu Sivan Former RBI governor & Writer Amitabha Ghosh Renowned scholar of Dr. Arya Samaj Leader Swami Agnivesh Former union minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh Veteran playback singer ’s son, Aditya Paudwal music composer

Game of Thrones' & Bond star British Actor Diana Rigg Telugu Popular actor Jaya Prakash Reddy Jaswant Singh passes away Former BJP leader & Union Minister

Renowned scientist and radio astronomer Prof Govind Swarup

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Obituary –August

Persons About Former President Pranab Mukherjee India's first woman cardiologist (''God Mother of Dr S Padmavati Cardiology'') Veteran Assamese Folk Singer Archana Mahanta Hollywood Actor Chadwick Boseman Former Cricketer Gopalaswamy Kasturirangan Legendary classical vocalist Pandit Bollywood Director-actor Nishikant Kamat Former India opener Cricketer Chetan Chauhan Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar Former Arunachal Pradesh Governor R.D. Pradhan Nobel Peace Prize winner John Hume Sahitya Akademi Awardee Famous Tamil writer and Sa Kandasamy documentary filmmaker

Politician (Rajya Sabha member) Amar Singh Malayalam Actor Anil Murali Noted Urdu poet Rahat Indori

Obituary –July

Persons About Bollywood action director Parvez Khan

Veteran Bollywood Actor Kumkum

Two time Oscar winner and actress Olivia de Havilland

Odia actor Bijay Mohanty

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Madhya Pradesh governor Lalji Tandon

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

Indian mathematician C.S. Seshadri

Bollywood director Rajat Mukherjee

Arjuna awardee and ace para-badminton player Ramesh Tikaram

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

Veteran Actor-comedian Jagdeep

Actor and fitness trainer Susheel Gowda

Choreographer Of Iconic Bollywood Numbers Saroj Khan

West Indies cricket legend Everton Weekes

Obituary –June

Persons About The Kerala film industry plunged into sadness when KR Sachidanandan the news came of ailing popular film director and script writer

Awarded the Vir Chakra, 1971 war hero Sqn Ldr Parvez Jamasji Hollywood Director Joel Schumacher Social worker and National Award winner Former cricketer Rajinder Goel 1971 War Hero passed away Of COVID-19 Lt General Raj Mohan Vohra Dronacharya of Kerala hockey' Sreedhar Shenoy World's oldest first class cricketer Vasant Raiji Bollywood Actor Sushant Singh Rajput

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Veteran poet Gulzar Dehlvi actor Chirranjeevi Sarja Chirranjeevi Sarja Former Planning Commission member Dr Vaidyanathan Former India footballer Ilayidath Hamsakkoya Legendary filmmaker Basu Chatterjee Veteran lyricist Anwar Sagar Veteran lyricist Yogesh Music director Wajid Khan

Obituary –May

Persons About Kannada poet KS Nissar Ahmed Historian Hari Vasudevan, best known for his Hari Vasudevan expertise on European and Russian politics and history

Bengali author Sahitya Akademi winner Debesh Roy

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

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

Actress Preksha Mehta committed suicide In Indore Preksha Mehta

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

Chapter 22: Science (Covered April to Oct.)

NASA’s SOFIA Discovers Water on NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Sunlit Surface of Moon Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has

@ambitiousbaba Ambitious Baba Join Group daily_current_affairss ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series confirmed the presence of water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. This Indian-origin girl Vaneeza names NASA’s indicates that water is not only limited to 1st helicopter as ‘Ingenuity’ NASA has developed a new Mars cold shadowed place but could be helicopter and Vaneeza Rupani, a high distributed across the lunar surface. schooler from Northport, Alabama, was bestowed the honour to name it. In a historic About SOFIA: SOFIA is a modified Boeing event, the 17-year-old girl of Indian origin 747SP aircraft. It allows astronomers to Vaneeza has officially named NASA’s first study the solar system and beyond. The Mars helicopter ‘Ingenuity’ and everyone study by SOFIA is different from what is loves it. It will be the first aircraft to attempt studied by the ground-based telescopes. powered flight on another planet. ISRO directs startups to build local tech NISAR Satellite to Be Launched By for Gaganyaan mission 2022 India's space agency Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has directed The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture the startups to develop tools and machines Radar (NISAR) satellite is scheduled to for its maiden human space flight be launched by 2022. This was Gaganyaan-1 mission. ISRO focuses to potentially help them build scheduled after India and the US decided products and solutions that they can to share Space Situational Awareness exploit commercially. The move is Information with each other. expected to open up opportunities for new types of companies to come up in India. This would catalyse efforts in order to Amid lockdown, ISRO has identified a set of create the conditions for a safe and 17 technologies that to develop locally at sustainable space environment. lower costs for use in its Gaganyaan missions. Researchers found a new species fungi ISRO to launch earth observation named "Troglomyces twitteri" satellite EOS-01 on Nov 7 Researchers from the University of Copenhagen's Natural History Museum of India would launch its latest earth Denmark discover new species of parasitic observation satellite EOS-01 and nine fungus via Twitter. The newly discovered international customer spacecraft fungus was named "Troglomyces twitteri", onboard its Polar rocket PSLV-C49 after Twitter. The discovery was made by the biologist and associate professor Ana Sofia from the spaceport of Sriharikota in Reboleira of the National Natural History Andhra Pradesh on November 7. Museum. NASA Renamed Its WFIRST Telescope This is the first launch by the Indian after 'Mother of Hubble' Nancy Grace Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Roman since the COVID-19 induced lockdown NASA has renamed its Wide Field Infrared came into force in March. Survey Telescope (WFIRST), a next- generation space telescope set to launch in EOS-01 is intended for applications in 2025, in honor of Nancy Grace Roman, the agriculture, forestry and disaster US space agency's first chief astronomer, who management support. paved the way for space telescopes focused on the broader universe. The newly named Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope -- or Roman Space Telescope, for short -- will

