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The advances Electric Vehicles) India Scheme. will be provided for a period of 5 years. ADB approves USD 570 million loans for Prakash Javadekar represents India at urban projects in Rajasthan and Madhya Ministerial Roundtable Dialogue on Pradesh: Biodiversity Beyond 2020: The Manila-headquartered Asian Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Development Bank (ADB) has approved two Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar loans totalling USD 570 million (about Rs 4, represented India at the virtual Ministerial 200 crore) for urban sector projects in Round Table Dialogue on Biodiversity. Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. The event was hosted by China, ahead of the ADB has approved a USD 300 million loan upcoming United Nation Summit on to develop Rajasthan's secondary towns and Biodiversity on 30 September 2020. a USD 270 million loan for Madhya Pradesh The theme of the Ministerial Dialogue was Urban Services Improvement Project. Biodiversity Beyond 2020: “Building a AYUSH Ministry inks MoU with herbal Shared Future for All Life on Earth” industry bodies for plants cultivation: India's one of the first medical devices National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), park to come up in Kerala: Ministry of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga & Central government approved the setting up Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and four medical device parks in Andhra Homoeopathy) signed a Memorandum of Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Understanding (MoU) with the major AYUSH Kerala on the lines of “Make in India” and herbal industry bodies covering a set initiative and to provide world-class products of measures to promote medicinal plant at affordable prices for treatment. cultivation. Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan laid the ‘Cable Stayed Bridge’ constructed across foundation stone for one of the first medical Durgam Cheruvu Lake inaugurated in devices parks in the country “MedSpark” at Hyderabad: Life Science Park, Thonnakkal, Minister of State for Home G. Kishan Reddy Thiruvananthapuram. inaugurated the new ‘Cable Stayed Bridge’ constructed across Durgam Cheruvu Lake RACE Coaching Institute for Banking and Government Jobs Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RRB | TNPSC |KPSC | 2 Official Website: www.raceinstitute.in| Official Blog: www.bankersdaily.in Chennai RACE Coaching Institute Pvt Ltd Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RRB | TNPSC |KPSC | along with four-lane elevated corridor minutes daily. The audio of the program will associated with Council of Scientific and also be made available on the online DIKSHA Industrial Research (CSIR) connecting it platform. with Jubilee Hills in Hyderabad. Uttar Pradesh's First Conservation Assam government develops new mobile Centre For Vultures To Come Up In app “Visitassam” For air passengers: Gorakhpur Forest Division: Assam government has developed a mobile Uttar Pradesh's first vulture conservation app “Visitassam” through which air and breeding centre is set to be established passengers can download forms, fill it up, and at Bhari Baisi village in Farenda range of show it at airports to avoid delay in Gorakhpur forest division. The Jatayu completing formalities for COVID-19 tests Conservation & Breeding Centre would be set said by Minister for Health and Family Welfare up in the Bhari Baisi village in Gorakhpur. Himanta Biswa Sarma. Centre will be the 1st in India which will be The government also introduced a change of dedicated to red-headed king vulture. protocol for the air passengers to take the West Bengal Government And UK India “Tatkal RT-PCR” test with a payment of Business Council Sign MoU To Rs.2200 whose result will be given within 24 Strengthen The State's Industrial hours. Development: Union Home Minister Amit Shah virtually UK India Business Council has signed a inaugurates ‘Destination North East- Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with 2020’: West Bengal Industrial Development Union Minister for Home Affairs Amit Shah is Corporation (WBIDC), the premier nodal also the chairman of the North Eastern agency of West Bengal's Industry, Commerce Council virtually inaugurates “Destination and Enterprises Department focused on North East-2020”. It is a four-day event to accelerating industrial development in west highlight various potentials of the Northeast Bengal. region’ of India like eco-tourism, culture, This collaborative partnership between the heritage and business. UKIBC and Government of West Bengal will Union Minister for Development of North help to boost business and industrial Eastern Region Jitendra Singh was the guest development in the state by proactively of honour of the event. The theme for developing the business environment and ‘Destination North East 2020’ is ‘The strengthening collaboration with British Emerging Delightful Destinations’. businesses in West Bengal. Odisha Government to launch “Radio Union Minister Harsh Vardhan launches Pathshala” program for School Students: ICMR’s vaccine web portal and National Odisha Government is launching Radio Clinical Registry: Pathshala program for student’s upto class Union Health Ministry launched a web 8. The program will be broadcast from All portal that will provide all important India Radio stations in the state for 15 information on COVID-19, vaccine RACE Coaching Institute for Banking and Government Jobs Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RRB | TNPSC |KPSC | 3 Official Website: www.raceinstitute.in| Official Blog: www.bankersdaily.in Chennai RACE Coaching Institute Pvt Ltd Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RRB | TNPSC |KPSC | development, ongoing clinical trials and Defence minister Rajnath Singh released the progress made in this area locally and Project Management Approach (PMA) globally. guidelines for iDEX (Innovations for National Clinical Registry will collect data Defence Excellence) during the launch concerning clinical and laboratory function of Defence India Startup investigations, treatments, management Challenge-4 (DISC4). protocols and outcomes of hospitalized COVID "DISC-4” challenge will surge ahead of its patients in India. earlier editions and promote Innovation and Prime Minister Modi to inaugurate 6 Development in the country. Similarly iDEX4 mega projects in Uttarakhand under Fauji initiative will ensure the participation “Namami Gange Mission”: of our personnel in this program. Prime Minister Modi will inaugurate 6 mega Gujarat government signs MoU with projects in Uttarakhand under Namami Denmark in water sector: Gange Mission through video conference Gujarat Water Supply and Sewerage Board Projects include construction of 68MLD has signed the MoU with ‘Danish Water Sewage Treatment Plant (STP), upgradation Forum’ through an online interactive of the existing 27 MLD at Jagjeetpur & platform. This will help in technology construction of 18 MLD STP at Sarai. exchange, training, capacity building, He will also inaugurate ‘Ganga Avalokan’, knowledge exchange, cooperation in the first museum on Ganga aimed at water supply, wastewater treatment- showcasing the culture, biodiversity and reuse and water management between the rejuvenation activities done in the river. The two organizations. museum is located at Chandi Ghat, The MoU has been signed for a five-year Haridwar. period in order to set up Indo-Danish Water Andhra Government Launches YSR Jala Technology Alliance in Gujarat and Kala Scheme To Facilitate Irrigation to contribute to the United Nations’ Farmers: Sustainable Development Goal. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Maharashtra government launches Mohan Reddy launched the 'YSR Jala Kala' cancer institute's chemo recovery kits: scheme under which bore wells will be drilled Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh to benefit small and medium farmers who launched the ayurvedic ‘chemo recovery have no open source of water for irrigation. kits’ developed by a Pune-based cancer The scheme is estimated to bring in five lakh research institute and called for joint acres under cultivation through groundwater research by scientists in Ayurveda and irrigation. modern medicine for cancer treatment. Defence minister Rajnath Singh launches The chemo recovery kits, containing an Defence India Startup Challenge-4, ayurvedic formulation and developed by the