@ambitiousbaba Ambitious Baba Join Group daily_current_affairss ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series investigate long-standing astronomical Benefit: The Amazonia-1 satellite which mysteries, such as the force behind the PSLV will launch will help in monitoring and universe's expansion, and search for distant observing the deforestation of the Amazon planets beyond our solar system. region. Kathy Sullivan walk in space and reach United Arab Emirates launches 'Hope' ocean's deepest point mission to Mars on Japanese rocket Former NASA astronaut Kathy Sullivan A mission called Hope, the Arab region's became the first woman to reach first attempt to go interplanetary, is on its Challenger Deep, the deepest point in the way to Mars. ocean. Sullivan was also the first American Hope blasted off from Japan's Tanegashima woman to complete a spacewalk over 36 Space Center atop a Mitsubishi Heavy years ago. Now, she's the first human to Industries H-IIA rocket on July 19. The have done both. spacecraft separated from the rocket about Sullivan was a part of a roughly 5-hour an hour after liftoff and was expected to expedition this week that went 10,925 meters deploy its solar panels to power the seven- below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. She month cruise to Mars. was joined by pilot Victor Vescovo of Caladan NASA Astronauts returns safely after Oceanic, a private company dedicated to the successful Demo-2 mission advancement of marine technology. Two US astronauts, Bob Behnken and Russia’s Energia Space Corporation plans Doug Hurley, returned from the to take first tourist on spacewalk in 2023 International Space Station (ISS) on 2 August Energia Space Corporation in Russia 2020. The Crew Dragon was designed and announced on June 25 that it is planning on operated by Space-X. It is being used for this taking the first tourist on a spacewalk in flight test can stay in orbit about 110 days. 2023, under the terms of a new contract Skyroot India’s first private company to with a United States partner. Energia has test upper-stage rocket engine signed a contract with Space Adventures. The Aerospace startup Skyroot Aerospace has contact promises to take two space successfully test fired an upper-stage tourists to the International Space Station rocket engine, becoming the first Indian (ISS) in 2023. private company to demonstrate the NASA’s headquarter building named after capability to build a homegrown rocket ‘Mary W.Jackson’ engine. NASA announced that its headquarters The 3-D printed rocket engine – “Raman”, will be named after one of its history- named after Nobel laureate CV Raman – has making engineers. In a news release, NASA fewer moving parts and weighs less than half Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced of conventional rocket engines with a similar the agency's Washington, D.C., capacity. headquarters building will be named after ISRO signs MoU with VSSUT to set up Mary W. Jackson, its first African American Incubation Centre female engineer. Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO to launch Brazil’s Amazonia-1 (ISRO) and Veer Surendra Sai University of satellite onboard PSLV in August 2020 Technology (VSSUT) has signed a The Indian Space Research Organization Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) to (ISRO) is all set to launch Brazil’s set up the first of its kind innovation cum Amazonia-1 satellite in August 2020 incubation centre, VSSUT Space onboard The Polar Satellite Launch Innovation Centre (VSSSIC) to promote vehicle (PSLV). However, there is no space research. confirmed date yet and the launch will be dependent on ISRO’s schedule.

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Chapter 23- Bank Name & CEO of Bank & Headquarter & Tagline

• Total PSBs: 12 • Total Pvt. Bank: 22 • Total RRBs: 43 • Foreign Banks: 44 • Payment & Small Financial Banks: 16

Public Sector Bank

Bank Name CEO of Bank Headquarter Tagline

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

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

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UCO Bank Atul Kumar Goel Kolkata Honors Your Trust

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

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

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

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

Chapter-24: State Chief Ministers and Governors

S. NO State and U.T. Chief Minister Governor

1 Andhra Pradesh Jagan Reddy Bhushan Harishchandan

2 Andaman & Nicobar U.T Admiral (Retd) Devendra Kumar Joshi (UT)

3 Arunachal Pradesh Shri Pema Khandu Retired Brigadier BD Mishra

4 Assam Shri Sarbananda Sonowal Shri Jagdish Mukhi

5 Bihar Shri Nitish Kumar Phagu Chauhan

6 Chandigarh (UT) U.T Shri V.P. Singh Badnore

7 Chhatisgarh Shri Bhupesh Baghel Anusuiya Uikey

8 Dadra and Nagar U.T Shri Vikram Dev Dutt, IAS (UT)

9 Daman and Diu (UT) U.T Shri Vikram Dev Dutt, IAS

10 Delhi (NCT) Shri Arvind Kejriwal Anil Baijal

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

12 Gujarat Shri Vijaybhai R. Rupani Acharya Dev Vrat

13 Haryana Shri Manohar Lal

14 Himachal Pradesh Shri Jairam Thakur Bandaru Dattarya

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15 Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha (Lt. governor)

16 Jharkhand Hemant Soren Smt. Draupadi Murmu

17 Kerala Shri Pinarayi Vijayan Aarif Muhammad

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

19 Madhya pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan Anandiben Patel

20 Maharashtra Shri uddhav thackeray Bhagat Singh Koshyari

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

22. Jharkhad Shri Raghubar Das Smt. Draupadi Murmu

23 Meghalya Conrad Sangma Satya Pal Malik

24. Mizoram Pu Zoramthanga P.S. Sridharan Pillai

25. Nagaland Shri. Neiphiu Rio R.N Ravi

26. Odisha Shri Naveen Patnaik Shri Ganeshi Lal

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

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

29 Rajasthan Shri Ashok Gehlot Kalraj Mishra

30 Sikkim Prem Singh Tamang Shri Ganga Prasad

31 Tamil Nadu Edappadi K Palaniswami Shri. Barnwarilal Purohit

32. Telangana Shri K Chandrasekhar Rao Tamilisai Soundararajan

33. Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb Ramesh Bais

34 Uttar Pradesh Shri Yogi Aadityanath Anandiben Patel

35 Uttarakhand Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat Baby Rani Maurya

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36 West Bengal Km. Mamata Banerjee Jagdeep Dhankar

37. Karnataka BS Yediyuraapa Vijubhai vala

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

Chapter-25-Cabinet ministers of India with their constituency

SL Name of the Cabinet Ministry Constituency No Minister

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

2 Rajnath Singh Minister of Defence Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)

3 Amit Shah Minister of Home Affairs Gandhi Nagar (Gujarat)

4 Nitin Jairam Gadkari Minister of Road Transport and Nagpur (Maharashtra) Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14 Arjun Munda Minister of Tribal Affairs. Khunti, Jharkhand

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

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

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

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

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

20 Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Minister of Minority Affairs. Rajya Sabha (Jharkhand)

21 Pralhad Joshi Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Dharwad, Karnatka Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines.

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

23 Arvind Ganpat Sawant Minister of Heavy Industries and Mumbai South, Maharashtra Public Enterprise

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

25 Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Minister of Jal Shakti Jodhpur, Rajasthan

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Chapter 26: List of Union Ministry Secretary

▪ New Cabinet Secretary ▪ Rajeev Gauba

▪ New Defence Secretary ▪ Ajay Kumar

▪ New home secretary ▪ Ajay Kumar Bhalla

▪ New Information and Broadcasting ▪ Amit Khare Secretary

▪ New foreign secretary ▪ Harsh Vardhan Shringla

▪ New Expenditure Secretary ▪ T.V. Somanathan

▪ New Power Secretary ▪ "Sanjeev Sahai

▪ New Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj ▪ Sunil Kumar

▪ New Union Law Secretary ▪ Anoop Kumar Mendiratta

▪ New principal secretary to PM ▪ Pramod Kumar Mishra

New Secretary of National Commission for B. Anand Minorities

▪ Secretary of Economic Affairs ▪ Tarun Bajaj

New Secretary of Ministry of Road Transport Shri Giridhar Aramane and Highways (Update 2nd May)

Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi (Update 11 May)

New Secretary to President Kapil Dev Tripathi (Update 19th April)

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Secretary, Department of Chemicals & Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi Petrochemicals (Updated 1st June)

New Private Secretary to Prime Minister Hardik Satishchandra Shah (Updated 30 July)

Part 2: Static GK

Chapter 1: Dams in India

State and Location

Rajasthan • RanapratapSagar Dam(Chambal River), at Rawatbhata • Mahi Bajaj Sagar Dam (Mahi River) at Banswara district

• Bisalpur Dam (Banas River), At Tonk district

• (), at Kurnool district

Andhra Pradesh • Somasila Dam (), at Nellore district • (Krishna River), at Krishna and Guntur

• Tatipudi Reservoir(River Gosthani ), at Tatipudi, Vizianagaram

• Gandipalem Reservoir (River Penner)

• Ramagundam dam (Godavari), in Karimnagar

• Dummaguden Dam (river Godavari)

Telangana • (Krishna river), at Nagarjuna Sagar Nalgonda

• Sri Ram Sagar (River Godavari)

• Nizam Sagar Dam ()

• Dindi Reservoir (River Krishna), at Dindi, Mahabubnagar town

• Lower Manair Dam (Manair River)

• Singur Dam (river Manjira)

Bihar • Kohira Dam (Kohira River), at Kaimur district

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• Nagi Dam (Nagi River), in Jamui District

Chhattisgarh • HasdeoBango Dam (Hasdeo River), at Korba district

Gujarat • SardarSarovar Dam(), at Navagam • Ukai Dam(), at Ukai in Tapi district

• Kadana Dam( Mahi River), at Panchmahal district

• Karjan Reservoir (Karjan river), at Jitgadh village of Nanded Taluka, Dist. Narmada

Himachal Pradesh • Bhakra Dam ( River) in Bilaspur • The Pong Dam ( )

• The Chamera Dam (River Ravi) at Chamba district

J & K • Salal Dam (Chenab River) at Reasi district • Baglihar Dam (Chenab River) at Doda district

Jharkhand • The Maithon Dam (Barakar River) at Dhanbad • Panchet Dam (Damodar River) at Panchet in Dhanbad

• Tenughat Dam (Damodar River) at Bokaro district

Karnataka • Dam at Mandya • () near the town of

• () at border of Bhadravathi and

• (Sharavathi river) at Kargal village of Sagara taluk

• Malaprabha dam () at Belgaum

• Raja Lakhamagouda dam () at

• Hemavathy Dam (river Hemavathy) at Gorur, near the city of Hassan

• () at Uttara Kannada district

• Lakya Dam (river Lakhya)

• (Krishna River) at Bijapur district

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Kerala • Kakki Reservoir (Pamba River) at Pathanamthitta district • The ( River) at Kuravan and Kuravathi

• (Periyar River) at

• Kulamavu Dam (Periyar river) Kulamavu, Idukki District

• (Idamalayar River) At District

Madhya Pradesh • Gandhi Sagar Dam(Chambal River) at Mandsaur District • Tawa Reservoir(Tawa Reservoir) at Hoshangabad District

• Indira Sagar Dam(Narmada River) at Narmada Nagar

Maharashtra • Koyna Dam(Koyna River) at Koyna Nagar • Jayakwadi Dam () at Aurangabad district

• Isapur Dam (Penganga river) at Pusad

• Totladoh dam (Pench river) at Nagpur

• Warna Dam (Warna River) at District

• Bhatsa Dam (Bhatsa river) at Shahapur, district

Odisha • Hirakud Dam (Mahanadi River) at Sambalpur District • Rengali Dam(Brahmani River) at Angul district

• Indravati Dam(Indravati River) at Nabarangpur

• The Jalaput Dam(Machkund River) at boundary between the states of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh

• Mandira dam(Sankh river) at Kansbahal in Sundergarh district

Punjab • The Ranjit Sagar Dam (Ravi River) at Border of two states of India Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab.

Tamil Nadu • Mettur Dam (river Cauvery) at Mettur, Salem District • Solaiyar Dam at district

• Bhavanisagar Dam () at district

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Uttarakhand • Ramganga Dam (Ramganga River) at Pauri Garhwal district • Jamrani Dam(Gola River) at Nainital District

• The Tehri Dam(Bhagirathi River) at Tehri

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

• Matatila Dam (River Betwa) at Lalitpur District

• The Rajghat Dam (Betwa River) at Lalitpur

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

Chapter 2: FOLK DANCE

States/UT Folk Dance

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

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

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Karnataka Yakshagan, huttar, Suggi, Kunitha, Karga, Lambi Gujarat Garba, Dandiya Ras, Tippani Juriun, Bhavai. Punjab Bhagra, Giddha, Daff, Dhaman etc. Rajasthan Ghumar, Chakri, Ganagor, Jhulan Leela, Jhuma, Suisini, Ghapal, Panihari, Ginad etc. Mizoram Khanatm, Pakhupila, Cherokan etc. Jammu & Kashmir Rauf, Hikat, Mandjas, kud Dandi nach, Damali. Tamil Nadu Bharatnatyam, Kumi, Kolattam, Kavadi, Uttar Pradesh Nautanki, Raslila, Kajri, Jhora, Chappeli, Jaita. Bihar Jata-Jatin, Bakho-Bakhain, Panwariya, Sama-Chakwa, Bidesia, Jatra etc. Haryana Jhumar, Phag Dance, Daph, Dhamal, Loor, Gugga, Khor, Gagor etc.

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

State Airport

New Delhi • International (IGI) Airport

Maharashtra • Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaja International Airport (Mumbai) • (Pune)

• Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport (Nagpur)

• Akola Airport (Akola)

• (Aurangabad)

• (Nashik)

• Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj Airport (Kolhapur)

• Gandhinagar Airport (Nashik)

• Solapur Airport (Solapur)

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Karnataka • Kempegowda International Airport (Bengaluru) • Mangalore Airport (Mangaluru)

• (Belgaum)

• (Hubli and Dharwad)

• Airport/ Mandakalli airport (Mysore)

• Jindal Vijaynagar Airport (Toranagallu)

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

• Coimbatore International Airport (Coimbatore)

Gujarat • Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (Ahmedabad, Hansol)

• (Vadodara)

• (Kandla and Anjar)

• (Rajkot)

• (Surat)

Kerala • Cochin International Airport () • Calicut International Airport (Karipur)

• Trivandrum International Airport (Trivandrum, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari and )

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

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

Madhya Pradesh • Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia Air Terminal (Maharajpur Air Force Station Gwalior)

• Dumna Airport ()

• The (Chhattarpur district)

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• Khandwa Airport (Khandwa)

• (Bhopal)

Jharkhand • (Ranchi) • Dhanbad Airport (Dhanbad)

• Sonari Airport (in )

• Atal Bihari Vajpayee Airport (at Deoghar)

Himachal Pradesh • Kangra Airport (Gaggal near Kangra) • Airport (Shimla)

• Kullu–Manali Airport (Bhuntar)

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

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

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

Andhra Pradesh • (Visakhapatnam) • Airport

• Kadapa (Cuddapah) Airport (Kadapa)

Assam • Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport () • (Dibrugarh)

• (Dhubri town)

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

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

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

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

Goa • Goa International Airport also known as the (at )

Telangana • Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (Hyderabad)

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

Uttrakhand • Atal Bihari Vajpayee Airport (at Dehradun)

Chapter 4: International borders / Boundary lines

Borders/Boundary Lines Between two Countries

Durand Line Afghanistan & Pakistan

Hindenburg Line Germany & .

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

Mannerheim Line Russia-Finland border.

Macmahon Line India & China

Medicine Line Canada & the United States

Order-neisse Line Poland & Germany

Radcliffe Line India & Pakistan.

Siegfried Line Germany on its border with France.

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17th Parallel North Vietnam & South Vietnam

26th Parallel south Africa, Australia &

30TH PARALLEL Equator & the North Pole

38th Parallel Separates North Korea&South Korea.

42nd Parallel north New York – Pennsylania Border.

49th Parallel USA&Canada

Chapter 5: International Organizations & Headquarter

Headquarter International Organizations (Establishment)

New York, US • United Nations Organization (UN), 24 October 1945 • United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 11 December 1946 • United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA), 1969 Geneva, Switzerland • United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD), 30 December 1964

• World Health Organization (WHO), 7 April 1948

• World Economic Forum, January 1971

• International Labour Organisation (ILO), 29 October 1919

• World Trade Organisation, 1 January 1995

• World Meteorological Organisation, 23 March 1950

• World Intellectual Property Organisation, 14 July 1967

• International Committee of the Red Cross, 17 February 1863

Paris, France • United Nations Education Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), 16 November 1945

• Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD), 30 September 1961

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Vienna, Austria • United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), 17 November 1966

• International Atomic Agency, 29 July 1957

• Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC),September 1960

London, UK • Amnesty International, July 1961 • International Maritime Organisation, 17 March 1948

• Commonwealth of Nations, 11 December 1931

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lausanne, Switzerland • International Olympic Committee, 23 June 1894

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

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

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

Chapter 6: List of Lake

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

▪ Kankaria Lake ▪ Lakhota Lake ▪ Sursagar Lake ▪ Thol Lake ▪ Vastrapur Lake ▪ Himachal Pradesh ▪ Brighu Lake ▪ Dashair and ▪ Kareri and Kumarwah lake ▪ ▪ Macchial Lake ▪ ▪ ▪ Pandoh Lake ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Seruvalsar and Manimahesh Lake ▪ Haryana ▪ ▪ Beauty lake ▪ ▪ ▪ Current lake ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪

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▪ Jammu and Kashmir ▪ ▪ Manasbal Lake ▪ Mansar Lake ▪ ▪ Sheshnag Lake ▪ ▪ Wular Lake ▪ Karnataka ▪ Agara Lake ▪ Bellandur Lake ▪ Byrasandra Lake ▪ ▪ Kempambudhi Lake ▪ Lalbagh Lake ▪ Madiwala Lake ▪ Puttenahalli Lake ▪ Sankey Lake ▪ Ulsoor Lake ▪ Dalavai Lake ▪ Devanoor Lake ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Honnamana Kere ▪ ▪ Kerala ▪ Ashtamudi Lake ▪ Kuttanad Lake ▪ Maanaanchira, Kozhikode ▪ Manakody Kayal ▪ Padinjarechira, Thrissur city ▪ Paravur Kayal ▪ Punnamada Lake ▪ Shasthamkotta lake ▪ Vadakkechira, Thrissur city ▪ Vanchikulam, Thrissur ▪ Vellayani Lake ▪ Vembanad Lake ▪ Madhya Pradesh ▪ Bhoj Wetland ▪ Lower Lake ▪ Moti lake ▪ Sarang pani lake ▪ Shahpura lake ▪ Tawa Reservoir ▪ Upper Lake ▪ Maharashtra ▪ Gorewada Lake ▪ Khindsi Lake ▪ Lonar Lake ▪ Mehrun Lake ▪ Pashan Lake

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▪ Powai Lake ▪ Rankala Lake ▪ Salim Ali Lake ▪ Shivasagar lake ▪ Talao Pali ▪ Upvan Lake ▪ Venna Lake ▪ Meghalaya ▪ Umiam Lake ▪ Manipur ▪ Loktak Lake ▪ Mizoram ▪ Palak dïl ▪ ▪ Odisha ▪ Anshupa Lake ▪ ▪ Kanjia lake ▪ Punjab ▪ Harike Lake ▪ Kanjli Lake ▪ Ropar Lake ▪ Rajasthan ▪ Ana Sagar Lake ▪ Balsamand lake ▪ Dhebar Lake ▪ Jaisamand Lake

▪ Jal Mahal, Man Sagar lake ▪ Kaylana Lake ▪ Nakki Lake ▪ ▪ Rajsamand Lake ▪ Ramgarh Lake ▪ Talwara Lake ▪ Sambhar Salt Lake ▪ Fateh Sagar Lake ▪ Rangsagar lake ▪ Uday sagar Lake ▪ Sikkim ▪ ▪ Khecheopalri Lake ▪ Lake Tsongmo ▪ Lake Cholamu ▪ Telangana ▪ Alwal Cheruvu Lake ▪ Durgam Cheruvu (Secret Lake) ▪ Himayat Sagar ▪ Hussain Sagar ▪ Osman Sagar ▪ Safilguda Lake ▪ Saroornagar Lake ▪ Shamirpet Lake ▪ Tamil Nadu ▪ ▪ Chembarambakkam Lake

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▪ Kaliveli Lake ▪ Kaveripakkam Lake ▪ Lake ▪ Ooty Lake ▪ Perumal Eri ▪ Red Hills Lake ▪ Sholavaram Lake ▪ ▪ Veeranam Lake ▪ Uttar Pradesh ▪ Amakhera Lake ▪ Barua Sagar Tal ▪ Belasagar Lake ▪ Bhadi Tal ▪ Chando Tal Lake ▪ Keetham Lake ▪ Nachan Tal ▪ Ramgarh Tal Lake ▪ Sheikha Jheel ▪ Uttarakhand ▪ Skeleton Lake (Roopkund Lake) ▪ Bhimtal Lake ▪ Dodital ▪ Nainital Lake ▪ Naukuchiatal ▪ Sat Tal ▪ West Bengal ▪ Debar Lake ▪ East Calcutta Wetlands ▪ Jore Pokhri ▪ Mirik Lake ▪ ▪ Rasikbil ▪ Santragachhi Lake ▪ Senchal Lake

Chapter 7: List of Important Indian Cities on Rivers banks: River wise

Ganges Baranagar (West Bengal), Haridwar (Uttarakhand), Kanpur (UP), Patna (Bihar), Varanasi (UP), Mirzapur (UP), Farrukhabad (UP), Fatehgarh (UP),Kannauj (UP), Shuklaganj (UP), Chakeri (UP), Munger (Bihar), Allahabad (UP)

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

Saraswati Patan (Gujarat), Allahabad (UP)

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

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

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

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

Rushikulya Brahmapur (Odisha), Chhatrapur (Odisha)

Brahmaputra Dibrugarh (Assam), Guwahati (Assam)

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

Narmada Jabalpur (MP), Bharuch (Gujarat)

Chambal Kota (Rajasthan), Gwalior (MP)

Gomti Jaunpur (UP), Lucknow (UP)

Sabarmati Ahmedabad (Gujarat)

Sarayu Ayodhya (UP)

Alaknanda Badrinath (Uttarakhand)

Banas Deesa (Gujarat)

Sutlej Ferozpur (Punjab)

Musi Hyderabad (Telangana)

Tawi Jammu Tapi Surat (Gujarat)

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

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

Chapter 8: List of National Parks of India

State National Parks

Andhra Pradesh • at East Godavari and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh and Khammam district of Telangana.

• Sri Venkateswara National Park at Chittoor and Cuddapah districts

Telanagana • Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park in Jubilee Hills in Hyderabad, Telangana

• Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park at Vanasthalipuram

• at Hyderabad district

Arunachal Pradesh • at Changlang district • at Jengging, East Siang

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Assam • Dibru-Saikhowa National Park at Tinsukia district • at and Nagaon districts

• or Manas Wildlife Sanctuary at Dist Baksa

• at Sonitpur district

• The at Darrang and Sonitpur districts

Bihar • at West Champaran

Chhattisgarh • Indravati National Prak at Bijapur district • Kanger valley at Bastar district

• Guru Ghasi das (sanjay) at

Goa • Bhagwan Mahavir (Mollem) at Panaji district

Gujarat • Blackbuck (Velavadar) National Park at Bhavnagar district • Gir Forest National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary at Talala Gir

• Marine National Park at Jamnagar district

• at Navsari district

Haryana • at nagar district • at district

Himachal Pradesh • at Lahaul and Spiti district • The Great Himalayan National Park at Kullu District

• Inderkilla National Park at Kullu District

• Khirganga National Park at Kullu District

• at Sirmour District

Jammu And Kashmir/ • at Srinagar District Ladakh • at Ladakh region

• at Kishtwar district

• at Srinagar district

Jharkhand • at Latehar District

Karnataka • at Mysore & Chamarajanagar districts • Bannerghatta National Park at Bangalore district

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• National Park at Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and districts

• Nagarahole National Park at Kodagu and Mysore districts

• Anshi National Park at Uttara Kannada district

Kerala • at Idukki district • Mathikettan National Park at Idukki district

• at Idukki & Quilon districts

• Silent Valley National Park at Palakkad district

• Shola National Park at Idukki district

• Pambadum Shola National Park at Idukki district

Madhya Pradesh • Bandhavgarh National Park at Bandhavgarh, Tala • at Mandla

• at Shivpuri district

• Mandla Plant Fossils National Park at Mandla district

• at Panna & Chattarpur district

• at Seoni and Chhindwara districts

• at Koriya, and Singrauli districts

• Satpura National Park at Hoshangabad district

• at Bhopal district

Maharashtra • at Sangli, Satara, Kolhapur, and Ratnagiri districts

• at Amravati district

• at Bhandara (Gondia) district

• Sanjay Gandhi (Borivilli) National Park at Thane & Mumbai districts

• Tadoba National Park at Chandrapur district

• Pench National Park across two states - Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra

Manipur • Keibul Lamjao National Park at Bishnupur district

Meghalaya • Balpakram National Park near at Garo Hills

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• at East Garo Hills district

Mizoram • at district • Blue Mountain National Park at district

Nagaland • Intanki National Park at Peren district

Odisha • Bhitarkanika National Park at Kendrapara district • at Mayurbhanj district

Rajasthan • at Alwar district • Ranthambore National Park at Sawai Madhopur district

• Mukundra Hills National Park at Kota

• at Jaisalmer district

• Keoladeo Ghana National Park at Bharatpur district

Sikkim • Khangchendzonga National Park at North Sikkim district

Tamil Nadu • at • at Nilgiris district

• Indira Gandhi (Anamalai) National Park at

• at Chennai district

• Marine National Park at Ramanathpuram & Tuticorin districts

Tripura • Rajbari National Park • Clouded National Park at the West Tripura district

UttarPradesh • at Lakhimpur-Kheri district

Uttarakhand • at Uttarkashi district • GovindPashuVihar National Park at Uttarkashi district

• Jim Corbett National Park at Nainital district

• The at peak of Nanda Devi

• at Dehradun, Pauri Garhwal

• Valley of Flowers National Park at the Chamoli district

West Bengal • at Jalpaiguri district

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• Buxa National Park at Jalpaiguri district

• Neora Valley National Park at district

• at Darjeeling district

• at District

• at North & South 24-Paraganas district

Andaman And Nicobar • Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park at South Andaman administrative district

• Middle Button Island National Park at Andaman district

• Mount Harriet National Park at Andaman district

• North Button Island National Park at Andaman district

• Rani Jhansi Marine National Park at Andaman district

• Saddle Peak National Park at Andaman district

• South Button Island National Park at Andaman district

• Campbell Bay National Park at Nicobar district of Andaman

• at Nicobar district of Andaman

Chapter 9: Nuclear Power Plants in India

Uttar Pradesh • Narora Atomic Power Station (NAPS Narora, Bulandshahar District

Gujarat • Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (city of Vyara)

Karnataka • Kaiga Generating Station (Uttar Kannada district)

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

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

Haryana • The Gorakhpur Nuclear Power Plant ()

Andhra Pradesh • Kovvada Atomic Power Project

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

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Rajasthan • Banswara Thermal Power Station

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

Chapter 10: Thermal Power Plants in India

Uttar Pradesh • Singrauli Super Thermal Power Plant (Shaktinagar in Sonebhadra district), The power plant is the first power plant of NTPC

• National Capital Power Station (NCPS) Or NTPC Dadri (Dadri, G.Noida)

• Rihand Super Thermal Power Project (at Renukut, Sonebhadra in Sonbhadra district)

• Anpara Thermal Power Station (Anpara in Sonbhadra district)

• Obra Thermal Power Project (Kanpur district)

• Rosa Power Plant (at Rosa village in Shahjahanpur)

• Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Plant (Unchahar in district)

Telangana • NTPC Ramagundam (at Ramagundam in Peddapalli district)

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

• Hirakud Power Plant (Sambalpur district)

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

• The NSPCL Bhilai Power Plant (at Bhilai in Durg district)

Madhya Pradesh • The Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station () • Satpura Thermal Power Plant (Betul district)

• Sanjay Gandhi Thermal Power Plant (Umaria district)

• Shree Singaji Super Thermal Power Project (Khandwa District)

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• Amarkantak Thermal Power Plant (Anuppur district)

West Bengal • Farakka Super Thermal Power Plant (at Nabarun in Murshidabad district)

• Durgapur Steel Thermal Power Station (Bardhaman district)

Gujarat • Mundra Thermal Power Station or Mundra Thermal Power Project (at Mundra in Kutch district)

• Sikka Thermal Power Station (Jamnagar)

• Wanakbori Thermal Power Station (in Kheda district)

• Ukai Thermal Power Station (located on the bank of the Tapi river.

• Gandhinagar Thermal Power Station (bank of Sabarmati river near Gandhinagar)

• Hirakud Power Plant (Hirakud in Sambalpur district)

Maharashtra • Tiroda Thermal Power Station (at Tirora in Gondia district) • Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station (in Chandrapur district)

• Kaparkheda Thermal Power Station (Nagpur district)

• RattanIndia Amravati Thermal Power Project (Amravati district)

Bihar • Barauni Thermal Power Station (at Begusarai district)

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

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

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

• Kalisindh Thermal Power Station (Jhalawar district)

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

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

Chapter 11: Solar Power Plant in India

Gujarat • Charanka Solar Park (Patan district)

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

Maharashtra • Mahagenco plans 125 MW solar power project (Malkhed village in Yavatmal district)

• Tata Power Solar (in Rajgarh)

• Photovoltaic solar energy project (Shivajinagar in Sakri taluka of district)

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

Rajashtan • Welspun Energy 50MW Rajasthan Solar Project (Phalodhi, distt. Jodhpur)

• The Dhirubhai Ambani Solar Park (Pokhran in the Jaisalmer district)

• Bhadla Solar Park (Bhadla, Phalodi tehsil, Jodhpur district)

Gujarat • Bitta Solar Power Plant (Bitta village) •

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

Tamil Nadu • Kamuthi Solar Power Project

Kerala • Floating Solar Power Plant (Wayanad)

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

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Chapter 12: List of Ports in India: State Wise

State Ports

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

Odisha • Paradip Port (Jagatsinghpur District)

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

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

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

• Ennore Port (Chennai)

West Bengal • Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (Kolkata)

Karnataka • New Mangalore Port (Mangalore)

Kerala • Cochin Port (Kochi)

Goa • Mormugao port

Chapter 13: List of River a Cross State

Name of Rivers A cross States Length Begin From Ends in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, 2,525 Ganga Jharkhand, West Bengal K.M. Gangothri Uttarakhand,Himachal Pradesh,Uttar 1,376 Yamuna Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi K.M. Garhwall in Yamunotri Bay of Bengal 2,900 Brahmaputra Assam, Arunachal, K.M. Bay of Bengal Mahanadi Chhattisgarh, Odisha 858 K.M. Amarkantak Plateau Bay of Bengal Maharashtra, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, 1,465 Godavari Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry K.M. Nasik Hills Bay of Bengal Krishna Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, 1,400 Near Bay of Bengal

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Andhra Pradesh K.M. in Maharashtra 1,315 Amarkantak hill in Narmada Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat K.M. Madhya Pradesh Arabian sea Tapti Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat 724 K.M. Bettul Arabian sea Gomti Uttarpradesh, Gujarat, 900 K.M. Gomat Taal Saidpur,Ghazipur Shigatse Prefecture, Janakpur, Koshi Sagarmatha, Koshi, Mechi Zones, Bihar 720 K.M. Ganga Ganga Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Gandaki Jharkhand, Bihar 630 K.M. Nepal Ganga Betwa Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh 590 K.M. Vindhya Range Rajghat Dam Madhya pradesh,Uttar Pradesh, Son Jharkhand,Bihar 784 K.M. Ganga Yamuna 1,500 Sutlej Himachal Pradesh, Punjab K.M. Mount Kailash Ropar Ravi Himachal Pradesh, Punjab 720 K.M. Himachal Pradesh Chenab Beas Himachal Pradesh, Punjab 470 K.M. Sutlej Mandi Plain Jammu and Chenab Himachal Pradesh, Punjab 960 K.M. Panjnad Kashmir Jehlam Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, 725 K.M. Pir Panjal Range Chenab Hills of Coorg, Karnataka, Tamilnadu, 765 K.M. Karnataka Bay of Bengal Shivalik Hills, Himachal Ghaggar Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan 1080 K.M Pradesh Indus Hugli (Hooghly) West Bengal, Kolkata 260 K.M Ganga Bay of Bengal; Chota Nagpur Damodar Jharkhand, Bengal 592 K.M Hoogly River, Howrah plateau. Gilgit-Baltistan, Jammu and Kashmir Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh In Tibet Kalish Range Indus Tibet 3180 K.M 5080 mts. Arabian sea Tungabhadra Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh,Telangana 531 K.M Krishna Krishna Gulf of Khambhat , Mahi Madhya Pradesh, Vindhyas 580 K.M Arabian Sea Sevalia Bhagirathi Uttarakhand, 205 K.M Ganga Ganga Sabarmati , 371 K.M Dhebar Lake Gujarat Alaknanda Uttarakhand 190 K.M Ganga Nanda Devi Sikkim, India, West Bengal, Teesta India,Rangpur, Bangladesh 309 K.M Brahmaputra Rangeet River. Indravati Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra 535 K.M Kalahandi Godavari

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Bhima Maharashtra, Karnataka,Telangana 861 K.M Krishna River Pandharpur Subarnarek Jharkhand, Odisha,West Bengal 395 K.M Bay of Bengal Bay of Bengal Konya Maharashtra 130 K.M Krishna Rive Maharashtra Ramganga Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh 596 K.M Ganga Ramganga Dam Peena Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka 597 K.M Nandi Hills Bay of Bengal Brahmani Odisha 480 Bay of Bengal Ganga Periyar Kerala, Tamil Nadu 244 K.M Cardaman Hills Bay of Bengal Lakshadweep Sea, Mahanada West Bengal, Bihar 360 K.M Vembanad Lake Bay of Bengal Benas Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh 512 K.M Rohtang Pass Chambal Vaigai Tamil Nadu, 258 K.M Periyar Plateau Bay of Bengal Sharda Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh 350 K.M Ganga Ghaghra River

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

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Chapter 14: Stadiums in India

Maharashtra • The Wankhede Stadium (Cricket stadium, Mumbai) • The Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium or Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium (Cricket stadium, Pune)

• The DY Patil Sports Stadium (Cricket/football stadium, Mumbai)

• The Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium (Cricket stadium, Nagpur)

• Nehru Stadium (Multi-purpose stadium in Pune)

• The Brabourne Stadium (Cricket stadium, Mumbai)

• Mahindra Hockey Stadium (Hockey stadium at Mumbai)

• The Dadaji Kondadev Stadium called SR Bhosle Krida Sankul Stadium (Thane)

Himachal Pradesh • Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium (cricket stadium, Dharamshala)

Delhi • The Ground (Cricket stadium) • Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (National stadium of India)

• The Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium (Hockey stadium)

Tamil Nadu • M. A. Chidambaram Stadium or Chepauk Stadium (cricket stadium in Chennai)

West Bengal • (cricket ground, Kolkata)

Jharkhand • Jharkhand States Cricket Association International Cricket Stadium, (Also known as JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi)

• Keenan Stadium (Cricket and football, Jamshedpur)

• Birsa Munda Athletics Stadium (football, Ranchi)

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Gujarat • Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Also known as the Khandheri Cricket Stadium( Cricket stadium in Rajkot)

• Reliance Stadium or Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd Sports Complex Ground (Cricket stadium, Vadodara)

• Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground (Municipal Ground or Racecourse Ground Corporation Ground, Rajkot)

• Motera stadium, also known as Sardar Patel stadium is now the world's largest cricket stadiumand the second largest sports stadium (Ahmedabad)

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

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

Andhra Pradesh • Visakhapatnam ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium (Cricket stadium,Visakhapatnam)

• Indira Gandhi Stadium (Cricket ,Vijayawada)

• Indira Priyadarsini Stadium (Cricket stadium,Visakhapatnam)

Rajasthan • Barkatullah Khan Stadium (Cricket ,Jodhpur) • The Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Cricket ,Jaipur)

• Fort Maidan (a multi-purpose stadium, Kota)

Kerala • Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium (Cricket/football stadium, Kochi)

• Kerala University Stadium (Football and also for athletics, )

Goa • The , officially known as the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium.

Jammu & Kashmir • The (Cricket ,Jammu)

Haryana • The Nahar Singh Stadium (Cricket ,Faridabad)

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Punjab • The Gandhi Stadium (Cricket, Amritsar) • (Football stadium in )

Odisha • The iconic (Indian sports stadium, Cuttack) • Dilip Tirkey Stadium (Hockey stadium, Rourkela)

• The (Multi-purpose stadium, Bhubaneswar)

Karnataka • The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (Cricket, Bengaluru)

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

Chapter 15: Famous Temple in India: State wise

State Temple and Location

Tamil Nadu • Meenakshi Temple at Madurai • Ramanathaswamy Temple at Rameshwaram

• Ranganathaswamy Temple at Tiruchirapalli

• Brihadeshwara Temple at Thanjavur

• Suchindram Temple at Kanyakumari

• Airavateswara Temple at Darasuram

• Nataraja Temple at Chidambaram

• Kanchipuram Temples at Kanchipuram

Karnataka • Virupaksha Temple at • Vitthala Temple at Hampi

• Gomateshwara Temple at Shravanbela Gola (Rural)

Andhra Pradesh • Lord Venkateswara Temple at Thirumala

Gujarat • Somnath Temple at Saurashtra • Dwarakadhish Temple at Dwarka

Uttar Pradesh • KashiVishwanath at Varanasi

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

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

Uttarakhand • Badrinath Temple • Yamunotri Temple at Uttarkashi

• Gangotri Temple at Uttarkashi

• Kedarnath Temple at Garhwal area

Odisha • Jagannath Temple at Puri • Lingaraja Temple at Bhubaneswar

• Konark Sun Temple at Konark

Punjab • Golden Temple at Amritsar

Rajasthan • Ranakpur Jain Temple at Pali

Madhya Pradesh • SanchiStupa at Raisen • Khajuraho Temple at Khajuraho

Kerala • Padmanabaswamy Temple at Thiruvananthapuram

Bihar • Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya

Assam • Kamakhya Temple at Guwahati

Chapter 16: List of Tiger Reserve in India: State-Wise

State Reserve

Uttarakhand • Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve • Rajaji National Park

Uttar Pradesh • • Tiger Reserve

Telangana • Kawal Tiger Reserve • Nagarjunsagar

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• Srisailam Tiger Reserve

Madhya Pradesh • Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve •

• Kanha Tiger Reserve

• Panna Tiger Reserve

•

• Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve

Tamil Nadu • • Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve

• Mudumalai Tiger Reserve

• Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve

West Bengal • • Sunderbans Tiger Reserve

Rajasthan • Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve • Ranthambore Tiger Reserve

• Sariska Tiger Reserve

Odisha • • Simlipal Tiger Reserve

Mizoram •

Kerala • Periyar Tiger Reserve • Parambikulam Tiger Reserve

Karnataka • Bandipur Tiger Reserve • Nagarhole Tiger Reserve

• Bhadra Tiger Reserve

• Anshi Dandeli Tiger Reserve

Jharkhand •

Chhattisgarh • Indravati Tiger Reserves • Udanti & Sitanadi Tiger Reserve

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• Achanakmar Tiger Reserve

Bihar • Valmiki National Park

Maharashtra • Tiger Reserve • Pench Tiger Reserve

• Tadoba Andhari Tiger Project

• Sahyadri Tiger reserve

• Nagzira-Navegaon Tiger Reserve

• Bor Tiger Reserve

Assam • Kaziranga Tiger Reserve • Manas Tiger Reserve

• Nameri Tiger Reserve

• Orang Tiger Reserve

Andhra Pradesh • Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve

Arunachal Pradesh • Namdapha Tiger Reserve • Pakhui Tiger Reserve

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

Sports Trophies

Hockey • Aga Khan Cup • All India Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold Cup • • Mumbai Gold Cup • Chakola Gold Trophy • Dhyan Chand Trophy • Gurmit Trophy • Jawaharlal

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• Kuppuswamy Naiduu Trophy • Lady Ratan Tata Trophy (Women) • Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold Cup • MCC Trophy • Murugappa Gold Cup • Nehru Trophy • Obaidullah Gold Cup • Rangaswami Cup • Rene Frank Trophy • Scindia Gold Cup • Settu Cup • Trophy • Surjeet Singh Cup • Tommy Emar Gold Cup (Women) Cricket • Coach Bihar Trophy • • Duleep Trophy • Irani Cup • Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup • Rani Jhansi Trophy • Ranii Trophy • Viiay Merchant Trophy • Vizzy Trophy • Wills Cup Football • Ashutosh Trophy • Begum Hazrat Mahal Trophy • Chakola Gold Trophy • DCM Trophy • Dr B.C. Roy Trophy • • F.A. Cup • G.V. Raja Memorial Trophy • I.F.A. Shield

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• Mis lqbal Hussain Trophy • Nagjee Trophy • Nizam Gold Cup • Raghbir Singh Memorial Cup • • Saniay Gold Cup • • Sir Krishna Gold Cup • Stafford Cup • Subroto Mukerji Cup • Todd Memorial Trophy • Vittal Trophy Badminton • Amrit Diwan Cup • Hiralal Cup • Vikas Topiwala Challenge Cup • Yonex Cup Basketball • Bangalore Blues Challenge Cup Polo • EZAR Cup • Prithi Singh Cup • Radha Mohan Cup • Winchester Cup Rowing • Wellington Trophy Weightlifting • Burdwan Trophy Tennis • Dr. Rajindra Prasad Cup Table Tennis • Ramanujan Trophy • Rajkumari Challenge Cup • Jayalakshmi Cup

Chapter 18: Capital & Currency

List of Countries having Rupee/Rupiah as their Currency

Country Capital Currency

India New Delhi Rupee

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Indonesia Jakarta (Old), Island of Borneo Rupiah

(New)

Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese Rupee

Sri Lanka Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte Sri Lankan Rupee

Seychelles Victoria Seychellois Rupee

Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani Rupee

Maldives Male Maldivian Rufiyaa

Mauritius Port Louis Mauritian Rupee

List of Countries having Dinar/Dirham as their Currency

Country Capital Currency

Algeria Algiers Algerian Dinar

Bahrain Manama Bahraini Dinar

Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Dinar

Jordan Amman Jordanian Dinar

Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti Dinar

Libya Tripoli Libyan Dinar

Macedonia Skopje

Serbia Belgrade Serbian Dinar

Tunisia Tunis Tunisian Dinar

UAE Abu Dhabi UAE Dirham

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List of Countries having Euro as their Currency

Country Capital Country Capital

Andorra Andorra la Vella Riga

Austria Vienna Luxembourg Luxembourg

Belgium Brussels Valletta

Cyprus Nicosia Monaco

Estonia Tallinn Podgorica

Finland Helsinki Netherlands Amsterdam

France Paris Portugal Lisbon

Germany Berlin San Marino

Greece Athens Bratislava

Ireland Dublin Ljubljana

Italy Rome Spain Madrid

Lithuania Vilnius Vatican City Vatican City

List of Countries having Dollar as their Currency

Country Capital Currency

Antigua and Barbuda Saint John’s Eastern Caribbean Dollar

Australia Canberra Australian Dollar

Bahamas Nassau Bahamian Dollar

Barbados Bridgetown Barbadian Dollar

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Belize Belmopan Dollar

Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei Dollar

Bermuda Hamilton Bermudian Dollar

Canada Ottawa Canadian Dollar

Dominica Roseau Eastern Caribbean Dollar

Fiji Suva Fijian Dollar

Grenada Saint George’s Eastern Caribbean Dollar

Guyana Georgetown Guyanese Dollar

Jamaica Kingston Jamaican dollar

Kiribati Tarawa dollar

Liberia Monrovia Liberian dollar

Namibia Windhoek Namibian Dollar

Nauru Yaren District Australian Dollar

New Zealand Wellington New Zealand Dollar

Palau Ngerulmud United States Dollar

Panama City United States Dollar

Singapore Singapore Singapore Dollar

Taiwan Taipei New Taiwan Dollar

Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago Dollar

Tuvalu Funafuti Australian dollar, Tuvaluan dollar

United States Washington, D.C. United States Dollar

Zimbabwe Harare Zimbabwe Dollar

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Countries having Peso as their Currency

Country Capital Currency

Argentina Buenos Aires Argentine peso

Chile Santiago Chilean peso

Colombia Bogotá Colombian peso

Cuba Havana Cuban convertible peso

Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Dominican peso

Mexico Mexico City Mexican peso

Philippines Manila Philippine peso

Uruguay Montevideo Uruguayan peso

Countries having Rial/Riyal as their Currency

Country Capital Currency

Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel

Iran Tehran Rial (New currency – Toman)

Oman Muscat Rial

Qatar Doha Riyal

Saudi Arabia Riyadh Saudi Riyal

Countries having Pound as their Currency

Country Capital Currency

United Kingdom Landon Pound sterling

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Egypt Cairo Egyptian pound

Lebanon Beirut Lebanese pound

South Sudan Juba South Sudanese pound

Sudan Khartoum Sudanese pound

Syria Damascus Syrian pound

Countries having Currency same as their Country name

Country Capital Currency

Afghanistan Kabul Afghan Afghani

Bangladesh Dhaka Bangladeshi taka

Georgia Tbilisi Georgian lari

Israel Jerusalem Israeli new shekel

Japan Tokyo Japanese yen

Kazakhstan Nursultan (New) Kazakhstani Tenge

Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Kyrgyzstani Som

Laos Vientiane Lao kip

Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Malaysian ringgit

Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Mongolian Togrog

Myanmar (Burma) Naypyidaw Burmese kyat

North Korea Pyongyang North Korean won

South Korea Seoul South Korean won

Tajikistan Dushanbe Tajikistani Somoni

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Turkey Ankara Turkish lira

Turkmenistan Ashgabat Turkmenistan Manat

Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistani Som

Nicaragua Nicaraguan Cordoba

Bolivia Sucre La Paz Bolivian boliviano

Paraguay Asunción Paraguayan Guarani

Venezuela Caracas Venezuelan bolivar

Albania Tirana Albanian Lek

Belarus Minsk Belarusian Ruble

Bulgaria Sofia Bulgarian lev

Croatia Zagreb Croatian Kuna

Czech Republic Prague Czech koruna

Denmark Copenhagen Danish krone

Hungary Budapest Hungarian forint

Iceland Reykjavik Icelandic krona

Norway Oslo Norwegian krone

Poland Warsaw Polish zloty

Romania Bucharest Romanian Leu

Russia Moscow Russian Ruble

Sierra Leone Freetown Sierra Leonean Leone

Rwanda Kigali Rwandan Franc

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Madagascar Antananarivo Malagasy Ariary

Kenya Nairobi Kenyan shilling

Ghana Accra Ghanaian cedi

Gambia Banjul Gambian dalasi

Ethiopia Addis Ababa Ethiopian birr

Angola Luanda Angolan kwanza

Countries having Different Currencies

Country Capital Currency

China Beijing Renminbi

Peru Lima Sol

Mozambique Maputo Metical

Mali Bamako West African CFA franc

Bhutan Thimphu Bhutanese ngultrum

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